Oct. 17--Speedster Quintin Berry will take the place of injured shortstop Addison Russell on the Chicago Cubs' National League Championship Roster released Saturday.
Berry was on the Cubs' NL wild-card roster but was replaced for the NL Division Series.
Berry has been successful on 27 of 28 stolen base attempts in his major league career. Berry was added to the Cubs' roster in September and struck out in his only at-bat but stole two bases in three attempts.
Russell will miss the NLCS because of a moderate strain of his left hamstring. Russell suffered in the injury after sprinting to third base for a triple in fourth inning of Monday's 8-6 win over the Cardinals in Game 4 of the NL Division Series.
Here is the Cubs' NLCS roster against the New York Mets:
Pitchers (11)
28-Kyle Hendricks, RHP
33-Clayton Richard, LHP
34-Jon Lester, LHP
37-Travis Wood, LHP
39-Jason Hammel, RHP
46-Pedro Strop, RHP
49-Jake Arrieta, RHP
52-Justin Grimm, RHP
53-Trevor Cahill, RHP
56-Hector Rondon, RHP
57-Fernando Rodney, RHP
Position players (14)
3-David Ross
5-Quintin Berry
8-Chris Coghlan
9-Javier Baez
11-Tommy La Stella
12-Kyle Schwarber
13-Starlin Castro
15-Chris Denorfia
17-Kris Bryant
24-Dexter Fowler
27-Austin Jackson
44-Anthony Rizzo
47-Miguel Montero
68-Jorge Soler
