OFFICIAL ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS CHICAGO CUBS GAMETHREAD

Jaime Garcia, LHP (3.93 ERA, 3.58 xFIP) vs John Lackey, RHP (2.66 ERA, 3.43 xFIP)

Cardinals Lineup
1. Matt Carpenter (2B)
2. Aledmys Diaz (SS)
3. Matt Holliday (LF)
4. Stephen Piscotty (RF)
5. Jhonny Peralta (3B)
6. Yadier Molina (C)
7. Brandon Moss (1B)
8. Kolten Wong (CF)
9. Jaime Garcia (P)

Cubs Lineup
1. Ben Zobrist (2B)
2. Jason Heyward (RF)
3. Kris Bryant (LF)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Willson Contreras (C)
6. Javier Baez (3B)
7. Addison Russell (SS)
8. Albert Almora (CF)
9. John Lackey (P)

First pitch at 7:05 CT from Wrigley Field in Chicago

Is buying MLB.tv worth it?

I've been missing Cubs games since I moved to Minnesota, and I'm never quite satisfied with streams.

if you're out of market it probably is worth having

here's something strange, PITCHf/x didn't pick up the very first pitch of the game

Already way too many pitches for Lackey 2bh

Anyone in the military want to help me pretend to be in the military to get a 35% MLB.tv discount?

I asked my sister to try to get the student discount, but she didn't respond.

Can't probe the zobe

Heyward's new strategy to avoid double plays: don't hit the ball past the mound

Your account can be used by up to 5 IPs at once so I split it with guys from work for $30 a year.

A VPN rapes blackout restrictions and private internet access is only 3 bucks a month

Lack is shit today

Lackey's control is off

maybe he shouldn't wait 15 seconds between each pitch.

>lackey
gonna have to breakout yesterday's playbook, that is if we ever make it to the bottom of the inning

everyone's due for a bad game, it was going to happen. but this is just embarrassing.

unwatchable. 40 minutes into the game and we're still not out of the second.

It's crazy seeing all these new guys on the cubs.

6 Cubs hit homers vs the Cardinals at Wrigley in game 3 of the NLDS

2 of them are in the lineup
3 of them are on the DL
1 of them is no longer on the team

fuck what a garbage game. easy flyouts and their second worst pitcher is on a 12 pitch/inning pace against what is one of our best offensive lineups.

top of the order due up in the bottom of the inning, just gotta hit the reset button

now Lackey needs to stop shitting himself

so much for that

Is Cahill warming up yet?

If we're going to lose anyway, might as well use Richards for the last 6 innings.

>3 run lead
>insurmountable

3 run defect I suppose I mean

Big inning here. Check em.

Cardinals game plan:

1. Get 3 Obese men to hit homers
2. ???
3. Profit

Kek doesn't will it. Sorry cubes

>tfw Bryant

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Just got home, I know the Cubbies are losing but besides that how are they doing today?

Contreras confirmed goat.
Rip miggy.

Lackey's been a complete dumpster fire.

Lackey is dog shit today, and the offense was quite the first time through the order but have showed life the second time though the order

> x finity turn back time commercial

Defense is sharp today

The guy is good but I've never been a fan of him so I never expect great games when he is at the mound

that is one sexy old dude tho

that's Jon Bon Jovi
>only know it cause dad pointed it out at fathers' day yesterday

> old dude
Y....you don't kn...know who t...that is?

Sup Forums who here /spicyfood/. It's my ultimate curse. I eat spicy then my asshole burns like fucking hell when I shit.

Is JD autistic? Still love the guy. And Len too.

JD just has good bantz and has dad jokes. Probably not autism.

Nah man, JD is cool. Dad jokes galore and him and Len make the games extra comfy.

I have eaten plenty of spicy food and never had butt fire.

and damn I wish I could have spicy food right now. I've had horrible reflux lately and even oatmeal causes discomfort.

nah JD has autism and len is lame

cm punk and dempster soon

The comfiest announcers in the game.

You shut your whore mouth

Fuck you Garcia

rizzo bomb now

Fuck you you stinky cunt. Do you know how to throw an intentional bean ball? You don't throw it at their head retard.

Cm punk is a sox fan

you do if your whole family is about to get deported

if he was, he hasn't been for a year. maybe he's one of those go-between bandwagoners like John Cusack.

Cm punk went to highschool with my cousin. He's as south side as they get. Don't even let him fool you.

well he tweets about the Cubs constantly, and never mentions the Sox.

>John Cusack
>Cusack
>Cu-sa-ck
>John's a Cuck

Bandwagonning celebrities are trash.

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Cusack is from evanston. Solid north sider

He's a fucking faker!!!

>"I'm a fan of both teams," Cusack said. "I grew up loving the Cubs and the Sox. I'm not sorry, I won't apologize for it. I'm just a fan of Chicago baseball."
>Cusack didn't seem to have trouble with that decision until recently. He openly supported the White Sox during the team's postseason run in 2000 after he had filmed a movie called "Eight Men Out" in 1988, which was about the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

tldr he's a bandwagoner of whichever team is good. He was even wearing Sox caps in movies after they won the world series.

delet

I always have to remember he's not a Yankees fan. That's what movies will do to you when you're a kid.

I dont want to see Joe memeing it up when we're losing

who would win a wrestling match, Peralta or Cahill?

For some reason Maddon likes to do this. I guess you can't have him without it

how the fuck do you strike out looking on a 88mph fastball right down the middle

Now would be a good time for a homer from the Zobe

all I know about the Sox right now is that they were playing really well and then started losing.
Will it happen to the Cubs fampai?

Shitty pop ups: the game.

Nah. The Sox needed like 10 things to go right every game to sustain that win streak. They never really had a 5th SP and everyone knew Latos was going to collapse as he eventually did.

The Cubs still haven't even come close to their offensive potential.

Contrerass seems super hyper behind the plate

We don't need to trade for Miller, we just need to use Cahill and Wood more, and Richard, Grimm, and Warren less

dubbles 4 big inning

I think you meant quads

Rizzo single... setting it up for Contreras to do something heroic?

I NEED A HERO

No i mean trips

As in 3 8's?

I blame all of you

y tho

Looks like you struck out swinging there.

checked

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Let's see if Maddon can meme out the tie run in the bottom of the 9th

>mfw Willson's arm

fucking cannon arm

I do NOT approve, Joe

That was so goddamn sexy it hurts. He almost outran a double play earlier, can slug like a champ, AND throwing out a steal by a mile? I think I'm in love.

Wait... Did I hear Clayton is going to pitch? Please tell me I'm wrong

Richard coming in with an obese slugger pinch hitting? What could go wrong?

FUCKING DFA DICK ALREADY

REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

How the fuck.

CONTRERAS

His eyes got too big.

Holy shit Contreras, where do I buy a jersey?

BIGTIME PLAY

That was all Richard right there

Am i rite

fucking perfect tag, saving Richard's ass

Contreras is having the time of his life