CUBS VS. BLUE JAYS The Cubs and Blue Jays play one three-game series at Wrigley Field this season the Cubs last faced Toronto in 2014, when they journeyed north of the border and were swept in three games this set marks the first series between these two clubs at Wrigley Field since June 6-8, 2005. 2017 Overall:... 0-0 At Wrigley Field:... 0-0 All-Time Since 2003:... 4-8 At Wrigley Field:... 1-2 At Rogers Centre:... 3-6 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (3) Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig. Missed INF Addison Russell 8/3 8/13 12 (Rt. Foot Strain) RHP Koji Uehara 8/9 8/19 7 (Rt. Neck Strain) C Willson Contreras 8/11 8/20 6 (Rt. Hamstring Strain, 4-6 weeks) N.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS 1. Chicago Cubs 63-57 ---- 2. Milwaukee Brewers 63-59 -1.0 3. St. Louis Cardinals 62-59 -1.5 4. Pittsburgh Pirates 58-63 -5.5 CONSECUTIVE SAVE CHANCES CONVERTED, CUBS FRANCHISE HISTORY 1. Ryan Dempster 26 8/2/05-5/1/06 2. Wade Davis 24 4/4/17-current 3. Hector Rondon 22 8/14/15-6/6/16 Joe Borowski 22 8/5/03-5/23/04 MOST HOME RUNS SINCE ASB 1. Chicago Cubs... 58 2. Texas Rangers...53 3. Baltimore Orioles...52 Washington Nationals...52 MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 1. Giancarlo Stanton...159 2. Anthony Rizzo... 146 3. Paul Goldschmidt...141 MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers... 1,123 2. Arizona Diamondbacks... 1,112 3. Washington Nationals... 1,075 4. Chicago Cubs... 1,050 MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...485 2. New York Yankees...452 3. Chicago Cubs... 448 LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 1. Los Angeles Dodgers...3.01 2. Chicago Cubs... 3.63 3. Arizona Diamondbacks...3.67 LOWEST OPP AVG, NL RELIEVERS, 2017 1. Carl Edwards Jr., CHI....137 2. Felipe Rivero, PIT....148 3. Kenley Jansen, LAD....160 HIGHEST OPS, CUBS, SINCE JULY 27 1. Kyle Schwarber*... 1.083 2. Kris Bryant... 1.039 3. Anthony Rizzo...972 4. Javier Báez...965 *ranks top-10 in the N.L. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUSTIN! Happy birthday to the newest Cubs reliever, Justin Wilson, who turns 30 today. Toronto Blue Jays (59-62) vs. Chicago Cubs (63-57) August 18, 2017 Wrigley Field Game No. 121 Home Game No. 60 LHP J.A. Happ (6-8, 3.63) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (12-8, 3.73) THAT S WHY THEY CALL IT THE WINDY CITY: With the wind blowing out yesterday, the Cubs and Reds combined for 23 runs and eight homers, both the most in a game at Wrigley Field this season... Cincinnati jumped out to a big lead with a nine-run second inning, then saw that advantage vanish over the next four innings the Reds then reclaimed the lead for good and won a wild, 13-10 contest. Chicago accounted for six of the game s eight homers, one shy of tying the franchise record, done three times prior to yesterday s home run barrage, the Cubs most recently teed off for six home runs in a regular season game August 2, 2011 at Pittsburgh. Was the club s fifth-ever loss when hitting at least six home runs and first since the well-known 23-22, 10-inning loss to the Phillies on May 17, 1979 snapped a nine-game winning streak when hitting six home runs. Included in the home run outburst was the Northsiders first set of back-toback-to-back home runs (Alex Avila, Ian Happ and Javier Báez) since September 15, 2004, when Derrek Lee, Sammy Sosa and Michael Barrett pulled off the feat vs. Pittsburgh was the 11th instance in franchise history. SORREY IT S BEEN SO LONG : The Cubs and Blue Jays today open their secondever series at Wrigley Field... the Cubs entertained Toronto from June 6-8, 2005, making today s visit to the Friendly Confines the Jays first in 12 years and 71 days... that is the second-longest gap between games at Wrigley Field by any opponent in ballpark history, trailing only the Royals 13-year, 316-day exile from 2001-2015. After today s game, the Minnesota Twins will be the lone remaining squad yet to visit the Cubs in this decade (last played at Wrigley Field on June 14, 2009). The Jays three games at Wrigley Field are the fewest by any current MLB team the Orioles, Red Sox, Athletics and Mariners are tied for the second-fewest visits to Wrigley with six games played here apiece. BUT IT S GOOD TO BE BACK, EH?: Current Blue Jay and 2012 N.L. Gold Glovewinning Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney today makes his return to Wrigley Field following an almost-three-year hiatus... the Cubs fourth-round pick in the 2007 draft spent first four-and-a-half big league seasons with the Cubs before being traded to the Dodgers, July 28, 2014 has made one appearance as a visitor at the Friendly Confines, September 19, 2014 with Los Angeles. Miguel Montero today also will head to the visitor s clubhouse at Wrigley Field for the first time since 2014 he last sat in the away dugout on April 24, 2014 with Arizona Montero caught two-and-a-half seasons in Chicago, highlighted by a key RBI single in the 10th inning of the Cubs World Series-clinching Game Seven win in Cleveland. Today s starting pitcher, J.A. Happ, also makes a homecoming of sorts the lefty hails from Spring Valley, Illinois, just over 100 miles from Wrigley Field he played college ball eight miles up Sheridan Road at Northwestern University. IF YOU RE HAPP-IAN YOU KNOW IT, HOMER TWICE: Ian Happ (no relation to J.A.) crushed two solo homers in yesterday s ballgame, making him just the second Cubs player since at least 1913 to tally three multi-homer games within his first 78- career games played, joining teammate Kyle Schwarber. CUBS RECORD 2017 Overall:... 63-57 At Wrigley Field:... 31-28 On the Road:... 32-29 April:... 13-11 May:... 12-16 June:... 15-13 July... 16-8 August:... 7-9 All-Time Since 1876:... 10,774-10,245 At Wrigley Field (since 1916):...4,249-3,737 Leading Entering 6th:... 45-9 Tied Entering 6th:... 7-9 Trailing Entering 6th:... 11-39 Leading Entering 7th:... 48-4 Tied Entering 7th:... 7-9 Trailing Entering 7th:... 8-44 Leading Entering 8th:... 55-5 Tied Entering 8th:... 4-6 Trailing Entering 8th:... 4-46 Leading Entering 9th:... 54-1 Tied Entering 9th:... 5-2 Trailing Entering 9th:... 4-54 Scoring First:... 39-21 One-Run Games:... 18-14 Two-Run Games:... 10-14 Extra-Inning Games:... 3-2 Scoring Four or More:... 54-17 Scoring Fewer Than Four:... 9-40 Out-Hitting Opponents:... 46-12 Hit Totals Equal:... 8-4 Out-Hit by Opponents:... 9-41 Hit at Least One HR:... 54-31 Hit Two or More HR:... 39-14 Playing Errorless Ball:... 37-25 Committing at Least One Error:... 