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>Chicago Cubs
1. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF
2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Javier Baez (R) SS
5. Jason Heyward (L) RF
6. Albert Almora Jr. (R) CF
7. Victor Caratini (S) C
8. Addison Russell (R) 2B
9. Adbert Alzolay (R) P

>Pittsburgh Pirates
1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds (S) RF
3. Starling Marte (R) CF
4. Josh Bell (S) 1B
5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF
6. Colin Moran (L) 3B
7. Jung Ho Kang (R) SS
8. Elias Diaz (R) C
9. Trevor Williams (R) P

Game Notes
▩ Start Time: 6:05pm CST
▩ Gametime Temp: 84°F
▩ Chance of Precip: 0%
▩ Kris Bryant and Josh Bell both named to NL All Star Game
▩ No Transactions or deaths today

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Schwarbie gonna hit a few dingers into the river

schwarbie pop up :(

Alzolay's stuff is nasty, even though it was a walk, Reynolds kept looking back at the ump thinking it was a strike out before taking his base.

>Random scrub pitcher is going to put the game completely out of reach as soon as possible

Well done

>Alzolay getting shelled
>Hendricks going to be limited
RIP bullpen, the all star break can't come soon enough.

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>scuba

Alzolay's 15 minutes have ended

Why can't the Cubs develop pitching? It's like their only organizational weakness.

In any decent division the cusb would be so far out of first that they'd be selling off parts by now.

>35 pitch first inning
At least we're going to find out if it's pitch count or innings where he totally falls apart if he manages to regroup and not get knocked out sooner.

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Baez with a solo shot home run!
1-4

At least we won't get shut out and MIGHT be able to claw back into this if Alzolay can unfuck himself.

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>Frazier gets on second base
>Again
Fucking hell.

BELL HOME RUN CYCLE INCOMING

Jesus Christ Bell, haven’t enough pitchers died today?

scuba!

Is KB growing out a mullet

cubs fucking suck lol
RIP tyler skaggs

This sucks, you can't pull Alzolay because we need to ration the pen.
But leaving in Alzolay is going to ravage his mental health.

If the Pie Rats keep piling on, it makes you wonder how many position players Maddon will use to pitch.

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if dylan cease pitches well in his callup i’m going to call theo the f word

FUCK YOU THEO FUCK YOU...TRADE RIZZO FOR FUKKEN PITCHING YOU PIECE OF SHIT

What if we have Rizzo pitch again?

>his mental health.
are all zoomers total snowflakes?
grow a pair

>cusb

>he fell for the (((Epstein))) meme

sadbert

And he's pulled.
Hoping Brach doesn't add onto Azlo's ERA.

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Imagine trading away Eloy Jimenez

Can Eloy Jimenez pitch?

>imagine trading away Dylan Cease

a clearly inferior player to fernando tatis jr

>Can Dylan Cease pitch (well)?

And guess we’ll see. I expect him to give up 4 runs over 5 inning.

Is Bell actually going to hit a home run cycle?

can we play you guys again?

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Brewers are taking the division in game 162. Again.

>Afraid to pitch to Heyward
What the fuck pie rats

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SLAM

Imagine if Caratini gets a grand slam here

r8 my cat

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>pushing a foot off the bag to make a tag is legal

Caratini with a base hit to score Rizzo and Heyward!
Almora's foot comes off the bag and he's out at 3rd.

3-7

>Brach on deck
Oh ducky

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I hope Victor sign steals

Caratini's foot hit the plate before it bounced off, if he's called out, umpball is in full effect.

>free outs

BRAD BRACH WITH A BASE HIT AND CARATINI SCORES!
4-7

First Major league hit for Brach.
A schwarbomb here can tie it.

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>A schwarbomb here can tie it.
with >risp?
that's like finding a unicorn

TIE GAME

Off by 10 feet to the right.

Time for Bryant to prove he deserves to go to the all star game.

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Welp, at least the Cubs got some runs.

Die or die time for the pen.

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>Bell has to settle for a measly single
Home Run cycle BTFO

>cubes

>Brach can't put away a batter and shits the bed
>Again
Looks like the position player pitching is back on the menu.

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LMAO

"GO CUHBEHS GO !!!!!"

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This thread suddenly felt fatter and more fair weather.

Yu Darvish lol

What is the secret to being a baseball fan? Going to the ballpark is pretty aesthetic but watching from home is terrible

Can we just call the game?
We need to save the pen.

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SCHWARBIE GOT A BASE HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bryant with a single to score Bote! Schwarber to second.

5-12

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who are you and why do you do this?

ITS GONE

RIP Descalso's ERA
He almost got out of it.

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Who pitches next inning? Descalso attempts some redemption or Caratin to lower his ERA again?

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Time to score 11 runs and get Descalso the win!

>pitching
>another thing descalso cant do

How do we fix them cubbies?
hard mode: don’t mention darvish

Trade for syndergaard and boyd

>Suddenly Krimbel

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Oh, we can't have nice things...

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What the fuck happened to Krimbel? He looks like a different person since last season?

Not high leverage, he's probably just trying new shit to see what works since the outcome doesn't matter.

Nah, I mean his physique and face look different. He put on 50lbs or something?

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>When your position player gives up less runs than your closer

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hopefully da burrs wont suck

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>Never Ask Us
What kind of meme name is this?

We can't unless we blow up the luxury tax, which Rickets will never allow, since all the money is tied up and the farm system is depleted so we can't even get a rental.

All we can do is keep playing and pick a god and pray that the cubs get hot towards the end of the season and can ride that into the playoffs.

packers winning the owl this year

hilarious

doink

>A 'Let's go Cubs' chant even with everything that happened.
Commendable.

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DOINK