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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Lucky Number Seven

Submitted by Rob G. on

Quite a night for the Cubbies, who looked nothing like the team with the best record in baseball, other than the final result. Errors, defensive miscues, bad starting pitching, bad relief pitching and yet they overcame all that thanks to Craig Hansen's pitching and Geovany Soto's hitting. Soto had been on a steady decline since his monstrous April putting up OPS numbers of 1.048, .868, .747, .740 heading in August. But things have turned around for him and he's put up a 1.014 OPS with 20 RBI's matching his April RBI total with five games still to go this month. His seven RBI outburst yesterday tops his 6 RBI game in April versus the Brewers and is the second most RBI's for a Cubs catcher in a game trailing the likes of Barry Foote, George Mitterwald and Ed Bailey (since 1956).

If you happen to be wondering who had the most RBI's in a game for the Cubs since 1956 like I was, the answer is after the jump.

 (Drumroll)....Sammy Sosa had a 9 RBI game in 2002 versus the Rockies thanks to three, three-run home runs.

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Submitted by jacos on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:58 am

Is that game Sosa pulled himself out early of so he wouldn't embarass Rockies with 4 homers?

Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:18 pm

Rob, I noticed that on the B-R page you linked to, Soto's lowest OPS for a month was the .740 he put up in July, way off the numbers from April-May. The funny thing is, in all of Cubs history, in only 15 seasons has the team's regular catcher (400 or more AB) had an OPS higher than .740 for the year, and Gabby Hartnett was responsible for seven of those. Yes, Soto is a keeper.

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:05 pm

The funny thing is, in all of Cubs history, in only 15 seasons has the team's regular catcher (400 or more AB) had an OPS higher than .740 for the year, and Gabby Hartnett was responsible for seven of those. ++++++++++++++++++++ Jody Davis' highest OPS was .795 in 1983. In 1984, his OPS was .736. His only other season with an OPS higher than .740 was 1987 when he managed a .749 OPS. For the year, Soto's OPS is .877 Yep, he's a keeper.

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:04 pm

Isn't Cueto already way over his previous high for innings pitched? Quel surprise.

Submitted by Green Lantern on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:47 pm

yes, sosa was taken out of that game before his 5th AB, but i can't remember if he did it or if it were bruce kimm (either one is pretty surprising) i was at that game....it was the hottest i've ever been at wrigley field....they had a hose in the bleachers that they sprayed the fans with between innings.

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Submitted by nohit on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:52 pm

As if he could walk away from those moments... So, back to it then, do you really think he left the game out of respect for the other teams? If not, then why did he leave? I do recall that in at least two of those, he requested to come out of the game. It's an honest question since I clearly don't have a good answer...

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Submitted by Romero on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:56 pm

I remember watching this game on WGN (I'm pretty sure it was Chip Caray and Joe Carter on the call) and I remember they interviewed Sammy in regards to him leaving the game. Whoever interviewed him (I can't remember who gave the interview or when it was) asked him if he took himself out of the game or if the manager took him out. Sammy's answer was that he "wanted to give Chad a chance to play". You may remember "Chad" as Chad Hermanson, who came over briefly (from Pittsburgh?) in exchange for Darren Lewis (who then retired). I remember the Cubs had a HUGE lead in this game. The lead was so big that Colorado took Larry Walker out of the game an inning earlier to give him a rest.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:11 pm

Do you really think Sosa left to avoid the limelight? The guy was an attention hog and if he didn't hit a 4th HR, no one would have cared.

yeah, it's a little odd, I agree, but I don't think anyone has a good explanation.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:17 pm

yeah that makes sense, he always tried to stay out of tough situations. ~rolled eyes~

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Submitted by nohit on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:43 pm

Okay, I did some research to be fair to Sammy. I still like the guy, despite any proven or unproven transgressions. Turns out he hit 3 dingers in a game a whopping 6 times. Here's how it shook out: 6/5/96: HR #3 came in his last AB 6/15/98 (remember that month?): HR #3 came in his last AB 8/9/01: He left the game after HR #3. Stairs hit in his place. 8/22/01: He left the game after HR #3. DeShields hit in his place. 9/23/01: He had another AB after HR #3. F8. 8/10/02: He left the game after HR #3. Hermansen hit in his place. So he left the game early three times, and once he did have an AB after HR #3. I don't know what any of this means or doesn't mean in terms of his intent, but there it is.

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