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:... 2-2 At Wrigley Field:... 2-1 At Dodger Stadium:... 0-1 2016 Overall:... 4-3 At Wrigley Field:... 3-1 At Dodger Stadium:... 1-2 All-Time Since 1890:... 1,036-1,047 At Wrigley Field:... 409-402 At Dodger Stadium (since 1962):.. 128-167 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (1) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed LHP Brett Anderson 5/7 5/17 17 (Low back strain) UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 400 Games Pitched... Pedro Strop (5) HIGHEST AVG AS PINCH-HITTER, 2017 (MIN. 10 PLATE APPEARANCES) 1. Adam Lind, WSH....533 (8-15) 2. Albert Almora Jr., CHI....500 (5-10) Jon Jay, CHI....500 (8-16) 4. Arismendy Alcantara, CIN....462 (6-13) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Anthony Rizzo... 129 2. Giancarlo Stanton...126 3. Nolan Arenado...123 Paul Goldschmidt...123 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 225 2. Los Angeles Dodgers...212 3. St. Louis Cardinals...209 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...464 2. Arizona Diamondbacks...457 3. Chicago Cubs... 428 4. New York Mets...423 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...2.87 2. Cincinnati Reds...3.21 3. Chicago Cubs... 3.33 4. Arizona Diamondbacks...3.74 SIMPLY GRAND! Cubs manager Joe Maddon owns a 1,006-874 (.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. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAT! Cubs radio play-by-play legend Pat Hughes turns 62 today he is in his 22nd season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs and is a seven-time winner of the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year award happy birthday, Pat! Chicago Cubs (25-22) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (29-20) May 27, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 48 Road Game No. 23 RHP John Lackey (4-4, 4.82) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (4-1, 3.76) SATURDAY AT THE PARK: The Chicago Cubs today play the second of three games against the Los Angeles Dodgers after falling in yesterday s series opener, 4-0 this is the second of a six-game trip to Los Angeles (0-1) and San Diego (three games, beginning Monday). Chicago is 7-3 in its last 10 games, but last night had a three-game winning streak snapped this 10-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 9-5-1 in 15 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 10-11 outside of the division the Cubs are 24-17 vs. the N.L. and 1-5 vs. the A.L. this year. Chicago will join the rest of MLB in wearing special Memorial Day uniforms each of the next three days. THE ROAD IS SOMETIMES BUMPY: Last night marked the second-straight road contest in which the Cubs were blanked (also May 14 in St. Louis) and the third time in the last five road games starting May 10 in Colorado that Chicago was kept off the board. The Cubs have managed just three or fewer runs and six or fewer hits in each of their last five road games since May 10 in Colorado that s Chicago s longest such stretch on the road since five-straight games with no more than three runs and six hits, September 18-28, 1981 against Montreal and Pittsburgh. Prior to this five-game road stretch, in which the Cubs are batting.138 (21-for- 152) with six runs scored (1.2 runs 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 last night were shut out for the fourth time this season in each of the first three instances, Chicago won its next game (feel free to check out our day-by-days on page six of the notes). Prior to last night, 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 have needed just one reliever in each of their last two games, with Mike Montgomery recording a 4.0-inning save in relief of starter Eddie Butler on Thursday and Felix Peña following Jake Arrieta to finish last night s game this is the first time the team has used one or fewer relievers in twostraight games since June 1-2 of last season vs. the Dodgers. Last June 1, Jon Lester pitched a complete game June 2, Kyle Hendricks went 8.0 innings and Travis Wood finished the game in the ninth. 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. CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 25-22 At Wrigley Field:... 14-11 On the Road:... 11-11 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-11 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,736-10,210 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,232-3,721 Leading Entering 6th:... 18-4 Tied Entering 6th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 6th:... 6-16 Leading Entering 7th:... 20-2 Tied Entering 7th:... 1-3 Trailing Entering 7th:... 4-17 Leading Entering 8th:... 22-2 Tied Entering 8th:... 1-2 Trailing Entering 8th:... 2-18 Leading Entering 9th:... 21-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 2-1 Trailing Entering 9th:... 2-20 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:... 