Jake Arrieta, RHP (1.00 ERA, 3.06 xFIP) vs Jon Niese, LHP (5.08 ERA, 4.30 xFIP)
Cubs Lineup
1. Dexter Fowler (CF)
2. Jorge Soler (LF)
3. Kris Bryant (RF)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Ben Zobrist (2B)
6. Javier Baez (3B)
7. Addison Russell (SS)
8. Tim Federowicz (C)
9. Jake Arrieta (P)
Pirates Lineup
1. John Jaso (1B)
2. Andrew McCutchen (CF)
3. David Freese (3B)
4. Matt Joyce (RF)
5. Francisco Cervelli (C)
6. Gregory Polanco (LF)
7. Sean Rodriguez (2B)
8. Jordy Mercer (SS)
9. Jon Niese (P)
First pitch at 7:05 ET from PNC Park in Pittsburgh
first for dingers
dubs for arrieta beaning a pirates player in a steroid induced rage
#neverforget that Pirates/Cubs game in 2014 that got 1000 posts in one thread.
Who's ready for a benches clearing brawl when the Pie Rats throw at Arrieta again tonight?
>federowicz
why
Will the away goals rule apply here?
>>67326634
Won't be a brawl if he just takes his base like a man instead of making stupid faces at the pitcher until his teammates come to back him up this time.
>Soler
Time for you to go to Iowa
>>67326716
>Will the away goals rule apply here?
Good one m8, thank god this isn't divegrass
>>67326716
>Pie Rats announcers strategy for them to win
>Arrieta has to shit the bed
Yeah, that's not much of a plan.
>>67326716
What the fuck is the away goal rule?
>>67326834
>What the fuck is the away goal rule?
The hottest new may may on /sp/
ITS OVER HES FINISHED
>>67326834
>What the fuck is the away goal rule?
A shitty divegrass rule that counts goals scored away from home to break a tie game between teams when they play each other twice
>>67326834
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal.
>>67326499
Let's Go Bucs
What Arrieta givith, he takith away.
>>67326901
Not so fast Canada
o/u Rizzo hbp 30 times this year
With that HBP Rizzo moves in to sole possession of 5th on the all time Cubs HBP list with 58 (passing Aramis Ramirez)
>>67327107
Under
HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
fuck the DH
ARRIETA IS THE LITERAL GOAT
>>67327251
YES HE CAN BECAUSE HE'S FUCKING SAVAGE
>THROW IT OVER THE WHITE THING!
HIGH SOCKS
yes or no?
TRADE SOLER
>>67327339
>mfw Arrieta is a better hitter
becoming a shill while DLing
should I eat here
>>67327425
if it's good enough for Miggy it's good enough for me
>eye of the tiger
lel
EYE OF THE TIGERRR
Damn they're never gonna let him forget about the water cooler thing, are they?
Fucking hilarious lol
Will Jake Arrieta hit a home run today?
>>67326673
>why
>Hits double
>Federowicz can hit
>>67327961
my doubts inspired him to greater heights
>Soler batting 2
fucking why
And the pitcher goes wild!
SOLER POWER
>>67328005
>Fucking why
>Gets RBI
>>67328005
touche Jorge
>the literal city of shitsburgh
Also Happy B-day to Ryan Dempster!
>You don't want to get bullied in this first series
CUBS CONFIRMED FOR BULLIES
>>67328098
Nice rhyme
>>67328095
>>67327961
Keep chatting shit everyone, it's working!
>>67328005
>>67326673
>tfw offense powered by why
calling it now
405 foot RBI single
LOL
>395 foot single
and they call Wrigley a meme park
>pirate announcers are already giving up on their team
>Only the top of the 4th
Where the fuck did you get this guys shitsburgh?
cubs are winning 120 games
MFW the cubs only give their best pitcher run support
THE RUN MACHINE JUST DOESN'T STOP
>>67328194
well it is 6-0 with a literal God pitching
with the potential for more
>>67328194
It's 5-0 against the best pitcher in the game and >our pitcher is throwing a complete turd of a game
This one's over bud.
>It's another Cubs BTFO someone episode
Being a Cubs fan can be really boring sometimes.
>6 runs
it's happening again
Baez is due for an RBI
Or a Homerun, my dubs command it
>>67328232
This, honestly last year was so dramatic, this is a fucking breeze so far
did Baez appeal to first on his own checked swing?
>>67328150
I really, really like this image.
>>67328198
>Lackey gave up 6 earned runs in his Cubs debut
>still got the win.
>>67328291
That's because the Cubs only got their shit together in the second half.They're picking up where they left off.
Who' wants to bet the pirates are going to start throwing at some of the Cubs batters.
>>67328322
Looked like it
reminder
>>67328322
Yes
>>67328348
It's funny, when they were mentioning the "rivalry" between the Bucs and Cubs, as a Cubs fan I feel nothing because we are just continuing to btfo of them.
>>67328348
I'll bet at least 2 more Cubs batters get hit this game
>>67328387
This, Cubs might have had a long history of sucking, but at least they had some times where they did well. Pirates have almost always been mediocre.
>>67328379
>pissburgh
>>67328341
lackey, hammel and hendricks will be forced to fight to the death in july. whoever dies will be replaced by sonny gray
Imagine if Bob Brenly was still around and Len wanted to talk about sabermetrics.
Just imagine......
