San Francisco Giants (73-62) vs. Chicago Cubs (87-48)

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1 * CubsMedia@Cubs.com * * 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL San Francisco Giants (73-62) Chicago Cubs (87-48) Information 2016 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office September 4, 2016 Wrigley Field Game No. 136 Home Game No. 71 RHP Johnny Cueto (14-5, 2.98) RHP John Lackey (9-7, 3.41) CUBS VS. GIANTS The Cubs and Giants play seven games, spanning two series, this season Chicago dropped two of three in San Francisco, May Chicago season was 5-2 against the Giants, including a 4-0 mark at Wrigley Field the Cubs aim to win consecutive home series against the Giants for the first time since the campaigns Overall: At Wrigley Field: At AT&T Park: Overall: At Wrigley Field: At AT&T Park: All-Time Since 1883:... 1,067-1,139 At Wrigley Field: At AT&T Park (since 2000): CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (8) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed RHP Dallas Beeler 3/25 4/9 135 (right shoulder inflammation) 60-Day RHP Aaron Brooks 3/25 4/9 135 (hip contusion) 60-Day RHP John Lackey 8/15 8/30 19 (right shoulder strain) 15-day RHP Hector Rondon 8/17 9/1 17 (right triceps strain) 15-day LHP Zac Rosscup 2/26 6/2 135 (left shoulder inflammation) 60-Day C Kyle Schwarber Out for season 132 (torn ACL, LCL in left knee; left ankle sprain) RHP Pedro Strop 8/11 8/26 23 (left meniscus tear) 15-Day IF Christian Villanueva 3/25 5/ (right fibular fracture) 60-Day BEST OPS, NATIONAL LEAGUE 1. Kris Bryant, CHI Daniel Murphy, WAS Joey Votto, Freddie Freeman, ATL Nolan Arenado, COL Anthony Rizzo, CHI MOST RBI, NL 1. Nolan Arenado, COL Daniel Murphy, WAS Anthony Rizzo, CHI Matt Kemp, SD/ATL Kris Bryant, CHI Addison Russell, CHI Jay Bruce, /...88 BEST RUN DIFFERENTIAL, Chicago Cubs Boston Red Sox Washington Nationals MOST HOME RUNS IN N.L. SINCE Giancarlo Stanton Anthony Rizzo Paul Goldschmidt MOST GAME-WINNING RBI, N.L. IN Nolan Arenado, COL Anthony Rizzo, CHI Daniel Murphy, WSH Kris Bryant, CHI LOWEST STARTING ROTATION ERA, Chicago Cubs Washington Nationals New York Mets WRAPPING UP THE STAND: The Chicago Cubs, 39 games over.500 and a seasonhigh 16.5-games on top of the N.L. Central, today wrap up a seven-game homestand with the final contest of a four-game set against the San Francisco Giants Chicago started this stand with a three-game sweep of the Pirates before taking two of the first three against the Giants yesterday s 3-2 setback snapped a five-game winning streak and a nine-game home winning streak. By winning the first two games of this four-game set, the Cubs have now been unbeaten in their 10 home series in the season s second half entering this Giants series, the Cubs went in their first nine home series since the All- Star break. Four of Chicago s five wins have been by a single run, and in fact, seven of Chicago s eight games overall have been decided by one run the team is now in one-run games this season. MAKE ROOM ON THE MANTEL: MLB yesterday named Kris Bryant N.L. Player of the Month for August and Kyle Hendricks N.L. Pitcher of the Month for August. Hendricks finished August 4-0 with a 1.28 ERA (6 ER/42.1 IP) and a complete game shutout in six starts. Bryant batted.383 (41-for-107) with seven doubles, a triple, 10 homers, 22 RBI, a.472 OBP and a.748 slugging mark. The Cubs have now won five of the seven N.L. monthly pitching awards dating to August of season it s just the second time a club has accomplished that, as the Astros won five of seven monthly pitching awards April 1979-April ITEMS OF NOTE: Kris Bryant has reached safely in each of his 20 games dating to August 14, the longest such streak of his career it s the second-longest streak by any Cub this season Anthony Rizzo reached in 26-straight games in April-May. Willson Contreras has 21 extra-base hits (11 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR) since his first career at-bat June 19 that s second-most by any N.L. catcher in that span, trailing only the Dodgers Yasmani Grandal (22). Justin Grimm owns a 0.46 ERA (1 ER/19.2 IP) in his 23 relief appearances since June 28 that ranks second among N.L. relievers in that span, trailing only Milwaukee s Tyler Thornburg (0.35 ERA). BRIEF STAYS: The Cubs have forced opposing starting pitchers out of the game before the sixth inning a whopping 66 times this season, the most in the majors Boston s hitters have done so the second-most, 63 times thanks to STATS, Inc. LOFTY HEIGHTS: Chicago s 16.5-game lead in the standings is its largest in 109 years since the team finished the 1907 season 17.0-games ahead of the second-place Pirates thanks to Elias Sports Bureau. The Cubs earlier this weekend reached 40 games over.500 for the first time in 71 years since finishing the 1945 season 42 games over at With 135 games down, the Cubs are more than three-quarters of the way through the season on pace for 104 wins. CUBS RECORD 2016 Overall: At Wrigley Field: On the Road: April: May: June July August September/October All-Time Since 1876:... 10,695-10,179 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,211-3,706 Leading Entering 6th: Tied Entering 6th: Trailing Entering 6th: Leading Entering 7th: Tied Entering 7th: Trailing Entering 7th: Leading Entering 8th: Tied Entering 8th: Trailing Entering 8th: Leading Entering 9th: Tied Entering 9th: Trailing Entering 9th: Scoring First: One-Run Games: Two-Run Games: Extra-Inning Games: Scoring Four or More: Scoring Fewer Than Four: Out-Hitting Opponents: Hit Totals Equal: Out-Hit by Opponents: Hit at Least One HR: Hit Two or More HR: Playing Errorless Ball: Committing at Least One Error: ON THE SEASON: The Cubs tomorrow begin a nine-game, 10-day trip to Milwaukee (3 games), Houston (3 games, starting Sept. 9) and St. Louis (3 games, starting Sept. 12). At 87-48, the Cubs own the best record in MLB, 5.5 games better than the next closest club (Texas, 82-54) the Cubs have won 28 of their 36 games. The Cubs have gone (.729) in their 48 games starting July 10, also the best record in all of baseball in that span the Cubs have more than doubled their lead in the N.L. Central during this time from 6.5 games to 16.5 games. THIS IS STRIKING: Jake, has gone 27-6 with a 2.02 ERA (59 ER/262.1 IP) in 39 starts since the beginning of August he leads the majors in wins, ERA and opponent slugging percentage (.251) in that span in the two seasons, has collected 38 victories, the most in a two-season span by any Cub since Fergie Jenkins had 44 victories in the campaigns HOME COOKING: At (.714), the Cubs have the best home record in the majors (Texas is second,.691) Chicago is 24-6 in its 30 home games, 17-3 in its 