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Arrieta named NL Pitcher of the Month

It's one of the many reasons that the Cubs will give the ball to Arrieta for Wednesday night's NL Wild Game presented by Budweiser, airing on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. CT on TBS.

Arrieta's final month of the year was a punctuation mark on perhaps the best second half for a pitcher in Major League history -- and it has also given Arrieta a strong argument to win the NL Cy Young Award.

He has not allowed a run in any of his last three starts, spinning 22 consecutive scoreless innings on the mound and finishing with a 0.