Cincinnati Reds (63-84) vs. Chicago Cubs (85-61) September 14, 2018 Wrigley Field Game No. 147 Home Game No. 72 RHP Matt Harvey (7-8, 4.87) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 1.42) CUBS VS. REDS The Cubs and Reds play 19 games spanning six series this season, with this series wrapping things up Chicago has won its last six games against the Reds, all coming at Wrigley Field prior to this six-game winning streak, Chicago started 3-7 against the Reds this season, including a 3-6 mark in Cincinnati Chicago has gone 49-24 (.671) against the Reds since the start of the 2015 campaign. 2018 Overall:... 9-7 At Wrigley Field:... 6-1 At G.A.B.P.:... 3-6 2017 Overall:... 12-7 At Wrigley Field:... 7-3 At G.A.B.P.:... 5-4 All-Time Since 1890:... 1,162-1,136 At Wrigley Field:... 473-444 At G.A.B.P. (since 2003):... 65-69 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (7) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed RHP Yu Darvish 5/23 Out for 101 (Right triceps tendinitis) 60-Day the season RHP Justin Hancock 6/26 8/26 70 (Right shoulder inflammation) 60-Day OF Jason Heyward 8/31 9/10 13 (Right hamstring tightness) 10-Day RHP Brandon Morrow 7/18 7/28 53 (Right biceps inflammation) 10-Day LHP Drew Smyly 2/14 5/28 146 (Recovery from Tommy John surgery) 60-Day C Bobby Wilson 8/24 9/4 14 (Right ankle sprain) 10-Day OF Mark Zagunis 9/4 11/3 9 (Right shoulder inflammation) 60-Day TOTAL BASES, N.L., 2018 1. Trevor Story, COL... 312 2. Javier Báez, CHI... 308 3. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI... 304 4. Nolan Arenado, MIL... 296 GAME-WINNING RBI, N.L., 2018 1. Anthony Rizzo, CHI... 15 Anthony Rendon, WASH... 15 3. David Peralta, ARI... 14 4. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI... 13 MOST RBI, N.L., 2018 1. Javier Báez, CHI... 103 2. Trevor Story, COL... 102 3. Eugenio Suarez, CIN... 101 4. Nolan Arenado, COL... 100 5. Jesus Aguilar, MIL... 97 6. Bryce Harper, WASH... 94 7. Anthony Rizzo, CHI... 92 HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE, N.L., 2018 1. Scooter Gennett, CIN....321 2. Lorenzo Cain, MIL....314 3. Christian Yelich, MIL....313 4. Ben Zobrist, CHI....311 5. Freddie Freeman, ATL....307 BULLPEN ERA, N.L., 2018 1. Chicago Cubs... 3.35 2. San Diego Padres... 3.50 3. Arizona Diamondbacks... 3.56 MOST WINS IN MLB SINCE 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 377 2. Los Angeles Dodgers... 367 3. Boston Red Sox... 365 4. Houston Astros... 363 5. Cleveland Indians... 359 WE NOW RETURN TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOMESTAND: The Chicago Cubs return home to play the Cincinnati Reds following yesterday s 4-3, 10-inning win against the Nationals in Washington, D.C. that contest was a make-up of last Sunday s rainout and came smack in the middle of an originally scheduled six-game seven-day homestand against the Brewers (1-2) and Reds (3 games). Javier Báez yesterday went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI he belted a goahead solo homer in the sixth inning then brought home the game-winning run with a 10th-inning bunt single. Eight Cubs relievers combined to allow just one run in 6.0 innings, lowering the bullpen s season ERA to a N.L.-best 3.35 the team yesterday used nine pitchers in a game for the first time since September 5, 2014, vs. the Pirates. Victor Caratini yesterday was 1-for-2 with a RBI and was hit by a pitch he s hitting.462 (6-for-13) with a double, homer and seven RBI in his last five games since this past Saturday s doubleheader in Washington, D.C. START ME UP, OR THE ROLLING STONES 1981 HIT: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a major league-best 2.70 ERA (44 ER/146.2 IP) in the team s last 27 games starting August 16 the 2.70 ERA in that span is ahead of the Mets rotation s 2.76 ERA and the Braves starters 2.93 ERA. Chicago s starters have posted a.651 opponent OPS since August 16, the fourthlowest mark in the majors trailing only Atlanta (.566), Tampa Bay (.608) and the Mets (.630). COLE S CUBS RECORD: Tonight s starter, Cole Hamels, is 4-0 with a 1.42 ERA (8 ER/50.2 IP) in eight starts since joining the Cubs from Texas at the trade deadline he aims to become just the fifth Cub to remain unbeaten in his first nine starts as a Cub, and the first since Carlos Silva was 8-0 in his first 11 starts in 2010. Mordecai Brown was 11-0 in his first 11 starts as a Cub in 1908 and Taylor Phillips was 4-0 in his first 11 starts in 1958 King Cole was 7-0 in his first nine starts as a Cub spanning the 1909-10 campaigns. SCHEDULE STUFF: The Cubs are in day 25 of a stretch 30-consecutive days with a scheduled game this stretch began August 21, and was originally supposed to be 23-straight games sans a respite through Sept. 13, however, Sunday s rainout and yesterday s make-up game scrapped those plans so, now the Cubs have 30- consecutive game days through September 19, and the team is 14-9 in the first 23 games of this gauntlet. The team s previous true off day was August 20 in Detroit, and it s most recent off day in Chicago was August 13 the team s lone remaining off day this season is a week from now, September 20, following a series in Arizona. Yesterday s make-up game in Washington sandwiched between home games marks just the third time in the Wrigley Field era that Chicago will have played three consecutive games days with a road game between two home contests prior to this week, it happened July 7-9, 2013 (vs. PIT, @ CWS, vs. LAA) and Sept. 4-6, 1985 (vs. HOU, @ STL, vs. CIN) thanks to Ed Hartig. Tonight s game marks the Cubs second-ever Friday night game at The Friendly Confines, joining Sept. 8, 2017 s contest vs. the Brewers (2-0 loss). CUBS RECORD 2018 Overall:... 85-61 At Wrigley Field:... 45-26 On the Road:... 40-35 March/April:... 16-10 May:... 14-13 June:... 16-12 July:... 15-10 August:... 18-10 September... 6-6 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,888-10,319 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):... 4,311-3,769 Leading Entering 6th:... 51-9 Tied Entering 6th:... 18-7 Trailing Entering 6th:... 16-45 Leading Entering 7th:... 59-5 Tied Entering 7th:... 15-7 Trailing Entering 7th:... 11-49 Leading Entering 8th:... 68-3 Tied Entering 8th:... 11-9 Trailing Entering 8th:... 6-49 Leading Entering 9th:... 72-2 Tied Entering 9th:... 8-10 Trailing Entering 9th:... 5-49 Scoring First:... 49-21 One-Run Games:... 23-23 Two-Run Games:... 12-7 Extra-Inning Games:... 10-8 Scoring Four or More:... 65-14 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 20-47 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 66-12 Hit Totals Equal:... 7-3 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 12-46 Hit at Least One HR:... 62-30 Hit Two or More HR:... 32-12 Playing Errorless Ball:... 54-32 Committing at Least One Error:... 