Braves (Ritchie) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 09/16/26, 6:40 PM

[Papa Cub]

20 minutes ago, mk49 said:

OK, we should have enough lead now.

Cubs bullpen say……hold my beer 🍺 

[Papa Cub]

Three outs before they get six would be fantastic 

[UMFan83]

This is unreal 

[abuck1220]

going to be impossible to win a playoff game 

[Tryptamine]

23 minutes ago, mk49 said:

OK, we should have enough lead now.

Do you realize what you've done?

[soccer10k]

Bullpen trying to do bullpen things again. Cool.

[chibears55]

Tying run in the hole, a 6 run lead in the 9th isnt even safe for this cubs bullpen 

[Papa Cub]

horsefeathers these guys man - seriously 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

These sweepers are dogshit, so much of the zone

[UMFan83]

It’s insane that it’s 8-3 in the 9th and I’m biting my nails

[Geographyhater8888]

I can’t remember the last time they had a 1-2-3 9th inning with a lead,

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

finally a good one

[Papa Cub]

A game like this you can’t even enjoy your win

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

I can’t remember the last time they had a 1-2-3 9th inning with a lead,

Going to assume you meant they as in ‘the bullpen’ and not the third, fourth, fifth inning tonight 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

we still need to give up a homer so let's get it out of the way please

[squally1313]

Just now, Papa Cub said:

A game like this you can’t even enjoy your win

Speak for yourself. Our amazing offense was awesome, our incredible MVP was even more awesome. 
 

seriously, beating a good team 8-4 or 8-5 or whatever is basically the game plan for this team winning playoff games. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[chibears55]

W... and no homeruns given up

 

[BKHoo]

4 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Speak for yourself. Our amazing offense was awesome, our incredible MVP was even more awesome. 
 

seriously, beating a good team 8-4 or 8-5 or whatever is basically the game plan for this team winning playoff games. 

How many playoff games do you expect to get 8 runs?

[Rcal10]

9 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

going to be impossible to win a playoff game 

Yep, impossible for a 90 win team to beat another 90 win team. I mean, no chance!!!! 

[Rcal10]

Just now, BKHoo said:

How many playoff games do you expect to get 8 runs?

Well, tbf, they only needed 5 today. And how many did Atlanta score on Monday? 

[mk49]

Finally, one of our SP's has higher fWAR than Ben Brown.

[ILMindState]

7 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

How many playoff games do you expect to get 8 runs?

They can maybe win a WC series but they’re not gonna average 8 runs against the Brewers or Dodgers pitching. 

[squally1313]

This is so tiring. Why can’t we score a lot of runs in the playoffs? Because the average amount of runs scored goes down? But not for the teams we’re going to play, apparently?

[mk49]

Super small sample, but HR/9 in Sep looks like this.

Boyd: 0.00
Shota: 0.50
Peterson: 0.64
Holmes: 1.80
Gausman: 2.70 (this is almost Jamo level.)

So, 3 out of 5 have way below league average.

The bullpen is totally different, though.  6 RP's have 2+ HR/9 in Sep.  That's pretty bad.