Pirates @ Cubs: Liriano vs Arrieta (Game 65)
Back for some home cookin'--and the team that used to be the Pirates.PIT (33-33): LHP Francisco Liriano (4-6, 4.92)
CHC (44-20): RHP Jake Arrieta (10-1, 1.86)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST
Arrieta beat Atlanta (7 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, 2 BB) on Saturday. He’s 2-0 with a 1.20 against the Pirates so far this year. Overall, they are 34-164 (.207) against him. Joyce is 7-17 with a HR.
Liriano is coming off a string of three straight losses, including one against the Cardinals in his last outing (6 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 3 BB). He got lit up at Wrigley in May, giving up 8 ER in 4.2 innings. The Cubs are 25-109 (.229) against him. Bryant is 4-9 with a HR.
Niese (6-3, 4.60) versus Lester (8-3, 1.89) at 7:15pmCST (?!) tomorrow. Saturday nights are for fighting, massacres, and the occasional fever—not baseball. Thanks, Fox.
Go Cubs!
Comments
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well, now we have nothing
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hardcore.
baez's 1st walk since may
And Almora with his first MLB
Anyone know why the Cub radio
Not into consecutive bases
I'd like to clarify--there
Crazy game. Are these guys
Arietta was having a lot of
Thanks.
Serious escape job by Jake in
I was at work and had to tamp
"Cubs released RHP Alex
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45-20!
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the guys that could be cut or
As Madden says it'll probably
I think Soler could be a star
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