Cubs (87-64) @ Pirates (65-87)
First Pitch: 11:35 AM at PNC Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubs | Matthew Boyd (13-8, 3.05 ERA) | ||
| Pirates | Johan Oviedo (2-0, 2.81 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat | Channel Finder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball | Channel Finder |
Line Score – Scheduled
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||||||
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Box Score
Posted at 8:35 AM. Updates start at game time.
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28 comments
Let’s go!!!!
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Gamethread at 8:30AM
LFG !!!! playoffs here we come…. 🤞🏼
Let’s clinch today
Gotta do better with the RISP boys
So we can clinch with a win right? There aren’t any more weird three way tie breakers?
I need boyd to be back on his bullshit
to clinch: a win OR a dbacks loss
Breakfast with the Cubs
Let’s get this playoff spot today boys!!
Suzuki is back today! 🤠
Lock in Matt. It’s gonna be a good day.
It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame! Today’s the day!!
Seiya back in the lineup – NEED the stepbrothers to come back in full force together ❤️
Lunch and baseball.
I’m predicting a win and for PCA to get in that that 30/30 club today!
Gonna be watching from Poland, lets clinch it today!
win and clinch baby
I can taste it
Good to see Seiya back in the lineup playing right field and keeping Mo Baller as the DH for a potential playoff spot clinching game today
Hawks are probably going to be bad again, the bulls are destined to be mid forever while the bears are destined to be ass forever. I needed this cubs team
Does anyone actually know what the absurdly low probability outcome that kept us from clinching with the D-backs win last night was? I’m assuming something stupid like us losing out and somehow tying with them and the Mets?
**Posted in the daily thread, but looking for opinions here too:**
Does anyone else think that Horton’s WAR looks unreasonably low for the numbers he’s produced? For example, 1.9 bWAR thru 115 innings is roughly 3 bWAR thru 180 innings. (arbitrary IP, but basically a full season for a SP) I would expect a SP with a 2.66 ERA to have a 4+WAR thru 180 innings.
I understand his FIP 3.53 and his K% isn’t huge, but I’m probably missing something else that is to blame for his relatively low WAR.
Also for reference, Freddy Peralta has a nearly identical ERA and a higher FIP but his WAR/IP is nearly twice Horton’s. So I guess K% carries a lot of weight in this calculation?
Tucker is going to Tampa and not in a trade, medical evaluation 😅
Dang Boyd’s ERA has gone into the 3s.
Bring us home Boyd!
Let’s get this sweep!
Since we’re an impressive 23 over today, I started looking over my wall charts since 2016. I’m very much remembering now what the end of 2018 was like. I am eager to get that bitter taste out of mouth