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(84-66) vs. Rays (73-78) September 20, 2017 … … Game No. 151 … Road Game No. 73 LHP Jon Lester (11-7, 4.30) vs. LHP (3-6, 4.25)

ONE- WONDER-FUL: The Chicago Cubs, winners of a season-high seven-straight CUBS VS. RAYS games and now a season-high 18-games over .500, tonight play the final game of a CUBS RECORD The Cubs and Rays play four games this brief two-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays … Chicago last night won the series 2017 Overall: ...... 84-66 season, spanning two series … the teams split , 2-1, as Mike Montgomery allowed one hit (a solo homer in the At : ...... 46-32 two games at Wrigley Field, July 4-5 … this is sixth) and Pedro Strop, Carl Edwards Jr. and combined for three hitless On the Road: ...... 38-34 the first time Cubs manager has innings to give Chicago its first combined one-hitter since Sept. 12 of last season at April: ...... 13-11 been to Tropicana Field since joining the Cubs the Cardinals in a 4-1 win. May:...... 12-16 in 2015 … he managed the Rays from 2006- © In that game last season, Chicago’s lone hit allowed was also a as Kyle June: ...... 15-13 14, guiding them to the A.L. Pennant in 2008. Hendricks had his no-hit bid broken up by a homer to start July ...... 16-8 the ninth … got the final three outs. August: ...... 17-12 2017 Overall: ...... 2-1 © Last night marked Chicago’s first one-hit game in since August September: ...... 11-6 At Wrigley Field: ...... 1-1 24, 2014 vs. the Orioles when Tsuyoshi Wada, Neil Ramirez, Strop and Hector At Tropicana Field: ...... 1-0 Rondon turned the trick in a 2-1 win. All-Time Since 1876: ...... 10,795-10,254 © Chicago last evening got on the board thanks to Kyle Schwarber’s 28th homer of At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ...... 4,264-3,741 2016 Overall: ...... 0-0 the season in the second inning … he has four homers as a DH this season, tying At Wrigley Field: ...... 0-0 (2012) for the single-season club mark. Leading Entering 6th: ...... 61-10 At Tropicana Field: ...... 0-0 CURRENT EVENTS: Tonight is the second contest of a 10-game swing, the team’s Tied Entering 6th: ...... 10-11

Trailing Entering 6th: ...... 13-45 All-Time Since 2003: ...... 5-7 final regular season trip, at the Rays (1-0), the Brewers (four games starting

At Wrigley Field: ...... 4-4 tomorrow) and the Cardinals (four games beginning Monday). Leading Entering 7th: ...... 65-6 At Tropicana Field: ...... 1-3 © Chicago’s seven-game winning streak is its longest since an 11-game run, July 31-August 12 of last season. Tied Entering 7th: ...... 10-9 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (0) © The Cubs have secured their third-straight winning campaign dating to 2015 … Trailing Entering 7th: ...... 9-51 this is just the third stretch of at least three-straight winning campaigns for Player Date Date Games Chicago in the last 78 seasons starting in 1940 … that includes a six-year run Leading Entering 8th: ...... 74-7 (Injury) On Elig. Missed from 1967-72 and 2007-09. Tied Entering 8th: ...... 6-6 N/A Trailing Entering 8th: ...... 4-53 WINNING WAYS: The Cubs have 284 regular season victories since the start of the

N.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS 2015 season, marking the winningest three-season span for the franchise in over Leading Entering 9th: ...... 73-1 100 years … Chicago won 287 regular season contests from 1910-12. 1. Chicago Cubs 84-66 ---- Tied Entering 9th: ...... 7-2 2. 81-70 -3.5 MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Cubs manager Joe Maddon returns to Tampa Bay for the Trailing Entering 9th: ...... 4-63 3. St. Louis Cardinals 78-72 -6.0 first time since managing the Rays from 2006-14, leading the club to its only World 4. 68-84 -17.0 Series appearance in 2008 … Cubs bench coach served the same role Scoring First: ...... 52-26 5. 66-85 -18.5 for Maddon in Tampa Bay from 2008-14 (and also played for both franchises), while One-Run Games: ...... 23-15 pitching coach held the same role here in 2003 … assistant hitting coach CONSECUTIVE SAVE CHANCES CONVERTED, Two-Run Games: ...... 12-17 was a member of the Rays 2008 A.L. Championship squad. CUBS FRANCHISE HISTORY Extra-Inning Games: ...... 4-2 © Wade Davis pitched for the Rays from 2009-12, René Rivera played for Tampa Scoring Four or More: ...... 72-17 1. Wade Davis 32 4/4/17-current Bay in 2015 and spent nine seasons here from 2006-14. Scoring Fewer Than Four: ...... 12-49

2. Ryan Dempster 26 8/2/05-5/1/06 A FINE PAIR OF LEFTIES: Kyle Schwarber last night belted his 28th homer of the Out-Hitting Opponents: ...... 63-14 3. Hector Rondon 22 8/14/15-6/6/16 season, his second in as many games and his fourth in his last seven contests … he Hit Totals Equal: ...... 10-6 22 8/5/03-5/23/04 Out-Hit by Opponents: ...... 11-46 joins Anthony Rizzo in 2014 (32 HR) as the only Cubs lefty hitters to reach 28 Hit at Least One HR: ...... 70-35 RUNS SCORED SINCE ASB homers in their age 24 or younger season. Hit Two or More HR: ...... 46-14 INTERLEAGUE INTERLUDE: Chicago is 12-7 against the A.L. this season, having won 1. Chicago Cubs ...... 365 Playing Errorless Ball: ...... 51-27 its last seven interleague games and 11 of its last 12, after starting the season 1-6 … 2. ...... 345 Committing at Least One Error: ...... 33-39 including a 15-5 mark last season, the Cubs have recorded consecutive winning 3. ...... 342 campaigns against the A.L. for the first time since 2000 (8-7) and 2001 (9-6). MOST HOME RUNS SINCE ASB © The seven-game interleague winning streak is tied for the franchise’s longest, set last season from July 31-September 9. © Cubs DHs have batted .271 (178-for-658) with 32 homers and 116 RBI all-time at ballparks. 1. ...... 104 2. ...... 96 BREAKING UP: The Cubs have a 41-21 (.661) record since the All-Star Break, the second-best mark in baseball and trailing only the 3. Cleveland Indians ...... 94 Indians (47-17, .734) … Chicago leads the N.L. and ranks second in the majors with a +107 run differential since the Break, trailing only Minnesota Twins ...... 94 Cleveland (+156). 5. Chicago Cubs ...... 93 © Chicago entered the All-Star Break with a 5.5-game deficit to the Brewers, but have gained 9.0 games over Milwaukee since then … the Cubs currently a 3.5-game lead on the Brewers and a 6.0-game lead on the Cardinals. MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 WHAT LIES AHEAD: Of the 12 games remaining for the Cubs, eight are against teams with a record above .500 and four are against sub- 1. ...... 170 .500 clubs … the Cubs play 11 of their final 12 games against N.L. Central foes … the Cubs are 38-27 vs. the N.L. Central, a .585 2. Anthony Rizzo ...... 150 , by far the best intra-divisional record of any N.L. Central team (the Brewers are second at 35-30). 3. Paul Goldschmidt ...... 147 CROSSING THE PLATE AT A RAPID RATE: Kris Bryant’s 104 runs scored rank fourth in the N.L. … he’s just the 12th Cub since 1913 to MOST WALKS BY BATTERS, 2017 record multiple 100-run seasons, and the first since did so five times from 1998-2002. © Bryant leads the team with 89 walks, third-most in the N.L. (teammate Anthony Rizzo is fifth with 86), while his .404 on-base 1. ...... 602 percentage ranks seventh … Bryant is the first Cub ever to reach 25 home runs in each of his first three major league campaigns. 2. ...... 574 3. Chicago Cubs ...... 572 HOMER HAPPY: Chicago has hit 210 home runs this season, the third-highest single-season total in franchise history… Chicago hit a franchise record 235 homers in 2004 and belted 212 in 1998. 4. Cleveland Indians ...... 571 STARTING STUFF: Cubs starting have a 3.40 ERA (134 ER/354.1 IP) and have gone 31-12 in 62 games since the All-Star Break … LOWEST OPP AVG, NL RELIEVERS, 2017 the 31 victories are second-most among major league starting rotations behind Cleveland (39 wins) while the 3.40 ERA is third behind only Cleveland (2.81) and Washington (3.38). 1. Carl Edwards Jr., CHI ...... 143 2. Josh Hader, MIL ...... 147 FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Cubs have spent each of the last 56 days atop the N.L. Central since waking up in first place on July 27 … they 3. Felipe Rivero, PIT ...... 165 have been in sole possession of first place for 55 of those days.

NL WINNING PCT IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY GLOVE LOVE: Anthony Rizzo enters tonight with a career-high 128-game errorless streak at first base dating to April 25, surpassing Hall SINCE 2015 of Famer Ernie Banks and his 126-game errorless run at first base spanning 1969-70 seasons as the longest by a Cubs since at least the live ball era started in 1920 … thanks to Ed Hartig for his research assistance. 1. Chicago Cubs ...... 37-22 (.627) 2. Los Angeles Dodgers ...... 36-24 (.600) 32 AND COUNTING: Cubs closer Wade Davis last night extended his franchise record as he converted his 32nd-consecutive save 3. Pittsburgh Pirates ...... 30-28 (.517) opportunity to remain perfect in save chances this season … he has surpassed previous record holder Ryan Dempster, who converted 26-straight opportunities from August 2, 2005-May 1, 2006 … Davis has locked down 38-straight save chances dating to last season. THE BULLISH ‘PEN 30 2B, 30 HR, 100 RBI: Anthony Rizzo, who on Thursday tied his career mark with his 32nd homer, this season has reached 30 doubles, The Cubs has tossed 12.0 scoreless 30 homers and 100 RBI for the third-straight campaign, this year doing so before Labor Day … he’s only the fourth Cub ever to reach innings in the team’s last four games, walking those thresholds in at least three seasons, joining Hack Wilson (4 times, 1927-30), Billy Williams (3 times, 1965, 1970, 1972) and four, striking out 16 and holding the Sammy Sosa (3 times, 1997, 2000-01) … Rizzo and Wilson are the lone Cubs to do so in at least three-straight seasons. opponent to a .190 average (8-for-42) … the 20-HOMER CLUB: The Cubs have set a franchise mark with six players with at least 20 homers as Ian Happ last week joined Kris Bryant, bullpen has a 1.73 ERA (5 ER/26.0 IP) and is Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber and Javier Báez … the club previously had five players with at least 20 homers in 3-0 with three saves (in three chances) and 1958, 2004 and 2008. five holds in the club’s last eight games since © Additionally, the Cubs have set a major league record with five 20-homer seasons by players in their age 25 or younger season September 10. (Báez, Bryant, Contreras, Happ, Schwarber) … this surpasses the 2007 Brewers and 1979 Expos (four apiece).

UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION

Date Opp. Time (CT) TV Radio Probable Pitchers Wed., September 20 @TB 6:10 p.m. WGN 670 The Score LHP Jon Lester (11-7, 4.30) vs. LHP Blake Snell (3-6, 4.25)

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Tonight’s Cubs Starter — #34 LHP Jon Lester (11-7, 4.30)

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 11-7 4.30 29 29 1 0 165.1 162 93 79 24 55 169 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 157-91 3.51 346 345 15 4 2169.0 1991 912 845 206 699 2030

Last Time Out Career vs. Tampa Bay Jon won his third-straight game in his last outing, September 13 vs. the Mets … pitched Jon tonight makes his 30th-career start vs. the Rays, tied for his most against any a quality start, allowing just two earned runs on six hits in the Cubs’ 17-5 blowout opponent (also, Yankees and Blue Jays) … took the loss in his last start against Tampa victory … walked four batters and whiffed five. Bay, July 4 at Wrigley Field (5.0 IP, 6 R).

Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/13 NYM W 17-5 6.0 6 2 2 4 5 114-66 6-2 2017 0-1 9.00 1 1 5.0 9 6 5 1 1 6 Career 13-10 4.22 29 29 175.0 162 84 82 24 67 184

2017 Season vs. Rays Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Jon tonight is making his 30th start, and 13th on the road … was on the D.L. from Bourjos (.412-17-7-0-0) Kiermaier (.000-3-0-0-0) Plouffe (.133-15-2-0-0) August 18-September 2 with left lat tightness/general shoulder fatigue … has a 4.50 Dickerson (.000-3-0-0-0) Longoria (.241-58-14-3-9) Ramos (.000-5-0-0-0) ERA (47 ER/94.0 IP) in 17 home starts compared to a 4.04 ERA (32 ER/71.1 IP) in 12 Duda (.222-9-2-1-1) Miller (.333-3-1-0-0) Smith (.000-1-0-0-0) road starts … the Cubs are 14-7 in his last 21 starts. Espinosa (.667-3-2-0-2) Peterson (.000-1-0-0-0) Souza Jr. (.667-3-2-0-2)  Hechavarria (.300-10-3-1-3) Sucre (.000-2-0-0-0) Has won three-consecutive starts twice this season, including his last three starts since returning from the 10-day disabled list on September 2. Career Notes  Ranks second among Cubs starting pitchers with 9.2 per 9.0 IP (169 SO/165.1 IP) … Quintana leads with 10.6 SO/9. Jon tonight will make his 94th regular season start with the Cubs … has gone 41-24  Has a 5.10 ERA (57 ER/100.2 IP) in 18 starts on four days rest … has a 3.06 ERA (22 with four complete games and a 3.30 ERA (210 ER/573.0 IP) in 93 starts with the Cubs ER/64.2 IP) with at least five days rest. … has struck out 573 and walked just 154 … signed a six-year deal with Chicago in  Limiting lefties to a .210 average (30-for-143) while righties are batting .270 (132- December of 2014. for-488).  Is the 25th southpaw all-time with 2,000 career strikeouts and the 11th active  Hit his first-career home run, August 1 vs. the Diamondbacks … went 2-for-2 at the to reach the milestone … fanned Jack Reinheimer in the fourth inning, plate, his first-career multi-hit game … also struck out his 2,000th-career batter to August 1 vs. Arizona, for his 2,000th . end the fourth inning.  Is one of eight lefties in Cubs history with 500 strikeouts and 500.0 innings pitched  With his 99-pitch, complete-game effort on May 23, became the first Cubs pitcher with the club. to throw a under 100 pitches since Carlos Zambrano, September  Has gone 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA (67 ER/197.1 IP) in 32 starts at Wrigley Field since 25, 2009 at the Giants (98 pitches) … was his 15th-career complete game. the start of last season.  Has eight starts of at least 7.0 IP … struck out a season-high 10 batters May 23 vs.  Has surpassed the 200.0 inning mark five-straight seasons and in eight of the last the Giants, June 13 at the Mets and July 22 vs. the Cardinals. nine ... has reached 31 starts in a season nine times.  Allowed one run or fewer in each of his first three starts of a season for the first  Fanned 207 batters in 2015, setting a Cubs single-season franchise record for most time … became the first Cubs pitcher to allow one run or fewer in three-straight strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher. starts, yet not collect a win, since , July 12-26, 2008.  Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (156) and fourth in  Started the Cubs Season Opener, April 2 at St. Louis, as well as the Cubs Home strikeouts (2,030) ... is one of only 13 active pitchers with at least 2,000 IP. Opener, April 10 vs. the Dodgers … became just the fourth Cub to start both the  Ranks third in Cubs postseason history with 49.2 innings pitched and is tied for the team’s season opener when on the road and its home opener … he joins Grover most starts in Chicago playoff history with seven ... ranks second among all active Alexander (1920, 1922), Rick Sutcliffe (1986, 1988) and Jon Lieber (2000) … thanks pitchers with 19 postseason starts and 133.2 innings pitched (trailing only to Ed Hartig. 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 6 100-62 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 21. 7/22 STL W, 3-2 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 97-66 3-2 Retired first 17 batters/third 10 K game this season 22. 7/27 @CWS W, 6-3 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 97-61 5-2 Allowed just two solo homers JULY: 3-2, 4.55 ERA (5 starts) 27.2 25 21 14 6 26 23. 8/1 ARI ND, 16-4 W 4.0+ 5 3 3 3 9 104-66 8-2, 2 on Notched 2,000th strikeout and first HR 24. 8/6 WSH ND, 9-4 L 6.2 6 3 3 1 7 112-70 4-3, 1 on Left in line for the win 25. 8/12 @ARI L, 6-2 6.0 7 4 3 2 9 103-65 0-4 All four runs allowed came in 6th inning 26. 8/17 CIN ND, 13-10 L 1.2 7 9 7 1 0 46-28 0-7, 2 on Allowed all nine runs in the second inning AUGUST: 0-1, 7.85 ERA (4 starts) 18.1 25 19 16 7 25 27. 9/2 ATL W, 14-12 5.0 8 4 4 1 4 92-60 10-4 First start off the disabled list 28. 9/7 @PIT W, 8-2 6.0 5 1 1 4 5 111-69 8-1 Second-straight win 29. 9/13 NYM W, 17-5 6.0 6 2 2 4 5 114-66 6-2 Most pitches since May 7 vs. NYY

At the Plate Last Time and Career Highs and Lows AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS Last Win: 9/13/17 vs. NYM, 17-5 (6.0,6,2,2,4,5) 2017 .163 49 5 8 3 0 1 6 6 1 0 3 23 1 0 Last Loss: 8/12/17 @ ARI, 6-2 (6.0,7,4,3,2,9) Career .087 206 14 18 6 0 1 13 27 2 0 13 93 1 0 Last Complete Game: 5/23/17 vs. SF, 4-1 (9.0,4,1,1,0,10) LAST HIT: 9/7/17 @ PIT (double off Jameson Taillon) ... at-bats since then — 3 Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) HOME RUNS: 1 — 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) MOST HITS: 2 — 8/1/17 vs. Arizona Most Strikeouts: 15 — 5/3/14 vs. OAK … also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five MOST RBI: 1 (12x) — last, 9/7/17 at Pittsburgh 12-K games, six 11-K games and 16 10-K games (30 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

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#5 ALBERT ALMORA JR. – OF (.299, 7 HR, 45 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Current Streak: 5 games (8-12/.667) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) CUBS VS. RAYS LHP BLAKE SNELL GA RBI – 4; GW RBI – 3; 2-Out RBI – 16 Last HR: 9/13/17 vs. NYM (Kevin McGowan) Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI Career Bests: H – 3 (5x), last 9/16/17 vs. STL; RBI – 6, last 9/13/17 vs. NYM; R – 2 (6x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM Albert Almora Jr...... 500 2 1 0 0 Albert has gone 8-for-12 with five XBH and 10 RBI in his last six games with an at-bat … tied a career-high with three Javier Baez ...... 500 2 1 0 0 hits and drove in two runs Saturday … collected a career-high six RBI Sept. 13 in just two at-bats off the bench (3-RBI Kris Bryant ...... 333 3 1 0 0 3B and 3-RBI HR) … is hitting .372 (29-for-78) with three homers and 22 RBI in his last 36 games since August 7 … is Willson Contreras ...... 500 2 1 0 0 batting .333 (13-for-39) with 10 RBI as a pinch-hitter … the Cubs are 37-25 when he starts in CF … is batting .343 (36- Ian Happ ...... 000 2 0 0 0 for-105) off lefties … is 27-for-85 (.318) in his last 22 starts. Anthony Rizzo ...... 000 1 0 0 0 Addison Russell ...... 000 1 0 0 0 #13 ALEX – C (.259, 3 HR, 17 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Ben Zobrist ...... 000 3 0 0 0 Current Streak: 2 games (2-5) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) GA RBI – 7; GW RBI – 7; 2-Out RBI – 19 Last HR: 8/17/17 vs. CIN (Scott Feldman) CUBS AT TROPICANA FIELD Career Bests: H – 4 (3x), last 6/23/16 @ BOS; RBI – 5, 4/6/11 @ BAL; R – 4, 4/8/15 vs. MIN Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI Alex has a hit in four-straight starts … stroked a game-winning, two-out RBI triple Sept. 6 in the ninth to lead the Cubs Albert Almora Jr...... 000 0 0 0 0 to the 1-0 win … has 17 RBI in his last 28 games, hitting safely in 17 of those contests … batting .278 (20-for-72) with Alex Avila ...... 175 63 11 3 8 two homers and 15 RBI in his last 26 games since August 11 … between Detroit and Chicago, hitting .278 (73-for-263) Javier Baez ...... 667 3 2 0 1 vs. righties and .216 (8-for-37) vs. lefties … drove in a season-high tying three runs August 17 vs. Cincinnati. Kris Bryant ...... 000 0 0 0 0 Victor Caratini ...... 000 0 0 0 0 – #9 JAVIER BÁEZ INF (.273, 22 HR, 71 RBI) Road Trip: .667 (2-3), RBI, 2B Willson Contreras ...... 250 4 1 0 0 Current Streak: 2 games (3-5) Multi-Hit Games (34): 2-hit (27), 3-hit (5), 4-hit (2) Taylor Davis ...... 000 0 0 0 0 GA RBI – 8; GW RBI – 5; 2-Out RBI – 26 Last HR: 9/13/17 vs. NYM (Chasen Bradford) Mike Freeman...... 000 0 0 0 0 Career Bests: H – 4 (4x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM; RBI – 6, 9/26/16 @ PIT; R – 3 (3x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM Ian Happ ...... 250 4 1 0 0 Javy last night doubled and drove in a run, going 2-for-3 … tied career-highs with four hits and three runs Wednesday ...... 308 13 4 0 1 … his 121 hits this season are a career-high … has started at shortstop in 41 of 44 games since August 3 … is batting Jon Jay ...... 217 23 5 0 0 .292 (45-for-154) with eight homers and 28 RBI during that span … scored a career-high tying three runs August 30 vs. Tommy La Stella ...... 000 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh and stole home, becoming the first Cubs player to accomplish the feat since Starlin Castro in 2010 … in Leonys Martin ...... 209 43 9 1 5 August, batted .290 (31-for-107) with 7 homers, 25 RBI and a .862 OPS in 28 games … the 25 RBI were his most in a Rene Rivera...... 160 156 25 4 16 Anthony Rizzo ...... 000 4 0 0 0 month … homered four times in a six-game span, August 13-18. Addison Russell ...... 000 3 0 0 0 #17 KRIS BRYANT – INF (.290, 27 HR, 67 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Kyle Schwarber ...... 250 4 1 1 1 Current Streak: 6 games (10-26/.385) Multi-Hit Games (37): 2-hit (21), 3-hit (14), 4-hit (2) Ben Zobrist ...... 250 1829 457 55 233

