{"id":718983,"date":"2026-06-06T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718983\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:45:14","slug":"chicago-cubs-vs-san-francisco-giants-preview-saturday-6-6-120-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718983\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Saturday 6\/6, 1:20 CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Today\u2019s roster move: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedcubbieblue.com\/chicago-cubs-roster\/220654\/cubs-roster-move-javier-assad-ethan-roberts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Brown, RHP vs. Landen Roupp, RHP<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ben Brown has been just outstanding since he joined the Cubs rotation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Over those five starts: 1.73 ERA, 1.79 FIP, 0.846 WHIP, 29 strikeouts in 26 innings. NO home runs. In fact, Brown hasn\u2019t allowed a home run since he gave one up to Jacob Young of the Nationals on Opening Day \u2014 the very first batter he faced this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Keep up the great work, Ben.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Landen Roupp had a decent year for the Giants in 2025, and this year was doing all right until the Brewers pounded him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/MIL\/MIL202606010.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this past Monday<\/a> with eight runs in five innings. He walked five Brewers, and walks have been an issue for him at times this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Today\u2019s game is on Marquee Sports Network. It\u2019s also streaming on Peacock (outside the Cubs and Giants market territories).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Please visit our SB Nation Giants site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccoveychronicles.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McCovey Chronicles<\/a>. If you do go there to interact with Giants 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>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 2026 game discussion procedure has been changed, so please take note.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">You\u2019ll find the game preview, like this one, posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled \u201cCubs vs. (Team) (Day of week\/date) game threads.\u201d It will contain every post related to that particular game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Live! (formerly \u201cFirst Pitch\u201d) thread will still post at five minutes to game time. It will also post to the front page. That will be the only live game discussion thread. After the game, the recap and Heroes and Goats will also live on the front page as separate posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">You will also be able to find the preview, Live! thread, recap and Heroes and Goats in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedcubbieblue.com\/chicago-cubs-game-threads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this section link<\/a>. The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Discuss amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s roster move: Here Ben Brown, RHP vs. Landen Roupp, RHP Ben Brown has been just outstanding since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,81311,4245,161,4],"class_list":["post-718983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicago-cubs-game-information","tag-chicagocubs","tag-cubs","tag-mlb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116704177258670204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}