Chicago Cubs (69-59) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (47-81) August 27, 2017 Citizens Bank Park Game No. 129 Road Game No. 67 RHP John Lackey (10-9, 4.90) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (4-9, 6.73) CUBS VS. PHILLIES The Cubs and Phillies play seven games, spanning two series, this season the Cubs took three-of-four from Philadelphia, May 1-4 at Wrigley Field Chicago last year won the season series, five-games-to-one, its first season series win over the Phillies since 2010 (4-2) the Cubs last season won their second series at Citizens Bank Park since the ballpark opened in 2004 (also won in 2014). 2017 Overall:... 5-2 At Wrigley Field:... 3-1 At Citizens Bank Park:... 1-1 2016 Overall:... 5-1 At Wrigley Field:... 3-0 At Citizens Bank Park:... 2-1 All-Time Since 1883:... 1,228-1,107 At Wrigley Field:... 483-393 At Citizens Bank Park (since 2004):... 18-25 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (4) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed INF Addison Russell 8/3 8/13 20 (Rt. Foot Strain) C Willson Contreras 8/11 8/20 14 (Rt. Hamstring Strain, 4-6 weeks) LHP Jon Lester 8/18 8/28 8 (Left Lat Tightness/General Shoulder Fatigue) RHP Justin Grimm 8/18 8/28 8 (Rt. Index Finger Infection) N.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS 1. Chicago Cubs 69-59 ---- 2. Milwaukee Brewers 67-63 -3.0 3. St. Louis Cardinals 65-64 -4.5 4. Pittsburgh Pirates 62-68 -8.0 5. Cincinnati Reds 55-75 -15.0 CONSECUTIVE SAVE CHANCES CONVERTED, CUBS FRANCHISE HISTORY 1. Wade Davis 26 4/4/17-current Ryan Dempster 26 8/2/05-5/1/06 3. Hector Rondon 22 8/14/15-6/6/16 Joe Borowski 22 8/5/03-5/23/04 MOST HOME RUNS SINCE ASB 1. Baltimore Orioles...71 2. Chicago Cubs... 70 3. Texas Rangers...65 4. Cincinnati Reds...61 MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Giancarlo Stanton...164 2. Anthony Rizzo... 148 3. Paul Goldschmidt...142 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 1,214 2. Arizona Diamondbacks... 1,186 3. Washington Nationals... 1,139 4. Chicago Cubs... 1,122 5. New York Mets... 1,111 MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...524 2. New York Yankees...489 3. Chicago Cubs... 485 4. Cleveland Indians...476 Minnesota Twins...476 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...2.97 2. Chicago Cubs... 3.74 3. Arizona Diamondbacks...3.76 4. Pittsburgh Pirates...3.94 5. Milwaukee Brewers...4.02 A FINE EVENING: The Chicago Cubs today play the rubber match of a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies after last night defeating the Phillies, 17-2, thanks in part to six home runs and 7.0 innings of two-run ball from Kyle Hendricks Anthony Rizzo, who reached 30 homers and 90 RBI on the season, and Tommy La Stella both recorded multi-homer efforts while Hendricks became the first Cubs pitcher in 14 seasons to record two hits in an inning. Rizzo is now the only left-handed hitter in baseball to reach 30 homers each of the last four seasons, and is one of three batters overall, joining Seattle s Nelson Cruz and Cleveland s Edwin Encarnacion. Elias notes that Rizzo and La Stella are just the fourth duo in team history to each record at least three hits and two homers in a nine-inning game the others: Jimmy Ryan and Walk Wilmot, August 25, 1891 vs. Brooklyn; Randy Hundley and Adolfo Phillips, June 11, 1967 vs. the Mets; Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou, August 10, 2002 at Colorado. Hendricks recorded a single and a two-run double in last night s seven-run seventh inning to become the first Cubs pitcher to collect two hits in an inning since Carlos Zambrano did so on July 20, 2003 at Florida (3rd inn.). END OF THE ROAD: Today s contest closes out a six-game trip at the Reds (2-1) and Phillies (1-1) Chicago is looking for its third-straight series win on the road since first taking two-of-three in Arizona, August 11-13. The Cubs are 26-14 (.650) since the All-Star Break, the second-best mark in all of baseball behind the Dodgers (30-8,.789) the Cubs won 14 of their first 17 games out of the break and have been victorious in nine of their last 13. Chicago enters play today 10-games over.500 and 3.0 games ahead of the Brewers in the N.L. Central Division Chicago entered the All-Star Break staring at a 5.5-game deficit to the Brewers, but have gained 8.5 games over Milwaukee since the Break. The Cubs tomorrow begin a seven-game homestand with the first of three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates followed by four games against the Atlanta Braves. WINNING WAYS: The Cubs have won each of John Lackey s last eight starts dating to July 5 vs. Tampa Bay, with Lackey going 5-0 with a 4.15 ERA (20 ER/43.1 IP) in those outings Lackey s career-best winning streak is six games, done July 9- August 12, 2011, with Boston. BATS SINCE THE BREAK: Chicago leads the majors with 240 runs scored in the season s second half, while the team s 70 home runs rank second (Baltimore, 71) the Cubs.842 OPS since the All-Star Break also leads the majors, thanks to a.355 on-base percentage (third in the majors) and a.487 slugging mark (second) Chicago s.278 team average (391-for-1,405) ranks third. PLAYERS WEEKEND: All teams this weekend will participate in Players Weekend, a player-focused event that will include the players wearing colorful, non-traditional uniforms featuring alternate designs inspired by youth league uniforms players CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 69-59 At Wrigley Field:... 34-28 On the Road:... 35-31 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-16 June:... 15-13 July... 16-8 August:... 13-11 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,780-10,247 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,252-3,737 Leading Entering 6th:... 49-9 Tied Entering 6th:... 8-10 Trailing Entering 6th:... 12-40 Leading Entering 7th:... 52-5 Tied Entering 7th:... 8-9 Trailing Entering 7th:... 9-45 Leading Entering 8th:... 60-6 Tied Entering 8th:... 5-6 Trailing Entering 8th:... 4-47 Leading Entering 9th:... 59-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 6-2 Trailing Entering 9th:... 4-56 Scoring First:... 42-23 One-Run Games:... 20-14 Two-Run Games:... 10-15 Extra-Inning Games:... 4-2 Scoring Four or More:... 60-17 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 9-42 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 50-12 Hit Totals Equal:... 10-5 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 9-42 Hit at Least One HR:... 58-33 Hit Two or More HR:... 