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I have a feeling the Dodgers will hit Lester better than they did in game 1. I could see 3-4 runs from them. Cubs offense? Really not sure, could be good, could be bad. Very streaky.

When do they face the Reds bullpen?

Rizzo is gutless

Safe

20 straight scoreless innings

Soler is like 0-7 in this postseason

19 straight innings without a run

75% of teams who lose Game 3, lose the series

I'm halfway through anger-eating a bag of M&Ms and hating myself for letting a game impact me this much, and I still can't even fathom the things people do to try and find their way to pessimism. Julio Urias isn't similar to Rich Hill. Hill throws 2 pitches, Urias fairly evenly mixes in 4. Hill had a 2.12 ERA, Urias's is higher than John Lackey's. Urias has already had an outing where the Cubs bombed him into oblivion. He hasn't thrown more than 3.2 innings in 46 days. The Dodgers preferred to send both Kershaw and Hill on 3 days rest than let him start in the NLDS. He is undeniably talented and has had a strong outing against the Cubs, but spare me the 'likely loss' stuff. He'll be mixing in his filthy slider and curve ball. He has the blueprint on how to shut down the Cubs bats. I'm not directly comparing statistics, but they're both lefties and they both have a nasty curve ball. That's all that needs to be said against this Cubs lineup. That's all true that he hasn't thrown many innings, but I don't think it'll matter too much if the bats help him out by striking out like they have been all series long. The guy the Cubs bombed was pitching one of his first few starts. That's no longer the case anymore. NLDS is different from the NLCS because the Nats aren't nearly as flawed and didn't have a blueprint. It was also a winner take all game 5 on the road so you can understand why they'd want Kershaw or Hill over him. It is likely a loss barring them hitting some pitches that they haven't hit well all season long. Sorry that that disappoints you, but that's just the truth. If you haven't already prepared yourself for the cubs season coming to a close, you should do so. It'll take a miracle to save this season given the circumstances the Cubs face in the next two games.

Rizzo should be leading off. At least he works the count. Fowler, he can bat 8 with the off chance he hits himself on base At this point, he might as well get plunked at every AB. Need to get on base before worrying abt driving ppl in. Sorry, just venting. Sick of the damn stage fright by the guys and usual fellating of any opponent of the Cubs by national broadcasters. What are they going to say? The Cubs have played like horsefeathers.

This is likely a loss. Urias is similar to Hill. The only difference is that he's younger, but he'll probably go 6 innings. Unless Lackey can hold them to 1 run or less by that point, I don't see the Cubs winning tomorrow. This series will end in 5 most likely barring a Kershaw collapse. G'day.

Vegas took the Cubs offense's powers Space Jam style

Without the best pitcher in baseball for about 2 months

At least 1 of which pitched by the greatest pitcher of our generation and probably a few innings in game 7.

Rizzo is a gutless choking dog

did you watch the NLDS Being up 2-1 with a chance of going home for a Game 5 is nothing compared to being down 2-1 with Clayton Kershaw lurking

That was not a bad pitch

Oh well, have to win game 4

Not really, last I checked there were six innings left 2 of which you'll see Kenley Jansen. "Good luck"

You're gonna be waiting for awhile, they can't hit the curve. Luckily, they're upping his pitch count and he hasn't thrown more than 93 pitches since joining the Dodgers so maybe they'll kick the tar out of Blanton again.

So we're going to ignore everything about those runs and pretend all is good? OK nevermind keep being cubbyvirus. 90% of the runs the Cubs have scored are either from their pitchers or against bad relievers. You can't get behind against the Dodgers because you'll see a heavy dose of Kenley Jansen who wasn't walking through that door for the Giants.

Weird time to make that comment considering it was montero that just hit. I don't blame Montero at all. Russell has to put the ball in play. Montero is going to be useless against a lefty, we knew this coming in.

Get Russell out of the lineup

We have 162 games of data that shows the Cubs struggle against the curve. It's not going to suddenly change unless Rich Hill loses it at some point.

Hate this matchup for the Cubs. Rich Hill is a guy like Matt Moore that can completely shutdown this Cubs lineup with his breaking ball (Cubs were 24th in baseball this year hitting the breaking ball).