CUBS VS. PIRATES The Cubs and Pirates play 19 games spanning six series following this three-game set at Wrigley Field, the clubs will play three games at PNC Park, May 28-30 the Cubs have won three-straight season series against Pittsburgh dating to 2015 after going 8-1 against the Pirates at Wrigley Field in 2016, the team was just 4-5 at the Friendly Confines against them last year. 2018 Overall:...0-1 At Wrigley Field:...0-1 At PNC Park:...0-0 2017 Overall:... 10-9 At Wrigley Field:...4-5 At PNC Park:...6-4 All-Time Since 1887:... 1,208-1,271 At Wrigley Field:... 507-459 At PNC Park (since 2001):... 80-65 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (2) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed 1B Anthony Rizzo 4/6 4/16 4 (Lower back tightness) LHP Drew Smyly 2/14 5/28 10 (Recovery from Tommy John surgery) 60-Day LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, 2018 1. Atlanta Braves... 1.24 (6 ER/43.2 IP) 2. Chicago Cubs... 1.49 (7 ER/42.1 IP) 3. New York Mets... 1.56 (7 ER/40.1 IP) 4. Arizona D backs... 1.88 (8 ER/38.1 IP) 5. San Diego Padres... 2.14 (11 ER/46.1 IP) MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 297 2. Los Angeles Dodgers... 291 3. Cleveland Indians... 283 4. Washington Nationals... 281 5. Houston Astros... 280 MOST REGULAR SEASON HOME VICTORIES SINCE THE START OF 2015 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 168 2. Chicago Cubs... 154 3. Houston Astros... 149 4. New York Yankees... 147 5. Cleveland Indians... 145 Toronto Blue Jays... 145 Washington Nationals... 145 LOWEST TEAM ERA SINCE START OF 2015 SEASON 1. Chicago Cubs... 3.48 2. Los Angeles Dodgers... 3.49 3. Cleveland Indians... 3.59 4. St. Louis Cardinals... 3.67 5. Washington Nationals... 3.68 MOST RBI IN N.L. SINCE START OF 2015 SEASON 1. Nolan Arenado, COL... 399 2. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI... 329 3. Anthony Rizzo, CHI... 322 4. Bryce Harper, WSH... 284 5. Kris Bryant, CHI... 280 FEWEST PLATE APPEARANCES PER WALK, N.L. IN 2018 1. Washington Nationals... 7.74 2. Arizona Diamondbacks... 8.15 3. New York Mets... 8.46 4. Philadelphia Phillies... 8.49 5. Chicago Cubs... 10.02 6. Pittsburgh Pirates... 10.28 Pittsburgh Pirates (8-2) vs. Chicago Cubs (5-5) April 11, 2018 Wrigley Field Game No. 11 Home Game No. 2 LHP Steven Brault (2-0, 1.13) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 2.89) WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: The Chicago Cubs tonight play their first home night game of the season, one of 31 scheduled at the moment, when they play the second contest of a three-game set against the Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago yesterday dropped their Wrigley Field opener to the Pirates, 8-5, as Javier Báez belted two solo home runs, Willson Contreras had three hits and Kyle Schwarber had two hits, a RBI and a run scored. With yesterday s setback, the Cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 and now 5-5 this season Chicago tonight aims to get back over.500 for the fourth time this year (1-0, 2-1 and 5-4). This is the first time the Cubs have started a campaign at 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 and 5-5 since 2011 that 2011 team also went 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9 and 10-10 to set a big league record for consecutive stops at the.500 mark to begin a campaign. Following this three-game set against Pittsburgh, the team s first homestand continues with three games against the Braves (starting Friday) followed by three games against the Cardinals (beginning Monday). NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME: The Cubs enter their 31st season playing under the lights at Wrigley Field since lighting was erected for evening play in August of 1988 all told, the Cubs are 365-321 (.532) in Wrigley Field night games. The Cubs in 2017 went 24-12 under the lights at the Friendly Confines after going 28-8 in 2016 in fact, Chicago has had a winning record in home night games at Wrigley Field every season since 2014. LESTER ON THE HILL: Jon Lester tonight makes his third start of the season, and first at home since joining the Cubs prior to the 2015 campaign, Lester is 24-14 (.632) with a 3.22 ERA (117 ER/327.1 IP) in 53 Wrigley Field starts the 24 home victories are third-most among N.L. pitchers since the start of 2015, training only Zack Greinke (28) and Clayton Kershaw (28). Lester, in his last start, spun 6.0 shutout innings at Milwaukee this past Thursday it marked his 41st outing in the last four seasons in which he allowed one or no runs in at least 5.0 innings of work, tied for the second-most such outings in that span with Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw Jake Arrieta leads with 43. Lester has made 98 starts with the Cubs, going 44-25 with 592 strikeouts and a 3.33 ERA (221 ER/597.2 IP) he aims to become just the 11th lefty to reach 100 career starts for the Cubs. WHO KNEW?: As you know, Javier Báez yesterday recorded his second career regular season multi-homer effort, his first since his third career game when he hit two blasts at Colorado, August 7, 2014 but, did you know he s just the sixth Cub ever to record two or more multi-homer games as a second baseman? Báez joins Ryne Sandberg (24 multi-homer games), Rogers Hornsby (two games), Todd Walker (two games), Heinie Zimmerman (two games) and Ben Zobrist (two games). CUBS RECORD 2018 Overall:... 5-5 At Wrigley Field:... 0-1 On the Road:... 5-4 March/April:... 5-5 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,808-10,263 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):... 4,266-3,744 Leading Entering 6th:... 3-0 Tied Entering 6th:... 1-1 Trailing Entering 6th:... 1-4 Leading Entering 7th:... 4-0 Tied Entering 7th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 7th:... 0-3 Leading Entering 8th:... 4-0 Tied Entering 8th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 8th:... 0-3 Leading Entering 9th:... 3-0 Tied Entering 9th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 9th:... 1-3 Scoring First:... 3-3 One-Run Games:... 0-3 Two-Run Games:... 0-0 Extra-Inning Games:... 1-1 Scoring Four or More:... 4-2 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 1-3 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 5-0 Hit Totals Equal:... 0-1 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 0-4 Hit at Least One HR:... 5-2 Hit Two or More HR:... 1-1 Playing Errorless Ball:... 4-2 Committing at Least One Error:... 