Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Indians Tuesday game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2018-05-23T08:00:06-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/171367092018-05-23T08:00:06-05:002018-05-23T08:00:06-05:00Indians 10, Cubs 1: This space intentionally left blank
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<p>And this space is, too.</p> <p id="WtLYu2">Blech.</p>
<p id="CptZRt">That’s about the nicest thing I can say about <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2018_05_22_clemlb_chnmlb_1">the Cubs’ 10-1 loss to the Indians</a> Tuesday night.</p>
<p id="GeQMJv">Here, have a look at the one Cubs offensive highlight, <span>Ian Happ</span>’s pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning:</p>
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<p id="dkL6YC">The rest of this game was just offensive.</p>
<p id="tvGtoP">There’s not much good that can be said about <span>Tyler Chatwood</span>’s outing. Walks, again, just destroyed any chance he, and the Cubs, had of winning this game. He managed to get out of the first two innings scoreless despite three walks in those two frames, thanks in part to a slick 3-6-3 double play turned in the second.</p>
<p id="ybD1By">Then it all turned bad in the third; the big blow was a three-run homer by <span>Jose Ramirez</span>, which followed a single... and another walk. There were two more walks issued in the inning after that, more scoring ensued, and finally, Joe Maddon had seen enough. Here are the results of Chatwood’s latest walkathon:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tyler Chatwood has 6 starts this season with at least 5 walks.<br><br>Bartolo Colón has 5 walks all season in 56.1 IP.</p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/999079195182620672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chatwood: most 5-walk starts by a Cubs pitcher in a season since Carlos Zambrano (6) in 2007</p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/999079696880099328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tyler Chatwood this season: 45.2 IP, 40 Walks, 41 Strikeouts<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a></p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/999080903472185344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a>
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<p id="9bXdPI">And one last note: Chatwood’s 40 walks are the same number that <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> had all of last season in 24 starts and 139⅔ innings.</p>
<p id="AJu09f">I mean... Chatwood’s walk rates in Colorado were elevated, but they weren’t <em>this</em> bad — his walk rate for five years with the Rockies was 4.1 per nine innings. So far this year his walk rate is nearly double what it was in Colorado. The note about Zambrano is instructive. Z had those six five-walk starts in an entire season, 34 total starts. Chatwood has done it in nine starts. His current walk rate of 7.9 per nine innings would translate to 158 walks if, somehow, he managed to throw 180 innings this year. That would be the most walks in a season by anyone since Phil Niekro had 164 and Nolan Ryan 204 in 1977. And those guys were successful, and both Hall of Famers, for other pitching qualities that Tyler Chatwood doesn’t have.</p>
<p id="mzWxP0">Chatwood wound up in the bullpen with the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> in 2017. It might be time to consider that. Whether it’s his mechanics or something else, it’s getting to the point where the Cubs simply can’t send him out there every fifth day. At the very least, with the extra off day this week they could consider skipping his next turn in the rotation, which would otherwise come up next Monday in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p id="PuzkQY">The game might have been still competitive after all that if <span>Mike Montgomery</span> hadn’t also had a terrible outing. He did get out of Chatwood’s mess in the third with a strikeout, but then created messes of his own in the fourth and fifth, both three-run innings, and I’m sure you don’t want to hear the details.</p>
<p id="e69ZQD">The lone bright spot of this game was the three-inning outing for <span>Justin Hancock</span>. Hancock allowed just one hit, a double by <span>Francisco Lindor</span>, and issued one walk. He looked sharp and as he has done in the past, touched 97 on the Wrigley pitch-speed meter. I know Joe Maddon has been impressed with him since spring training and I suspect Hancock will be sticking around for a while.</p>
<p id="hvHuDV">The other thing that was bad about this game was the Cubs’ complete inability to hit with runners on base. They had RISP in every inning from the first through eighth, and with less than two out in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth, and came up empty every time: 0-for-10 with RISP and 11 men left on base. Even though this game was probably not winnable with Chatwood and Montgomery giving up 10 runs, there were times early on when the Cubs could have taken the lead (first and second inning) or at least made it close, down 4-0 in the third. Every starting position player except <span>Addison Russell</span> had at least one hit, and yet... nothing.</p>
<p id="JlE6WO">This game wasn’t going to be easy to win in the first place, with <span>Trevor Bauer</span> having the best year of his career. He showed it, too, throwing six shutout innings and getting out of RISP jams in every one of them.</p>
<p id="3iS87i">Well, you’ve probably had enough of this game. Most of the folks at Wrigley did, too; the place emptied out after the seventh and by the time Happ hit his home run, maybe 3,000 of the original 37,168 (not too many no-shows, and a surprisingly large number of Indians fans, given that this is a two-game set on weeknights) remained.</p>
<p id="gCMwSR">The Cubs go for a series split, and also a split of the four-game season set against the Tribe, Wednesday evening, <span>Jon Lester</span> will go for the Cubs and rookie <span>Adam Plutko</span> for Cleveland. Game time returns to the normal 7:05 p.m. night-game slot, and TV coverage is via NBC Sports Chicago (as well as a national telecast on MLB Network).</p>
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<p id="7pk4Mi">Go get ‘em, Tyler.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/22/17371916/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-indians-tuesday-5-22-6-05-ctAl Yellon2018-05-22T16:00:01-05:002018-05-22T16:00:01-05:00Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Indians preview, Tuesday 5/22, 6:05 CT
