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Chicago Cubs (0-0) Vs. St. Louis Cardinals (0-0) April 2, 2017 … Busch Stadium … Game No Chicago Cubs (0-0) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (0-0) April 2, 2017 … Busch Stadium … Game No. 1 … Road Game No. 1 LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Carlos Martinez (0-0, 0.00) CUBS BEGIN 142ND N.L. SEASON: The Chicago Cubs tonight begin their 142nd CUBS VS. CARDINALS National League campaign and their defense of the World Series title with the first CUBS RECORD of three games against the St. Louis Cardinals … tonight marks the first time in The Cubs and Cardinals will play 19 times this 2017 Overall: ............................................. 0-0 16,945 games that the Cubs will open the season as defending World Series regular season, spanning six series … At Wrigley Field: ...................................... 0-0 champions (thanks to Ed Hartig) … the previous time was on April 14, 1909 when following this season-opening set, the teams On the Road: ............................................ 0-0 they beat the Cardinals, 3-1, at the West Side Grounds after winning the 1908 will meet again here in St. Louis for three April: ..................................................... 0-0 World Series. games, May 12-14 … the Cubs first host the © The 2016 Chicago Cubs won a major league-best 103 regular season games Cardinals at Wrigley Field, June 2-4, for three All-Time Since 1876: ................. 10,711-10,188 before reaching their first World Series since 1945 and winning their first World games … Chicago, 10-9 against St. Louis last At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ......4,218-3,710 Series title since 1908 … it marked the franchise’s third World Series crown and season, aims to win consecutive season series 17th National League pennant. against the Cardinals for the first time since Leading Entering 6th: ................................ 0-0 © Chicago last year became just the third big league team to win 100 regular doing so four-straight years from 2005-08. Tied Entering 6th: ...................................... 0-0 season games within four seasons of losing 100 games (61-101 in 2012) … the Trailing Entering 6th: ................................. 0-0 Cubs joined the 1969 Mets (100-62 after going 50-112 in 1965 and 61-101 in 2017 Overall: ......................................... 0-0 1967) and the 1995 Indians (100-44 after going 57-105 in 1991). At Wrigley Field: ................................... 0-0 Leading Entering 7th: ................................ 0-0 © Chicago has advanced to post-season play in each of their last two campaigns, At Busch Stadium: ............................... 0-0 Tied Entering 7th: ...................................... 0-0 reaching the NLCS in 2015 and winning the Fall Classic last season … the Cubs Trailing Entering 7th: ................................. 0-0 2016 Overall: ....................................... 10-9 now aim to advance to the postseason in three-straight seasons for the first At Wrigley Field: ................................... 4-6 time since a three-year stretch from 1906-08. Leading Entering 8th: ................................ 0-0 At Busch Stadium: ............................... 6-3 Tied Entering 8th: ...................................... 0-0 AGAINST THE CARDINALS: The Cubs are playing the Cardinals in a season opener All-Time Since 1892: ................. 1,207-1,156 for the 32nd time in franchise history … the only team Chicago has opened against Trailing Entering 8th: ................................. 0-0 At Wrigley Field: ........................... 508-449 more times is the Reds, with 36 such games. At Busch Stadium (since 2006): ......... 42-56 © The Cubs are 20-9-2 against the Cardinals in season openers, including an 11-5 Leading Entering 9th: ................................ 0-0 mark in St. Louis. Tied Entering 9th: ...................................... 0-0 CUBS ON DISABLED LIST (1) © Tonight’s season opener features the two winningest teams since the start of Trailing Entering 9th: ................................. 0-0 the 2015 regular season … Chicago is 200-123 (.619) in the last two seasons Player Date Date Games while St. Louis is second at 186-138 (.574) … the Dodgers and Rangers are tied Scoring First: .............................................. 0-0 (Injury) On Elig. Missed for third in that span, both at 183-141 (.565). One-Run Games: ....................................... 0-0 LHP Brian Duensing 3/30 4/9 - Two-Run Games: ....................................... 0-0 (lower back spasms) 10-Day OPENING DAY FACTS: The Cubs have a 76-63-2 all-time Opening Day record … Extra-Inning Games: .................................. 0-0 Chicago is 47-39 when opening the season on the road and 29-24-2 when opening MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS Scoring Four or More: ............................... 