1-3 HE LL MANAGE: Joe Maddon, who managed his 2,000th major league game April 1 in Miami, is four games shy of reaching 500 regular season games as manager of the Cubs and will become the 13th of 54 full-time managers in franchise history to reach the mark. UPCOMING MILESTONES: Ben Zobrist is three hits away from 1,400 overall José Quintana is four strikeouts shy of 1,000 for his career. Kris Bryant Thursday recorded his 500th career hit in his 463rd career game, becoming the quickest player to start his major league career with the Cubs and reach the 500-hit mark since Starlin Castro did so in 421 games on Sept. 7, 2012 (Elias Sports Bureau). EARLY RETURNS: Kris Bryant reached safely in each of his first eight games to start the season and in nine of 10 games overall Bryant is hitting.317 (13-for-41) with six runs, two homers, a triple, three doubles, six RBI and eight walks to begin the season. Bryant on March 30 went 3-for-6 and belted his first homer of the year, a go ahead solo shot in the third the blast came in his sixth at-bat of the season, by far the quickest he s gone deep to start a campaign the bullpen s 3.40 walks per 9.0 innings ranks fifth-best in the National League. Bryant last season first homered in his 40th at-bat in his 11th game played in 2016, his first blast was in his 32nd at-bat in his eighth game while his first homer in his N.L. Rookie of the Year 2015 season came in Milwaukee in his 40th at-bat in his 11th game played. PENMANSHIP: The Cubs bullpen has thrown 42.1 innings in the first 10 games to begin the season, posting a 1.49 ERA (7 ER/42.1 IP), the second-lowest mark in the majors behind Atlanta (1.24 ERA) Chicago s 42.1 innings from its bullpen are down to 12th-most in the majors Miami s relievers lead with 58.2 innings while the Angels are second (55.1) and the Rangers are third (53.0). Cubs relievers have a.483 opponent OPS, tops among major league bullpens, and posted a.174 opponent batting average (26-for- 149), second-lowest in the majors (San Diego is first,.171) The bullpen opened this year with a 15.2-scoreless innings streak through the 16th inning of March 30 s contest that is the longest scoreless innings streak by the Cubs bullpen to begin a campaign since 1990, when the relief corps strung together 20.0-scoreless thanks to Elias Sports Bureau. MUST BE A CHICAGO THING: Cubs batters have been hit by a pitch 10 times in their first 10 games, tied for the major league lead with the crosstown Chicago White Sox Miami is third, having been hit by a pitch eight times thus far. A STINGY STAFF: Cubs pitching surrendered just seven runs in last weekend s four-game Milwaukee series, recording an 8-0 victory on Thursday prior to Sunday s 3-0 win in between, the Cubs fell 5-4 on Friday and won a 5-2 decision on Saturday. Chicago pitching previously allowed seven or fewer runs in a four-game series, Sept. 27-30, 2010 at San Diego the staff allowed just five runs in that series. Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.91 ERA (11 ER/34.0 IP) and held the opponent to a.234 average (30-for-128) in the last six games, starting with Tyler Chatwood s Cubs debut two Mondays ago in Cincinnati this follows a 6.86 ERA (15 ER/19.2 IP) and a.286 opponent average in the team s first four games. ENOUGH OF THE HOTEL STAYS: The Cubs went 5-4 in their season-opening rain-shortened nine-game sojourn through Miami (2-2), Cincinnati (0-1) and Milwaukee (3-1), capping it off with Sunday s 3-0 victory at Miller Park the trip actually began with two exhibition games in Fort Myers, Fla., against the Red Sox, March 26-27. The Cubs were the only team in baseball to start the regular season with a three-city road trip. The Cubs started a season with a three-city trip for the first time since 2000 when they started off with a pair of games against the New York Mets in Tokyo, Japan followed by three-game sets in St. Louis and Cincinnati the Cubs have started a season with a North American trip for the first time since 1988 (2 games in Atlanta, 3 games in Montreal, 3 games in St. Louis). The nine-game jaunt was the franchise s longest to open a season since the 1899 Chicago Orphans played their first 12 games of that season on the road, a trip in which they went 7-5 at Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Wed., April 11 PIT 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 2.89) vs. LHP Steven Brault (2-0, 1.13) Thurs., April 12 PIT 1:20 p.m. NBCSCH 670 The Score RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 4.09) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (2-0, 1.59)
April 11, 2018 Page 2 STARTING PITCHER #34 LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 2.89) W L % ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP 2017 CUBS 13 8.619 4.33 32 32 0 1 0 0 180.2 179 101 87 26 60 3 180 4 2018 CUBS 1 0 1.000 2.89 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 10 4 3 0 4 0 8 1 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 160 92.635 3.51 351 350 0 15 4 0 2193.2 2018 924 856 208 708 7 2049 74 CUBS TOTALS 44 25.638 3.33 98 98 0 4 0 0 597.2 526 245 221 63 163 3 592 18 Last Time Out Jon earned his first win of the season in the Cubs 8-0 victory at Milwaukee on April 5, allowing just three hits and striking out six over 6.0-scoreless innings marked his 48th career start in which he allowed no runs while pitching at least 6.0 innings. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 4/5 @MIL W, 8-0 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 89-61 5-0 2018 Splits and Season Notes W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Home 0-0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road 1-0 2.89 2 2 9.1 10 4 3 0 4 8 AVG vs. LHB:.250 (2-for-8) / AVG vs. RHB:.276 (8-for-29) Jon tonight makes his third start of the season, and first at home his 2.89 ERA is the lowest among Cubs starting pitchers through two turns of the rotation. Made his third Opening Day start for the Cubs (also, 2015 and 2017) was his seventh Opening Day start overall (four times with Boston) joined Hippo Vaughn (1915, 1917, 1919) as the only Cubs lefties to make three Opening Day starts. Jon made four Cactus League starts, going 3-1 with a 2.81 ERA (5 ER/16.0 IP) threw a Spring high 6.2 innings in his last Cactus League outing, March 19 at the Reds made two starts in minor league games on March 14 and March 24. 