GA RBI – 11; GW RBI – 5; 2-Out RBI – 29 Last HR: 9/12/17 vs. NYM (Robert Gsellman) CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, 2017 Career Bests: H – 5 (2x), last 8/18/16 vs. MIL; RBI – 6 (3x), last 6/27/16 @ CIN; R – 4 (6x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM

Kris has gone 10-for-26 (.385) with two homers, nine runs and eight RBI in his last six games … went 3-for-4 with a Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI homer, two runs and two RBI Friday … notched three hits and scored four runs Sept. 13 after hitting a three-run Albert Almora Jr...... 571 7 4 0 11 homer and collecting a season-high tying four RBI Sept. 12 … had his streak of 34-straight starts reaching base Alex Avila ...... 333 18 6 0 11 snapped on Sept. 10 … batted .343 (35-for-102) with a .457 OBP in August … scored a run in a career-high-tying six- Javier Baez ...... 333 6 2 1 8 Kris Bryant ...... 182 11 2 0 5 straight games, August 26-31 … leads the club in runs (104), walks (89) and OPS (.936) … his .404 OBP is 19 points Victor Caratini ...... 000 2 0 0 0 higher than his .385 OBP during his 2016 MVP season. Willson Contreras ...... 615 13 8 1 20  Has twice had a season-high 11-game : April 18-30 (17-for-45/.378) and August 3-14 (20-for- Taylor Davis ...... 000 0 0 0 0 43/.465) … reached safely in 16 of 20 PA in four games, August 11-14, driving in a run and walking in each Mike Freeman...... 000 1 0 0 0 contest, the first Cub to do so since Derrek Lee in July of 2004. Ian Happ ...... 500 8 4 1 10

#20 VICTOR CARATINI – C (.240, 1 HR, 2 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Jason Heyward ...... 455 11 5 0 9 Current Streak: Hitless last 3 games (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (2): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) Jon Jay ...... 125 8 1 0 2 Tommy La Stella ...... 000 2 0 0 3 GA RBI – 1; GW RBI – 1; 2-Out RBI – 1 Last HR: 7/30/17 @ MIL (Zach Davies) Leonys Martin ...... 000 3 0 0 0 Career Bests: H – 3 (2x), last 8/18/17 vs. TOR; RBI – 1 (2x), last 7/30/17 @ MIL; R – 1 (4x), last 8/18/17 vs. TOR Rene Rivera...... 143 7 1 1 5 Victor was recalled from Triple-A Sept. 1 for his third stint with the team … made the start at first base Sept. 5 … Anthony Rizzo ...... 471 17 8 1 26 has two three-hit games this season … hit a game-winning solo homer July 30 at Milwaukee … batted .342 (100-for- Addison Russell ...... 167 6 1 0 3 292) with 27 doubles, three triples, 10 homers and 61 RBI in 83 games for Iowa … named a PCL mid-season All-Star. Kyle Schwarber ...... 250 8 2 1 7 Ben Zobrist ...... 125 8 1 0 5 #40 WILLSON CONTRERAS – C (.278, 21 HR, 73 RBI) Road Trip: .250 (1-4), 2B Current Streak: 4 games (5-11) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (6), 4-hit (1) CUBS WITH BASES LOADED, CAREER GA RBI – 19; GW RBI – 10; 2-Out RBI – 28 Last HR: 8/6/17 vs. WSH () Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI Career Bests: H – 4, 7/16/17 @ BAL; RBI – 6, 8/3/17 vs. ARI; R – 3, 4/22/17 @ CIN Albert Almora Jr...... 556 9 5 0 12 Willson has reached in 11-of-19 plate appearances since being activated from D.L, including three times Saturday … Alex Avila ...... 244 78 19 1 56 was ejected Saturday in the fifth inning (arguing balls/strikes) … drove in three runs Sept. 13, all with the bases loaded Javier Baez ...... 211 19 4 3 18 … drew a career-high three walks Sept. 12 … was activated Sept. 10 after missing 28 games with a right hamstring Kris Bryant ...... 176 34 6 3 27 strain suffered August 9 at San Francisco … has three-career multi-homer games, all this season … is second on the Victor Caratini ...... 000 2 0 0 0 team with 73 RBI … notched his first-career four-hit game July 16 in Baltimore … is batting .315 (41-for-130) with 13 Willson Contreras ...... 450 20 9 1 22 homers in the clean-up spot this year … hit a leadoff homer June 26 in Washington. Taylor Davis ...... 000 0 0 0 0 Mike Freeman...... 000 2 0 0 0 #43 TAYLOR DAVIS – C (.333, 0 HR, 0 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Ian Happ ...... 500 8 4 1 10 Current Streak: Hitless last 3 games (1-3) Multi-Hit Games (0): 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) Jason Heyward ...... 235 85 20 2 57 GA RBI – 0; GW RBI – 0; 2-Out RBI – 0 Last HR: N/A Jon Jay ...... 317 60 19 0 54 Career Bests: H – 1, 9/14/17 vs. NYM; RBI – ---; R – --- Tommy La Stella ...... 438 16 7 0 21

Taylor collected his first hit Thursday in his first major league start … made his major league debut Sept. 8, going 0- Leonys Martin ...... 231 52 12 0 34 for-1 as a pinch-hitter … was selected from Triple-A Iowa Sept. 5 … batted .297 (106-for-357) with six home runs and Rene Rivera...... 192 26 5 1 18 Anthony Rizzo ...... 338 71 24 3 75 62 RBI in 102 games with Iowa this year … had a .357 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage. Addison Russell ...... 267 45 12 1 33 #15 MIKE FREEMAN – INF (.077, 0 HR, 0 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Kyle Schwarber ...... 250 12 3 1 9 Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (1): 2-hit (1), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) Ben Zobrist ...... 301 103 31 6 107

GA RBI – 0; GW RBI – 0; 2-Out RBI – 0 Last HR: 4/12/17 vs. HOU (Mike Fiers) CUBS PINCH-HITTING, 2017 Career Bests: H – 2 (3x), last 4/12/17 vs. HOU; RBI – 1 (2x), last 4/12/17 vs. HOU; R – 1 (4x), last 4/16/17 vs. TEX

Mike was selected from Triple-A Iowa Sept 1. and made his Cubs debut Sept. 3 … made his first start as a Cub Sept 4. Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI at shortstop, and went 1-for-2, snapping an 0-for-33 skid covering 19 games … has been in the Mariners and Dodgers Albert Almora Jr...... 333 39 13 0 10 organizations this year and spent most of the campaign at Triple-A. Alex Avila ...... 316 19 6 0 2 Javier Baez ...... 167 6 1 0 0 #8 IAN HAPP – INF/OF (.251, 22 HR, 62 RBI) Road Trip: .250 (1-4) Kris Bryant ...... 000 1 0 0 0 Current Streak: 1 game (1-4) Multi-Hit Games (19): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (1) Victor Caratini ...... 091 11 1 0 0 GA RBI – 12; GW RBI – 4; 2-Out RBI – 25 Last HR: 9/12/17 vs. NYM (Josh Smoker) Willson Contreras ...... 091 11 1 0 2 Career Bests: H – 4, 6/22/17 @ MIA; RBI – 4 (4x), last 8/30/17 vs. PIT; R – 2 (7x), last 8/30/17 vs. PIT Taylor Davis ...... 000 2 0 0 0 Mike Freeman...... 000 11 0 0 0 Ian had an RBI in five-straight games, Sept. 12-16 … hit a two-run pinch-hit single Friday … hit a solo homer Sept. 12 … Ian Happ ...... 214 14 3 1 3 ranks fifth all-time among Cubs rookies with 22 HR … went 3-for-5 with a homer and career-high tying four RBI August Jason Heyward ...... 000 2 0 0 0 30 … became the fastest player in Cubs history to 20 homers (89th game) … 25 of his 62 RBI have come with 2 outs … Jon Jay ...... 324 37 12 1 7 40 of 85 hits have been for XB (16 2B, 2 3B, 22 HR) … has started games in CF (39), RF (6), LF (10) and 2B (28). Tommy La Stella ...... 250 28 7 0 3  August 17, recorded his third career multi-homer effort … belted his first pinch homer August 13 in Arizona. Leonys Martin ...... 167 6 1 0 0

#22 JASON HEYWARD – OF (.263, 10 HR, 54 RBI) Road Trip: .500 (1-2), BB Rene Rivera...... 000 2 0 0 0 Current Streak: 2 games (4-6) Multi-Hit Games (23): 2-hit (19), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) Anthony Rizzo ...... 000 2 0 0 0 Addison Russell ...... 273 11 3 1 2 GA RBI – 9; GW RBI – 5; 2-Out RBI – 29 Last HR: 9/14/17 vs. NYM (Paul Sewald) Kyle Schwarber ...... 154 13 2 1 1 Career Bests: H – 5 (2x), last 7/18/15 vs. NYM; RBI – 4 (9x), last 9/14/17 vs. NYM; R – 4, 8/22/10 @ CHI Ben Zobrist ...... 375 16 6 1 4 Jason drove in the game-winning run Sunday with a RBI single in the seventh – had three hits … tied a season-high with four RBI Thursday, including a three-run homer … went 10-for-28 (.357) with five RBI in an eight-game stretch, CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER August 14-23 … hitting .274 (31-for-113) vs. lefties and .259 (76-for-294) vs. righties … has made 96 starts in right field Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI and 12 in center field. Albert Almora Jr...... 286 49 14 0 10  Has missed time due to two D.L. stints: May 8-20 (right finger sprain) and June 22-July 4 (left hand abrasion). Alex Avila ...... 212 52 11 1 9

#30 JON JAY – OF (.283, 2 HR, 29 RBI) Road Trip: .000 (0-4) Javier Baez ...... 200 30 6 0 0 Current Streak: Hitless last 2 games (0-5) Multi-Hit Games (20): 2-hit (15), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (2) Kris Bryant ...... 250 4 1 0 2 Victor Caratini ...... 091 11 1 0 0 GA RBI – 6; GW RBI – 5; 2-Out RBI – 15 Last HR: 7/5/17 vs. TB (Erasmo Ramirez) Willson Contreras ...... 125 16 2 1 4 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 Continued on Page 4 Jon reached twice in three-straight starts before going 0-for-4 last night … tied a season-high with four hits August 31, including his third triple of the season … has reached base multiple times 14 times in his last 30 starts … batting .370 (27-for-73) in the eighth and ninth innings. SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — PAGE 4

