SDP vs CHC, Wild Card Sereis thread (WCST)

[Frayed Knot]

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back HRs leading off bottom 5th to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead.

Nick Pivetta starter and still throwing for SD. Matthew Boyd (4.1 IP) gave way to Daniel Palencia (0.2) for Chicago.

[MFS62]

Oh, so Suzuki hits homer against other teams, too?

Later

[MFS62]

And 3-1 Cubs is your final.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

One oddity in this game that I've never seen in a baseball box score before: the Jets fumbled in each of the first three innings.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: One oddity in this game that I've never seen in a baseball box score before: the Jets fumbled in each of the first three innings.

OUCH!

Later

[MFS62]

San diego beating the Cubs 3-0 after 8 innings in game 2.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Only one run allowed (so far) but Darvish doesn't survive the 2nd inning.

Leaves down 1-0 but with bases loaded and no outs. All three runners are his.

[Frayed Knot]

Damage limited on a BB - K - GiDP, so 'only' 2-0 Cubs

[Frayed Knot]

Still 2-0 thru five.

So a total of two runs have been scored and Seven pitchers have been used!

[Centerfield]

Looking up and down these lineups. The Mets lineup beats both of them.



I don't that doesn't actually lead to runs scored, but in terms of individual stats, the Mets were scarier.



But then the pitching….

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs also have better speed and defense.



They also now have a 3rd run on a Michael Busch HR to lead off bottom 7.

They had been stuck on 2 runs since the 2nd despite 10 hits (now 12) including lots of leadoff batters on.

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs tried very hard to blow that one in the 9th -- HR, HBP, HBP -- but just couldn't manage.





So it's Cubs @ Brews, Dodgers @ Philly

[Centerfield]

The four best teams. No pretenders in that crew.

[Edgy MD]

Crow-Armstrong's bases-loaded hit in the first seemed to have a lot of air under it. Tyrone Taylor probably gets to that, and Pete Crow-Armstrong almost certainly does, but Jackson Merrill wasn't anywhere near it.