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 …
Cubs 6, Reds 3 (6/11/15)
OSS: Three run homers FTW. Three up 1. Miguel Montero is busting out of his slump with back to back three run homer games. He also added a walk and a single. Maybe this game is merging with the blowout in Detroit in my head, but I was surprised to see that the Cubs only scored six. 2. Speaking of …
Cubs 12, Tigers 3 (6/10/15)
OSS: Cubs round out a winning road trip with an offensive asplosion. Three up 1. The Cubs had runners on base every inning except the eighth, and while they struggled to get them in early on Chris Coghlan hit a no-doubter three run HR to break the game open in the third. 2. Montero put the game back out of …
Cubs 4, Nats 2 (6/6/15)
OSS: Jason Hammel is all out of gum. Three up 1. Another great outing for Hammel – he went eight innings, striking out seven, walking two, and giving up one run. He was pulled in the ninth after giving up another run on a Bryce Harper bomb and didn’t get the CG, but still a fantastic outing. 2. Rizzo and …
Cubs 2, Nats 1 (6/4/15)
OSS: David Ross bails out a shaky Hector Rondon in a poorly umpired game. Three up 1. David Ross ended the game on a pickoff throw to first base that probably should have been called safe. He threw out three baserunners on the day, though two of them could have been safe… Solid defense by Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (27-24) at Washington Nationals (29-24)
I flipped over to the Cubs game a few times while watching the Blackhawks game, and I am that glad I missed that one. The Nats also had a rough time since we saw them last week, getting swept by the execrable Reds and losing a series at home to the Blue Jays. Team Leaders Cubs WAR: Rizzo (2.4) OBP: …
Marlins 5, Cubs 2 (6/2/15)
OSS: Hendricks comes through in the biggest PA of the game, but the Marlins manage a big inning anyway. Three up 1. Junior Lake was the Cubs WPA leader on the day, hitting two doubles and looking pretty good at the plate in general. He’s a different hitter than the guy we saw last year. 2. Starlin Castro flashed the leather …
Cubs 5, Marlins 1 (6/1/15)
OSS: Jason Hammel cruises to a Cubs victory Three up 1. Hammel was fantastic today, striking out eleven batters with no walks in 6.2 innings. Extra kudos for working so deep into the game as all the bullpen members that Maddon actually likes to use pitched the day before. 2. Starlin Castro made an incredible catch to rob Dee Gordon …
Cubs 2, Royals 1 (5/31/15)
(Now with correct score!) OSS: The wind was the true winner of this game. Three up: 1. The wind was certainly helping all the pitchers today, but members of the Cubs pen not named Travis Wood came through today. Wood aside, they pitched 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit, two walks, and striking out seven. Grimm …