CUBS VS. MARLINS The Cubs and Marlins play seven times, spanning two series, this season following this three-game set, the teams play four games in Miami, June 22-25 Chicago has won its last three series at Wrigley Field against the Marlins dating to 2014. 2017 Overall:... 1-0 At Wrigley Field:... 1-0 At Marlins Park:... 0-0 2016 Overall:... 4-3 At Wrigley Field:... 3-0 At Marlins Park:... 1-3 All-Time Since 1993:... 94-92 At Wrigley Field:... 51-46 At Marlins Park (since 2012):... 7-10 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (1) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed LHP Brett Anderson 5/7 5/17 26 (Low back strain) UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 150 Wins... Jon Lester (1) 150 Home Runs... Anthony Rizzo (4) 500 Extra-Base Hits... Ben Zobrist (6) HIGHEST AVG AS PINCH-HITTER, NL, 2017 (MIN. 10 PLATE APPEARANCES) 1. Adam Lind, WSH....533 (8-15) 2. Jon Jay, CHI....450 (9-20) 3. Albert Almora Jr., CHI....429 (6-14) 4. Alexi Amarista, COL....385 (5-13) 5. Arismendy Alcantara, CIN....375 (6-16) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Anthony Rizzo... 130 Giancarlo Stanton...130 3. Nolan Arenado...125 Paul Goldschmidt...125 5. Jay Bruce...120 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 229 2. Los Angeles Dodgers...218 3. Washington Nationals...214 4. Houston Astros...212 St. Louis Cardinals...212 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...568 2. Arizona Diamondbacks...538 3. Chicago Cubs... 513 4. New York Mets...507 5. Washington Nationals...487 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...2.67 2. Chicago Cubs... 3.11 3. Cincinnati Reds...3.44 4. Pittsburgh Pirates...3.61 MOST PITCHES PER PLATE APP., NL, 2017 1. Anthony Rendon, WSH...4.48 2. Kyle Schwarber, CHI... 4.46 3. Curtis Granderson, NYM...4.43 4. Matt Carpenter, STL...4.41 5. Jayson Werth, WSH...4.39 MOST CAUGHT STEALING, NL, 2017 1. Tucker Barnhart, CIN...12 J.T. Realmuto, MIA...12 3. Yasmani Grandal, LAD...11 4. Willson Contreras, CHI... 9 Yadier Molina, STL... 9 Miami Marlins (24-32) vs. Chicago Cubs (29-27) June 6, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 57 Home Game No. 30 RHP Jake Arrieta (5-4, 4.60) vs. LHP Jeff Locke (0-0, 1.59) HITTING HOMERS AND PITCHING IN: The Chicago Cubs tonight play the second of three games against the Miami Marlins after winning last night s series opener, 3-1, to extend their winning streak to four games and move into a tie of first place in the N.L. Central Division with Milwaukee Kris Bryant and Albert Almora Jr. last night both went deep while starter Eddie Butler allowed one run in 5.2 innings before Mike Montgomery earned the save with 3.1 shutout innings. Montgomery s save last night was his second this season while recording at least 10 outs he had a 4.0-inning save, May 25 vs. San Francisco, and is now the first pitcher with multiple 10-out saves in a season since Boston s Alfredo Aceves in 2011 (thanks to CSN Chicago s Chris Kamka). Bryant s blast was his 13th homer of the season, and his 10th at Wrigley Field his 10 blasts at home rank tied for first in the N.L. with Miami s Justin Bour and Marcell Ozuna and Colorado s Mark Reynolds. STREAKS AND OTHER INFO: Chicago has won a season-high tying four-straight games (also April 18-22) following a season-high six-game skid the team has won seven-straight home games for the first time since a nine-game winning streak last August 16-September 2. Chicago is 10-7-1 in 18 series thus far, but has been swept in four series thus far the team has swept two series, including a three-game set at home vs. Cincinnati, May 16-18 and this past weekend s series vs. the Cardinals. This is the fifth of a 10-game homestand against St. Louis (3-0), Miami (1-0) and Colorado (four games starting Thursday) last night began a stretch in which 21 of Chicago s next 24 games are outside its own division. SAVING GRACE: The Cubs have had three pitchers record saves in each of the team s last three games as Wade Davis picked up saves Friday and Saturday vs. St. Louis, Koji Uehara recorded Sunday s save vs. the Cardinals and Mike Montgomery notched last evening s save. The previous time the Cubs had three pitchers record saves in consecutive games was August 8-11, 2015, when Justin Grimm, Hector Rondon and James Russell turned the trick in three-straight team games. Cubs pitching has converted 16 of 22 save chances, and their 72.7-success rate ranks fourth in the N.L. Colorado leads with an 88.5 mark (23 of 26). IT S A START: Thanks to last night s victory, in which he allowed one run in 5.2 innings, Eddie Butler has recorded the last two wins by Cubs starters he logged his first victory, May 25 vs. the Giants, allowing one run in 5.0 innings. Between Butler s two victories, Cubs starting pitchers went 0-5 with a 6.94 ERA (36 ER/46.2 IP) in nine games from May 26-June 4. GETTING DEFENSIVE: The Cubs have recorded a.994 fielding percentage (3 ER/507 TC) in their last 14 games since May 22 that s the second-highest fielding mark in that span, behind only Colorado (.996). Chicago has not committed an error in a season-high five-straight games. CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 29-27 At Wrigley Field:... 18-11 On the Road:... 11-16 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-16 June:... 4-0 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,740-10,215 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,236-3,721 Leading Entering 6th:... 20-4 Tied Entering 6th:... 1-3 Trailing Entering 6th:... 8-20 Leading Entering 7th:... 21-2 Tied Entering 7th:... 3-4 Trailing Entering 7th:... 5-21 Leading Entering 8th:... 25-2 Tied Entering 8th:... 2-3 Trailing Entering 8th:... 2-22 Leading Entering 9th:... 25-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 2-1 Trailing Entering 9th:... 2-25 Scoring First:... 16-11 One-Run Games:... 10-8 Two-Run Games:... 5-5 Extra-Inning Games:... 2-2 Scoring Four or More:... 23-9 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 6-18 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 18-5 Hit Totals Equal:... 6-2 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 5-20 Hit at Least One HR:... 23-14 Hit Two or More HR:... 19-5 Playing Errorless Ball:... 17-12 Committing at Least One Error:... 