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New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, at Citi Field, July 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Start Time:
7:15et (local)
Venue:
Citi Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
83° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
83
On This Date:
72-58
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
81
On This Date:
23-28
Season Series
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 NYM  4  CHC  3     
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 NYM 10  CHC  2     

Sat, Jul 02, 2016 CHC    @NYM  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 CHC    @NYM  1:10pm
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 NYM    @CHC  7:05pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 NYM    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 NYM    @CHC  2:20pm

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
51-28, 1st, 10 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-11   Road:   26-17   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  33-20   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:24-9    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  1  @NYM  L   2-10      51-28  1st 10.0 up
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @NYM  L   3-4       51-27  1st 11.0 up
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @CIN  W   9-2       51-26  1st 11.0 up
 76 Tue, Jun 28  @CIN  W   7-2 (15)  50-26  1st 10.0 up
 75 Mon, Jun 27  @CIN  W  11-8       49-26  1st 10.0 up
 74 Sun, Jun 26  @MIA  L   1-6       48-26  1st  9.0 up
 73 Sat, Jun 25  @MIA  L   6-9       48-25  1st 10.0 up
 72 Fri, Jun 24  @MIA  W   5-4       48-24  1st 10.0 up
 71 Thu, Jun 23  @MIA  L   2-4       47-24  1st  9.0 up
 70 Wed, Jun 22   STL  L   2-7       47-23  1st  9.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
New York Mets
42-37, 2nd, 6 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-16   Road:   21-21   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  1   CHC  W  10-2       42-37  2nd  6.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30   CHC  W   4-3       41-37  2nd  6.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @WSN  L   2-4       40-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28  @WSN  L   0-5       40-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 27  @WSN  L   4-11      40-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26  @ATL  L   2-5       40-34  2nd  3.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25  @ATL  W   1-0 (11)  40-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 24  @ATL  W   8-6       39-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 23  @ATL  L   3-4       38-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 22   KCR  W   4-3       38-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 NYM 10  CHC  2        W:Jacob deGrom (4-4), L: Jason Hammel (7-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 NYM  4  CHC  3        W:Erik Goeddel (1-0), L: Joel Peralta (1-1), S: Jeurys Familia (27)

Thu, Jul 02, 2015 CHC  6 @NYM  1        W:Jake Arrieta (8-5), L: Jacob deGrom (8-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 CHC  2 @NYM  0 (11)   W:Jason Motte (6-1), L: Carlos Torres (2-4), S: Justin Grimm (1)
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 CHC  1 @NYM  0        W:Kyle Hendricks (3-4), L: Jon Niese (3-8), S: Jason Motte (3)
Thu, May 14, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  5        W:Pedro Strop (1-2), L: Jon Niese (3-3), S: Hector Rondon (8)
Wed, May 13, 2015 CHC  2  NYM  1        W:Hector Rondon (2-0), L: Carlos Torres (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  1        W:Jake Arrieta (4-3), L: Noah Syndergaard (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 CHC  4  NYM  3        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: Jacob deGrom (3-4), S: Hector Rondon (7)
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 CHC  4 @NYM  1        W:Kyle Hendricks (5-1), L: Buddy Carlyle (1-1), S: Hector Rondon (18)
Season Series: 2016 - NYM over 2-0; 2015 - CHC won 7-0; 2014 - CHC won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 366-354

SP: Jake Arrieta (30, RHP, 12-2, 2.10)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (12-2) 103.0 65 26 24 40 111 4 2.10
2015 (22-6) 229.0 150 52 45 48 236 10 1.77
2014 (10-5) 156.2 114 46 44 41 167 5 2.53
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.0 32 16 15 20 48 2 3.38 57
2016-06-27 @CIN W 5.0 4 5 5 5 4 1 93 38
2016-06-22 STL L 5.0 4 2 1 4 6 0 106 55
2016-06-17 PIT W 6.0 2 0 0 3 11 0 112 76
2016-06-11 @ATL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 105 62
2016-06-05 ARI L 5.0 9 3 3 1 12 0 108 48
2016-05-31 LAD ND 7.0 2 0 0 4 8 0 107 77
2016-05-25 @STL W 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 93 40
Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 34.2 23 7 7 8 32 1 1.82 66
2015-07-02 @NYM W 8.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 98 75
2015-05-12 NYM W 8.0 3 1 1 2 10 0 116 80
2014-08-17 @NYM ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 98 80
2014-06-03 NYM ND 4.2 7 1 1 3 2 0 105 45
2012-06-18 @NYM L 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 105 52

