After a disastrous weekend, the Cincinnati Reds (20-14) head to Chicago for another series with a division rival, this time for four games against the Cubs (22-12) at Wrigley Field as they ride a 5-game winning streak. Needing a starter, the Reds are calling up Chase Petty from Triple-A Louisville. The Cubs counter with right-hander Edward Cabrera.
First pitch is at 7:10 PM EDT. Note the game time change: This game was originally supposed to start at 7:40 PM EDT, but the Cubs moved up the start time 30 minutes earlier due to forecasted inclement weather.
First pitch is now scheduled for 8:50pm EDT
Lineups
Cincinnati Reds | Chicago Cubs |
| TJ Friedl – CF | Nico Hoerner – 2B |
| JJ Bleday – LF | Moises Ballesteros – DH |
| Elly De La Cruz – SS | Alex Bregman – 3B |
| Sal Stewart – 2B | Ian Happ – LF |
| Nathaniel Lowe – DH | Seiya Suzuki – RF |
| Spencer Steer – 1B | Michael Busch – 1B |
| Tyler Stephenson – C | Carson Kelly – C |
| Will Benson – RF | Pete Crow-Armstrong – CF |
| Ke’Bryan Hayes – 3B | Dansby Swanson – SS |
Starting Pitchers
| Pitcher | IP | ERA | WHIP | BB | K |
| Chase Petty (AAA) | 24.2 | 4.38 | 1.34 | 11 | 29 |
| Edward Cabrera | 35.1 | 3.06 | 1.19 | 12 | 29 |
| Links: Chase Petty’s Stats | Edward Cabrera’s Stats | |||||
Chase Petty
The last time that Petty pitched in the big league was on June 21st of last season. That game was a relief appearance in St. Louis in the 11th inning. He’s spent all of his time since then in Triple-A. Last year his second half was terrible but this season he is out to a solid start. He’s had two poor outings and his other four have seen him not allow any runs.
The stuff is different now than it was the last time he was in the majors. He is throwing his 2-seamer more and he is throwing in nearly two MPH harder. His change up is also revamped and moves a lot differently now than it did last season. This season he has pitched much better against left-handed hitters, though they have walked more than righties.
Splits (Minors)
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB% | K% | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9% | 24% | .262 | .326 | .452 |
| LHH | 60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12% | 30% | .208 | .300 | .340 |
Pitch Usage (Minors)
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Change | Slider | |
| Velo | 97.0 | 96.4 | 89.3 | 88.4 |
| Usage | 9.3% | 30.6% | 19.1% | 41.1% |
Edward Cabrera
In the first two outings of the season Cabrera threw 11.2 shutout innings and gave up just one hit in each of the two games. Since then he’s allowed exactly three earned runs in all four of his starts, throwing a combined 23.2 innings with six walks and 20 strikeouts.
The platoon splits have been noticeable this season. Right-handed hitters have not hit for much average and they are rarely walking. They also haven’t hit for any power against him. Left-handed hitters are also not hitting for much average. They are walking more than they strike out and making a lot of contact but they have not translated that into many hits or much power yet.
Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB% | K% | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 64 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5% | 33% | .230 | .266 | .328 |
| LHH | 80 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11% | 10% | .239 | .329 | .358 |
Pitch Usage
| Change | Curve | 2-Seam | 4-Seam | Slider | |
| Velo | 92.7 | 84.3 | 96.0 | 95.7 | 88.5 |
| Usage | 32.1% | 21.7% | 20.4% | 15% | 10.8% |
Game Details:
- When: 7:10 PM EDT
- Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
- TV: Reds MLB Channel (check your local listings); Reds.tv (out of market)
- Radio: 700 WLW (Cincinnati area)
- Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy, 50% chance of rain
News and Notes
Roster Moves
The Reds called up Chase Petty on Monday afternoon and optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A to clear the needed spot on the roster.
Sal Stewart wins the Rookie of the Month
The National League announced that Sal Stewart was the Rookie of the Month for April earlier today. He hit .281/.373/.570 with nine home runs and 29 RBI through the end of the month. You can read more about just how good his month was from our piece earlier today.
