Game 140: Yankees (Gil) vs. Cubs (Wicks) at 2:20 pm

Torres takes a change in the zone low/away, 0-1
FB inside about 3 inches, near the top, fouled back, 0-2
Throw over.
FB above the outside corner, Torres doesn't chance taking it, fouls it off.
Change well outside, waist high, easy take, 1-2
Change well outside, knee high, easy take again, 2-2
Slider thigh high, middle, but he rolls it to the left of 2nd, right to Swanson, flips to Hoerner for the force that ends the inning.
Yanks get a hit and walk, come away with nothing.

Bottom 4, 3-0 Yanks.
17 pitches for Wicks in the 4th, and 82 through 4.

3-4-5 for the Cubs in their 4th inning: Suzuki, Bellinger and Paredes.

Change tails low/away, 1-0 on Bellinger.
Hanging slider outer half, waist high, but Bellinger was set for the FB, was out in front and missed, 1-1
Better slider down and in, Bellinger tries to golf, hits a pop foul back of 1st, winds takes it out of play, 1-2
Slider about 4-6 inches outside, Bellinger chases, fouls it off the end of the bat.
Slider down and in, Bellinger starts and checks in time, side view confirmed he checked the swing.

Paredes...
Takes a change inside.
Slider hangs up and in, and MAYBE got a tiny piece of the corner up and in, I think Gil got a break on that call, 1-1
Takes his timeout.
Change misses low, Paredes lays off, 2-1
FB outside corner above the knees, fouled off, 2-2
FB tails outside at 96.6, taken, 3-2
Humps up to 97, starts it near the corner away, cuts a bit outside, Parades chases outside for the K, 2 down.

Soto...
Chases a 1st pitch FB high, outer half, pops to short left center, Crow-Armstrong jogs in and to his right, catches, 1 down.

FB to Wells misses inside by 2 inches, called a strike anyway, bad call, 0% on Gameday, 0-1
Change way low, outer half, 1-1
FB misses high, outer half, 2-1
FB near the top, outside middle, outer half, fouled, 2-2
Change dives low, inside corner, Wells lays off, full count.
FB up and in ties him up, he manages to foul it off an stay alive.
...and then takes a fat FB right...down...the middle. ꓘ, inning over. Have no idea what Wells was looking for on that pitch, but it sure wasn't a fat FB down the middle.

Bottom 5, 3-0 Yanks.
13 pitch 1-2-3 for Wicks might be the end of his day; he's at 95 pitches total
Bottom of the order for the Cubs in their half of the 5th inning: Swanson, Crow-Armstrong, and Amaya.
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First pitch FB inside, again, some cut to it, jams him, he pops it on the left side, but the wind carries it foul, Wells lost the ball, but Rizzo has it all the way, catches, 1 down.

amaya griunds to rizz to end 5th.