Cubs vs. Cardinals: Imanaga Set to Dominate in St. Louis Showdown
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00:03 >> NL Central duel this weekend under the arch in St. Louis.
00:07 The Redbirds playing pretty good right now.
00:09 The Cubbies just lost their midweek set in the rubber match yesterday at home
00:13 against the Braves.
00:14 But if you need to win a game, Shura Iminaga is your guy.
00:18 The Cubbies and Iminaga a road favorite in the loo today, minus 142.
00:24 What can we expect out of Iminaga tonight against St. Louis?
00:28 >> Yeah, if I could activate my little roadcaster right here to have that
00:32 soundboard up, we'd be having the alerts going off left and right.
00:35 Why?
00:35 You might get a no hitter tonight.
00:37 How about that of the show to Iminaga?
00:38 He's been that dominant on the season.
00:41 209 batters face an 055 ISO and a weighted on base percentage of 221.
00:45 How about the walk ratio against lefties?
00:47 He's faced 47 of them this year.
00:48 Hasn't walked a single one of those, yet striking out 28% of those batters.
00:53 He's been phenomenal.
00:53 Now you say to yourself, okay, takes a pitcher and
00:56 takes a lineup here to match up.
00:57 The lineup today, Newport Goldschmidt, Aronado, Herrera, Carlson,
01:01 Donovan, Pages, and Ciani.
01:03 All are absolutely horrendous against left handed pitching.
01:07 Take a look at these ISO power numbers, 094, 037, 038, 056, 0, 086, 0, and 143.
01:15 Only bright spot is Mason Wynn at the leadoff spot at a 265.
01:18 If he gets behind Mr. Wynn, it should be smooth sailing tonight.
01:22 Now let's flip it over to the Chicago side and say, well, it takes two to tango,
01:25 which means my guy can throw a no hitter, but we gotta be able to score some runs.
01:28 Should be able to do that against Miles Michaelis today.
01:31 Struggling against lefties, struggling against righties.
01:33 A decent top four, Taukman, Suzuki, Bellinger, and Morel.
01:36 They should all get base hits with legitimate RBI opportunities.
01:40 This should be a runaway victory for the Chicago Cubs tonight.
01:43 It's a great matchup for them.
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