Division Standings
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff Odds |
| Chicago | 22 | 12 | 0.0 | 83.2% |
| Cincinnati | 20 | 14 | 2.0 | 28.1% |
| St. Louis | 20 | 14 | 2.0 | 26.2% |
| Milwaukee | 18 | 15 | 3.5 | 40.5% |
| Pittsburgh | 19 | 16 | 3.5 | 59.1% |
| Playoff Odds via Fangraphs | ||||
Nice article Ashley. Lots of stats is always fun also great insight. Your memories with your dad will serve you well. Good luck
Detroit Ace Tariq Skubal – Sugery for loose bodies in elbow, joining Hunter Green, and Edwin Diaz for similar surgeries.
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May the 4th be with us
Reminds me of Kent State in 1970. Four dead in Ohio (song). May 4, 1970. RIP one and all.
@oldtimer. We talk again 1970 I was in the Marines. We formed a company that was to control the Ohio bridge in Washington during the protests that followed the Kent St. Shootings. I was very conflicted
Star Wars Day! Also my Wife’s bday. Always easy for me to remember.
If it takes Star Wars to remember your wife’s birthday, I don’t want to ask if she really wanted the Darth Vader mask as a gift?
Ha ha! Good one, MK.
Also with my memory as a I get “older”, I will take any help I can get!
Just hoping Petty can get us to the original start time not down 6-0.
This made me think of the line sometimes said in the Ol’ Lefthanders’ final seasons as a player for the Reds.
When Joe was having a rough run of starts, on this night to start, someone I knew would always quip that the last bus of the day to Hamilton (from Cincinnati) was being held downtown till 8pm, so it would be at the Crosley Field stop around 8:25 (so Joe could catch it home (games started at 8:20 back then)). 😉
Now that is a funny story.
When I worked in Cincinnati (way back in the ’80s) I occasionally caught a bus at the Dixie Terminal station downtown.
It was a pretty cool building with a big waiting hall that overlooked the river.
There was a deli / sandwich shop down on the lower level that sold these amazing salt cod sammies on rye bread.
IIRC, and I likely don’t, that terminal served busses coming and going south. But it would be like Joe to order up a sammy to go so when the bus arrived at Crosley Field he could have a bite on the way home.
I admit, a lot of my memories of Cincinnati revolve around food.
And a pretty vibrant jazz scene for a smaller city.
I always envisioned the Greyhound terminal, which was located, IIRC, on or just off Fountain Square in the late 1950s into the 1960s. Or alternatively, the “city buses” that hived there in the square.
For a kid from out of Clinton County (Wilmington) way, both of those bus places were spots of “foreign” intrigue, topped only by my several trips to Crosley each year.
Working downtown, I used to take the city bus daily from the outdoor depot over by Fountain Square and near, what was it, the big post office?
Or biking to work, I’d ride past the old Schoenling and Hudephohl breweries still both in operation.
I don’t recall the GreyDog terminal, can’t recall riding it there, but knowing Cincinnati it was likely some Art Deco era wonder.
@CenTex, From what I found the Greyhound place was at 5th and Sycamore, that’s about 3 blocks from both the Square and Dixie terminal per Google Maps. And yes Greyhound was art deco, though I certainly did not know that as a kid.
I still have a hung of dead grass and dirt from the last game played at Crosley field inside a jelly jar. Please don’t judge me
Does anybody remember Neisners department store and restaurant on Race Street. In 1961 my father was the store manager. Got to go to lots of games lived downtown at age 11 great times
I bet he’s got a good chance now.
The game is going to be delayed. I will update this when more information is available.
Looking at the forecast it doesn’t seem like there should be a problem getting the game in tonight. It’s just more about when they can/will start.
Do we know which way the wind is blowing at Wrigley Field tonight?
13 mph out to dead center. I’ll be screaming about walks too.
OK, obviously the start of the current 7-game road trip has not started out well! The Reds need to break their current losing streak by waking up the offense!
In order for Chase Petty to be successful tonight he needs to avoid the walks, complete outs when he gets 2 strikes on a batter and, most of all, pitch carefully to Ian Happ, a perennial Reds killer.
As for yesterday’s game, Chase Burns was a victim of The Greene Syndrome! The Reds have an annoying habit of not scoring runs for their best SPs!
Let’s start this series out on a positive and win Game 1 by scoring some dang runs!