#2 TOMMY LA STELLA – INF (.273, 5 HR, 17 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (3): 2-hit (3), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0) CUBS PINCH-HITTING, CAREER GA RBI – 2; GW RBI – 1; 2-Out RBI – 6 Last HR: 8/16/17 vs. BAL (Richard Bleier) Career Bests: H – 3 (9x), last 8/26/17 @ PHI; RBI – 4, 8/26/17 @ PHI; R – 3, 4/24/16 @ CIN Batter ...... AVG AB H HR RBI Taylor Davis ...... 000 2 0 0 0 Tommy’s .462 OBP as a pinch-hitter is second-best in baseball (STL’s Jose Martinez, .533) … has gone 7-for-28 with Mike Freeman ...... 050 20 1 0 0 nine walks and two HBP as a PH … August 26 set career marks with his first career multi-homer game and four RBI, Ian Happ ...... 214 14 3 1 3 going 3-for-5 … dating to July 8 he is 17-for-58 (.293) with nine walks (.382 OBP) in his last 31 major league games. Jason Heyward ...... 269 26 7 0 5 Jon Jay ...... 287 129 37 3 17 #24 LEONYS MARTÍN – INF (.333, 0 HR, 1 RBI) Road Trip: .000 Tommy La Stella ...... 231 78 18 0 7 Current Streak: 1 game (1-1) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) Leonys Martin ...... 227 44 10 1 4 GA RBI – 1; GW RBI – 1; 2-Out RBI – 5 Last HR: 8/29/17 vs. PIT (Chad Kuhl) Kyle Schwarber ...... 091 22 2 1 1 Career Bests: H – 4 (3x), last 9/12/16 @ LAA; RBI – 4 (2x), last 4/18/14 vs. CWS; R – 3 (7x), last 9/28/16 @ HOU Rene Rivera ...... 080 25 2 1 3 Leonys hit a RBI double Sept. 9, his first hit/RBI with the Cubs … made his Cubs debut as a pitcher Sept. 4 in the eighth Anthony Rizzo ...... 083 12 1 0 1 inning (0.2 IP, 0 ER) … was acquired by Seattle Aug. 31 and added to the active roster Sept. 2 … has played in seven Addison Russell...... 375 16 6 1 3 major league seasons with Texas (2011-15), Seattle (2016-17) and the Cubs, and tallied 115 stolen bases. Ben Zobrist ...... 211 57 12 4 13

#7 RENÉ RIVERA – C (.249, 9 HR, 32 RBI) Road Trip: .000 CUBS HOME RUNS, 2017 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-1) Multi-Hit Games (13): 2-hit (11), 3-hit (2), 4-hit (0) GA RBI – 4; GW RBI – 1; 2-Out RBI – 13 Last HR: 9/2/17 vs. ATL () Batter (Total)...... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Albert Almora Jr. (7) ...... 5 1 1 0 Career Bests: H – 3 (12x), last 5/3/17 @ ATL; RBI – 5, 4/28/14 @ SF; R – 2 (11x), last 6/25/17 @ SF Alex Avila (3) ...... 1 2 0 0 Rene collected two doubles, two runs and two RBI Sept. 13 … went 2-for-3 with a RBI double Sept. 10 … is batting .343 Javier Baez (22) ...... 11 8 2 1 (12-for-35) with four doubles and nine RBI with the Cubs … hit his first-career and first homer with the Kris Bryant (27) ...... 19 6 2 0 Cubs Sept. 2 … went 3-for-5 with a double and run scored August 30, his second three-hit game of the season and first Victor Caratini (1) ...... 1 0 0 0 with the Cubs … was claimed off waivers from the Mets on August 19 … batted .230 (40-for-174) with four doubles, Willson Contreras (21) ...... 9 6 5 1 eight homers and 23 RBI in 54 games for the Mets this season. Taylor Davis (0) ...... 0 0 0 0 Mike Freeman (1) ...... 1 0 0 0 #44 ANTHONY RIZZO – INF (.279, 32 HR, 106 RBI) Road Trip: .000 (0-4) Ian Happ (22) ...... 16 4 1 1 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (40): 2-hit (29), 3-hit (11), 4-hit (0) Jason Heyward (10) ...... 5 2 3 0 GA RBI – 21; GW RBI – 11; 2-Out RBI – 31 Last HR: 9/14/17 vs. NYM (Seth Lugo) Jon Jay (2) ...... 1 0 1 0 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 Tommy La Stella (5) ...... 3 2 0 0

Anthony scored the game-winning run Sunday – reached three times … went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI Leonys Martin (3) ...... 3 0 0 0 Thursday … tied his career-high with 32 homers this season … drew a career-high tying four walks Sept. 13, including Rene Rivera (9) ...... 6 2 0 1 twice with the bases loaded … has 106 RBI, three shy of his career-high set last season … is hitting .353 (42-for-119) Anthony Rizzo (32)...... 18 8 5 1 Addison Russell (11) ...... 10 0 1 0 with 11 doubles, six homers, 35 RBI and a 1.069 OPS in his last 33 games since August 14 … has 86 walks and 86 Kyle Schwarber (28) ...... 19 5 3 1 strikeouts this season … has a .438 OBP in his last 50 games (has reached at least three times in 19 of those). Ben Zobrist (10) ...... 6 3 1 0 #27 ADDISON RUSSELL – INF (.244, 11 HR, 37 RBI) Road Trip: .000 (0-3), R Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-3) Multi-Hit Games (18): 2-hit (14), 3-hit (1), 4-hit (3) CUBS MULTI-RBI GAMES, 2017 GA RBI –8; GW RBI – 7; 2-Out RBI – 17 Last HR: 7/26/17 @ CWS (Juan Minaya) Batter ...... 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5+-RBI 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 Albert Almora Jr. (12) ...... 9 2 0 1 Addison was activated from the 10-day disabled list Saturday and hit his first-career pinch-hit homer … was 1-for-1 Alex Avila (5) ...... 4 1 0 0 and tied career-high with three walks on Sunday … had been out since August 4 due to a right foot sprain and plantar Javier Baez (20) ...... 13 6 0 1 fasciitis … appeared in one rehab game with Triple-A Iowa August 28 … is batting .313 (21-for-67) with four homers Kris Bryant (15) ...... 10 3 2 0 and eight RBI since the All-Star Break. Victor Caratini (0) ...... 0 0 0 0 Willson Contreras (23) ...... 12 8 2 1 #12 KYLE SCHWARBER – C/OF (.208, 28 HR, 53 RBI) Road Trip: .250 (1-4), HR, RBI, R Taylor Davis (0) ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Streak: 2 games (2-8) Multi-Hit Games (17): 2-hit (13), 3-hit (4), 4-hit (0) Mike Freeman (0) ...... 0 0 0 0 GA RBI – 13; GW RBI – 10; 2-Out RBI – 21 Last HR: 9/19/17 @ TB () Ian Happ (15) ...... 10 1 4 0 Career Bests: H – 4 (2x), last 7/21/15 @ CIN; RBI – 4 (5x), last 8/30/17 vs. PIT; R – 3 (4x), last 9/11/15 @ PHI-2 Jason Heyward (15) ...... 10 2 3 0

Kyle has homered in each of his last two games, and four times in his last seven games - is batting 8-for-23 (.348) in Jon Jay (3) ...... 2 1 0 0 that stretch …went 3-for-3 with a homer Sept. 12 … has batted .253 (45-for-178) with 16 homers and a .906 OPS since Tommy La Stella (3) ...... 1 1 1 0 Leonys Martin (2) ...... 2 0 0 0 returning from Iowa, July 6 … notched his fifth-career multi-homer game and second this season August 30, driving in Rene Rivera (6) ...... 3 2 1 0 a career-high tying four runs … has made 95 starts in left field, and appeared at catcher (4 G) and first base (1 G). Anthony Rizzo (31)...... 20 5 4 2 #18 BEN ZOBRIST – INF (.236, 10 HR, 45 RBI) Road Trip: .000 (0-4) Addison Russell (7) ...... 5 1 1 0 Current Streak: Hitless last game (0-4) Multi-Hit Games (22): 2-hit (19), 3-hit (3), 4-hit (0) Kyle Schwarber (10) ...... 4 3 3 0 GA RBI – 8; GW RBI – 4; 2-Out RBI – 13 Last HR: 8/29/17 vs. PIT (Chad Kuhl) Ben Zobrist (10) ...... 7 3 0 0

Career Bests: H – 5, 6/10/13 vs. BOS; RBI – 8, 4/28/11 @ MIN; R – 4 (5x), last 9/13/17 vs. NYM HOME RUNS IN 2017 Ben reached a season-high five times and scored a career-high tying four runs Wednesday … reached four times on Sept. 12, going 2-for-3 with two walks and a RBI … is hitting .259 (49-for-189) with a .344 OBP since the Break after 2017 Season ...... Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS hitting .214 (45-for-210) with a .307 OBP in the first half … played 2.0 innings at shortstop Sept. 4 … went 2-for-4 with Cubs (210) ...... 128 51 25 6 a game-winning solo homer August 29 … has made 38 starts in the leadoff spot this season (Cubs are 25-13 in those Opponents (182) ...... 111 49 19 3 games), hitting .260 (40-for-154) with eight doubles, two triples, five homers and 19 RBI from the top spot.

CUBS HOME RUNS, LAST TIME IT HAPPENED CUBS LINEUP BREAKDOWNS

Game Opening HR: Willson Contreras, 6/26/17 @ Washington (Gio Gonzalez) 1 — Jay 44 (24-20), Zobrist 38 (25-13), Schwarber 36 (17-19), Rizzo 13 (6-7), Happ 7 (4-3), Heyward 4 (2-2), Almora Jr. 3 (2-1), Baez 2 (1-1), Contreras 2 (2-0), Szczur 1 (1-0) Walk-Off HR: Addison Russell, 4/19/17 vs. Milwaukee (Neftali Feliz) 2 — Bryant 100 (56-44), Schwarber 22 (13-9), Happ 10 (5-5), La Stella 7 (4-3), Almora 5 (1-4), Pinch-HR: Addison Russell, 9/16/17 vs. St. Louis (Tyler Lyons) Zobrist 3 (2-1), Jay 2 (2-0), Rizzo 1 (1-0) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: David DeJesus, 5/11/12 @ Milwaukee (Kameron Loe) 3 — Rizzo 99 (55-43), Bryant 38 (21-17), Contreras 4 (4-0), Happ 4 (0-4), Schwarber 3 (1-2), Inside- The-Park HR: Javier Báez, 8/7/17 @ San Francisco () Zobrist 2 (2-0) Three- Homer Game: Kris Bryant, 6/27/16 @ Cincinnati 4 — Zobrist 45 (21-24), Contreras 34 (23-11), Rizzo 32 (19-13), Russell 15 (9-6), Happ 14 (8-6), Pitcher Hitting Homer: Jon Lester, 8/1/17 vs. Arizona (Patrick Corbin) Candelario 3 (1-2), Montero 2 (0-2), Heyward 2 (2-0), Avila 1 (1-0), Bryant 1 (0-1), st Homer in 1 M.L. At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) Schwarber 1 (0-1) Homer in 1st Cubs At-Bat: Willson Contreras, 6/19/16 vs. Pittsburgh (A.J. Schugel) 5 — Russell 28 (14-14), Happ 30 (18-12), Schwarber 25 (17-7), Heyward 19 (10-9), Contreras 9 (6-3), Switch-Hitter, HR Both Sides of Plate: , 5/29/13 vs. Chicago (A.L.) Montero 8 (1-7), Zobrist 8 (4-4), Avila 5 (3-2), Jay 3 (0-3), Almora 5 (4-1), La Stella 3 (1-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Baez 3 (2-1), Caratini 2 (1-1) 2017 HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS 6 — Heyward 33 (16-17), Contreras 18 (6-12), Almora Jr. 17 (12-5), Baez 18 (9-9), Happ 15 (10-5), Avila 13 (9-4), Russell 10 (7-3), La Stella 7 (3-4), Schwarber 7 (4-3), 2-Homer Games (15): Bryant, 4/15 vs. PIT, 5/21 vs. MIL & 7/7 vs. PIT; Montero 4 (4-0), Jay 3 (1-2), Candelario 2 (2-0), Caratini 2 (1-1), Zobrist 1 (0-1) Contreras, 5/12 @ STL, 8/3 vs. ARI & 8/6 vs. WSH; La Stella, 8/26 @ PHI 7 — Heyward 50 (31-19), Baez 39 (20-19), Contreras 20 (7-13), Montero 13 (8-5), Russell 8 (5-3), Rizzo, 5/24 vs. SF, 8/1 vs. ARI & 8/26 @ PHI; Almora 7 (5-2), Jay 3 (2-1), La Stella 3 (2-1), Happ 2 (1-1), Schwarber 2 (1-1), Caratini 2 (1-1), Happ, 6/4 vs. STL, 7/2 @ CIN & 8/17 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 7/27 @ CWS & 8/30 vs. PIT Rivera 1 (1-0) 3-Homer Games (0): N/A 8 — Baez 46 (29-17), Russell 20 (12-8), Lester 12 (6-6), Lackey 11 (5-6), Arrieta 10 (6-4), Grand Slams (6): Contreras, 4/22 @ CIN; Baez, 5/18 vs. CIN; Schwarber, 6/3 vs. STL, Hendricks 7 (5-2), Rivera 9 (4-5), Butler 6 (4-2), Almora 6 (1-5), Anderson 5 (2-3), Happ, 6/13 @ NYM; Rizzo, 8/16 vs. CIN; Rivera, 9/2 vs. ATL Montgomery 4 (1-3), Jay 4 (3-1), Avila 2 (0-2), Caratini 2 (2-0), Montero 1 (1-0), Schwarber 1 (0-1), Zagunis 1 (1-0), Happ 1 (1-0), Freeman 1 (0-1), Davis 1 (1-0) 3-Consecutive Games with a Homer (2): Rizzo, 4/21-23 & 7/15-17 9 — Jay 20 (10-10), Almora 19 (12-7), Arrieta 15 (7-8), Lester 16 (10-6), Lackey 16 (11-5), Pinch-Homers (5): Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Jay, 7/5 vs. TB; Happ, 8/13 @ ARI; Hendricks 14 (6-8), Baez 11 (5-6), Quintana 11 (7-4), Quintana 6 (3-3), Montgomery 7 (3-4), Zobrist, 8/26 @ PHI; Russell, 9/16 vs. STL Schwarber 6 (3-3), Butler 5 (2-3), Zagunis 3 (2-1), Russell 2 (2-0), Anderson (1-0), Szczur (1-0),

