Chicago Cubs (0-0) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (0-0) National League Championship Series … October 13, 2017 … Dodger Stadium *** Workout Day Notes *** A FAMILIAR SIGHT: The Chicago Cubs 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 Washington 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 Wrigley Field: .................................. 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 World Series. 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-run fifth inning against Max Scherzer featured a two- At Dodger Stadium (since 1962): ... 128-169 run double by Addison Russell, a Jason Heyward intentional walk, a run scoring Leading Entering 7th: .............................. 69-6 Javier Báez passed ball strikeout 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 Tommy La Stella reaching on catcher’s Trailing Entering 7th: ............................. 11-54 interference, followed by Jon Jay bringing home a run on a hit 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. Kris Bryant .......................................30 © Elias notes that Addison Russell, who last night drove in four runs, is just the Leading Entering 9th: .............................. 78-2 2. Anthony Rizzo ..................................28 second player to collect four RBI in a one-run, series-clinching win … Lance Tied Entering 9th: ...................................... 9-2 Dexter Fowler .................................... 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. Stan Hack ........................................... 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 innings pitched 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. Kyle Schwarber ................................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. Jake Arrieta ...................................... 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. Jon Lester ......................................... 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 PITCHERS 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. John Lackey .....................................23 San Diego (L, 3-2), 1989 vs. San Francisco (L, 4-1), 2003 vs. Florida (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. Justin Verlander................................. 17 and a 1-2 record in 2015 … Chicago is 2-3 all-time in the opening game of the NLCS. 5. Cole Hamels....................................... 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. Clayton Kershaw ................................ 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 Jorge Soler (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. Matt Cain ........................................ 2.10 Yankees won three-straight World Series titles from 1998-2000. 2. Madison Bumgarner ....................... 2.11 © The Cubs finished the regular season with a 92-70 record … reached 92 regular season victories for the third-straight