I was thinking the same thing about Burns after the game, getting the Hunter Greene treatment.
Thanks for the update. The First Wife and I will watch other stuff in the mean time. At least the entire start is delayed as opposed to a start and stop and start again.
2nd wife sleeping on the couch with our Boston Terrier Life is good
ABC News doing a tribute to John Sterling, Yankee’s announcer. Does seem like that era of guys is running thin. 🙁
I enjoyed his radio broadcasts.
Home team announcers should be biased, as long as they are factual. RIP
First Wife was wondering if Mr. Red or Mr. Redlegs or even Rosie could take the mound in a pinch. I had to tell her I didn’t think any of them were on the 40-man (let along the 26-man).
Yep your right mark more
Chase Petty- sounds like a great name for a NASCAR driver. We will hope the Reds Chase Petty turns out to be a fine MLB pitcher.
Let’s hope the Cubs don’t “chase” Petty.
Keep on raining!! Keep on raining!!
Weather Channel radar in that area is showing “stuff” moving through for another couple hours.
The rain is supposed to be over in about an hour, and only for about 15 minutes is any of it supposed to be more than a light rain.
Call the game and let them go to the Pump Room for dinner. Great Restaurant
Somebody is not a baseball fan.
Thr line up points to Francona thinks Steer is better at first than Sal and Sal is better at 2nd than Steer. It also points to Francona does not think moving Sal aroumd contributing to his 0-19 slump. All things considered, I agree with Francona, particularly on not being afraid to move Sal aroumd. Shohei is mired in an 0-14 skid, I suppose everyone goes through up and down during a season. The best thing for the going for the Reds today: they are not playing thr Pirates. Let dominate the Cubs.
First pitch is scheduled for 8:50pm ET
Literally a Denver game time schedule
This marks only the 3rd series that the Cubs have played a team with a winning record at the start of the series. The other 2 were the Dodgers and the Padres!
Well even if worst comes to worst, the Reds will leave Chicago with a winning record.
A lot of the same losing. teams that the Reds have upcoming in May. Guardians, Nationals, Mets, and Phils. Maybe we will feast similarily. But they have played some good teams too. We don’t play the Dodgers until September when we have 7 games with them.
That has to be a little annoying to fans to say get here a half hour early and then delay the game for hour and 40 minutes! I’ve been to one rain delay game in my life where my brother and I waited for 2-3 hours through the delay. Pretty brutal! Only cool thing was my brother caught a walk off homerun by Sean Casey after all those hours.
Time for the Elly and Sal show!
Why did not challenge?
!st inning or not that was a challenge.
Yes especially when we aren’t hitting.Chances have been few lately to score.
Sal gets around on a well-located fastball up and in. Adjusting to the adjustment.
Missed a challenge there … Somehow that message has to reach the batter.
Two men on and two out, and a ball gets called strike three !
Back to back two out hits looked good by Elly and Sal.
Where is the game. I have MLB and reds tv, but no game.
Try getting out of MLB and go back in.
Reds are hacking and why not.Only way to hit is to hack.Didn’t work yesterday but today is a new day.
Good at bat by Benson even with the strikeout
Reds can’t find the way to score
and a 4 pitch walk to Hayes … good omen anyway. Feels like the Reds are going to break out in this one.
2 innings 4 left, same old story, this team can’t get the big hit.
KBH under a hundo vs righties. Friedl now a cool 2 for 20 with risp. Stephenson has been bad. Geno is out. RF has been horrible. McLain. Its crazy that we’re 20-14
Heading south if things don’t change.
It only takes 2-3 guys per game to be good. When they were going well, it was a different 2-3 guys every day…thus, nobody was excelling except Stew or Elly. Different combos of MMC, TJ, Steer, and Lowe fueled the wins
Good luck Chase Petty, and break out the wood!
Petty has some Tom Seaver legs…got that going for him atleast
Friedl in 120 at bats as the lead off man just isn’t getting it done.I get it you can’t hide everybody but he should not be getting the most at bats.Myers deserves a look for a few games in center field and at the top of the order.
Yep, Myers leadoff and Bleday batting 2nd.
Bleday puts the Reds on the Board with a long ball !
And Petty has thrown 19 pitches thru 2, and 16 were strikes …
Reds have come to play today !
