Michael Wacha, RHP (4.56 ERA, 3.99 xFIP) vs Jake Arrieta, RHP (1.74 ERA, 3.04 xFIP)
Cardinals Lineup 1. Matt Carpenter (2B) 2. Aledmys Diaz (SS) 3. Matt Adams (1B) 4. Stephen Piscotty (RF) 5. Jhonny Peralta (3B) 6. Brandon Moss (LF) 7. Yadier Molina (C) 8. Kolten Wong (CF) 9. Michael Wacha (P)
Cubs Lineup 1. Chris Coghlan (LF) 2. Jason Heyward (RF) 3. Kris Bryant (3B) 4. Anthony Rizzo (1B) 5. Ben Zobrist (2B) 6. Miguel Montero (C) 7. Javier Baez (SS) 8. Matt Szczur (CF) 9. Jake Arrieta (P)
First pitch at 1:20 CT from Wrigley Field in Chicago
Zachary Morris
>two ABC7 broadcasts in a row
JUST fuck my watching experience up senpai
Jack Brown
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Hunter Clark
>Sweden's deciding game at the euros >Arrieta starting vs the Cards >both clashing Thank god you can easily divide attention while watching baseball. I love this sport.
Lincoln Moore
>Maddon batting the two worst hitters 1st and 2nd
Well meme'd my friend.
Jason Campbell
go cusb, no sweeps today!
Asher Reed
>pressbox fire alarm
Isaac Ramirez
>kolten wong still in center
Absolutely retarded
Evan Robinson
That was getting annoying typical degen cards fans
Sebastian Scott
Put the broom away tardinals
Bentley Miller
Mfw I don't live in Chicago anymore so I can't sit in the Confines and drink Old Style right now
Josiah Brooks
>sloppy high-count pitching while Cardinals' pitchers cruise >non-existing hitting and shitty flyballs >shitty umping >probably going to lose by 1 run again
this entire series
Brody Howard
I can tell that most of these Cubs fans don't know shit about baseball by all the excitement over routine fly balls.
Reminds me of going to a Royals game desu senpai
Brody Ortiz
>Cardinals fans >talking about knowing baseball
literally THE dumb fairweather fanbase
Juan Clark
Wrigley is the place to be seen and a hangout for dumbass frat boys
Cameron Lewis
Bulls traded Rose
William Reyes
Szczur is the most underrated player on this roster
Jeremiah Jenkins
Damn. Jake is scared to go inside the strike zone isn't he? After that fly ball it seems confirmed in my opinion
Sebastian Morales
>Tardinals fans think it's still the 90's
also dat Caesar
Kevin Kelly
lol holy fuck it's real.
>Slopez, Grant and Calderon for Rose and a draft pick
Why?
Jace Wright
>Heyward >Coghlan JUST
Noah Perry
Heyward literally can't do anything right on offense. The guy INVENTS new ways to be a liability.
Jose Lee
>Fairweather Cardinals fans
Somebody thinks it's the 90's too
Ryan Rodriguez
that's all your fanbase is
>muh best fans in baseball >but you know, only when they're actually good
Jacob Powell
Fuck Rizzo, that isn't like you
Jeremiah Carter
Drawing 3 million fans for 12+ years and well over the league average for 21 yeats (coming off a strike shortened season) is surely the sign of a fair weather fanbase.
I get that this site is popular with teenagers, but god damn, don't be a retard.
>based Diaz
Joshua Ross
And the Cardinals continue to be the most lucky bullshit team.
Evan Collins
Oh boo fucking hoo.
We lost all three games last week against the rags by 1 run, twice in the 8th inning+. This is just reversing that.
Cameron Clark
Isn't it funny to see the Cubs memeing their way to the All Stars game?
Charles Rogers
I can't believe I'm starting to like Brandon Moss.
Jacob Price
>people still think Contreras' defense is worse than Miggy's
Kevin Kelly
When is maddon going to admit hid shitty meme managing doesn't work. Heyshit needs to move down the line up and miggy needs to stay on the bench.
Justin Diaz
Holy fucking shit grimm. Kys
Daniel Edwards
What happened to the Cubs? Are the Cardinals just that good?
Cooper Harris
Cardinals were always a good team that just weren't clicking at the start of the season.
Cubs are a better team but the cards are a top-6 or 7 team, not the middling team you'd be led to think they are
Charles Cooper
BASED
FUCKING
DIAZ
Jeremiah Cox
Jesus fuck. Cubs are so exposed its disgusting. 2nd half collapse incoming
Jayden Rogers
Here's to another choking, trophiless year by the looks of the game.
Nicholas Cox
Pitching is starting to come around. The entire rotation has been inconsistent and each pitcher has had spurts of being down right terrible.
If they can start winning home games they're a playoff team.
Carter James
>People freaking about a losing streak in the middle of June
jesus fuck, calm down. better to lose now than in a few months
Jace Gonzalez
>get swept >still have a 9.5 game lead I think we're still good here
Wyatt Nelson
Think of the Cubs as soccer's England Cardinals are Brazil, favelas and all.
Nolan Harris
FUCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! Honestly I love that this rivalry goes beyond the standings. GG cards see you in the playoffs if you make it out of the wild card round
Christian Lee
>Cardinals are Brazil, favelas and all.
Pot calling the kettle black
Joseph Carter
Maddon will only shit up the line up even worse and you know it. > soler will play > miggy will play > Richards will play > heyward will continue to hit in the 2 hole for double plays.
Honestly maddon is a fucking meme. Most of his moves are retarded. His favorite thing is to pull a reliever who is untouchable cause he constantly falls for the pitching match up meme.
Gavin Bennett
2006. Cards were basically a meme team that year. Also way far back, but they got in on the last day.
Nathaniel Collins
>the cardinals will NEVER overcome a 10.5 game deficit
Where have I heard this before?
Henry Cruz
I'm from St Louis.
If the Chicago kettle is black then the St Louis pot transcends black
Nolan Miller
2011 my bad
Christopher Wilson
Never missed Soler Fowler and Lastella this much. Gave them so much depth and soler was just starting to get hot
Jackson Torres
How u doin cubbies?
Adam Bailey
5 players on the roster were in AAA at the start of June, and another one was in Oakland
Elijah Martinez
Fly the L
William Gray
exactly. I dont mind keeping Contreras and Almora up though. Coghlan is another piece for depth. Kind of like Sczur and LaStella. Those two haveto be the best utility guys to compliment this team
Zachary Diaz
It's worth noting that they're both out of options, meaning they'd have to clear waivers (they wouldn't) in order to be demoted.
And if it weren't for Schwarber's injury one of them would have been demoted in April when Baez came off the DL
Nathan Diaz
PLease get rid of Montero
David Russell
WILLSON
he's going on the DL prolly
Thomas King
Well, good game Cards. First two were close but you certainly deserved this win.
Eli Rodriguez
Reminds me of that series where we got swept in St. Louis last year
but we still won when it counted
Jackson Foster
Well, minus that whole NLCS debacle.
Ian Bailey
Against the Mets?
Dominic Reed
was specifically referring to facing the Cardinals
but debacle-ing still beats watching it from the couch