Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Red Sox Monday game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2019-03-26T08:00:00-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/180435502019-03-26T08:00:00-05:002019-03-26T08:00:00-05:00Cubs 3, Red Sox 2: The Cole Hamels show
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<p>The Cubs lefthander had a solid outing on the mound and at the plate.</p> <p id="YrvGFd"><strong>MESA, Arizona</strong> — The <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> put a lineup on the field Monday night that should closely resemble their Opening Day squad Thursday in Texas (save for the DH that they’ll use in Arlington), and though <span>Cole Hamels</span> won’t start that game, he was certainly in midseason form in <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2019_03_25_bosmlb_chnmlb_1">the Cubs’ 3-2 win over the Red Sox</a>.</p>
<p id="GCbDwt">The only run Hamels allowed was a solo homer by <span>Andrew Benintendi</span> that began the scoring in the third inning. He allowed just two other hits and retired the last eight Red Sox he faced.</p>
<p id="T5FuiD">And Hamels used his bat to his benefit, tying the game in the bottom of the third with <a href="https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019-03/25/b7effa21-23cb493c-8fd6e681-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">this solo home run [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="sU5XnD">The Cubs plated another run in the third. <span>Kris Bryant</span> got hit by a <span>Rick Porcello</span> pitch — the fourth time he’s been hit this spring — and then <span>Anthony Rizzo</span> blooped a ball behind shortstop that was converged on by three Red Sox fielders, who let it drop among them. Bryant, who had been off with the pitch, never stopped running and scored. Rizzo was credited with a double.</p>
<p id="zsgStA"><span>Pedro Strop</span>, returning from his hamstring injury, had a 1-2-3 sixth with a pair of strikeouts and a line drive caught by <span>Kyle Schwarber</span>, an eight-pitch inning. Strop showed absolutely no signs of any hamstring trouble and seems ready to go on Thursday.</p>
<p id="DymSfO">The Red Sox tied the game off <span>Steve Cishek</span> in the seventh. Cishek retired the first hitter he faced and then allowed three straight singles, making the score 2-2. Cishek, who was slowed by illness this month, has not looked good in either of his last two outings. Hopefully, that’s just temporary, and he too will be ready to go Thursday.</p>
<p id="unLkr8"><span>David Bote</span>, who came into the game on a double-switch when Cishek was removed for <span>Randy Rosario</span>, hit the game-winner, <a href="https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2019/2019-03/25/a634ba47-0d70c7b0-974e6edd-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">a long home run to center field [VIDEO]</a> in the last of the seventh that gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead.</p>
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<p id="R4ledE">Bote sat on that high fastball and hit it about 430 feet. There’s no center field distance marker at Sloan Park, but it’s about 410, so that ball had to be at least 430.</p>
<p id="Y4KkLy">Rosario, who hasn’t looked all that good this spring, had a 1-2-3 eighth with two K’s, and <span>Kyle Ryan</span>, who still has an outside shot at making the Opening Day roster, threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his first spring save.</p>
<p id="suBmIr">Incidentally, I’m happy to report that Red Sox starter <span>Rick Porcello</span> appears to be all right after taking this <span>Willson Contreras</span> line drive off his head in the second inning:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're glad <a href="https://twitter.com/RickPorcello?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RickPorcello</a> is all smiles after this scary moment. <br><br> : <a href="https://t.co/IDZQVDCM2q">https://t.co/IDZQVDCM2q</a> <a href="https://t.co/NckYxXw0cw">pic.twitter.com/NckYxXw0cw</a></p>— Cubs Talk (@NBCSCubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSCubs/status/1110355290560573441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2019</a>
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<p id="mqUjpK">You’ll note Contreras applauding after Porcello got up and stayed in the game. A scary moment, but it appears all is well.</p>
<p id="ANKgYx"><strong>Attendance watch:</strong> A large contingent of Red Sox fans, maybe a third of the ballpark, produced a Sloan Park record crowd of 16,100. That’ll stand as a Cubs and spring training record, but not a Cactus League record, as this was not a Cactus League game. The spring total at Sloan Park for 17 dates is 234,980, or 13,822 per date.</p>
<p id="85nEDp">Tuesday afternoon, the Cubs wrap spring ball in Arizona with another game against the Red Sox. <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> will start for the Cubs and <span>David Price</span> will go for the Red Sox. Game time Tuesday is 2:05 p.m. CT. There will be an audio webcast on <a href="http://cubs.com">cubs.com</a> and TV coverage will be via the Red Sox channel NESN, which will be available via MLB.tv. All the games Monday were available free on MLB.tv, so I’d expect that to be the case again Tuesday. I’d also expect many of the Cubs regulars to start, but depart after one at-bat and three innings or so, to take the flight to Dallas for the opener Thursday.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2019/3/26/18281914/cubs-red-sox-recap-cole-hamels-david-bote-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2019-03-25T21:30:00-05:002019-03-25T21:30:00-05:00Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Red Sox, Monday 3/25, 8:05 CT
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<p id="5I6OOA">Go get ‘em, Cole.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2019/3/25/18279506/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-red-sox-monday-3-25-8-05-ctAl Yellon2019-03-25T18:00:00-05:002019-03-25T18:00:00-05:00Cubs vs. Red Sox at Mesa preview, Monday 3/25, 8:05 CT
