Arizona Diamondbacks (60-45) vs. Chicago Cubs (56-48)

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1 CUBS VS. DIAMONDBACKS The Cubs and Diamondbacks play six games, spanning two series, in the span of 13 days following this three-game set at Wrigley Field, the teams play three games at Chase Field, August Chicago has won the last two season series (4-2 in 2015 and 5-2 in 2016) after dropping three-straight season series from Overall: At Wrigley Field: At Chase Field: Overall: At Wrigley Field: At Chase Field: All-Time Since 1998: At Wrigley Field: At Chase Field: CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (0) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed --- UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 1,000 Hits... Jason Heyward (4) 2,000 strikeouts... Jon Lester (9) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN Giancarlo Stanton Anthony Rizzo Nolan Arenado Jay Bruce Paul Goldschmidt MOST HOME RUNS, CATCHERS, Salvador Perez, KC Willson Contreras, CHI Gary Sanchez, NYY...16 Mike Zunino, SEA Yasmani Grandal, LAD...14 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago Cubs Washington Nationals Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks Washington Nationals Chicago Cubs New York Mets MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, Los Angeles Dodgers New York Yankees Chicago Cubs Cleveland Indians Minnesota Twins LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago Cubs Arizona Diamondbacks Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals LOWEST OPP AVG, NL RELIEVERS, Carl Edwards Jr., CHI Felipe Rivero, PIT Matt Albers, WSH Arizona Diamondbacks (60-45) vs. Chicago Cubs (56-48) August 1, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 105 Home Game No. 50 LHP Patrick Corbin (8-9, 4.36) vs. LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 3.88) SOME THOUGHTS ON AUGUST 1: The defending World Champion Chicago Cubs, a season-high eight games over.500, woke up today in first place in the N.L. Central with a 2.5-game lead the Cubs are the first defending World Champions to be in first place in their division on August 1 in the last six seasons, as the 2011 San Francisco Giants began that month of August with a two-game lead in the N.L. West the Cubs are the first defending World Champions to have a better than twogame lead in their division on August 1 since the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies began that month of August with a six-game lead in the N.L. East. Overall, the Cubs are only the fourth defending World Champion to be in first place in their division on August 1 in the last 15 seasons, joining the 2011 Giants, 2009 Phillies and 2005 Red Sox. Furthermore, the Cleveland Indians wake up on August 1 with a 2.0-game lead in the A.L. Central 2017 marks only the third time in the last 15 seasons that both defending pennant winners have been in first place on August 1 the year after they played in the World Series, joining the 2011 Giants and Rangers and the 2005 Red Sox and Cardinals. SINCE THE ASG: The Cubs have emerged from the All-Star Break with a 13-3 record (.813), the second-best mark in the majors behind the Dodgers (13-2/.867). The Cubs, now 2.5-games ahead of Milwaukee in the N.L. Central Division, have gained eight games in the standings since beginning the season s second half 5.5-games back of the Brewers. THE GAME OF RISP: In the Cubs last nine games since July 22, the pitching staff has allowed just one hit in 41 at-bats with RISP (.024) and none to a position player that lone hit came in the second inning on July 25 when White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón delivered a two-run double. Cubs pitching has held the opponent without a hit in its last 32 at-bats with RISP, including an 0-for-18 stretch in the three-game Brewers series. LEST IS MORE: Jon Lester enters tonight s contest just nine strikeouts away from 2,000 for career he s looking to become just the 25th left-handed pitcher in major league history to reach the 2,000-strikeout mark. Lester s 1,991 strikeouts are fourth-most among active left-handed pitchers, behind CC Sabathia (2,800), Cole Hamels (2,170) and Clayton Kershaw (2,086). CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall: At Wrigley Field: On the Road: April: May: June: July August: All-Time Since 1876:... 10,767-10,236 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,245-3,732 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: WHAT LIES AHEAD: Of the 58 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 40 are against teams currently owning a record that is below.500, or 69 percent of them however, this is the fourth game (2-1) of a stretch that sees the Cubs play teams with winning records in 12 of 15 games through August 13. The Cubs have 32 games remaining at home and 26 games left on the road Chicago has more home games remaining than any other team in the N.L. Central. The Cubs, who defeated Milwaukee on Sunday, 4-2, to complete a 4-1 trip at the White Sox (2-0) and Brewers (2-1) tonight play the first of three games against the Diamondbacks following this series, the Nationals come to town for three games starting Friday. This is day 12 of an 18-day stretch without a trip to the airport, a stretch that began with a five-game homestand, followed by the road trip at the White Sox and Milwaukee (a short bus ride to and from Chicago). IT S A START: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.53 ERA (27 ER/96.0 IP) while going 11-1 with a.197 opposing batting average and a stellar 0.94 WHIP in the first 16 games since the All-Star break, including 11 quality starts the 2.53 ERA,.197 opposing average and 0.92 WHIP lead all major league starting rotations in that span. This season, the Cubs are when Cubs starting pitchers go at least 6.0 innings, including a 26-8 record the last 34 times it happened Chicago s starting pitchers have a 2.74 ERA (105 ER/344.1 IP) and a overall