San Francisco Giants (66-58) Vs. Chicago Cubs (54-71) Information © 2014 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office August 21, 2014 … Wrigley Field … Game Nos
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San Francisco Giants (66-58) vs. Chicago Cubs (54-71) Information © 2014 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office August 21, 2014 … Wrigley Field … Game Nos. 126 & 127 … Home Game Nos. 61 & 62 Following Suspended Game: LHP Madison Bumgarner (13-9, 3.14) vs. LHP Travis Wood (7-10, 4.86) FINISH ONE, PLAY ANOTHER: The Cubs and Giants today resume CUBS VS. GIANTS Tuesday’s game, which MLB ruled a suspended contest following a CUBS RECORD San Francisco protest that was upheld (a press release detailing MLB’s The Cubs and Giants play the second of two ruling is in the back of the press box) … the game resumes at 4:05 p.m. CT 2014 Overall: .......................................... 54-71 series this season … Chicago dropped two- heading into the bottom of the fifth with the Cubs leading, 2-0 … upon At Wrigley Field: ................................... 28-32 of-three at AT&T Park, May 26-28 … the completion of that contest, the teams will wrap up their three-game set On the Road: ........................................ 26-39 Cubs aim to win a second-consecutive with the regularly scheduled game set for 7:05 p.m. CT. March/April: ........................................ 9-17 season series vs. the Giants for the first time May ................................................... 11-16 Tonight’s game will be the 30th contest in a stretch that sees Chicago since 2007-09 (three in a row) … the Cubs play 33 games in 34 days, including 23 of those at home, through the June ................................................... 15-13 last won a home series against the Giants, completion of this homestand … this Monday’s off day will be the July .................................................... 10-16 July 11-13, 2008, taking two-of-three. team’s first since August 4. August ................................................... 9-9 The Cubs have won two of their last three, 12 of their last 22, are 2014 Overall: ......................................... 1-3 13-12 in their last 25 and 14-14 in their last 28 … the club is 16-25 in All-Time Since 1876: ................ 10,492-10,046 At Wrigley Field: ............................ 0-1 its last 41 games since a four-game winning streak, June 30-July 4. At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ..... 4,099-3,646 At AT&T Park: ............................... 1-2 HISTORY LESSON: Tuesday’s contest marks the Cubs first suspended Leading Entering 6th: ............................... 39-8 2013 Overall: ......................................... 4-3 game at Wrigley Field in over 27 years … the previous suspended game Tied Entering 6th: .................................... 8-12 At Wrigley Field: ............................ 1-3 here was July 10, 1987 vs. the Dodgers – that game was suspended due to Trailing Entering 6th: ............................... 7-51 At AT&T Park: ............................... 3-0 darkness with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the score tied 4-4 … it resumed the next day with Los Angeles winning, 5-4 in 10 innings. Leading Entering 7th: ............................... 44-6 All-Time Since 1883: ................. 1,058-1,133 The Cubs previous suspended game was May 1, 2007 in Pittsburgh – Tied Entering 7th: ...................................... 5-8 At Wrigley Field: .................... 411-392 that was suspended in the bottom of the seventh due to weather Trailing Entering 7th: ............................... 5-57 At AT&T Park (since 2000): ........ 26-27 with Chicago leading, 6-5 … the game was completed the next day with the Cubs winning, 8-6. Leading Entering 8th: ............................... 45-4 UPCOMING MILESTONES Tied Entering 8th: ...................................... 7-9 RIZZO AT THE DISH: Anthony Rizzo on Tuesday night belted his 29th Trailing Entering 8th: ............................... 2-58 Milestone: ..................Player (No. Needed) home run of the season … he now has 52 homers since the start of the 300 RBI ............................... Starlin Castro (7) 2013 campaign, third-most in the N.L. behind only Miami’s Giancarlo Leading Entering 9th: ............................... 46-2 Stanton (56) and Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt (55). CUBS CURRENTLY ON DISABLED LIST Tied Entering 9th: ...................................... 8-7 Rizzo’s 29 homers this year are three shy of Stanton for the N.L. lead Trailing Entering 9th: ............................... 0-62 … his 29 homers have contributed to an .892 OPS, sixth in the N.L. Player Date Date Games (Injury) On Elig Missed Rizzo aims to become just the seventh Cubs left-handed batter to Scoring First: .......................................... 37-18 LHP Felix Doubront 7/31 8/15 19 reach 30 home runs in a season, and the first since Fred McGriff hit One-Run Games: .................................... 14-20 (Lt. Calf Strain) 30 in 2002 … overall, a Cubs left-handed hitter has reached the 30- Two-Run Games: ...................................... 8-14 RHP James McDonald 3/30 5/29 126 homer mark 10 times in franchise history, done five times by Hall of Extra-Inning Games: .................................. 