Win It For Harry! - Chicago Cubs Dynasty (MLB The Show 16)

[CaliBigWave]

I did my first 30-TEAM CONTROL FRANCHISE with accurate DL and transactions in TheShow14 and was blown away with how immersive and enjoyable it was. I had hoped to do a dynasty in TheShow15 but work and life didn’t allow for it. Having more free time this go round, I decided to try it again. Thanks to the developers, the OS Roster Creators, the OS Slider Generators and the OS Sounds of the Show Gatherers, TheShow16 recreates my favorite sport in my living room in almost unreal fashion.

I’m definitely not the first to try and satisfy the lack of a real-world championship for the Cubbies with one in the digital realm. I definitely don’t have any tricks up my sleeve to make this awesome. I just like playing the games and creating the box scores and writing and stuff in between (sometimes, necessary to cool down lol). I like the idea of being able to look back on my completed history, and my hope is to keep this going through the real life offseason…the darkest months of every year.

DYNASTY DETAILS

30-TEAM CONTROL – ACCURATE MLB DISABLED LIST, TRANSACTIONS AND DAILY LINE-UPS
ROSTER: OSFM Hybrid V2
SLIDERS: TNK/PsychoBulk V3

HITTING DIFFICULTY: All-Star
HITTING INTERFACE: Directional

PITCHING DIFFICULTY: Hall of Fame
PITCHING INTERFACE: Meter
PITCH MARKER: Off

FIELDING INTERFACE: Buttons
THROWING METER: Off
FIELDING DECISION: Auto
THROWING DECISION: Off

[CaliBigWave]

SPRING TRAINING REVIEW

Finishing Spring Training with a winning record of 15-12, the Cubs performed as expected for the most part. Manager Joe Maddon’s plan to ease his veterans into the season allowed ample opportunities for younger players early on in March, and while the talent is apparent at every level in the organization, Chicago’s 4-8 start to the spring showed there is much work left to do for the kids to reach the big leagues. While it’s not exactly ‘World Series or Bust’ in the Windy City this season, anything less than an appearance in the Fall Classic will be considered a disappointment after the magic of last year. Is this the team to finally shed the ‘Lovable Losers’ label? It may be…it could be…


SPRING STAND-OUTS
3B/OF Kris Bryant: .340/.404/.787 with 6 HR and 11 RBI in 47 AB
The reigning NL ROY appears ready to challenge for an MVP in his sophomore campaign, if he can improve on his strikeouts (14 in 47 spring AB)

2B Ben Zobrist: .341/.396/.500 with 1 HR and 9 RBI in 44 AB
Zobrist’s contact ability, keen eye and clutch hitting was on display all spring, as he finished with more walks than strikeouts and hit close to .400 with runners in scoring position

RHP Pierce Johnson: 1.29 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, 18/3 K/BB in 14 IP
If Johnson can stay healthy – a BIG if – he could be a factor for the team down the road. While he benefitted from facing mostly minor league competition towards the end of early spring training games, he still allowed a lot of hard contact and surely still requires time down on the farm.

RHP Hector Rondon: 1.13 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 13/1 K/BB in 9 IP
Rondon was in post-season form from the moment he arrived in Arizona this spring. He looks to be in for a big season if the Cubs’ offense allows him enough save opportunities.


CUBBIES’ CONCERNS
LF/C Kyle Schwarber: .193/.254/.333 with 2 HR and 6 RBI in 57 AB
Last year’s playoff hero struggled mightily in March, with only 11 hits in 57 AB’s, while also committing four errors in left field.

C Willson Contreras: .239/.321/.261 with 0 HR and 7 RBI in 46 AB
The Cubs’ catcher of the future displayed an alarming lack of pop, with only one extra-base hit on the spring. He will begin the year at AAA Iowa, hoping to get the bat back on track to earn his promotion to the bigs.

RHP Adam Warren: 0-1, 8.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 5/3 K/BB in 9 IP
The off-season acquisition for fan-favorite Starlin Castro didn’t do much to endear himself to his new home. His inability to limit hard contact will need to be fixed if he’s to have a role in Chicago this year.

RHP John Lackey: 2-0, 1.38 ERA, 0.38 WHIP, 2/0 K/BB in 13 IP
The most extreme example of Maddon’s plan to rest veterans, Lackey only pitched against competition in three games this spring. Only time will tell if he was just pitching to contact to get ready for the regular season, or if his declining K-rate is a harbinger of bad news.


FARM REPORT
IF/OF Arismendy Alcantara: .296/.397/.500 with 3 HR and 6 SB in 54 AB
Alcantara did a little bit of everything this spring, but he’s shown glimpses like this in the past only to follow it up by doing a whole lot of nothing. He is running out of chances and will need to continue performing like this in AAA to regain the trust of Cubs’ management.

1B Dan Vogelbach: .277/.304/.415 with 2 HR and 13 RBI in 65 AB
Vogelbach led the Cubs in games, RBI and AB’s for the spring. Blocked by Rizzo in Chicago, he showed his plus power early in March but his inefficiencies against left-handed pitching became glaring by the end of the spring. He will begin the season at AAA Iowa.

3B Jeimer Candelario: .167/.250/.233 with 1 HR and 3 RBI in 60 AB
Candelario was clearly overmatched facing major league caliber pitching. He performed adequately with the glove at third, but he will head to AA Tennessee to begin the year as the bat does not appear close to ready.

IF Javier Baez: .260/.269/.600 with 3 HR, 2 SB and 11 RBI in 50 AB
Baez displayed his immense power potential, but striking out 16 times while walking NONE will not work at the MLB level. He will open the season on the Major League disabled list with a thumb injury.

RHP Carl Edwards, Jr.: 2-0, 6.57 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 15/9 K/BB in 12.1 IP
The Jekyll and Hyde of March, Edwards allowed 5 HR in only just over 12 innings. When he was on, he was unhittable. But that wasn’t very often. He will report to AAA Iowa to begin the year.


HE’LL BE BACK
RHP Spencer Patton: 1.64 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 9/1 K/BB in 11 IP
Patton kept opposing hitters off balance and located his pitches well all spring. The Cubs’ crowded bullpen will send him to Iowa instead of Chicago to start the year, but if he continues pitching this way he will find himself back in the big leagues sooner than later.

[CaliBigWave]

Heyward’s Homer, Rizzo’s Slam Backs Arrieta

The Chicago Cubs started the 2016 season off in dominant style, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 7-1 on Opening Night in Anaheim. Jason Heyward homered in his first at-bat, Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in a five-run eighth, and Jake Arrieta fired seven shutout innings to win his first game of the year.

After Dexter Fowler walked to lead off the game, Heyward’s first official swing in a Cubs uniform deposited a Garrett Richards fastball deep into the right field stands. It would prove to be all Chicago would need.

Arrieta permitted only three baserunners and struck out seven in his 13th consecutive start allowing less than two earned runs, dating back to last season. The Angels didn’t offer much of a fight, and the only drama Arrieta encountered would be if he came back out to pitch after Chicago scored five runs in the top of the eighth.

Richards gave up two runs on three hits, with two walks and five strikeouts in his six-inning losing effort. Angel relievers Jose Alvarez and Cory Rasmus combined to walk two batters and hit another to force in a run before Rizzo’s slam capped the scoring for the Cubs.

Albert Pujols singled with two outs in the ninth to plate Mike Trout with the Angels' only run.

