Rockies and Cubs to Meet In NL Wild Card Game

Posted October 02, 2018 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Colorado Rockies (91-72, second in NL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (95-68, second in NL Central)

Chicago; Tuesday, 8 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Rockies: Kyle Freeland Cubs: Jon Lester

BOTTOM LINE: Colorado will travel to Chicago to play the Cubs in the NL Wild Card game. Trevor Story has been a tough out in the past week. He's batting .360 with nine hits and three home runs for Colorado over the past seven days. The Cubs are 24-8 in games started by Lester. Chicago has a collective .258 batting average on the year, led by Ben Zobrist's .305 mark. The Rockies are 8-2 during their last 10 games. Colorado has a strong power-hitting lineup, slugging .435 as a unit. Trevor Story leads the team with a slugging percentage of .567. Nolan Arenado helped the Rockies earn an 11-2 win when these two teams last met on May 2. He went 3-for-6 with five RBIs.

TOP PERFORMERS: Charlie Blackmon has 182 hits for the Rockies this season. Heâ€™s batting .291 on the year. David Dahl has six home runs and 16 RBIs while slugging .756 over his past 10 games for Colorado. Javier Baez has 101 runs and 111 RBIs for the Cubs this season. Anthony Rizzo has 13 hits and is batting .351 over his past 10 games for Chicago.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 8-2, .288 batting average, 2.43 ERA, outscored opponents by 40 runs. Cubs: 6-4, .255 batting average, 2.87 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.

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