20 and is 9-1 in its 10. Chicago s.714 winning percentage is home is slightly shy of its franchise mark.727 home winning percentage done in 1935, when the team went at the Friendly Confines. ADDISON MUSCLE: Addison Russell leads all National League shortstops with 88 RBI this season and trails only Houston s Carlos Correa (90 RBI) for most RBI by a shortstop in the majors overall, Addison is on pace for 23 homers and 106 RBI this year. Russell is the first Cubs shortstop to reach 88 RBI since Ernie Banks logged 117 RBI in 1960 (156 games at shortstop that season). Russell s 88 RBI are the most by a Cubs player in their age 22-or-younger season since Vic Saier drove in 92 runs in 1913 at age 22. LEADER OF THE PACK: Kyle Hendricks 7.0 shutout innings Tuesday night lowered his season ERA to 2.09, well ahead of San Francisco s Madison Bumgarner and his 2.51 ERA for the best mark in baseball. Hendricks has allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of his 18 starts dating to May 22 (1.63 ERA), the longest streak by any big league pitcher this season he is the fourth Cubs starting pitcher in the 30 years to allow three earned runs or fewer in 18- straight starts, joining Jake (29, ), Mike Morgan (27, 1992) and Frank Castillo (23, ). CROSSING THE PLATE AT A RAPID RATE: Kris Bryant leads the majors with 112 runs scored this season, four ahead of Toronto s Josh Donaldson and 12 ahead of the next-closest N.L. player, Colorado s Nolan Arenado (100) with nearly a month to go in the season, Bryant s 112 runs scored are already the most for any Cub since Derrek Lee scored 120 runs in the 2005 campaign. Bryant leads the N.L. and is second in the majors with a 7.4 WAR (Mike Trout leads with a 8.1 mark) Bryant is on pace for 43 homers, 109 RBI and 134 runs scored. Bryant s 36 homers this season are tied for the N.L. lead and are already the most by a Cub since Aramis Ramirez hit 38 in Bryant has joined Ernie Banks as the only two players in franchise history to reach 36 homers in either their first or second big league season Banks hit 44 homers in 1955 as a sophomore. 30 SOMETHING: Aroldis Chapman on Wednesday notched his 12th save with the Cubs and his 32nd overall this season, reaching 30 saves for the fifth-straight season he is one of 12 pitchers to reach 30 saves this year since joining the Cubs on July 26, Chapman is tied with Atlanta s Jim Johnson and Seattle s Edwin Diaz for the major league lead with 12 saves. FEELING HOT, HOT, HOT: Since Memorial Day weekend (his 84 games starting May 29), Anthony Rizzo is batting.325 (104-for-320) with 29 doubles, 15 homers, 58 RBI, a.401 on-base percentage and a.575 slugging, good for a.976 OPS. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sun., September 4 SF 1:20 p.m. ABC The Score RHP John Lackey (9-7, 3.41) RHP Johnny Cueto (14-5, 2.98) Mon., September 12:10 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Kyle Hendricks (13-7, 2.09) RHP Zach Davies (10-6, 4.07) Tue., September 7:10 p.m. CSN+ 670 The Score RHP Jason Hammel (14-7, 3.14) RHP Wily Peralta (5-9, 5.53) Wed., September 7:10 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP Mike Montgomery (1-1, 4.09) RHP Matt Garza (5-6, 4.57)

2 Today s Cubs Starter #41 RHP John Lackey (9-7, 3.41) SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 2 W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 St. Louis CUBS MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS Last Time Out John pitched August 14 St. Louis allowed just four hits and one unearned run in 6.2 innings, but was handed a no-decision in the Cubs 6-4 setback. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 8/14 ND L, , 1 on 2016 Season John today is expected to be activated from the disabled list and will make his 25th start of the season missed 19 games with a right shoulder strain (placed on D.L. August 15) was his first disabled list stint since April 7-28, 2013 with Boston. Has posted a 2.47 ERA (25 ER/91.0 IP) in 13 home starts and a 4.68 ERA (35 ER/67.1 IP) in 11 road starts has a 1.04 WHIP, which is on pace to be his careerbest mark (lowest is 1.16 in 2013). Has tossed five-straight quality starts after a three-start stretch, July 5-17, in which he posted a 6.30 ERA (14 ER/20.0 IP) has tossed at least 6.0 IP in each of his nine outings, the longest active streak on the Cubs and tied for the fifthlongest active streak in baseball. Owns an 8.87 SO/9 rate, tops on the team and 10th-best in the N.L. John leads the N.L. and ranks second in the majors in percentage of swings on first pitch (37.4%/236-of-631). Holding righties to a.193 batting average (62-for-321), while lefties are hitting at a.249 clip (60-for-241) righties are 5-for-57 (.088) over his four games. Made his Cubs debut April 7 at Arizona, collecting the win in the Cubs 14-6 triumph allowed six runs in the first 3.0 innings before holding the D-backs scoreless over his final 3.0 frames. Tossed 7.0-shutout innings at St. Louis on April 18, while allowing four hits and walking only one became one of 17 pitchers with at least one regular season win against every major league team with the victory. Has twice fanned a season-high 11 batters: April 18 at St. Louis and May 6 Washington has three times pitched a season-high 8.0 innings: May 1 Atlanta, May 11 San Diego and July 17 Texas. Went 2-1 with a 2.09 ERA (10 ER/43.0 IP) in six May starts, striking out 40 while walking just 11 his 40 strikeouts marked his most ever in the month of May. Between May 1 and June 20, John threw 10-straight quality starts for just the third time in his career, going 4-2 with a 1.97 ERA (15 ER/68.2 IP) in that span. Recorded consecutive scoreless appearances June 3 Arizona (6.2 IP) and June 8 at Philadelphia (7.0 IP). Allowed five or fewer hits in a career-high seven-straight starts, May 11-June 14. His 3.41 ERA is the second-best for any pitcher (min IP) above the age of 35 this season (Bartolo Colon, 3.35) Suffered a career-high five-game losing streak, June 20-July 23. Career San Francisco John faces the Giants for only the third time in the regular season, and the first time since June 15, 2009 has never faced San Francisco outside of AT&T Park in the regular season has made four post-season appearances against the Giants, including earning the victory in Game Seven of the 2002 World Series. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career Giants Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Gillaspie ( ) Nunez ( ) Span ( ) Pence ( ) Career Notes John is one of three active pitchers with at least 400 starts and 500 innings pitched signed a two-year deal with the Cubs December 8, 2015 has gone with a 3.89 ERA (1,140 ER/639.2 IP) in 411 appearances across 14 major league seasons with the Angels ( ), Red Sox ( and 13-14), Cardinals ( ) and Cubs (2016). Recorded his 2000th-career strikeout, May 6 Washington, striking out Jayson Werth looking in the fourth inning is one of seven active pitchers with at least 000 strikeouts, joining CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, Felix Hernandez, Jake Peavy, Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels. His innings pitched and 411 starts since the start of the 2002 campaign are third-most in the majors, his 174 victories are fourth and his 121 strikeouts rank sixth. John is one of two active pitchers to record at least one regular season win against every Major League team reached the mark with a victory in his first career start against St. Louis, April 18. Earned All-Star honors in 2007 and has twice finished in the top-10 of the Cy Young voting, finishing third in 2007 and ninth season. Has 12 double-digit win seasons since 2003, second-most in the majors behind only Mark Buehrle (13), and has posted 10 or more wins in every full season he has pitched since A two-time World Series champion (2002 with Angels, 2013 with Red Sox), he owns an 8-5 record with a 3.11 ERA (44 ER/127.1 IP) in 23 career postseason games, including 20 starts started and won Game Seven of the 2002 World Series San Francisco. Was originally selected by the Angels in the second round of the 1999 Draft out of Grayson County College in Denison, Texas Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. W, Held D-backs scoreless over final 3.0 innings 2. 4/13 W, First quality start with the Cubs, allowed only two runs 3. W, Season-high 11 strikeouts 4. L, , 1 on Allowed four runs in the sixth inning APRIL: 3-1, 4.97 ERA (4 GS) /1 ATL ND, 4-3 L (10) Tossed a season-high 8.0 IP 6. 5/6 WSH W, Recorded his 2000th-career strikeout in fourth inning 7. 5/11-2 SD L, Retired first 14 batters before allowing solo HR 8. ND, 2-1 W (13) Second-straight start departing with a 1-0 deficit 9. ND, 4-3 L Tossed 6.0+ innings for the fifth-consecutive start 10. 5/29 PHI W, Allowed just a seventh inning solo HR MAY: 2-1, 2.09 ERA (6 GS) /3 ARI W, , 2 on Fifth-straight start allowing five or fewer hits 12. W, Allowed just three singles 13. ND, 4-3 W , 2 on Fifth-straight start striking out at least six 14. 6/20 L, Held Cards scoreless over final 3.0 innings 15. L, , 2 on Season-high seven runs allowed 16. ND, 4-3 L , 1 on Held Mets scoreless over first 5.0 innings JUNE: ERA (6 GS) /5 L, Walked a season-high five batters 18. ND, 6-5 W , 2 on Allowed three runs in second inning 19. 7/17 TEX L, Tied season-high with 8.0 IP 20. L, Allowed two-run HR and solo HR for all three runs 21. W, First win since June 8 JULY: 1-3, 5.06 ERA (5 GS) /3 MIA ND, 5-4 W Went 2-for-2 with two doubles at the plate 23. 8/9 LAA W, Allowed just a solo HR to second batter of game 24. 8/14 ND, 6-4 L ,1 on Ninth-straight game of 6.0+ IP AUGUST: 1-0, 1.66 ERA (3 GS) At the Plate Last Time and Career Highs and Lows AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS Last Win: 8/9/16 LAA, 5-1 (8.0,3,1,1,1,6) Last Loss: MIL, 6-1 (6.0,5,3,3,5) Career Last CG: KC, 3-2 L (5.0,6,3,3,2) *Rain-Shortened LAST HIT: 8/3/16 Miami (double off Tom Koehler)... at-bats since then 5 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 2 (4x), 8/3/16 Miami MOST RBI: 1 (7x), 4/18/16 at St. Louis Last Shutout: 9/10/09 SEA, 3-0 (9.0,5,0,0,1,7) Low-Hit Complete Game: 1 OAK Strikeouts: 12 (2x), 6/26/13 COL... also has six 11-K games and K games (21 total double-digit strikeout games). Hits Allowed: 15 TEX Runs Allowed: 10 (2x), COL Winning 6 games 7/9-8/12/11 Losing 5 games 6/20-7/23/16 Monday s Starter at Milwaukee RHP Kyle Hendricks (13-7, 2.09) The MLB ERA leader and N.L. Pitcher of the Month for August, Kyle tomorrow makes his 26th start of the season and his 13th on the road time out, tossed 7.0-scoreless frames in the Cubs 3-0 victory, August 30 Pittsburgh let up only three hits and walked one his 18th-straight start allowing three earned runs or fewer, the longest such streak this season in the majors is 9-1 with a 1.27 ERA (12 ER/85.1 IP) in his 14 outings (13 starts) since June 19, by far the best ERA in the majors over the span. Will be making his ninth-career start against Milwaukee and his third this season is 4-2 with a 2.08 ERA (11 ER/47.2 IP) against the Brewers time he faced them, May 17 at Miller Park, he allowed four runs on five hits over 5.1 innings in a 4-2 Cubs setback was the time he allowed more than three earned runs in a game. Has gone 9-1 with a 1.21 ERA (12 ER/89.1 IP) in 14 games (13 starts) at Wrigley Field, compared to 4-6 with a 3.23 ERA (25 ER/69.2 IP) in 12 road starts.

3 #9 JAVIER BAEZ INF (.271, 13 HR, 48 RBI) Homestand:.333 (6-18), 2 2B, 3B, 3 R, RBI, SB, HBP Current 2 games (2-6) Multi-Hit Games (24): 2-hit (16), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: 8/16/16 MIL (Rob Scahill) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), 8/29/16 ; RBI 4 (2x), ; R 3, Javy scored a run and drove in a run yesterday tied a career-high with four hits August 29 Pittsburgh is batting.211 (20-for-95) in his 32 games after batting.339 (42-for-124) in his previous 37 contests is batting.301 (34- for-113) off lefties his 13 homers are a career-high crushed a 15th inning grand slam June 28, the first of his career batting.302 (54-for-179) at home compared to.240 (42-for-175) on the road hit a walk-off homer in the 13th inning May 8 Washington, his first career walk-off homer has seen time at first base, second base, third base, shortstop and left field is the first Cub since Mark DeRosa in 2008 to play those positions in a season. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.306, 36 HR, 91 RBI) Homestand:.318 (7-22), 2B, HR, 5 R, 2 RBI, 5 BB, HBP Current 1 game (2-5) Multi-Hit Games (39): 2-hit (28), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (1), 5-hit (2) GA RBI 21; GW RBI 14; 2-Out RBI 21 Last HR: 8/31/16 (Ryan Vogelsong) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), 8/18/16 MIL; RBI 6 (3x), ; R 4 (4x), 8/18/16 MIL Kris has reached base in a career-high 20-straight games, including two hits yesterday had his career-high tying 14- game hitting streak (.455/25-for-55) snapped Friday hit his 36th homer Wednesday, tied for the N.L. lead with Nolan Arenado most homers by a Cubs player since Aramis Ramirez hit 38 in 2006 leads the majors with 112 runs scored, the most by a Cub since Derrek Lee scored 120 runs in 2005 was named the N.L. Player of the Month for August after batting.383 (41-for-107), 10 homers, 29 runs and 22 RBI. Is batting.402 (41-for-102) with 10 homers, 23 RBI, 30 runs and a.483 OBP in his 26 games has batted.355 (82-for-231) with 15 doubles, 18 homers and 57 runs in his 60 games since June 27. Ranks among N.L. leaders in home runs (t-1st, 36), runs scored (1st, 112), RBI (5th, 91), OBP (4th,.402), slugging (2nd,.584), OPS (1st,.986) and WAR (1st, 7.4). Batting.356 (72-for-202) with 14 doubles and 17 homers in 52 games against the N.L. Central this season. Went 1-for-2 with a solo homer in the All-Star Game July 12 became the first Cubs player with a ASG homer since Alfonso Soriano in 2007 and the eighth overall. #8 CHRIS COGHLAN OF (.220, 0 HR, 6 RBI) Homestand:.200 (1-5), 2B, RBI, BB Current Hitless game (0-2) Multi-Hit Games (0): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 5 Last HR: TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Career Bests: H 4 (10x), PHI; RBI 4, CWS; R 4, TB Chris was activated from the disabled list Thursday and hit a RBI double was placed on the D.L. August 17 with a right rib contusion has reached in 10 of 27 plate appearances (.370 OBP) with six RBI over his eight starts his.375 OBP since joining the Cubs ranks fourth on the team during that span (min. 50 at-bats) joined the Cubs June 9 in a trade from Oakland and was officially added to the active roster June 10. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.274, 9 HR, 29 RBI) Homestand:.286 (4-14), 2 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI Current 4 games (6-18) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 14 Last HR: 8/29/16 (Neftali Feliz) Career Bests: H 3, 7/7/16 ATL; RBI 3 (2x), 8/12/16 ; R 2 (2x), 8/12/16 Willson went 2-for-4 with a double yesterday hit a two-run homer August 29 scored the game-winning run August 11 after leading off the 11th inning with a single has thrown out seven runners stealing, tied for the secondmost among all rookie catchers is third in the majors with three catcher pickoffs has reached in 51 of 58 major league games with an at-bat was recalled June 17 from Iowa and made his major league debut as a defensive replacement homered in consecutive games for the first time in his career, July 3-4. On June 19 hit a pinch-hit two-run homer on the first pitch of his first major league plate appearance was the Cubs first pinch-homer of the season and first homer by a Cubs player in their first PA since Jorge Soler in #24 DEXTER FOWLER OF (.276, 10 HR, 40 RBI) Homestand:.304 (7-23), 3B, 4 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB, SAC Current Hitless game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (27): 2-hit (19), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 5; 2-Out RBI 10 Last HR: COL (Tyler Anderson) Career Bests: H 4 (4x), 6/9/13 SD; RBI 4 (4x), MIN; R 3 (15x), Dexter reached three times Thursday and scored twice on August 19 in Colorado went 2-for-5 with a homer to lead off the game and a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning is eighth in the N.L. with a.387 OBP and second with 4.40 pitches per plate appearance scored a run in a career-high tying nine-straight games, July 28- August 7 the Cubs are when he scores at least one run and 12-1 when he scores at least twice his 70 triples since 2009 lead the majors has reached safely in 84 of 101 games this season. Is batting.402 (33-for-82) with 12 walks and two HBP in 96 plate appearances (.490 OBP) leading off the game the.407 mark would be the fourth-best average leading off a game since at least 1913 (min. 81 PA). Has six leadoff homers this season (, August 19 at Colorado), tied for third-most in Cubs history with Rick Monday (1973) and Jimmy Ryan (1889) has 20-career leadoff homers and 11 with the Cubs. #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.231, 6 HR, 38 RBI) Homestand:.217 (5-23), 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB Current Hitless 2 games (0-6) Multi-Hit Games (23): 2-hit (17), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 6; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 20 Last HR: (Edwin Jackson) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), 7/18/15 ; RBI 4 (6x), ; R 4, CHI Jason has batted.283 (13-for-46) in his 12 games has multiple hits in four of his nine games scored the game-tying run following a leadoff double in the ninth August 26 belted a two-run homer August 22 in San Diego has reached in 21 of his 26 starts scored the game-winning run July 31 after hitting a double in the 12th reached base five times June 12 in Atlanta, going 3-for-4 with two walks. #2 TOMMY LA STELLA INF (.284, 2 HR, 8 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-4) Current Hitless 4 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: 5/6/16 WSH (Max Scherzer) Career Bests: H 3 (8x), 7/24/16 MIL; RBI 3 (3x), 7/20/14 PHI; R 3, Tommy was recalled from Triple-A Iowa Wednesday batted.296 (8-for-27) in eight minor league games with Iowa and Double-A Tennessee since being optioned July 28 is 7-for-18 with four walks in his 10 games dating to July 16 Texas batting.292 (28-for-96) against right-handed pitching. #47 MIGUEL MONTERO C (.200, 5 HR, 26 RBI) Homestand:.400 (2-5), 2 RBI Current Hitless game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (9): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 8 Last HR: (Francisco Liriano) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), LAD; RBI 6, COL; R 3 (8x), 4/13/16 Miguel hit a pinch-hit, walk-off RBI single Monday, his third-career walk-off RBI also drove in a run Tuesday went 3-for-5 with three RBI August 20 in Colorado, his most hits in a game this season and matching his most RBI in a game has reached in 17 of his 23 games hit a game-tying two-run homer July 8 at Pittsburgh. His 3.12 catchers ERA ranks second among all catchers (min. 50 games played) has made 54 starts at catcher made his first-career appearance on the mound July 3 in New York, allowing four hits and one run in 1.1 innings. #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF ( HR, 93 RBI) Homestand:.190 (4-21), 2B, HR, 4 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB Current 1 game (2-4) Multi-Hit Games (35): 2-hit (25), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (4) GA RBI 26; GW RBI 17; 2-Out RBI 20 Last HR: 8/30/16 Pittsburgh (Chad Kuhl) Career Bests: H 4 (8x), SD; RBI 6 (3x), ARI; R 4, 6/23/13 HOU Anthony went 2-for-4 Friday has 93 RBI on the season, third-most in the N.L. hit a two-run homer in Tuesday s first inning, his 17th game-winning RBI of the season, second-most in the majors matched his career high with four hits August 22 is the first Cubs lefty with three-straight 25 homer seasons since Billy Williams ( ) drew a walk-off walk August 11, his fifth-career walk-off RBI reached base in 22-straight starts July 18-August 16 has hit safely in 59 of his 68 games (.318/85-for-267), including 