4-14 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 16-5 Hit Totals Equal:... 4-1 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 5-16 Hit at Least One HR:... 19-12 Hit Two or More HR:... 16-4 Playing Errorless Ball:... 12-9 Committing at Least One Error:... 13-13 FAMILIAR WITH THE BASEPATHS: Ben Zobrist, who yesterday 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. HE S HEATING UP: Anthony Rizzo has hit.353 (12-for-34) with nine runs, a double, five homers, nine RBI, six walks (compared to two strikeouts) and a 1.300 OPS in his last 10 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 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: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.67 ERA (8 ER/27.0 IP) in the last four games 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. Beginning with the nightcap of May 9 s twinbill in Colorado, Cubs starting pitchers are 9-5 with a 3.22 ERA (32 ER/89.1 IP) in the team s last 15 contests prior to this 15 game stretch, Cubs starters were 3-5 with a 6.79 ERA (42 ER/55.2 IP) in 12 games from April 26 through the first game of the May 9 doubleheader. FLEXING SOME MUSCLE: Beginning with the nightcap of May 9 s twinbill in Colorado, the Cubs have hit 26 home runs in their last 15 games, with the 26 blasts in that span ranking second-most in the N.L. behind Arizona (32). DYNAMIC DUO: 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 (0.72 ERA) have also turned the trick. 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 8.62 ERA in the opening frame the starting rotation has a 3.29 ERA (78 ER/213.1 IP) in the second inning and later. RISPY BUSINESS: While batting.326 (14-for-43) with the bases loaded, the Cubs are hitting just.211 (76-for-360) in all other runners in scoring position situations overall, the team s.223 mark (90-for-403) with RISP is last in the N.L. Chicago did hit.279 (19-for-68) with runners in scoring position in the just-completed nine-game homestand. The Cubs have had 489 plate appearances with runners in scoring position this season, second-most of any N.L. team (Cincinnati, 493) and fourth in the majors. REGARDING RUNS SCORED: Including Chicago s four-run eighth inning Monday night against the Giants, the Cubs have scored at least four runs in a frame 16 times this season that s tied for second-most in the majors with the Yankees and two behind the Nationals, who have 18 such frames this year. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sat., May 27 @LA 6:15 p.m. FOX 670 The Score RHP John Lackey (4-4, 4.82) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (4-1, 3.76) 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)
MAY 27, 2017 PAGE 2 Tonight s Cubs Starter #41 RHP John Lackey (4-4, 4.82) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 11-8 3.35 29 29 0 0 188.1 146 74 70 23 53 180 2017 CUBS 4-4 4.82 9 9 0 0 52.1 58 31 28 12 15 55 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 180-139 3.89 426 425 18 8 2722.0 2755 1285 1178 295 777 2200 Last Time Out John had his three-game winning streak snapped in his last start, going 5.0 innings and allowing five runs on seven hits while fanning six in the Cubs 6-4 setback vs. San Francisco allowed two homers for the second-straight start. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 5/22 SF L 6-4 5.0 7 5 5 2 6 99-66 0-5 2017 Season John tonight makes his 10th start of the season, and fifth on the road is 1-2 against the NL West despite a 3.00 ERA (6 ER/18.0 IP) and 26 punchouts in three starts this season. Has thrown first-pitch strikes to 70.7 percent of the batters he has faced, the highest rate in the majors. Has surrendered 2.06 homers per nine innings this season, the second-highest rate in the N.L. and more than double his career average of 0.98 HR/9 allowed just 0.97 HR/9 from 2015-16. Won three-straight games, April 29-May 16, posting a 3.86 ERA (10 ER/23.1 IP) in four starts during the stretch. Opponents are batting.357 (15-for-42) in the first inning and.256 (43-for-168) from the second inning on. Has gone at least 6.0 innings in six of his nine starts, but just one of his last four. Tossed quality starts in each of his first two outings, including one run in 6.0 innings, April 12 vs. the Dodgers struck out a season-high 10 batters. 