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Chicago Cubs (0-0) vs. (0-0) Championship Series … October 13, 2017 … *** Workout Day Notes ***

A FAMILIAR SIGHT: The last night punched their ticket to their third- CUBS RECORD CUBS VS. DODGERS straight National League Championship Series with a wild 9-8 victory over the Nationals in the decisive fifth game of the NLDS … in a rematch from 2017 Overall: ...... 92-70 The Cubs and Nationals meet in the NLCS for last season, the Cubs tomorrow play game one of the NLCS against the Los Angeles At : ...... 48-33 the second-straight season … Chicago went 2- Dodgers … the teams met in the 2016 NLCS, with the Cubs taking the N.L. Pennant, On the Road: ...... 44-37 4 against the Dodgers in the regular season, four-games-to-two. April: ...... 13-11 taking two-of-three in the Cubs home series © The Cubs last night improved to 4-3 in “winner take all” post-season games … May:...... 12-16 opener, April 10-13, before getting swept at Chicago’s previous such contest was their memorable 8-7, 10-inning win at June: ...... 15-13 Dodger Stadium, May 26-28. Cleveland in the seventh game of last year’s . July ...... 16-8

© Prior to that decisive seventh World Series game last year, the Cubs other August: ...... 17-12 2017 Overall: ...... 2-4 “winner take all” contests in the postseason: 1945 W.S. Gm. 7 (9-3 loss vs. DET), Sept./Oct.: ...... 19-10 At Wrigley Field: ...... 2-1 1984 LCS Gm. 5 (6-3 loss at SD), 2003 DS Gm. 5 (5-1 win at ATL), 2003 LCS Gm. 7 At Dodger Stadium: ...... 0-3 (9-6 loss vs. FLA) and 2015 WC (4-0 win at PIT). All-Time Since 1876: ...... 10,803-10,258 © The Cubs all-time in postseason are 15-22 in games in which they or the At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ...... 4,266-3,742 2016 Overall: ...... 4-3 opponent could be eliminated … that includes a 5-1 mark last year and a 2-1 At Wrigley Field: ...... 3-1 record in 2015. Leading Entering 6th: ...... 66-10 At Dodger Stadium: ...... 1-2 ABOUT LAST NIGHT … WHERE TO BEGIN?: Chicago last night erased a 4-1 deficit Tied Entering 6th: ...... 11-12 All-Time Since 1890: ...... 1,036-1,049 through two innings and took a 7-4 lead through five innings before eventually Trailing Entering 6th: ...... 15-48 At Wrigley Field: ...... 409-402 winning, 9-8 … Chicago’s four- fifth inning against featured a two- At Dodger Stadium (since 1962): ... 128-169 run by , a intentional walk, a run scoring Leading Entering 7th: ...... 69-6 Javier Báez passed ball in which a run scored thanks in part to a Matt Tied Entering 7th: ...... 12-10 CUBS POST-SEASON GUIDE Wieters throwing error, followed by reaching on ’s Trailing Entering 7th: ...... 11-54 interference, followed by Jon Jay bringing home a run on a by pitch. The Cubs 2017 Post-Season Guide is now © According to Baseball Reference, none of the 2.73 million half-innings in the Leading Entering 8th: ...... 78-7 available at cubspressbox.com. Tied Entering 8th: ...... 9-7 site’s database has featured an intentional walk, a passed-ball strikeout, catcher’s interference and a hit-by-pitch … only five games logged by Baseball Trailing Entering 8th: ...... 5-56 MOST HITS IN CUBS POST-SEASON HISTORY Reference have had all four events occur. 1. ...... 30 © Elias notes that Addison Russell, who last night drove in four runs, is just the Leading Entering 9th: ...... 78-2 2. ...... 28 second player to collect four RBI in a one-run, series-clinching win … Lance Tied Entering 9th: ...... 9-2 ...... 28 Berkman had four RBI in Houston’s 7-6, 18-inning Game Four win over the Trailing Entering 9th: ...... 5-66 4. Wildfire Schulte ...... 25 Braves in the 2005 NLDS … Russell is the first Cubs player in franchise history 5. ...... 24 with two four-RBI games in the postseason (also, six RBI in Game Six of last Scoring First: ...... 58-26 6. Javier Báez ...... 23 season’s World Series). One-Run Games: ...... 26-17 © Elias also points out that last night’s win was the 35th time that a “winner take Two-Run Games: ...... 13-18 MOST RBI IN CUBS POST-SEASON HISTORY all” post-season game was decided by one run, and, at 9-8, it was the highest Extra-Inning Games: ...... 7-3 Scoring Four or More: ...... 79-18 1. Anthony Rizzo ...... 18 scoring of those games to be won by the visiting team. Scoring Fewer Than Four: ...... 13-52 Addison Russell ...... 18 © Cubs closer Wade Davis recorded the final seven outs to help Chicago advance … it was his most since August 24, 2013, when he was a starter Out-Hitting Opponents: ...... 70-14 3. Kris Bryant ...... 15 Hit Totals Equal: ...... 11-6 4. Javier Báez ...... 11 with the Royals and went 6.0 innings against the Nationals. Out-Hit by Opponents: ...... 11-50 5. ...... 10 WHO KNEW?: Last night’s NLDS Game Five took four hours, 37 minutes to play … Hit at Least One HR: ...... 77-37 Aramis Ramirez ...... 10 that’s the longest nine-inning game in post-season history, breaking the record of Hit Two or More HR: ...... 49-15 4:32 in Game Five of last year’s NLDS, when the Dodgers eliminated the Nationals. Playing Errorless Ball: ...... 59-30 MOST WINS IN CUBS POST-SEASON HISTORY WHAT A SERIES: The Cubs and Nationals alternated wins in the best-of-five NLDS, Committing at Least One Error: ...... 33-40 1. Three Finger Brown ...... 5 with Chicago winning games one, three and five … in game one, the Cubs were held 2. ...... 4 hitless through five innings before going on to win, 3-0 … in game three, Chicago was held without a hit through six innings for the first 3. ...... 3 time in post-season franchise history, but went on to win, 2-1. Orval Overall...... 3 © Elias notes that Chicago became just the third team ever to win a post-season game after not collecting a hit through six innings …