2017 Season Jon made 32 starts for the third-straight season since joining the Cubs, going 13-8 with a 4.33 ERA (87 ER/180.2 IP) and 180 strikeouts. Held lefties to a.205 average (33-for-161) while righties batted.275 (146-for-530). Led the Cubs with 32 starts, 180.2 innings pitched and 180 strikeouts. Recorded eight outings of at least 7.0 innings... no other Cubs starter had more than four such starts. Was placed on the disabled list August 18 with left lat tightness and general shoulder fatigue... was activated September 2... went 5-1 with a 4.18 ERA (15 ER/32.1 IP) in six starts after being activated. Pitched to a 5.63 ERA (39 ER/62.1 IP) in the first two innings of games, but posted a 3.65 ERA (48 ER/118.1) beginning in the third inning. Struck out a season-high tying 10 batters three times: May 23 vs. San Francisco, June 13 at the Mets and July 22 vs. the Cardinals. Earned complete game victory, May 23 vs. the Giants, allowing one run on four hits in the Cubs 4-1 victory... threw just 99 pitches, becoming the first Cubs pitcher to throw a complete game under 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September 25, 2009 at the Giants (98 pitches). Started the Cubs Season Opener, April 2 at St. Louis, as well as the Cubs Home Opener, April 10 vs. the Dodgers became just the fourth Cub to start both the team s season opener when on the road and its home opener. Posted 1.88 ERA (3 ER/14.1 IP) in three postseason games, including one relief outing... he took a no-decision in each outing... allowed one run on two hits in 6.0 innings in NLDS Game Two at Washington. Career vs. Pittsburgh W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 1-2 4.66 4 4 19.1 24 17 10 4 11 13 Career 5-5 3.23 12 12 69.2 72 33 25 8 24 64 Last Outing: 9/7/17 at PIT (W, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO) Jon tonight makes his 13th-career start against the Pirates has posted a 2.88 ERA (11 ER/34.1 IP) in six previous starts at Wrigley Field has eight quality starts vs. Pittsburgh. vs. Pirates Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Bell (.429-7-3-1-3) Frazier (.500-2-1-0-0) Mercer (.333-21-7-1-4) Cervelli (.250-28-7-1-7) Freese (.294-17-5-0-0) Polanco (.125-8-1-0-0) Diaz (.333-3-1-0-0) Harrison (.280-25-7-1-2) Rodriguez (.229-48-11-2-6) Dickerson (.000-3-0-0-0) Marte (.227-22-5-0-0) Career Notes A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, Jon is in his fourth season with Chicago after he signed with the Cubs on December 15, 2014 is one of four Cubs lefties all-time with at least three seasons of 32 games started. Has a major league best 28 starts of at least 6.0 innings and one or fewer runs allowed since the start of 2016. Is the only pitcher to start at least 30 games in each of the last 10 seasons. Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (160) and fourth in strikeouts (2,049)... is one of only 12 active pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched. Ranks first in Cubs postseason history with 64.0 innings pitched and his nine starts rank tied for second... ranks first among all active pitchers with 148.0 innings pitched... ranks third among active pitchers with 124 post-season strikeouts. Struck out 207 batters in 2015, most all-time by a Cubs left-handed pitcher. 2018 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 2/27 CWS W, 6-5 1.2 1 1 1 2 3 --- --- 3/4 @ARI L, 2-0 2.2 3 1 1 2 3 --- --- 3/9 LAA W, 6-1 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 --- --- 3/14 MINOR LEAGUE GAME 3/19 CIN W, 5-4 6.2 9 3 3 1 6 --- --- 3/24 MINOR LEAGUE GAME SPRING TRAINING: 3-1, 2.81 ERA (4 GS) 16.0 16 5 5 5 15 --- --- 1. 3/29 @MIA ND, 8-4 W 3.1 7 4 3 3 2 71-42 5-4, 2 on Third Opening Day Start with Cubs 2. 4/5 @MIL W, 8-0 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 89-61 5-0 First win of the season, 48th-career start with 6.0+ IP and 0 R At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2018.000 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Career.083 216 14 18 6 0 1 14 28 2 0 14 98 1 0 LAST HIT: 9/7/17 @ PIT (double off Jameson Taillon)... at-bats since then 12 HOME RUNS: 1 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) MOST HITS: 2 8/1/17 vs. Arizona MOST RBI: 2 8/1/17 vs. Arizona Thursday s Starter vs. Pittsburgh RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 4.09) Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 4/5/18 @ MIL, 8-0 (6.0,3,0,0,1,6) Last Loss: 9/20/17 @ TB, 8-1 (4.1,8,7,7,3,0) Last Complete Game: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) Most Strikeouts: 15 5/3/14 vs. OAK also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five 12-K games, six 11-K games and 16 10-K games (30 total double-digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 12 (2x) last, 6/7/14 @ DET Most Runs Allowed: 11 7/22/12 vs. TOR Longest Winning Streak: 10 games 7/18-9/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/27-7/11/15 Kyle makes his third start of the season, and first at home, tomorrow in his last outing at Milwaukee, he allowed four runs in 5.0 innings in a no-decision all four runs came via two tworun homers in the fifth inning has posted a 4.09 ERA (5 ER/11.0 IP) over his first two starts of the season. In 2017, Kyle went 7-5 with a 3.03 ERA (47 ER/139.2 IP) in 24 starts... led all Cubs starting pitchers with the 3.03 ERA posted a 2.62 ERA (36 ER/123.2 IP) in his final 21 starts beginning April 25, the fourth-best mark in the N.L. among pitchers with at least 10 starts in that span. His career ERA of 2.97 ranks third among all active pitchers with at least 100 starts, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (2.36) and Chris Sale (2.96)... ranks ahead of Jacob degrom (2.98) and Madison Bumgarner (3.01). Has gone 4-2 with a 3.23 ERA (20 ER/55.2 IP) in 10-career starts against the Pirates went 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA (5 ER/17.2 IP) in three starts against Pittsburgh last season.
CUBS HITTERS April 11, 2018 Page 3 #5 OF ALBERT ALMORA JR..182, 0 HR, 2 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-1) Hitless 1 G (0-1) 0 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/1 0/0 10/1/17 vs. CIN 0/0 SEASON BESTS: H 1 (4x), last 4/8 @ MIL; RBI 1 (2x), last 4/8 @ MIL; R 2, 4/5 @ MIL CAREER BESTS: H 3 (5x), last 9/16/17 vs. STL; RBI 6, 9/13/17 vs. NYM; R 2 (7x), last 4/5/18 @ MIL Albert reached twice and hit a RBI double Sunday went 1-for-5 with an RBI triple and a pair of runs scored Thursday night batted.164 (9- for-55) with three doubles, two homers and eight RBI in 19 Spring Training contests is on his second-straight Opening Day roster batted.298 (89-for-299) in his first full season with the Cubs last year, including a.342 mark (38-for-111) against lefties closed the 2017 season batting.343 (47-for-137) with five homers and 31 RBI in his final 64 games. Was a first round selection of the Cubs in the 2012 MLB Draft (sixth overall). #9 INF JAVIER BÁEZ.194, 2 HR, 6 RBI HOMESTAND:.500 (2-4), 2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI 1 G (2-4) 1 G 0 G 0 G 2/1/3 0/1 (last 5/8/16 HR vs. WSH) 4/10/18 vs. PIT 1/2 SEASON BESTS: H 2, 4/10 vs. PIT; RBI 2 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT; R 2 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT CAREER BESTS: H 4 (4x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3 (3x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM Javy notched his first two homers of the season yesterday, his second-career regular season multi-hr game (also, 8/7/14 at COL) recorded his second triple of the season Friday in his seventh game, already matching his 2017 single-season career high of two triples (in 145 games) went 1-for-1 with a two-run single and his