31-29 THE FINAL 16: The Cubs have 16 games remaining this regular season, with just three of them coming outside of Chicago, and 10 of those contests at Wrigley Field the team s lone remaining road games include three games at the D-backs (Sept. 17-19) and three games eight miles from Wrigley Field, Sept. 21-23 at the White Sox. The Cubs are tied for the most home games (10) remaining in baseball with Atlanta, Baltimore and Tampa Bay. Chicago s.634 home winning percentage (45-26) leads the N.L. and is fourth-best in the majors behind Boston (52-20,.722), the Yankees (48-24,.667) and the Rays (46-25,.648) the Cubs have won 14 of their last 21 home games dating to July 25. Chicago hosts N.L. Central foes (the Reds, Pirates and Cardinals) one more time at Wrigley Field to account for all 10 home games remaining the Cubs are 19-10 against divisional foes at home this season, a.655 winning percentage that exceeds their overall N.L. best home winning percentage. The Cubs are 10-1-3 in their last 14 home series starting May 25 with a three-game set vs. the Giants, with the lone series setback coming this week vs. the Brewers. OUR BÁE: Javier Báez reached 30 homers and 100 RBI with a solo home run Sept. 2 to become just the fifth Cub to record a 30-homer, 100-RBI campaign before or in their age 25 season, joining Ernie Banks (1955), Kris Bryant (2016), Anthony Rizzo (2015) and Ron Santo (1964, 1965). Báez is already just the fifth player in major league history to reach 35 doubles, nine triples, 30 homers, 100 RBI and 20 stolen bases in a single season, joining Carlos Beltran (2004), Andre Dawson (1983), Hank Aaron (1961) and Chuck Klein (1932). Báez is already the first player in franchise history to reach 35 doubles, 30 homers, 100 RBI and 20 stolen bases in the same season. Báez is one of seven players to reach 30 homers and 100 RBI this season, including four in the N.L. the others in the Senior Circuit to accomplish the feat: Cincinnati s Eugenio Suarez (32 homers, 101 RBI) and Colorado teammates Nolan Arenado (34 homers, 100 RBI) and Trevor Story (33 homers, 102 RBI). Báez s 103 RBI lead the N.L. and are third-most in the majors (J.D. Martinez leads, 122) Báez also ranks at or near the top in several offensive categories, as seen on the left side of this page. SWEET RELIEF: Cubs relievers have combined for a N.L.-best 3.35 ERA (200 ER/536.2 IP) this season, the fourth-best mark among major league bullpens Jesse Chavez has posted a 1.45 ERA (5 ER/31.0 IP) in 26 games since he was acquired by Chicago, July 19 Jorge De La Rosa, signed by Chicago on August 10, has a 1.69 ERA (3 ER/16.0 IP) in 12 relief outings. IN GOOD STANDING: Since finding themselves 29-23 and 4.5-games behind Milwaukee in the N.L. Central Division when waking up on May 31, the Cubs have since gone 56-38 (.596) in their last 94 games to make up 6.0 games in the standings over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers the Cubs have played 4.0 games better than the third-place St. Louis Cardinals in this span. Winners of 14 of their last 22 games, the Cubs own the best record in the N.L. at 85-61 the Cubs are guaranteed a winning record for a fourth season in a row for the first time since a six-year run from 1967-72. DISHING IT OUT: Starting May 1, Anthony Rizzo s 83 RBI are tied for fourth in the N.L. behind only Milwaukee s Jesus Aguilar (89), Cincinnati s Eugenio Suarez (87) and Colorado s Nolan Arenado (87) Rizzo s.300 average (11th, NL),.393 OBP (6th) and.914 OPS (9th) all rank nicely Rizzo began the season with a.149 average and.259 OBP in his first 18 games through April 30. With one more homer, Rizzo will become just the ninth Cub ever with five or more 25-homer campaigns, and just the third lefthanded hitter (Billy Williams and Bill Nicholson). UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Fri., Sept. 14 CIN 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 1.42) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (7-8, 4.87) Sat., Sept. 15 CIN 3:05 p.m. NBCSCH 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (15-6, 3.57) vs. LHP Cody Reed (0-2, 5.08) Sun., Sept. 16 CIN 1:20 p.m. ABC7 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (13-9. 3.97) vs. RHP Luis Castillo (9-12, 4.66)
September 14, 2018 Page 2 STARTING PITCHER #35 LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 1.42 with Cubs / 9-9, 3.71 Overall) W L % ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP 2017 Texas 11 6.647 4.20 24 24 0 1 0 0 148.0 125 74 69 18 53 1 105 11 2018 Texas 5 9.357 4.72 20 20 0 0 0 0 114.1 115 70 60 23 42 0 114 12 CUBS 4 0 1.000 1.42 8 8 0 1 0 0 50.2 36 9 8 1 17 0 48 3 TOTAL (2018) 9 9.500 3.71 28 28 0 1 0 0 165.0 151 79 68 24 59 0 162 15 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 156 111.584 3.39 391 390 0 17 7 0 2527.1 2255 1022 952 288 704 42 2389 89 Last Time Out Cole started game two of the doubleheader, September 8 at Washington did not allow a run through the first three innings but surrendered one run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning before departing. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 9/8 @WSH ND, 6-5 L 5.2 3 3 3 5 5 95-51 4-3, 1 on 2018 Splits and Season Notes W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Home (Tex.) 1-7 6.41 10 10 59.0 59 45 42 16 20 53 Home (Chi.) 1-0 0.86 3 3 21.0 13 2 2 0 6 24 Road 7-2 2.54 15 15 85.0 69 32 24 8 33 85 AVG vs. LHB:.240 (24-for-100) / AVG vs. RHB:.245 (127-for-518) Began the season with Texas before being acquired by the Cubs July 27 along with a cash consideration for RHP Eddie Butler, RHP Rollie Lacy and a player to be named tonight makes his ninth start with the Cubs, and fourth at Wrigley Field. Was named the N.L. Pitcher of the Month for August after going 4-0 with a major league-best 0.69 ERA (3 ER/39.0 IP) in six starts with the Cubs. He is the only pitcher with at least 5.0 innings and one or fewer runs allowed in each of his first six starts with the Cubs since at least 1908. Made his Cubs Wrigley Field debut August 12 vs. Washington, became the first pitcher to toss at least 7.0 innings, allow one or fewer runs and strike out at least nine batters in their first start with the Cubs at Wrigley Field since Glendon Rusch, May 22, 2004. Made his Cubs debut August 1 at Pittsburgh, allowing one unearned run in 5.0 innings as he earned the win struck out nine batters, the fourth-most ever in a Cubs debut when allowing zero earned runs since earned runs became official in 1912 (Elias). Posted a 3.41 ERA (35 ER/92.1 IP) with 92 strikeouts in his first 15 starts with Texas through June 19 had a 10.23 ERA (25 ER/22.0 IP) in his final five starts with Texas. Has a 2.54 road ERA (24 ER/85.0 IP), the seventh-best mark in the majors is 6-1 with a 2.26 ERA (17 ER/67.2 IP) in his last 12 road starts. Went 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA (4 ER/19.0 IP) in a three-start span, May 5-22, which included starts vs. Boston, at Houston and vs. New York (A.L.) all quality starts. Career vs. Cincinnati W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2018 1-0 1.00 1 1 9.0 8 1 1 0 2 7 Career 11-1 1.86 16 16 111.1 76 24 23 6 36 104 Last Outing: 8/12/18 vs. WSH (7.0 IP, H, 1 R, BB, 