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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:40:18 GMT -5
Let Nestor have the 9th Boone Agree, has to at least start the 9th. Armstrong in the game for the Cubs.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:42:01 GMT -5
Rizzo... Takes a sinker above middle, 0-1 FB up and in makes him spin out of there, 1-1 Cutter above and outside middle, big hack, fouled back the cookie. 1-2 FB way high, easy take, 2-2. FB misses 6 inches outside above the top, 3-2. Takes his timeout.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:42:51 GMT -5
3-2 to Rizzo... Fat sinker below middle, but Rizzo misses under, high pop to short, Swanson dances a bit with the wind, catches, 1 down.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 15:42:55 GMT -5
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:43:50 GMT -5
Cutter misses outside by about 4-5 inches to Volpe, 1-0 Cutter on the low outside corner, he's late and under, fouls it off, 1-1 Sinker inside jams him a bit, but he centers it, hits a soft liner in front of Happ for a 1 out single.
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Post by laurenfrances on Sept 7, 2024 15:45:24 GMT -5
Glad to see Holmes sitting down, especially with Cortes rolling along with confidences.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:46:04 GMT -5
Verdugo takes a cutter on the outer 3rd near the corner for a strike. Takes a cutter well low in the middle, 1-1 Sinker tails well outside above the waist, easy take, 2-1 Cutter in the zone outer 3rd and up, late and under, fouled off, 2-2 Throw over, Volpe back easily. Beats him clean with a cutter at the top down the middle, swung under, K, 2 down.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:46:40 GMT -5
Glad to see Holmes sitting down, especially with Cortes rolling along with confidences. Weaver warming now. I hope they start the inning with Nestor, anyway.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:50:10 GMT -5
Throw over on Volpe. Torres gets a cutter above the zone in the middle, tips it foul, 0-1 Chases a bad cutter going well outside, 0-2 Cutter about 3 inches outside, Torres chases because it's close, negating a Volpe SB attempt. FB well high, inner 3rd, 1-2 2nd throw over, Volpe standing on 1st. Wasted throw over. Volpe free to run now. Volpe goes, FB at the top, chopped to the left of 2nd, Swanson fields, sets and throws him out, inning over.
Bottom 9, 2-0 Yanks. With the lefty Busch leading off, Nestor should at least be pitching to him, and I'd go batter-by-batter. If Busch gets on, Weaver comes in.
Busch, then Suzuki and Bellinger for the Cubs in the 9th. Heck I might leave Cortes in through Bellinger anyway. He hits clutch HRs.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 15:51:14 GMT -5
No save opportunity for Nestor because he's in line for the win. Just needs 3 more outs.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:52:30 GMT -5
And the Cubs bring Paredes for Busch; he hits Nestor hard, 7-22 with 1 double, 3 HRs, all solo, 2 K, 3 BB and 1 GIDP, which isn't relevant in this situation.
Pulls a FB outside middle foul, 0-1 Takes a change way low near middle, 1-1 Change dives low/outside, Paredes chases, 1-2 Change in the same spot, more or less, hit hard back to Nestor, but it hits him in the butt, goes straight down, he recovers and flips to Rizzo very nonchalantly, 1 down.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 15:52:56 GMT -5
Nice play by Gleyber to get the second out in the 9th.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 15:53:36 GMT -5
Suzuki gets a FB at the top in the middle, grounds it to the left of 2nd, but Torres shading near the bag, backhands it smoothly, throws a strike on the move to Rizzo for out #2. Nifty play again by Torres there, made it look easy.
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Post by presceo on Sept 7, 2024 15:54:50 GMT -5
a professional win!
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 15:54:51 GMT -5
Yankees win!!!
Pitching has made it look real easy the past two days at Wrigley.
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