first three-walk game Thursday in Milwaukee has reached safely in seven of 10 games is on his second-straight Opening Day roster and enters his third full season in the majors (started 2016 on the D.L.) set career-high marks with 24 doubles, 23 homers and 75 RBI in 145 games last season has made at least 120 starts at both shortstop and second base in his career. Was a first round selection of the Cubs in the 2011 MLB Draft (ninth overall). #17 INF KRIS BRYANT.317, 2 HR, 6 RBI HOMESTAND:.250 (1-4), R 1 G (1-4) 4 G 2 G 0 G 1/0/3 0/2 (last 8/24/15 HR vs. CLE) 4/7/18 @ MIL 0/10 SEASON BESTS: H 3 (2x), last 4/7 @ MIL; RBI 3, 3/31 @ MIA; R 2, 3/29 @ MIA CAREER BESTS: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R 4 (6x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM Kris fell a double shy of the cycle and reached base in all five plate appearances Saturday, going 3-for-3 with a solo homer, triple and two walks has reached safely in nine of 10 games, hitting safely in seven doubled in each of his first three games to start the season, the first Cub to do so since Moises Alou in 2003 March 30 belted his first homer of the season, a go-ahead solo shot in the third inning is on his thirdstraight Opening Day roster posted a 6.7 WAR (Fangraphs) last season, the third-highest mark in the N.L. led the club with a.409 OBP,.537 slugging and.946 OPS his 94-career homers through 2017 were the most ever by a Cub in his first three major league seasons. Was a first round selection of the Cubs in the 2013 MLB Draft (second overall). #7 C VICTOR CARATINI.211, 0 HR, 1 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-0) 3 G (4-12) 1 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/1 0/0 7/30/17 @ MIL 0/0 SEASON BESTS: H 2, 4/7 @ MIL; RBI 1, 4/6 @ MIL; R 1, 3/31 @MIA CAREER BESTS: H 3 (2x), last 8/18/17 vs. TOR; RBI 1 (3x), last 4/6/18 @ MIL; R 1 (7x), last 3/31/18 @ MIA Victor has gone 4-for-12 with a double, run and RBI in his last three games (all at first base) made his first start of the season behind the dish April 1 in Miami (0-for-4) batted.244 (10-for-41) with two doubles, one homer and five RBI in 20 Spring Training games is on his first Opening Day roster after making his major league debut in June last season was named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Year in 2017 after batting.342 with 61 RBI in 83 games with Iowa ranked the 4th-best prospect in the organization by Baseball America entering 2018. Was a second round pick by the Braves in 2013 acquired by the Cubs in a trade deadline deal in 2014. #40 C WILLSON CONTRERAS.333, 0 HR, 1 RBI HOMESTAND:.750 (3-4), 2B, R 2 G (5-7) 4 G 2 G 0 G 1/1/1 0/0 8/6/17 vs. WSH 0/3 SEASON BESTS: H 3 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT; RBI 1, 3/29 @ MIA; R 1 (4x), last 4/10 vs. PIT CAREER BESTS: H 4, 7/16/17 @ BAL; RBI 6, 8/3/17 vs. ARI; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson went 3-for-4 with a double and run yesterday has gone 9-for-18 with three doubles, two HBP and two walks in his last five games on Opening Day delivered a game-winning two-out RBI double in the fourth inning batted.308 (12-for-39) with three doubles, four homers and eight RBI in 13 Spring Training contests is on his second-straight Opening Day roster had a breakout season in 2017, ranking second among all N.L. catchers with 21 homers and 74 RBI became the second Cubs catcher in the last 20 seasons to reach 20 homers in a campaign hit 33 homers in his first 175-career games, the most-ever by a Venezuelan-born major league player. Is in his ninth season in the organization since signing as a non-drafted free agent in July of 2009. #8 INF/OF IAN HAPP.156, 1 HR, 3 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-4), BB Hitless 1 G (0-4) 0 G 0 G 0 G 2/1/0 0/0 3/29/18 @ FLA 0/3 SEASON BESTS: H 2 (5x), last 4/7 @ MIL; RBI 2, 4/7 @ MIL; R 1 (3x), last 4/5 @ MIL CAREER BESTS: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 4 (4x), last 8/30/17 vs. PIT; R 2 (12x), last 9/29/17 vs. CIN Ian s two-run single in the ninth Saturday snapped a 2-2 tie and helped the Cubs to the 5-2 win in Milwaukee on Opening Day delivered a leadoff homer, becoming the first Cub to do so since Alfonso Soriano in 2009 went deep on the game s very first pitch in the first game of MLB s season, the first to turn that trick since Dwight Evans in 1986 batted.321 (17-for-53) with three doubles, one triple, seven homers and 12 RBI in 19 Spring Training contests hit five leadoff homers in Cactus League play is on his first Opening Day roster after making his major league debut in May of last season hit 24 homers in his debut season, the second-most homers ever by a switch-hitting N.L. rookie and the third-most by a rookie in Cubs franchise history became the fastest player in club history to hit 20 homers. Was a first round selection of the Cubs in the 2015 MLB Draft (ninth overall). #22 OF JASON HEYWARD.226, 1 HR, 6 RBI HOMESTAND:.250 (1-4), 2 RBI 2 G (2-7) 1 G 0 G 0 G 1/0/3 0/4 (last 9/4/16 1B vs. SF) 4/5/18 @ MIL 0/6 SEASON BESTS: H 2, 3/31 @ MIA; RBI 2 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT; R 2, 3/31 @ MIA CAREER BESTS: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (9x), last 9/14/17 vs. NYM; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHC Jason is tied for the team lead six RBI had a two-rbi single yesterday on Thursday connected for his first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the ninth inning on Opening Day drew a bases-loaded walk, doubled and scored a run batted.191 (9-for-47) with three doubles and a homer in 19 Spring Training contests is in his third season with the Cubs and his ninth major league season overall, making the playoffs in six of his first eight campaigns won his fourth-straight Gold Glove Award in 2017 (fifth overall) posted a.259/.326/.389 slashline in 2017 after posting a.230/.306/.325 slashline in 2016. Was a first round selection of the Braves in the 2007 MLB Draft (14th overall). #2 INF TOMMY LA STELLA.308, 0 HR, 2 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-1) Hitless 2 G (0-2) 0 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/2 0/0 8/26/17 @ PHI 0/1 SEASON BESTS: H 1 (4x), last 4/7 @ MIL; RBI 2, 3/29 @ MIA; R N/A CAREER BESTS: H 3 (10x), last 8/26/17 @ PHI; RBI 4, 8/26/17 @ PHI; R 3, 4/24/16 @ CIN Tommy made his first start Saturday (at second base), going 1-for-5... is 3-for-8 as a pinch-hitter thus far on Opening Day hit a two-run pinchdouble with two outs in the seventh. batted.280 (14-for-50) with three doubles and six RBI in 19 Spring Training contests is on the Cubs Opening Day roster for the fourth-straight season, one of only two Cubs position players to accomplish that feat (also, Rizzo) posted a.288 average (36-for-125) and.389 OBP in 73 games with the Cubs last season had a.488 OBP as a pinch-hitter in 