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October 5, 2015 Cubs.Com Cubs Headed to Pittsburgh For October 5, 2015 Cubs.com Cubs headed to Pittsburgh for WC Game By Carrie Muskat MILWAUKEE -- The top road team in the National League has to pack for at least one more trip. The Cubs are headed to Pittsburgh to face the Pirates on Wednesday in the National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser, live on TBS at 7 p.m. CT. Chicago, which defeated Milwaukee, 3-1, in Sunday's season finale, began the day one game behind Pittsburgh in the NL Wild Card standings, and the Pirates needed to beat the Reds in the regular season finale to secure the home field, which they did, 4-0. On Wednesday, it'll be 22-game-winner Jake Arrieta against the Pirates' Gerrit Cole, although Arrieta won't mind the road trip. He's 13-1 with a 1.60 ERA away from home. "It's kind of exciting -- it's leave it all out there, one game," catcher David Ross said of the Wild Card format. "We don't get that atmosphere a whole lot, so it's definitely different than the norm, but it's a fun different. ... I'm getting chills thinking about it. We know there's a whole city behind us and a fan base that is super excited. We want to put on a good show for them, too." The Cubs haven't been bothered by travel this season, boasting a 48-33 record in their road grays. "We've played well there, we know this team, they know us, they know we're good, we know they're good," Ross said. "It'll be about who goes out there and plays the cleanest game. It's all about the starting pitcher, too, and we have a really good one." If the Cubs and Pirates had finished with identical records, the Wild Card Game would've been played at Wrigley Field because Chicago won the season series, 11-8, which includes a 6-4 record at PNC Park. "We'd love to do this in front of our fans," Anthony Rizzo said. "Now we have to get back there [to Wrigley] somehow. We play well at PNC. I personally like playing there. We just have to go out and play. They'll be loud, and we have to be ready." How much does Rizzo like the Pirates' home park? He batted .421 in 10 games there this season, with two home runs, four doubles, and six RBIs. Cubs manager Joe Maddon saw first-hand how much the home field didn't matter in the 2010 American League Division Series with the Rays, who lost to the Rangers, 3-2. Neither team won at home in that series. However, playing at Wrigley Field has mattered to Cubs rookie Kris Bryant, who hit .311 at home, hitting 21 of his 26 home runs there. Bryant finished the regular season with 99 RBIs. Bryant is one of the kids who have carried the Cubs to a 97-win season. "I don't think Joe was managing to develop guys," Ross said. "I saw a manager who came every day to try to win a ballgame with the guys he had. It's a credit to him, it's a credit to the coaches, it's a credit to the players, the guys who come in every day and go about their business the right way." Arrieta, who picked up his Major League-leading 22nd win on Friday, has had success against the Pirates, posting a 3-1 record and 0.75 ERA in five starts this season. His outings included seven shutout innings on Sept. 27 at Wrigley. Arrieta has limited the Pirates to a .151 batting average, and all five starts have been quality starts. In four games against the Cubs this season, Cole is 2-1 with a 2.13 ERA, and he stymied them at Wrigley Field in the last meeting on Sept. 25, giving up one run over seven innings. The Pirates ace has held the Cubs to a .225 average, striking out 32 over 25 1/3 innings. The only player on the Cubs roster who has homered against Cole is Javier Baez. Starlin Castro and Rizzo are both 6-for-17 (.353), while Bryant is 3-for-9 with six strikeouts versus the right-hander. It's been quite a ride for Maddon in his first year as Cubs manager. What sold him on the job? "You read different things and all the kids," he said of the talented core. "I thought it was a combination of ownership and front office and players, and, I'm not going to lie, Wrigley Field. Having a chance to work there was very enticing to me, too. "You put it all together and it's hard to beat," he said. "I often talk about how I feel fortunate to be here because all the heavy lifting was done prior to me coming here. They took a beating for a couple years doing the right thing and all of a sudden guys are playing like they are. It was a combination of all that. It's played out pretty good the first year." They've got momentum. The Cubs won their last eight games, the first time the modern day Cubs have finished with an eight-game win streak. The 1884 Chicago White Stockings ended their season with a nine-game winning streak. -- Cubs.com Arrieta earns WC start with Cy-worthy year By Carrie Muskat CHICAGO -- He's being mentioned along with pitchers such as Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson. His manager would readily cast his National League Cy Young Award vote for him. And his catcher isn't always sure what he's thinking in terms of sequences of pitches. "If it's hard to think along with him [as a catcher], I can't imagine the hitters," Miguel Montero said. Jake Arrieta, 29, may be the most interesting Cubs pitcher in the world, and not just because he likes kale and wearing tank tops. A few hours before winning his Major League-leading 22nd game on Friday in Milwaukee, he was just "dad," playing with his kids. But when he's on the mound, the right-hander known as "Snake" has some nasty stuff. Now it's time to take it to the next level. Arrieta will start Wednesday when the Cubs face the Pirates at PNC Park in the National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser at 7 p.m. CT on TBS. The Cy Young Award ballots have been cast by the voting members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, and no, Joe Maddon doesn't have a ballot. Here are some numbers they had to consider: • Arrieta posted a 22-6 record and 1.77 ERA to become the fifth pitcher to win at least 22 games with no more than six losses and a sub-2.00 ERA since the earned run became an official stat in 1913. He joins Koufax ('63), Denny McLain ('68), Ron Guidry ('78) and Dwight Gooden ('85). All of those four pitchers were unanimous Cy Young Award winners in their respective seasons. • Arrieta is the first pitcher in Major League history to finish with 20 consecutive quality starts since the earned run became an official stat. In those 20 starts, he was 16-1 with a 0.86 ERA, walking 27 and striking out 147. The only loss came July 25 when the Phillies' Cole Hamels no-hit the Cubs at Wrigley Field. • In 15 starts after the All-Star break, Arrieta compiled a 0.75 ERA, giving up nine earned runs over 107 1/3 innings. That's the best post All-Star break ERA in Major League history. • Opponents batted .185 against Arrieta, tops in the Major Leagues, and his 1.77 ERA was second behind the Dodgers' Zack Greinke. Arrieta's .507 opponents' OPS is lowest in the Majors (tied with Greinke) and his 0.86 WHIP is nearly tied with Greinke's (0.84). • Arrieta is 3-1 with an 0.75 ERA in five starts this year against the Pirates. His outings included seven shutout innings on Sept. 27 at Wrigley Field. Arrieta has limited the Pirates to a .151 batting average, and all five starts have been quality outings. And Arrieta is 13-1 with a 1.60 ERA on the road, so playing at PNC? Not a problem. What makes Arrieta so effective? His unpredictability. "Every pitch he has is plus, nasty," Montero said. "You don't know what he's thinking. As a catcher, it's been hard to know what he's thinking. I do call the pitches. But sometimes I call pitches thinking what I want. That doesn't mean he wants it." From Maddon's view from the dugout, he can't believe the explosiveness, the movement or the consistency of Arrieta's pitches. "He's taken everything to another level this year," Maddon said. "I know he pitched well last year. I saw the potential. The way this season started, he wasn't nailing it down the way he could. The seminal moment for him was the game in Minnesota. He threw 120 pitches, and it looked like he took off from there." That was June 21 in an Interleague game at Target Field when Arrieta gave up four hits in his first complete game of the season, throwing 122 pitches. He did not walk a batter and struck out seven. "His stuff is different, just the way the fastball moves, the velocity," Maddon said.
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