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CHICAGO CUBS POST-GAME NOTES Chicago Cubs Media Relations | [email protected] | 773-404-4191 | CubsPressbox.com CHICAGO CUBS vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX MAY 11, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB White Sox (9-26) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 7 Cubs (20-15) 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 X 11 15 0 13 Winning Pitcher: Tyler Chatwood (3-3) Losing Pitcher: Carson Fulmer (2-3) Save: None STARTING PITCHERS GAME INFO Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO WP HR PC/S Left Time of Game: 3:45 Carson Fulmer (L) 1.2 3 5 5 4 3 0 1 59/30 0-5 First Pitch: 1:26 pm Tyler Chatwood (W) 5.0 3 2 2 5 6 1 0 92/52 6-2 Temperature: 49 Degrees Wind: E 17 mph HOME RUNS *Exit Velocity/Launch Angle/Distance ATTENDANCE INFO Team Batter No. Pitcher Inn. Count Men On Outs Location MLB Statcast Data* Today: 39,585 CHI Contreras 2 Fulmer 1 3-2 3 1 Left-Center Field 108 mph/24°/393 ft Season Total: 651,184 CHI Bryant 7 Santiago 4 0-1 0 0 Left Field 103 mph/30°/398 ft # Home Games: 18 (12-6) CHI Contreras 3 Beck 6 0-1 0 2 Left-Center Field 110 mph/22°/435 ft Avg/Game: 36,176 CHICAGO CUBS NOTES WILLSON CONTRERAS (4-for-5, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 R) recorded a career-high seven RBI ANTHONY RIZZO (1-for-3, RBI, 2 R, 2 BB) drove in the first run of the game with an RBI- as he notched two doubles and two homers, including his second-career grand slam ... single in the first inning ... hitting .353 (12-for-34) with 11 RBI in the month of May. marked the most RBI by a Cub since Aramis Ramirez, July 20, 2010 vs. Houston (seven RBI). © To recap his last two games, he has gone 7-for-10 with three doubles, two triples, two TYLER CHATWOOD earned his third win of the season and improved to 2-0 in interleague homers, eight RBI and four runs scored ... all his hits have been of the extra-base variety. play this year ... since starting 0-3, he is 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA (6 ER/22.0 IP) and 20 © According to STATS Inc., he is the first Cubs player since at least 1913 to record seven strikeouts in his last four starts. extra-base hits in a two-game span. © Walked five batters while allowing just three hits ... has walked at least five batters in five © STATS Inc. also notes that he is the fourth MLB player since at least 1913 to record at of his seven starts this season. least two doubles, two triples and two homers in a two-game span, joining Colorado's Larry Walker (May 1996), Milwaukee's Hank Aaron (Sept. 1960) and New York's Dusty NOTES: The Cubs have won four-straight games and improved to 10-2 in their last 12 games Rhodes (August 1954). at Wrigley Field ... are 6-1 in their last seven games against the White Sox. © Is only the second Cub since at least 1908 to record at least four extra-base hits and © The Cubs notched 10 extra-base hits Wednesday and seven extra-base hits today ... seven RBI in a single game, joining George Mitterwald, April 17, 1974 vs. Pittsburgh (2B, marks the first time the club has recorded consecutive games with at least seven extra- 3 HR, 8 RBI). base hits since September 11-12, 2011. © Became the first Cubs player with at least three extra-base hits in consecutive games © The Cubs scored five first inning runs and four seventh inning runs ... have scored 28 since Billy Williams, September 8-10, 1968 ... Randy Hundley in August of 1966 is the runs in both the first and seventh innings, their most in any innings this season ... have only other Cub since at least 1908 to accomplish the feat. scored at least one run in the first inning in four of their last five games. © Is the second MLB player this season with seven RBI in a game, joining Didi Gregorius, © The Cubs have scored 10-or-more runs in three of their last four games and in a major April 3 vs. Tampa Bay (eight RBI). league-most eight games this season. © Was the fourth multi-homer game of his career (last, August 6, 2017 vs. Washington). © Have outscored their opponents 42-11 in four games this homestand. © His 12 doubles are the most on the team. © Ben Zobrist (3-for-6, 2B, 2 R) recorded his third three-hit game of the season ... hit a double to lead off the first inning, his fourth of the season and second in the last three KRIS BRYANT (2-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, HBP, 2 BB) reached base five times and hit a solo games. home run in the fourth inning, his seventh of the season ... has gone deep in five of his last © Mark Zagunis (1-for-1, 2B) hit a pinch-hit double, his first career extra-base hit. eight contests … he’s batting .471 (8-for-17) with four home runs, two doubles, seven RBI and 11 runs scored in his last five home games. © Has scored at least two runs in a career-high four-straight games. © Has been hit by an MLB-leading nine pitches this season. CHICAGO WHITE SOX NOTES CARSON FULMER picked up his third loss of the season and first career interleague loss NOTES: The White Sox have lost six-straight games and are 1-10 in their last 11 games ... ... surrendered a season-high five earned runs in 1.2 innnings ... allowed his first career are 0-5 in Interleague games this season grand slam. © The White Sox have allowed 32 runs in the first inning, the most of any inning. © Yolmer Sanchez (1-for-4) recorded the White Sox first hit in the fourth inning. DANIEL PALKA (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) hit an RBI-double in the fourth inning to give the White Sox © José Abreu (2-for-3, BB, R, RBI) hit an RBI-single in the fifth inning ... is batting .338 their first run of the game ... his third double of the season. (22-for-65) in 18-career games against the Cubs. © The White Sox have allowed five or more runs in each of their last seven games..