Game Replay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJhUdGScx2I

Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 4, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (1-0)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	7	5	1
Los Angeles (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
W: Jake Arrieta (1-0) L: Garrett Richards (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	LAA
CHC	1	Heyward homered to right (382 feet). Fowler scored.	2	0
CHC	8	Zobrist hit by pitch. Russell scored. Fowler to third. Heyward to second.	3	0
CHC	8	Rizzo homered to right (353 feet). Fowler, Heyward and Zobrist scored.	7	0
LAA	9	Pujols singled to center. Trout scored.	7	1

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Fowler CF	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	.333
Heyward RF	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	.667
Zobrist 2B	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Rizzo 1B	4	1	1	4	0	0	1	.250
Bryant 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Schwarber LF	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Szczur LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Soler DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Montero C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Russell SS	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	32	7	5	7	4	10	2
BATTING: HR: Heyward (1, 1st inning off Richards 1 on, 0 out); Rizzo (1, 8th inning off Rasmus 3 on, 0 out) RBI: Heyward 2 (2), Zobrist (1), Rizzo 4 (4) LOB: 3
BASERUNNING: SB: Heyward (1, 2nd base off Richards/Perez)
FIELDING: E: Montero (1, throw)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Escobar 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Nava LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Trout CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Pujols DH	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.250
Calhoun RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cron 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Simmons SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Perez C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Giavotella 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	1	4	1	1	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Trout (1, Wood) RBI: Pujols (1) LOB: 4
BASERUNNING: CS: Simmons (1, 2nd base by Arrieta/Montero)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Arrieta (W, 1-0)	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0.00
Cahill	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Wood	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	13.50
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Arrieta 75-48; Cahill 19-13; Wood 16-9

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Richards (L, 0-1)	6.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	3.00
Alvarez	1.0	1	3	3	2	2	0	27.00
Rasmus	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	1	18.00
Bedrosian	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	7	7	4	10	2
PITCHING: HBP: Zobrist (By Rasmus) HBP: Richards 112-67; Alvarez 28-14; Rasmus 20-14; Bedrosian 10-7

[CaliBigWave]

Bryant Leads Doubles Brigade to 4-2 Victory

Kris Bryant hit two of Chicago’s five doubles, Jon Lester pitched into the sixth inning and the Cubs defeated the Angels 4-2, sweeping the opening two-game series in Anaheim.

Bryant doubled and scored in the Cubs’ three-run sixth inning, ending Angels starter Andrew Heaney’s night. Heaney had held the Cubs in check up to that point, allowing only a single run in the fourth, but he finished with the loss after giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk. He struck out three in his five innings.

Chicago’s Lester fared a little better despite battling with his command all game long. He earned his first win of the season, allowing two runs on six hits, but has to be disappointed with his three walks and inability to finish the sixth inning. He also struck out three. Justin Grimm relieved Lester with runners on first and second and ended the threat with a strikeout and an easy fly to center.

After Pedro Strop retired the Angels in order in the eighth, Hector Rondon struck out the side in the ninth, including Mike Trout with the tying runners on base to end it, for his first save of the season.

GAME REPLAY
https://youtu.be/J-LZR43XraY

Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 5, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (2-0)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	12	0
Los Angeles (0-2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	10	0
W: Jon Lester (1-0) L: Andrew Heaney (0-1) S: Hector Rondon (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	LAA
CHC	4	Soler singled to center. Heyward scored. Rizzo to second.	1	0
CHC	6	Bryant doubled to right center. Heyward scored.	2	0
CHC	6	Zobrist singled to left. Bryant scored.	3	0
CHC	6	Russell singled to center. Zobrist scored.	4	0
LAA	6	Cron singled to right. Trout scored. Pujols to third.	4	1
LAA	6	Calhoun reached on infield single to first. Pujols scored. Cron to second.	4	2

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Fowler CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Heyward RF	5	2	3	0	0	0	.625
Bryant 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	.250
Rizzo 1B	5	0	2	0	0	1	.333
Zobrist 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	.167
Soler DH	3	0	1	1	1	1	.143
Russell SS	4	0	1	1	0	2	.250
Szczur LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Ross C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	37	4	12	4	3	7
BATTING 2B: Fowler (1, Salas), Heyward (1, Heaney), Bryant 2 (2, Heaney, Bedrosian), Szczur (1, Morin) RBI: Soler (1), Bryant (1), Zobrist (2), Russell (1) GIDP: Bryant; Zobrist LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: Zobrist (1, 2nd base off Morin/Perez) CS: Heyward (1, 2nd base by Heaney/Perez)
FIELDING DP: 1 (Russell-Zobrist-Rizzo)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lester (W, 1-0)	5.1	6	2	2	3	3	3.38
Grimm (H, 1)	1.2	2	0	0	0	3	0.00
Strop (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rondon (S, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	10	2	2	3	9
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Lester 77-47; Grimm 27-19; Strop 9-5; Rondon 18-13