individual record in those starts. THAT WAS A FINE JULY: Chicago went 16-8 (.667) in July, its highest winning percentage in a calendar month since going 22-6 (.786) last August Cubs pitching posted a 3.54 ERA (85 ER/216.0 IP), the fourth-best mark in the N.L. last month, while their.217 opponent batting average paced the Senior Circuit the team led the N.L. with 40 homers in July, while its.346 OBP and.270 average (224-for- 829) were both fourth. Cubs catcher Willson Contreras batted.321 (27-for-84) with seven home runs and 19 RBI in 22 July games Elias notes that it has been over 20 years since a Cubs catcher had that many homers and RBI in a calendar month Scott Servais hit eight homers and had 18 RBI for Chicago in August of BRYANT BLASTS: Kris Bryant on Sunday belted his 20th homer of the season, making him the first Cub in franchise history to hit at least 20 homers in each of his first three major league seasons moreover, he is just the fourth Cub ever with three 20-homer seasons by his age 25 campaign or younger Bryant, who hit 26 homers in 2015 and 39 in 2016, joins Ron Santo (four times, ), Anthony Rizzo (three times, ) and Billy Williams (three times, ). SOLID BAT, SOLID GLOVE: Anthony Rizzo needs one more long ball to become just the third Cubs left-handed hitter to record four 25- homer campaigns he would join Billy Williams (10 times from ) and Bill Nicholson (five times between ). Rizzo enters today with a career-high 84-game errorless streak at first base dating to April 24 that s the longest errorless streak by a Cubs first baseman in 25 years since Mark Grace went 102-straight games without an error at first during the 1992 campaign. WHERE THERE S A WILL : Willson Contreras, who has reached safely in 15-straight games, has hit 16 home runs this season, the most for any N.L. catcher and tied for second-most among all major league backstops with the Yankees Gary Sanchez and Seattle s Mike Zunino Kansas City s Salvador Perez leads with 21 home runs this season. Contreras.825 OPS this season is third among N.L. catchers since making his debut on June 17 of last year, Contreras has produced an.834 OPS that s the third-highest of any N.L. catcher behind the Dodgers Yasmani Grandal (.854) and the Giants Buster Posey (.852). THERE S A WADE: With his save Sunday, Cubs closer Wade Davis has extended his single-season franchise record for consecutive save chances converted, as he s been successful in his first 22 opportunities this year that surpasses Flash Gordon in 2001, Ryan Dempster in 2005 and Carlos Marmol in 2012, all of whom had 19-straight successful save chances in a single campaign. The franchise mark for consecutive save chances converted is held by Dempster (26 straight in the seasons) Davis 22- straight save conversions are tied for second-longest in club history overall. FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Cubs have allowed 81 runs in the first inning this season covering 104 games the Cubs had not allowed a first-inning run in each of their first 14 games following the All-Star Break before the Brewers plated a first-inning run Saturday night the Cubs allowed a total of 71 first-inning runs in their 162 games last year. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Tue., August 1 ARI 7:05 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 3.88) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (8-9, 4.36) Wed., August 2 ARI 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (10-7, 4.03) vs. RHP Zack Godley (4-4, 3.06) Thurs., August 3 ARI 1:20 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (2-1, 2.37) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (13-4, 2.84)

2 AUGUST 1, 2017 PAGE 2 Tonight s Cubs Starter #34 LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 3.88) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS CUBS MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS Last Time Out Jon earned his third win in three starts since the All-Star Break as he allowed just two solo homers in 7.0 innings last Thursday at the White Sox he allowed just four hits. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left W Season Jon tonight makes his N.L. leading 23rd start of the season, and 13th at home has a 3.57 ERA (28 ER/70.2 IP) in 12 home starts compared to a 4.25 ERA (28 ER/59.1 IP) in nine road starts the Cubs are 10-4 in his last 14 starts. Has gone 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA (5 ER/22.0 IP) in three starts since the All-Star Break, striking out 20 and walking two during that span. Limiting lefties to a.187 average (20-for-107) while righties are batting.258 (98- for-380) has held opposing batters to a.195 average (8-for-41) with runners in scoring position and two outs. With his 99-pitch, complete-game effort on May 23, became the first Cubs pitcher to throw a complete game under 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September 25, 2009 at the Giants (98 pitches) was his 15th-career complete game. Is tied for eighth in the National League with eight starts of at least 7.0 IP struck out a season-high 10 batters May 23 vs. the Giants, June 13 at the Mets and July 22 vs. the Cardinals. Allowed one run or fewer in each of his first three starts of a season for the first time became the first Cubs pitcher to allow one run or fewer in three-straight starts, yet not collect a win, since Rich Harden, July 12-26, Started the Cubs Season Opener, April 2 at St. Louis, as well as the Cubs Home Opener, April 10 vs. the Dodgers became just the fourth Cub to start both the team s season opener when on the road and its home opener he joins Grover Alexander (1920, 1922), Rick Sutcliffe (1986, 1988) and Jon Lieber (2000) thanks to Ed Hartig Season Jon finished second in the N.L. Cy Young vote after setting a career-best mark with a 2.44 ERA and tying his career-high with 19 wins both those marks ranked second in the N.L. went 10-2 with a 1.74 ERA (20 ER/103.1 IP) in 15 home starts, all quality efforts went 9-3 with a 3.17 ERA (35 ER/99.1 IP) in 17 road starts. Went 10-0 with a 1.34 ERA (13 ER/87.0 IP) in his first 13 starts following the All- Star Break the 10-straight wins marked a career-high. Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (19, 2nd), ERA (2.44, 2nd), opposing average (.211, 4th), OPS (.602, 3rd), WHIP (1.02, 3rd) and quality starts (26, t-1st). Career vs. Arizona Jon tonight makes his first start vs. Arizona since September 4, 2015 in two starts against Arizona with the Cubs, he has gone 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (4 ER/12.0 IP). W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career vs. D-backs Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Blanco ( ) Iannetta ( ) Owings ( ) Drury ( ) Martinez ( ) Peralta ( ) Goldschmidt ( ) Mathis ( ) Pollock ( ) Career Notes Jon tonight makes his 87th regular season start with the Cubs has gone with four complete games and a 3.13 ERA (187 ER/537.2 IP) in 86 starts with the Cubs has struck out 534 and walked just 138 signed a six-year deal with Chicago in December of Is nine punchouts shy of becoming the 25th southpaw all-time with 2,000 career strikeouts will be the 11th active pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts. Is one of eight lefties in Cubs history with 500 strikeouts and innings pitched with the club. Is one of eight active pitchers with 150-career wins, joining Bartolo Colon, CC Sabathia, teammate John Lackey, Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke, Felix Hernandez and Jered Weaver. Has gone 14-5 with a 2.48 ERA (48 ER/174.0 IP) in 26 starts at Wrigley Field since the start of last season had a 12-game home winning streak from May 27, June 3, 2017, which was the longest of its kind by a Cubs pitcher since Jon Lieber won 13-straight decisions at Wrigley Field from A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, he has finished in the top five of the Cy Young voting three times, doing so in 2010 and 2014 in the A.L., and last season in the N.L. Has surpassed the inning mark five-straight seasons and in eight of the last nine... has reached 31 starts in a season nine times, including last season. Fanned 207 batters in 2015, setting a Cubs single-season franchise record for most strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher. Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (154) and fourth in strikeouts (1,991)... is one of only 14 active pitchers with at least 2,000 IP. Ranks third in Cubs postseason history with 49.2 innings pitched and is tied for the most starts in Chicago playoff history with seven... ranks second among all active pitchers with 19 postseason starts and innings pitched (trailing only teammate John Lackey)... leads all active pitchers with 117 postseason strikeouts Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. ND, 4-3 L , 2 on Opening Night at St. Louis 2. 4/10 LAD ND, 3-2 W Retired 11 of 12 BF from 2nd-5th innings 3. 4/16 PIT ND, 6-1 L Third-straight start allowing one run or fewer 4. ND, 6-5 (11) W , 2 on Fourth-straight no decision 5. L, , 2 on Season-high 10 hits, six runs allowed APRIL: 0-1, 3.68 ERA (5 starts) /2 PHI W, First win of /7 NYY ND, 5-4 L (18) Fanned a season-high nine batters 8. L, , 1 on Second-straight start with nine strikeouts 9. 5/18 CIN W, , 2 on Both runners left on base scored; fourth quality start 10. 5/23 SF W, First Cubs CG this season; second-career CG w/ 10 K, 0 BB 11. L, , 2 on Allowed two three-run homers MAY: 3-2, 4.00 ERA (6 starts) /3 STL ND, 5-3 W Left with a 3-1 deficit before club rallied for 5-3 win 13. 6/8 COL L, Allowed all four runs with two outs in second inning 14. W, Tied season-high with 10 strikeouts 15. 6/19 SD ND, 3-2 W Allowed two solo homers 16. W, Allowed 2 hits and 0 runs in final 6.0 IP 17. ND, 5-4 W Fourth-straight quality start JUNE: 2-1, 3.41 ERA (6 starts) /4 TB L, Snapped streak of four-straight Cubs wins in his starts 19. 7/9 PIT L, Shortest-career start 20. W, First start after the All-Star Break 21. 7/22 STL W, Retired first 17 batters/third 10 K game this season 22. W, Allowed just two solo homers JULY: 3-2, 4.55 ERA (5 starts) At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS Career LAST HIT: 7/17/17 at Braves (double off Julio Teheran)... at-bats since then 3 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 1 (12x) last, Atlanta MOST RBI: 1 (10x) last, 5/18/17 vs. Cincinnati Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: CWS, 6-3 (7.0,4,2,2,1,4) Last Loss: 7/9/17 vs. PIT, 14-3 (0.2,6,10,4,3,0) Last Complete Game: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) Most Strikeouts: 15 5/3/14 vs. OAK also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five 12-K games, six 11-K games and K games (30 total double-digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 12 (2x) last, DET Most Runs Allowed: 11 7/22/12 vs. TOR Longest Winning Streak: 10 games 7/18-9/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/27-7/11/15 Wednesday s Starter vs. Arizona RHP Jake Arrieta (10-7, 4.03) Jake tomorrow makes his 22nd start of the season, and just his eighth at home... earned the win in his last start, July 26 at the White Sox allowed just two hits and two runs in 6.2 innings took a no-hitter into the fifth inning in the Cubs 8-3 win was his third-straight quality start. Went 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA (8 ER/32.0 IP) in five July starts. Has allowed six or fewer hits in 13-straight starts, the third-longest stretch of his career had a 12-game stretch last season (July 19-September 23). Will make his sixth-career start against Arizona is 2-2 with a 3.31 ERA (12 ER/32.2 IP) in his first five starts, four of which have been quality starts has fanned 40 batters while walking just six struck out 12 batters in his last start against Arizona, June 5 of last season at Wrigley Field (5.0 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 12 SO).

