8/20 - Royals (Lyle) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 1:20pm, Marquee

[chibears55]

A big insurance run by the future Catcher..

 

Lyle gonna get a CG today 😅

[UMFan83]

Braves tie up the Giants with 2 outs in the 8th.  Come on, lets end the night alone in WC2

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Was ready to say Velazquez didn’t reach in either game then we hit him.

[UMFan83]

Tying run up

[Tryptamine]

Well this has become needlessly scary

[Hunter]

Just end this.

[Tryptamine]

....

[Derwood]

Adbert doesn't have it today

[UMFan83]

horsefeathers, he had 1 out, no one on and 2 strikes to Vasquez.  Now the go ahead run is at the plate

[Hunter]

Good grief.

[chibears55]

A big insurance run by the future Catcher..

 

Lyle gonna get a CG today 😅

[Hunter]

Finally.

[UMFan83]

Thank you Amaya, Cubs win

[Tryptamine]

That was stressful 

[chibears55]

W....  Amaya HR turned out to be very big..

Boxberger had a rehab game today in Iowa, he'll be a much needed relief help for final month.

[UMFan83]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

That was stressful 

much more stressful series against the Royals than any of us were anticipating but they got the series win so ok then, lets move on.

[UMFan83]

Cubs will end the day 1 game clear of the playoff cut line, with the Reds, Marlins and Diamondbacks all 1 game back.

As mentioned above, if the Braves can beat the Giants, the Cubs will pull into WC2 by 0.5 games as well.

 

The Brewers have decided not to lose again so just keep that at 3 games for as long as possible.

Edited August 20, 2023 by UMFan83

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Giants go 

walk

hbp

hbp

k

k 

walk

to take the lead in the 9th

[UMFan83]

Just now, itisallpartoftheplan said:

Giants go 

walk

hbp

hbp

k

k 

walk

to take the lead in the 9th

Oh well. I’m ok with being a full game ahead of the playoff pace for the first time all season 

[Nolansomebody]

Series win, Nice! Gotta keep those coming.

[PackLandVA]

9 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Series win, Nice! Gotta keep those coming.

Yep, keeping winning series. Expecting sweeps, even against crap teams, is not really realistic.

[chibears55]

Next 7 against Detroit and Pittsburgh, be nice to go no worse then 5-2 and pick up 2 games on the Brewers ( 2 Minn. 3 SD) before heading to that series.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Officially rooting for the Mariners to win the West since the Rangers didn’t help us.

[UMFan83]

Is tomorrow really the first time Javy will face the Cubs since he left?

Edit: come to think of it, Bryant is the only one of the Big 3 that has even played at Wrigley since the trades and that was only a couple weeks after the trade. Hopefully KB is playing when we play at Wrigley in September. Riz and Javy will have to wait for next year to get their return trip to Wrigley

Edited August 20, 2023 by UMFan83

[We Got The Whole 9]

8 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Is tomorrow really the first time Javy will face the Cubs since he left?

Edit: come to think of it, Bryant is the only one of the Big 3 that has even played at Wrigley since the trades and that was only a couple weeks after the trade. Hopefully KB is playing when we play at Wrigley in September. Riz and Javy will have to wait for next year to get their return trip to Wrigley

How insane that the best player left from that team is none other than Jason Hayward.