CUBS VS. CARDINALS The Cubs and Cardinals this weekend meet for the first time since a rain-shortened three-game series in St. Louis, May 12-15, in which the Cubs dropped two of three following this series, the teams meet for four games in St. Louis, August 29-31, including a split a doubleheader, August 30, that will make-up May 14 s rainout. 2014 Overall:... 5-6 At Wrigley Field:... 3-2 At Busch Stadium:... 2-4 2013 Overall:... 7-12 At Wrigley Field:... 4-5 At Busch Stadium:... 3-7 All-Time Since 1892:... 1,185-1,132 At Wrigley Field:... 497-437 At Busch Stadium (since 2006):.. 31-44 UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:...Player (No. Needed) 400 Games... Anthony Rizzo (3) 100 Doubles... Chris Coghlan (5) CUBS CURRENTLY ON DISABLED LIST Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig Missed RHP Kyuji Fujikawa 3/21 5/20 102 (Recovery from TJ surgery) 60-Day RHP James McDonald 3/30 5/29 102 (Rt. Shoulder Inflammation) 60-Day WAR S GOOD FOR SOMETHING Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo enters today with a 3.3 WAR (wins above replacement) that s second-highest among N.L. first basemen trailing only Arizona s Paul Goldschmidt (4.5) St. Louis Matt Adams is third (2.7). LOWEST ERA SINCE MAY 1, MLB 1. Chris Sale, CWS... 1.74 2. Clayton Kershaw, LAD... 1.79 3. Felix Hernandez, SEA... 1.85 4. Jake Arrieta, CHI... 2.18 5. Jon Lester, BOS... 2.29 MOST HITS BY SHORTSTOPS, SINCE 2011 1. Starlin Castro... 663 2. Elvis Andrus... 619 3. Alexi Ramirez... 618 4. Jose Reyes... 580 MOST XBH BY NL FIRST BASEMEN, SINCE 2013 1. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI... 133 2. Anthony Rizzo, CHI... 106 3. Freddie Freeman, ATL... 98 4. Adrian Gonzalez, LAD... 94 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHING STAFF, NL 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 878 2. Atlanta Braves... 864 3. Chicago Cubs... 845 4. San Diego Padres... 841 MOST PITCHES PER PLATE APPEARANCE, NL 1. Matt Carpenter, STL... 4.36 2. Christian Yelich, MIA... 4.23 3. Lucas Duda, NYM... 4.15 4. Luis Valbuena, CHI... 4.15 St. Louis Cardinals (55-48) vs. Chicago Cubs (42-60) Information 2014 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office July 27, 2014 Wrigley Field Game No. 103 Home Game No. 48 RHP Adam Wainwright (12-5, 2.02) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 2.77) MADDUX S CALL TO THE HALL: The Chicago Cubs today close out a threegame series against the St. Louis Cardinals while in Cooperstown, N.Y., former Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux will be enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame along with Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa and Joe Torre. Maddux pitched 23 seasons for the Cubs, Braves, Dodgers and Padres, including 10 seasons for Chicago (1986-92, 2004-06) of his 355 career wins, 133 came with the Cubs his 1,305 strikeouts with Chicago rank sixth in franchise history, and he won the first of his four N.L. Cy Young awards with the Cubs in 1992. LaRussa, who managed the White Sox and skippered both the Athletics and Cardinals to World Series titles, played in one big league game for the Cubs, April 6, 1973 vs. Montreal he scored the gamewinning run as a pinch-runner for fellow Hall of Famer, Ron Santo. CURRENT EVENTS: The Cubs tomorrow begin a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies to finish up this 10-game homestand that began against the Padres (1-2) and continues with the Cardinals (1-1). The Cubs today are wearing throwback uniforms from 1978 to celebrate the 1970s decade during the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field this season St. Louis is also wearing 1978-inspired uniforms. After winning four-straight games, June 30-July 4, the Cubs have gone just 4-14 in their last 18 contests. Today is the sixth game in a stretch that sees Chicago play 33 games in 34 days, including 23 of those games at home, through August 24. SERIES SPEAK: Chicago aims to secure its first series win at home since taking two-of-three from Miami, June 6-8 the Cubs are 0-4-1 in their last five series at Wrigley Field. The team owns an 18-15 record (.545) in 33 series-opening contests Chicago is just 3-11 in 14 rubber match games to close out a series. The Cubs look to win their first series against a N.L. Central opponent since taking two-of-three from Milwaukee, May 16-18 Chicago is winless in its last five series against division opponents. CENTRALLY LOCATED: Luis Valbuena, who hit a game-winning two-run homer Friday vs. St. Louis, is batting.303 (10-for-33) with seven extrabase hits against the Cardinals this season Elias reports that Valbuena s seven extra-base hits (4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) are the most by any player against St. Louis this season. Emilio Bonifacio has a.326 batting average (46-for-141) against N.L. Central opponents this season. RIZZO AT THE DISH: Anthony Rizzo was 0-for-4 with a RBI yesterday to snap a career-best 10-game hitting streak he hit.351 (13-for-37) with a CUBS RECORD 2014 Overall:... 42-60 At Wrigley Field:... 22-25 On the Road:... 20-35 March/April:... 9-17 May... 11-16 June... 15-13 July... 7-14 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,480-10,035 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):... 4,093-3,639 Leading Entering 6th:... 32-6 Tied Entering 6th:... 5-11 Trailing Entering 6th:... 5-43 Leading Entering 7th:... 36-5 Tied Entering 7th:... 2-7 Trailing Entering 7th:... 4-48 Leading Entering 8th:... 37-4 Tied Entering 8th:... 3-7 Trailing Entering 8th:... 2-49 Leading Entering 9th:... 38-2 Tied Entering 9th:... 4-5 Trailing Entering 9th:... 0-53 Scoring First:... 30-14 One-Run Games:... 10-17 Two-Run Games:... 6-12 Extra-Inning Games:... 4-6 Scoring Four or More:... 33-13 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 9-47 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 31-9 Hit Totals Equal:... 4-5 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 7-46 Hit at Least One HR:... 33-31 Hit Two or More HR:... 14-10 Playing Errorless Ball:... 22-32 Committing at Least One Error:... 20-28 1.226 OPS during the streak on Tuesday, he recorded his seventh-career multi-homer effort, his third of the season and his second in four games (also July 18 in Arizona) he now has eight home runs in his last 16 games since July 7, including five in eight games to begin the second half. Rizzo, named last week s N.L. Player of the Week, leads the Senior Circuit with 25 homers this season, good for fourth in the majors the 25 long balls have contributed to a.916 OPS, seventh in the N.L. Rizzo has 22 homers since April 30, the most in the N.L. and tied for second in the majors in that span (Toronto s Edwin Encarnacion leads with 24) Rizzo has 42 walks, a.390 on-base percentage and a.954 OPS in his last 76 games since April 30 he also has 13 doubles and 46 RBI during this stretch. WEL, WEL, WEL: Welington Castillo has hit seven homers this season, just one shy of the career-high eight he hit in 113 games last season the catcher is hitting.321 (9-for-28) with four multi-hit efforts in his last seven games. He has thrown out seven of the last 18 (.389) baserunners attempting to steal on him dating to June 23 (spanning his last 18 games). ROOKIE ARMS: The Cubs have utilized six rookie pitchers this season who have combined to post a 3.24 ERA (40 ER/111.0 IP) in 93 games (six starts) with three saves and 22 holds: Dallas Beeler, Kyle Hendricks, Neil Ramirez, Zac Rosscup, Brian Schlitter and Tsuyoshi Wada. HOT BAT: Chris Coghlan has reached safely in 20 of his last 21 games dating to June 30, hitting safely in 