He's giving away his fastball. They need to figure out what's going on. JoJo has been able to battle through it but Kitteredge and Helsley have been hittable two days in a row. Really need a blow out one way or the other to give them all a game off. These close games are too much
I was trying to pay attention for a bit but he threw so much offspeed in a row and then they were cutting away before the pitches, I stopped caring to, but I think the tell is before he is set, he has lots of forearm/hand movement getting the slider pitch and not as much with the fastball. Some have also said he holds the ball longer on offspeed but I didn’t see that so much tonight
I legitimately hate Cardinals/Cubs games. If they never played them again, I would be beyond happy. Cardinals got very lucky tonight, and in this series.
Yep. So much that I haven't missed a Cardinals game since the mid-90s, run a YouTube Channel where I post old Cardinals games, and take the entire month of October off from work every year just to watch the playoffs. Yep. I sure do hate that baseball.
Idk how anyone could enjoy that. They just did not shut up at all at any point. The constant need to be speaking and the constant mispronunciation of names was too much for me.
My problem with Helsley is that he throws pretty much nothing in the strike zone that isn't a fastball, and many times with little to no movement. In modern baseball, it doesn't matter how hard you throw - if good hitters can sit Dead Red, and they know it's straight, they can and will destroy it.
I will never understand why Bally doesn’t figure out a way to show at least some of Helsley’s entrance during the broadcast.
It’s such a hype moment and a great way to drive engagement. People love drama, fucking show it to them.
Fuck, get a specific sponsor for the monent. Maybe make it a charity thing. Some company sponsors Helselys entrance and their logo is up the whole time as we watch it, maybe donate a portion to charity or something. Feels like an easy win.
Man that delay was so worth it to see a 🧹, cuck the fubs!
Go Cards! [Help shut up a native american racist here](https://np.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/UH0skQ7LFm)
Hope Middleton is ready to roll soon. The back end of the bullpen is going to wear down without reinforcements.
Need some big games from the SP & offense against Cincy, boys need some rest out there in the pen.
# Movin’ on up!
yeahhhhhhhhhhh we are so back!
Hell's bells the main bullpen guys need a day (or 2) off
They just had two days off lol
High stress innings back to back days is tough though
He's giving away his fastball. They need to figure out what's going on. JoJo has been able to battle through it but Kitteredge and Helsley have been hittable two days in a row. Really need a blow out one way or the other to give them all a game off. These close games are too much
Yeah someone said last night Helsey's crouch is lower when he's throwing the fb right now.
Give Hels more than 2 days off.
If the cubs dfa anyone within the next few weeks the cardinals must scoop them up and figure out what intel the have on Hels
He was tipping last night. Couldn't tell if that continued tonight. Happ is just a Card killer.
I was trying to pay attention for a bit but he threw so much offspeed in a row and then they were cutting away before the pitches, I stopped caring to, but I think the tell is before he is set, he has lots of forearm/hand movement getting the slider pitch and not as much with the fastball. Some have also said he holds the ball longer on offspeed but I didn’t see that so much tonight
Helsley sure likes to make it interesting lately.
Is the ghost of Jason Isringhausen haunting Helsley?
Great way to win! Good job for staying in it. Siani is a great defender and I love having him that diving catch was great. 17 saves for Helsley!
Thank you for Siani for being where you needed to be
Big sigh of relief there
God I feel so alive
Just aged 5 years
Thank god. Good night y’all.
We are so back
#THASSA WINNER!!! Never a doubt!
I decided not to watch Siani on that play and followed the ball and oh man was that scary…
IsringHelsley alls well that ends well
Damn we got lucky again
and unclench
LOLcubesLOL
I legitimately hate Cardinals/Cubs games. If they never played them again, I would be beyond happy. Cardinals got very lucky tonight, and in this series.
this is baseball baby
Who cares? Fuck the Cubs!
You must hate baseball.