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Escobar 3B	4	0	3	0	1	0	.500
Pennington PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gentry LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Trout CF	4	1	2	0	1	1	.375
Pujols DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
Cron 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.286
Calhoun RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.125
Simmons SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Perez C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Giavotella 2B	3	0	2	0	1	1	.333
TOTALS	36	2	10	2	3	9
BATTING RBI: Cron (1), Calhoun (1) GIDP: Escobar LOB: 11
FIELDING DP: 2 (Giavotella-Cron, Giavotella-Simmons-Cron)

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Heaney (L, 0-1)	5.0	7	3	3	1	3	5.40
Morin	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	9.00
Bedrosian	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0.00
Salas	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	12	4	4	3	7
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Heaney 80-54; Morin 22-13; Bedrosian 28-13; Salas 36-21

[CaliBigWave]

Russell's 4-4 Day Paces Cubs In Win

Addison Russell had four hits, John Lackey struck out nine and Cubs relievers hurled three perfect innings as Chicago beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 in the opener of their four-game series Thursday night.

With the game tied at two in the seventh inning, Russell’s single to center scored Matt Szczur with the go-ahead run. Two batters later, Russell came around to score the eventual winning run on Dexter Fowler’s triple.

Lackey struggled out of the gate, as the Cubs trailed 1-0 with a runner on third only four batters in. But after escaping the inning without further damage, he found his footing and finished with a quality start -- six innings, three runs -- for his first win of the season. After only striking out two batters in all of spring training, Lackey punched out nine Diamondbacks.

Ben Zobrist hit his first home-run as a Cub, a solo shot in the fourth that barely cleared the right-center field fence and nearly ended up in the swimming pool. Hector Rondon struck out one in a scoreless ninth for his second save.

GAME REPLAY
https://youtu.be/VHJwpRs9hTQ

Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
Apr 7, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (3-0)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	0
Arizona (1-3)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	0
W: John Lackey (1-0) L: Rubby De La Rosa (0-1) S: Hector Rondon (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	ARI
ARI	1	Peralta grounded out to second. Segura scored. Ahmed to third.	0	1
CHC	3	Fowler hit sacrifice fly to left. Russell scored.	1	1
CHC	4	Zobrist homered to right center (384 feet).	2	1
ARI	6	Goldschmidt singled to center. Ahmed scored.	2	2
CHC	7	Russell singled to center. Szczur scored.	3	2
CHC	7	Fowler tripled to deep center. Russell scored.	4	2
ARI	7	Owings grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop. Lamb scored. Tomas out at second.	4	3

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Fowler CF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Heyward RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.417
Zobrist 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.200
Rizzo 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231
Bryant 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167
Schwarber LF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400
Szczur PR-LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Montero C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.125
Russell SS	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	.500
Lackey P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cahill P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Strop P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
La Stella PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Rondon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	10	4	0	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Schwarber (1, De La Rosa), Montero (1, De La Rosa), Russell 2 (2, De La Rosa, Clippard) 3B: Fowler (1, Chafin) HR: Zobrist (1, 4th inning off De La Rosa 0 on, 0 out) RBI: Fowler 2 (2), Zobrist (3), Russell (2) SF: Fowler SAC: Lackey 2 LOB: 6
BASERUNNING: SB: Szczur (1, 2nd base off Barrett/Castillo)
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Bryant-Zobrist-Rizzo)

