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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Chicago Cubs, at Rogers Centre, September 10, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Rick Renteria
Game #:
146
On This Date:
62-60
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
145
On This Date:
13-16
Season Series
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 TOR  8  CHC  0     
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 TOR  9  CHC  2     

Wed, Sep 10, 2014 CHC    @TOR  7:07pm

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
64-81, 5th, 16 GB, 15½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-36   Road:   29-45   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  49-64   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:25-39   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Tue, Sep  9  @TOR  L   2-9       64-81  5th 16.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8  @TOR  L   0-8       64-80  5th 16.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   PIT  L   4-10      64-79  5th 15.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   PIT  L   0-5       64-78  5th 14.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   PIT  L   3-5 (11)  64-77  5th 13.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  3   MIL  W   6-2       64-76  5th 12.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   MIL  W   7-1       63-76  5th 12.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1   MIL  W   4-2       62-76  5th 12.5 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31  @STL  L   6-9       61-76  5th 12.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  L   2-13      61-75  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Toronto Blue Jays
75-69, 2nd, 10 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-31   Road:   36-38   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  58-51   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 35-28   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 12-18 IL:12-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep  9   CHC  W   9-2       75-69  2nd 10.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep  8   CHC  W   8-0       74-69  2nd 10.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  7  @BOS  W   3-1       73-69  3rd 10.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep  6  @BOS  L   3-4       72-69  3rd 10.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep  5  @BOS  L   8-9 (10)  72-68  3rd 10.0 gb
139 Thu, Sep  4  @TBR  W   1-0 (10)  72-67  3rd 10.0 gb
138 Wed, Sep  3  @TBR  W   7-4       71-67  3rd 10.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  2  @TBR  W   8-2       70-67  3rd 10.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   NYY  W   4-3       69-67  3rd 10.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   NYY  W   2-0       68-67  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 TOR  9  CHC  2        W:Mark Buehrle (12-9), L: Neil Ramirez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 TOR  8  CHC  0        W:Marcus Stroman (10-5), L: Jacob Turner (5-9), S: none

Sun, Jun 15, 2008 CHC  7 @TOR  4        W:Ted Lilly (7-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 CHC  6 @TOR  2        W:Jason Marquis (5-3), L: Roy Halladay (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 TOR  3  CHC  2        W:A.J. Burnett (6-6), L: Sean Gallagher (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (14)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 CHC  2  TOR  0        W:Sergio Mitre (1-1), L: Roy Halladay (9-3), S: Ryan Dempster (7)
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 TOR  6 @CHC  4        W:Scott Schoeneweis (2-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (1-1), S: Miguel Batista (11)
Mon, Jun 06, 2005 TOR  4 @CHC  1        W:Gustavo Chacin (6-4), L: John Koronka (1-1), S: Miguel Batista (10)
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 TOR  5  CHC  4 (10)   W:Aquilino Lopez (1-1), L: Mark Guthrie (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 CHC  4 @TOR  2        W:Mark Prior (8-2), L: Doug Davis (3-4), S: Joe Borowski (13)
Season Series: 2014 - TOR over 2-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 7-4

SP: Kyle Hendricks (24, RHP, 6-1, 2.02)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-1) 62.1 54 16 14 12 34 3 2.02
Last 7 GS 5-0 43.0 37 11 9 6 20 1 1.88 59
2014-09-03 MIL W 5.2 9 2 2 0 0 0 80 43
2014-08-29 @STL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 89 56
2014-08-23 BAL ND 2.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 46 40
2014-08-18 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 94 68
2014-08-12 MIL W 7.1 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 70
2014-08-07 @COL W 8.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 107 69
2014-08-01 @LAD W 7.0 4 2 1 1 3 0 107 65
Has never faced TOR as starter.

SP: Drew Hutchison (23, RHP, 9-11, 4.47)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-11) 163.0 154 81 81 53 149 18 4.47
2012 (5-3) 58.2 59 31 30 20 49 8 4.60
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 35 22 22 12 40 5 4.57 54
2014-09-05 @BOS ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 0 103 52
2014-08-30 NYY W 7.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 103 82
2014-08-24 TBR ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 97 61
2014-08-17 @CHW L 7.0 8 7 7 3 3 2 98 33
2014-08-11 @SEA L 5.2 7 6 6 2 5 1 95 34
2014-08-06 BAL W 8.2 1 1 1 1 8 1 115 85
2014-07-31 @HOU ND 3.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 62 33
Has never faced CHC as starter.