26-32 Happ is also the third active Cubs batter to record at least three multi-homer games before his age-23 season Schwarber and Addison Russell also compiled at least three multi-homer efforts before their age-23 seasons. Happ s second homer traveled a StatCast-estimated 443 feet, the longest round-tripper by an active Cubs player at Wrigley Field since Happ s 443-foot shot, June 4 vs. St. Louis off Michael Wacha. INTERLEAGUE INTERLUDE: The Cubs lost six of their first seven games against A.L. opponents this season, but have won seven of their last eight dating to July 5 vs. Tampa Bay since the All-Star Break the club has swept Baltimore and taken three of four from the White Sox the Cubs are one of six N.L. clubs with a winning record this season against the rival American League. THE MVP S OBP: Kris Bryant has batted.391 (27-for-69) with five doubles, four homers, 12 RBI and a.476 OBP in his last 18 games since July 29 he has reached base in 14-straight games, his second-longest stretch of the season. Bryant reached base at least three times in four-straight games, August 11-14, for the second time in his career also did so from July 7-10 of last season. Bryant reached in 13-of-15 plate appearances during the three-game set in Arizona, good for a.867 OBP marked the secondhighest OBP by a Cubs player in a three-game set (min. 10 AB) in franchise history, bested only by Mark DeRosa s.917 OBP from September 17-19, 2007 vs. Cincinnati. 20 HOMER CLUB: The Cubs currently have four players with at least 20 homers (Kris Bryant, Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber) and two more within striking distance: Javier Báez (19) and Ian Happ (17) the club record for most 20-homer campaigns in a single season is five, set in 1958, 2004 and 2008. Additionally, the Cubs yesterday established a franchise record for most 20-homer seasons in a single season by players in their age 25 season or younger with three (Bryant, Contreras and Schwarber) Báez and Happ are each also under the age of 25 the MLB record is set by the 2007 Brewers and 1979 Expos, who both had four 20-homer seasons by players age 25 or younger. THE REST OF THE WAY: Of the 42 games remaining for the Cubs this season, 28 are against teams currently owning a record at or below.500, or 67 percent of them the Cubs do not play a club currently with a winning record until September 8 vs. Milwaukee. The Cubs are in the midst of a stretch of 13-straight games against teams currently occupying last place in their division (although Toronto is also tied with Tampa Bay and Baltimore) after the homestand against Cincinnati and Toronto, the Cubs embark on a six-game trip through Cincinnati and Philadelphia. The Cubs also see 27 of their final 42 games come against N.L. Central division foes, or 64 percent of them the Cubs are 28-21 against their own division, a.571 winning percentage, the best record of any team within the division (Brewers second at 27-25). The Cubs are 1.0-game up in the division on Milwaukee, who has reclaimed sole possession of second place the Cardinals sit 1.5 games back both the Cubs and Cardinals exited the All-Star Break staring at a 5.5-game deficit to the Brewers the Cubs have gained 6.5 games on the Brewers since the Break, while St. Louis has picked up 5.0 games. The Cubs are 20-12 (.625) since the All-Star Break, the third-best mark in all of baseball behind the Dodgers (24-5,.828) and Nationals (20-11,.645) the Cubs won 14 of their first 17 games since the Break but are 6-9 in their last 15 games. CLOSING TIME: With his save August 7, Cubs closer Wade Davis has extended his single-season franchise record for consecutive save chances converted, as he s been successful in his first 24 opportunities this year that surpasses Flash Gordon in 2001, Ryan Dempster in 2005 and Carlos Marmol in 2012, all of whom had 19-straight successful save chances in a single campaign. The franchise mark for consecutive save chances converted is held by Dempster (26 straight in the 2005-06 seasons). Davis has a 1.88 ERA (5 ER/24.0 IP) in his 24 save chances this season, striking out 32 batters and walking 14. UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Fri., August 18 TOR 1:20 p.m. CSN 670 The Score RHP Jake Arrieta (12-8, 3.73) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (6-8, 3.63) Sat., August 19 TOR 1:20 p.m. ABC 7 670 The Score LHP José Quintana (3-2, 3.86) vs. RHP Nick Tepesch (1-1, 5.23) Sun., August 20 TOR 1:20 p.m. WGN 670 The Score RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-4, 3.45) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (5-8, 5.09)
AUGUST 18, 2017 PAGE 2 Today s Cubs Starter #49 RHP Jake Arrieta (12-8, 3.73) W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 CUBS 18-8 3.10 31 31 1 1 197.1 138 72 68 16 76 190 2017 CUBS 12-8 3.73 24 24 0 0 140.0 123 71 58 18 45 135 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 86-54 3.60 191 185 6 5 1132.2 927 491 453 104 393 1042 Last Time Out Jake tossed his sixth-straight quality start last time out, August 13 at Arizona, tossing 6.0 innings and surrendering one earned run on just three hits has allowed two or fewer earned runs in seven of his last eight starts. Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left 8/13 @ARI W 7-2 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 91-59 2-1 2017 Season Jake today makes his 25th start of the season, and his ninth at home has a 3.47 ERA at home (18 ER/46.2 IP) and a 3.86 ERA (40 ER/93.1 IP) on the road. Has recorded a season-high six-straight quality starts. Has allowed zero earned runs in three starts this season: his season debut April 4 at St. Louis (6 IP, 1 UER), May 21 vs. Milwaukee (6 IP, 1 UER) and July 2 at Cincinnati (7 IP, 0 R). Went 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA (8 ER/32.0 IP) in five July starts overall has gone 5-2 with a 2.10 ERA (12 ER/51.1 IP) in his last eight starts since the beginning of July. Allowed six or fewer hits in 14-straight starts, May 21-August 2, the third-longest stretch of his career. Allowed just one hit in 7.0-scoreless innings, July 2 at Cincinnati. Has pitched a season-high 7.0 innings four times: April 9 at Milwaukee, June 22 at Miami, July 2 at Cincinnati and August 2 vs. Arizona. Allowing a.277 BABIP had a.247 BABIP in 2015 and a.242 BABIP last year. Is allowing home runs at a rate of 1.16 HR/9 this season, well above his career average of 0.83 HR/9... surrendered just 0.55 homers per nine innings from 2015-16, the third-lowest rate in the majors. Has a 4.88 ERA (13 ER/24.0 IP) in the first inning and a 3.49 ERA (45 ER/116.0 IP) from the second inning on from 2015-16, he posted a miniscule 1.69 ERA (12 ER/64.0 IP) in the first inning. Struck out a season-high 10 batters, April 9 at Milwaukee. Made his season debut April 4 at the Cardinals, allowing zero earned runs in 6.0 innings in the Cubs 2-1 victory. 2016 Season Jake went 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA (68 ER/197.1 IP), limiting opponents to an MLB-best.194 batting average went 11-3 on the road, the second-most road victories in the majors (Max Scherzer, 12-4). Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (18, t-3rd), ERA (3.10, 10th), opponent s OBP (.277, 6th), slugging (.306, 1st) and OPS (.583, 2nd). Notched nine starts of at least 6.0-scoreless innings, tied for the most in the majors (also, Tanner Roark)... his 11 starts allowing three or fewer hits also tied for the major league lead (with Dan Straily and Tom Koehler). Career vs. Toronto Jake today faces his former A.L. East rivals for the eighth time and will be making his seventh start vs. the Jays has faced Toronto once as a member of the Cubs, allowing just two runs in 6.1 innings, September 9, 2014 at Toronto. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career 3-2 5.45 7 6 36.1 39 23 22 6 14 29 vs. Blue Jays Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Aoki (.000-11-0-0-0) Goins (.500-2-1-0-0) Pillar (1.000-3-3-0-0) Bautista (.000-13-0-0-0) Morales (.500-6-3-0-2) Smoak (.000-3-0-0-0) Pearce (.000-4-0-0-0) Career Notes Jake has gone 86-54 with a 2015 Cy Young Award, six complete games, five shutouts, two no-hitters and a 3.60 ERA (453 ER/1132.2 IP) in 191 career games (185 starts) in eight big league seasons with Baltimore (2010-13) and the Cubs (2013-17). Fanned his 1,000th career batter (Trea Turner), June 27 at Washington. Jake has made 122 career starts for the Cubs since joining the Cubs in July of 2013, Jake has gone 66-29 with six complete games, five shutouts, two no-hitters and a 2.74 ERA (236 ER/774.2 IP). Has fanned a Cubs franchise-record 53 batters in the postseason and is tied for the franchise lead with seven postseason starts... overall has gone 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA (17 ER/42.0 IP) in postseason play. Since the beginning of 2015, he has gone 52-22 with a 2.72 ERA (171 ER/566.1 IP), a pair of no-hitters and a.201 opposing batting average his 52 wins are the best in the majors in that span and his.201 opponent average and 2.72 ERA rank third. Was named the N.L. Pitcher of the Month in three-consecutive months beginning in August 2015 is the first N.L. pitcher to accomplish the feat and third major leaguer overall, joining Pedro Martinez (April-June, 1999) and Johan Santana (July- September, 2004). Since the beginning of the 2014 season, Jake ranks in the top two among all pitchers in hits per nine innings (6.55), batting average against (.201) and ERA (2.69). Has a 2.36 ERA (96 ER/366.0 IP) in his career at Wrigley Field, the eighth-lowest ERA in Wrigley Field history his.182 opponent batting average at Wrigley Field is the second-best mark in ballpark history. 2017 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/4 @STL W, 2-1 6.0 4 1 0 2 6 90-55 2-1 Only run allowed was unearned 2. 4/9 @MIL W, 7-4 7.0 3 3 3 2 10 98-63 7-3 13th-career double-digit strikeout game 3. 4/15 PIT ND, 8-7 L 5.2 5 3 3 1 5 98-62 6-3 Left in line for the win 4. 4/22 @CIN W, 12-8 6.0 8 5 4 0 8 101-67 11-5 First no-walk start since 4/10/2016 5. 4/28 @BOS L, 5-4 4.1 10 5 5 3 5 98-60 2-5 Ended streak of 72-consecutive starts with at least 5.0 IP APRIL: 3-1, 4.66 ERA (5 starts) 29.0 30 17 15 8 34 6. 5/3 PHI W, 5-4 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 85-57 5-3 Season-low 85 pitches 7. 5/9 @COL -1 L, 10-4 3.2 9 9 5 3 3 85-53 2-8, 1 on Tied his career-high for runs allowed 8. 5/14 @STL L, 5-0 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 85-60 0-4 Second-straight defeat; third-straight start with 85 pitches 9. 5/21 MIL W, 13-6 6.0 5 1 0 1 6 111-71 8-1 Snapped streak of seven-straight starts w/ three ER allowed 10. 5/26 @LAD L, 4-0 6.0 5 4 4 1 9 95-60 0-4 First start at Dodger Stadium since no-hitter @ LAD, 8/30/15 11. 5/31 @SD ND, 2-1 L 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 84-53 1-1 Third-straight start with five hits allowed MAY: 2-3, 4.54 ERA (6 starts) 33.2 37 22 17 9 37 12. 6/6 MIA W, 10-2 6.0+ 2 2 2 3 5 100-64 4-1, 1 on Fifth-straight start of at least 6.0 IP 13. 6/11 COL ND, 7-5 W 4.1 5 4 4 3 3 82-46 4-2, 2 on Allowed zero runs in first 4.0 innings 14. 6/17 @PIT L, 4-3 4.2 4 3 2 2 7 94-57 2-3, 3 on Second-straight start of less than 5.0 IP 15. 6/22 @MIA W, 11-1 7.0 6 1 1 0 3 82-49 11-1 First 7.0 IP/1 or fewer ER start since 9/23/16 vs. STL 16. 6/27 @WSH L, 6-1 4.0+ 6 6 5 6 4 98-52 1-4, 2 on Fanned 1000th career batter JUNE: 2-2, 4.85 ERA (5 starts) 26.0 23 16 14 14 22 17. 7/2 @CIN W, 5-2 7.0 1 0 0 2 6 100-69 6-0 First scoreless start of the season 18. 7/8 PIT L, 4-2 5.2 6 4 3 2 3 107-65 2-4, 2 on Allowed three runs in the sixth inning 19. 7/15 @BAL W, 10-3 6.2 4 2 1 3 3 101-63 8-2, 2 on Facing his former team 20. 7/21 STL ND, 11-4 L 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 97-66 3-2 12th-straight start allowing six or fewer hits 21. 7/26 @CWS W, 8-3 6.2 2 2 2 2 5 98-60 6-2 Took a no-hitter into the fifth inning JULY: 3-1, 2.25 ERA (5 starts) 32.0 18 10 8 9 23 22. 8/2 ARI L, 3-0 7.0 3 2 1 2 8 95-56 0-2 Allowed a two-rbi double in the sixth inning 23. 8/7 @SF W, 5-3 6.1 9 3 2 0 5 91-62 5-3, 1 on Had shutout through 5.0 innings 24. 8/13 @ARI W, 7-2 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 91-59 2-1 Sixth-straight quality start At the Plate AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS 2017.143 49 2 7 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 25 0 0 Career.179 257 17 46 5 4 5 20 16 0 0 9 128 0 0 LAST HIT: 7/21/17 vs. St. Louis (single off Carlos Martinez) at-bats since then 6 HOME RUNS: 5 7/12/15 vs. Chicago (A.L.) solo homer off Jose Quintana; 9/27/15 vs. Pittsburgh solo homer off A.J. Burnett; 4/10/16 @ Arizona two-run homer off Shelby Miller; 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati solo homer off Michael Lorenzen; 6/17/17 @ Pittsburgh two-run homer off Ivan Nova MOST HITS: 2 (5x) last, 6/22/17 @ Miami MOST RBI: 2 (3x) last, 6/17/17 @ Pittsburgh Last Time and Career Highs and Lows Last Win: 8/13/17 @ ARI, 7-2 (6.0,3,1,1,3,6) Last Loss: 8/2/17 vs. ARI, 3-0 (7.0,3,2,1,2,8) Last CG/SHO: 4/21/16 @ CIN, 16-0 (9.0,0,0,0,4,6) No-Hitters: 8/30/15 @ LAD, 2-0 (9.0,0,0,0,1,12) & 4/21/16 @ CIN, 16-0 (9.0,0,0,0,4,6) Most Strikeouts: 13 9/16/14 vs. CIN also has two 12-K games, four 11-K games and six 10-K games (13 total double digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 13 8/6/14 @ COL Most Runs Allowed: 9 (3x) last, 5/9/17 @ COL Longest Winning Streak: 20 games 8/4/15-5/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games 5/8-6/8/12 Saturday s Starter vs. Toronto LHP José Quintana (3-2, 3.86 with Cubs / 7-10, 4.33 Overall) José tomorrow makes his seventh start with the Cubs, and 25th this season picked up his third win with the Northsiders in his last outing, a 15-5 Cubs win over Cincinnati on August 14 in that start, pitched 5.0 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits fanned four batters and walked four. Began the season with the White Sox, going 4-8 with a 4.49 ERA (52 ER/104.1 IP) in 18 starts. Will be making his 10th-career start against the Blue Jays pitched at least 6.0 innings in all nine of his previous outings against our neighbors to the north, posting a 1.77 ERA (12 ER/61.0 IP) with 53 strikeouts and just 14 walks since 2012, his 1.77 ERA is the best in the majors against Toronto by nearly a full run (Masahiro Tanaka is second with a 2.62 ERA) faced Toronto June 16 of this season on the road, allowing two runs in 7.0 innings in the White Sox 11-4 victory.
