St Louis Cardinals Ssuck Yet Again

Sunday notes...

• RUN SCORING: The Cubs have scored four or more runs in 13 consecutive games, a season high and their longest such streak since 15 straight from August xi-26, 2016. Unfortunately, although they have scored 66 runs in those 13 games (v.08 per game), they have allowed 107 (viii.23 per game) and are 2-eleven over that span.
• A STREAK SNAPPED: The Cubs are 39-41 at Wrigley Field and thus their run of 7 straight winning seasons at home since 2014 has ended. That was the team'southward longest since another vii-season run from 2003-09.
• WORDS OF WISDOM: Patrick Wisdom's 28 home runs (in 338 AB) this season are the most among all NL rookies and he ranks third among all rookies backside Ryan Mountcastle (31 Hour in 508 AB) and Adolis Garcia (30 HR in 553 AB).
• Simply ONE More than, PART one: The Cubs have had 21 players striking at to the lowest degree i homer this flavor. That'southward one short of the franchise record. The Cubs had 22 different players homer in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2013. 2 position players on the active roster accept yet to homer this year: Nico Hoerner and Nick Martini.
• Only I MORE, PART 2: Twelve different pitchers take recorded a save for the Cubs this season, a franchise record. The old record of nine was set 1970 and matched in 2019. The MLB record for most pitchers with a save in a single season is 13, set past the Rays this year. Autonomously from the current starting rotation, two relievers on the active roster have nonetheless to record a save in 2021: Scott Effross and Trevor Megill.

Here are today's particulars.

Cubs lineup:

The Cardinals lineup was not available at posting time. Please check the BCB Twitter feed for the Cardinals lineup.

Keegan Thompson, RHP vs. Jake Woodford, RHP

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Like some of the other young Cubs starters, Keegan Thompson has had some growing pains. He has a 6.08 ERA and ii.025 WHIP in five starts, which is... not good. His last outing, coming off an IL stint to face the Brewers, was decent plenty, if short: 2 scoreless innings with one striking and two walks allowed.

Thompson has a 4.05 ERA and 1.350 WHIP in five relief appearances and 6⅔ innings vs. St. Louis this year. Paul Goldschmidt and Dylan Carlson have homered off him.

Statcast

Jake Woodford has made 18 relief appearances and six starts for the Cardinals this year with decent results: 3.92 ERA, ane.326 WHIP. He'southward been slightly worse every bit a starter (4.05 ERA) than in relief (iii.82 ERA).

He has two relief appearances and one starting time vs. the Cubs this year, with a three.38 ERA in eight innings. As is the case with many pitchers this year, many of the Cubs he faced aren't on the team anymore. Willson Contreras is 3-for-vi with two home runs off Woodford.

Statcast

Today'due south game is on Marquee Sports Network. Here'due south a list of providers currently carrying Marquee.

Here is the consummate MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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The 2021 Game Thread procedure will be a fleck different than previous years. It volition be similar to what nosotros've used for Spring Preparation.

You'll find the game preview posted separately on the front end page two hours before game time (xc minutes for some early 24-hour interval games following night games).

At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will likewise postal service on the forepart page, titled "Cubs vs. (Squad) (Day of week/date) game threads." It will contain every post related to that particular game, including the Starting time Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, as well equally the recap when it's published. The recap volition also live on the front end page as a split post.

You volition besides exist able to discover the preview, Kickoff Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked "Chicago Cubs Game Threads" at the bottom of the front end folio (y'all can also observe them in this section link). The StoryStream for each game tin can besides exist establish in that section.

The Commencement Pitch thread will mail service at five minutes before game time, and then an overflow thread at 90 minutes later the scheduled game fourth dimension.

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