OSS: Against all odds, the Cubs pull one out late on the west coast.
Three up:
- Nico Hoerner hit a go-ahead triple in the 10th inning, scoring the Manfred Man to put the Cubs ahead for the first time. It was a solid game overall for Nico at the plate, where he went 3-5.
- Shota Imanaga had another solid start despite a postage-stamp sized strike zone from home plate umpire Nic Lentz. He struck out seven and allowed just one run, more on that below
- Last night, the bullpen was utter pants, but they were nails today, throwing five scoreless innings with just one hit and one (intentional) walk. So I guess the Cubs bullpen experience is just like walking around with a bunch of very sharp nails in your pocket.
- Bonus: this is the last Cubs PDT night game until like August.
Three down:
- There was more Cubes defense on display tonight; this time two consecutive dropped foul popups ahead of the Machado solo shot.
- The Cubs were 0-13 with RISP before extra innings, and it felt like they stranded about 30 batters on base. Just paying homage to Cubs west coast trips past, I guess.
- Speaking of self-inflicted wounds, if Boog manages to slip a couple of doses of laxatives into Sutcliffe’s coffee tomorrow my respect for him will rise greatly.
Next up:
The Cubs go for the series win tomorrow at 3:10 CT. Matthew Boyd takes on Nick Pivetta. With today’s win the Cubs have already guaranteed that this won’t be a losing west coast trip, so pop the champagne.
Comments
I’m only one time zone away and it still stinks! (dying laughing)
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If Boog follows your advice, I think they should ask Tyler Colvin to do color. Tyler and Cubs fans can sympathize with each other since he had a shard of wood get under his ribs, and our having to listen to Sut is like having shards of wood under our fingernails.
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Yeah The Riot
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Wild ass guesses
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Hee hee
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/04/16/a-bases-clearing-walk-is-a-thing-that-exists/
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Feel like either the Cubs or Tucker’s agent might put out a hit on this guy soon
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Rice Cube,
Sounds like I should have gone down to ABQ last night (dying laughing)
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Hmmm, following the prior post, I did notice this although I said it in a different way
https://bsky.app/profile/bobhille.bsky.social/post/3lmwue5cwp227
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Good to see Seiya and Carson back in the lineup.
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Cubs should hand the Padres another loss at home IMO
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Tigers are disappointing
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To-day’s base ball squadron
LF Happ
RF Tucker
DH Suzuki
1B Busch
SS Swanson
2B Hoerner
CF PCA
C Kelly
3B Berti
SP Boyd
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Makes me wonder about the quality of AL teams now, given how they’re faring against NLC teams so far
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Rice Cube,
I guess the Yankees did destroy the Brewers early on though, that was fun at least
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The Cubs, for example, currently have a better record than any team in the AL, which probably doesn’t say much, but is still fun to say
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That’s one way to get a hit
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More legit hit from feared hitter Carson Kelly
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A run is a run
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Fart
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BABIP hates the Cubs but I feel like they will find a way to get through this
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rough one for Nico today
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Need to convert outs but hard to do when the umpire screens you
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Death by 1000 infield singles (dying laughing)
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Hope Perkins gets some excitement here today (dying laughing)
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Good job, Daniel-san.
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berselius,
Petco is cool. This game, not so much.
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PCA!
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Luke Little —–> not it, I saw enough of him last year (dying laughing)
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Alas
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Welp, I’ll take a .500 west coast road trip against the two best teams in baseball.
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berselius,
He got kind of screwed by the ump but he certainly didn’t help himself
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I avoided the landmines, at least.
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Not knowing the guys who were Senators probably set me up for that small landmine
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Derp
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berselius,
Not a direct reply but saw this
Not that I’m that kind of doctor either
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Rice Cube,
whoa whoa, real math doctorates don’t work with actual numbers, this guy is a fraud for not using some sort of greek symbol.
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berselius,
Minus -i^2?
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Rice Cube,
berselius,
Minus Yanni.
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Rice Cube,
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berselius,
but you need to figure out the affine group structure first
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New haiku –> https://www.obstructedview.net/yet-another-off-day-cubs-haiku/
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Walter Johnson was the landmine today.
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