2017, reaching base in 21-of-44 pinch-hit plate appearances. Was an eighth round selection of the Braves in the 2011 MLB Draft. VS. LHP STEVEN BRAULT Almora Jr..600 5 3 0 1 Baez.429 7 3 0 2 Bryant.714 7 5 1 2 Caratini.500 2 1 0 0 Contreras.250 4 1 0 0 Happ.500 4 2 0 3 Heyward.500 6 3 0 3 La Stella --- 0 0 0 0 Russell.000 1 0 0 0 Schwarber.000 1 0 0 0 Zobrist.000 3 0 0 1 AT WRIGLEY FIELD Almora Jr..313 182 57 5 38 Báez.251 589 148 27 71 Bryant.282 845 238 56 141 Caratini.333 24 8 0 1 Contreras.295 325 96 18 60 Happ.228 189 43 15 39 Heyward.251 585 147 11 61 La Stella.240 171 41 2 18 Navarro 1.000 1 1 0 0 Russell.245 637 156 24 105 Schwarber.239 314 75 25 56 Zobrist.255 506 129 10 60 BASES LOADED, 2018 Almora Jr..000 0 0 0 0 Báez.000 0 0 0 1 Bryant 1.000 1 1 0 3 Caratini.000 1 0 0 0 Contreras.000 0 0 0 0 Happ.500 2 1 0 2 Heyward.500 2 1 0 4 La Stella.000 1 0 0 0 Navarro.000 0 0 0 0 Russell.000 0 0 0 0 Schwarber.000 0 0 0 0 Zobrist 1.000 1 1 0 1 BASES LOADED, CAREER Almora Jr..556 9 5 0 12 Báez.200 20 4 3 19 Bryant.194 36 7 3 30 Caratini.000 3 0 0 0 Contreras.474 19 9 1 23 Happ.455 11 5 1 12 Heyward.239 88 21 2 61 La Stella.412 17 7 0 24 Navarro.250 8 2 0 5 Russell.283 46 13 1 36 Schwarber.286 14 4 1 11 Zobrist.305 105 32 6 108 PINCH HITTING, 2018 Almora Jr..000 2 0 0 0 Báez.000 0 0 0 0 Bryant.000 0 0 0 0 Caratini.000 1 0 0 0 Contreras.000 0 0 0 0 Happ 1.000 1 1 0 0 Heyward.000 0 0 0 0 La Stella.375 8 3 0 2 Navarro 1.000 1 1 0 0 Russell.000 0 0 0 0 Schwarber.000 1 0 0 0 Zobrist.000 1 0 0 0 PINCH HITTING, CAREER Almora Jr..283 53 15 0 10 Báez.194 31 6 0 0 Bryant.250 4 1 0 2 Caratini.077 13 1 0 0 Contreras.125 16 2 1 4 Happ.250 16 4 1 3 Heyward.269 26 7 0 5 La Stella.258 89 23 0 13 Navarro.286 21 6 0 3 Russell.353 17 6 1 3 Schwarber.083 24 2 1 1 Zobrist.200 60 12 4 13
April 11, 2018 Page 4 CUBS HITTERS #50 INF EFREN NAVARRO 1.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI HOMESTAND: 1.000 (1-1) 1 G (1-1) 0 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/0 0/1 (7/18/14 1B vs. SEA) 9/23/17 vs. MIN 0/1 SEASON BESTS: H 1, 4/10 vs. PIT; RBI N/A R N/A CAREER BESTS: H 3 (2x), last 6/23/15 vs. HOU; RBI 2 (6x), last 9/23/17 vs. MIN; R 2 (5x), last 9/23/17 vs. MIN Efren was called up from Triple-A Iowa yesterday and hit a pinch-hit single in his first at-bat with the Cubs appeared in three games with Triple-A Iowa to begin the season, going 3-for-12 with three RBI was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training and batted.234 (11-for-47) with three doubles, one homer and six RBI in 21 games has appeared in parts of five major league seasons with the Angels (2011, 2013-15) and Tigers (2017), batting.243 (77-for-317) with three homers in 153 games is in his 12th pro season since being drafted in the 50th round of the 2007 draft out of UNLV. #27 INF ADDISON RUSSELL.242, 0 HR, 2 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-3), BB Hitless 2 G (0-7) 3 G 0 G 0 G 1/0/2 0/2 (last 4/19/17 HR vs. MIL) 9/27/17 @ STL 0/3 SEASON BESTS: H 2 (3x), last 4/5 @ MIL; RBI 1 (2x), last 4/6 @ MIL; R 1 (3x), 4/6 @ MIL CAREER BESTS: H 4 (3x), last 7/19/17 @ ATL; RBI 4 (2x), last 4/19/17 vs. MIL; R 3 (5x), last 7/15/17 @ BAL Addison has walked six times and has three multi-hit games, including Thursday when he was 2-for-5 with a double, RBI and run on Opening Day reached safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a run, walk and hit by pitch batted.326 (14-for-43) with a double, two homers and 10 RBI in 18 Spring Training contests is on his third-straight Opening Day roster appeared in 110 games in 2017, missing over a month of action with a foot injury closed the 2017 season on a high note, batting.274 after the All-Star Break, compared to.226 prior to the Break. Was a first round pick of the Athletics in the 2012 MLB Draft (11th overall). #12 OF KYLE SCHWARBER.212, 2 HR, 4 RBI HOMESTAND:.500 (2-4), R, RBI 1 G (2-4) 3 G 0 G 0 G 1/0/0 0/0 3/31/18 @ MIA 0/5 SEASON BESTS: H 2 (3x), last 4/10 vs. PIT; RBI 2, 3/31 @ MIA; R 2, 3/31 @ MIA CAREER BESTS: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (6x), last 9/30/17 vs. CIN; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI Kyle went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI yesterday has reached safely in seven of 10 games played recorded an extra-base hit in three of his first four contests was 2-for-4 with a double April 1 in Miami hit a game-tying two-run homer in March 31 s second inning on Opening Day hit a solo homer batted.340 (18-for-53) with three doubles, one triple, four homers and six RBI in 21 Spring Training contests is on his third-straight Opening Day roster after missing most of the 2016 season with a knee injury, he returned last season and hit 30 home runs, becoming just the second Cubs lefty to reach the 30-homer plateau in his age 24-or-younger season posted a.922 OPS beginning July 27 of last season, the second-best mark on the Cubs (Bryant,.992). Was a first round pick of the Cubs in the 2014 MLB Draft (fourth overall). HOME RUNS, 2018 Batter Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Almora Jr. (0) 0 0 0 0 Báez (2) 2 0 0 0 Bryant (2) 2 0 0 0 Caratini (0) 0 0 0 0 Contreras (0) 0 0 0 0 Happ (1) 1 0 0 0 Heyward (1) 0 1 0 0 La Stella (0) 0 0 0 0 Navarro (0) 0 0 0 0 Russell (0) 0 0 0 0 Schwarber (2) 1 1 0 0 Zobrist (1) 1 0 0 0 Cubs (10) 8 2 0 0 Opponents (6) 2 3 1 0 MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2018 Batter 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+ Almora Jr. (0) 0 0 0 0 Báez (2) 2 0 0 0 Bryant (1) 0 1 0 0 Caratini (0) 0 0 0 0 Contreras (0) 0 0 0 0 Happ (1) 1 0 0 0 Heyward (2) 2 0 0 0 La Stella (1) 1 0 0 0 Navarro (0) 0 0 0 0 Russell (0) 0 0 0 0 Schwarber (1) 1 0 0 0 Zobrist (0) 0 0 0 0 #18 INF/OF BEN ZOBRIST.300, 1 HR, 3 RBI HOMESTAND:.000 (0-5) Hitless 1 G (0-5) 3 G 1 G 0 G 2/2/0 0/5 (last, 9/15/14 1B vs. NYY) 4/8/17 @ MIL 0/7 SEASON BESTS: H 3, 3/30 @ MIA; RBI 1 (3x), last 4/8 @ MIL; R 1 (2x), 4/8 @ MIL CAREER BESTS: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (5x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM Ben hit a go-ahead and eventual game-winning solo homer Sunday his pinch-single Saturday tied the game at two in the ninth in advance of Chicago s 5-2 win went 2-for-5 Thursday in Milwaukee March 30 made his first start of the season and delivered three hits, including a double batted.206 (7-for-34) with two doubles and a homer in 13 Spring Training contests is in his third season with the Cubs a threetime All-Star and two-time World Champion, he has appeared at every defensive position save for pitcher and catcher appeared in 128 games last season, batting.249 (56-for-225) after the All-Star Break, compared to.214 (45-for-210) prior to the Break. Since the start of 2009, he ranks fourth in the majors with 716 walks and eighth with 298 doubles (entering 2018). CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Ian Happ, 3/29/18 @ Miami (José Ureña) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Addison Russell, 9/16/17 vs. St. Louis (Tyler Lyons) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Javier Báez, 8/7/17 @ San Francisco (Matt Moore) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jon Lester, 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) 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.) 