41-14 Playing Errorless Ball:... 41-25 Committing at Least One Error:... 28-34 will have the opportunity to have a nickname placed on the back of the jerseys made by Majestic Athletic, and may wear and use unique equipment. ROAD WARRIORS: Chicago has 15 road games and 19 home games remaining this season the Cubs have won 17 of their last 23 road games since July 2 the.739 road winning percentage in that span is second in the majors behind the Dodgers (17-5/.773). Prior to this 17-6 run on the road, Chicago started its campaign with an 18-25 mark away from the Friendly Confines. ARMS OUT OF THE PEN: Brian Duensing has stranded 24 of 29 inherited runners this season, allowing just 17.2 percent of the runners to score that s the fourth-best percentage among N.L. relievers Carl Edwards Jr. has limited opponents to a.129 batting average (22-for-171), the best mark among all N.L. relief pitchers and second among all relievers (Texas Keone Kela,.128). LEGEN WADE FOR IT DARY: Cubs closer Wade Davis on August 19 converted his franchise-record-tying 26th-consecutive save opportunity he and Ryan Dempster (26 straight from August 2, 2005-May 1, 2006) now share the all-time Cubs mark. Dating to September 3 of last season, Davis has locked down 32-straight save opportunities, now the longest active streak in the majors as Baltimore s Zach Britton on Wednesday night snapped his stretch of 60-consecutive save chances converted. Since becoming a full-time reliever on September 4, 2013, Davis has posted a 1.37 ERA (36 ER/236.1 IP), the lowest mark by far among all relief pitchers (Zach Britton is next closest with a 1.72 ERA) his rate of 0.27 HR/9 IP is also the lowest rate among all relief pitchers since his move to the bullpen in 2013. GLOVE LOVE: Anthony Rizzo enters today with a career-high 107-game errorless streak at first base dating to April 25 that s the longest errorless streak by a Cubs first baseman since Hall of Famer Ernie Banks had a 126-game errorless run at first base spanning the final 114 games of the 1969 season and the first 12 games of 1970 thanks to Ed Hartig for his research assistance. AUGUST IS THE HOTTEST MONTH: The Cubs rank third in the majors, and second in the N.L., with a.283 average (238-for-842) in the month of August since May, the Cubs have seen their monthly batting averages rise from.215 (May) to.241 (June) to.270 (July) to the current.283 August average. Anthony Rizzo (.344), Kris Bryant (.333) and Albert Almora Jr. (.326) are sporting averages above.300 in August Rizzo ranks tied for second with 23 RBI this month while Báez ranks fifth with 22 RBI Báez s seven homers rank tied for sixth. THE MVP S OBP: Kris Bryant has batted.359 (33-for-92) with eight doubles, five homers, 14 RBI and a.460 OBP in his last 25 games since July 29 he has reached base in each of his last 20 starts dating to August 3. THE REST OF THE WAY: Of the 34 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 20 are against teams currently owning a record at or below.500, or 59 percent of them the Cubs do not play a club currently with a winning record until September 8 vs. Milwaukee. The Cubs play 24 of their final 34 games against N.L. Central division foes, or 71 percent of them the Cubs are 30-22 vs. the N.L. Central, a.577 winning percentage, the best intra-divisional record of any N.L. Central team (Brewers are second at 27-25/.519). 20-HOMER CLUB: The Cubs have tied a franchise record with five players with at least 20 homers (Kris Bryant, Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber and Javier Báez), while Ian Happ homered Thursday night to reach 19 blasts on the season the club previously had five players with at least 20 homers in 1958, 2004 and 2008. Additionally, the Cubs have tied a major league record with four 20-homer seasons by players in their age 25 or younger season (Bryant, Contreras, Schwarber, Báez) previously done only by the 2007 Brewers and 1979 Expos Happ would also join this group with another home run. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sun., August 27 @PHI 12:35 p.m. CSN 670 The Score RHP John Lackey (10-9, 4.90) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (4-9, 6.73) Mon., August 28 PIT 7:05 p.m. WGN 670 The Score LHP Mike Montgomery (4-6, 3.43) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (5-6, 4.40) Tue., August 29 PIT 7:05 p.m. CSN+ 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (13-8, 3.49) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (6-9, 4.52) Wed., August 30 PIT 7:05 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (4-3, 4.50) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (11-11, 3.97)
AUGUST 27, 2017 PAGE 2 Today s Cubs Starter #41 RHP John Lackey (10-9, 4.90) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 11-8 3.35 29 29 0 0 188.1 146 74 70 23 53 180 2017 CUBS 10-9 4.90 24 24 0 0 136.0 139 79 74 31 44 118 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 186-144 3.93 441 440 18 8 2805.2 2836 1333 1224 314 806 2263 Last Time Out John allowed six runs in 5.0 innings, August 22 at Cincinnati, his most runs allowed since June 28 at Washington however took a no-decision as the Cubs rallied late for a 13-9 win the Cubs improved to 8-0 in his last eight starts. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 8/22 @CIN ND W, 13-9 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 93-60 4-6 2017 Season John today makes his 25th start of the season, and 14th on the road holding righthanded batters to a.241 average (66-for-274) lefties are hitting.289 (73-for-253). Is 5-0 with a 4.10 ERA (17 ER/37.1 IP) in seven starts since the All-Star Break The Cubs have won his last eight starts marks the longest winning streak by a team in games he has started in his career. Has allowed three or fewer earned runs in nine of his last 11 starts. Collected a win in a career-best five-straight starts, July 18-August 11, for the third time in his career (last done June 6-29, 2008). Allowed three or fewer hits in back-to-back starts, June 18-23 marked the third time in his career he has accomplished the feat. Has thrown first-pitch strikes to 65.3 percent of the batters he has faced, ranking in the top five in the National League. Has surrendered 2.05 homers per nine innings this season, the highest rate in the N.L. double his career average of 1.00 HR/9 allowed 0.97 HR/9 from 2015-16. Won three-straight games, April 29-May 16, posting a 3.86 ERA (10 ER/23.1 IP) in four starts during the stretch. Opponents are batting.309 (30-for-97) in the first inning and.253 (109-for-430) from the second inning on. Has gone at least 6.0 innings in 13 of his 24 starts, and at least 5.0 innings in all 24 starts has pitched at least 5.0 innings in 38-straight outings, the third-longest active streak in the N.L. Was placed on the disabled list July 6 with right foot plantar fasciitis did not miss a turn in the rotation thanks to the All-Star Break. Tossed quality starts in each of his first two outings this season, including one run in 6.0 innings, April 12 vs. the Dodgers struck out a season-high 10 batters. Career vs. Philadelphia John today makes his 11th-career start against the Phillies, and second this season allowed three runs in 5.0 innings, May 4 at Wrigley Field has allowed one run in 14.0 innings in his last two starts at Citizens Bank Park. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-0 5.40 1 1 5.0 9 3 3 1 0 6 Career 5-4 2.77 10 10 65.0 61 20 20 9 18 48 vs. Phillies Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Blanco (.000-3-0-0-0) Galvis (.235-17-4-0-0) Joseph (.200-5-1-0-0) Florimon (.143-7-1-0-0) Hernandez (.429-7-3-0-0) Rupp (.250-8-2-0-0) Franco (.273-11-3-1-2) Herrera (.385-13-5-0-1) Career Notes John is one of three active pitchers with at least 400 starts and 2,500 innings pitched, joining Bartolo Colon and CC Sabathia signed a two-year deal with the Cubs December 8, 2015 has appeared in 15 major league seasons with the Angels (2002-09), Red Sox (2010-11 and 13-14), Cardinals (2014-15) and Cubs (2016-17). Earned his 10th win of the season August 11 at Arizona now has 14 double-digit win seasons since 2003, the most in the majors during that span has posted 10 or more wins in every full season he has pitched since 2003. Has gone 15-8 with a 2.88 ERA (67 ER/209.2 IP) after the All-Star Break since the 2015 season. A three-time World Series champion (2002 with Angels, 2013 with Red Sox and 2016 with Cubs), he owns an 8-6 record with a 3.27 ERA (51 ER/140.1 IP) in 26 career post-season games, including 23 starts... the eight victories are tied for third-most among active pitchers, trailing only CC Sabathia and Jon Lester s nine victories... his 23 starts and 140.1 innings pitched lead active pitchers. His 2,805.2 innings pitched and 440 starts since the start of the 2002 campaign are third-most in the majors, his 186 victories rank third and his 2,263 strikeouts rank fifth. Earned All-Star honors in 2007 and has twice finished in the top-10 of the Cy Young voting, finishing third in 2007 and ninth in 2015. 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/6 @STL W, 6-4 6.0 6 4 3 2 7 98-66 6-4 First start of 2017 season 2. 4/12 LAD L, 2-0 6.0 4 1 1 3 10 106-70 0-1 22nd-career double-digit strikeout game 3. 4/17 MIL L, 6-3 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 93-62 3-4 Allowed home runs in first three innings 4. 4/23 @CIN L, 7-5 6.0 6 7 5 2 7 104-66 3-7 Third-straight defeat 5. 4/29 @BOS W, 7-4 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 93-67 6-4 Cubs scored three runs in the seventh APRIL: 2-3, 5.10 ERA (5 starts) 30.0 31 20 17 9 30 6. 5/4 PHI ND, W, 6-5 (13) 5.0+ 9 3 3 0 6 101-68 3-3, 2 on Did not walk a batter for first time in 2017 7. 5/9 @COL W, 8-1 7.0 4 0 0 2 10 105-76 7-0 Second-ever visiting pitcher w/ 7.0 IP, 0 R, 10 K at Coors Field 8. 5/16 CIN W, 9-5 5.1 7 3 3 2 3 104-67 5-3, 1 on Third-straight win 9. 5/22 SF L, 6-4 5.0 7 5 5 2 6 99-66 0-5 Snapped three-game winning streak 10. 5/27 @LAD L, 5-0 5.0 6 5 5 4 5 95-58 0-5 Allowed four runs in the fifth inning MAY: 2-2, 5.27 ERA (5 starts) 27.1 33 16 16 10 30 11. 6/2 STL ND, W, 3-2 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 99-62 2-2 Did not surrender a hit after the second inning 12. 6/7 MIA L, 6-5 6.0 7 5 5 0 6 94-57 3-5 Second start without issuing a walk 13. 6/12 @NYM L, 6-1 5.0 6 4 4 2 1 75-45 0-4 Allowed three home runs 14. 6/18 @PIT W, 7-1 6.0 2 1 1 3 4 95-56 6-1 Season-low two hits allowed 15. 6/23 @MIA L, 2-0 6.0 3 2 1 2 4 91-64 0-2 Second-straight start allowing three or fewer hits 16. 6/28 @WSH L, 8-4 5.1 9 8 8 2 2 92-54 3-7, 1 on Season-high eight runs allowed JUNE: 1-4, 5.35 ERA (6 starts) 35.1 31 22 21 11 23 17. 7/5 TB ND, W, 7-3 6.0 6 3 3 0 3 79-53 3-3 Snapped streak of nine-straight games allowing HR 18. 7/18 @ATL W, 5-1 5.0 5 1 1 2 1 86-51 5-1 Return from 10-day disabled list (plantar fasciitis) 19. 7/25 CWS W, 7-2 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 91-55 4-2 Plunked four batters (three in one inning) 20. 7/30 @MIL W, 4-2 6.0 5 2 2 2 7 82-54 3-2 Allowed a two-run homer JULY: 3-0, 3.27 ERA (4 starts) 22.0 21 8 8 6 16 21. 8/5 WSH W, 7-4 5.0 6 3 2 1 3 95-59 4-3 Fourth-straight win 22. 8/11 @ARI W, 8-3 5.1 4 3 3 3 7 85-53 5-3 Held D-backs scoreless through first 4.0 innings 23. 8/16 CIN ND, 7-6 W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 95-58 6-1 Left with a five-run lead but took a ND 24. 8/22 @CIN ND, 13-9 W 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 93-60 4-6 Cubs improved to 8-0 in his last eight starts At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.136 44 2 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 18 1 0 Career.110 227 6 25 7 0 0 8 18 0 0 9 92 1 0 LAST HIT: 8/17/17 @ NYM (single off Homer Bailey)... at-bats since then 0 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 2 (5x) last, 4/6/17 @ St. Louis MOST RBI: 1 (8x) last, 5/9/17 @ Colorado Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 8/11/17 @ ARI, 8-3 (5.1,4,3,3,3,7) Last Loss: 6/28/17 @ WSH, 8-4 (5.1,9,8,8,2,2) Last CG: 5/23/15 @ KC, 3-2 L (5.0,6,3,3,2,2) *Rain-Shortened Last Shutout: 9/10/09 vs. SEA, 3-0 (9.0,5,0,0,1,7) Low-Hit Complete Game: 1 7/7/06 @ OAK Most Strikeouts: 12 (2x) last, 6/26/13 vs. COL... also has six 11-K games and 15 10-K games (23 total double-digit strikeout games). Most Hits Allowed: 15 7/10/08 @ TEX Most Runs Allowed: 10 (2x) last, 6/8/15 @ COL Longest Winning Streak: 6 games 7/9-8/12/11 Longest Losing Streak: 5 games 6/20-7/23/16 Monday s Starter vs. Pittsburgh LHP Mike Montgomery (4-6, 3.43) Mike tomorrow makes his 10th start of the season and his fourth at home was inserted into the rotation after Jon Lester was placed on the disabled list August 18 and made the start in his last outing, August 23 at Cincinnati spun 6.0-scoreless innings in the Cubs 9-3 win as a starter, he has posted a 4.47 ERA (23 ER/46.1 IP). Is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA (1 ER/12.0 IP) in his last two starts dating to July 19 at the Braves. Opponents are hitting just.180 (16-for-89) with runners in scoring position. Will be his sixth appearance and first start against the Pirates did not allow a run in his first four outings against Pittsburgh before surrendering two runs in 3.0 innings, July 9 of this season at Wrigley Field overall he has a 2.70 ERA (2 ER/6.2 IP).
