Cubs mlb schedule 2017 series#
Cubs: It’s time to start thinking about potential September call-upsīecause, barring another World Series matchup, a May 22-23 matchup against the Cleveland Indians marks the first time the two teams will meet up since Game 7 of last year’s Fall Classic.Cubs are giving pitcher Javier Assad a deserved shot.Make no mistake: the Cubs are very much about power hitters.Cubs starting pitching has been thriving on the North Side.Cubs should keep close eye on non-tender candidate Cody Bellinger.Chicago’s interleague matchups will come from the American League Central. This fits into the larger trend of the schedule, as well. The first three coming in May and the latter trio in September at Guaranteed Rate Field. Instead of the four-game Crosstown Cup series we saw in 2017, that reverts back to a six-game format. Wrigley Field plays host to the home opener on April 9 in a matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates. On March 29, the Chicago Cubs open up the 2018 slate of action on the road in South Beach against the Miami Marlins.Īccording to MLB.com, this marks the 13th time in the last 17 campaigns Chicago opens the year on the road. The club opens on the road in Miami against the Marlins on March 29.įor the first time in more than 50 years, Major League Baseball will open a full-slate of games on Opening Day. The Cubs have a chance to change that right out of the gate when they open the season against the Brewers on July 24 in a game being carried by ESPN.The Chicago Cubs released a tentative 2018 regular season schedule Tuesday. The moral of the story is that Friday night games at Wrigley don’t exactly conjure the best memories. That led to anemic losses in Game 163 and the Wild Card, one of the most frustrating and somehow fitting conclusions imaginable. Though the Cubs ended up winning against Cincy, losing Pedro Strop to a hamstring injury suffered while batting for himself during a multi-inning relief appearance.ĭespite going 11-6 in their final 17 games, starting with that ugly win in DC, the Cubs literally limped to the finish line and ended up tied with the Brewers after 162 games. The Cubs’ second Friday night game took place just over a year later when they played the Reds on Septemafter an ill-fated makeup game in Washington. The whining was all for naught as the Brewers actually ended up winning the game 2-0, after which they turned around and won the next two games 15-2 and 3-1 to sweep the weekend. Milwaukee was none too pleased with the schedule change and “vigorously objected” to the idea that the Cubs were making the move for competitive reasons. Cubs also played a Friday night game on.1st Friday night game at the park was.1st 1,157 Friday games the Cubs played at Wrigley Field were day games.In light of there being no Friday day games this year for Cubs, here’s from historian Ed Hartig: The first time they played at night on a Friday was against the Brewers on Septemin a game that required a special exemption from the league and city.
As MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian shared on Twitter via Cubs historian Ed Hartig, the first 1,157 Friday games played at Wrigley took place during the day. For more context, that is triple the number of regular-season Friday night home games that have been played in club history.ĭay games were a necessity until late in the 1988 season, what with the whole absence of lights at Wrigley Field and all.
Perhaps the most jarring of those is that each of their six Friday home games will be played at night for the first time in franchise history. Even though we had the Cubs’ schedule several hours ahead of the official reveal on MLB Network, some of our suppositions about start times were proven wrong.
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