CUBS VS. DODGERS The Cubs and Dodgers play six games, spanning two series this season Chicago took two-of-three from Los Angeles at Wrigley, April 10-13 Chicago won last year s season series, 4-3, after having dropped the previous four season series from 2012-15 this is Chicago s earliest visit to Dodger Stadium in a season since the teams met here May 2-4, 2011 (Cubs went 2-1). 2017 Overall:... 2-3 At Wrigley Field:... 2-1 At Dodger Stadium:... 0-2 2016 Overall:... 4-3 At Wrigley Field:... 3-1 At Dodger Stadium:... 1-2 All-Time Since 1890:... 1,036-1,048 At Wrigley Field:... 409-402 At Dodger Stadium (since 1962):.. 128-168 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (1) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed LHP Brett Anderson 5/7 5/17 18 (Low back strain) UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 400 Games Pitched... Pedro Strop (4) HIGHEST AVG AS PINCH-HITTER, 2017 (MIN. 10 PLATE APPEARANCES) 1. Adam Lind, WSH....533 (8-15) 2. Jon Jay, CHI....500 (8-16) 3. Albert Almora Jr., CHI....455 (5-11) 4. Alexi Amarista, COL....455 (5-11) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Anthony Rizzo... 129 2. Giancarlo Stanton... 127 3. Nolan Arenado... 123 Paul Goldschmidt... 123 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 225 2. Los Angeles Dodgers... 213 3. St. Louis Cardinals... 210 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 472 2. Arizona Diamondbacks... 466 3. Chicago Cubs... 439 4. New York Mets... 429 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 2.81 2. Cincinnati Reds... 3.20 3. Chicago Cubs... 3.27 4. Arizona Diamondbacks... 3.74 MOST PITCHES PER PLATE APP., NL, 2017 1. Anthony Rendon, WSH... 4.50 2. Kyle Schwarber, CHI... 4.41 3. Matt Carpenter, STL... 4.40 4. Jayson Werth, WSH... 4.37 SIMPLY GRAND! Cubs manager Joe Maddon owns a 1,006-875 (.535) managerial record in his time guiding the Angels (twice in an interim role), Tampa Bay and the Cubs he is the eighth active manager to reach the 1,000-win milestone, joining: Bruce Bochy, Dusty Baker, Mike Scioscia, Buck Showalter, Terry Francona, Clint Hurdle and Ned Yost. Chicago Cubs (25-23) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (30-20) May 28, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 49 Road Game No. 24 LHP Jon Lester (3-2, 3.19) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.01) DODGE, DUCK, DIP, DIVE AND DODGE: The Chicago Cubs today play the final contest of a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers after dropping the first two contests by scores of 4-0 and 5-0 Chicago aims to avoid its first three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium since August of 2012 this is the third of a six-game trip to Los Angeles (0-2) and San Diego (three games, beginning tomorrow). Chicago has dropped two-straight games but is 7-4 in its last 11 games this 11- game run follows a 2-7 stretch from May 5-14 prior to that, the team won 10 of 15 games from April 18 through May 4. Chicago is 9-6-1 in 16 series thus far the club won six of its first seven series to begin a season for just the fifth time since 1916 the team also turned the trick in 1932, 1938, 1995 and 2016. The Cubs have a 15-11 record within their division and are 10-12 outside of the division the Cubs are 24-18 vs. the N.L. and 1-5 vs. the A.L. this year. Chicago this weekend joins the rest of MLB in wearing special Memorial Day uniforms. THIS WILL BE QUITE THE MATCH-UP: Today s series finale will feature Jon Lester going up against fellow southpaw Clayton Kershaw the two have combined for a 282-148 career record (.656) with a 2.93 ERA (1,267 ER/3,897.1 IP) in 602 games, all but three in a starting role the duo has combined for 3,915 strikeouts compared to just 1,150 walks the two have also combined for 10 MLB All-Star Game nods (Kershaw 6, Lester 4). This marks the first time Lester will toe the rubber opposing Kershaw Lester ranks second among active lefties with 149 career wins while Kershaw is fourth with 133 Lester s 2,065.2 innings is third among active lefties with Kershaw fourth at 1,831.2 innings Kershaw s 1,990 strikeouts are third among active lefties, with Lester fourth at 1,925 punchouts. TIDBITS: Cubs batters have been hit by a pitch a N.L.-high 25 times, including each of the first two games of this Dodgers series according to Fangraphs, Mike Montgomery has thrown 521 pitches, the most of any reliever in the majors (San Diego s Craig Stammen is second at 518) and Wade Davis soft contact percentage of 35.9 leads all N.L. relievers. THE ROAD IS SOMETIMES BUMPY: The Cubs have been shut out in each of the first two games of this Dodgers series and for the fourth time in the last six road games dating to May 10 in Colorado Chicago has been held scoreless on the road in their last 29 innings at-bat since scoring in the seventh inning, May 13 in St. Louis. The Cubs have managed just three or fewer runs and six or fewer hits in each of their last six road games since May 10 in Colorado that s Chicago s longest such stretch on the road since six-straight games with no more than three runs and six hits, May 12-17, 1981, at Cincinnati and Houston. Prior to this six-game road stretch, in which the Cubs are batting.132 (24-for- CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 25-23 At Wrigley Field:... 14-11 On the Road:... 11-12 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-12 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,736-10,211 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,232-3,721 Leading Entering 6th:... 18-4 Tied Entering 6th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 6th:... 6-17 Leading Entering 7th:... 20-2 Tied Entering 7th:... 1-3 Trailing Entering 7th:... 4-18 Leading Entering 8th:... 22-2 Tied Entering 8th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 8th:... 2-19 Leading Entering 9th:... 21-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 2-1 Trailing Entering 9th:... 2-21 Scoring First:... 14-7 One-Run Games:... 8-7 Two-Run Games:... 3-5 Extra-Inning Games:... 2-2 Scoring Four or More:... 