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<p>The Tribe returns to Wrigley for the first time since the 2016 World Series.</p> <p id="lQMyEd">And that's the only mention of the 2016 World Series you'll find in this preview. </p>
<p id="nSEH7R">Notes for tonight:</p>
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<li id="P7Bcni">Tyler Chatwood, who enters tonight with a 3.14 ERA, has allowed four or fewer hits in six straight starts, the longest stretch by a Cubs pitcher since Carlos Zambrano went seven straight starts, August 30-October 2, 2010. No Cubs pitcher has had a streak longer than Zambrano since at least 1908. </li>
<li id="8sCqoS">Chatwood has allowed just one homer in 43.0 innings, good for a rate of 0.21 HR/9 IP, which ranks second-best in the majors among pitchers with at least five starts (St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez, 0.18 HR/9). So, despite all the walks, Chatwood is pretty good at preventing hits and home runs.</li>
<li id="jJGAIx">Speaking of hits and walks... The Cubs lead the National League with a .341 on-base percentage, trailing only the Yankees across all of baseball (.343 OBP). </li>
<li id="j5Zl2o">Cubs batters have collected at least 10 hits and six walks in each of the last four games, becoming the first team in baseball to accomplish that feat since Joe Maddon’s Rays in May 2008. This marks the first time a Cubs team has had 10+ hits and 6+ walks in four straight games since August 12-15, 1937 (five-straight games). </li>
<li id="3ssoBp">Cubs batters drew 30 walks in the four-game series, their most in a four-game series since July 27-30, 2009 vs. Houston (31 walks). That series was also the last time Cubs batters walked at least six times in four straight games prior to this past weekend. The Cubs have not drawn at least six walks in five straight games since September 21-28, 1975 (six straight games). The 1975 Cubs were the team that held the franchise record for walks in a season, 650, until it was broken in 2016, when the Cubs walked 656 times. The 2017 Cubs walked 622 times, making the last two years the only ones in franchise history with 600+ walks by hitters. This year’s Cubs have 172 walks in 44 games, 3.91 per game, a pace for 633.</li>
<li id="lTNDEW">The Cubs are 17-8 in their last 25 games against American League opponents at Wrigley Field, including a 6-1 mark in their last seven contests. Overall the Cubs are 30-15 in Interleague play since the start of 2016, including a 14-4 mark in their last 18 games, and 3-2 so far this year.</li>
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<p id="z7kxnH">Here are today’s particulars.</p>
<p id="Vergm4"><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is tonight's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> starting lineup.<br><br>Game preview: <a href="https://t.co/lbLAVunsGh">https://t.co/lbLAVunsGh</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EverybodyIn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EverybodyIn</a> <a href="https://t.co/BwDYkUKHpn">pic.twitter.com/BwDYkUKHpn</a></p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/998991082758295552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2018</a>
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<p id="paTjw6"><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The last time we played at Wrigley Field, we didn't have Michael Brantley in the lineup ... Turns out, he's pretty important.<br><br>Michael is riding a 10-game hit streak -- batting .349 with 4 HR and 12 RBI. His .359 average against RHP leads the AL this season.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RallyTogether?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RallyTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/HNByHjvy5r">pic.twitter.com/HNByHjvy5r</a></p>— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) <a href="https://twitter.com/Indians/status/999025178263916549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2018</a>
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<span>Tyler Chatwood</span>, RHP vs. <span>Trevor Bauer</span>, RHP</h2>
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<p id="JoD9r3">Tyler Chatwood allowed the Indians four hits and one run in six innings <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201804240.shtml">April 24 in Cleveland</a>.</p>
<p id="ycZGJr">That’s good! Except for the five walks. But, the Cubs won that game, and Chatwood finally seems to have cut down on the walks, issuing just two in his last outing last week in Atlanta.</p>
<p id="6oQR0V">If he can keep that up, he’s going to have a really good year. Other than his unseemly walk rate, his other peripherals are good. His H/9 and SO/9 rates are the best of his career, and his WHIP is just about at his career level.</p>
<p id="Cj7pGb">Trevor Bauer was equally tough on the Cubs in his start against them, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201804250.shtml">April 25 in Cleveland</a>. He threw 6⅔ innings and allowed just four hits and one run, striking out eight.</p>
<p id="Ett37V">Bauer is having by far the best year of his career, with a 2.59 ERA and 1.119 WHIP over nine starts, both career bests, as is his K rate of 10.2. The Cubs will have to be at the top of their game to defeat him tonight.</p>
<p id="fDEBrG">Today’s game is on WGN. It’s also being carried nationally by ESPN (no blackouts). ESPN announcers: Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez and Tim Kurkjian.</p>
<p id="JCOmwn"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2018/05/22">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=2018_05_22_clemlb_chnmlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="iDRiK8"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2018/CHN201805220.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p id="AScVZw"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/535140/pregame">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p id="c01E3n">Please visit our SB Nation <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> site <a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/">Let’s Go Tribe</a>. If you do go there to interact with Indians 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 2018 Game Thread procedure will be the same as the one used during 2017. 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 "Cubs 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/chicago-cubs-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="UESfoL">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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