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Clearly Ross is trying to get him as much time as possible to keep him strong for the stretch run. In normal bullpen usage having Alzolay pitch today is a no brainer. But as was pointed out on Friday Adbert has mostly gotten the job done but hasn’t been as sharp of late. Maybe dealing with dead arm?
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horsefeathers it let’s get cute and try to avoid the high leverage guys
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Got it. So it was Labor Day weekend. I was in Florida for the holiday weekend and remember watching it, just had the day wrong
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horsefeathers right Steele
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Yeah I’m not a fan of this but this is a big game. You might need Merryweather and Alzolay the next 2 days I guess. If Steele gets shelled in his next start we’ll know who to assign some blame to
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Walked the leadoff guy and still no activity in the pen. Kind of odd edit: or just induce a DP on the next pitch lmao
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Pretty sure that was on Labor Day too. At the very least it was Labor Day weekend
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Looks like it. He’s never gone past 7. pen must really be gassed. Merryweather and Alzolay should be more than rested but at this point of the season you give them all the rest you can I guess
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Agreed. Especially with the 2 additional runs of cushion. I would have done it even if it was 1-0 though
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Cubs making Webb work now. He’s passed Steele in pitch count after being way ahead of him earlier in the game. Gomes!
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God bless you Seiya Suzuki
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92 pitches through 7. Doubt they will stretch him into the 8th though without being able to give him an extra day between starts. Merryweather and Alzolay have both pitched once in the last 4 days, both back on Friday so I’m sure that’s the route Ross goes. still, incredible performance for Steele today
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Doubt Ross will do it but he’s an efficient 7th from being able to pitch into the 8th
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5 pitch inning is perfect. 67 through 5. On track to go 7 at this point
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Wish we could get Webb’s pitch count up a bit. Not sure how long he can go on a hot day like today but 38 pitches in 3.1 IP is not enough to get him out earlier in the game.
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Webb is gonna be tough today. He looks sharp.
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Solid 1st but 21 pitches is sub-optimal
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The piece of horsefeathers did it again
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Obviously winning the series is what we should be aiming for, but for the 3 gamers against the Giants and DBacks (excluding the 4 game series this week), the key is to not get swept. If we avoid the sweep the best they can do is gain 1 game on us over a 3 game span. But still I'm sure they are approaching with the mentality of winning the series.
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orioles up by 4 over the DBacks, pads up 4 over giants both in the 8th inning Assuming no comebacks, changes over the weekend: -Gain 0.5 on Arizona -Gain 1.5 on San Francisco -Gain 0.5 on Philly -Even with Cincinnati -Lose 1.5 games on Miami -Lose 0.5 games on Milwaukee
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Yeah and from a macro point of view you are correct. If the Cubs lost 7-4 and 4-1 or something the previous 2 games there would be less discussion of what could have been. But going into the bottom of the 9th with a lead in all 4 games is what leads to wondering what we missed out on by blowing 2 of them. But yes your perspective is ultimately the correct one looking at things objectively
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Other games update: Philies beat the Brewers 4-2. Cubs move to 3.5 of Milwaukee and stay 2.5 behind Philly Orioles up 2-1 on Arizona. Orioles win would increase the Cubs lead over Arizona to 3 games. Padres up 3-0 on San Francisco. Padres win would increase the Cubs lead over the Giants to 3 games. Marlins swept the Nationals with a 6-4 win, keeping them 3 games behind the Cubs Reds of course lost and are 3 games behind the Cubs. So if the scores hold the Cubs would have a 3 game lead over 4 different teams, with the 5 teams playing for 2 playoff spots. Of those 4 other teams, the Cubs have lost the tiebreaker to 2 of them (Cincinnati and Miami), lead the tiebreaker 2-1 over the Giants (must take 2 of 3 to clinch it this week) and haven't played the Diamondbacks yet (must go 4-3 in the 7 games to win the tiebreaker)
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I mean there is damage done. Finishing off those games would have us with a 4.5 game playoff cushion, tied with the Phillies for WC1 and 2.5 games behind the Brewers and our playoff odds would be something like 97% right now but yes it could have been a lot worse. It is what it is
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The Cubs have scored 70 runs in their last 8 games against the Reds but are somehow 5-3 in that stretch and have games where they scored 1 and 2 runs (which I suppose begins to explain why they are 5-3 in that stretch) Current run differential in those 8 games is +32 (70-38)