39 extra-base hits. Ranks among N.L. leaders in doubles (t-1st, 38), homers (12th, 26), extra-base hits (t-4th, 68), RBI (3rd, 93), slugging (6th,.545), OBP (7th,.389) and OPS (6th,.934). Reached five times August 1 with a single, double, triple, walk and hit-by-pitch recorded his 11th-career multihomer game July 20 has three hitting streaks of at least 10 games this season. Was named to his third-straight All-Star team and went 1-for-2 with a double in the game. SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. GIANTS RHP JOHNNY CUETO Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Willson Contreras Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Tommy La Stella Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2016 Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Willson Contreras Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Tommy La Stella Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Willson Contreras Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Tommy La Stella Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2016 Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Willson Contreras Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Tommy La Stella Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Javier Baez Kris Bryant Chris Coghlan Willson Contreras Dexter Fowler Jason Heyward Tommy La Stella Miguel Montero Anthony Rizzo David Ross Addison Russell Jorge Soler Matt Szczur Ben Zobrist

4 #3 DAVID ROSS C (.241, 8 HR, 28 RBI) Homestand:.429 (3-7), 2B, R, RBI, 2 BB Current 3 games (3-6) Multi-Hit Games (6): 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 10 Last HR: 8/17/16 MIL (Jimmy Nelson) Career Bests: H 4, 4/26/13 HOU; RBI 5 (2x), SEA; R 3 (5x), David went 1-for-3 with a game-winning RBI double Friday reached three times Thursday and has a.408 OBP over his 28 games homered and reached three times August 17 his 21 runs scored are his most since scoring 32 times in 2007 with the Reds has 28 RBI this season, his most since also driving in 28 runs in 2010 with Atlanta has made 44 starts, with the Cubs going batting.288 (15-for-52) with four homers against lefties. His 2.40 catchers ERA leads the big leagues among catchers with at least 50 games played has five catcher pickoffs, most in the majors, and 14 runners caught stealing, eighth in the N.L. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.241, 19 HR, 88 RBI) Homestand:.154 (2-13), 2 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB, SF, HBP Current Hitless game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (27): 2-hit (24), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 19; GW RBI 11; 2-Out RBI 32 Last HR: SD (Christian Friedrich) Career Bests: H 3 (6x), 7/20/16 ; RBI 4, 7/27/16 CWS; R 3, 9/4/15 ARI Addison hit a game-winning, two-run single Thursday his 88 RBI are the most by a Cubs player in their age 22-oryounger season since Vic Saier drove in 92 runs in 1913 at age 22 has at least one RBI in 11 of his 18 games (17 RBI) has gone 3-for-30 in his 10 games following a seven-game hitting streak homered in three-straight games (four homers) August leads N.L. shortstops with 88 RBI and leads the Cubs with 25-multi RBI games has two multi-homer games this season and three in his career reached four times August 13 St. Louis his 19 homers are the most by a Cubs shortstop since Alex Gonzalez hit 20 in 2003 has 32 RBI in his 34 games his 59 RBI at home this season rank second among N.L. batters. Hit his first-career grand slam July 27, setting a career-high with four RBI tied a career-high with three hits July 20 was named as the N.L. starting shortstop in the All-Star Game, his first selection. Has 11 game-winning RBI this season, 10 at home batting.268 (60-for-224) at home and.214 (48-for-224) on the road reached in 18-straight games, April 22-May 15, including a nine-game hitting streak (.389/14-36). #68 JORGE SOLER OF (.247, 10 HR, 27 RBI) Homestand:.417 (5-12), 2 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB Current Hitless 2 games (0-2) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 7 Last HR: 8/29/16 (Tony Watson) Career Bests: H 4, ; RBI 4, 4/13/15 ; R 3, 4/13/15 Jorge reached three times Tuesday went 3-for-5 with a double and a game-tying homer in the ninth inning Monday night has hit.297 (19-for-64) with seven walks, four doubles and five homers in 23 games since his return from the D.L. hit a three-run homer in his first plate appearance off the D.L. August 5 missed nearly two months with a left hamstring strain (injured June 6 in Philadelphia) has hit.306 (33-for-108) in his 40 games after hitting.130 (7- for-54) in 22 games from April 17-May 14. #20 MATT SZCZUR OF (.27 5 HR, 22 RBI) Homestand:.111 (1-9), 2 BB Current Hitless 3 games (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (6): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 7 Last HR: 8/12/16 (Jerome Williams) Career Bests: H 3 (2x), 8/12/16 ; RBI 4, 4/29/16 ATL; R 4, 8/12/16 Matt drew two walks Wednesday has two hits in his 26 at-bats went 2-for-4 with a double, walk and two runs scored August 18 Milwaukee recorded his first-career multi-hit homer game August 12 as he went 3-for-4 with a double, two homers, three RBI and a career-best four runs scored has 12 pinch-hits, tied for third-most in the majors (Phil Gosselin, 16) and the most by a Cubs player since Reed Johnson (13) in 2012 has gone 20-for-71 (.282) with six doubles and two homers in his 39 games hitting.296 (29-for-98) against righties. Hit his first career grand slam April 29 Atlanta is 3-for-8 with nine RBI with the bases loaded in #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.275, 14 HR, 66 RBI) Homestand:.071 (1-14), 2 R, 6 BB Current Hitless 2 game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (34): 2-hit (24), 3-hit (9), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 13; GW RBI 10; 2-Out RBI 32 Last HR: COL (Jake McGee) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 BOS; RBI 8, MIN; R 4 (4x), MIA Ben is 1-for-17 in his six games, but does have seven walks went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple August 24 in San Diego went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI August 23, his 10th game with three or more hits this season has reached twice in 15 of his 25 games is hitting.295 (38-for-129) in his 37 games since July 23 went 3-for-5 with a triple, walk, a run and two RBI July 31 hit his second leadoff homer (third career) June 28 had a career-high tying 16-game hitting streak (.426/26-for-61), May named an N.L. All-Star at started the game at second base. Has 32 two-out RBIs, tied for fourth-most in the N.L. his 79 walks lead the team and are fifth-most in the N.L. SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 4 CUBS HOME RUNS, 2016 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Javier Baez (13) Kris Bryant (36) Chris Coghlan (0) Willson Contreras (9) Dexter Fowler (10) Jason Heyward (6) Tommy La Stella (2) Miguel Montero (5) Anthony Rizzo (26) David Ross (8) Addison Russell (19) Jorge Soler (10) Matt Szczur (5) Ben Zobrist (14) CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2016 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+ RBI Javier Baez (11) Kris Bryant (18) Chris Coghlan (2) Willson Contreras (6) Dexter Fowler (6) Jason Heyward (9) Tommy La Stella (1)... 