Mets (Peralta) vs Cubs (Taillon): 4/18/26, 1:20pm

[NorthsideAvenger]

14 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

One day Kimbrel is going to have to tell us why he does that stance. 

It has something to do with Billy Wagner when they were teammates with ATL.

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Great to get the series win with this pitching matchup. Why not go for our first sweep of the year tomorrow?

Because Baseball is a dumb sport and the Mets are going to be leading their division in 12 days. 

[Papa Cub]

Great finish by Brown - not typical that Swanson or Hoerner muff grounders, but Brown bounced back nicely. 
Great close byThielbar! Nice little run they have going.

Gotta give it to Counsell - nice call on the pinch hit. Broke the game open 

[BKHoo]

Great W.  Eat it Freddy. 

[chibears55]

Another W, keep it rolling 

Hopefully teams ahead of them lose today, need to get out of last.  Lol

[BKHoo]

1 minute ago, Papa Cub said:

Gotta give it to Counsell - nice call on the pinch hit. Broke the game open 

This. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Because Baseball is a dumb sport and the Mets are going to be leading their division in 12 days. 

would not surprise me, their best player and top 5 offensive player of the league is hurt

[MidoreX]

5 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

It has something to do with Billy Wagner when they were teammates with ATL.

They talked about it during the broadcast... Apparently he had tendonitis in that arm when he was younger and letting it dangle helped mitigate the discomfort and afterwards he stuck with it

[Rcal10]

9 minutes ago, Papa Cub said:

Gotta give it to Counsell - nice call on the pinch hit. Broke the game open 

Yep. I am sure that had Kelly made an out people would have been complaining about pinch hitting for Mo. Glad to see Counsell acknowledged for a good move. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

It was an extremely obvious dont let the lefty face the lefty move worked to perfection. 

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

It was an extremely obvious dont let the lefty face the lefty move worked to perfection. 

Yes. It is obvious. However many want to just let Mo bat. Plus, he could have went Shaw. I am sure if an out was made there the fanbase would have had a “better” idea. 

[gflore34]

21 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Because Baseball is a dumb sport and the Mets are going to be leading their division in 12 days. 

Come now, they're not the Brewers.

[Rcal10]

The entire central is going to win again today. WTF is going on?

[BKHoo]

Quietly Ben Brown is getting it together.  He might NEED to be an important piece with all these injuries. 

[JBears79]

Where is Jordan Wicks? Is he still hurt? When is he due back?

[Papa Cub]

30 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Yep. I am sure that had Kelly made an out people would have been complaining about pinch hitting for Mo. Glad to see Counsell acknowledged for a good move. 

For sure - I’m definitely critical of Counsell, but you have to give credit when it’s due. He’s working different angles with that DH spot (lefty righty & situational), and doing some interesting moves with a battered and injured pitching roster. 
 

Definitely making some solid moves.

Also, gotta love Carson jumping on that first pitch fastball! Veteran move 👍

[Jason Ross]

6 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

Where is Jordan Wicks? Is he still hurt? When is he due back?

He is rehabbing tonight in Iowa. 

[Soul]

20 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Quietly Ben Brown is getting it together.  He might NEED to be an important piece with all these injuries. 

He’s going to have to be the best version of himself.  Today he threw great.  It was all ground balls, I believe.

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, Soul said:

He’s going to have to be the best version of himself.  Today he threw great.  It was all ground balls, I believe.

Happ made a nice catch at the wall on a ball smoked to left. He gave up some solid contact, and was a bit wild. I think he is fine, but IMO, he didn’t throw great today. He did ok. 

[mk49]

2 hours ago, Soul said:

He’s going to have to be the best version of himself.  Today he threw great.  It was all ground balls, I believe.

He pitched well in the 8th, but not in the 7th inning.  Yeah, overall, he did OK.  Ben got out of the crazy 8th inning.  That was great.

Edited Sunday at 12:58 AM by mk49

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Mets healthy scratched Peterson for tomorrow. they're gonna use Tobias Myers as an opener

[Geographyhater8888]

The 2-5 hitters outside of Happ need to get going. 2 home runs and zero in the last 17 games from Busch, Suzuki and Bregman won’t be enough unless Nico finishes with an 11 war.

Edited Sunday at 10:08 AM by Geographyhater8888

[Geographyhater8888]

11 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

Happ made a nice catch at the wall on a ball smoked to left. He gave up some solid contact, and was a bit wild. I think he is fine, but IMO, he didn’t throw great today. He did ok. 

22 strikes and 16 balls. Not quite on the level of his last few outings, 

 

[CubUgly]

16 hours ago, Papa Cub said:

Great finish by Brown - not typical that Swanson or Hoerner muff grounders, but Brown bounced back nicely. 
Great close byThielbar! Nice little run they have going.

Gotta give it to Counsell - nice call on the pinch hit. Broke the game open 

Very encouraging the way Brown persevered - hell be basically got 7 outs that inning in terms of what should have happened.