Saturday notes:
- DOUBLE FIGURES, RUNS DIVISION: The Cubs scored at least 10 runs in 16 of their first 90 games. Last night’s game was just the third of their last 45. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- DOUBLE FIGURES, HITS DIVISION: The Cubs made 15 hits last night and the Rockies made 14. The Cubs had not made double-digit hits in 17 of their 18 previous games. They had allowed no more than nine in 16 of the 18. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- DANSBY, HEATING UP, AT LAST: Dansby Swanson, last 10 games since Aug. 19: .303/.395/.727 (10-for-33) with three doubles, a triple, three home runs, eight RBI and eight runs scored.
- HAPP-ENINGS: Ian Happ, last 11 games since Aug. 17: .297/.409/.514 (11-for-37) with five doubles, a home run, seven walks and seven runs scored.
Cubs lineup:
Rockies lineup:
Javier Assad, RHP vs. McCade Brown, RHP
Javier Assad has really had an up-and-down year. First he missed most of the year with an oblique injury, then was activated and made three starts. The most recent
one, eight days ago vs. the Angels, was pretty good (six innings, three hits, one run).
He was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after that, but from various reports never made it to Des Moines, instead hanging out with the Cubs in Chicago. Then he was recalled when Jameson Taillon hit the IL again.
So he’s got plenty of rest. Last year he threw six shutout innings vs. the Rockies at Wrigley April 2, 2024, but then allowed four runs in six innings to the Rox at Coors Field Sept. 13, 2024.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
McCade Brown is a downstate Illinois native (Normal) who pitched his college ball at Indiana. He was the Rockies’ third-round pick in 2021 and had one year in their system before having Tommy John surgery in 2023. He started this year in A ball and got called up after 11 starts in Double-A.
Perhaps predictably, given that he had never pitched above Double-A, he got hit hard in his MLB debut Aug. 24 vs. the Pirates — five hits, four runs in 3.2 innings. This will be his first start at Coors Field. He’s never faced the Cubs or anyone on their active roster.
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