Chicago Cubs (25-26) Vs. San Diego Padres (21-33) May 31, 2017 … Wrigley Field … Game No
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Chicago Cubs (25-26) vs. San Diego Padres (21-33) May 31, 2017 … Wrigley Field … Game No. 52 … Road Game No. 27 RHP Jake Arrieta (5-4, 4.92) vs. RHP Luis Perdomo (0-2, 5.61) THE END OF THE ROAD: The Chicago Cubs today close out a three-game set against CUBS VS. PADRES the San Diego Padres, and look to snap a season-high five-game losing streak ... last CUBS RECORD night’s 6-2 loss in San Diego puts the club at 25-26 and below the .500 mark for the The Cubs and Padres play six games, 2017 Overall: .......................................... 25-26 first time since sitting at 18-19 following play on May 14 in St. Louis … Chicago spanning two series, this season … following At Wrigley Field: .................................. 14-11 today aims to return to .500 for the 10th time this season. this three-game set in San Diego, the teams On the Road: ........................................ 11-15 © This is the final contest of a six-game trip at the Dodgers (0-3) and Padres (0-2) will meet for three games at Wrigley Field, April: ................................................. 13-11 … Chicago looks to avoid its first winless trip of at least six games since August 3- June 19-21 … the Cubs won last season’s May:.................................................. 12-15 8, 2012, at the Dodgers (0-3) and Padres (0-3) … that was the 2012 team’s series, 4-2, their first season series win over second winless sojourn, as the club also went 0-6 in Houston (0-3) and San Diego since 2008 (5-2) … Chicago on All-Time Since 1876: ................. 10,736-10,214 Pittsburgh (0-3), May 21-27. Monday had its five-game winning streak at At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ......4,232-3,721 © Prior to this five-game losing streak, the Cubs had won seven times during a Petco Park snapped. nine-game homestand, May 16-25 … that home stretch had followed a 2-7 spell Leading Entering 6th: .............................. 18-4 from May 5-14 … the team had won 10 of 15 games from April 18-May 4. 2017 Overall: ......................................... 0-2 Tied Entering 6th: ...................................... 1-2 © Chicago is 9-7-1 in 17 series thus far … the club won six of its first seven series to At Wrigley Field: ................................... 0-0 Trailing Entering 6th: ............................... 6-20 begin a season for just the fifth time since 1916 … the team also turned the trick At Petco Park: ....................................... 0-2 in 1932, 1938, 1995 and 2016. Leading Entering 7th: .............................. 20-2 © Chicago on Friday starts a 10-game homestand with the first of three games 2016 Overall: ......................................... 4-2 Tied Entering 7th: ...................................... 1-3 against the Cardinals … the Marlins (three games starting Monday) and the At Wrigley Field: ................................... 1-2 Trailing Entering 7th: ............................... 4-21 Rockies (four games starting June 8) will follow at the Friendly Confines. At Petco Park: ....................................... 3-0 NOT EXACTLY A MERRY MONTH: This series finale against the Padres closes out Leading Entering 8th: .............................. 22-2 All-Time Since 1969: ....................... 258-216 May, a month in which the Cubs have gone 12-15 … this marks Chicago’s first non- Tied Entering 8th: ...................................... 1-2 At Wrigley Field: ............................. 138-98 winning month since going 12-14 last July, and its first May with a sub-.500 record Trailing Entering 8th: ............................... 2-22 At Petco Park (since 2004): ............... 22-26 since 2014 (11-16). © Cubs batters have hit .221 (201-for-909) in May with 117 runs (4.3 runs per Leading Entering 9th: .............................. 21-1 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (1) game), a .314 OBP and a .403 slugging percentage … Cubs starting pitchers have Tied Entering 9th: ...................................... 2-1 Player Date Date Games posted an 11-12 record with a 5.12 ERA (80 ER/140.2 IP) while the bullpen is 1-3 Trailing Entering 9th: ............................... 2-24 (Injury) On Elig. Missed with six saves in seven chances, 13 holds and a 3.47 ERA (41 ER/106.1 IP). LHP Brett Anderson 5/7 5/17 21 © Chicago this month has had three three-game winning streaks, but two skids of Scoring First: .......................................... 14-10 (Low back strain) at least four games. One-Run Games: ....................................... 8-7 © Javier Báez leads the club with a .301 average (25-for-83) and 18 RBI this month, Two-Run Games: ....................................... 3-5 UPCOMING MILESTONES while his seven homers are tied for the team lead with Kris Bryant … Brian Extra-Inning Games: .................................. 2-2 Duensing leads all Cubs relievers with a 1.06 ERA (2 ER/17.0 IP) in May … Kyle Scoring Four or More: ............................. 21-9 Milestone: .................. Player (No. Needed) Hendricks’ 3.34 ERA (11 ER/29.2 IP) in May is tops among Cubs starters. Scoring Fewer Than Four: ......................... 4-17 400 Games Pitched .............. Pedro Strop (2) Out-Hitting Opponents: ........................... 16-5 GETTING ON BASE: Chicago’s .326 team on-base percentage is a whopping 89- HIGHEST AVG AS PINCH-HITTER, NL, 2017 Hit Totals Equal: ........................................ 4-2 points higher than their .237 batting average, the largest differential between on- (MIN. 10 PLATE APPEARANCES) Out-Hit by Opponents: ............................ 5-19 base percentage and batting average for any team in the majors (Minnesota and Hit at Least One HR: .............................. 19-14 Detroit are second, both with an 84-point difference between on-base percentage 1. Adam Lind, WSH.................. .533 (8-15) Hit Two or More HR: ............................... 16-5 and batting average). 2. Jon Jay, CHI ....................... .444 (8-18) Playing Errorless Ball: ............................ 12-11 © Overall, Chicago’s .326 on-base percentage this season ranks seventh in the 3. Albert Almora Jr., CHI ........ .417 (5-12) Committing at Least One Error: ............ 13-15 Daniel Nava, PHI .................. .417 (5-12) N.L., but its .237 average is 12th. © This season, Chicago’s batters have reached base 652 times, tied for fifth-most in the N.L. with Cincinnati (the Dodgers lead, 688). MOST HOME RUNS, N.L. STARTING IN 2013 RISPY BUSINESS: The Cubs last night were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and have gone just 2-for-31 (.065) with RISP in the 1. Anthony Rizzo ............................... 130 first five games of this trip. 2. Giancarlo Stanton ............................129 © While batting .319 (15-for-47) with the bases loaded, the Cubs are hitting just .201 (77-for-384) in all other runners in scoring 3. Nolan Arenado .................................123 position situations. Paul Goldschmidt .............................123 © Overall, the team’s .213 mark (92-for-431) with RISP is last in the N.L. … Chicago batted .279 (19-for-68) with RISP on the recent MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS nine-game homestand. © The Cubs have had 523 plate appearances with runners in scoring position this season, third-most of any N.L. team behind the SINCE START OF 2015 Dodgers and Nationals (both with 524). 1. Chicago Cubs ................................. 225 TIDBITS: Cubs batters have been hit by a pitch 29 times, the most in the majors … according to Fangraphs, Mike Montgomery has 2. Los Angeles Dodgers ........................216 thrown 538 pitches, the most of any reliever in the majors (San Diego’s Craig Stammen is second at 518) and Wade Davis’ soft contact 3. St. Louis Cardinals ............................210 percentage of 35.9 leads all N.L. relievers. Washington Nationals ......................210 © Jason Heyward’s two-run single in Monday’s first inning snapped a stretch of 19-straight Cubs RBI coming from either a home run MOST STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS, NL, 2017 (17 RBI) or sac fly (two RBI) dating to May 22 vs. San Francisco. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers ........................498 THE ROAD IS SOMETIMES BUMPY: The Cubs have dropped seven-straight road games dating to May 13 and are 3-12 in their last 15 2. Arizona Diamondbacks .....................493 road contests since April 26 at Pittsburgh … this is Chicago’s longest road skid since seven-straight setbacks away from Wrigley Field, 3. Chicago Cubs ................................. 470 April 5-22, 2013 … the Cubs last dropped eight-straight road games, August 19-September 6, 2012. 4. New York Mets .................................459 © The Cubs had been held scoreless for 30-straight innings on the road before Willson Contreras’ homer to lead off Sunday’s second inning … that road drought originated in the eighth inning, May 13 in St. Louis. LOWEST BULLPEN ERA, NL, 2017 © The Cubs are batting .157 (44-for-280) with 14 runs (1.6 runs per game) in their last nine road games … prior to that, the team 1. Los Angeles Dodgers .......................2.65 batted .256 (158-for-618) with 98 runs (5.8 runs per game) in its first 17 road contests. 2. Chicago Cubs ................................ 3.22 FAMILIAR WITH THE BASEPATHS: Ben Zobrist, who last night walked while going 0-for-4, has reached base safely in 25-straight games 3. Cincinnati Reds ................................3.52 dating to April 28 … the 25-game stretch is tied for the longest active streak in baseball (Seattle’s Mitch Haniger) and is his longest MOST PITCHES PER PLATE APP., NL, 2017 streak since a career-high 31-straight games spanning the 2009-10 campaigns. © Zobrist is the fourth Cub since 2010 to go at least 25-straight games reaching safely, joining Starlin Castro (43 G in 2011-12), Bryan 1. Anthony Rendon, WSH ....................4.49 LaHair (32 G in 2012) and Anthony Rizzo (26 G in 2016). 2. Kyle Schwarber, CHI ..................... 4.44 3. Matt Carpenter, STL ........................4.43 ABOUT THE ‘PEN: Wade Davis (0.98 ERA) and Carl Edwards Jr. (0.95 ERA) are one of two relief duos to sport ERAs of 1.00 or lower with at least 15.0 IP this season … Cleveland’s Nick Goody (0.00 ERA) and Andrew Miller (0.34 ERA) have also turned the trick.