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.286, 5 HR, 30 RBI) Road Trip:.125 (1-8), R, RBI Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (15): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 9 Last HR: 8/9/17 @ SF (Madison Bumgarner) Career Bests: H 3 (4x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM; RBI 3 (2x), last 8/20/17 vs. TOR; R 2 (5x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM Albert is hitting.368 (14-for-38) with a homer and seven RBI in his last 15 games since August 7 is batting.333 (11- for-33) with six RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 76 games in center field (56 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are 34-22 when he starts in center field is batting.344 (31-for-90) off lefties and.252 (38-for-151) off righties is 20-for-61 (.328) with 15 RBI in his last 16 starts. Last night was 1-for-5 with a run and RBI August 20, delivered a three-run double in the third inning drove in a run and was 2-for-5 from the leadoff spot August 18 collected a career-high three RBI August 1, including his second GW RBI of the season went 102-straight games in the field before committing his first career error in center on July 28 had a career-high tying six-game hitting streak July 4-18 (.471/8-for-17). #13 ALEX AVILA C (.280, 3 HR, 13 RBI) Road Trip:.375 (6-16), 5 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 4 BB Current Streak: 2 games (3-8) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 6; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 17 Last HR: 8/17/17 vs. CIN (Scott Feldman) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 6/23/16 @ BOS; RBI 5, 4/6/11 @ BAL; R 4, 4/8/15 vs. MIN Alex has 13 RBI in his last 15 games, hitting safely in 11 of those contests batting.317 (13-for-41) with two homers, 11 RBI and a.941 OPS in his last 13 games since August 11 between Detroit and Chicago, hitting.286 (68-for-238) vs. righties and.194 (6-for-31) vs. lefties last night was 1-for-4 with two runs, a double, two RBI and a walk. Was 2-for-4 Friday drove in a run and was 1-for-4 with a run scored Wednesday Tuesday, was 2-for-3 with two runs, a RBI and two walks... was 2-for-4 with a double, homer, run scored and three RBI August 17. Hit his first homer as a Cub August 5 vs. Washington was acquired July 31 from the Tigers and joins his first N.L. club batted.274 (60-for-219) with 11 doubles, 11 homers and 32 RBI in 77 games with the Tigers this season his.871 OPS ranked second-highest among all catchers with at least 70 games played. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.270, 20 HR, 62 RBI) Road Trip:.300 (6-20), 4 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (29): 2-hit (23), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 22 Last HR: 8/18/17 vs. TOR (Tim Mayza) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3, 4/22/16 @ CIN Javy is hitting.292 (26-for-89) with seven homers, 22 RBI and an.899 OPS in 23 August games has homered in four of his last 13 games and has eight RBI in his last nine games has started at shortstop in the team s last 22 games since August 3, as Addison Russell is on the D.L. last night was 0-for-4 with two runs and a walk. Friday, was 1-for-3 with a walk Thursday, was 2-for-4 with a go-ahead RBI Tuesday, was 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored August 18, had two hits and three RBI (including a two-run homer) August 17, belted a solo homer to complete a back-to-back-to-back stretch with Alex Avila and Ian Happ hit his first-career insidethe-park home run August 17 in San Francisco 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 career high. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.289, 24 HR, 57 RBI) Road Trip:.308 (4-13), 5 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2B, 4 BB, HBP Current Streak: 3 games (4-10) Multi-Hit Games (31): 2-hit (18), 3-hit (11), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 25 Last HR: 8/26/17 @ PHI (Ben Lively) 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 has reached safely in each of his last 20 starts has hit safely in 20 of his last 25 games, and has 10 extra-base hits in his last 13 games leads the club in runs (86), walks (76) and OPS (.940) his.405 OBP is 20 points higher than his.385 OBP during his 2016 MVP season last night hit his 24th homer and finished 2-for-3 with three runs, a RBI and a walk was 1-for-4 with a walk on Friday. Tuesday, was 0-for-3 with a walk, run, RBI and hit by pitch (left hand) August 17, scored twice and belted a solo homer had an 11-game hitting streak August 3-14 (20-for-43/.465) reached safely in 16 of 20 plate apps. in four games, August 11-14, driving in a run and walking in each contest, the first Cub to do so since Derrek Lee in July of 2004. Hit his 20th homer of the season July 30 was ejected for the first time in his major-league career July 25. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.245, 19 HR, 46 RBI) Road Trip:.182 (2-11), HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 22 Last HR: 8/24/17 @ CIN (Sal Romano) Career Bests: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 4 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN; R 2 (6x), last 8/19/17 vs. TOR Ian has five homers in his last 10 games with an at-bat, including a go-ahead solo shot Thursday in Cincinnati 22 of his 46 RBI have come with two outs 34 of his 68 hits have been for extra bases (13 2B, 2 3B, 19 HR) has started games in center field (31), right field (5), left field (8) and second base (22). August 19 vs. Toronto, was 2-for-3 with two runs, a homer, two RBI and a walk August 17, recorded his third career multi-homer effort and was in the middle of a back-to-back-to-back homer effort with Alex Avila and Javier Báez in the fourth belted his first career pinch homer August 13 in Arizona his 13 homers before the All-Star Break were second-most by a Cubs rookie all-time led the Cubs with eight homers in June had a seven-game hitting streak (.429/12-for-28) June 20-26. #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.254, 8 HR, 44 RBI) Road Trip:.294 (5-17), R, 4 RBI, BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-8) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 22 Last HR: 7/29/17 @ MIL (Jared Hughes) 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 is hitting.278 (10-for-36) with seven runs, five RBI and a.366 OBP in his last 10 games hitting.265 (26-for-98) vs. lefties and.250 (61-for-244) vs. righties has made 79 starts in right field and 10 in center field Wednesday night was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a walk. Tuesday, tied a season high with three hits and also drove in two runs August 20, came off the bench and reached twice (BB and HBP), walked and scored a run went 3-for-4 with two doubles August 6, including his 1,000th-career hit in the eighth inning went 2-for-4 July 30 and hit a game-winning solo homer in the 11th inning July 29 robbed Ryan Braun of a home run July 28. 