Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Padres Friday game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2018-08-03T17:35:02-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/174012352018-08-03T17:35:02-05:002018-08-03T17:35:02-05:00Cubs 5, Padres 4: Now that’s more like it *
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<p>* except for that ninth inning. But a win’s a win.</p> <p id="lAV05B"><a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2018_08_03_sdnmlb_chnmlb_1">The Cubs defeated the Padres 5-4</a> on a picture-perfect Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field and I wish that were the end of the story.</p>
<p id="rPEzdK">But they had to survive a high-wire closing act from <span>Pedro Strop</span> before he struck out <span>Austin Hedges</span> to end the game and even up the series.</p>
<p id="If9Coq">The game began much like Thursday night’s, with the Padres getting hits in the first two innings but <span>Jose Quintana</span> getting out of jams, and the Cubs retired easily in the first by <span>Tyson Ross</span>.</p>
<p id="KDOXsX"><span>Javier Baez</span> took care of that “retired easily” leading off the second [VIDEO].</p>
<p id="9AU3K5">The homer was Javy’s 23rd of the season, which matched his career high set last year, with nearly a third of the 2018 season remaining. Also:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">58 extra-base hits for Javier Báez takes sole possession of the NL lead<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/1025454928301645824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<p id="FO3dtV">Javy would add to that total later on. The homer was hit to the opposite field into the face of a pretty strong wind off Lake Michigan.</p>
<p id="JfxedT">The Cubs made it 2-0 in the third. <span>Tommy La Stella</span> walked with one out, was singled to third by <span>Anthony Rizzo</span> and scored on a sacrifice fly by <span>Ben Zobrist</span>.</p>
<p id="YlvPDg">The Padres cut into that lead in the fourth on a solo homer by former Cubs minor leaguer <span>Christian Villanueva</span>. That might have been a two-run homer except for <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/quintana-beats-renfroe-to-bag/c-2342669783?tid=63817564">this overturned call [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="SY2Ddv">That one looked like first-base umpire CB Bucknor got it wrong (gee, what a surprise) even before the video was shown on the Wrigley video boards, which clearly showed Quintana’s foot on first base before <span>Hunter Renfroe</span>’s.</p>
<p id="snaSB3">The Cubs extended the lead to 3-1 in the fifth. La Stella singled with one out, Rizzo again singled him to third <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/confusion-ensues-on-scoring-play/c-2342805383">and then... [VIDEO]</a></p>
<p id="WIrJs5">Ben Zobrist grounded to first, <span>Eric Hosmer</span> threw home but TLS slid under the tag. Then there was some confusion as Rizzo tried to take third, but the umpires apparently said time had been called. In the end it didn’t matter as the Cubs didn’t score any further runs in the inning.</p>
<p id="VrKJgj">Quintana finished the sixth, striking out four of the last seven batters he faced, and had a solid outing of 94 pitches (63 strikes), allowing four hits and just the one run on Villanueva’s homer, with four strikeouts and no walks. That’s the sort of thing we need to see from all the Cubs starters.</p>
<p id="Q5m4mj">Rizzo made the score 4-1 <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/rizzos-16th-hr-lands-in-basket/c-2342838883">with one out in the seventh [VIDEO]</a>. His 16th home run of the season landed in the basket just inside the right-field foul line... and stayed there:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rizzo HR ball, still in basket <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> <a href="https://t.co/zhXAmO2kKS">pic.twitter.com/zhXAmO2kKS</a></p>— Al Yellon (@bleedcubbieblue) <a href="https://twitter.com/bleedcubbieblue/status/1025479009071706114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<p id="ngJAMj">The ball was still there at game’s end. Fun fact about Rizzo’s homer:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> career Home Run List<br><br>10. Hack Wilson 190<br>11. Anthony Rizzo 181 <br> Alfonso Soriano 181<br>13. Derrek Lee 179<br>14. Andre Dawson 174</p>— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/1025478687683215361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<p id="KOl3Qy"><span>Carl Edwards Jr.</span>, who had thrown a 1-2-3 seventh on only eight pitches, was left in to start the eighth and that was trouble. Two singles brought in <span>Steve Cishek</span>, who induced a double-play grounder... and threw it away. A run scored and runners remained on first and second. A sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/baez-throws-out-jankowski-in-8th/c-2342848783">and that brought up Renfroe [VIDEO]</a>. Renfroe hit a sharp grounder right to Javy, who threw out <span>Travis Jankowski</span> at the plate. </p>
