9/5 - Giants (Walker) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 6:40pm, Marquee

[Hunter]

W

[UMFan83]

Tomorrow should be interesting. Merryweather looks like he’s throwing enough pitches to be down tomorrow, Leiter looks very shaky and Alzolay might be dead

either way, Cubs win!

[UMFan83]

What do you do when all the teams you are competing against win? Go out and win the horsefeathers game

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Tomorrow should be interesting. Merryweather looks like he’s throwing enough pitches to be down tomorrow, Leiter looks very shaky and Alzolay might be dead

Maybe Canario can make his debut as a pitcher.

[Tim]

Another series victory

[squally1313]

I have no idea where we are going to get 40 more games worth of pitching. But this offense man. 

[UMFan83]

Girardi broke his curse. Previously the 2 series he did color for in the 2nd half were the 2 series the Cubs have lost since the break

[squally1313]

Not going to count on anything from Colorado. But would be nice for the Phillies to hit a rough patch here. Make it purely a seeding question, vs a making it in general question, and you can decide how much you want to step on the gas. 

[UMFan83]

Rockies lead the DBacks 3-2. If the Rockies win, the Cubs playoff cushion will be 3.5 games. If the DBacks win, it stays at 3

padres up 3-0 over philly

Edited September 6, 2023 by UMFan83

[abuck1220]

win tomorrow and they’ll be 6 up on the giants with just over 20 games left. 

[UMFan83]

Not to dwell on last weekend but the Cubs have now had the lead in the 9th inning in their last 8 games

[UMFan83]

Just now, abuck1220 said:

win tomorrow and they’ll be 6 up on the giants with just over 20 games left. 

Plus the tiebreaker that they clinched tonight. Can’t see the giants playing 7 games better than us over a 20 game span

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Smyly with W #10. Just your solid double digit win pitcher.

[UMFan83]

 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Wow, assumed the Reds lost only to see Nick Martini is the most clutch player in baseball.

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 minutes ago, itisallpartoftheplan said:

Smyly with W #10. Just your solid double digit win pitcher.

The Cy Young award might still be within reach.

[Derwood]

It’s hard to remember when this offense was a miserable mess back in May. 

[bukie]

Cubs pull to within 10 games of the second bye...

Also 11 over .500 for the first time this year.

Also have eclipsed last season's win total.

[UMFan83]

No one asked Ross about Alzolay’s status which kind of surprises me. It might not be a big deal but he’s clearly altering his bullpen usage to avoid using him, you’d think that’s something reporters might ask about.  4 straight days off now and 5 of last 6

[Irrelevant Dude]

This has been quite a response coming off the 2 blown saves.  Many of us have been conditioned to think that those types of bad losses are going to lead to the inevitable collapse, but this team has fought back time and time again.  They just continue to find ways to win series after series

[Irrelevant Dude]

As much as I don't want the Cubs to take their foot off the pedal, tomorrow's game seems like a good candidate to give a few starters some rest.  Day after night game with another big 4 game series coming and 7 more days total without a break.  It probably wouldn't hurt to sit a few of the guys who have been playing every single day for the past month plus.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

Yeah I need that in an instantly available form immediately. 

 

[UMFan83]

27 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

As much as I don't want the Cubs to take their foot off the pedal, tomorrow's game seems like a good candidate to give a few starters some rest.  Day after night game with another big 4 game series coming and 7 more days total without a break.  It probably wouldn't hurt to sit a few of the guys who have been playing every single day for the past month plus.

I have not looked at or thought about the matchups but just spitballing…

C - Amaya
1B - Wisdom

2B - Morel

SS - Swanson (doesn’t take days off)

3B - Madrigal

LF - Canario

CF - Tauchman

RF - Suzuki

DH - Bellinger

 

 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Gurriel

Carroll

and

Nick Mother horsefeathers Ahmed due up for the Dbacks in the 9th.

[UMFan83]

Rockies managed to hold onto that 3-2 lead for the rest of the game and beat the DBacks. So the Cubs playoff cushion is 3.5 games and their cushion over WC3 is 3 games (does suck a little that the Cubs have lost the tiebreaker with both of those teams). With the Phillies loss the Cubs also pull to within 1.5 games of WC1. 
 

the Reds result sucked especially considering the Reds easy schedule after this series. Brewers win sucked obviously. Marlins beating the Dodgers sucked but it ended up being an alright night. 
 

As for Arizona, would be nice to enter that series at least 4 games up. We won’t get swept but if they did somehow lose all 4 they can only tie us. Winning 3 of 4 only gets them to within 2 games.

Edited September 6, 2023 by UMFan83