#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. OF (.283, 5 HR, 25 RBI) Homestand:.500 (2-4) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 2; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 8 Last HR: 8/9/17 @ SF (Madison Bumgarner) Career Bests: H 3 (4x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM; RBI 3, 8/1/17 vs. ARI; R 2 (5x), last 6/13/17 @ NYM Albert is hitting.400 (8-for-20) with a homer and two RBI in his last eight games since August 7 is batting.345 (10- for-29) with six RBI as a pinch-hitter has played 71 games in center field (53 starts) and one start in left the Cubs are 31-22 when he starts in center field is batting.333 (28-for-84) off lefties and.252 (35-for-139) off righties is 15-for-47 (.319) with 10 RBI in his last 13 starts. Went 2-for-3 Tuesday night was 1-for-2 off the bench Sunday in Arizona hit a solo homer August 9 in San Francisco as part of a 2-for-3 effort collected a career-high three RBI August 1, including his second GW RBI of the season went 102-straight games in the field before committing his first career error in center on July 28 had a career-high tying six-game hitting streak July 4-18 (.471/8-for-17). #13 ALEX AVILA C (.207, 3 HR, 8 RBI) Homestand:.214 (3-14), HR, 4 RBI, BB, 2B, R Current Streak: 2 games (3-8) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 5; 2-Out RBI 17 Career Bests: H 4 (3x), last 6/23/16 @ BOS; RBI 5, 4/6/11 @ BAL; R 4, 4/8/15 vs. MIN Alex was 2-for-4 with a double, homer, run scored and three RBI yesterday has eight RBI in his last eight games was 1-for-4 with a two-out RBI single Wednesday vs. Cincinnati threw out a would-be base stealer Monday night went 1-for-2 with a solo homer and bases loaded walk August 11 in Arizona. Hit his first homer as a Cub August 5 vs. Washington was acquired July 31 from the Tigers and joins his first N.L. club batted.274 (60-for-219) with 11 doubles, 11 homers and 32 RBI in 77 games with the Tigers this season his.871 OPS ranked second-highest among all catchers with at least 70 games played at the time of the trade, he led all active A.L. catchers since 2010 with 133 catcher stealings is in his ninth major league campaign. #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.269, 19 HR, 55 RBI) Homestand:.250 (4-16), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2B, 4 R, SAC Current Streak: 2 games (2-8) Multi-Hit Games (26): 2-hit (20), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 19 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 hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games (.298/17-for-57), and yesterday belted a solo homer to complete a backto-back-to-back stretch with Alex Avila and Ian Happ has homered in four of his last 10 games is hitting.298 (17- for-57) with six homers, 15 RBI and a 1.000 OPS in 15 August games has started at shortstop in the team s last 14 games since August 3, as Addison Russell is on the D.L. Wednesday, scored the game-winning run after leading off the ninth with a hustle double belted a two-run homer Monday night after he hit a three-run blast Sunday in Arizona hit his first-career inside-the-park home run August 17 in San Francisco hit his career-high 15th homer August 4 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 career high. #17 KRIS BRYANT INF (.291, 23 HR, 55 RBI) Homestand:.214 (3-14), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2B, 5 R, 3 BB Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (30): 2-hit (17), 3-hit (11), 4-hit (2) GA RBI 9; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 24 Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R 4 (5x), last 5/21/17 vs. MIL Kris has reached safely in his last 14 games since August 3 (.500 OBP) yesterday, scored twice and belted a solo homer Tuesday, had an 11-game hitting streak snapped (20-for-43/.465) reached safely in 16 of 20 plate appearances in four games, last Friday-Monday has hit safely in 15 of his last 18 games leads the club in runs (80) and walks (72) led the Cubs with a.326 average and 17 runs in July. Monday, was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, two runs and a walk also went deep as part of a 3-for-4 day in Arizona on Sunday drove in runs and walked in four-straight games, Friday-Monday, the first Cub to do so since Derrek Lee in July of 2004. Reached base safely all five times August 11, going 3-for-3 with an RBI, walk and hit by pitch hit his 20th homer of the season July 30, going 2-for-4 was ejected for the first time in his major-league career July 25 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). #20 VICTOR CARATINI C (.211, 1 HR, 2 RBI) Homestand:.167 (1-6) Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (1): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 1; 2-Out RBI 1 Last HR: 7/30/17 @ MIL (Zach Davies) Career Bests: H 3, 7/9/17 vs. PIT; RBI 1 (2x), last 7/30/17 @ MIL; R 1 (3x), last 8/12/17 @ AZ Victor was recalled August 11 from Triple-A Iowa for his second stint with the Cubs this season was previously with the club from June 28-August 1 has hit safely in five of his last seven games, including going 1-for-4 Tuesday, spanning his two big league stints Sunday was 1-for-5 with a run, his first start since July 30 in Milwaukee, when he hit a game-winning solo homer to snap a 2-2 tie in the seventh the Cubs are 4-2 in his six starts behind the plate. 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 is batting.344 (94-for-273) with 24 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 59 RBI in 76 games for Iowa this season, earning Pacific Coast League All-Star honors. #8 IAN HAPP INF/OF (.248, 17 HR, 42 RBI) Homestand:.250 (2-8), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, HBP, SF Current Streak: 1 game (2-3) Multi-Hit Games (15): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 7; GW RBI 3; 2-Out RBI 22 Career Bests: H 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI 4 (3x), last 7/2/17 @ CIN; R 2 (5x), last 8/17/17 vs. CIN Ian yesterday recorded his third career multi-homer effort and was in the middle of a back-to-back-to-back homer effort with Alex Avila and Javier Báez in the fourth 22 of his 42 RBI have come with two outs 32 of his 64 hits have been for extra bases (13 2B, 2 3B, 17 HR) has started games in center field (29), right field (5), left field (8) and second base (19) has driven in runs in four of his last eight games with an at-bat (7 RBI total). Belted his first career pinch homer Sunday in Arizona Went 2-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI August 8 notched two hits and a homer August 1 his 13 homers before the All-Star Break were second-most by a Cubs rookie alltime led the Cubs with eight homers in June had a seven-game hitting streak (.429/12-for-28) June 20-26 June 22 in Miami notched his first-career four-hit game hit his first grand slam June 13 vs. the Mets. #22 JASON HEYWARD OF (.252, 8 HR, 39 RBI) Homestand:.273 (3-11), 4 R, 2 BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (16): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 8; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 19 Last HR: 7/29/17 @ MIL (Jared Hughes) Career Bests: H 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI 4 (8x), last 4/24/17 @ PIT; R 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Jason Wednesday was 0-for-3 with a run and a walk went 3-for-4 with two doubles August 6, including his 1,000thcareer hit in the eighth inning was his second three-hit game of the season hitting.267 (24-for-90) vs. lefties and.247 (56-for-227) vs. righties has made 73 starts in right field and 10 in center field. Was 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored Monday went 2-for-4 July 30 and hit a game-winning solo homer in the 11th inning July 29 robbed Ryan Braun of a home run July 28 on July 16 recorded his thirdstraight multi-hit game slugged a two-run homer July 14 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. 