OSS: Cubs sweep the Brewers out of Chicago with stellar pitching and defense.
Three up:
- Tyler Chatwood had his best game on the mound as a Cub today, shutting out the Brewers over seven innings with just two hits and three walks, striking out four. He even helped himself with an RBI single in the fifth inning. All told, the Cubs starters gave up zero earned runs in 27 innings in this series.
- Addison Russell had the biggest hit of the day, a leadoff triple in the fifth that led to the Cubs first and eventual winning run. He also singled in the Cubs mini-rally in the second inning that was ended by a bases clogged groundout by Chatwood and knocked in the second run on a sac fly in the sixth that I missed due to connection issues :|. Now that more Cubs bats have heated up a bit and the Cubs don't desparately need Zobrist's bat in the lineup, some of that Machado talk could cool off a bit.
- Morrow and Edwards shut the door once again. Their combined line on the season: 23.1 IP, 13 H, 1 R, 8 BB, 32 K, 0.39 ERA. Not too shabby.
Three Zero down:
I'm not going to complain about anything following a four game sweep of a division rival.
Next up: The Cubs face off with the Rockies again in a three game series. It kicks off with Kyle Freeland taking on Jon Lester at 6:05 CT tomorrow.
Comments
Eventually the Brewers are going to kill Kato Kaelin.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I’ll miss him.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m not entirely sure what started it, but Brewers Twitter must have done something bad to get so supremely flamed by Cubs Twitter.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
OK, I’ve read this a dozen times and I’m still confused. 2 is the fewest runs they’ve given up in a four-game series since 1973, when they gave up… 3???
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I have decided that I don’t like being a fan of a team that doesn’t always disappoint*. So I am starting a Brewers Blog and I need some help on a name:
ConsolingCraig.com
Brerrors.com
LamentNations.com
Some unrediscredited feedback would be appreciated.
*The hapless Cubs won the World Series. Fucking sellouts. (Also, Happless.)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
They mean fewest, not least, obvs
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Seems poorly worded, maybe it suggests a new record was set (obviously) and that the old record was in 1973.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
It’s just saying that not since that series have the Cubs allowed fewer runs in any 4 game series. I don’t know if 4 is the least in franchise history or not. My guess is it’s not.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
Judging from the last series at Miller Park, the Brewers don’t know much about selling out.
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
As bad as the Cubs have been in the first 25 games of the season, they have won 60% of their games. That’s a 97–65 pace.
(Though it should be noted that half of their wins — rounding down — have been against the Milwaukee Goose Eggs, so they are going to have to play better against other teams.)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Early returns on Justin Wilson —> do they have a return policy? This one is broken.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Mr Carl’s Enderman Jr has been Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Not a fan of the NFL Draft this year…
CHI
Love the Roquan, Daniels, Miller and Fitts picks. If healthy, that’s at least four starters.
GB
Alexander, Jackson and Moore are great. Looney is a really nice pickup for the DL later on. Plus, they netted an extra 1 next year. I’ll pretend they didn’t draft the second best punter available…
SF
I’m OK with drafting an OT that’s not as good as the one they would soon trade. I’m OK with the Dante Pettis pick (most obvious). I like the Fred Warner pick. Moore and James are interesting. That’s about the best I can say. Not a fan of them passing on an athletic EDGE because he might be prone to injury (Sweat) over a less talented EDGE that’s currently injured (Street).
TyroneQuote Reply
Tyrone,
I felt like Bears draft was good. Didn’t like passing on so many EDGE players and settling on Fitts in the 6th. Time will tell I guess. I wonder how much input Fangio had in the draft. If Fangio didn’t want Sweat, I get it but I don’t understand how Pace took Joel Iggy over Sweat. That shit pissed me off. But I like the first 3 picks for sure.
MuckerQuote Reply
Tyrone,
I’m happy with the GB draft, even though their success at actually developing corners (and keeping the few that are worth a damn) is pretty spotty. Definitely very happy with the extra pick next year.
berseliusQuote Reply
Yeah, for me too.
TyroneQuote Reply
Mucker,
Fitts’ athleticism is off the charts. If he’s healthy, he’s a good option. Sweat’s injury must’ve really freaked some teams out (it was pretty bad, BTW. Basically broke his leg in half).
And a lot of people thought Daniels would go in the first.
TyroneQuote Reply
berselius,
They’re just going to keep drafting DBs until they get it right, huh?
And I really feel like that extra 1 is going toward a QB next year.
TyroneQuote Reply
New shit
http://obstructedview.net/series-preview-colorado-rockies-15-14-at-chicago-cubs-15-10/
berseliusQuote Reply