Except for Pagan. Blown save again!
Definite changes needed here.
Also, once we get Suarez back, replacing Friedl, McCann, and Hayes as starters must be up for consideration if this team has hopes for playing in post-season.
I still say Mr. Valakia needs to be replaced with a new hitting instructor.
Bleday!! blast! 1-0 Reds
Our new 2-hole hitter, Bleday?
It is his for now. Nice, easy swing.
JJ Ble-Smack!
Bleday taking advantage of his chance. Like what I see so far.
Bleday breaks a 12 inning scoreless streak for the Reds
Stewart swinging at the first pitch with Elly on first is going to drive me nuts!
3rd time in 2 games with a double play everytime.
He did that over he weekend and hit into a double play on the first pitch. I have no idea how good the Cubs catcher is in throwing out base stealers, but you have got to give Elly a chance.
Cmon Tito…thats on you. Sal hits a ton of groundballs
Nice Bleday, disappointing Stewart swinging at the first pitch with De La Cruz on first.
3rd time in 2 games with a double play everytime.
Elly gets no chance to steal with Sal batting behind him.
Sal is in full swing mode.
Yeah Sal was sitting all over another fastball after punishing one first time up. I want to say bad idea, but I didn’t see any of the Pittsburgh series, maybe it went so bad he wasn’t crazy to expect to keep getting busted inside even after he hit one.
Stewart batting for a doubleplay at the first pitch again ..
How many HIDP Sal had until this bad streak? I dont think it’s many. Either teams adjusted how they pitch him or his launch angel somehow drops off significantly
3rd in 2 games.
But only the 4th for the season
Watching another inning or two. One in the books. Keep hitting.
Catch you all tomorrow.
May want to flip them.Lowe is a vet behind him as Geno would be.It matters cause Elly should be on second most of the time if given a shot.
Friedl 10 for last 32 (.313) with 4 doubles 2 HRs which is good, but he’s already playing catch up so any further slumps and they need to push Myers closer to full-time
Petty doing a great job of mixing his pitches.
Need to support Petty with some more runs.
Petty is so animated. He’s an open book and he is looking confident right now. Keep attacking, big man.
90% of the game is half-mental
-Yogi
And Yogi was right
Hahaha nobody expected that Hayes dinger!
No way, Hayes!
Nice job Hayes. About 20 more of those.
Wow KBH….Turned on that one and drove it out!
Ke’Bryan unloads one with Benson on … Reds go up 3-0 !
(what can you say ?)
We’re gonna win. ..
There’s always one.
Say Hayes!
Hayes ripped that ball, right on the screws. This game is about to get crazy with balls flying out of there. Get this kid a lead and let him keep throwing strikes.
Hayes telling McLain I’m not going away
KBH baby! Last 7 hits include double, triple, and 2 HRs. His goal is to hit a HARD .172
Seriously it does beat horrible with a bunch of singles
You can not walk the leadoff man!
Uh oh … Petty needs a mound visit !
The walks again… Petty loses control suddenly…
Great way to let the Cubbies right back into this one!
The other Petty with the tune Breakdown suddenly appears
What are you waiting on DJ
To late now. He is always a batter late
And just like that….!!!!
Unbelievable.
sheesuz … tie ball game in the 4th. Mr. Petty lost it.
No way …how many times it will happens
Its alright if you walk me. Its alright if you don’t. I’m not afraid of you getting 3 outs cause I got the feeling you won’t
It seems Petty needed to allow those 3 runs for settling later… It’s hard to understand
PCA needs to grow up! Act like a professional ballplayer!
That escalated quickly. Strike one is going to be so important for Petty.
Brantley was saying earlier Cubs would change their approach second time through the lineup. You could almost sense him saying he doesn’t know how Petty would do second time through. Think Petty may be more successful as reliever in the majors long term.
It’s always shocking how quickly people want to give up on young pitchers. Petty has great stuff. Just has to get it dialed in a little more mentally.
He definitely has great stuff. I know probably a premature take, but not just based on this game I’m thinking that. But his ball moves a lot I like that.
Daydreaming again.
Cubs have good veteran hitters and you expect them to adjust but throwing strikes never changes as priority number 1.Our pen is really bad about walking hitters.
