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Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Wrigley Field, July 6, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, July 6, 2015

Start Time:

7:05ct (local), 8:05et

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

59-53

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

63-59

Season Series
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0     
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9     
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4     
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5     
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1     
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1     
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 STL  4  CHC  1     

Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:20pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET

St. Louis Cardinals

53-28, 1st, 6 up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-11   Road:   22-17   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  46-17   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:22-8    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sun, Jul  5   SDP  W   3-1       53-28  1st  6.0 up
 80 Sat, Jul  4   SDP  W   2-1       52-28  1st  6.0 up
 79 Fri, Jul  3   SDP  L   1-2       51-28  1st  6.0 up
 78 Thu, Jul  2   SDP  L   3-5 (11)  51-27  1st  6.0 up
 77 Wed, Jul  1   CHW  L   1-7       51-26  1st  7.0 up
 76 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   1-2 (11)  51-25  1st  8.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CHC  W   4-1       51-24  1st  9.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-1       50-24  1st  8.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  49-24  1st  8.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @MIA  W   5-1       48-24  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Chicago Cubs

44-36, 3rd, 8½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   22-16   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  37-32   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 14-6    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sun, Jul  5   MIA  W   2-0       44-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  4   MIA  W   7-2       43-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  3   MIA  L   1-2       42-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jul  2  @NYM  W   6-1       42-35  3rd  8.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @NYM  W   2-0 (11)  41-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @NYM  W   1-0       40-35  3rd 10.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  L   1-4       39-35  3rd 11.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   1-8       39-34  3rd 10.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  L   2-3 (10)  39-33  3rd  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  L   0-4       39-32  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 STL  4  CHC  1        W:Carlos Martinez (9-3), L: Jason Hammel (5-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (23)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1        W:Michael Wacha (10-3), L: Donn Roach (0-1), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Justin Grimm (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1        W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Jake Arrieta (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Lance Lynn (1-3), S: Hector Rondon (6)
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4        W:Mitch Harris (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9        W:Miguel Socolovich (2-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-2), S: Seth Maness (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Lance Lynn (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (1)
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CHC  3  STL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (10-5), L: John Lackey (14-10), S: Hector Rondon (27)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 7-2; 2014 - STL won 10-9; 2013 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1191-1143

SP: John Lackey (36, RHP, 6-5, 3.30)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-5)			103.2	103	40	38	26	77	8	3.30
2014 (14-10)			198.0	206	94	84	47	164	24	3.82
2013 (10-13)			189.1	179	80	74	40	161	26	3.52

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.0	52	20	18	10	39	5	3.45	54
2015-07-01	CHW	L	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	1	106	59
2015-06-26	CHC	ND	7.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	106	55
2015-06-20	@PHI	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	100	64
2015-06-15	MIN	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	100	69
2015-06-08	@COL	L	4.0	12	10	8	0	5	2	82	7
2015-06-03	MIL	W	7.0	10	3	3	1	5	1	94	49
2015-05-29	LAD	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	96	75

Last 5 v.CHC		2-1	34.2	34	12	9	10	35	1	2.34	59
2015-06-26	CHC	ND	7.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	106	55
2015-05-07	CHC	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	10	0	109	74
2014-09-24	@CHC	L	6.2	5	2	2	4	8	0	107	60
2014-08-31	CHC	ND	6.1	9	5	2	1	6	1	95	46
2004-06-11	CHC	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	104	60

SP: Jon Lester (31, LHP, 4-6, 3.74)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-6)			96.1	100	44	40	28	93	10	3.74
2014 (16-11)			219.2	194	76	60	48	220	16	2.46
2013 (15-8)			213.1	209	94	89	67	177	19	3.75