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Segura 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.222
Ahmed SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.200
Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	.316
Peralta RF	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	.167
Castillo C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Lamb 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Tomas LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167
Owings CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250
De La Rosa P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Barrett P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Chafin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brito PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Clippard P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	7	3	0	11	0
BATTING: 2B: Ahmed (1, Lackey), Lamb (1, Lackey) RBI: Peralta (2), Goldschmidt (3), Owings (1) GIDP: Brito LOB: 4
BASERUNNING: SB: Ahmed (1, 2nd base off Lackey/Montero)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lackey (W, 1-0)	6.0	7	3	3	0	9	0	4.50
Cahill (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Strop (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Rondon (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	3	3	0	11	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Lackey 79-55; Cahill 3-2; Strop 14-9; Rondon 10-8

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
De La Rosa (L, 0-1)	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	4.50
Barrett	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	9.00
Chafin	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
Clippard	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	4	4	0	7	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: De La Rosa 78-56; Barrett 10-7; Chafin 7-6; Clippard 31-21

[CaliBigWave]

Peralta's HR Lifts D-Backs To Comeback Win

David Peralta hit a two-run go-ahead homerun in the sixth, Matt Buschmann struck out five of the seven hitters he retired and the Arizona Diamondbacks came from behind to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 to even up their four-game series.

Buschmann, called up earlier Friday and making his major league debut, relieved Arizona starter Robbie Ray with two outs in the fifth and got Addison Russell to fly out to deep right with the bases loaded, preserving a one run deficit.

An inning and a half later Peralta hit a moon-shot to center field off Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel to give the Diamondbacks the lead, and Buschmann his first major league victory.

Hammel pitched well enough to win, allowing only three runs on five hits and a walk, striking out eight in six innings. But Chicago's offense couldn't deliver, stranding 12 runners on base en route to the Cubs' first loss of the year.

GAME REPLAY
https://youtu.be/gCIySseopuQ

Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
Apr 8, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (3-1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Arizona (2-3)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: Matt Buschmann (1-0) L: Jason Hammel (0-1) S: Brad Ziegler (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	ARI
CHC	2	Soler homered to left (459 feet). Bryant scored.	2	0
ARI	4	Lamb singled to right. Brito scored. Goldschmidt to second.	2	1
ARI	6	Peralta homered to center (422 feet). Goldschmidt scored.	2	3

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Fowler CF	3	0	0	0	2	2	.200
Ramirez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Heyward RF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.412
Zobrist 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Rizzo 1B	4	0	3	0	1	1	.353
Bryant 3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.235
Soler LF	3	1	1	2	0	1	.200
Russell SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.375
Ross C	2	0	0	0	2	2	.000
Szczur PR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Hammel P	3	0	2	0	0	1	.667
Wood P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
La Stella PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
TOTALS	35	2	11	2	5	10
BATTING 3B: Heyward (1, Ziegler) HR: Soler (1, 2nd inning off Ray 1 on, 0 out) RBI: Soler 2 (3) GIDP: Bryant LOB: 12
BASERUNNING CS: Heyward (2, 2nd base by Ray/Castillo)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Hammel (L, 0-1)	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	4.50
Wood	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40
Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0	0	4	0.00
TOTALS	8.0	6	3	3	1	12
PITCHING WP: Ramirez (1) Pitches-Strikes: Hammel 77-52; Wood 7-4; Ramirez 23-14

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Segura 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.227
Brito CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.182
Goldschmidt 1B	3	1	1	0	1	2	.318
Peralta RF	4	1	1	2	0	2	.182
Castillo C	3	0	0	0	0	3	.167
Lamb 3B	3	0	2	1	0	0	.278
Tomas LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Ray P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Buschmann P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gosselin PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Hudson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ziegler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ahmed SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
TOTALS	30	3	6	3	1	12
BATTING HR: Peralta (1, 6th inning off Hammel 1 on, 1 out) RBI: Lamb (1), Peralta 2 (4) LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: Segura 2 (3, 2nd base off Ramirez/Montero, 3rd base off Ramirez/Montero)
FIELDING DP: 2 (Ahmed-Segura-Goldschmidt, Brito-Castillo)

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ray	4.2	7	2	2	4	3	3.86
Buschmann (W, 1-0)	2.1	1	0	0	0	5	0.00
Hudson (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	6.75
Ziegler (S, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	11	2	2	5	10
PITCHING HBP: Soler (By Ray) Pitches-Strikes: Ray 89-55; Buschmann 32-23; Hudson 23-13; Ziegler 13-10

[CaliBigWave]

Cubs Knock Greinke Out Early, Hold On Late To Beat D-Backs 5-4

Zack Greinke couldn't make it through the fourth inning, Kris Bryant drove in two runs, and the Chicago Cubs held on Saturday downing the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 in the third game of their weekend series.

