Orioles (Sugano) vs Cubs (Boyd): 8/2/25, 1:20pm

[UMFan83]

Cubs might lose 4-3, like a ground ball to second base.  Great Sandberg tribute.

[JHBulls]

OMG. Let’s not have one of those really horsefeathers last two innings that is over in 15 pitches. 

[Andy]

Ah, so it's going to be the complete rollover today

[Tryptamine]

Yup, offense doing exactly as expected. 

[Geographyhater8888]

2 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I usually feel confident the Cubs could scratch across a couple of runs against a bad bullpen.  Kind of hard to do with a lineup containing 4 automatic outs at the top. 

They’re toast. 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

I hate relief pitchers.

[BigSlick]

You’re just… not allowed to lose this game. I don’t know how to word this: you’re not allowed to lose this

[soccer10k]

19 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I thought the Brewers had a harder schedule after the break, but this week disproves that

It's a good thing we don't determine strength of schedule for 2 months based on 6 games.

Both teams have 3 vs Tor and 3 vs NYM. Cubs have 7 vs Cincy and Mil has 6. Milwaukee also plays 3 against Philly and 3 against San Diego. Cubs also have 3 more against the Rockies while the Brewers are done with them.

[Cubbies1996]

Can’t get any real offense going against the second worst starting rotation in baseball either 

[Soul]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

Yup, offense doing exactly as expected. 

Offense isn’t going to bail out a BP implosion.  Sucks, but root cause isn’t the O today.

[cubfansince77]

4 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Those were a couple meatballs from Caleb, right over the heart 

His curve had NO bit today and was minor league bad so what do they do? Hangs one right in the zone for the game winner. His fastball was fine at 94 mph....and he gets beat with that weak s.hit.

[Geographyhater8888]

Can anyone tell me why Keller wasn’t in? Was he actually burned in Milwaukee throwing a useless extra inning?

[NorthsideAvenger]

Just now, BigSlick said:

You’re just… not allowed to lose this game. I don’t know how to word this: you’re not allowed to lose this

It's gonna happen, so prepare yourself. 

[Tryptamine]

Just now, Soul said:

Offense isn’t going to bail out a BP implosion.  Sucks, but root cause isn’t the O today.

They are not the biggest issue, but don't kid yourself,  3 runs against the pitchers they faced is terrible 

[Soul]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

They are not the biggest issue, but don't kid yourself,  3 runs against the pitchers they faced is terrible 

I don’t disagree.  What happened to Suzuki, holy crap.

[Derwood]

I don’t remember the last ninth inning comeback this team has had

[BKHoo]

What a turd

[Irrelevant Dude]

TIL Caleb Thielbar is 38 years old!  I thought he was like 29.

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

They are not the biggest issue, but don't kid yourself,  3 runs against the pitchers they faced is terrible 

They share equal blame when you have to hold any team to 2 runs for a W.

[cubfansince77]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

It doesn't matter who the Brewers play, assuming they don't pull a Cubs, they'll improve to 47-15 over their last 62 games, playing at a 119-43 pace for 40% of the season.  Good teams, bad teams, doesn't matter.

No argument there 83....I've said for about 3 weeks now it's obvious they're better than us as things stand currently. Rogers looks better than Thielbar BTW...sure glad Craig is loyal. It's noble but in this case a losing proposition. 

[Jason Ross]

4 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Can anyone tell me why Keller wasn’t in? Was he actually burned in Milwaukee throwing a useless extra inning?

Because the top of the Orioles lineup is super lefty heavy. Henderson has a 67 wRC+ against lefties and Thielbar crushes lefties this year to the tune of a .147 wOBA.

It's bad luck but it wasn't a bad call. In fact, it was easily the right call. It was just the wrong outcome, which can happen even when you make the right call. Henderson is an MLB hitter and a good one at that. Thielbar is a human. Sometimes the 1 of 100 happens.

[soccer10k]

8 minutes ago, cubfansince77 said:

I just came into this thread to post this exact thing:

Brewers have the Nats this weekend and also SL/PIt/Arizona this month as well. Granted, they have 4 against the Cubs too but in NO way do we have an easier schedule than they do...its not really close. They have a much easier sched. in August. 

The Cubs also get to play St Louis and Pittsburgh in August. While we don't get Arizona, we have 3 against the Angels and 3 against the Rockies.

[gflore34]

I'm going with Shaw getting on base, Busch K and Tucker DP to end the game.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

Because the top of the Orioles lineup is super lefty heavy. Henderson has a 67 wRC+ against lefties and Thielbar crushes lefties this year to the tune of a .147 wOBA.

It's bad luck but it wasn't a bad call. In fact, it was easily the right call. It was just the wrong outcome, which can happen even when you make the right call.

I assume the question was, why wasn't Keller pitching instead of Brazier?

[CledusSnow]

Wtf aren’t our big bats hitting?  Do they have a meeting and decide to slump all at once?