Cubs @ Giants: Arrieta vs Bumgarner (Game 165; NLDS Game 3)
Giants 6, Cubs 5 (F/13)
W: Blach (1-0); L: Montgomery (0-1)
Cubs lead series: 2-1
PREVIEW
CHC (2-0): RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, —-)
SF (0-2): LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-0, —-)
First pitch: 8:30pmCST
Cubs lead series: 2-0
Arrieta (18-8, 3.10 for the season) lost his last outing in Pittsburgh on September 28, giving up 7 ER in 5 innings. He went 2-3 with a 4.60 for the month, which included a loss to Bumgarner and the Giants on the 3rd (6 IP, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB). Arrieta went 11-3 with a 3.59 on the road this season, including 7 innings of one-run ball in San Francisco. The Giants are 22-110 (.200) against him. Pagan is 5-11.
Bumgarner (15-9, 2.74) did his complete game shutout thing to take down the Mets in the NL Wild Card game on Wednesday. He went 5-3 with a 4.02 for the last two months of the season. At AT&T Park he went 9-4 with a 2.14. In his two starts against the Cubs this year, he went 2-0 with a 1.32. For their careers, the Cubs are 34-161 (.211) against him. Zobrist is 6-12; Heyward has a HR.
Arrieta has three postseason appearances, all in 2015: the masterful complete Wild Card shutout against the Pirates and games in the NLDS and NLCS when he gave up 4 ER in 5 and 5.2 innings, respectively.
Bumgarner’s postseason prowess is already legendary, but he is mortal, especially if you look beyond 2014 (4-1, 1.03) to those other even-numbered years. For 2010 and 2012, he’s 3-2 with a 3.83 ERA.
Tomorrow would be Lackey (11-8, 3.35) versus Moore (13-12, 4.08)--as if!
Go Cubs!
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