9/21 - Pirates (Oviedo) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 6:40pm, Marquee

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Instead, we get 1 or 2 people on and then have a bad hitter end the inning over and over and over

Whether he hitting 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th there going to be a likelihood that he'll come up with a guy or two on base.

He slumping,  as long as he in the lineup and not hitting,  there going to be an AB or two that finds him up there with guys on base, no matter where he hitting in the order

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Is the bullpen still quiet? Is Ross going to let 3-4 runs score before he does anything?

 

I get it, everyone is gassed. But kyle isn’t fooling anyone and he looks like he has nothing left

Gotta get Kyle his Quality Start,  one more inning 

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Whether he hitting 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th there going to be a likelihood that he'll come up with a guy or two on base.

He slumping,  as long as he in the lineup and not hitting,  there going to be an AB or two that finds him up there with guys on base, no matter where he hitting in the order

Yes we all understand that things happen up and down the lineup that lead to critical ABs being taken by slumping hitters. But it’s going to happen more frequently in the part of the lineup where the best hitters are hitting. And going to happen more often because the top of the order inevitably bats more. Having a hitter who has been top 5 in the league the last 2 months hitting 6th behind one of the worst is insanity

[UMFan83]

Shockingly this is setting up for another big Swanson AB. Can’t pitch around Bellinger here though

[Derwood]

9 straight balls to Bellinger.

Finally a strike

[Derwood]

Can't strike out if you pop out on the first pitch!

[UMFan83]

9 baserunners in 5 innings, 0 runs

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Shockingly this is setting up for another big Swanson AB. Can’t pitch around Bellinger here though

Bellinger promptly pops out..

Suzuki flies out..

Both hitters come up empty with 2 guys on base

[UMFan83]

Ok I’m done for the night. Hope they come back but it’s looking like the same story we’ve see on 90% of our games the last 2 weeks

[Derwood]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Bellinger promptly pops out..

Suzuki flies out..

Both hitters come up empty with 2 guys on base

 

Do you think this is a winning argument?

[s2obed]

0-8 with RISP tonight, ouch. 

[UMFan83]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Bellinger promptly pops out..

Suzuki flies out..

Both hitters come up empty with 2 guys on base

I hope you are just documenting what happened and not trying to use this as evidence that your spread out the good hitters theory is right. 

[squally1313]

Why didn’t they bat happ or hoerner in the fourth spot??

[chibears55]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Yes we all understand that things happen up and down the lineup that lead to critical ABs being taken by slumping hitters. But it’s going to happen more frequently in the part of the lineup where the best hitters are hitting. And going to happen more often because the top of the order inevitably bats more. Having a hitter who has been top 5 in the league the last 2 months hitting 6th behind one of the worst is insanity

Then Ross needs to bat Happ and Tauchman lower in lineup and just hit Suzuki, Hoerner and Bellinger 1-3 and then everyone else, would that be better ?

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, s2obed said:

0-8 with RISP tonight, ouch. 

That’s just what happens when this team slumps. It’s may all over again

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Just a slow painful death. This sucks.

[JBears79]

I don't get this team

[UMFan83]

Is this team even going to finish over .500? 

[BearDown1223]

We are getting a rally going here real soon… gotta believe it’s happening 

[Irrelevant Dude]

6 minutes ago, BearDown1223 said:

We are getting a rally going here real soon… gotta believe it’s happening 

If not tonight, then tomorrow for sure. But if not tomorrow, then definitely Saturday.

[UMFan83]

6 minutes ago, BearDown1223 said:

We are getting a rally going here real soon… gotta believe it’s happening 

*sitting in an empty Wrigley Field at 2am*  It's gonna happen...really soon

[squally1313]

This is a team getting pretty awful sequencing luck and between that and them clearly pressing, it’s been a bit of a death spiral. 

[UMFan83]

Yet another pitcher with an ERA over 4 completely shuts down the Cubs offense

[UMFan83]

Just now, squally1313 said:

This is a team getting pretty awful sequencing luck and between that and them clearly pressing, it’s been a bit of a death spiral. 

Why do you have to be so negative geez?

 

(I'm 100% kidding lol)

[Derwood]

Remember when Tauchmann used to never strike out?