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Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Wrigley Field, August 11, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

117

On This Date:

62-55

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

116

On This Date:

55-72

Season Series
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 CHC  5 @STL  0     
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 CHC  2 @STL  1     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 STL  5  CHC  3     
Mon, May 23, 2016 STL  4  CHC  3     
Tue, May 24, 2016 CHC 12 @STL  3     
Wed, May 25, 2016 CHC  9 @STL  8     
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 STL  3 @CHC  2     
Tue, Jun 21, 2016 STL  4 @CHC  3     
Wed, Jun 22, 2016 STL  7 @CHC  2     

Thu, Aug 11, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:08pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 STL    @CHC        
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET

St. Louis Cardinals

60-54, 2nd, 12 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-33   Road:   32-21   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  45-35   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:26-20   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 10   CIN  W   3-2       60-54  2nd 12.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9   CIN  L   4-7       59-54  2nd 12.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8   CIN  W   5-4       59-53  2nd 11.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   ATL  L   3-6       58-53  2nd 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   ATL  L   5-13      58-52  2nd 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   ATL  W   1-0       58-51  2nd  9.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @CIN  L   0-7       57-51  2nd  9.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @CIN  W   5-4       57-50  2nd  9.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @CIN  L   5-7       56-50  2nd  9.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31  @MIA  L   4-5       56-49  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Chicago Cubs

71-41, 1st, 12 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   39-17   Road:   32-24   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  45-29   vsLHP:  26-12   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:28-14   vsWest: 11-9  IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Wed, Aug 10   LAA  W   3-1       71-41  1st 12.0 up
111 Tue, Aug  9   LAA  W   5-1       70-41  1st 12.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  7  @OAK  W   3-1       69-41  1st 11.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  6  @OAK  W   4-0       68-41  1st 10.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  5  @OAK  W   7-2       67-41  1st  9.5 up
107 Wed, Aug  3   MIA  W   5-4       66-41  1st  9.0 up
106 Tue, Aug  2   MIA  W   3-2       65-41  1st  9.0 up
105 Mon, Aug  1   MIA  W   5-0       64-41  1st  8.0 up
104 Sun, Jul 31   SEA  W   7-6 (12)  63-41  1st  7.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 30   SEA  L   1-4       62-41  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 22, 2016 STL  7 @CHC  2        W:Michael Wacha (3-7), L: Jake Arrieta (11-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2016 STL  4 @CHC  3        W:Adam Wainwright (6-4), L: Jason Hammel (7-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (14)
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 STL  3 @CHC  2        W:Jaime Garcia (5-6), L: John Lackey (7-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (13)
Wed, May 25, 2016 CHC  9 @STL  8        W:Jake Arrieta (9-0), L: Carlos Martinez (4-5), S: Hector Rondon (8)
Tue, May 24, 2016 CHC 12 @STL  3        W:Jason Hammel (6-1), L: Michael Wacha (2-5), S: none
Mon, May 23, 2016 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Trevor Rosenthal (2-1), L: Adam Warren (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 STL  5  CHC  3        W:Carlos Martinez (3-0), L: Kyle Hendricks (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (4)
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 CHC  2 @STL  1        W:Jason Hammel (2-0), L: Jaime Garcia (1-1), S: Hector Rondon (3)
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 CHC  5 @STL  0        W:John Lackey (3-0), L: Mike Leake (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL  4 @CHC  3        W:Carlos Martinez (14-7), L: Jon Lester (10-11), S: Trevor Rosenthal (46)
Season Series: 2016 - STL over 5-4; 2015 - STL won 11-8; 2014 - STL won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1201-1152

SP: Carlos Martinez (24, RHP, 10-7, 3.29)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-7)			131.1	111	49	48	47	108	11	3.29
2015 (14-7)			179.2	168	65	60	63	184	13	3.01
2014 (2-4)			89.1	90	41	40	36	84	4	4.03

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.0	44	19	18	17	38	5	3.86	52
2016-08-06	ATL	L	5.0	7	7	6	2	5	2	93	30
2016-07-31	@MIA	ND	7.0	7	4	4	4	4	0	102	47
2016-07-26	@NYM	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	106	48
2016-07-20	SDP	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	89	65
2016-07-09	@MIL	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	11	0	103	62
2016-07-04	PIT	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	7	1	108	53
2016-06-29	KCR	ND	6.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	89	58