9 SO) Cole tonight makes his 17th-career start against the Reds his 1.86 ERA against Cincinnati is the lowest in major league history among pitchers at least 15 starts against the Reds he has 14 quality starts, three complete games and his teams are 15-1 against Cincinnati. vs. Reds Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Barnhart (.077-13-1-0-0) Ervin (.500-4-2-0-1) Herrera (.200-5-1-0-0) Casali (.333-3-1-0-0) Federowicz (.333-3-1-0-0) Peraza (.500-6-3-0-0) Cruz (.000-1-0-0-0) Gennett (.333-3-1-0-0) Suarez (.143-7-1-0-0) Dixon (.000-1-0-0-0) Hamilton (.211-19-4-0-0) Votto (.150-20-3-0-1) Career Notes A four-time All-Star and 2008 World Series champion, Cole has pitched in 13 major league seasons with the Phillies (2006-15), Rangers (2015-18) and Cubs has reached double digits in victories in nine seasons, including each of the last three seasons among active pitchers, he ranks seventh with 2,389 strikeouts. Has 17 complete games, tied for third-most among active southpaws. Has made at least 20 starts in 13-straight seasons, including this season joins Sabathia (16), Colon (15), Verlander (13), Shields (13) and Greinke (13) as active pitchers with 13-or-more seasons of 20+ starts. Named an All-Star in 2007, 2011, 2012 and most recently in 2016. Tossed a no-hitter, July 25, 2015 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field he has a 1.76 ERA (8 ER/41.0 IP) in six-career starts at Wrigley Field, the lowest ERA of any active pitcher with at least five starts at the Friendly Confines. Ed Hartig notes that Hamels joins Chick Fraser as the only pitchers to toss a no-hitter against the Cubs and then later play for the Cubs Fraser no-hit the Cubs in September of 1903 and went on to play with the team from 1907-09. 2018 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 3/29 HOU L, 4-1 5.2 5 3 3 4 7 94-54 0-3, 1 on 2. 4/3 @OAK W, 4-1 5.0 4 1 1 3 11 94-52 4-1 Season-high 11 strikeouts 3. 4/8 TOR L, 7-4 5.1 8 7 5 2 5 98-65 1-6, 1 on 4. 4/13 @HOU ND, 3-2 L 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 106-68 2-2 5. 4/18 @TB L, 4-2 6.1 7 4 4 0 4 86-59 1-4, 2 on 6. 4/24 OAK L, 3-2 6.1 5 2 2 2 5 107-68 1-1, 1 on 7. 4/30 @CLE ND, 7-5 L 5.0+ 4 2 1 3 8 104-64 1-2, 2 on MARCH/APRIL: 1-4, 4.08 ERA (7 GS) 39.2 39 21 18 16 47 8. 5/5 BOS ND, 6-5 L 6.0 5 3 2 2 5 103-63 5-3 9. 5/11 @HOU W, 1-0 6.0 1 0 0 3 5 100-62 1-0 Only scoreless outing of the season 10. 5/22 NYY W, 6-4 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 100-63 6-2 Third-straight quality start 11. 5/27 KC L, 5-3 6.1 8 5 5 3 2 95-58 0-5, 2 on MAY: 2-1, 3.20 ERA (4 GS) 25.1 18 10 9 10 19 12. 6/2 @LAA ND, 3-2 W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 99-65 1-2, 2 on 13. 6/7 HOU L, 5-2 7.1 7 5 5 2 5 104-68 1-5 Season-high 7.1 IP 14. 6/13 @LAD ND, 3-2 L 6.0 5 2 1 4 6 96-59 2-2 15. 6/19 @KC W, 4-1 7.0 4 1 0 3 7 108-72 4-1 Season-high 108 pitches 16. 6/25 SD ND, 7-4 W 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 90-64 1-4 JUNE: 1-1, 3.34 ERA (5 GS) 32.1 30 14 12 11 31 17. 7/1 CWS L, 10-5 5.0 9 7 7 0 7 81-59 2-7 18. 7/7 @DET L, 7-2 0.2 5 7 3 2 2 41-25 0-7, 1 on Tied shortest outing of career (0.2 IP) 19. 7/13 @BAL W, 5-4 6.1 5 4 4 1 3 81-53 5-1, 3 on 20. 7/23 OAK L, 15-3 5.0 9 7 7 2 5 92-55 2-7 Last start with Texas JULY: 1-3, 11.12 ERA (4 GS) 17.0 28 25 21 5 17 Traded to the Cubs 7/27 21. 8/1 @PIT W, 9-2 5.0 3 1 0 2 9 95-57 7-1 First start with the Cubs 22. 8/6 @KC W, 3-1 6.0 7 1 1 1 2 97-66 2-1 First quality start since June 19 23. 8/12 WSH ND, 4-3 W 7.0 1 1 1 1 9 98-61 0-1 Retired the final 18 batters he faced 24. 8/17 @PIT W, 1-0 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 98-59 1-0 Longest scoreless outing this season 25. 8/23 CIN W, 7-1 9.0 8 1 1 2 7 114-76 --- First CG by a Cubs pitcher this season 26. 8/28 NYM ND, 2-1 W (11) 5.0 4 0 0 3 8 93-56 0-0 Game concluded 8/29 due to rain AUGUST: 4-0, 0.69 ERA (6 GS) 39.0 28 4 3 11 38 27. 9/3 @MIL ND, 4-3 L 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 95-65 1-2 Allowed both runs in the fifth inning 28. 9/8-2 @WSH ND, 6-5 L 5.2 3 3 3 5 5 95-51 4-3, 1 on Game Two of doubleheader At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2018.125 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 Career.171 637 38 109 15 2 1 29 63 2 0 17 266 1 3 LAST HIT: 8/17/18 @ PIT (single off Trevor Williams)... at-bats since then 7 HOME RUNS: 1 7/21/12 vs. San Francisco (Matt Cain) MOST HITS: 2 (13x) last, 9/28/14 vs. Atlanta MOST RBI: 2 (6x) last, 8/28/13 at New York (N.L.) Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 8/23/18 vs. CIN, 7-1 (9.0,8,1,1,2,7) Last Loss: 7/23/18 vs. OAK, 15-3 (5.0,9,7,7,2,5) Last Complete Game: 8/23/18 vs. CIN, 7-1 (9.0,8,1,1,2,7) Last Shutout/No-Hitter: 7/25/15 @ CHC, 5-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,13) Most Strikeouts: 15 4/21/07 @ CIN also has four 13-K game, five 12-K games, nine 11-K games and 16 10-K games (35 total double-digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 14 8/13/16 vs. DET Most Runs Allowed: 9 (3x) last, 7/10/15 @ SF Longest Winning Streak: 12 games 8/23/15-5/22/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/4-31/13 Saturday s Starter vs. Cincinnati LHP Jon Lester (15-6, 3.57) Jon tomorrow will make his 30th start of the season, reaching the plateau for the 11th-straight season left his last start, September 10 vs. Milwaukee, with lower back tightness allowed three runs in 5.2 innings prior to departing is 3-1 with a 2.15 ERA (7 ER/29.1 IP) in his last five starts. Has gone 6-1 with a 4.18 ERA (42 ER/90.1 IP) in 15-career starts against the Reds is 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA (5 ER/12.1 IP) in two starts this season.
CUBS HITTERS September 14, 2018 Page 3 #5 OF ALBERT ALMORA JR..286, 5 HR, 33 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-2) Hitless 2 G (0-6) 29 G 11 G 1 G 5/2/10 1/1 (6/19/18 1B vs. LAD) 8/15/18 vs. MIL 0/0 SEASON BESTS: H 4, 4/20 @ COL; RBI 2 (6x), last 6/30 vs. MIN; R 4, 4/20 @ COL CAREER BESTS: H 4, 4/20/18 @ COL; RBI 6, 9/13/17 vs. NYM; R 4, 4/20/18 @ COL Albert is batting.297 (22-for-74) in his last 19 starts, reaching base in 18 of those games slugged a solo homer and reached base three times August 15 vs. Milwaukee has 29 multi-hit games and ranks third on the team with a.286 batting average batted.319 (88-for-276) before the All-Star Break and is batting.221 (30-for-136) after the Break has set career-high marks already in hits, doubles and walks is batting.347 (61-for-176) in the leadoff spot had a career-high 11-game hitting streak, April 11-28 - hit.370 (16-for-43) and scored 12 runs hit a walk-off single June 19 vs. the Dodgers. Batting.319 (37-for-116) with a.362 OBP against lefties hitting.274 (81-for-296) with a.311 OBP against righties. #9 INF JAVIER BÁEZ.295, 31 HR, 103 RBI Road Trip:.750 (3-4), 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB 1 G (3-4) 48 G 13 G 3 G 21/8/35 0/1 (last 5/8/16 HR vs. WSH) 9/13/18 @ WSH 3/4 SEASON BESTS: H 4 (3x), last 7/7 vs. CIN; RBI 5 (2x), last 