Brewers jump out to a 5-0 lead in the 2nd inning.
Everyone in the lineup has reached based except for Woodruff (who sac bunted guys over) and Yelich who is 0 for 2 this afternoon.
They've been doing all this without anything from Yelich who is now 1 for 15 after his return from the COVID list. I keep thinking he must be close to getting going. He popped up on a 3-1 changeup in the first inning and flied out to the outfield in the second.
Right now I would love it if Yelich could get 20 dingers and like 75 RBIs in a season.
Meanwhile, in Chicago...
@Music City posted:How soon before we start talking about magic numbers?
40.
Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brewers magic number: How close is Milwaukee to locking up a playoff spot?
Brandon Woodruff âcalls the POTUSâ during the game
âwe need the national guard, we need as many men as you can spare because we are killing the Cubsâ
Cubs fans should get free beer ðš
@GBFanForLife posted:Cubs fans should get free beer ðš
Cubs fans should have boulders tied to their necks and thrown in to the Mariana trench
Also my favorite paragraph in the Chicago Tribune in 7 months...
"No team contributed to the dismantling of the Chicago Cubs more than their rivals from Milwaukee."
These are some insane numbers from today: # 5, 6, 7, 8 batters (Urias, Peterson, Pina, Bradley Jr.) had 22 at bats, 15 hits, 15 RBI and 12 runs scored and only 1 strike out!!!! Oh, and 10 of the 15 hits were extra base hits.
4 AB's and they hit a team cycle today
The Brewers now lead the all time series with the Cubs 198-197
Cubs announcers in the fifth after the walk to load the bases and Pina up thought there was a good chance for a double play.
Yelich even managed a couple of hits. Keep it going, dudes!
Good lord the Cubs are a grease fire. Down 14-5 to the Marlins after 10-0 and 17-4 losses to the Brewers.
You hate to see it.
Marlins had a 11 run 2nd inning. Former Brewers Brinson and Aguilar doing some of the damage.
Hard to believe the Cubs won a title and have been very competitive in recent history
Thatâs a really bad baseball team and expect the suck to continue for a while as it appears they are in full quit/meltdown mode
Eric Sogard was too bad a player for the Cubs to keep on the team
He was their best relief pitcher.
Ouch!
Current Brewer road record is 39-20. If they can go 15-6 in their final 21 road games they would have the 4th best all time road record moving ahead of the 1972 Big Red Machine. If they could go 16-5 they would tie the 1971 Oakland A's for 3rd all time. They would need to go 18-3 to move into second place overtaking the 2018 Astros who were 57-24. 1st place all time is the 2001 Mariners at 59-22. They can't catch that record.
Another day, another victory over the Pirates. 2-1 today. Suter with the win, Hader with a save. Now 20 games over .500 on the road. Unbelievable almost.
Brewers waived Travis Shaw and he was claimed by the Red Sox. Thanks Travis for all you did.
He never recaptured the magic. Good guy. Good luck.
I will never feel sorry for that franchise or its fans but good lord the Cubs may legit not win another game this year. Down 12-0 tonight and about to lose their 12th straight.
I cannot even muster an ounce of sympathy. The Cubs fans invading Miller Park the last 20 years curdles my friggin blood. Obnoxious fuckersâĶ you earned this by being shitheels in our house.
Game 163 in â18 was sooooooo wonderful.
Iâd prefer it was the Cardinals imploding, but the Cubs melting down is a really nice consolation prize.
In northeast WI all of these lifelong Cubs fans came out of the woodwork the last 10 years and geared up and carried on blah blah blah. Enjoy the cellar you pricks!
I never saw more brand new Cubbies gear on âlife longâ fans as I did after they won the Series. Fucking posers. Iâve worn Packer and Brewer gear all these yearsâ-Bucks not so much. But since they won and I didnât already own a Bucks hatâĶIâm not getting one. I didnât earn it.
Playoff picture looking pretty good. The way things stand now with 2 weeks til September, the NL West will battle itself. They should have the wild card matchup and the winner of that playing the NLWest champ, so 3 teams will boil down to 1. We're looking at whoever survives the NLEast.
not too shabby
Donât jinx us! Iâm become a reverse Eeyore when people assume something is in the bag. 
@Blair Kiel posted:I never saw more brand new Cubbies gear on âlife longâ fans as I did after they won the Series. Fucking posers. Iâve worn Packer and Brewer gear all these yearsâ-Bucks not so much. But since they won and I didnât already own a Bucks hatâĶIâm not getting one. I didnât earn it.
You should have been in the Twin Cities when the Twins were making their WS appearancesâĶ.
Burnes with a no-no in the 6th... goes poof.
Back-to-back singles.
Runners on the corners, 1 out.
Got the last 2 outs on foul outs. Shut out preserved.
Is Yelich beginning to come around? 2 hits tonight. 6 game hitting streak now!!
Cubs beat the Reds.
8.5 baby.
Hader back to being Hader.
STL had a few chances, but they slammed the doors each time. Yelich starting to make better contract. Slowly cominâ aroundâĶ
@ammo posted:Got the last 2 outs on foul outs. Shut out preserved.
Is Yelich beginning to come around? 2 hits tonight. 6 game hitting streak now!!
Seems like it. But he did have three of the worst kind of outs in baseball last night.
Good win last night. Usually when you leave that many guys on base and only score 2 runs off of that many baserunners (14 hits, 2 walks) it seems to catch up with you. The pitching made it hold up.
Interesting stat from theathletic.com.
Nice pitching matchup tonight. Which of course means a 12-8 type game.
Keep winning series.
