4/23/24 - Astros (JP France) @ Cubs (Jordan Wicks) - 6:40P WFT on Marquee

[Rex Buckingham]

Wasn't it against Houston last year that Belli got hurt?

[Bobson Dugnutt]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

I had no idea it’s been almost 11 years since the Astros have been back to Wrigley. From seeing them 3 times a year at Wrigley to over a decade in between appearances. 

Was this the series with the lightning storm that sent Berkman running for the dugout / the Soriano walkoff?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Wasn't it against Houston last year that Belli got hurt?

Yes

[UMFan83]

Right rib contusion for belli. Doesn’t sound terrible?

Edited April 24, 2024 by UMFan83

[chibears55]

Guessing they felt his heel touched in time

[Irrelevant Dude]

Leiter got squeezed a bit.

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Right rib contusion for belli

So, 4-6 days 🤷‍♂️😂

[chibears55]

Suks when Leiter can't finish an inning

[PackLandVA]

Does any Cub reliever want to seize the moment. Up 6-2, no reason tying run should see Theon deck circle. Throw strikes please.

[LBiittner]

Calling this, almonte gives it up.

[PackLandVA]

HR to make it a 1-run game won’t be very surprising.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

5 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Was this the series with the lightning storm that sent Berkman running for the dugout / the Soriano walkoff?

Whoa the lightning storm was in 2008, apparently. And the Soriano walkoff was ‘09. Wrong x2.

[Andy]

6 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Was this the series with the lightning storm that sent Berkman running for the dugout / the Soriano walkoff?

No, those were 2 different years. Soriano walkoff was 09 (shamelessly adding that I was there) and Berkman's mad dash was, I believe, in 08, and late at night at that. Houston's last Wrigley visit was 2013.

[chibears55]

So, Alzolay in the 9th ?

[Hunter]

so many doomboners

[LBiittner]

Decades of witness

[PackLandVA]

Just now, Hunter said:

so many doomboners

[WhyCantWeWin]

Leiter has been a bit off lately, would be nice to give him a few days of rest. 

[LBiittner]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

So, Alzolay in the 9th ?

Gawd I hope no

[gflore34]

That MF'er has been giving that next to last pitch by Almonte to Astros all night, especially Francis, it greatly aided in him putting up zeros after the first.

[Hunter]

insurance

[PackLandVA]

1 minute ago, LBiittner said:

3 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

So, Alzolay in the 9th ?

 

[chibears55]

Tauchman loves that wind 😅😂

Good for him and needed that extra run

[Transmogrified Tiger]

One of the funnier pitcher HR reactions I've seen in a while

"huh, will ya lookit that"

[PackLandVA]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

So, Alzolay in the 9th ?

 

3 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

Gawd I hope no

If he can’t be brought in to close in the 9th with a 4-run, err, 5-run lead, when can he be used.