OK, time for a tight leash on Cease in the 6th.

2 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Or course Yoan only gets hits when he can't drive anyone in. 

 

Bat him 1st 

Just now, Capn12 said:

OK, time for a tight leash on Cease in the 6th.

Considering they hit 2 ropes to end the 5th, definitely. 

Uh.......

The lead! aaaaaaaaaaaand its gone.

Just now, YoYoIsMyHero said:

Bat him 1st 

Pre-August Yoan would have been a great leadoff hitter. He doesn't like hitting leadoff though and Tim is never gonna lose that spot. 

Cease gives it right back.  FFS. 

Rats!

Cease has been pretty bad since the 3rd. 

That was an abysmal pitch and location, woof.

Can Cease not crap the bed when he sits between innings. jesus. 

So frustrating 

its ok Burr is up

Burr? 

Murphy ain't biting on the slider. 

OK, he definitely has no idea where it is going, at this point.

Why Burr? Another game thrown.

1 minute ago, maloney.adam said:

Why Burr? Another game thrown.

Probably cause we just gave up the lead and Bummer, Crochet, and Hendriks probably aren't available. 

We probably get Kopech or Tepera in the 7th/8th and Kimbrel to close it if we get a lead. 

Edited August 19, 20214 yr by chw42

Just now, maloney.adam said:

Why Burr? Another game thrown.

Tepera, Crochet, Bummer and Hendriks likely unavailable.

It was smart to save Kimbrel for today at least

Call me crazy, but I'm starting to think this Andrew Vaughn guy is pretty good.

2 minutes ago, maloney.adam said:

Why Burr? Another game thrown.

When will this board realize we can't throw Kopech, Hendriks, and Kimbrel in every high leverage inning? in 162 game season you have to make some chances with your lesser bullpen guys in big spots.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Tepera, Crochet, Bummer and Hendriks likely unavailable.

Tepera didn't throw that much yesterday, did he? I don't think we should throw Bummer just because he got hit pretty hard yesterday, even though I think he only went 20 pitches. 

1 minute ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

It was smart to save Kimbrel for today at least

Kimbrel was not available yesterday. He was out of town because his grandfather passed away.

Bring in Giolito!!!!!  This is a life or death game!!!!!