Red Sox (Giolito) vs Cubs (Rea): 7/18/25, 1:20pm

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Yea for now, id rather get some distance between us and Brewers for the division, and these next 5 days can do that with Brewers playing Dodgers and then the head to head with them starting Monday.

FYI the Brewers series starts a week from Monday.  Cubs play at home vs KC and then on the South side next weekend before heading up to Milwaukee.

[cubfansince77]

29 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Ngl when Estrada broke out with the Padres, I was annoyed. Watching Palencia do his thing this year ended my annoyance with Estrada.

Yeah, Estrada cuts pretty deep indeed and rest assured you aren't the only one who has twisted and turned over him breaking out with the Padres. But to your point, we got Palencia from Oakland for Andrew Chafin of all people so.....YEAH. Win some, lose some I guess. 

[Rcal10]

18 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Not sure but I did see on twitter that Luke Little is with the Cubs this weekend but not called up at the moment.  He could probably give them 2-3 innings if they go that route.

Yuck! I don’t want to see a Little. But maybe Brown and Little replace Roberts and the last guy in the pen. 

[Tryptamine]

Really nice win out of the break against a Red Sox team that was white hot going into the break. Take one of these next two and move on.

[Derwood]

A Ben Brown start would not lead to a well-rested pen, lol

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

FYI the Brewers series starts a week from Monday.  Cubs play at home vs KC and then on the South side next weekend before heading up to Milwaukee.

Lol..

I've been looking at the schedule with the Brewers so much that I overlooked an entire week 😅

 

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

A Ben Brown start would not lead to a well-rested pen, lol

A pen game, exclusively, would not lead to a well rested pen. Brown at least has a chance of giving them 5 innings, small as it may be. Then send him back down. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Not sure but I did see on twitter that Luke Little is with the Cubs this weekend but not called up at the moment.  He could probably give them 2-3 innings if they go that route.

Lmao did you mean Little could give them 2-3 innings or outs?

[Rcal10]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Lol..

I've been looking at the schedule with the Brewers so much that I overlooked an entire week 😅

 

So 8 more games before the Brewers. Maybe gain 1.5 games and go into Milw with a 3 game lead. Take 2 of 3 and leave up 4. I would be very satisfied with that. 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Lmao did you mean Little could give them 2-3 innings or outs?

I thought he meant walks. 
Best case scenaround is Luke pitches the first inning and doesn’t give up a run. Then Brown goes 5 innings. See where they are after 6. Hopefully they are in the game. 

Edited July 18, 2025 by Rcal10

[chibears55]

7 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

A pen game, exclusively, would not lead to a well rested pen. Brown at least has a chance of giving them 5 innings, small as it may be. Then send him back down. 

Right, if he can get them 4-5 innings that would be a huge plus and better then the alternative of hoping to get 1 or 2 from a bunch of guys.

[chibears55]

9 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Lmao did you mean Little could give them 2-3 innings or outs?

Maybe batters 😅

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

So 8 more games before the Brewers. Maybe gain 1.5 games and go into Milw with a 3 game lead. Take 2 of 3 and leave up 4. I would be very satisfied with that. 

Yep that would be nice.

The schedule favors the Cubs as far as teams they both play til then, so yea if they cant add at least 2 more to the lead by then it'll be somewhat disappointing, especially if it because the Cubs didn't play well.

[Derwood]

Colin Rea effective once again.

Last 4 starts:

5 IP, 2 ER
6.2 IP, 1 ER
7 IP, 1 ER
5 IPk 1 ER

That's 23 2/3 IP, 5 ER

[BigSlick]

Baseball is good again, awooo

[UMFan83]

1 hour ago, BigSlick said:

Baseball is good again, awooo

Brewers beating the Dodgers yet again lol

[We Got The Whole 9]

Priester is completely dominating the Dodgers 

[Tryptamine]

17 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Brewers beating the Dodgers yet again lol

It's legitimately absurd how inept the Dodger offense is against the Brewers. In Almost 4 complete games now, 1 of which went to extra innings, the Dodgers have scored 4 runs. 

 

Edited July 19, 2025 by Tryptamine

[UMFan83]

33 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

It's legitimately absurd how inept the Dodger offense is against the Brewers. In Almost 4 complete games now, 1 of which went to extra innings, the Dodgers have scored 4 runs. 

 

3 hits and 0 runs in 8 innings so far tonight. 

The brewers are virtually unbeatable right now

[Irrelevant Dude]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

The brewers are virtually unbeatable right now

I guess we can look at it from a Brewers perspective to try to make ourselves feel a little better.  They have to be thinking, "We're playing out of our minds and can't lose, but how can we still not catch the Cubs?"

Edited July 19, 2025 by Irrelevant Dude

[UMFan83]

19 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I guess we can look at it from a Brewers perspective to try to make ourselves feel a little better.  They have to be thinking, "We're playing out of our minds and can't lose, but how can we still not catch the Cubs?"

Probably because they were 6.5 games behind us when their run started 

it’s kind of like the end of 2018 again. The cubs (obviously) aren’t playing bad but the Brewers are unstoppable

Edited July 19, 2025 by UMFan83

[17 Seconds]

I underestimated them when i said 90 wins, silly me

[chibears55]

24 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Probably because they were 6.5 games behind us when their run started 

it’s kind of like the end of 2018 again. The cubs (obviously) aren’t playing bad but the Brewers are unstoppable

Gonna come down to head to head games against each other. 

3 at end of month in Milwaukee and 5 in Mid August at home.  They both have 65 games left, just beat them H to H and at the very least stay even in the other 57.

Hopefully in August the Cubs can put some distance between them to where September can become not if but when they clinch the division and a top 2 record. 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Ohtani would be smart to have his new interpreter place some money on the Brewers the next couple games.

[NorthsideAvenger]

I say stop worrying about what Mil is doing. The Cubs should keep doing their thing and take care of the Brewers when it is time to play Mil.  Do that and it won't matter what Mil is doing.

 

Edited July 19, 2025 by NorthsideAvenger