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 (.284, 2 HR, 25 RBI) Road Trip:.294 (5-17), 5 R, 2B, BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 14 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 has reached base multiple times in nine of his last 16 starts, and has reached safely in each of his last 14 games hitting.294 (5-for-17) with five runs in his last five games following a 0-for-14 skid in five six games, August 15-20 batted.328 (21-for-64) with a.434 OBP in 19 games from July 24-August 14. Thursday singled as a pinch-hitter in the ninth, but was caught stealing Wednesday night was 2-for-5 with two runs from the top of the order August 14, was 3-for-5 with three runs, a double, a triple, a RBI and a walk reached in seven-straight plate appearances spanning three games, July 22-24 had a season-high four hits July 24, including a double made his first-career pitching appearance July 6 (1.0 IP, 1 H) hit a pinch-hit, gametying three-run homer July 5, his second in three games. #2 TOMMY LA STELLA INF (.310, 5 HR, 15 RBI) Road Trip:.400 (4-10), 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, BB Current Streak: 1 game (3-5) Multi-Hit Games (5): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 8/26/17 @ PHI (Yacksel Rios) Career Bests: H 3 (9x), last 8/26/17 @ PHI; RBI 4, 8/26/17 @ PHI; R 3, 4/24/16 @ CIN Tommy last night set career marks with his first career multi-homer game and four RBI has three homers in his last three games dating to July 8 he is 13-for-32 (.406) with 11 RBI, six walks (.487 OBP) and a 1.362 OPS in his last 18 major league games has batted.318 (7-for-22) with seven walks and two HBP as a pinch-hitter this season (.516 OBP) was recalled August 6 for his fourth stint with the Cubs. Wednesday, belted his third homer of the season and tied his career mark with three RBI August 16, delivered a two-out RBI pinch double in the sixth August 14, was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI his pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth June 29 in Washington set the table for Jon Jay s game-winning two-run double the next atbat, as Tommy scored the game-winning run. AUGUST 27, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. PHILLIES RHP NICK PIVETTA Rene Rivera....000 3 0 0 0 CUBS AT CITIZENS BANK PARK Albert Almora Jr.....182 11 2 0 2 Alex Avila....400 10 4 1 3 Javier Baez....300 30 9 0 3 Kris Bryant....410 39 16 3 10 Ian Happ....000 4 0 0 0 Jason Heyward....236 148 35 4 17 Jon Jay....195 82 16 0 4 Tommy La Stella....333 27 9 2 9 Rene Rivera....125 32 4 0 2 Anthony Rizzo....293 58 17 4 10 Kyle Schwarber....227 22 5 4 5 Ben Zobrist....333 24 8 2 3 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....600 5 3 0 8 Alex Avila....286 14 4 0 9 Javier Baez....500 4 2 1 7 Kris Bryant....200 10 2 0 4 Ian Happ....600 5 3 1 7 Jason Heyward....556 9 5 0 8 Jon Jay....143 7 1 0 2 Tommy La Stella....000 1 0 0 2 Rene Rivera....000 4 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....400 15 6 1 18 Kyle Schwarber....286 7 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist....125 8 1 0 5 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....571 7 4 0 9 Alex Avila....230 74 17 1 54 Javier Baez....235 17 4 3 17 Kris Bryant....182 33 6 3 26 Ian Happ....600 5 3 1 7 Jason Heyward....241 83 20 2 56 Jon Jay....322 59 19 0 54 Tommy La Stella....467 15 7 0 20 Rene Rivera....174 23 4 0 13 Anthony Rizzo....319 69 22 3 67 Kyle Schwarber....273 11 3 1 9 Ben Zobrist....301 103 31 6 107 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....333 33 11 0 6 Alex Avila....375 16 6 0 2 Javier Baez....000 5 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 1 0 0 0 Ian Happ....182 11 2 1 1 Jason Heyward....000 2 0 0 0 Jon Jay....364 33 12 1 7 Tommy La Stella....318 22 7 0 3 Rene Rivera....000 2 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....000 2 0 0 0 Kyle Schwarber....182 11 2 1 1 Ben Zobrist....333 15 5 1 4 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....279 43 12 0 6 Alex Avila....224 49 11 1 9 Javier Baez....172 29 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....250 4 1 0 2 Ian Happ....182 11 2 1 1 Jason Heyward....269 26 7 0 5 Jon Jay....296 125 37 3 17 Tommy La Stella....250 72 18 0 7 Kyle Schwarber....100 20 2 1 1 Rene Rivera....080 25 2 1 3 Anthony Rizzo....083 12 1 0 1 Ben Zobrist....196 56 11 4 13
AUGUST 27, 2017 PAGE 4 #7 RENÉ RIVERA C (.229, 8 HR, 23 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-2), BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-2) Multi-Hit Games (9): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 8/16/17 vs. NYY (Jaime Garcia) Career Bests: H 3 (12x), last 5/3/17 @ ATL; RBI 5, 4/28/14 @ SF; R 2 (11x), last 6/25/17 @ SF Rene was claimed off waivers from the Mets on August 19 and on August 20 made his Cubs debut, going 1-for-3 with a run scored batted.230 (40-for-174) with four doubles, eight homers and 23 RBI in 54 games for the Mets this season, and threw out 10 of 31 (32 percent) of runners attempting to steal. Since making his big league debut with Seattle in 2004, has thrown out 97 of 301 runners attempting to steal, good for a 32.2 percent success rate his eight homers this season are the second-most in his career, eclipsed only by his 11 homers in 2014 with San Diego. #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.275, 30 HR, 90 RBI) Road Trip:.421 (8-19), 8 R, 2 HR, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 4 BB, HBP Current Streak: 2 games (5-8) Multi-Hit Games (33): 2-hit (24), 3-hit (9), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 16; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 30 Last HR: 8/26/17 @ PHI (Ben