CUBS VS. CARDINALS The Cubs and Cardinals meet for the fourth time this season and for the first time since Chicago swept St. Louis in a three-game set here at Wrigley Field, June 2-4 the Cubs won two of three games at Busch Stadium in April before the Cardinals won two of three in there, May 12-14 Chicago, 10-9 against St. Louis last season, aims to win consecutive season series against the Cardinals for the first time since doing so four-straight years from 2005-08. 2017 Overall:... 6-4 At Wrigley Field:... 3-1 At Busch Stadium:... 3-3 2016 Overall:... 10-9 At Wrigley Field:... 4-6 At Busch Stadium:... 6-3 All-Time Since 1892:... 1,213-1,160 At Wrigley Field:... 511-450 At Busch Stadium (since 2006):... 45-59 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (2) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed LHP Brett Anderson 5/7 7/6 66 (Low back strain) 60-Day RHP Kyle Hendricks 6/5 6/15 37 (Rt. Hand Tendinitis) UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone:... Player (No. Needed) 500 extra-base hits... Ben Zobrist (2) 2,000 strikeouts... Jon Lester (23) MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Giancarlo Stanton...145 2. Anthony Rizzo... 141 3. Nolan Arenado...133 Paul Goldschmidt...133 5. Jay Bruce...131 MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS SINCE START OF 2015 1. Chicago Cubs... 249 Los Angeles Dodgers...249 3. Washington Nationals...235 4. Houston Astros...234 5. St. Louis Cardinals...233 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...927 2. Arizona Diamondbacks...894 3. Washington Nationals...859 4. New York Mets...828 5. Chicago Cubs... 821 MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...403 2. New York Yankees...370 3. Chicago Cubs... 358 4. Boston Red Sox...352 Minnesota Twins...352 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...2.90 2. Arizona Diamondbacks...3.48 2. Chicago Cubs... 3.51 4. Pittsburgh Pirates...3.66 MOST HOME RUNS, CUBS ROOKIES PRIOR TO ALL-STAR BREAK 1. Geovany Soto (2008, 88 G)...16 2. Ian Happ (2017, 51 G)... 13 3. Kris Bryant (2015, 78 G)...12 Mike Olt (2014, 70 G)...12 Tyler Colvin (2010, 80 G,)...12 Billy Cowan (1964, 71 G)...12 St. Louis Cardinals (47-49) vs. Chicago Cubs (49-46) July 22, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 96 Home Game No. 46 RHP Adam Wainwright (11-5, 5.08) vs. LHP Jon Lester (6-6, 4.07) SATURDAY AT THE PARK: The Chicago Cubs today play the second of three games against the St. Louis Cardinals Chicago yesterday had its season-high six-game winning streak to start the season s second half snapped in an 11-4 setback against the Cardinals Willson Contreras belted his 14th homer of the season while Jake Arrieta allowed two runs in 6.0 innings to give him a 2.13 ERA (6 ER/25.1 IP) and a.174 opponent batting average in four July starts. Despite yesterday s setback, the Cubs 6-1 record since the All-Star break is second-best in baseball, just behind the Pirates 7-1 mark. The Cubs emerged from the All-Star Break with a 6-0 record for only the third time in franchise history and for the first time in 82 years (6-0 in 1935) the only one other time the team accomplished this feat was a 7-0 start in 1933. This is the second of a five-game homestand against the Cardinals (0-1) and White Sox (two games, July 24-25) this is the second day of a stretch in which the Cubs play 18 of 29 games at Wrigley Field through August 20. Moreover, this is day two of an 18-day stretch without a trip to the airport, as the next road trip features two games at the White Sox and three games in Milwaukee, a bus ride, followed by a six-game homestand August 1-6. The Cubs have 36 games remaining at home and 31 games left on the road Chicago has more home games remaining than any other team in the N.L. Central. Of the 67 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 39 are against teams currently owning a record that is below.500, or 58 percent of them. WHERE THERE S A WILL: WIllson Contreras yesterday belted his 14th homer of the season, the most for any N.L. catcher and tied for second-most among all major league backstops with the Yankees Gary Sanchez Kansas City s Salvador Perez leads all catchers with 18 home runs this season. Contreras 26 career homers are the most by a Cubs catcher in his first two major league campaigns, surpassing the 22 hit by Cal Neeman in the 1957-58 seasons. Since making his debut on June 17 of last year, Contreras has produced an.835 OPS that s the third-highest of any N.L. catcher behind the Dodgers Yasmani Grandal (.855) and the Giants Buster Posey (.849). IT S A START: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.14 ERA (10 ER/42.0 IP) while going 5-0 with a.180 opposing batting average in the first seven games since the All-Star break the 2.14 ERA and.180 average against lead all major league starting rotations in the early going of the season s second half. This season, the Cubs are 33-15 when Cubs starting pitchers go at least 6.0 innings, including a 21-7 record the last 28 times it happened Chicago s starting pitchers have a 2.72 ERA (92 ER/304.2 IP) and a 27-10 overall individual record in those starts. CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 49-46 At Wrigley Field:... 24-21 On the Road:... 25-25 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-16 June:... 15-13 July... 9-6 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,760-10,234 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,242-3,731 Leading Entering 6th:... 35-8 Tied Entering 6th:... 4-3 Trailing Entering 6th:... 10-35 Leading Entering 7th:... 37-3 Tied Entering 7th:... 5-6 Trailing Entering 7th:... 7-37 Leading Entering 8th:... 43-3 Tied Entering 8th:... 2-5 Trailing Entering 8th:... 4-38 Leading Entering 9th:... 42-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 3-1 Trailing Entering 9th:... 4-44 Scoring First:... 31-19 One-Run Games:... 15-12 Two-Run Games:... 7-10 Extra-Inning Games:... 2-2 Scoring Four or More:... 42-14 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 7-32 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 35-10 Hit Totals Equal:... 8-3 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 6-33 Hit at Least One HR:... 41-25 Hit Two or More HR:... 31-11 Playing Errorless Ball:... 29-21 Committing at Least One Error:... 