Line Score – Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
Box Score
| TEX | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2B | Semien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| SS | Seager | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| 3B | Jung | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| RF | García, Ad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| DH | Langford | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| C | Heim | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| 1B | Duran, E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| CF | Jankowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| LF | Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| CF | Taveras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 1B | Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TEX | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eovaldi | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 88-55 | 3.00 |
| Sborz | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16-11 | 0.00 |
| Yates | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22-14 | 0.00 |
| Leclerc | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25-12 | 9.00 |
| Robertson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18-10 | 0.00 |
| CHC | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| RF | Suzuki, S | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| CF | Bellinger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| DH | Morel, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| SS | Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 1B | Busch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| 2B | Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| 3B | Madrigal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 3B | Mastrobuoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| C | Gomes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| C | Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| CHC | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steele | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 67-48 | 1.93 |
| Merryweather | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-4 | 0.00 |
| Almonte | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-9 | 27.00 |
| Leiter Jr. | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19-14 | 0.00 |
| Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14-8 | 0.00 |
| Alzolay | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20-11 | 9.00 |
| Smyly | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20-11 | 0.00 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Robertson (1-0, 0.00 ERA) | Smyly (0-1, 0.00 ERA) |
Game ended at 9:56 PM.
44 comments
Baseball is stupid.
Texas is stupid.
Not even Craig Counsell can magically make Drew Smyly a good pitcher
It was always going to end that way.
Time to overreact!!
Drew Smyly move making me scratch my head a bit
Damn. It feels so much worse cuz Morel was just a few feet away from a grand slam lol
Hard fought game, Steele going down with this April schedule is bad bad news
Bring on the stupid overblown hot takes
Thank god this ESPN call is done
Same team. New year. No depth to handle good teams.
Hell of a G1. 161 to go. Hopefully Steele isn’t out for long.
Nothing like your ace going down and blowing three separate leads in the season opener.
Get em on Saturday, boys.
Exciting ending, wish it went the other way
Exciting first game. Hopefully Steele is alright and Adbert just had an off night.
Under the tax and flexibility = all that matters
That sucked, but god I love baseball
Blown save to a Jankowski homer lmfao. Cubs bullpen is already in late season form.
Fuck almost had that grand slam!! But cubs are a legit team, gotta get that pitching together honestly
Really good game. Consider me extremely bullish on this squad.
Morel looked great tonight and was two feet away from a game winning piss missile
Counsell with a managerial masterclass tonight. Very excited to have him at the helm.
Not the outcome we wanted, but what a game to open the season. Baseball is back and I’m a happy camper.
Go Cubs.
Bob smyly
Fun game! We were just on the losing end. Hope Steele is alright.
No shockers honestly. Knew it was over the second smyly was in, we had some hope for a second there.
Busch did great, so did Morel.
Happ had a terrible plate approach, Mastruboni had a good play on that force at home I guess.
We lost to the Champs in extras by one run and people got a shotgun halfway done their throats
0-162 unfortunately, unless we win Saturday, then it’s 161-1
I’m just glad baseball is back
I heard Wyatt Langford cured cancer and he’s only had 17 at bats in his whole life before tonight
Ump was all over the place this game
that 9th inng HR came as I was shutting down at work. I wasn’t even a little surprised.
At least we made them fight for it? I guess? *shrugs*
edit: that nonsense at the end was Drew?
that explains a lot.
Not mad. Probably should have ended in the 9th anyway.
I like the potential. There is a lot to be excited about still.
Turns out not even the best one run manager in the history of baseball can do much with this bullpen! Wellp, see y’all Saturday!
I had fun still. I’m glad baseball is back
Heck of a game. Bummer to end that way.
Despite the result, CC managed a good game to keep them in it. Ideally the closer locks it down, but Alzolay just didn’t have it.
I never want to hear the phrase “win probability” again in my life.
Full disclosure: I didn’t see the entire game (the joys of a 4 year old)
I did like what I saw from Busch. Good at bats, heads up on the base bath. If it had been called a foul tip, no harm. It wasn’t, all benefit. Morel seemed patient at the plate. Belli looked like Belli. Steele was dealing.
On the other side: Smyly, oof. PH HR given up by Adbert, oof.
Looks like Alzolay being bad in the 9th wasn’t just a September thing
Adzolay needs to close that out. Smyly put in a tough situation, nearly got out of it. I blame Adzolay more than Smyly
I’m not sure alzolay is the guy
This is what happens when you don’t sign a closer. This game should have ended in the 9th.
This ump was TERRRRRRIBLE.
That was a lot better than I thought. Our lineup is actually scary, I mean Suzuki, Belli and Morel are all solid. Busch may be good, we have to see. I like Nico batting later in the order.
3B is an obvious issue and it was always going to be. At this point it’s really just a question of “how long can we cover it” until we choose to make a trade or bring someone up or something.
I think the pen is fine. Counsell actually utilized it pretty well. Adbert will take some time to get back into his groove but that’s alright. We’ll be just fine there.
I think we’re going to have a pretty good year.
If Nick Madrigal isn’t going to play very good defense at 3rd I don’t see the point of him starting there
The bright side of this loss is that I don’t have to hear about that goddamn call in the 9th inning ever again. Hopefully Steele isn’t doing too badly.
Really impressed with Busch’s at bats as well. Seems like he has a solid approach and won’t swing at bad pitches