7/14 @ SD; R 3 (2x), 8/23 vs. CIN CAREER BESTS: H 4 (7x), last 7/7/18 vs. CIN; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3 (5x), last 8/23/18 vs. CIN Javy went 3-for-4 with a game-tying double, a go-ahead homer and a game-winning bunt RBI single yesterday his solo homer Sept. 10 secured his firstcareer 30-homer, 100-RBI season see page one for lots of 30-100 notes and more on Javy is batting.333 (31-for-93) with 12 extra-base hits and 14 RBI in his last 23 games has scored 18 runs in his last 21 games had a nine-game hitting streak (.400/16-for-40) from Aug. 19-28, which included six multihit efforts his 103 RBI lead the N.L. and are third-most in the majors has a team-best 48 multi-hit games this year hit the longest homer of his career Aug. 23 at 481-feet (measured by Statcast) has the Cubs first 20 HR/20 SB campaign since Corey Patterson in 2004 has made 72 starts at second base, 39 starts at shortstop and 18 at third base had a stretch of five-straight games with an extra-base hit and RBI, July 27-Aug. 1 first Cub since Miguel Montero in August of 2015 stole home July 4, the first Cubs player in the last 40 seasons with 2 steals of home in a season (also June 3) was his 4thcareer steal of home (third in the regular season). Is the only player in franchise history with at least 30 homers, 35 doubles, 100 RBI and 21 stolen bases in a single season. Named the starting 2B for the N.L. All-Star Team (went 1-for-3) and also participated in the Home Run Derby. #13 INF DAVID BOTE.240, 6 HR, 27 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-3) Hitless 4 G (0-8) 8 G 0 G 0 G 6/6/16 2/2 (last 8/24/18 HR vs. CIN) 8/26/18 vs. CIN 0/0 SEASON/CAREER BESTS: H 2 (8x), last 8/26 vs. CIN; RBI 4, 8/12 vs. WSH; R 3, 6/30 vs. MIN David s RBI double Sept. 6 snapped a 4-4, 10th inning tie and helped the Cubs to the 6-4 win in Washington went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI August 26 hit another walk-off homer August 24 vs. Cincy, becoming the first Cub since Kris Bryant in 2015 with two walk-off HR in a season is 3-for- 33 in his last 13 games hit a game-winning two-run homer August 22 at Detroit five of his six homers have either tied or given the Cubs the lead hit a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam August 12 on Sunday Night Baseball vs. Washington, becoming the second Cub this season with a walk-off GS and the first Cub to do so as a PH since Earl Averill in 1959 was his first grand slam and first PH homer was recalled July 26 and is in his fifth stint with Chicago has played 60 games for Chicago, making 32 starts at third base, four at second base, one at short and one in left field. Batted.268 (63-for-235) in 61 games at Triple-A Iowa was first recalled from Triple-A Iowa April 21 and made his major league debut as the club s starting third baseman that night in Colorado went 1-for-3 in his first game, including a double in his first plate appearance. #17 INF KRIS BRYANT.282, 11 HR, 47 RBI Road Trip:.600 (3-5), 2B, 2 R 2 G (5-8) 28 G 9 G 0 G 8/4/14 0/2 (last 8/24/15 HR vs. CLE) 7/21/18 vs. STL 0/10 SEASON BESTS: H 3 (9x), last 9/13 @ WSH; RBI 4, 6/15 @ STL; R 3 (2x), last 5/11 vs. CWS 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 went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs yesterday and 2-for-3 with a RBI double and walk Wednesday was activated off of the 10-day disabled list September 1 and made the start at third base is hitting.325 (13-for-40) with five doubles, three RBI and seven runs since his return was placed on the D.L. on July 26 with left shoulder inflammation (for the second time) and played in four games last month with Iowa as part of his return appeared in the final four games before the Break after missing time from June 23-July 10 with left shoulder inflammation batting.365 (27-for-74) with a 1.153 OPS against lefties. Became the 22nd player in franchise history to reach 100 homers, May 9 vs. Miami is the third Cubs third baseman to reach the mark is the 10th player to hit his first 100 homers with the Cubs among those players to begin their career with the Cubs, he is the fastest to reach 100 homers. #7 C VICTOR CARATINI.260, 2 HR, 21 RBI Road Trip:.500 (1-2), RBI 1 G (1-2) 10 G 1 G 0 G 3/1/12 0/0 9/8/18 @ WSH 0/0 SEASON BESTS: H 3, 7/19 vs. STL; RBI 4, 9/8 @ WSH; R 3, 7/19 vs. STL CAREER BESTS: H 3 (3x), last 7/19/18 vs. STL; RBI 4, 9/8/18 @ WSH; R 3, 7/19/18 vs. STL Victor went 2-for-3 with two RBI Tuesday and is 6-for-13 with seven RBI in his last five games hit his first-career grand slam Saturday night, also his firstcareer four RBI game... also went 2-for-2 off the bench in the first game to go 3-for-6 in the DH hit a two-run homer Aug. 29, his 1st-career homer at Wrigley the Cubs are 20-12 in his 32 starts was on the Cubs Opening Day roster, optioned to Iowa May 25, returned to the Cubs for good on July 4 has hit safely in 25 of his 33 starts pitched twice in July, including 1.0 IP July 23 batted.313 (36-for-115) with 4 homers in 32 games with Iowa. 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.257, 9 HR, 50 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-1), BB Hitless 2 G (0-4) 23 G 8 G 1 G 7/3/22 0/0 8/1/18 @ PIT 1/4 SEASON BESTS: H 4, 5/11 vs. CWS; RBI 7, 5/11 vs. CWS; R 2 (3x), last 8/1 @ PIT CAREER BESTS: H 4 (2x), last 5/11/18 vs. CWS; RBI 7, 5/11/18 vs. CWS; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson leads the majors with eight catcher pickoffs reached twice and scored a run Monday has eight RBI in his last 16 games has eight runs in his last 18 games with a PA batted.341 (14-for-41) in 12 games from July 15-Aug. 1, but is 17-for-100 (.170) in his last 33 games named the starting catcher for the N.L. All-Star team and hit a solo homer, the first-ever ASG HR by a Cubs catcher went 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 2 runs and a career-high 7 RBI May 11 notched his 2nd-career grand slam and his 7 RBI were the most by a Cubs player since Aramis Ramirez in 2010 is first Cubs player since at least 1913 to record 7 extra-base hits in a 2-game span. 