9/6 - Giants (Wood) vs Cubs (Wicks): 1:20pm, Marquee

[soccer10k]

Milwaukee should have had two on at the end. The last pitch to Contreras was clearly outside.

[Tim]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Brewers lose!  Bednar strikes out Contreras looking on a pitch way outside but the ump called it.

[Rob]

Well, CB Bucknor gifted us that Pirates win.

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Milwaukee should have had two on at the end. The last pitch to Contreras was clearly outside.

FWIW, Rivas misread a catchable foul ball one pitch earlier and couldn't come up with it which could have ended the game.

Edited September 6, 2023 by UMFan83

[Tryptamine]

7 minutes ago, Rob said:

Well, CB Bucknor gifted us that Pirates win.

I would have lost my mind if a reliever with a sub 2 ERA had blown 2 saves against the Brewers

[Tryptamine]

At work so I can't watch the game, but despite the zero strikeouts, is Wicks just cruising?

[Hunter]

That Bednar pitch.......Just a bit outside

[The_Achiever]

Milwaukee stinks.  

[Hunter]

3rd pitcher in the first 4 innings.

[UMFan83]

Goal should be of course to have a 5 game lead or something going into that final Milwaukee series, but if we can at least be within 1 game, the winner of that series will take the division

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Strike 3 call:

https://x.com/pitchingninja/status/1699504201150177311?s=46&t=haqqp8AWxlvqZhkdnXGumw

[Hunter]

Amaya!

[UMFan83]

Great to see Amaya get one after struggling for awhile.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Amaya smoked that one 

[bukie]

1 minute ago, Hunter said:

3rd pitcher in the first 4 innings.

Amaya takes the 3rd pitch he sees out for a HR...maybe they should try a 4th.

[Andy]

Miguel Amaya just Nick Castellanos'd Boog's heartfelt condolence to Tim Kurkjian on his brother's passing from ALS.

[Andy]

Just now, Andy said:

Miguel Amaya just Nick Castellanos'd Boog's heartfelt condolence to Tim Kurkjian on his brother's passing from ALS.

And then he called it a "Nick Castellanos moment" LMAO

[Rcal10]

Nice to see Wicks doing well, but I would feel a little better about him if he had a few k’s today. None in 4 innings. Not much swing and miss.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Sandy Alcantara and Jorge Soler both to the IL for Miami.

[Derwood]

So we're really just starting Wisdom against lefties and immediately PHing for him as soon as a righty comes in?

[sneakypower]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Nice to see Wicks doing well, but I would feel a little better about him if he had a few k’s today. None in 4 innings. Not much swing and miss.

yeah don't know what to really make of this

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Nice to see Wicks doing well, but I would feel a little better about him if he had a few k’s today. None in 4 innings. Not much swing and miss.

Definitely doesn't look as sharp as the last 2 games, given up some solid contact but it hasnt hurt him thus far.  Thankfully the Cubs have a 6 run lead to take some of the pressure off of him.

[abuck1220]

ben brown did not pass his second reliever test

[itisallpartoftheplan]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

So we're really just starting Wisdom against lefties and immediately PHing for him as soon as a righty comes in?

He’s also hitting RHPs better this season.

[Cubfanintheknow]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Nice to see Wicks doing well, but I would feel a little better about him if he had a few k’s today. None in 4 innings. Not much swing and miss.

I'm heartened by the fact he's pitching well despite not having his best stuff. Still has a shutout despite all the traffic he's put on the basepaths.