Last 5 v.CHC		3-1	29.2	25	13	13	13	32	1	3.94	55
2016-05-25	CHC	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	7	0	103	35
2016-04-20	CHC	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	97	69
2015-09-20	@CHC	W	6.2	4	2	2	3	6	0	104	61
2015-09-09	CHC	ND	5.0	10	3	3	1	8	0	99	42
2015-06-28	CHC	W	6.0	2	1	1	3	6	0	84	67

SP: Jon Lester (32, LHP, 12-4, 2.93)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (12-4)			135.1	110	46	44	38	133	18	2.93
2015 (11-12)			205.0	183	83	76	47	207	16	3.34
2014 (16-11)			219.2	194	76	60	48	220	16	2.46

Last 7 GS		3-1	36.2	34	21	21	15	34	8	5.15	50
2016-08-05	@OAK	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	8	1	107	65
2016-07-29	SEA	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	95	69
2016-07-24	@MIL	ND	4.0	4	4	4	5	7	0	100	40
2016-07-18	NYM	W	7.2	4	1	1	3	3	1	98	67
2016-07-09	@PIT	ND	3.0	4	5	5	3	3	2	64	31
2016-07-03	@NYM	L	1.1	9	8	8	1	2	3	56	5
2016-06-28	@CIN	ND	7.2	3	1	1	1	4	1	103	72

Last 5 v.STL		1-3	31.1	25	14	9	10	34	3	2.59	59
2015-09-20	STL	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	2	110	48
2015-09-09	@STL	ND	7.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	105	75
2015-07-06	STL	L	7.0	2	2	0	2	8	0	95	75
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

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

Cardinals Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Lester*
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 6.Edwards
G/S/vB 38.Montgomery*
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 30.Smith
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

32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 9/.111 14/.786 277/235 .249/.307/.455/.761 .686/.775 .613 65/.678 0/1 12/7

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 16/.875 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· 7/.971 46/.789 372/252 .297/.417/.571/.988 .849/1.055 1.089 21/.992 0/2 15/12

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/3.000 2/.500 164/134 .259/.384/.378/.762 .690/.779 .914 74/.569 1/1 3/4

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.167 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.000 258/151 .241/.298/.460/.758 .596/.873 .725 92/.841 0/0 15/6

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 178/141 .247/.309/.475/.783 .649/.821 .867 43/.822 5/2 8/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 10/1.267 11/.489 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 7/.000 11/.830 46/1.180 419/296 .241/.315/.451/.766 .758/.769 .915 90/.762 0/0 19/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 16/.621 10/.300 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.223 3/1.334 7/.679 45/.969 405/292 .281/.346/.387/.733 .743/.728 .760 83/.968 3/1 4/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP 9/.444 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.639 5/.600 3/.000 290/207 .259/.341/.557/.898 .570/1.034 .998 40/.825 0/0 18/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP 45/.833 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.444 12/.349 17/1.037 25/.861 150/103 .246/.280/.444/.724 .596/.781 .663 40/.813 0/0 6/2

28.Pham G/S/vP 7/.953 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 136/89 .254/.348/.508/.857 .718/.933 .908 84/.878 1/2 8/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 454/328 .278/.347/.461/.808 1.072/.711 .760 97/.656 4/5 15/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .227/.292/.273/.564 .333/.611 .750 20/.472 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 7/.453 10/1.078 269/220 .243/.331/.332/.663 .624/.671 .681 62/.757 5/0 2/6

IP 135.1 38.0 19.0 65.1 42.1 39.1 43.2 44.2 TOTAL .256/.329/.443/.772 .715/.794 .795 .743 26/19 153/83

ERA-K/9

2.93/8.8

1.89/13.0

1.42/12.3

2.62/8.0

1.70/10.9

3.89/5.7

2.89/11.5

2.62/7.2

3.11/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (42-11-7)
Rosario (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 543/.222 142/.164 67/.098 271/.237 155/.171 169/.264 173/.168 184/.190 .213 Piscotty
Pham
Holliday
Moss
Hazelbaker
Wong 0/9/99/4
10/33/1/2
83/0/0/2
26/0/18/2
40/20/4/0
5/8/2/0

OPS .646 .472 .312 .654 .462 .724 .514 .653 .629

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.591 24/.610 24/.345 88/.620 63/.552 76/.790 59/.621 92/.520 .676

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 427/.661 118/.445 43/.293 183/.670 92/.401 93/.669 114/.462 92/.788 .598

