8/14 Cards (Leake) @ Cubs (Lackey) 7pm CT ESPN

[bukie]

So it turns out you can't win them all when you score 2 runs, but you can still come close.

 

Oh well, time to start a new winning streak on the remains of alleged contenders.

 

On this day, it'll be a battle of two NL Central pitchers who were on different NL Central teams last year.

 

In the red corner, we have Mike Leake of the Cardinals, formerly of the Reds and Giants, whose highlight video consists of slow ground balls because that's the best he's got. He's a sinkerballer that works low and away to RHs and low and in to LHs and tries to induce ground balls. Basically, he's last year's second half Hammel.

 

In the blue corner, we have John Lackey of the Cubs, who is the best pitcher on the planet if you ask him, as nothing he allows is his fault. It's astounding, really, how many rockets that aren't caught just weren't played right when Lackey is pitching, but it's only offset by the terrible job umpires do when he throws clear strikes that are called balls. He works with 3 different fastballs at 3 different speeds, a regular fastball that sits at 91, a cut fastball that comes in at about 83, and a 2-seam fastball at 93. When he really wants to get shelled, he works in a curveball that isn't really fooling anyone. He works down and away to RH batters and up and away to LH batters.

[Tim]

I'll be at this one - so win, fools.

[Cubswin11]

Being 14 up would be cooler than 12 up so win jerks

[Omar]

Cardinals v. Lackey

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jhonny Peralta       39  37 13  2  0  1   5  0  9 .351 .359 .486 .845  0  1   0   1         1
Matt Holliday        24  21  3  0  1  0   0  3  7 .143 .250 .238 .488  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Carpenter       18  15  3  1  0  0   0  3  6 .200 .333 .267 .600  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Moss         18  16  5  1  0  1   3  1  4 .313 .389 .563 .951  0  0   0   1         0
Yadier Molina        16  16  4  0  0  0   1  0  2 .250 .250 .250 .500  0  0   0   0         0
Stephen Piscotty      9   7  1  0  0  0   0  1  3 .143 .333 .143 .476  0  0   0   1         0
Kolten Wong           9   8  3  0  0  0   0  0  2 .375 .444 .375 .819  0  0   0   1         0
Jedd Gyorko           6   6  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .167 .167 .167 .333  0  0   0   0         0
Jaime Garcia          3   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000 .000  1  0   0   0         0
Randal Grichuk        3   3  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333 .333 .667  0  0   0   0         0
Jeremy Hazelbaker     3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Mike Leake            2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright       2   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  1  0   0   0         0
Total               152 137 34  4  1  2  10  8 38 .248 .307 .336 .642  2  1   0   4         1
Has not faced: Greg Garcia, Tommy Pham and Alberto Rosario & Has not faced pitchers: Matthew Bowman, Jonathan Broxton, Zach Duke, Seth Maness, Carlos Martinez, Seung-hwan Oh, Alexander Reyes, Kevin Siegrist and Jerome Williams

 

Cubs v. Leake

Name               PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo      36  32 10  2  0  2   5  3  5 .313 .389  .563  .951  0  0   0   1         2
Dexter Fowler      18  18  5  2  0  1   2  0  7 .278 .278  .556  .833  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      18  18  1  1  0  0   1  0  4 .056 .056  .111  .167  0  0   0   0         1
Chris Coghlan      17  16 10  3  0  2   2  0  0 .625 .647 1.188 1.835  0  0   0   1         0
Miguel Montero     15  13  4  0  0  1   2  1  1 .308 .400  .538  .938  0  0   0   1         0
Jorge Soler        12  12  1  0  0  1   2  0  5 .083 .083  .333  .417  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        11  11  4  1  0  0   0  0  0 .364 .364  .455  .818  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    10   9  2  1  0  0   1  0  4 .222 .200  .333  .533  0  1   0   0         1
David Ross          6   5  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .167  .000  .167  0  0   1   0         0
Ben Zobrist         6   6  2  2  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Lester          5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood         5   2  0  0  0  0   0  2  2 .000 .500  .000  .500  1  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks      4   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
John Lackey         3   3  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .333 .333  .333  .667  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             167 154 40 12  0  7  16  7 33 .260 .303  .474  .777  2  1   1   3         4
Has not faced: Javier Baez and Willson Contreras & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Mike Montgomery, Hector Rondon and Joe Smith

 

Player of the game? Chris Coghlan.

[mdwilla]

Rondon hasn't pitched since August 2. With the off day Monday and doubleheader Tuesday why haven't they just DL'ed him at this point? Its not like he doesn't have a history of arm troubles and we don't have a 13 game lead. The Cubs could start and Cahill and Mautz on Tuesday andd then release Mautz again when it's Rondon time.

[Clem Fandango]

Didn't someone on Twitter say they plan on using Rondon today? His injury was apparently mostly precautionary and not too serious to be DL'd for.

[David]

Rondon hasn't pitched since August 2. With the off day Monday and doubleheader Tuesday why haven't they just DL'ed him at this point? Its not like he doesn't have a history of arm troubles and we don't have a 13 game lead. The Cubs could start and Cahill and Mautz on Tuesday andd then release Mautz again when it's Rondon time.

 

because they were playing it by ear and it looks like it ended up on the long end of what they were expecting

 

he's supposed to be available tonight. threw a bullpen friday, iirc, felt good yesterday, and they figured they'd give him the extra day.

[horsonymous]

the cardinals after tonight's game.

 

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[Schwarber Fan]

[David]

well we have this to look forward to

 

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[ctcf]

Hector Rondon is officially good to go tonight per the beat writers.

[Derwood]

Coghlan gross

[Schwarber Fan]

Coghlan gross

 

He goes 3-4 tonight with his first HR of the season.

[Cubswin11]

Hector Rondon is officially good to go tonight per the beat writers.

Hopefully we don't need him after putting on another dong show

[muntjack]

Coghlan is hitting, like, .700 off of Leake, so I figured he'd be in there.

[Derwood]

My stupid best friend is sitting sixth row behind home plate tonight

[Ding Dong Johnson]

My stupid best friend is sitting sixth row behind home plate tonight

my stupid best friend decided Arby's was more important than getting drunk with me for the game

[mul21]

Dex totally deked me and the announcer on the Piscotty play.

[Derwood]

Yep, there's my stupid best friend on tv during every batter

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Yep, there's my stupid best friend on tv during every batter

is he the one with the strap over his shoulder and large, rectangular thing in front of him? looks like he's got quite the wad of cash on him

[soccer10k]

Offense off to a good start. Would be nice to capitalize early.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Alright.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

muy bien

[gobigred]

side note...Usain Bolt is amazing Edited August 15, 2016 by gobigred

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I still can't believe they gave Mike Leake $80 million.