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MLB : ATS Matchup
Tuesday 5/26/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
WASHINGTON  ZIMMERMANN )
 
CHICAGO CUBS  HENDRICKS )
+1.5  -210

-1.5  +175
+100

-110

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Final
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WASHINGTON (27 - 18) at CHICAGO CUBS (24 - 20)
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Tuesday, 5/26/2015 7:05 PM
JORDAN ZIMMERMANN (R) vs. KYLE HENDRICKS (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
901WASHINGTON-110Ov 10.5,-110+100Ov 10,-115
902CHICAGO CUBS+100Un 10.5,-110-110Un 10,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games27-18+4.327-174.80.2570.3240.4170.7414.20.2620.3100.3750.685
Road Games13-11+0.115-85.30.2610.3280.4100.7384.80.2850.3340.4170.751
vs Right-handed Starters20-15+0.920-144.60.2570.3240.4120.7354.30.2640.3140.3770.691
Past 7 Games6-1+4.73-44.30.2250.3020.4400.7423.40.2120.2470.3540.601
Grass Games27-18+4.327-174.80.2570.3240.4170.7414.20.2620.3100.3750.685
Night Games16-10+3.815-115.20.2700.3360.4260.7633.90.2610.3110.3680.680
WASHINGTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.80.2570.324451514389797500.4172081503571130034353817
Road Games5.30.2610.32824832217436230.4101228318991641618229
Righty Starters4.60.2570.324351181303625370.4121581172801023930233016
WASHINGTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.991.204135.4504511910441338-417673.9%
Road Games3.491.26777.4353069829733-38466.7%

CHICAGO CUBS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games24-20+1.220-204.20.2410.3130.3870.7004.20.2430.2950.3870.681
Home Games13-9+1.37-133.60.2430.3240.3600.6843.40.2320.2810.3580.640
vs Right-handed Starters20-17+015-193.90.2350.3050.3860.6913.80.2350.2860.3670.653
Past 7 Games3-4-1.43-43.70.1980.2530.3740.6273.30.1980.2470.3410.587
Grass Games24-20+1.220-204.20.2410.3130.3870.7004.20.2430.2950.3870.681
Night Games16-9+713-94.90.2620.3330.4360.7694.20.2390.2930.3670.659
CHICAGO CUBS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.20.2410.313441505363718440.3871781574324232332373534
Home Games3.60.2430.32422720175273170.36074862052317717151619
Righty Starters3.90.2350.305371254295587390.3861391253663325729323131
CHICAGO CUBS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.061.3161336360122125312410-911857.9%
Home Games3.271.15166252454522635-35362.5%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
WASHINGTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/12/2015STRASBURG(R)@ ARIZONADE LA ROSA(R)6-14L-1408.5 evO12611650
5/13/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R)9-6W-1259 unO86314120
5/14/2015FISTER(R)@ SAN DIEGOROSS(R)3-8L1006.5 ovO81001351
5/15/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ SAN DIEGODESPAIGNE(R)10-0W-1307 unO1670770
5/16/2015SCHERZER(R)@ SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R)4-1W-1356.5 unU1170572
5/17/2015STRASBURG(R)@ SAN DIEGOKENNEDY(R)10-5W-1256.5 ovO830740
5/19/2015GONZALEZ(L)NY YANKEESEOVALDI(R)8-6W-1307.5 unO1040850
5/20/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)NY YANKEESWARREN(R)3-2W-1557 ovU570671
5/22/2015SCHERZER(R)PHILADELPHIAO'SULLIVAN(R)2-1W-2707 ovU640660
5/23/2015STRASBURG(R)PHILADELPHIAHAMELS(L)1-8L-1356.5 unO5541150
5/24/2015GONZALEZ(L)PHILADELPHIAHARANG(R)4-1W-1707 unU1081860
5/25/2015ROARK(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSWADA(L)2-1W10511 unU560541
5/26/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSHENDRICKS(R) 
5/27/2015SCHERZER(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSLESTER(L) 
5/29/2015STRASBURG(R)@ CINCINNATICUETO(R) 
5/30/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ CINCINNATIDESCLAFANI(R) 
5/31/2015ROARK(R)@ CINCINNATIMARQUIS(R) 
6/1/2015 TORONTO  
6/2/2015 TORONTO  

