Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Monday 8/23, 7:05 CT

Monday notes...

LOSSES: As you know, the Cubs are on a now-team record 13-game home losing streak. There have been only nine longer single-season streaks in MLB history:

14: 1911 Braves, 1956 Tigers
15: 1969 Pilots, 1974 Angels, 2002 Mets
17: 1913 Yankees, 1996 Tigers
19: 1906 Red Sox
20: 1953 Browns

I suspect the Cubs’ streak will end during this series, given that the Rockies are 14-45 on the road. But we shall see.

NO HOME COOKING: During the 13-game home losing streak the Cubs have been outscored 99-33 and have batted .199 (83-for-417) and Cubs pitchers have a 7.34 ERA (93 earned runs in 114 innings).

MORE ON LOSING: The Cubs are 41-22 when scoring four or more runs in a game this season but are 13-50 when scoring three or fewer runs. The 63 games with three or fewer runs scored are third-most in the majors (the Pirates lead with 73).

I think that’s about enough, don’t you?

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Rockies lineup:

Also of interest for this series (time listed is ET):

Kyle Hendricks, RHP vs. Antonio Senzatela, RHP

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Kyle Hendricks’ last start, August 17 in Cincinnati, was a good one: six innings, three hits, one run.

His last start against the Rockies was more than two years ago, June 4, 2019 at Wrigley Field. He allowed three runs in seven innings and struck out 10. For laughs go look at who Colorado’s starting catcher was that night and what his BA was after that game.

Kyle’s not having a vintage Kyle season and he is, oddly enough, pitching much worse at Wrigley (5.17 ERA in 13 starts) than on the road (3.00 ERA in 12 starts). But perhaps tonight will be different.

Statcast

The Cubs scored four runs off Antonio Senzatela August 5 at Coors Field, and actually won that game. Since then Senzatela has made two decent starts against two pretty good teams, the Astros and Padres (13 innings, five earned runs).

He has been markedly worse on the road (eight starts, 5.80 ERA) than at home (12 starts, 3.89 ERA), so there’s that.

Statcast

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Discuss amongst yourselves.