Pirates (Ashcraft) vs Cubs (Rea): 8/15/25, 1:20pm

[CUBDOM4life]

Can we DFA Ryan Dempster?

[We Got The Whole 9]

It's amazing how we needed a 3B and some good pitching and we got that after the deadline and the rest of the lineup (pretty much) fell off a damn cliff simultaneously.

[chibears55]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Are you guys talking about a different PCA and Caissie?

For me, just saying with that lineup, he just put the top guys at the bottom so it basically the same lineup but in reverse and instead of them killing rallies being at the top, theyll just kill them at the bottom..lol.

The main 3 guys that needs to be split up now in this lineup are Tucker, Suzuki, and PCA, they cant be bunched at top or bottom. 

Happ can sit or just lower in order for all i care with him.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Of course the inexplicable 2 out walk after starting 0-2 comes around to bite us. 

 

What the horsefeathers, this is torturous.

[Cubbies1996]

Well…that might be game 

[Geographyhater8888]

They’ll have to do something that haven’t done in their last 17 losses if they want to win today. 

[UMFan83]

Shocker we're losing.  Hopefully this ends differently than the last 17 times we trailed in a game.

[Andy]

8 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I've never seen a team go from arguably the best offense in baseball in the 1st half to perhaps the literal worst in the 2nd half. 

Didn't we do pretty much exactly that 2 years ago?

And with Pittsburgh leading and us being on a 17-game losing streak when the opponent leads at any point, safe to say goodbye to this one. I won't because I'm stupid.

[chibears55]

Just now, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Of course the inexplicable 2 out walk after starting 0-2 comes around to bite us. 

 

What the horsefeathers, this is torturous.

Funny how opponents can fall behind 0-2 and draw a walk or get a hit, while our guys get ahead 2-0 and end up striking out or make a weak out 🫩🫩🫩

[I owned a Suzuki]

1 run seems so insurmountable 

[BigSlick]

Pirates have the lead: game over

[JHBulls]

Love the urgency shown in trying to get back into the division. 

[BigSlick]

Just now, I owned a Suzuki said:

1 run seems so insurmountable 

cubs have literally not won a game that they have trailed since before the all star break. it IS insurmountable 

[mul21]

7 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

They'd have to make contact but I wish we would hire Jim Edmonds to teach these LHB how to slug to the opposite field. They are getting buried under pitches on the outer half and have no idea what to do with them.

That's not really a teachable skill.  You either have enough power to hit it out to that part of the park or you don't.  And speaking of Edmonds, that might be the worst one and done HOF candidate in the history of the sport.  

[Brian707]

Just now, JHBulls said:

Love the urgency shown in trying to get back into the division. 

[JBears79]

This team has no heart or leadership. You can tell they just don't care.

[Cubbies1996]

This pirates pitcher has only started 2 games and he’s making the Cubs look silly (as Seiya hits a double) 

[UMFan83]

Sweet a leadoff double with the heart of the order due up, surely things will turn out well for the Cubs

[BigSlick]

DO NOT tempt me with a lead off double. I WILL NOT be fooled. they will not score. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just a slump, no biggie.

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Sweet a leadoff double with the heart of the order due up, surely things will turn out well for the Cubs

Out 1: Popup by $500m superstar bat

[Andy]

2 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

DO NOT tempt me with a lead off double. I WILL NOT be fooled. they will not score. 

Kyle Tucker was up next, there was no reason to believe

[nihilist]

Tucker needs a lobotomy 

[UMFan83]

Out 2: unlucky hit up the middle that falls for a hit 90% of the time but it caught for a lineup

[BigSlick]

PCA with a good day, you love to see it