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. #53 C TAYLOR DAVIS.500, 0 HR, 2 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-0) 1 G (1-1) 0 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/1 0/0 N/A N/A SEASON BESTS: H 1, 9/6 @ WASH; RBI 1 (2x), last 9/8 @ WASH; R N/A CAREER BESTS: H 1 (4x), last 9/6/18 @ WASH; RBI 1, (3x) last 9/8/18 @ WASH; R 1, 9/29/17 vs. CIN Taylor was selected from Triple-A Iowa September 1 and joins the Cubs in September for the second year in a row had a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10th inning Thursday night and a sac fly Saturday in Washington batted.275 with 18 doubles, four homers and 41 RBI in 107 games with Iowa this season played 67 games at catcher, 24 games at first base and 12 games at third base this year in Triple-A made his big league debut with the Cubs last year, batting.231 (3-for-13) with one double and one RBI in eight games... was originally signed by the Cubs as a minor league free agent on July 11, 2011. #1 OF TERRANCE GORE.333, 0 HR, 0 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-1) Hitless 1 G (0-1) 0 G 0 G 0 G 0/0/0 0/0 N/A N/A SEASON BESTS: H 1, 9/8 @ WASH; RBI N/A; R 1, 9/8 @ WASH CAREER BESTS: H 1, 9/8/18 @ WASH; RBI N/A; R 1 (15x), last 9/8/18 @ WASH Terrance was selected from Triple-A Iowa September 1 recorded his first major league hit with a single off Max Scherzer in the ninth inning of game one Saturday and stole a pair of bases and scored in the nightcap is 5-for-5 in stolen bases as a pinch-runner with the Cubs was acquired by the Cubs from Kansas City in a minor league trade on August 15 and made his debut with Iowa the following day played in 11 games with Iowa and recorded five stolen bases while going 4-for-34 (.118) at the plate has played parts of five seasons in the majors with Kansas City (2014-17) and Chicago, recording 25 stolen bases in 29 attempts (86 percent success rate) with 16 runs scored while going a combined 1-for-12 at the plate. #8 INF/OF IAN HAPP.232, 14 HR, 39 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-1), 2 BB Hitless 5 G (0-12) 14 G 3 G 0 G 9/6/11 0/0 9/1/18 @ PHI 1/4 SEASON BESTS: H 3 (3x), last 7/1 vs. MIN; RBI 5, 5/7 vs. MIA; R 3, 7/14 @ SD CAREER BESTS: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 5, 5/7/18 vs. MIA; R 3, 7/14/18 @ SD Ian was 5-for-14 with three XBH in the first five games this month, but is 0-for-12 with three walks in his last five games slugged a solo homer Sept. 1 in Philadelphia ranks second on the team with 65 walks hit a game-winning solo homer Aug. 16 in Chicago s 1-0 win in PIT, his first homer since July 19 has made 46 starts in CF, 24 in LF, 12 at 3B and 10 in RF is batting.178 (21-for-118) in his last 46 games made his first-career pitching appearance July 20 (1.0 IP, H, 0 R) hit a solo homer and scored a career-best 3 runs July 14 at San Diego reached safely in 16-straight games, May 6-26. Homered in both games of May 19 s twinbill, becoming the first Cub to do so since Chris Coghlan on July 8, 2014 at Cincy in game one, was a single shy of the cycle and reached five times. CUBS VS. RHP MATT HARVEY Almora Jr..250 4 1 0 0 Baez.500 12 6 0 3 Bryant.222 9 2 0 0 Caratini.667 3 2 0 1 Contreras.286 7 2 0 1 Happ.111 9 1 1 2 La Stella.000 1 0 0 0 Murphy.385 13 5 2 4 Rizzo.154 13 2 1 1 Russell.429 7 3 0 1 Schwarber.167 12 2 1 2 Zobrist.375 8 3 0 0 CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Almora Jr..305 377 115 8 53 Baez.257 840 216 38 114 Bote.290 69 20 5 20 Bryant.281 995 280 62 167 Caratini.313 99 31 1 12 Contreras.288 525 151 23 86 Davis.250 8 2 0 0 Gore --- 0 0 0 0 Happ.228 347 79 21 58 La Stella.253 245 62 2 29 Murphy.369 141 52 9 18 Rizzo.292 1799 526 84 300 Russell.249 815 203 26 125 Schwarber.242 496 120 36 78 Zobrist.266 688 183 12 88 BASES LOADED, 2018 Almora Jr..000 8 0 0 1 Baez.333 18 6 1 16 Bote.250 4 1 1 5 Bryant.500 6 3 0 10 Caratini.333 6 2 1 7 Contreras.300 10 3 1 9 Davis.000 0 0 0 1 Gore.000 0 0 0 0 Happ.250 12 3 0 8 La Stella.333 3 1 0 3 Murphy.429 7 3 0 8 Rizzo.308 13 4 0 10 Russell.250 8 2 1 6 Schwarber.111 9 1 0 4 Zobrist.462 13 6 0 12 BASES LOADED, CAREER Almora Jr..294 17 5 0 13 Baez.263 38 10 4 34 Bote.250 4 1 1 5 Bryant.220 41 9 3 37 Caratini.250 8 2 1 7 Contreras.414 29 12 2 32 Davis.000 0 0 0 1 Gore.000 0 0 0 0 Happ.333 21 7 1 18 La Stella.421 19 8 0 27 Murphy.442 77 34 2 90 Rizzo.322 87 28 3 85 Russell.278 54 15 2 42 Schwarber.217 23 5 1 15 Zobrist.316 117 37 6 119 PINCH HITTING, 2018 Almora Jr..071 28 2 0 1 Báez.250 8 2 1 2 Bote.455 11 5 1 7 Bryant.000 2 0 0 0 Caratini.158 19 3 0 0 Contreras.125 8 1 0 0 Davis 1.000 1 1 0 1 Gore.000 0 0 0 0 Happ.333 21 7 2 5 La Stella.329 70 23 1 11 Murphy.375 8 3 0 2 Rizzo.500 2 1 0 1 Russell.400 5 2 1 2 Schwarber.000 9 0 0 1 Zobrist.222 18 4 0 2 PINCH HITTING, CAREER Almora Jr..215 79 17 0 11 Báez.205 39 8 1 2 Bote.455 11 5 1 7 Bryant.167 6 1 0 2 Caratini.129 31 4 0 0 Contreras.125 24 3 1 4 Davis.250 4 1 0 1 Gore.000 5 0 0 0 Happ.278 36 10 3 8 La Stella.285 151 43 1 22 Murphy.252 111 28 4 21 Rizzo.143 14 2 0 2 Russell.364 22 8 2 5 Schwarber.063 32 2 1 2 Zobrist.208 77 16 4 14
September 14, 2018 Page 4 CUBS HITTERS #2 INF TOMMY LA STELLA.272, 1 HR, 19 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-0) 1 G (1-1) 3 G 1 G 0 G 4/4/8 0/0 8/30/17 @ ATL 0/1 SEASON BESTS: H 3, 5/19 @ CIN -2 ; RBI 2 (5x), last 8/30 @ ATL; R 2, 4/22 @ COL CAREER BESTS: H 3 (11x), last 5/19/18 @ CIN -2 ; RBI 4, 8/26/17 @ PHI; R 3, 4/24/16 @ CIN Tommy on Aug. 30 hit his first career pinch-hit homer, a game-winning two-run shot in the sixth, and Aug. 31 recorded his 21st pinch-hit of the year to set the Cubs franchise record previously owned by Thad Bosley (1985) and Dave Clark (1997) leads the majors with 23 pinch-hits and 11 pinch-rbi all told, is 23-for-70 (.323) with seven walks and a HBP as a pinch-hitter hit his first homer since August 26, 2017 at Philadelphia has made 10 starts at second base, 12 starts at third base and two starts at DH (Cubs are 13-11 in his 24 starts) made his first-career pitching appearance July 20 (1.1 IP, 1 R) and also doubled and scored a run 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 2011. #3 INF DANIEL MURPHY.287, 10 HR, 36 RBI Road Trip:.200 (1-5) 1 G (1-5) 19 G 7 G 1 G 7/4/15 0/4 (last, 7/17/17 1B vs. ATL) 9/5/18 @ MIL 1/6 SEASON BESTS: H 4, 7/10 @ PIT; RBI 6, 7/31 vs. NYM; R 3, 7/31 vs. NYM CAREER BESTS: H 4 (19x), last 7/10/18 @ PIT; RBI 6, 7/31/18 vs. NYM; R 4, 5/4/16 @ KC Daniel went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a solo homer Sept. 5 in Milwaukee batted.316 (18-for-57) with three doubles and four homers in his first 13 games with the Cubs, but is 3-for-25 in his last seven games slugged a solo homer in the third inning September 2 to break a scoreless tie and help the Cubs to the 8-1 win in Philadelphia tied a club record (since 1907) with a hit and run in each of his first six games with the club homered in consecutive games August 24-25, his first two homers as a Cub had three RBI August 25 went 2-for-5 with a run and RBI in his Cubs debut August 22 at Detroit was acquired from Washington August 21 for INF Andruw Monasterio and cash or a PTBNL made his season debut June 12 (recovering from right knee surgery) had consecutive three-hit games against the Cubs earlier this month August 10-11 went 3-for-4 with two homers and a career-high six RBI July 31 vs. the Mets has made 54 starts at second base and 10 starts at first base this season. Has a career.369 average (52-for-141) with 11 doubles and nine homers in 37 regular season games at Wrigley Field. #44 INF ANTHONY RIZZO.278, 24 HR, 92 RBI Road Trip:.400 (2-5) 1 G (2-5) 38 G 14 G 3 G 27/15/26 1/7 (last 7/26/18 vs. ARI) 9/3/18 @ MIL 0/16 SEASON BESTS: H 4 (3x), last 8/28 vs. NYM; RBI 5, 5/9 vs. MIA; R 3, 9/2 @ PHI CAREER BESTS: H 4 (11x), last 8/28/18 vs. NYM; RBI 6 (3x), last 4/7/16 @ ARI ; R 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Anthony