7/4 Cubs at Brewers

[UMFan83]

Wow Robertson just completely lost his command

[itisallpartoftheplan]

5 straight non competitive pitches by Robertson. Great work.

[OleMissCub]

Well that sucked

[Irrelevant Dude]

5 straight non competitive pitches by Robertson. Great work.

He got a few calls on pitches that were up out of the zone too. They were lucky to only give up a run. Now to lose (again) in extra innings.

[chopsx9]

Don't really have a point but does circling the bases prevent Suzuki from catching that bloop? Not suggesting he should have held up but just one of those baseball things.

[UMFan83]

The Committee To Make Me Hate Baseball has decided that half of Cubs games will end in extra innings knowing how much I hate the extra innings rule

[Irrelevant Dude]

Don't really have a point but does circling the bases prevent Suzuki from catching that bloop?

If running 360 feet causes a professional athlete to not be able to get to a ball 20 minutes later, I don't know what to say.

[Derwood]

How does Simmons not score on that?

[chopsx9]

Don't really have a point but does circling the bases prevent Suzuki from catching that bloop?

If running 360 feet causes a professional athlete to not be able to get to a ball 20 minutes later, I don't know what to say.

It's not like he didn't run for it - he missed by a couple inches.

[chopsx9]

Wow.

[OleMissCub]

That’s pathetic

[soccer10k]

Willy’s PA was awful there.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Pathetic at bats by Contreras and Happ. 2 annoying half innings to watch.

[UMFan83]

As I’ve said before. These new extra inning rules were designed to screw a team that has not been able to hit with RISP for the past decade or so

[UMFan83]

Cubs lose. What is their record in extras now? Like 2-9?

[chopsx9]

Wait 'till we find out that Willie was out of the game because he punched the wall and broke his hand.

[Bertz]

Wait 'till we find out that Willie was out of the game because he punched the wall and broke his hand.

 

Yeah I assume it was because they didn't want him catching more than 9 innings, but don't love having to worry about it

[PackLandVA]

Teeth with the game winner.

[Derwood]

Should've sent Simmons.

[champaignchris]

Cubs lose. What is their record in extras now? Like 2-9?

 

3-8.

[UMFan83]

Cubs lose. What is their record in extras now? Like 2-9?

 

3-8.

 

No other team has more than 6 losses. Lol

[champaignchris]

Cubs lose. What is their record in extras now? Like 2-9?

 

3-8.

 

No other team has more than 6 losses. Lol

 

Yeah. 48 losses this year. 1 in 6 has been in extra innings.

[UMFan83]

With a runner on 2nd and 0 outs, you are expected to score 61.1% of the time. The Cubs have scored that runner just 38.9% of the time in extra innings this year and have failed in 10 of their last 11 extra inning innings

[Rex Buckingham]

With a runner on 2nd and 0 outs, you are expected to score 61.1% of the time. The Cubs have scored that runner just 38.9% of the time in extra innings this year and have failed in 10 of their last 11 extra inning innings

 

I wonder how much different it is just from extra innings numbers, given the fact that most teams have an army of guys who throw 97+ out of the bullpen, and the fact that the runner starts there and you didn't just give up a leadoff double. I imagine that psychologically there's a least a little difference, and then add in that sometimes your runner on 2nd with 0 outs is there because he hit a rocket off a crappy starter who needs to go 4+ innings, so he's out there without his best stuff and is more likely to give up more hits.