3 #5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.277, 4 HR, 20 RBI) Road Trip:.273 (3-11), 2B, R, SAC Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (10): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: BAL (Wade Miley) Career Bests: H 3 (4x), last NYM; RBI 2 (8x), last BAL; R 2 (5x), last NYM Albert went 1-for-3 Friday night, committing his first career error in center field had gone 102-straight games in the field before committing his first miscue is 8-for-27 (.296) with four RBI in his last seven starts had a career-high tying six-game hitting streak July 4-18 (.471/8-for-17) July 15 in Baltimore hit a solo homer as part of a 2-for-5, 2-RBI effort batted.276 (16-for-58) with a.373 OBP in June is batting.375 (9-for-24) with six RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 62 games in center field (47 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are when he starts in center field is batting.348 (23-for-66) off lefties and.240 (31-for-129) off righties. #13 ALEX AVILA C (.274, 11 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip: N/A Current Streak: 1 game (1-1) Multi-Hit Games (15): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 13 Last HR: 6/28/17 vs. KC (Ian Kennedy) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last BOS; RBI 5, BAL; R 4, 4/8/15 vs. MIN Alex was acquired yesterday from the Tigers and joins his first N.L. club has never appeared in a game at Wrigley Field batted.274 (60-for-219) with 11 doubles, 11 homers and 32 RBI in 77 games with the Tigers this season his.869 OPS ranks second-highest among all catchers with at least 70 games played at the time of the trade, he led all active A.L. catchers since 2010 with 133 catcher caught stealings is in his ninth major league campaign media guide bio is available in the back of the press box and on CubsPressbox.com. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.263, 13 HR, 40 RBI) Road Trip:.125 (1-8), HR, RBI, R, BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (16), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: MIL (Anthony Swarzak) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI; RBI 6, PIT; R 3, CIN Javy Friday night belted his 13th homer of the season, a solo shot in the eighth is one homer shy of his career-high 14 hit last season had a five-game hitting streak (11-for-20), July hit a three-run homer July 19 to complete a strong road trip at Baltimore and Atlanta, batting.500 (10-for-20) with two homers and six RBI homered in consecutive games July is batting.308 (33-for-107) with 10 doubles in his last 33 games had a career-high eight game hitting streak, June (.419/13-for-31) went 3-for-4 with a two-run run homer May 22 his second three-hit effort in a three-game span as he went 3-for-3 with his third-career grand slam and five RBI May 19. Had a career day May 2, going 4-for-4 with a triple, homer, two runs and three RBI vs. Philadelphia the four hits tied a career-high and the three RBI marked a season-high homered in consecutive games, May 1-2, for the third time in his career after going 2-for-4 with a homer May 1. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.279, 20 HR, 45 RBI) Road Trip:.300 (6-20), 2 2B, HR, 4 R, 3 RBI, SF, BB Current Streak: 2 games (5-8) Multi-Hit Games (24): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 19 Last HR: MIL (Jacob Barnes) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last CIN; R 4 (5x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL Kris led the Cubs with a.326 average and 17 runs scored in July hit his 20th homer of the season Sunday and went 2-for-4 was 3-for-4 Saturday with a game-tying RBI was ejected for the first time in his major-league career July 25 did not record a hit before being tossed in the fourth inning, snapping his five-game hitting streak went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI July went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer July 16 and 3-for-5 July 15 led the team in OBP (.399), runs scored (57), walk (59) and stolen bases (6) before the Break went 4-for-5 with a triple, two homers, three runs and four RBI July 7 was his 10th multi-homer game (third this season) with a season-high four RBI drew a season-high three walks June 9 collected his second multi-hr game of the season (ninth of his career) May 21 reached base five times and tied a career-high with four runs reached base in 18-straight games, April 18-May 7 with a.461 OBP during that span. Leads the club in runs (67) and walks (64) has eight three-hit games and two four-hit games. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.269, 16 HR, 57 RBI) Road Trip:.167 (2-12), 5 BB, 2 R, RBI Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 16; GW RBI 9; 2-Out RBI 26 Last HR: 7/25/17 vs. CWS (Carlos Rodon) Career Bests: H 4, BAL; RBI 4 (2x), last 7/25/17 vs. CWS; R 3, CIN Willson led the Cubs with seven homers, 19 RBI and a.400 OBP in July went 1-for-4 with a RBI single Sunday reached three times and scored twice July 27 tied a career-high with four RBI July 25, including a three-run homer in the first inning also hit a game-winning two-run homer July 23 is 17-for-35 (.486) with five doubles and six homers with RISP since June 10 leads all catchers with 11 homers and 26 RBI (tied) since June 19 is one of two Cubs with at least 50 RBI batted.321 (27-for-84) with four doubles, seven homers, 19 RBI and a OPS in July, hitting safely in 17 of 22 games has a career-high 16 homers this season notched his first-career four-hit game July 16 in Baltimore is batting.294 (25-for-85) with eight homers out of the clean-up spot this year hit a leadoff homer in his first-career start there June 26 in Washington recorded his first-career multi-homer game with two solo blasts in St. Louis May 12 Has thrown out 17 baserunners aiming to steal has nine catcher pickoffs since 2016, the most in the majors. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.247, 13 HR, 34 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-7) Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 20 Last HR: 7/8/17 vs. PIT (Ivan Nova) Career Bests: H 4, MIA; RBI 4 (3x), last CIN; R 2 (3x), last CIN Ian was 0-for-2 with a walk Saturday reached four times July 25 went 2-for-5 with a two-run double July 16 to start Chicago s eight-run outburst his 13 homers before the All-Star Break were second-most by a Cubs rookie alltime is tied for the team lead with three games with four+ RBI led the Cubs with eight homers in June had a seven-game hitting streak (.429/12-for-28) June June 22 in Miami notched his first-career four-hit game, including a two-run double, as part of a 4-for-5 effort 20 of his 34 RBI have come with two outs hit his first grand slam June 13 vs. the Mets notched his first-career multi-homer game June 4. Was selected from Triple-A Iowa May 13 to join his first big league roster has started games in center field (28), right field (5), left field (7) and second base (13). #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.257, 8 HR, 39 RBI) Road Trip:.200 (4-20), HR, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB Current Streak: 2 games (3-9) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 19 Last HR: MIL (Jared Hughes) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last PIT; R 4, CHI Jason went 2-for-4 Sunday and hit a game-winning solo homer in the 11th inning Saturday robbed Ryan Braun of a home run Friday night had a pair of walks and runs scored Wednesday had a double, run and RBI July 23 is hitting.279 (17-for-61) with two homers, two triples, two doubles, nine RBI and 11 runs in his last 16 games on July 16 recorded his third-straight multi-hit game slugged a two-run homer July 14 as part of a 2-for-4 effort with a double his homer landed on Eutaw St., just the 92nd blast ever to do so hit a pair of RBI doubles June 6 in his first three-hit game of the season had 11 RBI in a four-game stretch, April tied his career mark with four RBI April 24, thanks in part to a three-run homer in the first also matched the mark with four RBI April 22 in Cincy. Has missed time due to two D.L. stints: May 8-20 (right finger sprain) and June 22-July 4 (left hand abrasion). #30 JON JAY OF (.306, 2 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (5-15), RBI, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 HBP Current Streak: 3 games (4-9) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 7/5/17 vs. TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon on Sunday went 2-for-4 with a run scored was 1-for-3 with a walk Friday reached base three times with an RBI single and two walks July 26 reached in seven-straight plate appearances spanning three games, July has hit.387 (12-for-31) with six walks to post a.513 OBP in his last 11 games had a season-high four hits Monday, including a double made his first-career pitching appearance July 6 (1.0 IP, 1 H) hit a pinch-hit, game-tying threerun homer July 5, his second in three games on July 4 hit his first home run as a Cub as part of a 2-for-4 effort was his first homer since May 24, 2016 at San Francisco with San Diego hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth June 29, erasing a 4-3 deficit and led the Cubs to a 5-4 win in Washington. Is 11-for-29 (.379) with one homer and seven RBI as a pinch-hitter this season. AUGUST 1, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. DIAMONDBACKS LHP PATRICK CORBIN Javier Baez Kris Bryant Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Ben Zobrist CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Albert Almora Jr Alex Avila Javier Baez Kris Bryant Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr Alex Avila Javier Baez Kris Bryant Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr Alex Avila Javier Baez Kris Bryant Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr Alex Avila Javier Baez Kris Bryant Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr Alex Avila Javier Baez Kris Bryant Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist

4 AUGUST 1, 2017 PAGE 4 #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.257, 24 HR, 67 RBI) Road Trip:.385 (5-13), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 4 BB, HBP Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (23): 2-hit (19), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 13; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 26 Last HR: CWS (Mike Pelfrey) Career Bests: H 4 (8x), last SD; RBI 6 (3x) last, ARI; R 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Anthony did not play Sunday for just the second time this season was 0-for-2 with two walks and was hit by a pitch Saturday hit a solo homer Thursday, his team-leading 24th hit a bases-clearing double Wednesday to straightaway center-field as part of his 3-for-4, four-rbi night has reached at least three times in four of his last six games is tied with Ian Happ for the most four+ RBI games this season with three had a game-winning RBI single July 22 homered in three-straight games July for the second time this season (also April 21-23) led the team in hits (82), total bases (161), homers (20) and RBI (56) in the first half is already one of four Cubs lefties alltime with five 20-homer campaigns had a career-high 14-game hitting streak (.420/21-for-50) June 6-20, the longest streak by a Cub this season his leadoff HR June 19 was his third of the season homered to lead off each of his first two games at leadoff June in New York drove in a season-high tying four runs June 6, including a GW three-run homer recorded his 14th-career multi-homer game May 24. Is batting.302 (52-for-172) at home and.219 (44-for-201) on the road has a.437 OBP at home is batting.322 (37-for-115) with eight HR and a.463 OBP in his last 34 home games. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.237, 10 HR, 36 RBI) Road Trip:.222 (4-18), HR, 2 RBI, R Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (3) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 17 Last HR: CWS (Juan Minaya) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last ATL; RBI 4 (2x), last 4/19/17 vs. MIL; R 3 (5x), last BAL Addison went 1-for-4 with a RBI Sunday went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, his 10th of the season, July 26 joins Starlin Castro and Ron Santo as the only Cubs players with three 10-homer seasons by the end of their age 23 season has collected an extra-base hit and scored a run in three of his last six starts tied a career-high with four hits July 19, including two doubles and two RBI is batting.281 (36-for-128) with 11 doubles and seven homers in his last 40 games batted.409 (9-for-22) on the Cubs post-all Star road trip, July July 15 went 2-for-4 with a solo homer for the second night in a row and matched his career high with three runs his solo homer in the ninth inning July 14 snapped an 8-8 tie and led the Cubs to the 9-8 win June 22 in Miami matched his career highs with four hits and three runs as part of a 4-for-5 effort