12-15 Fangraphs.com credits shortstop Addison Russell with 12 defensive runs saved this season, tops among all shortstops and secondmost in the majors behind Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado (15). FLEXING SOME MUSCLE: Beginning with the nightcap of May 9 s twinbill in Colorado, the Cubs have hit 37 home runs in their last 24 games, with the 37 blasts in that span ranking tied for the most in the N.L. with Arizona. According to Fangraphs, the Cubs have received 46 homers this season from players age 25 or younger that s by far the most in the majors, as the Rangers are second with 31 homers from players 25 or younger. The last eight home runs hit by Chicago have come from the team s first round selections in the June draft (thanks to CSN Chicago s Chris Kamka) this started May 30 with the last eight homers hit by: Kyle Schwarber, Kris Bryant, Javier Báez, Schwarber, Ian Happ, Happ, Bryant, Albert Almora Jr. TIDBITS: Cubs batters have been hit by a pitch 33 times, the most in the majors according to Fangraphs, Mike Montgomery has thrown 589 pitches, the most of any reliever in the majors ahead of San Diego s Craig Stammen (540), and Wade Davis soft contact percentage of 33.3 leads all N.L. relievers and is third in the majors. Cubs pinch-hitters are batting.322 (28-for-87) with a.402 OBP this season, both the second-highest average and OBP among any N.L. club (St. Louis,.338 average and.407 OBP from its pinch-hitters). Anthony Rizzo has struck out just twice in his last 62 plate appearances in his last 15 games since May 21 he s walked seven times in that span with a.387 on-base percentage. ABOUT THE BATS: Chicago s.323 team on-base percentage is a whopping 89-points higher than its.234 batting average, the largest differential between on-base percentage and batting average for any team in the majors (the Tigers are second with an 83-point difference between on-base percentage and batting average). Javier Báez on Saturday belted his ninth homer of the season the nine blasts have come in 151 at-bats (16.8 AB/HR) after he hit a career-high 14 homers in 421 at-bats (30.1 AB/HR) in 2016. RISPY BUSINESS: While batting.327 (16-for-49) with the bases loaded, the Cubs are hitting just.202 (82-for-405) in all other runners in scoring position situations overall, the team s.216 mark (98-for-454) with RISP is last in the N.L. Chicago has gone 4-for-7 with runners in scoring position in the last two games after going just 5-for-47 (.106) in that situation in the team s previous eight contests. HOME VS. ROAD: The Cubs are 18-11 at home compared to an 11-16 road mark this season Chicago started 4-6 at the Friendly Confines, but has gone 14-5 in its last 19 games at Wrigley Field since May 2 conversely, the Cubs began their road schedule by winning eight of their first 11 games through April 25, but have since gone just 3-13 away from home. Chicago is batting.246 (240-for-974) in 29 home games, 25 points higher than its.221 average (205-for-927) in 27 road games the team is averaging 5.0 runs per game at home and 4.2 runs on the road Chicago has a 3.94 home ERA (120 ER/274.0 IP) and a 4.07 road ERA (105 ER/232.0 IP). ABOUT THE PEN: Wade Davis (0.89 ERA) and Carl Edwards Jr. (0.83 ERA) are one of three relief duos to sport ERAs of 1.00 or lower with at least 15.0 IP this season Cleveland s Nick Goody (0.43 ERA) and Andrew Miller (0.33 ERA), and the Yankees Dellin Betances (0.49 ERA) and Chasen Shreve (0.60 ERA), have also turned the trick. Prior to Davis and Edwards Jr. this season, just five Cubs relievers since 1963 produced ERAs of 1.00 or lower entering June (min. 15 IP): Don Elston in 1963 (0.46 ERA), Ted Abernathy in 1969 (0.84), Bruce Sutter in 1977 (0.87 ERA), Terry Adams in 1997 (0.96 ERA) and James Russell in 2013 (0.87 ERA). MLB s Statcast notes that Edwards is limiting hitters to an average exit velocity of just 78.1 miles per hour on batted balls, the lowest mark among major league pitchers (min. 30 batted balls). UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Tue., June 6 MIA 7:05 p.m. CSN 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (5-4, 4.60) vs. LHP Jeff Locke (0-0, 1.59) Wed., June 7 MIA 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP John Lackey (4-5, 4.90) vs. RHP José Ureña (3-2, 3.80)
JUNE 6, 2017 PAGE 2 Tonight s Cubs Starter #49 Jake Arrieta (5-4, 4.60) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 18-8 3.10 31 31 1 1 197.1 138 72 68 16 76 190 2017 CUBS 5-4 4.60 11 11 0 0 62.2 67 39 32 11 17 71 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 79-50 3.64 178 172 6 5 1055.1 871 459 427 97 365 978 Last Time Out Jake took a no decision in his last start, May 31 at San Diego, despite tossing his fifth quality start of the season was his fourth-straight start of 6.0 innings. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 5/31 @SD ND 2-1, L 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 84-53 1-1 2017 Season Jake tonight makes his 12th start of the 2017 season, but just his fourth at home has a 3.06 ERA at home (6 ER/17.2 IP) and a 5.20 ERA (26 ER/45.0 IP) on the road Has allowed zero earned runs in two starts this season: his season debut April 4 at St. Louis (6 IP, 1 UER) and May 21 vs. Milwaukee (6 IP, 1 UER). Suffering from a.337 BABIP had a.247 BABIP in 2015 and a.242 BABIP last year. Is allowing home runs at a rate of 1.58 HR/9 this season, well above his career average of 0.83 HR/9... surrendered just 0.55 homers per nine innings from 2015-16, the third-lowest rate in the majors. Has a 8.18 ERA (10 ER/11.0 IP) in the first inning and a 3.83 ERA (22 ER/51.2 IP) from the second inning on from 2015-16, he posted a miniscule 1.69 ERA (12 ER/64.0 IP) in the first inning. Struck out a season-high 10 batters, April 9 at Milwaukee. Leads Cubs starters and ranks sixth in the N.L. with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings has fanned 71 batters while walking just 17. Made his season debut April 4 at the Cardinals, allowing zero earned runs in 6.0 innings in the Cubs 2-1 victory. 2016 Season Jake went 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA (68 ER/197.1 IP), limiting opponents to an MLB-best.194 batting average went 11-3 on the road, the second-most road victories in the majors (Max Scherzer, 12-4). Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (18, t-3rd), ERA (3.10, 10th), opponent s OBP (.277, 6th), slugging (.306, 1st) and OPS (.583, 2nd). Notched nine starts of at least 6.0-scoreless innings, tied for the most in the majors (also, Tanner Roark)... his 11 starts allowing three or fewer hits also tied for the major league lead (with Dan Straily and Tom Koehler). Posted a 2.62 ERA (29 ER/99.2 IP) in 16 home starts, compared to a 3.59 ERA (39 ER/97.2 IP) in 15 road starts. Allowed five or fewer hits in a career-best 12-straight starts, July 19-Sept. 23. Limited opponents to a.194 batting average (138-for-710), including identical.194 marks by righties (76-for-391) and lefties (62-for-319). Allowed a solo homer, August 12 vs. St. Louis, his first homer surrendered at Wrigley Field since July 25, 2015, snapping a streak of 15-straight home starts without allowing a dinger was the longest streak by a Cubs starter since Bill Lee went 17-straight home starts from 1942-47. Tossed his second career no-hitter, and the 15th in franchise history, April 21 at Cincinnati also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and run scored. Named an N.L. All-Star for the first time, Jake went 12-4 with a 2.68 ERA (34 ER/114.1 IP) in the season s first half. Went 2-1 with a 3.63 ERA (9 ER/22.1 IP) in four post-season starts won Game Six of the World Series, becoming the third Cubs pitcher to win multiple starts in a single Fall Classic, and the first since Lon Warneke in 1935. Career vs. Miami Jake tonight makes his third-career start vs. the Marlins both of his previous two outings vs. the Fish came in an 11-day span, June 8-18, 2014 racked up 18 punchouts compared to just one walk and surrendered just one earned run on eight hits over 13.0 IP. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014/Career 1-0 0.69 2 2 13.0 8 1 1 1 1 18 vs. Marlins Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Aviles (.286-7-2-0-0) Moore (.000-1-0-0-0) Stanton (.200-5-1-1-1) Bour (.000-1-0-0-0) Ozuna (.000-5-0-0-0) Suzuki (.500-6-3-0-0) Ellis (.000-3-0-0-0) Realmuto (.000-2-0-0-0) Yelich (.333-3-1-0-0) Career Notes Jake has gone 79-50 with a 2015 Cy Young Award, six complete games, five shutouts, two no-hitters and a 3.64 ERA (427 ER/1055.1 IP) in 178 career games (172 starts) in eight big league seasons with Baltimore (2010-13) and the Cubs (2013-17). Jake has made 109 career starts for the Cubs since joining the Cubs in July of 2013, Jake has gone 59-25 with six complete games, five shutouts, two no-hitters and a 2.71 ERA (210 ER/697.1 IP). Has fanned a Cubs franchise-record 53 batters in the postseason and is tied for the franchise lead with seven postseason starts... overall has gone 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA (17 ER/42.0 IP) in postseason play. Since the beginning of 2015, he has gone 45-18 with a 2.67 ERA (145 ER/489.0 IP), a pair of no-hitters and a.201 opposing batting average his 45 wins are the best in the majors in that span and his.201 opponent average ranks second behind Clayton Kershaw (.194). Was named the N.L. Pitcher of the Month in three-consecutive months beginning in August 2015 is the first N.L. pitcher to accomplish the feat and third major leaguer overall, joining Pedro Martinez (April-June, 1999) and Johan Santana (July- September, 2004). Since the beginning of the 2014 season, Jake ranks in the top two among all pitchers in hits per nine innings (6.54), batting average against (.201) and ERA (2.63). Has a 2.24 ERA (84 ER/337.0 IP) in his career at Wrigley Field, the fifth-lowest ERA in Wrigley Field history his.181 opponents batting average at Wrigley Field is second in ballpark history only to teammate Pedro Strop (.180). 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/4 @STL W, 2-1 6.0 4 1 0 2 6 90-55 2-1 Only run allowed was unearned 2. 4/9 @MIL W, 7-4 7.0 3 3 3 2 10 98-63 7-3 13th-career double-digit strikeout game 3. 4/15 PIT ND, 8-7 L 5.2 5 3 3 1 5 98-62 6-3 Left in line for the win 4. 4/22 @CIN W, 12-8 6.0 8 5 4 0 8 101-67 11-5 First no-walk start since 4/10/2016 5. 4/28 @BOS L, 5-4 4.1 10 5 5 3 5 98-60 2-5 Ended streak of 72-consecutive starts with at least 5.0 IP APRIL: 3-1, 4.66 ERA (5 starts) 29.0 30 17 15 8 34 6. 5/3 PHI W, 5-4 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 85-57 5-3 Season-low 85 pitches 7. 5/9 @COL -1 L, 10-4 3.2 9 9 5 3 3 85-53 2-8, 1 on Tied his career-high for runs allowed 8. 5/14 @STL L, 5-0 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 85-60 0-4 Second-straight defeat; third-straight start with 85 pitches 9. 5/21 MIL W, 13-6 6.0 5 1 0 1 6 111-71 8-1 Snapped streak of seven-straight starts w/ three ER allowed 10. 5/26 @LAD L, 4-0 6.0 5 4 4 1 9 95-60 0-4 First start at Dodger Stadium since no-hitter @ LAD, 8/30/15 11. 5/31 @SD ND, 2-1 L 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 84-53 1-1 Third-straight start with five hits allowed MAY: 2-3, 4.54 ERA (6 starts) 33.2 37 22 17 9 37 At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.125 24 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 Career.181 232 15 42 5 4 4 17 15 0 0 9 115 0 0 LAST HIT: 5/9/17 @ Colorado (single off Antonio Senzatela) at-bats since then 8 HOME RUNS: 4 7/12/15 vs. Chicago (A.L.) solo homer off Jose Quintana; 9/27/15 vs. Pittsburgh solo homer off A.J. Burnett; 4/10/16 @ Arizona two-run homer off Shelby Miller; 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati solo homer off Michael Lorenzen MOST HITS: 2 (4x) last, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati MOST RBI: 2 (2x) last, 4/10/16 @ Arizona Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 5/21/17 vs. MIL, 13-6 (6.0,5,1,0,1,6) Last Loss: 5/26/17 @ LAD, 4-0 (6.0,5,4,4,1,9) Last CG/SHO: 4/21/16 @ CIN, 16-0 (9.0,0,0,0,4,6) No-Hitters: 8/30/15 @ LAD, 2-0 (9.0,0,0,0,1,12) & 4/21/16 @ CIN, 16-0 (9.0,0,0,0,4,6) Most Strikeouts: 13 9/16/14 vs. CIN also has two 12-K games, four 11-K games and six 10-K games (13 total double digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 13 8/6/14 @ COL Most Runs Allowed: 9 (3x) last, 5/9/17 @ COL Longest Winning Streak: 20 games 8/4/15-5/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/8-6/8/12 Wednesday s Starter vs. Miami RHP John Lackey (4-5, 4.90) John tomorrow makes his 12th start of the season, and seventh at home pitched 7.0 innings for the second time this season but took a no decision in his last start, a 3-2 Cubs win over St. Louis on June 2 did not allow a hit in his final 5.0 IP. Is allowing 1.96 home runs per nine innings this season, which is double his career average rate of 0.98 HR/9 has served up 14 long balls in 64.1 IP after allowing 23 homers in 188.1 IP last season. Is 1-1 with a 4.44 ERA (13 ER/26.1 IP) vs. the Marlins in four-career starts three of those starts have been quality outings, including his last start vs. the club, August 3, 2016 at Wrigley Field (7.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 8 SO).
