Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Saturday 5/16, 6:10 CT
The Cubs go for the series win.
Saturday notes… CUBS vs. SOX: The Cubs now are 78-75 in all games against the Sox, including 13-2 in the last four seasons. But they are only 22-33 in the first games of series.
They have won the last four openers and six of seven; before that, they were just 16-32! The Cubs are 28-27 in second games, including 13-14 on the road. They are 16-8 in second games after winning first games but 6-7 after winning openers on the South Side.
(Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) SATURDAY IN THE PARK: The Cubs are 3-3 on Saturdays so far this season. They were 20-7 last year. They are 0-2 on Saturdays on the road, having lost to the Dodgers at Los Angeles, 12-4, on April 25 and at Texas, 6-0, a week ago.
Both games snapped 10-game winning streaks. The two losses so far are as many as the Cubs had all of last season, when they 11-2 on Saturdays on the road. Both losses were at Cincinnati, the first on May 24 and the second on Sept.