10/19 NLCS Game 5 Dodgers (Kershaw) vs Cubs (Quintana) 7pm TBS

[Banedon]

Since Game 4 was like Game 5 of the WS last year, can we get Game 6 of the WS for Game 5 and 6 of the NLCS this year?

 

[soccer10k]

Q better pitch a complete game because Wade Davis is dead now.

 

Wade is unavailable until Game 1 of the World Series.

[Sammy Sofa]

Since Game 4 was like Game 5 of the WS last year, can we get Game 6 of the WS for Game 5 and 6 of the NLCS this year?

 

[Rex Buckingham]

Man, I wish there was some kind of precedent for what the Cubs might do against Kershaw when seeing him for the second time in the NLCS...

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201610220.shtml

[Banedon]

It's very clear from the sports media articles/podcasts/videos/etc this morning that everybody was ready to publish Cubs postmortems and Dodgers fluff pieces today, and decided to publish them this morning with only slight wording changes.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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If Wade pitches tonight, then we should just forget about him being a Cub next year because he's going to be 9th-inning G7 Chapman all year.

sweet. that was a 1-2-3 inning

[David]

Since Game 4 was like Game 5 of the WS last year, can we get Game 6 of the WS for Game 5 and 6 of the NLCS this year?

 

Is Wade Davis gonna pitch tonight after all?

[Brian]

So here's the stat, via ESPN Stats & Information: Batters are hitting .538 on the first pitch against Kershaw since his return on Sept. 1. Of the 14 hits he has allowed on the first pitch, four have been home runs. In Game 1, the Cubs swung at just three of 20 first pitches, the second-lowest first-pitch swing rate against Kershaw all season.

[Old Style]

So here's the stat, via ESPN Stats & Information: Batters are hitting .538 on the first pitch against Kershaw since his return on Sept. 1. Of the 14 hits he has allowed on the first pitch, four have been home runs. In Game 1, the Cubs swung at just three of 20 first pitches, the second-lowest first-pitch swing rate against Kershaw all season.

Quick. Send that over to 1060 W. Addison, attention: Joe Maddon.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Basically the same thing that happened last year. We were a bit too passive the first time we faced him. The second time we jumped on him quickly. I'm expecting that again.

[David]

I mean, if they're hitting .538 and it's 14 hits, it's 26 at bats/first pitches. Not all that meaningful.

[Elwood]

We're gonna need good Carl Jr. to show up tonight.

[javy knows my name]

We're gonna need good Carl Jr. to show up tonight.

 

I really only wanna see Strop and Rondon. Carl's broken

[Cubswin11]

We're gonna need good Carl Jr. to show up tonight.

 

I really only wanna see Strop and Rondon. Carl's broken

Nah, he’ll be lights out when he’s called upon

[minnesotacubsfan]

We're gonna need good Carl Jr. to show up tonight.

 

I really only wanna see Strop and Rondon. Carl's broken

 

 

He was lights out on Sunday

[imb]

Q better pitch a complete game because Wade Davis is dead now.

 

Wade is unavailable until Game 1 of the World Series.

 

*2018 world series

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Are high numbers on first-pitches in play because it's good to put the first pitch in play against him, or is it because only really meatbally first pitches are getting swung at?

[David]

i shouldn't even be saying this until if/when it at least gets to 3-2, but coming back from 3-0 (and then finishing the job) is literally the only way this season could have wound up rivaling last year, right?

[David]

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[Omar]

Doyers v. Quintana

                                                                                       
Name                PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Logan Forsythe      14 12  6  3  0  1   5  1  2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500  0  1   0   0   0
Curtis Granderson    6  4  1  0  0  1   2  2  2 .250 .500 1.000 1.500  0  0   0   0   0
Charlie Culberson    5  4  0  0  0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  1   0   0   1
Yasiel Puig          5  5  1  1  0  0   1  0  1 .200 .200  .400  .600  0  0   0   0   0
Chris Taylor         5  5  3  0  0  0   0  0  0 .600 .600  .600 1.200  0  0   0   0   0
Justin Turner        5  5  1  0  0  0   2  0  2 .200 .200  .200  .400  0  0   0   0   0
Enrique Hernandez    4  3  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .250  .000  .250  0  0   0   0   0
Clayton Kershaw      4  4  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .250 .250  .250  .500  0  0   0   0   0
Andre Ethier         3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Chase Utley          3  2  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .333  .000  .333  0  0   0   0   0
Austin Barnes        2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500  .000  .500  0  0   0   0   1
Cody Bellinger       2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Kyle Farmer          1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Total               59 51 13  4  0  2  11  6 14 .255 .322  .451  .773  0  2   0   0   2

 

Cubs v. Kershaw

                                                                                         
Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Jon Jay              26  22  3  1  0  0   2  2 12 .136 .200  .182  .382  1  1   0   0   0
Anthony Rizzo        23  20  7  2  0  3   5  2  3 .350 .435  .900 1.335  0  0   0   1   0
Kris Bryant          18  16  4  0  0  1   3  2  6 .250 .333  .438  .771  0  0   0   0   0
Addison Russell      16  15  2  1  0  0   0  1  3 .133 .188  .200  .388  0  0   0   0   0
Jason Heyward        15  15  1  0  0  0   0  0  7 .067 .067  .067  .133  0  0   0   0   0
Javier Baez          13  13  3  0  0  1   1  0  4 .231 .231  .462  .692  0  0   0   0   0
Willson Contreras     9   9  5  0  0  2   2  0  3 .556 .556 1.222 1.778  0  0   0   0   0
Ben Zobrist           9   8  0  0  0  0   1  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  1   0   0   0
Albert Almora         7   7  3  0  0  1   2  0  0 .429 .429  .857 1.286  0  0   0   0   0
Tommy La Stella       5   5  1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .200 .200  .200  .400  0  0   0   0   0
Jose Quintana         4   4  1  0  0  0   0  0  3 .250 .250  .250  .500  0  0   0   0   0
Ian Happ              3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Kyle Hendricks        3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Jon Lester            2   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0   0
Leonys Martin         2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Kyle Schwarber        2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Mike Montgomery       1   0  0  0  0  0   0  0                        0  1  0   0   0   0
Total               158 145 30  4  0  8  16  7 53 .207 .245  .400  .645  3  2   0   1   0

 

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[Andy]

Zobrist is so useless at the plate right now (particularly RH) that I honestly might have just stuck with Heyward out there. But there are no great options.

[Cubswin11]

Zobrist is so useless at the plate right now (particularly RH) that I honestly might have just stuck with Heyward out there. But there are no great options.

Yeah I agree, probably should be Heyward since the offense isn’t there for either and might as well get the defense.

[Cubswin11]

What’s the wind going to be doing tonight?