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Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, at Wrigley Field, September 5, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Start Time:
1:20ct (local), 2:20et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
D'backs
Manager:
Chip Hale
Game #:
138
On This Date:
9-7
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
139
On This Date:
54-75
Season Series
Fri, May 22, 2015 ARI  5  CHC  4 (13)
Sat, May 23, 2015 CHC  9 @ARI  6     
Sun, May 24, 2015 ARI  4  CHC  3     
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CHC 14  ARI  5     

Sat, Sep 05, 2015 ARI    @CHC  2:20pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 ARI    @CHC  2:20pm

                         All times ET
Arizona Diamondbacks
65-70, 3rd, 11½ GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-35   Road:   34-35   ExtrInn: 8-9 
 vsRHP:  50-51   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 26-28 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  4  @CHC  L   5-14      65-70  3rd 11.5 gb
134 Wed, Sep  2  @COL  L   4-9       65-69  3rd 11.0 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1  @COL  W   5-3       65-68  3rd 10.0 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @COL  W   6-4       64-68  3rd 10.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31  @COL  L   4-5       63-68  4th 10.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   OAK  L   4-7 (11)  63-67  3rd  9.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   OAK  L   2-3       63-66  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   OAK  W   6-4       63-65  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   STL  L   3-5       62-65  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   STL  L   1-3       62-64  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs
76-57, 3rd, 9½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-28   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  60-44   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  29-17
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl:30-24   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Sep  4   ARI  W  14-5       76-57  3rd  9.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2   CIN  L   4-7       75-57  3rd 10.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   CIN  W   5-4       75-56  3rd 10.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31   CIN  L   6-13      74-56  3rd 10.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30  @LAD  W   2-0       74-55  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @LAD  L   2-5       73-55  3rd  9.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @LAD  L   1-4       73-54  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @SFG  L   1-9       73-53  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @SFG  L   2-4       73-52  3rd  7.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25  @SFG  W   8-5       73-51  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CHC 14  ARI  5        W:Jon Lester (9-10), L: Zack Godley (4-1), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2015 ARI  4  CHC  3        W:Jeremy Hellickson (2-3), L: Jason Hammel (3-2), S: Brad Ziegler (2)
Sat, May 23, 2015 CHC  9 @ARI  6        W:Jason Motte (2-1), L: Enrique Burgos (0-2), S: Pedro Strop (1)
Fri, May 22, 2015 ARI  5  CHC  4 (13)   W:Randall Delgado (2-2), L: Zac Rosscup (1-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 20, 2014 ARI  3  CHC  2        W:Josh Collmenter (8-5), L: Jake Arrieta (5-2), S: Addison Reed (23)
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 ARI  9  CHC  3        W:Wade Miley (6-6), L: Travis Wood (7-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 ARI  5  CHC  4        W:Eury De La Rosa (1-0), L: Brian Schlitter (2-3), S: Addison Reed (22)
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 ARI  5 @CHC  2        W:Mike Bolsinger (1-1), L: Edwin Jackson (1-2), S: Addison Reed (5)
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 ARI  7 @CHC  5        W:Trevor Cahill (1-4), L: Pedro Strop (0-2), S: Addison Reed (4)
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 CHC  9  ARI  2        W:Jason Hammel (3-1), L: Brandon McCarthy (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - tied 2-2; 2014 - ARI won 5-2; 2013 - ARI won 4-3; All-Time - ARI leads 72-57

SP: Robbie Ray (23, LHP, 3-10, 3.72)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-10) 96.2 93 45 40 35 87 6 3.72
2014 (1-4) 28.2 43 26 26 11 19 5 8.16
Last 7 GS 0-5 37.0 41 22 22 20 37 4 5.35 47
2015-08-31 @COL ND 5.2 5 1 1 3 8 0 102 60
2015-08-25 STL L 3.0 5 6 6 5 3 0 91 23
2015-08-19 @PIT L 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 99 49
2015-08-14 @ATL L 4.1 6 3 3 4 0 0 83 35
2015-08-08 CIN L 6.0 5 3 3 1 8 2 95 57
2015-08-02 @HOU L 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 103 39
2015-07-27 @SEA ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 8 1 108 63
Has never faced CHC as starter.