21-8 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 4-15 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 16-5 Hit Totals Equal:... 4-1 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 5-17 Hit at Least One HR:... 19-12 Hit Two or More HR:... 16-4 Playing Errorless Ball:... 12-9 Committing at Least One Error:... 13-14 182) with six runs scored (1.0 run per game), the team batted.256 (158-for-618) with 98 runs (5.8 runs per game) in its first 17 road contests. WHY MUST YOU SHUT ME OUT?: The Cubs have been shut out in two-straight games for the first time since May 27-28, 2014, at San Francisco Chicago was last blanked in three-straight games during a four-game stretch, April 27-May 1, 1992, at Atlanta (three games) and at Cincinnati (one game). Prior to these two games in Los Angeles, the Cubs had scored 59 runs in their recent nine-game homestand, an average of 6.6 runs per game. ABOUT THE BULLPEN: The Cubs bullpen has combined for 9.0-straight scoreless innings in the team s last three games Wade Davis (0.98 ERA) and Carl Edwards Jr. (1.00 ERA) are one of two relief duos to sport ERAs of 1.00 or lower with at least 15.0 IP this season Cleveland s Nick Goody (0.00 ERA) and Andrew Miller (0.36 ERA) have also turned the trick. Mike Montgomery s save on Thursday marked the first time in 20 years that a Cubs pitcher had earned a save in which he pitched at least 4.0 innings and allowed no runs Kent Bottenfield had previously turned the trick, July 4, 1997, at Philadelphia. FAMILIAR WITH THE BASEPATHS: Ben Zobrist, who on Friday celebrated his 36th birthday, has reached base safely in 23-straight games dating to April 28 the 23-game stretch is the second-longest active streak in baseball (Seattle s Mitch Haniger is at 25 games) and is his longest streak since a 23-game run in 2011 his career mark is 31-straight games spanning the 2009-10 campaigns. Zobrist is the fifth Cub since 2010 to go at least 23-straight games reaching safely last season, Anthony Rizzo enjoyed a 26-game stretch. RIZZ AT THE DISH: Anthony Rizzo has hit.3516 (12-for-38) with nine runs, a double, five homers, nine RBI, six walks (compared to two strikeouts) and a 1.172 OPS in his last 11 games since May 16 the three-time All-Star had hit.104 (5-for-48) in his previous 13 contests heading into this stretch Rizzo has gone 28-straight plate appearances without a strikeout, the third-longest active streak in the majors (Buster Posey leads, 51). Rizzo s two home runs Wednesday night off southpaw Matt Moore were his third and fourth off a lefty this season his 33 homers off lefty pitching since 2013 lead all N.L. left-handed hitters Joey Votto is second with 30 such homers, followed by Jay Bruce (27). STARTING STUFF: Tuesday (Jon Lester 9.0 inning complete game) and Wednesday (Kyle Hendricks 7.0 IP) marked the first time this season Cubs starters went 7.0 innings in consecutive games prior to Tuesday, Chicago s starters had reached 7.0 innings in just four of the club s first 43 games to start the campaign. FLEXING SOME MUSCLE: Beginning with the nightcap of May 9 s twinbill in Colorado, the Cubs have hit 26 home runs in their last 16 games, with the 26 blasts in that span ranking second-most in the N.L. behind Arizona (32). CLOSING TIME: Wade Davis on April 18 recorded his 50th career save, has converted his first 10 save opportunities this season and his last 16 dating to September of last year with the Royals. Davis Wednesday night allowed a two-run homer to Mac Williamson, snapping a stretch of 64.1 homerless innings that dated to September 24, 2015 last night also marked Davis first earned runs allowed this season he had gone 18-straight appearances to begin the season without an unearned run allowed, the longest stretch to begin a season for a Cubs reliever since Les Lancaster did not surrender an earned run in his first 20 relief appearances in 1989 (30.2 IP). FIRST THINGS FIRST: Cubs pitchers have allowed 45 earned runs in the first inning this season, translating to an 8.44 ERA in the opening frame the starting rotation has a 3.44 ERA (83 ER/217.1 IP) in the second inning and later. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sun., May 28 @LA 3:10 p.m. CSN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (3-2, 3.19) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.01) Mon., May 29 @SD 3:40 p.m. ABC 7 670 The Score RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-2, 3.25) vs. RHP Jarred Cosart (0-1, 4.50) Tues., May 30 @SD 9:10 p.m. CSN+ 670 The Score RHP Eddie Butler (2-0, 1.93) vs. RHP Dinelson Lamet (1-0, 1.80) Wed., May 31 @SD 2:40 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (5-4, 4.92) vs. RHP Luis Perdomo (0-2, 5.61)
MAY 28, 2017 PAGE 2 Today s Cubs Starter #34 LHP Jon Lester (3-2, 3.19) 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 3-2 3.19 10 10 1 0 62.0 57 26 22 5 21 64 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 149-86 3.43 327 326 15 4 2065.2 1886 845 788 187 665 1925 Last Time Out Jon tossed his 15th-career complete game May 23 vs. the Giants as he allowed just one run and fanned a season-high 10 batters in the Cubs 4-1 victory marked the first complete game by a Cubs pitcher this season... was his second-ever 10-strikeout, nowalk complete game outing (also, June 1 last season vs. Dodgers) first complete game by a Cubs pitcher with fewer than 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September 25, 2009 at the Giants. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 5/23 SF W 4-1 9.0 4 1 1 0 10 99-70 --- 2017 Season Jon today makes his 11th start of the season and fifth on the road has a 5.73 ERA (14 ER/22.0 IP) on the road compared to a 1.80 ERA (8 ER/40.0 IP) at home. Is 3-1 with a 2.76 ERA (10 ER/32.2 IP) in his last five starts, striking out 38 and walking 12 during the stretch was 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA (12 ER/29.1 IP) in his first five starts. Limiting lefties to a.182 average (10-for-55) while righties are batting.267 (47-for- 176) has held opposing batters to a.087 average (2-for-23) 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. Has pitched at least 7.0 innings three times: April 16 vs. Pittsburgh (7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R), May 7 vs. the Yankees (7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER) and May 23 vs. San Francisco (9.0 IP, 4 H, ER) struck out a season-high 10 batters May 23 vs. the Giants. 