leads the majors with a.434 OBP since July 13 and ranks second with a.341 average (70-for-205) in that span went 2-for-5 yesterday to snap an 0-for-16 skid is 24-for-70 (.343) with six doubles and three homers in his last 19 games Sept. 6 was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, run and walk, his second-straight multi-hit game Sept. 3, hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth off Josh Hader as part of a 3-for-4 day was named N.L. Player of the Week, Aug. 20-26, his third-career weekly honor has 92 RBI, seventh-most in the N.L. homered in three-straight games, August 21-23 recorded his 1,000th career hit Aug. 11 and his 1,000th hit with the Cubs Aug. 27 July 26, played in his 1,000th career game and delivered a walk-off solo homer as part of a 3-for-5, 2 RBI day made his first-career pitching app. July 23, tossing a perfect 0.1 IP. Hit his fourth career lead-off homer May 1 owns a.323 career average (52-for-161) with 11 homers, 28 RBI and a 1.013 OPS in 44 games at the top of the order, most recently Sept. 13 at Washington. HOME RUNS, 2018 Batter Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Almora Jr. (5) 4 1 0 0 Báez (31) 20 4 6 1 Bote (6) 2 3 0 1 Bryant (11) 7 4 0 0 Caratini (2) 0 1 0 1 Contreras (9) 5 3 0 1 Davis (0) 0 0 0 0 Gore (0) 0 0 0 0 Happ (14) 10 3 1 0 La Stella (1) 0 1 0 0 Murphy (10) 6 3 1 0 Rizzo (24) 17 5 2 0 Russell (5) 2 2 0 1 Schwarber (25) 15 7 3 0 Zobrist (9) 6 3 0 0 Cubs (154) 92 43 13 6 Opponents (140) 77 39 19 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2018 Batter 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+ Almora Jr. (6) 6 0 0 0 Báez (28) 16 7 3 2 Bote (7) 4 2 1 0 Bryant (11) 9 1 1 0 Caratini (6) 5 0 0 1 Contreras (9) 4 3 1 1 Davis 0 0 0 0 Gore 0 0 0 0 Happ (7) 6 0 0 1 La Stella (5) 5 0 0 0 Murphy (8) 6 1 0 1 Rizzo (18) 11 6 0 1 Russell (6) 3 1 2 0 Schwarber (15) 12 1 2 0 Zobrist (15) 14 1 0 0 #27 INF ADDISON RUSSELL.253, 5 HR, 38 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-4) Hitless 1 G (0-4) 23 G 6 G 1 G 5/1/12 0/2 (last 4/19/17 HR vs. MIL) 6/29/18 vs. MIN 0/3 SEASON BESTS: H 4, 5/18 @ CIN; RBI 4 (2x), last 6/29 vs. MIN; R 3, 6/15 @ STL CAREER BESTS: H 4 (4x), last 5/18/18 @ CIN; RBI 4 (4x), last 6/29/18 vs. MIN; R 3 (6x), last 6/15/18 @ STL Addison was activated off of the 10-day disabled list September 1 did not require a rehab assignment as part of his return from a left middle finger sprain and right shoulder inflammation is 6-for-45 with one double in his last 19 games hit his second-career grand slam June 29, his second-straight game with a career-high tying four RBI also had four RBI June 28 first Cub since Zobrist (5/5-6/2016) with 4+ RBI in two-straight games May 18, tied a career mark with four hits and reached five times reached a career-high five times on May 9, including his first HR of the season recorded a 2B and HR in the third inning, becoming the first Cub with two XBH in an inning since Brett Jackson (2012). #12 OF KYLE SCHWARBER.239, 25 HR, 58 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-0) 1 G (1-2) 22 G 2 G 0 G 13/9/24 0/0 9/5/18 @ MIL 1/6 SEASON BESTS: H 3 (2x), last 4/20 @ COL; RBI 4 (2x), last 6/1 @ NYM; R 3, 8/25 vs. CIN CAREER BESTS: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (8x), last 6/1/18 @ NYM; R 3 (5x), last 8/25/18 vs. CIN Kyle belted a solo homer Sept. 5, his 25th of the season, making him the third Cubs lefty hitter with multiple 25-homer seasons prior to his age-26 campaign (Billy Williams, Anthony Rizzo) tripled in two-straight games, including an RBI triple Sept. 2 and a 2-run triple Sept. 1 has 3 triples this season hit his 70th-career homer August 26 homered in consecutive games Aug. 25-26 leads the team with 73 walks, a new career high his.355 OBP is 116 points higher than his.239 average hit two homers recently in Pittsburgh: a solo Aug. 19 and a game-winning solo homer in Chicago s 1-0 win on Aug. 17 is 18-for-89 (.202) in his last 30 games was runner-up in the Home Run Derby July 16, leading all batters with 55 combined homers in the three rounds slugged a two-run homer July 14 as part of a 2-for-4 effort with two runs and a walk on April 24 in Cleveland, recorded his sixth career two-homer game April 20 tied his career high with four RBI. #18 INF/OF BEN ZOBRIST.311, 9 HR, 55 RBI Road Trip:.000 (0-1) Hitless 1 G (0-1) 36 G 11 G 2 G 12/10/13 1/6 (last, 8/29/18 1B vs. NYM) 8/18/18 @ PIT 0/7 SEASON BESTS: H 4 (2x), last 7/29 @ STL; RBI 3, 6/30 vs. MIN; R 3 (3x), last 5/19 @ CIN -2 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 ranks fourth in the N.L. with a.311 batting average and eighth with a.383 OBP Sept. 5 was 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and run had a walk-off single in Aug. 29 s completion of the previous day s game collected an ejection August 14 after going 1-for-3 with a double came off the bench August 5 and went 2-for-2 with a solo homer and 2 runs has made 40 starts in right field, 41 starts at second base, eight starts in left field and three starts at first base and one at DH hitting.330 (69-for-209) on the road tied season high with four hits, and hit a solo homer and a double, July 29 in St. Louis. A three-time All-Star and two-time World Champion, he has appeared at every defensive position save for pitcher and catcher. CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Anthony Rizzo, 5/1/18 vs. Colorado (Jon Gray) Walk-Off HR: David Bote, 8/24/18 vs. Cincinnati (Raisel Iglesias) Pinch-HR: Tommy La Stella, 8/30/18 @ Atlanta (Mike Foltynewicz) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David Bote, 8/12/18 vs. Washington (Ryan Madson) 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, 7/1/18 vs. Minnesota (Lance Lynn) 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: Ian Happ, 5/7/18 vs. Miami 2018 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (5): Báez (3), 4/10 vs. PIT, 4/11 vs. PIT & 6/26 @ LAD; Schwarber, 4/24 @ CLE; Contreras, 5/11 vs. CWS 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (6): Contreras, 5/11 vs. CWS; Heyward, 6/6 vs. PHI; Baez, 6/26 @ LAD; Russell, 6/29 vs. LAD; Bote, 8/12 vs. WSH; Caratini, 9/8 @ WASH 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Báez, 5/5-7; Rizzo, 8/21-23 Pinch-Homers (6): Baez, 6/2 @ NYM; Happ, 4/11 vs. PIT & 5/21 vs. CLE; Russell, 5/28 @ PIT; Bote, 8/12 vs. WSH; La Stella, 8/30 @ ATL Back-to-Back Homers (3): Schwarber/Báez, 5/20 @ CIN; Bote/Rizzo, 7/26 vs. ARI; Báez/Rizzo, 8/22 @ DET Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (1): Lester, 7/1 vs. MIN Game-Opening Homers (2): Happ, 3/29 @ MIA; Rizzo, 5/1 vs. COL Walk-Off Homers (4): Heyward, 6/6 vs. PHI; Rizzo, 7/26 vs. ARI; Bote, 8/12 vs. WSH & 8/24 vs. CIN RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 72 75 60 66 95 67 106 75 53 24 693 OPP. 89 56 59 65 76 63 61 65 41 10 585 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (28) Almora (3), Happ (6), Heyward (6), Schwarber (11), Zobrist (2) CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Caratini 5/26 19.2% 0 2 3.42 (90 ER/236.2 IP) Contreras 15/61 24.6% 8 9 3.77 (424 ER/1012.2 IP) Davis 0/0 0.0% 0 0 18.00 (2 ER/1.0 IP) Gimenez 3/9 33.3% 0 0 3.45 (28 ER/73.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (7): Chatwood (1), Quintana (1), Hendricks (2), Hamels (1), Lester (1), Montgomery (1) LF Board RF Board Total Cubs 0/6 3/6 3/12 Opponent 0/3 1/4 1/7 VIDEO BOARD HOME RUNS (2018/All-Time) Most Recent to hit LF Board: Justin Turner, 10/18/17 (NLCS G4) Most Recent to hit RF Board: Ben Zobrist, 8/5/18 vs. SD