Back-to-Back Homers (9): Russell & Schwarber, 6/11 vs. COL; Rizzo & Happ, 6/14 @ NYM; Candelario 1 (0-1), Caratini 1 (1-0), Tseng 1 (1-0) Happ & Schwarber, 7/8 vs. PIT; Contreras & Schwarber, 7/14 @ BAL; C — Contreras 83 (46-37), Montero 28 (14-14), Avila 21 (13-8), Rivera 10 (5-5), Caratini 7 (5-2), Contreras & Schwarber, 8/6 vs. WSH; Schwarber & Avila, 8/11 @ AZ; Davis 1 (1-0) Baez & Happ, 8/13 @ AZ; Bryant & Rizzo, 8/14 vs. CIN & 8/26 @ PHI 1B — Rizzo 145 (82-63), Caratini 2 (1-1), Bryant 1 (1-0), Candelario 1 (0-1), Contreras 1 (0-1) Back-to-Back-to-Back Homers (1): Avila, Happ & Baez, 8/17 vs. CIN 2B — Zobrist 62 (36-26), Baez 49 (29-20), Happ 28 (13-15), La Stella 11 (6-5) Pitchers Hitting Homers (3): Arrieta, 6/17 @ PIT; Montgomery, 7/19 @ ATL; Lester, 8/1 vs. ARI 3B — Bryant 130 (73-57), La Stella 9 (4-5), Candelario 7 (5-2), Baez 4 (2-2) SS — Russell 83 (49-34), Baez 66 (35-31), Freeman 1 (0-1) Game-Opening Homers (5): Zobrist, 5/21 vs. MIL; LF — Schwarber 95 (51-44), Jay 30 (16-14), Happ 10 (8-2), Zobrist 10 (6-4), Contreras 3 (2-1), Rizzo, 6/13 @ NYM, 6/14 @ NYM & 6/20 vs. SD; Contreras, 6/26 @ WASH Bryant 2 (1-1) Walk-Off Homers (1): Russell, 4/19 vs. MIL CF — Almora Jr. 63 (38-25), Happ 38 (23-15), Jay 36 (18-18), Heyward 12 (5-7)

RF — Heyward 96 (56-40), Zobrist 25 (12-13), Jay 11 (7-4), Bryant 6 (2-4), Happ 6 (2-4), CUBS CATCHING CORPS Zagunis 4 (3-1), Szczur 2 (2-0) P — Arrieta 28 (15-13), Lester 29 (17-12), Lackey 28 (17-11), Hendricks 22 (11-11), CS/ATT % PICKOFFS PB ERA Montgomery 13 (6-7), Butler 11 (6-5), Quintana 12 (8-4), Anderson 6 (3-3), Tseng 1 (1-0) Avila 4/18 22.2% 0 2 4.35 (90 ER/186.1 IP) DH — Schwarber 8 (6-2), Jay 1 (1-0)

Caratini 1/7 14.3% 0 0 2.42 (19 ER/70.2 IP) Contreras 19/69 27.5% 6 6 3.92 (330 ER/757.2 IP) RUNS SCORED BY INNING Davis 0/2 0.0% 0 0 15.00 (5 ER/3.0 IP) INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL Montero 0/31 0.0% 0 0 4.35 (104 ER/215.1 IP) CUBS 96 87 62 108 77 89 93 89 57 6 764 Rivera 1/5 20.0% 0 2 4.55 (49 ER/97.0 IP) OPP. 108 66 66 71 68 64 53 97 60 4 657

Schwarber 0/0 0.0% 0 0 3.86 (3 ER/7.0 IP) Pitcher Pickoffs (11): Hendricks (6), Arrieta, Lester, Montgomery, Quintana (2) OUTFIELD ASSISTS (23)

Kyle Schwarber (7), Jason Heyward (6), Albert Almora (4), Jon Jay (3), Ian Happ (3)

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — PAGE 5 Cubs Pitching

TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Starting Pitchers 60-45 4.12 1 827.1 776 420 379 118 276 766 Relievers 24-21 3.90 37 509.2 421 237 221 64 241 556 SEASON TOTALS 84-66 4.04 1/37 1,337.0 1,197 657 600 182 517 1,322

CUBS BULLPEN LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST HOLD SV/OPP 1BF IR/IRS Wade Davis 9/19 @ TB-SV 1.0,0,0,0,0,3 8/16/17 vs. CIN 9/19/17 @ TB 9/15/15 @ CLE 32/32 55/42 4/2 9/17 vs. STL-H 1.0,2,0,0,2,1 9/28/16 @ TOR 4/10/15 @ CWS 9/17/17 vs. STL 0/1 63/52 31/5 Carl Edwards Jr. 9/19 @ TB-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 9/15/17 vs. STL 10/2/16 @ CIN 9/19/17 @ TB 0/4 68/49 32/9 Justin Grimm 9/15 vs. STL 0.2,2,0,0,0,2 4/18/17 vs. MIL 8/8/15 vs. SF 7/30/17 @ MIL 0/1 45/30 22/10 Dillon Maples 9/9 vs. MIL 1.0,1,1,1,1,2 N/A N/A N/A 0/0 3/2 0/0 Felix Peña 9/14 vs. NYM 2.0,3,1,1,0,3 6/29/17 @ WSH 9/27/16 @ PIT 8/19/17 vs. TOR 0/0 20/15 4/3 Hector Rondon 9/8 vs. MIL 1.0,0,0,0,0,2 8/1/17 vs. ARI 7/24/16 @ MIL 8/19/17 vs. TOR 0/3 57/43 23/10 Pedro Strop 9/19 @ TB-H 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 9/17/17 vs. STL 9/19/15 vs. STL 9/19/17 @ TB 0/3 65/48 39/12 Koji Uehara 9/2 vs. ATL 0.2,2,0,0,0,0 7/14/17 @ BAL 6/4/17 vs. STL 8/29/17 vs. PIT 2/5 49/29 10/5 Justin Wilson 9/15 vs. STL 0.1,0,0,0,0,1 8/20/17 vs. TOR 7/29/17 vs. HOU 8/11/17 @ AZ 13/16 60/41 19/4 Rob Zastryzny 9/9 vs. MIL 4.0,6,6,5,3,4 8/29/16 vs. PIT N/A N/A 0/0 3/3 0/0 2017 TOTALS 37/53 (.698) 466/342 (.734) 189/66 (.349)

#71 WADE DAVIS – RHP (3-1, 2.01 ERA, 32 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 58-38, 78 SV 2017 CUBS HIGHS AND LOWS

MOST IP, 2017: 1.1, 9/15 vs. STL MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (3x) – last, 9/9/11 vs. BOS LAST WIN: 8/16/17 vs. CIN (7-6) LAST SV: 9/19/17 @ TB (2-1) CUBS OPPONENTS Wade, named to the N.L. All-Star Team, on Sept. 6 converted his franchise-record 29th- 15, 8/26 @ PHI (17-2) ...... Largest Winning Margin ...... 13, 9/9 vs. MIL (15-2) straight save chance to begin his Cubs career … converted his last 37 since September of 5, 4/18 vs. MIL (0-5, 9-7) ...... Largest Come Behind W ...... 4, 4/15 vs. PIT (0-4, 2-6, 8-7) last year with Kansas City. 17 (3x), last 9/13 vs. NYM ...... Most Runs ...... 15, 9/9 vs. MIL  Converted his 32nd-consecutive save opportunity for Chicago last night, striking out 7 (6x), last 9/15 vs. STL (6th) ...... Most Runs, Inn...... 10, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) the side to preserve a 2-1 win. 20, 8/30 vs. PIT ...... Most Hits ...... 17, 9/2 vs. ATL 7, 8/26 @ PHI (7th) ...... Most Hits, Inn...... 7, 7/9 vs. PIT (1st) #32 BRIAN DUENSING – LHP (0-1, 2.47 ERA, 0 SV, 12 Holds) CAREER: 42-38, 2 SV 2 (5x), last 6/27 @ WSH ...... Fewest Hits ...... 1, 9/19 @ TB MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 6/12 @ NYM MOST IP, CAREER: 9.0 (2x) – last, 7/4/11 vs. TB 6 (2x), last 8/26 @ PHI ...... Most Home Runs ...... 5, 8/3 vs. ARI LAST WIN: 9/28/16 @ TOR (3-2) LAST SV: 4/10/15 @ CWS (6-0) 4, 8/17 vs. CIN ...... Most Home Runs, Inn...... 3, 8/23 @ CIN (9th) Brian has walked 17 and struck out 58 in 62 games (58.1 IP) … in his last 57 contests 7, 9/7 @ PIT ...... Most Doubles ...... 5 (3x), last 9/2 vs. ATL since April 24, has a 1.70 ERA (10 ER/53.0 IP) and averaged 8.7 K’s per 9.0 IP (51 SO). 2 (3x), last 5/22 vs. SF ...... Most Triples ...... 2, 4/24 @ PIT  Picked up a hold Sunday, protecting a one-run lead with a scoreless eighth inning (2 10 (2x), last 8/17 vs. CIN ...... Most Extra-Base Hits ...... 8, 9/2 vs. ATL H, 2 BB, 1 SO) … has not allowed a run in 12 of his last 13 outings. 11, 9/13 vs. NYM ...... Most BBs By Batters ...... 10, 5/19 vs. MIL

