OSS: A 6-RBI day by Kris Bryant cruises the Cubs to an easy win Three up 1. Kris Bryant hit a two-run shot in the first inning that probably still hasn’t landed. I think the people most upset by the bleacher expansion were probably the ballhawks. 2. Bryant then one-upped himself with a grand slam in the third inning, chasing …
Marlins 2, Cubs 1 (7/3/15)
OSS: Cubs offense continues to struggle, two runs feels like two hundred. Three up 1. Jason Hammel had a solid start, striking out five in seven innings and allowing four hits. Unfortunately two of those were solo home runs, but overall this was another solid outing that the non-struggling version of this offense should have taken and run with. 2. …
Cubs 6, Mets 1 (7/2/15)
OSS: Ron Santo is smiling Three up 1. I listened to this game on the radio, so I don’t know if Arrieta literally broke a sweat in this game. Figuratively though, the Mets didn’t do much to worry him in this game aside from a double from the opposing pitcher that came around to score. Three of the Mets last …
Game Thread: Cubs v Mets, 7/3
It’s a day game, so let’s have a game thread! Lineups Cubs Castro SS Rizzo 1B Montero C Coghlan LF Baxter RF Denorfia CF Herrera 3B Arrieta P Russell 2B Mets Granderson RF Ceciliani CF Murphy 3B Duda 1B Flores 2B Campbell LF Monell C deGrom P Tejada SS Sweep it for Ronnie
Cubs 2, Mets 0 (7/1/15)
OSS: Stoppable force defeats movable object Three up 1. Jon Lester looked a little shaky early on, but settled down to shut out the Mets over seven innings, striking out seven. It is just the Mets punchless offense, but shutout performances are still always great to see, whether it’s the 27 Yankees or a beer league softball team. 2. How …
Cubs 1, Mets 0 (6/30/15)
OSS: Cubs pull a win out of their hat. Three up 1. Kyle Hendricks looked sharp last night, going six innings with no runs and six strikeouts. He had the Mets batters off balance the whole game, and along with the bullpen gave the Cubs the pitching performance they needed to break out of the slump. 2. The bats didn’t …
Cubs 1, Dodgers 0 (6/23/15)
OSS: Cubs beat a Cy winner for the second day in a row Three up 1. Hammel was cruising in this game, barely breaking a sweat until the Dodgers started to put a mini-rally together in the eighth. He only gave up two hits in 7.2 shutout innings, striking out six and somehow managed not to yawn while working on …
Cubs 8, Twins 0 (6/21/15)
OSS: A shutout by Arrieta and a grand slam by Fowler blow the doors off the Twins. Three up 1. Arrieta shook off whatever rust he had in his last outing, a laboring, career-worst six walk game. He went the distance, allowing only four hits and no walks and striking out seven. 2. The most memorable play of the game was …
6/20 Game thread: Cubs v Twins
Lineups Cubs CF Fowler 1B Rizzo 3B Bryant LF Coghlan SS Castro DH Schwarber RF Denorfia C Ross 2B Russell P Lester Twins 2B Dozier LF Rosario Dh Mauer 3B Plouffe RF Hunter C Suzuki 1B Vargas SS Escobar CF Buxton P May At least the defense can’t be much worse than it was yesterday.
Cubs 4, Reds 3 (6/13/15)
OSS: Massive rain delay and Len Kasper in the Fox booth isn’t enough to keep the Cubs TWTW down. Three up 1. Miguel Montero is on fire, homering yet again with a bomb to dead center to give the Cubs an early lead. My lying eyes said he looked pretty good behind the plate too, stealing strikes for an equally heating up …