Last 7 GS		0-4	40.2	42	19	18	13	42	4	3.98	52
2015-07-01	@NYM	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	107	73
2015-06-25	LAD	L	4.0	4	4	4	4	5	0	75	39
2015-06-20	@MIN	ND	6.1	3	1	1	3	7	1	102	67
2015-06-14	CIN	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	96	67
2015-06-09	@DET	L	4.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	93	28
2015-06-03	@MIA	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	4	2	97	28
2015-05-27	WSN	L	7.0	7	2	1	2	10	1	106	65

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	18.2	24	9	6	5	15	1	2.89	50
2015-05-06	@STL	W	7.0	7	4	1	2	6	1	106	57
2015-04-05	STL	L	4.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	89	39
2008-06-22	STL	ND	7.1	9	2	2	1	3	0	101	54

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

Cardinals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Lester*
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB 37.Wood*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bourjos G/S/vP 10/.700 3/1.000 6/.933 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 146/98 .236/.324/.378/.702 .663/.720 .527 43/.705 5/6 2/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.667 22/.821 2/.000 5/.400 7/.629 17/.919 5/1.100 40/.782 326/232 .274/.374/.444/.818 .630/.898 .779 91/.576 1/2 8/9

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.929 55/40 .196/.241/.235/.476 .845/.354 .512 14/.220 0/0 0/0

15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 11/.728 175/127 .256/.297/.518/.815 .781/.829 .838 88/.857 3/0 7/1

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 15/1.533 ··· 23/.865 7/.143 1/.000 4/1.167 13/.808 1/no AB 8/1.125 302/230 .281/.331/.439/.770 .891/.733 .757 93/.980 8/2 9/2

38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 10/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/1.000 67/45 .148/.224/.148/.371 .325/.394 .335 16/.745 1/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.804 5/1.100 29/1.478 1/.000 2/.500 6/1.500 6/.533 6/.750 41/1.066 292/227 .292/.333/.373/.706 .538/.752 .719 85/.805 0/1 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 36/.942 13/1.461 42/.692 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.500 5/.600 13/.962 22/.830 334/258 .297/.350/.469/.819 .831/.815 .881 95/.636 1/1 11/3

60.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .273/.273/.727/1.000 /1.000 11/1.000 1/0 1/0

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 38/.806 2/.000 9/.555 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 17/1.271 228/166 .227/.294/.362/.656 .725/.631 .682 78/.577 2/1 5/3

59.Scruggs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 32/27 .323/.344/.387/.731 .600/.755 1.000 31/.755 1/0 0/1

16.Wong* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.666 8/.929 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 5/.400 6/.533 7/1.429 329/244 .279/.337/.443/.780 .680/.817 .828 94/.649 7/4 9/9

IP 96.1 20.0 29.0 31.2 5.0 34.1 20.1 36.2 57.1 TOTAL .260/.325/.395/.719 .670/.735 .712 .721 33/20 63/47

ERA-K/9

3.74/8.7

1.35/14.8

2.17/6.5

2.84/6.2

1.80/12.6

2.10/7.6

1.77/5.8

2.70/10.3

4.71/9.6

3.32/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (4-1-0)
Molina (18-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.265 84/.192 122/.231 129/.207 21/.118 135/.216 83/.273 143/.146 244/.242 .236 Heyward
Bourjos
Grichuk
Reynolds
Kozma
Pham 0/0/73/5
0/48/0/1
30/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
0/3/0/0

OPS .746 .572 .584 .587 .462 .591 .676 .534 .737 .672

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.801 23/.316 44/.490 43/.704 11/.182 57/.473 49/.615 59/.725 74/.652 .651

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.731 61/.657 78/.631 86/.529 10/.775 78/.678 34/.761 84/.410 170/.772 .684

Home 229/.745 37/.459 51/.492 65/.595 11/.697 73/.497 45/.731 76/.512 108/.629

Last 28d days 117/.712 35/.544 52/.551 39/.547 8/.536 35/.261 35/.767 42/.521 54/.576

HR/SB/CS 10/21/4 1/2/0 0/4/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 2/5/1 1/3/2 3/1/1 10/0/2 70/61/21

