Let the record show that Mike Montgomery began tonight’s game by not hitting Ronald Acuña, Jr. in the elbow with his first pitch. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t nominate such a thing for Top Play of the game. But if we normalize Win Probability Added for “Absence of Douchebaggery” (measured by sabermetricians in “Anti-Ureñas”), we find that […]
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Game 4 Recap: Braves 4, Cubs 1
At this point it should come as no shock that the result between the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves would come down to the wire. It should also come as no shock that the young duo of Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies would be the two coming up big to give the Braves a […]
Game 39 Recap: Cubs 3, Braves 2
My brain hurts. But as of the top of the ninth inning…in a good way. What You Need to Know: It was a night where as soon as any Braves player got on base, he turned into Ryan Theriot. And as soon as any umpire had to make a close call, he turned into Angel […]
Game 38 Recap: Braves 6, Cubs 5
What You Need To Know: This one was scratchy all around. Jose Quintana treated his pitches like he was riding a bull and was fighting out of trouble for pretty much every out of his 4 2/3 innings. The Cubs hit two home runs, which is good. The Braves hit three home runs, which is bad. […]
Game 14 Recap: Cubs 14, Braves 10
What You Need to Know The Cubs fell behind 10-2 after Jose Quintana couldn’t make it through the third inning. But a nine-run eighth punctuated an improbable comeback. Next Level Many moons ago, in the first inning of this long, stupid game, Albert Almora Jr. hit a solo home run that looked like it took […]
Game 134 Recap: Cubs 2, Braves 0
What You Need to Know John Lackey won the pitcher’s duel against Mike Foltynewicz with his best start of the year. Javier Baez scored from second on a ball that was hit about thirty feet from home. Next Level John Lackey’s last two starts left me wondering if he was the Cubs fifth-best option to […]
Game 133 Recap: Cubs 6, Braves 2
What You Need to Know: The Cubs struck early, putting together a parade of hits and walks and grounders that plated two runs in the first. Kyle Hendricks turned in a brilliant start after walking three in the first two innings, exiting with two outs in the seventh after surrendering his second run of the […]
Game 94 Recap: Cubs 8 Braves 2
Hot Take: This road trip was better than the one to LA and San Diego. Yesterday’s game ended at 1:06 AM. That gave the Cubs just enough time to grab a couple hours’ sleep before heading out to the ballpark once again for a noon start. In other words, today’s game was the Kyle Farnsworth […]
Game 93 Recap: Cubs 5 Braves 1
What You Need To Know: With last night’s win, the Cubs have a five game win streak and have also won seven of their last ten games. While each game is a “MUST WIN” game, with August approaching and the club still 2.5 games behind the Brewers, each game lost further dampens the hopes of a […]
Game 92 Recap: Cubs 4, Braves 3
And exhale. The Cubs have only pulled off a win streak of four or more games three times this season: a four game streak in mid-April, a five game streak at the beginning of June, and now a new four gamer coming out of the All-Star Break. In their first game in the Atlanta Braves’ […]