Time: 7:35 PM CT
TV: ESPN, 670 The Score
Series Preview
Gameday
LINEUPS
(0-0)
Kyle Schwarber, LF
Kris Bryant, 3B
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Ben Zobrist, RF
Addison Russell, SS
Jason Heyward, CF
Willson Contreras, C
Jon Lester, P
Javier Baez, 2B
Lester ZiPS
189.2 IP
8.92 K/9
2.14 BB/9
3.08 ERA
3.34 FIP
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(0-0)
Dexter Fowler, CF
Aledmys Diaz, SS
Matt Carpenter, 1B
Jhonny Peralta, 3B
Yadier Molina, C
Stephen Piscotty, RF
Jedd Gyorko, 2B
Randal Grichuk, LF
Carlos Martinez, P
Martinez ZiPS
192 IP
8.53 K/9
3.05 BB/9
3.33 ERA
3.64 FIP
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Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 57% chance of winning
Comments
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WaLiQuote Reply
Sweet, a Better Call Saul ad
berseliusQuote Reply
Prediction: dodgers_in_5
AlBaloneyQuote Reply
Pat Hughes in my ears, all’s right with the world.
berseliusQuote Reply
We’ll start the title defense from right here, jabronis.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!
berseliusQuote Reply
Good start
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I love Schwarber.
dmick89Quote Reply
Such a waste for the Cardinals to have Carpenter at 1b
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Not that I am complaining.
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber just schwarbs.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Goddamn, Martinez.
berseliusQuote Reply
That was a good pitch.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
The low strike is getting called. We will see if sticks around during the year.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo just rizzes.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Ugh, what has Ben Zobrist ever done for this team
berseliusQuote Reply
If the Cubs offense bats .500 this year, I like their odds.
dmick89Quote Reply
He’s more worthless than Heyward—where was his leadership during the rain delay?
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
#FireTheo
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
The Cubs are on pace to bat .400 as a team and score zero runs with a few thousand DPs.
ceruleanQuote Reply
That yadier molina signing seems like an awful deal for StL right?
WaLiQuote Reply
cerulean,
.500. There was a double play.
dmick89Quote Reply
WaLi,
Seems like it is for the cardinals. I wish they signed him for 10 years.
dmick89Quote Reply
It works out to around even if you add in his FHWAR (Fan hard-on WAR)
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
Right. Listening to the ESPN talking heads cuts about 30 points of IQ.
ceruleanQuote Reply
That pitch is filthy
berseliusQuote Reply
I really hope Heyward can turn things around this year. I’m not holding my breath though.
dmick89Quote Reply
Ugh.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
What are the chances Contreras becomes as integral to the Cubs as Molina has been to the Cards?
ceruleanQuote Reply
cERA sighting!
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
He seems like more of a derivative player to me
berseliusQuote Reply
Nice pitch.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
Not likely.
dmick89Quote Reply
That was a thing of beauty.
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
So you’re telling me there’s a chance?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Whew.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Lester is still good, guys.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Being honest, fucking sucks to see Fowler in this jersey
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Just show the game, ESPN.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Why is his interview so long?
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Stop striking out, Cubs.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I keep adjusting the tint of my TV. I don’t understand why the Cubs uniform looks so red on Fowler.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Schwarber is good at baseball.
dmick89Quote Reply
Schwarber just schwarbs^2.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Schwarber is such a good hitter.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Myles Handley,
Not sure about this Bryant guy, though.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Don’t tell them what to do.
ceruleanQuote Reply
DMick—I don’t know if you have noticed but the thumbs up/down don’t seem to stick around after refreshing the page.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Nice frame job by Contreras. Sorry Dexy.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
I don’t thin the plugin works anymore.
dmick89Quote Reply
Crap.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That looked like a double play ball.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
A lot of pitches for Lester so far.
dmick89Quote Reply
ceruleanQuote Reply
Boo-urns
berseliusQuote Reply
I thought Lester was working on holding runners.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Diaz is proving himself not afraid to steal bases.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Lester’s looking gassed
berseliusQuote Reply
The Brewers are going to run wild this year
berseliusQuote Reply
Not a good start for Lester.
dmick89Quote Reply
Gonna be an early bullpen game.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Lester no happy.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Runs, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
How has the commissioner of baseball never been to St Louis?
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
It’s 2017. The norms of society are dead.
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
Because it’s a shit hole?
