8/19 Cubs (Quintana) at Pirates (Taillon): 12:35 PM on ABC7

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Stick with Q, here? Not a great idea. Prove me wrong.

[UMFan83]

So the 3 pitchers we got to replace Jake/Lackey/whoever were a 5 inning pitcher, a guy who can’t go more than 20 pitches into a rehab start before reinjuring himself and a guy threatening to break the record for most BB/9 pretty much ever Edited August 19, 2018 by UMFan83

[BigSlick]

guess you just want to lose then

[Schwarber Fan]

Game. Split. Crappy off day tomorrow. Ugh.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

This is on Joe. Not sure how you expect to win if you give up a run.

[Andy]

Lol now he pulls him. Thanks Joe

[imb]

quintana should never pitch more than 5 innings.

[Sammys Boombox]

Ballgame. Just when I start watching. I’m so tired of this team right now. I don’t care what the overall record is. Watching this baseball sucks

[Andy]

quintana should never pitch more than 5 innings.

That's our Game 4 starter you're talking about

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Stats and record prove this wrong, but damn, it sure feels like our team has been, and is, fading.

[UMFan83]

quintana should never pitch more than 5 innings.

 

I’m fine with him starting the 6th but basically pulls no him if any batter gets on

[Andy]

At least he put the right reliever in, I guess.

[UMFan83]

Stats and record prove this wrong, but damn, it sure feels like our team has been, and is, fading.

 

.500ish team since the break with a lot of sizable losses, an 8-1 record in 1 run games, almost every hitter is in considerable offensive slump save Rizzo and Zobrist and our starters save Hamels and sometimes Monty or Hendricks have been shelled or only good for 5 innings. It’s been a disaster but we’ve been able to keep our heads above water while we wait for the team to play better.

[Gmoney08]

TJS so we can stop this horsefeathering garbage with him and for crying out loud go get someone so Chatwood can't pitch for this team

 

horsefeathers it he was throwing 94 just pitch him through the pain and fill him with cortisone for the playoffs.

[BigSlick]

Stats and record prove this wrong, but damn, it sure feels like our team has been, and is, fading.

i'm not sure the stats prove you wrong, the team as a whole over the last 30 days has a wOBA+ of 89 and is 15 runs worse than replacement offensively. (More recently its worse, cratering in the last two weeks with a 67 wOBA+ and a .226/.288/.341 line collectively)

 

The team is playing really, really badly lately. They've really gotten lucky with the schedule and some sequencing to just tread water. They have to play better or they're going to collapse.

[ScrubMD]

Probably shouldn’t have started the 6th.

 

Should have taken him out after the first hit.

 

Inexcusable not to take him out after the walk.

[OleMissCub]

Good grief, Kyle

[BigSlick]

at least joe goes with the right move with carl here

 

good chance to keep the game tied but the cubs are almost completely incapable of scoring so

[Schwarber Fan]

Wow, great job, Carl. Now get a damn run.

[OleMissCub]

Wow, that was a fortunate inning

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Pirates should be up by two or three runs at this point.

[BigSlick]

Carl is so damn good

[UMFan83]

Someone tell the Cubs that this is actually a new game so someone has to hit the solo HR

[Bryants Disco Ball]

If the Cubs put together better at-bats this inning, they could score a few runs.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Never horsefeathering mind.