2018-04-06: Cubs (Hendricks) at Brewers (Woodruff) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4]

[Eye Black]

[pre]Cubs Lineup Brewers Lineup

 

1. Ben Zobrist (S) RF 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF

2. Kris Bryant ® 3B 2. Eric Thames (L) 1B

3. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF 3. Ryan Braun ® LF

4. Willson Contreras ® C 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B

5. Addison Russell ® SS 5. Domingo Santana ® RF

6. Victor Caratini (S) 1B 6. Manny Pina ® C

7. Jason Heyward (L) CF 7. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B

8. Javier Baez ® 2B 8. Orlando Arcia ® SS

9. Kyle Hendricks ® P 9. Brandon Woodruff (L) P[/pre]

[KeithStone53151]

The Brewers haven't scored a run in 18 innings. Thats easy to calculate with back to back shutouts and Braun's game winner 3 days ago. A couple runs early on Mr 85 mph.

[brooks_quichenick]

1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF

2. Eric Thames (L) 1B

3. Ryan Braun ® LF

4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B

5. Domingo Santana ® RF

6. Manny Pina ® C

7. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B

8. Orlando Arcia ® SS

9. Brandon Woodruff (L) P

 

I like Thames in the 2-spot, although I wouldn't have minded Aguilar getting another start with how well he's been hitting in limited appearances.

[Eye Black]

Slightly more concerned to see Yelich out of the lineup tonight than I was yesterday. Hoping that it is indeed just precautionary with the oblique, but I imagine they would have him out there tonight if the discomfort had completely gone away. Hopefully not, maybe they are just being very cautious following last night's injury.

[brooks_quichenick]

 

"Lineup change: Rizzo out with back tightness"

[TJseven7]

We really need a good start from Woodruff here. Win this one and Anderson Davies are much lower pressure starts. Woodruff really needs a strong 5 here.

[82brewcrew82]

Slightly more concerned to see Yelich out of the lineup tonight than I was yesterday. Hoping that it is indeed just precautionary with the oblique, but I imagine they would have him out there tonight if the discomfort had completely gone away. Hopefully not, maybe they are just being very cautious following last night's injury.

Didn't they say he was likely to miss the weekend. That was my impression anyway.

[Montezuma]

Need hot bats tonight and solid defense... Let's go Brewers

[topper09er]

no more hangers to Bryant please

[yfinn6]

Woodruff's stuff looks good tonight. I thought he was getting squeezed a bit but hopefully that zone works for the Brewers, too.

[pacopete4]

Looks good but way too many pitches no thrown.

[topper09er]

2 strikes and the hitter throws his hands at the ball and hits it where its pitched. The Brewers have never even heard of that concept

[jason21nl]

This pitching staff sucks

[MoreTrife]

Made the mistake of going to the game. Approximately 65-70% Cub's fans. Life sucks.

[yfinn6]

Bummer.

[cnycerveceros]

Every team's starters allow runs and throw 30+ pitches in every first inning, right?

[wildcat83]

Wow, first inning struggles... that's new.

[yfinn6]

Curious to see what the zone for Hendricks looks like. This is assuming the Brewer hitters can take more than one or two pitches and actually look for something to hit or maybe they'll just roll everything over.

[topper09er]

2 straight 2 strike RBI hits on pitches left up in the zone

[pacopete4]

Baseball can ruin my day in such a hurry. What a love-hate type of a game.

[82brewcrew82]

So, that was fun.

[adambr2]

Woodruff dating back to late last year has really been disappointing.

[wildcat83]

35 pitches for a guy that's probably not totally stretched out. We will be lucky to get 4 innings.

[yfinn6]

It's a consistently small zone, but only one team will likely have enough patience to take advantage. Brewers with a whimper in the bottom half.

[cnycerveceros]

10 pitches. Is that within the rules?