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A no-hitter in South Bend. No, not the good kind. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs ran aground against the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 12-8. Starter Connor Noland got blitzed early today. He allowed five runs in the bottom of the first inning and two more in the third. Noland’s final line was seven runs on six […]
Honestly? I thought I was going to be writing another “The Cubs didn’t hit with RISP” recap and that the Cubs would lose this game by not scoring, because they went into the ninth inning 0-for-6 with RISP. Thank you, Cubs, for proving me wrong. Michael Conforto’s RBI double in the ninth tied the game […]
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For a while there, it looked like the Mets would finally win a baseball game. But they’ll have to wait until at least Tuesday to break their losing streak, as Devin Williams blew his save opportunity in the bottom of the ninth before the Cubs scored a walk-off sac fly in the bottom of the […]
Go get ‘em, Javier.
Mets lineup Carson Benge – LFBo Bichette – 3BFrancisco Lindor – SSLuis Robert – CFMJ Melendez – DHMark Vientos – 1BBrett Baty – RFMarcus Semien – 2BLuis Torrens – C Tobias Myers – RHP Cubs lineup Nico Hoerner – 2BMichael Busch – 1BAlex Bregman – 3BIan Happ – LFSeiya Suzuki – RFMoises Ballesteros – DHCarson […]
Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Javier Assad, RHP vs. Tobias Myers, RHP Javier Assad has made one really good start and one really bad one so far this year. He has not faced the Mets since April 30, 2024 and a lot of those guys aren’t on the Mets anymore. No current Met has […]
Cubs 2, Mets 1: Nico Hoerner’s sac fly gives the Cubs a series sweep Cubs vs. Mets, Sunday 4/19, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Sunday 4/19, 1:20 CT
Jameson Taillon did not look sharp early and then said as much during his postgame interview. But he got better as his start wore on. Just under half of Jameson’s starts as a Cub have been quality starts. We all know that not all quality starts are created equal. Without any digging, there are some […]
Meet the Mets The Mets fell to the Cubs 4-2 to drop their tenth straight. Mark Vientos got Mets on the board early with a towering solo homer off Jameson Taillon in the second, but the lead was short lived, as Freddy Peralta yielded a monster shot of his own to Ian Happ in the […]
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The Mets have announced that Tobias Myers, the 27-year-old who came to the Mets with Freddy Peralta in the team’s trade with the Brewers ahead of this season, will start the team’s series finale against the Cubs on Sunday afternoon. David Peterson had been slated to start the game, and according to Mike Puma, Peterson […]
Outfielder Dylan Carlson has re-signed with the Cubs and was assigned to Triple-A Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scuttled the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 7-6. Jordan Wicks made a rehab start for Iowa today and got some good results. Wicks went three scoreless innings and gave up just one hit. Wicks struck out two and […]
It’s a strategy familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Middle innings, team rallying, left-handed hitter comes up. The team on defense sends in a left-handed reliever. The batting team counters with a right-handed pinch-hitter. That was the scenario in the bottom of the sixth on a sunny, but chilly Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The […]
Go get ‘em, Jamo.
Mets lineup Freddy Peralta – RHP Cubs lineup Jameson Taillon – RHP Broadcast info First pitch: 2:20pm EDTTV: SNYRadio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2
Today’s roster move: Here Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP Jameson Taillon’s three starts this year can be described as: Mediocre, decent and not so much. Even so, after allowing three home runs to the Pirates last Sunday, he stayed in the game, ate up some innings and […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 20 Cubs 4, Mets 2: Carson Kelly’s pinch home run wins the game Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 4/18, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Saturday 4/18, 1:20 CT
The first part of this roster move, you already know, as the Cubs placed reliever Daniel Palencia on the 15-day injured list before Friday’s game with an oblique issue. Here’s how it happened (Bluesky link): No roster move was made Friday, as this happened very close to game time, so the Cubs played Friday’s 12-4 […]
Meet the Mets The title kind of says it all, doesn’t it? The Mets lost their ninth straight yesterday afternoon in their first in a three-game series against the Cubs in Chicago. Kodai Senga got knocked around for the second straight start, giving up seven runs (six earned) in 3.1 innings of work. The suffering […]
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Just like that, there is no real reason to parse scoring stats for the Cubs anymore. With 33 runs over their last three games and 47 over five, they are now up to 106 runs in 19 games (~5.6/game). Last season, over the whole season, they averaged about 4.9 runs per game. Summer weather and […]
The Mets came to Wrigley Field riding an eight-game losing streak in which they had been outscored 44-12. Those sorts of things are usually ripe for the losing streak team to break it, especially with the wind blowing out at the ol’ ballyard. Not in this one. The Mets looked like a team in disarray […]
Going into the Mets’ matinee with the Cubs, things were bleak. The Mets lost eight straight, the bats were dead, and the starting pitching has been inconsistent. Well, things got worse, and the Mets dropped their ninth straight, losing to the Cubs 12-4. The Mets managed to make fairly good contact off of Cubs starter […]