This weekend’s four-game set between the teams with the two best records in baseball has been considered an NLCS preview by some, and Scherzer is a guy the Cubs could face in Game 1 should these teams get a chance to play for the pennant come October. “It felt good. I saw it fair”. “It’s nearly like they had a better understanding of me than me”.
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Washington manager Dusty Baker was matter-of-fact about his team’s struggles and how well the Cubs have performed.
Ben Revere returned to the Washington Nationals’ lineup on Friday and he’s back atop the batting order again today in the third game of three with the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field. Why do his mistakes get hit so hard? Though a Mets fan, I would be right next to them, rooting for the planets to align, probably from the vantage point of a barstool at Harry Caray’s or maybe at Murphy’s Bleachers, assuming tickets to get inside the park weren’t priced out of reach.
Replay did confirm the baseball hit the chalk after deflecting off Harper’s glove.
“This is a really good team, and we play good baseball”, Zobrist said, “and tonight was another good example of that”.
Hendricks struck out four and walked two in an 87-pitch outing to secure his first victory since April 9.
The Cubs signed Lackey in the offseason to give themselves more rotation depth in the postseason.
The Cubs added another run in the eighth as Ben Zobrist’s one-out single scored Fowler from third after loading the bases on Nationals reliever Felipe Rivero.
Russell went 2-for-3 with a walk, one run scored and three RBIs.
Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist (18) and shortstop Javier Baez celebrate their win over the Washington Nationals in a baseball game, Friday, May 6, 2016, in Chicago.
“They’re hot. They could be popping them up or hitting them on the ground”.
Baker said he was happy to have his center fielder and leadoff man back, now that he was healthy enough to return.
After Friday’s home run derby, the Cubs don’t seem as if they’ll be intimidated by any pitcher this time around. The Cubs are tied with the legendary 1939 Yankees, a team that would rack up a +411 run differential on its way to a 106-45 record and a sweep of the Reds in the World Series. Rizzo told Kyle Schwarber he “thought it was a Schwarbomb”, the legendary playoff home run that landed on top of the video board beyond right field last season. He’s hitting. 351 against the Cubs since 2011, including.
Scherzer wondered about the ruling, unsure of what should happen when a ball hits the flag.
MARLINS 6, PHILLIES 4: Giancarlo Stanton hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift host Miami to its 11th win in the last 12 games. If Washington is looking to head back to D.C. with any wins in the Windy City, they’re going to have to figure out a way to push more runners across the plate. They’re just doing damage on pitches that they want to hit.
CINCINNATI – Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips hit home runs to stake Cincinnati to a seven-run lead in the second inning, and Alfredo Simon handled Milwaukee over 7 2/3 innings in a win at Great American Ball Park. He singled in the fourth, then ripped a shot by Rizzo at first in the sixth. Daniel Murphy had three hits off him. I said: “‘I don’t know what I’m talking about, ‘ and I left”.
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The interesting thing to look at going forward is less the pitching than the hitting.
