Thursday, March 28, 2024

To Absolutely Nobody’s Surprise, Cubs Get Dominated By Corbin Burnes

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Yeah, the Cubs suck right now and Corbin Burnes has been amazing.

Top 1

Corbin Burnes strikes out Ian Happ to start the series finale.

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Eric Sogard flies out to shallow right-center field.

Anthony Rizzo hits it hard, but right into the shift. Keston Hiura throws him out.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 0

Bottom 1

Jackie Bradley Jr. doubles to right field as Jason Heyward couldn’t field the ball cleanly when he tried to cut the ball off near the corner.

Daniel Vogelbach smacks the ball to Sogard at second. Bradley advances to third with one out.

Travis Shaw singles down the right-field line. Brewers up 1-0.

Avisail Garcia doubles to center. Happ cuts the ball off and keeps Shaw at third.

Omar Narvaez with another hard-hit ball against Arrieta. A sac-fly to the warning track in left field. Brewers lead 2-0.

Arrieta strikes out Hiura to end the first.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 2

Top 2

Joc Pederson strikes out swinging, but reaches first base safely after the catcher couldn’t locate the ball behind home plate.

Javier Báez strikes out looking on a pitch that looked to be outside.

Jason Heyward serves one down the left-field line for a double. Pederson to third base.

David Bote strikes out swinging.

Austin Romine making his first Cubs’ at-bat. He flies out to the edge of the warning track in right field.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 2

Bottom 2

Billy McKinney grounds out to second.

Arrieta freezes Urias, painting the outside edge for strike 3.

Arrieta strikes out Burnes. Good, quick inning there for Jake after the rough first.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 2

Top 3

Arrieta called out on strikes.

Happ strikes out looking.

Sogard singled up the middle.

Rizzo grounds out to first.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 2

Bottom 3

The strike zone has been wide from Laz Diaz for both teams. Arrieta gets Bradley out on strikes with a ball that was outside.

Vogelbach grounds out to Báez on the right side of the infield.

Shaw homers to left-center. Brewers lead 3-0.

Arrieta lets Diaz know he didn’t like this missed call.

Garcia flies out to Heyward in right field.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Top 4

Pederson bounces one back to Burnes, who makes a mini-hop to field the ball and throw out Joc.

Báez strikes out swinging.

Heyward puts a good swing on the ball, but lines out to left.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Bottom 4

Narvaez flies out to Happ in center field.

Hiura gets on base with a HBP.

McKinney grounds out to Rizzo.

Urias gets intentionally walked.

Burnes hits it hard, but right at Báez to end the inning.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Top 5

Bote flies out to left field.

Romine struck out looking.

Arrieta struck out swinging.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Bottom 5

Arrieta with another strikeout. Gets Bradley swinging.

Vogelbach flies out to Happ in center.

Shaw flies out to right field.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Top 6

Happ grounds out to second.

Sogard grounds out to the right side.

Rizzo strikes out swinging.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 3

Bottom 6

Shelby Miller, who was called up today, making his Cubs debut.

Garcia singles to right-center field.

Narvaez bloops one to left.

Miller walks Hiura and the bases are loaded with no outs.

Miller walks McKinney and it’s 4-0 Brewers.

And Miller walks Urias, another run scores. Miller is done and what an ugly debut. Rookie lefty Justin Steele coming in.

Burnes singles over the drawn-in infield and two more runs score. 7-0 Brewers.

Steele strikes out Bradley.

Steele with his second strikeout.

Báez makes a leaping catch behind second to rob Shaw of a hit.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

Top 7

Joc grounds out to Robertson at second.

Báez flies out to center.

Heyward with another hard-hit ball, gets a single after the ball goes off Robertson in shallow right field.

Bote grounds out to short.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

Bottom 7

Dillon Maples now pitching for the Cubs.

Garcia strikes out swinging.

Narvaez flies out to center field.

Hiura walks.

McKinney grounds out to shortstop.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

Top 8

Romine flies out.

Jake Marisnick strikes out looking.

Happ gets HBP. Ball spiked in front of the plate and then got him.

Sogard flies out to left field.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

Bottom 8

Urias walks.

Maples gets a strikeout swinging.

Bradley strikes out swinging.

Robertson singles.

Shaw strikes out swinging. So, not much positive for the Cubs today, but at least Dillon Maples looked good in his two innings of work.

Score: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

Top 9

Rizzo doubles to right field.

Another ball in the dirt that leads to a HBP. Joc goes to first.

Báez strikes out swinging.

Ildemaro Vargas lines out to Shaw at third base.

Bote grounds out to third to end things.

Yeah, Corbin Burnes is really good. Obviously, the Cubs’ offense isn’t scaring anyone right now.

FINAL: Cubs 0, Brewers 7

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