Cubs (Hendricks) vs Cardinals (Gray): 7/12/24, 7:15pm

[jersey cubs fan]

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[PackLandVA]

83

That's the number of hits the Cubs have in their past 8 games (which includes a game of only 5 hits). 

43

That's the runs they've scored in their last 8 games (including being shutout once), an average of almost 5 1/2 runs per game.

13

The number of runs the pitching staff has allowed, which includes 7 in one game. That's just over 1 1/2 runs per game.

 

And all that leads to a record in their last 8 of:

7-1

[NorthsideAvenger]

I like winning more than losing. Lets keep doing that Cubs.

[Brian707]

Is this little streak the full season version of a fake rally?

[Soul]

Not sure what’s gotten into this team lately but it’s nice to see.

 

More please.

[I owned a Suzuki]

54 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

83

That's the number of hits the Cubs have in their past 8 games (which includes a game of only 5 hits). 

43

That's the runs they've scored in their last 8 games (including being shutout once), an average of almost 5 1/2 runs per game.

13

The number of runs the pitching staff has allowed, which includes 7 in one game. That's just over 1 1/2 runs per game.

 

And all that leads to a record in their last 8 of:

7-1

Cubs run differential went from -30 something to -1 in like a week 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Sharma says shoulder discomfort for Little 

[Wilson A2000]

5 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Sharma says shoulder discomfort for Little 

Better than an elbow I guess

[NorthsideAvenger]

Kudos to Hendricks. Heck of a game last night. 

[BKHoo]

Can Kyle just pitch against terrible offensive teams?

[Tryptamine]

They've put themselves in the position where if they can take 2 of the last 3, I'm firmly back in the buy group.

[Bertz]

30 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Can Kyle just pitch against terrible offensive teams?

The Giants and Cardinals are a hell of a lot better than the Angels.

I think the glass half full on Kyle is that his time in the bullpen did actually fix him.  The blowup against the Brewers was a run of the mill bad start and last Saturday shouldn't have been allowed to happen health-wise.

Edited July 13, 2024 by Bertz

[LBiittner]

They'd be pulling me back in as well

[Transmogrified Tiger]

22 minutes ago, Bertz said:

The Giants and Cardinals are a hell of a lot better than the Angels.

I think the glass half full on Kyle is that his time in the bullpen did actually fix him.  The blowup against the Brewers was a run of the mill bad start and last Saturday shouldn't have been allowed to happen health-wise.

There isn't a perfect correlation with his performances, but I strongly suspect that rest/recovery is a differentiator here.  I kinda wonder if they went to a 6 man for a minute with him pitching on 5-7 days rest all the time if he'd be much different than what we could reasonably expect from Wicks, or even Assad if you're bearish on him.

[squally1313]

Can someone get the thread up so I can talk about how much Lance Lynn and his fake tough guy shtick sucks

[Bertz]

15 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

There isn't a perfect correlation with his performances, but I strongly suspect that rest/recovery is a differentiator here.  I kinda wonder if they went to a 6 man for a minute with him pitching on 5-7 days rest all the time if he'd be much different than what we could reasonably expect from Wicks, or even Assad if you're bearish on him.

Ton of off days coming up, I think there's more opportunity to pull something like this than there was in April and May.  Shota could certainly use it as could the kids as they come off the IL.

[FormerNorthSider]

35 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Ton of off days coming up, I think there's more opportunity to pull something like this than there was in April and May.  Shota could certainly use it as could the kids as they come off the IL.

Yea. I'm still waiting for someone to pinch me awake. Hendricks amazing. And we have an offense!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, FormerNorthSider said:

Yea. I'm still waiting for someone to pinch me awake. Hendricks amazing. And we have an offense!

Welcome to NSBB!

[JHBulls]

14 hours ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Cubs run differential went from -30 something to -1 in like a week 

Hopefully the run differential isn’t back to -30 over these next 3 games. Not looking good so far.