CHICAGO CUBS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/12/2015ARRIETA(R)NY METSSYNDERGAARD(R)6-1W-1457 unP11120530
5/13/2015HAMMEL(R)NY METSHARVEY(R)2-1W-1106.5 unU770660
5/14/2015WOOD(L)NY METSNIESE(L)6-5W-1407.5 ovO6501061
5/15/2015HENDRICKS(R)PITTSBURGHLOCKE(L)11-10W-1309.5 ovO1516015121
5/16/2015LESTER(L)PITTSBURGHCOLE(R)4-1W+1008 ovU88011103
5/17/2015ARRIETA(R)PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R)0-3L-14010 unU590861
5/19/2015HAMMEL(R)@ SAN DIEGOSHIELDS(R)3-4L1106.5 ovO753530
5/20/2015WADA(L)@ SAN DIEGOROSS(R)3-2W1257 unU560680
5/21/2015HENDRICKS(R)@ SAN DIEGODESPAIGNE(R)3-0W-1157 unU760530
5/22/2015LESTER(L)@ ARIZONACOLLMENTER(R)4-5L-1208.5 unO1111112111
5/23/2015ARRIETA(R)@ ARIZONADE LA ROSA(R)9-6W-1258 unO852731
5/24/2015HAMMEL(R)@ ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R)3-4L-1308.5 ovU522630
5/25/2015WADA(L)WASHINGTONROARK(R)1-2L-11511 unU541560
5/26/2015HENDRICKS(R)WASHINGTONZIMMERMANN(R) 
5/27/2015LESTER(L)WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R) 
5/29/2015ARRIETA(R)KANSAS CITYVOLQUEZ(R) 
5/30/2015HAMMEL(R)KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R) 
5/31/2015WADA(L)KANSAS CITYGUTHRIE(R) 
6/1/2015 @ MIAMI  
6/2/2015 @ MIAMI  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper's reaction to the news that the Washington Nationals added Max Scherzer to an already-talented starting staff drew quite a lot of attention.
''I just started laughing,'' Harper famously said. ''I was like, `Where's my ring?'''
Yes, that pretty much sums up where the expectations are for the 2015 Nationals - as expressed by them and by others.
On the first day of full-squad workouts at spring training, reigning NL Manager of the Year Matt Williams posted these words of wisdom in the clubhouse: ''The road to the World Series begins today.''
''We're here to get to that ultimate goal,'' Williams said. ''We're not alone. There's 29 other teams that have the same thought. So that being said, I want to make sure that we understand that that's our goal. That is our goal: to be the last one standing at the end of it.''
The main reason many folks think the Nationals are capable of achieving that goal, even if the team has yet to win a playoff series, is the rotation.
Scherzer, the 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner with Detroit, came aboard with a $210 million contract, joining a group that led the majors in ERA last season - right-handers Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, and lefty Gio Gonzalez.
''There's no break'' for an opposing team, new reliever Casey Janssen observed.
It's such a formidable quintet that a guy who won 15 games, had a sub-3.00 ERA and threw nearly 200 innings a year ago, Tanner Roark, is moving to the bullpen.
In 2014, the Nationals won a league-best 96 games and finished atop the underwhelming NL East by a whopping 17 games, but then bowed out in four games in a Division Series against the eventual champs, the San Francisco Giants. Washington's starting pitching wasn't the problem in the postseason; its bullpen and hitting were what led to a second quick playoff exit in three years.
And yet general manager Mike Rizzo allowed those two areas to lose important pieces, trading away the man he called ''maybe the best eighth-inning setup man in the history of the game,'' Tyler Clippard, and letting first baseman Adam LaRoche (team highs of 26 homers, 92 RBIs) leave via free agency.
The hope, presumably, is that hitters such as Harper, Ryan Zimmerman (who replaces LaRoche at first) and Wilson Ramos, who each missed significant chunks of last season, will deliver the numbers they're capable of producing, while opponents have a really hard time scoring much against all the aces Williams will send to the mound.
''It's hilarious having to go in there and face them. It's absolutely stupid,'' Harper said. ''We have the best staff in baseball. I don't care what anybody says.''
Actually, Bryce, that's exactly what pretty much everybody IS saying.
Here are other things to know about the Nationals, who open the season on April 6 at home against the New York Mets:
HEALTH MATTERS: Half of the everyday lineup - outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span (both recovering from offseason surgery), third baseman Anthony Rendon and new second baseman Yunel Escobar - missed extended periods of spring training, as did fourth outfielder Nate McClouth. Rendon, Span, Werth and McClouth might all miss opening day. ''You can be as good as you want on paper, but that doesn't mean anything until the end of the year,'' Scherzer said. ''We've got to stay healthy.''
MIGHTY `PEN?: Given their aspirations, October is what really matters for the Nationals, and Drew Storen blew save chances in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs. Still, the closer's job is his entering the season, and Clippard is no longer around to shut down foes in the eighth - or provide ninth-inning backup if needed. Worth watching: Will Aaron Barrett set aside the yips that hit him in the NLDS?
