Cubs (Assad) vs Pirates (Jones): 5/10/24, 5:40pm

[JHBulls]

Yay, they are starting. 

[JHBulls]

Cody Bellinger just scorched that pitch off future Hall of Famer Jared Jones.  

Edited May 10, 2024 by JHBulls

[Jason Ross]

Bellibomb. Impressive on two strikes.

[PackLandVA]

Jones threw 11 straight 97+ fastballs for strikes. 

[Illiterate Scholar]

He rounded the bases and high-fived like he's still in pain but if he keeps hitting homers 2/3 games it'll hurt less

[PackLandVA]

Chris has to make that play. Bat wasn’t close to him, although maybe in his peripheral.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Christopher you can throw the ball through a human being, you don't need to rush a backhand

[PackLandVA]

Does Assad have a tiny little manbun back there?.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Assad about to get blown up if he can't get his command in order 

[UMFan83]

Figures we score a run off the unhittable guy and are trailing to end the inning

[mfcubs22]

Annoying inning. Assad doesn’t seem to have it today. I’m assuming Brown will have to piggyback

[JHBulls]

Okay, 2 runs in that inning isn’t as bad as it could have been. 

[mfcubs22]

Some questionable strike calls that half inning. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

hey mister umpire we don't need to give Jones 3 inches off the plate glove side, thanks

[WhyCantWeWin]

Busch is awful at 1B. Bro cannot squeeze the ball

[JHBulls]

It’s times like these I really miss Anthony Rizzo.

[Randall Simon]

Just now, WhyCantWeWin said:

Busch is awful at 1B. Bro cannot squeeze the ball

He gets terrible reads on ground balls too. Ranges way out on balls the 2nd baseman should take

[JHBulls]

I get that Jones is really good, but just one time I would love to be able to say that the hitters really have it today. We say it a lot about starting pitching.

[Illiterate Scholar]

Dang, a normal sized shortstop and this game would be tied on that Nico liner with PCA on base

[Randall Simon]

Javier needs a better mitt fold. Looks like a 3rd grader squeezing that mitt!

[UMFan83]

Of course 2 hard hit outs with RISP

 

edit: ok Madrigals was only 93 mph but for him that’s hard, I thought it might carry for a hit

Amayas out was 111 MPH with a .750 xBA

Edited May 11, 2024 by UMFan83

[Illiterate Scholar]

Oh get the horsefeathers out of here with the 111 mph lineouts

[UMFan83]

Not that this was an easy play but our defense is disturbing. Another Morel error on a throw

Edited May 11, 2024 by UMFan83

[WhyCantWeWin]

Defense continues to suck 

[Illiterate Scholar]

Any time he has to back up or go to his right, the throw is not going to be on target.