2018 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (1): Báez, 4/10 vs. PIT 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (0): N/A 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (0): N/A 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): Happ, 3/29 @ MIA Walk-Off Homers (0): N/A RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 6 7 3 2 4 4 5 3 6 4 44 OPP. 3 1 7 3 12 1 3 2 1 1 34 Heyward (1) OUTFIELD ASSISTS (1) CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Caratini 1/1 100.0% 0 0 4.20 (7 ER/15.0 IP) Contreras 2/2 100.0% 0 3 2.89 (26 ER/81.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (0): N/A
CUBS PITCHERS April 11, 2018 Page 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG SHO SV/OPP IP H R ER HR BB SO 1BF IR/IRS Starters 2-3 4.36 0 0 --- 53.2 52 27 26 5 24 46 --- --- Relievers 3-2 1.49 --- --- 2/3 42.1 26 7 7 1 16 44 37/31 18/3 SEASON TOTALS 5-5 3.09 0 0 2/3 96.0 78 34 33 6 40 90 #33 RHP EDDIE BUTLER LAST OUTING: 4/10 vs. PIT (1.0 IP) 0-1 1.00 0/0 0 1/0 3/3 3/2 6/26/17 @ WSH N/A SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 3/30 @ MIA; IP: 7.0, 3/30 @ MIA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 3/30/18 @ MIA; IP: 7.0, 3/30/18 @ MIA Eddie yesterday tossed a scoreless eighth inning March 30 tossed a career-high 7.0 innings in Miami, stranding an inherited runner after entering with two outs in the 10th kept the Marlins off the board through the 16th before he departed with two on and two out in the 17th. Is the first Cubs reliever to go at least 7.0 innings since Scott Sanderson pitched 8.0 innings, August 6, 1989 at Pittsburgh. Is in his second season with the Cubs after he was acquired from Colorado, February 1, 2017 posted a 4.20 ERA (7 ER/15.0 IP) in six Cactus League outings, including three starts. #41 RHP STEVE CISHEK LAST OUTING: 4/7 @ MIL (1.0, 1H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 SO IP) 1-0 1.69 0/0 1 5/0 5/5 5/4 3/29/18 @ MIA 6/22/17 vs. DET SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 2, 3/29 @ MIA; IP: 1.2, 3/29 @ MIA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (2x), last 7/2/11 @ TEX; IP: 3.0 IP (3x), last 5/4/12 @ SD Steve on Friday struck out his lone batter faced to leave the bases loaded in the seventh pitched a perfect eighth inning Thursday, retiring the side on four pitches has made four scoreless appearances on Opening Day recorded the win with 1.2 scoreless frames in Miami signed a two-year contract with the Cubs in December, 2017 went 3-2 with a 2.01 ERA (10 ER/44.2 IP) in 2017 (with Seattle and Tampa Bay), the lowest ERA of his career. Has recorded 121 career saves, by far the most among active Cubs relievers. Has made at least 60 relief appearances in four of the last six seasons. #32 LHP BRIAN DUENSING LAST OUTING: 4/10 vs. PIT (1.0 IP, 1 SO) 0-0 0.00 0/0 1 2/0 6/5 6/6 9/29/17 vs. CIN 4/10/15 @ CWS SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 4/1 @ MIA; IP: 2.0, 4/1 @ MIA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 8/7/09 @ DET; IP: 4.2 IP, 8/7/09 @ DET Brian has tossed 5.1 shutout innings thus far, and has a 6.1-inning scoreless streak since last season signed a two-year deal with the Cubs in January, returning to the club after a strong 2017 in 2017, he posted a 2.74 ERA (19 ER/62.1 IP) in 68 relief outings posted a 2.01 ERA in his final 42 outings beginning June 22 allowed only five of 33 inherited runners to score (15.2%), the third-best percentage among N.L. relievers. Limited lefties to a.239 batting average (230-for-964) in his career entering 2018. Entering 2018, posted a 3.57 ERA in 272 outings over the last five seasons, all as a reliever. #6 RHP CARL EDWARDS JR. LAST OUTING: 4/8 @ MIL (1.0 IP, 1 SO) 0-0 1.80 0/0 2 1/0 5/4 5/4 9/22/17 @ MIL 10/2/16 @ CIN SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 4/5 @ MIL; IP: 1.0 (5x), last 4/8 @ MIL CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 7/31/16 vs. SEA; IP: 2.0 IP (4x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI Carl has held opponents to a.167 average (3-for-18), walked two and struck out nine in 5.0 innings tossed a scoreless eighth Sunday for his second hold struck out two Friday and three Thursday night in scoreless frames is on his second Opening Day roster after a 2017 campaign in which he pitched to a 2.98 ERA (22 ER/66.1 IP) in 73 relief outings and set a franchise mark for a Cubs reliever with just 3.93 H/9.0 IP. Recorded 25 holds in 2017, fifth-most all-time by a Cubs reliever led all N.L. relievers with a.134 batting average against while his 12.75 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ranked seventh. Is the fifth true Cubs pitcher to wear a single-digit uniform number. #38 LHP MIKE MONTGOMERY LAST OUTING: 4/10 vs. PIT (2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) 0-1 6.75 0/0 0 0/0 5/3 5/3 9/19/17 @ TB 8/1/17 vs. ARI SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 1 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT; IP: 2.0, 4/10 vs. PIT CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 7/26/17 @ CWS; IP: 4.1 IP, 8/17/17 vs. CIN Mike is in his third season (second full season) with the Cubs yesterday allowed a three-run homer to Francisco Cervelli in his second inning of work has made 47 relief outings and 19 starts with Chicago since joining the club in 2016. Pitched scoreless innings each of the first three games in Miami hadn t pitched on zero days rest in the regular season since Sept. 27-28, 2016. Has gone 5-8 with a 2.47 ERA (36 ER/131.0 IP) in 76 appearances out of the bullpen, compared to 10-12 with a 4.20 ERA (91 ER/195.0 IP) in 37 career starts. #15 RHP BRANDON MORROW LAST OUTING: 4/8 @ MIL (1.0 IP) 0-0 0.00 2/2 0 2/1 3/2 3/3 9/30/17 @ COL 4/8/18 @ MIL SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 2, 4/7 @ MIL; IP: 1.0 (2x), last 4/8 @ MIL CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (2x), last 5/12/08 @ TEX; IP: 3.1 IP, 4/23/07 @ TEX Brandon has recorded saves in each of the team s final two games in Milwaukee made his lone previous appearance (two pitches) March 30 in Miami, coming on with two on, two out in the 17th inning allowed a Miguel Rojas game-ending single, his first batter faced signed a two-year contract with the Cubs in December (with a club/vesting option for 2020) is coming off a career-best 2017, going 6-0 with two saves and a 2.06 ERA (10 ER/43.2 IP) in 45 relief outings. Has pitched