<p id="ljbbbx"><span>Randy Rosario</span> then entered to pitch to Eric Hosmer and walked him. The third pitching change of the inning then brought <span>Brandon Kintzler</span> into the game to make his Wrigley Cubs debut.</p>
<p id="uMIsP2">This is exactly the kind of situation that Kintzler was acquired to fix. Late innings, runners on, close game. And he got Villanueva to hit a line drive — right at <span>David Bote</span>, who had replaced La Stella for defense in the sixth.</p>
<p id="3vPwBA">So it’s 4-2 Cubs heading to the last of the eighth, and Javy led off with a line drive to deep right that wound up as a triple. Fun fact:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Javier Báez: 2nd career game with HR & Triple. Other one was 5/2/17<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/1025487045819555841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<p id="jYLIoQ">Baez scored on a sacrifice fly by <span>Ian Happ</span>, and that run would prove to be very, very important.</p>
<p id="OZzTZu">Strop, who’s been very, very good filling in for <span>Brandon Morrow</span> as closer, entered the game with a three-run lead.</p>
<p id="UTFxRl">He gave up a leadoff single, then issued a walk. A double by <span>Cory Spangenberg</span> made it 5-3 and put runners on second and third with nobody out. A ground ball to Rizzo scored a second run to make it 5-4 and advanced Spangenberg to third.</p>
<p id="BDE2ZC">That brought up <span>Manuel Margot</span>, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/bote-nabs-spangenberg-in-the-9th/c-2342899483?tid=277827014">who hit a sharp grounder to Bote [VIDEO]</a> with the infield pulled in.</p>
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<p id="uIc7mi">Bote’s throw was accurate and <span>Victor Caratini</span> put on the tag to keep the Cubs in the lead. Finally, Strop, who had trouble getting swings and misses the entire inning, struck out pinch-hitter Hedges on a slider and the Cubs had a win that survived nervous time in the ninth. It was Strop’s sixth save of the season, but the first time he had allowed multiple runs in an appearance since June 24.</p>
<p id="BZEAFy">So it wasn’t pretty (although the weather was, probably the nicest day of the whole summer so far), but the Cubs again evened up their post-All-Star record, now 8-8. And now, entering tonight’s action where the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> will host the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> at Miller Park, Milwaukee trails the Cubs by 1½ games. This would be a good weekend to see that number get larger. Despite all the injuries, all the poor play, all the things that have gone wrong, the Cubs still have the best record in the National League. Imagine if they start playing like we know they’re capable of playing.</p>
<p id="44jlxq">Hopefully, that starts Saturday when game 3 of this four-game set will be played. <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> will start for the Cubs and <span>Joey Lucchesi</span> will go for the Padres. Game time again is 1:20 p.m. CT and TV coverage Saturday afternoon is via NBC Sports Chicago.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/8/3/17649958/cubs-padres-recap-jose-quintana-javier-baez-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2018-08-03T15:20:02-05:002018-08-03T15:20:02-05:00Overflow thread 2: Cubs vs. Padres, Friday 8/3, 1:20 CT
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<p id="96hpR5">Go get ‘em, Jose.</p>
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<p>The Cubs look to do better than they did Thursday night.</p> <p id="MImoUh">Notes for Friday:</p>
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<span>Ben Zobrist</span> enters today’s game with a team-best .310 average (88-for-284). he is batting .486 (17-for-35) with five walks and a .537 OBP in 11 games since the All-Star break. The .486 post-break average is tops in the N.L. among batters with at least 30 plate appearances. </li>
