RHP John Lackey was cruising early but fell apart in the fifth inning in a 6-3 Cubs' loss in Philadelphia. Lackey, who struck out the first five batters he faced, allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits in five innings on the day. He struck out eight and walked one as his record evened at 10-10.

RHP John Lackey, Sunday's starter in the series finale against the Phillies, is coming off a rough outing, as the 38-year-old veteran righthander gave up nine hits and six runs (all earned) in five innings in Cincinnati on Tuesday, though he avoided a decision in a game his team ultimately won 13-9. That broke a string of seven consecutive starts where he'd held his opponents to three earned runs or fewer, going 5-0 with a 3.29 ERA (38 1/3 innings, 14 ER) during that time -- including holding those same Reds to just one run on four hits. "It just shows you a fine line between good and bad, especially facing the same team five days later," Lackey said after his last start. "It's never an advantage to a pitcher."

RHP John Lackey sought a win in his sixth straight start, but had a no-decision. After a shaky start, Lackey ended up allowing one run and four hits while striking out six and walking three in six innings. He is 5-0 since the All-Star break and is 14-8 with a 2.68 ERA following the All-Star break since the 2015 season. Lackey also claimed his first career stolen base in the fourth inning.

Cubs RHP John Lackey never likes coming out of a game, and he certainly wasn't happy when manager Joe Maddon lifted him after he allowed Paul Goldschmidt's solo homer in the sixth inning -- Arizona's second homer in as many innings. But the Cubs went on to win 8-3 -- Lackey's fifth straight victory -- and the 38-year-old was limited to 85 pitches. "He did his job, he had great stuff. And my message to him is by not throwing too many pitches now, he's going to be strong the rest of the year," Maddon said. "You've seen an uptick in velocity, better break on his breaking ball and part of that is by not beating him up." Lackey is 5-0 in six starts since the start of July.

RHP John Lackey (9-9) allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings. He was 3-0 with a 3.27 ERA in July. He has allowed 27 home runs this season, tied for most in the majors.

RHP John Lackey (8-9, 4.87 ERA) is on a roll with a 3-0 record since the All-Star break. In his last start on July 30 at Milwaukee, he allowed just two runs and nine hits in six innings in his eighth quality start. Both runs came on a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Lackey will make his eighth career start against Washington and second this season. He allowed eight runs in 5 1/3 innings on June 28 at Nationals Park and had gone 2-0 with a 3.49 ERA in his previous six starts against the franchise dating to a 2003 start against the Montreal Expos.

RHP John Lackey allowed just two runs over six innings Sunday to improve to 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA in three starts since the All-Star break. The veteran lowered his ERA from 5.24 to 4.87 by posting a 3.27 ERA in four July starts.

RHP John Lackey (7-9) has gone 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA in two starts since the All-Star break. He did not allow a home run on Tuesday against the White Sox for the fourth time this season. Lackey also hit a career-high four batters, including three in a scoreless fifth inning. That made him the first Cubs pitcher to hit four batters since Moe Drabowsky on June 2, 1957, in the first game of a doubleheader at Cincinnati.

RHP John Lackey (6-9, 5.04 ERA) makes his 19th start of the season and ninth at home. He returned from the 10-day disabled list (plantar fasciitis) with a victory in his last start on July 18. He allowed just one run (a solo homer) over five innings in the Cubs' 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Lackey had gone 1-6 with two no-decisions over his last nine outings until win. He will make his 18th career start against the White Sox and second with the Cubs. In 2016 he held the White Sox to just one run on four hits as he earned his 12th quality start against them.

RHP John Lackey made a successful return from the disabled list. He pitched five innings and allowed just one hit, that coming on a home run, on five hits and two walks. It is the fourth start that Lackey has allowed one or fewer runs. He improved to 2-1 in five career starts against Atlanta.

RHP John Lackey will come off the 10-day disabled list (right foot plantar fasciitis) and make his 18th start of the season. The Veteran's last start game on July 5 against Tampa Bay when allowed three runs in six innings. Lackey will be challenged to keep the ball in Atlanta's SunTrust Park; he has allowed 24 homers in 98 2/3 innings after allowing 23 in 188 1/3 inning last season. Lackey is 1-1 with a 2.59 ERA in four career starts against the Braves.

RHP John Lackey, on the disabled list (plantar fasciitis in right foot), had a good throwing session before Saturday's game. Manager Joe Maddon said that if Lackey feels all right that he could start on Tuesday versus the Braves. "It could be Tuesday but we won't know anything for sure until (Sunday)," Maddon said.

RHP John Lackey was placed on the 10-day disables list on Thursday with lantar fasciitis of the right foot. Lackey, 38, is 5-9 with a 5.20 ERA in 17 starts with the Cubs this year. He had no-decision in Chicago's 7-3 Wednesday win over Tampa Bay.

CHICAGO -- Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber's stay at Triple-A Iowa is over with manager Joe Maddon convinced a hitting slump for the left-handed power hitter is also coming to an end.Schwarber rejoined the team and was installed in the starting lineup for the series finale with the Milwaukee Brewers, batting fifth and playing left field."Now that I was able to go down there and hash everything down ... stop thinking about it, it was all a really positive experience for me," Schwarber said Thursday before batting practice. Schwarber spent 11 games on the roster of the Chicago Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa, belting four home runs and batting .343 (12 for 35). Schwarber had a .171 average and 12 home runs in 64 games with the Cubs this season. He agreed to the demotion and kept a positive mindset in the minors. Schwarber smacked an opposite field home run in a two-homer effort on Saturday."You've got to go back to what made you successful in the first place," Schwarber said of his... [More]

RHP John Lackey had his seventh quality start but no decision after working six innings on Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays. He He allowed three runs and six hits, struck out three and walked none in six innings. Lackey avoided his third straight loss with the no-decision and snapped a nine-game streak with at least one home run allowed. The start was his 25th against Tampa Bay, fourth most among active pitchers.

RHP John Lackey gave up a season-high eight runs in the loss Wednesday. The losing pitcher was Lackey, who has a 5.24 ERA. "I think it was a matter of location and lack of execution," manager Joe Maddon said.

RHP John Lackey will start Wednesday in Washington against the Nationals. He has three quality starts in a row against the Nationals and is 2-0 against the Washington franchise. That includes an appearance against the Montreal Expos when he pitched with the Angels in 2003.

RHP John Lackey (5-8) took a hard-luck loss against the Marlins on Friday. He allowed three hits, two walks and two runs (one earned) in six innings. Lackey has lost his past three decisions against the Marlins.

RHP John Lackey (5-7, 4.98 ERA) starts Friday against the Marlins. One of Lackey's problems this year has been the long ball. He has allowed at least one homer in seven straight starts and 12 of 14 games. He has allowed 20 homers in 81 1/3 innings this year. Last year, he gave up 23 homers in 188 1/3 frames. Last year, Lackey allowed only 1.1 homers per nine innings. Ths year, he allowed 2.2 long balls per nine, which would surpass his previous career high of 1.4. At this rate, Lackey will blow past his previous high of 31 homers allowed in one season.

RHP John Lackey (5-7) allowed one run, a solo homer by Jordy Mercer, in six innings of two-hit ball, striking out four and walking three for his first win since May 16. In the interim, he had been 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in five starts. "I'm just going to try to enjoy the rest of the season, try to calm down a little bit and just enjoy myself a little bit more," Lackey said. "Didn't give in to some guys and had a couple walks, but felt pretty good. It's very weird. You can pitch very similar and get lots of different results sometimes."