exclusively out of the bullpen since 2016, going 7-0 with four saves and a 1.90 ERA (13 ER/61.2 IP) in 65 games from 2016-to the present. Made his major league debut with Seattle in 2007. #46 RHP PEDRO STROP LAST OUTING: 4/7 @ MIL (0.2 IP, 1 SO) 2-0 0.00 0/1 0 5/2 5/4 5/5 4/7/18 @ MIL 9/9/15 vs. STL SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 1 (5x), last 4/7 @ MIL; IP: 1.2, 3/31 @ MIA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (2x), last 7/22/15 @ CIN; IP: 2.0 IP (11x), last 5/7/17 vs. NYY Pedro became the first N.L. reliever to record his second win of the season Saturday tossed a scoreless eighth inning April 2 March 31 suffered a blown save, allowing an inherited runner to score, but went on to record the win in Miami is in his sixth season with the Cubs holds the franchise record with 105 holds and his 2.68 ERA (82 ER/275.1 IP) ranks third among Cubs relievers all-time (min. 100 games). In 2017, he went 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA (19 ER/60.1 IP) in 69 games... became the first relief pitcher in franchise history to record an ERA under 3.00 in four-consecutive seasons. His 19 postseason appearances are most in Cubs franchise history (2.25 ERA). #37 LHP JUSTIN WILSON LAST OUTING: 4/8 @ MIL (1.0 IP, 2 SO) 0-0 0.00 0/0 1 2/0 5/5 5/5 8/20/17 vs. TOR 7/29/17 vs. HOU SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 2 (3x), last 4/6 @ MIL; IP: 1.2, 3/30 @ MIA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (3x), last 9/19/15 @ NYM; IP: 3.1 IP, 4/15/13 vs. STL Justin has made five scoreless appearances thus far, including a scoreless seventh Sunday to pick up his first hold is in his first full season with the Cubs after being acquired at the Trade Deadline last season his 280 relief outings since 2014 are third-most among left-handed pitchers. In 2017, he posted a 2.68 ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP) in 42 games with Detroit posted a 5.09 ERA (10 ER/17.2 IP) in 23 games with Chicago. Has pitched with the Pirates (2012-14), Yankees (2015), Tigers (2016-17) and Cubs (2017-18). 2018 CLUB HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 8, 4/5 @ MIL (8-0)... Largest Winning Margin... 6, 4/1 @ MIA (6-0) 2, 3/31 @ MIA (0-2, 10-6)... Largest Come Behind W... 2, 4/6 @ MIL (0-2, 5-4) 10, 3/31 @ MIA... Most Runs... 8, 4/10 vs. PIT 4 (2x), last 4/7 @ MIL (9th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 5, 4/1 @ MIA (5th) 13 (2x), last 4/5 @ MIL... Most Hits... 12 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT 3 (7x), last 4/10 vs. PIT (8th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 5, 4/10 vs. PIT (3rd) 2, 4/2 @ CIN... Fewest Hits... 3, 4/8 @ MIL 3, 3/29 @ MIA... Most Home Runs... 2 (2x), last 4/10 vs. PIT 1 (10x), 4/10 vs. PIT (7th)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2, 4/6 @ MIL (5th) 4 (2x), last 3/31 @ MIA... Most Doubles... 4, 4/1 @ MIA 1 (5x), 4/8 @ MIL... Most Triples... 1, 3/29 @ MIA 7, 3/29 @ MIA... Most Extra-Base Hits... 4, 4/1 @ MIA 8, 3/30 @ MIA... Most BBs By Batters... 8, 3/30 @ MIA 14, 3/30 @ MIA... Most Ks By Pitchers... 20, 3/30 @ MIA 1 (3x), last 4/6 @ MIL... Most Stolen Bases... 1, 4/5 @ MIL 3, 3/31 @ MIA... Most Double Plays Turned... 1 (5x), last 4/7 @ MIL 2, 3/29 @ MIA... Most Errors Committed... 3, 4/5 @ MIL 15, 3/30 @ MIA... Most Left On Base... 18, 3/30 @ MIA Longest Winning Streak: 2 games... 4/7-8 Longest Losing Streak: 2 games... 4/1-4/2 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 12 (Cubs 8, Marlins 4)... 3/29 @ MIA Most Hits, Both Clubs: 22, 2x last (Cubs 10, Pirates 12)... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 4 (Cubs 2, Pirates 2)... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 34 (Cubs 14, Marlins 20)... 3/30 @ MIA Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 33 (Cubs 15, Marlins 18)... 3/30 @ MIA Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 10 (Cubs 6, Brewers 4)... 4/8 @ MIL Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 3 games (2x)... 3/29-31 & 4/7-current Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 2 games... 4/1-4/2 Consecutive Errorless Games: 3 games... 4/7-current Consecutive Games With An Error: 2 games... 3/29-30 Shortest Game, Time: 2:33... 4/2 @ CIN Longest Game, Time: 5:18... 3/30 @ MIA Most Innings: 17 inn.... 3/30 @ MIA Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 40,144 (4/10 vs. PIT) Largest Road Crowd: 43,331 (4/7 @ MIL) Series Sweeps: N/A BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 4 games, Bryant... 3/29-4/1 Most Runs Scored: 2 (7x), last Baez... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Hits: 3 (5x), last Contreras... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Total Bases: 8 (2x), Bryant & Baez... 4/7 @ MIL & 4/10 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 2 (5x), last Baez... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Doubles: 1 (18x), last Almora & Contreras... 4/8 @ MIL Most Triples: 1 (5x), last Contreras... 4/8 @ MIL Most RBI: 3, Bryant... 3/31 @ MIA Most Stolen Bases: 1 (3x), last Happ... 4/6 @ MIL Most Walks: 3, Baez... 4/5 @ MIL Most Strikeouts: 4 (2x), last Schwarber... 4/6 @ MIL 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 2 games, Strop... 3/31-current Longest Losing Streak: 2 games, Chatwood... 4/2-current Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: N/A... N/A Low-Hit Complete Game: N/A... N/A Longest Outing, Reliever: 7.0 IP, Butler... 3/30 @ MIA Most Strikeouts, Starter: 9, Darvish... 4/7 @ MIL Reliever: 5, Butler... 3/30 @ MIA Consecutive Strikeouts: 3 (2x), last Darvish... 4/7 @ MIL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 6.0 IP (2x), last Quintana... 4/8 @ MIL Reliever: 6.1 IP, Butler... 3/30 @ MIA Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 2, Morrow... 4/7-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 9, Quintana... 4/1 @ MIA Most Runs Allowed: 6, Quintana... 4/1 @ MIA Most Hits Allowed: 9, Chatwood... 4/10 vs. PIT Most Homers Allowed: 2, Hendricks... 4/6 @ MIL Most Walks Issued: 6, Chatwood... 4/2 @ CIN Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 4.0 IP, Quintana... 4/1 @ MIA MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 2 High-Water Mark: 1 game (1-0, 2-1, 5-4) Losses after Leading: 3 Low-Water Mark: 1 game (2-3, 3-4) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 2 Times at.500 Mark: 5 (1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5) Walkoff Wins: 0