SP: Jake Arrieta (29, RHP, 17-6, 2.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (17-6) 183.0 128 49 43 44 190 9 2.11
2014 (10-5) 156.2 114 46 44 41 167 5 2.53
2013 (5-4) 75.1 59 41 40 41 60 9 4.78
Last 7 GS 6-0 48.1 24 6 4 13 49 0 0.74 72
2015-08-30 @LAD W 9.0 0 0 0 1 12 0 116 98
2015-08-25 @SFG W 6.0 4 1 0 1 8 0 102 69
2015-08-20 ATL W 6.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 107 70
2015-08-15 @CHW W 6.2 5 3 2 2 5 0 105 57
2015-08-09 SFG W 7.2 4 0 0 2 6 0 117 75
2015-08-04 @PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 109 75
2015-07-30 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 97 57
Last 5 v.ARI 0-1 12.2 11 9 6 5 15 1 4.26 52
2015-05-23 @ARI ND 6.0 7 6 3 2 7 1 92 45
2014-07-20 @ARI L 6.2 4 3 3 3 8 0 105 59

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

D'backs Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 21.Hunter
G/S/vB		 33.Richard*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodney
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ahmed G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 418/308 .216/.268/.331/.599 .783/.534 .672 71/.509 4/5 7/12
7.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.633 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 312/229 .244/.308/.480/.788 .837/.770 .827 77/.674 0/0 17/5
62.Drury G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .250/.333/.250/.583 .500/.650 .583 9/.583 0/0 0/0
44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 19/.921 1/.000 4/2.417 3/.666 10/1.467 587/464 .322/.437/.563/1.000 1.066/.981 .939 109/.928 21/5 27/3
15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 64/38 .316/.391/.474/.864 .899/.841 .974 22/1.043 2/1 1/2
23.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .111/.226/.148/.374 .000/.387 .200 7/.143 0/0 0/0
2.Hill G/S/vP 17/1.118 16/.563 1/4.000 11/.964 18/.869 10/1.067 2/.000 4/.833 9/.708 311/210 .234/.299/.339/.638 .557/.680 .534 62/.808 7/2 5/3
5.Inciarte* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.167 472/342 .295/.332/.388/.720 .526/.794 .677 113/.737 17/7 4/5
19.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 310/270 .278/.335/.419/.754 .649/.769 .826 94/.710 3/1 6/6
16.Owings G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 463/351 .244/.274/.347/.621 .480/.666 .584 95/.787 16/4 4/5
6.Peralta* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 438/364 .306/.365/.518/.883 .707/.918 .826 94/1.013 5/3 14/1
11.Pollock G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 8/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 7/1.333 557/435 .320/.370/.495/.865 .890/.858 .888 107/1.026 33/6 15/2
8.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/2.000 7/.286 2/1.500 13/1.052 2/.000 9/.958 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 177/140 .201/.295/.364/.659 .897/.595 .600 52/.812 0/0 5/2
24.Tomas G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 389/285 .285/.319/.409/.728 .785/.708 .706 59/.594 5/2 8/8
IP 183.0 28.0 40.2 57.0 31.1 53.2 60.0 57.2 86.0 TOTAL .266/.325/.410/.735 .726/.737 .723 .780 117/38 123/66
ERA-K/9 2.11/9.3 7.07/4.5 1.99/12.2 4.11/6.9 4.02/4.9 5.53/7.7 1.50/8.8 2.81/10.3 4.40/10.3 3.60/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (23-7-5)
 Hernandez (1-1-2)
 Saltalamacchia (17-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.195 130/.319 163/.178 235/.264 137/.277 238/.254 241/.208 228/.159 368/.246 .242  Inciarte
 Pollock
 Peralta
 Tomas
 Gosselin
46/20/57/9
0/124/0/4
102/1/9/3
1/0/52/3
1/0/0/0
OPS .546 .819 .545 .701 .752 .809 .559 .535 .714 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.471 54/.821 51/.370 109/.757 44/.541 110/.891 115/.610 91/.637 127/.656 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.612 76/.817 112/.626 126/.651 93/.850 128/.740 126/.514 137/.471 241/.744 .692
Home 314/.577 70/.956 82/.462 124/.825 81/.832 106/.794 135/.507 123/.523 193/.650
Last 28d days 135/.378 6/.200 43/.566 42/.744 45/.753 34/.732 41/.610 35/.624 55/.822
HR/SB/CS 9/21/6 2/5/1 4/4/0 6/10/2 3/1/0 9/3/2 3/8/1 4/3/1 11/0/3 118/119/31
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· X··oX·X· X···o·X· ··ooo··o ···Xo··o ··Xo···· ··Xo···· X·o·X··o
Cubs Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Ray*
G/S/vB		 61.Bracho
G/S/vB		 36.Burgos
G/S/vB		 55.Collmenter
G/S/vB		 48.Delgado
G/S/vB		 52.Godley
G/S/vB		 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 56.Hessler*
G/S/vB		 41.Hudson
