Cubs 4, Dodgers 0

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OSS: Cubs defense shuts out the Dodgers in what felt like a playoff atmosphere.

Three+ up:

  1. Pat suggested that this was the Cubs best defensive game of the year, and he’s probably right. Heyward, Almora, and Bryant all made highlight reel plays, capped off by an unassisted double play turned by Javy snagging a liner and diving at the second base bag to double off the runner.
  2. Javy also had a great day at the plate, hitting two doubles and a triple, scoring two runs, and stealing a base that should have led to another. Dude is back to being locked in with all phases of the game again.
  3. Kyle Schwarber homered for the second game in a row, and is now tied with Baez for the most on the team with 14.
  4. Lester had another solid start and lowered his ERA even further. Only one strikeout is not great but it feels like even I could be a credible pitcher with this defense behind me.
  5. I only tuned into the last two games of this series, but it was a plus-plus crowd in the stands who rose to the occasion that the two best teams in the NL were playing each other. Half of said other best team may be on the DL, but still, it was a big series.
  6. The Cubs now have the best record in the National League.

Three down:

  1. The Cubs may have been cheated out of a run in the second inning as Baez ran home on what looked like a passed ball but was somehow called a swinging strike three by Lester. According to gameday the pitch was in the strike zone, but Lester only seemed to be called out after an appeal to the 3b umpire, who said he swung, which he very much did not. It didn’t end up mattering but it was a strange one.
  2. Brandon Morrow hit the DL after pulling his back while taking his pants off. Who among us.
  3. The Cubs were one bad ball-strike call away from taking a sweep in this series. If only.

Next up: The Cubs head to Cincy for a four game set against the scuffling Reds. Kyle Hendricks takes on the shambling remains of Matt Harvey’s career at 6:10 PM CT.

 

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  1. dmick89

    That pitch to Lester was in the zone? It was really breaking out of the zone and I thought it passed over the plate low of the zone. I have no idea how the 3rd base umpire thought Lester swung at that. It wasn’t even close.

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  2. Perkins

    Ryno,

    Fair, but he has checked the box for “injure self in a dumbass way after a poor outing.”

    Though I was always rooting for Farnsworth in fights, whereas I’d like to see Strickland get punched a few times.

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  3. cerulean

    That may have been the funnest frustrating series win of the year.

    The Chicago Cubs showed off their D, which if you listened to the Dodger broadcast meant they were waving their dicks around.

    I’m sorry Mr Broadcasters, does Baez and Contreras’ virility offend you? Are you eugenicists?

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    berselius

    To-day’s base ball squadron

    Bryant
    Heyward
    Zobrist
    Rizzo
    Baez (SS)
    War Bear
    Almora
    Giminez
    Quintana

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  5. andcounting

    dmick89,

    Heyward will give what will come to be known as the “At least we only got swept, you guys” speech that turned 2018 around.

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  6. Rizzo the Rat

    Is Maddon just going to brunch Bryant every time he had a bad game? What’s going on with the lineup?

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  7. Rizzo the Rat

    Maddon deliberately uses a heavily left-handed lineup, even benching Bryant, and one of the only righties hits a home run.

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  8. dmick89

    That’s how long every challenge should be limited to and any manager who comes onto the field after a replay should be immediately ejected and escorted off the field.

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  9. North Side Pat

    I wish the Cubs were playing a less talented team, like maybe the Dodgers or the Cardinals.

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  10. Rizzo the Rat

    I hope the Cubs hitters were taking notes when the Reds were hitting. I bet they didn’t know that when you hit a home run with runners on, you score multiple runs all at once.

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  11. dmick89

    Congratulations, Tyler! Take some time to bond with your child. Don’t worry about the Cubs. Just take all the time you need. And then some. You’ve earned it.

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  12. Rizzo the Rat

    dmick89,

    His pitch count was low, yesterday was a bullpen day, it was low leverage and they’ll need a lot of bullpen innings tomorrow.

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  13. dmick89

    dmick89:
    Losing 3 in a row to the Reds should disqualify you from playoff contention.

    Losing 4 in a row to the Reds should disqualify you from playoff contention for the next 30 years.

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  14. Rizzo the Rat

    I really don’t think Maddon screwed up this game. The odds of something like this happening against Strop are nearly zero.

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