John Lackey, RHP (3.50 ERA, 3.90 xFIP) vs Jon Niese, LHP (4.87 ERA, 4.35 xFIP)
Cubs Lineup 1. Ben Zobrist (2B) 2. Kris Bryant (LF) 3. Anthony Rizzo (1B) 4. Willson Contreras (C) 5. Addison Russell (SS) 6. Jason Heyward (RF) 7. Javier Baez (3B) 8. Albert Almora (CF) 9. John Lackey (P)
Pirates Lineup 1. John Jaso (1B) 2. Starling Marte (LF) 3. Andrew McCutchen (CF) 4. David Freese (3B) 5. Sean Rodriguez (2B) 6. Adam Frazier (RF) 7. Jordy Mercer (SS) 8. Eric Fryer (C) 9. Jon Niese (P)
First pitch at 1:35 ET from PNC Park in Pittsburgh
Tyler Davis
pls cubes end the suffering so we can carry some momentum past the break
Aaron Bennett
Poor cubber-wubbers.
Blake Young
>that lineup
Is Clin Turtle even trying today?
Angel Ward
>Rizzo steps up to the plate >"welcome to my house" plays is this some cuckold thing about how well Rizzo plays in PNC Park?
Carson Jackson
I'd take just one here
John Davis
>Pirates in charge of catching anything
Samuel Hughes
Everyone else is banged up or injured. Only changed I'd possibly make is Bell instead of Jaso, but Bell's defense is still questionable. All Star break couldn't come at a better time.
Jeremiah Stewart
back to back scoreless innings has become too much to ask for
Jaxson Sanders
...
Gavin Rogers
Battling Buccos
Jayden Powell
>take lead >give it up may or may not happen a couple more times today
Oliver Nguyen
is our entire pitching staff indebted to the mob or something, how can this be
Aiden Hall
can we start Kyle Hendricks everyday?
Robert Gutierrez
he should have been starting TODAY, this is his spot in the rotation but Joe burned him in relief during the week for reasons passing understanding
Zachary Phillips
dumb luck
Daniel Hernandez
IT CAN'T KEEP HAPPENING
Matthew Clark
So will THIS lead last?
Grayson Brown
lol no
Carson Gray
I WANT OFF THIS FUCKING RIDE
Landon Brooks
holy shit a one two three inning
Dominic Watson
>Baez
Leo Taylor
>Baez finding new ways to fuck up I assume the third base coach is going to slap his shit.
Angel Clark
>now the defense if fucking up too
Colton Ramirez
Why do the Cubs suck so much at stopping steals?
Can't they just get a guy from the CPD to shoot Martay?
Jaxon Richardson
Montero has bulging discs in his back and can't throw for shit
Conteras has a good arm, but is still developing
Ross is old, but still pretty good at controlling the running game, but he's on the DL
Liam Wilson
>letting Lackey pitch the 7th
Jayden White
fuck
Bentley Taylor
strop has been pretty good lately right
Juan Perez
that could've been executed better
Kayden Hill
javy you meming fuck
Jonathan Hill
Jesus Christ, Heyward's arm >another blown lead
Evan Mitchell
>3 inside pitches He wants to bean him so badly
Joseph Bennett
>13 hits >Only 5 runs What the fuck? Is this garbage base running, or what?
Lucas Scott
just failing to get runners in when they get on base, same as usual
Cooper Rivera
>405 foot double to left center meme outfield dimensions
Hudson Myers
...
Christian Moore
Pirates doing their best to emulate the Cubs shitting themselves after tying/taking the lead the previous inning.
Christian Hall
>hungry skeleton not sure how I feel about this
Elijah Jackson
WE'VE BEEN CURSED BY SOX MEMEING
Mason Fisher
must be the old teams swap uniforms trick
Eli Mitchell
>Using Yakkite Saxs to make fun of the ball girl This is why WGN is GOAT for the Cubs, ABC would never let them do that.
William Collins
fresh oc
CSN > WGN >>> ABC
Liam Sanchez
Rondon looking to be Rondone with the Cubs with how he's pitching.
Jackson James
FINALLY
Benjamin Wilson
Thank god it's over.
Samuel Myers
wew lads
Logan Hernandez
And Rizzo looking to enter the Rizzhof with his consistent offensive production and reliable defensive performance.
