CUBS VS. WHITE SOX The Cubs and White Sox play four games this week the teams split two games at Wrigley Field Monday and Tuesday prior to the Cubs win last night a victory tonight would give the Cubs the Crosstown Cup for the first time since 2013 the teams have split the last two season series, 3-3 in 2015 and 2-2 last season the Cubs last won the season series in 2013, going 4-0 against the White Sox that year. 2017 Overall:... 2-1 At Wrigley Field:... 1-1 At Guaranteed Rate Field:... 1-0 2016 Overall:... 2-2 At Wrigley Field:... 2-0 At Guaranteed Rate Field:... 0-2 All-Time Since 1997:... 53-58 At Wrigley Field:... 28-28 At Guaranteed Rate Field:... 25-30 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (0) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed --- UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 1,000 Hits... Jason Heyward (8) 2,000 strikeouts... Jon Lester (13) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Giancarlo Stanton...148 2. Anthony Rizzo... 141 3. Nolan Arenado...134 Paul Goldschmidt...133 5. Jay Bruce...132 MOST HOME RUNS, CATCHERS, 2017 1. Salvador Perez, KC...20 2. Willson Contreras, CHI... 16 3. Mike Zunino, SEA...15 4. Yasmani Grandal, LAD...14 Gary Sanchez, NYY...14 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...254 2. Chicago Cubs... 253 3. Washington Nationals...238 4. Houston Astros...237 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...967 2. Arizona Diamondbacks...930 3. Washington Nationals...902 4. Chicago Cubs... 874 5. New York Mets...863 MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...413 2. New York Yankees...385 3. Chicago Cubs... 380 4. Cleveland Indians...371 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...2.86 2. Chicago Cubs... 3.44 3. Arizona Diamondbacks...3.53 4. Pittsburgh Pirates...3.81 LOWEST OPP AVG, NL RELIEVERS, 2017 1. Carl Edwards Jr., CHI....128 2. Felipe Rivero, PIT....132 3. Kenley Jansen, LAD....163 Chicago Cubs (53-47) vs. Chicago White Sox (39-59) July 27, 2017 Guaranteed Rate Field Game No. 101 Road Game No. 52 LHP Jon Lester (7-6, 3.95) vs. RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-7, 4.46) STANDING TALL: Anthony Rizzo last night drove in four runs and Jake Arrieta carried a no-hitter through 4.1 innings, ultimately allowing two runs in 6.2 frames to help the Cubs to an 8-3 win over the White Sox coupled with Milwaukee s setback at the Nationals, the Cubs reclaimed sole possession of first place in the N.L. Central Division for the first time in two months since the completion of play on May 26. Chicago, now a season-high six-games over.500 and holding a half-game lead over the Brewers, has emerged from the All-Star Break with a 10-2 record (.833), tied with the Dodgers for the best record in baseball. This 10-2 run has helped the Cubs make up six games in the N.L. Central standings since the season s second half started 13 days ago. Jake finished his July 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA (8 ER/32.0 IP) in five starts he limited opponents to a.161 average, a.234 on-base percentage and a.321 slugging mark while walking nine and striking out 23. ROAD WARRIORS: Chicago enters tonight with an eight-game road winning streak dating to July 2 at Cincinnati that win was followed by a 6-0 trip at Baltimore (3-0) and Atlanta (3-0) coming out of the All-Star Break, followed by last night s victory. This is the team s longest winning streak away from the Friendly Confines since winning 12-straight from Sept. 15, 2015-April 7, 2016 that included a ninegame winning streak to complete their 2015 road schedule. The Cubs earlier endured a nine-game road losing streak, May 13-June 12, and a win tonight would make them the first club to record road winning and losing streaks of at least nine games apiece in the same season since both the Brewers and Indians did so in 2008 thanks to STATS Inc. QUITE THE MONTH: Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is hitting.347 (25-for-72) with seven home runs and 18 RBI in 18 July games Elias notes that it has been over 20 years since a Cubs catcher had that many homers and RBI in a calendar month Scott Servais hit eight homers and had 18 RBI for Chicago in August of 1995. Contreras seven homers this month are tied for fourth-most among N.L. hitters while his 18 RBI are tied for sixth additionally, Contreras 1.092 OPS this month ranks leads all catchers and is ninth in the N.L. Contreras last five homers since July 14 have all come in tie games with at least one runner on base he leads the team with 15 go-ahead RBI and nine gamewinning RBI this season. AIMING FOR THE TRIFECTA: Kris Bryant needs one more home run to become just the fourth Cub ever with three 20-homer seasons by his age 25 campaign or younger Bryant, who hit 26 homers in 2015 and 39 in 2016, would join Ron Santo (four times, 1961-65), Anthony Rizzo (three times, 2013-15) and Billy Williams (three times, 1961-63). CURRENT EVENTS: Tonight is the second of a five-game road trip at the White Sox (1-0) and the Brewers (three games starting tomorrow) additionally, this is CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 53-47 At Wrigley Field:... 27-22 On the Road:... 26-25 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-16 June:... 15-13 July... 13-7 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,764-10,235 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,245-3,732 Leading Entering 6th:... 37-8 Tied Entering 6th:... 6-4 Trailing Entering 6th:... 10-35 Leading Entering 7th:... 40-3 Tied Entering 7th:... 6-6 Trailing Entering 7th:... 7-38 Leading Entering 8th:... 46-3 Tied Entering 8th:... 3-5 Trailing Entering 8th:... 4-39 Leading Entering 9th:... 46-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 3-1 Trailing Entering 9th:... 4-45 Scoring First:... 33-20 One-Run Games:... 16-12 Two-Run Games:... 8-11 Extra-Inning Games:... 2-2 Scoring Four or More:... 45-14 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 8-33 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 38-10 Hit Totals Equal:... 8-3 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 7-34 Hit at Least One HR:... 44-25 Hit Two or More HR:... 32-11 Playing Errorless Ball:... 31-22 Committing at Least One Error:... 