WaLiQuote Reply
Just switched to the radio – do the tv guys know what’s going on here?
berseliusQuote Reply
Fucking signs.
ceruleanQuote Reply
berselius,
Javy seems to be complaining that he can’t see because of a billboard.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berselius,
Javy was complaining about the signage for the MLB At-Bat app. Its white background cost the Cubs a run.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I’d be okay with two more innings just like that from Lester.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Oh good. Lester is going to hit. Gotta get that extra inning out of him.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Goddamn signs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNCBi_IYAXI
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
You lazy sons-a-bitches. (dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Coomer might set a new record for the earliest sprained wrist while tipping his cap this year.
berseliusQuote Reply
cerulean,
Every time I pass one of those civic service town signs it’s what I think (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Let’s see Lester do a Bumgarner.
ceruleanQuote Reply
berselius,
It reminds me of this crazy farmer who owned several plots near where I grew up that put up signs of the most outrageous and non-sensical conspiracy theories, just raving.
I used to think it was funny.
Now the likes of him run the country. The joke was on me the entire time.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Baez is hurt, man.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Rough day for Bryant.
berseliusQuote Reply
Bullpen, please
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Thanks.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
As seen on ESPN:
Wait—what!?
ceruleanQuote Reply
At least the Cubs still have the spectre of Matheny’s bullpen management looming.
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing) at that ball bouncing back
ceruleanQuote Reply
Don’t. Walk. The. Pitcher.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Whew. Again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Remember the days of the Cardiac Cubs?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Terrible strike three call.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bullshit call.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Not the kind of loft I want to see from Heyward.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Considering how often you hear them during the season, I’m always kind of offended when radio advertisers don’t update their ads for a new season.
berseliusQuote Reply
I finally re-upped mlb.tv; the plan for tomorrow is to finally listen to the radio broadcast of game seven.
berseliusQuote Reply
Why update? The Cubs still haven’t won back-to-back in 109 years?
ceruleanQuote Reply
If the Cubs lose this one, they’ll only have 161 games left to make up ground.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
Those lazy sons a bitches smh
berseliusQuote Reply
Nice play Baez.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I hope they give be Cubs the DP here.
dmick89Quote Reply
Joe should have challenged.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I would have challenged.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I don’t understand why he didn’t.
dmick89Quote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Baez. Again.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Same old Cubs.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Again.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Come on, Kyle.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Matheny made the right move? What universe is this, Earth-37?
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
(dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Come on, Kris.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Great at bat by Schwarber.
dmick89Quote Reply
The Cubs are no good in the rain.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I like this matchup.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Gah. Terrible day for Bryant.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Damn.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Ugh again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Dang
berseliusQuote Reply
That sucked.
dmick89Quote Reply
Again.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Eating some hot fruit to spite Ken Tremendous.
berseliusQuote Reply
We could use a rain delay here.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Judging by the BN game thread, the Cubs did not win the World Series last year.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Crapola.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I think it’s time to accept Strop against STL is a bad idea.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
ceruleanQuote Reply
Blerg^blarg
berseliusQuote Reply
Pedro isn’t helping his FIP today.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Baseball is only good when the Cubs are winning World Serieses.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
JavyTag, sort of
berseliusQuote Reply
While this game is frustrating, I still expect STL to finish the season at least 10 back of the Cubs, so it’s tough to get too spun up tonight.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
This
berseliusQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
The Cubs never actually won the World Series. Baseball is never good. This is hell.
(Have I approximated your BN experience?)
ceruleanQuote Reply
berselius,
You’re both crazy. It’s literally the end of the world if the Cubs don’t win this.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
You need to add a convoluted argument that Kris Bryant striking out three straight times is actually a good thing, because game theory or something.
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing), heyward comes through!
berseliusQuote Reply
Ugly hit for Heyward, but I’ll take it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Cmon Willy
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Willllllllllllllllllson!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
WILLY
berseliusQuote Reply
WILLSON!!!!!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Contreras!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Little doubt on that one (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Heh. Cubs are rad.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
(dying laughing)o(dying laughing)o(dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Maybe Willson will be more than a derivative player.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Win or lose, it’s nice to see them work Oh for close to 40 pitches on opening day.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Remember when the Cubs were down three in the ninth in San Francisco and set to go back to play a game five?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Fixed.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Whoa
berseliusQuote Reply
I don’t love Monty being a high-leverage reliever.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
First intentional walk!
ceruleanQuote Reply
So who is this Martinez character? The next Hazelbaker?
ceruleanQuote Reply
That was a great pitch.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Bleh, Grichuk
berseliusQuote Reply
If this game keeps going it will be a clear indicator of how little Rondon is trusted right now
berseliusQuote Reply
Baseball is crazy.
dmick89Quote Reply
Hm. Maybe next time don’t pitch the LH guy against the guy who hits LHP well. And certainly not after he walks the LHB who is bad at sports.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Dang.
berseliusQuote Reply
Remember, you can’t bring your closer in to a tie game on the road. It’s just common sense.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dmick89,
Yep.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Remember when Showalter was criticized for not using his closer in a tie game?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I am afraid I and Zach Britton have no clue what you’re talking about.
ceruleanQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/cubs-3-cardinals-4-4-2-17/
berseliusQuote Reply