hello and welcome to the Cub aars fan report for July the 13th 2024 and great news for the Cubs if you're a cub fan not so good news if you're a Cardinals fan the Cubs won their fifth strike game last night at one point they had a streak going from the previous two shutouts of 32 and two3 straight scoreless Innings and they broke the streak in the ninth inning as the Cubs took a 5 to zero lead into the uh Kyle Hendricks was masterful I think class is back in session for the professor cuz he is looking good he's placing that curve ball throwing a sinker and the change up and he's more than a two-pitch pitcher now and he's a totally different guy he looks like the veteran who has dominated the Cardinals fre a long time and his lifetime against the Cardinals is 14 and4 a 2.57 earned run average he gave up no runs yesterday pitched seven scoreless innings did not let a runner reach second base I am really happy for him because I thought he was gone earlier in the year but it turned out it was an injury and he also left with a stiff stiffness in his back in the second Inning on his last start but he was back at it and the Cubs needed some pitching because they have a double header today um Dansby Swanson had a critical RBI and David bod came in for a pinch hit double down the line driving in two runs I'm really happy for David bod because they finally let him come to the majors and I've been screaming that he needs to be up here and he is hitting really good he's got one of the top batting averages on the team since he's come up and I'm really happy and he's a great Fielder I like when I'm right it's a lot more fun to uh broadcast when you're right and I was right about David bod so in any case the uh the the rookie Hunter biggie who can throw the ball 100 miles hour and has a really good breaking ball struggled in the ninth inning they let him start it because they took that five nothing lead and he got the bases loaded gave up a run and Hector nuris came in with the bases loaded and you know what a tragic comedy he can be but he uh was able to finish the game off with a strike out he caught Nar looking on a strike out on a on a forkball and he was really good he needed to be good cuz the tying run was up to bat with the bases loaded at a 5 to one game so I'm really happy for the Cubs the Cubs will play two games today uh Luke little uh was in his first batter and he he messed something up in his left shoulder and he just signaled to the manager to come out and take him out so he's on the iil and they activated Javier Assad who's going to start the second game tonight the first game's at 1:00 or so and Hayden weski is going to start the first game and Javier Assad who's pitched really well hopefully he's healthy now and he gets the night cap so the Cubs will have two good starters usually you're allowed to bring in the 27th man for double headers so you're don't run out of pitchers so they're going to count Javier Assad as the 27th man but they'll probably leave him activated with Luke little going to the ilil the Cubs have won five in a row and I think they're only three below 500 and they're still in competition for the Wild Card they're making their move with the pitching being so good now they're starting to hit which is good to see yesterday they didn't have any uh home runs had a few doubles but they executed with runners in the scoring position and got guys home from third base with less than two outs which is something they have struggled with and that really frustrates me cuz I think if you get a guy to third base with and two outs you have to score them and they've been doing that during this hot streak on the road they're doing it on the road and they're hopefully going to take at least one game today they're going to have two quality pitchers going Hayden wineski was on fire on his last start against the Angels maybe he can continue that and the dominance against the Cardinals is a great thing to see I love when the Cubs beat the Cardinals although I don't hate the Cardinals when they're not playing the Cubs I don't like them very much when they are playing the Cubs but there's a lot of great players who played for both teams they were talking about that the game was on Apple TV last night and I enjoyed the broadcast and and they they did a good job down tro Willis who's a Chicago native and helped pitch against the Cubs in 2003 when the Cubs blew it and blew their opportunity to go to the World Series but I like dant TR Willis's commentary on the game this is the Cub Bears fan report please like And subscribe if if you don't like it leave a comment if you're a Cardinals fan definitely come on board and leave a comment I would sure enjoy it I love anybody who leaves a comment I got a lot of bad comments about my debate at dinosaur Adventure Land and those guys were a lot of fun to hang out with and it's free ad Mission at dinosaur Adventure Land so don't forget to stop by it's about halfway between Pensacola and Montgomery Alabama off Interstate 65 and Lennox Alabama have a great day this is the cub bear fan report for July the 13th 2024 thanks for watching