Cubs (Taillon) vs White Sox (Crochet): 8/9/24, 7:10pm

[Tryptamine]

Getting mowed down by Touki who had an ERA over 8 going into this game.

[CubinNY]

PCA is blowing up

[Tryptamine]

2 outs on the bases, very nicely done Cobs.

[profisme]

Perfect throw by Benintendi. Right call to send him with 2 outs. 

[Cubbies1996]

God Willie Harris is a terrible 3rd base coach!!!

[WhyCantWeWin]

Probably not the best send

[UMFan83]

So we stranded the leadoff triple and scored 0 runs in an inning where we had 3 hits from 4 hitters. 
 

Definitely seen these types of games before and they don’t always end well. 

[Tryptamine]

By all means, keep Taillon out there.

[Cubbies1996]

Counsell leaves another starter out there too long…

[Chicago Al]

Alright take em out Craig

[Tryptamine]

Counsell is so overrated it's hilarious.

[chibears55]

Sox have all the momentum now and Cubs don't exactly have shutdown relievers, this could be a how to blow a 7 run lead to the worse team in baseball night.

[GoCubsGo1978]

Time to get Taillion out of there.  No reason the Cubs should lose this game!  

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Sox have all the momentum now and Cubs don't exactly have shutdown relievers, this could be a how to blow a 7 run lead to the worse team in baseball night.

The Cubs bullpen has by far the best ERA in baseball since the start of July. I mean they probably aren’t as good as they’ve been over that span but it’s not April anymore, they are pretty good

[GoCubsGo1978]

This almost reminds me of the Padres game earlier this year when they blew a 7 or 8 run lead to lose the game.

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

The Cubs bullpen has by far the best ERA in baseball since the start of July. I mean they probably aren’t as good as they’ve been over that span but it’s not April anymore, they are pretty good

They don't have Leiter anymore who was probably the biggest part of that stat, we'll see I guess  

[LBiittner]

It's going to take more than 7 runs tonight

[Tryptamine]

7 baserunners over the last 3 2/3IP, 0 ER

[UMFan83]

8 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

They don't have Leiter anymore who was probably the biggest part of that stat, we'll see I guess  

You think Leiter, who pitches 1 inning in maybe 1 out of every 3 games is the biggest reason the Cubs bullpen era is a full run lower than everyone else’s in baseball over the last 5 weeks?  Come on we’ve seen a lot of great pitching from several guys out of the pen. 

[UMFan83]

16 minutes ago, GoCubsGo1978 said:

This almost reminds me of the Padres game earlier this year when they blew a 7 or 8 run lead to lose the game.

Yep, everyone gets relaxed and starts enjoying themselves in the game thread and the all the sudden it’s panic. Feels very much like that game with the difference being that we’re now playing one of the worst teams in baseball for potential added insult. 
 

serves us right for trying to enjoy baseball!

Edited August 10, 2024 by UMFan83

[UMFan83]

Nice inning. Can we score some runs now please?

[profisme]

One of the best throws I’ve seen from Amaya. Great grab and tag by Dansby. 

[Tryptamine]

They're not going to score again are they?

[profisme]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

They're not going to score again are they?

Hahahahaha (no)

[chibears55]

10 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

You think Leiter, who pitches 1 inning in maybe 1 out of every 3 games is the biggest reason the Cubs bullpen era is a full run lower than everyone else’s in baseball over the last 5 weeks?  Come on we’ve seen a lot of great pitching from several guys out of the pen. 

Not saying they didn't have good appearances from others, it's just that Leiter was basically their guy in the 7th and 8th inning to hold the lead and in July he had 7 appearances 7.2 IP for them and didn't give up a run. He also didn't give up any hits or walks, so yea he was one of the biggest reason for that success.