- WGN Chicago
Cubs’ offense reawakens in one pitch, Assad continues great start to season with six shutout innings in win over Braves
ATLANTA — After the first pitch of their game Wednesday night, the Chicago Cubs had already scored more runs than they had in their previous two games combined. They added some more, and that was plenty for Javier Assad. Mike Tauchman homered on the game’s first pitch to finally get the Cubs on the scoreboard, […]
- Yahoo Sports
Don’t sleep on the Cubs: Continuity, youth delivering for Chicago as they begin to find their stride
The Cubs have weathered a barrage of injuries already this season, yet they sit just 1.5 games back in the NL Central.
- Forbes
Paul Skenes Is Off To A Great Start To His Career
Paul Skenes made his heralded debut with the Pirates last Saturday on a rainy day in Pittsburgh. Skenes then struck out Seiya Suzuki on three pitches, none of which were fastballs, all of which were in the zone. The third batter gave Skenes a better taste of what life in the big leagues may be like. After getting ahead of Cody Bellinger 0-2, he missed with a 102 MPH fastball, then watched Bellinger spoil two great pitches (a 101 MPH fastball followed by a 89 MPH change up) by fouling them off.
Pitchers
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | P | |
| 73 | P | |
| 72 | P | |
| 54 | P | |
| 32 | P | |
| 74 | P | |
| 28 | P | |
| 87 | P | |
| 18 | P | |
| 45 | P | |
| 38 | P | |
| 43 | P | |
| 66 | P | |
| 49 | P | |
| 51 | P | |
| 48 | P | |
| 11 | P | |
| 35 | P | |
| 50 | P | |
| 71 | P | |
| 19 | P | |
| 36 | P |
Catchers
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | C | |
| 15 | C |
Infielders
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1B | |
| 2 | 2B | |
| 1 | 3B | |
| 20 | 3B | |
| 5 | 3B | |
| 7 | SS |
Outfielders
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | CF | |
| 52 | CF | |
| 8 | LF | |
| 27 | RF | |
| 40 | RF | |
| 16 | RF |