#6 CARL EDWARDS JR. – RHP (4-4, 3.23 ERA, 0 SV, 23 Holds) CAREER: 4-5, 2 SV 22, 5/7 vs. NYY ...... Most Ks By Pitchers ...... 26, 5/7 vs. NYY MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 2x, last 5/2 vs. PHI MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (4x) – last, 5/2/17 vs. PHI 3, 7/17 @ ATL ...... Most Stolen Bases ...... 7, 6/27 @ WSH LAST WIN: 9/15/17 vs. STL (8-2) LAST SV: 10/2/16 @ CIN (7-4) 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 Carl has held opponents to a .144 average (29-for-202), the lowest among N.L. relievers 18, 5/7 vs. NYY ...... Most Left On Base ...... 14 (2x), last 5/4 vs. PHI … he has whiffed batters at a rate of 12.91 strikeouts per 9.0 IP, sixth in the league among relievers … has not allowed a run in 12 of his last 13 outings. Longest Winning Streak: 7 games ...... 9/12-current  Last night picked up his 23rd hold with a scoreless eighth inning. Longest Losing Streak: 6 games ...... 5/26-31 Most Runs, Both Clubs: 26 (Cubs 14, Braves 12) ...... 9/2 vs. ATL #52 JUSTIN GRIMM – RHP (1-2, 5.98 ERA, 0 SV, 4 Holds) CAREER: 19-20, 3 SV Most Hits, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 12, Braves 17) ...... 9/2 vs. ATL MOST IP, 2017: 2.2, 7/4 vs. TB MOST IP, CAREER: 7.2 – 6/14/13 vs. TOR Most Home Runs, Both Clubs: 8, (Cubs 6, Reds 2) ...... 8/17 vs. CIN LAST WIN: 7/7/17 vs. PIT (6-1) LAST SV: 8/8/15 vs. SF (8-6) Most Strikeouts By Pitchers, Both Clubs: 48* (Cubs 22, Yankees 26) ...... 5/7 vs. NYY Justin was activated from the disabled list on September 1 … missed 13 games with a Most Left On Base, Both Clubs: 29 (Cubs 18, Yankees 11)...... 5/7 vs. NYY right index finger infection … was recalled August 9 from Iowa for his fourth stint with Fewest Left On Base, Both Clubs: 2 (Cubs 1, Giants 1) ...... 5/23 vs. SF the team … Friday fanned two and allowed two hits in 0.2 IP. Consecutive Games With a Home Run: 7 (3x) ...... 6/2-8, 7/25-8/1 & 9/12-current #36 DILLON MAPLES – RHP (0-0, 23.14 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 0-0, 0 SV Consecutive Games Without a Home Run: 3 (2x) ...... 6/23-25 and 9/4-9/6 MOST IP, 2017: 1.0, last 9/9 vs. MIL MOST IP, CAREER: 1.0 (2x), last 9/9/17 vs. MIL Consecutive Errorless Games: 5 ...... 5/31-6/5 LAST WIN: N/A LAST SV: N/A Consecutive Games With An Error: 5 ...... 6/14-19

Dillon earned his first big-league promotion from Triple-A Iowa on Sept. 1 … quickly rose Shortest Game, Time: 2:05 ...... 5/23 vs. SF through the Cubs system this season after starting the year with Single-A Myrtle Beach. Longest Game, Time: 6:05 ...... 5/7 vs. NYY (18 innings) Most Innings: 18 ...... 5/7 vs. NYY  Made his ML debut September 3, tossing a scoreless sixth inning. Largest Wrigley Field Crowd: 42,186; 7/21 vs. STL #60 FELIX PEÑA – RHP (1-0, 5.46 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Holds) CAREER: 1-0, 1 SV Largest Road Crowd: 48,322; 5/27 @ LAD MOST IP, 2017: 3.2 – 5/6 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 3.2 – 5/6/17 vs. NYY Series Sweeps: 9 (3 G, 5/16-18 vs. CIN, 6/2-6/4 vs. STL, 7/14-16 @ BAL, 7/17-19 @ ATL, LAST WIN: 6/29/17 @ WSH (5-4) LAST SV: 9/27/16 @ PIT (6-4) 8/18-20 vs. TOR, 8/28-30 vs. PIT, 9/12-14 vs. NYM, 9/15-17 vs. STL; 2 G, 7/26-27 @ CWS) Felix was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on August 18 and is in his fifth stint with the team *Major League Single-Game Record this season (also May 5-13, May 23-28, June 10-July 4 and July 22-23) … pitched the final 2.0 innings of Thursday night’s 14-6 win … allowed one run on three hits and fanned a BATTING HIGHLIGHTS career-high-tying three batters. Longest Hitting Streak: 14 games, Rizzo ...... 6/6-20 #56 HECTOR RONDON – RHP (4-1, 4.50 ERA, 0 SV, 10 Holds) CAREER: 18-13, 77 SV Most Runs Scored: 4 (3x), last Bryant & Zobrist...... 9/13 vs. NYM MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 6/8 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (18x) – last, 6/8/17 vs. COL Most Hits: 4 (11x), last Báez ...... 9/13 vs. NYM LAST WIN: 8/1/17 vs. WSH (16-4) LAST SV: 7/24/16 @ MIL (6-5) Most Total Bases: 12, Bryant ...... 7/7 vs. PIT

Hector has made 57 appearances, allowing 49 hits in 204 at-bats (.240) while walking 20 Most Extra-Base Hits: 3 (4x), last Schwarber ...... 7/27 @ CWS and striking out 65 … posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 13 games from June 18-July 19. Most Doubles: 2 (20x), last Almora Jr...... 9/16 vs. STL  Has tossed 3.0-consecutive perfect innings, including the ninth inning Sept. 8. Most Triples: 1 (25x), last Almora Jr...... 9/13 vs. NYM Most RBI: 6 (2x), Contreras & Almora Jr...... 8/3 vs. ARI & 9/13 vs. NYM #46 PEDRO STROP – RHP (5-4, 2.98 ERA, 0 SV, 20 Holds) CAREER: 20-24, 9 SV Most Stolen Bases: 2 (3x), last Rizzo ...... 9/14 vs. NYM MOST IP, 2017: 2.0, 5/7 vs. NYY MOST IP, CAREER: 2.0 (10x) – last, 5/7/17 vs. NYY Most Walks: 4, Rizzo...... 9/13 vs. NYM LAST WIN: 9/17/17 vs. STL (4-3) LAST SV: 9/19/15 vs. STL (5-4) Most Strikeouts: 5, Báez ...... 7/25 vs. CWS Pedro has held opponents to a .208 batting average (43-for-207) … has walked 24 and 2-Hit Innings: 2, Hendricks & Bryant ...... 8/26 @ PHI (7th) & 9/15 vs. STL (6th) struck out 59 in 65 games (57.1 IP) … posted a 1.52 ERA (5 ER/29.2 IP) and a 1.01 WHIP in 33 games from May 17-August 7 … last night recorded his 20th hold of the season PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS with a 1-2-3 seventh inning. Longest Winning Streak: 5, Lackey ...... 7/18-8/11 #19 KOJI UEHARA – RHP (3-4, 3.98 ERA, 2 SV, 13 Holds) CAREER: 22-26, 95 SV Longest Losing Streak: 4, Lackey ...... 5/22-6/12 MOST IP, 2017: 2.0 IP, 6/11 vs. COL MOST IP, CAREER: 7.0 – 4/19/09 @ BOS Complete Game Shutouts: N/A ...... N/A LAST WIN: 7/14/17 @ BAL (9-8) LAST SV: 6/4/17 vs. MIA (7-6) 9.0-Inning Complete Games: 1, Lester ...... 5/23 vs. SF

Koji on August 20 was activated from the 10-day D.L. (right neck strain) after he landed Low-Hit Complete Game: 4, Lester ...... 5/23 vs. SF on the shelf, August 9 … allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in August 20’s 10th Longest Outing, Reliever: 4.1 (2x), Floro & Montgomery ...... 5/9 @ COL & 8/17 vs. CIN inning, his first action since August 8 … has pitched scoreless ball in 35 of his 49 outings. Most Strikeouts, Starter: 12, Quintana ...... 7/16 @ BAL Reliever: 5 (2x), Floro & Montgomery ...... 5/9 @ COL & 7/26 @ CWS #37 JUSTIN WILSON – LHP (1-0, 6.23 ERA, 0 SV, 1 Hold) CAREER: 22-14, 14 SV Consecutive Strikeouts: 5, (3x) last Lackey ...... 8/27 @ PHI MOST IP, 2017: 1.2 IP, 7/9 @ CLE MOST IP, CAREER: 3.1 – 4/15/13 vs. STL Consecutive Scoreless Innings, Starter: 13.1, Hendricks ...... 4/30-5/10 LAST WIN: 8/20/17 vs. TOR (6-5, 10 inn.) LAST SV: 7/29/17 vs. HOU (5-3) Reliever: 18.0, Montgomery ...... 4/17-5/13 Justin was acquired by Chicago July 31 from Detroit, along with catcher Alex Avila, for Consecutive Save Opportunities Converted: 32, Davis ...... 4/4-current infielders Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes and a PTBNL/cash … went 3-4 with a 2.68 Consecutive Batters Retired: 17, Lester ...... 7/22 vs. STL ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP), 15 saves and eight holds in 42 games with the Tigers. Most Runs Allowed: 10, Lester ...... 7/9 vs. PIT  Whiffed the only batter he faced Friday to strand two inherited runners. Most Hits Allowed: 10 (2x), last Arrieta ...... 4/28 @ BOS Most Homers Allowed: 3 (5x), last Rondon ...... 8/23 @ CIN #29 ROB ZASTRYZNY–LHP (0-0, 8.18 ERA, 0 SV, 0 Holds) CAREER: 1-0, 0 SV Most Walks Issued: 6 (2x), last Arrieta ...... 6/27 @ WSH MOST IP, 2017: 4.0 IP, last 9/9 vs. MIL MOST IP, CAREER: 4.0 IP (2x), last 9/9/17 vs. MIL Longest No-Hit Stretch, Start of Game: 5.2 IP, Lester ...... 7/22 vs. STL LAST WIN: 8/29/16 vs. PIT (8-7, 13 innings) LAST SV: N/A

Recalled Sept. 3 from Triple-A Iowa for his fourth stint with the Cubs this season … MISCELLANEOUS INFO tossed a career-high-tying 4.0 innings Sept. 9 (6 R/4 K) … went 2-3 with one save and a 5.94 ERA (31 ER/47.0 IP) in 14 appearances, seven as a starter, with Iowa this season. Come-From-Behind Wins: 41 High-Water Mark: 18 games (84-66) Losses after Leading: 31 Low-Water Mark: 2 games (25-27, 43-45) Games Won in Last At-Bat: 13 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: 5 (4/10 vs. LAD, 4/19 vs. MIL, 5/4 vs. PHI, 8/16 vs. CIN, 8/20 vs. TOR) SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — PAGE 6 Cubs 2017 Day-By-Day Schedule/Results

GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATT. GM DATE OPP W/L SCORE WINNER-LOSER-SAVE RECORD STANDINGS ATT.

1 4/2 @STL L 3-4 Oh-MONTGOMERY (0-1) 0-1 5th, -1.0 47,566 7/3 OFF DAY 41-41 2nd, -2.5 4/3 OFF DAY 0-1 T-2nd, -1.0 83 7/4 TB L 5-6 Archer-LESTER (5-5)-Colome 41-42 2nd, -3.5 42,046 2 4/4 @STL W 2-1 ARRIETA (1-0)-Wainwright-DAVIS (1) 1-1 T-1st, --- 46,760 84 7/5 TB W 7-3 STROP (3-2)-Ramirez 42-42 2nd, -3.5 39,855 4/5 @STL POSTPONED - RAIN … (make-up date 4/6) 1-1 T-1st, --- 85 7/6 MIL L 2-11 Davies-MONTGOMERY (1-6) 42-43 2nd, -4.5 41,576 3 4/6 @STL W 6-4 LACKEY (1-0)-Cecil-DAVIS (2) 2-1 T-1st, --- 44,039 86 7/7 PIT W 6-1 EDWARDS JR. (3-1)-Williams 43-43 2nd, -4.5 41,294 4 4/7 @MIL L 1-2 (11) Hughes-MONTGOMERY (0-2) 2-2 2nd, -1.0 28,728 87 7/8 PIT L 2-4 Nova-ARRIETA (8-7)-Rivero 43-44 2nd, -4.5 41,865 5 4/8 @MIL W 11-6 HENDRICKS (1-0)-Marinez 3-2 T-1st, --- 43,080 88 7/9 PIT L 3-14 Schugel-LESTER (5-6) 43-45 2nd, -5.5 41,604 6 4/9 @MIL W 7-4 ARRIETA (2-0)-Davies 4-2 T-1st, --- 38,483 7/10-13 ALL-STAR BREAK () 7 4/10 LAD W 3-2 DAVIS (1-0)-Romo 5-2 T-1st, --- 41,166 89 7/14 @BAL W 9-8 UEHARA (3-4)-Brach-DAVIS (17) 44-45 2nd, -5.5 34,335 4/11 OFF DAY 5-2 2nd, -0.5 90 7/15 @BAL W 10-3 ARRIETA (9-7)-Miley 45-45 2nd, -5.5 40,258 8 4/12 LAD L 0-2 McCarthy-LACKEY (1-1)-Jansen 5-3 2nd, -1.5 40,844 91 7/16 @BAL W 8-0 QUINTANA (1-0)-Jimenez 46-45 2nd, -4.5 31,105 9 4/13 LAD W 4-0 ANDERSON (1-0)-Ryu 6-3 2nd, -0.5 38,379 92 7/17 @ATL W 4-3 LESTER (6-6)-Teheran-DAVIS (18) 47-45 2nd, -3.5 41,256 10 4/14 PIT L 2-4 Cole-HENDRICKS (1-1)-Watson 6-4 2nd, -0.5 40,430 93 7/18 @ATL W 5-1 LACKEY (6-9)-Newcomb 48-45 2nd, -2.5 41,541 11 4/15 PIT L 7-8 Williams-STROP (0-1)-Watson 6-5 2nd, -1.5 41,814 94 7/19 @ATL W 8-2 MONTGOMERY (2-6)-Dickey 49-45 2nd, -1.5 40,054 12 4/16 PIT L 1-6 Taillon-UEHARA (0-1) 6-6 T-3rd, -1.5 39,422 7/20 OFF DAY 49-45 2nd, -1.0 13 4/17 MIL L 3-6 Anderson-LACKEY (1-2)-Feliz 6-7 T-3rd, -2.0 38,636 95 7/21 STL L 4-11 Bowman-EDWARDS JR. (3-2) 49-46 2nd, -1.0 42,186 14 4/18 MIL W 9-7 GRIMM (1-0)-Hughes-DAVIS (3) 7-7 3rd, -2.0 39,026 96 7/22 STL W 3-2 LESTER (7-6)-Bowman-DAVIS (19) 50-46 2nd, -1.0 41,969 15 4/19 MIL W 7-4 DAVIS (2-0)-Feliz 8-7 2nd, -1.0 34,864 97 7/23 STL W 5-3 QUINTANA (2-0)-Wacha-DAVIS (20) 51-46 T-1st, --- 41,582 4/20 OFF DAY 8-7 T-2nd, -0.5 98 7/24 CWS L 1-3 Gonzalez-GRIMM (1-1)-Swarzak 51-47 2nd, -0.5 40,849 16 4/21 @CIN W 6-5 (11) EDWARDS JR. (1-0)-Stephenson-DAVIS (4) 9-7 1st, +0.5 29,350 99 7/25 CWS W 7-2 LACKEY (7-9)-Rodon 52-47 2nd, -0.5 40,717 17 4/22 @CIN W 12-8 ARRIETA (3-0)-Reed 10-7 1st, +1.5 27,189 100 7/26 @CWS W 8-3 ARRIETA (10-7)-Shields 53-47 1st, +0.5 38,517 18 4/23 @CIN L 5-7 Arroyo-LACKEY (1-3) 10-8 1st, +0.5 32,670 101 7/27 @CWS W 6-3 LESTER (8-6)-Pelfrey 54-47 1st, +1.5 39,422 19 4/24 @PIT W 14-3 ANDERSON (2-0)-Kuhl 11-8 1st, +1.5 13,445 102 7/28 @MIL L 1-2 Suter-QUINTANA (2-1)-Knebel 54-48 1st, +0.5 42,574 20 4/25 @PIT W 1-0 HENDRICKS (2-1)-Cole-DAVIS (5) 12-8 1st, +2.0 15,326 103 7/29 @MIL W 2-1 (11) MONTGOMERY (3-6)-Hughes-DAVIS (21) 55-48 1st, +1.5 44,709 21 4/26 @PIT L 5-6 LeBlanc-LESTER (0-1)-Watson 12-9 1st, +1.0 16,904 104 7/30 @MIL W 4-2 LACKEY (8-9)-Davies-DAVIS (22) 56-48 1st, +2.5 44,269 4/27 OFF DAY 12-9 1st, +1.0 7/31 OFF DAY 56-48 1st, +2.5 22 4/28 @BOS L 4-5 Pomeranz-ARRIETA (3-1)-Kimbrel 12-10 1st, +0.5 37,054 105 8/1 ARI W 16-4 RONDON (3-1)-Corbin-MONTGOMERY (3)57-48 1st, +2.5 40,709 23 4/29 @BOS W 7-4 LACKEY (2-3)-Wright-DAVIS (6) 13-10 1st, +1.0 36,776 106 8/2 ARI L 0-3 Godley-ARRIETA (10-8)-Rodney 57-49 1st, +2.5 41,321 24 4/30 @BOS L 2-6 Barnes-UEHARA (0-2) 13-11 1st, +1.0 36,916 107 8/3 ARI L 8-10 Barrett-DAVIS (2-1)-Rodney 57-50 1st, +1.5 39,525 25 5/1 PHI L 2-10 Velasquez-ANDERSON (2-1) 13-12 T-1st, --- 38,567 108 8/4 WSH L 2-4 Roark-HENDRICKS (4-4)-Doolittle 57-51 1st, +0.5 41,396 26 5/2 PHI W 8-3 LESTER (1-1)-Hellickson 14-12 1st, +1.0 38,660 109 8/5 WSH W 7-4 LACKEY (9-9)-Jackson-DAVIS (23) 58-51 1st, +0.5 41,857 27 5/3 PHI W 5-4 ARRIETA (4-1)-Eickhoff-DAVIS (7) 15-12 1st, +1.5 39,335 110 8/6 WSH L 4-9 Kintzler-EDWARDS JR. (3-3) 58-52 1st, +0.5 41,047 28 5/4 PHI W 5-4 (13) UEHARA (1-2)-Rodriguez 16-12 1st, +1.5 36,394 111 8/7 @SF W 5-3 ARRIETA (11-8)-Moore-DAVIS (24) 59-52 1st, +1.5 40,462 29 5/5 NYY L 2-3 Holder-RONDON (0-1)-Chapman 16-13 1st, +1.0 40,395 112 8/8 @SF L 3-6 Blach-QUINTANA (2-2)-Dyson 59-53 1st, +1.5 39,864 30 5/6 NYY L 6-11 Montgomery-ANDERSON (2-2) 16-14 T-1st, --- 40,735 113 8/9 @SF L 1-3 Bumgarner-DUENSING (0-1)-Dyson 59-54 1st, +1.5 41,099 31 5/7 NYY L 4-5 (18) Shreve-STROP (0-2) 16-15 3rd, -1.0 40,584 8/10 OFF DAY 59-54 1st, +1.0 5/8 @COL Rain out, Make up game 5/9 16-15 3rd, -1.0 114 8/11 @ARI W 8-3 LACKEY (10-9)-Walker 60-54 1st, +1.0 39,131 32 5/9 @COL L 4-10 Senzatela-ARRIETA (4-2) 16-16 T3rd, -1.5 34,779 115 8/12 @ARI L 2-6 Corbin-LESTER (8-7)-HERNANDEZ 60-55 T1st, --- 42,219 33 5/9 @COL W 8-1 LACKEY (3-3)-Freeland 17-16 T3rd, -1.5 36,563 116 8/13 @ARI W 7-2 ARRIETA (12-8)-Godley 61-55 1st, +1.0 41,760 34 5/10 @COL L 0-3 Marquez-HENDRICKS (2-2) 17-17 4th, -2.5 35.123 117 8/14 CIN W 15-5 QUINTANA (3-2)-Wojciechowski 62-55 1st, +1.5 40,263 5/11 OFF DAY 17-17 4th, -2.5 118 8/15 CIN L 1-2 Lorenzen-STROP (3-3)-Iglesias 62-56 1st, +1.5 36,698 35 5/12 @STL W 3-2 BUTLER (1-0)-Leake-DAVIS (8) 18-17 4th, -1.5 47,601 119 8/16 CIN W 7-6 DAVIS (3-1)-Peralta 63-56 1st, +1.5 37,021 36 5/13 @STL L 3-5 Martinez-LESTER (1-2) 18-18 4th, -2.5 47,882 120 8/17 CIN L 13-10 Storen-GRIMM (1-2)-Iglesias 63-57 1st, +1.0 38,675 37 5/14 @STL L 0-5 Wainwright-ARRIETA (4-3) 18-19 4th, -3.5 47,925 121 8/18 TOR W 7-4 ARRIETA (13-8)-Happ-DAVIS (25) 64-57 1st, +1.5 41,814 5/15 OFF DAY 18-19 4th, -3.5 122 8/19 TOR W 4-3 QUINTANA (4-2)-Barnes-DAVIS (26) 65-57 1st, +2.0 41,558 38 5/16 CIN W 9-5 LACKEY (4-3)-Arroyo 19-19 T-3rd, -2.5 40,653 123 8/20 TOR W 6-5 (10) WILSON (1-0)-Osuna 66-57 1st, +2.0 41,459 39 5/17 CIN W 7-5 HENDRICKS (3-2)-Feldman-DAVIS (9) 20-19 3rd, -2.0 38,715 8/21 OFF DAY 66-57 1st, +2.5 40 5/18 CIN W 9-5 LESTER (2-2)-Garrett-UEHARA (1) 21-19 3rd, -2.0 36,023 124 8/22 @CIN W 13-9 RONDON (4-1)-Peralta 67-57 1st, +2.5 16,467 41 5/19 MIL L 3-6 Peralta-MONTGOMERY (0-3)-Torres 21-20 3rd, -3.0 36,923 125 8/23 @CIN W 9-3 MONTGOMERY (4-6)-Wojciechowski 68-57 1st, +3.5 15,355 5/20 MIL POSTPONED – RAIN … (make-up date 7/6) 21-20 3rd, -3.0 126 8/24 @CIN L 2-4 Lorenzen-STROP (3-4) 68-58 1st, +3.0 18,191 42 5/21 MIL W 13-6 ARRIETA (5-3)-Anderson 22-20 3rd, -2.0 41,671 127 8/25 @PHI L 1-7 Eickhoff-QUINTANA (4-3) 68-59 1st, +3.0 24,424 43 5/22 SF L 4-6 Blach-LACKEY (4-4)-Melancon 22-21 3rd, -2.5 36,204 128 8/26 @PHI W 17-2 HENDRICKS (5-4)-Lively 69-59 1st, +3.0 29,379 44 5/23 SF W 4-1 LESTER (3-2)-Cueto 23-21 T-2nd, -1.5 32,905 129 8/27 @PHI L 3-6 Pivetta-LACKEY (10-10)-Neris 69-60 1st, +2.0 28,689 45 5/24 SF W 5-4 HENDRICKS (4-2)-Moore-DAVIS (10) 24-21 T-2nd, -0.5 35,617 130 8/28 PIT W 6-1 MONTGOMERY (5-6)-Williams 70-60 1st, +2.5 38,453 46 5/25 SF W 5-1 BUTLER (2-0)-Samardzija-MONTGOMERY (1) 25-21 1st, +0.5 37,513 131 8/29 PIT W 4-1 ARRIETA (14-8)-Kuhl-DAVIS (27) 71-60 1st, +3.5 37,370 47 5/26 @LAD L 0-4 Wood-ARRIETA (5-4) 25-22 1st, +0.5 45,017 132 8/30 PIT W 17-3 QUINTANA (5-3)-Nova 72-60 1st, +3.5 36,628 48 5/27 @LAD L 0-5 McCarthy-LACKEY (4-5)-Stripling 25-23 T-2nd, -0.5 48,322 133 8/31 ATL W 6-2 HENDRICKS (6-4)-Newcomb 73-60 1st, +3.5 38,031 49 5/28 @LAD L 4-9 Fields-LESTER (3-3) 25-24 T-2nd, -1.5 47,732 134 9/1 ATL W 2-0 LACKEY (11-10)-Foltynewicz-DAVIS (28) 74-60 1st, +3.5 37,280 50 5/29 @SD L 2-5 Torres-HENDRICKS (4-3)-Maurer 25-25 T-2nd, -1.5 41,414 135 9/2 ATL W 14-12 LESTER (9-7)-Sims 75-60 1st, +4.5 41,329 51 5/30 @SD L 2-6 Lamet- BUTLER (2-1) 25-26 T-2nd, -1.5 33,232 136 9/3 ATL L 1-5 Fried-MONTGOMERY (5-7) 75-61 1st, +3.5 42,145 52 5/31 @SD L 1-2 Hand-UEHARA (1-3)-Maurer 25-27 3rd, -2.5 23,995 137 9/4 @PIT L 0-12 Kuhl-ARRIETA (14-9) 75-62 1st, +3.5 21,068 6/1 OFF DAY 25-27 3rd, -3.0 138 9/5 @PIT L 3-4 LeBlanc-EDWARDS JR. (3-4)-Rivero 75-63 1st, +3.5 14,079 53 6/2 STL W 3-2 STROP (1-2)-Rosenthal-DAVIS (11) 26-27 3rd, -2.0 41,051 139 9/6 @PIT W 1-0 STROP (4-4)-Hudson-DAVIS (29) 76-63 1st, +4.0 17,067 54 6/3 STL W 5-3 RONDON (1-1)-Leake-DAVIS (12) 27-27 2nd, -1.0 41,164 140 9/7 @PIT W 8-2 LESTER (10-7)-Taillon 77-63 1st, +5.0 19,201 55 6/4 STL W 7-6 STROP (2-2)-Bowman-UEHARA (2) 28-27 2nd, -1.0 39,868 141 9/8 MIL L 0-2 Nelson-LACKEY (11-11)-Knebel 77-64 1st, +4.0 41,020 56 6/5 MIA W 3-1 BUTLER (3-1)-Straily-MONTGOMERY (2) 29-27 T-1st, --- 34,037 142 9/9 MIL L 2-15 Anderson-MONTGOMERY (5-8) 77-65 1st, +3.0 41,167 57 6/6 MIA W 10-2 ARRIETA (6-4)-Locke 30-27 T-1st, --- 34,082 143 9/10 MIL L 1-3 Davies-HENDRICKS (6-5)-Knebel 77-66 1st, +2.0 40,113 58 6/7 MIA L 5-6 Urena-LACKEY (4-6)-Ramos 30-28 2nd, -1.0 37,294 9/11 OFF DAY 77-66 1st, +2.0 59 6/8 COL L 1-4 Chatwood-LESTER (3-4)-Holland 30-29 2nd, -1.0 39,385 144 9/12 NYM W 8-3 QUINTANA (6-3)-Gsellman 78-66 1st, +2.0 37,834 60 6/9 COL L 3-5 Rusin-FRANKOFF (0-1)-Holland 30-30 2nd, -2.0 41,229 145 9/13 NYM W 17-5 LESTER (11-7)-Harvey 79-66 1st, +2.5 36,008 61 6/10 COL L 1-9 Hoffman-BUTLER (3-2) 30-31 2nd, -2.0 41,226 146 9/14 NYM W 14-6 MONTGOMERY (6-8)-Lugo 80-66 1st, +3.0 37,867 62 6/11 COL W 7-5 EDWARDS JR. (2-0)-Lyles-DAVIS (13) 31-31 2nd, -1.0 41,116 147 9/15 STL W 8-2 EDWARDS JR. (4-4)-Martinez 81-66 1st, +3.0 38,464 63 6/12 @NYM L 1-6 deGrom-LACKEY (4-7) 31-32 2nd, -1.5 33,268 148 9/16 STL W 4-1 HENDRICKS (7-5)-Wacha-DAVIS (30) 82-66 1st, +4.0 40,959 64 6/13 @NYM W 14-3 LESTER (4-4)-Wheeler 32-32 2nd, -1.0 32,651 149 9/17 STL W 4-3 STROP (5-4)-Lyons-DAVIS (31) 83-66 1st, +4.0 37,242 65 6/14 @NYM L 4-9 Blevins-EDWARDS JR. (2-1) 32-33 2nd, -2.0 34,566 9/18 OFF DAY 83-66 1st, +3.5 6/15 OFF DAY 32-33 2nd, -2.5 150 9/19 @TB W 2-1 MONTGOMERY (7-8)-Archer-DAVIS (32) 84-66 1st, +3.5 25,046 66 6/16 @PIT W 9-5 UEHARA (2-3)-Nicasio 33-33 2nd, -2.5 25,420 151 9/20 @TB … 6:10 PM … WGN 67 6/17 @PIT L 3-4 Nova-ARRIETA (6-5)-Rivero 33-34 2nd, -2.5 34,383 152 9/21 @MIL … 7:10 PM … CSN+ 68 6/18 @PIT W 7-1 LACKEY (5-7)-Taillon 34-34 2nd, -2.5 34,539 153 9/22 @MIL … 6:35 PM … WGN 69 6/19 SD W 3-2 RONDON (2-1)-Yates-DAVIS (14) 35-34 2nd, -1.5 40,802 154 9/23 @MIL … 12:05 PM … FOX 70 6/20 SD W 4-0 MONTGOMERY (1-3)-Chacin 36-34 2nd, -0.5 41,607 155 9/24 @MIL … 1:10 PM … ABC7 71 6/21 SD L 3-2 Maton-UEHARA (2-4)-Maurer 36-35 2nd, -1.5 41,708 156 9/25 @STL … 7:15 PM … CSN 72 6/22 @MIA W 11-1 ARRIETA (7-4)-Locke 37-35 2nd, -1.5 23,472 157 9/26 @STL … 7:15 PM … CSN+ 73 6/23 @MIA L 0-2 Urena-LACKEY (5-8)-Ramos 37-36 2nd, -1.5 24,684 158 9/27 @STL … 7:15 PM … CSN 74 6/24 @MIA W 5-3 LESTER (5-4)-Wittgren-DAVIS (15) 38-36 2nd, -0.5 25,448 159 9/28 @STL … 6:15 PM … WGN 75 6/25 @MIA L 2-4 Volquez-MONTGOMERY (1-4)-Ramos 38-37 2nd, -1.5 25,110 160 9/29 CIN … 1:20 PM … CSN 76 6/26 @WSH W 5-4 BUTLER (4-2)-Gonzalez 39-37 2nd, -1.0 29.651 161 9/30 CIN … 3:05 PM … CSN 77 6/27 @WSH L 1-6 Scherzer-ARRIETA (7-6) 39-38 2nd, -1.0 31,202 162 10/1 CIN … 2:20 PM … WGN 78 6/28 @WSH L 4-8 Strasburg-LACKEY (5-9) 39-39 2nd, -1.0 31,072 79 6/29 @WSH W 5-4 PEÑA (1-0)-Treinen-DAVIS (16) 40-39 2nd, -1.0 37,097 80 6/30 @CIN L 0-5 Feldman-MONTGOMERY (1-4) 40-40 2nd, -2.0 39,501 81 7/1 @CIN L 3- 5 Stephens-BUTLER (4-3)-Iglesias 40-41 2nd, -3.0 39,826 82 7/2 @CIN W 6-2 ARRIETA (8-6)-Adleman 41-41 2nd, -2.0 38,536