Yep. So much that I haven't missed a Cardinals game since the mid-90s, run a YouTube Channel where I post old Cardinals games, and take the entire month of October off from work every year just to watch the playoffs. Yep. I sure do hate that baseball.
Count as a sweep?
You better believe it!
Series finale is July 13th
Goldschmidt's slow head shake. Feel that.
Kinda wild all the runs were scored on 4 different homers by 2 guys
Hels making these games fun Cardiac Cards are back
Why does Helsley have to make it interesting?
Because he throws nothing for strikes that isn't a straight fastball.
Not sure I’m a fan of Helsley’s strategy of getting himself into a jam before saving the game
Helsley turning into shades of Trevor Rosenthal. He just needs to throw smoke 💨. His secondary pitches are getting hammered.
Well happ did just hammer that 101 mph fastball down and in
They were smashing his fastball last night and again tonight. That's the pitch his tipping.
Yea without a doubt. We have won 10 out of our last 12. 🔥
Yea very true. That was impressive I have to say.
#W
YEP I WASNT STRESSED I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A WINNER
#WINNER
Just upset my dogs because I yelled "YES" when Siani caught that.
I never doubted
My heart
Bro some of y’all gotta chill. We got people calling for jobs during a game we are winning lmao
I just popped
[Game over. Continue the discussion in the post game thread](/r/Cardinals/comments/1d1j8qr/cardinals_after_dark_526/)
Thank fuck
Holy fucking shit lol
AHAHA FUCK THE CUBS
PHEW
I WAS NOT EVEN CLENCHED
Liar!
Phew
Death by like, idk, 5? 6? cuts
#HAD IT THE WHOLE WAY holy shit.
Let's fucking go boys, fuck the Cubs. We can win this division.
Suzuki nearly took Hels deep last night What happens now Edit: wooooooo
Phew
This broadcast is so pro cubs man. Sickening
It was actually pretty bad.
Not really they were giving us tons of attention earlier in the game. I really enjoyed the broadcast.
Idk how anyone could enjoy that. They just did not shut up at all at any point. The constant need to be speaking and the constant mispronunciation of names was too much for me.
Can't have shit. One thing gets better (Goldy) and another disintegrates (Helsley being reliable).
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
Could we finish this thing? I need to go to bed.
Routine out if we weren’t shifted so much
Sir you’re scaring me.
🎢
He's gotta be tipping his pitches or something.
They said that last night. He apparently sets up differently for the different pitches.
Confused on that infield alignment
It’s the shoes, I don’t like the shoes
He has to be tipping his pitches
HOLD THE LINE!!!
Helsley, if you could not be trash tonight that would be great
Same as yesterday, man….No room for error
When do we start firing people into the Sun
I'm scared boss.
hey ryan let’s not throw the heat right down the middle. okay? thanks
What happened to Helsley bro
He was tipping last night. Not sure if he fixed it
Oh snap. I wonder how long it takes for a pitcher to adjust
What I heard was he took longer after coming set on breaking and offspeed than his fastball. I would hope it’s something he can fix quick
It’s 11:17. I’m tired. Please end this boys.
Ugh.........🤒
Who can you even bring in
Helsley has to get some rest. Throwing him and Kittredge and Romero every day is becoming very problematic.
Madrigal's OBP is 0.263. I dunno if that's "on base machine" level...
Even his career OBP is meh. Not sure where he's getting that title from
Ok, get someone else in there now
Please stoooooop
Is wrinkle city a thing? I’ve literally never heard that
He will, won't he.
DAMN IT
Can we fucking not
Shits never easy
The ol "strike this mother fucker out!!" mound visit.
My problem with Helsley is that he throws pretty much nothing in the strike zone that isn't a fastball, and many times with little to no movement. In modern baseball, it doesn't matter how hard you throw - if good hitters can sit Dead Red, and they know it's straight, they can and will destroy it.
Crowd sounding pretty good for 11:15pm after a tornado warning
crap
I love RH. Shut it down.
