Chicago Cubs (55-48) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (55-51)

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1 CUBS VS. BREWERS The Cubs and Brewers will play 19 times this regular season, spanning eight series the teams last met for a July 6 make-up game at Wrigley Field, a contest won by the Brewers (11-2) Chicago has won three-straight season series against Milwaukee dating to 2014 Chicago has won two of its last three series at Miller Park dating to July 22 of last season Overall: At Wrigley Field: At Miller Park: Overall: At Wrigley Field: At Miller Park: All-Time Since 1997: At Wrigley Field: At Miller Park (since 2001): CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (0) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed --- UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 1,000 Hits... Jason Heyward (6) 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 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 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago Cubs Arizona Diamondbacks Pittsburgh Pirates LOWEST OPP AVG, NL RELIEVERS, Carl Edwards Jr., CHI Felipe Rivero, PIT Greg Holland, COL Chicago Cubs (55-48) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (55-51) July 30, 2017 Miller Park Game No. 104 Road Game No. 55 RHP John Lackey (7-9, 4.97) vs. RHP Zach Davies (12-4, 4.45) WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: The Chicago Cubs today play the rubber match of a three-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers after winning last night s contest, 2-1 in 11 innings Jason Heyward belted a game-winning solo homer off Jared Hughes as the Cubs received 5.0 innings of one-run ball from Kyle Hendricks and 6.0 scoreless frames from the bullpen Kris Bryant tied the game at 1-1 with a RBI single in the seventh, and he finished the game with three hits and a walk. For the second time in five games, the Cubs struck out 17 times in a victory the team also did so this past Tuesday vs. the White Sox in a 7-2 win Chicago is the first team in the last 100 years to record two wins while striking out at least 17 times in each within a five-game span the 2006 Braves twice won while striking out at least 17 times in a six-game span, May Jason Heyward s 11th-inning home run was his fourth career go-ahead home run in extra innings, and his first since September 15, 2015 at the Brewers while with the Cardinals. THE GAME OF RISP: In the Cubs last eight games since July 22, the pitching staff has allowed just one hit in 39 at-bats with RISP (.026) 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 Brewers hitless in 16 at-bats with runners in scoring position in the first two games of this series. CLOSING OUT A FINE JULY: The Cubs today close out their July schedule having gone 15-8 thus far Chicago has batted.271 (215-for-794) with 38 homers, 115 runs scored (5.0 per game) and an.831 OPS this month after hitting.241 with 39 homers, 125 runs scored (4.5 per game) and a.758 OPS in June (15-13). Cubs pitching has posted a 3.61 ERA (83 ER/207.0 IP) this month, including a 3.69 mark (51 ER/124.1 IP) from the starters and a 3.48 ERA (32 ER/82.2 IP) from the bullpen. Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is hitting.325 (26-for-80) with seven home runs and 18 RBI in 20 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 CURRENT EVENTS: The Cubs have emerged from the All-Star Break with a 12-3 record (.800), the second-best mark in the majors behind the Dodgers (12-2/.857). The Cubs, now 1.5-games ahead of Milwaukee in the N.L. Central Division, have made up seven games in the standings following the All-Star Break. Today is the final contest of a five-game road trip at the White Sox (2-0) and the Brewers (1-1) additionally, this is day 10 of an 18-day stretch without a trip to the airport, as the team is busing to and from Milwaukee, followed by a six-game homestand, starting Tuesday. The six-game homestand begins with three games against Arizona (starting Tuesday), followed by three games against the Nationals. CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall: At Wrigley Field: On the Road: April: May: June: July All-Time Since 1876:... 10,766-10,236 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: Committing at Least One Error: IT S A START: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.50 ERA (25 ER/90.0 IP) while going 10-1 with a.196 opposing batting average and a stellar 0.92 WHIP in the first 15 games since the All-Star break, including 10 quality starts the 2.50 ERA and 0.92 WHIP lead all major league starting rotations (Washington is second, 2.81 ERA and 1.10 WHIP), while the.196 average is second behind Washington (.194). This season, the Cubs are when Cubs starting pitchers go at least 6.0 innings, including a 25-8 record the last 33 times it happened Chicago s starting pitchers have a 2.74 ERA (103 ER/338.1 IP) and a overall individual record in those starts. INDUCTION DAY: Congratulations to Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez, along with John Schuerholz and Bud Selig, all of whom today will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Bagwell hit.272 with 37 homers and 131 RBI in 199 games against the Cubs Raines batted.307 with 11 homers, 62 RBI and 64 stolen bases in 160 games against Chicago while Rodriguez played just 28 contests against the Cubs, belting five homers. THE NEXT BLASTS: Kris Bryant needs one more home run to become 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, would join Ron Santo (four times, ), Anthony Rizzo (three times, ) and Billy Williams (three times, ). Anthony Rizzo, who last evening hit his 24th homer of the season, needs one more long ball to become just the third Cubs lefthanded hitter to record four 25-homer campaigns he would join Billy Williams (10 times from ) and Bill Nicholson (five times between ). WHAT LIES AHEAD: Of the 59 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 40 are against teams currently owning a record that is below.500, or 68 percent of them however, this is the third game (1-1) 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 27 games left on the road Chicago has more home games remaining than any other team in the N.L. Central. WHERE THERE S A WILL : Willson Contreras, who has reached safely in 14-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.830 OPS this season is third among N.L. catchers since making his debut on June 17 of last year, Contreras has produced an.837 OPS that s the fourth-highest of any N.L. catcher behind the Dodgers Yasmani Grandal (.855), the Giants Buster Posey (.852) and the Marlins J.T. Realmuto (.837). THERE S A WADE: With his save last night, Cubs closer Wade Davis has extended his single-season franchise record for consecutive save chances converted, as he s been successful in his first 21 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 21- straight save conversions are third-longest in club history overall. FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Cubs have allowed 81 runs in the first inning this season covering 103 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 last 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 Sun., July 1:10 p.m. CSN 670 The Score RHP John Lackey (7-9, 4.97) vs. RHP Zach Davies (12-4, 4.45) Mon., July 31 OFF DAY Tue., August 1 ARI 7:05 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 3.88) vs. TBD Wed., August 2 ARI 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (10-7, 4.03) vs. TBD Thurs., August 3 ARI 1:20 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (2-1, 2.37) vs. TBD

2 JULY 30, 2017 PAGE 2 Today s Cubs Starter #41 RHP John Lackey (7-9, 4.97) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS CUBS MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS Last Time Out John tossed 5.0 innings in his last start, July 25 vs. the White Sox, en route to his seventh win of the season plunked four batters, including three in one inning, for the first time in his career was the first Cubs pitcher to hit four batters in a game since Moe Drabowsky, June 2, 1957 (G1) at Cincinnati. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 7/25 CWS W Season John today makes his 20th start of the season, and 11th on the road is holding righthanded batters to a.243 average (55-for-226) while lefties are hitting.287 (56-for- 195). Has allowed three or fewer earned runs in three-straight starts for the second time this season, and in five of his last six starts overall. Allowed three or fewer hits in back-to-back starts, June marked the third time in his career he has accomplished the feat. Has thrown first-pitch strikes to 66.1 percent of the batters he has faced, ranking in the top three in the National League. Has surrendered 2.07 homers per nine innings this season, the highest rate in the N.L. and more than double his career average of 1.00 HR/9 allowed just 0.97 HR/9 from Won three-straight games, April 29-May 16, posting a 3.86 ERA (10 ER/23.1 IP) in four starts during the stretch. Opponents are batting.321 (26-for-81) in the first inning and.250 (85-for-340) from the second inning on. Has gone at least 6.0 innings in 11 of his 19 starts, and at least 5.0 innings in all 19 starts. Was placed on the disabled list July 6 with right foot plantar fasciitis did not miss a turn in the rotation thanks to the All-Star Break. Tossed quality starts in each of his first two outings, including one run in 6.0 innings, April 12 vs. the Dodgers struck out a season-high 10 batters Season John went 11-8 with a 3.35 ERA (70 ER/188.1 IP) in 29 starts in his first season with the Cubs... recorded 20 quality starts and logged a 1.06 WHIP, his lowest single-season mark in his career and sixth-lowest in the N.L. Held opponents to a.218 average, by far the lowest mark of his career... previous best mark was a.246 opponent average in 2006 with the Angels his.645 opponent OPS was also the lowest mark of his career. Allowed a.189 average (21-for-111) with runners in scoring position. Held righties to a.201 batting average (79-for-393), while lefties batted at a.242 clip (67-for-277). His 3.35 ERA was second-lowest among starting pitchers above the age of 35 this season... the Dodgers Rich Hill, age 36, posted a 2.12 ERA. Career vs. Milwaukee John today makes his 13th-career start against the Brewers, and his sixth at Miller Park faced the Brewers April 17 of this season at Wrigley Field, suffering the loss has a 3.77 ERA (13 ER/31.0 IP) in his five starts at Miller Park. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career vs. Brewers Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Arcia ( ) Perez ( ) Sogard ( ) Bandy ( ) Pina ( ) Thames ( ) Braun ( ) Santana ( ) Villar ( ) Shaw ( ) Career Notes John is one of three active pitchers with at least 400 starts and 2,500 innings pitched, joining Bartolo Colon and CC Sabathia signed a two-year deal with the Cubs December 8, 2015 has gone with a 3.92 ERA (1,208 ER/2,773.1 IP) in 435 appearances across 15 major league seasons with the Angels ( ), Red Sox ( and 13-14), Cardinals ( ) and Cubs ( ). Has gone 11-8 with a 2.59 ERA (51 ER/177.1 IP) after the All-Star Break since the 2015 season. A three-time World Series champion (2002 with Angels, 2013 with Red Sox and 2016 with Cubs), he owns an 8-6 record with a 3.27 ERA (51 ER/140.1 IP) in 26 career post-season games, including 23 starts... the eight victories are tied for third-most among active pitchers, trailing only CC Sabathia and Jon Lester s nine victories... his 23 starts and innings pitched lead active pitchers. Is one of 17 pitchers with at least one regular season win against every major league team. His 2,773.1 innings pitched and 434 starts since the start of the 2002 campaign are third-most in the majors, his 182 victories rank fourth and his 2,232 strikeouts rank fifth. 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 in Has 13 double-digit win seasons since 2003, tied for the most in the majors with Mark Buehrle (13), and has posted 10 or more wins in every full season he has pitched since Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. W, First start of 2017 season 2. 4/12 LAD L, nd-career double-digit strikeout game 3. 4/17 MIL L, Allowed home runs in first three innings 4. L, Third-straight defeat 5. W, Cubs scored three runs in the seventh APRIL: 2-3, 5.10 ERA (5 starts) /4 PHI ND, W, 6-5 (13) , 2 on Did not walk a batter for first time in W, Second-ever visiting pitcher w/ 7.0 IP, 0 R, 10 K at Coors Field 8. 5/16 CIN W, , 1 on Third-straight win 9. 5/22 SF L, Snapped three-game winning streak 10. L, Allowed four runs in the fifth inning MAY: 2-2, 5.27 ERA (5 starts) /2 STL ND, W, Did not surrender a hit after the second inning 12. 6/7 MIA L, Second start without issuing a walk 13. L, Allowed three home runs 14. W, Season-low two hits allowed 15. L, Second-straight start allowing three or fewer hits 16. L, , 1 on Season-high eight runs allowed JUNE: 1-4, 5.35 ERA (6 starts) /5 TB ND, W, Snapped streak of nine-straight games allowing HR 18. W, Return from 10-day disabled list (plantar fasciitis) 19. 7/25 CWS W, Plunked four batters (three in one inning) At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS Career LAST HIT: NYM (single off Jacob degrom)... at-bats since then 11 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 2 (5x) last, St. Louis MOST RBI: 1 (8x) last, Colorado Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 7/25/17 vs. CWS, 7-2 (5.0,5,2,2,2,5) Last Loss: WSH, 8-4 (5.1,9,8,8,2,2) Last CG: KC, 3-2 L (5.0,6,3,3,2,2) *Rain-Shortened Last Shutout: 9/10/09 vs. SEA, 3-0 (9.0,5,0,0,1,7) Low-Hit Complete Game: 1 OAK Most Strikeouts: 12 (2x) last, 6/26/13 vs. COL... also has six 11-K games and K games (23 total double-digit strikeout games). Most Hits Allowed: 15 TEX Most Runs Allowed: 10 (2x) last, COL Longest Winning Streak: 6 games 7/9-8/12/11 Longest Losing Streak: 5 games 6/20-7/23/16 Tuesday s Starter vs. Arizona LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 3.88) Jon on Tuesday makes his 23rd start of the season, and his 13th at home has gone 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA (5 ER/22.0 IP) in three starts since the All-Star Break in his last start, July 27 at the White Sox, he allowed just two solo homers in 7.0 innings in the Cubs 6-3 win has fanned 20 and walked just two over his last three starts. Is 4-3 with a 3.57 ERA (28 ER/70.2 IP) in 12 home starts compared to a 4-3 record with a 4.25 ERA (28 ER/59.1 IP) in 10 road starts. Lefties are batting.187 (20-for-107) vs. the southpaw, while right-handed batters have hit.258 (98-for-380). Will be making his fifth-career start against Arizona is 2-0 with a 4.63 ERA (12 ER/23.1 IP) in four starts faced Arizona twice in 2015, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (4 ER/12.0 IP).

3 #5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.281, 4 HR, 20 RBI) Road Trip:.375 (3-8), 2B, R Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) 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-24 (.333) with four RBI in his last six starts 2-for-4 with a double and run Thursday 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 60 games in center field (46 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are when he starts in center field is batting.348 (23-for-66) off lefties and.246 (31-for-126) off righties. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.263, 13 HR, 40 RBI) Road Trip:.125 (1-8), HR, RBI, R 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 was 1-for-11 in his previous three games 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 32 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 (.276, 19 HR, 44 RBI) Road Trip:.250 (4-16), 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SF, BB Current Streak: 1 game (3-4) Multi-Hit Games (23): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 19 Last HR: BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez) 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 last night was 3-for-4 with a game-tying RBI hit a sac fly RBI Thursday and doubled and scored twice Wednesday was ejected for the first time in his major-league career Tuesday 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 (65) and walks (64) has eight three-hit games and two four-hit games. #20 VICTOR CARATINI C (.182, 0 HR, 1 RBI) Road Trip:.200 (1-5), R Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (1): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: N/A Career Bests: H 3, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; RBI 1, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; R 1, WSH Victor started at catcher Wednesday for the first time since July 19 and went 1-for-5 with a run scored went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a RBI July 9 marked his first hits in the majors was recalled June 28, joining his first major league roster has made four starts at catcher grounded out in his first big league plate appearance as a pinch hitter in the ninth June 28 batted.343 (84-for-245) with eight homers and 54 RBI in 68 games for Iowa this season at the time of his call-up, ranked fourth in the Pacific Coast League in average and seventh in RBI. Acquired by Chicago at the 2014 trade deadline from Atlanta for INF Emilio Bonifacio and LHP James Russell, Caratini in 2016 was named a Southern League mid-season and post-season All-Star with Double-A Tennessee. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.269, 16 HR, 56 RBI) Road Trip:.125 (1-8), 5 BB, 2 R Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-6) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 15; GW RBI 9; 2-Out RBI 25 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 walked twice last night (0-for-3) reached three times and scored twice Thursday tied a career-high with four RBI Tuesday, including a three-run homer in the first inning also hit a game-winning two-run homer July 23 is 16-for-33 (.485) with five doubles and six homers with RISP since June 10 leads all catchers with 11 homers and is second with 25 RBI since June 19 is one of two Cubs with at least 50 RBI is batting.325 (26-for-80) with four doubles, seven homers, 18 RBI and a OPS in July, hitting safely in 16 of 21 games has a career-high 16 homers this season notched his first-career four-hit game July 16 in Baltimore is batting.296 (24-for-81) 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 last night reached four times Tuesday 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 (.254, 8 HR, 39 RBI) Road Trip:.125 (2-16), HR, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (11), 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 last night hit a game-winning solo homer in the 11th inning 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.263 (15-for-57) with two homers, two triples, two doubles, nine RBI and 11 runs in his last 15 games on July 16 recorded his thirdstraight 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 (.302, 2 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.273 (3-11), RBI, R, 3 BB, 2 HBP Current Streak: 2 games (2-5) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (8), 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 last night was 1-for-2 coming off the bench was 1-for-3 with a walk Friday reached base three times with an RBI single and two walks Wednesday walked twice Tuesday reached in seven-straight plate appearances spanning three games, July has hit.370 (10-for-25) with six walks to post a.514 OBP in his last 10 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 three-run 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 twoout, 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. JULY 30, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. BREWERS RHP ZACH DAVIES Albert Almora Jr Javier Baez Kris Bryant Victor Caratini Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Hector Rondon Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS AT MILLER PARK Albert Almora Jr 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 Javier Baez Kris Bryant Victor Caratini Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr Javier Baez Kris Bryant Victor Caratini Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr Javier Baez Kris Bryant Victor Caratini Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr Javier Baez Kris Bryant Victor Caratini Willson Contreras Ian Happ Jason Heyward Jon Jay Anthony Rizzo Addison Russell Kyle Schwarber Ben Zobrist

