{"id":81634,"date":"2025-08-22T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81634"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:35:12","slug":"angels-take-on-the-cubs-in-first-of-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81634","title":{"rendered":"Angels take on the Cubs in first of 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chicago Cubs (73-55, second in the NL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (61-66, fourth in the AL West)<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: TBD; Angels: Tyler Anderson (2-8, 4.77 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 98 strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels host the Chicago Cubs to start a three-game series.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is 34-32 in home games and 61-66 overall. The Angels have a 34-12 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago has gone 32-30 in road games and 73-55 overall. The Cubs have gone 37-11 in games when they hit two or more home runs.<\/p>\n<p>The teams meet Friday for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Schanuel leads the Angels with a .269 batting average, and has 22 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 56 walks and 49 RBIs. Zach Neto is 12 for 40 with four home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Tucker has 21 doubles, four triples and 18 home runs for the Cubs. Nico Hoerner is 9 for 35 with a double and two RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 5-5, .234 batting average, 5.66 ERA, outscored by nine runs<\/p>\n<p>Cubs: 6-4, .200 batting average, 2.83 ERA, even run differential<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Angels: Zach Neto: day-to-day (wrist), Gustavo Campero: 10-Day IL (ankle), Chris Taylor: 10-Day IL (hand), Jorge Soler: 10-Day IL (back), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (biceps), Hunter Strickland: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ben Joyce: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n<p>Cubs: Cade Horton: day-to-day (finger), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (ankle), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Eli Morgan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Angels begin a three-game series at home against the Chicago Cubs on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":81637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1319,2050,69,2357,635,282,577,2615,3171,1225,975,2533,1127,1854,317,288,1848,2749,44,80,227,3170,2359,50,2355,2358],"class_list":["post-81634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-anthony-rendon","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-baseball","tag-ben-joyce","tag-california","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chris-taylor","tag-eli-morgan","tag-gustavo-campero","tag-hunter-strickland","tag-il-state-wire","tag-illinois","tag-jorge-soler","tag-justin-steele","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-miguel-amaya","tag-mike-soroka","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-nico-hoerner","tag-nolan-schanuel","tag-robert-stephenson","tag-sports","tag-tyler-anderson","tag-zach-neto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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