LAST HURRAH: A couple of homegrown franchise cornerstones, Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond, can become free agents after the season, as can Span and Fister. Rizzo could try to sign one or more to long-term deals. He could trade one or more. Or he could decide to let things play out with this group, then move on next offseason. ''With this group of guys,'' Werth said, ''this might be it.''
CHICAGO CUBS: CHICAGO (AP) - Standing in the shade on a beautiful afternoon in Arizona, Jon Lester embraced the question that hovers over the Chicago Cubs these days.
When it comes to all those highly touted prospects, Lester said the time is now.
''When I played in Boston, we didn't have time to grow up,'' the left-hander explained. ''You just had to show up and play, and each year you're expected to win, so that's how I feel. Every year they should come in and expect to be not only division winners, but World Series champions. If you don't have that mindset, then I think you're playing for the wrong reasons.''
Heady stuff for a franchise known mostly for futility, but the Cubs think it's a new era after five consecutive losing seasons.
The shift in thinking for president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and the rest of the front office was evident during an aggressive offseason that included the addition of Joe Maddon after the veteran manager opted out of his contract with Tampa Bay, and a $155 million, six-year contract to add Lester.
The hiring of Maddon meant dumping Rick Renteria after just one year, and Lester's deal is a significant investment for a pitcher who turned 31 in January. But looking at their good young core and rich minor league system, the Cubs felt it was time to act.
''There's a lot of talent here. Now it's about executing,'' Lester said. ''It's going out and playing good baseball for six months. It's hard to do. But that's why we're here. We're going to figure it out as we go.''
The Cubs, who also acquired center fielder Dexter Fowler and catcher Miguel Montero in trades, should be much improved after their 73-89 finish in 2014. But going from last place to the playoffs could depend more on the development of Chicago's top prospects than its newest players.
Jorge Soler takes over in right field after making his major league debut in August and drawing raves for his approach at the plate in the season's final month. Javier Baez, Arismendy Alcantara and Kris Bryant - all 20-something position players with considerable potential - also are key to the Cubs' chance for a breakthrough.
''You don't really read enough about their personalities and their makeup. That to me makes them real prospects,'' Maddon said. ''There's a lot of guys who throw 95 mph and hit balls out of sight. But with the makeup, personality and character ... that's what really turns me on to this group.''
Here are a few more things to watch with the Cubs:
UNDER THE RADAR: Jake Arrieta was a pleasant surprise, finishing with a 10-5 record and a sparkling 2.53 ERA in 25 starts last year. He struck out 167 in 156 2-3 innings and allowed just five homers.
Arrieta, 29, began last season on the disabled list with right shoulder tightness but looked healthy this spring and could team with Lester to give Chicago a potent top of the rotation.
''There's always room to improve. There's always things to get better at,'' Arrieta said. ''There's a right way to go about doing that, and I think that there's some things that I can clean up and kind of use in regard to what I did last season to make it even better.''
AT THE PLATE: The Cubs struck out a major league-high 1,477 times last season, and their .300 on-base percentage was 28th among 30 teams. They had six players with at least 100 strikeouts.
The addition of Fowler, who had a .375 on-base percentage last season with Houston, should help the top of the order, and the pressure is on new hitting coach John Mallee to help Baez and the other young hitters make more consistent contact.
IN THE DUGOUT: Maddon is one of the game's most creative managers, and the move to the NL and one of the game's most quirky ballparks in Wrigley Field could lead to all sorts of different lineups. He could put the pitcher in the eighth slot in the lineup in some situations. Pretty much everything is on the table when it comes to Maddon.
IN THE FIELD: The majors' second-oldest ballpark is undergoing a major renovation that could affect its notoriously fickle wind, which can turn innocent fly balls into homers and long drives into outs. A massive new videoboard is expected to be in place by opening day, but the bleachers will be under construction for the first part of the season. How the work on the ballpark affects the the field remains to be seen.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (WASHINGTON-CHICAGO CUBS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(CLARIFIES Cubs' HRs over last 2)

