OFFICIAL PITTSBURGH PIRATES VS CHICAGO CUBS GAMETHREAD

Francisco Liriano LHP, (4.92 ERA, 4.46 xFIP) vs Jake Arrieta, RHP (1.86 ERA 3.12 xFIP)

Pirates Lineup
1. John Jaso (1B)
2. Gregory Polanco (RF)
3. Andrew McCutchen (CF)
4. David Freese (3B)
5. Matt Joyce (LF)
6. Josh Harrison (2B)
7. Jordy Mercer (SS)
8. Chris Stewart (C)
9. Francisco Liriano (P)

Cubs Lineup
1. Dexter Fowler (CF)
2. Matt Szczur (LF)
3. Ben Zobrist (2B)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Albert Almora (RF)
6. Javier Baez (3B)
7. Addison Russell (SS)
8. Miguel Montero (C)
9. Jake Arrieta (P)

First pitch at 1:20 CT from Wrigley Field in Chicago

1st for dingers

good start for Jake, but pitching count is too high for a 1-2-3 inning

also, though miggy would fuck that dropped 3rd up

hail szczur

That was fast.

pirates? more like... butt pirates

>pirates announcers

>pirates anything

>emotional talk about Almora's dad's cancer treatment
>Montero's very upbeat Venezuelan music in the background

>jake giving up a hit
What a faggot

Jake is filthy today

if only he could be more efficient with pitch count, he'd have a chance for 20 Ks one day

>being so assblasted about facing Arrieta that you try and hit Rizzo in the head

Nice team you got there shitsburgh

who /watchingatwork/?

Go Cusb!

imagine we will see contreras today?

probably gets a pinch hit AB

if there's a decent lead he might stay in to catch too

Who /getshardfromthinkingaboutshootingyourseedalloverarrietasbeard/ here?

...

fucking shitsburg dirty players

>hitting Rizzo again

Just take your loss like a man rats

>almora walk
rare

go cubs!

>slider specialist Michael Wuertz
I nostalgia'd

damn it Jake get it together

He got it together

i'm convinced jake does this for fun

happens too often to be an accident

you can put it on the board....

NEVER DOUBTED YA, JAKE

whew

Lester has been doing it too. God damned trolls both of 'em.

>tfw Jake gets bored and walks the bases loaded just so he can strike out the side

coming off the PED

cmon kris you bum

dont you people have jobs...

>not posting from work
literally being paid to shitpost

it's 10:26 PM here m8

runner will be stranded on 3rd

Nope

how the weather in iceland

how many moar wins will the cubs need to make the playoff at their current pace....magic number

miller for kyle schwarber....do it theo

cloudly but pretty warm m8. overall pretty good.

the moisture is pretty frustrating though, my hair has a life of its own now
if we win it's 88

51, id say 95 wins would be a lock to either win the division or get a wild card

>30 pitches for Luebke
>no outs

Damn, that count work by Russell.

Montero's abs are so shit

no, that's completely retarded. If and when the Cubs give up Schwarber it's going to for a bigger haul than that.

Cubs aren't moving anyone period. If they trade anyone on the roster/DL it will be Soler

>Trevor Cahill has 5 PAs this season

>trevor cahill taking more ABs
Joe, stop. He's already memed once, please trying to force it.

>pirates outfielders
EVERY

SINGLE

TIME

...

>it's an Arrieta gets a crazy amount of run support episode

sniper?

Is rizzo ded?

>CONTRERAS

fucking miggy

fucking montero

MONTERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone had to take over Heyward's obligatory duties of hitting into dps

>shiggymont

CUBS WIN
>there were no Pirates fans in this thread

#nice win
fuck you miguel
>willson will be the only time we'll see a player be exited for every pitch

Fucking Grimm always makes me worry this season.

Oh well, Cubs win!

To be fair, it was a day game. These threads are usually dead anyways