20-25 THIS IS ON THE RECORD: The Cubs are three games over.500 and aim to return to a season-high four games over.500 for the fifth time this season (12-8, 16-12, 25-21 and 49-45) the Cubs have not been more than four games over.500 or two games under.500 at any point this year. POWER BROKERS: Cubs second basemen have combined to hit 17 home runs, tied for the most among N.L. second base corps with Washington and tied for fourth-most in the majors (Baltimore leads with 19) additionally, Cubs catchers have combined to hit 18 home runs, tied for the most among N.L. backstops with the Dodgers and tied for third among a team s catchers Houston s backstops lead with 23 home runs. CENTRAL CASTING: The Cubs this weekend return to N.L. Central action, ending their six-game run outside of the division this is the second game in which the Cubs play six of 10 games against divisional foes through the end of the month. Of the 67 games remaining, more than half (36) are against N.L. Central foes the Cubs are 22-18 against teams from the N.L. Central this season, a.550 winning percentage and the best record any N.L. Central team currently has against its own division (Cincinnati is next closest with a.528 winning percentage within the division). FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Cubs have allowed 80 runs in the first inning this season covering 95 games yet have enjoyed a scoreless first each of their seven games after the All-Star Break the Cubs allowed a total of 71 first-inning runs in their 162 games last year. THAT S EITHER HERE OR THERE: The Cubs are 24-21 at home compared to a 25-25 road mark this season Chicago started 4-6 at the Friendly Confines, but has gone 20-15 in its last 35 games at Wrigley Field since May 2 conversely, the Cubs began their road schedule by winning eight of their first 11 games through April 25, but have since gone just 17-22 away from home, a stretch that included their first nine-game road losing streak since 2012. The Cubs are one of just five N.L. teams with.500 or better records both at home and on the road they join the Nationals (26-19 home, 31-19 road), the Brewers (28-24, 24-23), the Dodgers (39-13, 27-18) and Rockies (29-19, 27-23). REVERSAL OF FORTUNE: Nearly two months prior to Chicago s recent 6-0 trip to Baltimore and Atlanta, the Cubs went 0-6 at the Dodgers and Padres, May 26-31 Elias notes this is the first time in franchise history the team posted trips of 6-0 or better and 0-6 or worse in the same campaign. YOUTH IS SERVED: Elias points out that Addison Russell, who on Wednesday was 4-for-4 with two RBI in Atlanta at 23 years, 177 days old, became the youngest Cub to go 4-for-4 or better in a game since Starlin Castro did it on May 11, 2011 against the Cardinals at 21 years, 48 days old. Russell is hitting.385 (10-for-26) with four doubles, two homers, five RBI and a 1.177 OPS in the second half. WHEN LEFT IS RIGHT: Jon Lester (7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) on Monday followed up José Quintana s debut on Sunday (7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K) with a gem of his own it was just the second time this season Cubs starters have logged seven innings or more in consecutive games, joining Lester (9.0 IP) and Kyle Hendricks (7.0 IP) on May 23 and 24. Quintana and Lester became the first Cubs southpaws to record starts of 7.0 innings or more with three hits or less in consecutive games going back to 1913. José became the first Cubs pitcher to strike out 10 or more batters and allow three hits or less in a club debut since Phil Douglas did so on September 15, 1915 vs. Boston Douglas struck out 10 and allowed three hits in 9.0 innings. 20 X 5: Anthony Rizzo this season already has become just the fourth Cubs left-handed batter to reach the 20-homer mark at least five times he joins: Hall of Famer Billy Williams (13 times), Bill Nicholson (six times) and Leon Durham (five times). Additionally Rizzo is just the third Cub to rack up five 20-homer seasons prior to his age 28 campaign, joining Hall of Famers Ron Santo and Billy Williams. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Sat., July 22 STL 3:05 p.m. CSN/FS1 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (6-6, 4.07) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (11-5, 5.08) Sun., July 23 STL 7:05 p.m. ESPN 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Michael Wacha (7-3, 3.71)
JULY 22, 2017 PAGE 2 Today s Cubs Starter #34 LHP Jon Lester (6-6, 4.07) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 19-5 2.44 32 32 2 0 202.2 154 57 55 21 52 197 2017 CUBS 6-6 4.07 20 20 1 0 115.0 111 63 52 15 38 116 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 152-90 3.47 337 336 15 4 2118.2 1940 882 818 197 682 1977 Last Time Out Jon rebounded from his shortest-ever start with a 7.0-inning, one-run performance in his first game at SunTrust Park, July 17 vs. the Braves offensively, went 1-for-2 with a double, walk and stolen base, making him the first Cubs starting pitcher to collect all three in a game since Charlie Root, May 5, 1930. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 7/17 @ATL W 4-3 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 102-68 4-1 2017 Season Jon today makes his 21st start of the season and 12th at home has a 3.73 ERA (26 ER/62.2 IP) in 11 home starts compared to a 3-3 record with a 4.47 ERA (26 ER/52.1 IP) in nine road starts. The Cubs are 8-4 in his last 12 starts. Limiting lefties to a.192 average (20-for-104) while righties are batting.274 (91- for-332) has held opposing batters to a.195 average (8-for-41) with runners in scoring position and two outs. With his 99-pitch, complete-game effort on May 23, became the first Cubs pitcher to throw a complete game under 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September 25, 2009 at the Giants (98 pitches) was his 15th-career complete game. Has pitched at least 7.0 innings six times: April 16 vs. Pittsburgh (7.0 IP), May 7 vs. the Yankees (7.0 IP), May 23 vs. San Francisco (9.0 IP), June 13 at the Mets (7.0 IP), June 24 at Miami (7.0 IP) and July 17 at Atlanta (7.0 IP) struck out a season-high 10 batters May 23 vs. the Giants and June 13 at the Mets. Allowed one run or fewer in each of his first three starts of a season for the first time became the first Cubs pitcher to allow one run or fewer in three-straight starts, yet not collect a win, since Rich Harden, July 12-26, 2008. Started the Cubs Season Opener, April 2 at St. Louis, as well as the Cubs Home Opener, April 10 vs. the Dodgers became just the fourth Cub to start both the team s season opener when on the road and its home opener he joins Grover Alexander (1920, 1922), Rick Sutcliffe (1986, 1988) and Jon Lieber (2000) thanks to Ed Hartig. 2016 Season Jon finished second in the N.L. Cy Young vote after setting a career-best mark with a 2.44 ERA and tying his career-high with 19 wins both those marks ranked second in the N.L. went 10-2 with a 1.74 ERA (20 ER/103.1 IP) in 15 home starts, all quality efforts went 9-3 with a 3.17 ERA (35 ER/99.1 IP) in 17 road starts. Allowed one or zero runs in a career-high and Cubs franchise record eight-straight starts, August 17-September 25 led the majors with a 1.46 ERA (13 ER/80.1 IP) from July 29 through season s end. Went 10-0 with a 1.34 ERA (13 ER/87.0 IP) in his first 13 starts following the All- Star Break the 10-straight wins marked a career-high. Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (19, 2nd), ERA (2.44, 2nd), opposing average (.211, 4th), OPS (.602, 3rd), WHIP (1.02, 3rd) and quality starts (26, t-1st). Limited righties to a.214 average (120-for-560) and lefties to a.200 mark (34-for- 170) overall, opponents hit just.211 against the lefty. Career vs. St. Louis Jon today makes his 13th-career start vs. St. Louis has made three starts vs. the Redbirds this season and owns a 2.37 lifetime ERA against the Cards, the third-lowest active mark among pitchers with at least 10 starts vs. the Cardinals. