8/24 Indians (Kluber) @ Cubs (Lester) 1:05, WPWR

[ctcf]

Cubs are certainly making some solid contact off of Kluber.

[Andy]

Well 49 pitches through 3. If we can make him work, we could get him out after 6

I'm sure there's no way of checking, but I'm guessing there aren't many, if any, pitchers that have gone 9 up 9 down and also thrown more than 49 pitches.

[squally1313]

Well it's not like Montero is going to catch every game, and Schwarbs isn't going to catch lester so...

 

I know it's not going to happen this year, but....why not? I don't think his pitches have significantly more movement on them than say...Hendricks (and Hendricks probably needs the framing a lot more than Lester does).

 

This foul ball aside, the one silver lining I get from every Ross strikeout is that it pushes him a little closer to retiring and just being Lester's favorite bench coach, instead of sucking up 150 PAs a year.

[Sammy Sofa]

Even being a part time catcher would take Schwarber's bat out of the lineup more than it should be. I want that whammer in there as much as possible.

[ctcf]

thanks for nothing, tommy

[PrimeTime]

Ugh [expletive] walks

[ctcf]

this is no bueno

[Guest]

DP!!!!!!!

[PrimeTime]

Wow what a DP..i thought that was easily a base hit up the middle

[sneakypower]

wow, nice DP

[UMFan83]

wow i thought for sure a run was scoring one way or another when that ball was hit. Fantastic play

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That was slick. Nice job, fellas!

[badger1679666666]

mlb.tv is like two pitches behind y'all...

[weis21]

Castro pimped the hell out of that turn

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Keep taking pitches and build that pitch count up. Oh, and somebody dong!

[ctcf]

very happy to see lester at 38 thru 4

[UMFan83]

If we get mowed down the rest of the game, the narrative will be to take this game and the sale game as islands amongst offensive explosion and say the Cubs cant hit good pitchers. That narrative will be ignoring hitting Shelby Miller hard of course but I can see it coming from the idiot media.

[philosophizer75]

What type of pitch was that first ball to Schwarber?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Man, that breaking pitch is nasty.

[badger1679666666]

I knew he was good, but his movement is pretty sick today.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Schwarber 0-3 with 3 k's vs the Indians at Wrigley and just a little bit better vs them on the road.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

If we get mowed down the rest of the game, the narrative will be to take this game and the sale game as islands amongst offensive explosion and say the Cubs cant hit good pitchers. That narrative will be ignoring hitting Shelby Miller hard of course but I can see it coming from the idiot media.

 

They could extend it and say Hamels, too.

[mul21]

According to Facebook's little update thing, it's 1-0 Cubs at the end of the 3rd. Weird.

[Guest]

If we get mowed down the rest of the game, the narrative will be to take this game and the sale game as islands amongst offensive explosion and say the Cubs cant hit good pitchers. That narrative will be ignoring hitting Shelby Miller hard of course but I can see it coming from the idiot media.

 

i really don't see the media looking for reasons to talk down the cubs

[ctcf]

this kluber guy might be good