<li id="cS57ny">Jose Quintana’s start today makes four consecutive games in which the Cubs have started a lefthander. That’s the first time that’s happened in franchise history since September 21-23, 1966 at Wrigley Field vs. the <a href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> (Ken Holtzman, Dave Dowling) and <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> (Curt Simmons, Dick Ellsworth). (H/T: Ed Hartig, and note, the 9/23/66 date was a doubleheader.) Three of those names should be familiar to you. <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dowlida01.shtml">Dowling</a>, at one time a good prospect, appeared in just two MLB games. That was his only start. He threw <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN196609220.shtml">a complete-game victory</a>, but never pitched in the major leagues again. He was traded to the Cardinals in 1968 and was out of baseball after that year, it appears due to injury.</li>
<li id="dODSod">The Dodgers’ 16-run margin of victory over the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> Thursday night gave them the N.L. lead in run differential at +109. The Cubs, despite Thursday’s five-run loss, still rank second at +100 and are still underperforming their Pythagorean projection, which would have them at 64-44.</li>
<li id="p4xDuk">Despite those numbers Thursday for the Cubs and Dodgers, the Cubs still lead the N.L. in runs, runs per game, BA, OBP and OPS.</li>
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<p id="mis19E">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 this afternoon's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> starting lineup. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EverybodyIn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EverybodyIn</a> <br><br>Stream on <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTubeTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTubeTV</a>: <a href="https://t.co/t4XvcdoeJc">https://t.co/t4XvcdoeJc</a> <a href="https://t.co/C02rxpkPI6">pic.twitter.com/C02rxpkPI6</a></p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1025393411266957313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<p id="paTjw6"><a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Game 2️⃣ vs. Cubs at 11:20am PT today with <a href="https://twitter.com/TysonRoss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TysonRoss</a> on the bump!<br><br>Here’s the full lineup: <a href="https://t.co/FEaZBHhz39">pic.twitter.com/FEaZBHhz39</a></p>— San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href="https://twitter.com/Padres/status/1025403884246716417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a>
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<span>Jose Quintana</span>, LHP vs. <span>Tyson Ross</span>, RHP</h2>
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<p id="HnLi2g">Jose Quintana is just maddening. He followed up three pretty good starts with a stinker his last time out. So which is the real Q?</p>
<p id="qQ0nWB">He has not faced the Padres this year. He did last year — as a member of the <a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA201705140.shtml">May 14, 2017</a>, in the Ballpark Formerly Known as the Cell.</p>
<p id="vzAy9Y">That was a pretty good outing: seven innings, five hits, four walks, three runs. I’m pretty sure we’d take that from him this afternoon.</p>
<p id="2IqlPU">Hello, Tyson Ross, the guy so many Cubs fans wanted to sign last year when he wasn’t even going to be able to pitch till midseason.</p>
<p id="HwNN36">Ross pitched for the Padres from 2013-16, had a couple of pretty good years, then they let him go after neck and shoulder injuries ruined his 2016 season. He made 12 appearances (10 starts) with the <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a> last year, they let him go, and now he’s a Padre again.</p>
<p id="r0N98W">It’s worked out pretty well, though he had an awful July (8.87 ERA, 1.843 WHIP, five home runs in 23⅓ innings).</p>
<p id="FYmpKB">He has not faced the Cubs since 2015, and so current Cubs are a small sample size 9-for-28 (.321) against him.</p>
<p id="bVwpyB">Today’s game is on NBC Sports Chicago. It’s also on MLB Network (outside the Chicago and San Diego markets).</p>
<p id="47IVCe"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2018/08/03">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_08_03_sdnmlb_chnmlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="iDRiK8"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2018/CHN201808030.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p id="AScVZw"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/534308/pregame">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p id="c01E3n">Please visit our SB Nation <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> site <a href="http://www.gaslampball.com/">Gaslamp Ball</a>. If you do go there to interact with Padres 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="JaRg01">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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