RHP Jake Arrieta improved to 11-2 on the road this season with his National League-leading 17th victory. He leads the majors in road wins and is 24-3 on the road over the last two seasons. Arrieta joins RHP Fergie Jenkins (1969-71) and RHP Hippo Vaughn (1917-20) as the only pitchers in club history with 11 road wins in consecutive seasons.

RHP Jake Arrieta (16-6) gave up three runs (two earned) and four hits in six innings Saturday in a loss to the Giants. He struck out seven, walked two and threw two wild pitches, including one that allowed a run to score. Arrieta leads the National League with 12 wild pitches this season. He has posted a 6.50 ERA in his past three home starts.

RHP Jake Arrieta (16-5, 2.84 ERA) is 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA in five career starts -- four at AT&T Park -- against the Giants. His only previous start against San Francisco at Wrigley Field came on Aug. 9, 2015, as he allowed just four hits in 7 2/3 scoreless innings in a 2-0 Cubs win. He's coming off a Monday start against the Pirates where he allowed a season-high tying six runs over 6 1/3 innings and received a no-decision in the Cubs 8-7 come-from-behind win in 13 innings.

RHP Jake Arrieta had a no-decision after allowing a season-high six runs and five hits while walking three and striking out six on Monday night. He has allowed 12 earned runs in his last two starts against the Pirates after giving up just nine total in his first 10 starts since joining the Cubs in 2013. Arrieta had not allowed a homer against Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field in his first 37 career innings until Josh Bell's solo shot in the fourth. He also went 1-for-3 at the plate and his 15 hits are the most by any big league pitchers this season.

RHP Jake Arrieta threw eight shutout innings to beat the Padres on Tuesday. He is 16-5 this season and 27-5 over his past 37 starts since the beginning of August 2015. He has a 1.84 ERA in those 37 starts while averaging more than 6 2/3 innings per outing. He is 10-2 in 13 road starts this season with a 2.99 ERA. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner leads the National League with 16 wins, and his 2.62 ERA ranks fourth.

RHP Jake Arrieta (15-5) worked 5 2/3 innings for the win Thursday, allowing five runs on three hits while while walking seven. "You could see from the first three innings I was able to pound the strike zone with pretty much everything and make them put the ball in play," Arrieta said. "I got away from it a little bit after that point."

RHP Jake Arrieta (14-5, 2.55 ERA) makes his 24th start of the season and 12th at home on Thursday in the series finale against the Brewers. In his last start on Aug. 12 against St. Louis, he allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings in the Cubs' 13-2 victory. Arrieta is 5-3 with a 2.31 ERA in 10 career starts against the Brewers, including a 3-0 mark in his past three meetings.

RHP Jake Arrieta (14-5) won his second straight decision, continuing a rebound from a July slump that saw three losses and two no-decisions. He's now 7-1 with a 2.53 ERA in 10 starts with five days of rest. "The fast ball had that little extra life at the end, the strike throwing was better and the curve ball had great depth. ... It reminded me of last year," said Cubs manager Joe Maddon. Arrieta allowed his first Wrigley Field homer since July 25, 2015, a 15 home start streak that was the longest since starter Bill Lee went 17 games between 1942-47.

RHP Jake Arrieta (13-5, 2.59 ERA) will start Friday against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. Arrieta is 5-2 with a 2.07 ERA in 11 career regular-season starts against St. Louis. He faced the Cardinals on May 25 and June 22, going 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA. In his most recent outing, he fired eight shutout innings Saturday in a 4-0 win over the A's in Oakland. It was Arrieta's first victory since June 27 after five consecutive winless starts.

RHP Jake Arrieta pitched eight shutout innings and ended his three-game losing streak Saturday as Cubs defeated the Oakland A's 4-0 at Oakland Coliseum. Arrieta (13-5) allowed three hits, struck out four and walked one, winning for the first time since June 27 against Cincinnati. Arrieta, the reigning National League Cy Young winner, was 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA in his previous five starts after going 13-3 with a 2.10 ERA in his first 16. Arrieta said he's "really close" to being back to where he wants to be. "Emphasis on sinking the ball down, middle down in the strike zone and forcing action early on," he said. "Not worrying about strikeouts. Those will come in big situations."

RHP Jake Arrieta (12-5) drew the loss Saturday despite limiting the Mariners to two runs on two hits in seven innings. Arrieta walked three and struck out four. "Everything was good today," Arrieta said. "Obviously, the two walks in the eighth (inning) put us in a bind. But we were still right there."

