I went to the game tonight with my Dad. Some thoughts, the parking at the stadium is a mess. Unless you pay for a parking pass ahead of time, you better plan on walking to the stadium. We thought we were going to miss the first couple innings.
When we got to the stadium, it was quite funny. The Cubs fans standing in line to go inside the stadium we’re saying how their team was up 4-0 and bragging and such. That didn’t last long. Lol
The top 6 guys in the lineup looked really good and dangerous. Grandal was amazing in his first start back! Vaughn hit the ball really well. Was robbed on that one homerun. Garcia and Hernandez were the only weak spots. Hernandez played good defensively though.
The Cubs made some pathetic plays that cost them big time. That one popup that was dropped by Romine and Heyward’s miscue on Grandal’s double in RF we’re downright brutal. You can tell the Cubs fans around us were frustrated and shaking there heads.
We should’ve started Lopez over Kuechel. The bullpen wasn’t awful outside of Kimbrel’s performance. We left in the 7th inning so we didn’t see the end but I think Kimbrel will turn it around eventually. I think he’s being put into situations that he’s not used to being in and the game was really long. They had Ruiz warming up with Kimbrel so I don’t know why they didn’t put Ruiz in. Didn’t make any sense.
The stadium was electric and had that playoff feel to it! Go Sox!