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Julian Merryweather, P

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Reds @ Cubs: Bailey vs Lackey (Game 119)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CIN (50-70): RHP Homer Bailey (4-6, 8.31)
CHC (62-56): RHP John Lackey (10-9, 4.82)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Lackey won his fifth straight start on Friday in Arizona. He’s 1-1 with a 6.35 in his two starts against the Reds this season. Overall, they are 56-188 (.298) against him. Cozart is 7-18 with 2 HR, and Gennett is 9-24 with a HR.Bailey was having a better season before his return from elbow surgery. He beat the Brewers in Milwaukee his last time out (5 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 5 BB). Only three Cubs have faced him: Rizzo (6-18, HR), Jay (9-30, HR), and Heyward (4-4, HR).

Lester (8-7) and Feldman (7-7) close out the series tomorrow at 1:20pmCST.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:38 pm

The plan continues to come together. Brewers beat PIT, then PIT beats STL this weekend while the Brewers flail on their pending 9-game trip to COL, SF and LAD, and simply quit and go home. Cubs win this series vs. CIN, then vs. TOR and @CIN and @ PHI. Theo had this all mapped out months ago.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:12 pm

damn. it's taken lackey about 8 minutes to throw 7 pitches...for a double and a walk with 0 out.

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Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:22 pm

Bases loaded, no outs and only one run scored -- and came within about five feet of giving up a grand slam -- whew.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:19 pm

Bam Bam two strong, accurate throws in one week nailing guys at the plate. Definitely out there for the leather.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:40 pm

Guy can't throw a strike...11 strikes (including balls in play) 17 balls...why the heck are you swinging 3-0???

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:48 pm

crazy as hell the reds only have 1 run after 2ip of what lackey has been doing. turrible. 45 pitches of garbage. someone give that guy a wrigley field $9.75 budweiser and a bench to sit on. grimm can go 5 innings, right?

Submitted by Jackstraw on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:49 pm

If Montgomery isn't already up and throwing in the pen, he should be. And Joe should make sure Lackey knows it.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:03 pm

Pennant race aside, there is a sort of curiosity factor of keeping Lackey out there ... a carnival freak show of near catastrophe

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:58 pm

Haven't checked to verify, but it seems that the Cubs have scored early and often in Lackey's starts since the all star break and he's pitched pretty well with those leads. I'd like to see that trend continue

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:10 pm

Seems an appropriate turn of events given the wackiness of this game. At least the Reds burned their closer last night - you would think.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:34 pm

maddon is mad. also, the umps are bums. ...and maddon ejected.

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Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:39 pm

Really weird - at what point does time elapse on a swing. It clearly looked like the bat didn't break the zone on the bunt - only after he got hit and when he was tossing the bat to the dugout

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:42 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! cubs win on a f'n wild pitch.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:45 pm

They lost to the Brewers the same way. Same pitcher I think. Huge W. that would have been a brutal loss. Very similar to the first post-AS game.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:47 pm

Perfect way to end this game. 8th inning still problematic but at least Wade looked pretty sharp tonight - I believe only his sixth appearance this month.

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 08:56 pm

I thought Edwards' pitch to Duvall was in a pretty good location -- a slider right at the knees on the outside of the plate. It looked like a good strike and Duvall really had to reach for it one-handed. Maybe it didn't break sharply enough (I couldn't tell) and/or maybe he was sitting on a slider but I thought it was a pretty good pitch until it sneaked into the first row of the bleachers.

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  • 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.
     

  • crunch (view)

    busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump.  he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

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