Cubs 6, Cardinals 3

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OSS: Cubs draw six walks to chase Carlos Martinez early and take the lead against the Cardinals bullpen.

Three up:

  1. Ian Happ had the biggest hit of the night, a two out double in the seventh inning to give the Cubs their first lead of the night. Yadier Molina showed the calm leadership he is known for in his reaction to the missed pitch location by Tuivailala.

  2. Addison Russell and Jason Heyward hit their third and fourth homers of the year, respectively. Heyward has been hot of late, but Russell has been flying under the radar. Before today he had a .384 wOBA / 143 wRC+ for the month, and it’s likely to get even better after this game.
  3. The ninth got a little dicey for a second, but the bullpen had another solid day overall. Most importantly, Rosario, Cishek, Strop, and Morrow did not issue any walks.

Three down:

  1. It was a nominally quality start for Hendricks, but it’s very strange to see him with four walks in his statline. He hasn’t had a four walk game since last August.
  2. Kris Bryant went 0-3 with two strikeouts, but managed to net a postive WPA on the day thanks to two well timed walks. Another homer or three would be nice to see too however.
  3. I can’t decide if having the opposing team’s top batter by WPA being a pitcher is a good thing or a bad thing (.121 for Martinez).

Next up: The Cubs go for the sweep on Sunday night baseball, as Jose Quintana takes on Jack Flaherty at 7:05 PM CT.

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  2. Rice in limbo

    dmick89,

    I kind of get why given some of his off field issues, alleged or otherwise. From a baseball point of view I think he’s been fine and he’s obviously got potential. But I understand why fans might want him off the team as quickly as feasible given certain allegations although I’m not quite as extreme.

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  3. dmick89

    Rice in limbo,

    I don’t think he has a whole lot more potential than we’ve seen from him and it’s probably best to think he might get worse sooner rather than later. That said, he’s been quite valuable for what he’s paid and the only way I want him traded is if it makes sense for the Cubs. That’s unlikely to happen since Russell isn’t an impact player.

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  32. dmick89

    Rizzo the Rat,

    Russell’s non-play at 3rd was frustrating and a terrible decision, but Brhant’s double clutch was even worse. That set that whole inning up since Quintana can no longer be effective after the 5tb inning.

    Worse than all of that are all of the missed opportunities on offense in the first four or five innings.

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  33. Rizzo the Rat

    I can’t really blame Bryant for not making what would have been a spectacular play on a fast runner. In any case, it didn’t really matter what the defense did, since the offense scored zero runs.

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  34. Rizzo the Rat

    "I'm good," says Javier Baez, who isn't sure if his left elbow will even need an X-ray and won't rule out playing Monday night at Wrigley.

    — Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) June 18, 2018

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  37. Perkins

    The Fowlers apparently removed all their posts from Twitter due to all the abuse from shitty Cardinals fans.

    From a purely baseball standpoint, I’m glad the Cardinals are paying so much to get so little production out of Dexter Fowler. But on a personal level, it really sucks for him and his wife to have to deal with all that crap. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the Cardinals continue to have trouble attracting free agents, particularly free agents who aren’t white.

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