4/28 Cubs (Wesneski) @ Red Sox (Houck) 6:10 PM CT ESPN

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

If you have to pinch hit for your left handed "supposed" power hitting DH against a right handed pitcher, with Nick Madrigal no less, that is a problem.

Yea, if that were me (Mervis), I'd take that very personal as a wake up call.

[JHBulls]

The strike zone is a little bit higher. 

[Soul]

Oy 

[JHBulls]

Oh damn it. 😞

[UMFan83]

Welp, 1st and 3rd with 0 outs.  Good effort

[chibears55]

Leiter not gonna get it done tonight..

At least they showed a pulse to end this series and head into NY tomorrow 

[Irrelevant Dude]

What a stupid question.  "You talked about the coloring of the hand. Is that something you looked for as a hitter?" 

It would take superhuman vision to pick up slight changes in hand color while the pitcher's arm is in motion.

[UMFan83]

Leiter does not have it tonight.  Supposed to be the one dude we an rely on lol

[squally1313]

Dumb sport 

[JHBulls]

Oh man, that sucks a lot. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Said it a few games ago, Leiter has looked off recently, wonder if he’s dealing with fatigue or injury. 

[Derwood]

Even had Swanson caught that, he wouldn't have made a play at home

[UMFan83]

I know that was a tough play, and that the runner probably tags and scores anyways, but we pay you to catch that Dansby.

[profisme]

Tough play but it seems like they haven’t been making important plays on defense lately anyhow. 

[Rex Buckingham]

Why on earth is Happ not making that play?

[Jason Ross]

Valiant comeback effort. Bummer to lose it.

[squally1313]

I don’t really know how Happ wasn’t in position to make that catch. Anything over 300 feet ends the game either way. 

[Soul]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Why on earth is Happ not making that play?

Don’t know.  I thought the same

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Derwood said:

Even had Swanson caught that, he wouldn't have made a play at home

True if the runner was tagging, but he wasn't.  But is Happ's hamstring still that bad that he couldn't get to that ball?

[s2obed]

That’s Happs ball. Swanson was playing in to get the man at home. Just bad.

[Andy]

This just goes down as one of those absurd BS games that happen, just wish they weren't coinciding with an absurd BS run of injuries

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Why on earth is Happ not making that play?

Gonna say, why was he playing deep

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Said it a few games ago, Leiter has looked off recently, wonder if he’s dealing with fatigue or injury. 

He's our best healthy reliever so I'm guessing injured since thats what happens to all of our good players.

[Cubfanintheknow]

Really starting to hate the 9th inning in close ballgames.