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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Cardinals: Lester vs Weaver (Game 156)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (87-68): LHP Jon Lester (11-8, 4.56) 
STL (81-74): RHP Luke Weaver (7-1, 2.05) 
First pitch: 7:15pmCST

Lester didn’t have it on Wednesday, giving up 7 ER in 4.1 innings in Tampa. He’s 1-1 with a 3.28 in his three starts against the Cards this season. Overall, they are 38-171 (.222) against him. Molina is 12-32 with a HR.

Weaver made his MLB debut against the Cubs late last season (4 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, 3 BB). Now he’s back—and for good, it would seem. The kid can pitch. He’s won his last 6 straight, including his last outing in Cincinnati. 

The Cubs are 4-12 (.333) against him. Baez, Rizzo, and Zobrist have hits; Russell took him deep.

Today could be the day! The magic number is 2.

Arrieta (14-9) and Martinez (12-11) go tomorrow at 7:00pmCST.

Go Cubs! 

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Comments

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:51 am

CT Steve -- well, it could be the day to KO the Cards. But the Brewers don't play, so the best the Cubs can do is lower the magic number to 1 against them.

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:53 am

The NLDS clincher at home was fucking incredible. But to clinch a division in St. Louis? Priceless!

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:21 pm

Brewers v. Reds starts on Tuesday a half-hour before Cubs-Cards. So, the Cubs WILL have a chance to celebrate on the field--instead of in the clubhouse--since they should know the outcome of the Brewers game before their own game finishes.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:52 pm

great piece (eno does great stuff, imo) but i can't imagine lester being bounced from the post-season rotation no matter what he does tonight as long as he's healthy. montgomery deserves it more (especially with his 2nd-half numbers), but that fight is most likely between montgomery and lackey for the 4th slot. that said, this point is a minor part of the larger point of the article.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:32 pm

this game is neat-o. 32 pitches and 4 runs given up in the 1st for STL.

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:36 pm

Great start. Couldn't ask for a better stadium, team, and day for this kind of start to go down. Drink up that Budweiser, Cardinals fans... Edit: perhaps I should've waited to see how Lester's pitching before making my statement.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:10 pm

RIP WEAVER'S ERA :) 8-1 in the top 3rd...it's 2016 as hell up in here.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:14 pm

Throwing Baez a ball that isn't in the dirt with 2 outs and Lester on deck? Matheny must've bet the over.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:22 pm

Carrie Muskat‏ @CarrieMuskat #Cubs Russell just went over and posed for a selfie with the nachos guy

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:27 pm

They showed the fans who lost their nacho box when Addison Russell fell into the stands. Russell comes out to serve them a replacement, then they show Trib's Paul Sullivan there to interview the fans. Sullivan was sitting but Len/JD questions whether he was standing up. Gotta love short people humor on TV. Cue Randy Newman...

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:26 pm

molina is getting beat the hell up behind the plate. yow...he had to stop to lean over and spit/puke a bit after taking 2 consecutive foul balls to the dome in a row. i'd be surprised to see him for the rest of the series.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:52 pm

well f#@!@!@#k... baez just fouled the hell out of one off the top of his knee. he's been on the ground for a minute or so now. trainer out. baez jogging! woo. he's gonna stay in the game, too. dunno if he'll play the field after the AB, but woo. ...and he hits a single. ...and a pinch runner in. baez is limping off the field.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:28 pm

cubs win! cards eliminated from the division (still in the WC chase). magic number is 1.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:50 pm

What a great way to finish off the Cards. A laugher in their ballpark, where their best player was Nacho Man. Cubs now 12-4 against the Cards this year, and have gone 11-2 since the scary sweep by the Brewers, including 7-1 vs. the Brewers and the Cards. Well done, boys!

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:00 pm

last year's cards playoff exclusion down to the wire was nice. getting this close again and not making it would also be nice. im not from the midwest so the whole cubs/cards thing doesn't mean as much to me, but seeing the cards get this close only to get denied in the last week of the season in back-to-back years would be awesome nonetheless.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:02 pm

Gotta be rough for Dexter to watch if the Cubs clinch on the field. Going from a fun team with a goofy-fun-hipster manager to the no-fun, huge-watch wearing (why?), self-important Matheny. But hey, $82 million is $82 million.

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 09:16 pm

WTH, Marwin Gonzalez, really? This dude was a utility infielder in the Cubs system, and not a particularly impressive one at that. Have you seen his numbers with the Astros? How does that happen?

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 09:29 am

Nice lefty-hitting shortstop with a little pop. I liked him. His lack of speed on the bases held him back as a prospect. I once went to a Smokies home game and he homered. That team was supposedly loaded--Trey McNutt was the starter that day--but only Gonzalez and to a lesser extent Flaherty became major leaguers.

Submitted by tim815 on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 09:00 am

He was a perfectly usable ss at the Double-A/Triple-A level, before the Astros Rule 5'd him. They had been using Clint Barmes at SS, and would use Jed Lowrie in 2012. After two mildly shaky years, he found his footing, and became a goof two-way player. Which happens. The Cubs had Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro in front, and Junior Lake behind. Toss in a Marco Hernandez, and the Cubs had some middle-infield depth then. If a player gets better, then the credit goes to him. Players develop on their time line, not ours.

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 09:24 am

"Players develop on their time line, not ours." That's a lot of goddamn nerve!

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