CUBS PITCHERS September 14, 2018 Page 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG SHO SV/OPP IP H R ER HR BB SO 1BF IR/IRS Starters 52-44 3.93 1 0 --- 787.2 737 366 344 92 329 677 --- --- Relievers 33-17 3.35 --- --- 43/61 536.2 447 219 200 48 249 515 530/395 278/79 SEASON TOTALS 85-61 3.70 1 0 43/61 1,324.1 1,184 585 544 140 578 1,192 #21 RHP TYLER CHATWOOD LAST OUTING: 9/8 @ WASH (2.0 IP, H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB) Record ERA SV/OPP Holds IR/IRS 1BF/OUT* APPS/SCORELESS* LAST WIN SAVE 4-5 5.30 0/0 0 0/0 4/3 4/1 7/21/18 vs. STL 8/9/17 @ CLE SEASON BESTS (as reliever*): SO 2 (2x), last 9/8 @ WASH; IP: 3.0, 8/11 vs. WASH CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4, 8/16/17 vs. ATL; IP: 3.1, 9/12/11 @ OAK Tyler was activated from the D.L. Sept. 3 after he landed on the shelf with left hip tightness Aug. 23 (retro to Aug. 20) has made four relief apps since moving to the bullpen Aug. 1 had a 4.98 ERA (52 ER/94.0 IP) in 19 starts to begin season. 43 RHP JESSE CHAVEZ LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (1.0 IP, H, SO) 2-1 1.45 3/4 2 10/3 26/19 26/23 8/28/18 vs. NYM 9/6/18 @ WASH SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (5x), last 8/14 vs. MIL; IP: 5.0, 6/1 @ LAA CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 7 (2x), last 6/13/13 vs. NYY; IP: 5.1, 6/13/13 vs. NYY Jesse has a 1.45 ERA and a.530 OPS against with a 0.87 WHIP in 26 outings for Chicago yesterday, tossed a scoreless inning, allowing an inherited runner to score Sept. 5, had a 12.0 scoreless inning streak snapped thanks to a Granderson two-run homer acquired from Texas July 19 for LHP Tyler Thomas (3-1, 3.51 ERA, 30 apps.). #41 RHP STEVE CISHEK LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (0.1 IP, BB) 4-3 2.33 3/6 23 50/12 72/60 72/56 8/27/18 vs. NYM 7/10/18 @ SF SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3 (5x), last 8/4 vs. SD; IP: 2.0 (4x), last 7/1 vs. MIN CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (2x), last 7/2/11 @ TEX; IP: 3.0 (3x), last 5/4/12 @ SD Steve s 50 inherited runners on the season are the most in the majors yesterday stranded an inherited runner (0.1 IP) has walked 25 and struck out 75 earned his third save July 10. #29 LHP JORGE DE LA ROSA LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (0.2 IP, H, 2 SO) Record ERA SV/OPP Holds IR/IRS* 1BF/OUT* APPS/SCORELESS* LAST WIN SAVE 0-2 3.71 0/1 9 3/1 12/12 12/10 6/17/17 @ PHI N/A SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 4, 8/11 vs. WASH; IP: 3.0, 9/8 @ WASH-GM 1 CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5 (2x), last 6/9/16 vs. PIT; IP: 4.0, 6/9/16 vs. PIT *with Cubs Jorge was signed by the Cubs August 10 yesterday tossed 0.2 scoreless innings, and now has a 1.69 ERA (3 ER/16.0 IP) in 12 outings with the Cubs has limited lefties to a.247 avg. (20-for-81). #32 LHP BRIAN DUENSING LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (0.1 IP) 3-0 7.68 1/3 3 38/10 46/31 46/32 7/19/18 vs. STL 6/3/18 @ NYM SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 4/1 @ MIA; IP: 2.2, 7/23 vs. ARI CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 8/7/09 @ DET; IP: 4.2 IP, 8/7/09 @ DET Brian was activated from the D.L. Sept. 3 after he was placed on the D.L. Aug. 3 (left shoulder inflammation) made five rehab outings with Iowa, allowing 4 ER in 5.2 IP has allowed 27 ER in 17.2 IP in his last 19 big league outings to up his ERA from 2.29 to 7.68 had a 0.54 ERA in his first 23 outings through May 27. #6 RHP CARL EDWARDS JR. LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (0.2 IP, H, R/ER, BB) 3-2 2.44 0/2 21 19/6 53/41 53/42 7/25/18 vs. ARI 10/2/16 @ CIN SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 4, 7/13 @ SD; IP: 2.0, 7/25 vs. ARI CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 7/31/16 vs. SEA; IP: 2.0 IP (5x), last 7/25/18 vs. ARI Carl yest. allowed a run (0.2 IP) and suffered a blown save earned his 21st hold Sat. night has held foes to a.198 average (35-for-177) and a.288 slugging mark on Aug. 30, earned his 20th hold with a perfect eighth has struck out 63 in 48.0 innings, walking 27 recorded seven-straight strikeouts from July 10-13. #64 LHP JAIME GARCIA LAST OUTING: 9/8 @ WASH GM 1 (0.1 IP, H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, SO) 0-1 81.00 0/0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 8/12/18 vs. TB N/A SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 7/23 vs. MIN; IP: 3.0, 7/23 vs. MIN CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5 (2x), last, 9/21/16 @ COL; IP: 4.0, 9/21/16 @ COL Jaime signed a minor league contract August 31 started the first game Saturday and took the loss, allowing 3 runs on one hit and 3 walks in 0.1 IP had a 5.93 ERA (49 ER/74.1 IP) in 25 games (13 starts) with Toronto before being DFA d August 25 has missed time with two D.L. stints (left shoulder inflammation). #20 RHP BRANDON KINTZLER LAST OUTING: 9/12 vs. MIL (3 BF, H, 2 R/ER, BB, HBP) Record ERA SV/OPP Holds IR/IRS* 1BF/OUT* APPS/SCORELESS* LAST WIN SAVE 2-3 4.76 2/5 19 10/4 19/13 19/11 5/10/18 @ ARI 5/27/18 @ MIA SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 2 (8x), last 9/2 @ PHI IP: 1.2, 9/8-GM 1 @ WASH CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 5, 4/25/11 vs. CIN; IP: 3.0, 6/30/13 @ PIT *with Cubs Brandon has held the opponent scoreless in 11 of his 19 outings since joining the Cubs allowed runs in eight of his last 11 outings to raise his season ERA from 3.62 to 4.76 picked up holds in three-straight games, Aug. 3-6. #36 RHP DILLON MAPLES LAST OUTING: 9/4 @ MIL (3 BF, 2 BB, HBP) 0-0 13.50 0/0 0 4/2 4/3 4/3 N/A N/A CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 3 (3x), last 6/27/18 @ LAD IP: 2.0, 6/27/18 @ LAD Dillon is in his fifth stint with Chicago this year Sept. 4, faced three batters (2 BB, HBP) was first recalled from Triple-A Iowa June 26 went 2-3 with 10 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 41 relief outings with Iowa this season. #24 RHP ALEC MILLS LAST OUTING: 8/29 NYM (5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 SO) 0-1 3.55 0/0 0 0/0 1/1 1/1 N/A N/A SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 2, 7/27 @ STL; IP: 2.0, 7/27 @ STL CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 6/15/16 vs. OAK; IP: 2.0 IP, 7/27/18 @ STL Alec was recalled Sunday from Triple-A Iowa has appeared in three games (two starts) with Chicago in his first start, allowed one run in 5.2 innings, August 24 