Loveland didn’t show up in the box score but the Panthers defense pretty much ignored Raymond in the slot just to limit Loveland.
Has a score ever ended 59-37 before yesterday?
This team hasn’t won by either a blowout or a 1 run game (besides that 7-5 extra innings win against the Whitesox) in 4 weeks. It’s okay to win by a conventional 6-3 score.
The pitching has been bad all year, they just had excellent LOB luck thanks largely to Swanson. It’s probably both, they were on the opposite end of this during their 27-12 start.
For as well as the Cubs have played in the second half, (1.64 MOV, 34-19 Xwin loss record), (6.5 wins above average), they’re only 29-24. They’re balancing out their April-May Magic.
Take Skenes out at only 82 pitches, leave Soto in after nearly walking the bases loaded and let him face Shaw, then Nico?
Do they not have any available righties who can throw strikes? Thanks.