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 (.290, 2 HR, 25 RBI) Homestand:.231 (3-13), RBI, 3 R, 2B, 3B, 4 BB Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-8) Multi-Hit Games (15): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (1) GA RBI 5; GW RBI 4; 2-Out RBI 14 Last HR: 7/5/17 vs. TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Career Bests: H 5, 6/2/16 vs. SEA; RBI 4 (2x), last 8/18/13 @ CHI; R 3 (10x), last 6/16/14 vs. NYM Jon has reached base multiple times in seven of his last 11 starts was 0-for-4 with a walk yesterday and has reached safely in his last six games Monday, was 3-for-5 with three runs, a double, a triple, a RBI and a walk has hit.292 (21-for-72) with 11 walks and four HBP to post a.414 OBP in his last 22 games. Was 1-for-4 with a double, RBI and hit by pitch Sunday in Arizona reached in seven-straight plate appearances spanning three games, July 22-24 had a season-high four hits July 24, including a double made his first-career pitching appearance July 6 (1.0 IP, 1 H) hit a pinch-hit, game-tying three-run homer July 5, his second in three games on July 4 hit his first home run as a Cub as part of a 2-for-4 effort. AUGUST 18, 2017 PAGE 3 CUBS VS. BLUE JAYS LHP J.A. HPP Alex Avila....200 5 1 0 0 Javier Baez....667 3 2 0 0 Kris Bryant....200 5 1 0 0 Jason Heyward....000 5 0 0 0 Jon Jay....417 12 5 0 0 Anthony Rizzo....625 8 5 1 3 Addison Russell....200 5 1 0 0 Ben Zobrist....316 19 6 0 4 CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD Albert Almora Jr.....279 136 38 3 20 Alex Avila....200 20 4 2 6 Javier Baez....249 518 129 22 58 Kris Bryant....282 769 217 53 131 Victor Caratini....308 13 4 0 1 Ian Happ....218 124 27 10 19 Jason Heyward....242 521 126 9 49 Jon Jay....302 248 75 3 35 Tommy La Stella....255 141 36 2 16 Anthony Rizzo....287 1501 431 70 232 Kyle Schwarber....224 259 58 19 43 Ben Zobrist....257 436 112 9 54 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....500 4 2 0 5 Alex Avila....111 9 1 0 4 Javier Baez....333 3 1 1 5 Kris Bryant....200 10 2 0 3 Victor Caratini....000 1 0 0 0 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....333 6 2 0 5 Jon Jay....143 7 1 0 2 Tommy La Stella....000 1 0 0 1 Anthony Rizzo....357 14 5 1 17 Kyle Schwarber....286 7 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist....125 8 1 0 5 CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....500 6 3 0 6 Alex Avila....203 69 14 1 49 Javier Baez....188 16 3 3 15 Kris Bryant....182 33 6 3 25 Victor Caratini....000 1 0 0 0 Ian Happ....500 2 1 1 5 Jason Heyward....213 80 17 2 53 Jon Jay....322 59 19 0 54 Tommy La Stella....467 15 7 0 19 Anthony Rizzo....309 68 21 3 66 Kyle Schwarber....273 11 3 1 9 Ben Zobrist....301 103 31 6 107 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Albert Almora Jr.....345 29 10 0 6 Alex Avila....400 15 6 0 2 Javier Baez....000 5 0 0 0 Kris Bryant....000 1 0 0 0 Victor Caratini....143 7 1 0 0 Ian Happ....200 10 2 1 1 Jason Heyward....000 2 0 0 0 Jon Jay....355 31 11 1 7 Tommy La Stella....350 20 7 0 3 Anthony Rizzo....000 2 0 0 0 Kyle Schwarber....182 11 2 1 1 Ben Zobrist....250 12 3 0 0 CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER Albert Almora Jr.....282 39 11 0 6 Alex Avila....229 48 11 1 9 Javier Baez....172 29 5 0 0 Kris Bryant....250 4 1 0 2 Victor Caratini....143 7 1 0 0 Ian Happ....200 10 2 1 1 Jason Heyward....269 26 7 0 5 Jon Jay....293 123 36 3 17 Tommy La Stella....257 70 18 0 7 Anthony Rizzo....083 12 1 0 1 Kyle Schwarber....100 20 2 1 1 Ben Zobrist....170 53 9 3 9
AUGUST 18, 2017 PAGE 4 #2 TOMMY LA STELLA INF (.310, 2 HR, 8 RBI) Homestand:.444 (4-9), 3 RBI, 2B, 2 R, BB Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (4): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 1; GW RBI 0; 2-Out RBI 3 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 was recalled August 6 for his fourth stint with the Cubs dating back to July 8 he is 9-for-19 (.474) with five walks (.560 OBP) in his last 13 major league games has batted.350 (7-for-20) with seven walks and two HBP as a pinch-hitter this season (.552 OBP) has a.415 OBP since May 7. Wednesday, delivered a two-out RBI pinch double in the sixth Monday, was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI his pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth June 29 in Washington set the table for Jon Jay s game-winning two-run double the next at-bat, as Tommy scored the game-winning run batting.218 (24-for-110) with two doubles, a homer and six RBI in 33 games at Iowa made his second-straight Cubs Opening Day roster before being optioned to Triple-A for the first time, April 22. #44 ANTHONY RIZZO INF (.268, 28 HR, 81 RBI) Homestand:.529 (9-17), 2 HR, 10 RBI, 5 R, 2 2B, HBP Current Streak: 4 games (9-17) Multi-Hit Games (29): 2-hit (21), 3-hit (8), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 15; GW RBI 6; 2-Out RBI 29 Last HR: 8/16/17 vs. CIN (Homer Bailey) 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 hit two homers and racked up 10 RBI in the four-game Reds series, going 9-for-17 (.529) is batting.321 (68-for-212) at home and.219 (49-for-224) on the road has a.440 OBP at home overall, has 68 walks and 67 strikeouts has a.443 OBP in his last 22 games (has reached at least three times in nine of those) led the team in hits (82), total bases (161), homers (20) and RBI (56) in the first half is one of three Cubs lefties all-time with four 25-homer campaigns had a career-high 14-game hitting streak (.420/21-for-50) June 6-20, the longest streak by a Cub this season. Wednesday, belted his third career grand slam, a first pitch blast off Homer Bailey in the first was 3-for-5 with five RBI and a solo homer as part of a back-to-back effort with Kris Bryant Monday vs. Cincinnati collected his second multi-homer game of the season and 15th of his career August 1 homered in three-straight games July 15-17 for the second time this season (also April 21-23) his leadoff HR June 19 was his third of the season homered to lead off each of his first two games at leadoff June 13-14 in New York. #12 KYLE SCHWARBER C/OF (.204, 20 HR, 40 RBI) Homestand:.600 (6-10), HR, 2 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB, 2 HBP Current Streak: 4 games (6-10) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (10), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 10; GW RBI 8; 2-Out RBI 15 Last HR: 8/17/17 vs. CIN (Michael Lorenzen) Career