OSS: John Lackey was quite good and it seemed like everyone in the lineup had a double.
Three up:
- John Lackey is efficient with his pitches. He struggled in the 2nd and threw 26 pitches, but other than that and a small jam in the 7th that Warren bailed him out of, he was outstanding. He struckout 9 and walked 2 and anobody scored. It took the Cubs offense awhile to get going so those zeroes were big. Adam Warren had to get the final out in the 7th. In the end, Lackey became the 5th starter in the rotation to have an ERA lower than 3, if you care about such things.
- The Cubs only had 7 hits, but 5 of them were doubles. Kris Bryant, Tommy La Stella, Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell and Javier Baez each doubled. They also took 6 walks.
- Anthony Rizzo was 2-3 with a double and a walk. His double was the biggest WPA play of the game. His double in the 6th scored Jason Heyward from 1st and put the Cubs up 1-0. It’s nice to see Rizzo start to turn things around a bit. He slumped for a long time. It was also nice to see Addison Russell double in two runs in his only plate appearance. His double was the next highest WPA play of the game and put the Cubs up 3-0.
Three down
- Dexter Fowler was 0-4 with 2 strikeouts. He was hit by a pitch and threw out Jean Segura at 2nd base. Someone has to be here.
- You know this team is good when you struggle to fill out this part of the recap. Anthony Rizzo tried to advance to 2nd on a single in the right field corner. Some good defense cut him down, though replays showed he was safe in my opinion. The replay booth disagreed. It’s still a shot the baserunner takes every time and most of the time it’s not particularly close.
- Javier Baez doubled to deep center. The 4th and 5th runs of the game scored on the double Baez, then just standing on 2nd base, was given 2 bases on the throwing error by Chris Owings. I can only assume he was trying to throw it to the 3rd baseman. It was not close. It was several rows deep in the stands and Baez was given 2 bases so he scored the 6th and final run of the game.
Next up: Edwin Escobar vs. Jason Hammel tomorrow at 1:20.
Comments
wow, i didn’t realize rizzo’s avg had slipped to .239. obviously a bullshit stat and his OPS is still great (especially considering his slump) but its surprising to see the number 1 all-star voting leader to have such a shitty avg. i would assume that most people voting for the ASG ascribe a pretty high importance to avg.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
The best run differential of all time is the 1939 Yankees with 411. The Cubs’s differential is slightly lower on a per game basis, but they’re scheduled to play 10 more games, so they would eclipse the record at their current rate.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Many of the votes probably poured in before the slump.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Also, the other obvious candidates for fist base (Goldschmidt, Votto) got off to slow starts.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
And, of course, a lot of Cubs fans are voting straight ticket this year, which explains the votes for Soler and Montero.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I meant 114 wins before the final series against the Reds. So 117 wins. (dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Pie rats be losin’
berseliusQuote Reply
By this same token, the Cubs would have to win 124 games to beat their 116–36–3 record outright over 162 games, though if you treat the ties as half a win, only 123 wins does it.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Was Phil Rogers responsible for R + RBI? Because he’s on MLB PLUS right now. So, y’all should tune in.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Damn, he’s gone. You missed a legend.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
He was. His greatest contribution.
dmick89Quote Reply
9.5 up!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
dmick89,
And he plagarized this article where R+RBI is equated to another relatively meaningless stat—W–L record for pitchers.
ceruleanQuote Reply
The latest 538 sim average—107 wins, +275, 23% WS Champs.
ceruleanQuote Reply
The Pirates are now as close to last place as they are the Cubs. I love this season.
dmick89Quote Reply
Wow. Trevor Rosenthal just walked the bases loaded with no outs.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rosie now has given up 16 walks in 17 innings.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Cards are now eleventy-hundred games out of first place. I too love this season.
ceruleanQuote Reply
They shouldn’t be too worried, reinforcements are on their way!
Jerome Williams ———–> StL
berseliusQuote Reply
cerulean,
The Reds have won three straight, though, so watch out.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berselius,
Seriously?
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
MiLB deal, but yes.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/cubs-minor-league-recap-6-4-16/
dmick89Quote Reply