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Sometimes teams will win a bullpen game against another team‘s ace.

Baseball is so unpredictable. The White Sox almost won that game last night with four hits. It would be like a football team winning a game with only four first downs.

Who was that kid that lived in Charlotte and would hang around the park watching for players getting called up. We need to put him on the case lol

No matter which team won that game last night, to me, it was an example of how great baseball is. Now that the Cubs and Sox are both good at the same time, it takes the crosstown series to another level. Any baseball fan who watched that game had to be enthralled. Who knows, maybe these teams will meet in the World Series, and that would be one for the ages.

Thanks for kicking it off, I suppose my hot hand had to stop at some point, but I'm never making a gamethread again after last night's debacle!

I don’t mean me and you need to know, but that the Sox need to now so they can ensure the player is actually in Chicago for the time of the game.

Sox have one of the better DH "situations" in the league right now, I think that's fair to say, both guys seem super comfortable in their role plus Grichuk does offer some defensive value as well

I think most of us agree with this

I would like to see 2 changes to the game. ABS is used on every pitch for balls and strikes. The 26-man roster is expanded to 28 and the ghost runner is no longer used for extra innings.

I so want to batter around Gausman for having our Sox on his no trade list but not the Cubbies.......screw you Kev!!!!!

Benintendi is up to .250 and he is now at 62 RBI this year. But with the L/R swaps he as over 100 less plate appearances but has less than 10 RBI than Vargas the leader. Maybe give him some Lefty spots as well to see how he does against some the left side.

He will be in the starting line up the next two games with a Cub RHP. Venable will have a Grich bullet at the ready if a LHP comes in.

Meh, we don’t really need to know. They know who it’s gonna be and I bet they person will be with the team by end of day, without announcement until his start is announced

Here is the current OPS vs LHP for the 5 outfield options if Grichuk is at DH: .595 (SA), .621 (BD), .524 (BM), .497 (LA), .383 (TP) This is a giant reason for their struggles in the second half against LHP

Or Rogers challenges the one that was clearly a strike. Instead he challenges a borderline pitch, loses and can't challenge the other one that would have been strike 3. Also, Sam needs to stop wasting challenges early in the game.

You can say that about just about every game for any team really. But can't count on the ump. Error lead to an unearned run.

That may be the plan. Or have whoever travel just in case. Not like they can't fly back to re-join Charlotte and pitch the next game there.

Should have been a win if the umpire could just call balls and strikes properly.

Should have been a 5-4 win if Vargas eats it at 3B instead of throwing the ball into RF

It's honestly kind of encouraging that: 1) The Sox were not good at the plate. 2) Their defense was putrid. 3) They got screwed by the ump. 4) The game was poorly managed. 5) Players continue to suck at challenging. 6) Cubs got a ton of lucky ass hits. And... they still went to extra innings. Go win the next two.

One thing's for sure-- the guys lost that one as a team. And on this glorious brand new day they will WIN as a team! Let's go!

Did Roger’s make any type of statement as to why he failed to challenge. Does he get a free pass?

The problem is tomorrow is a day game, so we kind of need to know if we’ll need one of the Charlotte guys for tomorrow so you can ensure they can get here in time. I think if you plan to use both Fedde & Urquidy, then you have no choice to bring up Thorpe (or Shane) for tomorrow’s game.

If I am managing today I use Hudson to open the game for an inning. Then it's a combination of Fedde/Urquidy to cover the next 6-7 innings depending on the score. If we are winning then Taylor gets the 9th. you have to save your pen and the rest of the guys. Then we figure out tomorrow when tomorrow comes