Cubs (Hendricks) vs Diamondbacks (Henry): 4/16/24, 8:40pm, Marquee

[chibears55]

Cubs seems like the worse when it comes to getting the ghost home...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

let Morel pitch

[mfcubs22]

Sucks losing this one. 

[UMFan83]

Ok that’s it for me. If they lose, they are back to pissing me off for blowing the 8-0 lead in San Diego. If they win great. 
 

horsefeathers the diamondbacks for making us play like 6 super tense games over our last 35 or so games dating back to last September. 

[ToolDRT]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

This one has been thrown away multiple times, but the other team keeps throwing it back.

Hahah you take it, no you take it! 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Randall Simon said:

Is it just me, or does "going on contact" never work?

Eh, there's not a ton of downside.  You lose the runner at third and gain a runner at second. Still need a hit either way.

[squally1313]

Fangraphs chart has to be wild. Three three run leads blown if I’m reading the line correctly. 

[ToolDRT]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Ok that’s it for me. If they lose, they are back to pissing me off for blowing the 8-0 lead in San Diego. If they win great. 
 

horsefeathers the diamondbacks for making us play like 6 super tense games over our last 35 or so games dating back to last September. 

I’m still annoyed by that padres game. Still! 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Randall Grichuk looks like a college lacrosse player (derogatory)

[Chicago Al]

Good job bullpen, you suck.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Good thinking Drew.  Save your arm for tomorrow.

[ToolDRT]

Man, you have to hope this game and the padres game dont come back to bite us at the end of the year. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

sigh, Cubs are still looking for their first extra inning win since 1986

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Bullpen might need to be better.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Starts with Hendricks sucking ass, he doesn't belong in the rotation. Swanson is getting paid 177 mil, he's gotta start producing like it. Bullpen is a complete mess, Hoyer just dropped the ball on that

[chibears55]

Wick gonna need to go 9 tomorrow 😅

[JHBulls]

Winning back to back regular seasons games in extra inning for the first time in 32 years would have been madness anyway. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Wick gonna need to go 9 tomorrow 😅

Nah, just need this offense to score 20 something runs.

Here's looking at you Busch. No pressure.

[Randall Simon]

8 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Eh, there's not a ton of downside.  You lose the runner at third and gain a runner at second. Still need a hit either way.

Would rather have the runner at 3rd. Multiple ways to score a run w/o a hit from 3rd. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Amaya just going out there and weakly flicking the barrel at a slider at the knees on the first pitch is so frustrating

[17 Seconds]

hard to get at all excited about this team with this pitching. they're lucky they're 10-7

[UMFan83]

Yes Hader sucks so far this year. No we didn’t need to spend a ton of money on bullpen arms, yes we have promising arms in Iowa that can give us a boost, yes we historically improve on the pen as the season goes along. But we needed to do more in the offseason than Neris and Almonte after a historic September playoff collapse due largely to the pen.  
 

 these games will happen in a season, no pen is going to hold every lead, but there’s already 4 games this year I can think of that the pen had a major negative impact on. That rate can’t continue

[UMFan83]

22 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Wick gonna need to go 9 tomorrow 😅

What arms are fresh in Iowa? Have a feeling Palencia is going down tomorrow and someone is on their way to Arizona. 

[UMFan83]

8 of the Cubs last 45 games (~18%) dating back to last year have involved the Cubs losing a game where they had a lead in the 8th inning or later. That’s historic horsefeathers

[17 Seconds]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

8 of the Cubs last 45 games (~18%) dating back to last year have involved the Cubs losing a game where they had a lead in the 8th inning or later. That’s historic horsefeathers

they have a terrible bullpen and no closer, get used to it