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<p>The games vs. Boston will get a lot of attention, even though they don’t mean much.</p> <p id="RAgL9g"><strong>MESA, Arizona</strong> — The two games the Cubs are playing against the Red Sox are considered “exhibition” games rather than “Cactus League” games, even though they are being played at a Cactus League venue, if you care about the distinction.</p>
<p id="vKZKjm">The Cubs are the only Cactus League team still playing at its spring venue. The other Arizona-based teams are playing practice games at T-Mobile Park in Seattle (<a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a>/<a href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a>), Chase Field in Phoenix (<a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a>/<a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>), Oracle Park in San Francisco (<a href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a>/<a href="https://www.athleticsnation.com/">Athletics</a>), Angel Stadium in Anaheim (<a href="https://www.halosheaven.com/">Angels</a>/<a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>), Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas (<a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a>/<a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a>), SunTrust Park in Atlanta (<a href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a>/<a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a>), Werner Park in Omaha (<a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Royals</a> vs. their Triple-A affiliate), Isotopes Park in Albuquerque (<a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> vs. their Triple-A affiliate) and Olympic Stadium in Montreal (<a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a>/<a href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Blue Jays</a>).</p>
<p id="sRTvpE">Notes:</p>
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<li id="Gfsw1E">The 24 runs the Cubs scored Sunday against the Padres give them the MLB lead among all teams this spring with 218.</li>
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<span>Cristhian Adames</span>’ 17 runs scored lead the Cactus League. His 16 RBI rank third while his 36 total bases are fifth and his 20 hits are tied for sixth.</li>
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<span>Tyler Chatwood</span> has a 2.57 ERA (four earned runs in 14 innings) with four walks and nine strikeouts and he has not allowed a walk in his last four outings covering 4⅔ innings. All four of Chatwood’s walks have come in his two starts — as a reliever he has thrown 10⅔ innings, walked none and struck out seven.</li>
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<p id="LpDZVC">And here’s a bit of history:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> vs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedSox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RedSox</a> game is as historic as a spring game can get. It's been 54 years since <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Boston?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Boston</a> held spring training in AZ.<br>Ted Williams and Yaz in Scottsdale! <a href="https://t.co/BHijPFGpIx">pic.twitter.com/BHijPFGpIx</a></p>— Tim Sheridan (@BoysOfSpring) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoysOfSpring/status/1110217986361557010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2019</a>
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<p id="Pse5Be">Here are today’s particulars. </p>
<p id="NIhSkF"><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
<blockquote><p id="0wM7T2">Zobrist 2B, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Baez SS, Schwarber LF, Contreras C, Heyward RF, <span>Hamels</span> P, Almora CF</p></blockquote>
<p id="GsuKVu"><a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> lineup:</p>
<blockquote><p id="mnTOuM">Benintendi LF, Betts RF, Devers 3B. Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Moreland 1B, Nunez 2B, Bradley CF, Vazquez C</p></blockquote>
<p id="9VDM28"><span>Cole Hamels</span> will start for the Cubs. Cubs relievers tonight: <span>Pedro Strop</span>, <span>Kyle Ryan</span>, <span>Steve Cishek</span> and <span>Randy Rosario</span>. Good to see Pedro on the list. Presuming all goes well tonight, he should be ready for Opening Day on Thursday.</p>
<p id="liqI72"><span>Rick Porcello</span> will go for the Red Sox.</p>
<p id="OC139U">Today’s game is on NBC Sports Chicago and 670 The Score. Yay! Radio AND television coverage in Chicago on the same day! In the Boston market the game is being carried by the Red Sox channel NESN Plus.</p>
<p id="MNoeEF"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2019_03_25_bosmlb_chnmlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="0b0ENG"><em>Please note that during spring training, Gameday doesn’t usually go pitch-by-pitch as it does during the regular season — usually, it will update after each at-bat.</em></p>
<p id="duh5N2"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2019/03/25">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p id="77FG6H">Please visit our SB Nation <a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> site <a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/">Over The Monster</a>. If you do go there to interact with Red Sox 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="fnbMtI">For spring-training games, we’ll have a first-pitch thread at five minutes to game time and one overflow thread, 90 minutes after game time (because I know how you all like overflow threads!). For today, that will be 8 p.m. CT and 9:30 p.m. CT.</p>
<p id="eDrZXV">These threads will <em>not</em> post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked <a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs-game-threads">”Chicago Cubs Game Threads”</a> at the <em>bottom</em> of the front page. There will also be a StoryStream on the front page with all the game thread links, as well as the recap after the game is over. The pitcher boxes and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.</p>
<p id="mI6dIM">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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