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CHICAGO CUBS (66-41) VS. MARLINS (57-51) AUGUST 3, 2016

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Marlins 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 11 1 8 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 9 0 9 Winning : Grimm (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Ramos (1-1) Save: None

STARTING GAME INFORMATION Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO WP HR PC/S Left Time of Game: 3:19 (ND) 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 2 0 103/63 3-1 First Pitch: 1:20 pm John Lackey (ND) 7.0 7 3 3 0 8 0 1 95/68 1-3 Temperature: 88 Degrees Courtesy of STATS, Inc. Wind: E 15 mph

HOME RUNS ATTENDANCE INFORMATION Team Batter No. Pitcher Inn. Count Men On Location Today: 41,147 MIA Mathis 2 Lackey 7 0-1 1 Left Field Season Total: 2,139,859 MIA Yelich 11 Smith 8 2-0 0 Right Field (Basket) # of Wrigley Games: 54 (37-17) Average per Game: 39,627

CHICAGO CUBS

JOHN LACKEY tossed his 16th quality start of the season, tied for the team high with ... was his third-straight quality effort, posting a 3.32 ERA (7 ER/19.0 IP) during the stretch ... has posted a 2.83 ERA (24 ER/76.1 IP) in 11 home starts this season … third start this season with zero walks allowed.  Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles … his first multi-extra base hit game and his fourth multi-hit game of his career … first Cubs pitcher with two extra-base hits since Travis Wood, April 21, 2014 vs. Arizona (double and home ) … only the fourth pitcher to do so this season in … Cubs pitchers now have eight doubles this season, tops in the N.L.

WILLSON CONTRERAS (1-for-4, RBI, SB) knocked in the game-tying run with a single in the sixth inning … has hit safely in four-straight games with three RBI.  Batted .348 (8-for-23) with two doubles, one homer and six RBI in seven games against Miami this season.

ANTHONY RIZZO (1-for-3, R, 2 BB) has reached base in his last 11 starts (.286/12-for-42) … has a hit in 23 of 28 games since July 2 … is batting .317 (57-for-180) in day games this season … has reached in 10 of 14 plate appearances over the last three games.

NOTES: The Cubs recorded their third walkoff win of the season and second in their last four games… marks the Cubs first walkoff wild pitch victory since June 20, 2009 vs. Cleveland (6-5, 13 inn.) … the Cubs swept their ninth series of the season, tied for the most in baseball with Detroit and Cleveland ... marked their first three-game sweep of the Marlins since September 17-19, 2010 in Miami and the first three-game sweep of the Marlins at since July 12-14, 2002.  The Cubs collected their third win of the season when trailing after eight innings, one shy of the most such wins in the majors.  The Cubs have gone homerless in five-straight games for the first time since June 23-July 1 of last season (eight-straight games) … first time with five-straight homerless games at Wrigley Field since July 31-August 11, 2014 (five games).  Justin Grimm (1.0 IP, H, BB, 2 SO) was recalled before the game and collected his first win since September 6 of last season vs. Arizona.  Ben Zobrist (1-for-3, BB, RBI, SAC) is batting .409 (9-for-22) over his last six games … has added two sacrifice bunts during that span (has three total this season).  Dexter Fowler (1-for-4, R, RBI, SF) has scored a run in a season-high six-straight games (nine total), his longest stretch since the 2013 season.

MIAMI MARLINS

TOM KOEHLER has gone 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA (2 ER/20.0 IP) in his last three starts … has allowed just 10 hits during the stretch, tying a career-low mark for a three-game span (also, April 27-May 7, 2014) … improved to 5-5 with a 4.29 ERA (34 ER/71.1 IP) in 13 starts on the road.  Has gone 1-0 with a 2.20 ERA (4 ER/16.1 IP) in three-career starts at Wrigley Field … had a nearly identical stat line in his previous start at Wrigley Field, July 3 of last season: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO.  His 11 quality starts ranks second on the team, trailing only Jose Fernandez (14).

CHRISTIAN YELICH (3-for-5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI) recorded his ninth three-hit game of the season … tied for the team lead with 36 multi-hit games (Martin Prado) … has 29 doubles this season, one shy of his career-high, set previously in 2014 and 2015.  Has hit safely in all 12 games he has played at Wrigley Field, batting .396 (21-for-53) with three doubles, four homers and seven RBI … the 12-game streak is the second-longest active streak by an opponent at the Friendly Confines, trailing only a 15-game hit streak by Hunter Pence (thanks Stats Inc.).

DEE GORDON (3-for-5, R, 2 SB) collected his third three-hit game of the season and his first since recording consecutive three-hit games to begin the season, April 5-6 … has a hit in his last five road games with a plate appearance (.348/8-for-23) … collected his 196th and 197th-career stolen bases.

NOTES: A.J. Ramos (0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, SO) suffered just his second blown save of the season in 33 chances.  (1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI) hit a then go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning … his second of the season (also, vs. Drew Pomeranz, June 14 at San Diego) … is batting .289 (13-for-45) with two doubles, two homers and 11 RBI in his last 12 starts.  (1-for-2, R, HBP) tallied his 20th hit-by-pitch, second-most in the majors and tops in the .