Pirates (Skenes) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 9/3/24, 6:40pm

[mfcubs22]

4IP 2ER is the absolute best we could have hoped for out of Kyle. Don’t push it a third time through the top. 

[Rcal10]

8 minutes ago, s2obed said:

Skenes does not have it tonight, Cubs should have a couple of runs tonight. 

Pitch count is going to get him. But if not for that, I don’t think the Cubs would get to him. 4th inning was his best.

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, mfcubs22 said:

4IP 2ER is the absolute best we could have hoped for out of Kyle. Don’t push it a third time through the top. 

🙏 No more Hendricks.

[chibears55]

A bullpen game now for the final 5 chasing 2 runs, at least it not 7.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I think Kyle has struck out more matters in the last 2 innings than his previous 3 starts combined.

[Rcal10]

5 innings from Kyle is amazing. 2 runs isn’t bad. This has to be Skenes last inning. Maybe we can have late inning magic against their pen. 

[mfcubs22]

I’m shocked. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Was really nice of Bellinger to give Skenes a quick one pitch popout so he could qualify for the win

[CubinNY]

Blah!!!

[Derwood]

I turned on the game to see steal, walk, homer.

Fun fun fun

[JHBulls]

Good to see after the highs of 9-1, 99 runs in 10 games and getting back into the wildcard race. They are about to lose a series against the Pirates, right before they are due to face the Yankees.

Baseball is such a stupid sport. 

[JBears79]

Time to close the book on this team. Just an absolute dumpster fire of a season.

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, JBears79 said:

Time to close the book on this team. Just an absolute dumpster fire of a season.

Who are the Ricketts not going to spend money on? 

[chibears55]

At least they gave us 3 days of meaningful baseball in September,  unfortunate they had to lose 2 of them or about to.

[chibears55]

11 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Who are the Ricketts not going to spend money on? 

Anyone looking for more then 3 years 🤷‍♂️

[WhyCantWeWin]

PCA home and away splits are night and day. Any reason for this or just coinciding with his hot and cold streaks?

[JHBulls]

It fascinates me that we are in September and the higher ups still see Kyle Hendricks as the 2016 version and not Temu Kyle Hendricks, which is what he has been for a long time. 
 

As much as we have fans saying “give him one start as a final goodbye”, we are so far into the year that he will make the rest of his starts. Such a weird year this has been. 

Edited September 4, 2024 by JHBulls

[Chicago Al]

Hendricks pitched fine tonight. If Steele ended up pitching and went 7 with 2 earned runs we’d be complaining about the lack of offense.

[Soul]

At least they came home to die.

[Soul]

Just now, Chicago Al said:

Hendricks pitched fine tonight. If Steele ended up pitching and went 7 with 2 earned runs we’d be complaining about the lack of offense.

Yeah I was mostly worried about Kyle imploding.  Tonight was about a whopping 5 hits, 0-5 RISP, 9 LOB.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Reminds me of the Guardians series. Which means the Cubs are getting swept.

2024 Cubs: the year of the tease.

[LBiittner]

2 hours ago, JHBulls said:

Meanwhile, Kyle Schwarber has hit 2 home runs and a double in his first 3 AB’s tonight. 

I wonder what he'd look like in a Cub uni?

[JHBulls]

8 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

I wonder what he'd look like in a Cub uni?

Probably not like this.

Today was his second 3HR game in a month. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

49 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Probably not like this.

Today was his second 3HR game in a month. 

This is for all:

Any guesses as to who will be the next Cub with a 3 HR game and when?

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

This is for all:

Any guesses as to who will be the next Cub with a 3 HR game and when?

He most likely isn't on this current roster