Elly and Stewart carried this team for awhile,no longer and the losses are piling up.
Stewart swinging indiscriminately at everything right now
He got zero fastballs in that last strikeout. It’ll be tougher for the next little while, not knowing for sure how he’s being attacked. The fog of war is the final boss. I expect he’ll be fine in the end.
These young guys today throw harder, but its a softer game. Nobody throws inside early & often. Petty throws 97 in on Suzuki’s hands he’s still going to swing.
You couldn’t just wave a guy to 1st in the old days, but Drysdale would do it with a HBP. Save 3 pitches sends a message. I’m not here to make friends
When you are losing games everything you do wrong hurts.Walks kill as do pick offs and double plays on the first pitch by hitters.Leaving two on not once but twice in the first two innings.Reds were doing a bunch of things right and now its went the other way in a hurry.They need a good clean game win or even an ugly win to right the ship.
Two walks and a homer, then he gets right back on track. Strange.
Watching Cardinals and Brewers, the Reds may finish dead last in this division, they just can’t hit as well as the other 4 and it’s not close.
Cardinals have said we are going to play the young guys and they are doing it and getting the job done for the most part.Brewers have a way that works.Not flashy run some put the ball in play often and just win.Pirates added bats and a bunch of above average hitters and the Cubs signed Bregman.No doubt you are right.I will say when healthy our starters are better but you still have to score runs.
Offense needs to back Petty up right here. Get him the lead back and see if Francona lets him pitch the 6th
I think Petty has done his job at this point. The little meltdown in the 4th inning is preventing him to be winning this game
Great job by Petty overall, I didn’t think he’d make it 5 innings. Need Stewart and De La Cruz to be a little better to win these tough games.
Steer doesn’t run or he could’ve got a nice secondary lead and scored on Benson’s single.
Idk? This is starting to remind me of last year where Tito just played it out as it went 26 vs 26…..and I don’t think our 26 is even close to good enough without making some moves
Petty terrific play!
Wow! That was an awesome play by Petty. Surprised he’s still in there. If he goes 6 would be pretty big.
Good job by Petty, 2 walks killed him. However his offense has not helped a lot.
HR & a walk/HR. 7 more hits with a walk yet scored nothing on those
Left two men on 3 times in 6 innings.
Kid looked great except for that 3 batter glitch
Feel an Elly home run coming on…
I’ll take the walk. Sal this is the time.
Steal.The.Base
Kid needs a day off. He’s killing us right now. Has he DH’d lately?
Sal needs a day or two off. He is really pressing.
Officially that Ke’Bryan homer, tailwind and all, would have left 2/30 parks: Wrigley and Houston. The baseball gods finally gave him a break.
I don’t thinking Sal seen a fastball thr whole game. I think teams adjust how they pitch him.
Another leadoff walk…
Burke with a 4 pitch walk to start the bottom of the inning.Just don’t get how so many of our pen guys can’t throw strikes.Night all its late.
Biggest hot dog in MLB – Punk Crow-Armstrong – sit down dude !
Swanson 5-9 with a walk off GA. He’s been nails this year though
I thought the pitcher had to face 3 before being replaced … Ashcraft on for Burke after 2.
Burke got 1 out inning before. They have to finish an inning or face 3
Once again reds are in a tight low scoring game. Balls have bounced our way up to thr game yesterday. Will see how things unfold for this one.
Pinch run Dunn & run. CMon Tito….wake up
and just like that, it was text book. Steer comes thru with the base knock, and Dunn scores from 2nd. Reds 4-3
And they trusted Dunn’s wheels there too. Hold’em up and a strand looms pretty large. Stephenson has been horrible for some reason
You’ve got a direct line to the man himself!
Steer! comes through…Reds ahead 4-3
Aggressive send by Harris.
He must have looked at the next 3 batters coming up.
He probably only sends Elly and Dunn there.
Willie knew what we all knew.
Great send.
100% correct, the next 3 batters had no chance = SAD.
Funny, when Steer was 3-2 against Ben Brown I kinda had the same idea, like “*this* is where having Hayes in the lineup actually does kill you.” Then they threw a get-over breaking ball to Steer anyway.
Speed a great weapon to have.