RHP Jake Arrieta (12-4, 2.76 ERA) makes his 21st start of the seasonon Saturdayin the middle game of the three-game weekend series. In his last outing on July 25 at the White Sox he allowed four runs on five hits over six innings in a 5-4 Cubs loss. The Cubs have lost the last four games Arrieta has started. Hes 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA in two starts and three appearances against the Mariners but has not faced them since 2012 while with the Baltimore Orioles.

RHP Jake Arrieta was solid in six innings Monday outside of giving up a three-run homer to Reds 3B Todd Frazier. Still, the Cubs' ace has been struggling of late. Over his past five starts, Arrieta is 1-2 with a 6.14 ERA with 31 hits allowed, 11 walks and 28 strikeouts. Frazier's home run was the eighth home run he has surrendered this season -- all on the road.

RHP Jake Arrieta had no decision in the Cubs' 2-1 loss on Tuesday night to the Mets, but his performance was encouraging after a series of struggles before the All-Star break. He allowed just one run andn five hits while striking out eight and walking one in seven innings, his first outing that long since June 11. "That was a little more like it," said Arrieta, making his first start since July 8. "Really aggressive in the strike zone and I was using my off-speed pretty well throughout the game."

RHP Jake Arrieta (12-4, 2.68 ERA) will start Tuesday against the Mets. He is 2-2 with a 2.48 ERA in six career regular-season starts against the Mets, including four runs allowed in 5 1/3 innings on July 2 in a loss at Citi Field. Despite recent struggles, he remains third in the NL in wins (12), fifth in opponents' batting average (.197), ninth in strikeouts (121) and 10th in ERA (2.68).

RHP Jake Arrieta is leaning toward sitting out Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game in San Diego, his agent, Scott Boras, confirmed via ESPN on Monday. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner is 12-4 with a 2.68 ERA and 121 strikeouts but has struggled recently, losing three of his last four starts. The Cubs are trying to keep Arrieta fresh for an anticipated October run after he admittedly tired late last season.

RHP Jake Arrieta allowed two home runs in the second inning, marking the first time he surrendered a home run to the Pirates since Sept. 13, 2013, when Garrett Jones hit Pittsburgh s last of three home runs on four pitches. Arrieta has allowed at least one home run in three consecutive starts for the first time since July 2011, when he surrendered at least one in five straight while with the Baltimore Orioles.

NEW YORK -- Stephen Strasburg completed an unbeaten first half of the season Friday night, when the right-handed pitcher allowed one run over seven strong innings to earn the win as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 3-1 at Citi FieldThe Mets lost for just the second time in nine games, but it was a costly defeat. A pair of All-Stars, outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and right-handed pitcher Noah Syndergaard, left with injuries. Cespedes exited after the third inning with a strained right quad while Syndergaard left with two outs in the fifth due to arm fatigue.Clint Robinson hit a two-run homer in the second for the Nationals while Daniel Murphy continued to dominate his former team with an RBI double in the third. Murphy is batting .409 with five homers and 15 RBIs this season against the Mets, with whom he played the first seven seasons of his career before signing with Washington in December.Angels 9, Orioles 5BALTIMORE -- Daniel Nava had a pair of RBIs and leaping grab to rob... [More]

RHP Jake Arrieta (12-3, 2.33 ERA) will try to snap out of a rare slump when he takes the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Arrieta allowed four runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings during his last time out against the Mets. He has given up nine earned runs and walked seven batters in his past 10 1/3 innings. The National League's reigning Cy Young Award winner has a 9-1 record with a 1.46 ERA in 12 career starts against Pittsburgh.

For the first time in 53 years and only the second time in Major League Baseball history, four players from one team will comprise the starting infield for an All-Star Game.All four Chicago Cubs infielders -- first baseman Anthony Rizzo, second baseman Ben Zobrist, shortstop Addison Russell and third baseman Kris Bryant -- were voted as starters for the midsummer class next Tuesday night in San Diego. Only the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals previously had all four infielders in the starting lineup."That's awesome," Bryant said. "I think it says a lot about the team. Everybody in the infield's having a great year so far."Center fielder Dexter Fowler will join his Chicago teammates, making the Cubs the first team since the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine in 1976 to have five starters in the lineup.Also on the NL roster will be sixth and seventh Cubs chosen -- pitchers Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester. "It will be really cool starting the game and throwing to those guys," Rizzo said. "It's really cool... [More]