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Jesus if we're going to go full on Pete Rose here and just buy into super small sample sizes, going into tonight the Cubs had a .686 OPS and the Dodgers had a .698. But yeah, just write this team off based on the best pitcher in the last twenty years shutting us down. the offense has been propped up by some incredible clutch late-inning horsefeathers. Has anyone felt positive about Arrieta the last few months? Lackey? The way the offense has performed this offseason filled you with confidence even before Kershaw took the mound? Now we're going on the road. Talk horsefeathers about Hill if you want, but go look at his bb ref page for the last two seasons and tell me you feel confident about game 3. Hitting home runs in the 8th and 9th counts just as much as hitting them in the 2nd and 3rd. Arrieta had a good start in SF, has done well against this Dodger team, and to reiterate, the Dodgers have not hit for crap thus far in the series. -
A quick reminder: In LA's 7 playoff games, Kershaw is the only starter to complete 5 innings. Hill has given up 5 runs in 7 IP over his 2 starts, Maeda 7 runs in 7 IP, and Urias is so distrusted that he's only been allowed to throw 2 innings(30 pitches, 16 strikes).
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The previous four games were 5-5-6-8, runs wise. Not abysmal. But definitely not where it should be. Russell has to be moved out of the five spot. Having two hitters who are slumping badly back to back in the middle of your lineup can't continue. What was the team OPS in those four games I'm not going to do the gory math, but from eyeballing baseball reference I'll say it's about .750 to .650 for their opponents.
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Good point; it's been a whole 24 hours since they scored 8. I don't think we can count on 9th inning grand slams going forward. This offense has been bad the entire postseason I'm kinda confused why runs in certain innings don't count. In the playoffs they've won and lost a 1-0 game, and scored at least 5 runs in the other 4. Meanwhile the Dodgers have 4 runs and 3 extra base hits through 2 games.
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Jansen got 2 strikes out of the zone and no balls called in the zone Kershaw got 2 strikes out of the zone and 2 balls called in the zone Hendricks got 1 strike out of the zone and 3 balls called in the zone Chapman got 0 strikes out of the zone and 1 balls called in the zone So -6 on strikes for the Cubs today. I have no idea what the normal deviance is. Because I was curious, the Cubs were +2 on strikes yesterday, +0 before Rondon entered in the bottom of the 9th.
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Jansen got 2 strikes out of the zone and no balls called in the zone Kershaw got 2 strikes out of the zone and 2 balls called in the zone Hendricks got 1 strike out of the zone and 3 balls called in the zone Chapman got 0 strikes out of the zone and 1 balls called in the zone So -6 on strikes for the Cubs today. I have no idea what the normal deviance is.
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if Fowler gets on I'm going to be stupidly confident that they walk it off
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Jansen going for a 2 inning save makes me incredibly happy
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/statcast/status/787841842431729665[/tweet]
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Montgomery it's awfully noble that you want to clear Seager for a RH reliever next inning but if you could just throw a got dang strike I'd appreciate it
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Correct, but instincts take over that you have to go at that point. I'm also pretty sure there's a condition of the rule about 'intentionally dropping' a ball, but Baez played it smoothly enough that it's at best a gray area.
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Cubs will get at least 1 in the 7th, need to make sure that if it's 1 it ties the game.
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My homer self says yes, my thinking brain says Kershaw is hitting his spots better and Grandal is a better receiver than Contreras.
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Gonna guess Joe was anticipating Pederson getting PH for if he brought Wood in. But none of their righties on the bench really scare me more than Pederson against a righty even a very good one You need K's or ground balls, and since Edwards has little platoon split he's your best shot at either.
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I don't understand why Hendricks is pitching to Reddick there when you've already swapped from Montgomery to Wood(and therefore Hendricks being due up doesn't matter).
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Hm, if Hendricks gets Turner to start the 6th, do you let him face Gonzalez?
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This is obvious but keeping the deficit at 1 is so important. As it stands Kershaw still has to dance a razor's edge, even giving him a 2nd run makes a big difference.
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Kyle I swear to bob if you don't start throwing first pitch strikes
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Jason I don't think the Rowengartner placement in the batter's box is going to work too well
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He was never going to go 7 against leftypalooza, so as long as he limits damage this is fine.
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Kyle stop falling behind hitters
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This Ignite supplement commercial is soooo close to being a parody
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hey camera guy I did not appreciate you making it look like Reddick parked it 400 feet away
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91 on that 0-2 fastball, Hendricks is AMPED