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 31.Graveman
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 35.Nolin*
G/S/vB		 32.Norris*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 246/169 .208/.261/.358/.620 .711/.578 .578 107/.558 7/4 8/4
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 153/115 .175/.229/.364/.592 .683/.563 .667 112/.479 3/0 7/6
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/158 .195/.275/.237/.512 .426/.529 .463 28/.439 0/0 0/2
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 374/278 .240/.298/.389/.687 .833/.635 .648 72/.738 0/0 11/4
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .847 57/.886 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 368/275 .274/.342/.426/.768 .739/.777 .779 102/.569 6/4 6/4
61.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/95 .247/.305/.351/.655 .733/.647 .607 6/1.000 3/2 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/215 .213/.239/.358/.598 .642/.578 .592 5/.000 7/3 9/6
51.Lopez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 228/148 .153/.232/.356/.589 .674/.543 .640 16/.775 0/1 12/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 568/410 .278/.375/.514/.889 .927/.875 .846 49/.938 4/4 30/9
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 45/33 .366/.378/.707/1.085 .614/1.258 1.413 45/1.085 0/0 3/0
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/20 .250/.308/.250/.558 .702/.417 .563 39/.558 0/0 0/0
4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 95/63 .241/.295/.368/.663 .581/.705 .486 72/.752 1/0 3/2
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 479/396 .245/.326/.440/.766 .624/.796 .770 94/.887 1/2 16/7
45.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/35 .342/.359/.447/.806 .500/.842 .929 39/.806 1/0 1/3
IP 163.0 47.0 0.0 40.0 63.2 78.0 29.0 1.1 71.1 25.2 TOTAL .240/.299/.385/.683 .727/.669 .682 .681 59/38 142/86
ERA-K/9 4.47/8.2 3.06/13.0 /0.0 4.28/5.6 3.11/7.3 4.27/6.7 5.59/8.1 /0.0 0.00/13.8 2.78/6.9 1.40/8.4 4.06/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (46-7-5)
 Castillo (53-25-5)
 Lopez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.248 208/.227 1/1.000 171/.275 263/.211 337/.253 129/.279 / 6/.200 294/.254 91/.140 .257  Alcantara
 Lake
 Coghlan
 Soler
 Kalish
 Szczur
 Watkins
0/39/0/3
51/34/0/3
84/0/4/3
0/0/11/1
18/5/8/0
5/4/8/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .718 .638 2.000 .716 .643 .766 .825 .533 .684 .352 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 389/.800 80/.766 / 72/.713 89/.505 158/.799 68/.939 / 3/.000 126/.752 33/.493 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.618 128/.557 1/2.000 99/.718 174/.714 179/.737 61/.708 / 3/1.167 168/.634 58/.269 .708
Home 257/.768 106/.707 / 99/.843 123/.629 161/.964 38/.713 / 5/.650 155/.662 47/.370
Last 28d days 108/.644 32/.422 1/2.000 43/.736 38/.854 35/.924 6/.333 / 6/.533 37/.849 48/.340
HR/SB/CS 18/20/3 2/9/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 3/8/1 12/6/2 2/2/0 // 0/0/0 3/7/6 1/2/1 128/87/23
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· ····o··· ··o·Xo·· ····X·X· ····X·X· ···oo··· X···o··· ·······o o··X··oo
Blue Jays Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 43.Jokisch*
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 19.Straily
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.953 8/.900 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 603/479 .287/.397/.531/.928 1.086/.886 .936 96/.938 5/2 32/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.143 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.522 8/1.089 8/1.232 ··· 2/5.000 469/371 .265/.354/.553/.907 .851/.921 .988 94/.703 2/0 30/8
47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 316/268 .223/.294/.463/.757 .399/.820 .797 19/.691 0/2 16/11
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 152/117 .206/.233/.291/.524 .387/.561 .595 20/.774 0/1 1/0
