Cubs (Brown) @ Brewers (Peralta) :: 5/28/24, 6:40pm, Marquee

[Rex Buckingham]

7 amazing innings... just wish we didn't have to turn it over to the pen

[LBiittner]

Big  enough Brown is thru 7 with a no-no

[Jason Ross]

I'm not sure why the Cubs didn't come up with this "let's just not let the other team get hits" plan earlier. Frankly, it's quite the ingenious plan. I'd suggest implementing it more often.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Brown is a dude, you can’t yoink him from the rotation 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Ok, call me a meatball, but I'm in the "let him keep going" camp.

I'm not going to let him throw 120 pitches, but he's not there yet.

[chibears55]

Come on bats, get this kid a couple more runs , don't do him dirty like Steele last night.

[UMFan83]

Man I wish Brown was more stretched out/the Cubs actually gave him some run support so that we could live with a single mistake. 

I really don’t think we can afford to keep him in the game any longer, certainly not long enough to finish it off. 
 

Then again a fatigued Brown is probably better than anyone in the Cubs pen

Edited May 29, 2024 by UMFan83

[Rex Buckingham]

Miguel Amaya has 2 hits! When is the last time a Cubs catcher got 2 hits in a game?

[JHBulls]

6 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Not sure if youre being sarcastic But Lotta SP of the past would laugh at that ( pitch count)

 

Yeah, I am saying that pitch count sucks. There is no significant difference between Brown being on 93 pitches through 7 innings and potentially finishing it out at 110-115 pitches. But you just know the bullpen will come in and we will lose 2-1. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Man I wish Brown was more stretched out/the Cubs actually gave him some run support so that we could live with a single mistake. 

I really don’t think we can afford to keep him in the game any longer, certainly not long enough to finish it off

They might send him back out there by the looks of it

[LBiittner]

Holy crap I was joking about wesneski coming in 

[chibears55]

Fuk, Wesneski is warming up..

Get this kid more runs please

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Miguel Amaya has 2 hits! When is the last time a Cubs catcher got 2 hits in a game?

How about in a week ?

[Rex Buckingham]

Amaya's first 2 hit game since... April 16th. And his 3rd all season (March 31)

Yan had 2 on April 27, and 2 on April 9

[profisme]

Solidly struck.  Bad luck for Seiya.

[Rex Buckingham]

Just now, chibears55 said:

How about in a week ?

Yan had 3 hits the week of May 5-11

Amaya had 2 hits May 12-18

Cubs catchers had 31 hits on the year before tonight

[chibears55]

On a night you get 2 hits from the Catcher,  nobody else wants to hit 🙄🙄🙄

 

Brown is coming out for the 8th..

Edit: I thought JD said he was coming back out

Edited May 29, 2024 by chibears55

[Rex Buckingham]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

Yan had 3 hits the week of May 5-11

Amaya had 2 hits May 12-18

Cubs catchers had 31 hits on the year before tonight

Luis Arraez has 35 hits in 21 games as a member of the Padres

[UMFan83]

Lmao the cubs are really gonna try to win another game 1-0. 
 

well this is a win win for me. Either the Cubs get a really needed victory or I get to update my “blown leads in the 8th or later” stat. 

[JHBulls]

This club has had their offensive struggles in a lot of years after 2016, even the following year/s. But this offense is somehow even worse. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Guess it is Wesneski after all

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

Yeah, I am saying that pitch count sucks.

I think pitch count as a tool for preventing arm injuries is probably more meaningful in the aggregate rather than looking at one individual game.  I tend to agree that a guy throwing 110 pitches versus 90 for one single start likely doesn't make much difference.  You just don't want to do it on a regular basis.

[profisme]

Well now I have no faith in anything good happening.  Great job Ben.  Sorry in advance.

[LBiittner]

Just now, WhyCantWeWin said:

Guess it is Wesneski after all

I called it in jest an hour ago. 

[JHBulls]

OMG!!!

Were you sleeping yesterday Craig? 
 

All good JD. Wes followed Steele “after the way he pitched”.