3 takeaways from series win over Atlanta
ATLANTA – The Cubs of Chicago brought Justin Turner, 40, during the offseason to obtain departures to the point against left -handers and deliver in key moments.
Even when it is against one of the best left -handers in the game and a good friend, Chris Sale.
Turner and Sale spent the 2013 season as teammates in Boston, forging a friendship. During the fourth round of a match tied Wednesday with a runner in second position, the sale quickly got ahead of Turner 0-2 out of two sliders inside, but Turner fought to make him count. When the sale left a cursor in the middle of the plate, Turner jumped for a double RBI.
The Cubs nailed during a race in the fifth of the Sacrifice of Seiya Suzuki’s sacrifice, and the 4 laundry rounds of the LEVEUR enclosure helped them to ensure a 3-2 victory against the Braves.
Turner had previously faced the sale three times before Wednesday, all in a 2019 match, collecting two strokes, including a Home Run.
“It’s always fun to compete with him because I know he is the ultimate competitor,” said Turner.
The Cubs (83-63) got back on Monday to win the series with consecutive victories. There are three points to remember from their performance at Truist Park.
1. The racing game starts again
The aggressiveness of the Cubs to try to steal bases played an important role in the production of the offensive during the first half of the season.
This successful basic flight level had been lacking recently, in part because the most competent basic thieves of Cubs, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker, had not been put on the basis of a large clip or had been put in good condition. There was a slight change this month and especially during their series in Atlanta.
The Cubs slipped six bases in their three games, regularly testing the Atlanta recruit recruiter Drake Baldwin. Two of their three interceptions scored on Wednesday. The 15th flight of the year in Inby Swanson put it in a position to go home on the double of Turner while the flight of Nico Hoerner of third goal, his 26th in the general classification this season, allowed him to affect the flight of Suzuki and presented himself as the decisive race of the game.
The 14 flights of Cubs in September led the majors.
“I think that is part of our identity, and we talked about it a few days ago, remembering who we are, using our athletics to create opportunities to score races,” said Turner. “It’s easy when you go out and go up 15 shots and make 10 points. But when you are faced with difficult pitching, especially in the section, when you enter in October, it is a question of finding ways to create an offense. And I think this series we have done a very good job with our legs, creating a lot of chances.”
2. Jameson Taillon delivers in return from He
In the heels of the quality of the quality of Shota Imanaga in the defeat of Monday and another stellar outing of Cade Horton on Tuesday (a round in 6 1/3 innings), Jameson Taillon left the injured list on Wednesday, needing to keep the match in search of the sale for Atlanta.
Taillon did its part by limiting the brave to two points and six strokes in 4 1/3 rounds. He walked two and withdrew two out of 79 throws. Taillon remaining healthy on the section to give the cubs sleeves is important for a rotation that the manager Craig Counsell could seek to find ways to potentially build a certain rest before the playoffs if they can lock a place in the playoffs, and the head of Joker seeds, earlier than later.
“(Taillon) did a good job,” said receiver Carson Kelly, who dominated on Wednesday. “Perhaps a little rough on the edges at the beginning, then settled, executed good throws, made grounds when he needed it and came out of a few jams. So, really good to find him.”
3. The offense finds a means
It has not always been pretty in the past two months when it comes to scoring races.
The Cubs did not clearly ride as they were in the first 3 1/2 months, largely because their key strikers did not hit. But the best teams find a way to do so, and the stability of the Cubs pitching staff helped them avoid falling in the classification, because the offense deals with collective inconsistencies.
Despite the withdrawal of eight of the first 12 works of strikers with which the sale was confronted, the offensive found a way to scratch three points. The sale entered the night after granting two points or less during its last 13 departures.
