Chicago Cubs preview against Pittsburgh Pirates, Monday 9/21, 6:05 CT

News item:

I imagined it would be Rex Brothers An alternate location has been chosen in South Bend to make room for Jose Quintana In the active list.

Monday notes:

• About John: John Lister He enters the start of the night after he has delivered 993 rounds in his country Cubs Career, so he’s seven roles short of becoming the eighth left-handed pitcher in Cubs’ history with no fewer than 1,000 rounds, and the first since Ken Holtzmann (1447 rounds from 1965-1979). Most likely, this will happen on his next round, but it would be nice if he throws seven tonight. More on John below.
• Road Warriors: The Cubs have performed better offensively on the road this season … The club has scored an average of 243 (168 versus 690) with 33 Homers in 20 road games, compared to an average of 2,1010 (211 versus 1,003) with 30 Homers in 33 home games.
• More road warriors: Jason Hayward The Cubs drive an average of 358 (19 versus 53) and 463 OBP on the road. Hayward, Kyle SchwarberAnd Anthony RizzoAnd Javier Bayes And David Bout They all have five homers on the road this season.
• Even more warriors on the roads: Cubs has scored 44 points in their last seven road matches (6.3 points per game), including four matches with at least eight runs.
• on the other side: In 12 matches since 7 September, the Cubs have allowed only eight players, while they have only won four games on their home turf. The eight homeowners allowed are tied for second in major majors during this period, while the four house strikes are the lowest for major majors during this period.

Here are today’s details.

Cubs Lined up:

Hackers Lined up:

Reinhold Maathai – USA Sports Day

After a few rough outings, John Lister was doing pretty well with his last two matches: 11 rounds, seven strokes, two tracks and nine strokes. He started two games against the pirates this year. One was good, The other not much.

Throughout his career, John was the rocker who rose when the occasion called for it. This is an occasion. Even at about 37 years old, I think he has enough to throw a good game tonight.

JT Brubaker appears for the tenth time in MLB (8th start). Two of those previous nine matches were against the Cubs, and three innings were relief August 1 at Wrigley Field (The Cubs won the game anyway) and a good start September 3 at PNC Park.

He has started two initiatives since then, Get bombed by White Sox And Throw well against the Reds.

These are very small sample sizes, but Brubaker has 7.08 ERA in 20 PNC rounds compared to 1.76 ERA in 15 road rounds.

If this continues, the cubs can break off bats tonight.

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The 2020 Game Thread action will be the same as used in previous years. Here’s how it works.

You’ll find a game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before match time (90 minutes for some early day games after night games).

Meanwhile, the StoryStream containing the preview will also be posted on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) Game Series (Day of the Week / Date).” It will contain every thread associated with that particular game, including First Pitch Thread and all overflow strings, plus the summary when posted. The feed will also appear on the first page as a separate post.

You will also be able to find the Preview, First Pitch Thread, and all redundant threads in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Thread” at the bottom of the first page (you can also find it in the link to this section). StoryStream for each game can also be found in this section.

The first offer message thread will be posted five minutes before the match, then the message thread will be bypassed at 1 hour 2 hours and 2:45 pm after the scheduled match time.

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