2018 DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE/RESULTS April 11, 2018 Page 6 GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATT. 1 3/29 @MIA W 8-4 CISHEK (1-0)-Ureña 1-0 T-1st, --- 32,151 2 3/30 @MIA L 1-2 (17) Despaigne-BUTLER (0-1) 1-1 3rd, -1.0 12,034 3 3/31 @MIA W 10-6 (10) STROP (1-0)-Ziegler 2-1 T-2nd, -1.0 13,422 4 4/1 @MIA L 0-6 Peters-QUINTANA (0-1) 2-2 3rd, -1.5 10,428 5 4/2 @CIN L 0-1 Mahle-CHATWOOD (0-1)-Iglesias 2-3 4th, -2.5 18,963 4/3 @CIN POSTPONED RAIN (Make-up date 5/19) 2-3 T-3rd, -2.5 4/4 OFF DAY 2-3 4th, -2.0 6 4/5 @MIL W 8-0 Lester (1-0)-Suter 3-3 3rd, -2.0 24,310 7 4/6 @MIL L 4-5 Albers-MONTGOMERY (0-1) 3-4 T3rd, -3.0 37,758 8 4/7 @MIL W 5-2 STROP (2-0)-Barnes-MORROW (1) 4-4 T3rd, -2.0 43,331 9 4/8 @MIL W 3-0 QUINTANA (1-1)-Anderson-MORROW (2) 5-4 2nd, -2.0 39,282 4/9 PIT POSTPONED SNOW (Make-up date 4/10) 5-4 T-2nd, -2.0 10 4/10 PIT L 5-8 Nova-CHATWOOD (0-2)-Vazquez 5-5 T-2nd, -3.0 40,144 11 4/11 PIT 7:05 PM WGN 12 4/12 PIT 1:20 PM NBCSCH 13 4/13 ATL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 14 4/14 ATL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 15 4/15 ATL 1:20 PM WGN 16 4/16 STL 6:05 PM WGN 17 4/17 STL 7:05 PM NBCSCH 18 4/18 STL 1:20 PM ABC7 4/19 OFF DAY 19 4/20 @COL 7:40 PM WGN 20 4/21 @COL 7:10 PM NBCSCH 21 4/22 @COL 2:10 PM NBCSCH 4/23 OFF DAY 22 4/24 @CLE 5:10 PM WGN 23 4/25 @CLE 6:10 PM NBCSCH 24 4/26 MIL 7:05 PM NBCSCH+ 25 4/27 MIL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 26 4/28 MIL 1:20 PM ABC7 27 4/29 MIL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 28 4/30 COL 6:05 PM NBCSCH 29 5/1 COL 7:05 PM WGN 30 5/2 COL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 5/3 OFF DAY 31 5/4 @STL 7:15 PM NBCSCH 32 5/5 @STL 1:15 PM ABC7 33 5/6 @STL 7:05 PM ESPN 34 5/7 MIA 7:05 PM NBCSCH 35 5/8 MIA 7:05 PM NBCSCH 36 5/9 MIA 1:20 PM WGN 5/10 OFF DAY 37 5/11 CWS 1:20 PM NBCSCH 38 5/12 CWS 1:20 PM ABC7 39 5/13 CWS 1:20 PM WGN 5/14 OFF DAY 40 5/15 @ATL 6:35 PM NBCSCH+ 41 5/16 @ATL 6:35 PM WGN 42 5/17 @ATL 6:35 PM WGN 43 5/18 @CIN 6:10 PM NBCSCH 44 5/19 @CIN 12:10 PM WGN 45 5/19 @CIN 6:10 PM WGN 46 5/20 @CIN 12:10 PM ABC7 5/21 OFF DAY 47 5/22 CLE 6:05 PM WGN 48 5/23 CLE 7:05 PM NBCSCH 5/24 OFF DAY 49 5/25 SF 1:20 PM ABC7 50 5/26 SF 6:15 PM FOX 51 5/27 SF 7:05 PM ESPN 52 5/28 @PIT 12:35 PM ABC7 53 5/29 @PIT 6:05 PM WGN 54 5/30 @PIT 6:05 PM NBCSCH 55 5/31 @NYM 6:10 PM NBCSCH 56 6/1 @NYM 6:10 PM NBCSCH+ 57 6/2 @NYM 6:15 PM FOX 58 6/3 @NYM 12:10 PM ABC7 6/4 OFF DAY 59 6/5 PHI 7:05 PM WGN 60 6/6 PHI 7:05 PM NBCSCH+ 61 6/7 PHI 1:20 PM NBCSCH 62 6/8 PIT 1:20 PM NBCSCH 63 6/9 PIT 1:20 PM ABC7 64 6/10 PIT 1:20 PM WGN 65 6/11 @MIL 7:10 PM NBCSCH+ 66 6/12 @MIL 7:10 PM NBCSCH 67 6/13 @MIL 1:10 PM WGN 6/14 OFF DAY 68 6/15 @STL 7:15 PM ABC7 69 6/16 @STL 7:15 PM FOX 70 6/17 @STL 1:15 PM NBCSCH 71 6/18 LAD 7:05 PM NBCSCH 72 6/19 LAD 7:05 PM ABC7 73 6/20 LAD 1:20 PM WGN 74 6/21 @CIN 6:10 PM NBCSCH 75 6/22 @CIN 6:10 PM WGN 76 6/23 @CIN 3:10 PM ABC7 77 6/24 @CIN 12:10 PM NBCSCH 78 6/25 @LAD 9:10 PM NBCSCH 79 6/26 @LAD 9:10 PM WGN 80 6/27 @LAD 9:10 PM NBCSCH+ 81 6/28 @LAD 2:10 PM NBCSCH GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATT. 82 6/29 MIN 4:05 PM NBCSCH 83 6/30 MIN 1:20 PM ABC7 MARCH 29, 2018 PAGE 6 84 7/1 MIN 1:20 PM WGN 7/2 OFF DAY 85 7/3 DET 1:20 PM NBCSCH 86 7/4 DET 1:20 PM WGN 7/5 OFF DAY 87 7/6 CIN 1:20 PM NBCSCH 88 7/7 CIN 1:20 PM NBCSCH 89 7/8 CIN 1:20 PM WGN 90 7/9 @SF 9:15 PM NBCSCH 91 7/10 @SF 9:15 PM ABC7 92 7/11 @SF 2:45 PM NBCSCH 7/12 OFF DAY 93 7/13 @SD 9:10 PM NBCSCH 94 7/14 @SD 9:10 PM ABC7 95 7/15 @SD 3:10 PM WGN 7/16-18 ALL-STAR BREAK (Washington D.C.) 96 7/19 STL 6:05 PM ESPN 97 7/20 STL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 98 7/21 STL 6:15 PM FOX 99 7/22 STL 1:20 PM ABC7 100 7/23 ARI 7:05 PM NBCSCH 101 7/24 ARI 7:05 PM WGN 102 7/25 ARI 1:20 PM NBCSCH 103 7/26 ARI 1:20 PM NBCSCH 104 7/27 @STL 7:15 PM NBCSCH 105 7/28 @STL 3:05 PM NBCSCH 106 7/29 @STL 7:05 PM ESPN 7/30 OFF DAY 107 7/31 @PIT 6:05 PM NBCSCH 108 8/1 @PIT 6:05 PM WGN 109 8/2 SD 7:05 PM NBCSCH 110 8/3 SD 1:20 PM NBCSCH 111 8/4 SD 1:20 PM NBCSCH 112 8/5 SD 1:20 PM WGN 113 8/6 @KC 7:15 PM NBCSCH+ 114 8/7 @KC 7:15 PM NBCSCH 115 8/8 @KC 7:15 PM WGN 8/9 OFF DAY 116 8/10 WSH 1:20 PM NBCSCH 117 8/11 WSH 3:05 PM ABC7 118 8/12 WSH TBD NBCSCH or ESPN 8/13 OFF DAY 119 8/14 MIL 1:20 PM NBCSCH 120 8/15 MIL 1:20 PM WGN 121 8/16 @PIT 6:05 PM NBCSCH 122 8/17 @PIT 6:05 PM NBCSCH 123 8/18 @PIT 6:05 PM WGN 124 8/19 @PIT 12:35 PM ABC7 8/20 OFF DAY 125 8/21 @DET 6:10 PM NBCSCH 126 8/22 @DET 6:10 PM WGN 127 8/23 CIN 7:05 PM NBCSCH 128 8/24 CIN 1:20 PM NBCSCH 129 8/25 CIN 1:20 PM ABC7 130 8/26 CIN 1:20 PM WGN 131 8/27 NYM 7:05 PM NBCSCH 132 8/28 NYM 7:05 PM WGN 133 8/29 NYM 1:20 PM NBCSCH 8/30 OFF DAY 134 8/31 @PHI 6:05 PM NBCSCH+ 135 9/1 @PHI 6:05 PM NBCSCH 136 9/2 @PHI 12:35 PM WGN 137 9/3 @MIL 1:10 PM WGN 138 9/4 @MIL 7:10 PM NBCSCH 139 9/5 @MIL 7:10 PM WGN 140 9/6 @WSH 6:05 PM NBCSCH 141 9/7 @WSH 6:05 PM NBCSCH 142 9/8 @WSH 6:05 PM WGN 143 9/9 @WSH 12:35 PM NBCSCH 144 9/10 MIL 7:05 PM NBCSCH 145 9/11 MIL 7:05 PM WGN 146 9/12 MIL 7:05 PM ABC7 9/13 OFF DAY 147 9/14 CIN 1:20 PM WGN 148 9/15 CIN 3:05 PM NBCSCH 149 9/16 CIN 1:20 PM ABC7 150 9/17 @ARI 8:40 PM WGN 151 9/18 @ARI 8:40 PM WGN 152 9/19 @ARI 8:40 PM NBCSCH 9/20 OFF DAY 153 9/21 @CWS 3:10 PM NBCSCH 154 9/22 @CWS 6:10 PM NBCSCH 155 9/23 @CWS 1:10 PM ABC7 156 9/24 PIT 7:05 PM NBCSCH 157 9/25 PIT 7:05 PM WGN 158 9/26 PIT 7:05 PM NBCSCH 159 9/27 PIT 7:05 PM NBCSCH 160 9/28 STL 1:20 PM ABC7 161 9/29 STL TBD NBCSCH or FOX 162 9/30 STL 2:20 PM NBCSCH CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Happ 6 (4-2), Almora Jr. 3 (1-2), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 2 Bryant 9 (4-5), Zobrist 1 (1-0) 3 Rizzo 5 (2-3), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) 4 Contreras 8 (4-4), Rizzo 1 (1-0), Russell 1 (0-1) 5 Schwarber 7 (3-4), Contreras 1 (1-0), Russell 1 (0-1), La Stella 1 (1-0) 6 Russell 6 (3-3), Caratini 3 (1-2), Almora Jr 1 (1-0) 7 Heyward 6 (2-4), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Russell 1 (1-0) 8 Báez 8 (3-5), Heyward 2 (2-0) 9 Lester 2 (2-0), Hendricks 2 (0-2), Darvish 2 (2-0), Quintana 2 (1-1), Chatwood 2 (0-2) C Contreras 9 (5-4), Caratini 1 (0-1) 1B Rizzo 6 (3-3), Caratini 3 (2-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 2B Báez 7 (2-5), Zobrist 2 (2-0), La Stella 1 (1-0) 3B Bryant 10 (5-5) SS Russell 9 (4-5), Báez 1 (1-0) LF Schwarber 9 (4-5), Happ 1 (1-0) CF Happ 5 (3-2), Almora Jr. 4 (2-2), Heyward 1 (0-1) RF Heyward 7 (4-3), Zobrist 3 (1-2) P Lester 2 (2-0), Hendricks 2 (0-2), Darvish 2 (2-0), Quintana 2 (1-1), Chatwood 2 (0-2) DH N/A WRIGLEY FIELD GAME TRENDS In (N, E, NE) Out (S, W, SW) Cross (SE, NW) Total No. Games 1 0 0 1 Cubs Record 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Cubs Runs 5 0 0 5 Opp. Runs 8 0 0 8 Total Runs 13 0 0 13 Avg. R/Game 13.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 Cubs HR 2 0 0 2 Opp. HR 2 0 0 2 MLB INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES Challenges Won Lost Cubs 4 1 3 Opponent 5 2 3 None CUBS EJECTIONS VIDEO BOARD HOME RUNS (2018/All-Time) LF Board RF Board Total Cubs 0/6 0/3 0/9 Opponent 0/3 0/3 0/6 Most Recent to hit LF Board: Justin Turner, 10/18/17 (NLCS G4) Most Recent to hit RF Board: Bryce Harper, 8/5/17