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On Friday, a series opener is on the schedule, with the Chicago Cubs (23-33) visiting the New York Yankees (41-16) at 7:05 PM ET. The scheduled starters are Luis Severino (4-1) for the Yankees, and Wade Miley for the Cubs.

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Yankees vs. Cubs Team Stats

Yankees Hitting

  • Aaron Judge has accumulated a team-high OBP (.383) and slugging percentage (.671), while pacing the Yankees in hits (65). He’s batting .310 with 10 doubles, 22 home runs and 27 walks.
  • Among qualifying hitters in MLB action, Judge ranks 12th in batting average, 15th in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
  • Anthony Rizzo is batting .215 with 10 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 24 walks.
  • Rizzo ranks 140th in batting average, 93rd in on base percentage, and 24th in slugging in baseball.
  • DJ LeMahieu is hitting .269 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 21 walks.
  • Gleyber Torres is hitting .249 with seven doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 11 walks.

Yankees Pitching

  • The Yankees strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
  • The Yankees have pitched to a 2.94 this season, which ranks first in baseball.
  • The Yankees have a combined 1.064 WHIP as a pitching staff, which is the best in baseball this season.
  • With just 46 homers allowed, the Yankees rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
  • They earned a 10-7 win in their most recent game, striking out eight Twins batters while allowing nine hits.

Cubs Hitting

  • Willson Contreras paces the Cubs with a .277 batting average.
  • Contreras ranks 28th in home runs and 104th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
  • Contreras carries a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with a double, two home runs, five walks and four RBI.
  • Ian Happ is batting .269 with 12 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 31 walks.
  • Happ is 88th overall in home runs and 50th in RBI this season.
  • Frank Schwindel is batting .239 with 10 doubles, eight home runs and 14 walks.
  • Patrick Wisdom leads the Cubs with 12 long balls and runs batted in, driving in 31.

Cubs Pitching

  • The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 12th in the league.
  • The Cubs have the 26th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.42).
  • Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the 20th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.299).
  • Cubs pitchers combine to give up 72 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (third-most in the league).
  • They struck out seven Orioles batters while allowing nine hits in a 9-3 loss in their last game.

Yankees vs. Cubs Injuries

Yankees Injuries

    Jonathan Loaisiga: 15 Day Injury List (Right shoulder), Aroldis Chapman: 15 Day Injury List (Achilles), Chad Green: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Domingo Germán: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder), Zack Britton: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Ben Rortvedt: 60 Day Injury List (Oblique), Stephen Ridings: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder)

    Find all the top stories and latest news about the New York Yankees.

Cubs Injuries

    Michael Hermosillo: 10 Day Injury List (Covid), Seiya Suzuki: 10 Day Injury List (Finger), Sean Newcomb: 15 Day Injury List (Ankle), Marcus Stroman: 15 Day Injury List (Shoulder), Drew Smyly: 15 Day Injury List (Oblique), Brad Wieck: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), David Bote: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder), Adbert Alzolay: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder), Codi Heuer: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Manuel Rodriguez: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Ethan Roberts: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder)

    Get all the latest Chicago Cubs news and updates.

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Yankees Upcoming Schedule

Date Opponent Score Home/Away
6/4/2022 Tigers W 3-0 Home
6/5/2022 Tigers W 5-4 Home
6/7/2022 Twins W 10-4 Away
6/8/2022 Twins L 8-1 Away
6/9/2022 Twins W 10-7 Away
6/10/2022 Cubs Home
6/11/2022 Cubs Home
6/12/2022 Cubs Home
6/14/2022 Rays Home
6/15/2022 Rays Home
6/16/2022 Rays Home

Cubs Upcoming Schedule

Date Opponent Score Home/Away
6/3/2022 Cardinals L 14-5 Home
6/4/2022 Cardinals W 6-1 Home
6/4/2022 Cardinals L 7-4 Home
6/5/2022 Cardinals L 5-3 Home
6/7/2022 Orioles L 9-3 Away
6/10/2022 Yankees Away
6/11/2022 Yankees Away
6/12/2022 Yankees Away
6/13/2022 Padres Home
6/14/2022 Padres Home
6/15/2022 Padres Home
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Adam Fromal joined the Endgame360 team in 2021 and works primarily with the Sportscasting team. He comes with a wealth of sports writing knowledge, building on a career that started in 2010, and with editing experience dating back to 2016. Adam enjoys covering all facets of the sports industry but has a particular love for basketball and the NBA. He grew up with that as a favorite and made it a career when he covered the NBA for almost a decade as a writer for Bleacher Report. During that time, he covered Denver Nuggets games and ran his own analytics website called NBA Math (a venture that he continues today). Throughout his tenure as an editor, Adam has a few other claims to fame: He helped to provide quality control for the Emmy-nominated "Game of Zones" web series at Bleacher Report and worked as a fact-checker for The Ringer's Mirin Fader on her debut book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. Adam earned his bachelor's degrees from the University of Georgia in Classical Culture, Latin, and Psychology.

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