Matthew Boyd’s Dominating Performance Silences Angels: Cubs Rise in Stunning Showdown
Caleb Thielbar threw a 1-2-3 eighth with two strikeouts and Daniel Palencia finished things up in the ninth in a non-save situation. Here’s the final out [VIDEO].
Cubs pitchers struck out 16 in this game. More on that from John:
That was the Cubs’ most strikeouts since they fanned 6 in a 14-1 rout of the Pirates at home on Sept. 19, 2023. They walked two. Their last game was at least 16 strikeouts and no more than two walks was 16 and two in a 3-2 win over the Rockies at home on July 29, 2015.
One more note before I wrap this up. The Angels challenged two calls of strike three and were wrong on both.
On Oswald Peraza in the seventh [VIDEO].
And on Neto in the eighth [VIDEO].
The K zone you see on broadcasts now is the exact ABS box, so as you can see on both of those, the pitch was within the zone. It wasn’t a bad strategic choice by the Angels, late in the game with the possibility of extending the at-bat, but they guessed wrong both times.
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