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A Blue Dynasty: A Chicago Cubs Franchise

Posted on February 1, 2018 at 03:40 AM.

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It was a great first week of baseball and the team came to preform....I was mostly worried that the youngness of my players would play a fact but that wasn't the case in week 1 of the 2017 season.

We played 6 games on the road to open the season 3 in St. Louis and 3 in Milwaukee. We set the tempo of the new season on game one as we had Jake Arrieta on the mound against Carlos Martinez. Arrieta went 9 innings allowed 2 hits on the complete game shutout. Arrieta was given a 6 run lead early thanks to Jason Heyward's homerun and 4 RBI'S.

Cubs- 8
Cardinals- 0

In game 2 of the 3 game set Jon Lester was spotted a early 5 run lead only to give up 5 runs of his own in 6 innings of work. The bullpen held the game tied for 10 innings until we got matt bowman for 2 runs in the 11th and then brought in Osuna for his first save as a cub.

Cubs- 7
Cardinals- 5

Game 3 saw Lance McCullers make his cubs debut and he did not disappoint. McCullers pitched 6 innings of 2 hit 1 run baseball while striking out 5. In the 7th Tyler chatwood made his cubs debut and was tattooed for 3 runs in 2 innings of work while striking out 2. The redbirds would go on to take this final game of the series.

Cubs- 1
Cardinals- 4

After taking 2 out of 3 in St. Louis the cubs headed to Milwaukee looking to take game one of a three game set with the brew crew.

Game one saw the cubs jump out early with a 1st inning 2 run shot from Kris Bryant. Jose Quintana showed thats all he would need as he held the brew crew scoreless through 8 innings on 2 hits. Carl Edwards Jr would come in the 9th and close the game out as the cubs took game one.

Cubs- 6
Brewers- 0

Game two saw Vince Velasquez make his cubs debut and he did not disappoint as he went 7 innings giving up only 2 runs but was not factored in the decision as the cubs needed ten innings to close this one out. Osuna got the save but gave up 1 run while striking out 2.

Cubs- 5
Brewers- 3

the third and final game of this series was a Pitchers duel as Jake Arrieta and Chase Anderson Battled it out. Both pitchers were on point going 7 innings only allowing 1 run each. The cubs brought in Carl Edwards Jr in the 8th and he would give up the go ahead run while getting 2 strikeouts.

Cubs- 1
Brewers- 2

Overall not a bad way to start the season, by taking 4 out of 6 on the road and two division rivals at that. We come home for our home opener against the Dodgers for a 2016 NLCS rematch. we will have a 9 Game home stand in which i will update once all 9 games are done.

Dodgers series preview:
Lester vs Wood
McCullers vs Hill
Quintana vs Maeda

May only be a few games in but feeling really good about the future of this Dynasty.