Usage ····X··· ··X·o··X ········ o···oo·o ·oo····o ·o··oo·· ·oo·o··o oo··Xo·· ··oo····

Cubs Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 40.Harris
G/S/vB 67.Hatley
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Baxter* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 63/58 .255/.349/.273/.622 2.000/.524 .397 50/.682 0/0 0/1

17.Bryant G/S/vP 8/.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/no AB 311/261 .279/.383/.485/.867 1.087/.825 1.101 103/.880 8/2 12/9

13.Castro G/S/vP 10/.733 5/1.200 ··· ··· 7/1.000 17/1.029 7/1.000 ··· 4/.000 334/283 .257/.293/.333/.627 .631/.626 .540 102/.566 4/3 5/15

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 15/1.243 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 9/1.556 274/247 .254/.355/.428/.783 .451/.818 .665 96/.906 7/1 8/0

15.Denorfia G/S/vP 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 103/81 .326/.356/.421/.777 .764/.781 .792 76/.702 0/1 1/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/1.158 340/285 .228/.305/.374/.679 .833/.650 .623 98/.581 11/4 8/1

19.Herrera# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 79/63 .230/.250/.311/.561 .625/.543 .368 21/.708 3/0 1/2

47.Montero* G/S/vP 13/.885 5/1.733 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.125 239/212 .235/.339/.402/.741 .979/.713 .748 82/.687 0/0 10/6

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 12/.250 13/.853 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.953 16/.557 1/.000 2/.000 351/278 .292/.405/.543/.948 .940/.949 .889 106/.704 12/5 15/2

22.Russell G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 248/201 .229/.294/.361/.656 .480/.698 .728 92/.574 1/3 5/10

68.Soler G/S/vP 6/1.300 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 211/176 .260/.318/.396/.713 .799/.695 .723 3/.000 0/1 4/1

27.Teagarden G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 103.2 16.2 17.1 1.0 32.0 38.1 37.1 13.1 32.2 TOTAL .240/.316/.379/.695 .737/.686 .666 .677 55/20 75/58

ERA-K/9

3.30/6.7

2.70/5.9

3.63/4.7

0.00/9.0

3.66/6.8

0.70/9.9

1.45/11.6

2.03/8.1

1.65/7.4

2.59/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (37-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.259 66/.203 81/.314 4/.250 133/.317 151/.197 153/.219 54/.184 133/.203 .240 Coghlan
Soler
Fowler
Denorfia
Baxter
Bryant 71/0/0/7
0/0/49/4
0/75/0/3
9/3/16/1
1/0/10/0
3/2/0/0

OPS .681 .565 .814 .500 .759 .508 .669 .525 .636 .652

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.745 55/.602 31/.727 1/.000 41/.659 68/.505 55/.896 23/.504 60/.519 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.620 11/.382 50/.865 3/.667 92/.807 83/.503 98/.551 31/.536 73/.733 .639

Road 175/.779 38/.745 37/.693 / 58/.705 53/.272 61/.583 26/.317 63/.769

Last 28d days 116/.657 23/.504 / 4/.500 41/.710 42/.608 49/.613 25/.653 38/.845

HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 1/1/0 4/2/2 57/22/14

Usage ····X··· ·o·ooo·· ········ ····o··· oo··oo·o ·XXX·X·X o·o·oo·o ···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 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.48

LAA 4.10

PHI 3.39

RA/G

STL 2.83

MIN 4.10

COL 5.11

M. Cabrera .350

A. Pagan .268

S. Drew .178

OBP

B. Harper .474

J. Heyward .331

O. Infante .240

SLG

B. Harper .722

B. Holt .424

M. Bourn .283

OPS

B. Harper 1.196

T. Hunter .758

A. Ramirez .539

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.48

C. Heston 3.78

K. Lohse 6.24

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.28

C. Heston 7.37

M. Pelfrey 4.44

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.