Samardzija maintains a 0-0 record with a 3.83 ERA in his career vs. the Diamondbacks. Saunders is at

Jeff Samardzija (5-5, 4.04 ERA) takes on Joe Saunders (4-5, 3.44 ERA) as the Cubs (24-45) kickoff a three-game series with the Diamondbacks (34-35) on Friday afternoon at Chase Field. Today's first pitch comes at 6:40pm spirit airlines arrival schedule MST and will be shown on WGN and FSN-AZ.
Samardzija maintains a 0-0 record spirit airlines arrival schedule with a 3.83 ERA in his career vs. the Diamondbacks. spirit airlines arrival schedule Saunders is attempting to earn his fifth win of the season and has gone 0-2 with a 7.24 ERA all-time vs. the Cubs. Chicago went 4-3 against Arizona last year. The Cubs lost their previous game 7-0 to the White Sox, while the Diamondbacks beat the Mariners 14-10. The Cubs hit for a .242 batting average with nine home runs against the Diamondbacks last season. Players sorted by their StatPoints : Cubs Offense Grade Player POS PA BA R HR RBI SB B 85.4 B. LaHair 1B 220 .290 28 13 28 1 B- 80.6 S. Castro SS 298 .302 33 6 38 16 C+ 79.5 T. Campana CF 157 .275 20 0 5 24 C+ 79.4 A. Soriano LF 261 .266 26 13 43 1 C+ 77.3 R. Johnson CF 127 .293 16 2 11 1 C 72.4 D. Barney 2B 256 .265 30 3 22 4 C- 71.7 D. DeJesus RF 271 .261 36 2 21 2 D+ 68.9 J. Mather LF 121 .252 8 3 10 2 D+ 68.2 S. Clevenger C 84 .256 9 0 9 0 D+ 68.1 J. Baker 3B 82 .247 7 1 8 1 D- 60.2 G. Soto C 112 .168 13 4 7 0 F 47.8 A. Cardenas 2B 35 .152 2 0 1 0 Diamondbacks Offense spirit airlines arrival schedule Grade Player POS PA BA R HR RBI SB A- 91.6 L. Overbay 1B 84 .366 11 2 10 0 B 84.0 P. Goldschmid 1B 225 .285 28 9 30 6 B 83.3 J. Kubel LF 263 .297 30 8 41 1 B- 81.6 A. Hill 2B 272 .291 31 10 31 6 B- 81.1 G. Parra LF 212 .267 34 6 22 10 B- 80.5 M. Montero C 235 .265 30 7 38 0 C+ 78.0 J. McDonald SS 88 .280 9 4 12 0 C+ 77.5 J. Upton RF 264 .258 43 6 27 8 C- 71.3 R. Roberts 3B 212 .245 19 5 29 3 C- 70.9 W. Bloomquist SS 223 .288 29 0 12 5 C- 70.6 C. Young CF 151 .227 15 5 16 2 F 56.4 J. Bell 3B 53 .184 3 1 4 0 Cubs Pitching Grade Player IP W L ERA WHIP K A 92.1 M. Corpas 9.2 0 0 0.93 0.72 7 B 82.2 M. Garza 77.1 3 5 4.07 1.11 72 C+ 79.5 J. Samardzija 78 5 5 4.04 1.35 78 C+ 77.4 S. Camp 36.2 2 4 3.44 1.25 29 C 73.6 T. Wood 41.1 1 3 4.14 1.26 29 C- 70.8 P. Maholm 72 4 5 4.88 1.32 49 D+ 67.8 J. Asencio 33.2 1 1 5.08 1.40 24 D 62.0 C. Coleman 16 0 1 5.06 1.69 9 F 58.8 R. Wells 25.2 1 2 4.91 1.91 11 Diamondbacks Pitching Grade Player IP W L ERA WHIP K A 93.8 W. Miley 82.1 8 3 2.30 1.06 57 B- 80.8 T. Cahill 90.2 6 5 3.47 1.26 67 B- 80.1 C. Breslow 29.2 1 0 3.03 1.15 25 C+ 78.9 I. Kennedy 89.1 5 7 4.13 1.29 81 C+ 78.2 J. Saunders 81 4 5 3.44 1.38 53 D+ 67.9 J. Collmenter 37 0 2 5.59 1.32 34 F 59.4 D. Hudson 43.2 3 1 6.60 1.53 34
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