Home 265/.572 82/.388 34/.464 137/.653 84/.480 73/.566 92/.650 92/.751

Last 28d days 101/.583 43/.310 28/.220 47/1.045 40/.547 35/.581 39/.425 40/.762

HR/SB/CS 18/17/8 2/1/1 1/1/1 4/1/2 4/4/0 5/1/3 4/0/0 6/2/1 111/96/22

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

Cubs Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 29.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Maness
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 61.Reyes
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 38.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Baez G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/.750 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 305/206 .274/.311/.441/.752 .943/.664 .800 74/.687 9/3 11/9

17.Bryant G/S/vP 15/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 8/.536 3/1.666 490/339 .284/.384/.547/.930 1.067/.871 .840 105/.814 7/4 28/8

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 14/.630 ··· 11/.273 12/.166 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.666 3/3.500 229/207 .158/.253/.276/.529 .332/.550 .470 12/.639 1/1 5/1

40.Contreras G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/124 .266/.351/.442/.792 .775/.799 .897 81/.614 2/1 6/2

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 20/.862 1/.000 11/.664 8/.804 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 358/253 .288/.394/.475/.869 .925/.845 .791 74/.821 8/3 9/3

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 6/.666 10/1.635 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 4/.750 437/306 .227/.310/.317/.627 .640/.621 .589 86/.461 8/3 5/0

47.Montero* G/S/vP 15/.583 ··· 19/.888 8/.500 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.500 209/178 .190/.316/.316/.632 .369/.681 .472 43/.502 1/0 5/5

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 21/.980 ··· 10/.633 11/.384 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 24/.508 3/.666 476/319 .288/.397/.569/.966 .855/1.021 .967 103/.825 3/4 24/5

3.Ross G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 4/.000 14/1.269 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.733 151/91 .223/.333/.430/.763 .999/.620 .838 16/.545 0/1 7/7

27.Russell G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· 5/.000 1/no AB 7/1.715 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 426/298 .243/.329/.404/.732 .665/.761 .844 92/.736 4/1 13/10

68.Soler G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 168/102 .240/.327/.425/.752 .806/.716 .736 16/1.188 0/0 7/1

20.Szczur G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/76 .306/.354/.446/.800 .853/.763 .847 31/1.020 2/3 3/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/1.038 453/321 .277/.384/.446/.830 .827/.832 .759 91/.731 4/4 13/2

IP 131.1 49.1 41.2 41.2 30.2 57.2 1.0 44.0 7.2 TOTAL .254/.345/.427/.771 .808/.755 .751 .716 49/27 137/63

ERA-K/9

3.29/7.4

3.65/6.6

4.75/7.3

2.38/10.4

3.23/4.4

2.03/11.4

0.00/9.0

2.86/8.8

0.00/5.8

4.01/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Contreras (9-6-2)
Montero (49-3-3)
Ross (35-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.229 202/.225 184/.231 176/.224 127/.256 223/.170 3/.000 174/.183 35/.242 .252 Heyward
Bryant
Fowler
Contreras
Zobrist
Soler
Wood
Baez
Strop
Szczur
Coghlan 0/23/93/4
51/1/13/3
0/78/0/3
19/0/0/1
10/0/17/1
36/0/2/1
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
36/11/6/0
15/0/16/0

OPS .635 .614 .677 .645 .712 .477 .000 .617 .649 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.747 76/.608 74/.842 83/.647 47/.579 105/.470 / 56/.691 14/.214 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.499 126/.617 110/.572 93/.640 80/.789 118/.484 3/.000 118/.582 21/.955 .696

Road 242/.576 73/.635 85/.447 69/.671 60/.847 96/.404 / 78/.721 22/.573

Last 28d days 106/.773 65/.762 34/1.119 43/.692 40/.278 44/.631 3/.000 49/.574 35/.649

HR/SB/CS 11/6/2 3/2/1 4/6/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 7/5/0 0/0/0 102/58/17

Usage ····X··· ·XX····X ····X··· ·oX·o··o ··o·X·o· o····X·X ·o······ ·X·o···X ···Xo·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 2016 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

BOS 5.42

SFG 4.43

ATL 3.54

RA/G

CHC 3.36

TBR 4.41

CIN 5.46

J. Altuve .361

J. Mercer .275

C. Rasmus .211

OBP

J. Altuve .427

J. Turner .342

F. Galvis .261

SLG

D. Ortiz .612

M. Semien .452

A. Escobar .307

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.012

J. Mauer .791

A. Escobar .587

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

T. Koehler 3.83

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

K. Hendricks 7.58

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.