6/30 Cubs (Lackey) v. Mets (Matz) 6:10, CSN;MLBN

[OleMissCub]

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http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/k-zone/z3fqzp/picture41986026/ALTERNATES/FREE_640/matz

[CubInOK]

Not enough teeth.

[UMFan83]

I want to pound on the Mets, who are not currently in a playoff spot, and I welcome the comments from Mets fans about how they will get us back in the playoffs.

[The_Achiever]

The Sherrif!

[Derwood]

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[jersey cubs fan]

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[Omar]

Mets v. Lackey

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Curtis Granderson    47  41 10  2  2  1   2  5 11 .244 .326  .463  .790  1  0   0   0         1
Asdrubal Cabrera     33  31  7  2  0  1   3  1  8 .226 .273  .387  .660  0  0   0   1         1
James Loney          29  29  8  3  0  1   5  0  2 .276 .276  .483  .759  0  0   0   0         1
Kelly Johnson        26  26  6  2  0  0   2  0  6 .231 .231  .308  .538  0  0   0   0         3
Neil Walker          12  11  3  0  0  0   1  0  1 .273 .333  .273  .606  0  0   0   1         1
Yoenis Cespedes       6   4  1  1  0  0   1  1  1 .250 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   1         0
Wilmer Flores         5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Bartolo Colon         2   2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         1
Alejandro De Aza      2   2  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Harvey           2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               164 153 37 11  2  3  14  7 32 .242 .288  .399  .687  1  0   0   3         8
Has not faced: Travis d'Arnaud, Brandon Nimmo, Matt Reynolds and Rene Rivera & Has not faced pitchers: Antonio Bastardo, Jerry Blevins, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Sean Gilmartin, Erik Goeddel, Steven Matz, Addison Reed, Hansel Robles, Noah Syndergaard and Logan Verrett

 

Cubs v. Matz

Name            PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ben Zobrist      3  3 1  1  0  0   0  0  2 .333 .333 .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez      2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant      2  1 0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .500 .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo    2  2 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross       2  1 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500 .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood      1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total           12 10 2  1  0  0   0  2  3 .200 .333 .300  .633  0  0   0   0         0
Has not faced: Albert Almora, Chris Coghlan, Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward, Miguel Montero, Addison Russell and Matt Szczur & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Kyle Hendricks, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Spencer Patton, Joel Peralta, Hector Rondon and Pedro Strop

[Banedon]

Mets fans are really hurting right now after being swept by the Nats. Winning this series, or sweeping it could really do some significant morale damage...at least to the fans.

[Tim]

Lets do it then

[raw]

Up until last week, the Cubs had won at least 3 games in every 4-game series this year. Mets have Matz and Syndergaard who both currently have elbow issues on the bookends of this series. Both were pretty well lit up in their last starts. The Cubs have the potential send both these guys to the operating table, or at worst get into the pen early, if they run up their pitch counts. I'd really like to take both of those games against possibly injured pitchers. And horsefeathers Bartolo Colon, so we better not lose to that fat ass either. Cubs take NYC, 3 of 4.

[Omar]

Saturday's game is on Fox

 

"NLCS rematch"

[soccer10k]

He doesn't pitch until Sunday but Syndergaard has allowed 28 stolen bases this year in 15 starts. That's a pace of 56 for 30 starts and 61.6 for 33 starts. For comparison's sake, Lester only allowed 44 all of last year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm not sure how serious a bone spur is, but it sounds like something that might want to be resolved prior to pitching again.

[Thusly Boned]

He doesn't pitch until Sunday but Syndergaard has allowed 28 stolen bases this year in 15 starts. That's a pace of 56 for 30 starts and 61.6 for 33 starts. For comparison's sake, Lester only allowed 44 all of last year.

 

I watched some of his last start against the Nats, and they were running at will on him. It really seemed to affect him, too.

[Thusly Boned]

Up until last week, the Cubs had won at least 3 games in every 4-game series this year. Mets have Matz and Syndergaard who both currently have elbow issues on the bookends of this series. Both were pretty well lit up in their last starts. The Cubs have the potential send both these guys to the operating table, or at worst get into the pen early, if they run up their pitch counts. I'd really like to take both of those games against possibly injured pitchers. And [expletive] Bartolo Colon, so we better not lose to that fat ass either. Cubs take NYC, 3 of 4.

 

In his last start, the Nats obviously had a gameplan to run up Thor's pitch count (shocking for a Dusty-managed team). Darling was openly whining about it in the booth, as if the Nats were cheating or doing something dirty.

[Cubswin11]

I'm not sure how serious a bone spur is, but it sounds like something that might want to be resolved prior to pitching again.

It all depends where they are located, iirc. When the Lester thing was going on in ST they basically said his didn't matter because of the location it couldn't affect much but if it moves/grew it could become a problem.

[Brian707]

I was hoping to see the Cubs face Harvey this series and light him up. He last pitched Tuesday, are they going with a 6 man rotation?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Yeah, I want to sweep them badly. And I hope all of their pitchers end up back in the hospital after our barrage of dongs.

[David]

apparently the bone spurs bothered matz enough that he was going to have season ending surgery to remove them, but the Mets FO talked him out of it...

[UMFan83]

 

Weird to not have Heyward in the lineup 2 days in a row even if it's 2 lefties. Something else wrong with him?

[raw]

 

Weird to not have Heyward in the lineup 2 days in a row even if it's 2 lefties. Something else wrong with him?

 

Also seems like Maddon trying to let Bryant settle in at 3B. I'd think Javy at 3B, Zobrist at 2B with Bryant in the OF but has not been the case the last 2 days.

[Banedon]

Heyward not even listed as bench guy at the bottom...

 

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[Banedon]

Heyward not even listed as bench guy at the bottom...

 

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Nevermind, it's just cut off. Saw another pic.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Heyward not even listed as bench guy at the bottom...

 

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The picture might have cut him off from the bottom.

[Omar]