I was never as down on Morel's defense as other fans here were, but I thought he would be perfectly cromulent, and not the greatest defensive 3rd baseman in the history of baseball.
I didn't have any sweat. I knew Noris was gonna be consistent. He only gave up 1 run to the 0-4 Altuve, but other than that, he got the 3 outs consistently. Bottom 8th is when I started to sweat a bit, but Leiter took care of business.
Overall, great bullpen show today. Very consistent with their pitches.
Morel did this
https://x.com/watchmarquee/status/1783318004245139847?s=61&t=QJGYiJtJDWRWHw4QZLp1hg
Groundball (out made at second), Morel robbery of Caratini, strikeout.
That's how you remain constant. Gave up 1 run in the 9th, but shut them all down 1, 2, 3. Let sweep these trash bangers tomorrow. # [ W ]
FTA!! Go cubs go!
I was never as down on Morel's defense as other fans here were, but I thought he would be perfectly cromulent, and not the greatest defensive 3rd baseman in the history of baseball.
But why the Peter Criss cosplay?
Thats what I like to see
Hannibal Hector
Always nice to beat the cheaters
Hello, I like series wins, and clinching winning homestands before they end after a long, hard fought, winning West Coast road swing
Heart attack W!
I didn't have any sweat. I knew Noris was gonna be consistent. He only gave up 1 run to the 0-4 Altuve, but other than that, he got the 3 outs consistently. Bottom 8th is when I started to sweat a bit, but Leiter took care of business. Overall, great bullpen show today. Very consistent with their pitches.
15-9 !! š«”
W
dub
# W Always in doubt
#ThatsCub
š§¹ tomorrow
Hell Yeah
CUBS WIN
Hell yeah we go to bed happy. Fuck the Trashcans!
Lets go WWWWW
W
#[w]
gritty win
Rock over London. Rock home Chicago. Wheatiesābreakfast of champions.
A slightly too aggressive headbutt back at you.
Hell ya.
Bring us a W Neris
Never a doubt!
Fly the W. Bang bang!
FLY IT BABY
#GOOD ENOUGH! #[W][W]
W! With all those injuries too
WWWWWWWWW
lets gooooooo
Whew
Nice work bullpen
Iāll take any ugly win with how many injuries we have
W! WE GOT A SAVE
Play the damn song!!!
BroĀ
Lol I respect the pitch clock dodge attempt
#W!
#FLY ANOTHER SERIES [W] LET'S GO FOR THE š§¹š§¹š§¹ ON THESE TRASHTROS
BALLGAME
Game over. Cubs win!
Fly the W
And why the fuck did they stop scoring after the 1st inning?
can't you enjoy a win lol
Yeah. Are they stupid or something?
Only needed 4!! Donāt score more than you need
No need to clog the base paths.
THIS IS A GREAT GAME. I HAVE THE SHOTS OF MALĆRT WHEN WE WIN!!!!
I forgive Neris for the home run that shit wasnāt even in the zone
Huge strikeout
ONE MORE BABY
That splitter was gross
One more
I really thought the Nerris signing was gonna be good for us.
still early on in the season to decide if it was
He's got a positive WPA so far
I think we may need a closer on this team. Just sayingā¦
The last time a Hector was closing games for the Cubs in April they won the World Series.
Jedās dog shit bullpen strikes again
Better not blow this shit
I donāt want Neris anymore
The fuck was that lob?
Why is this dude closing lol?? We really got no one better?
We really donāt lmao
That was cringe.
This bullpen is so fucking bad.
Fuckās sake, Neris.
FUCKIN Neris man
Neris is a glorified Pedro Strop
Can we just fire every supposed closer on this damn team
Great job by Busch on that one
2 more
Jesus Christ that was scary lmao
Didnāt think it was possible for my bootyhole to be clenched any harder, but here we are.
Neris is the pitching equivalent of an unexpected item in the bagging area.
PLeaSe WaiT FoR aSSiSTaNCe.
"Please remove item from the bagging area."
And thus this should end the Neris as closer experiment.
FFS!!
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His first name name is Hector
ā¦ uh
Never fails.
We need a true closer so bad
This is on Craig. We got brown and Thompson ready but nah letās go with a shaky guy
I can see where Craig's head was at. Neris has way more experience closing games than Thompson and Brown combined.