22-25 day seven of an 18-day stretch without a trip to the airport, as the team is busing to and from Milwaukee, followed by a six-game homestand August 1-6. The Cubs have 32 games remaining at home and 30 games left on the road Chicago has more home games remaining than any other team in the N.L. Central. Of the 62 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 41 are against teams currently owning a record that is below.500, or 66 percent of them. This is also the seventh day of a stretch in which the Cubs play 18 of 29 games at Wrigley Field through August 20. INTERLEAGUE INTERLUDE: The Cubs have gone 6-1 in their last seven interleague games since July 5 vs. Tampa Bay to even their record against the A.L. this season to 7-7 Chicago was 15-5 in interleague play last season following tonight s game at the White Sox, Chicago s next interleague set comes August 18-20 when they host Toronto for three games. Chicago is hitting.263 (139-for-529) in interleague play this season with 22 homers and 90 runs scored Cubs pitching has a 3.79 ERA (56 ER/133.0 IP) against the American League. Cubs designated hitters have batted.268 (174-for-650) with 29 homers and 111 RBI all-time at American League ballparks, including a.172 average (5-for-29) with a homer and three RBI in seven games this season. Anthony Rizzo s 62 interleague RBI are second-most in franchise history Sammy Sosa leads with 100 interleague RBI for the Cubs. IT S A START: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.50 ERA (20 ER/72.1 IP) while going 9-0 with a.194 opposing batting average and a stellar 0.90 WHIP in the first 12 games since the All-Star break, including eight quality starts the 2.50 ERA and 0.90 WHIP lead all major league rotations in the season s second half while the.194 average against is second behind Washington (.193). This season, the Cubs are 36-15 when Cubs starting pitchers go at least 6.0 innings, including a 24-7 record the last 31 times it happened Chicago s starting pitchers have a 2.74 ERA (99 ER/325.1 IP) and a 30-10 overall individual record in those starts. WHERE THERE S A WILL : Willson Contreras on Tuesday belted his 16th homer of the season, the most for any N.L. catcher and second-most among all major league backstops behind Kansas City s Salvador Perez, who has 20 home runs this season. Contreras.835 OPS this season is third among N.L. catchers since making his debut on June 17 of last year, Contreras has produced an.840 OPS that s the third-highest of any N.L. catcher behind the Giants Buster Posey (.854) and the Dodgers Yasmani Grandal (.853). THERE S A WADE: With his save Sunday night, Cubs closer Wade Davis has set the single-season franchise record for consecutive save chances converted, as he s been successful in his first 20 opportunities this year that surpasses Flash Gordon in 2001, Ryan Dempster in 2005 and Carlos Marmol in 2012, all of whom had 19-straight successful save chances in a single campaign. The franchise mark for consecutive save chances converted is held by Dempster (26 straight in the 2005-06 seasons) Davis 20- straight save conversions are tied for fourth-longest in club history overall. FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Cubs have allowed 80 runs in the first inning this season covering 100 games yet have enjoyed a scoreless first each of their 12 games after the All-Star Break the Cubs allowed a total of 71 first-inning runs in their 162 games last year. THAT S EITHER HERE OR THERE: The Cubs are 27-22 at home compared to a 26-25 road mark this season Chicago started 4-6 at the Friendly Confines, but has gone 23-16 in its last 39 games at Wrigley Field since May 2 conversely, the Cubs began their road schedule by winning eight of their first 11 games through April 25, but have since gone just 18-22 away from home, a stretch that included their first nine-game road losing streak since 2012. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Thurs., July 27 @CWS 7:10 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (7-6, 3.95) vs. RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-7, 4.46) Fri., July 28 @MIL 7:10 p.m. CSN+ 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (2-0, 2.08) vs. LHP Brent Suter (1-1, 2.84) Sat., July 29 @MIL 6:10 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-3, 3.95) vs. RHP Junior Guerra (1-4, 5.22) Sun., July 30 @MIL 1:10 p.m. CSN 670 The Score RHP John Lackey (7-9, 4.97) vs. RHP Zach Davies (12-4, 4.45)
JULY 27, 2017 PAGE 2 Tonight s Cubs Starter #34 LHP Jon Lester (7-6, 3.95) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 19-5 2.44 32 32 2 0 202.2 154 57 55 21 52 197 2017 CUBS 7-6 3.95 21 21 1 0 123.0 114 65 54 17 38 126 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 153-90 3.47 338 337 15 4 2126.2 1943 884 820 199 682 1987 Last Time Out In his last start, July 22 vs. St. Louis, Jon retired the first 17 batters he faced before allowing a two-out single to opposing starter Adam Wainwright fanned a seasonhigh-tying 10 batters allowed back-to-back homers in the eighth inning before the Cubs rallied for a 3-2 victory. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 7/22 STL W 3-2 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 97-66 4-1 2017 Season Jon tonight makes his 22nd start of the season and ninth on the road has a 3.57 ERA (28 ER/70.2 IP) in 12 home starts compared to a 4.47 ERA (26 ER/52.1 IP) in nine road starts. The Cubs are 9-4 in his last 13 starts. Limiting lefties to a.187 average (20-for-107) while righties are batting.265 (94- for-355) has held opposing batters to a.195 average (8-for-41) with runners in scoring position and two outs. With his 99-pitch, complete-game effort on May 23, became the first Cubs pitcher to throw a complete game under 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September 25, 2009 at the Giants (98 pitches) was his 15th-career complete game. Is tied for eighth in the National League with seven starts of at least 7.0 IP struck out a season-high 10 batters May 23 vs. the Giants, June 13 at the Mets and July 22 vs. the Cardinals. Allowed one run or fewer in each of his first three starts of a season for the first time became the first Cubs pitcher to allow one run or fewer in three-straight starts, yet not collect a win, since Rich Harden, July 12-26, 2008. Started the Cubs Season Opener, April 2 at St. Louis, as well as the Cubs Home Opener, April 10 vs. the Dodgers became just the fourth Cub to start both the team s season opener when on the road and its home opener he joins Grover Alexander (1920, 1922), Rick Sutcliffe (1986, 1988) and Jon Lieber (2000) thanks to Ed Hartig. 2016 Season Jon finished second in the N.L. Cy Young vote after setting a career-best mark with a 2.44 ERA and tying his career-high with 19 wins both those marks ranked second in the N.L. went 10-2 with a 1.74 ERA (20 ER/103.1 IP) in 15 home starts, all quality efforts went 9-3 with a 3.17 ERA (35 ER/99.1 IP) in 17 road starts. Allowed one or zero runs in a career-high and Cubs franchise record eight-straight starts, August 17-September 25 led the majors with a 1.46 ERA (13 ER/80.1 IP) from July 29 through season s end. Went 10-0 with a 1.34 ERA (13 ER/87.0 IP) in his first 13 starts following the All- Star Break the 10-straight wins marked a career-high. Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (19, 2nd), ERA (2.44, 2nd), opposing average (.211, 4th), OPS (.602, 3rd), WHIP (1.02, 3rd) and quality starts (26, t-1st). Career vs. Chicago (A.L.) Jon tonight makes his 15th-career start against the White Sox has allowed exactly seven hits in his last six starts vs. the White Sox has posted a 2.40 ERA (8 ER/30.0 IP) and at least eight strikeouts in his last four outings against the Southsiders last faced the club in 2015, when he took a loss in the Cubs 5-1 setback after tossing 7.0 innings and surrendering five runs (four earned). W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career 6-6 4.43 14 14 91.1 88 47 45 9 29 86 vs. White Sox Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Abreu (.444-9-4-0-2) A. Garcia (.200-10-2-0-0) Saladino (.333-3-1-0-1) Cabrera (.289-45-13-1-4) L. Garcia (.200-5-1-0-0) Sanchez (.167-6-1-0-1) Career Notes Jon tonight makes his 86th regular season start with the Cubs has gone 37-23 with four complete games and a 3.14 ERA (185 ER/530.2 IP) in 85 starts with the Cubs has struck out 530 and walked just 137 signed a six-year deal with Chicago in December of 2014. Is one of eight lefties in Cubs history with 500 strikeouts and 500.0 innings pitched with the club is 13 punchouts shy of becoming the 25th-ever southpaw with 2,000 career strikeouts. Is one of eight active pitchers with 150-career wins, joining Bartolo Colon, CC Sabathia, teammate John Lackey, Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke, Felix Hernandez and Jered Weaver. Has gone 14-5 with a 2.48 ERA (48 ER/174.0 IP) in 26 starts at Wrigley Field since the start of last season had a 12-game home winning streak from May 27, 2016- June 3, 2017, which was the longest of its kind by a Cubs pitcher since Jon Lieber won 13-straight decisions at Wrigley Field from 2001-2002. Has made six Opening Day starts, including with Chicago in 2015 and 2017... made four-straight Opening Day starts for Boston, 2011-14, passing Babe Ruth (1916-18) and Mel Parnell (1952-54) for the longest run by a southpaw in club history. A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, he has finished in the top five of the Cy Young voting three times, doing so in 2010 and 2014 in the A.L., and last season in the N.L. Has surpassed the 200.0 inning mark five-straight seasons and in eight of the last nine... has reached 31 starts in a season nine times, including last season. Fanned 207 batters in 2015, setting a Cubs single-season franchise record for most strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher. Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (153) and fourth in strikeouts (1,987)... is one of only 14 active pitchers with at least 2,000 IP. Ranks third in Cubs postseason history with 49.2 innings pitched and is tied for the most starts in Chicago playoff history with seven... ranks second among all active pitchers with 19 postseason starts and 133.2 innings pitched (trailing only teammate John Lackey)... leads all active pitchers with 117 postseason strikeouts. 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/2 @STL ND, 4-3 L 5.0 7 1 1 2 7 102-62 0-1, 2 on Opening Night at St. Louis 2. 4/10 LAD ND, 3-2 W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 100-57 2-1 Retired 11 of 12 BF from 2nd-5th innings 3. 4/16 PIT ND, 6-1 L 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 103-67 1-0 Third-straight start allowing one run or fewer 4. 4/21 @CIN ND, 6-5 (11) W 5.2 9 5 5 2 4 108-62 2-4, 2 on Fourth-straight no decision 5. 4/26 @PIT L, 6-5 5.2 10 6 5 2 5 107-67 3-6, 2 on Season-high 10 hits, six runs allowed APRIL: 0-1, 3.68 ERA (5 starts) 29.1 33 13 12 9 26 6. 5/2 PHI W, 8-3 5.0 4 3 2 5 5 106-60 8-3 First win of 2017 7. 5/7 NYY ND, 5-4 L (18) 7.0 3 2 1 2 9 120-73 1-2 Fanned a season-high nine batters 8. 5/13 @STL L, 5-3 5.2 6 4 3 4 9 112-71 1-3, 1 on Second-straight start with nine strikeouts 9. 5/18 CIN W, 9-5 6.0+ 7 3 3 1 5 96-63 9-1, 2 on Both runners left on base scored; fourth quality start 10. 5/23 SF W, 4-1 9.0 4 1 1 0 10 99-70 --- First Cubs CG this season; second-career CG w/ 10 K, 0 BB 11. 5/28 @LAD L, 9-4 3.1 7 6 6 2 3 76-46 4-6, 2 on Allowed two three-run homers MAY: 3-2, 4.00 ERA (6 starts) 36.0 31 19 16 14 41 12. 6/3 STL ND, 5-3 W 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 98-57 1-3 Left with a 3-1 deficit before club rallied for 5-3 win 13. 6/8 COL L, 4-1 5.0 6 4 4 1 5 94-60 1-4 Allowed all four runs with two outs in second inning 14. 6/13 @NYM W, 14-3 7.0 5 1 1 1 10 106-70 12-1 Tied season-high with 10 strikeouts 15. 6/19 SD ND, 3-2 W 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 111-74 1-2 Allowed two solo homers 16. 6/24 @MIA W, 5-3 7.0 4 3 3 1 4 108-70 5-3 Allowed 2 hits and 0 runs in final 6.0 IP 17. 6/29 @WAS ND, 5-4 W 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 90-58 2-1 Fourth-straight quality start JUNE: 2-1, 3.41 ERA (6 starts) 37.0 29 14 14 10 37 18. 7/4 TB L, 6-5 5.0 9 6 5 1 6 116-80 3-6 Snapped streak of four-straight Cubs wins in his starts 19. 7/9 PIT L, 14-3 0.2 6 10 4 3 0 53-27 0-10 Shortest-career start 20. 7/17 @ATL W, 4-3 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 102-68 4-1 First start after the All-Star Break 21. 7/22 STL W, 3-2 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 97-66 3-2 Retired first 17 batters/third 10 K game this season At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.105 38 2 4 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 3 17 1 0 Career.072 195 11 14 5 0 0 10 24 2 0 13 87 1 0 LAST HIT: 7/17/17 at Braves (double off Julio Teheran)... at-bats since then 3 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 1 (12x) last, 7/17/17 @ Atlanta MOST RBI: 1 (10x) last, 5/18/17 vs. Cincinnati Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 7/22/17 vs. STL, 3-2 (8.0,3,2,2,0,10) Last Loss: 7/9/17 vs. PIT, 14-3 (0.2,6,10,4,3,0) Last Complete Game: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) Most Strikeouts: 15 5/3/14 vs. OAK also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five 12-K games, six 11-K games and 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 Friday s Starter at Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (2-0, 2.08 with Cubs / 6-8, 4.22 Overall) José tomorrow makes his third start with the Cubs, and 12th-overall road start of the season earned his fourth-consecutive win in his last start, July 23 vs. the Cardinals at Wrigley Field tossed his second-straight quality start, going 6.0 innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits (two homers) fanned seven batters and walked two has punched out 19 and issued just two free passes in his two Cubs starts. Began the season with the White Sox, going 4-8 with a 4.49 ERA (52 ER/104.1 IP) in 18 starts. His teams are 7-0 in his last seven starts. Is 1-0 with a 0.60 ERA (1 ER/15.0 IP) in two starts against the Brew Crew last faced Milwaukee on May 13, 2015 as a member of the White Sox tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball and whiffed 10 batters in Chicago s 4-2 victory.
