Series is tied 1-1 as it moves to the friendly confines.
Both the Umps and TBS announcers are against the Cubs, can they use the home field to take a 2-1 lead, or will Quintana choke like Chris Sale did, and put the Cubs on the brink?
Washington Expos 1. Trea Turner (R) SS 2. Bryce Harper (L) RF 3. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B 4. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B 5. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 1B 6. Jayson Werth (R) LF 7. Matt Wieters (S) C 8. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF 9. Max Scherzer (R) P
World Champion Chicago Cubs 1. Jon Jay (L) CF 2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B 3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B 4. Willson Contreras (R) C 5. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B 6. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF 7. Jason Heyward (L) RF 8. Addison Russell (R) SS 9. Jose Quintana (R) P
What a slow thread. At least we don't bave shitposters
Jason Taylor
At least Chicago has the Bulls, Bears and Blackhawks to look forward to
Ryder Johnson
>Bulls I got bad news for you
Nathaniel Adams
>Bears
Ryan Cooper
Max looks like he has his good stuff today. Hopefully his hammy holds up.
Jordan Reyes
Everyone is watching the game and there's been nothing to really begot posting like a high stress pitching situation or a run scored. Also a majority of the shitposters are fans of the baby league.
Schwarber is due to hit one out of the park.
Jaxson Perry
>tfw expos will never return
Brayden Thompson
Who would DC cheer for? There's no other MLB team nearby.
Samuel Ortiz
baltimore like they used to
Henry Gutierrez
>Getting into the Umps fact after that strike At least Schwarber backed down and you can could see him going 'alright, alright.' and we know he's in the zone with how sent a baseball to the Harry Carry statue.
Jacob Roberts
They're doing much better as the Washington Nationals than they ever did as the Expos. I have 4 words for you. "French Canadian Leaf Posters." Nobody wants that. Eat a dick.
Angel Thompson
I always hated the orange ducks. Still do,
Kayden Murphy
Cusbs
Anthony Kelly
Nice pick off play, cusb
Gavin Rogers
Cubes
Nathan Nelson
fuck baltimore
Charles Hill
Beaz would have made that play.
Blake Rivera
baez out
Dylan Fisher
Thank you Zobrist
Jonathan Bennett
REDDIT BTFO
Brandon Ramirez
THANK YOU HEYWARD
Cooper Brown
What's on the menu this afternoon? I think I'll have the Cubs Spaghetti.
Isaiah Powell
thank you based jhey, goddamn the inning was sloppy
Brody Bennett
>Joe keeps playing Zobrist even though he's been bad Thanks you fucking memer, at least Baez plays great defense
Eli Brooks
If the NEETs can't capitalize on the Cubs gift wrapping them runs, it's just a matter of time before Scherzer gives up something big.
Then we have to hope the bullpen holds the line.
Kayden Ortiz
But Zobrist can play mediocre defense at like 6 positions
Dominic Williams
So he is like a jack of all trades? At least in this games since last year he was really good
Aaron Martinez
He dropped off a cliff this season, he was great last season
Evan Nelson
He was the original jack of all trades player for Maddon when they were both down in Tampa Bay. It's one of the reasons Maddon has him as a good to guy, that and Zobrist still has 2 years on his contract.
He was also clutch as fuck in the playoffs last year. It's just Maddon trying to get him through this slump by sticking with him. Just like what happened to Rizzo last year.
Juan White
Based.
Ian Barnes
>slump >slumps last an entire season It's a bad year, not just a slump. Zobrist either declined bad or has some work to do this offseason
Wyatt Martinez
>we
Connor Stewart
Do these announcers only have one set of talking points per player that they repeat every game?
Ayden Thomas
Didnt mean to reply
Kevin Harris
BASED JAY
Jaxon Perry
>Quintana has a defense
this must be like fucking crack to him. HE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE MISTAKES GUYS HE REALLY CAN
Samuel Thompson
One team confirmed
three to go
Jack Perry
He's managing to stick in there and still be useful some of the time. Like what Heyward did when he was an offensive black hole last year . I think another reason why Maddon is using Zobrist is his metric fuckton of play off experience. Even though it's not as big for this year, it still matters.
>4 innings done >Already at 70 pitches Q is not going to make it to 7th, is he? Although I'm sure he loves having a defense now.
Ethan Jones
Yes, they're pure shit. TBS sucks also.
Brayden Smith
APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW SHITZER
Anthony Brooks
is this the thread? >60 posts through 4 innings
absolutely embarrassing
Isaiah Nelson
GO GET HIM DUSTY
Jacob Bailey
WHAT HAPPENING IN HERE CUBS VS WALGREENS SENPAI
Christian Richardson
This series is fucking boring
Andrew Watson
Sorry I'll order a pizza and shitpost about it
Justin Wright
cocaine is a hell of a drug
Jeremiah Flores
...
Liam Bailey
so we're all pulling for the Nats, right?
Lucas Thomas
No
Cameron Price
...
Levi Perry
>trashinals
Chase Ramirez
Dodger fan here
rooting for cusbs for a rematch in NLCS
Zachary Turner
*we
Jaxon Martinez
>Scherzer threw at all 3 batters this inning Bastard would have taken Rizzo's head off if he didn't block it with his bat.
Come on Willy.
Cooper Scott
>more nats fuck ups literally no team spills this much spaghetti in the postseason
Brody King
>Zobrist Uh oh
Brandon Jenkins
As expected
Nathaniel Davis
>swinging at that off balance as fuck jesus this guy
Mason Taylor
Are the Washington Nationals the Washington Capitals of baseball?
Brandon Hernandez
Zob is honestly just a liability Joe please stop this.
Dominic Wright
I am.
Jordan Walker
Why have Theo's FAs been so shit?
Ayden Miller
that shit AB by zo might've been the only chance to score some runs for this whole game
Jason Clark
>zobrist
Evan Sanders
The two teams are eerily similar
Ryder Reyes
...
Andrew Hernandez
...
Lincoln Davis
>trying to find a scapegoat in zobrist, a WS MVP and consecutive WS winner >cusb lifelongs
Luke Roberts
Is Lackey ready to play or did he refused to be a reliever?
Nathan Taylor
A
Ryder Hughes
Go Cubs! >fucking traffic
Easton Kelly
who cares mate he should still be benched since he has been trash all year
James Barnes
>has another bad at bat >"it isn't his fault" t. leaf lol
Benjamin Sullivan
Nah check his stats, he's had a long leash all season and he hasn't responded. I love him but he hasn't had a good year and he probably shouldn't be getting starts right now.
Zachary Rogers
Did you see Scherzer's command? He's really losing it, to where he threw at Jay, Bryant and Rizzo, and then Contreras was able to draw a walk.
If he doesn't recover, there's blood in the water, especially against Schwarber and the top of the order if Scherzer stays in long enough to see them a 3rd time.
Lincoln Edwards
FUCKING
Hunter Murphy
Jesus christ what is it with this offense in the playoffs? Making literal who's look like aces.
Matthew Lopez
>right down the middle >ball
robot umps when?
Chase Campbell
All of the starters so far are pretty good pitchers though
Nolan Jackson
>Wilson taking away clear strikes with his godawful framing
