Chicago Cubs (21-6) vs. Washington Nationals (19-9) OFFICIAL Matinee Gamethread

The two best teams (record wise) in the majors
Game 2 of a four-game set, nice and early on a Friday afternoon.
Cubes won the opener 5 - 2.

John Lackey (3-1, 4.32 ERA, 3.32 FIP, 7.8 K/9)
vs.
Max Scherzer (3-1, 3.55 ERA, 3.76 FIP, 9.2 K/9)

Lineups in the next post

fuck it post here

trashinals

1. Ben Revere (L) CF
2. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
3. Bryce Harper (L) RF
4. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 1B
5. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
6. Jayson Werth (R) LF
7. Wilson Ramos (R) C
8. Danny Espinosa (S) SS
9. Max Scherzer (R) P

cubes

1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Jason Heyward (L) RF
3. Kris Bryant (R) LF
4. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
5. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
6. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B
7. Javier Baez (R) SS
8. David Ross (R) C
9. John Lackey (R) P

Hay

WIND
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gonna be an interesting one

gonna be a high scoring game

Goddammit Lackey

HR in the first

I wonder if swede fan got enough sleep for this one

Gonna be a bunch of dingers today

The food depository needs that 100 dollars!

all those starving niglets must have been so rattled yesterday when dex get ejected

Sup Pham

cubs are on fire
>21-6
> +96 differential
Hammel is pitching like Arrieta
Rizzo
Fowler/Zobrist/Lackey signings looking fantastic
Lester starting to look more comfortable
Heyward still hasnt warmed up
Ross having a great retirement season
Still sucks about Schwarb

go cubes

I like the 1903 C

>Rizzo's walkup music

Is it just me or does Len Kasper sound a bit like Kermit the frog? Seriously though, do you hear it?

Lackey being a faggot AGAIN

cannot unhear now

So you really hear it too? It's been driving me crazy. I just want him to say, "kermit the frog here," one time and I think I can move on from it.

he sounds like if kermit was trying to be more serious for a speech or something and now i cant stop laughing imagining kermit calling a game

based scherzer

Jesus Christ Lackey fuck off

>john "edwin jackson" lackey

Sonny Gray when

>tfw dusty baker, nats and bryce harper meme are the only thing that can cuk the cuks this season

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Even the weird pauses in the middle of a sentence that Len does, their just like Kermits. Tell your friends.

Why is Lackey so bad?

I dont give a shit about his dog

It doesnt feel like zo is batting .261 hes been on a tear

BASED LA STELLA!

STELLAR DINGER

TOMMY
THE
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DINGER
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HEY HEY!!

L A S T E L L A
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...

For as good as baez is, his swong is sloppy af

GOD BLESS YOU LA STELLA

was that la stella's 4th career homerun?

>nice timing

Zero discipline
but when he connects...dude has power

...

>rebecca told taco bell she'd fold 1,000 paper swans

WTF THEY ARE CRANES
CRANES

Scherzer is already over 40. Hopefully he wont stay on the bump too long.
Hopefully lackey doesnt either though lol

31

I saw that too, fuck her.

40 Pitches* thought it was implied

Thank you based birdman

knead moar ivy to pad those wall crashes

Will heyward ever get a hit again? Stay tuned

HEY HEY!!

>Premature hey hey

>not able to see ball because of shitty stream

wtf the fuck is going on lads

Foul

I'm watching on a huge HD TV and I couldn't see the ball either

NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ

not even replay

Nuh uh

DINGERS
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ZORILLA!!

back2back

B A C K 2 B A C K
A
C
K
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K

Based fucking zobrist

ZZZZZZZZZZ

THE RUN MACHINE HAS NO BRAKES

is scherzer just hanging all his shit out or what

WHOOP
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THERE IT IS

D I N G E R Z F O R D A Y Z
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Literally going to win the World Series

Ball definitely was a foul

>still staying HR
>mfw

Literally cucked by first base

if the playoffs started next week

a lot of games to come before the postseason

>2000 k's

It's no 3000, but its pretty good

Went behind the flags

Why do people think it's acceptable to bring infants to the ball park?

BASED GRANDPA ROSS

Ross playing like a kid

check those dubs

Rekt

>taking a lead against David Ross

Is WaSHITon on suicide watch?

Those sandwiches look damn good

>tfw you saw Sammy hit 60 and 61 as a 6 month old in 1998

turning singles into doubles

I'm on suicide watch because we don't have those sandwiches

will scherzer ever be good again

D I N G E R

BASED ZO

Can anyone stop this guy?

>tfw no Italian beef sandwich with red gravy and provolone

No

HEY HEY!!

CUBS RUN DIFFERENTIAL EXPANDING

100+ AFTER TODAY

NATIONALS GETTING BTFO

SCHERZER CAREER HIGH HR ALLOWED

CUBS 120 WIN SEASON COMING

RELEASE THE ZOBEAST

BASED ZOBRIST

D I N G E R
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Choo Choo motherfuckers run train keeps chugging along

D I N G E R
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SCHERZER ON SUICIDE WATCH

Rip
I'm going out drinking fug dis

Cubs offense is too based

La Stella making the case for even more playing time.

Scherzer is shit

TRIPS

BRYCE HARPER IS A FAGGOT

CAN'T PICK UP A BALL

BTFO
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STANDING TRIPLE

HAHAHAH

>Zobrist these past few days