Craig Counsell waved the white flag too early in Cubs' 13-7 loss to Phillies
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What happened in the Cubs' 13-7 loss to the Phillies?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. I don't want to break time. I want to yell at Marshall. Can we handle more Anthony Heron? Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.
First pitch, line towards, bounce towards short, actually. Dansby Swanson throws, and this ball bounces off the glove of Amaya. It rolls over toward the Philly dugout and out of play. And another run will score.
Rough day at first base. And Miguel Amaya with no Michael Bush and a Cubs 13-7 loss to the Phillies last night as we welcome you back to Rahimi Harris and Grody here on 104.3 The Score. We'll get some of your text messages on Schwarber. They're all over the place. I love it. 312-644-6767 to text or to call if you are moved to do so here. But, Marshall, there was another way to look at the game last night for the Cubs, and that was through the lens of the manager.
Yeah, you know, Craig Council had decisions to make, and obviously he stuck with what he stuck with as far as his starting rotation. I find it very interesting that right after the game, we find out that it will not be Colin Ray making the start today, although he is expected to pitch, be the bolt guy, but we're going to go opener. And Riley Martin... His fourth major league appearance at the age of, what, 28?
28, yep.
He will be the guy who starts as a lefty, and he's been good so far. Three games, three and a third innings pitch, three strikeouts. And they said, you know what? This Kyle Schwarber thing is a problem. That Bryce Harper thing also could be very problematic for a not-premium right-handed starter such as, I don't know, Javier Asad, Colin Ray. Yeah, it is all a problem. And so it was curious to me that Craig Council opts to go with Riley Martin ahead of Colin Ray, but yet he didn't have the foresight to think that might be the approach at a hostile environment such as Citizens Bank Park with Javier Assad on the mound. Why didn't you do that, Craig? Why didn't you do that? Just have Riley Martin out there, the lefty, to start both of these games.
And then going a little bit further, we talk about the game getting out of hand, right? 13-2. But the game wasn't over when they had a chance to come back in last night's game. And I'm looking at a very specific moment in the seventh inning where the Cubs get their leadoff batter aboard in Matt Shaw. And obviously, big lead, starters out of the game, and you've got your lesser bullpen, your low leverage relievers in the game if you're the Phillies. So after a Matt Shaw walk, why did Scott Kingery then pinch hit For Nico Horner. Give Nico Horner an at-bat. Let's see if you can get something started. Maybe then Grody's dream, his wildly thought out, wildly dream, would have come to reality of a Cubs comeback win.
Why are you giving up on your team, Craig Council?
That's essentially what happened, and sometimes managers do that. where they're like for the better betterment of a 162 game season some games you're gonna lose and just act accordingly i hear what you're saying though man like more than ever it felt like with the cubs specifically and i talked about last year maybe during craig's tenure um and i'm sure it's with other teams too how many times have we seen the The position player pitcher seems to have been more present than ever. I don't know that the Cubs have done that yet this year, but it does feel like we're headed in short order towards that with having to do what you gotta do when you have two starting pitchers out. Cade Horton done for the year, and Matthew Boyd, I guess he's getting his
His bicep together.
Yeah, his bicep together and his rehab starting could be back within the next couple of weeks or so. But this is a very fair, and we knew this, that this would be a very fragile, tricky time for the Cubs as good as it was with Javier Saab the first time and Colin Ray the first time. At some point in time, the guys that are not in your starting rotation, in your top five... they're going to get exposed. Javier Saad, eventually, everybody loves Javier Saad, but Javier Saad probably is not a starting pitcher, a top five starting pitcher in a rotation.
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