7-9 (Rt. Shoulder Inflammation) 60-Day Famer Billy Williams. Scoring Four or More: ............................ 41-15 RHP Brian Schlitter 8/9 8/24 12 FIRST THING IS FIRST: Anthony Rizzo has 11 homers on the first pitch of Scoring Fewer Than Four: ....................... 13-56 (Rt. Shoulder Inflammation) Out-Hitting Opponents: ......................... 42-12 an at-bat, tops in the majors … Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz is second with nine … Rizzo is hitting .393 (22-for-56) when putting a first pitch in play. Hit Totals Equal: ......................................... 4-7 WAR’S GOOD FOR SOMETHING The Cubs have hit 30 homers on the first pitch of an at-bat this Out-Hit by Opponents: ............................ 8-52 Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo enters season, tied for second-most in the majors with Baltimore … Hit at Least One HR: ............................... 42-35 tonight with a 3.6 WAR (wins above Milwaukee has hit 31 first-pitch home runs to lead the bigs. Hit Two or More HR: .............................. 19-12 Playing Errorless Ball: ............................ 28-41 replacement) … that’s second-highest ARMED AND READY: Chicago’s bullpen has a 1.97 ERA (18 ER/82.1 IP) in among N.L. first basemen trailing only Committing at Least One Error: .............. 26-30 the team’s last 24 games … the bullpen has walked 20 and struck out 73 in Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt (4.4). this stretch. Carlos Villanueva has recorded a win, hold and a save in his last 12 games since July 12 … he has a 0.47 ERA (1 ER/19.1 IP) HE’S HEATING UP! in that stretch, walking just two and striking out 20 … he’s held the opponent to a .123 batting average (8-for-65). Luis Valbuena has tied his career high with YOUNG GUNS: The Cubs have had seven players make their major league debut this season: outfielders Arismendy Alcantara three hits in two of his last four games, and Matt Szczur, infielder Javier Baez, righthanders Dallas Beeler, Kyle Hendricks and Neil Ramirez, and lefthander Tsuyoshi including a 3-for-4 game with a triple, Wada … overall, 11 rookies have played for the Cubs … joining the aforementioned seven: lefthander Zac Rosscup, homer, two runs and a RBI last night vs. the righthanders Kyuji Fujikawa and Brian Schlitter, and infielder Mike Olt. Giants. Javier Baez on Monday hit his fifth homer of the season, a two-run ninth-inning blast … he recorded five home runs and nine RBI in his first 14 career games, and is tied with Carmelo Martinez (1983) and Kevin Roberson (1993) for the most MOST HOME RUNS, NL homers by a Cub in a player’s first 14 career MLB games. 1. Colorado Rockies ............................. 144 The seven rookie pitchers for the Cubs this season have combined to post a 2.55 ERA (54 ER/190.1 IP) in 117 games 2. Milwaukee Brewers ......................... 128 (16 starts) with an 11-8 record, three saves and 24 holds. 3. Chicago Cubs ................................. 119 ITEMS OF NOTE: The Cubs are 9-9 this August, already surpassing their win total from last August, when the club went 8-20 … 4. Pittsburgh Pirates ............................ 112 Chicago last had more August victories in 2011, when it went 16-13 … the team has a 3.37 ERA (65 ER/173.2 IP) this month, 5. Washington Nationals ..................... 107 nearly a full run lower than its 4.30 ERA in August of last year. Four of Chicago’s next five series are against clubs either in first or second place of a division … following this homestand MOST XBH BY NL FIRST BASEMEN, SINCE 2013 against the Giants (2nd, N.L. West) and Orioles (1st, A.L. East), the Cubs hit the road against the Reds (4th, N.L. Central) 1. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI ..................... 134 and Cardinals (2nd, N.L. Central) before returning home to host the Brewers (1st N.L. Central). 2. Anthony Rizzo, CHI ........................ 116 COMING UP CLUTCH: Starlin Castro on Sunday hit his 13th home run of the season, a game-winning solo shot in the ninth … 3. Freddie Freeman, ATL ..................... 108 he’s one long ball shy of the career-high 14 homers he hit in 2012. Castro’s 141 hits lead all shortstops while his .284 batting average leads N.L. shortstops and ranks third in the majors. MOST HITS BY SHORTSTOPS, SINCE 2011 Castro’s 45 extra-base hits are second among shortstops, behind St. Louis’ Jhonny Peralta (50) … his 64 RBI are second- 1. Starlin Castro ................................ 694 most among all big league shortstops, as Washington’s Ian Desmond has 77 RBI. 2. Elvis Andrus ..................................... 645 START ME UP: Cubs starting pitchers have recorded 65 quality starts this season, yet only have 30 individual wins from starters 3. Alexei Ramirez ................................. 643 in those 65 games … Cubs starters have 23 no-decisions in quality starts to go along with 12 losses … the Cubs team record is 4. Jose Reyes ....................................... 614 only 38-27 overall in those 65 games with a quality start despite a sterling 1.84 ERA (90 ER/440.0 IP) from their starters in those games … Chicago has won 31 of its last 44 games dating to May 17 in which it has received a quality start.