Cubs vs. Pirates: Series Threads (Games 135-138)
I didn't get to put up a post and the Cubs won two close games in Minnesota. Does that mean I should continue to not post? We'll never know! Next up, four games against the last-place Pirates. See below for the matchups.
Game 135, Thursday, September 2, 7:05 pm central
CHC: RHP Keegan Thompson (3-3, 3.09 ERA)
PIT: RHP Mitch Keller (4-10, 6.75 ERA)
Thompson has yet to carry his bullpen success into his starts. He went only two inning against the White Sox and allowed four earned runs while striking out only one. He has yet to go more than four innings in an appearance.
Keller went 5.1 innings but got shelled by the Cardinals last time out. It was the third start this season in which he's allowed 7 earned runs.
Game 136, Friday, September 3, 1:20 pm central
CHC: RHP Alec Mills (6-6, 4.32 ERA)
PIT: LHP Steven Brault (0-3, 4.57 ERA)
The Cubs best starting pitcher, Alec Mills, pitched 8.1 shutout innings to earn a win against the White Sox. Absolutely bless his heart.
Lefty Brault has made only five starts this season, all since the beginning of August. Too bad for him the Pirates had given up long before that. The Pirates earned seven earned runs off of him in three innings on August 28.
Game 137, Saturday, September 4, 1:20 pm central
CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (14-6, 4.43 ERA)
PIT: TBD
Alec Mills emulator, Kyle Hendricks, suffered through a start ranking among his bottom three of the season at the end of August. He allowed eight earned runs to the White Sox in 4.2 innings. He was only a few starts removed from a nine-run beating at the hands of the Brewers--August was unkind to his ERA.
The Brewers have not yet announced a starter for the Saturday game.
Game 138, Sunday, September 5, 1:20 pm central
CHC: RHP Zach Davies (6-10, 4.91 ERA)
PIT: RHP Wil Crowe (3-7, 5.46 ERA)
Davies held the Twins to one earned run but was pulled during the fifth for the second start in a row. He allowed *eleven* homeruns in six August starts.
Crowe pitched well enough in his last start, allowing three earned runs in five innings, but did not earn a decision against the Cardinals. He last faced the Cubs on May 26, when he exited after only 1.1 innings having allowed five hits and three earned runs.
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