Baez looks to keep rolling as Cubs face Diamondbacks
Posted Sep 19, 2018 8:41 am.
Last Updated Sep 19, 2018 9:21 am.
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Chicago Cubs (89-62, first in NL Central) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (78-74, third in NL West)
Phoenix; Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. Eastern
PROBABLE PITCHERS: Cubs: Cole Hamels (9-9, 3.67 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 169 strikeouts) Diamondbacks: Robbie Ray (5-2, 4.14 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 142 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: Chicago has Javier Baez to thank for a chunk of the team’s offensive production over the last week. He’s batting .333 with eight hits and three home runs in that span. The Diamondbacks come into the contest as losers of their last four games. Arizona has allowed just 2.4 runs per game in Ray’s starts on the year. The Cubs come into the matchup with a three and a half-game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central. Chicago is hitting .260 as a team this year, Ben Zobrist’s mark of .314 leads the team. The Cubs won 9-1 in Tuesday’s meeting, Mike Montgomery earned his fifth win of the year.
TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony Rizzo has 24 home runs and 95 RBIs in 141 games for the Cubs. Kris Bryant has 11 hits and is batting .333 over his past 10 games for Chicago. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .298 for the Diamondbacks this season, and his .551 slugging percentage is fourth in the National League. David Peralta has a .290 batting average, nine hits and seven RBIs over his past 10 games for Arizona.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 6-4, .210 batting average, 2.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs. Diamondbacks: 2-8, .196 batting average, 7.17 ERA, outscored by 37 runs.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.
