Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Tuesday 4/13, 6:40 CT

Today’s roster move: Here

Tuesday notes, and I’m reaching to find good stuff.

• SEEING LOTS OF PITCHES BEFORE MAKING OUTS: Cubs hitters are averaging 4.04 pitches per plate appearance, third in the N.L. and fifth in the majors. The Giants lead, averaging 4.17 pitches per plate appearance.
• LOTS OF K’s FROM THE PEN: The Cubs bullpen has struck out 34.5‐percent of their batters faced (59‐for‐171), the second‐best mark among major league relief corps, surpassed only by the Yankees bullpen (34.9 percent).
• NOT GREAT, BUT IMPROVING: Javier Báez has six hits, two home runs, five RBI and a walk on the current road trip, raising his season slash line from .136/.174/.273 to .243/.282/.514.
• MORE ON THE HITLESS NON-WONDERS: In the recap to Monday’s game I noted that the Cubs’ 49 hits through their first 10 games are the fewest for any 10‐game stretch in a season since at least 1901 (eclipsed 51 hits from Sept. 17‐29, 1968). Almost as bad: the team’s .164 average over this 10-game span is second‐lowest, surpassed by a .163 10‐game stretch from June 14‐24, 1952. In the 1952 stretch the Cubs went 1-9 and scored only 16 runs. (H/T: Ed Hartig)
• AND IF THE ABOVE ISN’T BAD ENOUGH:

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Most managers would change something, ANYTHING, just to try to get the guys going. David Ross keeps sending out the same starting eight, with one change. Sigh.

Brewers lineup:

Kyle Hendricks, RHP vs. Brandon Woodruff, RHP

MLB Photos via Getty Images

MLB Photos via Getty Images

Here we have yet another pitching rematch from last week, this one from the game of Wednesday, April 7 at Wrigley Field.

Kyle Hendricks threw six really good innings, allowing four hits and no runs, with six strikeouts.

Brandon Woodruff no-hit the Cubs for six innings before Ian Happ singled leading off the seventh. Woodruff struck out eight.

I mean... I’m not sure why I keep hoping for different results than we’ve seen the last three days, but maybe this time.

Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. Here’s a list of providers currently carrying Marquee.

Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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The 2021 Game Thread procedure will be a bit different than previous years. It will be similar to what we’ve used for Spring Training.

You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

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You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.

The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.

Discuss amongst yourselves.