You can’t tell me with the movement some of these guys have that the ball can’t go around the plate at times. That ball was inside to Benson
They leave GA in and they should win
Put Tony in and 93 gets us beat
Our 7,8,9 hitters are so very bad
Steer has being getting hits late in the game, sort of working his way in the game so to speak. Good #6 hitter.
UUH! why didn’t challenge!! only to walk the guy …my good lord
The leadoff walks with this bullpen is RIDICULOUS !
Gotta lift Ashcraft now … nowhere to put anyone.
And Ashcraft gets Kelly on three pitches … It’s onto the 9th, Reds up 4-3
Can exhale!
Could you make it any more interesting, Ashcraft?
Reds 7,8 and 9 hitters are the worst in baseball. Good Job Ashcraft, need more runs for Pagan.
Ashcraft’s slider is a true weapon. Said it a month ago.
Career changing development of that pitch.
Who do you want in the late innings with the game on the line? Right now, for me, Ashcraft.
Way to get out of it Ashcraft – all that drama was unnecessary … dude is a box of
chocolates
Good competitive NL Central game. Pagan will probably make it interesting in the 9th! Another run would be nice here.
Kelly bailed Ashcraft out a bit there. He swung and missed at two pitches that were likely balls. But Reds were due a break. Lets get a win here now.
Steer hitting .322 since April 12. That ain’t bad.
That’s for sure. About time
Any other NLC team have a bottom 3 of their order hitting under .200 ? Any other MLB team ? That’s not good
Pagán to close this game…HOYB …
Gonna be a nailbiter this 9th inning. Hope Pagan’s stuff is on tonight!
Again Elly guessing it’s not gonna be a strike…and strikes out again looking…happens a lot
Pagan cannot blow this game. Reds can’t suck within the division. Cubs can’t win every home game like they’re the 86 Celtics
Split fingered hanger….great
Looked like Myers didn’t realize he was gonna have to find the wall.
Pagan says, I like to live dangerously. Sigh.
Beware the squeeze.
I’m tired of Emilio Pagan
He cannot be counted on in the least
Trevino warming up …
Pagan is not a closer . NEVER EVER EVER easy for this guy … NEVER
TJ probably makes that catch.
Stupid Ivy
Stupid bricks
We’ve had multiple opportunities to score more runs and didn’t do it.
Does Bleday have the best arm of our outfielders?
That was a strong throw from fairly deep.
Reds are two for two in extras this year. We need another one today !
And Conforto ends any thoughts of extras … What a shame.
Should be Pagan’s last chance to close out anything !
Don’t throw him a meatball
Sigh.
I hate Emilio Pa-Gone! DFA this clown.
Incredible.
I’m done for a while. Adios
Fairly tuff play, but Myers should have caught it. Game over
Nice job Pagan …… pitiful …. Get somebody else in that role …. HE STINKS
Hard to get more frustrating than this team is right now. Maybe only last year’s streak of zero offense for what seemed like forever.
Tito Pagan is not your closer, wake up.
No kidding! How many more blown saves is it going to take? Pagan is garbage.
Reds gonna Cub
What a disaster Pagan did…another blown save …a really heartbreaking loss…Reds are regressing…
The absence of the Red’s #1 and #3 starting pitchers plus the absence of Eugenio. It’s been a good early run with what the Reds can put on the field. Two tough losses.
DFA Pagan…what a waste of money…
If anyone has paid attention….he has sucked all year
Close game winning magic seems to disappear. Tough loss. Hope it’ll make the team stronger. Santilla lost it yesterday and Pagan today.
Yeah, Pagan is getting hit pretty hard these days.
Pagan has not been good all year…
Third blown save for Pagan already. Not good.
Oh boy, tough loss. Cubs are just a tough Offense through 9 innings. Myers good effort there, just lost it at the wall, tough play. Nice throw from Bleday, I was impressed with his arm. Maybe he is a real every day starter will see.
Krall needs to be on the phone with the last place Red Sox and try to get Chapman before another GM does…
Any other team scores 10 against the Cubs tonight. The Cubs pitchers were on the struggle bus all night. Tomorrow is as close to a “must win” as you can get this early in the season.
The reds stuck Pagan in as a closer last year because they had nobody else…..HE IS NOT A CLOSER!!….you got all you could out of him…it’s over…move on!