Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Brewers Friday Game ThreadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2017-04-08T08:00:02-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/149421112017-04-08T08:00:02-05:002017-04-08T08:00:02-05:00Brewers 2, Cubs 1: A Scary Moment
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<p>Fortunately, Javy Baez wasn’t seriously injured.</p> <p id="c9xNYs">For 2018, the <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> should petition MLB to have April 7 as an off day.</p>
<p id="2UpMyj">It was <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI201604070.shtml">April 7, 2016</a> when <span>Kyle Schwarber</span> and <span>Dexter Fowler</span> collided in the outfield in Arizona, resulting in a knee injury that put Kyle out until <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series">the World Series</a>. </p>
<p id="u9Dk7u">Friday, April 7, 2017 in Milwaukee, every Cubs fan held his or her breath when <span>Javier Baez</span> and <span>Jason Heyward</span> <a href="http://m.mlb.com/video/v1261734583/?c_id=mlb">collided chasing a popup into short center field [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="Qujj52">It looked really, really bad at first. Baez was on the ground for a while, then shook his head several times after he got up. It appeared he was trying to convince Joe Maddon to leave him in the game, but wisely, Joe chose to have Javy looked at in the clubhouse.</p>
<p id="wez5Gb">Fortunately, this injury does not appear to be serious:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just to be clear: Bruise on Javy Baez is above his left eye. His eye is OK. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a></p>— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/850550509811494913">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a> Baez did not have to go through concussion protocol. Maddon: "He said he was fine but it just didn't look right"</p>— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/850571218642239490">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Im good my people! </p>— Javier Báez (@javy23baez) <a href="https://twitter.com/javy23baez/status/850572709532766208">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a> Baez: "I couldn't see what hit me. It was a really big man coming. I kind of saw him in 3D in my face"</p>— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/850575289927258112">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Told today was 1 yr anniversary of Schwarber injury, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a> Baez said: "That's crazy. At least we passed this day and nobody got hurt"</p>— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/850576218885849088">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p id="8sk82o">The rest of the Cubs’ <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2017_04_07_chnmlb_milmlb_1">2-1, 11-inning loss to the Brewers</a> was a frustrating mix of wasted chances. The Cubs left nine men on base and went 0-for-5 with RISP. That included having the bases loaded in the 10th inning with one out, but <span>Ben Zobrist</span> hit into a double play.</p>
<p id="QpnR4C">Zobrist accounted for the Cubs’ only run with a second-inning homer. It was the Cubs’ only extra-base hit of the evening. The six hits and six walks did produce some scoring opportunities, but no Cub crossed the plate in the last nine innings of the game.</p>
<p id="qZfXjs"><span>Kris Bryant</span> finally got off his season-starting 0-fer with a single, creating this oddity:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last 2 defending MVPs to begin a season 0-10 or worse<br>0-14 Kris Bryant (2017 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a>)<br>0-13 Ryne Sandberg (1985 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a>)</p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/850526054640996358">April 8, 2017</a>
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<p id="5bMDSu">Sandberg finished 1985 hitting .305/.364/.504 with 26 home runs and 54 stolen bases. (Incidentally, that is one of just three Cubs seasons since 1906 when a Cub has stolen that many bases. <span>Eric Young</span> had 54 in 2000 and <span>Juan Pierre</span> 57 in 2006.) KB will be just fine.</p>
<p id="3pmTuN">But it would be nice to see the Cubs offense get jump-started.</p>
<p id="wRcUzA">Meanwhile, Cubs pitchers threw quite well, at least until the bases-loaded wild pitch by <span>Mike Montgomery</span> in the 11th gave the Brewers the win.</p>
<p id="F8jSkb"><span>Brett Anderson</span> had a successful debut for the Cubs, allowing five hits and a walk and just one run in 5⅔ innings. As is his style when he’s going good, he got eight outs on ground balls.</p>
<p id="hRWPD3">Relievers <span>Justin Grimm</span>, <span>Koji Uehara</span> and <span>Hector Rondon</span> combined for 2⅓ innings of scoreless relief. That’s particularly good news about Rondon, who did not have a good spring. He’s looked like the Hector of old in his two appearances so far this year. And Uehara has thrown three innings so far this season and allowed just one hit and one walk. Small sample size, but he looks like he’s going to be a very important member of this year’s bullpen. Also:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Koji UEhara & Bob UEcker remain the only two players in MLB history whose last names begin with UE<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a></p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/848731910771748864">April 3, 2017</a>
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<p id="o1WNFg">Montgomery threw pretty well for the first two innings of his appearance, but with one out and two Brewers on base, Monty hit <span>Jett Bandy</span>.</p>
