2018 Game day thread
Cubs @ Brewers: Hamels vs Davies (Game 137)
CHC (81-55): LHP Cole Hamels (9-9, 3.70)
MIL (77-61): RHP Zach Davies (2-5, 5.23)
First pitch: 1:10pmCST
Hamels went 5 scoreless against the Mets on Tuesday for a no-decision. The Brewers are 41-131 (.313) against him. Yelich is 6-19 with a HR.
Davies, who has been on the DL with back and shoulder injuries, last pitched on May 29 (5 IP, 5 ER), a loss against the Cardinals. In his two games against the Cubs this season, he went 0-1 with a 2.31. Overall, they are 56-218 (.257) against him. Bryant is 13-33 with 2 HR.
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Cubs @ Phillies: Lester vs Nola (Game 136)
CHC (80-55): LHP Jon Lester (14-5, 3.67)
PHI (72-63): RHP Aaron Nola (15-3, 2.10)
First pitch: 12:35pmCST
Lester gave up 3 ER in 6 innings for a no-decision against the Mets on Monday. The Phillies are 34-156 (.218) against him. Bautista is 14-65 with 5 HR.
Nola, who had a no-decision against the Cubs on June 6 (6 IP, 3 ER), gave up 1 ER in 7 innings for a no-decision against the Nationals his last time out. The Cubs are 15-57 (.263) against hinm. Murphy is 9-26 with a HR.
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Cubs @ Phillies: Hendricks vs Eflin (Game 135)
CHC (79-55): RHP Kyle Hendricks (10-10, 3.86)
PHI (72-62): RHP Zach Eflin (9-5, 3.99)
First pitch: 6:05pmCST
Hendricks, who went 7 scoreless to beat the Tigers on Sunday, lost to the Phillies at Wrigley on June 5 (5 IP, 5 ER). For their careers, these Phills are 17-82 (.207) against him. Hoskins is 2-3 with a HR, and Alfaro is 3-4
Eflin won the matchup against Hendricks (7.2 IP, 1 ER). He gave up 3 ER in 5.1 innings and lost to the Nats his last time out. Overall, the Cubs are 13-46 (.283) against him. Bryant is 5-8.
Cubs @ Phillies: Quintana vs Pivetta (Game 134)
CHC (79-54): LHP José Quintana (11-9, 4.33)
PHI (71-62): RHP Nick Pivetta (10-8, 2.67)
First pitch: 6:05pmCST
Quintana gave up 2 ER in 5 innings to win against the Reds on Tuesday. He had a no-decision against the Phills (5.2 IP, 2 ER) on June 6. Overall, they are 23-126 (.183) against him.
Pivetta, who lost to the Cubs on June 1 (4 IP, 3 ER), gave up 5 ER in 6.2 innings for a no-decision in Toronto his last time out. The Cubs are 14-40 (.350) against him. Rizzo is 2-4 with a HR.
Hendricks and Eflin tomorrow at the same time.
Cubs @ Braves: Montgomery vs Foltynewicz (Game 133)
Mets @ Cubs: Vargas vs Mills (Game 132)
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Mets @ Cubs: deGrom vs Hamels (Game 131)
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Mets @ Cubs: Syndergaard vs Lester (Game 130)
Reds @ Cubs: Bailey vs Hendricks (Game 129)
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Arizona Phil (view)
Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous.
As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much.
Childersb3 (view)
Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.
Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.
They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.
Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!
Childersb3 (view)
25 in Attendance!!!
Phil, is that a backfield record?
Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.
crunch (view)
cubs sign dan straily...for some reason. minor league deal.
welcome back.
zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too. junior lake is his teammate. shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.
fullykräusened (view)
The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.
crunch (view)
STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades. neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too. that's ideal places to add talent.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s
The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.