The nightmare........
>>67328465
calling it rn its hendricks, kid gets rattled so easily. he'll do well in the bullpen
>>67326499
>current year
>being a bandwagon cubs fan (hint: that's all of them)
laughinggirls.jpeg
>>67328465
Hendricks will die first. He doesn't even look like a baseball player. He looks like a guy that would help you out at Best Buy.
It'll be down to Lackey and Hammel; Lackey runs on chikn'n'beer whereas Hammel is 6'7".
>>67328556
> he actually believes this meme.
get lost sux fan. You know damn well wrigley has been a top 10 average season attendance for decades now.
>>67328591
hendricks is a smart nerd though. he would turn the other 2 against each other and let them go at it
>>67328494
>tfw no len n bob
>tfw developing stockholm syndrome with JD
>>67328648
and the award for best shit post goes to!!!!
>>67328556
Rbo pls go
>>67328652
len looks so young
just a matter of time before russell puts it all together
>>67328652
I like JD, hes got quality bantz and has some solid dad jokes.
>Pierats booing Arrieta at the dish
Eternally buttmad
arrieta trolling
>>67328652
I like JD too, he's really grown on me. I think he's a good compliment to the more serious Len. I do miss Brenly though, he's got a God tier voice
Lads, what are the actual chances of an all-Chicago World Series?
>>67328883
Probably not that great. but who knows, as of now the sox are playing well but theyre can crushers. expect a total melt down soon.
>>67328883
5000 to 1
>kek
>>67328883
Sox will collapse
0%
inb4 sean rodriguez chimpout part 2
Protect those Gatorade coolers!
>>67329042
how glorious. If the pishits get swept will they ever recover?
sox collapse before or after memorial day? 4th of July?
>>67329119
Sox will collapse by the All Star break, if not before then
Jaso looks like he took Cutchs old dreads, bleached them, and glued them to his head
Freese at 2nd
Pirates gave up
Is Sean already going down on the poor Gatorade?
>Jake Arrieta's stuff is off again
>1-hitting the Shittsburgh Piss Rats
ayy lmao
>>67328150
this needs to be updated
>Cubes haven't won an eires in over a century
lel
ok
>>67329321
Only thing he's ever gone down on, m8.
So did Baez earn his spot on the rotation?
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Top kek
>>67329374
I cant into shoop that well
Javy hitting a lot less dingers, but I haven't even noticed cause he's overall hitting so much better than his rookie season (where he hit dingers but nothing else)
singing the anthem while theyre losing :^)
>>67329466
>>67329604
Baez is doing fine these days. I think he could be of great help this year.
Shittsburgh announcers: "Welcome back to the Arrieta show"
Kek
>>67329694
kid's got himself an arm too
I still think Javy should be the SS and Russell at 2B
>>67329793
they both play each position pretty well
>>67329793
for what purpose
pls stay out of the sox thread
>>67329952
Pls stop getting butthurt over banter.
why is maddox trying to die kris...him not a of. first kill kyle now killl kris. joe hate people who name starts with or have a k in the name.
>>67329952
Speaking of the Sux, where are all those Who Sox fans saying "But the Cubs haven't played anyone good!!!11!!" at now?
fat cubbie pitcher is fukken fat
SLIDE RULE??
What the fuck was that Russel.
>>67329864
Javy has a better arm
Disappointed the Cubs gave up a run in that inning.
At least the sux fags are being feisty tonight because of their inferiority complex.
>Rizzo is a doubles machine
I demand we make some content of Rizzo checking'em.
![starlin-rizzo[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/X69liHI.jpg "starlin-rizzo[1].jpg")
>>67330495
But does it work?
>>67330412
When will Sux fans realize they're team is obviously the inferior one compared to the beast that is the 2016 Cubs
Every time i see any score 7 to 1 i crack a smile and think of Brazil
>>67330585
Because they cling to the idea that Chicago loves them more and the Cubs are just for tourists. Seriously, they believe that.
Baez's arm and range are putting on a great show tonight.
baez looking real good real real good
>The Pirate Announcers trying to find a way to be critical of Baez even though he's just stomping them with his fielding.
HE'S SLOPPY!
>The next game is certainly not important
>YES IT IS!
These guys should just be fired.
>>67330764
Kek, they must be Sean Rodriguez's cousins or something.
GG Rie Pats
[W]
Thank you based Arrieta!
Cubs win, Cubs win!
Go cubs go!
Go cubs go!
Hey Chicago whadya say?
The cubs are gonna win today.
I think Arrieta actually had the game winning hit.
>>67331008
He brought in the 2nd run, so yeah. Guess he did.
You now remember Arrietta got rocked out of the AL and is only good in the NL
>>67331181
Could it be because
A: The ptiching coach for the O's was fucking awful and gimped all of Arreita's strengths
B: Large amount of steroids that someone haven't been detected yet even with the list of players being released.
>>67331264
A doesn't make any since. If he was so astronomically bad, there would be other examples of this.
It's a lazy attempt at an excuse
>>67331440
I steroids would only improve strength, not technique. Technique is the main reason Arrieta is so dominate now. The speed of his pitches haven't had a significant change.
>>67328379
the best part is that the pirates knew that Arrieta would be pitching late in till the 7th lol
>>67331628
Surprised they didn't try to throw at the Cubs more than just the one.
That would have set off a holy war.
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