Braves (López) vs Cubs (Peterson): 09/14/26, 6:40 PM

[CUBDOM4life]

Easy win

[mk49]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

That was a brutal 6 outs, and way too sense for game you’re winning by 4.

Yes, 100% agreed.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

I thought the same thing.  That was pathetic.

In his defense he has a huge history of knee and hamstring issues but yeah that was brutal 

[Irrelevant Dude]

I expected it to be a close play at first and Acuna was barely even in the frame.

[abuck1220]

imagine how stressful a close playoff game is gonna be.

i actually thought zeferjahn looked ok-ish. his sweeper looked better than usual. 

[Papa Cub]

Did anyone see Elly’s absolute piss missle Homer tonight?? Completely crushed it out of the stadium

[Soul]

36 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

I’m totally stealing this meme

[Soul]

29 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

imagine how stressful a close playoff game is gonna be.

i actually thought zeferjahn looked ok-ish. his sweeper looked better than usual. 

I’ve been doing an awesome job of blood pressure management but the playoffs are going to be a real challenge.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Marlins currently leading 5-3 in the 5th against AZ.

[Tryptamine]

So the Padres are just never going to lose again eh?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

So the Padres are just never going to lose again eh?

They've had an absolute cupcake schedule. Nationals, Giants, Rockies

[UMFan83]

8 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

They've had an absolute cupcake schedule. Nationals, Giants, Rockies

Teams the Cubs combined to go 9-9 against

[UMFan83]

46 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Marlins currently leading 5-3 in the 5th against AZ.

Now 7-4. If the Marlins finish this off can we finally put the “Cubs will miss the playoffs” stuff to bed? Up 6 with 11 to play would be very difficult to blow. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

9 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Teams the Cubs combined to go 9-9 against

maybe, but those teams have probably completely given up at this point in the year. and I know the Giants roster is substantially worse than when we played them.

[Soul]

Of course! Az hits a 2 run homer to pull within a run

[UMFan83]

Not even pending the Diamondbacks result, Cubs playoff odds back to 99.4%

[Soul]

Ok, bottom of the ninth. Marlins protecting a one run lead against the team with the most comeback wins in Major league baseball this year.

[Soul]

This Fairbanks guy for the Marlins has the craziest motion ever 

[Soul]

And Fairbanks is injured and pulled out of the game.

….yes, I realize everyone is asleep and I’m posting to myself.

[Soul]

AZ walks it off with a 2-run homer.

 

LOL

[soccer10k]

57 minutes ago, Soul said:

AZ walks it off with a 2-run homer.

 

LOL

I know Fairbanks got hurt and didn't give up the HR, but when he came in and they showed he had a 6.1 ERA, I just assumed that it wouldn't end well.

[Stratos]

3 hours ago, abuck1220 said:

acuna busting it down the line at roughly 38% 

I thought the same. But he also hit it to Nico pretty hard.

[Gjfificifjdej]

Cool win, Zeferjahn is still horrid to watch. Thanks for nothing Miami. 

[Geographyhater8888]

6 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Teams the Cubs combined to go 9-9 against

And 13-0 at wrigley versus the Dodgers, Phillies, Padres and Diamondbacks in the regular season by a combined score of 100-47 vs 4-5 with a combined score of 39-55. 
 

Last year they were 30-18 vs the AL with a +54, this year they’re 21-24 with 3 left at +52. This is has been a strange year. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Geographyhater8888

[Jason Ross]

Good win. Offense looked really good; they beat up on Lopez the way you'd hope. Assad a little iffy in the pen, but whatever. David Peterson, very good. Since coming to Chicago Peterson has been shockingly good:

4.15 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 3.99 xFIP. 20.6 K%, 10.6% BB%, 

You'd hope for a bit better walk and strikeout rate, but a 50% groundball rate will help erase the walks. 

As an aside, I think he's shown enough worth to consider a multi-year contract (Two years and like a third option with a buyout on his end?) as a good 4/5 option for a rotation that could probably use that.