Bests: H 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI 4 (4x), last 7/27/17 @ CWS; R 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI -2 Kyle yesterday tied his season high with three hits and belted his 20th homer of the season, extending his career high has a.317 average (13-for-41) with a.440 OBP and 1.001 OPS in August hitting.278 (27-for-97) with eight homers and a.968 OPS since returning from Iowa, July 6 reached safely in eight-straight plate appearances through Wednesday s fifth inning after striking out in his previous eight PAs batted.343 with four homers in 11 games during his stay with Iowa has made 76 starts in left field, and has appeared at catcher (3 games) and first base (1). Wednesday, was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run Tuesday, singled in a nine-pitch pinch at-bat to start the ninth inning and came around to score reached base four times Monday, going 1-for-2 with a RBI, run, walk and two hit by pitches recorded a career-high tying 11 total bases, July 27 at the White Sox, as he went 3-for-4 with a triple and his fourth-career multi-homer game tied a career-high with four RBI hit a game-tying, moonshot homer July 23 hit a two-run homer June 14 measured at 467-feet. Hit a three-run homer May 2, his 20th-career home run is the fastest Cubs player since 1913 to 20-career homers (97 games), thanks to STATS Inc. #18 BEN ZOBRIST INF (.223, 8 HR, 33 RBI) Homestand:.300 (3-10), RBI, 2 R, 3B, 2 BB Current Streak: 3 games (3-10) Multi-Hit Games (14): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI 4; GW RBI 2; 2-Out RBI 10 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 was 1-for-5 with a triple and run scored yesterday has made 27 starts in the leadoff spot this season (Cubs are 18-9 in those games), hitting.255 (28-for-110) with five doubles, two triples, four homers and 14 RBI from the top spot hitting.240 (24-for-100) since the Break after hitting.214 (45-for-210) in the first half. Went 1-for-4 with a run and a walk Wednesday was 1-for-1 with a walk and RBI Tuesday off the bench delivered a RBI single in the ninth went 2-for-4 out of the leadoff spot August 9 in San Francisco. Returned from the 10-day disabled list July 1 (left wrist inflammation) played two games with Double-A Tennessee, going 3-for-6 with a pair of walks was 5-for-49 (.102) since May 26 before landing on the shelf on June 16 had a 25-straight game on-base streak, April 28-May 30 had an eight-game hitting streak May 13-25 (13-for-28/.464) hit his fourth-career leadoff home May 21. CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Batter (Total)... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (5)... 5 0 0 0 Alex Avila (3)... 1 2 0 0 Javier Baez (19)... 9 7 2 1 Kris Bryant (23)... 17 5 1 0 Victor Caratini (1)... 1 0 0 0 Ian Happ (17)... 12 3 1 1 Jason Heyward (8)... 4 2 2 0 Jon Jay (2)... 1 0 1 0 Tommy La Stella (2)... 2 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (28)... 15 8 4 1 Kyle Schwarber (20)... 14 3 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. (6)... 5 1 0 0 Alex Avila (3)... 2 1 0 0 Javier Baez (16)... 10 5 0 1 Kris Bryant (11)... 7 3 1 0 Victor Caratini (0)... 0 0 0 0 Ian Happ (11)... 7 1 3 0 Jason Heyward (11)... 7 2 2 0 Jon Jay (3)... 2 1 0 0 Tommy La Stella (1)... 1 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo (23)... 14 4 4 1 Kyle Schwarber (8)... 4 2 2 0 Ben Zobrist (6)... 5 1 0 0 HOME RUNS IN 2017 2017 Season... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Cubs (175)... 108 42 20 5 Opponents (147)... 90 37 17 3 CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Game Opening HR: Willson Contreras, 6/26/17 @ Washington (Gio Gonzalez) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) Pinch-HR: Ian Happ, 8/13/17 @ Arizona (Jake Barrett) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) Inside-The-Park HR: Javier Báez, 8/7/17 @ San Francisco (Matt Moore) Three-Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jon Lester, 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) Homer in 1 st M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Homer in 1 st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: Dioner Navarro, 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 2-Homer Games (11): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Contreras, 5/12 @ STL, 8/3 vs. ARI & 8/6 vs. WSH; Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF & 8/1 vs. ARI; Happ, 6/4 vs. STL & 7/2 @ CIN; Schwarber, 7/27 @ CWS 3-Homer Games (0): N/A Grand Slams (5): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Happ, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 8/16 vs. CIN 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Rizzo, 4/21-23; Rizzo, 7/15-17 Pinch-Homers (2): Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Jay, 7/5 vs. TB Back-to-Back Homers (8): Russell & Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo & Happ, 6/14 @ NYM; Happ & Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras & Schwarber, 7/14 @ BAL; Contreras & Schwarber, 8/6 vs. WSH; Schwarber & Avila, 8/11 @ AZ; Baez & Happ, 8/13 @ AZ; Bryant & Rizzo, 8/14 vs. CIN; Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (1): Avila, Happ & Baez, 8/17 vs. CIN Pitchers Hitting Homers (3): Arrieta, 6/17 @ PIT; Montgomery, 7/19 @ ATL; Lester, 8/1 vs. ARI Game-Opening Homers (5): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL; Rizzo, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/14 @ NYM; Rizzo, 6/20 vs. SD; Contreras, 6/26 @ WASH Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CUBS CATCHING CORPS CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Avila 1/6 16.7% 0 0 4.63 (35 ER/68.0 IP) Caratini 0/6 0.0% 0 0 2.30 (15 ER/58.2 IP) Contreras 17/66 25.8% 5 6 4.02 (323 ER/724.0 IP) Montero 0/31 0.0% 0 0 4.35 (104 ER/215.1 IP) Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 3.60 (2 ER/5.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (6): Hendricks (2), Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery, Quintana CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS 1 Schwarber 36 (17-19), Jay 28 (13-15), Zobrist 27 (18-9), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 6 (3-3), Heyward 4 (2-2), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Almora Jr. 1 (0-1), Szczur 1 (1-0) 2 Bryant 90 (48-42), Happ 10 (5-5), Schwarber 9 (4-5), La Stella 4 (2-2), Almora 3 (1-2), Jay 2 (2-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 3 Rizzo 88 (47-41), Bryant 21 (11-10), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), 4 Zobrist 40 (19-21), Contreras 29 (18-11), Russell 15 (9-6), Rizzo 14 (7-7), Happ 13 (7-6), Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Bryant 1 (0-1), Schwarber 1 (0-1) 5 Russell 28 (14-14), Schwarber 20 (13-7), Heyward 19 (10-9), Happ 17 (9-8), Contreras 9 (6-3), Montero 8 (1-7), Zobrist 6 (3-3), Jay 3 (0-3), Candelario 2 (2-0), Almora 2 (2-0), Avila 2 (1-1), Caratini 2 (1-1), Baez 1 (1-0), La Stella 1 (0-1) 6 Heyward 32 (15-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 15 (10-5), Happ 11 (8-3), Russell 10 (7-3), Baez 10 (5-5), La Stella 5 (1-4), Schwarber 5 (2-3), Avila 4 (3-1), Montero 4 (4-0), Jay 2 (0-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 1 (0-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) 7 Baez 37 (18-19), Heyward 26 (15-11), Contreras 20 (7-13), Montero 13 (8-5), Russell 8 (5-3), Almora 7 (5-2), Jay 3 (2-1), La Stella 2 (1-1), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Happ 1 (0-1) 8 Baez 31 (17-14), Russell 18 (10-8), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Hendricks 7 (5-2), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Montgomery 4 (1-3), Avila 2 (0-2), Caratini 2 (2-0), Jay 2 (1-1), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Happ 1 (1-0), 9 Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 19 (12-7), Lester 13 (7-6), Arrieta 11 (5-6), Lackey 11 (8-3), Baez 10 (4-6), Hendricks 8 (2-6), Schwarber 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Quintana 5 (2-3), Montgomery 3 (1-2), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0) C Contreras 78 (41-37), Montero 28 (14-14), Avila 8 (4-4), Caratini 6 (4-2) 1B Rizzo 116 (61-55), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Contreras 1 (0-1) 2B Baez 49 (29-20), Zobrist 46 (26-20), Happ 19 (6-13), La Stella 6 (2-4) 3B Bryant 104 (55-49), Candelario 7 (5-2), La Stella 6 (2-4), Baez 3 (1-2) SS Russell 81 (47-34), Baez 39 (16-23) LF Schwarber 76 (36-40), Jay 24 (13-11), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Happ 8 (7-1), Contreras 3 (2-1), Bryant 1 (1-0) CF Almora Jr. 53 (31-22), Happ 31 (19-12), Jay 25 (9-16), Heyward 10 (4-6) RF Heyward 73 (40-33), Zobrist 21 (10-11), Jay 9 (5-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 5 (1-4), Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P Lester 26 (14-12), Arrieta 24 (13-11), Lackey 23 (14-9), Hendricks 16 (7-9), Butler 11 (6-5), Montgomery 8 (3-5), Anderson 6 (3-3), Quintana 6 (3-3) DH Schwarber 7 (5-2), Jay 1 (1-0) RUNS SCORED BY INNING INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL CUBS 81 69 44 78 57 65 66 66 51 3 580 OPP. 92 56 50 62 52 52 47 70 47 2 531 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (17) Jason Heyward (6), Kyle Schwarber (5), Albert Almora (3), Jon Jay (2), Ian Happ (1)
Cubs Pitching AUGUST 18, 2017 PAGE 5 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 45-38 4.28 1 656.2 626 350 312 94 229 600 Relievers 18-19 3.63 29 414.1 327 181 167 53 194 450 SEASON TOTALS 63-57 4.03 1/29 1,071.0 953 531 479 147 423 1,050 CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 8/16 vs. CIN-W 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 8/16/17 vs. CIN 8/7/17 @ SF 9/15/15 @ CLE 24/24 43/32 1/1 Brian Duensing 8/17 vs. CIN 1.0,0,0,0,0,0 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 8/11/17 @ AZ 0/1 51/42 26/5 Carl Edwards Jr. 8/16 vs. CIN-BS 0.2,1,1,1,0,1 7/7/17 vs. PIT 10/2/16 @ CIN 8/13/17 @ AZ 0/3 54/36 24/7 Justin Grimm 8/17 vs. CIN-L 1.0,1,2,2,2,2 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF 7/30/17 @ MIL 0/1 39/27 20/8 Mike Montgomery 8/17 vs. CIN 4.1,3,0,0,1,4 7/19/17 @ ATL 8/1/17 vs. ARI 8/6/17 vs. WSH 3/3 26/20 10/1 Hector Rondon 8/17 vs. CIN 1.0,1,1,1,2,1 8/1/17 vs. ARI 7/24/16 @ MIL 7/30/17 @ MIL 0/3 48/36 20/10 Pedro Strop 8/15 vs. CIN-L 1.0,1,1,1,1,0 7/5/17 vs. TB 9/19/15 vs. STL 8/13/17 @ AZ 0/2 53/39 33/11 Justin Wilson 8/17 vs. CIN 0.0,0,1,1,2,0 6/15/17 vs. TB 7/29/17 vs. HOU 8/11/17 @ AZ 13/16 50/34 14/3 2017 TOTALS 29/43 (.674) 374/269 (.719) 154/56 (.364) #71 WADE DAVIS RHP (3-1, 2.43 ERA, 24 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 58-38, 71 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 8/5 vs. WSH MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 8/16/17 vs. CIN (7-6) LAST SV: 8/7/17 @ SF (5-3) Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, has converted a single-season franchise record 24-straight save chances to begin his Cubs career has converted his last 29 since September of last year with Kansas City. Earned his third win of the season Wednesday, tossing a perfect ninth inning to preserve a tie score before the Cubs won in walk-off fashion. Picked up his 24th save August 7 with a scoreless ninth (1 BB) has a 1.88 ERA (5 ER/24.0 IP) in his 24 save chances. Has allowed three homers in August after allowing one in his first 37 games. #32 BRIAN DUENSING LHP (0-1, 2.52 ERA, 0 SV, 6 Holds) CAREER: 42-38, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 6/12 @ NYM MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 7/4/11 vs. TB LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) Brian has walked 10 and struck out 55 in 51 games (50.0 IP) in his last 46 contests since April 24, has pitched to a 1.61 ERA (8 ER/44.2 IP) and averaged 9.7 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (48 SO) had 16.1-scoreless inning streak snapped August 9, one inning shy of his career high done in 2010 (17.1) streak had been active since June 22. Stranded two runners Friday night in Arizona to preserve Chicago s 5-3 edge has stranded 21 of 26 runners this season. Has not issued a walk in his last 18 outings (14.1 IP). #6 CARL EDWARDS JR. RHP (3-3, 3.67 ERA, 0 SV, 17 Holds) CAREER: 3-4, 2 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI LAST WIN: 7/7/17 vs. PIT (6-1) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) Carl posted a 1.07 ERA (3 ER/25.1 IP) and 0.75 WHIP in his first 27 games through June 11, but has pitched to a 6.46 ERA (17 ER/23.2 IP) and a 1.44 WHIP in his last 27 contests has held opponents to a.175 average and has averaged 13.3 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (35 SO) in his last 27 games, however, has walked 20 in 23.2 IP in that stretch. Recorded four-straight scoreless outings, August 8-15, before surrendering a gametying homer Wednesday. Entered with two runners on and nobody out Tuesday night and struck out all three batters he faced. #52 JUSTIN GRIMM RHP (1-2, 5.40 ERA, 0 SV, 4 Holds) CAREER: 19-20, 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 August 9 from Iowa for his fourth stint with the team has held the opponent scoreless in 17 of his last 25 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 outings in June. Tagged with the loss yesterday after allowing a go-ahead, two-run homer to Phillip Ervin yesterday vs. the Reds. Has stranded 12 of 20 inherited runners has walked 23 and struck out 46 in 39 outings struck out 38 in his last 36.1 IP since April 22. Collected his fourth hold with a scoreless inning in Milwaukee on July 30. #38 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP (3-6, 3.64 ERA, 3 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 10-17, 3 SV MOST IP, 2017: 6.2, 6/30 @ CIN MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) last, 6/30/15 @ SD LAST WIN: 7/19/17 @ ATL (8-2) LAST SV: 8/1/17 vs. WSH (16-4) Mike has a 2.57 ERA (16 ER/56.0 IP) and is 1-3 with one hold and three saves in 27 relief appearances made eight starts in place of Kyle Hendricks from June 9-July 19 went 2-3 with a 5.13 ERA (23 ER/40.1 IP) in those eight starts. Pitched 4.1-innings of relief yesterday, allowing