18 of those contests he is hitting.365 (27-for-74) with 10 doubles, three homers and 13 RBI in this span, walking nine times compared to 10 strikeouts he has a 1.057 OPS since June 30, third-best in the N.L. behind only Washington s Jayson Werth (1.232) and Arizona s Paul Goldschmidt (1.138). SINCE THE 2013 BREAK : Anthony Rizzo has collected 35 home runs since the 2013 All-Star Break, joining Miami s Giancarlo Stanton (37 homers) as the only N.L. players to reach 35 homers since last season s All-Star Game Rizzo s 35 long balls in that span are tied for fifth-most in the majors. Starlin Castro has 40 doubles since the previous All-Star Break, tied for ninth-most in the N.L. the Cubs have hit 166 home runs since the 2013 All-Star Break, third-most in the N.L. (Milwaukee leads with 175). HIGH AMONG THE RANKS: Starlin Castro s 110 hits lead N.L. shortstops and are second among all shortstops, trailing only the White Sox Alexei Ramirez (115) his.273 batting average ranks third among N.L. shortstops Colorado s Troy Tulowitzki, currently on the 15-day D.L., leads with a.340 average Castro s 39 extra-base hits are third among big league shortstops, trailing only Tulowitzki (40) and the Cardinals Jhonny Peralta (40). Castro s 11 home runs and 54 RBI this season already trump the 10 homers and 44 RBI he collected in 161 games last year. IT S JOB ONE: Cubs starting pitchers have recorded 50 quality starts this season, yet only have 22 individual wins from starters in those 50 games Cubs starters have 19 no-decisions in quality starts to go along with nine losses the Cubs team record is only 27-23 overall in those 50 games with a quality start despite a sterling 1.83 ERA (69 ER/339.1 IP) from their starters in those games Chicago has won 20 of its last 29 games dating to May 17 in which it has received a quality start. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sun., July 27 STL 1:20 p.m. WGN WGN Radio RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 2.77) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (12-5, 2.02) Mon., July 28 COL 7:05 p.m. CSN WGN Radio/WRTO-AM LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-1, 5.00) vs. LHP Yohan Flande (0-2, 7.20) Tues., July 29 COL 7:05 p.m. WGN WGN Radio/WRTO-AM RHP Edwin Jackson (5-11, 5.68) vs. LHP Jorge De La Rosa (11-6, 4.19) Wed., July 30 COL 7:05 p.m. CSN+ WGN Radio LHP Travis Wood (7-9, 5.06) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (1-3, 3.24) Thurs., July 31 COL 1:20 p.m. CSN WGN Radio RHP Jake Arrieta (5-2, 2.18) vs. LHP Tyler Matzek (2-4, 4.28)
Today s Starter #28 RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 2.77) JULY 27, 2014 PAGE 2 W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2013 Tennessee-AA 10-3 *1.85 21 21 1 1 126.1 107 34 26 3 26 101 Iowa-AAA 3-1 2.48 6 6 0 0 40.0 35 12 11 2 8 27 2014 Iowa-AAA 10-5 3.59 17 17 0 0 102.2 98 46 41 5 23 97 CUBS 1-0 2.77 2 2 0 0 13.0 10 4 4 1 6 12 MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS 31-19 2.69 90 69 3 1 452.1 404 157 135 21 81 386 * Led League About Hendricks Hendricks, 24, will make his third-career big league start today against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field acquired from Texas, July 31, 2012, with infielder Christian Villanueva for pitcher Ryan Dempster, he was named the Cubs 2013 Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the organization after going 13-4 with a complete game shutout and a 2.00 ERA (37 ER/166.1 IP) between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa. Owns a 31-19 career minor league record with a 2.69 ERA (135 ER/452.1 IP), three complete games and one shutout in four seasons since he was selected by Texas in the eighth round of the 2011 Draft. Tabbed by Baseball America as having the best changeup and best control among Cubs minor league pitchers heading into the 2014 season. Participated in the second-annual Cubs Rookie Development Program in January of 2014. Besides being named the Cubs 2013 Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the organization, was also tabbed the Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May with Tennessee. Last Time Out Named both a Southern League mid-season and post-season 2013 All-Star claimed the Southern League ERA title (1.85) and led the league with a.769 winning percentage (10-3) and a 1.05 WHIP. Earned Carolina League mid-season All-Star honors in 2012 with Single-A Myrtle Beach. Graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., this past fall with a degree in economics graduated from Capistrano Valley (Calif.) High School in 2008. Drafted by the Angels in the 39th round of the 2008 Draft, but elected to attend Dartmouth. In his Wrigley Field debut, July 22 vs. the Padres, Hendricks earned his first-career big league victory, tossing 7.0-shutout innings of five-hit ball while walking three and punching out five in Chicago s 6-0 triumph he s allowed just one run in his last 12.0 innings (0.75 ERA) after surrendering three runs in the first inning of his major league debut in Cincinnati on July 10. Hendricks (0-for-2, BB) drew his first-career walk at the plate in the second inning. Will be making his first appearance against the Cardinals. Hendricks vs. Cardinals 2014 Season Hendricks is 10-5 with a 3.59 ERA (41 ER/102.2 IP) in 17 starts for Triple-A Iowa his 10 wins rank tied for first among Pacific Coast League pitchers has struck out 97 batters and walked just 23, an average of 8.5 strikeouts and 2.0 walks per 9.0 innings was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team. Made his major league debut, July 10 in Cincinnati allowed four runs in 6.0 innings, including just one in his final 5.0 innings pitched did not garner a decision in Chicago s 6-4, 12-inning win. Is 4-0 in his last five starts with Iowa dating to June 15 owns a 2.83 ERA (9 ER/28.2 IP) in that stretch, holding the opponent to a.234 average and a.261 onbase percentage. Has allowed just five home runs in 102.2 Triple-A innings and has a 1.18 WHIP. Threw a season-high 8.0 shutout innings, May 15 vs. Round Rock tied his career Has walked two or fewer in 15 of 17 Triple-A starts has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 13 outings. mark with 11 strikeouts (also done May 20, 2012 at Wilmington with Myrtle Beach). Besides his four-game winning streak, twice recorded three-game winning streaks, April 10-21 (1.80 ERA) and May 15-30 (3.32 ERA). 2014 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/5 MEM L, 11-1 4.2 7 7 6 2 5 93-57 2. 4/10 NAS W, 5-1 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 87-61 3. 4/16 NEW W, 6-3 7.0 5 3 3 1 9 90-60 4. 4/21 RR W, 5-1 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 89-61 5. 4/26 @COL ND, 9-6 W 6.0 10 4 4 2 4 90-53 6. 5/3 @NAS L, 3-1 5.1 5 3 3 2 8 93-63 7. 5/8 @NEW L, 9-1 6.0 8 4 0 1 6 102-74 8. 5/15 RR W, 2-0 8.0 3 0 0 0 11 100-71 9. 5/25 COL W, 7-3 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 96-66 10. 5/30 @MEM W, 6-4 5.0 10 4 4 2 3 79-53 11. 6/5 COL L, 6-2 6.0 6 5 5 3 5 93-59 12. 6/10 @FRE L, 3-2 7.0 5 3 3 0 6 86-60 13. 6/15 @SAC W, 4-3 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 104-65 14. 6/20 ELP W, 8-3 7.2 3 1 1 0 6 85-59 15. 6/26 @COL W, 7-3 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 107-68 16. 7/1 OMA W, 5-3 6.0 8 3 3 0 7 96-65 17. 7/6 @OKC ND, 5-4 W 2.0 3 1 1 0 4 31-19 1. 7/10 @CIN ND, 6-4 W (12) 6.0 5 4 4 3 7 95-63 4-4 Made his major league debut 2. 