G/S/vB		 45.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 35.Schugel
G/S/vB		 37.Stites
G/S/vB		 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/9 .333/.400/.667/1.067 .000/1.194 1.067 10/1.067 0/1 1/0
5.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 533/409 .269/.370/.486/.855 .819/.866 1.038 100/1.066 12/4 22/16
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 12/.697 8/.804 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/.364 489/386 .245/.276/.323/.599 .595/.600 .506 54/.778 4/5 6/23
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 9/.819 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 428/383 .247/.337/.439/.776 .333/.827 .690 74/.869 11/2 15/1
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 12/.697 5/1.400 ··· 8/1.375 1/.000 5/1.800 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 204/126 .257/.307/.337/.644 .581/.682 .639 37/.462 0/1 2/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 26/.850 1/2.000 3/.333 8/.821 ··· 17/1.079 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 573/443 .254/.350/.424/.774 .835/.756 .815 102/1.022 17/7 15/2
19.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 130/94 .226/.238/.306/.545 .743/.467 .449 16/.375 3/0 1/3
27.Jackson G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 6/.533 4/2.083 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 458/307 .273/.312/.387/.699 .776/.661 .730 88/.916 15/9 8/3
11.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .179/.233/.321/.555 .000/.596 .368 24/.614 2/0 1/0
47.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 4/1.417 328/277 .235/.338/.420/.758 .729/.764 .840 69/.835 0/0 14/10
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 14/1.275 4/.500 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.650 576/413 .285/.392/.534/.927 .931/.925 .891 101/.875 15/5 28/4
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 144/105 .192/.287/.280/.567 .402/.630 .580 20/.463 1/0 1/1
22.Russell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 427/324 .244/.303/.403/.705 .539/.759 .818 79/.844 2/3 12/12
12.Schwarber* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/136 .270/.365/.552/.917 .558/1.064 .887 88/.751 3/2 13/5
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/37 .232/.280/.348/.628 .765/.485 .631 11/.899 2/0 1/0
IP 96.2 3.2 22.1 107.1 59.0 27.1 25.1 6.1 56.1 6.1 4.0 4.1 58.0 TOTAL .242/.319/.396/.715 .684/.724 .721 .806 80/31 144/92
ERA-K/9 3.72/8.1 2.45/12.2 4.84/14.1 3.94/4.5 3.36/8.1 3.62/8.2 4.62/8.2 14.21/8.6 3.99/9.1 2.84/10.0 4.50/2.2 6.23/6.3 2.48/4.8 4.09/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (59-14-3)
 Ross (44-14-3)
 Schwarber (13-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.258 17/.267 99/.264 444/.284 255/.251 114/.229 107/.290 34/.424 243/.249 27/.250 27/.478 18/.333 226/.204 .262  Coghlan
 Denorfia
 Fowler
 Jackson
 Bryant
 Schwarber
 Berry
 Szczur
92/0/7/8
31/6/25/5
0/125/0/3
0/107/3/2
3/4/2/1
24/0/0/1
0/1/0/0
24/6/4/0
OPS .740 .886 .711 .803 .706 .732 .836 1.290 .715 .833 1.382 .833 .554 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.735 5/.650 43/.922 214/.759 98/.786 49/.538 38/.695 13/1.058 110/.642 10/.522 14/1.571 8/.875 110/.654 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.741 12/.970 56/.558 230/.846 157/.657 65/.865 69/.909 21/1.429 133/.773 17/1.020 13/1.205 10/.800 116/.460 .742
Road 249/.666 12/.970 55/.619 194/.749 135/.839 93/.780 50/.838 25/1.478 116/.857 8/1.125 9/2.063 10/1.100 92/.530
Last 28d days 91/.905 17/.886 6/.333 57/.483 49/.838 44/.828 34/.898 31/1.417 44/.708 27/.833 11/1.838 10/1.100 43/.754
HR/SB/CS 6/10/1 1/0/0 2/1/2 16/3/4 6/2/1 4/0/0 5/1/0 3/0/0 7/6/3 2/0/0 2/1/1 1/1/0 3/0/1 152/58/24
Usage ····X··· X·Xo·X·· o··o···· ···X·X·· ··X·X·Xo X······· ····oo·o X·o····· ···o···· ···ooo·· X····o·· o·X····· ····XX·o

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  5.46

OAK  4.17

ATL  3.57

 RA/G

STL  3.06

OAK  4.13

COL  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

Y. Solarte  .269

L. Valbuena  .208

 OBP

B. Harper  .467

Y. Cespedes  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .634

Y. Solarte  .428

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.101

H. Kendrick  .758

O. Infante  .537

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

J. Nelson  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

S. Miller  7.69

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.