| Breaking News |  | Thursday, September 7th, 2023: Bricio Ortiz Suffers Injury
Watching Bricio Ortiz getting helped off the field today at Chicago East Park, fans of the Chicago Cubs feared the worst. The news wasn't quite as bad as initially feared, but the catcher will miss 2 weeks with a fractured hand. "We feel we've dodged a bullet. When you see a guy break down like that, you worry right away," a team spokesman said. Ortiz suffered the injury being hit by a pitch in the game against the Braves.
Ortiz currently has a .336 batting average with 195 hits, 3 homers, 69 RBIs, 82 runs scored and a .384 OBP.
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 | Thursday, September 7th, 2023: Chicago's Díaz Injured
It took the Chicago team doctor a while to realize it, but second baseman Alfredo Díaz won't simply play through a fractured finger after he got hurt colliding with a player at a base in today's Braves-Cubs game. At first, it looked like Díaz might be back as early as tomorrow, but now the prognosis isn't quite so good; he's expected to miss at least 1-2 weeks. A spokesman for the club described the loss of Díaz as a blow, but was confident that he'd be back soon.
Díaz is currently batting .264 with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs.
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 | Monday, September 4th, 2023: Red-Hot Alvarez NL Player of the Week
A hot-hitting week got Andres Alvarez the National League Player of the Week trophy. He really wore out his welcome with league pitchers.
The Chicago right fielder slammed them for a .750 average, 6 hits in 8 at-bats, 3 home runs, 6 RBIs and scored 5 runs.
In the postgame press conference, Alvarez shared his hitting philosophy with the SION scribes: "Just look for the seams and hit between them...nothin' more than that."
In 2023 Alvarez has hit at a .256 clip with 76 hits, 10 home runs, 34 RBIs and has scored 44 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 65-97, .401 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 36.0 GB | | Record at home | 29-52, .358 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-45, .444 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-13, .278 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 20-21, .488 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 15-22, .405 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 50-75, .400 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 10-18, .357 PCT | | Record in May | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in June | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in July | 8-16, .333 PCT | | Record in August | 9-19, .321 PCT | | Record in September | 11-15, .423 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .267 - 7th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .331 - 7th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .430 - 5th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .761 - 6th in NL | | Runs Scored | 813 - 6th in NL | | Hits | 1530 - 6th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 550 - 4th in NL | | Home Runs | 173 - 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 522 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 1152 - 8th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 150 - 8th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.38 - 11th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 5.38 - 12th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.40 - 10th in NL | | Runs allowed | 971 - 11th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1642 - 11th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .286 - 10th in NL | | BABIP | .326 - 10th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 171 - 10th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 677 - 12th in NL | | Strikeouts | 1053 - 7th in NL |
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