7/22 SD W, 6-0 7.0 5 0 0 3 5 83/55 6-0 Earned his first-career major league victory Hendricks at the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2014 (AAA).083 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 1 0 CUBS.000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Minors Career.078 51 5 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 5 18 1 0 Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 7/22/14 vs. SD, 6-0 (7.0,5,0,0,3,5) Last Loss: N/A Most Strikeouts: 7, 7/10/14 @ CIN Most Hits Allowed: 5 (2x), last 7/22/14 vs. SD Most Runs Allowed: 4, 7/10/14 @ CIN Longest Winning Streak: N/A Longest Losing Streak: N/A Monday s Starter vs. Rockies LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-1, 5.00) Wada will make his third-career big league start tomorrow night against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field has gone 10-6 with a 2.77 ERA (35 ER/113.2 IP) in 19 games (18 starts) for Triple-A Iowa in his first season with the organization agreed to a minor league deal with a major league Spring Training invite this past January. In his Wrigley Field debut, July 23 vs. San Diego, Wada was dealt his first-career big league loss after allowing five runs on five hits while walking four and fanning four in 4.0-plus innings of work. Named a 2014 Pacific Coast League mid-season All-Star named PCL Pitcher of Week for April 3-13 went 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA (1 ER/13.1 IP) in two starts. Was part of Baltimore s farm system in 2012-13 following nine seasons with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japan Pacific League was 107-61 with a 3.13 ERA in 210 games (207 starts) for Fukuoka from 2003-11 underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery in May of 2012.
July 27, 2014 Page 3 #7 ARISMENDY ALCANTARA INF (.255, 2 HR, 7 RBI) Homestand:.200 (4-20), HR, RBI, 2 R, 3 BB Current Streak: Hitless Last Game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (1) GA RBI- 0; GW RBI- 0; 2-Out RBI- 2 Last HR: 7/22/14 vs. SD (Blaine Boyer) Career Bests: H- 4, 7/10/14 @ CIN; RBI- 4, 7/10/14 @ CIN, R- 2, 7/10/14 @ CIN Has played in 13 games, reaching safely in 10, since he was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on July 9 has made eight starts at second base, five in center field hitting.307 (103-for-335) with 25 doubles, 11 triples, 10 home runs, 41 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 89 games to begin the season with Iowa, his first time at the Triple-A level named a Pacific Coast League All-Star. Went 1-for-4 with a walk Friday vs. the Cardinals recorded his fourth multi-hit effort Thursday night vs. the Padres, going 2-for-5 with a run and a stolen base. Reached safely twice Tuesday night vs. San Diego, and belted a solo homer in the seventh inning. Hit his first career homer, July 13 vs. Atlanta, as part of a 2-for-5 day. #12 JOHN BAKER C (.213, 0 HR, 10 RBI) Homestand:.167 (1-6), 2B Current Streak: Hitless Last Game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (6): 2-hit (5), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 0; GW RBI- 0; 2-Out RBI- 7 Last HR: 9/4/09 @ WAS (Garrett Mock) Career Bests: H- 4 (2x), last 9/21/08 vs. PHI; RBI- 4 (4x), last 6/27/14 vs. WAS; R- 3 (3x), last 5/3/09 @ CHI Has made 35 starts behind the plate Cubs are 16-19 in his starts hitting.326 (15-for-46) in his last 16 games went 1-for-4 with a double Thursday night vs. San Diego has two doubles in his last five games. Had a five-game hitting streak, July 4-13 (7-for-13/.538). Drove in two runs and was 2-for-4 with a double to close out the first half, July 13 vs. Atlanta. June 27 tied career mark with four RBI, reaching safely four times (3-for-3, 2B, R, BB, 4 RBI). #64 EMILIO BONIFACIO INF/OF (.272, 1 HR, 16 RBI) Homestand:.400 (8-20), 2 2B, 2 R, SB Current Streak: 5 Games (8-20/.400) Multi-Hit Games (20): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (2), 5-hit (1) GA RBI- 3; GW RBI- 3; 2-Out RBI- 8 Last HR: 6/7/14 vs. MIA (Randy Wolf) Career Bests: H- 5, 4/2/14 @ PIT; RBI- 3 (4x), last 9/1/11 @ NYM; R- 5, 5/12/14 @ STL Activated from the 15-day D.L. prior to Tuesday night s game, and went 2-for-5 with a double and run vs. San Diego landed on the shelf, June 13, with a right oblique strain has a.387 average (24-for-62) vs. LHP has played in 66 games, making 37 starts in center field, 22 at second base and one at third base. Was 3-for-4 with a double, run and stolen base yesterday vs. the Cardinals. Homered in June 7 s game vs. Miami to snap a 412 at-bat homerless streak was the longest in the majors (non-pitchers). Is one of four players in N.L. with three games of four or more hits this season (Dee Gordon, Anthony Rendon and Denard Span). #5 WELINGTON CASTILLO C (.241, 7 HR, 29 RBI) Homestand:.313 (5-16), R, 2 2B, RBI Current Streak: Hitless Last Game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (14): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 5; GW RBI- 3; 2-Out RBI- 19 Last HR: 7/19/14 @ ARI (Wade Miley) Career Bests: H- 4, 4/18/13 vs. TEX; RBI- 4, 5/17/12 vs. PHI; R- 2 (11x), last 7/2/14 @ BOS Activated from the D.L. prior to June 22 vs. Pittsburgh, and was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter missed 20 days on the shelf with left rib cage inflammation played two games as part of a rehab assignment with Triple- A Iowa, going 3-for-8 (.375) with a RBI, two walks and a steal. Has 29 RBI, 19 of which have come with two outs has made 60 starts behind the plate hitting.333 (28-for-84) with two outs in an inning. Has multi-hit efforts in four of his last seven games, batting.321 (9-for-28) in that span Friday was 2-for-4 with a run against the Cardinals. Was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI Tuesday vs. San Diego belted his seventh homer of the season July 19 in Arizona, going 2-for-4. #13 STARLIN CASTRO INF (.273, 11 HR, 54 RBI) Homestand:.250 (5-20), RBI, 2B, R, 2 BB Current Streak: 3 Games (4-13) Multi-Hit Games (30): 2-hit (18), 3-hit (12), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 9; GW RBI- 4; 2-Out RBI- 14 Last HR: 6/20/14 vs. PIT (Charlie Morton) Career Bests: H- 4 (10x), last 7/21/13 @ COL; RBI- 6, 5/7/10 @ CIN; R- 4, 9/12/11 @ CIN Was named to his third N.L. All-Star Team by the player vote, his third honor at only 24 years old is just the third shortstop in franchise history to make at least three All-Star teams, joining Ernie Banks (nine times) and Don Kessinger (six times) second on team with 54 RBI, surpassing the 44 RBI he had all of last season has started all 102 of the team s games at shortstop moved to the cleanup spot April 25. Has reached safely in 35 of his last 39 games since June 12 has 29 walks after collecting 30 free passes last season, and has coaxed seven walks in his last 10 games. Was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a walk Thursday night vs. the Padres collected his 800th career hit. Tuesday night vs. San Diego, was 1-for-3 with a double, run and a walk July 19 in Arizona was 2- for-4 with a RBI, his 29th multi-hit effort was 1-for-4 with a run scored July 11 vs. Atlanta. Has 12 three-hit games, one of only six players with at least 12 three-hit efforts (Altuve, Freeman, Gordon, Pence, Tulowitzki). #8 CHRIS COGHLAN OF (.272, 5 HR, 17 RBI) Homestand:.200 (3-15), RBI, R, BB Current Streak: 3 Games (3-12) Multi-Hit Games (10): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (1) GA RBI- 2; GW RBI- 0; 2-Out RBI- 8 Last HR: 7/13/14 vs. ATL (Julio Teheran) Career Bests: H- 4 (8x), last 7/7/14 @ CIN; RBI- 3 (9x), last 7/12/14 vs. ATL; R- 4, 6/11/10 @ TB Has played in 64 games for Chicago since being selected from Iowa, May 3 has made 40 starts in left field and one at DH hitting.365 (27-for-74) with 10 doubles, three homers and 13 RBI in his last 21 games since June 30 had a season-high nine-game hitting streak, June 30-July 8 (.452/14-for-31). Was 1-for-3 yesterday vs. St. Louis drove in a run and was 1-for-4 Thursday night vs. the Padres. Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored July 20 in Arizona homered and recorded his third-straight multi-hit effort, July 13 vs. the Braves (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB). Doubled twice and tied career mark with three RBI July 12 vs. Atlanta. Matched his career high July 7 with four hits as part of a 4-for-5, two double, two runs scored effort followed with his 3rd and 4th home runs of the season July 8 in each game of the doubleheader. #21 JUNIOR LAKE OF (.213, 9 HR, 25 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-7) Current Streak: Hitless Last 4 Games (0-7) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 4; GW RBI- 1; 2-Out RBI- 9 Last HR: 6/7/14 vs. MIA (Chris Hatcher) Career Bests: H- 4 (2x), last 8/2/13 vs. LAD; RBI- 6, 5/12/14 @ STL; R- 2 (11x), last 6/11/14 @ PIT His pinch-hit single in the first game July 8 (gm. 1) snapped an 0-for-20 skid recorded his second career two-homer game June 7 vs. the Marlins his first came August 1, 2013 vs. the Dodgers has made 38 starts in left field, 21 in center field is 2-for-21 (.095) as a pinch-hitter and is batting.217 (51-for-235) when in the starting line-up. Went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored July 19 in Arizona had hit safely in consecutive games for the first time since a four-game run, June 20-24, before going 0-for-4 Tuesday night. Was 1-for-2 with a run scored July 13 vs. Atlanta after going hitless his previous 5 games (0-for-12). Collected a nine-game hitting streak May 12-23, matching his career high from last year and tied for the longest run by a Cub this year hit.375 (15-for-40) during the run. CUBS VS. CARDINALS ADAM WAINWRIGHT John Baker....100 10 1 0 0 Emilio Bonifacio....231 13 3 0 0 Welington Castillo....357 14 5 0 3 Starlin Castro....265 34 9 0 4 Chris Coghlan....364 11 4 0 0 Junior Lake....250 12 3 1 2 Anthony Rizzo....286 21 6 1 3 Nate Schierholtz....348 23 8 0 1 Ryan Sweeney....417 12 5 1 4 Luis Valbuena....412 17 7 1 2 CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Arismendy Alcantara....265 34 9 2 3 John Baker....198 81 16 1 9 Emilio Bonifacio....286 185 53 1 11 Welington Castillo....266 398 106 8 46 Starlin Castro....282 1395 393 24 144 Chris Coghlan....258 97 25 3 11 Junior Lake....251 223 56 9 19 Anthony Rizzo....276 646 178 30 94 Justin Ruggiano....278 97 27 1 14 Nate Schierholtz....233 365 85 12 52 Ryan Sweeney....269 167 45 5 22 Luis Valbuena....236 432 102 12 53 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2014 Arismendy Alcantara....000 1 0 0 0 John Baker....500 2 1 0 3 Emilio Bonifacio....000 1 0 0 0 Welington Castillo....000 2 0 0 1 Starlin Castro....300 10 3 0 9 Chris Coghlan....250 4 1 0 1 Junior Lake....500 2 1 0 4 Anthony Rizzo....143 7 1 0 3 Justin Ruggiano....667 3 2 0 4 Nate Schierholtz....000 5 0 0 3 Ryan Sweeney....000 2 0 0 2 Luis Valbuena....000 1 0 0 3 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Arismendy Alcantara....000 1 0 0 0 John Baker....407 27 11 0 28 Emilio Bonifacio....172 29 5 0 15 Welington Castillo....200 10 2 0 11 Starlin Castro....250 48 12 0 30 Chris Coghlan....300 30 9 0 24 Junior Lake....333 6 2 1 8 Anthony Rizzo....269 26 7 1 24 Justin Ruggiano....200 30 6 0 17 Nate Schierholtz....229 35 8 0 27 Ryan Sweeney....213 47 10 0 30 Luis Valbuena....160 25 4 1 21 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2014 Arismendy Alcantara....000 0 0 0 0 John Baker....125 8 1 0 1 Emilio Bonifacio....250 4 1 0 0 Welington Castillo....000 5 0 0 0 Starlin Castro.....000 0 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan....176 17 3 0 0 Junior Lake....095 21 2 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....000 0 0 0 0 Justin Ruggiano....286 21 6 0 0 Nate Schierholtz....133 15 2 1 1 Ryan Sweeney....100 10 1 0 0 Luis Valbuena....100 10 1 0 3 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Arismendy Alcantara....000 0 0 0 0 John Baker....170 47 8 1 6 Emilio Bonifacio....211 57 12 0 2 Welington Castillo....167 12 2 0 1 Starlin Castro....000 4 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan....245 53 13 2 5 Junior Lake....107 28 3 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....111 9 1 0 1 Justin Ruggiano....212 66 14 1 5 Nate Schierholtz....296 162 48 4 23 Ryan Sweeney....206 63 13 0 5 Luis Valbuena....225 40 9 0 6
#44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.282, 25 HR, 56 RBI) Homestand:.294 (5-17), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 3 BB, 2 HBP Current Streak: Hitless Last Game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (29): 2-hit (22), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (1) GA RBI- 18; GW RBI- 10; 2-Out RBI- 12 Last HR: 7/22/14 vs. SD (Blaine Boyer) Career Bests: H- 4 (3x), last 4/9/14 vs. PIT; RBI- 6, 9/16/12 vs. PIT; R- 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Had a career-high 10-game hitting streak (13-for-37/.351) snapped yesterday named last week s N.L. Player of the Week leads the N.L. with 25 homers and second in the bigs with eight homers off lefties as a left-handed hitter won the N.L. s Final Vote ballot, punching his ticket to the All-Star Game as part of the N.L. squad marked his first career All-Star appearance his 56 walks are tied for fourth in the N.L. Of his 19 homers since May 8, 11 have given Chicago the lead and two have tied the game has eight homers in his last 16 games, including five in the second half. Hitting.309 (30-for-97) vs. lefties and.272 (75-for-276) vs. righties batting.444 (20-for-45) with nine homers when putting the first pitch in play. Was 1-for-3 with a run and was twice hit by pitches Friday vs. St. Louis Tuesday recorded his third multi-homer effort of the season and second in four games (also July 18 in Arizona). #20 JUSTIN RUGGIANO OF (.293, 4 HR, 22 RBI) Homestand:.600 (3-5), 2 RBI, 2B, R Current Streak: 1 Game (1-1) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 7; GW RBI- 5; 2-Out RBI- 9 Last HR: 7/4/14 @ WASH (Tanner Roark) Career Bests: H- 4, 8/28/12 vs. WAS; RBI- 5, 7/2/14 @ BOS; R- 4, 5/5/13 @ PHI Hitting.382 (29-for-76) with 10 runs, eight doubles, two homers and 14 RBI in his last 23 games since June 25 was activated from the disabled list May 26 after missing a month due to a left hamstring strain suffered April 23 hitting.311 (41-for-132) since coming off the D.L. has played 59 games, making 17 starts in right field, 16 in center field and five in left field. Delivered a ninth-inning pinch-double yesterday vs. the Cardinals. Was 2-for-3 with a run, two RBI and sac fly Tuesday vs. San Diego was 1-for-4 with a run July 19 in Arizona July 12 vs. Atlanta, delivered a walk-off RBI single in the ninth. Had a season-high eight-game hitting streak, July 1-8 (.469/15-for-32) had back-to-back seasonbest 3-hit games: July 2 in Boston went 3-for-6 with a homer, double and a career-high five RBI followed up by going 3-for-5 with a homer and 2 RBI July 4. #19 NATE SCHIERHOLTZ OF (.201, 6 HR, 32 RBI) Homestand:.250 (2-8), HR, RBI, R, BB Current Streak: 1 Game (1-1) Multi-Hit Games (14): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI- 5; GW RBI- 4; 2-Out RBI- 5 Last HR: 7/26/14 vs. STL (Shelby Miller) Career Bests: H- 5, 4/28/10 vs. PHI; RBI- 6, 8/19/13 vs. WAS; R- 3 (5x), last 6/13/13 vs. CIN Has played in 91 games, making 72 starts in right field is 12-for-55 (.218) off lefties, 47-for-239 (.197) off righties has a.343 average (12-for-35) when putting first pitch in play hit.294 (10-for-34), May 30- June 9 hit two homers in