Lively) 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 is hitting.426 (20-for-47) with five doubles, four homers, 19 RBI and a 1.296 OPS in his last 12 games has 73 walks compared to 72 strikeouts on the season has a.455 OBP in his last 30 games (has reached at least three times in 11 of those) is one of three Cubs lefties all-time with four 25-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. Last night recorded his 16th career multi-homer game and drove in five runs while scoring three times, finishing 3-for-5 Friday, was 2-for-3 with a walk Tuesday night reached five times, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a double, a RBI, two walks and a hit by pitch (also played third base in the ninth first left-handed Cubs third baseman since George Decker in 1895). August 16, belted his third career grand slam, a first pitch blast off Homer Bailey in the first collected his second multi-homer game of the season and 15th of his career August 1 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. #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.199, 22 HR, 44 RBI) Road Trip:.167 (4-24), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (14): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 11; GW RBI 8; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: 8/25/17 @ PHI (Jerad Eickhoff) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (4x), last 7/27/17 @ CWS; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle on Friday hit his 22nd second homer of the season, extending his career high has a.247 average (18-for-73) with a.345 OBP and.825 OPS in August hitting.248 (32-for-129) with 10 homers and an.875 OPS since returning from Iowa, July 6 reached safely in eight-straight plate appearances through August 16 s fifth inning after striking out in his previous eight PAs batted.343 with four homers in 11 games during his stay with Iowa has made 83 starts in left field, and has appeared at catcher (3 games) and first base (1). Wednesday night hit his 21st homer of the season and drove in three runs August 17, tied his season high with three hits and belted his 20th homer of the season, extending his career high recorded a career-high tying 11 total bases, July 27 at the White Sox, as he went 3-for-4 with a triple and his fourth-career multi-homer game tied a career-high with four RBI hit a game-tying, moonshot homer July 23 hit a two-run homer June 14 measured at 467-feet. 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 to STATS Inc. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.231, 9 HR, 38 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (5-15), HR, 2 R, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 BB Current Streak: 3 games (4-10) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 12 Last HR: 8/26/17 @ PHI (Yacksel Rios) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (4x), last 6/9/12 @ MIA Ben has an extra-base hit in four of his last five games, including a two-run pinch homer last night has made 29 starts in the leadoff spot this season (Cubs are 18-11 in those games), hitting.261 (31-for-119) with seven doubles, two triples, four homers and 14 RBI from the top spot hitting.258 (32-for-124) with a.340 OBP since the Break after hitting.214 (45-for-210) with a.307 OBP in the first half. Thursday, was 2-for-4 with a double from the top of the order Tuesday night delivered a go-ahead two-run pinch double with two outs in the seventh and finished with three RBI. 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. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (5)... 5 0 0 0 Alex Avila (3)... 1 2 0 0 Javier Baez (20)... 9 8 2 1 Kris Bryant (24)... 18 5 1 0 Ian Happ (19)... 14 3 1 1 Jason Heyward (8)... 4 2 2 0 Jon Jay (2)... 1 0 1 0 Tommy La Stella (5)... 3 2 0 0 Rene Rivera (8)... 6 2 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (30)... 16 8 5 1 Kyle Schwarber (22)... 15 3 3 1 Ben Zobrist (9)... 5 3 1 0 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (7)... 5 2 0 0 Alex Avila (5)... 4 1 0 0 Javier Baez (18)... 11 6 0 1 Kris Bryant (11)... 7 3 1 0 Ian Happ (12)... 8 1 3 0 Jason Heyward (13)... 9 2 2 0 Jon Jay (3)... 2 1 0 0 Tommy La Stella (3)... 1 1 1 0 Rene Rivera (4)... 2 2 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (25)... 15 4 4 2 Kyle Schwarber (9)... 4 3 2 0 Ben Zobrist (7)... 6 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (187)... 114 46 22 5 Opponents (157)... 97 40 18 3 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: Ben Zobrist, 8/26/17 @ Philadelphia (Yacksel Rios) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Javier Báez, 8/7/17 @ San Francisco (Matt Moore) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jon Lester, 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (13): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL, 8/3 vs. ARI & 8/6 vs. WSH; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF, 8/1 vs. ARI & 8/26 @ PHI; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL & 7/2 @ CIN; Schwarber, 7/27 @ CWS; La Stella, 8/26 @ PHI 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (5): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Happ, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 8/16 vs. CIN 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 (9): Russell & Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo & Happ, 6/14 @ NYM; Happ & Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras & Schwarber, 7/14 @ BAL; Contreras & Schwarber, 8/6 vs. WSH; Schwarber & Avila, 8/11 @ AZ; Baez & Happ, 8/13 @ AZ; Bryant & Rizzo, 8/14 vs. CIN & 8/26 @ PHI; Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (1): Avila, Happ & Baez, 8/17 vs. CIN Pitchers Hitting Homers (3): Arrieta, 6/17 @ PIT; Montgomery, 7/19 @ ATL; Lester, 8/1 vs. ARI 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 Avila 3/14 21.4% 0 0 4.58 (57 ER/112.0 IP) Caratini 1/7 14.3% 0 0 2.53 (19 ER/67.2 IP) Contreras 17/66 25.8% 5 6 4.02 (323 ER/724.0 IP) Montero 0/31 0.0% 0 0 4.35 (104 ER/215.1 IP) Rivera 0/1 0.0% 0 0 4.50 (9 ER/18.0 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 3.60 (2 ER/5.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (7): Hendricks (3), Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery, Quintana CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Jay 32 (17-15), Zobrist 29 (18-11), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 6 (3-3), Heyward 4 (2-2), Almora Jr. 3 (2-1), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Szczur 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 91 (49-42), Schwarber 16 (9-7), Happ 10 (5-5), La Stella 4 (2-2), Almora 3 (1-2), Jay 2 (2-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 89 (48-41), Bryant 26 (14-12), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), Zobrist 2 (2-0) 4 Zobrist 41 (20-21), Contreras 29 (18-11), Rizzo 21 (12-9), Russell 15 (9-6), Happ 13 (7-6), Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Bryant 1 (0-1), Schwarber 1 (0-1) 5 Russell 28 (14-14), Happ 22 (12-10), Schwarber 20 (13-7), Heyward 19 (10-9), Contreras 9 (6-3), Montero 8 (1-7), Zobrist 6 (3-3), Avila 4 (3-1), Jay 3 (0-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Almora 2 (2-0), Baez 2 (2-0), Caratini 2 (1-1), La Stella 1 (0-1) 6 Heyward 32 (15-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 16 (11-5), Baez 11 (5-6), Happ 11 (8-3), Russell 10 (7-3), Avila 7 (5-2), La Stella 7 (3-4), Schwarber 5 (2-3), Montero 4 (4-0), Jay 2 (0-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 2 (1-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 7 Baez 37 (18-19), Heyward 32 (19-13), Contreras 20 (7-13), Montero 13 (8-5), Russell 8 (5-3), Almora 7 (5-2), Jay 3 (2-1), La Stella 3 (2-1), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Happ 1 (0-1), Rivera 1 (1-0) 8 Baez 37 (22-15), Russell 18 (10-8), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Hendricks 7 (5-2), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Montgomery 4 (1-3), Jay 3 (2-1), Avila 2 (0-2), Caratini 2 (2-0), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Happ 1 (1-0), Rivera 1 (0-1) 9 Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 19 (12-7), Arrieta 13 (6-7), Lester 13 (7-6), Lackey 12 (9-3), Baez 10 (4-6), Hendricks 10 (4-6), Quintana 7 (3-4), Schwarber 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Quintana 6 (3-3), Montgomery 4 (2-2), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0) C Contreras 78 (41-37), Montero 28 (14-14), Avila 13 (8-5), Caratini 7 (5-2), Rivera 2 (1-1) 1B Rizzo 124 (67-57), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Contreras 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 49 (29-20), Zobrist 50 (28-22), Happ 22 (9-13), La Stella 7 (3-4) 3B Bryant 110 (59-51), La Stella 8 (4-4), Candelario 7 (5-2), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 81 (47-34), Baez 47 (22-25) LF Schwarber 83 (41-42), Jay 24 (13-11), Zobrist 9 (5-4), Happ 8 (7-1), Contreras 3 (2-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 56 (34-22), Happ 33 (19-14), Jay 28 (12-16), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 79 (44-35), Zobrist 21 (10-11), Jay 11 (7-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 5 (1-4), Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P Arrieta 26 (14-12), Lester 26 (14-12), Lackey 24 (15-9), Hendricks 18 (9-9), Butler 11 (6-5), Montgomery 9 (4-5), Quintana 8 (4-4), Anderson 6 (3-3) DH Schwarber 7 (5-2), Jay 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 86 74 51 84 64 68 78 73 55 6 639 OPP. 98 61 51 66 56 53 47 78 53 4 568 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (18) Jason Heyward (6), Kyle Schwarber (6), Albert Almora (3), Jon Jay (2), Ian Happ (1)
Cubs Pitching AUGUST 27, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 49-39 4.25 1 703.2 674 371 332 99 244 650 Relievers 20-20 3.74 31 438.1 349 197 182 59 206 472 SEASON TOTALS 69-59 4.05 1/31 1,142.0 1023 568 514 158 450 1,122 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 8/20 vs. TOR 1.0,0,0,0,2,1 8/16/17 vs. CIN 8/19/17 vs. TOR 9/15/15 @ CLE 26/26 45/35 1/1 Brian Duensing 8/26 @ PHI 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 8/24/17 @ CIN 0/1 55/46 29/5 Carl Edwards Jr. 8/24 @ CIN-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,2 7/7/17 vs. PIT 10/2/16 @ CIN 8/24/17 @ CIN 0/3 58/40 27/7 Felix Peña 8/26 @ PHI 1.0,1,0,0,0,1 6/29/17 @ WSH 9/27/16 @ PIT 8/19/17 vs. TOR 0/0 13/10 4/3 Hector Rondon 8/23 @ CIN 1.0,3,3,3,0,1 8/1/17 vs. ARI 7/24/16 @ MIL 8/19/17 vs. TOR 0/3 51/39 23/10 Pedro Strop 8/24 @ CIN-BS,L 1.0,3,3,3,2,1 7/5/17 vs. TB 9/19/15 vs. STL 8/13/17 @ AZ 0/3 56/42 33/11 Koji Uehara 8/25 @ PHI 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 7/14/17 @ BAL 6/4/17 vs. STL 7/17/17 @ ATL 2/5 46/28 9/4 Justin Wilson 8/25 @ PHI 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 6/15/17 vs. TB 7/29/17 vs. HOU 8/11/17 @ AZ 13/16 53/36 16/4 2017 TOTALS 31/46 (.674) 398/289 (.726) 165/57 (.345) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (3-1, 2.27 ERA, 26 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 58-38, 73 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 8/20 vs. TOR MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 8/16/17 vs. CIN (7-6) LAST SV: 8/19/17 vs. TOR (4-3) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted a franchise record tying 26- straight save chances to begin his Cubs career has converted his last 31 since September of last year with Kansas City. Secured his 26th save of the season August 19 vs. Toronto, working a perfect ninth has a 1.73 ERA (5 ER/26.0 IP) in his 26 save chances. Has the most saves without a blown save in baseball this season. Has allowed three homers in August after allowing one in his first 37 games. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-1, 2.41 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 42-38, 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 13 and struck out 55 in 55 games (52.1 IP) in his last 50 contests since April 24, has pitched to a 1.53 ERA (8 ER/47.0 IP) and averaged 9.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (48 SO) had 16.1-scoreless inning streak snapped August 9, one inning shy of his career high done in 2010 (17.1) streak had been active since June 22. Last night tossed a scoreless eighth inning, allowing one hit. Thursday, stranded three inherited runners and retired his lone batter faced (Jesse Winker) to get out of a bases loaded, two out jam in the sixth. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (3-3, 3.45 ERA, 0 SV, 19 Holds) CAREER: 3-4, 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 pitched to a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) with one walk and 12 strikeouts in his last nine outings after posting a 7.45 ERA (16 ER/19.1 IP) with 19 walks and 28 strikeouts in 22 games from June 14-August 6 has held opponents to a.043 average (1-for-23) in his last nine contests. Struck out two and tossed a scoreless seventh inning Thursday to pick up his 19th hold of the year. Picked up his 18th hold this season with a scoreless seventh inning Tuesday night in Cincinnati used 12 pitches. #60 FELIX PEÑA RHP (1-0, 5.14 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Holds) CAREER: 1-0, 1 SV MOST IP, 2017: 3.2 5/6 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 3.2 5/6/17 vs. NYY LAST WIN: 6/29/17 @ WSH (5-4) LAST SV: 9/27/16 @ PIT Felix was recalled from Triple-A Iowa prior to August 18 s game and is in his fifth stint with the team this season (also May 5-13, May 23-28, June 10-July 4 and July 22-23) last night, tossed a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit and striking out one. Struck out the side August 19 in his first outing with the Cubs since June 29 tied a career-high with three strikeouts. Has gone 2-1 with six saves and a 5.54 ERA (24 ER/39.0 IP) in 24 relief appearances with Iowa this season has 46 strikeouts in 39.0 IP. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (4-1, 5.03 ERA, 0 SV, 10 Holds) CAREER: 18-13, 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: 8/1/17 vs. WSH (16-4) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 51 appearances, allowing 46 hits in 184 at-bats (.250) while walking 20 and striking out 57 posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games from June 18-July 19 prior to allowing four runs in 0.0 IP (4 BF) July 21 vs. St. Louis, tagged with a blown save. Pitched Wednesday night s ninth inning, allowing a career-high three solo homers. Stranded three inherited runners and retired his lone batter faced to end Tuesday night s sixth inning. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (3-4, 3.44 ERA, 0 SV, 16 Holds) CAREER: 18-24, 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.204 batting average (37-for-181) has walked 21 and struck out 53 in 56 games (49.2 IP) posted a 1.52 ERA (5 ER/29.2 IP) and a 1.01 WHIP in 33 games from May 17-August 7 has allowed runs in four of his last seven games (9.00 ERA) since August 9. Thursday night, suffered a blown save and the loss after allowing three runs on three hits and two walks, all coming with two outs in the eighth. August 20, spun a scoreless eighth vs. Toronto, striking out two. August 11 became the first Cub in franchise history to reach 100 holds with the Cubs, retiring all four batters faced to preserve Chicago s lead. #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (3-4, 3.76 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 on August 20 was activated from the 10-day D.L. (right neck strain) after he landed on the shelf, August 9 allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in August 20 s 10th inning, his first action since August 8 has pitched scoreless ball in 34 of his 46 outings. Friday night struck out one in a scoreless seventh inning. Wednesday night tossed a scoreless eighth innings (2 SO). Surrendered one homer in 33 games before the All-Star Break (29.2 IP), but has allowed four in 11.0 innings in 13 games in the second half. #37 JUSTIN WILSON LHP (1-0, 4.70 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 22-14, 14 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.2 IP, 7/9 @ CLE MOST IP, CAREER: 3.1 4/15/13 vs. STL LAST WIN: 8/20/17 vs. TOR (6-5, 10 inn.) LAST SV: 7/29/17 vs. HOU (5-3) Justin was acquired by Chicago July 31 from Detroit, along with catcher Alex Avila, for infielders Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes and a PTBNL/cash went 3-4 with a 2.68 ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP), 15 saves and eight holds in 42 games with the Tigers. Has spun three-straight scoreless outings (2.1 IP), including a scoreless sixth inning Friday night, after allowing runs in five of his first seven outings with Chicago. Wednesday night tossed a scoreless seventh inning, striking out one. Held opponents to a.157 average while with the Tigers limited hitters to a.242 on-base percentage and a.321 slugging mark. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 15, 8/26 @ PHI (17-2)... 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) 17, 8/26 @ PHI... Most Runs... 14, 7/9 vs. PIT 7 (3x), last 8/26 @ PHI (7th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 10, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 17 (4x), last 8/14 vs. CIN... Most Hits... 15 (2x), last 5/9 @ COL 7, 8/26 @ PHI (7th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 7, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 2 (5x), last 6/27 @ WSH... Fewest Hits... 3 (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL 6 (2x), last 8/26 @ PHI... Most Home Runs... 5, 8/3 vs. ARI 4, 8/17 vs. CIN... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 3, 8/23 @ CIN (9th) 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 (2x), last 8/17 vs. CIN... 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: 23 (Cubs 10, Reds 13)... 8/17 vs. CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 8, (Cubs 6, Reds 2)... 8/17 vs. CIN 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 (2x)... 6/2-8 & 7/25-8/1 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3...6/23-25 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 5/31-6/5 Consecutive Games With An Error: 5...6/14-19 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: 6 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, 7/14-16 @ BAL, 7/17-19 @ ATL, 8/18-20 vs. TOR; 2 G, 7/26-27 @ CWS) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo... 6/6-20 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (9x), last Jay... 7/24 vs. CWS Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Doubles: 2 (17x), last Rizzo... 8/17 vs. CIN Most Triples: 1 (22x), last Zobrist... 8/17 vs. CIN Most RBI: 6, Contreras... 8/3 vs. ARI 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: 1, Hendricks... 8/26 @ PHI (7th) PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 5, Lackey... 7/18-current Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey... 5/22-6/12 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1 (2x), Floro & Montgomery... 5/9 @ COL & 8/17 vs. CIN 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: 26, 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 (5x), last Rondon... 8/23 @ CIN 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: 36 High-Water Mark: 11 games (68-57) Losses after Leading: 28 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 12 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: 5 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI, 8/16 vs. CIN, 8/20 vs. TOR)