just three hits and no runs. Earned his first hold of the season August 6 vs. Washington. Tossed 3.0 innings August 2 to secure the 16-4 win vs. Arizona was his third save of at least 3.0 IP this year, the first Cub to have at least three 3.0-inning saves in the same season since Paul Assenmacher in 1990. #56 HECTOR RONDON RHP (3-1, 4.70 ERA, 0 SV, 9 Holds) CAREER: 17-13, 77 SV MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 6/8 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (18x) last, 6/8/17 vs. COL LAST WIN: 8/1/17 vs. WSH (16-4) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Hector has made 48 appearances, allowing 41 hits in 172 at-bats (.238) while walking 20 and striking out 56 posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games from June 18-July 19 prior to allowing four runs in 0.0 IP (4 BF) July 21 vs. St. Louis, tagged with a blown save. Earned the win August 1 vs. Arizona, tossing 1.2 shutout innings in relief of Jon Lester stranded one of two inherited runners in the fifth. Collected his ninth hold July 30 in Milwaukee, striking out two in a scoreless eighth. #46 PEDRO STROP RHP (3-3, 2.51 ERA, 0 SV, 16 Holds) CAREER: 18-23, 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.182 batting average (30-for-165) has walked 19 and struck out 50 in 53 games (46.2 IP) is 3-1 with a 1.82 ERA (7 ER/34.2 IP) in his last 37 outings starting May 17, including a 1.13 ERA (3 ER/24.0 IP) in his last 25 contests. Took the Tuesday night, allowing one run in 1.0 innings pitched. August 11 became the first Cub in franchise history to reach 100 holds with the Cubs, retiring all four batters faced to preserve Chicago s lead. #37 JUSTIN WILSON LHP (0-0, 6.75 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 21-14, 14 SV MOST IP, 2017: 1.2 IP, 7/9 @ CLE MOST IP, CAREER: 3.1 4/15/13 vs. STL LAST WIN: 6/15/17 vs. TB (5-3) LAST SV: 7/29/17 vs. HOU (5-3) Justin was acquired by Chicago July 31 from Detroit, along with catcher Alex Avila, for infielders Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes and a PTBNL/cash went 3-4 with a 2.68 ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP), 15 saves and eight holds in 42 games with the Tigers. Has allowed a run in five of his first seven outings with the Cubs. Earned his first hold as a Cub August 11 in Arizona (0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K) Held opponents to a.157 average while with the Tigers limited hitters to a.242 on-base percentage and a.321 slugging mark. 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS CUBS OPPONENTS 12, 8/1 vs. ARI (16-4)... 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) 16, 8/1 vs. ARI... Most Runs... 14, 7/9 vs. PIT 7 (2x), last 8/1 vs. ARI (6th)... Most Runs, Inn.... 10, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) 17 (4x), last 8/14 vs. CIN... 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 (5x), last 7/22 vs. STL 6, 8/17 vs. CIN... Most Home Runs... 5, 8/3 vs. ARI 4, 8/17 vs. CIN... Most Home Runs, Inn.... 2 (8x), last 8/16 vs. CIN (7th) 6 (3x), last 6/16 @ PIT... Most Doubles... 5 (2x), last 7/21 vs. STL 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF...Most Triples... 2, 4/24 @ PIT 10 (2x), last 8/17 vs. CIN... Most Extra-Base Hits... 7 (2x), last 5/22 vs. SF 10 (2x), last 5/29 @ SD... Most BBs By Batters... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL 22, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Ks By Pitchers...26, 5/7 vs. NYY 3, 7/17 @ ATL... Most Stolen Bases... 7, 6/27 @ WSH 3 (3x), last 5/6 vs. NYY... Most Double Plays Turned... 4 (2x), last 6/19 vs. SD 3 (3x), 7/7 vs. PIT...Most Errors Committed... 4, 4/29 @ BOS 18, 5/7 vs. NYY... Most Left On Base... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI Longest Winning Streak: 6 games...7/14-19 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games...5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 23 (Cubs 10, Reds 13)... 8/17 vs. CIN Most Hits, Both Clubs: 28, 2x last (Cubs 15, Brewers 13)... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 7, 5x last (Cubs 2, D-backs 5)... 8/3 vs. ARI Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 48* (Cubs 22, Yankees 26)... 5/7 vs. NYY Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 18, Yankees 11)... 5/7 vs. NYY Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 2 (Cubs 1, Giants 1)... 5/23 vs. SF Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 7 (2x)... 6/2-8 & 7/25-8/1 Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3...6/23-25 Consecutive Errorless Games: 5... 5/31-6/5 Consecutive Games With An Error: 5...6/14-19 Shortest Game, Time: 2:05... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Game, Time: 6:05... 5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18... 5/7 vs. NYY Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 42,186; 7/21 vs. STL Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD Series Sweeps: 5 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, 7/14-16 @ BAL, 7/17-19 @ ATL; 2 G, 7/26-27 @ CWS) *Major League Single-Game Record BATTING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo... 6/6-20 Most Runs Scored: 4, Bryant... 5/21 vs. MIL Most Hits: 4 (9x), last Jay... 7/24 vs. CWS Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (3x), last Bryant... 7/7 vs. PIT Most Doubles: 2 (17x), last Rizzo... 8/17 vs. CIN Most Triples: 1 (22x), last Zobrist... 8/17 vs. CIN Most RBI: 6, Contreras... 8/3 vs. ARI Most Stolen Bases: 2, Happ... 7/25 vs. CWS Most Walks: 3 (9x), last Almora... 6/26 @ WSH Most Strikeouts: 5, Báez... 7/25 vs. CWS 2-Hit Innings: N/A... N/A PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS Longest Winning Streak: 5, Lackey... 7/18-current Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey... 5/22-6/12 Complete Game Shutouts: N/A... N/A 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester... 5/23 vs. SF Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1 (2x), Floro & Montgomery... 5/9 @ COL & 8/17 vs. CIN Most Strikeouts, Starter: 12, Quintana... 7/16 @ BAL Reliever: 5 (2x), Floro & Montgomery... 5/9 @ COL & 7/26 @ CWS Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, Arrieta and Lester... 4/9 @ MIL & 5/13 @ STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 13.1, Hendricks... 4/30-5/10 Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery... 4/17-5/13 Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 24, Davis... 4/4-current Consecutive Batters Retired: 17, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL Most Runs Allowed: 10, Lester... 7/9 vs. PIT Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3 (4x), last Quintana... 8/3 vs. ARI Most Walks Issued: 6 (2x), last Arrieta... 6/27 @ WSH Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 5.2 IP, Lester... 7/22 vs. STL MISCELLANEOUS INFO Come-From-Behind Wins: 30 High-Water Mark: 9 games (57-48) Losses after Leading: 26 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 11 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: 4 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI, 8/16 vs. CIN)