8/11 Cardinals (Martinez) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 CST, CSN

[Clem Fandango]

Another day, another win for the Cubs. They now go into one of the biggest matchups of the year against our rival, The Cardinals, at Wrigley. The Cubs will be going up against the Cardinals' best Bruno Mars impersonator, and best pitcher, Carlos Martinez:

 

http://i.imgur.com/1iTr4uq.jpg

 

Bruno's stats look like this:

 

                                                                   
W    L  ERA  G GS    IP BB  SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
10   7 3.29 21 21 131.1 47 108  123 3.85 1.203 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.4 2.30

 

Not bad, Bruno. Not bad. But we have Jon Lester going...

 

 

Jon's stats look like this:

 

                                                                      
W    L  ERA  G GS CG    IP BB  SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
12   4 2.93 22 22  1 135.1 38 133  135 3.82 1.094 7.3 1.2 2.5 8.8 3.50

 

And he also hates Bruno Mars. He's coming for you.

 

http://i.imgur.com/mIddsZm.jpg

 

[Cubswin11]

Give these [expletive] the death blow

 

[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      21  17  4  1  0  2   6  3  1  .235  .333  .647  .980  0  1   1   0         0
Dexter Fowler      20  17  6  1  0  0   3  3  6  .353  .450  .412  .862  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        15  12  2  0  0  0   0  2  4  .167  .333  .167  .500  0  0   0   1         0
Miguel Montero     15  12  2  1  0  0   3  3  5  .167  .333  .250  .583  0  0   0   0         2
Chris Coghlan      14  11  2  1  0  0   0  3  6  .182  .357  .273  .630  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    11  11  4  0  0  0   1  0  1  .364  .364  .364  .727  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward       8   8  3  1  0  0   2  0  1  .375  .375  .500  .875  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
Ben Zobrist         6   5  2  0  0  0   2  1  1  .400  .500  .400  .900  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
Jake Arrieta        2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  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             138 121 32  6  0  2  18 15 31  .264  .348  .364  .711  0  1   1   1         2
Has not faced: Willson Contreras & Has not faced pitchers: Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, John Lackey, Mike Montgomery, Hector Rondon, Joe Smith and Pedro Strop

 

Cards v. Lester

Name                PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jhonny Peralta      56  51 14  3  0  3   8  5 15  .275  .339  .510  .849  0  0   0   0         2
Matt Carpenter      27  24  5  1  1  0   1  3  6  .208  .296  .333  .630  0  0   0   0         0
Yadier Molina       25  22  4  1  0  0   3  2  4  .182  .240  .227  .467  0  1   0   0         0
Matt Holliday       22  21  8  1  0  1   5  1  5  .381  .409  .571  .981  0  0   0   0         0
Kolten Wong         11  10  2  1  0  0   1  1  2  .200  .273  .300  .573  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Moss         9   9  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .222  .222  .222  .444  0  0   0   0         0
Stephen Piscotty     9   7  2  1  0  1   2  2  2  .286  .444  .857 1.302  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy Pham           8   7  2  0  0  2   2  1  2  .286  .375 1.143 1.518  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Adams           6   6  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Mike Leake           5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright      4   4  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Carlos Martinez      3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jedd Gyorko          2   2  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jerome Williams      2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              189 173 41  8  1  7  22 15 49  .237  .296  .416  .712  0  1   0   0         2
Has not faced: Greg Garcia, Jeremy Hazelbaker and Alberto Rosario & Has not faced pitchers: Matthew Bowman, Jonathan Broxton, Zach Duke, Jaime Garcia, Seth Maness, Seung-hwan Oh, Alexander Reyes and Kevin Siegrist

[badger]

[expletive] what took so long?

[Clem Fandango]

[expletive] what took so long?

 

I got drunk away from home last night and just woke up.

[Liam Neeson]

[badger]

[expletive] what took so long?

 

I got drunk away from home last night and just woke up.

 

 

Who am I kidding, I can't be mad at you. You had me at "I".

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Give these [expletive] the death blow

 

In November, I would like to see a montage of the Cubs season narrated by Mako.

[squally1313]

 

I don't want anything to do with their women.

[rocket]

even if we get swept who cares lol

[Omar]

Theres no reason we shouldn't sweep these fucks.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Theres no reason we shouldn't sweep these [expletive].

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ill-allow-it-Community-Chang.gif

[Cubswin11]

Bruce Miles just posted a pic on Twitter and the wind appears to be blowing out pretty good right now. It's only been blowing out for like 12 games this year.

[Old Style]

And this is what we are going to do to those nasty Cardinals

 

http://media2.giphy.com/media/pjjyvQ2sUl4gU/giphy.gif

[Old Style]

even if we get swept who cares lol

[Andy]

In November, I would like to see a montage of the Cubs season narrated by Mako.

I want one narrated by The Logan.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

In November, I would like to see a montage of the Cubs season narrated by Mako.

I want one narrated by The Logan.

Not sure he could top it:

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[Clem Fandango]

Don't underestimate my silky smooth bass tones

[Cubswin11]

[UMFan83]

 

The Cubs are saying 'we're going to beat you with one arm tied around our back' (coghlan starting in LF)

[David]

remember the whole lefties mash carlos martinez thing and how we've tormented him with lefties

[David]

would be a lot cooler to torment him with schwarber though

[Cubswin11]

[Cubswin11]

I don't have that big of a problem with Coghlan starting tonight vs Martinez. Not a good offensive matchup for Javy and Willson caught last night so give him a day off with a day game tomorrow he's likely gonna be catching or in LF. Also Martinez career vs LHB. 771 OPS, vs RHB .590 OPS Edited August 11, 2016 by Cubswin11

[Transmogrified Tiger]

To really underscore the point, right handed hitters have a sub-.500 OPS against Martinez.