four games, May 26-30. Belted a game-tying solo pinch-homer in yesterday s sixth inning fourth career pinch homer. Singled in Tuesday night s eighth inning to snap an eight-game hitless skid (0-for-18). Hit game-winning two-run homer in June 30 s fourth inning in Boston finished 2-for-4 with the two-run homer and a double also hit a home run July 2 in Boston. #6 RYAN SWEENEY OF (.224, 3 HR, 16 RBI) Homestand:.273 (3-11), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB Current Streak: 2 Games (3-7) Multi-Hit Games (7): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 3; GW RBI- 2; 2-Out RBI- 4 Last HR: 7/26/14 vs. STL (Pat Neshek) Career Bests: H- 5, 5/5/11 vs. CLE; RBI- 6, 6/23/13 vs. HOU; R- 4, 6/17/08 @ ARI Activated from the D.L. June 13 in Philadelphia, and was 0-for-4 landed on the shelf, May 3, with a right hamstring strain suffered the previous day vs. St. Louis played in two rehab games with Single-A Kane County, June 9-11, going 0-for-5 with a walk hit.286 (6-for-21) in the seven games prior to his injury. Has homered in two-straight games, including a solo blast yesterday vs. St. Louis. Drove in four runs, including a second inning game-tying three-run homer, Friday vs. the Cardinals has driven in a run in four of his last six games with an at-bat (seven RBI total). Has played in 53 games this season, making 20 starts in center field, eight in left and seven in right. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2014 July 27, 2014 Page 4 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Arismendy Alcantara (2).. 1 1 John Baker (0)... Emilio Bonifacio (1)... 1 Welington Castillo (7)... 2 4 1 Starlin Castro (11)... 4 5 2 Chris Coghlan (5)... 3 2 Junior Lake (9)... 6 2 1 Anthony Rizzo (25)... 14 11 Justin Ruggiano (4)... 2 2 Nate Schierholtz (6)... 4 1 1 Ryan Sweeney (3)... 2 1 Luis Valbuena (7)... 3 3 1 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2014 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Arismendy Alcantara... 1 1 John Baker... 1 1 Emilio Bonifacio... 1 Welington Castillo... 8 1 Starlin Castro... 10 4 1 Chris Coghlan... 3 1 Junior Lake... 5 1 (6) Anthony Rizzo... 8 4 2 Justin Ruggiano... 6 0 1 Nate Schierholtz... 6 2 Ryan Sweeney... 1 1 Luis Valbuena... 6 1 CUBS MULTI-HOMER GAMES, CAREER Batter (No.)... Last Multi HR Game Welington Castillo (1)... 9/10/13 vs. CIN Starlin Castro (2)... 4/27/14 @ MIL Chris Coghlan (2)... 4/25/11 vs. LAD Junior Lake (2)... 6/7/14 vs. MIA Anthony Rizzo (7)... 7/22/14 vs. SD Justin Ruggiano (3)... 8/16/13 vs. SF Nate Schierholtz (4)... 8/19/13 vs. WAS Luis Valbuena (1)... 6/20/09 @ CUBS HOME RUNS IN 2014 2014 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (97)... 48 38 10 1 Opponents (70)... 39 24 6 1 #24 LUIS VALBUENA INF (.245, 7 HR, 31 RBI) Homestand:.214 (3-14), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless Last Game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) GA RBI- 8; GW RBI- 4; 2-Out RBI- 11 Last HR: 7/25/14 vs. STL (Kevin Siegrist) Career Bests: H- 3 (16x), last 6/11/14 @ PIT; RBI- 4, 4/11/10 @ DET; R- 3 (5x), last 7/25/14 vs. STL Has hit safely in five of his last seven games, and has homered in two of his last four has played in 91 of the team s 102 games, making 54 starts at third base and 17 at second base collected six RBI in his last four contests, and on Friday vs. St. Louis hit a game-winning two-run homer in the seventh. Has a.330 on-base percentage, 85 points higher than his.245 batting average. Hit a game-tying three-run homer in Wednesday s fourth inning vs. San Diego was his first long ball since June 28 vs. Washington (gm. 2). Batted.390 (30-for-77) with 11 doubles, two homers, eight RBI and a 1.070 OPS in 23 games from May 13-June 12, but is hitting.180 (22-for-122) in his last 34 games starting June 13. CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR:... Junior Lake, 4/12/14 @ St. Louis (Adam Wainwright) Walk-Off HR:... Anthony Rizzo, 6/6/14 vs. Miami (Kevin Slowey) Pinch-HR:... Nate Schierholtz, 7/26/14 vs. St. Louis (Shelby Miller) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam:... David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR:... Tony Campana, 8/5/11 vs. Cincinnati (Mike Leake) Three-Homer Game:... Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) Pitcher Hitting Homer:... Travis Wood, 7/25/14 vs. St. Louis (Joe Kelly) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat:... Starlin Castro, 5/7/10 @ Cincinnati (Homer Bailey) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat:... Cody Ransom, 4/23/13 @ Cincinnati (Tony Cingrani) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate:... Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 3-Homer Games (0):... N/A 2-Homer Games (6):... Castro 2, 4/8 vs. PIT & 4/27 @ MIL; Rizzo 3, 5/31 @ MIL, 7/18 @ ARI, 7/22 vs. SD ; Lake, 6/7/14 vs. MIA Grand Slams (1):... Olt, 5/8 @ CWS (Cleto) 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2):... Rizzo, 4/30-5/3, Olt 5/7-5/9 Pinch-Homers (1):... Schierholtz, 7/26 vs. STL (Miller) Back-to-Back Homers (3):... Olt & Lake, 4/9 vs. PIT; Coghlan & Sweeney, 7/8 @ CIN; Alcantara & Rizzo, 7/22 vs. SD Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0):... N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (3):.Wood 3, 4/21 vs. ARI (Arroyo); 6/5 vs. NYM (degrom); 7/25 vs. STL (Kelly) Game-Opening Homers (1):... Lake, 4/12 @ STL Game-Ending, Walk-Off Homers (1):...Rizzo, 6/6 vs. MIA (Slowey) CUBS CATCHING CORPS. CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Baker 3/37 8.1% 0 3 3.28 (115 ER/316.0 IP) Castillo 11/53 20.8% 3 5 4.44 (264 ER/535.2 IP) Whiteside 0/5 --- % 0 1 3.23 (23 ER/64.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (5): Jackson, 3; Beeler, 1; Hammel, 1 CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Bonifacio 60 (22-38), Coghlan 19 (8-11), Lake 7 (1-6), Valbuena 6 (5-1), Kalish 4 (3-1), Alcantara 3 (1-2), Sweeney 3 (2-1) 2 Lake 30 (15-15), Ruggiano 25 (10-15), Valbuena 13 (5-8), Alcantara 10 (3-7), Sweeney 9 (3-6), Kalish 7 (1-6), Castro 4 (2-2), Coghlan 4 (3-1) 3 Rizzo 96 (40-56), Ruggiano (3, 2-1), Castro 2 (0-2), Valbuena 1 (0-1) 4 Castro 81 (35-46), Schierholtz 14 (4-10), Rizzo 5 (2-3), Ruggiano 2 (1-1) 5 Valbuena 45 (17-28), Schierholtz 18 (8-10), Castro 10 (3-7), Castillo 8 (1-7), Sweeney 6 (5-1), Olt 6 (4-2), Ruggiano 4 (3-1), Lake 3 (1-2), Coghlan 2 (0-2) 6 Castillo 30 (15-15), Schierholtz 21 (10-11), Olt 16 (6-10), Lake 10 (3-7), Coghlan 6 (3-3), Sweeney 6 (3-3), Castro 5 (2-3), Valbuena 4 (0-4), Ruggiano 3 (0-3), Kalish 1 (0-1) 7 Schierholtz 19 (8-11), Olt 18 (7-11), Baker 13 (6-7), Castillo 13 (5-8), Sweeney 12 (2-10), Barney 9 (5-4), Coghlan 9 (4-5), Lake 6 (4-2), Valbuena 2 (0-2), Kalish 1 (1-0) 8 Barney 42 (16-26), Baker 21 (10-11), Olt 10 (5-5), Castillo 9 (1-8), Kalish 6 (3-3), Whiteside 7 (4-3), Lake 2 (1-1), Coghlan 1 (0-1), Ruggiano 1 (1-0), Schierholtz 1 (1-0), Sweeney 1 (0-1), Valbuena 1 (0-1) 9 Jackson 20 (5-15), Wood 18 (10-8), Samardzija 17 (3-14), Hammel 16 (10-6), Arrieta 13 (7-6), Villanueva 5 (1-4), Barney 4 (3-1), Beeler 2 (0-2), Hendricks 2 (2-0), Wada 2 (0-2), Baker 1 (0-1), Kalish 1 (0-1), Lake 1 (1-0) C Castillo 60 (22-38), Baker 35 (16-19), Whiteside 7 (4-3) 1B Rizzo 101 (42-59), Olt 1 (0-1) 2B Barney 55 (24-31), Bonifacio 22 (8-14), Valbuena 17 (7-10), Alcantara 8 (3-5) 3B Valbuena 54 (19-35), Olt 47 (22-25), Bonifacio 1 (1-0) SS Castro 102 (42-60) LF Coghlan 40 (17-23), Lake 38 (18-20), Kalish 11 (5-6), Sweeney 8 (1-7), Ruggiano 5 (1-4) CF Bonifacio 37 (13-24), Lake 21 (8-13), Sweeney 20 (11-9), Ruggiano 16 (7-9), Alcantara 5 (1-4), Kalish 3 (2-1) RF Schierholtz 72 (31-41), Ruggiano 17 (9-8), Sweeney 7 (1-6), Kalish 6 (1-5) P Jackson 21 (6-15), Wood 21 (11-10), Samardzija 17 (3-14), Hammel 17 (10-7), Arrieta 15 (9-6), Villanueva 5 (1-4), Beeler 2 (0-2), Hendricks 2 (2-0), Wada 2 (0-2) DH Olt 2 (0-2), Sweeney 2 (2-0), Coghlan 1 (1-0), Schierholtz 1 (0-1), Valbuena 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 36 35 48 57 39 63 37 37 36 9 397 OPP. 63 48 38 45 64 52 57 30 40 9 446 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (18) Schierholtz, 7; Sweeney, 4; Lake, 3; Coghlan, 2; Bonifacio, 1; Ruggiano, 1