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.276, 3 HR, 12 RBI) Homestand:.750 (3-4), HR, 2 R, 2 RBI Current Streak: 2 games (3-4) Multi-Hit Games (5): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 4 Last HR: 6/5/17 vs. MIA (Dan Straily) Career Bests: H 3 (3x), last 4/8/17 @ MIL; RBI 2 (7x), last 4/18/17 vs. MIL; R 2 (4x), last 5/6/17 vs. NYY Albert went 2-for-3 with a solo homer last night hit a pinch-hit RBI single Sunday is batting.429 (6-for-14) with four RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 34 games in center field (24 starts) and one game in left the Cubs are 13-10 when he starts in center field is batting.359 (14-for-39) off lefties and.206 (13-for-63) off righties went 2-for-5 with an RBI single in the ninth inning May 7 scored two runs May 6 went 2-for-6 with two runs May 4, including the game-winner in the 13th April 28 hit a solo homer, walked and scored twice went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a walk April 8 in Milwaukee, matching career bests in hits and RBI. Selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2012 Draft by the Cubs. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.265, 9 HR, 25 RBI) Homestand:.333 (2-6), HR, R, RBI Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 9 Last HR: 6/3/17 vs. STL (Mike Leake) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3, 4/22/16 @ CIN Javy collected two hits and a solo homer Saturday has gone 14-for-37 (.378) with four homers and 11 RBI in his last 13 games is batting.325 (26-for-80) at Wrigley Field compared to.197 (14-for-71) on the road hit a solo homer and went 2-for-5 Sunday in L.A. 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 (one shy of a career-high) May 19 started both ends of the doubleheader May 9 hit a two-run homer in the nightcap 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 and two runs scored May 1. In the month of May, led the Cubs in batting average (.302), slugging percentage (.581), hits (26) and RBI (19), while tying for the team lead in homers (7). Made his first Opening Day 25-man roster after starting last season on the disabled list. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.267, 13 HR, 26 RBI) Homestand:.133 (2-15), 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, HBP Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 6; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 6/5/17 vs. MIA (Dan Straily) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R 4 (5x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL Kris hit a two-run homer yesterday and a solo homer Friday led the team with 16 runs scored, 19 walks and a.405 OBP in May hitting.293 (27-for-92) with three homers on the road reached safely three times May 28 (1-for-3, 2 BB, R) hit a solo homer and scored two runs May 25 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 went 2-for-4 with a walk, double and RBI May 16 had missed the previous three games due to illness went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in May 9 s nightcap went 0-for-3 in the first game May 9 to snap his streak of reaching base safely at 18 games batted.365 (27-for-74) with a.461 OBP during that span hit a solo homer May 5 vs. NYY. Leads the club in hits (54), runs (36) and walks (35) has five three-hit games and a four-hit game batting.300 (12-for-40) with a 1.209 OPS against lefties. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.253, 5 HR, 24 RBI) Homestand:.333 (3-9), R, BB Current Streak: 1 game (2-3) Multi-Hit Games (8): 2-hit (6), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 12 Last HR: 5/28/17 @ LAD (Clayton Kershaw) Career Bests: H 3 (3x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL; RBI 4, 4/22/17 @ CIN; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson is batting.353 (18-for-51) with 11 RBI in his last 15 starts, including 2-for-3 last night is batting.298 (14-for- 47) off lefties and.233 (24-for-103) against righties has thrown out nine baserunners attempting to steal on Sunday hit a solo homer off Clayton Kershaw to lead off the second was a 12-pitch at-bat, the latest in at-bat a Cub went deep since Mike Fontenot in 2009 off Arizona s Dan Haren tied a career-high with three hits May 21 and drove in three runs went 2-for-4 with a two-rbi double May 16 recorded his first-career multi-homer game with a pair of solo blasts in St. Louis May 12 caught all 18 innings May 7 vs. NYY has eight catcher pickoffs since 2016, the most in the majors hit a game-winning, two-rbi single May 3 as a pinch-hitter. Threw out three baserunners April 16 (two caught stealing, one pickoff) became the first Cubs catcher since Jody Davis May 14, 1986 to record a caught stealing and catcher pickoff in the same inning on his first Opening Day roster, Willson delivered a ninth inning, game tying three-run homer on Opening Night in St. Louis. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.235, 4 HR, 9 RBI) Homestand:.333 (4-12), 2B, 2 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB Current Streak: 3 games (4-12) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 5 Last HR: 6/4/17 vs. STL (Michael Wacha) Career Bests: H 2 (4x), last 6/4/17 vs. STL; RBI 4, 6/4/17 vs. STL; R 2 (2x), last 6/4/17 vs. STL Ian notched his first-career multi-homer game Sunday night, driving in a career-high four runs hit a double Friday, snapping a nine-game skid without an XBH batted.357 (10-for-28) in his first eight games, but is hitting.162 (6-for- 37) in his last 11 has 10 runs, eight walks and 10 extra-base hits in his 20 games has four multi-hit games reached base in his first eight games hit a triple May 22 and had two doubles May 21 scored a run in six-straight games, May 16-22, the longest streak by a Cubs player this season is the first Cubs player since at least 1913 to score a run in seven of his first eight career games was selected from Triple-A Iowa May 13 to join his first big league roster made his major league debut that day as the starting right fielder and hit a two-run homer as part of a 1-for-3 effort with a walk has started games in center field (11), right field (2), left field (3) and second base (1). Became the first Cubs player to homer in their first game on the road (May 13 at St. Louis, major league debut) and first game at home (May 16 vs. Cincinnati) since Carmelo Martinez in 1983. Was Chicago s first-round pick in 2015 (ninth overall) selected out of the University of Cincinnati. #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.253, 5 HR, 23 RBI) Homestand:.214 (3-14), 2B, R, 2 RBI, SF Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (6): 