vs. the Reds. #57 RHP JAMES NORWOOD LAST OUTING: 9/12 vs. MIL (0.1 IP) 0-1 5.63 0/0 0 13/9 8/6 8/3 N/A N/A SEASON/CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 2 (2x), last 9/4 @ MIL; IP: 2.0, 7/20 @ STL James was recalled from Triple-A Iowa Sept. 1 made his big league debut in July went 2-3 with two saves and a 2.50 ERA (14 ER/50.1 IP) in 40 relief appearances between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa this season. #47 LHP RANDY ROSARIO LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (1.0 IP, SO) 4-0 3.20 1/2 7 23/3 37/29 37/28 7/7/18 vs. CIN 9/13/18 @ WASH SEASON/CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 3, 5/27 vs. SF; IP: 2.1 (2x), last 7/7 vs. CIN Randy was recalled from Triple-A Aug. 17 to begin his fifth stint with the team picked up his first career save yest. in Washington, throwing a scoreless 10th tied a career-high with 2.1 innings and earned the win July 7, while also hitting a RBI single May 27, tossed 2.1 scoreless innings for his first career win. #46 RHP PEDRO STROP LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (1.2 IP, H, 2 SO) 6-1 2.26 13/17 9 25/6 60/47 60/52 9/13/18 @ WASH 9/11/18 vs. MIL SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 3 (2x), last 7/13 @ SD; IP: 2.0 (3x), last 8/19 @ PIT CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (2x), last 7/22/15 @ CIN; IP: 2.0 (14x), last 8/19/18 @ PIT Pedro yest. earned the win with 1.2 shutout IP left game with an injured left hamstring while running to first after batting has held foes to a.179 average (38-for-212) and a.274 slugging mark has pitched frequently in the closer role while Morrow is on D.L., going 11-for-13 in save situations since July 19. #37 LHP JUSTIN WILSON LAST OUTING: 9/13 @ WASH (0.1 IP, IBB) 4-4 2.92 0/2 14 36/3 65/45 65/52 8/12/18 vs. WASH 7/29/17 vs. HOU SEASON BESTS (as reliever): SO 4, 6/2 @ NYM; IP: 1.2 (2x), last 5/26 vs. SF CAREER BESTS (as reliever): SO 4 (4x), last 6/2/18 @ NYM; IP: 3.1, 4/15/13 vs. STL Justin s 92.1 percent success rate of stranding runners (33 of 36) is tops in the N.L. and second in the majors yesterday, stranded an inherited runner (0.1 IP) has held foes to a.205 (39-for-190) avg. has struck out 67 in 52.1 innings, walking 33. 2018 CLUB HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 12, 5/7 vs. MIA (14-2)... Largest Winning Margin... 13, 7/20 vs. STL (18-5) 8, 4/14 vs. ATL (2-10, 14-10)... Largest Come Behind W... 5, 6/24 @ CIN (5-0, 8-6) 16, 4/20 @ COL... Most Runs... 18, 7/20 vs. STL 9, 4/14 vs. ATL (8th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 7 (2x), last 7/20 vs. STL (4th) 20, 6/30 vs. MIN... Most Hits... 18, 7/20 vs. STL 7 (2x), last 7/1 vs. MIN (2nd)... Most Hits, Inn.... 7, 6/24 @ CIN (7th) 2 (2x), last 6/12 @ MIL... Fewest Hits... 1, 6/9 vs. PIT 4 (3x), last 6/29 vs. MIN... Most Home Runs... 5, 7/20 vs. STL 2 (7x), last 8/22 @ DET (9th)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (9x), last 8/25 vs. CIN (8th) 7, 4/11 vs. PIT... Most Doubles...5 (2x), last 7/20 vs. STL 3, 9/2 @ PHI... Most Triples... 1 (23x), last 9/8 @ WASH 10 (2x), last 5/9 vs. MIA... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (4x), last 8/5 vs. SD 10, 4/14 vs. ATL... Most BBs By Batters... 10 (2x), last, 5/22 vs. CLE 16, 6/6 vs. PHI... Most Ks By Pitchers... 24, 6/2 @ NYM 5, 5/13 vs. CWS... Most Stolen Bases... 4 (2x), last 7/8 vs. CIN 7*, 8/17 @ PIT... Most Double Plays Turned... 3 (2x), last 7/28 @ STL 3 (4x), last, 9/8 @ WASH... Most Errors Committed... 3 (7x), last 9/5 @ MIL 17, 6/2 @ NYM... Most Left On Base... 18, 3/30 @ MIA *Ties Major League Record Longest Winning Streak: 7 games... 8/22-28 Longest Losing Streak: 5 games (2x)... 5/1-6 & 6/21-25 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 24 (Cubs 14, Braves 10)... 4/14 vs. ATL Most Hits, Both Clubs: 31 (Cubs 20, Twins 11)... 6/30 vs. MIN Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, (Cubs 2, Cardinals 5)... 7/20 vs. STL Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 39 (Cubs 15, Mets 24)... 6/2 @ NYM Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 33 (Cubs 15, Marlins 18)... 3/30 @ MIA Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 6, 2x last (Cubs 2, D-backs 4)... 7/25 vs. ARI Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 12 games... 8/15-27 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 4 games... 4/27-30 Consecutive Errorless Games: 6 games (2x)... 5/19-26 & 7/21-2 -26 Consecutive Games With An Error: 5 games... 6/12-17 Shortest Game, Time: 2:22... 4/26 vs. MIL Longest Game, Time: 5:18... 3/30 @ MIA Most Innings: 17 inn.... 3/30 @ MIA Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 41,587 (5/27 vs. SF) / Road Crowd: 53,904 (6/26 @ LAD) Series Sweeps: 8 (4 G, 4/26-29 vs. MIL; 3 G, 5/7-9 vs. MIA; 4 G, 5/31-6/3 @ NYM; 3 G, 6/29-7/1 vs. MIN; 2 G, 7/3-4 vs. DET; 3 G, 7/13-15 @ SD; 4 G, 8/23-26 vs. CIN; 1 G, 8/30 @ ATL) BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 11 games (3x), last...rizzo (5/18-29) Most Runs Scored: 4, Almora Jr.....4/20 @ COL Most Hits: 4 (15x), last Rizzo... 8/28 vs. NYM Most Total Bases: 12, Contreras... 5/11 vs. CWS Most Extra-Base Hits: 4, Contreras... 5/11 vs. CWS Most Doubles: 2 (18x), last Rizzo... 8/27 vs. NYM Most Triples: 2, Contreras... 5/9 vs. MIA Most RBI: 7, Contreras... 5/11 vs. CWS Most Stolen Bases: 2 (5x), last Gore... 9/8 @ WASH Most Walks: 4, Schwarber... 5/19 @ CIN -1 Most Strikeouts: 4 (6x), last Happ... 8/6 @ KC 2-Hit Innings: Russell & Schwarber... 5/9 vs. MIA & 7/1 vs. MIN PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 8 games, Lester... 5/29-7/15 Longest Losing Streak: 3 games (4x), last Lester... 7/20-8/11 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Hamels... 8/23 vs. CIN Low-Hit Complete Game: 8, Hamels... 8/23 vs. CIN Longest Outing, Reliever: 7.0 IP, Butler... 3/30 @ MIA Most Strikeouts, Starter: 10, Quintana... 6/6 vs. PHI Reliever: 7, Farrell... 6/2 @ NYM Consecutive Strikeouts: 7, Edwards Jr.... 7/10-13 Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 18.0 IP, Lester... 5/29-6/15 Reliever: 15.0 IP, Edwards Jr.... 4/5-5/8 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 13, Morrow... 5/8-7/7 Consecutive Batters Retired: 18, Hamels... 8/12 vs. WSH Most Runs Allowed: 9, Lester... 8/11 vs. WSH Most Hits Allowed: 12, Montgomery... 7/27 @ STL Most Homers Allowed: 3 (6x), last Quintana... 8/14 vs. MIL Most Walks Issued: 7 (2x), last Chatwood... 6/7 vs. PHI Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 5.2 IP, Lester... 6/3 @ NYM MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 45 High-Water Mark: 26 games Losses after Leading: 24 (81-55, 83-57) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 19 Low-Water Mark: 1 game Walkoff Wins: 7 (2-3, 3-4, 6-7, 7-8) Heyward GS, 6/6 vs. PHI Times at.500 Mark: 9 Almora 1B, 6/19-2 vs. LAD (1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9) Bote BB, 7/8 vs. CIN Rizzo HR, 7/26 vs. ARI Bote GS, 8/12 vs. WASH Bote HR, 8/24 vs. CIN Zobrist 1B, 8/28 vs. NYM