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 227/176 .230/.323/.286/.609 .467/.649 .571 22/.465 15/4 1/0
16.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .235/.349/.382/.731 .750/.720 .716 / 0/0 1/1
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 236/187 .273/.329/.311/.640 .659/.635 .639 52/.720 0/0 0/6
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 33/30 .269/.375/.615/.990 .000/1.109 1.138 / 0/0 3/0
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 7/1.238 6/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 272/236 .324/.386/.478/.864 .229/.959 .889 67/.856 0/0 4/2
9.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 140/76 .218/.307/.427/.735 .940/.560 .672 2/1.500 0/0 6/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 471/344 .284/.325/.413/.738 .735/.739 .820 71/1.019 2/0 12/3
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/49 .275/.280/.363/.643 .648/.640 .630 41/.766 0/2 0/0
45.Pompey# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.262 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.800 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 4/1.500 369/272 .230/.293/.457/.750 .699/.767 .661 50/.927 4/0 18/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.661 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 2/no AB 581/419 .280/.325/.399/.724 .680/.740 .768 103/.606 26/2 9/17
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 134/99 .263/.341/.297/.638 .608/.648 .697 17/.686 0/3 0/1
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/61 .229/.292/.353/.645 .841/.294 .732 16/.375 3/1 3/5
15.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 232/127 .271/.310/.383/.694 .844/.571 .745 71/.623 0/0 4/5
IP 62.1 10.1 62.2 4.1 16.1 39.0 55.1 9.0 52.0 47.1 54.1 74.0 1.0 46.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.420/.744 .694/.763 .773 .734 68/19 163/77
ERA-K/9 2.02/4.9 3.48/12.2 3.73/9.3 2.08/8.4 6.61/9.4 1.38/11.5 2.60/9.6 13.00/12.0 3.98/4.8 5.70/8.2 2.32/10.3 4.74/8.3 9.00/9.0 2.74/7.2 3.87/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (8-1-0)
 Navarro (52-15-6)
 Thole (22-3-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.234 48/.286 264/.223 18/.333 71/.284 155/.174 227/.225 49/.308 218/.253 204/.247 218/.185 330/.287 5/.400 198/.247 .249  Bautista
 Rasmus
 Gose
 Mayberry
 Pillar
 Encarnacion
 Tolleson
0/11/114/9
0/85/0/3
9/49/14/2
13/11/5/1
20/15/3/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
OPS .588 .783 .626 .722 .846 .533 .532 1.013 .650 .791 .538 .769 1.400 .638 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.568 23/.725 89/.557 / 30/.590 59/.525 100/.645 22/.742 74/.808 113/.773 88/.665 127/.754 3/.000 81/.573 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.605 25/.844 175/.660 18/.722 41/1.031 96/.535 127/.444 27/1.243 144/.568 91/.812 130/.454 203/.778 2/3.500 117/.684 .685
Road 134/.497 19/1.074 129/.605 / 37/.851 80/.485 70/.429 35/.967 103/.708 123/.759 103/.518 199/.907 / 99/.481
Last 28d days 86/.652 42/.867 35/.323 18/.722 18/1.278 36/.438 32/.281 21/1.238 14/1.192 45/.778 42/.504 51/.705 5/1.400 45/.697
HR/SB/CS 3/3/3 2/0/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 2/5/0 1/6/0 2/0/0 2/0/2 9/4/1 2/1/1 6/12/1 1/0/0 2/2/1 103/104/32
Usage ······X· ··Xoo··X ····o·o· ··X····· o·X····· X···X·o· ····o·o· ·o·X···· X···o··o ·X·X···· ····o·X· ····X··· ···X···· ····X··X

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.84

KCR  4.00

SDP  3.23

 RA/G

SEA  3.24

NYY  4.12

COL  5.12

 BA

J. Altuve  .336

R. Braun  .272

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

V. Martinez  .406

N. Cruz  .332

M. Dominguez  .265

 SLG

J. Abreu  .590

D. Navarro  .413

Z. Cozart  .304

 OPS

V. Martinez  .977

B. Dozier  .755

Z. Cozart  .577

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.67

M. Leake  3.62

C. Lewis  5.29

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

T. Koehler  7.22

K. Correia  4.62

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.