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-1 3.78 3 3 16.2 19 8 7 2 9 20 Career 3-4 2.37 12 12 76.0 64 26 20 6 23 78 vs. Cardinals Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Carpenter (.179-28-5-0-2) Garcia (.000-3-0-0-0) Molina (.400-30-12-1-5) DeJong (.500-2-1-0-0) Grichuk (.077-13-1-0-0) Pham (.333-9-3-1-2) Fowler (.167-6-1-0-0) Gyorko (.231-13-3-1-1) Wong (.100-10-1-0-1) Martinez (.400-5-2-0-2) Career Notes Jon today makes his 85th regular season start with the Cubs has gone 36-23 with four complete games and a 3.15 ERA (183 ER/522.2 IP) in 84 starts with the Cubs has struck out 520 and walked just 137 signed a six-year deal with Chicago in December of 2014. Is one of eight lefties in Cubs history with 500 strikeouts with the club is also one of 19 lefties in club history with 500.0 innings pitched with the club. Is one of eight active pitchers with 150-career wins, joining Bartolo Colon, CC Sabathia, teammate John Lackey, Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke, Felix Hernandez and Jered Weaver. Has gone 13-5 with a 2.49 ERA (46 ER/166.0 IP) in 26 starts at Wrigley Field since the start of last season had a 12-game home winning streak from May 27, 2016- June 3, 2017, which was the longest of its kind by a Cubs pitcher since Jon Lieber won 13-straight decisions at Wrigley Field from 2001-2002. Has made six Opening Day starts, including with Chicago in 2015 and 2017... made four-straight Opening Day starts for Boston, 2011-14, passing Babe Ruth (1916-18) and Mel Parnell (1952-54) for the longest run by a southpaw in club history. A four-time All-Star (including 2016) and three-time World Series Champion, he has finished in the top five of the Cy Young voting three times, doing so in 2010 and 2014 in the A.L., and last season in the N.L. Has surpassed the 200.0 inning mark five-straight seasons and in eight of the last nine... has reached 31 starts in a season nine times, including last season. Fanned 207 batters in 2015, setting a Cubs single-season franchise record for most strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher. Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (152) and fourth in strikeouts (1,977)... is one of only 13 active pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched. Ranks third in Cubs postseason history with 49.2 innings pitched and is tied for the most starts in Chicago playoff history with seven... ranks second among all active pitchers with 19 postseason starts and 133.2 innings pitched (trailing only teammate John Lackey)... leads all active pitchers with 117 postseason strikeouts. 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/2 @STL ND, 4-3 L 5.0 7 1 1 2 7 102-62 0-1, 2 on Opening Night at St. Louis 2. 4/10 LAD ND, 3-2 W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 100-57 2-1 Retired 11 of 12 BF from 2nd-5th innings 3. 4/16 PIT ND, 6-1 L 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 103-67 1-0 Third-straight start allowing one run or fewer 4. 4/21 @CIN ND, 6-5 (11) W 5.2 9 5 5 2 4 108-62 2-4, 2 on Fourth-straight no decision 5. 4/26 @PIT L, 6-5 5.2 10 6 5 2 5 107-67 3-6, 2 on Season-high 10 hits, six runs allowed APRIL: 0-1, 3.68 ERA (5 starts) 29.1 33 13 12 9 26 6. 5/2 PHI W, 8-3 5.0 4 3 2 5 5 106-60 8-3 First win of 2017 7. 5/7 NYY ND, 5-4 L (18) 7.0 3 2 1 2 9 120-73 1-2 Fanned a season-high nine batters 8. 5/13 @STL L, 5-3 5.2 6 4 3 4 9 112-71 1-3, 1 on Second-straight start with nine strikeouts 9. 5/18 CIN W, 9-5 6.0+ 7 3 3 1 5 96-63 9-1, 2 on Both runners left on base scored; fourth quality start 10. 5/23 SF W, 4-1 9.0 4 1 1 0 10 99-70 --- First Cubs CG this season; second-career CG w/ 10 K, 0 BB 11. 5/28 @LAD L, 9-4 3.1 7 6 6 2 3 76-46 4-6, 2 on Allowed two three-run homers MAY: 3-2, 4.00 ERA (6 starts) 36.0 31 19 16 14 41 12. 6/3 STL ND, 5-3 W 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 98-57 1-3 Left with a 3-1 deficit before club rallied for 5-3 win 13. 6/8 COL L, 4-1 5.0 6 4 4 1 5 94-60 1-4 Allowed all four runs with two outs in second inning 14. 6/13 @NYM W, 14-3 7.0 5 1 1 1 10 106-70 12-1 Tied season-high with 10 strikeouts 15. 6/19 SD ND, 3-2 W 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 111-74 1-2 Allowed two solo homers 16. 6/24 @MIA W, 5-3 7.0 4 3 3 1 4 108-70 5-3 Allowed 2 hits and 0 runs in final 6.0 IP 17. 6/29 @WAS ND, 5-4 W 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 90-58 2-1 Fourth-straight quality start JUNE: 2-1, 3.41 ERA (6 starts) 37.0 29 14 14 10 37 18. 7/4 TB L, 6-5 5.0 9 6 5 1 6 116-80 3-6 Snapped streak of four-straight Cubs wins in his starts 19. 7/9 PIT L, 14-3 0.2 6 10 4 3 0 53-27 0-10 Shortest-career start 20. 7/17 @ATL W, 4-3 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 102-68 4-1 First start after the All-Star Break At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.111 36 2 4 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 3 17 1 0 Career.073 193 11 14 5 0 0 10 24 2 0 13 87 1 0 LAST HIT: 7/17/17 at Braves (double off Julio Teheran)... at-bats since then 1 HOME RUNS: N/A MOST HITS: 1 (12x) last, 7/17/17 @ Atlanta MOST RBI: 1 (10x) last, 5/18/17 vs. Cincinnati Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 7/17/17 @ ATL, 4-3 (7.0,3,1,1,1,6) Last Loss: 7/9/17 vs. PIT, 14-3 (0.2,6,10,4,3,0) Last Complete Game: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) Most Strikeouts: 15 5/3/14 vs. OAK also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five 12-K games, six 11-K games and 15 10-K games (29 total double-digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 12 (2x) last, 6/7/14 @ DET Most Runs Allowed: 11 7/22/12 vs. TOR Longest Winning Streak: 10 games 7/18-9/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/27-7/11/15 Sunday s Starter vs. St. Louis LHP José Quintana (1-0, 0.00 with Cubs / 5-8, 4.20 Overall) José tomorrow makes his first home start with the Cubs since being acquired from the White Sox on July 13 for four Cubs prospects made his Cubs debut July 16 at Baltimore, throwing 7.0-scoreless innings, striking out 12 batters and allowing just three hits the 12 strikeouts tied the franchise record for a Cubs debut he has gone 3-1 with a 2.30 ERA (12 ER/47.0 IP) in his last eight starts since the beginning of June. Began the season with the White Sox, going 4-8 with a 4.49 ERA (52 ER/104.1 IP) in 18 starts. Has gone 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA (2 ER/11.1 IP) in two-career starts against the Cardinals, both coming at Busch Stadium last faced St. Louis, July 1, 2015, allowing one run on six hits in 6.0 innings in the White Sox 7-1 victory.
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.278, 4 HR, 18 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-0), RBI, SF Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (9): 2-hit (7), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 6 Last HR: 7/15/17 @ BAL (Wade Miley) Career Bests: H 3 (4x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM; RBI 2 (8x), last 7/15/17 @ BAL; R 2 (5x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM Albert had a career-high tying six-game hitting streak July 4-18 (.471/8-for-17) Saturday in Baltimore hit a solo homer as part of a 2-for-5, 2-RBI effort batted.276 (16-for-58) with a.373 OBP in June went 3-for-4 with a double, walk and three runs June 13 had a hit and run scored in three-straight games, June 4-6 went 2-for-3 with a solo homer June 5 is batting.391 (9-for-23) with six RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 57 games in center field (43 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are 26-17 when he starts in center field is batting.361 (22-for-61) off lefties and.235 (28-for-119) off righties. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.274, 12 HR, 39 RBI) Homestand:.250 (1-4), R Current Streak: 5 games (11-20) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (16), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 3; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: 7/19/17 @ ATL (Jose Ramirez) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 5/2/17 vs. PHI; RBI 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R 3, 4/22/16 @ CIN Javy has a five-game hitting streak hit a three-run homer Wednesday to complete a strong road trip, batting.500 (10-for-20) with two homers and six RBI homered in consecutive games July 18-19 is batting.352 (31-for-88) with 10 doubles in his last 26 games had three hits Saturday in Baltimore went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI July 2 after going 1-for-16 in his previous five games had a career-high eight game hitting streak, June 18-26 (.419/13-for-31) went 2-for-4 with three RBI June 24 vs. Miami, including an eventual game-winning two-run double in the sixth that broke a 3-3 tie is batting.289 (35-for-121) at Wrigley Field compared to.262 (38-for-145) on the road went 3-for-4 with a two-run run homer May 22 his second three-hit effort in a three-game span as he went 3-for-3 with his third-career grand slam and five RBI May 19. Had a career-day May 2, going 4-for-4 with a triple, homer, two runs and three RBI vs. Philadelphia the four hits tied a career-high and the three RBI marked a season-high homered in consecutive games, May 1-2, for the third time in his career after going 2-for-4 with a homer May 1. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.275, 19 HR, 40 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-0) Current Streak: 2 games (2-4) Multi-Hit Games (20): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (7), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 16 Last HR: 7/16/17 @ BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R 4 (5x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL Kris doubled Wednesday before departing with a sprained right pinky injury (missed yesterday s game) went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer Sunday and 3-for-5 Saturday now has nine games with three or more hits this season led the team in OBP (.399), runs scored (57), walk (59) and stolen bases (6) before the Break went 4-for-5 with a triple, two homers, three runs and four RBI July 7 was his 10th multi-homer game (third this season) with a season-high four RBI ninth-career game with at least four RBI first Cubs player with 3B and two HR in a game since Todd Walker in 2004 drew a season-high three walks June 9 collected his second multi-hr game of the season (ninth of his career) May 21 reached base five times and tied a career-high with four runs reached base in 18-straight games, April 18-May 7 with a.461 OBP during that span. Leads the club in runs (61) and walks (62) has seven three-hit games and two four-hit games. #20 VICTOR CARATINI C (.176, 0 HR, 1 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-1) Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (1): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 0; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: N/A Career Bests: H 3, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; RBI 1, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; R 1, 6/29/17 @ WSH Victor started at catcher Wednesday, going 0-for-4 went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a RBI July 9 marked his first hits in the majors was recalled June 28, joining his first major league roster has made three starts at catcher grounded out in his first big league plate appearance as a pinch hitter in the ninth June 28 batted.343 (84-for- 245) with 20 doubles, two triples, eight homers and 54 RBI in 68 games for Iowa this season at the time of his callup, he ranked fourth in the Pacific Coast League in average, tied for sixth in doubles and seventh in RBI. Acquired by Chicago at the 2014 trade deadline from Atlanta for INF Emilio Bonifacio and LHP James Russell, Caratini in 2016 was named a Southern League mid-season and post-season All-Star with Double-A Tennessee. #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS C (.272, 14 HR, 50 RBI) Homestand:.200 (1-5), HR, R, 2 RBI Current Streak: 2 games (2-9) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 13; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 25 Last HR: 7/21/17 vs. STL (Carlos Martinez) Career Bests: H 4, 7/16/17 @ BAL; RBI 4, 4/22/17 @ CIN; R 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Willson leads all catchers with nine homers since June 19 is one of two Cubs with at least 50 RBI hit a two-run homer yesterday and a go-ahead three-run homer Tuesday is batting.364 (20-for-55) with four doubles, five homers, 12 RBI and a 1.126 OPS in July, hitting safely in 12 of 14 games has a career high 14 homers this season notched his first-career four-hit game Sunday in Baltimore Saturday went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI is batting.321 (18-for-56) in 15 games out of the clean-up spot this year hit a leadoff homer in his first-career start there June 26 in Washington is batting.298 (54-for-181) with 13 doubles, 12 homers and 38 RBI since May 9 has thrown out 16 baserunners aiming to steal recorded his first-career multi-homer game with two solo blasts in St. Louis May 12 has nine catcher pickoffs since 2016, the most in the majors. 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. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.258, 13 HR, 34 RBI) Homestand:.250 (1-4) Current Streak: 2 games (2-9) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 20 Last HR: 7/8/17 vs. PIT (Ivan Nova) Career Bests: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 4 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN; R 2 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN Ian went 2-for-5 with a two-run double Sunday to start Chicago s eight-run outburst his 13 homers before the All- Star Break were second-most by a Cubs rookie all-time leads the team with three games with four+ RBI led the Cubs with eight homers in June had a seven-game hitting streak (.429/12-for-28) June 20-26 is batting.302 (29- for-96) with three homers since June 22 June 22 in Miami notched his first-career four-hit game, including a tworun double, as part of a 4-for-5 effort 20 of his 34 RBI have come with two outs hit his first grand slam June 13 vs. the Mets notched his first-career multi-homer game June 4 reached base safely in his first eight games. Was selected from Triple-A Iowa May 13 to join his first big league roster has started games in center field (27), right field (5), left field (6) and second base (13). #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.268, 7 HR, 37 RBI) Homestand:.200 (1-5), R Current Streak: 3 games (4-10) Multi-Hit Games (12): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 18 Last HR: 7/14/17 @ BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Jason is hitting.393 (11-for-28) with a homer, triple, double and seven RBI in his last eight games on Sunday recorded his third-straight multi-hit game and recorded an RBI for the fourth-straight game his two-out, basesloaded triple in the fifth Saturday doubled Chicago s lead to 6-0 slugged a two-run homer Friday as part of a 2-for-4 effort with a double his homer landed on Eutaw St., just the 92nd blast ever to do so hit a pair of RBI doubles June 6 in his first three-hit game of the season has hit safely in 16 of his last 20 home games 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 with a three-run homer. Has missed time due to two D.L. stints: May 8-20 (right finger sprain) and June 22-July 4 (left hand abrasion). #30 JON JAY OF (.288, 2 HR, 18 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-0) Current Streak: 1 game (1-5) Multi-Hit Games (10): 2-hit (8), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 10 Last HR: 7/5/17 vs. TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/18/13 @ CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon made his first-career pitching appearance July 6 (1.0 IP, 1 H) hit a pinch-hit, game-tying three-run homer July 5, his second in three games went 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored July 2 on July 4 hit his first home run as a Cub as part of a 2-for-4 effort was his first homer since May 24, 2016 at San Francisco with San Diego hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth June 29, erasing a 4-3 deficit and led the Cubs to a 5-4 win in Washington. Is 11-for-29 (.379) with one homer and seven RBI as a pinch-hitter this season. JULY 22, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. CARDINALS RHP ADAM WAINWRIGHT Albert Almora Jr....000 8 0 0 0 Javier Baez...091 11 1 0 1 Kris Bryant...182 11 2 0 2 Willson Contreras...400 5 2 1 3 Ian Happ...667 3 2 0 0 Jason Heyward...250 20 5 1 4 Jon Jay...333 3 1 0 0 Tommy La Stella...500 4 2 0 0 Anthony Rizzo...275 40 11 1 5 Addison Russell...500 12 6 0 2 Kyle Schwarber...000 4 0 0 0 Ben Zobrist...273 11 3 0 0 CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Albert Almora Jr.....283 120 34 3 15 Javier Baez....249 474 118 18 49 Kris Bryant....285 716 204 51 123 Victor Caratini....429 7 3 0 1 Willson Contreras....268 269 72 11 38 Ian Happ....223 94 21 7 15 Jason Heyward....244 479 117 9 48 Jon Jay....301 209 63 3 32 Tommy La Stella....242 132 32 2 13 Anthony Rizzo....285 1448 412 66 218 Addison Russell....245 609 149 23 104 Kyle Schwarber....204 221 45 16 39 Ben Zobrist....251 399 100 9 51 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....333 3 1 0 2 Javier Baez....333 3 1 1 5 Kris Bryant....222 9 2 0 3 Victor Caratini....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....556 9 5 1 13 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....333 6 2 0 5 Jon Jay....200 5 1 0 1 Tommy La Stella....000 1 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....222 9 2 0 8 Addison Russell....200 5 1 0 3 Kyle Schwarber....333 6 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist....125 8 1 0 4 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....400 5 2 0 3 Javier Baez....188 16 3 3 15 Kris Bryant....188 32 6 3 25 Victor Caratini....000 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....400 15 6 1 15 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....213 80 17 2 53 Jon Jay....333 57 19 0 53 Tommy La Stella....467 15 7 0 18 Anthony Rizzo....286 63 18 2 57 Addison Russell....273 44 12 1 33 Kyle Schwarber....300 10 3 1 9 Ben Zobrist....301 103 31 6 106 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....391 23 9 0 6 Javier Baez....000 5 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 1 0 0 0 Victor Caratini....000 3 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....111 9 1 0 2 Ian Happ....167 6 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....000 2 0 0 0 Jon Jay....379 29 11 1 7 Tommy La Stella....313 16 5 0 2 Anthony Rizzo....000 1 0 0 0 Addison Russell....250 8 2 0 1 Kyle Schwarber....200 5 1 1 1 Ben Zobrist....429 7 3 0 0 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....303 33 10 0 6 Javier Baez....172 29 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....250 4 1 0 2 Victor Caratini....000 3 0 0 0 Willson Contreras....143 14 2 1 4 Ian Happ....167 6 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....269 26 7 0 5 Jon Jay....298 121 36 3 17 Tommy La Stella....242 66 16 0 6 Anthony Rizzo....091 11 1 0 1 Addison Russell....385 13 5 0 2 Kyle Schwarber....071 14 1 1 1 Ben Zobrist....188 48 9 3 9
JULY 22, 2017 PAGE 4 #2 TOMMY LA STELLA INF (.298, 2 HR, 5 RBI) Homestand:.000 (0-0), BB Current Streak: 3 games (4-5) Multi-Hit Games (3): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: 7/19/17 @ ATL (R.A. Dickey) Career Bests: H 3 (8x), last 7/24/16 vs. MIL; RBI 3 (3x), last 7/20/14 vs. PHI; R 3, 4/24/16 @ CIN Tommy went 2-for-3 with a homer and walk on Wednesday has batted.313 (5-for-16) with five walks and two HBP as a pinch-hitter this season (.522 OBP) his pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth June 29 in Washington set the table for Jon Jay s game-winning two-run double the next at-bat, as Tommy scored the game-winning run was recalled June 16 from Triple-A Iowa for his third stint with the Cubs this season has a.406 OBP since May 7 returned to Iowa on May 19 batting.213 (20-for-94) with two doubles, a homer and four RBI in 26 games at Iowa made his secondstraight Cubs Opening Day roster before being optioned to Triple-A April 22. #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.254, 23 HR, 61 RBI) Homestand:.250 (1-4), RBI Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (21): 2-hit (18), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 12; GW RBI 5; 2-Out RBI 25 Last HR: 7/17/17 @ ATL (Ian Krol) Career Bests: H 4 (8x), last 8/22/16 @ SD; RBI 6 (3x) last, 4/7/16 @ ARI; R 4, 6/23/13 vs. HOU Anthony had a RBI single yesterday on Monday slugged his team-leading 23rd home run homered in threestraight games July 15-17 for the second time this season (also April 21-23) is tied for sixth in the N.L. in homers is batting.288 (44-for-153) with 11 homers, 31 RBI and a.978 OPS in 43 games since the start of June led the team in hits (82), total bases (161), homers (20) and RBI (56) in the first half is already one of four Cubs lefties all-time with five 20-homer campaigns had a career-high 14-game hitting streak (.420/21-for-50) June 6-20, the longest streak by a Cub this season his leadoff HR June 19 was his third of the season homered to lead off each of his first two games at leadoff June 13-14 in New York drove in a season-high tying four runs June 6, including a game-winning three-run homer recorded his 14th-career multi-homer game and first three hit game of the season May 24. Is batting.308 (49-for-159) at home and.207 (39-for-188) on the road has a.437 OBP at home, the sixth-best home mark in the N.L. is batting.333 (34-for-102) with eight HR and a.465 OBP in his last 30 home games. #27 ADDISON RUSSELL INF (.240, 9 HR, 34 RBI) Homestand:.250 (1-4) Current Streak: 2 games (5-8) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (12), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (3) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 7; 2-Out RBI 16 Last HR: 7/15/17 @ BAL (Wade Miley) Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 7/19/17 @ ATL; RBI 4 (2x), last 4/19/17 vs. MIL; R 3 (5x), last 7/15/17 @ BAL Addison tied a career-high with four hits Wednesday, including two doubles and two RBI is batting.303 (30-for-99) with nine doubles and six homers in his last 31 games batted.409 on the just completed road trip Saturday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer for the second night in a row and matched his career high with three runs his solo homer in the ninth inning July 14 snapped an 8-8 tie and led the Cubs to the 9-8 win was part of a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI and 2 runs scored June 22 in Miami matched his career highs with four hits and three runs as part of a 4-for-5 effort with a solo homer and two doubles homered in back-to-back games June 11-12 April 24, recorded a career-high four hits and tied his career mark with three runs. Hit a three-run walk-off homer April 19, his second-career walk-off RBI and first walk-off homer. #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.181, 14 HR, 30 RBI) Homestand:.500 (2-4) Current Streak: 1 game (2-4) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 13 Last HR: 7/14/17 @ BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (3x), last 6/3/17 vs. STL; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle singled twice yesterday scored twice Wednesday hit a solo homer July 14 and has hit safely in six of nine games with two homers and three doubles since his return from Triple-A on July 6 went 2-for-4 with a homer and walk July 8 batted.343 with four homers in 11 games during his stay with Iowa hit a two-run homer June 14 measured at 467-feet and his first-career pinch-hit homer June 11 notched his first three-hit game of the season June 7, including two doubles and a homer hit a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning June 3, his firstcareer grand slam hit his longest-career homer according to Statcast May 23, a 470-foot blast onto Sheffield. Hit a three-run homer May 2, his 20th-career home run is the fastest Cubs player since 1913 to 20-career homers (97 games), thanks STATS Inc. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.222, 8 HR, 29 RBI) Homestand:.600 (3-5), 2B, R, SB Current Streak: 1 game (3-5) Multi-Hit Games (11): 2-hit (9), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 9 Last HR: 7/14/17 @ BAL (Kevin Gausman) Career Bests: H 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R 4 (4x), last 6/9/12 @ MIA Ben had three hits yesterday his two-run single Monday night in the fifth gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead that they would not relinquish went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and two runs July 14 batted leadoff and went 2-for-5 with a run scored July 8 returned from the 10-day disabled list July 1 (left wrist inflammation) played two games with Double-A Tennessee, going 3-for-6 with a pair of walks was 5-for-49 (.102) since May 26 before landing on the shelf on June 16 had a 25-straight game on-base streak, April 28-May 30 had an eight-game hitting streak May 13-25 (13-for-28/.464) hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21 had a 10-game hitting streak, April 28-May 7 was his sixth-career streak of at least 10 games. Has batted.236 (17-for-72) with two doubles, two triples, four homers and 12 RBI in 18 games in the leadoff spot this season the Cubs are 11-7 in those games. CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Willson Contreras, 6/26/17 @ Washington (Gio Gonzalez) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Jon Jay, 7/5 vs. Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Anthony Rizzo, 6/29/16 @ Cincinnati (Cody Reed) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Mike Montgomery, 7/19/17 @ Atlanta (R.A. Dickey) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (7): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL & 7/2 @ CIN 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (4): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Happ, 6/13 @ NYM 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Rizzo, 4/21-23; Rizzo, 7/15-17 Pinch-Homers (2): Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Jay, 7/5 vs. TB Back-to-Back Homers (4): Russell and Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo and Happ, 6/14 @ NYM; Happ and Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras and Schwarber, 7/14 @ BAL Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (0): N/A Pitchers Hitting Homers (1): Arrieta, 6/17 @ PIT Game-Opening Homers (5): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL; Rizzo, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/14 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/20 vs. SD; Contreras, 6/26 @ WASH Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Caratini 0/4 0.0% 0 0 2.27 (8 ER/31.2 IP) Contreras 16/60 26.7% 5 5 4.09 (271 ER/596.0 IP) Montero 0/31 0.0% 0 0 4.35 (104 ER/215.1 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 3.60 (2 ER/5.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (4): Hendricks, Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (4)... 4 0 0 0 Javier Baez (12)... 7 4 0 1 Kris Bryant (19)... 14 4 1 0 Victor Caratini (0)... 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras (14)... 7 3 3 1 Ian Happ (13)... 8 3 1 1 Jason Heyward (7)... 3 2 2 0 Jon Jay (2)... 1 0 1 0 Tommy La Stella (2)... 2 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (23)... 12 7 4 0 Addison Russell (9)... 8 0 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (14)... 9 2 2 1 Ben Zobrist (8)... 5 2 1 0 CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 Batter... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI Albert Almora Jr. (4)... 4 0 0 0 Javier Baez (11)... 7 3 0 1 Kris Bryant (8)... 4 3 1 0 Victor Caratini (0)... 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras (16)... 9 6 1 0 Ian Happ (9)... 6 0 3 0 Jason Heyward (11)... 7 2 2 0 Jon Jay (3)... 2 1 0 0 Tommy La Stella (0)... 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (19)... 14 3 2 0 Addison Russell (7)... 5 1 1 0 Kyle Schwarber (7)... 4 2 1 0 Ben Zobrist (6)... 5 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (134)... 82 32 16 4 Opponents (112)... 69 27 14 2 CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Zobrist 18 (11-7), Jay 16 (8-8), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 6 (3-3), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Heyward 1 (0-1), Szczur 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 72 (38-34), Happ 10 (5-5), Schwarber 7 (3-4), Almora 2 (1-1), Jay 1 (1-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 70 (37-33), Bryant 14 (7-7), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), 4 Zobrist 37 (17-20), Russell 15 (9-6), Happ 13 (7-6), Contreras 13 (9-4), Rizzo 9 (4-5), Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Bryant 1 (0-1) 5 Russell 26 (13-14), Heyward 18 (10-8), Happ 13 (8-5), Contreras 9 (6-3), Montero 8 (1-7), Schwarber 10 (6-4), Jay 3 (0-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Zobrist 2 (1-1), Baez 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1), Almora 1 (1-0) 6 Heyward 30 (13-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 10 (8-2), Baez 9 (5-4), Russell 7 (5-2), La Stella 5 (1-4),Montero 4 (4-0), Happ 5 (4-1), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Jay 2 (0-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 1 (0-1), 7 Baez 34 (16-18), Contreras 20 (7-13), Montero 13 (8-5), Heyward 12 (7-5), Almora 6 (4-2), Russell 6 (4-2), La Stella 2 (1-1), Schwarber 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0) 8 Russell 15 (7-8), Baez 15 (9-6), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Hendricks 7 (5-2), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Montgomery 4 (1-3), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Caratini 1 (1-0) 9 Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 18 (11-7), Baez 10 (4-6), Lester 8 (5-3), Arrieta 8 (3-5), Schwarber 6 (3-3), Lackey 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Hendricks 3 (1-2), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Montgomery 3 (1-2) C Contreras 64 (33-31), Montero 28 (14-14), Caratini 3 (2-1) 1B Rizzo 93 (48-45), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 45 (26-19), Zobrist 34 (17-17), Happ 13 (6-7), La Stella 3 (0-3) 3B Bryant 79 (41-38), Candelario 7 (5-2), La Stella 6 (2-4), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 72 (40-32), Baez 23 (9-14) LF Schwarber 61 (29-32), Jay 17 (9-8), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Happ 6 (5-1), Contreras 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 43 (26-17), Happ 27 (15-12), Jay 14 (4-10), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 53 (28-25), Zobrist 16 (8-8), Jay 9 (5-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 5 (1-4), Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P Lester 20 (11-9), Arrieta 20 (10-10), Lackey 18 (9-9), Hendricks 11 (6-5), Butler 11 (6-5), Montgomery 8 (3-5), Anderson 6 (3-3), Quintana 1 (1-0) DH Schwarber 5 (3-2), Jay 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 63 56 37 62 46 39 51 47 45 2 447 OPP. 80 39 47 56 43 40 35 46 38 2 425 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (13) Jason Heyward (6), Albert Almora (3), Jon Jay (2), Kyle Schwarber (1), Ian Happ (1)
Cubs Pitching JULY 22, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 33-33 4.46 1 515.0 499 285 255 75 183 459 Relievers 15-13 3.51 22 333.0 266 142 130 37 152 362 SEASON TOTALS 49-46 4.09 1/22 848.0 765 427 385 112 335 821 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 7/17 @ ATL-SV 1.0,3,2,2,2,0 4/19/17 vs. MIL 7/17/17 @ ATL 9/15/15 @ CLE 18/18 33/24 1/1 Brian Duensing 7/18 @ ATL 1.0,0,0,0,0,0 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 7/14/17 @ BAL 0/1 38/30 20/4 Carl Edwards Jr. 7/21 vs. STL-L 0.0,1,3,3,2,0 7/7/17 vs. PIT 10/2/16 @ CIN 7/14/17 @ BAL 0/1 42/30 15/4 Justin Grimm 7/21 vs. STL 2.0,3,2,2,3,2 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF 7/19/17 @ BAL 0/1 33/22 20/8 Hector Rondon 7/21 vs. STL-BS 0.0,2,4,4,2,0 6/19/17 vs. SD 7/24/16 @ MIL 5/16/17 vs. CIN 0/3 40/31 16/9 Pedro Strop 7/21 vs. STL-H 1.0,0,0,0,1,1 7/5/17 vs. TB 9/19/15 vs. STL 7/21/17 vs. STL 0/2 43/29 27/11 Koji Uehara 7/19 @ ATL 0.1,3,0,0,0,1 7/14/17 @ BAL 6/4/17 vs. STL 7/17/17 @ ATL 2/5 36/24 9/4 2017 TOTALS 21/31 (.677) 296/212 (.716) 124/48 (.387) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (2-0, 2,25 ERA, 18 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 57-37, 65 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 7/17 @ ATL MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 4/19/17 vs. MIL (7-4) LAST SV: 7/17/17 @ ATL (4-3) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted his first 18 save chances, surpassing Randy Myers 13-straight successful chances in 1993 for the longest streak to begin a season in Cubs history has converted his last 24 since September of last year with Kansas City had a stretch of 64.1 homerless innings snapped May 24 thanks to a Mac Williamson two-run homer has walked 14 and struck out 45. Earned his 18th save Monday night in Atlanta walked a bit of a tight rope (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K) but held on for the 4-3 victory. Collected his 17th save July 14 in Baltimore following a perfect ninth inning. Pitched a perfect ninth inning June 29 in Washington to notch his 16th save. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-0, 2.63 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 42-37, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 6/12 @ NYM MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) Brian has walked 10 and struck out 48 in 38 games (41.0 IP) in his last 32 contests since April 24, has pitched to a 1.51 ERA (6 ER/35.2 IP) and averaged 10.3 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (41 SO) has spun 9.0-straight shutout frames since June 22. July 14, recorded his third hold of the year, inducing a Chris Davis pop out to strand two inherited runners and maintain Chicago s 8-6 edge. Stranded an inherited runner and threw a scoreless inning July 8 vs. Pittsburgh. Threw 2.0 shutout innings July 6 vs. Milwaukee, allowing one hit and striking out four. #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (3-2, 2.82 ERA, 0 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 3-3, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI LAST WIN: 7/7/17 vs. PIT (6-1) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) Carl has held opponents to a.134 average (17-for-127) and a.276 OBP has walked 24, struck out 56 in 38.1 innings has not allowed a run in 36 of 42 outings, and has not allowed a hit in 27 of 42 outings. Tagged with yesterday s loss vs. the Cardinals allowed a hit and two walks to his three BF to start the eighth all came around to score. Recorded 13th hold July 14 with a scoreless 7th in Baltimore is tied for the team lead in holds with Uehara. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-0, 5.40 ERA, 0 SV, 3 Holds) CAREER: 19-18, 3 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 7/4 vs. TB MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2 6/14/13 vs. TOR LAST WIN: 4/18/17 vs. MIL (9-7) LAST SV: 8/8/15 vs. SF (8-6) Justin was recalled May 29 from Triple-A Iowa for his third stint with the team has held the opponent scoreless in 14 of his last 19 outings posted a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP), a 0.41 WHIP and a.051 batting average against (2-for-39) in 13 appearances in June. Has stranded eight of 18 inherited runners has walked 19 and struck out 39 in 33 outings struck out 31 in his last 29.2 IP since April 22. Allowed three inherited runners to score in yesterday s eighth inning all told, tossed 2.0 innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks (2 SO). Allowed a homer to start Wednesday s seventh inning in Atlanta retired his next three batters faced. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (2-1, 4.54 ERA, 0 SV, 7 Holds) CAREER: 16-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 6/8 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (18x) last, 6/8/17 vs. COL LAST WIN: 6/19/17 vs. SD (3-2) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 40 appearances, allowing 31 hits in 139 at-bats (.223) while walking 15 and striking out 47 posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games since June 18 prior to allowing four runs in 0.0 IP (4 BF) yesterday vs. St. Louis was tagged with a blown save. Struck out the side in Wednesday s perfect ninth inning in Atlanta. July 8, stranded an inherited runner and threw 1.1 scoreless frames. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (3-2, 2.72 ERA, 0 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 18-22, 9 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 5/7 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (10x) last, 5/7/17 vs. NYY LAST WIN: 7/5/17 vs. TB (7-3) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Pedro has held opponents to a.203 batting average (27-for-133) has walked 16 and struck out 38 in 43 games (36.1 IP) is 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA (5 ER/24.1 IP) in his last 27 outings starting May 17, including a 0.66 ERA (1 ER/13.2 IP) in his last 15 contests. Earned his 13th hold yesterday, tossing a scoreless seventh inning (1 BB, 1 SO). Stranded three inherited runners in Wednesday s eighth inning in Atlanta. His 97 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos Marmol s 82 holds from 2006-13. #19 KOJI UEHARA RHP (3-4, 3.09 ERA, 2 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 22-26, 95 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 IP, 6/11 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 4/19/09 @ BOS LAST WIN: 7/14/17 @ BAL (9-8) LAST SV: 6/4/17 vs. MIA (7-6) Koji has pitched scoreless ball in 29 of his 36 outings has walked 10 and struck out 35 this season, holding opponents to a.223 batting average (27-for-121). Earned his 13th hold Monday night with a perfect eighth inning in Atlanta is tied with Edwards Jr. for the team lead in holds. Was charged with a blown save July 14 after allowing a game-tying, two-run homer to Mark Trumbo notched the win after Addison Russell s homer in the ninth was just his second homer allowed in 30.2 innings this season. July 7, he tossed a scoreless eighth inning to collect his 12th hold. Recorded a 1.04 ERA (1 ER/8.2 IP) in eight June appearances. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 11 (2x), last 6/13 @ NYM (14-3)... Largest Winning Margin... 11, 7/9 vs. PIT (13-4) 5, 4/18 vs. MIL (0-5, 9-7)... Largest Come Behind W... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT (0-4, 2-6, 8-7) 14 (2x), last 6/13 @ NYM... Most Runs... 14, 7/9 vs. PIT 7, 6/13 @ NYM (2nd)... Most Runs, Inn.... 10, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 17 (2x), last 4/24 @ PIT... Most Hits... 15 (2x), last 5/9 @ COL 6 (3x), last 6/16 @ PIT (9th)... Most Hits, Inn.... 7, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 2 (5x), last 6/27 @ WSH... Fewest Hits... 3 (4x), last 7/16 @ BAL 5, (2x), last 7/14 @ BAL... Most Home Runs... 4 (2x), last 5/28 @ LAD 2 (5x), last 7/18 @ ATL (3rd)... Most Home Runs, Inn....2 (4x), last 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 6 (3x), last 6/16 @ PIT... Most Doubles... 5 (2x), last 7/21 vs. STL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF...Most Triples... 2, 4/24 @ PIT 10, 5/21 vs. MIL... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10 (2x), last 5/29 @ SD... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers...26, 5/7 vs. NYY 3, 7/17 @ ATL... Most Stolen Bases... 7, 6/27 @ WSH 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 4 (2x), last 6/19 vs. SD 3 (3x), 7/7 vs. PIT...Most Errors Committed... 4, 4/29 @ BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 6 games...7/14-19 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games...5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 20 (Cubs 12, Reds 8)... 4/22 @ CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, 4x last (Cubs 5, Orioles 2)... 7/14 @ BAL Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 48* (Cubs 22, Yankees 26)... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 18, Yankees 11)... 5/7 vs. NYY Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 2 (Cubs 1, Giants 1)... 5/23 vs. SF Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 7... 6/2-8 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3...6/23-25 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 5/31-6/5 Consecutive Games With An Error: 7... 5/6-13 Shortest Game, Time: 2:05... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6:05... 5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18... 5/7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 42,186; 7/21 vs. STL Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD Series Sweeps: 4 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, 7/14-16 @ BAL, 7/17-19 @ ATL) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo... 6/6-20 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (8x), last Russell... 7/19 @ ATL Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Bryant... 7/7/ vs. PIT Most Doubles: 2 (14x), last Russell... 7/19 @ ATL Most Triples: 1 (17x), last Heyward... 7/15 @ BAL Most RBI: 5, Báez... 5/18 vs. CIN Most Stolen Bases: 1 (31x), last Contreras, Bryant, Lester... 7/17 @ ATL Most Walks: 3 (9x), last Almora... 6/26 @ WSH Most Strikeouts: 4 (4x), last Happ... 6/13 @ NYM 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 3 (2x), Arrieta & Lackey... 4/4-22 & 4/29-5/16 Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey... 5/22-6/12 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Most Strikeouts, Starter: 12, Quintana... 7/16 @ BAL Reliever: 5, Floro... 5/9 @ COL Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... 4/9 @ MIL & 5/13 @ STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 13.1, Hendricks... 4/30-5/10 Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 18, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 16, Arrieta... 6/6 vs. MIA Most Runs Allowed: 10, Lester... 7/9 vs. PIT Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3, Lackey... 4/17 vs. MIL, 6/12 @ NYM & 6/28 @ WSH Most Walks Issued: 6 (2x), last Arrieta... 6/27 @ WSH Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 3.2 IP, Lackey... 5/27 @ LAD MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 25 High-Water Mark: 4 games (12-8, 16-12, 25-21, 49-45) Losses after Leading: 23 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 8 No. of Times at.500 Mark: 21 (1-1, 2-2, 6-6, 7-7, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19, 25-25, 27-27, 30-30, 31-31, 32-32, 33-33, 34-34, 39-39, 40-40, 41-41, 42-42, 43-43, 45-45) Walkoff Wins: 3 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI)