Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Mariners Wednesday 3/24 game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2021-03-25T08:00:00-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/221123582021-03-25T08:00:00-05:002021-03-25T08:00:00-05:00Cubs 6, Mariners 2: Tuning up
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<p>The Cubs are clicking on almost all cylinders.</p> <p id="v41t8k">The Cubs sent only one player to Peoria Wednesday evening who will be an everyday starter — Anthony Rizzo. Teams are supposed to send four “regulars” to away games, but that’s been loosely enforced in recent years.</p>
<p id="R9uaor">Eric Sogard is making his case for being at least a platoon starter at second base this year. Sogard went 2-for-3 and drove in a pair and <a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-mariners/2021/03/24/641974#game_state=live,game_tab=box,game=641974">the Cubs defeated the Mariners 6-2</a>. Sogard is hitting .360/.448/.520 (9-for-25) with a home run this spring.</p>
<p id="DzIuEc">The Mariners took a 1-0 lead off Zach Davies in the second inning on a solo homer by Taylor Trammell.</p>
<p id="RqSA3W">In the fourth, the Cubs got to work. Cameron Maybin, leading off the inning, <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-03/24/bd5446c7-17850225-39b3649e-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">homered [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="WaJM0z">Maybin’s been looking pretty good this spring, and he, along with Sogard, are likely additions to the 40-man roster and the Opening Day 26-man roster. (I do wish Maybin would stop trying to steal, his speed is down a couple of ticks from his prime and he’s no longer really a base stealer.)</p>
<p id="9sSMJC">Anyway, Nico Hoerner followed Maybin’s homer with a triple, his second in as many games, and Mariners starter Justin Dunn walked the bases loaded.</p>
<p id="UtbnGE">Davies struck out.</p>
<p id="t31PmD"><a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-03/24/c0278c80-7c40f634-f2c14075-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">Sogard followed with a two-run single [VIDEO].</a></p>
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<p id="nuFsZj">The next hitter, David Bote, reached on a throwing error, with Sogard scoring the fourth run of the inning.</p>
<p id="BpFJ9p">Jake Marisnick made it 5-1 with <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-03/24/ea92930a-03403db8-b790d2d3-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">a solo shot leading off the fifth [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="vMXdzK">Spring training, small sample size, etc. but Marisnick has been very impressive so far and looks like an upgrade over Albert Almora Jr.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jake Marisnick belts his 4th homer of the spring (in 15 ABs).<br><br>Ross, pregame: "He's looked really good. He's hit, really, some massive home runs. And he's had great at-bats, I thought, every time out. He's hit the ball hard a lot. It's been impressive."</p>— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1374926300985630724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2021</a>
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<p id="l8oOYR">Davies was removed with one out in the fifth. The solo homer was the only run he allowed — the first run he’s allowed this spring — and Davies struck out eight.</p>
<p id="KhaN9J">Brandon Workman worked a scoreless sixth, issuing one walk.</p>
<p id="D69QtZ">In the seventh, Craig Kimbrel allowed a runner to reach on an error by Patrick Wisdom, but got out of the inning on two fly balls to left and a grounder to second. Kimbrel’s last three outings have been much, much better than the first three. In those outings: three innings, one hit, no runs, no walks, three strikeouts. Hopefully that continues.</p>
<p id="dJry8u">The Cub subs added a run in the eighth on an RBI single by Matt Duffy and the Mariners got that run back off Trevor Megill in the bottom of the eighth.</p>
<p id="gp1um6">Dillon Maples was on the list to pitch in this game, but did not appear. I’m not sure why.</p>
<p id="guEpqZ">Incidentally, the Australian-sounding voice on the broadcast was <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rowlary01.shtml">Ryan Rowland-Smith</a>, who pitched for the Mariners from 2007-14 and was in the Cubs organization for a year, 2012, which he spent at Triple-A Iowa.</p>
<p id="ra82vG">The Cubs will play yet another night game Thursday, this one at Sloan Park against the Dodgers. Adbert Alzolay will start for the Cubs and Dustin May gets the call for the Dodgers. Game time is 8:05 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via Marquee Sports Network. The game will also be carried live on MLB Network. The game will also have a radio broadcast on 670 The Score.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2021/3/25/22349741/cubs-mariners-recap-zach-davies-eric-sogard-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2021-03-24T22:00:00-05:002021-03-24T22:00:00-05:00Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Mariners, Wednesday 3/24, 8:40 CT
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<p id="Cx01rZ">Go get ‘em, Zach.</p>
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<p>Another spring night game!</p> <p id="FlBAo8">Here are today’s particulars.</p>
<p id="NJYOeJ"><a href="https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/chicago-cubs">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
<blockquote><p id="n2wfSD">Sogard 3B, Bote 2B, Rizzo 1B, Marisnick CF, Maybin RF, Hoerner SS, Ortega LF, Higgins C, Davies P</p></blockquote>
<p id="1uO95r">Mariners lineup:</p>
<blockquote><p id="0X2mKQ">Haniger RF, France 1B, Seager 3B, Torrens C, Trammell CF, Murphy DH, Fraley LF, Crawford SS, Haggerty 2B</p></blockquote>
<p id="1sDHeI">Zach Davies will start for the Cubs tonight. Other Cubs pitchers today: Craig Kimbrel, Dillon Maples, Brandon Workman, Trevor Megill. Cory Abbott, Michael Rucker and Tommy Nance.</p>
<p id="WqSskk">Justin Dunn will start for the Mariners. Other Seattle pitchers today: Kendall Graveman, Anthony Misiewicz and Aaron Fletcher.</p>
<p id="6SF9RE">Today’s game is on ROOT Sports Northwest with the Mariners announcers. That feed will be carried on MLB Network on a delay of a little over an hour, beginning at 10 p.m. CT.</p>
<p id="g93npv"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2021_03_24_chnmlb_seamlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="OISCKL"><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="MUK4nn"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2021/03/24">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p id="nvoKBS">Please visit our SB Nation Mariners site <a href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Lookout Landing</a>. If you do go there to interact with Mariners 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="S6oxx0">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 8:35 p.m. CT and 10 p.m. CT.</p>
<p id="1zlN3d">These threads will not post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked ”Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom 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 photos and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.</p>
<p id="9g9Jqo">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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