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.277, 4 HR, 20 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-0) Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (9): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 7/15/17 @ BAL (Wade Miley) Career Bests: H 3 (4x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM; RBI 2 (8x), last 7/15/17 @ BAL; R 2 (5x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM Albert has four RBI in his last three starts, including two RBI Tuesday had a career-high tying six-game hitting streak July 4-18 (.471/8-for-17) July 15 in Baltimore hit a solo homer as part of a 2-for-5, 2-RBI effort batted.276 (16-for- 58) with a.373 OBP in June went 3-for-4 with a double, walk and three runs June 13 had a hit and run scored in three-straight games, June 4-6 went 2-for-3 with a solo homer June 5 is batting.391 (9-for-23) with six RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 58 games in center field (44 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are 27-17 when he starts in center field is batting.349 (22-for-63) off lefties and.240 (29-for-121) off righties. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.267, 12 HR, 39 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-0) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (16), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: 7/19/17 @ ATL (Jose Ramirez) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3, 4/22/16 @ CIN Javy has gone 1-for-11 in his last three games following a five-game hitting streak (11-for-20), July 15-21 hit a threerun homer July 19 to complete a strong road trip, batting.500 (10-for-20) with two homers and six RBI homered in consecutive games July 18-19 is batting.323 (32-for-99) with 10 doubles in his last 30 games had three hits July 15 in Baltimore went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI July 2 after going 1-for-16 in his previous five games had a career-high eight game hitting streak, June 18-26 (.419/13-for-31) went 2-for-4 with three RBI June 24 vs. Miami, including an eventual game-winning two-run double in the sixth that broke a 3-3 tie went 3-for-4 with a two-run run homer May 22 his second three-hit effort in a three-game span as he went 3-for-3 with his third-career grand slam and five RBI May 19. Had a career day May 2, going 4-for-4 with a triple, homer, two runs and three RBI vs. Philadelphia the four hits tied a career-high and the three RBI marked a season-high homered in consecutive games, May 1-2, for the third time in his career after going 2-for-4 with a homer May 1. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.276, 19 HR, 42 RBI) Road Trip:.200 (1-5), 2B, 2 R Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 18 Last HR: 7/16/17 @ BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R 4 (5x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL Kris doubled and scored twice yesterday was ejected for the first time in his major-league career Tuesday did not record a hit before being tossed in the fourth inning, snapping his five-game hitting streak went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI Saturday and Sunday went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer July 16 and 3-for-5 July 15 led the team in OBP (.399), runs scored (57), walk (59) and stolen bases (6) before the Break went 4-for-5 with a triple, two homers, three runs and four RBI July 7 was his 10th multi-homer game (third this season) with a season-high four RBI drew a season-high three walks June 9 collected his second multi-hr game of the season (ninth of his career) May 21 reached base five times and tied a career-high with four runs reached base in 18-straight games, April 18-May 7 with a.461 OBP during that span. Leads the club in runs (65) and walks (63) has seven three-hit games and two four-hit games. #20 VICTOR CARATINI C (.182, 0 HR, 1 RBI) Road Trip:.200 (1-5), R Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (1): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: N/A Career Bests: H 3, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; RBI 1, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; R 1, 6/29/17 @ WSH Victor started at catcher yesterday for the first time since July 19 and went 1-for-5 with a run scored went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a RBI July 9 marked his first hits in the majors was recalled June 28, joining his first major league roster has made four starts at catcher grounded out in his first big league plate appearance as a pinch hitter in the ninth June 28 batted.343 (84-for-245) with eight homers and 54 RBI in 68 games for Iowa this season at the time of his call-up, ranked fourth in the Pacific Coast League in average and seventh in RBI. Acquired by Chicago at the 2014 trade deadline from Atlanta for INF Emilio Bonifacio and LHP James Russell, Caratini in 2016 was named a Southern League mid-season and post-season All-Star with Double-A Tennessee. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.273, 16 HR, 56 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-0) Current Streak: 3 games (5-14) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 15; GW RBI 9; 2-Out RBI 25 Last HR: 7/25/17 vs. CWS (Carlos Rodon) Career Bests: H 4, 7/16/17 @ BAL; RBI 4 (2x), last 7/25/17 vs. CWS; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson tied a career-high with four RBI Tuesday, including a three-run homer in the first inning also hit a gamewinning two-run homer Sunday is 16-for-31 (.516) with five doubles and six homers with RISP since June 10 leads all catchers with 11 and 25 RBI homers since June 19 is one of two Cubs with at least 50 RBI is batting.347 (25- for-72) with four doubles, seven homers, 18 RBI and a 1.092 OPS in July, hitting safely in 15 of 18 games has a career-high 16 homers this season notched his first-career four-hit game Sunday in Baltimore is batting.315 (23- for-73) with eight homers out of the clean-up spot this year hit a leadoff homer in his first-career start there June 26 in Washington is batting.302 (61-for-202) with 13 doubles, 14 homers and 44 RBI since May 9 recorded his first-career multi-homer game with two solo blasts in St. Louis May 12 Has thrown out 17 baserunners aiming to steal has nine catcher pickoffs since 2016, the most in the majors. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.249, 13 HR, 34 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-5) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 20 Last HR: 7/8/17 vs. PIT (Ivan Nova) Career Bests: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 4 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN; R 2 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN Ian reached four times Tuesday went 2-for-5 with a two-run double July 16 to start Chicago s eight-run outburst his 13 homers before the All-Star Break were second-most by a Cubs rookie all-time is tied for the team lead with three games with four+ RBI led the Cubs with eight homers in June had a seven-game hitting streak (.429/12-for- 28) June 20-26 June 22 in Miami notched his first-career four-hit game, including a two-run double, as part of a 4- for-5 effort 20 of his 34 RBI have come with two outs hit his first grand slam June 13 vs. the Mets notched his first-career multi-homer game June 4 reached base safely in his first eight games. Was selected from Triple-A Iowa May 13 to join his first big league roster has started games in center field (28), right field (5), left field (7) and second base (13). #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.259, 7 HR, 38 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3), 2 R, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last two games (0-8) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 19 Last HR: 7/14/17 @ BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Jason had a pair of walks and runs scored yesterday had a double, run and RBI Sunday is hitting.295 (13-for-44) with a homer, two triples, two doubles, eight RBI and 10 runs in his last 12 games on July 16 recorded his thirdstraight multi-hit game slugged a two-run homer July 14 as part of a 2-for-4 effort with a double his homer landed on Eutaw St., just the 92nd blast ever to do so hit a pair of RBI doubles June 6 in his first three-hit game of the season had 11 RBI in a four-game stretch, April 21-24 tied his career mark with four RBI April 24, thanks in part to a three-run homer in the first also matched the mark with four RBI April 22 in Cincy. Has missed time due to two D.L. stints: May 8-20 (right finger sprain) and June 22-July 4 (left hand abrasion). #30 JON JAY OF (.304, 2 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3), RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: 4 games (7-15) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 7/5/17 vs. TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/18/13 @ CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon reached base three times with an RBI single and two walks yesterday walked twice Tuesday reached in sevenstraight plate appearances spanning three games, July 22-24 has hit.421 (8-for-19) with five walks to post a.542 OBP in his last seven games had a season-high four hits Monday, including a double made his first-career pitching appearance July 6 (1.0 IP, 1 H) hit a pinch-hit, game-tying three-run homer July 5, his second in three games on July 4 hit his first home run as a Cub as part of a 2-for-4 effort was his first homer since May 24, 2016 at San Francisco with San Diego hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth June 29, erasing a 4-3 deficit and led the Cubs to a 5-4 win in Washington. Is 11-for-29 (.379) with one homer and seven RBI as a pinch-hitter this season. JULY 27, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. WHITE SOX RHP MIKE PELFREY Jason Heyward...333 18 6 1 2 Jon Jay...167 6 1 0 0 Ben Zobrist...111 9 1 1 1 CUBS AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD Albert Almora Jr.....000 0 0 0 0 Javier Baez...375 8 3 1 2 Kris Bryant...269 26 7 0 0 Victor Caratini...200 5 1 0 0 Willson Contreras...400 5 2 0 0 Ian Happ...000 5 0 0 0 Jason Heyward...154 13 2 0 0 Jon Jay...333 3 1 0 1 Anthony Rizzo...325 40 13 2 11 Addison Russell...273 22 6 1 1 Kyle Schwarber...167 12 2 0 3 Ben Zobrist...111 9 1 0 1 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....333 3 1 0 3 Javier Baez....333 3 1 1 5 Kris Bryant....222 9 2 0 3 Victor Caratini....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....556 9 5 1 13 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....333 6 2 0 5 Jon Jay....200 5 1 0 1 Anthony Rizzo....273 11 3 0 11 Addison Russell....167 6 1 0 3 Kyle Schwarber....333 6 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist....125 8 1 0 5 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....400 5 2 0 4 Javier Baez....188 16 3 3 15 Kris Bryant....188 32 6 3 25 Victor Caratini....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....400 15 6 1 15 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....213 80 17 2 53 Jon Jay....333 57 19 0 53 Anthony Rizzo....292 65 19 2 60 Addison Russell....267 45 12 1 33 Kyle Schwarber....300 10 3 1 9 Ben Zobrist....301 103 31 6 107 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....391 23 9 0 6 Javier Baez....000 5 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 1 0 0 0 Victor Caratini....000 3 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....111 9 1 0 2 Ian Happ....125 8 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....000 2 0 0 0 Jon Jay....379 29 11 1 7 Anthony Rizzo....000 1 0 0 0 Addison Russell....222 9 2 0 1 Kyle Schwarber....167 6 1 1 1 Ben Zobrist....375 8 3 0 0 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....303 33 10 0 6 Javier Baez....172 29 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....250 4 1 0 2 Victor Caratini....000 3 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....143 14 2 1 4 Ian Happ....125 8 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....269 26 7 0 5 Jon Jay....298 121 36 3 17 Anthony Rizzo....091 11 1 0 1 Addison Russell....357 14 5 0 2 Kyle Schwarber....067 15 1 1 1 Ben Zobrist....184 49 9 3 9
JULY 27, 2017 PAGE 4 #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.258, 23 HR, 66 RBI) Road Trip:.750 (3-4), 2B, 4 RBI, R, BB Current Streak: 3 games (5-10) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (18), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 13; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 26 Last HR: 7/17/17 @ ATL (Ian Krol) Career Bests: H 4 (8x), last 8/22/16 @ SD; RBI 6 (3x) last, 4/7/16 @ ARI; R 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Anthony hit a bases-clearing double yesterday to straightaway center-field as part of his 3-for-4, four-rbi night has reached at least three times in three-straight games is now tied with Ian Happ for the most four+ RBI games this season with three had a game-winning RBI single Saturday on July 17 slugged his team-leading 23rd home run homered in three-straight games July 15-17 for the second time this season (also April 21-23) is batting.294 (50- for-170) with 11 homers, 36 RBI and a.987 OPS in 48 games since the start of June led the team in hits (82), total bases (161), homers (20) and RBI (56) in the first half is already one of four Cubs lefties all-time with five 20-homer campaigns had a career-high 14-game hitting streak (.420/21-for-50) June 6-20, the longest streak by a Cub this season his leadoff HR June 19 was his third of the season homered to lead off each of his first two games at leadoff June 13-14 in New York drove in a season-high tying four runs June 6, including a GW three-run homer recorded his 14th-career multi-homer game May 24. Is batting.302 (52-for-172) at home and.219 (42-for-192) on the road has a.437 OBP at home is batting.322 (37-for-115) with eight HR and a.463 OBP in his last 34 home games. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.241, 10 HR, 35 RBI) Road Trip:.400 (2-5), HR, RBI, R Current Streak: 2 games (3-9) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (3) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 16 Last HR: 7/26/17 @ CWS (Juan Minaya) 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 went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, his 10th of the season, yesterday joins Starlin Castro and Ron Santo as the only Cubs players with three 10-homer seasons by the end of their age 23 season has collected an extra-base hit and scored a run in three-straight starts tied a career-high with four hits July 19, including two doubles and two RBI is batting.296 (34-for-115) with 11 doubles and seven homers in his last 36 games batted.409 (9-for-22) on the Cubs post-all Star road trip, July 14-19 July 15 went 2-for-4 with a solo homer for the second night in a row and matched his career high with three runs his solo homer in the ninth inning July 14 snapped an 8-8 tie and led the Cubs to the 9-8 win was part of a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI and 2 runs scored June 22 in Miami matched his career highs with four hits and three runs as part of a 4-for-5 effort with a solo homer and two doubles homered in back-to-back games June 11-12 April 24, recorded a career-high four hits and tied his career mark with three runs. Hit a three-run walk-off homer April 19, his second-career walk-off RBI and first walk-off homer. #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.183, 15 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3), RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 13 Last HR: 7/23/17 vs. STL (Michael Wacha) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (3x), last 6/3/17 vs. STL; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle reached three times and drove in the game-winning run yesterday with his fourth-inning RBI single hit a gametying, moonshot homer Sunday with a exit velocity of 110 mph singled twice Friday scored twice Wednesday hit a solo homer July 14 and has hit safely in nine of 12 games with three homers and three doubles since his return from Triple-A on July 6 went 2-for-4 with a homer and walk July 8 batted.343 with four homers in 11 games during his stay with Iowa hit a two-run homer June 14 measured at 467-feet and his first-career pinch-hit homer June 11 notched his first three-hit game of the season June 7, including two doubles and a homer hit a gamewinning grand slam in the seventh inning June 3, his first-career grand slam hit his longest-career homer according to Statcast May 23, a 470-foot blast onto Sheffield. Hit a three-run homer May 2, his 20th-career home run is the fastest Cubs player since 1913 to 20-career homers (97 games), thanks STATS Inc. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.229, 8 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3), RBI, R, BB Current Streak: 2 games (4-7) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 10 Last HR: 7/14/17 @ BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (4x), last 6/9/12 @ MIA Ben singled, scored a run and notched a sacrifice fly yesterday went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk Tuesday hit a RBI single and scored the game-tying run Saturday had three hits Friday went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and two runs July 14 batted leadoff and went 2-for-5 with a run scored July 8 returned from the 10-day disabled list July 1 (left wrist inflammation) played two games with Double-A Tennessee, going 3-for-6 with a pair of walks was 5-for-49 (.102) since May 26 before landing on the shelf on June 16 had a 25-straight game on-base streak, April 28-May 30 had an eight-game hitting streak May 13-25 (13-for-28/.464) hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21 had a 10-game hitting streak, April 28-May 7 was his sixth-career streak of at least 10 games. Has batted.263 (21-for-80) with five doubles, two triples, four homers and 14 RBI in 20 games in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 13-7 in those games. CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Willson Contreras, 6/26/17 @ Washington (Gio Gonzalez) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Jon Jay, 7/5 vs. Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Anthony Rizzo, 6/29/16 @ Cincinnati (Cody Reed) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Mike Montgomery, 7/19/17 @ Atlanta (R.A. Dickey) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (7): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL & 7/2 @ CIN 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (4): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Happ, 6/13 @ NYM 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Rizzo, 4/21-23; Rizzo, 7/15-17 Pinch-Homers (2): Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Jay, 7/5 vs. TB Back-to-Back Homers (4): Russell and Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo and Happ, 6/14 @ NYM; Happ and Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras and Schwarber, 7/14 @ BAL Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (1): Arrieta, 6/17 @ PIT Game-Opening Homers (5): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL; Rizzo, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/14 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/20 vs. SD; Contreras, 6/26 @ WASH Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Caratini 0/4 0.0% 0 0 2.43 (11 ER/40.2 IP) Contreras 17/62 27.4% 5 5 4.00 (281 ER/632.0 IP) Montero 0/31 0.0% 0 0 4.35 (104 ER/215.1 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 3.60 (2 ER/5.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (4): Hendricks, Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (4)... 4 0 0 0 Javier Baez (12)... 7 4 0 1 Kris Bryant (19)... 14 4 1 0 Victor Caratini (0)... 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras (16)... 7 4 4 1 Ian Happ (13)... 8 3 1 1 Jason Heyward (7)... 3 2 2 0 Jon Jay (2)... 1 0 1 0 Anthony Rizzo (23)... 12 7 4 0 Addison Russell (10)... 9 0 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (15)... 10 2 2 1 Ben Zobrist (8)... 5 2 1 0 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (5)... 5 0 0 0 Javier Baez (11)... 7 3 0 1 Kris Bryant (8)... 4 3 1 0 Victor Caratini (0)... 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras (18)... 10 6 2 0 Ian Happ (9)... 6 0 3 0 Jason Heyward (11)... 7 2 2 0 Jon Jay (3)... 2 1 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (20)... 14 3 3 0 Addison Russell (7)... 5 1 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (7)... 4 2 1 0 Ben Zobrist (6)... 5 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (138)... 84 33 17 4 Opponents (120)... 76 28 14 2 CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Zobrist 20 (13-7), Jay 16 (8-8), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 6 (3-3), Heyward 4 (2-2), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Szczur 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 77 (42-35), Happ 10 (5-5), Schwarber 7 (3-4), Almora 2 (1-1), Jay 1 (1-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 75 (41-34), Bryant 14 (7-7), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), 4 Zobrist 38 (18-20), Russell 15 (9-6), Contreras 17 (12-5), Happ 13 (7-6), Rizzo 9 (4-5), Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Bryant 1 (0-1) 5 Russell 26 (13-14), Heyward 18 (10-8), Happ 14 (9-5), Contreras 9 (6-3), Montero 8 (1-7), Schwarber 14 (9-5), Jay 3 (0-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Baez 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Almora 1 (1-0) 6 Heyward 30 (13-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 11 (9-2), Baez 9 (5-4), Russell 8 (6-2), La Stella 5 (1-4),Montero 4 (4-0), Happ 7 (6-1), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Jay 2 (0-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 7 Baez 35 (17-18), Contreras 20 (7-13), Montero 13 (8-5), Heyward 13 (8-5), Almora 6 (4-2), Russell 7 (5-2), La Stella 2 (1-1), Schwarber 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0), Jay 2 (1-1) 8 Baez 17 (10-7), Russell 17 (9-8), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Hendricks 7 (5-2), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Montgomery 4 (1-3), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0), Jay 1 (1-0) 9 Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 18 (11-7), Baez 10 (4-6), Lester 9 (6-3), Arrieta 8 (3-5), Lackey 7 (4-3), Schwarber 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Hendricks 4 (1-3), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Montgomery 3 (1-2), Quintana 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0) C Contreras 68 (36-32), Montero 28 (14-14), Caratini 4 (3-1) 1B Rizzo 98 (52-46), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 47 (28-19), Zobrist 37 (19-18), Happ 13 (6-7), La Stella 3 (0-3) 3B Bryant 84 (45-39), Candelario 7 (5-2), La Stella 6 (2-4), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 76 (44-32), Baez 24 (9-15) LF Schwarber 64 (31-33), Jay 18 (10-8), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Happ 7 (6-1), Contreras 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 44 (27-17), Happ 29 (17-12), Jay 16 (5-11), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 57 (31-26), Zobrist 17 (9-8), Jay 9 (5-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 5 (1-4), Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P Lester 21 (12-9), Arrieta 21 (11-10), Lackey 19 (10-9), Hendricks 12 (6-6), Butler 11 (6-5), Montgomery 8 (3-5), Anderson 6 (3-3), Quintana 2 (2-0) DH Schwarber 6 (4-2), Jay 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 66 58 39 64 49 44 51 52 46 2 471 OPP. 80 43 47 57 45 41 36 50 39 2 440 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (14) Jason Heyward (6), Albert Almora (3), Jon Jay (2), Kyle Schwarber (2), Ian Happ (1)
Cubs Pitching JULY 27, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 38-33 4.38 1 545.0 522 295 265 80 189 491 Relievers 15-14 3.44 24 348.0 275 145 133 40 158 383 SEASON TOTALS 53-47 4.01 1/24 893.0 797 440 398 120 347 874 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 7/23 vs. STL-SV 1.0,1,0,0,0,1 4/19/17 vs. MIL 7/23/17 vs. STL 9/15/15 @ CLE 20/20 35/25 1/1 Brian Duensing 7/25 vs. CWS 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 7/14/17 @ BAL 0/1 40/31 20/4 Carl Edwards Jr. 7/25 vs. CWS-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,2 7/7/17 vs. PIT 10/2/16 @ CIN 7/25/17 vs. CWS 0/1 44/31 17/4 Justin Grimm 7/24 vs. CWS-L 1.2,1,1,1,1,3 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF 7/19/17 @ BAL 0/1 34/23 21/8 Mike Montgomery 7/26 @ CWS 2.1,3,1,1,0,5 7/19/17 @ ATL 6/5/17 vs. MIA 9/27/16 @ PIT 2/2 19/14 7/0 Hector Rondon 7/25 vs. CWS 1.0,1,0,0,1,1 6/19/17 vs. SD 7/24/16 @ MIL 7/23/17 vs. STL 0/3 42/32 16/9 Pedro Strop 7/25 vs. CWS 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 7/5/17 vs. TB 9/19/15 vs. STL 7/21/17 vs. STL 0/2 45/31 27/11 Koji Uehara 7/24 vs. CWS 1.0,1,1,1,0,1 7/14/17 @ BAL 6/4/17 vs. STL 7/17/17 @ ATL 2/5 37/24 9/4 2017 TOTALS 24/35 (.686) 309/220 (.712) 127/48 (.378) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (2-0, 2.12 ERA, 20 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 57-37, 67 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 7/23 vs. STL MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 4/19/17 vs. MIL (7-4) LAST SV: 7/23/17 vs. STL (5-3) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted a single-season franchise record 20-straight save chances to begin his Cubs career has converted his last 26 since September of last year with Kansas City. Sunday, recorded his 20th save preserved the 5-3 win vs. the Cardinals (1 H, 1 SO). Recorded his 19th save Saturday vs. St. Louis pitched around two walks with two strikeouts for a scoreless ninth to save the 3-2 win. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-0, 2.51 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 42-37, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 6/12 @ NYM MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) Brian has walked 10 and struck out 49 in 40 games (43.0 IP) in his last 35 contests since April 24, has pitched to a 1.43 ERA (6 ER/37.2 IP) and averaged 10.04 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (42 SO) has spun 12.0-straight shutout frames since June 22. Tuesday spun a scoreless ninth inning (1 H). Monday, tossed a scoreless ninth inning vs. the White Sox (1 SO). July 14, recorded his third hold of the year, inducing a Chris Davis pop out to strand two inherited runners and maintain Chicago s 8-6 edge. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (3-2, 2.68 ERA, 0 SV, 15 Holds) CAREER: 3-3, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI LAST WIN: 7/7/17 vs. PIT (6-1) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) Carl has held opponents to a.128 average (17-for-133) and a.270 OBP has walked 25, struck out 59 in 40.1 innings has not allowed a run in 38 of 44 outings, and has not allowed a hit in 29 of 44 outings. Entered Tuesday s game vs. White Sox with runners on second and third, none out in the sixth struck out Tyler Saladino, Miguel Cabrera grounded out 1-3 and Jose Abreu struck out to strand both runners. Picked up his 14th hold Sunday night vs. St. Louis pitched around a leadoff walk to toss a scoreless eighth. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-1, 5.40 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 19-19, 3 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 7/4 vs. TB MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2 6/14/13 vs. TOR LAST WIN: 4/18/17 vs. MIL (9-7) LAST SV: 8/8/15 vs. SF (8-6) Justin was recalled May 29 from Triple-A Iowa for his third stint with the team has held the opponent scoreless in 14 of his last 20 outings posted a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP), a 0.41 WHIP and a.051 batting average against (2-for-39) in 13 appearances in June. Has stranded eight of 19 inherited runners has walked 20 and struck out 42 in 34 outings struck out 34 in his last 31.1 IP since April 22. Stranded an inherited runner in Monday s fifth inning, but allowed a solo homer to Adam Engel in the sixth and was tagged with the loss. #38 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP (2-6, 3.83 ERA, 2 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 10-17, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 6.2, 6/30 @ CIN MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 6/30/15 @ SD LAST WIN: 7/19/17 @ ATL (8-2) LAST SV: 6/5/17 vs. MIA (3-1) Mike last night spun 2.1 innings of relief (2.1,3,1,1,0,5) in his first action out of the bullpen after making eight starts in place of Kyle Hendricks from June 9-July 19 went 2-3 with a 5.13 ERA (23 ER/40.1 IP) in those eight starts has a 2.57 ERA (12 ER/42.0 IP) with two saves and a 0-3 record in 20 relief outings. Recorded the save June 5, tossing 3.1 shutout innings to preserve a 3-1 win vs. Miami. Had a stretch of 39.2-consecutive innings without a homer snapped May 28 when he allowed an Austin Barnes solo homer. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (2-1, 4.31 ERA, 0 SV, 8 Holds) CAREER: 16-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 6/8 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (18x) last, 6/8/17 vs. COL LAST WIN: 6/19/17 vs. SD (3-2) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 42 appearances, allowing 33 hits in 146 at-bats (.226) while walking 17 and striking out 49 posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games from June 18-July 19 prior to allowing four runs in 0.0 IP (4 BF) Friday vs. St. Louis was tagged with a blown save. Pitched around a hit and a walk, and struck out one, in Tuesday s scoreless eighth. Picked up his eighth hold of the season, spinning a scoreless seventh inning Sunday night vs. Cardinals (1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO). #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (3-2, 2.58 ERA, 0 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 18-22, 9 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 5/7 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (10x) last, 5/7/17 vs. NYY LAST WIN: 7/5/17 vs. TB (7-3) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Pedro has held opponents to a.194 batting average (27-for-139) has walked 16 and struck out 41 in 45 games (38.1 IP) is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA (5 ER/26.1 IP) in his last 29 outings starting May 17, including a 0.57 ERA (1 ER/15.2 IP) in his last 17 contests. Tuesday tossed a scoreless seventh (1 SO) vs. the White Sox. Monday vs. the White Sox, pitched a scoreless seventh inning (2 SO). His 97 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol s 82 holds from 2006-13. #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (3-4, 3.27 ERA, 2 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 22-26, 95 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 IP, 6/11 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 4/19/09 @ BOS LAST WIN: 7/14/17 @ BAL (9-8) LAST SV: 6/4/17 vs. MIA (7-6) Koji has pitched scoreless ball in 29 of his 37 outings has walked 10 and struck out 36 this season, holding opponents to a.224 batting average (28-for-125). Monday, allowed a solo homer to Matt Davidson in the eighth inning struck out one. Earned his 13th hold July 17 with a perfect eighth inning in Atlanta. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 11 (2x), last 6/13 @ NYM (14-3)... Largest Winning Margin... 11, 7/9 vs. PIT (13-4) 5, 4/18 vs. MIL (0-5, 9-7)... Largest Come Behind W... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT (0-4, 2-6, 8-7) 14 (2x), last 6/13 @ NYM... Most Runs... 14, 7/9 vs. PIT 7, 6/13 @ NYM (2nd)... Most Runs, Inn.... 10, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 17 (2x), last 4/24 @ PIT... Most Hits... 15 (2x), last 5/9 @ COL 6 (3x), last 6/16 @ PIT (9th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 7, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 2 (5x), last 6/27 @ WSH... Fewest Hits... 3 (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL 5, (2x), last 7/14 @ BAL... Most Home Runs... 4 (2x), last 5/28 @ LAD 2 (5x), last 7/18 @ ATL (3rd)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL (8th) 6 (3x), last 6/16 @ PIT... Most Doubles... 5 (2x), last 7/21 vs. STL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF...Most Triples... 2, 4/24 @ PIT 10, 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10 (2x), last 5/29 @ SD... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers...26, 5/7 vs. NYY 3, 7/17 @ ATL... Most Stolen Bases... 7, 6/27 @ WSH 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 4 (2x), last 6/19 vs. SD 3 (3x), 7/7 vs. PIT...Most Errors Committed... 4, 4/29 @ BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 6 games...7/14-19 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games...5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 20 (Cubs 12, Reds 8)... 4/22 @ CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, 4x last (Cubs 5, Orioles 2)... 7/14 @ BAL Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 48* (Cubs 22, Yankees 26)... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 18, Yankees 11)... 5/7 vs. NYY Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 2 (Cubs 1, Giants 1)... 5/23 vs. SF Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 7... 6/2-8 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3...6/23-25 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 5/31-6/5 Consecutive Games With An Error: 7... 5/6-13 Shortest Game, Time: 2:05... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6:05... 5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18... 5/7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 42,186; 7/21 vs. STL Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD Series Sweeps: 4 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, 7/14-16 @ BAL, 7/17-19 @ ATL) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo... 6/6-20 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (9x), last Jay... 7/24 vs. CWS Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Bryant... 7/7/ vs. PIT Most Doubles: 2 (15x), last Zobrist... 7/25 vs. CWS Most Triples: 1 (18x), last Heyward... 7/22 vs. STL Most RBI: 5, Báez... 5/18 vs. CIN Most Stolen Bases: 2, Happ... 7/25 vs. CWS Most Walks: 3 (9x), last Almora... 6/26 @ WSH Most Strikeouts: 5, Báez... 7/25 vs. CWS 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 3 (2x), Arrieta & Lackey... 4/4-22 & 4/29-5/16 Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey... 5/22-6/12 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 12, Quintana... 7/16 @ BAL Reliever: 5 (2x), Floro & Montgomery... 5/9 @ COL & 7/26 @ CWS Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... 4/9 @ MIL & 5/13 @ STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 13.1, Hendricks... 4/30-5/10 Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 20, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 17, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL Most Runs Allowed: 10, Lester... 7/9 vs. PIT Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3, Lackey... 4/17 vs. MIL, 6/12 @ NYM & 6/28 @ WSH Most Walks Issued: 6 (2x), last Arrieta... 6/27 @ WSH Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 5.2 IP, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 27 High-Water Mark: 6 games (53-47) Losses after Leading: 24 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 9 No. of Times at.500 Mark: 21 (1-1, 2-2, 6-6, 7-7, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 25-25, 27-27, 30-30, 31-31, 32-32, 33-33, 34-34, 39-39, 40-40, 41-41, 42-42, 43-43, 45-45) Walkoff Wins: 3 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI)