Cardinals (Mikolas) vs Cubs (Rea): 7/4/25, 1:20pm

[Randall Simon]

More dongs, please!

[UMFan83]

19 hours ago the Cubs start a game where they scored 1 run, scoring that run with a ghost runner without the benefit of getting on base.

About 16 hours later the Cubs have broken the franchise record for most HRs in a single game.

[Connor McConnor]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Most HR in Cubs single game history

Crazy.   And 2 innings to go. 

[sweetpeteman]

1 minute ago, Connor McConnor said:

Crazy.   And 2 innings to go. 

I mean, hopefully only 1 more...

[NorthsideAvenger]

A player name Busch putting a hurting on the Cardinals is magnificent.

[soccer10k]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44620898/mlb-teams-most-home-runs-single-game

One more and we’d be only the 4th team with 9+ HRs in a game. Says this is the 24th time a team hit exactly 8 in a game.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Alonso vs Busch for back-up 1st baseman in the all star game. Alonso got it last year over Busch when Busch was statistically better.

This year it’s closer.. sadly the voting is already over probably just waiting for the reveal.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[Bertz]

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&season=2025&season1=2025&ind=0&type=8&month=33&pos=1b&sortcol=17&sortdir=default&qual=200

Fangraphs' Live Leaderboard has Busch leading all 1B in wRC+ for the moment

[JHBulls]

So we were the first club in MLB history to hit six home runs in a playoff game against the Cardinals in 2015 and now have hit a franchise best 8 home runs against them. Nice. 

Edited July 4, 2025 by JHBulls

[Tryptamine]

Just now, itisallpartoftheplan said:

Alonso vs Busch for back-up 1st baseman in the all star game. Alonso got it last year over Busch when Busch was statistically better.

This year it’s closer.. sadly the voting is already over probably just waiting for the reveal.

If Busch doesn't make the team that's going to be one of the bigger snubs in recent memory.

[PeanutPunch33]

This was as much of an ass kicking as I've seen the Cubs deliver all year long

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

If Busch doesn't make the team that's going to be one of the bigger snubs in recent memory.

Sadly I don't think he'll make it but we'll see.

[Tim]

6 minutes ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

thank you

[Tim]

from Jesse Rogers:

Michael Busch is the 3rd Cubs player with a 3-HR game against the Cardinals. All 3 did it on Independence Day: Moises Alou on July 4, 2003 and Hank Leiber on July 4, 1939

[Derwood]

Apple doesn’t know the difference between Berti and Brujan 

same, bro, same

[UMFan83]

[UMFan83]

I'm not loving the idea of putting a position player out there to pitch.  RD championship is at stake.

[chibears55]

This is a first, I've never seen the leading team in a blow out go with a position player to pitch and of course their first 2 guys reaches base.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Shaw follows up his strongest game with a game in which he doesn't hit it out of the infield on a day his team hits 8 bombs. Wth lol

[JBears79]

They need to get rid of this position player pitching horsefeathers

[JHBulls]

Would love to see a position player shock everyone and put some gas on their pitches. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

11 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

If Busch doesn't make the team that's going to be one of the bigger snubs in recent memory.

Who do you take out to put Busch in?

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

6 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Apple doesn’t know the difference between Berti and Brujan 

same, bro, same

[JHBulls]

horsefeathers hell Berti. That was impressive.