Improved Box Score: Cubs 6, Cardinals 3 – August 18, 2020

A breezy four hours and 10 minutes following this sport started, the Chicago Cubs claimed their second consecutive victory on the again of a four out overall look (and in the end help save) from Rowan Wick, who now has a staff-primary 4 will save this season. How about that? I assume he and Jeremey Jeffress will keep on to get the most conserve opportunities here in the limited-term, until eventually Craig Kimbrel proves that the advancements he’s revealed in excess of his previous two outings are here to stay.

As for the starter, Yu Darvish, his all round results were being good tonight (6. IP, 1ER), as he notched his fourth consecutive top quality start whilst keeping his Era at a pristine 1.80, but there was hassle. Although he struck out 7 and walked just 1, Darvish allowed 8 hits and a great deal of hard contact. Even nevertheless, he labored his way out of a enormous instant early in the recreation, that may have in the long run tipped this 1 in favor of Chicago:

The Cubs had a couple of other tense moments in this sport, but also benefited from a few double-plays – that’ll normally do the trick.

Offensively, it was a huge evening for interim leadoff man, Ian Happ, who achieved foundation four times, including his fifth homer, a single, and two walks. I have a experience that if he carries on to acquire the leadoff PAs in Kris Bryant’s absence and carries on to get on base in the course of action, he could finish up using around that place in advance of the season is more than. Just a feeling.

Jason Heyward also experienced a great night time at the plate, employing the reverse industry when grabbing two hits, but the other unforgettable instant in this 1 belonged to the still left fielder, Kyle Schwarber, who strike a monster blast that made Javy Baez enjoy it fly like a kid enjoying small league:

Speaking of Baez, his evening acquired off to a tough start off (2Ks), but he finally additional a double and a wander, prior to flying out to right discipline (we like looking at him go the other way). Hopefully, that is some development toward reestablishing himself at the plate.

The Cubs experienced 9 hits all round as well as 8 walks and definitely grinded Cardinals pitchers into the ground tonight, so excellent on them. It was a long just one, but it is above and the Cubs have moved to 15-7.

By the way, the upcoming video game starts off in about 14 hours … and there is a further a single just after that.

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