with a solo homer and two doubles homered in back-to-back games June April 24, recorded a career-high four hits and tied his career mark with three runs. Hit a three-run walk-off homer April 19, his second-career walk-off RBI and first walk-off homer. #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.187, 17 HR, 36 RBI) Road Trip:.308 (4-13), 3B, 2 HR, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last 3 games (0-6) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 10; GW RBI 8; 2-Out RBI 14 Last HR: CWS (Aaron Bummer) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last CIN; RBI 4 (4x), last CWS; R 3 (4x), last PHI -2 Kyle Thursday recorded a career-high tying 11 total bases as he went 3-for-4 with a triple and his fourth-career multihomer game tied a career-high with four RBI his 17 homers are a new career-high reached three times and drove in the game-winning run Wednesday with his fourth-inning RBI single hit a game-tying, moonshot homer July 23 with an exit velocity of 110 mph is batting.250 (14-for-56) with five homers since returning from Iowa, July 6 went 2-for-4 with a homer and walk July 8 batted.343 with four homers in 11 games during his stay with Iowa hit a two-run homer June 14 measured at 467-feet and his first-career pinch-hit homer June 11 notched his first threehit game of the season June 7, including two doubles and a homer hit a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning June 3, his first-career grand slam hit his longest-career homer according to Statcast May 23, a 470-foot blast onto Sheffield. Hit a three-run homer May 2, his 20th-career home run is the fastest Cubs player since 1913 to 20-career homers (97 games), thanks STATS Inc. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.219, 8 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip:.105 (2-19), RBI, R, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 10 Last HR: BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, MIN; R 4 (4x), last MIA Ben was 1-for-5 with a walk Saturday singled, scored a run and notched a sacrifice fly Wednesday went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk Tuesday hit a RBI single and scored the game-tying run July 22 had three hits July 21 went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and two runs July 14 returned from the 10-day disabled list July 1 (left wrist inflammation) played two games with Double-A Tennessee, going 3-for-6 with a pair of walks was 5- for-49 (.102) since May 26 before landing on the shelf on June 16 had a 25-straight game on-base streak, April 28- May 30 had an eight-game hitting streak May (13-for-28/.464) hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21 had a 10-game hitting streak, April 28-May 7 was his sixth-career streak of at least 10 games. Has batted.232 (22-for-95) with five doubles, two triples, four homers and 14 RBI in 23 games in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 16-7 in those games. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (4) Alex Avila (11) Javier Baez (13) Kris Bryant (20) Willson Contreras (16) Ian Happ (13) Jason Heyward (8) Jon Jay (2) Anthony Rizzo (24) Addison Russell (10) Kyle Schwarber (17) Ben Zobrist (8) CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (5) Alex Avila (7) Javier Baez (11) Kris Bryant (8) Willson Contreras (18) Ian Happ (9) Jason Heyward (11) Jon Jay (3) Anthony Rizzo (20) Addison Russell (7) Kyle Schwarber (8) Ben Zobrist (6) HOME RUNS IN Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (145) Opponents (124) CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Willson Contreras, Washington (Gio Gonzalez) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Jon Jay, 7/5 vs. Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez) 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: Mike Montgomery, Atlanta (R.A. Dickey) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (8): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Contreras, STL; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL & CIN; Schwarber, CWS 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (4): Contreras, CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Happ, NYM 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Rizzo, 4/21-23; Rizzo, 7/15-17 Pinch-Homers (2): Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Jay, 7/5 vs. TB Back-to-Back Homers (4): Russell and Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo and Happ, NYM; Happ and Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras and Schwarber, BAL Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (1): Arrieta, PIT Game-Opening Homers (5): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL; Rizzo, NYM; Rizzo, NYM; Rizzo, 6/20 vs. SD; Contreras, WASH Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Avila 0/0 0.0% (0 ER/0.0 IP Caratini 0/4 0.0% (11 ER/40.2 IP) Contreras 17/ % (289 ER/669.0 IP) Montero 0/31 0.0% (104 ER/215.1 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% (2 ER/5.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (4): Hendricks, Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Zobrist 23 (16-7), Jay 17 (8-9), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 6 (3-3), Heyward 4 (2-2), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Szczur 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 80 (44-36), Happ 10 (5-5), Schwarber 7 (3-4), Almora 2 (1-1), Jay 2 (2-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 78 (43-35), Bryant 15 (8-7), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), 4 Zobrist 38 (18-20), Contreras 21 (15-6), Russell 15 (9-6), Happ 13 (7-6), Rizzo 9 (4-5), Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Bryant 1 (0-1) 5 Russell 27 (14-14), Heyward 19 (10-9), Happ 14 (9-5), Contreras 9 (6-3), Montero 8 (1-7), Schwarber 16 (11-5), Jay 3 (0-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Baez 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Almora 1 (1-0) 6 Heyward 32 (15-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 12 (9-3), Baez 9 (5-4), Happ 8 (7-1), Russell 8 (6-2), La Stella 5 (1-4),Montero 4 (4-0), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Jay 2 (0-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 7 Baez 35 (17-18), Contreras 20 (7-13), Heyward 14 (9-5), Montero 13 (8-5), Russell 8 (5-3), Almora 7 (5-2), La Stella 2 (1-1), Schwarber 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0), Jay 3 (2-1) 8 Baez 19 (11-8), Russell 18 (10-8), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Hendricks 7 (5-2), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Montgomery 4 (1-3), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Caratini 2 (2-0), Jay 1 (1-0) 9 Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 19 (12-7), Baez 10 (4-6), Lester 9 (6-3), Arrieta 8 (3-5), Lackey 8 (5-3), Schwarber 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Hendricks 5 (2-3), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Montgomery 3 (1-2), Quintana 2 (1-1), Caratini 1 (1-0) C Contreras 72 (39-33), Montero 28 (14-14), Caratini 4 (3-1) 1B Rizzo 101 (54-47), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0) 2B Baez 48 (28-20), Zobrist 40 (22-18), Happ 13 (6-7), La Stella 3 (0-3) 3B Bryant 88 (48-40), Candelario 7 (5-2), La Stella 6 (2-4), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 79 (46-33), Baez 25 (10-15) LF Schwarber 65 (32-33), Jay 21 (12-9), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Happ 7 (6-1), Contreras 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 47 (29-18), Happ 30 (18-12), Jay 16 (5-11), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 61 (34-27), Zobrist 17 (9-8), Jay 9 (5-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 5 (1-4), Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P Lester 22 (13-9), Arrieta 21 (11-10), Lackey 20 (11-9), Hendricks 13 (7-6), Butler 11 (6-5), Montgomery 8 (3-5), Anderson 6 (3-3), Quintana 3 (2-1) DH Schwarber 7 (5-2), Jay 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING TOTAL CUBS OPP OUTFIELD ASSISTS (14) Jason Heyward (6), Albert Almora (3), Jon Jay (2), Kyle Schwarber (2), Ian Happ (1)

5 Cubs Pitching AUGUST 1, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers Relievers SEASON TOTALS / CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis MIL-SV 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 4/19/17 vs. MIL MIL CLE 22/22 38/28 1/1 Brian Duensing MIL 0.1,0,0,0,0,0 TOR CWS BAL 0/1 42/33 21/4 Carl Edwards Jr. MIL 1.2,0,0,0,1,4 7/7/17 vs. PIT CIN 7/25/17 vs. CWS 0/1 46/33 18/4 Mike Montgomery MIL-W 1.0,0,0,0,2,0 ATL 6/5/17 vs. MIA PIT 2/2 20/15 7/0 Hector Rondon MIL-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,2 6/19/17 vs. SD MIL MIL 0/3 44/34 16/9 Pedro Strop MIL 1.0,1,0,0,1,1 7/5/17 vs. TB 9/19/15 vs. STL 7/21/17 vs. STL 0/2 46/32 27/11 Koji Uehara MIL 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 BAL 6/4/17 vs. STL ATL 2/5 39/25 9/4 Justin Wilson 7/29 vs. HOU-SV 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 6/15/17 vs. TB 7/29/17 vs. HOU OAK 13/15 43/34 12/ TOTALS 25/36 (.694) 323/233 (.721) 129/48 (.372) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (2-0, 2.00 ERA, 22 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 57-37, 69 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last MIL MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 4/19/17 vs. MIL (7-4) LAST SV: MIL (4-2) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted a single-season franchise record 22-straight save chances to begin his Cubs career has converted his last 27 since September of last year with Kansas City. Sunday in Milwaukee, preserved a 4-2 win to record his 22nd save of the season. Saturday night, recorded his 21st save walked one and struck out two to secure the 2-1 win in Milwaukee. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-0, 2.47 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 42-37, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, NYM MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: TOR (3-2) LAST SV: CWS (6-0) Brian has walked 10 and struck out 49 in 42 games (43.2 IP) in his last 37 contests since April 24, has pitched to a 1.41 ERA (6 ER/38.1 IP) and averaged 9.86 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (42 SO) has spun 12.2-straight shutout frames since June 22. Saturday, retired his lone batter faced (Travis Shaw) and stranded a runner. Friday, retired his lone batter faced (Travis Shaw) to start the eighth. July 25, spun a scoreless ninth inning (1 H). #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (3-2, 2.51 ERA, 0 SV, 15 Holds) CAREER: 3-3, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI LAST WIN: 7/7/17 vs. PIT (6-1) LAST SV: CIN (7-4) Carl has held opponents to a.121 average (17-for-141) and a.262 OBP has walked 26, struck out 63 in 43.0 innings has not allowed a run in 40 of 46 outings, and has not allowed a hit in 31 of 46 outings. Stranded and inherited runner and tossed 1.2 shutout innings, striking out four, Saturday in Milwaukee. Pitched a perfect eighth inning Thursday at the White Sox (11 pitches). Entered July 25 s game vs. White Sox with runners on second and third, none out in the sixth struck out Tyler Saladino, Miguel Cabrera grounded out 1-3 and Jose Abreu struck out to strand both runners. #38 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP (3-6, 3.78 ERA, 2 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 10-17, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 6.2, CIN MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, SD LAST WIN: ATL (8-2) LAST SV: 6/5/17 vs. MIA (3-1) Mike on Saturday earned the win in Milwaukee, tossing a scoreless 10th inning (2 BB) made eight starts in place of Kyle Hendricks from June 9-July 19 went 2-3 with a 5.13 ERA (23 ER/40.1 IP) in those eight starts has a 2.57 ERA (12 ER/42.0 IP) with two saves and a 0-3 record in 20 relief outings. Wednesday night spun 2.1 innings of relief (2.1,3,1,1,0,5). Recorded the save June 5, tossing 3.1 shutout innings to preserve a 3-1 win vs. Miami. Had a stretch of 39.2-consecutive innings without a homer snapped May 28 when he allowed an Austin Barnes solo homer. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (2-1, 4.10 ERA, 0 SV, 9 Holds) CAREER: 16-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 6/8 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (18x) last, 6/8/17 vs. COL LAST WIN: 6/19/17 vs. SD (3-2) LAST SV: MIL (6-5) Hector has made 44 appearances, allowing 33 hits in 152 at-bats (.217) while walking 17 and striking out 52 posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games from June 18-July 19 prior to allowing four runs in 0.0 IP (4 BF) July 21 vs. St. Louis was tagged with a blown save. Collected his ninth hold Sunday in Milwaukee, striking out two in a scoreless eighth. Tossed a scoreless seventh inning Friday night in Milwaukee, striking out one. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (3-2, 2.52 ERA, 0 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 18-22, 9 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 5/7 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (10x) last, 5/7/17 vs. NYY LAST WIN: 7/5/17 vs. TB (7-3) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Pedro has held opponents to a.196 batting average (28-for-143) has walked 17 and struck out 42 in 46 games (39.1 IP) is 3-0 with a 1.65 ERA (5 ER/27.1 IP) in his last 30 outings starting May 17, including a 0.54 ERA (1 ER/16.2 IP) in his last 18 contests. Saturday night, preserved a 1-1 tie with a scoreless eighth inning (1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO). July 25, tossed a scoreless seventh (1 SO) vs. the White Sox. His 97 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol s 82 holds from #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (3-4, 3.34 ERA, 2 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 22-26, 95 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 IP, 6/11 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 BOS LAST WIN: BAL (9-8) LAST SV: 6/4/17 vs. MIA (7-6) Koji has pitched scoreless ball in 30 of his 39 outings has walked 10 and struck out 39 this season, holding opponents to a.220 batting average (29-for-132). Saturday in Milwaukee, spun a scoreless ninth inning (1 SO) to preserve a 1-1 tie. Thursday night allowed a ninth inning leadoff homer to Jose Abreu to cut the lead to 6-3 before finishing the game by retiring the next three batters. #37 JUSTIN WILSON LHP (3-4, 2.68 ERA, 13 SV, 8 Holds) CAREER: 21-14, 14 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.2 IP, CLE MOST IP, CAREER: 3.1 4/15/13 vs. STL LAST WIN: 6/15/17 vs. TB (5-3) LAST SV: 7/29/17 vs. HOU (5-3) Justin was acquired by Chicago yesterday from Detroit, along with catcher Alex Avila, for infielders Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes and a PTBNL/cash went 3-4 with a 2.68 ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP), 15 saves and eight holds in 42 games with the Tigers. Held opponents to a.157 average while with the Tigers limited hitters to a.242 on-base percentage and a.321 slugging mark. Struck out 55 in 40.1 innings for Detroit walked 16 and allowed five homers. Logged a 0.94 WHIP with Detroit CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 11 (2x), last NYM (14-3)... Largest Winning Margin... 11, 7/9 vs. PIT (13-4) 5, 4/18 vs. MIL (0-5, 9-7)... Largest Come Behind W... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT (0-4, 2-6, 8-7) 14 (2x), last NYM... Most Runs... 14, 7/9 vs. PIT 7, NYM (2nd)... Most Runs, Inn , 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 17 (2x), last PIT... Most Hits (2x), last COL 6 (3x), last PIT (9th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 7, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 2 (5x), last WSH... Fewest Hits... 3 (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL 5, (2x), last BAL... Most Home Runs... 4 (2x), last LAD 2 (5x), last ATL (3rd)... Most Home Runs, Inn (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL (8th) 6 (3x), last PIT... Most Doubles... 5 (2x), last 7/21 vs. STL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF...Most Triples... 2, PIT 10, 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10 (2x), last SD... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers...26, 5/7 vs. NYY 3, ATL... Most Stolen Bases... 7, WSH 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 4 (2x), last 6/19 vs. SD 3 (3x), 7/7 vs. PIT...Most Errors Committed... 4, BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 6 games...7/14-19 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games...5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 20 (Cubs 12, Reds 8)... CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, 4x last (Cubs 5, Orioles 2)... BAL Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 48* (Cubs 22, Yankees 26)... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 18, Yankees 11)... 5/7 vs. NYY Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 2 (Cubs 1, Giants 1)... 5/23 vs. SF Consecutive Games With a Home Run: /2-8 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3...6/23-25 Consecutive Errorless Games: /31-6/5 Consecutive Games With An Error: /6-13 Shortest Game, Time: 2: /23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6: /7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: /7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 42,186; 7/21 vs. STL Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; LAD Series Sweeps: 5 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, BAL, ATL; 2 G, CWS) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo... 6/6-20 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (9x), last Jay... 7/24 vs. CWS Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Bryant... 7/7/ vs. PIT Most Doubles: 2 (15x), last Zobrist... 7/25 vs. CWS Most Triples: 1 (18x), last Heyward... 7/22 vs. STL Most RBI: 5, Báez... 5/18 vs. CIN Most Stolen Bases: 2, Happ... 7/25 vs. CWS Most Walks: 3 (9x), last Almora... WSH Most Strikeouts: 5, Báez... 7/25 vs. CWS 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 3 (4x), last Lester & Lackey... 7/17-current & 7/18-current Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey... 5/22-6/12 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1, Floro... COL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 12, Quintana... BAL Reliever: 5 (2x), Floro & Montgomery... COL & CWS Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... MIL & STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 13.1, Hendricks... 4/30-5/10 Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 22, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 17, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL Most Runs Allowed: 10, Lester... 7/9 vs. PIT Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3, Lackey... 4/17 vs. MIL, NYM & WSH Most Walks Issued: 6 (2x), last Arrieta... WSH Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 5.2 IP, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 29 High-Water Mark: 8 games (56-48) Losses after Leading: 24 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 10 No. of Times at.500 Mark: 21 (1-1, 2-2, 6-6, 7-7, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 25-25, 27-27, 30-30, 31-31, 32-32, 33-33, 34-34, 39-39, 40-40, 41-41, 42-42, 43-43, 45-45) Walkoff Wins: 3 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI)