IST: Cubs vs Cards

[SilenceS]

Chicago 16-12(2nd in NL Central) vs. St. Louis 20-10 (1st in NL Central)

vs.

Pitching Matchups


Game 1 — Friday, May 3. 1:20 p.m. CDT

Kyle Hendrick (1-4, 5.33 ERA, 24 K, 8 BB) vs. Jack Flaherty (3-1, 4.06 ERA, 36 K, 6 BB)

Game 2 — Saturday, May 4. 3:05 p.m. CDT

Yu Darvish (2-3, 5.02 ERA, 33 K, 22 BB) vs. Michael Wacha (2-0, 4.78 ERA, 29 K, 17 BB)

Game 3 — Sunday, May 5. 6:05 p.m. CDT

Jose Quintana (3-1, 3.48 ERA, 38 K, 9 BB) vs. Adam Wainwright (3-2, 3.73 ERA, 27 K, 12 BB)

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[SilenceS]

First series. Cards are red hot and swinging the bats. Lets cool them down. Pitching will be key.

 

[TL1961]

ESPN: ruining the weekend road trips to Cubs-Cards for ten years now. ?

 

[anotheridiot]

what a waste, three off days over the course of a week. Cant wait til the 38 games in 40 days to hit them again

 

[chibears55]

Might have some tired Cardinals tomorrow

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1124035867490828291

 

[SilenceS]

what a waste, three off days over the course of a week. Cant wait til the 38 games in 40 days to hit them again

Whats it matter? We already wasted the season going 2 and 7 to start

 

[zack54attack]

Big early season series here..

 

[CSF77]

Whats it matter? We already wasted the season going 2 and 7 to start

Rather have them resting at home vs sitting around waiting for a PPD rainout call. And then toss in a game in between off days on the other side of the country.

Last year was far worse.

 

[chibears55]

Cardinals and Brewers lose...

 

[zack54attack]

Chance to be in first all alone with a sweep this weekend.

 

[SilenceS]

 

[chibears55]

Infielders on top
Outfielders on bottom

 

[beckdawg]

I didn't quite catch the full context but I believe JD said the cubs have played the fewest home games of any team in the majors which makes the 16-12 they've run off pretty impressive. Most good teams are like .500 on the road and .600+ at home.

 

[CSF77]

Infielders on top
Outfielders on bottom

Weird how that works.

I'm still kinda shocked that Heyward is not between Baez and Contreras.

 

[CSF77]

I didn't quite catch the full context but I believe JD said the cubs have played the fewest home games of any team in the majors which makes the 16-12 they've run off pretty impressive. Most good teams are like .500 on the road and .600+ at home.

Most teams have played 33-30 games so far. Cubs are at 28 games and I don't think they have any PPD

 

[beckdawg]

Most teams have played 33-30 games so far. Cubs are at 28 games and I don't think they have any PPD

Well i was more interested in the fact the cubs have only played 11 home games out of 28. Means going forward they have 70 of 134(52%) at home.

 

[SilenceS]

Man, I hope that isnt an omen. Ump missed a ball well within the zone. Not even close to being a ball

 

[SilenceS]

Great start! Lets put some runs on them early

 

[SilenceS]

Ump is giving 6 inches off the plate against lefties. Better give Hendricks that

 

[zack54attack]

Need a good outing from Hendricks today. Let's go.