OSS: Cubs come back from an 8-run deficit in an all-around shitshow of a game that I can't believe I watched all of. Three up: The Cubs offense scored nine runs with two outs in the eighth inning to complete their comeback against the Braves. Javier Baez struck the biggest blow with a bases clearing double to tie the game, …
Cubs 13, Pirates 5 (4.11.18)
OSS: Cubs brought the lumber. Three up: It was another huge game for Javier Baez, who had another multi-HR outing. He can still do the small ball stuff too – with the score tied in the sixth inning, he got on base on a dropped third strike, moved over to second on a Heyward GB, stole third, and scored on …
Cubs 3, Brewers 0 (4.8.18)
OSS: Cubs pitching dominates the Brewers to cap off a 5-4 road trip. Three up: Jose Quintana and the Cubs bullpen shut out the Brewers, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out nine. Aside from a sixth inning mini-jam that Q worked his way around, the Brewers never had more than one baserunner in an inning. The …
Cubs 5, Brewers 2 (4.7.18)
OSS: Cubs win it late with more help from the sloppy Brewers defense. Three up: The Cubs ninth inning unfolded as follows La Stella popped out to SS Caratini ROE, advanced to second Heyward walk Beez ROE Zobrist RBI infield single to tie the game Happ single to CF to score two more Bryant IBB Lester safety squeeze for another …
Cubs 8, Brewers 0 (4/5/2018)
OSS: It's the Javy Baez show. Three Up 1. Javy Baez walked 3 times, scored from 1st on an error, and was generally awesome. He had a rough go of the first series of the year, so it's nice to see him with his first-ever 3 walk game. 2. Jon Lester was really good tonight (Ron Coomer's player of the …
Reds 1, Cubs 0 (4.2.18)
TSS*: Sometimes you have to tip your cap to a great opponent with a great pitching staff. Other times, your cap falls off because you facepalm so hard. Three up At least this wasn't an extra inning game. Justin Wilson had a scoreless, two strikeout inning. The Cubs struck out Joey Votto twice, which should be something like 10% of …
Cubs 10, Marlins 6 (10 innings)
OSS: A win's a win. Three up: Kyle Schwarber hit a 2 billion foot (est.) home run in the second inning. The early returns on the slimmed-down War Bear's defense are meh, but his power certainly doesn't seem to be affected. Ben Zobrist has been crushing the ball in his first two starts, which is great to see after his …
Marlins 2, Cubs 1 (17 innings)
OSS: The most annoying kind of loss. Three up: Despite eventually blowing the lead, the new look Cubs bullpen was pretty good in this one. The Pen pitched 10+ innings of shutout baseball, including seven innings from Eddie Butler who posted a whopping .898 WPA in this one. Kyle Hendricks looks pretty good, and was hitting 88 or so on …
Cubs 8, Marlins 4 (3.29.18)
OSS: Cubs power their way past some sloppy play. Three up: Ian Happ started this game off with a bang, sending the first pitch of the 2018 season into the RF seats. Rizzo and Schwarber followed him later in the game, and I'm a little surprised in retrospect that the Cubs had *only* three homers in this one. The 2017 …
NLCS Game 5: Dodgers 11, Cubs 1
OSS: Well, it wasn't a sweep. Two up: At least this one was over quickly. Um…the pitching staff only issued two walks? Time to deal with my DVR/streaming backlog! Hannibal and Halt and Catch Fire, I'm looking at you. Three down: Quintana just didn't have it tonight, and the Dodgers made him pay. I look forward to his next few …