*Nationals-Cubs Preview* ========================

Washington (26-18) at Chicago (24-19), 7:05 p.m. EDT

The Washington Nationals have won five straight starts by Jordan Zimmermann, who will need to end his Wrigley Field hex to continue that streak.

He's dropped all three previous outings there heading into this one Tuesday night against a Chicago Cubs team looking to avoid its first three-game home slide.

Zimmermann (4-2, 3.52 ERA) improved to 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA in his last five outings by limiting the New York Yankees to two runs in seven innings in a 3-2 victory Wednesday.

The right-hander has a 5.06 ERA on the road compared to 2.51 at home, and he's 0-3 with a 6.27 ERA in three career outings at Wrigley. He has allowed five homers in 18 2-3 innings there.

Zimmermann is 1-4 with a 4.81 ERA in seven overall starts against the Cubs. Four Chicago hitters have at least 10 at-bats against him - Starlin Castro (3 for 19), Miguel Montero (6 for 17), Chris Coghlan (4 for 16) and Dexter Fowler (2 for 13).

Chicago (24-20) will start Kyle Hendricks (1-1, 4.14), who is 4-2 with a 2.83 ERA in 10 career home outings. Hendricks fired a five-hitter for his first career complete game with seven strikeouts in Thursday's 3-0 win at San Diego.

The right-hander, who has never faced Washington, entered that contest with a 5.15 ERA.

"I'm not going to say I needed it but I kind of did need it," he said. "I haven't been throwing very well."

Hendricks' batterymate figures to be Montero, who is expected back in Chicago's lineup after giving way to backup David Ross in Monday's 2-1 loss in the opener of this three-game set. Kris Bryant, who homered for the sixth time, is 12 for 25 during an eight-game hitting streak at home.

"He's got power, he's a good player," Nationals manager Matt Williams said of Bryant. "We need to make good pitches on him to get him out."

Chicago has totaled four runs - all on homers - in consecutive defeats. The Cubs have struck out 13 times in those contests to bring baseball's highest total to 432.

They have scored four runs or fewer in seven of their last eight games.

"We've seen good pitching here," manager Joe Maddon said. "In Arizona I thought we had a chance to do better, we did not. I don't worry about that stuff. I like the way we're playing baseball, I think fundamentally we're pretty good."

Washington (27-18) won for the 20th time in 25 games Monday behind homers by Denard Span and Wilson Ramos.

Bryce Harper, who leads the majors with a 1.198 OPS, had a double in three at-bats. The right fielder made an impact defensively with a leaping catch at the wall on Anthony Rizzo's fly ball in the third.

Harper appeared to be holding his left hand, though it won't keep him out of the lineup.

"He catches it with the left hand and braces with the right," Williams said. "It got the forearm and elbow, but he's OK."

Wrigley Field and PNC Park are the only NL stadiums in which Harper has yet to homer.

Span is 14 for 33 with two homers and six RBIs during an eight-game road hitting streak.


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