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CHICAGO CUBS (80-45) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (53-73) Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Game 126 • Home Game 63 • Petco Park • San Diego, CA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Chicago 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 10 0 10 San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 3 Winning Pitcher: Arrieta (16-5) Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 33,614 Losing Pitcher: Friedrich (4-10) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Season Total: 1,835,567 Save: Chapman (8) Game-Time Temp: 74 degrees Season Avg. (63 games): 29,136 Starting Pitcher Lines Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jake Arrieta 8.0 2 0 0 3 6 0 99/59 Christian Friedrich 5.1 7 5 5 4 2 2 96/60 Wednesday’s Matchup Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres –7:10 p.m. PT RHP Kyle Hendricks (11-7, 2.19) vs. RHP Paul Clemens (2-2, 4.82) SAN DIEGO NOTES Christian Friedrich owns a 4.65 ERA (16 ER, 31.0 IP) in his last five starts since July 30… the Padres have gone 7-11 in his 18 starts this season. o His current eight-game losing streak is the longest by a Padre this season and longest since Eric Stults lost eight-straight in 2014. o Is two strikeouts shy of his career high 74 in 2012. Travis Jankowski extended his streak of reaching base safely to 22 consecutive games since July 31, the longest active streak in Major League Baseball and the second-long by a Major League rookie this season, trailing only STL Aledmys Diaz’ 26-game streak. o His current 22-game streak of reaching base safely is the longest by a Padre this season and longest since Matt Kemp reached base safely in 31 straight games last year… Jankowski is hitting .321 (26-for-81) during the streak with 11 stolen bases and 18 runs scored. o The Padres are 18-6 (.750) in games when he has a stolen base this season. Alex Dickerson has hit safely in six straight games, tying his season-long hitting streak from August 2-9… is batting .261 (6-for-23) during the streak… since his most recent call up on June 28, is hitting .275 (39-for-142) with nine doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 23 RBI and 20 runs scored in his last 43 games played. Christian Bethancourt has hit safely in five of his last six games, batting .304 (7-for-23) in that time. Adam Rosales is hitting .385 (5-for-13) as a pinch-hitter this season. CHICAGO NOTES With the win, the Cubs have secured the series-victory and have now won 21 of their last 26 games… Chicago is 10-2-1 in 13 series since the All-Star Break. The Cubs have hit at least two home runs in seven straight games, their second-longest such streak in team history and longest since they had a streak of eight multi-homer games from June 25-July 2, 1961. Jake Arrieta earned his 16th win of the season, the most in the National League… has gone 27-5 over his last 37 starts since the beginning of last August with a 1.84 ERA (51 ER, 250.0 IP). o Leads the Majors with eight starts of at least 6.0 scoreless innings… his 11 starts of allowing three-or-fewer hits also leads the Majors. o Owns a 10-2 record in 13 starts on the road this season with a 2.99 ERA (29 ER, 87.1 IP). o Logged the third triple of his career and first since August 9, 2015 vs. San Francisco. Addison Russell hit his 19th home run of the season tonight and his fifth in his last five games… has hit one-or- more homers in each of his last three games, his longest such streak of his career… Russell is the third Cubs player this season to hit a home run in three consecutive games and the first since Ben Zobrist did so May 4-6. o His 19 home runs this season are the most by a Cubs shortstop since Alex Gonzalez hit 20 in 2003. o Extended his hitting streak to seven straight games, batting .357 (10-for-28) in that time. o His 23 multi-RBI games are the most on the team. Kris Bryant hit his 33rd home run of the season tonight, extending his hitting streak to six consecutive games (.481, 13-for-27)… having also hit a home run in yesterday’s game, Bryant has hit a home run in back-to-back games for the ninth time this year and the first since August 7-9. o Is batting .409 (27-for-66) over his last 15 games with seven home runs, 18 RBI and 20 runs scored. Ben Zobrist is hitting .330 (33-for-100) over his last 28 games since July 23. Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Distance o Kris Bryant (33) 3rd 1-2 1 LF Friedrich 354’ o Addison Russell (19) 5th 1-0 2 LF Friedrich 401‘ .