1 Miguel Montero (5) Anthony Rizzo (20) (6) David Ross (7) Addison Russell (25) Jorge Soler (7) Matt Szczur (6) Ben Zobrist (16) HOME RUNS IN Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (167) Opponents (134) CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR:... Dexter Fowler, Colorado (Tyler Anderson) Walk-Off HR:... Javier Baez, 5/8/16 Washington (Blake Treinen) Pinch-HR:... Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam:... David DeJesus, Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR:... Anthony Rizzo, Cincinnati (Cody Reed) Three-Homer Game:... Kris Bryant, Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer:... Jake, Cincinnati (Michael Lorenzen) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat:... Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat:... Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate:... Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 Chicago (A.L.) 2016 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 3-Homer Games (1):...Bryant, 2-Homer Games (9):... Bryant, 8/18 MIL & LAD; Rizzo, & 7/20 ; Zobrist, 5/6 WSH; Szczur, 8/12 Russell, 7/5 & COL Grand Slams (4):... Bryant, (Drew Hayes); Szczur, 4/29 ATL (Chris Withrow); Baez, (J.J. Hoover); Russell, 7/27 CWS (Jacob Turner) 3- Games with a Homer (3):... Rizzo, 4/20-22; Zobrist, 5/4-6; Russell, 8/21-23 Pinch-Homers (1):... Contreras, 6/19 Back-to-Back Homers (7):... Rizzo & Soler, 4/16 COL; Rizzo & Zobrist, 5/6 WSH; Heyward & Bryant, MIL; Zobrist & Soler, SF; Heyward & Bryant, 6/2 LAD; Bryant & Rizzo, 6/19 ; Bryant and Rizzo, Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0):... N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (2):..., ARI (Shelby Miller);, (Michael Lorenzen) Game-Opening Homers (8):Fowler, MIL (Junior Guerra), 5/28 PHI (Jerad Eickhoff), 6/4 ARI (Edwin Escobar), MIL (Jimmy Nelson) OAK (Dillon Overton) & COL (Tyler Anderson) Zobrist, WSH (Stephen Strasburg) & (John Lamb) Game-Ending, Walk-Off Homers (1):... Baez, 5/8 WSH (Blake Treinen) CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Contreras 7/ % (132 ER/299.1 IP) Federowicz 0/3 0.0% (20 ER/54.0 IP) Montero 4/56 7.1% (162 ER/470.1 IP) Ross 14/ % (106 ER/399.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (9): Hammel (3), Hendricks (3), Wood (1), Rondon (1), Cahill (1) CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Fowler 96 (67-29), Zobrist 20 (8-12), La Stella 6 (3-3), Coghlan 4 (2-2), Heyward 2 (1-1), Baez 4 (3-1), Szczur 3 (3-0) 2 Heyward 66 (42-24), Bryant 59 (38-22), La Stella 3 (3-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Rizzo 1 (0-1), Soler 1 (1-0), Szczur 1 (1-0), Contreras 1 (1-0) 3 Bryant 63 (41-22), Rizzo 55 (36-19), Zobrist 17 (10-7) 4 Rizzo 70 (47-23), Zobrist 39 (25-14), Contreras 14 (7-7), Soler 9 (7-2), Baez 2 (1-1), Russell (0-1) 5 Zobrist 41 (31-10), Russell 32 (21-11), Contreras 18 (7-18), Soler 15 (10-5), Bryant 10 (6-4), Baez 6 (2-4), Montero 3 (1-2), Heyward 5 (5-0), Szczur 1 (1-0), Coghlan 2 (2-0), Almora Jr. 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), 6 Heyward 33 (20-13), Soler 22 (16-6), Baez 18 (11-7), Russell 19 (13-6), Montero 12 (7-5), La Stella 10 (7-3), Coghlan 5 (3-2), Szczur 4 (2-2), Contreras 4 (2-2), Schwarber 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (2-0), Almora Jr. 2 (1-1), Kalish 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), 7 Russell 50 (31-19), Baez 27 (15-12), Montero 20 (15-5), Contreras 10 (6-4), Szczur 8 (4-4), Soler 6 (6-0), Heyward 5 (4-1), Almora Jr. 2 (1-1), Coghlan 3 (3-0), La Stella 2 (1-1), Candelario 1 (1-0), Ross 1 (0-1), 8 Ross 41 (32-9), Montero 19 (9-10), Baez 20 (14-6), Russell 17 (11-6), Szczur 8 (6-2), Federowicz 6 (4-2), Almora Jr. 6 (2-4), Contreras 5 (4-1), Coghlan 4 (2-2), Hendricks 3 (3-0), Lackey 3 (0-3), Hammel 2 (0-2), 1 (0-1) 9 Lester 25 (18-7), Hammel 24 (16-8), 23 (16-7), Lackey 21 (13-8), Hendricks 20 (11-9), Almora Jr. 6 (3-3), Baez 3 (0-3), Montgomery 3 (3-0), Ross 2 (2-0), Russell 1 (1-0), Contreras 1 (1-0), Warren 1 (0-1), La Stella 2 (0-2), Matusz 1 (1-0), Szczur 1 (1-0), Cahill 1 (1-0) C Montero 54 (32-22), Ross 44 (34-10), Contreras 31 (17-14), Federowicz 6 (4-2) 1B Rizzo 127 (84-43), Bryant 5 (3-2), Contreras 2 (0-2), Baez 1 (0-1) 2B Zobrist 97 (65-32), Baez 32 (18-14), La Stella 6 (4-2) 3B Bryant 83 (58-25), Baez 31 (18-13), La Stella 18 (10-8), Candelario 2 (1-1) SS Russell 120 (77-43), Baez 15 (10-5) LF Soler 43 (31-12), Bryant 31 (18-13), Contreras 20 (11-9), Szczur 14 (9-5), Coghlan 15 (11-4), Zobrist 7 (3-4), Almora Jr. 2 (1-1), Schwarber 2 (2-0), Kalish 1 (1-0) CF Fowler 95 (67-28), Heyward 20 (9-11), Almora Jr. 14 (6-8), Szczur 6 (5-1) RF Heyward 91 (63-28), Zobrist 18 (9-9), Bryant 11 (5-6), Szczur 6 (4-2), Soler 5 (4-1), Coghlan 3 (1-2), Almora Jr. 1 (1-0) P Lester 27 (20-7), 27 (18-9), Lackey 25 (14-11), Hammel 26 (16-10), Hendricks 25 (15-10), Montgomery 3 (3-0), Warren 1 (0-1), Matusz 1 (1-0), Cahill (1-0) DH Soler 5 (5-0), Fowler 1 (0-1), Bryant 1 (0-1) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING TOTAL CUBS OPP OUTFIELD ASSISTS (16) Heyward (4), Fowler (4), Bryant (3), Soler, Almora Jr., Zobrist, Contreras, Coghlan