the Cubs join the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (vs. the Yankees in Game Four of the World Series) and the 1974 Oakland A’s (vs. the MOST POST-SEASON STARTS, Orioles in Game Four of the ALCS). ACTIVE CUBS AND THE LCS: This is the sixth time the Cubs have appeared in the NLCS … the team’s previous appearances in the NLCS: 1984 vs. 1. ...... 23 San Diego (L, 3-2), 1989 vs. San Francisco (L, 4-1), 2003 vs. (L, 4-3), 2015 vs. New York (L, 4-0) and 2016 vs. Los Angeles (W, 4-2). 2. Jon Lester ...... 20 CC Sabathia ...... 20 GAME ONES: The Cubs are 9-14-1 in their 24 opening games of post-season series, including a 1-0 mark this year, a 2-1 record in 2016 4. ...... 17 and a 1-2 record in 2015 … Chicago is 2-3 all-time in the opening game of the NLCS.

5. ...... 16 THE BRIGHT LIGHTS APPEAL TO HIM: Anthony Rizzo’s six career post-season home runs are a franchise record … his 18 RBI are tied for 6. ...... 15 first with Addison Russell and his 28 hits rank tied for second … Rizzo’s six NLDS RBI against Washington were a franchise record, surpassing four RBI from both Mark DeRosa (2008 vs. Dodgers) and (2015 vs. Cardinals). LOWEST CAREER POST-SEASON ERA, ACTIVE PITCHERS (MIN. 40 IP) HERE WE ARE: Chicago is the first team to reach three-straight NLCS rounds since the St. Louis Cardinals made four-straight appearances from 2011-14 … Chicago aims to become the first franchise to repeat as World Series champions since the New York 1. ...... 2.10 Yankees won three-straight World Series titles from 1998-2000. 2. ...... 2.11 © The Cubs finished the regular season with a 92-70 record … reached 92 regular season victories for the third-straight campaign and 3. Jon Lester ...... 2.57 for the 19th time in franchise history dating to 1876. 4. ...... 2.60 © The Cubs are the first defending World Series champions to win their division the next season, and reach 90 wins while doing so, 5. ...... 2.64 since the 2009 went 93-69 and won the N.L. East by six games. MOST POST-SEASON WINS, © In fact, besides this year’s Cubs and the 2009 Phillies, the only other defending World Champion to win their division the following ACTIVE PITCHERS season in the last 15 years was the 2002 Diamondbacks, who won the N.L. West by 2.5 games. © Furthermore, the Cubs are the first defending World Champions to even make the playoffs the next season since the 2012 Cardinals 1. Jon Lester ...... 9 secured a spot … the Cubs have snapped a four-year drought in which the defending World Series champion failed to CC Sabathia ...... 9 qualify for postseason the following year. Justin Verlander...... 9 BUSY BODIES: The Cubs have played a major league-high 517 games between the regular season and postseason since the start of the 4. John Lackey ...... 8 2015 campaign … Toronto and the Dodgers are tied for second with 506 games apiece. Madison Bumgarner ...... 8 © The Cubs lead the majors in combined regular season and post-season victories in that span, with 310 … the Dodgers are second MOST RBI, LH BATTERS, MLB, 2017 (297), followed by the Indians (289). © For reference, Cubs pitching has thrown a major-league high 4,645.1 innings between the regular season and postseason starting in 1. Anthony Rizzo, CHI...... 109 2015 … the have thrown the fewest in that stretch, recording 4,295.1 innings pitched. 2. Jake Lamb, AZ ...... 105 OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: is the first Cubs manager to lead the team to three-straight postseasons since Frank 3. , COL...... 104 Chance did so from 1906-08 … this is Maddon’s seventh postseason appearance as a manager, having taken Tampa Bay to the playoffs HIGHEST OBP, NL, 2017 in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013.

1. , CIN ...... 454 BREAKING UP: The Cubs posted a 49-25 (.662) record following the All-Star Break, the best mark in the N.L. and trailing only Cleveland 2. , LAD ...... 415 (55-20, .733) … Chicago ranked second in the majors with a +127 run differential following the Break, trailing only Cleveland (+180). 3. Tommy Pham, STL ...... 411 © Chicago led the majors with 423 runs scored in 74 games following the All-Star Break, making that the second-most prolific “second half” in franchise history since the All-Star Game began in 1933 … the 1935 Cubs plated 487 runs in 82 games after the Break. 4. Kris Bryant, CHI ...... 409 5. , ARI ...... 404 HOMER HAPPY: Chicago hit 223 home runs in 2017, the second-highest -season total in franchise history (235 homers in 2004) … the team’s 106 blasts in the second half of the season ranked second in the N.L. behind Arizona (107).