Cubs 7, Dodgers 2

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OSS: The Q train keeps on rolling

Three up:

  1. Jose Quintana put up his third straight fantastic start, striking out seven in seven innings and allowing two runs. One of those at least was due to some bad umpiring so it should look even better. He looks like a completely new pitcher now that he’s started working the changeup more into his pitch mix.
  2. The Cubs jumped on Maeda early and often, thanks to a bases-clearing double by Contreras in the first and an opposite field HR by Rizzo in the second.
  3. Javy Baez did Javy Baez things, breaking Dodgers first baseman David Freese’s ankles on a juke while legging out an infield single. Baez added a late HR in the game, and pushed his season line to .315/.351/.640, good for a wOBA of .409 and a wRC+ of 155.

Bonus: The Brewers lost again today, and are now in fourth place in the NL central by win percentage. The Cubs are also up two in the loss column.

Three down:

  1. The pen struggled a bit after Q left the game in the eighth, with a little help from the BABIP dragon.
  2. Bryant had another rough game, going 0-3 with a walk.
  3. Schwarber had the most negative WPA play of the game, striking out with the bases clogged and one out in the first inning.

Next up: Cole Hamels takes on Walker Buehler at 7 CT.

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  1. andcounting

    The rotation has been encouraging to watch. If Darvish were to have a quality start or two, I might even start to believe this team would make the postseason.

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  2. JonKneeV

    andcounting,

    Unacceptable. This team sucks and you’re gonna like it.

    Meanwhile the Brewers staff is giving up over 5 runs per game which is worst in the NL. Good thing they already wrapped up the NL Central crown back on 4/1.

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    berselius

    WaLi,

    It looks like they’ve obfuscated gifs the same way twitter did, by making them videos. Simple img linking doesn’t know what to do with them.

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  4. BVS

    Kyle Ryan looked pretty good last night cleaning up for Cishek, who has already appeared in 65 games this season.

    It was a game I definitely enjoyed last night.

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  5. Perkins

    As many concerns as I still have about this team, it’s really awesome that the Brewers basically wasted their hot start.

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    berselius

    To-day’s base ball squadron

    2B Descalso
    3B Bryant
    1B Rizzo
    SS Baez
    LF Schwarber
    C Contreras
    RF Heyward
    CF Almora
    P Hamels

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  7. Perkins

    Beers—–>swept

    Too bad it was by the Cardinals, though. Think I’d have preferred to see one of those teams win 2/3.

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  8. Rizzo the Rat

    WaLi,

    That was a very poor effort by Freese. Whether or not Javy left the basepaths, he should be called safe on principle.

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  9. BVS

    Perkins,

    Me too. And then Tony Fernández, but never Tony Pérez for some reason.

    But if Perkins thinks of Anthony Young first when he hears “Anthony” I can see why he uses Tony.

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