Cubs (Taillon) vs Padres (Waldron): 4/29/26, 3:10pm

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[Derwood]

Getting a 3-3 road trip is wild 

[chibears55]

Wanted to quickly chime in...

Fuk yeh W

Big win tonight 

Taillon Brown were awesome 

PCA with another bomb

Keep it rolling 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Great job Hoby!

[abuck1220]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I love how Sutcliffe is acting like the presence of Hoby Milner warming up is some strike of strategic genius.  Like yes its great to have a guy like him there to hurt a Sheets PH but he’s acting like it’s a brilliant strategy no one could have accounted for

counsell is the first manager to bring in a lefty reliever to face a lefty batter. 5D chess. 

[mk49]

Just now, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Great job Hoby!

and Ben.

[BKHoo]

It’s early but this is a huge win.  Great finish to the RT and the (depleted) pen came up big when we needed it. 
 

This team can be GREAT when PCA is good at the plate. 

[Papa Cub]

I have always been a huge Ben Brown critic - glad he put me in my place! Great team W!! 
Taillon pitched a phenomenal game and just hats off to a combined effort and victory - .500 west coast road trip is a great way to head back to the Friendly Confines! 
Keep it rolling 

[BKHoo]

19 minutes ago, Papa Cub said:

I have always been a huge Ben Brown critic - glad he put me in my place!

Same. I did not think he would make it in the big leagues.  He was so money today.  

Edited 21 hours ago by BKHoo

[Bertz]

99 win pace by the way

[Rcal10]

36 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

counsell is the first manager to bring in a lefty reliever to face a lefty batter. 5D chess. 

And he ended up facing Laureano, who hits lefties well. I mean, Counsell got the match up he knew he would get. SD manager also got the match up he wanted. I was always either going to be Brown against Sheets or Milner against Laureano. 

Edited 20 hours ago by Rcal10

[Hortonhearsawho]

Ben Brown has been fantastic out of the bullpen so far this season you love to see it. Taking 2 out of 3 from San Diego in San Diego is pretty awesome.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I think he wanted to minimize the slug chance, and Milner against Laureano is better in that regard than Brown against Sheets.

[cl smooth]

ben brown is turning things around quickly. good for him!

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I think he wanted to minimize the slug chance, and Milner against Laureano is better in that regard than Brown against Sheets.

Is Milner against Laureano minimizing the slug chances compared to Sheets against Brown? I would have to see actual stats to back that statement up before agreeing. I think it is more likely a manager playing a hunch and managing based on his gut decision. I would think the difference in slug for either matchup is negligible. 

[Development DL]

Matt Shaw has killed it . 24 year old 5 positions and 840 plus . Great Job 

Kudos to Brown and PCA 

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'd be watching Pomeranz. I could see the Angels DFA him. Hes been god awful. Hottovy would get him on track.

[Outshined_One]

Kinda strange to be thrilled about a .500 record over a six game stretch, but here we are.

[Derwood]

39 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

Kinda strange to be thrilled about a .500 record over a six game stretch, but here we are.

When you are .250 over the first 4 gamas, .500 feels like a huge win

[JHBulls]

Finishing the month 19-12 from a 7-9 start is an excellent stretch of Baseball when it included Mets, Phillies, Dodgers and Padres. 

[Brian707]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

I love how Sutcliffe is acting like the presence of Hoby Milner warming up is some strike of strategic genius.  Like yes its great to have a guy like him there to hurt a Sheets PH but he’s acting like it’s a brilliant strategy no one could have accounted for

He was probably 8 beers deep at that point 

[JHBulls]

I do wish Sut would tone it down. He doesn’t need to make it sound like every run scored is the greatest run scored in history and he doesn’t need to say stuff like “He’s done that his entire” when a career bench player comes intro a game and makes a good play in the field. I am sure he means well, but he exaggerates a lot. 

[Cubs420psd]

1 hour ago, Outshined_One said:

Kinda strange to be thrilled about a .500 record over a six game stretch, but here we are.

3-3 against two really good teams on the road with a bull pen on life support is really solid.

 

Gotta give this team props, being 7 games over .500 with the biblical pitching injuries they have had is pretty damn impressive. 

[Cubs420psd]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

I love how Sutcliffe is acting like the presence of Hoby Milner warming up is some strike of strategic genius.  Like yes its great to have a guy like him there to hurt a Sheets PH but he’s acting like it’s a brilliant strategy no one could have accounted for

I mean there's a 70% chance the dude was horsefeathers faced.

[chibears55]

Back when things weren't looking too good, they had just dropped 2 of 3 from the Pirates, sitting in last place at 7-8, and about to face 4 pretty good teams at the time in their next 16 games.

I had mentioned they needed to go at least 8-8 and just stay afloat and not get into a hole early in the division,  well they more then exceeded that expectation and went off winning 12 of 16 and are just half game out of first.

Bats have come around and they have gotten some good pitching for the most part,  hopefully they can keep it rolling this weekend and into the series against the Reds where they get ahead of them and take over first.