2016 Season John went 11-8 with a 3.35 ERA (70 ER/188.1 IP) in 29 starts in his first season with the Cubs... recorded 20 quality starts and logged a 1.06 WHIP, his lowest single-season mark in his career and sixth-lowest in the N.L. Held opponents to a.218 average, by far the lowest mark of his career... previous best mark was a.246 opponent average in 2006 with the Angels his.645 opponent OPS was also the lowest mark of his career. Allowed a.189 average (21-for-111) with runners in scoring position. Went 7-4 with a 2.62 ERA (32 ER/110.0 IP) in 16 starts at Wrigley Field... was 4-4 with a 4.37 ERA (38 ER/78.1 IP) in 13 road starts. His 2.76 ERA (22 ER/71.2 IP) following the All-Star break was almost a full run lower than his 3.70 ERA (48 ER/116.2 IP) in the season s first half. Landed on the 15-day disabled list, August 19 (retro to August 15), with a right shoulder strain... activated on September 4. Pitched to a 2.22 ERA (11 ER/44.2 IP) and held the opponent to a.197 average in his final seven regular season starts, August 9 through season s end. Led the majors in percentage of swings on first pitch (37.5%/282-of-752). Held righties to a.201 batting average (79-for-393), while lefties batted at a.242 clip (67-for-277). Twice fanned a season-high 11 batters: April 18 at St. Louis and May 6 vs. Washington four times pitched a season-high 8.0 innings: May 1 vs. Atlanta, May 11 vs. San Diego, July 17 vs. Texas and August 9 vs. the Angels. His 3.35 ERA was second-lowest among starting pitchers above the age of 35 this season... the Dodgers Rich Hill, age 36, posted a 2.12 ERA. Started three playoff games, going 0-1 with a 4.85 ERA (7 ER/13.0 IP)... allowed two runs on three hits in 4.0 innings in Game Four of the NLCS. Career vs. Los Angeles (N.L.) John tonight makes his 13th start against the Dodgers, and second this season took the loss in his last outing vs. the Dodgers, April 12, despite allowing just one earned run on four hits and fanning a season-high 10 batters over 6.0 IP in 13-career outings (12 starts) vs. the club, owns a 1.73 ERA, his lowest mark against any single opponent and the third-lowest all-time among pitchers with at least 80.0 IP against Los Angeles. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-1 1.50 1 1 6.0 4 1 1 1 3 10 Career 6-4 1.73 13 12 83.0 59 16 16 4 20 81 vs. Dodgers Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Gonzalez (.304-23-7-0-4) Hernandez (.500-2-1-0-1) Puig (.200-5-1-0-0) Grandal (.000-5-0-0-0) Pederson (.000-4-0-0-0) Seager (.333-3-1-0-0) Gutierrez (.190-21-4-0-0) Utley (.125-16-2-0-0) Career Notes John is one of three active pitchers with at least 400 starts and 2,500 innings pitched signed a two-year deal with the Cubs December 8, 2015 has gone 180-139 with a 3.89 ERA (1,178 ER/2,722.0 IP) in 426 appearances across 15 major league seasons with the Angels (2002-09), Red Sox (2010-11 and 13-14), Cardinals (2014-15) and Cubs (2016-17). A three-time World Series champion (2002 with Angels, 2013 with Red Sox and 2016 with Cubs), he owns an 8-6 record with a 3.27 ERA (51 ER/140.1 IP) in 26 career post-season games, including 23 starts... the eight victories are tied for third-most among active pitchers, trailing only CC Sabathia and Jon Lester s nine victories... his 23 starts and 140.1 innings pitched lead active pitchers. Is one of 17 pitchers with at least one regular season win against every major league team. His 2,722.0 innings pitched and 425 starts since the start of the 2002 campaign are third-most in the majors, his 180 victories rank fourth and his 2,200 strikeouts rank sixth. Earned All-Star honors in 2007 and has twice finished in the top-10 of the Cy Young voting, finishing third in 2007 and ninth in 2015. Has 13 double-digit win seasons since 2003, tied for the most in the majors with Mark Buehrle (13), and has posted 10 or more wins in every full season he has pitched since 2003. 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/6 @STL W, 6-4 6.0 6 4 3 2 7 98-66 6-4 First start of 2017 season 2. 4/12 LAD L, 2-0 6.0 4 1 1 3 10 106-70 0-1 22nd-career double-digit strikeout game 3. 4/17 MIL L, 6-3 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 93-62 3-4 Allowed home runs in first three innings 4. 4/23 @CIN L, 7-5 6.0 6 7 5 2 7 104-66 3-7 Third-straight defeat 5. 4/29 @BOS W, 7-4 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 93-67 6-4 Cubs scored three runs in the seventh APRIL: 2-3, 5.10 ERA (5 starts) 30.0 31 20 17 9 30 6. 5/4 PHI ND, W, 6-5 (13) 5.0+ 9 3 3 0 6 101-68 3-3, 2 on Did not walk a batter for first time in 2017 7. 5/9 @COL W, 8-1 7.0 4 0 0 2 10 105-76 7-0 Second-ever visiting pitcher w/ 7.0 IP, 0 R, 10 K at Coors Field 8. 5/16 CIN W, 9-5 5.1 7 3 3 2 3 104-67 5-3, 1 on Third-straight win 9. 5/22 SF L, 6-4 5.0 7 5 5 2 6 99-66 0-5 Snapped three-game winning streak At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.250 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 Career.116 199 5 23 7 0 0 8 16 0 0 6 79 0 0 LAST HIT: 5/9/17 @ Colorado (single off Kyle Freeland)... at-bats since then 5 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 2 (5x) last, 4/6/17 @ St. Louis MOST RBI: 1 (8x) last, 5/9/17 @ Colorado Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 5/16/17 vs. CIN, 9-5 (5.1,7,3,3,2,3) Last Loss: 5/22/17 vs. SF, 6-4 (5.0,7,5,5,2,6) Last CG: 5/23/15 @ KC, 3-2 L (5.0,6,3,3,2,2) *Rain-Shortened Last Shutout: 9/10/09 vs. SEA, 3-0 (9.0,5,0,0,1,7) Low-Hit Complete Game: 1 7/7/06 @ OAK Most Strikeouts: 12 (2x) last, 6/26/13 vs. COL... also has six 11-K games and 15 10-K games (23 total double-digit strikeout games). Most Hits Allowed: 15 7/10/08 @ TEX Most Runs Allowed: 10 (2x) last, 6/8/15 @ COL Longest Winning Streak: 6 games 7/9-8/12/11 Longest Losing Streak: 5 games 6/20-7/23/16 Sunday s Starter at Los Angeles (N.L.) LHP Jon Lester (3-2, 3.19) Jon tomorrow makes his 11th start of the season, and fifth on the road in his last start, May 23 vs. San Francisco, became the first Cubs pitcher to go the distance this season, throwing just 99 pitches in a complete-game victory allowed one earned run on just four hits and fanned a season-high 10 batters marked his 15th-career complete game. Is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA (8 ER/40.0 IP) in six home starts compared to an 0-2 record with a 5.73 ERA (14 ER/22.0 IP) in four road starts. Lefties are batting.182 (10-for-55) vs. the southpaw, while right-handed batters have hit.267 (47-for-176). Is 2-2 with a 2.82 ERA (12 ER/38.1 IP) in six-career regular-season starts vs. Los Angeles (N.L.), including a no-decision (6.0 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 7 SO) in the Cubs home opener this season, April 10 is 1-0 with a 0.86 ERA (2 ER/21.0 IP) in his last three regular-season starts vs. the Dodgers was 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0) in Games One and Five of last season s NLCS, both 8-4 Cubs victories.
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.253, 2 HR, 10 RBI) Road Trip:.000 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) 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-23 (.130) in his last nine 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 (.287, 11 HR, 23 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3), BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) 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 was 0-for-3 with a walk last night has nine homers in his last 23 games hitting.316 (24-for-90) 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) Sunday reached base five times 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 Sunday 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 (.268, 2 HR, 5 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-4) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) 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 reached twice Thursday has reached in 18-of-48 plate appearances (.375 OBP) has eight runs, six walks and seven extra-base hits in his 11 games has three multi-hit games went 0-for-3 Tuesday, snapping his careeropening on-base streak at eight games hit a triple Monday and had two doubles Sunday scored a run in sixstraight 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) and left field (2). 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 (.258, 5 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.333 (1-3) Current Streak: 6 games (6-21) 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 has hit safely in each of his last six games, and scored a run in five games, since being activated from the disabled list Sunday tied for second in the majors with five outfield assists has hit safely in 26 of 34 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 (.316, 0 HR, 7 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-1) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) 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 is 8-for-16 as a pinch-hitter this season, including a single Monday has reached base in 14 of his 18 starts went 2-for-2 with two runs scored Sunday 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 27, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. DODGERS RHP BRANDON MCCARTHY Kris Bryant....000 1 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....500 2 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....600 5 3 1 2 Jon Jay....200 5 1 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....250 4 1 0 0 Addison Russell....000 2 0 0 0 Kyle Schwarber....000 2 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist....250 24 6 1 1 CUBS AT DODGER STADIUM Albert Almora Jr.....000 0 0 0 0 Javier Baez....083 12 1 0 0 Kris Bryant....280 25 7 3 5 Willson Contreras....250 8 2 0 0 Ian Happ....000 4 0 0 0 Jason Heyward....232 82 19 0 5 Jon Jay....159 69 11 0 1 Miguel Montero....260 173 45 8 26 Anthony Rizzo....211 71 15 2 7 Addison Russell....080 25 2 0 2 Kyle Schwarber....000 6 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.....500 10 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.....300 20 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 27, 2017 PAGE 4 #47 MIGUEL MONTERO C (.328, 3 HR, 7 RBI) Road Trip:.000 Current Streak: 2 games (3-6) 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 20 hits in his last 50 at-bats (.400) 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 15 starts (Cubs are 9-6) 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 (.240, 11 HR, 28 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-3), BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) 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 was 0-for-3 with a walk last night has gone 12-for-34 (.353) in his last 10 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 Sunday 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.171 (14-for-82) 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 (.211, 3 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.000 (0-2), HBP Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-2) 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 9-for-72 (.125) in his last 21 games 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 (.181, 7 HR, 19 RBI) Road Trip:.000 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) 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 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 Sunday 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 last night, 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 Sunday 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 (58)... 36 15 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 0/13 0.0% 0 0 4.22 (60 ER/128.0 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 2 (1-1), Szczur 1 (1-0), Baez 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 39 (20-19), Happ 2 (0-2), Jay 1 (1-0), Schwarber 3 (3-0), Almora 2 (1-1) 3 Rizzo 41 (21-20), Bryant 5 (4-1), Schwarber 1 (0-1) 4 Zobrist 25 (11-14), Russell 9 (6-3), Happ 5 (3-2), Rizzo 5 (4-1), Candelario 3 (1-2), 5 Russell 21 (9-12), Contreras 8 (5-3), Heyward 5 (3-2), Montero 4 (1-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Happ 4 (4-0) 6 Heyward 23 (12-11), 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 10 (7-3), 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), Almora 3 (1-2), Russell 3 (2-1), 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 1 (0-1), Butler 1 (1-0) C Contreras 31 (15-16), Montero 16 (10-6) 1B Rizzo 46 (25-21), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 27 (15-12), Zobrist 18 (10-8), La Stella 2 (0-2) 3B Bryant 41 (22-19), Candelario 4 (3-1), La Stella 2 (0-2) SS Russell 39 (22-17), Baez 8 (3-5) LF Schwarber 36 (19-17), Jay 5 (3-2), Zobrist 4 (1-3), Happ 2 (2-0) CF Almora 22 (13-9), Heyward 9 (4-5), Jay 9 (3-6), Happ 7 (5-2) RF Heyward 23 (13-10), 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 9 (5-4), 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 22 12 21 21 23 22 2 213 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (10) Jason Heyward (5), Jon Jay (2), Albert Almora (2), Kyle Schwarber (1)
Cubs Pitching MAY 27, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 20-14 4.26 1 259.2 263 140 123 36 91 251 Relievers 5-8 3.33 12 170.1 137 73 63 22 75 177 SEASON TOTALS 25-22 3.89 1/12 430.0 400 213 186 58 166 428 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 5/22 vs. SF 2.0,1,0,0,1,2 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 5/5/17 vs. NYY 0/0 16/14 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 5/22 vs. SF 1.0,1,1,1,0,1 7/31/16 vs. SEA 7/24/16 @ MIL 5/16/17 vs. CIN 0/1 18/14 8/4 Pedro Strop 5/21 vs. MIL 1.0,1,0,0,0,0 7/10/16 @ PIT 9/19/15 vs. STL 5/17/17 vs. CIN 0/1 19/11 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) 144/101 (.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, 3.43 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 four and struck out 25 in 16 games (21.0 IP) after allowing two runs in 3.0 innings, May 14-18, has recorded 4.0-straight scoreless innings, including 2.0 shutout frames Monday went seven-straight appearances (8.2 IP) without a run allowed, April 24-May 9. Has a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP) in his last 11 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 last 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, 3.86 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 14-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 5/22 vs. SF 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 18 appearances, allowing 13 hits in 62 at-bats (.210) while walking six and striking out 18 after he surrendered one earned run in his first 10.1 IP (0.86) ERA, has allowed six earned runs in his last seven outings (6.0 IP). Monday night allowed a Justin Ruggiano solo homer to begin the eighth inning. In May 18 s sixth inning, allowed two inherited runners to score and allowed a run of his own (1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO). #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (0-2, 3.77 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.222 batting average (12-for-54) has walked eight and struck out 16 in 19 games (14.1 IP) Sunday 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 (2x)... last 4/16-17 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: 47,925; 5/14 @ STL 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: 3.0 IP, Arrieta... 4/4 @ STL 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)