Chicago Cubs (4-8) Vs. New York Yankees (7-6) Information © 2014 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office April 16, 2014 … Yankee Stadium … Games No
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Chicago Cubs (4-8) vs. New York Yankees (7-6) Information © 2014 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office April 16, 2014 … Yankee Stadium … Games No. 13 & 14 … Road Games No. 7 & 8 Game 1: RHP Jason Hammel (2-0, 2.63) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 3.21) Game 2: LHP Travis Wood (0-1, 2.92) vs. RHP Michael Pineda (1-1, 1.50) LET’S PLAY TWO: The Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees today play CUBS VS. YANKEES their two-game series in one day with a day-night doubleheader at CUBS RECORD Yankee Stadium … these games represent the Cubs’ first-ever contests in The Cubs and Yankees today meet for their 2014 Overall: .............................................. 4-8 the new Yankee Stadium, the 122nd different ballpark in which the club fourth series since the start of interleague At Wrigley Field: ....................................... 2-4 will have played … the clubs will honor Jackie Robinson’s legacy by play … this marks the first series for the On the Road: ............................................ 2-4 wearing No. 42 jerseys for the night game. Cubs at the new Yankee Stadium, as the March/April: .......................................... 4-8 These two games in Yankee Stadium are the final stop of a five-game, club’s lone previous visit to play the two-city road trip that began last weekend in St. Louis, where the Yankees in New York was in 2005 … the All-Time Since 1876: .................. 10,442-9,984 Cubs won on Friday but lost the next two … after an off day clubs meet again next month when the At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ..... 4,073-3,618 tomorrow, the Cubs return home for a seven-game homestand Yankees visit Wrigley Field for two games against Cincinnati (three games) and Arizona (four games). May 20-21. Leading Entering 6th: ................................. 3-1 The Cubs play 18 of their first 21 games this season against clubs that Tied Entering 6th: ...................................... 0-1 finished .500 or better in 2013 2014 Overall: ......................................... 0-0 Trailing Entering 6th: ................................. 1-6 At Wrigley Field: ............................ 0-0 THERE’S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: The Cubs are in New York to At Yankee Stadium: ...................... 0-0 Leading Entering 7th: ................................. 3-1 play the Yankees for only the second time since the start of interleague Tied Entering 7th: ...................................... 0-1 play … the Cubs were swept in three games in the old Yankee Stadium in 2013 Overall: ......................................... 0-0 Trailing Entering 7th: ................................. 1-6 2005 … after today, the Cubs will have played a regular-season game in At Wrigley Field: ............................ 0-0 every current major league city and a game in every active ballpark. At Yankee Stadium: ...................... 0-0 Leading Entering 8th: ................................. 3-0 The Cubs are 62-58-1 all-time when playing in a ballpark for the first Tied Entering 8th: ...................................... 1-2 All-Time Since 2003: ................................ 3-6 time … the Cubs have gone 11-13 in their last 24 ballpark debuts Trailing Entering 8th: ................................. 0-6 At Wrigley Field: ............................ 3-3 since 2000, dropping eight of their last nine … entering this year, the Cubs have played in three ballparks for the first time in the last two At Yankee Stadium (since 2009): ... 0-0 Leading Entering 9th: ................................. 4-0 seasons: O.co Coliseum in Oakland in 2013 as wells as Marlins Tied Entering 9th: ...................................... 0-1 Stadium and Target Field in 2013 … the Cubs dropped all three UPCOMING MILESTONES Trailing Entering 9th: ................................. 0-7 games. Milestone: ................. Player (No. Needed) The Cubs played the first two games in the history of new Yankee Scoring First: .............................................. 3-4 200 XBH ............................. Starlin Castro (2) Stadium, however, when the clubs met in exhibition action prior to One-Run Games: ........................................ 1-4 100 2B ................................ Starlin Castro (3) the 2009 campaign … the Yankees won both games. Two-Run Games: ........................................ 1-2 The Yankees series is the first of eight interleague series for the Cubs, Extra-Inning Games: .................................. 1-2 CUBS CURRENTLY ON DISABLED LIST totaling 20 games. Scoring Four or More: ................................ 3-4 Player Date Date Games Scoring Fewer Than Four: .......................... 