The Cubs scored two runs off Greinke in the first before adding three more in the third, as the Arizona starter struggled to locate with any consistency. After Dexter Fowler led off the fourth with a double, Greinke headed for the showers having given up five runs on six hits and three walks. He only retired nine Chicago hitters.

Kyle Hendricks kept the Diamondbacks in check until tiring in the sixth. He completed the frame, earning a quality start in the process, but the home run allowed to David Peralta was enough to enlist the bullpen for the final nine outs. He finished with a line of three runs allowed via seven hits and a walk, striking out four in his six innings, for his first win of the season.

Hector Rondon struck out one in a perfect ninth for his third save in as many chances. The Diamondbacks fell to 2-4 while the Cubs have won four out of five to begin the year.

HIGHLIGHTS
https://youtu.be/jRh3FX5BkG0

GAME REPLAY
https://youtu.be/W2cGfCDf2Gk

Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
Apr 9, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (4-1)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0
Arizona (2-4)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	8	0
W: Kyle Hendricks (1-0) L: Zack Greinke (0-1) S: Hector Rondon (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	ARI
CHC	1	Rizzo singled to center. Heyward scored. Zobrist to second.	1	0
CHC	1	Bryant hit sacrifice fly to right. Zobrist scored.	2	0
ARI	2	Tomas singled to right. Peralta scored.	2	1
CHC	3	Bryant singled to left. Zobrist scored. Rizzo to second.	3	1
CHC	3	Montero singled to right. Rizzo scored. Bryant to third.	4	1
CHC	3	Soler hit sacrifice fly to right. Bryant scored.	5	1
ARI	6	Peralta homered to left center (398 feet). Goldschmidt scored.	5	3
ARI	7	Owings hit sacrifice fly to left. Gosselin scored.	5	4

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Fowler CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	.211
Heyward RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.364
Zobrist 2B	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.167
Rizzo 1B	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.350
Bryant 3B	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	.250
Montero C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.167
Soler LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.154
Russell SS	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.368
Hendricks P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Warren P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Strop P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
La Stella PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Rondon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	5	7	5	3	10	0
BATTING: 2B: Fowler (2, Greinke) 3B: Zobrist (1, Greinke) RBI: Rizzo (5), Bryant 2 (3), Montero (1), Soler (4) SF: Bryant, Soler SAC: Hendricks LOB: 6

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Segura 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.269
Owings CF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Goldschmidt 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.308
Peralta RF	4	2	3	2	0	1	1	.269
Castillo C	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.143
Tomas LF	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.211
Drury 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Greinke P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Buschmann P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brito PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Delgado P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gosselin PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250
Barrett P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lamb PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263
Ahmed SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143
TEAM TOTALS	32	4	8	4	2	8	1
BATTING: HR: Peralta (2, 6th inning off Hendricks 1 on, 1 out) RBI: Tomas (1), Peralta 2 (6), Owings (2) SF: Owings LOB: 5
BASERUNNING: SB: Peralta (1, 2nd base off Hendricks/Montero) CS: Segura 2 (3, 2nd base by Hendricks/Montero, 2nd base by Warren/Montero)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hendricks (W, 1-0)	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	4.50
Warren (H, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	9.00
Strop (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Rondon (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	4	4	2	8	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Hendricks 86-56; Warren 23-15; Strop 16-10; Rondon 12-7

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke (L, 0-1)	3.0	6	5	5	3	4	0	8.00
Buschmann	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Delgado	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Barrett	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	5	5	3	10	0
PITCHING: HBP: Rizzo (By Greinke) Pitches-Strikes: Greinke 72-40; Buschmann 19-14; Delgado 28-17; Barrett 11-10

[CaliBigWave]

Arrieta Dominant As Cubs Beat Diamondbacks 5-2

Anthony Rizzo and Miguel Montero each hit two-run homers off Shelby Miller, Jake Arrieta didn't allow a run over seven innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 Sunday afternoon.

Arrieta scattered six hits with seven strikeouts, walking none en route to his second win of the season. Pitching with a lead from the moment he stepped on the mound, he never allowed the Diamondbacks to get anything going. He has now began the season with 14 scoreless innings.

Miller didn't pitch all that poorly, but his two big mistakes put the game out of reach against Arrieta. Miller exited after only five innings, allowing four runs on five hits and two walks, while only striking out one Cub batter.

Matt Szczur hit an inside-the-park home run in the top of the ninth when his fly ball to right got past a diving Brandon Drury. The run extended Chicago's lead to 5-0, and almost became a much needed run after Neil Ramirez allowed the Diamondbacks to score twice in their half of the ninth.

The Cubs finished the opening week of the season 5-1, and now head back to Chicago for their home opener Monday night against the Cincinnati Reds.

HIGHLIGHTS
https://youtu.be/a6NcND0_-xg

GAME REPLAY
https://youtu.be/Anrr2ORp6JY

Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
Apr 10, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (5-1)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	0
Arizona (2-5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
W: Jake Arrieta (2-0) L: Shelby Miller (0-1) S: Hector Rondon (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	ARI
CHC	1	Rizzo homered to right (450 feet). Heyward scored.	2	0
CHC	3	Montero homered to right center (424 feet). La Stella scored.	4	0
CHC	9	Szczur inside-the-park home run to right.	5	0
ARI	9	Owings singled to center. Gosselin and Peralta scored. Drury to second.	5	2

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Zobrist 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.136
Heyward CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	.360
Bryant RF-3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.208
Rizzo 1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	.333
Soler LF-RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.118
La Stella 3B	2	1	2	0	0	0	.800
Szczur PH-LF	2	1	2	1	0	0	.375
Montero C	3	1	2	2	1	0	.267
Russell SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.304
Arrieta P	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Grimm P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ramirez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Rondon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	33	5	8	5	2	3
BATTING 2B: Heyward (2, Miller) 3B: La Stella (1, Miller) HR: Rizzo (2, 1st inning off Miller 1 on, 2 out), Montero (1, 3rd inning off Miller 1 on, 1 out), Szczur (1, 9th inning off Barrett 0 on, 1 out) RBI: Rizzo 2 (7), Montero 2 (3), Szczur (1) GIDP: Russell 2 LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (Rizzo-Russell-Zobrist)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Arrieta (W, 2-0)	7.0	6	0	0	0	7	0.00
Grimm	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Ramirez	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	10.80
Rondon (S, 4)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	10	2	2	0	9
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Arrieta 94-61; Grimm 12-9; Ramirez 15-11; Rondon 2-2

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brito CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.125
Gosselin 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.300
Peralta LF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.333
Drury RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.143
Lamb 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.261
Owings SS	4	0	1	2	0	1	.211
Herrmann C	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Castillo PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136
Miller P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Chafin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Segura PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Delgado P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tomas PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200
Barrett P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	35	2	10	2	0	9
BATTING 2B: Gosselin (1, Ramirez), Peralta (2, Arrieta), Lamb (2, Arrieta) RBI: Owings 2 (4) GIDP: Miller LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 2 (Lamb-Gosselin-Goldschmidt, Gosselin-Goldschmidt)

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Miller (L, 0-1)	5.0	5	4	4	2	1	3.75
Chafin	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.25
Delgado	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Barrett	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	6.00
TOTALS	9.0	8	5	5	2	3
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Miller 65-41; Chafin 9-7; Delgado 22-16; Barrett 5-4