05/25 CUBS (Arrieta) @ St. Louis (Martinez) 12:45 CDT, ABC7

[Butterscup]

Even better than I was the last time baby (ooh ooh ooh oooh).

 

Tonight we got the runs and a dong and the win I required. Time to wake up early and win another series against the Cardinals and extend the division lead. Tomorrow we'll be Dongin' in the Daylight.

 

http://www.cubsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/jake-arrieta-mlb-chicago-cubs-detroit-tigers1-850x560.jpg

Jake Arrieta

8-0, 1.29 ERA, 63 K/20 BB

 

vs.

 

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/MartinezInjury092515.jpg

Carlos Martinez

4-4, 3.56 ERA, 35 K/17 BB

 

See y'all Friday.

[Cubswin11]

RIDE THE BUTTERS WAVE

[Sammy Sofa]

[BigSlick]

With God Mode on the mound a series win is assured.

 

Let the butters reign be long and terrible to our enemies

[jersey cubs fan]

http://www.cfox.com/files/2016/02/butter.gif

[badger]

It's not going to happen tomorrow, but I'm worried about the site meltdown the next time Jake loses.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Who has been more valuable the last two years, Jake Arrieta or Butters?

[CyHawk_Cub]

Who has been more valuable the last two years, Jake Arrieta or Butters?

 

I'm voting Jake, but mostly because I just don't trust the advanced metrics when it comes to game thread starters.

[CubInOK]

It's not going to happen tomorrow, but I'm worried about the site meltdown the next time Jake loses.

This will never happen as long as Arrieta is a Cub.

[Banedon]

RIDE THE BUTTERS WAVE

 

http://38.media.tumblr.com/440c96d7b1fc2530ad2cc2548dc5e59d/tumblr_nde674oPAv1u0yjewo1_1280.gif

[Sammy Sofa]

It's not going to happen tomorrow, but I'm worried about the site meltdown the next time Jake loses.

 

Won't it just be the usual handful of suspects being especially annoying?

[JennieGarthAlgar]

The next time Jake loses will be the next time we are no hit, so I could see a meltdown about the offense. But that'd be equally as silly.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

ballgame

[Omar]

Cubs v. Martinez

Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo      18 15  4  1  0  2   6  2  1  .267  .333  .733 1.067  0  1   1   0         0
Dexter Fowler      17 14  5  1  0  0   2  3  4  .357  .471  .429  .899  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        12 10  1  0  0  0   0  2  3  .100  .250  .100  .350  0  0   0   0         0
Miguel Montero     12 10  2  1  0  0   3  2  5  .200  .333  .300  .633  0  0   0   0         1
Tommy La Stella    10  8  2  1  0  0   1  2  0  .250  .400  .375  .775  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell     9  9  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross          7  7  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .143  .143  .143  .286  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez         6  6  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward       5  5  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .400  .400  .400  .800  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Lester          5  5  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .400  .400  .400  .800  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist         3  2  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Hammel        2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks      2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood         2  2  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler         1  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur         1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             112 99 26  5  0  2  13 12 20  .263  .339  .374  .713  0  1   1   0         1
Has not faced: Tim Federowicz & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Justin Grimm, John Lackey, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Adam Warren

 

Cards v. Arrieta

Name                PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Matt Carpenter      24  19  1  0  0  0   0  5  4 .053 .250  .053  .303  0  0   0   0         0
Kolten Wong         23  23  5  1  0  0   0  0  9 .217 .217  .261  .478  0  0   0   0         1
Matt Holliday       20  17  2  0  0  0   0  3  6 .118 .250  .118  .368  0  0   0   0         0
Yadier Molina       18  17  3  0  0  0   0  1  5 .176 .222  .176  .399  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Adams          17  15  5  1  0  0   3  2  5 .333 .412  .400  .812  0  0   0   0         0
Ruben Tejada         7   7  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .143 .143  .143  .286  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Moss         4   2  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .500  .000  .500  0  0   0   1         0
Michael Wacha        4   4  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Randal Grichuk       3   3  1  0  1  0   1  0  1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
Stephen Piscotty     3   2  0  0  0  0   0  1  2 .000 .333  .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Jedd Gyorko          2   2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Tyler Lyons          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright      2   1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500  .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Total              129 114 19  2  1  0   4 14 36 .167 .264  .202  .465  0  0   0   1         1
Has not faced: Aledmys Diaz, Eric Fryer and Jeremy Hazelbaker & Has not faced pitchers: Matthew Bowman, Jonathan Broxton, Jaime Garcia, Dean Kiekhefer, Mike Leake, Carlos Martinez, Seung-hwan Oh, Trevor Rosenthal and Kevin Siegrist

[Stu]

In that photo, Martinez looks like he was just informed he has to face Arrieta.

[Omar]

[CyHawk_Cub]

In that photo, Martinez looks like he was just informed he has to face Arrieta.

 

Or, he's been told that his container load of Valtrex has been lost at sea.

[Sammys Boombox]

Wasn't able to watch last night, but I saw lots of "In play, run(s)" which makes me happy.

[UMFan83]

I know its better for the players, but I hate how this is a day game when the Cubs are off tomorrow and the Cardinals have a night game in Washington which is like a 90 minute flight.

[Schwarber Fan]

Good day to have a lead after 6.

[Omar]

[UMFan83]

 

Looks like someone went on fiver.com and hired a graphic designer.

[CubInOK]

They probably hacked into some other teams' files for the template for this.

[sneakypower]

looks like Carpenter doesn't get the chance today to improve upon his .053 split vs. Jake

[Fred Hornkohl]

This is Joe Maddon's 36th unique lineup in 45 games.

 

 

Go CUBS !!