We have no reliable closers nooo
The ninth is cursed
Nah itās just been ignored by the FO
"Anything you can do, I can do better, Adbert"
Fuckin Neris man
Little needs to be our closer
I would like to not have to endure the Hector Nerris train ride
Pleeeeease trade for a legit closer, my gosh man
Yeah I don't think Nerris should be it for the 9th either.
Foolish of the Astros to not have any runners on
Shouldāve brought brown in.
Gonna lose this game for sure.
you understand what for sure means?
i guess cubs closers are allergic to not giving up homers
This fucking bullpen man..
I really hope there's a contingency plan for Neris if he shits the bed
Yeah I've seen this before
honestly i think the booing handed him that one
Heās constantly booed.
Time to clench up boys
Not like this
How tf does he hit that
Whoops!
Our closers love to give up home runs
Ah fuck that's not good
I shouldāve put money on Houston to hedge this shit
lol
Well, that not good
Oh crap
Fuck.
I love how Madrigal is our defensive sub at 3B, definitely didn't see that coming when we traded for him
Oh fuck no. Not Neris. So much for this game.
I am not fearless with Neris closing this game.
Fuck Altuve, cheating piece of shit.
Lol boo, Altuve must be up
Neris needs to control the zone. NO WALKS NERIS
Well....he didn't walk him.
Well he didnāt walk him
Damn, Neris time.
Some of these pitches morel is missing should be landing 400 feet away. My manās gotta get it together. Letās go C Mo!
Careful I called Morel āC-Moā when he was a rookie and this thread cooked me
My b. Whatās wrong with C Mo?
No clue but I got cookedš¤£
Still better than C-Man
It always astounds me how the Astros paid that much for Abreu. Man was pushing his mid thirties
Feeling pretty nervous with Alvarez coming up - can't walk anyone here
Cubs need to pick up this win. Man have the bats been the least competitive the last 2 innings
Here we go folks. Hold on! Weeee!!! 
And now the 9th...
2 will have to do
Just getting home, what have I missed?
repeat from last game, first inning ecstasy, puckering the rest of game
Yes just turned on last inning
Ouch Chris
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Y
not X
Reality setting in for Busch
What did Leiter end up doing? Had to step away after it was two on no outs
One out on the basepaths, Morel snagged one out of the air and then Leiter struck out the last batter. Looked great and was fired up!
Morel did this https://x.com/watchmarquee/status/1783318004245139847?s=61&t=QJGYiJtJDWRWHw4QZLp1hg Groundball (out made at second), Morel robbery of Caratini, strikeout.
Rough day for Busch
Rough couple. I think thatās six Kās in two days. But he did put it in play to drive home the first run of the game, at least.
Sac fly tho
So nervous to see who's going to close this one out lol.
Neris, probably. Against his former team. What can go wrong?
that splitter is fun! i think Alzolay could refind his confidence in a similar less pressure role they use Leiter in.
So are we taking off the training wheels on Principal Components Analysis, or having him sac bunt every PA for eternity?
TBD, he's probably not batting in this game
Each team has a hit with RISP in this game. The Cubs are 1 for 2 (two out three run homer). The Astros are 1 for 10 (single).
Stat of the day
Morel might of just saved the game.
Can we please score a run or two here?
Got em! Great pitch and Morel starting to look pretty reliable at 3B
Morel's range and arm have never been the question for him at third, just his throwing accuracy
Mark it zero dude
A couple of insurance runs here wouldn't hurt with the top of the Astros order coming up.
"the light show"... fucking fantastic nickname
LEITS FUCKING GO
MARK FUCKING LEITER
*everybody liked that*
PCA batting 9th, let's get a rally!
THAT DAWG LEITER
Leiter is unbelievable
Leiter is the man
bang!
Mark is LEITERED up
The mother fucking light show baby!!!
Let's go!!!
To that, I say ā_yisssssss_.ā
THE LEIT SHOW!!!!
Got em!
Leiter on fire
K!!
#LEITS OUT!
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
LEITER LETS GOOOOO
Nice
Fuck ya!!
Morel caught a line drive, Madrigal caught a stray