8.19 Brewers at Cubs

[CubinNY]

Thompson laying an egg in the first inning, 2 runs in the first. Blue Angles buzzing the field.

[UMFan83]

If they dont want to shut him down can they move him into the pen for some infrequent long relief appearances or give him a short IL stint to rest his arm? I'm guessing they know what they're doing but he just seemed cooked out there his last handful of starts even when the results haven't been bad.

[CubinNY]

Seiya with a run scoring double. Madrigal had a hustle single to start the inning.

[CubinNY]

Reyes with a hustle triple off the wall to drive in Seiya.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Reyes had 2 triples in 1820 MLB PA before joining the Cubs, and now he has 2 in 35 PA as a Cub. As we all suspected the coaching staff unlocked something, but it was speed

[CubinNY]

Good pick up by the Cubs.

[CubinNY]

Infield single by Happ. Cubs up 3-2

[mul21]

Nice recovery by KT in the 2nd. 7 pitches.

[CubinNY]

Nice recovery by KT in the 2nd. 7 pitches.

Indeed.

[mul21]

Nick Madrigal: not terrible?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Madrigal up to .316/.400/.368 since coming off the DL (45 PA)

[CubinNY]

Thompson can only pitch in even innings from here on out.

[UMFan83]

Keegan Thompson is now the only person in the Cubs current rotation with an ERA above 4. He entered the month with a 3.16 ERA.

 

Edit: Back down to 3.99!

[CubinNY]

I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised with Girardi in the booth. He's been pretty good with his analysis.

 

Thompson out after 3.75 innings.

[Derwood]

First team to 12 runs wins

[Derwood]

I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised with Girardi in the booth. He's been pretty good with his analysis.

 

 

He's decent, but he won't shut up and let JD talk.

 

He also kinda sounds like Zach Zaidman

[UMFan83]

Back and forth we go. I'm assuming the wind is blowing out today?

[UMFan83]

random question but how are Brewers fans handling the fact that Christian Yelich is nowhere near as good as he was when he was cheating? They gave him a huge extension after a couple 7+ win seasons, and now he's a 1.5-2.5 win player. That's gotta suck.

[UMFan83]

Cubs win!

 

Now 8-6 against the Brewers on the season. After years of being good but sucking against them, we're now bad but good against them.

 

 

10-4 in our last 14 games