Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Wednesday 7/28, 7:05 CT
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Wednesday notes:
WILLSON!: Willson Contreras has homered in two of his last four games and three of his last nine contests, and his 16 home runs this season lead all NL catchers.
EVEN-UP: Since the Cubs’ 11-game losing streak ended, they are 8-8. The Reds are also 8-8 in that time span. So are the Dodgers, and in the same time frame the Mets are 9-9. The Cubs have almost kept pace with the Brewers, who are 8-7 over that time period.
SAVING GAMES: Five Cubs pitchers have saves this year (Craig Kimbrel, Alec Mills, Ryan Tepera, Rex Brothers and Keegan Thompson). The Cubs also had five pitchers with saves last year, but in 2019 nine different Cubs posted saves (Kimbrel, Mills, Pedro Strop, Brandon Kintzler, David Phelps, Allen Webster, Rowan Wick, Steve Cishek and Tyler Chatwood). Nine is the record for the most in a single season in Cubs history since the save rule went into effect in 1969, tied with 1970 (Ted Abernathy, Hank Aguirre, Jim Colborn, Larry Gura, Bill Hands, Bob Miller, Juan Pizarro, Phil Regan and Roberto Rodriguez).