2-hit (6), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 5/25/17 vs. SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Jason hit a game-tying double and go-ahead sac fly Friday was 2-for-4 with a double and run May 30 after going 2- for-4 with a two-run single in the first inning May 29 activated from the D.L. (right finger sprain), May 20, and hit safely in his first six games back (6-for-21/.286) tied for third in the majors with five outfield assists has hit safely in 33 of 43 games this season hit a solo homer Thursday hit a triple May 24 and a solo homer May 23 went 1- for-3 with a double and two walks May 21 had been out since May 5 with a right finger sprain went 1-for-3 with a RBI in one game at South Bend had 11 RBI in a four-game stretch, April 21-24 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, going 2-for-4 including a three-run homer. Is batting.293 (12-for-41) with runners in scoring position and.375 (6-for-16) with RISP and two outs. #30 JON JAY OF (.297, 0 HR, 8 RBI) Homestand:.500 (1-2), RBI, HBP Current Streak: 1 game (1-1) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 3 Last HR: 5/24/16 @ SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/18/13 @ CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon hit a game-winning pinch-hit RBI single Sunday night is 9-for-20 (.450) with three RBI as a pinch-hitter this season is batting.478 (11-for-23) in the eighth and ninth innings this season has reached base in 15 of his 20 starts was 2-for-2 with two runs scored May 21 off the bench started May 19 and went 1-for-3 with a double and RBI exited May 12 s game due to mid-back spasms went 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored May 4 as the leadoff batter was 2-for-3 with a double, run and a walk April 26 joined the Cubs following seven major league seasons with St. Louis (2010-15) and San Diego (2016). In 2016, he appeared in 90 games in his only season with the San Diego Padres as he missed time with a broken right forearm... still, hit.291 (101-for-347) with 26 doubles, two homers and 26 RBI. CUBS VS. MARLINS LHP JEFF LOCKE JUNE 6, 2017 PAGE 3 Albert Almora Jr.... 1.000 1 1 0 0 Javier Baez...667 6 4 1 2 Kris Bryant...308 13 4 1 5 Willson Contreras...000 2 0 0 0 Jason Heyward...360 25 9 0 4 Jon Jay...500 8 4 0 1 Miguel Montero...200 10 2 0 2 Anthony Rizzo...385 26 10 4 9 Addison Russell...267 15 4 1 4 Kyle Schwarber...667 3 2 1 2 Ben Zobrist...250 8 2 0 0 CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Albert Almora Jr.....255 98 25 3 13 Javier Baez....252 433 109 18 47 Kris Bryant....284 668 190 48 116 Willson Contreras....274 215 59 8 33 Ian Happ....286 42 12 3 7 Jason Heyward....244 434 106 9 42 Jon Jay....298 181 54 2 27 Miguel Montero....265 355 94 13 54 Anthony Rizzo....283 1395 395 63 203 Addison Russell....250 573 143 22 102 Kyle Schwarber....189 185 35 13 35 Ben Zobrist....253 356 90 8 46 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....333 3 1 0 1 Javier Baez... 1.000 1 1 1 5 Kris Bryant....333 6 2 0 2 Willson Contreras....500 8 4 1 11 Ian Happ....000 1 0 0 1 Jason Heyward....500 2 1 0 2 Jon Jay....000 3 0 0 0 Miguel Montero....000 0 0 0 1 Anthony Rizzo....167 6 1 0 4 Addison Russell....250 4 1 0 3 Kyle Schwarber....400 5 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist....200 5 1 0 3 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....400 5 2 0 2 Javier Baez....214 14 3 3 15 Kris Bryant....207 29 6 3 24 Willson Contreras....357 14 5 1 13 Ian Happ....000 1 0 0 1 Jason Heyward....211 76 16 2 50 Jon Jay....327 55 18 0 52 Miguel Montero....337 98 33 3 88 Anthony Rizzo....283 60 17 2 53 Addison Russell....279 43 12 1 33 Kyle Schwarber....333 9 3 1 9 Ben Zobrist....310 100 31 6 105 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....429 14 6 0 4 Javier Baez....000 1 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....143 7 1 0 2 Ian Happ....333 3 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....000 1 0 0 0 Jon Jay....450 20 9 0 3 Miguel Montero....333 9 3 0 2 Anthony Rizzo....000 0 0 0 0 Addison Russell....250 4 1 0 0 Kyle Schwarber....000 4 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....600 5 3 0 0 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....292 24 7 0 4 Javier Baez....200 25 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....333 3 1 0 2 Willson Contreras....167 12 2 1 4 Ian Happ....333 3 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....280 25 7 0 5 Jon Jay....304 112 34 2 13 Miguel Montero....202 114 23 4 20 Anthony Rizzo....100 10 1 0 1 Addison Russell....444 9 4 0 1 Kyle Schwarber....000 13 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....196 46 9 3 9
JUNE 6, 2017 PAGE 4 #47 MIGUEL MONTERO C (.306, 3 HR, 7 RBI) Homestand:.250 (1-4), R, BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-2) Multi-Hit Games (5): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 2 Last HR: 5/4/17 vs. PHI (Joaquin Benoit) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 6/12/13 @ LAD; RBI 6, 6/4/14 @ COL; R 3 (8x), last 4/13/16 vs. CIN Miguel walked and scored a run Sunday has 22 hits in his last 61 at-bats (.361) went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored May 24 walked twice and scored two runs May 17 hit a two-run pinch-hit single and tossed a scoreless inning of relief May 6 marked his second-career pitching appearance hit a game-tying solo homer May 4 had a seven game hitting streak April 17-29 (.591/13-for-22) has made 20 starts (Cubs are 12-8) went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs April 18 vs. Milwaukee marked his first homer and RBI of the season in his third season with the Cubs. His 108 home runs since the 2009 campaign are second-most for a left-handed hitting catcher (Brian McCann leads with 181). #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.232, 12 HR, 30 RBI) Homestand:.308 (4-13), 2 2B, 3 R, 3 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 13 Last HR: 5/28/17 @ LAD (Clayton Kershaw) Career Bests: H 4 (8x), last 8/22/16 @ SD; RBI 6 (3x) last, 4/7/16 @ ARI; R 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Anthony went 3-for-4 with a double and run scored Sunday reached four times Friday, including three walks and a double to start the eighth inning rally leads the majors with 12 hit-by-pitches is batting.302 (32-for-106) at home compared to.158 (16-for-101) on the road went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in the fourth off Clayton Kershaw, May 28 recorded his 14th-career multi-homer game and first three hit game of the season May 24 notched five homers, 10 runs and nine RBI on the last homestand had a 12-game hitting streak snapped April 24 hit.370 (17- for-46) during the career-high tying 12-game run April 21, hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth to tie the game, 5-5. Made his fifth-straight Opening Day start at first base for the Cubs, the first Cubs player with at least five-straight Opening Day starts at the position since Derrek Lee (2004-10) named to his third-straight N.L. All-Star team last season. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.213, 3 HR, 19 RBI) Homestand:.143 (1-7), R, BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 5/16/17 vs. CIN (Robert Stephenson) Career Bests: H 4, 4/24/17 @ PIT; RBI 4 (2x), last 4/19/17 vs. MIL; R 3 (3x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT Addison walked, singled and scored a run Sunday is 13-for-89 (.146) in his last 30 games was 1-for-2 with a triple, walk and HBP Monday was 1-for-2 with a walk Sunday had an RBI in four-straight games, May 16-21 hit a solo homer May 16 hit a triple and scored a run May 6 April 24, recorded a career-high four hits and tied his career mark with three runs scored hit a three-run walk-off homer April 19, his second-career walk-off RBI and first walkoff homer tied a career-high with four RBI doubled, tripled and drove in three runs April 15 earned N.L. All-Star honors in his second major league season in 2016, hitting 21 homers and driving in 95. Among Cubs players at the conclusion of their age-22 season (since 1900), he ranks second in career homers (34), fifth in RBI (149) and extra-base hits (92) and sixth in runs scored (130). #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.162, 9 HR, 23 RBI) Homestand:.111 (1-9), HR, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 6/3/17 vs. STL (Mike Leake) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (3x), last 6/3/17 vs. STL; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle drew a career-high tying three walks Sunday hit a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning Saturday, his first-career grand slam is 6-for-65 (.092) in his last 20 games on Tuesday hit his eighth homer of the season, a solo shot each of his last three hits have been homers hit his longest-career homer according to Statcast May 23, a 470-foot blast onto Sheffield in the second inning batted second for the first time this season May 21 and reached base twice went 2-for-5 May 16 with a home run measured at 462 feet according to Statcast was hitless in his last 17 at-bats prior to the homer hit two doubles and walked twice May 7 hit a solo homer May 5 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. May 1 made his first appearance at catcher since October 1, 2015 drew a career-high three walks April 10 in his first regular season game at Wrigley Field since September 28, 2015 vs. the Royals hit a go-ahead and eventual game-winning three-run homer in the seventh, April 6 in St. Louis. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.233, 6 HR, 18 RBI) Homestand:.077 (1-13), 2B, R, 2 BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (6), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 7 Last HR: 5/25/17 vs. SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (4x), last 6/9/12 @ MIA Ben snapped an 0-for-20 skid with a first inning double yesterday had a 25-straight game on-base streak, April 28- May 30 was the second-longest streak of his career had a 31-game streak from 2009-10 drew a season-high three walks Monday (0-for-1, R) had an eight-game hitting streak May 13-25 (13-for-28/.464) went 3-for-4 with a solo homer Thursday, his first three-hit game of the season hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21 went 2-for- 3 with a double, walk and run scored May 17 had a 10-game hitting streak, April 28-May 7 was his sixth-career streak of at least 10 games drove in two runs April 29 and hit a ninth-inning solo homer. Has batted.244 (11-for-45) with a double, two triples, three homers and six RBI in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 6-6 in those games. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (3)... 3 0 0 0 Javier Baez (9)... 6 2 0 1 Kris Bryant (13)... 11 2 0 0 Willson Contreras (5)... 3 0 1 1 Ian Happ (4)... 2 1 1 0 Jason Heyward (5)... 3 0 2 0 Jon Jay (0)... 0 0 0 0 Miguel Montero (3)... 2 1 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (12)... 5 5 2 0 Addison Russell (3)... 2 0 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (9)... 5 1 2 1 Ben Zobrist (6)... 5 1 0 0 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (3)... 3 0 0 0 Javier Baez (6)... 4 1 0 1 Kris Bryant (5)... 3 2 0 0 Willson Contreras (8)... 5 2 1 0 Ian Happ (3)... 2 0 1 0 Jason Heyward (6)... 3 1 2 0 Jon Jay (0)... 0 0 0 0 Miguel Montero (3)... 3 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (11)... 8 2 1 0 Addison Russell (4)... 2 1 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (5)... 2 2 1 0 Ben Zobrist (3)... 2 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (73)... 47 14 9 3 Opponents (69)... 40 18 10 1 CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Ben Zobrist, 5/21/17 vs. Milwaukee (Chase Anderson) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Miguel Montero, 10/2/16 @ Cincinnati (Raisel Iglesias) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Anthony Rizzo, 6/29/16 @ Cincinnati (Cody Reed) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jake Arrieta, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati (Michael Lorenzen) 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 (5): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT & 5/21 vs. MIL; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (3): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (1): Rizzo, 4/21-23 Pinch-Homers (0): N/A Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (0): N/A Game-Opening Homers (1): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Contreras 9/34 26.5% 4 2 3.78 (147 ER/349.2 IP) Montero 0/19 0.0% 0 0 4.58 (78 ER/153.1 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 0.00 (0 ER/3.