0-0 at home (includes the 2000 opener in Japan). SINCE START OF 2015 Scoring Fewer Than Four: ........................... 0-0 © Chicago’s last three season openers have resulted in shutouts: a 1-0, 10-inning Out-Hitting Opponents: ............................. 0-0 1. Chicago Cubs ................................. 200 loss in 2014 at Pittsburgh, a 3-0 loss in 2015 vs. St. Louis and a 9-0 victory in Hit Totals Equal: ........................................ 0-0 2. St. Louis Cardinals ............................186 2016 at the Angels. Out-Hit by Opponents: .............................. 0-0 3. Los Angeles Dodgers ........................183 © The Cubs tonight aim to win consecutive season openers for the first time since Hit at Least One HR: .................................. 0-0 Texas Rangers ..................................183 a four-year run from 2003-06. Hit Two or More HR: ................................. 0-0 5. Toronto Blue Jays .............................182 Playing Errorless Ball: ................................ 0-0 JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as manager of Committing at Least One Error: ................ 0-0 LOWEST TEAM ERA the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first World Series title in 108 years SINCE START OF 2015 SEASON … in his first campaign with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA … he was named the 54th manager in Cubs history, November 3, 2014, and the 2017 campaign marks his 43rd 1. Chicago Cubs ................................ 3.26 season in pro baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league manager. 2. New York Mets ................................3.50 © Maddon is a three-time BBWAA Manager of the Year Award winner, having earned the honor in 2008 and 2011 with Tampa Bay 3. St. Louis Cardinals ...........................3.50 and in 2015 with Chicago … he is one of six managers to win the award in both leagues, joining Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox, Jim 4. Washington Nationals .....................3.57 Leyland, Lou Piniella and Bob Melvin. 5. Los Angeles Dodgers .......................3.57 © Maddon previously managed the Tampa Bay Rays for nine seasons from 2006-14, leading the club to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) and winning the A.L. pennant in 2008. MOST RBI IN N.L. © Maddon spent 18 years in the Angels organization as a minor league roving hitting instructor (1987-93), major league bullpen coach SINCE START OF 2015 SEASON (1994), major league first base coach (1995) and major league bench coach (1996-2005) that included two interim managerial stints 1. Nolan Arenado, COL .........................263 in 1996 and 1999. 2. Anthony Rizzo, CHI ........................ 210 LESTER MAKES OPENING NIGHT START: Jon Lester tonight makes his sixth career season opening start and his second with the Cubs … 3. Matt Kemp, SD-ATL ..........................208 he toed the rubber for Chicago’s 2015 Opening Night game vs. the Cardinals at Wrigley Field, a 3-0 Cubs setback … he made four- 4. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI ......................205 straight Opening Day starts with Boston from 2011-14. 5. Kris Bryant, CHI ............................. 201 © He is 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA (13 ER/28.2 IP) in his five Opening Day starts, the first four coming on the road. © Including the 2015 Cubs opener, Lester is now just the third left-handed pitcher in Cubs history to start more than one Opening Day MOST HOME RUNS IN N.L. SINCE 2013 … he joins Hippo Vaughn (1915, 1917, 1919) and Paul Minner (1952, 1954) … in 141 seasons, no Cubs lefty has started consecutive 1. Anthony Rizzo ............................... 118 season openers. 2. Giancarlo Stanton ............................115 QUICK STARTER: Ben Zobrist has batted .344 (11-for-32) with three homers and six RBI in eight Opening Day starts … has scored a run 3. Paul Goldschmidt .............................112 in his last six Opening Day starts. 4. Nolan Arenado .................................111 5. Jay Bruce ..........................................107 FIRST BASE STALWART: Anthony Rizzo, who finished fourth in N.L. MVP voting in both 2015 and 2016, will make his fifth-straight MOST WINS BY A LEFTY Opening Day start at first base … the previous Cubs player to start five-straight Opening Days at first base was Derrek Lee, done seven- straight seasons from 2004-10 … Carlos Peña was the Cubs Opening Day first baseman in 2011 and Jeff Baker handled the duty in 2012. SINCE START OF 2015 1. David Price .........................................35 NEW FACES IN 2017: The Cubs have four new players on the Opening Day 25-man active roster since the conclusion of the 2016 2. Madison Bumgarner ..........................33 campaign: pitchers Brett Anderson (free agent), Wade Davis (trade with Kansas City) and Koji Uehara (free
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