8/31 Cubs (Quintana) @ Phillies (Pizzetta) - 6:05, NBCSC+

[dfnowak]

Brewers and Cardinals have scored 26 and 22 runs in their last 4 respectively. We’ve scored 11. Yes, scoring matters.

[Cubswin11]

Brewers and Cardinals have scored 26 and 22 runs in their last 4 respectively. We’ve scored 11. Yes, scoring matters.

Indeed. A big reason why we have the best record in the NL and have a comfortable division lead in September is because we’ve scored the most runs in the NL both in total sum and runs per game.

[Cubswin11]

18-10 record in August (104 win pace). Hard to argue or be upset about that regardless of how dumb some of the games have been.

[soccer10k]

Brewers and Cardinals have scored 26 and 22 runs in their last 4 respectively. We’ve scored 11. Yes, scoring matters.

 

The Brewers also gave up 23 runs in their last four games and could have easily lost 3 of 4.

 

And are you really complaining about a 4 game stretch after they just had a 6 game stretch where they scored 8, 7, 3, 10, 9 and 7? That’s 7.3 runs per game which is better than what the Cards and Brewers just did over the 4 game stretch you just cited.

[UMFan83]

So is the offense slumping again? We’ve gotten a moderate amount of runs the last few games but they don’t look all that great out there and once again the hitting with RISP is abysmal

They’ve scored 10, 9, 7 And 5 runs in games in the last week.

And have averaged less than 3 runs per game in the last 4

 

Yeah I know that they were hitting well and I also realize that in this 4 game sample they faced Syndergaard and deGrom, but they also faced 2 garbage starters, the shitty Mets pen and some iffy Phillies relievers. This team is just so up and down at times offensively it seems like they can slip into a slump suddenly. .606 OPS in our last 4 games after having a .959 OPS in the 6 games before that.

 

I guess it’s tough to take anything meaningful from a small sample like that though.

[chibears55]

18-10 record in August (104 win pace). Hard to argue or be upset about that regardless of how dumb some of the games have been.

Agree..

Theyve had some aggravating games and even a stretch here and there but somehow they managed to win 79 games and stay on top..

 

Cubs go 14 and 14 final 28

Cardinals need to go 17 and 10

Brewers need to go 17 and 9

 

Pretty confident they wont blow this

 

 

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[squally1313]

They’ve scored 10, 9, 7 And 5 runs in games in the last week.

And have averaged less than 3 runs per game in the last 4

 

Yeah I know that they were hitting well and I also realize that in this 4 game sample they faced Syndergaard and deGrom, but they also faced 2 garbage starters, the horsefeathers Mets pen and some iffy Phillies relievers. This team is just so up and down at times offensively it seems like they can slip into a slump suddenly. .606 OPS in our last 4 games after having a .959 OPS in the 6 games before that.

 

I guess it’s tough to take anything meaningful from a small sample like that though.

 

Yeah that's just....baseball in general. BABIP, 65% failure rate, etc.

[UMFan83]

18-10 record in August (104 win pace). Hard to argue or be upset about that regardless of how dumb some of the games have been.

Agree..

Theyve had some aggravating games and even a stretch here and there but somehow they managed to win 79 games and stay on top..

 

Cubs go 14 and 14 final 28

Cardinals need to go 17 and 10

Brewers need to go 17 and 9

 

Pretty confident they wont blow this

 

 

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I’m not trying to raise a doom boner and I agree the Cubs are very likely to win the division but the Cardinals have just spent the last quarter of the season playing at a 111 win pace with a run differential that suggests they’ve played even better than that. While it’s likely they cool off, it’s not that impossible to see them continuing to play very well. Maybe not 21-6 like August but let’s say 19-8. That would require the Cubs to go 17-11 to win the division outright.

 

I dunno I think it’s too early to start doing the “if the Cubs do this then the cardinals have to do” thing even though I just did it.

 

If we finish this road trip 1 game up or more then I feel supremely confident with 16 of the last 19 games in Chicago. But this is going to be a really tough stretch immediately in front of us

[Sammy Sofa]

That would require the Cubs to go 17-11 to win the division outright.

 

You say this like it's something they're not likely to be able to do.

[UMFan83]

That would require the Cubs to go 17-11 to win the division outright.

 

You say this like it's something they're not likely to be able to do.

 

Of course they are. They just went 18-10 in August. I’m just a little anxious to see how the back end of this 23 in a row goes before I feel supremely confident about winning the division

[Sammy Sofa]

I look at it this way: they went through their worst stretch to this point and the Brewers managed to LOSE ground and the Cardinals only gained, what, 3 games, while playing WAY above their heads. Meanwhile the starting pitching has actually been looking better, the offense has been showing some life again, last night be damned, and Bryant is coming back. Hell, even Russell coming back has me cautiously optimistic about what he can do offensively having had even just a little extra extended time off to heal up a bit. Mitigate Joe's inane lineups and get out there and keep winning series and let things be as they should be.

[Cubswin11]

I look at it this way: they went through their worst stretch to this point and the Brewers managed to LOSE ground and the Cardinals only gained, what, 3 games, while playing WAY above their heads. Meanwhile the starting pitching has actually been looking better, the offense has been showing some life again, last night be damned, and Bryant is coming back. Hell, even Russell coming back has me cautiously optimistic about what he can do offensively having had even just a little extra extended time off to heal up a bit. Mitigate Joe's inane lineups and get out there and keep winning series and let things be as they should be.

Yeah, I like Russell back just for late game defense. Murphy should probably be taken out every game in the 6/7th we lead by 2+ runs.

[soccer10k]

That would require the Cubs to go 17-11 to win the division outright.

 

You say this like it's something they're not likely to be able to do.

 

With the caveat that winning the division is significantly better than winning the wild card, don’t forget that the Cubs 98 or 99% to make the playoffs now. The past two weeks have pretty much made the worst case scenario to be a road wild card game. So this isn’t a division or bust scenario barring a complete collapse.