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (3): Hendricks, Arrieta, Lester CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 35 (17-18), Zobrist 12 (6-6), Jay 3 (1-2), Baez 2 (1-1), Szczur 1 (1-0), Happ 3 (3-0) 2 Bryant 44 (24-20), Schwarber 7 (3-4), Almora 2 (1-1), Happ 2 (0-2), Jay 1 (1-0) 3 Rizzo 46 (25-21), Bryant 9 (4-5), Schwarber 1 (0-1) 4 Zobrist 28 (14-14), Russell 9 (6-3), Rizzo 9 (4-5), Happ 6 (3-3), Candelario 3 (1-2), Contreras 1 (1-0) 5 Russell 21 (9-12), Contreras 8 (5-3), Heyward 10 (7-3), Happ 6 (4-2), Montero 5 (1-4), Candelario 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Jay 1 (0-1), La Stella 1 (0-1) 6 Heyward 27 (12-15), Contreras 11 (5-6), Almora Jr. 5 (4-1), Baez 2 (1-1), Montero 3 (3-0), Russell 5 (4-1), Jay 1 (0-1), La Stella 2 (0-2) 7 Baez 20 (11-9), Contreras 16 (6-10), Montero 11 (7-4), Heyward 4 (2-2), Russell 3 (2-1), La Stella 1 (0-1), Schwarber 1 (1-0) 8 Lester 9 (4-5), Arrieta 7 (4-3), Lackey 7 (4-3), Hendricks 8 (6-2), Russell 7 (3-4), Anderson 5 (2-3), Baez 6 (3-3), Almora 4 (1-3), Butler 3 (2-1), Montero 1 (1-0) 9 Jay 14 (6-8), Almora 13 (8-5), Baez 10 (4-6), Hendricks 3 (1-2), Lester 3 (2-1), Arrieta 3 (1-2), Butler 2 (1-1), Lackey 3 (1-2), Anderson 1 (1-0), Szczur 1 (1-0), Schwarber 3 (3-0) C Contreras 36 (17-19), Montero 20 (12-8) 1B Rizzo 55 (29-26), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 29 (15-14), Zobrist 24 (14-10), La Stella 2 (0-2), Happ 1 (0-1) 3B Bryant 50 (26-24), Candelario 4 (3-1), La Stella 2 (0-2) SS Russell 45 (24-21), Baez 11 (5-6) LF Schwarber 44 (23-21), Jay 5 (3-2), Zobrist 4 (1-3), Happ 3 (2-1) CF Almora 24 (14-10), Jay 11 (3-8), Heyward 10 (4-6), Happ 11 (8-3) RF Heyward 32 (17-15), Zobrist 13 (6-7), Szczur 2 (2-0), Bryant 3 (2-1), Jay 4 (2-2), Happ 2 (0-2) P Lester 12 (6-6), Arrieta 11 (5-6), Lackey 11 (6-5), Hendricks 11 (6-5), Anderson 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (3-2) DH Schwarber 3 (1-2) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 38 36 20 37 23 23 30 28 21 2 258 OPP. 50 24 29 31 22 25 23 24 22 2 252 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (10) Jason Heyward (5), Jon Jay (2), Albert Almora (2), Kyle Schwarber (1)
Cubs Pitching JUNE 6, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 21-18 4.59 1 306.0 311 173 156 45 111 293 Relievers 8-9 3.11 16 200.0 150 79 69 24 88 220 SEASON TOTALS 29-27 4.00 1/16 506.0 461 252 225 69 199 513 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Brian Duensing 5/30 @ SD 0.2,1,0,0,0,2 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 5/5/17 vs. NYY 0/0 19/16 8/2 Carl Edwards Jr. 6/4 vs. STL-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 4/21/17 @ CIN 10/2/16 @ CIN 6/4/17 vs. STL 0/0 25/19 9/2 Dylan Floro 5/21 vs. MIL 2.0,7,5,5,1,1 N/A N/A N/A 0/0 2/1 1/1 Justin Grimm 6/4 vs. STL 1.0,0,0,0,1,3 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF 4/10/17 vs. LAD 0/1 15/9 9/3 Mike Montgomery 6/5 vs. MIA-SV 3.1,3,0,0,0,3 8/11/16 vs. STL 6/5/17 vs. MIA 9/27/16 @ PIT 2/2 18/13 7/0 Hector Rondon 6/4 vs. STL-BS 0.1,2,2,2,1,0 6/3/17 vs. STL 7/24/16 @ MIL 5/16/17 vs. CIN 0/2 23/19 8/4 Pedro Strop 6/4 vs. STL-W 1.2,0,0,0,0,1 6/4/17 vs. STL 9/19/15 vs. STL 5/17/17 vs. CIN 0/1 24/16 17/7 Koji Uehara 6/4 vs. STL-SV 1.0,0,0,0,0,2 5/4/17 vs. PHI 6/4/17 vs. STL 5/24/17 @ SF 2/4 21/14 5/2 2017 TOTALS 16/22 (.727) 171/125 (.731) 65/21 (.323) #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-0, 3.04 ERA, 0 SV, 2 Holds) CAREER: 42-37, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 5x, last 5/22 vs. SF MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) Brian has walked six and struck out 29 in 19 games (23.2 IP) after allowing two runs in 3.0 innings, May 14-18, has recorded 6.2-straight scoreless innings, including 0.2 frames May 30 in San Diego (allowed two inherited runners to score). Has a 0.98 ERA (2 ER/18.1 IP) in his last 14 games. Was activated from the D.L. on April 14 and tossed a scoreless seventh inning in his Cubs debut started the season on the 10-day D.L. due to lower back tightness. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (1-0, 0.83 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 1-1, 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: 4/21/17 @ CIN (6-5) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) Carl has held opponents to a.088 average (6-for-68) and a.215 OBP has walked 11, struck out 29 and allowed two homers has tossed 6.1 scoreless innings in his last eight outings since May 16. Recorded his seventh hold Sunday with a scoreless eighth inning (1 SO). Walked three batters in 0.2 innings Friday after starting the eighth left with the bases loaded and two out before Pedro Strop struck out Yadier Molina. Tossed a scoreless seventh in San Diego on Wednesday, needing just seven pitches. #15 DYLAN FLORO RHP (0-0, 8.53 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 0-1, 0 SV MOST IP, 2017: 4.1, 5/9 @ COL MOST IP, CAREER: 4.1, 5/9/17 @ COL LAST WIN: N/A LAST SV: N/A Dylan was recalled from Triple-A Iowa prior to last night s game and is in his third stint with the team was recalled May 21 and pitched the final 2.0 innings that night vs. Milwaukee(7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) optioned the following day. Was selected from Triple-A Iowa, May 8, and tossed 4.1 innings (1 ER) of relief in the early game of a May 9 twinbill in Colorado optioned to Iowa later that day. Is 2-1 with a 4.01 ERA (11 ER/24.2 IP) in 14 games for Iowa, 13 in relief has walked five and struck out 13. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-0, 6.23 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 19-18, 3 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 5x, last 5/29 @ SD 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 optioned to Iowa, May 10, and pitched in six games for the I-Cubs, going 0-1 with three saves and a 5.40 ERA (4 ER/6.2 IP) held opponent scoreless in five of those outings. With Chicago, has stranded six of nine runners he s inherited walked nine and struck out 20 in 15 outings thus far struck out 12 in his 10.1 IP since April 22. Sunday night tossed a scoreless fifth inning (1 BB, 3 SO). #38 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP (0-3, 2.21 ERA, 2 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 8-14, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 4.0, 5/25 vs. SF MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 6/30/15 @ SD LAST WIN: 8/11/16 vs. STL (4-3, 11 inn.) LAST SV: 6/5/17 vs. MIA (3-1) Mike has tossed 36.2 innings in 18 outings, walking 20, striking out 26 and holding opponents to a.210 average (26-for-124) had a stretch of 39.2-consecutive innings without a homer snapped May 28 when he allowed an Austin Barnes solo homer. Recorded his second save last night, tossing 3.1 shutout innings to preserve a 3-1 win vs. Miami. Picked up his first regular season save with 4.0 shutout innings May 25 vs. the Giants to finish a 5-1 victory. Has gone 3-7 with two saves and a 2.14 ERA (24 ER/101.0 IP) in 60 appearances out of the bullpen, compared to 5-7 with a 4.23 ERA (59 ER/125.2 IP) in 23 career starts. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (1-1, 4.79 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 15-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 6/3 vs. STL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (17x) last, 7/31/16 vs. SEA LAST WIN: 6/3/17 vs. STL (5-3) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 23 appearances, allowing 17 hits in 79 at-bats (.215) while walking eight and striking out 26 after he surrendered one earned run in his first 10.1 IP (0.86) ERA, has allowed 10 earned runs in his last 12 outings (10.1 IP). Suffered a blown save Sunday night, allowing two runs in the sixth inning (0.1 IP). Tossed a scoreless seventh inning Saturday to pick up his first win of the season. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (2-2, 2.79 ERA, 0 SV, 6 Holds) CAREER: 17-22, 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: 6/4/17 vs. STL (7-6) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Pedro has held opponents to a.174 batting average (12-for-69) has walked 10 and struck out 22 in 24 games (19.1 IP) has put together eight-straight scoreless outings (7.1 IP) Sunday night, earned the win and stranded an inherited runner (1.2 IP). Friday, entered in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and two out struck out Yadier Molina to end the threat, his lone batter faced picked up the win. His 90 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol s 82 holds from 2006-13. #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (1-3, 3.26 ERA, 2 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 20-25, 95 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0 IP, last 6/4 vs. STL MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 4/19/09 @ BOS LAST WIN: 5/4/17 vs. PHI (5-4) LAST SV: 5/18/17 vs. CIN (9-5) Has pitched scoreless ball in 18 of his 22 outings has walked five and struck out 23 this season, holding opponents to a.194 batting average (14-for-72) Sunday night recorded his second save of the season with a perfect ninth to preserve a 7-6 win. Recorded a hold with Saturday s perfect eighth inning (1 SO). Tagged with Wednesday s loss, allowing a run in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 11, 4/24 @ PIT (14-3)... Largest Winning Margin...8, 5/1 vs. PHI (10-2) 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, 4/24 @ PIT... Most Runs... 11, 5/6 vs. NYY 5 (4x), last 6/4 vs. STL (4th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 6, 5/9 @ COL (3rd) 17 (2x), last 4/24 @ PIT... Most Hits... 15 (2x), last 5/9 @ COL 6, 5/3 vs. PHI (6th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 6 (4x), last 5/18 vs. CIN (7th) 2 (2x), last 5/26 @ LA... Fewest Hits... 4 (5x), last 6/2 vs. STL 4 (2x), last 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Home Runs... 4 (2x), last 5/28 @ LAD 2, 5/22 vs. SF (8th)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (2x), last 5/1 vs. PHI (7th) 6 (2x), last 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Doubles... 5, 4/18 vs. MIL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF... Most Triples... 2, 4/24 @ PIT 10, 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10 (2x), last 5/29 @ SD... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers... 26, 5/7 vs. NYY 2 (3x), last 4/19 vs. MIL... Most Stolen Bases... 3 (2x), last 6/4 vs. STL 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 3 (2x), last 4/12 vs. LAD 3 (2x), 5/19 vs. MIL... Most Errors Committed... 4, 4/29 @ BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 4 games (2x)... 4/18-22 & 6/2-current Longest Losing Streak: 6 games... 5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 20 (Cubs 12, Reds 8)... 4/22 @ CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, 2x last (Cubs 3, Dodgers 4)... 5/28 @ LAD 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: 6 (2x)... 4/18-24 & 4/26-5/2 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 2 (3x)... last 5/26-27 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 5/31-current Consecutive Games With An Error: 7... 5/6-13 Shortest Game, Time: 2:05... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6:05...5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18... 5/7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 41,814; 4/15 vs. PIT Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD Series Sweeps: 1 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 12 games, Rizzo... 4/10-23 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (3x), last Bryant... 5/4 vs. PHI Most Total Bases: 9 (3x), Rizzo... 5/24 vs. SF Most Extra-Base Hits: 2 (18x), last Happ... 6/4 vs. STL Most Doubles: 2 (5x), last Happ... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Triples: 1 (12x), last Russell... 5/29 @ SD Most RBI: 5, Báez... 5/18 vs. CIN Most Stolen Bases: 1 (15x), last Báez... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Walks: 3 (4x), last Rizzo... 6/2 vs. STL Most Strikeouts: 4 (3x), last Happ... 5/28 @ LAD 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 3 (2x), Arrieta & Lackey... 4/4-22 & 4/29-5/16 Longest Losing Streak: 3 (2x), Lackey & Montgomery... 4/12-23 & 4/2-current 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... 5/9 @ COL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 10, 4x last Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Reliever: 5, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... 4/9 @ MIL and 5/13 @ STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 7.0 (3x), last Lackey... 5/9 @ COL Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 12, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 13, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Most Runs Allowed: 9, Arrieta... 5/9 @ COL Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3, Lackey... 4/17 vs. MIL Most Walks Issued: 6, Anderson... 4/24 @ PIT Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 3.2 IP, Lackey... 5/27 @ LAD MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 17 High-Water Mark: 4 games (12-8, 16-12, 25-21) Losses after Leading: 12 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 4 No. of Times at.500 Mark: 10 (1-1, 2-2, 6-6, 7-7, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 25-25, 27-27) Walkoff Wins: 3 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI)