8/13 - Cubs (Quintana) vs. Phillies (Vargas) - 6:05pm CT NBCSCH/MLBN

[cl smooth]

is it time for another game thread?

 

 

cubs defeated the reds on sunday 6-3. off to philadelphia we go!

 

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the phillies, expected to contend due to signing the famous mormon bryce harper to a 13-year 330-million dollar contract during the off-season, have had a rough go of it in 2019. their record is 60-58 and 9 games behind the nl east division leading atlanta braves. with that said, they are only 2 games out of the second wild card spot. to get to the top, they'll have to leapfrog four teams (mets, brewers, cardinals and nationals). needless to say, they have a tough road ahead:

 

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cubs have quintana on the hill while the phillies give the ball to jason vargas. quintana hasn't lost a start since 6/22; he's gone 6-0 with a 3.67 era in his past 7 starts. meanwhile, vargas is 0-1 in 2 starts since coming over from the mets, giving up 6 er in 11.1 innings of work. he's old and looks like bobby abreu on uppers so let's hope the cubs light him up and toss his ass onto the curb:

 

 

go cubs, motherfuckers!

Edited August 13, 2019 by cl smooth

[Brian]

I see Vargas' name and get re-annoyed about late last season, Cubs win the Thor game, win the DeGrom game (by walk off the next day) and then lose the Vargas game.

[Brian]

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[Brian707]

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[The_Achiever]

(Seinfeld voice) Vargas! (SV)

 

 

I hate Vargas.

[UMFan83]

8:05 central time? Meaning 9:05 in Philly?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

8:05 central time? Meaning 9:05 in Philly?

6:05 central.

[cl smooth]

8:05 central time? Meaning 9:05 in Philly?

6:05 central.

 

fixed!

[TMan92]

Castellanos is going to show us his pounding of lefties tonight.

[Brian]

Looks like Ryan will be back tonight because Maples is pitching for Iowa right now.

[Cubswin11]

Win, idiots

 

[Cubswin11]

Looks like Ryan will be back tonight because Maples is pitching for Iowa right now.

Yup. The beat guys said that’s the case a little bit a go

[Edith Cox]

Hope Vargas is washed up to a point they can finally hit him. Yu/Russell are 3-for-4 with a HR and did the damage earlier this year, everyone else is 9-for-60 lifetime.

[Brian]

us to Almora

 

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[Derwood]

Batting Happ behind Almora is just Joe trolling us

[Edith Cox]

The Cubs need a good small sample size tonight to get this small sample size series off to a good start. The Phillies are 27-36 since peaking 11 games over .500 back at the end of May.

[Cubswin11]

In before Schwarber Fan claims the game is in jeopardy of being PPD’d

 

[Bryants Disco Ball]

In before Schwarber Fan claims the game is in jeopardy of being PPD’d

 

 

Too late. He already posted yesterday that the game would be PPD, but it at least would give the team a couple days off.

[Derwood]

Bob Costas? Dammit

[TMan92]

Man what a long ass inning.

[Cubswin11]

Knock it off, Q

[TMan92]

Vargas will be through 2 innings with less pitches than Quintana.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Bbaez

[Derwood]

LOLmora