<p id="EKmiLl">Joe Maddon then put together a five-man infield which included, technically, <span>Anthony Rizzo</span> as his “left fielder,” although Rizzo stayed between first and second base. Kyle Schwarber came in and played near first base, and both players switched gloves to make it legal.</p>
<p id="mWursM">None of that mattered when Montgomery uncorked the wild pitch. He had <span>Manny Pina</span> down 0-2, too. before that pitch.</p>
<p id="h2cVbL">So the Cubs are 2-2. The good news is that the rest of the division isn’t playing all that well and the .500 record puts the team in second place, one game behind the first-place <a href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a>. And you know the Reds aren’t going to be in first place very long. Also, it would be nice to have a laugher of a win — three of the Cubs’ first four games have been decided by one run and the other one was Thursday’s two-run victory over the <a href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a>.</p>
<p id="GlgQRG">The Cubs complete their first run through the five-man rotation Saturday evening when <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> makes his 2017 debut. He’ll face Milwaukee lefthander <span>Tommy Milone</span>.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/8/15229020/cubs-brewers-recap-javier-baez-ben-zobrist-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2017-04-07T21:55:02-05:002017-04-07T21:55:02-05:00Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Brewers, Friday 4/7, 7:10 CT
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<p>The Cubs go indoors for three games against the Brew Crew.</p> <p>I'm back in Chicago (and not heading to Milwaukee this weekend, needing to rest up for the upcoming homestand), and it's nice to know that no Cubs games will be affected by weather over the weekend.</p>
<p>The Brewers are in a rebuilding phase. They dropped three out of four in their season-opening series against the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Rockies</a>, including two by one run.</p>
<p>Hopefully the Cubs can do the same favor by taking this series.</p>
<p>Here are today's particulars.</p>
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<blockquote>Schwarber LF, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Zobrist RF, Russell SS, Heyward CF, Contreras C, Anderson P, Baez 2B</blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BAnderson3737">@BAnderson3737</a> makes his <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash">#Cubs</a> debut tonight in Milwaukee!<br><br>Game preview: <a href="https://t.co/AtZqqa6zrk">https://t.co/AtZqqa6zrk</a> <a href="https://t.co/paW1jxLfUr">pic.twitter.com/paW1jxLfUr</a></p>
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<p>Brewers lineup:</p>
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<span>Brett Anderson</span> vs. <span>Jimmy Nelson</span>
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<p><span>Brett Anderson</span> is making his Cubs debut. Ignore his 2016 season, ruined by injury, and look at the solid year he had for the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dodgers</a> in 2015. He got through spring training healthy and appears ready to go. He has faced the Brewers just once in his career, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN201507120.shtml">July 12, 2015</a> and no current Brewer has faced him more than three times.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Jimmy Nelson is quite familiar to the Cubs. Last year he made five starts against them and posted a 3.77 ERA and 1.315 WHIP. Current Cubs are hitting .248 (32-for-129) against him with one home run (<span>Anthony Rizzo</span>). Nelson is making his first start of 2017.</p>
<p id="eIUVlS">Today's game is on CSN Chicago.</p>
<p id="y4SIM1"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?ymd=20140401#date=4/7/2017">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p id="Xe5URc"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2016_11_02_chnmlb_clemlb_1#game=2016_11_02_chnmlb_clemlb_1,game_state=Live">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="cOzi2Y"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/MIL201704070.shtml" target="_blank">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p id="G92wAe"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/523193/pregame">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p id="AScVZw">Please visit our SB Nation <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> site <a href="http://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brew Crew Ball</a>. If you do go there to interact with Brewers fans, please be respectful, abide by their individual site rules and serve as a good representation of Cub fans in general and BCB in particular.</p>
<p id="4R9cxt">The 2017 Game Thread procedure will be the same as the one used during 2016. Here's how it works.</p>
<p id="uNrOo7">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).</p>
<p id="Jy7Er2">At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page. The First Pitch Thread and all the overflow threads will be published in that stream, as well as the recap. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post, and at the time I write the recap I will rename the stream "<a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads" so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game.</p>
<p id="F5ehVY">You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread, all the overflow threads and recap in the box marked "Chicago Cubs Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in <a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/game-threads">this section link</a>). They will also appear in the game's StoryStream as noted above.</p>
<p id="pjBR1E">The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at one hour, two hours and 2:45 after the scheduled game time.</p>
<p id="9BqKXK">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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