Scouting report

Posted June 05, 2018 1:00 am

Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field

WGN Tuesday; NBC Sports Chicago Plus Wednesday; NBC Sports Chicago Thursday

<h3 class="breakHead">Radio:</h3>

WSCR 670-AM

<h3 class="breakHead">Pitching matchups:</h3>

The Cubs' Kyle Hendricks (4-4) vs. Zach Eflin (1-2) Tuesday at 7:05 p.m.; Jose Quintana (6-4) vs. Aaron Nola (7-2) Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. Tyler Chatwood (3-4) vs. Nick Pivetta (4-4) Thursday at 1:20 p.m.

<h3 class="breakHead">At a glance:</h3>

The Phillies were swept over the weekend in San Francisco, scoring only 1 run the entire series. That prompted pitcher and former Cub Jake Arrieta to go off on his team. Arrieta accounted for the Phillies' only run of the series with a home run. The Phillies (31-26) entered Monday third in the NL East with a run differential of plus-26. They are in the lower half of most key offensive categories, but their pitchers were fourth in ERA (3.45). Odubel Herrera has a line of .305/.366/.471 with 7 home runs and 32 RBI. Carlos Santana is batting only .218, but he leads the team in homers (9). The Cubs (33-23) lead the NL in run differential at plus-93. They are second in runs scored, first in batting average and on-base percentage and ninth in home runs. Their pitchers entered Monday leading the NL in ERA (3.18). Javier Baez was third in homers (14) and first in RBI (45).

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- Bruce Miles

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