Cubs Pitching JULY 27, 2014 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 29-41 4.07 0 597.0 586 298 270 49 204 547 Relievers 13-19 3.73 19 318.2 277 148 132 21 135 298 Season Totals 42-60 3.95 0/19 915.2 863 446 402 70 339 845 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Justin Grimm 7/25 vs. STL-W 1.0,1,0,0,1,2 7/25/14 vs. STL (7-6) N/A 6/24/14 vs. CIN 0/0 47/32 18/4 Blake Parker 7/26 vs. STL 2.0,0,0,0,0,4 7/10/14 @ CIN (6-4, 14 inn.) 6/29/13 @ SEA (5-3) 8/31/13 vs. PHI 0/0 6/4 0/0 Hector Rondon 7/25 vs. STL-S 1,0,1,0,0,0,0 7/11/14 vs. ATL (5-4) 7/25/14 vs. STL (7-6) 4/23/14 vs. ARI 11/14 37/25 7/0 James Russell 7/26 vs. STL-L 0.2,2,4,4,1,1 5/12/13 @ WAS (2-1) 6/16/14 @ MIA (5-4) 6/24/14 vs. CIN 1/3 42/29 23/9 Brian Schlitter 7/26 vs. STL 0.1,1,0,0,1,0 5/8/14 @ CWS (12-5) N/A 6/27/14 vs. WSH 0/3 47/35 36/12 Pedro Strop 7/24 vs. SD 1.0,0,0,0,1,1 7/1/14 @ BOS (2-1) 6/7/14 vs. MIA (5-2) 7/4/14 @ WASH 2/4 38/27 5/1 Carlos Villanueva 7/23 vs. SD 2.0,1,0,0,1,3 7/2/14 @ BOS (16-9) 5/22/14 @ SD (5-1) 6/4/14 vs. NYM 1/1 22/14 12/6 Wesley Wright 7/25 vs. STL 1.0,2,1,0,0,1 9/16/12 vs. PHI (7-6) 10/1/12 @ CHI (3-0) 6/20/14 vs. PIT 0/1 37/26 32/7 2014 SEASON TOTALS 19/33 (.576) 330/229 (.694) 152/44 (.289) #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (3-2, 4.87 ERA, 0 SV, 6 HOLDS) CAREER: 11-12, 0 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 (3x), last 6/21 vs. PIT MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2-6/14/13 vs. TOR LAST WIN: 7/25/14 vs. STL (7-6) LAST SV: N/A Tied with Schlitter on the team with 47 relief appearances posted a 2.61 ERA (6 ER/20.2 IP) in 21 games from May 10-June 27, but has a 12.46 ERA (12 ER/8.2 IP) in his last nine games since June 28 has held the opponent scoreless in 34 of his 47 games. Earned his third win with a scoreless seventh inning Friday vs. St. Louis. Allowed a season-high three walks in July 23rd s eighth inning vs. San Diego all told, surrendered three runs on two hits while facing eight batters. #50 BLAKE PARKER RHP (1-0, 7.04 ERA, 1 SV, 0 HOLD) CAREER: 2-2, 1 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 IP (2x), last 7/26 vs. STL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (5x), last 7/10/14 @ CIN LAST WIN: 7/10/14 @ CIN (6-4, 12 inn.) LAST SV: 6/29/13 @ SEA (5-3) Was recalled from Triple-A Iowa July 26 for his fourth stint with the Cubs this season with Iowa, has earned Pacific Coast League All-Star honors by going recording 21 saves in 22 chances with a 1.29 ERA (4 ER/28.0 IP) in 28 games this season. Tossed 2.0-scoreless innings of relief yesterday vs. St. Louis. Earned his second-career victory yesterday at Cincinnati, tossing 2.0 innings. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (2-3, 3.72 ERA, 12 SV, 1 HOLD) CAREER: 4-4, 12 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 IP (3x), last 4/19 vs. CIN MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (14x), last 4/19/14 vs. CIN LAST WIN: 7/11/14 vs. ATL (5-4) LAST SV: 7/25/14 vs. STL (7-6) Has pitched in 37 games, converting 12-of-15 save opportunities took the loss July 8 in Cincinnati has struck out 40 in 36.1 innings. Tossed a scoreless ninth inning Friday vs. St. Louis for his 12th save of the year. Picked up his second win of the year July 11 vs. Atlanta. Allowed a ninth-inning grand slam to Devin Mesoraco June 23 snapped a stretch of 47.1 innings without a homer allowed dating to Aug. 3 of last season previous homer allowed was Aug. 1, 2013 (Dodgers Yasiel Puig). #40 JAMES RUSSELL LHP (0-2, 3.77 ERA, 1 SV, 4 HOLDS) CAREER: 10-16, 3 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 (2x), last 7/12 vs. ATL MOST IP, CAREER: 4.2 5/2/11 @ LAD LAST WIN: 5/12/13 @ WAS (2-1) LAST SV: 6/16/14 @ MIA (5-4) Has pitched in 42 games opponents are hitting.198 (22-for-111), and he has walked 16 and struck out 23 July 2 allowed an earned run to snap his streak at 16.1 innings without an earned run, spanning 20 games, dating to May 13. Allowed four runs on two hits in 0.2 innings yesterday vs. St. Louis dealt the loss. On June 16 in Miami, he recorded his first save since July 2, 2012 at Atlanta. Has a 3.51 ERA (98 ER/251.1 IP) and a 10-11 record in 309 big league relief outings. #63 BRIAN SCHLITTER RHP (2-3, 3.89 ERA, 0 SV, 11 HOLDS) CAREER: 2-4, 0 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 (3x), last 6/6 vs. MIA MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (5x), last 6/6/14 vs. MIA LAST WIN: 5/8/14 @ CWS (12-5) LAST SV: N/A Has pitched in 47 games, including both games of the doubleheader July 8, and has held the opponent scoreless in 38 of those owned a 2.61 ERA (11 ER/38.0 IP) in 39 games before allowing six runs (four earned) on three hits in Thursday night s sixth inning vs. San Diego (0.0 IP). Allowed one of two inherited runners to score in July 23rd s fifth inning vs. San Diego. Stranded three runners and pitching 1.1 scoreless innings June 16 in Miami. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (1-4, 2.86 ERA, 2 SV, 10 HOLDS) CAREER: 10-12, 6 SV MOST IP, 2014: 1.0 (31x), last 7/24 vs. SD MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (7x), last 8/4/13 vs. LAD LAST WIN: 7/1/14 @ BOS (2-1) LAST SV: 6/7/14 vs. MIA (5-2) Has pitched in 38 games has struck out 39 in 34.2 innings and issued 18 walks has picked up seven holds, a save and a win in his last 22 games dating to May 31 (1.71 ERA, 4 ER/21.0 IP) was on the D.L., May 7-30 with a left groin strain. Took the loss July 6 in Washington when his run allowed snapped a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning. Recorded the win July 1 with a scoreless eighth inning and the game tied 1-1 was his first victory since August 7, 2013 at Philadelphia (5-2). #33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA RHP (4-6, 5.76 ERA, 1 SV, 2 HOLDS) CAREER: 44-49, 7 SV MOST IP, 2014: 5.0 IP (2x), last 4/25@ MIL MOST IP, CAREER: 8.1 (2x), last 4/23/13 @ CIN LAST WIN: 7/2/14 @ BOS (16-9) LAST SV: 5/22/14 @ SD (5-1) Has a 2.67 ERA (10 ER/33.2 IP) in 20 relief appearances since he moved back to the bullpen, May 3, though he did make a spot start July 5 in Washington (loss). Tossed 2.0-scoreless innings of relief July 23 vs. San Diego. Earned the win July 2 in Boston with 2.0 innings of relief of Travis Wood. May 22, recorded his first save in four years with three scoreless innings to preserve Chicago s 5-1 win in San Diego his previous save came May 20, 2010.. #53 WESLEY WRIGHT LHP (0-1, 2.51 ERA, 0 SV, 7 HOLDS) CAREER: 10-16, 2 SV MOST IP, 2014: 2.0 IP (5x), last 7/9 @ SD MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 8/1/10 vs. MIL LAST WIN: 9/16/12 vs. PHI (7-6) LAST SV: 10/1/12 @ Cubs (3-0) Has held the opponent scoreless in 31 of 36 relief outings has walked just eight in 28.1 innings, striking out 25 opponents are hitting.236 (26-for-110) picked up holds in four-straight outings, June 4-10 has allowed just one home run. Allowed one run on a season-high tying four hits Thursday night vs. San Diego. July 8 allowed his first run in 13 outings spanning 7.1 innings since May 30. Turned in 11-straight scoreless outings, spanning 8.0 innings, from April 13-May 8. 2014 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 12, 5/12 @ STL... Largest Winning Margin... 13, 7/5 @ WASH 3 (4x), last 7/25 vs. STL... Largest Come Behind Win... 5, 7/8 @ CIN (GM 2) 17, 5/12 @ STL... Most Runs... 13 (2x), last 7/24 vs. SD 6 (2x), last 7/2 @ BOS (9th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 9, 7/24 vs. SD (6th) 20, 5/12 @ STL... Most Hits... 19, 7/5 @ WASH 7 (2x), last 7/2 @ BOS (9th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 8, 7/24 vs. SD (6th) 2, 5/28 @ SF... Fewest Hits... 2, 6/30 @ BOS 4, 7/2 @ BOS... Most Home Runs... 5, 4/9 vs. PIT 2 (4x), 7/22 vs. SD (7th)... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (5x), last 7/25 vs. STL (5th) 5 (9x), last 7/12 vs. ATL... Most Doubles... 8, 7/5 @ WASH 2 (4x), last 7/19 @ ARI... Most Triples... 1 (17x), last 7/26 vs. STL 10, 7/2 @ BOS... Most Extra-Base Hits... 8, 7/5 @ WASH 8, 6/4 vs. NYM... Most BBs By Batters... 11, 7/23 vs. SD 17 (2x), last 6/16 @ MIA... Most Ks By Pitchers... 17, 4/2 @ PIT 3 (3x), last 7/18 @ ARI... Most Stolen Bases... 5, 4/18 vs. CIN 4, 7/22 vs. SD... Most Double Plays Turned... 3, 5/13 @ STL 3, 5/16 vs. MIL... Most Errors Committed... 2 (4x), 5/26 @ SF 19, 4/2 @ PIT... Most Left On Base... 15, 4/2 @ PIT Longest Winning Streak: 5 Games... 6/3-7 Longest Losing Streak: 6 Games... 7/5-10 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 25 (CUBS 16, BOS 9)... 7/2 @ BOS Most Hits, Both Clubs: 35 (CUBS 19, BOS 16)... 7/2 @ BOS Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7 (PIT 5, CUBS 2)... 4/9 vs. PIT Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 33 (CUBS 17, MIA 16)... 6/6 vs. MIA Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 34 (PIT 15, CUBS 19)... 4/2 @ PIT Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 6 (2x), (CUBS 3, CIN 3)... last 6/24 vs. CIN Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 8... 6/13-21 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 4... 6/25-6/28-1 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 6/24-6/28-1 Consecutive Games With An Error: 4... 4/23-27 Shortest Game, Time: 2:18... 6/1 @ MIL Longest Game, Time: 5:55... 4/2 @ PIT Most Innings: 16... 4/2 @ PIT Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 41,927... 7/26 vs. STL Largest Road Crowd: 45,302... 4/12 @ STL Series Sweeps: 2... vs. NYM (3), 6/3-5; @ BOS (3), 6/30-7/2 BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 10, Rizzo... 7/11-25 Most Runs Scored: 5, Bonifacio... 5/12 @ STL Most Hits: 5, Bonifacio... 4/2 @ PIT Most Total Bases: 9 (2x), last Castro... 4/27 @ MIL Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Rizzo... 6/10 @ PIT Most Doubles: 3, Castillo... 5/2 vs. STL Most Triples: 1 (23x), last Barney & Lake... 7/19 @ARI Most RBI: 6, Lake... 5/12 @ STL Most Stolen Bases: 2, Bonifacio... 4/2 @ PIT and 4/10 vs. PIT Most Walks: 4, Rizzo... 4/30 @ CIN Most Strikeouts: 4, Lake... 6/30 @ BOS 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 4, Arrieta... 6/13-30 Longest Losing Streak: 4 (3x), last Wood & Jackson. Wood - 6/21-current, Jackson 6/25-cur. Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: N/A... N/A Low-Hit Complete Game: N/A... N/A Longest Outing, Reliever: 5.0, Rusin... 4/12 @ STL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 11 (2x), last Arrieta... 6/18 @ MIA Reliever: 4 (23), last Parker... 7/26 vs. STL Consecutive Strikeouts: 6, Wood... 4/10 vs. PIT Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 16.2, Arrieta... 6/3-13 Reliever: 15.1, Schlitter...5/12-6/6 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 5, Rondon... 4/11-5/18 Consecutive Batters Retired: 18, Arrieta... 6/24 vs. CIN Most Runs Allowed: 9 (2x), last Jackson... 7/12 vs. ATL Most Hits Allowed: 11, Wood... 4/16 @ NYY (gm. 2) Most Homers Allowed: 3 (2x), last Jackson... 7/12 vs. ATL Most Walks Issued: 5 (5x), last Wood... 6/26 vs. WSH Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 7.2, Arrieta... 6/30 @ BOS MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 14 High-Water Mark: 1 under (0-1, 1-2) Losses after Leading: 19 Low-Water Mark: 18 under (41-59, 42-60) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 7 No. of Times at.500 Mark: N/A Games Lost in Last At-Bat: 11
Cubs 2014 Day-By-Day Schedule/Results JULY 27, 2014 PAGE 6 GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATTENDANCE 132 3/31 @PIT L 0-1 (10) Morris-VILLANUEVA (0-1) 0-1 T-4th, -1.0 39,833 4/1 OFF DAY 0-1 T-4th, -1.0 133 4/2 @PIT L 3-4 (16) Pimentel-VILLANUEVA (0-2) 0-2 5th, -2.0 29,762 134 4/3 @PIT W 3-2 HAMMEL (1-0)-Rodriguez-STROP (1) 1-2 T-3rd, -1.0 11,418 126 4/4 PHI L 2-7 Hernandez-WOOD (0-1) 1-3 T-4th, -2.0 38,283 127 4/5 PHI L 0-2 Lee-SAMARDZIJA (0-1)-Papelbon 1-4 T-4th, -2.0 30,651 128 4/6 PHI W 8-3 VILLANUEVA (1-2)-Burnett 2-4 T-4th, -2.0 26,712 4/7 OFF DAY 2-4 4th, -2.0 129 4/8 PIT L 6-7 Watson-STROP (0-1)-Grilli 2-5 4th, -3.0 26,177 130 4/9 PIT W 7-5 HAMMEL (2-0)-Rodriguez 3-5 4th, -3.0 28,247 131 4/10 PIT L 4-5 Cole-RUSSELL (0-1)-Grilli 3-6 T-4th, -4.0 25,502 10 4/11 @STL W 6-3 (11) GRIMM (1-0)-Rosenthal-RONDON (1) 4-6 4th, -4.0 43,903 11 4/12 @STL L 4-10 Wainwright-VILLANUEVA (1-3) 4-7 4th, -5.0 45,302 12 4/13 @STL L 4-6 Wacha-JACKSON (0-1)-Rosenthal 4-8 T-4th, -6.0 44,135 4/14 OFF DAY 4-8 T-4th, -5.5 4/15 @NYY PPD, RAIN Rescheduled for 4/16, D/N DH 4-8 T-4th, -5.0 13 4/16 @NYY L 0-3 Tanaka-HAMMEL (2-1)-Kelley 4-9 5th, -6.0 36,569 14 4/16 @NYY L 0-2 Pineda-WOOD (0-2)-Warren 4-10 5th, -6.5 40,073 4/17 OFF DAY 4-10 5th, -6.0 15 4/18 CIN L 1-4 Simon-SAMARDZIJA (0-2)-Broxton 4-11 5th, -7.0 28,699 16 4/19 CIN W 8-4 JACKSON (1-1)-Cingrani 5-11 5th, -7.0 32,966 17 4/20 CIN L 2-8 Bailey-VILLANUEVA (1-4) 5-12 5th, -8.0 27,927 18 4/21 ARI W 5-1 WOOD (1-2)-Arroyo 6-12 5th, -8.0 32,439 19 4/22 ARI W 9-2 HAMMEL (3-1)-McCarthy 7-12 5th, -7.0 35,381 20 4/23 ARI L 5-7 Cahill-STROP (0-2)-Reed 7-13 5th, -8.0 32,323 21 4/24 ARI L 2-5 Bolsinger-JACKSON (1-2)-Reed 7-14 5th, -8.5 33,085 22 4/25 @MIL L 2-5 Garza-VILLANUEVA (1-5)-Rodriguez 7-15 5th, -9.5 32,868 23 4/26 @MIL L 3-5 Estrada-WOOD (1-3)-Rodriguez 7-16 5th, -10.5 40,008 24 4/27 @MIL W 4-0 HAMMEL (4-1)-Peralta 8-16 5th, -9.5 45,286 4/28 @CIN PPD, RAIN Make-Up Date 7/8, D/N DH 8-16 5th, -10.0 25 4/29 @CIN L 2-3 Simon-SAMARDZIJA (0-3)-Broxton 8-17 5th, -11.0 17,579 26 4/30 @CIN W 9-4 JACKSON (2-2)-Christiani 9-17 5th, -10.0 21,847 5/1 OFF DAY 9-17 5th, -9.5 27 5/2 STL W 6-5 WOOD (2-3)-Wainwright-RONDON (2) 10-17 T-4th, -9.5 28,160 28 5/3 STL W 3-0 SCHLITTER (1-0)-Wacha-RONDON (3) 11-17 T-4th, -8.5 37,874 29 5/4 STL L 4-5 Siegrist-RONDON (0-1)-Rosenthal 11-18 T-4th, -8.5 30,023 30 5/5 CWS L 1-3 (12) Webb-GRIMM (1-1)-Lindstrom 11-19 T-4th, -9.5 33,146 31 5/6 CWS L 1-5 Putnam-RAMIREZ (0-1) 11-20 5th, -9.5 34,305 32 5/7 @CWS L 3-8 Danks-WOOD (2-4) 11-21 5th, -9.5 21,075 33 5/8 @CWS W 12-5 SCHLITTER (2-0)-Carroll 12-21 5th, -9.0 26,332 34 5/9 @ATL L 2-3 (10) Wood-WRIGHT (0-1) 12-22 5th, -9.0 27,145 35 5/10 @ATL L 0-2 Santana-SCHLITTER (2-1)-Kimbrel 12-23 5th, -10.0 30,658 36 5/11 @ATL L 2-5 Harang-JACKSON (2-3)-Carpenter 12-24 5th, -11.0 26,151 37 5/12 @STL W 17-5 WOOD (3-4)-Lyons 13-24 5th, -10.5 44,434 38 5/13 @STL L 3-4 (12) Maness-GRIMM (1-2) 13-25 5th, -11.5 43,627 5/14 @STL PPD, Rain Make-Up Date 8/30, D/N DH 13-25 5th, -11.0 39 5/15 @STL L 3-5 Wacha-HAMMEL (4-2)-Rosenthal 13-26 5th, -12.0 42,501 40 5/16 MIL L 3-4 Lohse-SAMARDZIJA (0-4)-Rodriguez 13-27 5th, -13.0 35,771 41 5/17 MIL W 3-0 JACKSON (3-3)-Garza-RONDON (4) 14-27 5th, -12.0 36,671 42 5/18 MIL W 4-2 WOOD (4-4)-Estrada-RONDON (5) 15-27 5th, -11.0 37,631 5/19 OFF DAY 15-27 5th, -10.5 43 5/20 NYY W 6-1 HAMMEL (5-2)-Tanaka 16-27 5th, -9.5 38,753 44 5/21 NYY L 2-4 (13) Claiborne-VERAS (0-1)-Robertson 16-28 5th, -10.5 34,808 45 5/22 @SD W 5-1 ARRIETA (1-0)-Stults-VILLANUEVA (1) 17-28 5th, -9.5 21,263 46 5/23 @SD L 1-11 Stauffer-JACKSON (3-4) 17-29 5th, -10.5 26,489 47 5/24 @SD W 3-2 WOOD (5-4)-Buckner-RONDON (6) 18-29 5th, -9.5 42,107 48 5/25 @SD L 3-4 Kennedy-HAMMEL (5-3)-Street 18-30 5th, -10.5 32,167 49 5/26 @SF W 8-4 SAMARDZIJA (1-4)-Petit 19-30 5th, -9.5 42,257 50 5/27 @SF L 0-4 Hudson-ARRIETA (1-1) 19-31 5th, -10.5 41,060 51 5/28 @SF L 0-5 Kontos-JACKSON (3-5) 19-32 5th, -11.5 41,186 5/29 OFF DAY 19-32 5th, -11.5 52 5/30 @MIL L 5-11 Estrada-WOOD (5-5) 19-33 5th, -12.5 36,100 53 5/31 @MIL W 8-0 HAMMEL (6-3)-Peralta 20-33 5th, -11.5 42,332 54 6/1 @MIL L 0-9 Lohse-SAMARDZIJA (1-5) 20-34 5th, -12.5 36,277 6/2 OFF DAY 20-34 5th, -13.0 55 6/3 NYM W 2-1 RONDON (1-1)-Rice 21-34 5th, -12.0 34,697 56 6/4 NYM W 5-4 JACKSON (4-5)-Eveland-RONDON (7) 22-34 5th, -11.0 28,185 57 6/5 NYM W 7-4 GRIMM (2-2)-Black-RAMIREZ (1) 23-34 5th, -11.0 28,833 58 6/6 MIA W 5-3 (13) VILLANUEVA (2-5)-Slowey 24-34 5th, -10.0 28,495 59 6/7 MIA W 5-2 SAMARDZIJA (2-6)-Wolf-STROP (2) 25-34 5th, -10.0 33,786 60 6/8 MIA L 3-4 Dunn-STROP (0-3) 25-35 5th, -11.0 33,134 61 6/9 @PIT L 2-6 Morton-JACKSON (4-6) 25-36 5th, -11.5 24,075 62 6/10 @PIT W 7-3 WOOD (6-5)-Sadler 26-36 5th, -10.5 31,567 63 6/11 @PIT L 2-4 Cumpton-HAMMEL (6-4)-Grilli 26-37 5th, -11.5 20,540 64 6/12 @PIT L 0-4 Volquez-SAMARDZIJA (2-6) 26-38 5th, -12.5 25,431 65 6/13 @PHI W 2-1 ARRIETA (2-1)-Hernandez-RAMIREZ (2) 27-38 5th, -11.5 26,154 66 6/14 @PHI L 4-7 Buchanan-JACKSON (4-7)-Papelbon 27-39 5th, -12.5 31,524 67 6/15 @PHI W 3-0 WOOD (7-5)-Burnett-RAMIREZ (3) 28-39 5th, -11.5 41,238 68 6/16 @MIA W 5-4 (13) VILLANUEVA (3-5)-Turner-RUSSELL (1) 29-39 5th, -11.5 19,170 69 6/17 @MIA L 5-6 Dyson-SCHLITTER (2-2)-Cishek 29-40 5th, -12.5 20,860 70 6/18 @MIA W 6-1 ARRIETA (3-1)-Eovaldi 30-40 5th, -11.5 27,032 6/19 OFF DAY 30-40 5th, -12.0 71 6/20 PIT W 6-3 JACKSON (5-7)-Morton-RONDON (8) 31-40 5th, -12.0 36,423 72 6/21 PIT L 3-5 Worley-WOOD (7-6)-Melancon 31-41 5th, -13.0 36,563 73 6/22 PIT L 1-2 Cumpton-HAMMEL (6-4)Melancon 31-42 5th, -14.0 33,573 74 6/23 CIN L 1-6 Broxton-RONDON (1-2) 31-43 5th, -14.0 27.747 75 6/24 CIN W 7-3 ARRIETA (4-1)-Bailey 32-43 5th, -13.0 28,226 76 6/25 CIN L 1-4 Latos-JACKSON (5-8)-Chapman 32-44 5th, -14.0 28,207 77 6/26 WSH W 5-3 RAMIREZ (1-1)-Stammen-RONDON (9) 33-44 5th, -14.0 28,867 78 6/27 WSH W 7-2 HAMMEL (7-5)-Roark 34-44 5th, -14.0 30,683 79 6/28 WSH L 0-3 Gonzalez-BEELER (0-1)-Soriano 34-45 5th, -15.0 35,770 80 6/28 WSH L 2-7 Treinen-SAMARDZIJA (2-7)-Detwiler 34-46 5th, -15.5 32,267 6/29 OFF DAY 34-46 5th, -15.0 81 6/30 @BOS W 2-0 ARRIETA (5-1)-Peavy-RONDON (10) 35-46 5th, -14.5 37,814 82 7/1 @BOS W 2-1 STROP (1-3-Uehara-RONDON (11) 36-46 5th, -13.5 36,748 83 7/2 @BOS W 16-9 VILLANUEVA (4-5)-Workman 37-46 5th, -12.5 37,055 7/3 OFF DAY 5th, -12.5 84 7/4 @WSH W 7-2 HAMMEL (8-5)-Roark 38-46 5th, -11.5 41,274 85 7/5 @WSH L 0-13 Gonzalez-VILLANUEVA (4-6) 38-47 5th, -12.5 38,473 86 7/6 @WSH L 1-2 Clippard-STROP (1-4)-Soriano 38-48 5th, -12.5 32,941 87 7/7 @CIN L 3-9 Leake-JACKSON (5-9) 38-49 5th, -12.5 36,558 88 7/8 @CIN L 2-4 Cueto-WOOD (7-7)-Chapman 38-50 5th, -13.0 17,371 89 7/8 @CIN L 5-6 Ondrusek-RONDON (1-3) 38-51 5th, -13.0 29,991 90 7/9 @CIN L 1-4 Simon- BEELER (0-2)-Chapman 38-52 5th, -13.0 32,810 91 7/10 @CIN W 6-4 (12) PARKER (1-0)-Hoover 39-52 5th, -12.0 31,983 92 7/11 ATL W 5-4 RONDON (2-3)-Walden 40-52 5th, -11.0 39,544 93 7/12 ATL L 6-11 Minor-JACKSON (5-10)-Carpenter 40-53 5th, -11.0 36,806 94 7/13 ATL L 7-10 Teheran-WOOD (7-8)-Kimbrel 40-54 5th, -12.0 36,363 All-Star Break 7/14-17 GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATTENDANCE 95 7/18 @ARI L 4-5 De La Rosa-SCHLITTER (2-3)-Reed 40-55 5th, -13.0 32,619 96 7/19 @ARI L 3-9 Miley-WOOD (7-9) 40-56 5th, -13.0 32,528 97 7/20 @ARI L 2-3 Collmenter-ARRIETA (5-2)-Reed 40-57 5th, -13.0 37,131 7/21 OFF DAY 40-57 5th, -13.5 98 7/22 SD W 6-0 HENDRICKS (1-0)-Stults 41-57 5th, -13.5 32,730 99 7/23 SD L 3-8 Kennedy-WADA (0-1) 41-58 5th, -14.5 30,718 100 7/24 SD L 3-13 Ross-JACKSON (5-11) 41-59 5th, -15.5 31,321 101 7/25 STL W 7-6 GRIMM (3-2)-Siegrist-RONDON (12) 42-59 5th, -14.5 41,534 102 7/26 STL L 3-6 Choate-RUSSELL (0-2)-Rosenthal 42-60 5th, -15.5 41,927 103 7/27 STL 1:20 PM WGN 104 7/28 COL 7:05 PM CSN 105 7/29 COL 7:05 PM WGN 106 7/30 COL 7:05 PM CSN+ 107 7/31 COL 1:20 PM CSN 108 8/1 @LAD 9:10 PM WGN 109 8/2 @LAD 8:10 PM CSN 110 8/3 @LAD TBD WGN 8/4 OFF DAY 111 8/5 @COL 7:40 PM CSN+ 112 8/6 @COL 7:40 PM CSN 113 8/7 @COL 2:10 PM WGN 114 8/8 TB 3:05 PM WGN 115 8/9 TB 3:05 PM WGN 116 8/10 TB 1:20 PM CSN 117 8/11 MIL 7:05 PM CSN 118 8/12 MIL 7:05 PM CSN 119 8/13 MIL 7:05 PM CSN 120 8/14 MIL 1:20 PM WGN 121 8/15 @NYM 6:10 PM WGN 122 8/16 @NYM 6:10 PM WGN 123 8/17 @NYM 12:10 PM CSN 124 8/18 @NYM 11:10 AM CSN 125 8/19 SF 7:05 PM CSN 126 8/20 SF 7:05 PM WCIU 127 8/21 SF 7:05 PM CSN 128 8/22 BAL 1:20 PM WGN 129 8/23 BAL 1:20 PM CSN 130 8/24 BAL 1:20 PM WGN 8/25 OFF DAY 131 8/26 @CIN 6:10 PM CSN 132 8/27 @CIN 6:10 PM CSN 133 8/28 @CIN 11:35 AM WGN 134 8/29 @STL 7:15 PM WGN 135 8/30 @STL 1:15 PM CSN 136 8/30 @STL 7:15 PM CSN 137 8/31 @STL 1:15 PM WGN 138 9/1 MIL 1:20 PM WGN 139 9/2 MIL 7:05 PM CSN+ 140 9/3 MIL 7:05 PM CSN 9/4 OFF DAY 141 9/5 PIT 1:20 PM WGN 142 9/6 PIT 3:05 PM CSN 143 9/7 PIT 1:20 PM WGN 144 9/8 @TOR 6:07 PM WGN 145 9/9 @TOR 6:07 PM CSN 146 9/10 @TOR 6:07 PM CSN 9/11 OFF DAY 147 9/12 @PIT 6:05 PM CSN 148 9/13 @PIT 6:05 PM CSN 149 9/14 @PIT 12:35 PM WGN 150 9/15 CIN 7:05 PM CSN+ 151 9/16 CIN 7:05 PM WGN 152 9/17 CIN 7:05 PM CSN 153 9/18 LAD 7:05 PM CSN 154 9/19 LAD 1:20 PM CSN 155 9/20 LAD 3:05 PM WGN 156 9/21 LAD 1:20 PM CSN 157 9/22 STL 7:05 PM WGN 158 9/23 STL 7:05 PM WCIU 159 9/24 STL 7:05 PM CSN 9/25 OFF DAY 160 9/26 @MIL 7:10 PM CSN 161 9/27 @MIL 6:10 PM WGN 162 9/28 @MIL 1:10 PM WGN Wrigley Field Game Time Wind Trends BLOWING IN BLOWING OUT CROSSWIND OVERALL (N, E, NE) (S, W, SW) (SE, NW) No. Games 28 13 6 47 Cubs Record 12-16 7-6 3-3 22-25 Cubs Runs 109 63 20 192 Opponents Runs 116 65 22 203 Total Runs Scored 225 128 42 395 Avg/Game 8.0 9.8 7.0 8.4 Cubs Homers 24 15 4 43 Opp. Homers 13 21 2 36 Team Challenges Won Lost CUBS 34 15 19 Opp. 22 15 7 2014 MLB INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES Most Recent Cubs Challenge: 7/26 vs. STL, T-7th inn. One on, one out; Jon Jay called safe at third on a stolen base Cubs challenge safe call after a review, the play is confirmed. Most Recent Opponent Challenge: 7/24 vs. SD, B-5th inn. One on, two out. Rizzo strikes out swinging and advances to first base on wild pitch Padres challenge Rizzo was hit by the pitch after a review, the call is confirmed. CUBS EJECTIONS IN 2014 MGR Rick Renteria 4/8 vs. PIT HP Jeff Nelson arguing balls and strikes Coach Chris Bosio 4/16 @ NYY (gm. 2) HP Fieldin Culbreth arguing balls and strikes MGR Rick Renteria 4/29 @ CIN HP Alan Porter arguing balls and strikes MGR Rick Renteria 5/7 @ CWS HP Tom Woodring arguing balls and strikes INF Anthony Rizzo 6/1 @ MIL HP Jerry Meals arguing balls and strikes MGR Rick Renteria 6/4 vs. NYM HP Todd Tichenor arguing balls and strikes MGR Rick Renteria 7/9 @ CIN Andy Fletcher arguing a fair/foul play Sheffield and Waveland Home Runs in 2014 The following is a breakdown of home runs hit at Wrigley Field that landed on Sheffield Ave. (right field) and Waveland Ave. (left field) in 2014. Team Sheffield HR s Waveland HR s Total Opponent 0 1 1 Cubs 1 1 2 Most Recent HR to reach Sheffield: Arismendy Alcantara, 7/22/14 vs. SD (Blaine Boyer) Most Recent HR to reach Waveland: Rickie Weeks, 5/18/14 vs. Cubs (Travis Wood)