1-4 SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Cubs today aim to win their first series of the Out-Hitting Opponents: ............................. 3-2 (Injury) On Elig Missed season and their first series overall since taking two-of-three games in RHP Jake Arrieta 3/21 4/5 12 Hit Totals Equal: ......................................... 0-1 Cincinnati September 9-11 last season … the Cubs are winless in their last Out-Hit by Opponents: .............................. 1-5 (Rt. Shoulder Tightness) nine series dating to last year … the Cubs have started the 2014 campaign RHP Kyuji Fujikawa 3/21 4/5 12 Hit at Least One HR: ................................... 3-5 by going 1-2 in each of their first four series. Hit Two or More HR: .................................. 1-1 (Recovery from TJ surgery) RHP James McDonald 3/30 5/29 12 Playing Errorless Ball: ................................ 2-4 WRIGLEY’S 100TH: The Cubs this year are celebrating the 100th Committing at Least One Error: ................. 2-4 (Rt. Shoulder Inflammation) anniversary of Wrigley Field, which hosted its first game on April 23, 1914 when the Chicago Federals took on the Kansas City Packers … two years later, the Cubs moved into the ballpark, then known MOST STOLEN BASES MLB, 2014 as Weeghman Park … the Cubs will honor Wrigley Field throughout the entire 2014 campaign, highlighted by a grand celebration this April 23 when the Cubs host the Arizona Diamondbacks … in addition to welcoming a host of special guests, 1. Dee Gordon, LAD ................................. 9 the Cubs will honor the day by wearing throwback Chi-Fed jerseys, while the Diamondbacks will wear throwback Kansas City 2. Emilio Bonifacio, CHI ........................ 7 Packers jerseys. Eric Young, NYM .................................. 7 4. Jacoby Ellsbury, NYY ............................ 6 ABOUT THE BATS: Chicago has scored 39 runs in its last seven games after plating just eight runs in its first five games … after going 4-for-40 (.100) with runners in scoring position in their first five contests, the Cubs are 18-for-60 (.300) with RISP in their MOST HITS N.L., 2014 last seven games. 1. Charlie Blackmon, COL ...................... 22 STOP THIEF!: Emilio Bonifacio has already recorded seven stolen bases this season, tied for second-most in the majors and Chase Utley, PHI ................................ 22 already tied for the sixth-most steals in the month of March/April in franchise history (Brian McRae had 12 steals in Angel Pagan, SF ................................. 22 March/April of 1996). Paul Goldschmidt, AZ ......................... 22 Juan Uribe, LAD ................................. 22 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…: It took Emilio Bonifacio just seven games to record a one-hit game, two two-hit games, a three-hit game, a four- 6. Emilio Bonifacio, CHI ........................ 20 hit game and a career-high five-hit game … according to Elias, Bonifacio is the first big league player in the modern era (since 1900) to record games with one hit, two hits, three hits, four hits and five hits within the team’s first seven games of a season. MOST GAMES BY LHP, SINCE 2011 1. James Russell................................. 222 CASTRO AT THE DISH: Starlin Castro has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games, batting .366 (15-for-41) … in his last eight 2. Javier Lopez ..................................... 216 games starting April 5, he has posted a 1.048 OPS … on April 8 vs. Pittsburgh, Castro drove in four runs and notched his first 3. Mike Dunn ....................................... 213 career multi-homer game. 4. Boone Logan .................................... 209 HE’S GOING STREAKING!: Cubs reliever Hector Rondon has a 16.0-inning scoreless streak dating to September 3 of last season 5. Tim Collins ....................................... 208 (15 appearances) … the 16.0-inning scoreless streak is the second-longest active run in the majors trailing only Washington’s Rafael Soriano (17.0) … Rondon also recorded his first major league save Friday night. MOST HITS BY SHORTSTOPS, SINCE 2011 NEW FACES IN 2014: The 2014 Cubs have eight new players on their 25-man active roster since the conclusion of the 2013 1. Starlin Castro ................................. 568 campaign: pitchers Jason Hammel (free agent), Jose Veras (free agent) and Wesley Wright (free agent); catcher John Baker 2. Elvis Andrus ..................................... 529 (free agent); infielders Emilio Bonifacio (free agent) and Mike Olt (promotion); outfielders Ryan Kalish (free agent) and Justin 3. Michael Young ................................. 527 Ruggiano (trade). 4. Alexei Ramirez ................................. 525 New manager Rick Renteria brought with him six new coaches to his staff: first base coach Eric Hinske, bench coach Brandon Hyde, third base coach Gary Jones and hitting coach Bill Mueller, as well as assistant hitting coach Mike Brumley UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS