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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, April 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
56° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
21
On This Date:
46-53
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
21
On This Date:
53-47
Season Series
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3     
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 PIT  5  CHC  4     
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 CHC  4  PIT  0     

Tue, Apr 28, 2015 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, May 15, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, May 16, 2015 PIT    @CHC  4:05pm
Sun, May 17, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 CHC    @PIT 12:35pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 PIT    @CHC        
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 PIT    @CHC        

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
11-9, 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-4    Road:    5-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @CHC  L   0-4       11-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 26  @ARI  W   8-0       11-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 25  @ARI  W   2-1       10-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @ARI  W   4-1        9-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   CHC  W   5-4        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   CHC  W   4-3        7-8   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   CHC  L   8-9        6-8   4th  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   CHC  L   2-5        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   MIL  W   5-2        6-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   MIL  W   6-2        5-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-9
Chicago Cubs
11-7, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Mon, Apr 27   PIT  W   4-0       11-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @CIN  W   5-2       10-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @CIN  W   7-3 (11)   9-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @PIT  L   4-5        8-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @PIT  L   3-4        8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @PIT  W   9-8        8-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20  @PIT  W   5-2        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19   SDP  L   2-5        6-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18   SDP  W   7-6 (11)   6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17   SDP  L   4-5        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-7    Last 30:11-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 CHC  4  PIT  0        W:Jason Hammel (2-1), L: Vance Worley (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 PIT  5  CHC  4        W:Radhames Liz (1-1), L: Brian Schlitter (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3        W:Vance Worley (2-1), L: Jason Hammel (1-1), S: Tony Watson (1)
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (3)
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2        W:Jake Arrieta (2-1), L: Arquimedes Caminero (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 14, 2014 PIT  7  CHC  3        W:Edinson Volquez (12-7), L: Jacob Turner (5-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CHC  6 @PIT  4        W:Felix Doubront (4-5), L: Jeff Locke (7-5), S: Hector Rondon (24)
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 PIT  7  CHC  3        W:Gerrit Cole (9-5), L: Tsuyoshi Wada (4-3), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 PIT 10 @CHC  4        W:Gerrit Cole (8-5), L: Travis Wood (8-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (4-10), L: Felix Doubront (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 3-2; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1251-1176

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 2-0, 3.32)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-0) 19.0 18 7 7 4 15 0 3.32
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 40 19 19 12 35 3 4.04 53
2015-04-23 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 93 41
2015-04-18 MIL W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
2014-09-24 @ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 1 86 20
2014-09-19 MIL ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 82 62
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2014-09-08 @PHI W 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 92 76
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 27.1 24 14 14 15 25 3 4.61 50
2015-04-23 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 93 41
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2013-09-12 CHC W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 100 71
2013-06-09 @CHC ND 5.2 1 1 1 7 6 0 100 62
2012-09-16 @CHC ND 4.1 7 5 5 1 2 2 74 30

SP: Travis Wood (28, LHP, 1-1, 3.24)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 16.2 14 6 6 6 17 2 3.24
2014 (8-13) 173.2 190 110 97 76 146 20 5.03
2013 (9-12) 200.0 163 73 69 66 144 18 3.11
Last 7 GS 1-3 34.0 39 24 21 15 32 7 5.56 45
2015-04-21 @PIT ND 5.0 4 3 3 2 5 2 84 50
2015-04-15 CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @COL L 4.2 7 3 3 2 5 0 90 41
2014-09-22 STL L 5.0 8 7 6 2 8 0 107 31
2014-09-15 CIN ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 98 67
2014-09-07 PIT L 1.2 9 7 7 1 1 3 58 9
2014-08-31 @STL ND 4.2 5 4 2 3 2 2 98 41
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 24.0 30 17 17 11 21 7 6.38 43
2015-04-21 @PIT ND 5.0 4 3 3 2 5 2 84 50
2014-09-07 PIT L 1.2 9 7 7 1 1 3 58 9
2014-06-21 PIT L 4.2 4 3 3 3 4 1 99 45
2014-06-10 @PIT W 6.2 9 3 3 2 2 1 102 44
2014-04-10 PIT ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 9 0 106 66

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 27.Coke*
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 18/.167 4/.500 2/.000 26/.725 3/.666 6/.666 3/.000 5/1.400 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .716 67/.720 8/3 18/25
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .950 57/.668 1/0 2/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 17/.982 1/.000 1/.000 9/.619 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .847 81/.636 18/7 13/6
12.Hart G/S/vP 14/.786 1/no AB 1/.000 14/1.654 14/.381 ··· ··· ··· 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .606 16/.650 2/0 6/1
27.Kang G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.477 / /
15.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .619 24/.216 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 25/1.056 2/1.000 1/.000 23/.978 1/no AB 4/.500 1/5.000 8/.125 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .852 72/.752 30/11 13/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 38/.878 1/.000 2/.500 34/1.386 10/.829 7/.429 1/.000 7/.286 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .924 77/.600 18/3 25/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 13/1.720 1/.000 1/2.000 13/.968 2/.500 7/.000 ··· 3/.000 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .704 61/.476 4/1 12/11
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .582 75/.731 14/5 7/2
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.167 ··· 9/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .859 18/.882 2/1 12/3
19.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/.715 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 154/116 .294/.362/.331/.693 1.098/.555 .700 15/.414 0/1 0/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 22/1.009 4/1.000 ··· 24/.619 6/.666 5/.900 3/.666 6/.533 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .811 79/.775 2/2 23/5
IP 173.2 58.0 30.1 140.2 25.0 63.1 13.1 61.0 TOTAL .227/.275/.357/.632 .616/.634 .621 .632 11/4 17/11
ERA-K/9 5.03/7.6 3.88/6.4 4.75/9.2 6.33/7.9 4.68/6.1 2.42/9.0 9.45/14.2 2.21/10.5 3.57/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (18-6-2)
 Stewart (30-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 781/.277 257/.299 133/.256 633/.302 110/.293 255/.218 66/.259 244/.187 .237  Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Rodriguez
 Mercer
 Hart
 Lambo
0/0/83/5
26/0/26/4
114/28/0/4
0/146/0/1
17/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/7/0
0/0/6/0
OPS .782 .790 .837 .869 .891 .526 .875 .535 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.619 114/.691 59/1.126 291/.930 42/.733 115/.616 30/.573 99/.621 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 587/.837 143/.871 74/.598 342/.816 68/.989 140/.454 36/1.134 145/.478 .630
Home 400/.756 119/.855 80/1.014 340/.902 64/.839 175/.566 27/.836 130/.539
Last 28d days 68/.649 24/.917 12/.432 21/.438 39/.698 40/.609 28/.476 32/.225
HR/SB/CS 20/10/3 5/5/2 7/1/0 18/14/5 7/1/0 2/6/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 13/14/1
Usage ······X· ···oX·o· ···X·X·· ····X·o· ···XX·X· ·X·X··o· ·X·X·o·o oo···o·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 58.Liz
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 / /// / 46/.938 / /
5.Castillo G/S/vP 10/.786 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 9/.222 2/.500 8/.875 417/317 .237/.296/.389/.686 .855/.631 .712 24/.837 0/0 13/6
13.Castro G/S/vP 13/.462 4/.750 2/.000 8/1.500 1/5.000 9/.777 2/1.000 8/.125 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .693 77/.770 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 432/327 .283/.352/.452/.804 .709/.832 .821 59/.765 7/4 9/4
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 358/194 .230/.284/.318/.602 .587/.615 .498 14/.786 9/3 3/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.100 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 505/381 .276/.375/.399/.774 .887/.737 .829 77/.758 11/4 8/5
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 104/62 .233/.307/.289/.596 .595/.596 .723 33/.540 1/3 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 326/223 .211/.246/.351/.597 .644/.575 .612 / 7/3 9/7
47.Montero* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.250 ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 4/.250 560/445 .243/.329/.370/.699 .563/.735 .697 50/.752 0/4 13/13
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 15/1.092 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.571 1/.000 9/.819 3/2.000 12/.500 616/445 .286/.386/.527/.913 .928/.907 .943 81/1.002 5/4 32/9
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 171/104 .184/.260/.368/.629 .809/.518 .510 17/.661 0/1 7/7
22.Russell G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 / /// / 25/.400 / /
68.Soler G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 97/75 .292/.330/.573/.903 .701/.964 .839 82/.762 1/0 5/2
IP 131.1 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .247/.324/.386/.710 .716/.709 .667 .710 20/4 16/13
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.1 3.94/11.4 10.80/10.7 1.96/5.0 /0.0 1.90/9.0 4.80/6.6 1.63/9.4 2.98/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (57-28-7)
 Montero (64-26-5)
 Ross (32-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.257 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .233  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Lake
 Denorfia
 Soler
101/0/4/5
0/111/0/4
53/36/1/3
33/13/76/3
0/0/24/2
OPS .722 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .630
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.521 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.776 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .615
Road 263/.806 110/.594 14/1.662 120/.490 / 123/.493 43/1.012 151/.688
Last 28d days 76/.660 19/.833 39/.514 40/.642 20/.821 38/.839 29/.653 44/.500
HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 10/21/6
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ·o··oo·X ·o·o·XX· ····X·X· ··Xoo·X· X····o·o ··X··Xo·

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 2015 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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

W. Chen  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.