Sierra back in the lineup 20170602

[Judge Mental]

I would have started Pham over Piscotty. But we do need Piscotty to get going. Maybe he'll be a little more focused playing for his mom.

1. Fowler, CF
2. Carpenter, 1B
3. Piscotty, RF
4. Molina, C
5. Peralta, 3B
6. Diaz, SS
7. DeJong, 2B
8. Sierra, LF
9. Lynn, RHP

[two-hole]

another puppy with broken ribs.

sad.

[Judge Mental]

Pin Lackey's ears back early.

[two-hole]

welp.

Fowler just broke one off.

[Sonicblast12]

Heyward didn't even move, I'm sure Lackey will be staring and jawing at him because he's just "that guy."

[Sonicblast12]

Not sure why you don't put Fowler in left and Sierra in center. But that might require Matheny telling Fowler something he doesn't want to hear, so that ain't gonna happen.

[Judge Mental]

Not sure why you don't put Fowler in left and Sierra in center. But that might require Matheny telling Fowler something he doesn't want to hear, so that ain't gonna happen.

Not on the day he got his ring anyway.

[Sonicblast12]

Attaboy Mags.

I keep waiting for him to suck. I hope I'm waiting for awhile.

[Speedy G]

As long as he keeps swinging at thigh high fastballs in the middle of the plate he'll be fine.

Should have been on second, tough.

[Redbirdfan1]

Why do I ever turn games on

[Sonicblast12]

As long as he keeps swinging at thigh high fastballs in the middle of the plate he'll be fine.

Should have been on second, tough.

Still gotta hit it, none of the other position players have embraced that strategy.

[Indy CardsFan]

Damn Piscotty....way to not catch the ball.

Turned a sac fly into a double.

[Redbirdfan1]

This team is ****ing terrible.

Get rid of piscotty for JD Martinez

[Sonicblast12]

I really don't remember Piscotty being this useless. He's always stepping on his dick.

[Speedy G]

He's just lost out there near the wall.

[Sonicblast12]

Well we ain't scoring 3 unless Wainwright pinch hits, might as well turn this one off.

[Indy CardsFan]

Bowman getting squeezed works out well, as it turns into the DP.

[Sonicblast12]

Great sequence Matt Bowman!

Those inside fastballs were Maddux-esque.

[Speedy G]

Some credit to Matheny for getting the matchup he wanted.

Lyons just gives up too many HRs to be a reliable situational reliever.

[ilcardsfan]

The misplay in right was a bad pitch hammered and then misplayed. A work of art. I call it Piscotty and meatball.
Lyons provided the meatball and right field provided the Piscotty.

[ilcardsfan]

Great sequence Matt Bowman!

Those inside fastballs were Maddux-esque.

I said the first time I saw him he reminds me of Maddux (ball movement, speed)

[Speedy G]

Somebody tell Piscotty that once he finds the wall, it isn't going anywhere.

[Oz-iz-God]

Some credit to Matheny for getting the matchup he wanted.

Lyons just gives up too many HRs to be a reliable situational reliever.

Yup, tip o' the cap there - Matheny outhustled Maddon on that exchange. Burned Schwarber and the cubs best righty off the bench so that he could still get an extremely favorable matchup with Jay and his tendency to roll the ball over to 2b in a DP situation going against a worm-burner in Bowman.

Point, Matheny.

[barnbird]

Just not him we have a shoddy defense he looked very awkward on that play but I have seen him make some good ones as well maybe the wind had some effect ?

[ilcardsfan]

Just not him we have a shoddy defense he looked very awkward on that play but I have seen him make some good ones as well maybe the wind had some effect ?

Sun looked to be a major factor.

[Speedy G]

LOL Maddon let Lackey hit for himself w/ 1 out ahead of a double, then didn't come back out to pitch, b/c he wasted a position player last inning to get to a GDP. Maddon is a genius!

[Redbirdfan1]

We send up a guy to bunt...

Battle of the idiots

[barnbird]

LOL Maddon let Lackey hit for himself w/ 1 out ahead of a double, then didn't come back out to pitch, b/c he wasted a position player last inning to get to a GDP. Maddon is a genius!

He may be a bit over rated I know there was a fair amount of folks including me that wanted him to replace Gump.

[Indy CardsFan]

The strike zone today has been a bit interesting

[Sonicblast12]

Maddon has a lot of the same quirks that people here hated LaRussa for.

[Redbirdfan1]

Ball 4

[Judge Mental]

Maddon has a lot of the same quirks that people here hated LaRussa for.

Wanting to be the center of attention is one of those quirks.

[Oz-iz-God]

Maddon has a lot of the same quirks that people here hated LaRussa for.

He's a slightly more gregarious version of the same creature.

They're EXTREMELY similar, but on their good moments and bad. In ye olde days, had we had Maddon instead of LaRussa, there'd have been a Maddon Faction just as LaRussa had.

[barnbird]

Carp sucks

[Sonicblast12]

There's Carpenter, just out there being unlucky again!

[Redbirdfan1]

Marp looked super in that big spot

[Speedy G]

Carp couldn't pull the trigger on his pitch then chased ball 4. He's more out of whack than I recall ever seeing him.

[Sonicblast12]

Stroppppp!

[Sonicblast12]

Terrible hitting team. Terrible.

[Redbirdfan1]

We couldn't get away w an inning like that

Loss is coming. Book it

[Speedy G]

They absolutely must have someone other than Molina hitting 3-4-5.

Hopefully Jerk Store is enjoying his time at home.

[Dale E Wetzel]

Thank goodness for that Molina contract extension. We sure needed to pay him like he's the best catcher in the game. Nice con job, Yadi.

[Redbirdfan1]

Yadi comes thru a lot.

However that is why you plant Sierra in CF.

[IITC]

This is why I listen to games now. I couldn't watch this shit and even pretend to enjoy it.

[IITC]

LOL. Peralta. He must be on the team for his bat.

[barnbird]

Peralta did not even look the runner back

[IITC]

Beaten by Jason Heyward. There's no way for this to get any worse.

[IITC]

Well, just checked. .465 Ops for Peralta so no, he still sucks at everything.

[Speedy G]

Sierra isn't ready.

[Oz-iz-God]

How many times have we seen this game this year?

Get a couple runs, fritter away a dozen scoring chances, play stupid defense that leads to a couple runs, lose in the late innings.

Rinse, repeat.

Probably a dozen times or more they've played this exact ballgame this year.