Nationals @ Cubs: Roark vs Arrieta (NLDS Game 4)
WAS (1-2): RHP Tanner Roark (0-0, —)
CHC (2-1): RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, —)
First pitch: 3:00pmCST (TBS)
Arrieta left his last start early (Sept. 26 in St. Louis) with a strained hamstring. Let’s hope it holds up. He went 3 innings and gave up 3 runs and was tagged with the loss.
He went 14-10 with a 3.53 for the season, including going 5-2 with a 2.90 at Wrigley. In 7 post-season starts, Arrieta has a 3.64 ERA.
Jake gave up 5 ER in 4 innings and lost to the Nationals in DC in June. Overall, they are 32-134 (.239) against him. Rendon is 4-11; Murphy is 5-17. Lind and Werth have taken him deep.
Roark last pitched an inning of relief (Oct. 1) against the Pirates, in which he gave up 2 ER. He gave up 6 ER in 4.2 innings in Philly, for the loss. For the season, he went 13-11 with a 4.67. On the road, he went 7-5 with a 4.26.
He beat the Cubs at Wrigley in June (6.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 3 BB). For their careers, they are 17-79 (.215) against him. Bryant is 5-11 with a HR.
Hey, let’s close out the series at home—and on Trans’s birthday!
Go Cubs!
Recent comments
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Dolorous Jon Lester 53 min 57 sec ago (view)
Teenagers we've never heard of*
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crunch 1 hour 21 min ago (view)
2027 team gonna be fire.
i can't wait to see what group of teenagers we get for bryant mid-season.
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tim815 1 hour 39 min ago (view)
Underwood to Pittsburgh for a 1B that hasn't played stateside yet. 2 DSL seasons.
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crunch 4 hours 33 min ago (view)
the 2 geese are now together covering left-center
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crunch 4 hours 46 min ago (view)
we now have 2 OF geese.
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crunch 5 hours 17 min ago (view)
game is in goose delay.
arrieta threw 2 innings...not bad, not good, nothing alarming, nothing impressive. it'll be nice to see him work in future outings.
game back again...goose still in CF.
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crunch 5 hours 41 min ago (view)
there is a goose in CF hanging out.
this is goose territory now. this is not up for discussion.
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crunch 6 hours 51 min ago (view)
pedro strop broke COVID protocol and will be even more days away from his spring debut. good job, guy.
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Arizona Phil 20 hours 54 min ago (view)
HAGSAG: I've been watching Michael Hermosillo since his earliest days with the Angels, playing over the years against the Cubs in AZL, Minor League Camp, EXST, and AZ Instructs.
From the outset he showed plus defensive skills, a plus arm, and plus speed, but his hit tool was clearly lacking, and he had well below-average power. I thought AAA was his likely ceiling, and even then only as a 4th OF.
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crunch 1 day 3 hours ago (view)
3/9 with a homer (no walks).
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Cubster 1 day 3 hours ago (view)
How is Almora Jrs spring going?
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crunch 1 day 4 hours ago (view)
maybin 0-9 with 6 Ks so far this spring.
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Hagsag 1 day 13 hours ago (view)
Phil, what are your thoughts on Mike Hermosillo? He is from our area,Ottawa.
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Arizona Phil 1 day 22 hours ago (view)
The fact that the Cubs have not run him through waivers by now tells me they know Duane Underwood Jr is a lock to get claimed and so they are hoping to find a club that would be willing to give the Cubs something more than the $50,000 waiver price in return for Dunderwood (either more $$$ and/or a player).
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Arizona Phil 1 day 22 hours ago (view)
Today's pitchers, most of them the same guys who threw last Tuesday:
Alec Mills:
FB: 89-91
SL: 81
CH: 81-82
CV: 67-70
COMMENT: This just in: Mills heater now sitting at 91!!!!... had two easy innings and looked very good... threw only a handful of his "Bugs Bunny curves" but they are fun to watch because hitters don't know how to deal with it... ...
Craig Kimbrel:
FB: 93-96
CT: 87-88
SL: 82-84 -
Arizona Phil 2 days 2 hours ago (view)
DJL: Jason Adam sustained a right elbow fracture a few years ago and missed two full seasons, and when he returned to action he started using a "short-arm" delivery.
Comments
Chance of rain today. Let's
I brought my umbrella to work
How did that work?
Not great actually.
Cubs are due for a big
What are the chances Lackey
30m til gametime and it's
What a fucken scam. If they
My jerk friends want to take
My jerk friends want to take me out to dinner to celebrate my 40th... right at the start of the Cubs game. The jerks!. :)
In an absolute perfect world, this game gets delayed until maybe 9 central, and then the Cubs win. In a next-to-perfect world, the game gets cancelled, but Dusty Baker decides to pitch Roark tomorrow anyway, and we win tomorrow.
Huh. Tanner Roark and Jake
Huh. Tanner Roark and Jake Arrieta are the same pitcher.
This delay is wreaking havoc
The answer to that is always
Have to figure out when i
I'm hearing it is postponed
"Dusty Baker said he's not
I guess Strasburg is feeling
evidently there's some kind
All part of The Plan part ][
So with the game postponed,
Maddon has said that Jake
This postponement is an epic
Well, at least this way we
My friend, the same thought
So, I asked my boss, "Can I
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story
https://www.google.com/amp
Dusty channeling his inner
it's a bit more tame than it
This postponement really
US eliminated from the World
I don't think enough
Dude, the sailing race is the
all of this checks out as
I thought we only invented
Speaking of canoes, I'm tired
Actually, we lost the last
Damned sabermetrics. I don't
Only cups I care about are
+1 Ryno
I don't care.
mlb.com says Strasburg likely
mlb.com says Strasburg likely to start today
Hearing some noise that
For a short time today, on
I thought Anthony Rizzo owns
im all for rizzo owning the
mlb.com says Strasburg is
mlb.com says Strasburg is going to start today
the feed looks like there's a
the wind blowing in is cruel.
crunch, I got a bird's eye
yeah, that was no cheapie hit
with trea turner + schwarb
Well, with Addy's error, Cubs
Monty warming up - definitely
stop...sliding...into...first
Strasburg 1, Chicago Mold 0
lester, eh? alrigh.
Cub's kicked in the nuts by
Every time a Cub struck out,
Jon F'ing Lester....
Jon F'ing Lester....
....
#@$!%#^[email protected]#!%
#@$!%#^[email protected]#!%
I presume you refer to the g*
https://i.imgur.com/HkPOzEH
lame.
I remain amazingly calm. Not
Especially if the Cubs lose
theo needs to kick it
I concur with my man
This is all my fault as I
Congrats to TBS -- they get
Thank you.
I know I'm commenting more
2003 type Cubbery there.
Hard to believe that all
I was just about to say..
10 runs in 8th, 2 in other
I've posted this before, but
I've posted this before, but this is why the Cubs got Justin Wilson. He was supposed to be the reliable 8th inning guy who can close when Wade Davis isn't available, and then be the Cubs closer in 2018 after Davis is gone.
It's become clear to me that
I agree that Edwards seems
You're right, its too early
I would have to throw my hat
What I think I see with
WAS gets harper 1 more season
8th inning aside. Pretty
For those of us that were
You're right, E, that it was
Could be worse -- we could be
"Happiness at the misfortune
I am so glad i bought a
Lots of very low Cubs batting
Man, if the Cubs can pick off
We need those bats to bust