Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Tuesday 7/6, 7:05 CT

Today's roster move: Here

Tuesday notes:

• THE LOSING IS THE HARDEST PART: The current 10-game losing streak is the Cubs’ longest since a 12-game skid, May 15-27, 2012. Before that, you have to go back to 1997, when the Cubs began the season 0-14, for a longer streak.
• THE NUMBERS ARE BAD: During the 10-game slide, Cubs hitters have batted .207 (67-for-323) with a .298 OBP and a .626 OPS. Cubs pitchers have posted a 6.39 ERA (58 earned runs in 81⅔ innings).
• SOME GOOD NEWS: Kris Bryant’s All-Star selection makes him just the third Cubs third baseman with four or more All-Star honors. The others: Ron Santo (nine times) and Stan Hack (four times). The Cubs will have at least two players represent the club at the All-Star Game for the third year in a row and sixth time in the last All-Star games since 2014.
• THE CLOSE ONES: The Cubs are 13-16 in 29 one-run games this season, tied for the second-most one-run contests in baseball with tonight’s opponent, the Phillies. The Mets lead with 31 such games.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Phillies lineup:

Jake Arrieta, RHP vs. Aaron Nola, RHP

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Jake Arrieta has been just awful since he had a decent start against the Tigers when he first came back from the injured list.

Last nine starts: 7.13 ERA, 1.925 WHIP, nine HR in 35⅓ innings. Yuck.

He’s facing a team tonight that he pitched for, for three seasons. Will that matter? Probably not. Current members of the Phillies are hitting .237 (33-for-139) against Jake. Andrew McCutchen is 13-for-56 (.232) against him with one home run.

I’ve given up trying to figure Jake out.

Aaron Nola is having a bad year, too. Last 10 starts: 5.75 ERA, 1.413 WHIP, 11 home runs in 51⅔ innings.

Anthony Rizzo (5-for-12), Kris Bryant (3-for-10) and Willson Contreras (3-for-7) have all hit Nola well in small sample sizes.

Hey, maybe we could have a repeat of the 23-22 game tonight, only with the Cubs winning.

Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. Here’s a list of providers currently carrying Marquee.

Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

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