Cubs 7, Brewers 2 (11 innings)

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OSS: First place!

Three+ up:

  1. Jason Heyward’s bat is so hot right now, you can see it from space. He drove in Ben Zobrist in the eighth inning to tie up the game against the best reliever in baseball. A lefty!
  2. Speaking of Zobrist, that run was set up by some great baserunning. Zobrist moved to second on a sac fly and motored on home on Heyward’s single.
  3. Anthony Rizzo had some rotten luck early in the game, lining into a double play in the sixth and hitting a 500+ foot HR just foul in his next PA. He got all of the last pitch he saw, however, launching a bomb to give the Cubs the lead in extras.
  4. Rookie reliever Randy Rosario calmly knocked down two sudden death innings after Heyward tied the game, easily dispatching all six batters he faced. He was actually the WPA leader on the team in this one.
  5. Javy Baez did Javy Baez things, striking out on three pitches way outside of the zone and following it up with a walk. More of those would be nice, Javy.

Three down:

  1. Rosario was nails, but it would sure be nice to see Joe use his closer in a tie game on the road.
  2. Another rough game for the slumping Bryant, who went 0-4 with a walk. Schwarber was also 0-fer in this one.
  3. Q had a solidly okay line, but when you give up a solo shot to Jonathan Freaking Villar you end up here.

Next up: Tyler Chatwood takes on Chase Anderson at 7:10 PM CT. We could see this same score by the end of the first inning.

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  1. Author
    berselius

    Maddon: “no tight butts” in the Cubs dugout. Also a bunch of “loose cannons”. I feel sorry for the Milwaukee janitors this series.

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    berselius

    To-day’s base ball squadron

    Almora
    Heyward
    Bryant
    Rizzo
    Zobrist
    Contreras
    Baez
    Russell
    Chatwood

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  3. Rizzo the Rat

    Hector Rondon 1.50 ERA 1.08 WHIP.
    Hasn’t given up a run since May 13 and is now the Astros closer

    — Cooper (@RushingBaseball) June 12, 2018

    Somebody should warn them about the meatballs…

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  4. Myles

    Read an article on the Athletic today about expanding to 32 teams and it makes me wonder why we haven’t done it yet, and then I look at Oakland/Tampa and wonder why we haven’t gone to 28 teams yet.

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  5. EnricoPallazzo

    dmick89,

    I couldn’t get it to work on any device for the past 3ish days. will try clearing my cache next time i get the error.

    either way, i might have to ask for a pro-rated refund of this month’s $2,995 subscription fee.

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    berselius

    EnricoPallazzo:
    dmick89,

    I couldn’t get it to work on any device for the past 3ish days. will try clearing my cache next time i get the error.

    either way, i might have to ask for a pro-rated refund of this month’s $2,995 subscription fee.

    We only accept payment in yacht form. The fees associated with reprocessing the $2995 you sent us come out to about $2994.63.

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    berselius

    To-day’s base ball squadron

    2B Zobrist
    RF Heyward
    3B La Stella
    1B Rizzo
    CF Happ
    LF Schwarber
    SS Baez
    C Giminez
    P Montgomery

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  8. dmick89

    EnricoPallazzo,

    Is it working now?

    One thing to remember is that DNS changes are made through the internet service providers. It happens very quickly on some and slowly on others. Cellular networks pick up the changes much more quickly. It’s been long enough that all service providers should have picked up the changes now so it’s likely any issues are caused by the browser cache. If clearing the cache doesn’t work and using cellular for awhile doesn’t, let me know and I’ll let the host know about it. Screen caps would be nice so I can send them along.

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  9. dmick89

    I can kind of see why Joe wanted to rest Bryant today, but I don’t understand why he wouldn’t have used him to pinch hit for Schwarber in the 8th. Or worst case scenario, why not pinch hit for the worst hitter on the team in the 9th? The Cubs probably still lose, but it’s not like a pinch hit appearance would have wiped KB out.

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  10. Ryno

    Eric Alper @ThatEricAlper
    Your DJ name is “DJ” + your biggest fear. Who are you?

    Lotta DJ Public Speaking and DJ Not Meeting My Parents’ Expectations out there.

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  11. EnricoPallazzo

    dmick89: EnricoPallazzo,

    Is it working now?

    yeah it’s completely fine after clearing the cache. will get a screen cap if it comes again.

    i honestly might have just made up the fact that it wasn’t working on my cell phone. i thought that i tried and it wasn’t working but it’s very possible that never actually happened.

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  12. Ryno

    berselius,

    Young Keys and Young Smartphone are really popular, but I’m going with Young Familial Love or Young Memory of the Cubs Winning the World Series.

    Or Young Pocket Knife.

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  13. EnricoPallazzo

    is it a foregone conclusion that monty stays in the rotation? what happens to chatwood? i think i’d have a heart attack if he came out of the pen in a tight game. does he mysteriously come down with a case of david patton disease?

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  14. Perkins

    dmick89,

    Though if the Cardinals got a hold of him, I’m sure he’d somehow turn in Miles Mikolas results. Their devil magic may be stale, but I don’t think it’s totally dead.

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  15. dmick89

    Maybe the Cubs could conveniently forget to take Chatwood with them when they leave St Louis.

    Cardinals get first dibs on lost and found items at Busch stadium.

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