4/26 Brewers (Nelson) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 7:05 CSN

[bukie]

The Cubs move on from a weekend thrashing of the Reds to a Brewers team that is second to the Reds in runs allowed, without the benefits of already having played the Cubs 7 times.

 

I should hope for more of the same from the Cubs.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Ugh... a whole day without dongs.

[Bote McBoteface]

I have no idea who this Nelson fellow is, but I bet he isn't looking forward to Tuesday's start.

[David]

ESPN just said we need to win by 3 or more, I think, in order to be in the top 5 all time for run differential after 20 games. Let's do that, please.

[soccer10k]

ESPN just said we need to win by 3 or more, I think, in order to be in the top 5 all time for run differential after 20 games. Let's do that, please.

 

Going off B-R (since 1900):

 

1902 Pirates +81

1905 Giants +80

2003 Yankees +79

1918 Giants +73

1939 Yankees +71

 

We had the 4th best RD after 17 games (behind the Pirates and both Giants teams) and are tied with the 39 Yankees for 5th best RD after 19 games (behind the other four teams above).

[Banedon]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

[Omar]

Brewers v. Hendricks

Name               PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Scooter Gennett    18 18 3  0  0  0   0  0  1 .167 .167 .167 .333  0  0   0   0         1
Ryan Braun          9  8 1  0  0  0   0  0  4 .125 .222 .125 .347  0  0   0   1         0
Martin Maldonado    9  8 2  0  0  0   0  1  1 .250 .333 .250 .583  0  0   0   0         0
Jonathan Lucroy     7  7 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .143 .143 .143 .286  0  0   0   0         0
Domingo Santana     4  4 0  0  0  0   0  0  4 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Zach Davies         2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Wily Peralta        2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Carlos Torres       1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              52 50 7  0  0  0   0  1 14 .140 .173 .140 .313  0  0   0   1         1
Has not faced: Chris Carter, Ramon Flores, Aaron Hill, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Alex Presley, Yadiel Rivera, Jonathan Villar and Colin Walsh & Has not faced pitchers: Chase Anderson, Michael Blazek, Blaine Boyer, Chris Capuano, Sam Freeman, Jeremy Jeffress, Taylor Jungmann, Jimmy Nelson and Tyler Thornburg

 

Cubs v. Nelson

Name              PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jorge Soler       15 15  5  3  0  1   3  0  5 .333 .333 .733 1.067  0  0   0   0         1
Anthony Rizzo     13 13  4  1  1  1   2  0  2 .308 .308 .769 1.077  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler     10  9  2  0  0  1   1  1  5 .222 .300 .556  .856  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    8  8  1  0  0  0   0  0  4 .125 .125 .125  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        7  7  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez        6  6  3  0  0  0   2  0  1 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Hammel       6  5  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .200 .167 .200  .367  0  1   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      6  5  3  1  0  0   2  0  0 .600 .500 .800 1.300  0  1   0   0         0
Miguel Montero     6  4  2  1  0  0   0  2  1 .500 .667 .750 1.417  0  0   0   0         0
John Lackey        5  4  0  0  0  0   0  1  4 .000 .200 .000  .200  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross         3  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  0 .000 .667 .000  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Arrieta       2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur        2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             89 80 21  6  1  3  11  6 28 .263 .307 .475  .782  1  2   0   0         1
Has not faced: Tommy La Stella and Ben Zobrist & Has not faced pitchers: Trevor Cahill, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester, Neil Ramirez, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop, Adam Warren and Travis Wood

[David]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

 

I might actually watch the Blackhawks tonight.

[Schwarber Fan]

I have no idea who this Nelson fellow is, but I bet he isn't looking forward to Tuesday's start.

 

This will be Nelson's eighth career start vs. the Cubs. He's been in the league since 2013.

[Banedon]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

 

I might actually watch the Blackhawks tonight.

 

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

 

I might actually watch the Blackhawks tonight.

 

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[UMFan83]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

[Omar]

will they be honoring Arrieta's no hitter before this game?

[wvcbxl]

will they be honoring Arrieta's no hitter before this game?

 

Yes

[Omar]

will they be honoring Arrieta's no hitter before this game?

 

Yes

 

[BigSlick]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

Get ready for Kris Bryant to push his OPS over 1.000

[Omar]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

 

cubs and white sox have home games first and last weekends of May, which I always thought they tried to avoid

 

(having both teams play at home at the same time)

[UMFan83]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

 

cubs and white sox have home games first and last weekends of May, which I always thought they tried to avoid

 

(having both teams play at home at the same time)

 

I've noticed that they are both home at the same time a few times a year, maybe 3-4 overlapping series.

 

When I worked downtown during those series I would go onto the Red Line platform and see Cubs fans jumping off the southbound trains and White Sox fans getting on.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

 

I might actually watch the Blackhawks tonight.

 

http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/StarWars/R2D2/r2d2-c3po-animated-gif-2.gif

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[jersey cubs fan]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

 

cubs and white sox have home games first and last weekends of May, which I always thought they tried to avoid

 

(having both teams play at home at the same time)

that's something that is impossible to avoid in two team cities.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

What? A day off? Ugh, cancel the whole damn day.

 

I might actually watch the Blackhawks tonight.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

16 of our next 19 games at Wrigley Field

 

cubs and white sox have home games first and last weekends of May, which I always thought they tried to avoid

 

(having both teams play at home at the same time)

that's something that is impossible to avoid in two team cities.

 

It only happens a couple times a year so I think the schedulers are pretty deliberate about avoiding it where possible, or at least they used to be.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

cubs and white sox have home games first and last weekends of May, which I always thought they tried to avoid

 

(having both teams play at home at the same time)

that's something that is impossible to avoid in two team cities.

 

It only happens a couple times a year so I think the schedulers are pretty deliberate about avoiding it where possible, or at least they used to be.

well yeah, they try to avoid it as much as possible but it happens regularly enough

[apete6]

that's something that is impossible to avoid in two team cities.

 

It only happens a couple times a year so I think the schedulers are pretty deliberate about avoiding it where possible, or at least they used to be.

well yeah, they try to avoid it as much as possible but it happens regularly enough

 

Friday, May 6th will be my 5th consecutive year doing a crosstown doubleheader. It's so great every damn time. Though this year, like most, it will be a Cubs day game followed by a Sox night game. It's much funner the other way around because of the better pre/post game options for a Wrigley night game...unless you have someone sober enough to drive to the Cell, in which case the tailgating is still fun.

[Omar]

i remember hopping on Red line one time and it was full of sox, cubs, and Bears fans... all with home games. (Bears pre-season)