4 JULY 30, 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 was 0-for-2 with two walks and was hit by a pitch last night 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 all-time 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, 35 RBI) Road Trip:.214 (3-14), HR, RBI, R Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-2) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (3) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 16 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 was 1-for-3 Friday night went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, his 10th of the season, Wednesday 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 five starts tied a career-high with four hits July 19, including two doubles and two RBI is batting.280 (35-for-125) with 11 doubles and seven homers in his last 39 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 (.188, 17 HR, 36 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (4-12), 3B, 2 HR, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) 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.255 (14-for-55) 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 (.223, 8 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip:.143 (2-14), RBI, R, 2 BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) 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 last night 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.244 (22-for-90) with five doubles, two triples, four homers and 14 RBI in 22 games in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 15-7 in those games. 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 Caratini 0/4 0.0% (11 ER/40.2 IP) Contreras 17/ % (287 ER/660.0 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 HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (4) Javier Baez (13) Kris Bryant (19) Victor Caratini (0) 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) Javier Baez (11) Kris Bryant (8) Victor Caratini (0) 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 (143) Opponents (123) CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Zobrist 22 (15-7), 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 1 (1-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 78 (43-35), Bryant 14 (7-7), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), 4 Zobrist 38 (18-20), Contreras 20 (14-6), 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 26 (13-14), 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 31 (14-17), 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 6 (4-2), 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 1 (1-0), 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 7 (4-3), 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 71 (38-33), Montero 28 (14-14), Caratini 4 (3-1) 1B Rizzo 101 (54-47), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 48 (28-20), Zobrist 39 (21-18), Happ 13 (6-7), La Stella 3 (0-3) 3B Bryant 87 (47-40), Candelario 7 (5-2), La Stella 6 (2-4), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 78 (45-33), Baez 25 (10-15) LF Schwarber 65 (32-33), Jay 20 (11-9), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Happ 7 (6-1), Contreras 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 46 (28-18), Happ 30 (18-12), Jay 16 (5-11), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 60 (33-27), 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 19 (10-9), 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 JULY 30, 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 1.0,0,0,0,1,2 4/19/17 vs. MIL MIL CLE 21/21 36/26 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 Justin Grimm MIL 0.2,0,0,0,0,0 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF BAL 0/1 35/24 21/8 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 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 6/19/17 vs. SD MIL 7/23/17 vs. STL 0/3 43/33 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/ TOTALS 25/36 (.694) 320/230 (.719) 129/48 (.372) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (2-0, 2.06 ERA, 21 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 57-37, 68 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: 7/23/17 vs. STL (5-3) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted a single-season franchise record 21-straight save chances to begin his Cubs career has converted his last 26 since September of last year with Kansas City. Last night, recorded his 21st save walked one and struck out two to secure the 2-1 win in Milwaukee. Sunday, recorded his 20th save preserved the 5-3 win vs. the Cardinals (1 H, 1 SO). #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. Last night, retired his lone batter faced (Travis Shaw) and stranded a runner. Friday, retired his lone batter faced (Travis Shaw) to start the eighth. Tuesday 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, last night in Milwaukee. Pitched a perfect eighth inning Thursday at the White Sox (11 pitches). Entered Tuesday 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. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-1, 5.31 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 19-19, 3 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 7/4 vs. TB MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2 6/14/13 vs. TOR LAST WIN: 4/18/17 vs. MIL (9-7) LAST SV: 8/8/15 vs. SF (8-6) Justin was recalled May 29 from Triple-A Iowa for his third stint with the team has held the opponent scoreless in 15 of his last 21 outings posted a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP), a 0.41 WHIP and a.051 batting average against (2-for-39) in 13 appearances in June. Has stranded eight of 19 inherited runners has walked 20 and struck out 42 in 35 outings struck out 34 in his last 32.0 IP since April 22. Friday, retired his two batters faced to end the eighth inning. #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 last night 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, 4.20 ERA, 0 SV, 8 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 43 appearances, allowing 33 hits in 149 at-bats (.221) while walking 17 and striking out 50 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. Tossed a scoreless seventh inning Friday night in Milwaukee, striking out one. Pitched around a hit and a walk, and struck out one, in Tuesday s scoreless eighth. #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. Last night, preserved a 1-1 tie with a scoreless eighth inning (1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO). Tuesday 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). Last night 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 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 (3x), last Lester... 7/17-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: 21, 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: 7 games (54-47, 55-48) 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)