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Falter gives up a two out single to Bellinger but retires Morel on a fly ball to right. He’s only thrown 67 pitches through seven innings. No score. Onto the 8th.

Surgnbuck wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 4:41 pm ... this could easily be a 0-0 game going into the 5-6 inning.

Nice call.

Leiter replaces Imanaga but Williams, McCutchen, and Reynolds all strike out.

If Skenes was given the zone the Cubs had today , I would guess he goes 7 with 14-15 Ks.

A one out walk and a single have Cubs at the corners in the 8th. Need a double play ball.

Mastrobuoni grounds into a force out. No run scores. Two down.

Holderman coming on to get the final out in the 8th. Great performance by Falter today. If he keeps this up, he’s going to return a nice trade piece in July.

Holderman walks the bases loaded. Wisdom up.

I don't see why Falter had to come out after a weak ground ball to 1B. But Shelton seems to hate starters going deep in games.

Holderman gets down to business, strikes out Wisdom on three pitches. To the 9th we go, still 0-0. We need a couple of runs because Bellinger’s due up in the Cubs half.