Sunday notes …
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Divide the difference: This is the 24th in the 39 series of the Cubs in which they divided the first two games. A series had no third match. The Cubs were 13-9 in the third games of the other, including 8-5 on the road. After losing, then won, they have 6-7 in all third games and 4-5 on the road. In the past 10 seasons, the Cubs have a 6-4 sheet in all third games in St. Louis after dividing the first two and 5-2 in the final of the three-game series. (Gracious BCB Johnw53)
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MILESTONE: This evening’s match will be the 1,200th Cubs match in St. Louis since 1901, the first year in the modern era. The Cubs won 544, lost 645 and equal to 10, for a percentage of victories of 0.457. The teams played 1,2016 games in Chicago, where the percentage of the Cubs is 99 higher points, 0.556, with 664 victories, 530 losses and 7 links. (Gracious BCB Johnw53)
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A large second half: Matt Shaw, 19 games since the Stars break: .333 / .356 / .754 (19 for 57) with four doubles, one triple, six circuits, 13 products produced, three stolen bases and 11 points scored.
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Towards the right direction: Inby Swanson, last five games: .333 / .333 / .667 (6 for 18) with two circuits and four points scored.
Here are the details of today.
Cubs lineage:
Range of cardinals:
Shōta imanaga, LHP against Sonny Gray, Rhp
Shōta Imanaga returned from his injury to the hamstrings on June 26 in Saint-Louis and launched five rounds at one time. Aside from an abnormal bad start against White Sox, Shōta has been very good since his return. On the whole in eight departures since his return from the injury, he has an MPM of 3.43 and 0.896 Whip and only three walks in 44.2 innings, which gives him a walking rate of 4.8% for the season. It’s just a little higher than its walking rate of 4.0% last year.
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When you launch as many strikes, you will abandon circuits, and in the eight departures mentioned above, Shōta has granted nine circuits. Keep the ball in the stadium and it should have a good evening.
Sonny Gray is 35 years old now, 36 in November, and the cardinals have to pay him $ 35 million in 2026 (plus a redemption of $ 5 million in 2027), that’s probably why they could not exchange it on the deadline.
He set up a year with an era (4.21) considerably above what his career era entered in 2025 (3.51). It is very well thrown against the cubs in the past (era for life of 2.84 in 14 departures), but did not face them this year.
Gray has just started where he held the dodgers for a sure blow in seven -rounds on August 4 at the Dodger stadium. But in his three starts before that, he had an MPM of 11.48 and granted five circuits in 13.1 rounds to the D-Backs, Padres and Marlins.
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So, ¯ \ _