5 Cubs Pitching SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 5 TEAM CHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers Relievers Season Totals /32 1, ,195 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Jake Buchanan 8/27 OMA 6.0,5,0,0,3 6/27/14 DET (4-3) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Trevor Cahill 9/3 SF 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 COL (9-2) LAD (4-12) 0/1 40/28 17/6 Aroldis Chapman 8/31 -S 1.0,1,1,1,2 CLE (7-6, 11 inn.) 8/31/16 (6-5) NYY 12/14 19/15 8/4 Carl Edwards, Jr. 9/1 SF-S 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 N/A 9/1/16 SF (5-4) 8/30/16 1/2 26/21 21/8 Justin Grimm 9/3 SF 1.0,0,0,0,0,0 8/3/16 MIA (5-4) 8/8/15 SF (8-6) 8/31/16 0/0 58/39 27/5 Felix Pena 8/31 -H 0.0,0,0,1,1 N/A N/A 8/31/16 0/0 4/2 1/0 Joe Smith 9/1 SF-W 2.0,0,0,0,0,3 9/1/16 SF (5-4) TEX (2-0) 7/30/16 BOS 0/0 7/4 4/3 Travis Wood 9/3 SF 1.0,0,0,0,0,0 LAD (6-4, 10) MIL (3-1) 8/2/16 MIA 0/1 67/50 33/5 Rob Zastryzny 9/1 SF 2.0,0,0,0,0,1 8/29/16 (8-7, 13) N/A N/A 0/0 5/4 2/ SEASON TOTALS 32/47 (.681) 411/289 (.703) 202/60 (.297) #43 JAKE BUCHANAN RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 0-0, 0 SV MOST IP, 2016: 7.0 (7x), 8/21 MEM MOST IP, CAREER: 5.0, 7/31/14 TOR LAST WIN: 6/27/14 DET (4-3) LAST SV: N/A Jake signed a minor league deal with the Cubs in April joined the big league team September 1 went 12-8 with a 4.34 ERA (68 ER/141.0 IP) in 24 games (22 starts) with Iowa this season. Went 2-1 with a 1.35 ERA (3 ER/20.0 IP) in his final three starts with Iowa. Is 1-3 with a 4.06 ERA (20 ER/44.1 IP) in 22 career games (two starts) in the majors. #53 TREVOR CAHILL RHP (3-4, 2.73 ERA, 0 SV, 2 Holds) CAREER: 68-76, 1 SV MOST IP, 2016: 5.0, 8/16 MIL MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x), 9/29/12 Cubs LAST WIN: COL (9-2) LAST SV: LAD (4-12 inn.) Trevor has appeared in 41 games (one start) with the Cubs earned the win August 20 in Colorado following 4.2 innings of 4-hit, one-run relief has walked 30 and struck out 60 suffered the loss August 28 at Dodgers, allowing one run in 0.1 innings of relief. Has held the opponent scoreless in 28 of his 41 appearances this season. Made his first-career start with Cubs on August 16 Brewers (W, 5.0 IP, 0 R). #54 AROLDIS CHAPMAN - LHP (0-1, 1.62 ERA, 12 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 22-21, 178 SV MOST IP, 2016: 2.1, CLE MOST IP, CAREER: 2.1, CLE LAST WIN: CLE (7-6, 11 inn.) LAST SV: 8/31/16 (6-5) Aroldis was acquired by the Cubs from the Yankees in a five-player deal on July 25 went 3-0 with 20 saves and a 2.01 ERA (7 ER/31.1 IP) in 31 relief appearances with the Yankees this season, striking out 44 hitters and walking just eight. Earned his 12th save August 31 Pittsburgh. Earned his fifth and sixth saves in a doubleheader August 16 Brewers first Cubs pitcher since Jeff Fassero on April 8, 2001 Phillies to turn the trick. Needed just three pitches to record three outs on August 11 St. Louis marked the first three-pitch inning by a Cub since Edwin Jackson, April 19, 2014 Reds. Has converted 46-straight saves against N.L. Central foes dating back to August of 2013, posting a 0.52 ERA (4 ER/68.2 IP) with 130 strikeouts during the stretch. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (0-1, 3.04 ERA, 1 SV, 4 Holds) CAREER: 0-1, 1 SV MOST IP, 2016: 2.0 (2x), 7/31 SEAMOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (2x), 7/31/16 SEA LAST WIN: N/A LAST SV: 9/1/16 SF (5-4) Joined the Cubs for the second time this season, June 20, as he served as the club s 26th man for a doubleheader on May 11 San Diego (did not appear in a game) has not allowed a run in 21 of his 26 games, striking out 36 and walking 10 (26.2 IP). Earned his first-career save September 1 Giants, tossing a perfect ninth. Owns a 0.75 WHIP and a.114 (10-for-88) opponents batting average against. Struck out a career-high five hitters in 2.0-scoreless innings on July 31 Seattle. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-0, 3.69 ERA, 0 SV, 9 Holds) CAREER: 17-17, 3 SV MOST IP, 2016: 2.0, 2x LAD MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2 6/14/13 TOR LAST WIN: 8/3/16 MIA (5-4) LAST SV: 8/8/15 SF (8-6) Justin has 55 strikeouts, walked 17 and held opponents to a.213 average (37-for-174) in 46.1 innings spanning 58 games has allowed five homers this season. Owns a 0.46 ERA (1 ER/19.2 IP) with 26 strikeouts in his 23 appearances. Struck out three batters in a scoreless frame August 22 in San Diego. Earned the win August 3 Miami with a scoreless ninth in Cubs 5-4 walk-off win. #60 FELIX PENA RHP (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 0-0, 0 SV MOST IP, 2016: 1.0 IP, COL MOST IP, CAREER: 1.0 IP, COL LAST WIN: N/A LAST SV: N/A Was selected by the Cubs August 19 from Triple-A Iowa and made his major league debut in Colorado that night, tossing a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts to preserve a 5-5 tie went 3-4 with a 3.41 ERA (24 ER/63.1 IP) in 36 games with Iowa. Collected his first-career hold, August 31 Pittsburgh (0.2 IP, BB, SO). With Iowa, struck out 81 batters and walked only 23 in 63.1 innings pitched. #30 JOE SMITH RHP (1-0, 4.76 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Hold) CAREER: 41-27, 29 SV MOST IP, 2016: 2.0 (3x), 9/1 SF MOST IP, CAREER: 2. DET LAST WIN: 9/1/16 SF (5-4) LAST SV: TEX (2-0) Joe was acquired by the Cubs from the Angels on August 1 for a minor league player went 1-4 with six saves and a 3.82 ERA (16 ER/37.2 IP) in 38 appearances with Angels this year landed on disabled list August 17, and activated September 1. Earned his first-career win as a Cub September 1 Giants (2.0 IP, 3 SO). Has allowed three homers in 5.2 innings with the Cubs this year (seven games). Has surrendered five home runs in 39.1 total innings this season (40 games). #37 TRAVIS WOOD LHP (4-0, 3.29 ERA, 0 SV, 11 Holds) CAREER: SV MOST IP, 2016: 4.0, 5/30 LAD MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 PHI LAST WIN: LAD (6-4) LAST SV: MIL (3-1) Has appeared in 67 games this season, holding the opponent scoreless in 51 has walked 23, struck out 42 and held the opposition to a.217 average (45-for-207) with eight homers has stranded 28 of 33 inherited runners this season. Owns a 6.30 ERA (7 ER/10.0 IP) over his 12 relief appearances. July 31, pitched in the sixth and eighth innings (1.1 IP) and played left in the seventh and eighth recorded his first-career outfield putout in the seventh. June 28, played left field in the 13th inning, pitched and played left in the 14th inning and closed out Chicago s 7-2 win with a perfect 15th inning. Is in his fifth season with the Cubs, and is the longest tenured Cub having made his debut in May of 201 a little more than a month ahead of Anthony Rizzo. #29 ROB ZASTRYZNY LHP (1-0, 0.87 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 1-0, 0 SV MOST IP, 2016: 3.2 IP, LAD MOST IP, CAREER: 3.2 IP, LAD LAST WIN: 8/29/16 (8-7, 13 innings) LAST SV: N/A Was selected by the Cubs August 19 from Triple-A Iowa and tossed a scoreless inning of relief that night has combined to go 10-5 with a 4.31 ERA (65 ER/135.2 IP) in 24 outings (23 starts) between Tennessee and Iowa this season. Has allowed just one run while fanning 12 and walking three in five games (10.1 IP). Earned his first-career big league victory on August 29 Pittsburgh. Tossed 3.2 scoreless innings August 27 in relief of Jason Hammel, stranding two runners and retiring 11 of 12 batters faced overall, fanning three CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 16, Largest Winning Margin... 11, 6, 7/31 SEA (down 6-0, won 7-6)... Largest Come Behind W... 3, 4, 6/30@ 8/19@COL (down 3-0, 5-1, won 4-3) 7-6) 16, Runs... 14, 6 (4x), 7/29 SEA (6th)... Runs, Inn (2x), (3x), 7/3 COL (2nd) (1st) 18, Hits (4x), MIA (1st)... Hits, Inn.... 8, (2nd) 1, 5/31 LAD CUBS Fewest HIGHS Hits AND...0, LOWS 5 (4x), 8/12... Home Runs... 5 (2x), 3, CUBS 7/5 (3rd)... Home Runs, Inn.... 3, 4/23 (6th) 5 16, (3x), (4x), 7/9 MIL... Largest Winning Doubles Margin (2x), 11, 4, 8/19 7/3 COL 6, 7/31 AZ SEA... (down 6-0, won 7-6)... Largest Come Triples Behind... W... 3, 6/30@ 1 (4x), (down 5/7 3-0, 8/24 WSH 4-3) SD 9 16, (2x), 8/ Extra-Base Runs... Hits... 14, 8, 7/ (4x), (2x) 7/29 6/17 SEA... (6th)... BBs Runs, By Batters Inn (2x), 7/3 (2x), 8/18 5/8 (2nd) WSH MIL 18, 18, 6/5 ARI Ks By Hits Pitchers (2x), 2 7/31 SEA 3, 6 (4x), MIA (1st)... Stolen Hits, Bases Inn , 7/3 (2nd) MIL 3 1, (3x), (2x), 5/31 8/23 6/2 LAD SD... Double Fewest Plays Hits...0, Turned... 4, 7/24 MIL 4 5 (2x), (3x), (4x), 6/12 8/21 ATL COL Errors Home Committed Runs (11x), 5 (2x), 7/25 CWS 14 15, 3, 7/5 (3x), 8/29 6/17 (3rd) Home Left On Runs, Base Inn , 4/23 21, WSH (6th) 5 (3x), Doubles... 4, 7/5 Winning AZ games... Triples 1 (4x), 5/7 7/31-8/12 WSH 9 (2x), Losing 8/ games... Extra-Base Hits 8, 7/ (2x) Runs, 6/17 Both Clubs: BBs By Batters... AZ (Cubs 10, 14, 5/8 Arizona WSH 6) 18, 6/5 Hits, ARI Both... Clubs: Ks By Pitchers (2x), (Cubs 11, 7/31 Mets SEA 22) 3, 5/2 Runs, Both Clubs: 7 (2x)... Stolen Bases... 8/12 (Cubs 6, 5, 7/24 MIL 2) 3 (2x), Strikeouts 6/2 By LAD Pitchers,... Both Clubs: Double /31 Plays Turned... SEA (Cubs 14, 4, Mariners MIL 16) 4 (2x), Left On 6/12 ATL Both... Clubs: Errors Committed 5/8... WSH 2 (Cubs (11x), 13, Nationals CWS 21) 14 Fewest (3x), Left 6/17 On Base,... Both Clubs: 5...5/17 Left On MIL (Cubs 21, 5/8 Brewers WSH 3) Games With a Home Run: 10 games...6/27-7/6 and 8/16-26 Winning Games Without 11 games a Home... Run: 5 games...7/30-8/3 7/31-8/12 Losing Errorless Games: 5 games 8 games /1-8 7/5-9 Runs, Both Games Clubs: With 20 An... Error: 5 games... AZ (Cubs 14, Arizona 6/ ) Shortest Hits, Game, Both Time: Clubs: 2: (Cubs 11, 5/17 MIL 22) Home Game, Runs, Time: Both 5:00 5:03 Clubs:... 7 (2x)... 8/12 (Cubs 5, 5/18 Cardinals MIL 2) Innings: Strikeouts 15 By... Pitchers, Both Clubs: /31 SEA (Cubs 14, Mariners 16) Largest Left Wrigley On Base, Field Both Crowd: Clubs: 41,678, /17 COL 5/8 WSH (Cubs 13, Nationals 21) Largest Fewest Left Road On Crowd: Base, 45,565, 49,52 Both Clubs: 4/25 8/27 MIL (Cubs Brewers 3) Series Sweeps: Games (2 With G, 4/4-5 a LAA), Run: (3 10 G, games 4/ /27-7/6 ), (2 G, 4/26-28 MIL), (3 G, Games ), (4 Without G, 5/5-8 a Home WSH), Run: (3 G, 5 games...7/30-8/3 5/27-29 PHI), (3 G, 6/17-19 ), (2 G, 7/27-28 Errorless CWS), Games: (3 (3 G, G, 8/ /1-3 games MIA),... MIA), (3 G, (38/5-7 G, OAK), (2 G, 8/9-10 (2 G, 8/9-10 LAA) 6/1-8 LAA), (4 G, 8/16-18 Games MIL), With (3 G, An 8/22-24 Error: SD), (3 G, 8/29-31 MIL) 6/24-28 Shortest Game, Time: 2:10... BATTING HIGHLIGHTS MIL Game, Hitting Time: 5:00 16 games,... Zobrist... BATTING HIGHLIGHTS MIL Runs Innings: Hitting Scored: (3x), 16 games, Szczur Zobrist... 8/12 Largest Hits: Runs Wrigley 5, Scored: Bryant Field 4... (4x), Crowd: 41,678, Bryant 4/17 COL 8/18 MIL Largest Hits: Total Road 5 Bases: (2x), Crowd: Bryant 16, 45,565, Bryant,... 4/25 franchise record... & 8/18 MIL Series Total Extra-Base Sweeps: Bases: 11 Hits: 16, (2 G, Bryant, 5, single-game... LAA), (3 G, franchise 4/11-14 record ), (2 G, 4/26-28 MIL), (3 G, 5/2-4 Extra-Base ), 2 (13x), Hits: (4 G, 5, 5/5-8 Bryant Bryant... WSH), (3 G, 5/27-29 PHI), (3 G, 6/17-19 ), 8/12 (2 G, 7/27-28 Doubles: Triples: 1 2 CWS), (14x), (3 Zobrist G, Rizzo 8/ MIA), (3 G, OAK), (2 G, 8/9-10 LAA) 8/18 7/31 MIL SEA Triples: RBI: 6 (3x), 1 (18x), Bryant Fowler... 8/31 RBI: Stolen 6 (3x), Bases: Bryant Fowler... BATTING HIGHLIGHTS 6/27 Walks: Stolen Hitting Bases: 3 (6x), Fowler 16 Russell games,... Zobrist... 6/30 5/2 Runs Walks: Strikeouts: Scored: 3 (7x), 4 (3x), 4 (3x), Bryant Rizzo Szczur /19 8/12 8/29 2-Hit Innings: Hits: Strikeouts: 5, Bryant 1, Zobrist 4 (3x),... (2nd) Rizzo... 7/19 6/27 2-Hit Innings: Total Bases: 1, Zobrist 16, Bryant, (2nd)... single-game franchise record... 6/27 Extra-Base Hits: 5, Bryant... CHING HIGHLIGHTS Doubles: Winning 2 (13x), 9 games, Bryant... CHING...4/4-5/25 HIGHLIGHTS 8/12 Triples: Winning Losing 1 (14x), 4, 9 Hammel Zobrist games, /10-7/1...4/4-5/25 7/31 SEA Complete RBI: Losing Game 6 (3x), Shutouts: Bryant 4, Hammel /10-7/1 & Hendricks & 6/27 MIA 9.0-Inning Complete Stolen Game Complete Bases: Shutouts: Games: Fowler... 4, & Hendricks... & 8/1 MIA Low-Hit 9.0-Inning Walks: Complete 3 (6x), Game: Games: Russell 0, 5, Lester...9/2 6/30 SF Low-Hit Strikeouts: Outing, Complete 4 Game: (3x), 4.0, Rizzo Wood /19 5/30 LAD 2-Hit Innings: Strikeouts, Outing, 1, Zobrist Starter: (2nd) (2x),... Cahill... & Hendricks 6/5 ARI & 8/20 6/19 COL Strikeouts, 5 (2x), Starter: Cahill & 12 Edwards (2x), Jr.... & Hendricks 7/6 6/5 ARI & 7/31 6/19 SEA 5 Strikeouts: (3x), Zastryzny 5, Lackey... CHING HIGHLIGHTS 8/21 COL Winning Scoreless Strikeouts: Innings, 5, 9 Lackey games, Starter: /4-5/25 IP,... Losing 12.1 Scoreless IP, Grimm Innings, 4, Hammel... Starter:...6/10-7/ IP,... 6/28-current 4/10-28 Complete Game 14.0 Save Shutouts: IP, Opportunities Grimm... Converted: & Hendricks 2 Rondon... 8/14/15-6/6/16 & 8/1 6/28-8/24 MIA 9.0-Inning Complete Batters Save Opportunities Retired: Games: 4, 16, Converted: Lester Hendricks Rondon 8/14/15-6/6/16 5/15 8/1 MIA Low-Hit Runs Complete Allowed: Batters Game: Retired: 10, Hammel... 0, 16, Lester... 7/1 5/15 Runs Hits Outing, Allowed: 910, (4x), Hammel , Wood and 5/30 8/21 COL LAD Hits Homers Strikeouts, Allowed: Allowed: Starter: 10, Hammel 5, 12 (2x),... & Hendricks... 6/5 ARI & 8/21 7/1 COL Homers Walks Issued: 5 Allowed: (2x), Cahill 5 (3x), 5, & Hammel Edwards Lester... Jr.... 7/6 & 7/31 7/24 SEA MIL Walks No-Hit Issued: Strikeouts: Stretch, 7, Start 5, Lackey of... Game: ,... 8/18 4/21 MIL No-Hit Scoreless Stretch, Innings, Start of Starter: Game: 9.0, IP,... 4/ IP, Grimm... MISCELLANEOUS INFO 6/28-current Come-From-Behind Save Opportunities Wins: 25 Converted: MISCELLANEOUS High-Water 2 Rondon INFO... Mark: 32 (73-41 & 75-43) 8/14/15-6/6/16 Come-From-Behind Losses after Leading: Batters Wins: Retired: , Lester... High-Water Low-Water Mark: N/A 40 (87-47) 5/15 Losses Games Runs after Won Allowed: Leading: Last At-Bat: 10, 21 Hammel... 9 Low-Water No. of Times Mark: at.500 N/A Mark: N/A Games Walkoff Hits Won Wins: Allowed: 4 Last (5/8 9 At-Bat: (4x), WSH, 11 7/31... SEA, 8/3 No. of Times MIA & at 8/ Mark: ) N/A Walkoff Homers Wins: Allowed: 5 (5/8 5, WSH, Hammel 7/31... SEA, 8/3 MIA, 8/11 & 8/29 ) M W lk I d 5 (3 ) l L MIL