8/6 Giants (Heston) @ Cubs (Hammel) - 7:05 pm CT CSN

[Guest]

We just won the most unfavorable match up of the series, time to step on their throats

[Fred Hornkohl]

May Butters reign as long as soccer10k !!

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

Is that jerri curl in Crawford's hair

 

I thought the same thing.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Nice. A Schwarberview!

[ctcf]

Great shot to win this series now. Can't waste the gift of a matchup with Lester/Vogelsong tomorrow.

[BigSlick]

Cool thing: Everyone important is hitting or reaching base now, at the same time, which is cool. Except for Fowler and Castro but well, oh well

[treebird]

rondon was fantastic there. left a pitch up to posey but was otherwise basically perfect.

 

#wearegood

[Andy]

That pitch to K Crawford was the nastiest thing I've seen in a long time. Great way to start the series.

[UMFan83]

It boggles my mind that Schwarber is with the Cubs already much less acting like the best hitter on the team. I didn't think there was any shot at all of him playing this year

[Fred Hornkohl]

Well of course the CUBS win today...... just realized it's CubmanPi's birthday today !!

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Andy]

It boggles my mind that Schwarber is with the Cubs already much less acting like the best hitter on the team. I didn't think there was any shot at all of him playing this year

And instead there's a definite nonzero chance that his contributions will prove the difference in getting us in the playoffs. There's one none of us could've guessed.

[Brian]

That pitch to K Crawford was the nastiest thing I've seen in a long time. Great way to start the series.

 

It looked like a Maddux pitch +10mph

[Splendid Splinter]

Cool thing: Everyone important is hitting or reaching base now, at the same time, which is cool. Except for Fowler and Castro but well, oh well

 

Wasn't Castro hitting like .300 the past 7 or so games?

[ARCubsFan]

http://i.imgur.com/Xy9rsjo.gifv

[Sammy Sofa]

Cool thing: Everyone important is hitting or reaching base now, at the same time, which is cool. Except for Fowler and Castro but well, oh well

 

Wasn't Castro hitting like .300 the past 7 or so games?

 

.263 .333 .368 .702 over the last week. Decent, but he did stink at the plate tonight.

[bukie]

Cool thing: Everyone important is hitting or reaching base now, at the same time, which is cool. Except for Fowler and Castro but well, oh well

 

Wasn't Castro hitting like .300 the past 7 or so games?

Yes, and Fowler in general has been great since the ASB.

[Guest]

They had to use 5 relievers today plus Vogelsong starts tomorrow and he hasn't started since July 11. Would be really nice to have their pen worn out by Saturday.

[Brian]

[Derwood]

 

Mallee shouldn't be high fived by anyone

[BigSlick]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=80&type=8&season=2015&month=33&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=16,d

He has over 1.0 WAR and doesn't even have 100 at bats yet, bananas

[Guest]

There is no in between.

 

This should be on your tombstone.

 

so perfect

[sneakypower]

according to cubsump twitter, the giants have gotten 8 favorable calls from this home plate umpire. cubs have gotten 0.

Schwarber can't frame but he hits dongs; you take the bad with the good...

[ARCubsFan]

Kind of odd how the Pirates have had one of the best framers two years in a row and Russell Martin has sunk really low now that he's off the Pirates.

http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php

[Guest]

Still annoyed that they stopped Rizzo with 2 outs and Castro coming up and a 5-2 lead. Little to lose.

[Guest]

Kind of odd how the Pirates have had one of the best framers two years in a row and Russell Martin has sunk really low now that he's off the Pirates.

http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php

 

FWIW, Cervelli was very good last year too. Actually better than Martin on a rate basis.