Video Board Home Runs Wrigley Field Game Time Wind Trends The following is a breakdown of home runs that have hit the left field and right field In (N, E, NE) Out (S, W, SW) Crosswind (SE, NW) Overall video boards in 2017 … full list entering 2017 is available on page 381 of the Cubs Media Guide. No. Games 38 16 24 78 Cubs Record 20-18 8-8 18-6 46-32 Team Left Field Board Right Field Board Total Cubs Runs 165 102 154 421 Opponent 1 1 2 Opp. Runs 154 113 95 362 Cubs 1 0 1 Total Runs Scored 319 215 249 783 Most Recent HR to hit LF Board: Chris Drury, 8/3/17 vs. ARI (Jose Quintana) Avg./Game 8.4 13.4 10.4 10.0 Most Recent HR to hit RF Board: , 8/5/17 vs. WSH (John Lackey) Cubs Homers 41 35 36 112 Opp. Homers 36 31 26 93 Sheffield and Waveland Home Runs

The following is a breakdown of home runs hit at Wrigley Field that have landed on 2017 MLB Instant Replay Challenges Sheffield Ave. (right field) and Waveland Ave. (left field) on the fly in 2017. Team Challenges Won Lost Team Sheffield HR’s Waveland HR’s Total CUBS 48 24 24 Opponent 1 3 4 Opponents 36 24 12 Cubs 1 1 2

Most Recent HR to reach Sheffield: Charlie Blackmon, 6/10/17 vs. COL (Brian Duensing) 2017 Cubs Ejections Most Recent HR to reach Waveland: Paul Goldschmidt, 8/3/17 vs. ARI (Jose Quintana) Joe Maddon ... 6/16 at Pittsburgh … 3B Jeff Kellogg … arguing home run/no home run call Kris Bryant … 7/25 vs. White Sox … HP Lance Barksdale … arguing balls/strikes Joe Maddon … 8/16 vs. Cincinnati … 1B Chris Conroy … arguing strike/hit-by-pitch call John Lackey … 9/15 vs. St. Louis … HP Jordan Baker … arguing balls/strikes Willson Contreras … 9/15 vs. St. Louis … HP Jordan Baker … arguing balls/strikes