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. Collected 26 quality starts, the most by a Cubs southpaw since Dick Ellsworth notched 29 in 1963. 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). Limited righties to a.214 average (120-for-560) and lefties to a.200 mark (34-for- 170) overall, opponents hit just.211 against the lefty. Appeared in six games (five starts) in the postseason, going 3-1 with a 2.02 ERA (8 ER/35.2 IP)... fanned 30 batters and walked only six... his five starts tied for the most in one postseason in Cubs history (also, Kyle Hendricks in 2016), and his three wins and his 35.2 innings pitched in 2016 are the most by one pitcher in Cubs postseason history. Career vs. Los Angeles (N.L.) Jon is 1-0 with a 0.86 ERA (2 ER/21.0 IP) in his last three regular-season starts vs. the Dodgers tossed 6.0-scoreless innings in his last regular season outing at Dodger Stadium, August 28 of last season faced the Dodgers in the Cubs Home Opener this season, April 10, allowing one run in 6.0 innings was 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0) in last season s NLCS. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-0 1.50 1 1 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 7 Career 2-2 2.82 6 6 38.1 26 12 12 1 11 41 vs. Dodgers Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Eibner (.333-3-1-1-1) Gutierrez (.217-23-5-1-3) Puig (.200-5-1-0-0) Forsythe (.091-11-1-0-0) Hernandez (.231-13-3-1-3) Seager (.222-9-2-0-1) Gonzalez (.100-10-1-0-0) Pederson (.200-5-1-0-0) Taylor (.250-4-1-0-0) Grandal (.286-7-2-0-0) Utley (.167-12-2-0-0) Career Notes Jon today makes his 75th regular season start with the Cubs has gone 33-19 with four complete games and a 2.93 ERA (153 ER/469.2 IP) in 74 starts with the Cubs has struck out 468 and walked just 120 signed a six-year deal with Chicago in December of 2014. Has gone 13-2 with a 1.76 ERA (28 ER/143.1 IP) in 21 starts at Wrigley Field since the start of last season. Is 12-0 with a 1.55 ERA (19 ER/110.1 IP) in his last 16 regular-season home starts the 12-game home winning streak is 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 (including 2016) 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 (149) and fourth in strikeouts (1,925)... is one of only 13 active pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched. 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+ 6 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 At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.095 21 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 Career.067 178 10 12 4 0 0 10 21 2 0 11 80 0 0 LAST HIT: 5/13/17 at St. Louis (double off A.Wainwright)... at-bats since then 6 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 1 (12x) last, 5/13/17 @ St. Louis MOST RBI: 1 (10x) last, 5/18/17 vs. Cincinnati Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) Last Loss: 5/13/17 @ STL, 5-3 (5.2,6,4,3,4,9) 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 14 10-K games (28 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 Monday s Starter at San Diego RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-2, 3.25) Kyle tomorrow takes the mound for the 10th time this season in his last start, May 24 vs. San Francisco, he earned his second-straight win, tossing a season-high 7.0 innings marked his sixth-straight start allowing two or fewer earned runs walked zero batters for the first time this season. Is making his sixth-career start against the Padres is unbeaten in his five previous outings vs. San Diego with a 3-0 record and a 1.56 ERA (6 ER/34.2 IP) tossed a complete game shutout at Petco Park, May 21, 2015 (9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO). Has gone 3-1 with a 1.96 ERA (8 ER/36.2 IP) in his last six starts after going 1-1 with a 6.19 ERA (11 ER/16.0 IP) in his first three starts. Limiting lefties to a.207 average against (18-for-87) while righties are batting.238 (25-for-105).
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.250, 2 HR, 10 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-1) Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (3): 2-hit (2), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) Last HR: 4/28/17 @ BOS (Drew Pomeranz) Career Bests: H 3 (3x), last 4/8/17 @ MIL; RBI 2 (7x), last 4/18/17 vs. MIL; R 2 (4x), last 5/6/17 vs. NYY Albert has gone 3-for-24 (.125) in his last 10 games has played 31 games in center field (22 starts) and one game in left the Cubs are 13-9 when he starts in center field started both ends of the doubleheader in center field May 9, going 2-for-7 with an RBI and two runs scored went 2-for-5 with an RBI single in the ninth inning May 7 scored two runs May 6 went 2-for-6 with two runs May 4, including the game-winner in the 13th April 28 hit a solo homer, walked and scored twice went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a walk April 8 in Milwaukee, matching career bests in hits and RBI. Selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2012 Draft by the Cubs. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.263, 7 HR, 22 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3) Current Streak: 1 game (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (9): 2-hit (6), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 8 Last HR: 5/22/17 vs. SF (Ty Blach) 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 9-for-19 (.474) with two homers and eight RBI in his last six games with a PA is batting.324 (24-for- 74) at Wrigley Field compared to.186 (11-for-59) on the road went 3-for-4 with a two-run run homer Monday his second three-hit effort in a three-game span as he went 3-for-3 with his third-career grand slam and five RBI (one shy of a career-high) May 19 had a four-game hitting streak, May 6-9 started both ends of the doubleheader May 9 hit a two-run homer in the nightcap hit a homer and drove in two runs May 7 had a career-day May 2, going 4- for-4 with a triple, homer, two runs and three RBI vs. Philadelphia the four hits tied a career-high and the three RBI marked a season-high homered in consecutive games, May 1-2, for the third time in his career after going 2-for-4 with a homer and two runs scored May 1. Made his first Opening Day 25-man roster after starting last season on the disabled list. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.280, 11 HR, 23 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-7), BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 5 Last HR: 5/25/17 vs. SF (Jeff Samardzija) 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 is 0-for-7 with a walk to start the trip has nine homers in his last 24 games hitting.300 (24-for-80) with three homers on the road hit a solo homer and scored two runs Thursday collected his second multi-hr game of the season (ninth of his career) May 21 reached base five times and tied a career-high with four runs went 2-for-4 with a walk, double and RBI May 16 had missed the previous three games due to illness went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in May 9 s nightcap went 0-for-3 in the first game May 9 to snap his streak of reaching base safely at 18 games batted.365 (27-for-74) with a.461 OBP during that span hit a solo homer May 5 vs. NYY went 4-for-5 with a walk and run scored May 4. Leads the club in hits (49), runs (33) and walks (29) has five three-hit games and a four-hit game batting.306 (11-for-36) with a 1.250 OPS against lefties. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.235, 4 HR, 22 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3) Current Streak: Hitless last 3 games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (6): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 11 Last HR: 5/12/17 @ STL (Mike Leake) Career Bests: H 3 (3x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL; RBI 4, 4/22/17 @ CIN; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson tied a career-high with three hits May 21 and drove in three runs is batting.306 (11-for-36) with nine RBI in his last 10 starts went 2-for-4 with a two-rbi double May 16 recorded his first-career multi-homer game with a pair of solo blasts in St. Louis May 12 caught all 18 innings May 7 vs. NYY has seven catcher pickoffs since 2016, the most in the majors hit a game-winning, two-rbi single May 3 as a pinch-hitter has thrown out nine baserunners attempting to steal had one of the best games at the plate of his career April 22 at Cincy, recording his first-career grand slam while setting career bests with four RBI, three runs and three hits (tied) is batting.279 (12- for-48) off lefties and.213 (19-for-89) against righties. Threw out three baserunners April 16 (two caught stealing, one pickoff) became the first Cubs catcher since Jody Davis May 14, 1986 to record a caught stealing and catcher pickoff in the same inning on his first Opening Day roster, Willson delivered a ninth inning, game tying three-run homer on Opening Night in St. Louis. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.273, 2 HR, 5 RBI) Road Trip:.143 (1-7), HBP Current Streak: 1 game (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (3): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) Last HR: 5/16/17 vs. CIN (Bronson Arroyo) Career Bests: H 2 (3x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL; RBI 2 (3x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL; R 2, 5/16/17 vs. CIN Ian was 1-for-3 with a HBP yesterday has reached in 19-of-51 plate appearances (.385 OBP) has eight runs, six walks and seven extra-base hits in his 12 games has three multi-hit games went 0-for-3 Tuesday, snapping his career-opening on-base streak at eight games hit a triple Monday and had two doubles May 21 scored a run in six-straight games, May 16-22, the longest streak by a Cubs player this season is the first Cubs player since at least 1913 to score a run in seven of his first eight career games was selected from Triple-A Iowa May 13 to join his first big league roster made his major league debut that day as the starting right fielder and hit a two-run homer as part of a 1-for-3 effort with a walk has started games in center field (7), right field (2), left field (2) and second base (1). Became the first Cubs player to homer in their first game on the road (May 13 at St. Louis, major league debut) and first game at home (May 16 vs. Cincinnati) since Carmelo Martinez in 1983. Batted.298 (31-for-104) with six doubles, nine homers and 25 RBI in 26 games with Iowa to begin the season had a.362 on-base percentage and a.615 slugging percentage, good for a.977 OPS. Was Chicago s first-round pick in 2015 (ninth overall) selected out of the University of Cincinnati. #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.252, 5 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.167 (1-6) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 9 Last HR: 5/25/17 vs. SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Jason had a six-game hitting streak (6-for-21/.286) snapped yesterday was activated from the disabled list a week ago tied for second in the majors with five outfield assists has hit safely in 26 of 35 games this season hit a solo homer Thursday hit a triple Wednesday and a solo homer Tuesday went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks May 21 had been out since May 5 with a right finger sprain went 1-for-3 with a RBI in one game at South Bend had 11 RBI in a four-game stretch, April 21-24 tied his career mark with four RBI April 24, thanks in part to a three-run homer in the first also matched the mark with four RBI April 22 in Cincy, going 2-for-4 including a three-run homer. Is batting.286 (10-for-35) with runners in scoring position and.357 (5-for-14) with RISP and two outs. #30 JON JAY OF (.301, 0 HR, 7 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-5) Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (4), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) Last HR: 5/24/16 @ SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/18/13 @ CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon was 0-for-4 yesterday, starting in center field is 8-for-16 as a pinch-hitter this season, including a single Monday has reached base in 14 of his 19 starts went 2-for-2 with two runs scored May 21 off the bench started May 19 and went 1-for-3 with a double and RBI exited May 12 s game due to mid-back spasms went 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored May 4 as the leadoff batter was 2-for-3 with a double, run and a walk April 26 hit a game-tying triple and scored the winning run April 18 notched a pinch-hit single and scored the game-winning run April 10 joined the Cubs following seven major league seasons with St. Louis (2010-15) and San Diego (2016). In 2016, he appeared in 90 games in his only season with the San Diego Padres as he missed time with a broken right forearm... still, hit.291 (101-for-347) with 26 doubles, two homers and 26 RBI. MAY 28, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW Javier Baez....000 3 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....200 5 1 1 2 Jason Heyward....000 4 0 0 0 Jon Jay....133 15 2 0 0 Miguel Montero....188 32 6 0 4 Anthony Rizzo....273 11 3 1 2 Addison Russell....000 6 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....000 3 0 0 0 CUBS AT DODGER STADIUM Albert Almora Jr.....000 1 0 0 0 Javier Baez....083 12 1 0 0 Kris Bryant....241 29 7 3 5 Willson Contreras....250 8 2 0 0 Ian Happ....143 7 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....224 85 19 0 5 Jon Jay....151 73 11 0 1 Miguel Montero....261 176 46 8 26 Anthony Rizzo....200 75 15 2 7 Addison Russell....107 28 3 0 2 Kyle Schwarber....000 9 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....185 27 5 0 1 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....500 2 1 0 1 Javier Baez... 1.000 1 1 1 5 Kris Bryant....333 6 2 0 2 Willson Contreras....500 8 4 1 11 Ian Happ....000 1 0 0 1 Jason Heyward....000 0 0 0 0 Jon Jay....000 1 0 0 0 Miguel Montero....000 0 0 0 1 Anthony Rizzo....200 5 1 0 4 Addison Russell....250 4 1 0 3 Kyle Schwarber....250 4 1 0 3 Ben Zobrist....200 5 1 0 3 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....500 4 2 0 2 Javier Baez....214 14 3 3 15 Kris Bryant....207 29 6 3 24 Willson Contreras....357 14 5 1 13 Ian Happ....000 1 0 0 1 Jason Heyward....203 74 15 2 48 Jon Jay....340 53 18 0 52 Miguel Montero....337 98 33 3 88 Anthony Rizzo....288 59 17 2 53 Addison Russell....279 43 12 1 33 Kyle Schwarber....250 8 2 0 5 Ben Zobrist....310 100 31 6 105 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....455 11 5 0 3 Javier Baez....000 1 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....143 7 1 0 2 Ian Happ... 1.000 1 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....000 1 0 0 0 Jon Jay....500 16 8 0 2 Miguel Montero....429 7 3 0 2 Anthony Rizzo....000 0 0 0 0 Addison Russell....500 2 1 0 0 Kyle Schwarber....000 3 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....600 5 3 0 0 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....286 21 6 0 3 Javier Baez....200 25 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....333 3 1 0 2 Willson Contreras....167 12 2 1 4 Ian Happ... 1.000 1 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....280 25 7 0 5 Jon Jay....306 108 33 2 12 Miguel Montero....205 112 23 4 20 Anthony Rizzo....100 10 1 0 1 Addison Russell....571 7 4 0 1 Kyle Schwarber....000 12 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....196 46 9 3 9
MAY 28, 2017 PAGE 4 #47 MIGUEL MONTERO C (.328, 3 HR, 7 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3) Current Streak: 3 games (4-9) Multi-Hit Games (5): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) Last HR: 5/4/17 vs. PHI (Joaquin Benoit) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 6/12/13 @ LAD; RBI 6, 6/4/14 @ COL; R 3 (8x), last 4/13/16 vs. CIN Miguel has 21 hits in his last 53 at-bats (.396), and yesterday was 1-for-3 went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored Wednesday walked twice and scored two runs May 17 hit a two-run pinch-hit single and tossed a scoreless inning of relief May 6 marked his second-career pitching appearance hit a game-tying solo homer May 4 had a seven game hitting streak April 17-29 (.591/13-for-22) has made 16 starts (Cubs are 9-7) was 3-for-5 with a double, run and a walk April 24 went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs April 18 vs. Milwaukee marked his first homer and RBI of the season in his third season with the Cubs. His 108 home runs since the 2009 campaign are second-most for a left-handed hitting catcher (Brian McCann leads with 181). #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.235, 11 HR, 28 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-7), BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (10): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 13 Last HR: 5/24/17 vs. SF (Matt Moore) 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 0-for-7 with a walk in the first two games of this trip has gone 12-for-38 (.316) in his last 11 games leads the majors with 10 hit-by-pitches went 2-for-4 with a double and run Thursday recorded his 14th-career multi-homer game and first three hit game of the season Wednesday hit a two-run homer Tuesday hit a two-run homer and reached three times May 21 notched five homers, 10 runs and nine RBI on the homestand was 2-for- 4 with a homer, four RBI, a run scored and was hit by a pitch April 26 had a 12-game hitting streak snapped April 24 hit.370 (17-for-46) during the career-high tying 12-game run April 21, hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth to tie the game, 5-5 is batting.301 (28-for-93) at home compared to.163 (14-for-86) on the road. Made his fifth-straight Opening Day start at first base for the Cubs, the first Cubs player with at least five-straight Opening Day starts at the position since Derrek Lee (2004-10) named to his third-straight N.L. All-Star team last season. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.213, 3 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.200 (1-5), HBP Current Streak: 1 game (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 5/16/17 vs. CIN (Robert Stephenson) Career Bests: H 4, 4/24/17 @ PIT; RBI 4 (2x), last 4/19/17 vs. MIL; R 3 (3x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT Addison is 10-for-75 (.133) in his last 22 games, and was 1-for-3 yesterday had an RBI in four-straight games, May 16-21 hit a solo homer May 16 hit a triple and scored a run May 6 was 2-for-5 April 28, recording his seventh multi-hit effort April 24, recorded a career-high four hits and tied his career mark with three runs scored hit a three-run walk-off homer April 19, his second-career walk-off RBI and first walk-off homer tied a career-high with four RBI doubled, tripled and drove in three runs April 15 earned N.L. All-Star honors in his second major league season in 2016, hitting 21 homers and driving in 95 runs. Among Cubs players at the conclusion of their age-22 season (since 1900), he ranks second in career homers (34), fifth in RBI (149) and extra-base hits (92) and sixth in runs scored (130). #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.178, 7 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3), BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 6; GW RBI 5; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 5/23/17 vs. SF (Johnny Cueto) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/13/15 vs. MIL; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle was 0-for-3 with a walk yesterday hit his longest-career homer according to Statcast Tuesday, a 470-foot blast onto Sheffield in the second inning batted second for the first time this season May 21 and reached base twice went 2-for-5 May 16 with a home run measured at 462 feet according to Statcast was hitless in his last 17 at-bats prior to the homer hit two doubles and walked twice May 7 hit a solo homer May 5 hit a three-run homer May 2, his 20th-career home run is the fastest Cubs player since 1913 to 20-career homers (97 games), thanks STATS Inc. May 1 made his first appearance at catcher since October 1, 2015 drew a career-high three walks April 10 in his first regular season game at Wrigley Field since September 28, 2015 vs. the Royals hit a go-ahead and eventual game-winning three-run homer in the seventh, April 6 in St. Louis. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.261, 6 HR, 18 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3), BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (6), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 7 Last HR: 5/25/17 vs. SF (Jeff Samardzija) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (4x), last 6/9/12 @ MIA Ben was 0-for-3 with a walk Friday, snapping an eight-game hitting streak (13-for-28/.464) has reached base in 23- straight games, tied for the second-longest streak of his career had a 31-game streak from 2009-10 and a 23-gamer in 2011 went 3-for-4 with a solo homer Thursday, his first three-hit game of the season has homered in three of his last five games hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21 went 2-for-3 with a double, walk and run scored May 17 had a 10-game hitting streak, April 28-May 7 was his sixth-career streak of at least 10 games drove in two runs April 29 and hit a ninth-inning solo homer is 6-for-16 (.375) when putting the first pitch in play has 19 walks and a hit-by-pitch. Has batted.303 (10-for-33) with two triples, three homers and six RBI in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 5-3 in those games. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (2)... 2 0 0 0 Javier Baez (7)... 4 2 0 1 Kris Bryant (11)... 10 1 0 0 Willson Contreras (4)... 2 0 1 1 Ian Happ (2)... 1 1 0 0 Jason Heyward (5)... 3 0 2 0 Jon Jay (0)... 0 0 0 0 Miguel Montero (3)... 2 1 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (11)... 5 4 2 0 Addison Russell (3)... 2 0 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (7)... 4 1 2 0 Ben Zobrist (6)... 5 1 0 0 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (3)... 3 0 0 0 Javier Baez (6)... 4 1 0 1 Kris Bryant (4)... 2 2 0 0 Willson Contreras (8)... 5 2 1 0 Ian Happ (2)... 2 0 0 0 Jon Jay (0)... 0 0 0 0 Jason Heyward (4)... 1 1 2 0 Miguel Montero (3)... 3 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (10)... 7 2 1 0 Addison Russell (4)... 2 1 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (4)... 2 2 0 0 Ben Zobrist (3)... 2 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (62)... 40 12 8 2 Opponents (59)... 36 16 7 0 CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Ben Zobrist, 5/21/17 vs. Milwaukee (Chase Anderson) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Miguel Montero, 10/2/16 @ Cincinnati (Raisel Iglesias) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Anthony Rizzo, 6/29/16 @ Cincinnati (Cody Reed) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jake Arrieta, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati (Michael Lorenzen) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (4): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT & 5/21 vs. MIL; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (2): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (1): Rizzo, 4/21-23 Pinch-Homers (0): N/A Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (0): N/A Game-Opening Homers (1): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Contreras 9/34 26.5% 3 2 3.75 (125 ER/300.0 IP) Montero 0/14 0.0% 0 0 4.30 (65 ER/136.0 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 0.00 (0 ER/2.0 IP) CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 35 (17-18), Zobrist 8 (5-3), Jay 3 (1-2), Szczur 1 (1-0), Baez 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 39 (20-19), Schwarber 4 (3-1), Almora 2 (1-1), Happ 2 (0-2), Jay 1 (1-0) 3 Rizzo 41 (21-20), Bryant 6 (4-2), Schwarber 1 (0-1) 4 Zobrist 25 (11-14), Russell 9 (6-3), Rizzo 6 (4-2), Happ 5 (3-2), Candelario 3 (1-2), 5 Russell 21 (9-12), Contreras 8 (5-3), Happ 5 (4-1), Heyward 5 (3-2), Montero 4 (1-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), La Stella 1 (0-1) 6 Heyward 24 (12-12), Contreras 9 (4-5), Almora Jr. 4 (3-1), Baez 2 (1-1), Montero 1 (1-0), Russell 5 (4-1), Jay 1 (0-1), La Stella 2 (0-2) 7 Baez 17 (9-8), Contreras 14 (6-8), Montero 11 (7-4), Heyward 4 (2-2), La Stella 1 (0-1), Russell 1 (1-0) 8 Lester 8 (3-5), Arrieta 7 (4-3), Lackey 7 (4-3),Hendricks 6 (4-2), Anderson 5 (2-3), Baez 5 (3-2), Russell 4 (2-2), Almora 3 (1-2), Butler 2 (1-1), Montero 1 (1-0) 9 Jay 14 (6-8), Almora 13 (8-5), Baez 10 (4-6), Arrieta 2 (1-1), Lester 2 (2-0), Hendricks 2 (1-1), Anderson 1 (1-0), Szczur 1 (1-0), Lackey 2 (0-2), Butler 1 (1-0) C Contreras 31 (15-16), Montero 17 (10-7) 1B Rizzo 47 (25-22), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 27 (15-12), Zobrist 18 (10-8), La Stella 2 (0-2), Happ 1 (0-1) 3B Bryant 42 (22-20), Candelario 4 (3-1), La Stella 2 (0-2) SS Russell 40 (22-18), Baez 8 (3-5) LF Schwarber 37 (19-18), Jay 5 (3-2), Zobrist 4 (1-3), Happ 2 (2-0) CF Almora 22 (13-9), Jay 10 (3-7), Heyward 9 (4-5), Happ 7 (5-2) RF Heyward 24 (13-11), Zobrist 13 (6-7), Szczur 2 (2-0), Bryant 3 (2-1), Jay 4 (2-2), Happ 2 (0-2) P Lester 10 (5-5), Arrieta 10 (5-5), Lackey 10 (5-5), Hendricks 9 (5-4), Anderson 6 (3-3), Butler 3 (2-1) DH Schwarber 3 (1-2) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 34 33 17 28 22 22 25 27 21 2 231 OPP. 47 17 26 23 16 21 21 23 22 2 218 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (10) Jason Heyward (5), Jon Jay (2), Albert Almora (2), Kyle Schwarber (1)
Cubs Pitching MAY 28, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 20-15 4.35 1 264.2 269 145 128 37 95 256 Relievers 5-8 3.27 12 173.1 137 73 63 22 77 183 SEASON TOTALS 25-23 3.92 1/12 438.0 406 218 191 59 172 439 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 5/24 vs. SF-SV 1.0,2,2,2,1,2 4/19/17 vs. MIL 5/24/17 vs. SF 9/15/15 @ CLE 10/10 19/14 0/0 Brian Duensing 5/27 @ LA 1.0,0,0,0,1,1 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 5/5/17 vs. NYY 0/0 17/14 6/0 Carl Edwards Jr. 5/24 vs. SF-H 0.1,0,0,0,1,0 4/21/17 @ CIN 10/2/16 @ CIN 5/24/17 vs. SF 0/0 21/16 9/2 Mike Montgomery 5/25 vs. SF-SV 4.0,1,0,0,1,0 8/11/16 vs. STL 5/25/17 vs. SF 9/27/16 @ PIT 1/1 16/11 4/0 Felix Peña 5/26 @ LA 2.0,0,0,0,2,3 N/A 9/27/16 @ PIT 9/5/16 @ MIL 0/0 3/3 1/0 Hector Rondon 5/27 @ LA 1.0,0,0,0,0,3 7/31/16 vs. SEA 7/24/16 @ MIL 5/16/17 vs. CIN 0/1 19/15 8/4 Pedro Strop 5/27 @ LA 1.0,0,0,0,1,2 7/10/16 @ PIT 9/19/15 vs. STL 5/17/17 vs. CIN 0/1 20/12 13/7 Koji Uehara 5/24 vs. SF-H 0.2,1,0,0,1,0 5/4/17 vs. PHI 5/18/17 vs. CIN 5/24/17 @ SF 1/3 19/12 5/2 2017 TOTALS 12/17 (.706) 147/103 (.701) 56/19 (.339) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (2-0, 0.98 ERA, 10 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 57-37, 57 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 5/24 vs. SF MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 4/19/17 vs. MIL (7-4) LAST SV: 5/24/17 vs. SF (5-4) Wade has converted his first 10 save chances with Chicago has converted his last 16 since September of last year with Kansas City had a stretch of 64.1 homerless innings snapped Wednesday night thanks to a Mac Williamson two-run homer has walked six and struck out 24 has a 0.76 WHIP. Was charged with an unearned run May 12, thus snapping his scoreless innings streak at 21.1 innings. April 18, recorded his 50th career save in his first save chance since April 6 and on April 19 picked up his second victory. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-0, 3.27 ERA, 0 SV, 2 Holds) CAREER: 42-37, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 5x, last 5/22 vs. SF MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) Brian has walked five and struck out 26 in 17 games (22.0 IP) after allowing two runs in 3.0 innings, May 14-18, has recorded 5.0-straight scoreless innings, including a scoreless sixth yesterday went seven-straight appearances (8.2 IP) without a run allowed, April 24-May 9. Has a 1.08 ERA (2 ER/16.2 IP) in his last 12 games. Was activated from the D.L. on April 14 and tossed a scoreless seventh inning in his Cubs debut started the season on the 10-day D.L. due to lower back tightness. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (1-0, 1.00 ERA, 0 SV, 6 Holds) CAREER: 1-1, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI LAST WIN: 4/21/17 @ CIN (6-5) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) Carl has held opponents to a.103 average (6-for-58) and a.212 OBP has walked eight, struck out 24 and allowed two homers has struck out 18 of last 44 BF. Stranded two inherited runners in Wednesday night s eighth inning walked his first BF to load the bases then retired the next to end the inning. Retired his lone BF to end Monday s ninth inning recorded holds in each of the first two games of the recent Reds series. #38 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP (0-3, 2.27 ERA, 1 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 8-14, 1 SV MOST IP, 2017: 4.0, 5/25 vs. SF MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 6/30/15 @ SD LAST WIN: 8/11/16 vs. STL (4-3, 11 inn.) LAST SV: 5/25/17 vs. SF (5-1) Mike has tossed 31.2 innings in 16 outings, walking 20, striking out 21 and holding opponents to a.208 average (22-for-106) had an 18.0-inning scoreless streak snapped May 17 when he allowed three runs in the seventh inning vs. Cincinnati. Picked up his first regular season save with 4.0 shutout innings Thursday vs. the Giants to finish a 5-1 victory. Has gone 3-7 with a save and a 2.16 ERA (23 ER/96.0 IP) in 58 appearances out of the bullpen, compared to 5-7 with a 4.23 ERA (59 ER/125.2 IP) in 23 career starts. #60 FELIX PEÑA RHP (0-0, 3.86 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 0-0, 1 SV MOST IP, 2017: 3.2 5/6 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 3.2 5/6/17 vs. NYY LAST WIN: N/A LAST SV: 9/27/16 @ PIT Felix was recalled from Triple-A Iowa prior to Tuesday night s game for his second stint with the club spun 2.0 shutout innings Friday night (2 BB, 3 SO) has made three outings with the Cubs (7.0 IP). Has gone 1-0 with four saves and a 5.40 ERA (8 ER/13.1 IP) in 10 relief appearances with Iowa this season. Made his big league debut with the Cubs last season, posting no record with a 4.00 ERA (4 ER/9.0 IP) in 11 relief outings he struck out 13 batters in the 9.0 IP. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (0-1, 3.63 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 14-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 5/27 @ LA MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (17x) last, 7/31/16 vs. SEA LAST WIN: 7/31/16 vs. SEA (7-6, 12 inn.) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 19 appearances, allowing 13 hits in 65 at-bats (.200) while walking six and striking out 21 after he surrendered one earned run in his first 10.1 IP (0.86) ERA, has allowed six earned runs in his last eight outings (7.0 IP). Struck out the side in a perfect eighth inning yesterday. Monday night allowed a Justin Ruggiano solo homer to begin the eighth inning. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (0-2, 3.52 ERA, 0 SV, 6 Holds) CAREER: 15-22, 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: 7/10/16 @ PIT (6-5) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Pedro has held opponents to a.211 batting average (12-for-57) has walked nine and struck out 18 in 20 games (15.1 IP) yesterday tossed a scoreless seventh inning, walking one and striking out two. May 21 vs. Milwaukee, spun a scoreless seventh inning (1 H). Allowed the winning run in May 7 s 18th inning, his second inning of work the 2.0 IP marked a season high. His 90 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol s 82 holds from 2006-13. #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (1-2, 3.31 ERA, 1 SV, 6 Holds) CAREER: 20-24, 94 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0 IP, last 5/18 vs. CIN MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 4/19/09 @ BOS LAST WIN: 5/4/17 vs. PHI (5-4) LAST SV: 5/18/17 vs. CIN (9-5) Has pitched scoreless ball in 16 of his 19 outings has walked four and struck out 18 this season, holding opponents to a.213 batting average (13-for-61). Wednesday night, issued his first walk since April 16 had gone 10.0-straight innings without allowing a free pass. May 18, picked up his first save of the season, stranding two of three inherited runners with a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 9-5 win. Had a 20.0-inning scoreless streak snapped April 16 vs. Pittsburgh. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 11, 4/24 @ PIT (14-3)... Largest Winning Margin... 8, 5/1 vs. PHI (10-2) 5, 4/18 vs. MIL (0-5, 9-7)... Largest Come Behind W... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT (0-4, 2-6, 8-7) 14, 4/24 @ PIT... Most Runs... 11, 5/6 vs. NYY 5 (3x), last 5/17 vs. CIN (2nd)... Most Runs, Inn.... 6, 5/9 @ COL (3rd) 17 (2x), last 4/24 @ PIT... Most Hits... 15 (2x), last 5/9 @ COL 6, 5/3 vs. PHI (6th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 6 (4x), last 5/18 vs. CIN (7th) 2 (2x), last 5/26 @ LA... Fewest Hits... 4 (4x), last 5/12 @ STL 4 (2x), last 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Home Runs... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT 2, 5/22 vs. SF (8th)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (2x), last 5/1 vs. PHI (7th) 6 (2x), last 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Doubles... 5, 4/18 vs. MIL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF...Most Triples... 2, 4/24 @ PIT 10, 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers... 26, 5/7 vs. NYY 2 (3x), last 4/19 vs. MIL... Most Stolen Bases...3, 5/7 vs. NYY 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 3 (2x), last 4/12 vs. LAD 3 (2x), 5/19 vs. MIL... Most Errors Committed... 4, 4/29 @ BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 4 games... 4/18-22 Longest Losing Streak: 4 games... last 5/5-5/9 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 (Cubs 4, Reds 3)... 5/16 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: 6 (2x)... 4/18-24 & 4/26-5/2 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 2 (3x)... last 5/26-current Consecutive Errorless Games: 3... 4/7-9 Consecutive Games With An Error: 7... 5/6-13 Shortest Game, Time: 2:05... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6:05... 5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18... 5/7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 41,814; 4/15 vs. PIT Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD Series Sweeps: 1 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 12 games, Rizzo... 4/10-23 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (3x), last Bryant... 5/4 vs. PHI Most Total Bases: 9 (3x), Rizzo... 5/24 vs. SF Most Extra-Base Hits: 2 (17x), last Rizzo... 5/24 vs. SF Most Doubles: 2 (5x), last Happ... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Triples: 1 (11x), last Heyward... 5/24 vs. SF Most RBI: 5, Báez... 5/18 vs. CIN Most Stolen Bases: 1 (15x), last Báez... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Walks: 3 (2x), last Rizzo... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Strikeouts: 4 (2x), last Schwarber... 5/25 vs. SF 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 3 (2x), Arrieta & Lackey... 4/4-22 & 4/29-5/16 Longest Losing Streak: 3 (2x), Lackey & Montgomery... 4/12-23 & 4/2-current Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 10, 4x last Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Reliever: 5, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... 4/9 @ MIL and 5/13 @ STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 7.0 (3x), last Lackey... 5/9 @ COL Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 10, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 13, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Most Runs Allowed: 9, Arrieta... 5/9 @ COL Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3, Lackey... 4/17 vs. MIL Most Walks Issued: 6, Anderson... 4/24 @ PIT Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 3.2 IP, Lackey... 5/27 @ LAD MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 14 High-Water Mark: 4 games (12-8, 16-12, 25-21) Losses after Leading: 8 Low-Water Mark: 1 game (0-1, 6-7, 18-19) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 4 No. of Times at.500 Mark: 8 (1-1, 2-2, 6-6, 7-7, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19) Walkoff Wins: 3 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI)