Fri 4.5 11.20a: Bobby Miller vs. Kyle Hendricks Sat 4.6 1p: Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Jordan Wicks Sun 4.7 11.20a: Gavin Stone vs. Shota Imanaga
The Cubs may have already lost ace Jordan Steele to injury, but they've still got some formidable arms, including Sunday starter Imanaga, aka "the Throwing Philosopher", who struck out nine in his MLB debut on April 1.
Of course, we've got our own Japanese superstar pitcher (who starts on Saturday), who has had mixed results in his two outings to date.
And it's another reunion with Cody Bellinger, who is back with the Cubs after signing a three-year, $80M deal with annual opt-outs. I liked Bellinger pre-shoulder injury, and though I was happy to see him return to form last year after two miserable post-WS years with the Dodgers, we've got plenty of ~.200 batters at the bottom of our current lineup with which to deal already (James Outman, Gavin Lux, Kike Hernandez, Chris Taylor--not to mention Jason Heyward, who is on the 10-day IL).
And look at that, we've got three of those awful hitters (Outman .120 BA / .387 OPS; Taylor .091 / .424; Lux .200 / .499) in the 7-8-9 spots for Friday's game! Surely at least one of those guys has to break out, right?
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GAME 1
Betts SS
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
T Hernandez RF
Outman CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B
Miller P
This lineup is like a descent into the abyss
Betts .485
Ohtani .270
Freeman .375
Smith .406
Muncy .303 (which is super-impressive, Max! Keep it up!)
And then...
Teoscar .257
And then...
Outman .120
Taylor .091
Lux .200
(cries)
IT"S MILLER TIME!!
Happy 25th Birthday Bobby. Make it a good one!
If I'm not the only one here today....Did anyone else here what the girl who got Shohei's first homer said about getting merch from him but that the Dodgers treated her badly?? What up with that bitch?
Bases juiced with 1 out for Max
TeO brings in two...2-0 Boys T1
@karen...i think she got sellers remorse. she was happy in the morning from what she got but by evening was all upset with everyone on social media telling her she should have got more. thats my take.
TeO doing work
Birthday Boy K's the side. 2-0 going to 2.
@Spank...I had no idea what was up with her, I just saw her on the news and bitch was not happy.
Crap crap crap Tied up in B2
sack up Miller. don't choke with your homiez there at the game
stupid pitch
fuck
Gotta laugh. all that hype about Miller's bday and dude gets run out in the 2nd. should have kept it low profile
Diaz with some extremely questionable call behind the plate and Cubbys hitting the ball like there's no wind blowing in. 6-2 Cubs
Sho Time is Back!! 6-4 Bad Guys
Great throw by Slappy cuts Swanson down at second.
Madrigal looking Arenado-esque at third.
9-5 Cubs. damn. i should've not woke up from my nap
Holy crap. 9-5 Cubs after 6
TeO makes it 9-7...
TeO took a quick step before he hit the bag. cost him being safe
damn
I cannot believe the defense by Cubs. Fat Lady singing. 9-7 Cubs
Ugh.
Also, I’m not sure what to think about the woman who caught Shohei’s HR ball. But she should have at least have gotten a chance to meet him. And if it’s true that the Dodgers threatened to not authenticate the ball, that’s BS.
Game 10
M Betts (R) 2B
S Ohtani (L) DH
F Freeman (L) 1B
T Hernández (R) RF
M Muncy (L) 3B
K Hernández (R) CF
C Taylor (R) LF
M Rojas (R) SS
A Barnes (R) C
Thanks karen for the lineup post!!!
(I also liked how you mixed up the format after yesterday’s loss. I’m right there with you on the superstitions!!!)
Yoshi's kinda iffy so far.
My god, the bottom of our lineup sucks.
Leadoff double from Muncy in the second and we can’t score him
Leadoff single for Barnes. That’s surprising
Muncy is on fire!
Evan Phillips is getting hit here in the ninth, up 4-0
Nico Hoerner flies to right. One out in the top of the ninth
Mastrobuoni with a RBI groundout. 4-1 LA, two out
Mike Tauchman PH for Gomes
Oh that’s interesting, Michael Busch didn’t advance on that ground out. So he is still at second.
Four-pitch walk for Tauchman, so now there’s first and second and the tying run at the plate.
Phillips making it interesting
Happ Ks swinging!
WIN
woop
First time the Dodgers didn’t score 5+ runs this year.
GAME 3
M Betts (R) SS
S Ohtani (L) DH
F Freeman (L) 1B
W Smith (R) C
T Hernandez (R) RF
K Hernandez (R) CF
C Taylor (R) LF
G Lux (L) 2B
M Rojas (R) 3B
G Stone (R) P
This is a weird lineup. MiggyRo at third instead of Muncy?! Why not have your best hitters against Imanaga?!
Definitely the B lineup
Sorry about the Game 10 yesterday. I wasn't home and my daughter posted the lineup for me
Ugh. Should have put “game 11”—clearly I am to blame for that awful first inning.
3-0 Cubs through 1
Rain sounds bad.
I hate the MLB blackout rules.
Stone walks the leadoff batter after having him 1-2
When Muncy isn’t in the lineup, the horrible bottom of our lineup is too much of a liability. Kike, CT3, and Lux absolutely suck.
4-0 Cubs on two deep flies.
Rojas had a hit but fell running to first, so he’s out. Well done, miguel
Mookie has been in a slump here
Rain coming in clutch. good day for a rainout
5-0 CHI
Rojas screwed by the weather conditions. That’s the third infield error by the Dodgers today.
rain delay. 1 out bottom of 4th. 6-0 Cubs
Someone wake up David Vassegh. We are going to a rain delay, Cubs up 6-0 B4
Back from the rain delay, we look meek and are down 8-0 in the seventh. My god.
Ugh
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