4/17 Braves Cubs

[UMFan83]

2 runs and 4 hits with 1 out in the 2nd. Is this finally the game where even bad offenses put it together for a game or two?

[Bertz]

Williams was clearly intimidated by Acuna/Freeman back to back to lead off the game, but he's been phenomenal since

[PackLandVA]

Willy with a game!

[Tim]

I think the Brewers really pissed off Contreras

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Big Willy Style to straight away center in that wind. Damn.

[Bertz]

Not sure why the Braves weren't shifting Rizzo? Is this some sort of one arm tied behind their back gambit?

[muntjack]

I have to say, I didn't see this coming today.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

6 runs!!

[UMFan83]

6 runs!!

 

We did it! Our long regional nightmare is over!

[UMFan83]

I have to assume that Huascar Ynoa is a high school pitcher the Braves picked up to see if really any pitcher could shut down the Cubs. Either way, I’d expect him to be given his outright release after the game

[Tim]

Bote has really been snakebit this year. He's got a .136 babip even though he has a ridiculously low 9.1% soft hit rate. His biggest issue has been a 60.9% ground ball rate, but many more of those should be getting through for singles.

[UMFan83]

Bote has really been snakebit this year. He's got a .136 babip even though he has a ridiculously low 9.1% soft hit rate. His biggest issue has been a 60.9% ground ball rate, but many more of those should be getting through for singles.

 

There was an article in I think the athletic that talked about how the Cubs offense has been historically unlucky this year and if they had average luck they’d be like the 20th best offense instead of dead last by a large margin. May have even been brought up here.

[CubinNY]

Niiiiiiiiiice game

[UMFan83]

I’m still down with extending KB

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Ah, I see this just happens to be the game where the Cubs continue to score most of their runs via home runs but at least not the solo kind.

[cl smooth]

5 home runs, eh?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

I thought the wind was blowing in...

[Derwood]

Bryant and Willson with some actual major league hitter slash lines now. Time for the rest of the team to catch up

[Bertz]

Bryant and Contreras really wanna be in another city on August 1st

[CubinNY]

At least for one day.

[OleMissCub]

Cubs spending their weekly allotment of runs in a single game. Save some for next week, fellas.

[CubinNY]

[Tim]

It would be funny if this is finally the game we hit 20

[Tim]

Bryant at better than an 8 win pace now.

[Schwarber Fan]

I want to keep KB. He finally seems healthy.