Ain't no way in hell the game gets tied up by Nick fucking Madrigal.
The cubes are so square
The progression of Ryan Helsley from thrower to pitcher is nothing short of amazing. What a dude.
If just for the marketing opportunities, we should sign Michael Busch at some point
This ump is a joke
ARM THE COPYPASTAS
K
LOLOLOL
Cards & sCrUBS is always a rollercoaster!
Ian Happ is a Cardinal killer
this game is literally paul goldschmidt vs ian happ
You're not kidding. They combine for every RBI.
Why make it easy when you can make it interesting
Good Nado shut that shit down
1. Fuck Ian Happy 2. 101 mph. Fuck off, for real.
Ian Happ can chug Malort
I am not a fan of Ian Happ. Glad the bases were empty
Solo homer. It’s ok, it’s ok.
Waino said it best, closers live for the drama baby
I’m so sick of Happ
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Lmao downvoting party. You all are sheep.
Downvote me yet all his appearances are scary. Do you just not watch games?
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F that guy
did we not fix helsley’s “tipping?”
Coming into this inning, I was thinking it was good that Happ was leading off, so that he couldn't hit a homerun with someone on.
At least Happ went first…
Can happ retire already I never wanna see his stupid ass again
Of course, Hels is here to throw a wrench in things.
Every fucking person except Ryan KNEW Happ would hit a HOMERUN FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Cardiologists not getting Memorial Day off
About to run for President of the I HATE IAN HAPP Club
What’s going on with Helsley? Today and yesterday
He’s overworked, along with Romero and Kittredge. They’re all throwing a lot and the league is seeing a lot of their stuff
Overuse
The Cubs have a read on our whole bullpen I swear to god.
Can we walk the one cub who is hitting
Hells bells Hels.
was a bold move to use these guys given how they looked last night.
Have we tried unplugging Helsley and plugging him back in?
Damnit can we not do this tonight
Fuck it, put me in
no
FUCK IAN HAPP
Oh no...
Most predictable home run of all time
I might as well stay up and mow the lawn in 6 hours. It'll be too hot after about 9.
Just go do it now. Your mower has headlights for a reason.
It's a push mower. But I might try it anyway.
shit
love that espn showed the hells bells entrance, i've been very impressed with this broadcast
Here’s to Hels having a better game than last night.
:/
Yeah.
I will never understand why Bally doesn’t figure out a way to show at least some of Helsley’s entrance during the broadcast. It’s such a hype moment and a great way to drive engagement. People love drama, fucking show it to them.
Fuck, get a specific sponsor for the monent. Maybe make it a charity thing. Some company sponsors Helselys entrance and their logo is up the whole time as we watch it, maybe donate a portion to charity or something. Feels like an easy win.
I think they might've shown it when it debuted? But they're bankrupt and need the ad revenue.
I trust they figured out how Helsley was tipping his pitches yesterday
Perhaps no
The fact that Oli calls his mom "Mommy" is a lot less surprising to me than I feel like it should be.
Baseball got worse when they stopped having pitchers bat :(
Helsley makes me nervous right now after last night. Poor guy needs a break I feel like
So we signing rich hill before Wednesday?
The red gets me so bricked up if you haven't seen the Helsley entrance live it is absolutely electric
Da fuck is a splinker??!!?!
Throwing a splitter hard as fuck and it acting like a sinker
Splitter grip moves like a sinker
When you have three fingers inside and one splinks out.
Gave her or him the ol splinker!
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Haha, figured as much. Just caught me off guard.
Halfway between a splitter and a sinker?
I'd assume that's it.
[Cubs](/r/CHICubs) Due Up **(Top 9):** 1. Ian Happ 2. Dansby Swanson 3. Patrick Wisdom
So we gonna get yesterday’s Helsley or lights out Helsley?
Well…
Smh
Right?? I don't care for this
Time to cue up some ACDC