Cubs drop first game of Tigers series in disappointing 8-5 loss in extras

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Vinny Rotino 0:00

Thanks to Tyler Beterbaugh on that open. It's already got Marshall Harris giggling on this Tuesday. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Why are you laughing?

Marshall Harris 0:10

Why is Mark want to bring up the bad stuff? Got so much good stuff. I learned a lot about Mark's anxiety yesterday and how it works and why he flashes back to inopportune moments per se.

Vinny Rotino 0:19

Yeah, I mean, we all do that, I think, a little bit as sports fans. You know, we all flash back to certain things and we're like, oh, no.

Marshall Harris 0:26

Yeah, you could have the merit, but he lets it debilitate him.

Vinny Rotino 0:29

Exhibit A, all of us reading Justin Steele's tweet about his outlook for the season. Sometimes we know. Sometimes we have a feeling. Other times we're pleasantly surprised. And then other times, Marshall, I feel like we have... reasons to believe that things are good, reasons to believe that things aren't as ideal as you'd like. And then that's where I feel like the mixed bag of the Cubs game came in last night. Because I don't know about you, but you turn it on and I'm like, it's five minutes in and it's already four to nothing. And then I'm like, ah, poor Jamison Tyard may have some rust. And then Tommy Hadovie goes out there, he settles down and we see how he's able to ease back in. He says it's not rust.

Vinny Rotino 1:11

He claims it's not rust. We'll get into that a little bit, but it was an eight to six Tigers win where even when the Cubs were down two runs before the game ended up ultimately being tied, it did feel like they were going to win the ball game. Then they didn't. So the defense, unfortunately, doesn't come through like we've seen it. You know, Kenley Jansen, I was for sure thinking you get to 21 pitches before Alex Bregman comes up with the bases loaded on 38-year-old Kenley Jansen. He's been at this a while, friends. I'm like, ah, this is where you want to be. But it was an 8-6 ballgame in 10 where the Tigers end up winning, and that's something that we've said a lot since the start of June. I feel like there are some things that could still –

Vinny Rotino 1:55

Show you that, oh, this is a team that still has deficiencies in areas where you would like to see the team do better. You know, we know JMO's going to give up some home runs. I said, you know, if I could limit those to two solo shots, I'd be happy. That didn't happen yesterday where there were two shots. One of them was solo. And then... You know, you've got the right guy facing Kenley, for example, when it counts. And then also your defense has to come through there in order to have a chance to win the ball game. So that's where I felt with it. But I know you feel a little more optimistic about the way the Cubs battled in this first game of the series.

Marshall Harris 2:28

A couple of things here. I guess I give more grace to Jamison Tyone than most, and I understand why there's trepidation there because he's had issues with home runs. When he got hurt, he was leading the league in home runs allowed with 20 at that point. Right. And then he comes back, and this may be PTSD for Cubs fans who have watched Jamison Tyone in his career to be like, I'm on the mound and pop, pop, pop, pop. Four hits, four runs.

Vinny Rotino 2:54

Ray and I both look at each other. Were you thinking the PCA sound effect there, too?

Marshall Harris 2:58

Yes.

Vinny Rotino 2:59

Yeah. But it's not your team.

How did the Cubs fall behind 4-0 in the first five minutes of the game?

Vinny Rotino 3:01

So like, can we do it? Because those were not the ones you wanted. These are not the droids you were looking for.

Marshall Harris 3:06

No, but to see him give up those four hits in rapid succession, like you barely had time to breathe.

Vinny Rotino 3:13

I was watching the Sox and Rangers game because I was like, ooh, Jacob DeGrom's on the mound. And I'd seen what DeGrom had done against the Cubs. And I'm like, ooh, challenge issued. DeGrom's on the mound.

Why did Jamison Tyone struggle early and how did he settle in?

Vinny Rotino 3:25

The whip was 101 going into this game. Game time temperature's a nice 72 in Arlington with the temp being 99 outside. And the game gets delayed. You know, there were storms that rolled through. There was rain that rolled through. So you had a cushion there to start watching one of the games. We have to watch both. We love and hate our children equally, whether or not you choose to believe it.