GDT 6/11/25 Chicago Cubs (Brown, Be) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Luzardo)

[kikutaro]

Nico Hoerner

Called strike (88.1 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (84.6 mph curveball)
Batter Timeout.
Ball (85.3 mph slider)
Foul (97.2 mph sinker)
Foul (88.3 mph cutter)
Ball (97.2 mph sinker)
Ball (97.6 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (89.7 mph cutter)

Nico Hoerner grounds out, third baseman Alec Bohm to first baseman Otto Kemp.

[kikutaro]

Matt Shaw

Ball (97.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (88.9 mph cutter)
Foul (97.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (97.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (97.9 mph sinker)
Ball (97.6 mph sinker)

Matt Shaw walks.

[kikutaro]

Vidal Bruján

Ball in dirt (83.1 mph curveball)
Called strike (97.2 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (96.3 mph sinker)

Vidal Bruján flies out to left fielder Max Kepler.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0
Philadelphia Phillies	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	0		7	10	1

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Current Batters

Chicago Cubs

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ian Happ LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.255	.344	.399	.743
Kyle Tucker RF	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	.274	.387	.508	.895
Seiya Suzuki DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.266	.325	.539	.864
Dansby Swanson SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.240	.293	.424	.717
Carson Kelly C	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.255	.372	.496	.868
Justin Turner 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.213	.300	.266	.566
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.288	.333	.360	.693
Matt Shaw 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.244	.320	.348	.668
Vidal Bruján CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.280	.480
Ben Brown P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Génesis Cabrera P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Drew Pomeranz P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Trea Turner SS	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	.303	.360	.446	.806
Kyle Schwarber DH	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.246	.377	.544	.921
Alec Bohm 3B	4	1	2	4	0	0	1	.283	.319	.398	.717
Nick Castellanos RF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.287	.326	.430	.756
Max Kepler LF	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.210	.296	.380	.676
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.234	.301	.359	.660
Bryson Stott 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.237	.299	.332	.631
Otto Kemp 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.263	.222	.485
Johan Rojas CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.282	.310	.592
Jesús Luzardo P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Max Lazar P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Michael Mercado P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Chicago Cubs

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Ben Brown	5.2	8	6	6	3	5	1	100-64	5.71
Génesis Cabrera	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	19-13	3.46
Drew Pomeranz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	0.00

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Jesús Luzardo	6.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	99-70	4.23
Max Lazar	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	31-22	4.50
Michael Mercado	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	0.00

[xogfog]

Nice win!

[BaseballCat]

Nice team win -great pitching and hitting.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Noticed they flipped Bohm and Kemp defensively. I guess they could be saying Kemp is worse than Bohm at both positions and might as well keep Bohm where he is most comfortable defensively with Harper due back shortly.

I think I heard it stated that because they view Bohm as their regular third baseman once Harper is back, they wanted to move Bohm back there and play Kemp at first base once he felt comfortable at this less familiar position (for him). So I assume they've been working with Kemp during the past week to get a lot of practice reps at first base, and now feel that he's not going to mess up too badly by playing there in real games.

[zambonir]

Yeah it said he'd been working at 1B with Dickerson every day since the call-up.

But now he should start taking flyballs in LF!

[EastFallowfield]

Had 'em all the way, Harry!

[LoneStarPhan]

I listened to most of the game while driving. A nice win and Phillies win series from the Cubs. A step in the right direction.

It was comforting to see Luzardo pitch well again. Only one run in six innings. No walks and ten Ks.

[tom81]

I was at today’s game and was really impressed with Luzardo, he dominated the Cubs lineup and appeared very calm and in control.

[Austinfan]

The impressive thing about Luzardo's performance is it was day time against a good hitting Cubs team.
So it wasn't a "gimme" start against a weak hitting team in a pitcher's ballpark.

I thought it was a matter of tweaks, he was throwing 97-98 when he was getting hit around, so it didn't seem like arm trouble was the issue.

[julio]

The speculation was that he was somehow tipping his pitches; the implication is that he and/or the coaching staff identified what was happening, and corrected it. We'll see, as the season goes on.

[zambonir]

He changed his glove position for sure (per The Athletic story). But it was also pitch selection/mix (including not throwing his sinker even once). And presumably execution. He's certainly not the first great or even good pitcher to have a few awful ones.