SP: Bartolo Colon (43, RHP, 6-4, 2.86)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-4) 88.0 89 29 28 14 58 9 2.86
2015 (14-13) 194.2 217 94 90 24 136 25 4.16
2014 (15-13) 202.1 218 97 92 30 151 22 4.09
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.0 38 9 8 5 18 3 1.80 58
2016-06-26 @ATL L 7.0 6 1 1 1 2 1 84 62
2016-06-21 KCR ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 51
2016-06-16 PIT W 7.2 7 2 2 0 8 1 99 65
2016-06-09 @MIL W 7.0 8 1 1 0 2 0 91 59
2016-06-04 @MIA ND 5.0 5 2 1 1 1 1 76 51
2016-05-29 LAD ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 3 0 88 52
2016-05-23 @WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 90 63
Last 5 v.CHC 0-2 32.1 30 14 14 15 19 4 3.90 52
2015-07-01 CHC ND 7.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 94 78
2013-07-03 CHC L 7.0 9 2 2 1 0 1 106 50
2004-06-12 CHC L 6.0 9 6 6 2 3 3 107 31
2003-06-28 CHC ND 5.1 6 6 6 7 3 0 98 28
2003-06-22 @CHC ND 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 97 72

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Cubs Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 39.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 62.Goeddel
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Almora G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 59/39 .286/.322/.446/.768 .879/.712 .833 59/.768 0/0 1/0
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 197/137 .269/.310/.452/.761 1.009/.657 .650 87/.870 5/1 8/6
17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 348/240 .279/.371/.571/.942 .953/.938 1.033 109/1.106 3/2 23/7
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 216/194 .155/.245/.280/.525 .332/.547 .570 54/.565 1/1 5/1
40.Contreras G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 51/35 .318/.412/.591/1.003 .775/1.118 .847 51/1.003 0/1 3/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 18/1.091 20/.308 7/.286 5/.450 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 310/215 .234/.324/.322/.646 .659/.640 .706 100/.711 7/3 4/0
47.Montero* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 154/131 .192/.305/.323/.628 .360/.678 .693 51/.514 1/0 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 4/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 331/220 .279/.402/.566/.968 .815/1.046 .936 96/1.104 2/3 19/4
3.Ross G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 129/79 .235/.352/.451/.803 1.174/.591 .798 31/.858 0/1 6/6
27.Russell G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 295/210 .233/.336/.383/.719 .569/.776 .611 91/.754 2/0 8/9
20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 91/55 .282/.322/.435/.758 .801/.730 .724 41/.533 1/2 3/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 17/2.218 3/2.334 7/1.429 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 326/228 .299/.406/.469/.875 .900/.863 .939 103/.719 3/2 10/2
IP 88.0 32.2 23.0 38.1 8.1 36.2 39.1 TOTAL .254/.348/.433/.780 .806/.770 .795 .787 31/18 105/50
ERA-K/9 2.86/5.9 4.96/9.4 2.35/8.6 2.82/8.7 1.08/6.5 2.45/10.8 3.20/11.0 3.32/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Contreras (0-2-0)
 Montero (35-2-3)
 Ross (24-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 357/.265 148/.240 90/.195 158/.238 34/.167 148/.204 169/.240 .251  Bryant
 Almora
 Heyward
 Zobrist
 Wood
 Strop
 Coghlan
 Baez
 Szczur
 Patton
 Contreras
41/1/8/3
5/15/1/1
0/9/66/1
1/0/6/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
12/0/15/0
2/0/0/0
26/5/5/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .684 .755 .540 .592 .435 .544 .730 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.729 64/.814 59/.593 74/.687 12/.606 64/.577 67/.547 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.640 84/.709 31/.431 84/.509 22/.340 84/.519 102/.851 .661
Home 153/.699 69/.842 49/.469 92/.588 20/.255 74/.464 88/.859
Last 28d days 82/.676 47/.909 33/.573 43/.486 34/.435 45/.741 68/.692
HR/SB/CS 9/3/4 5/6/1 2/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 5/4/3 66/70/25
Usage ·····X·· ··X·oo·o oo·X··o· ·X····oo ·X·oX··· ·X·o··X· X··X···X
Mets Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 6.Edwards
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 45.Patton
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/1.806 18/.631 ··· ··· 1/5.000 10/.956 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 315/237 .262/.321/.421/.741 .827/.713 .760 100/.767 0/1 10/3
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 7/.953 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 296/235 .292/.361/.572/.933 1.196/.870 .910 99/.907 1/1 20/2
7.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 82/73 .227/.293/.267/.559 .583/.556 .561 30/.576 0/0 0/0
16.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/.733 5/.650 ··· 8/.542 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 9/.476 104/90 .158/.223/.232/.455 .357/.471 .506 47/.317 2/1 1/1
4.Flores G/S/vP 8/.875 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 7/1.429 154/111 .230/.299/.345/.644 .633/.648 .546 79/.652 1/0 3/5
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 34/1.149 22/.506 ··· ··· ··· 10/.200 3/1.167 8/1.125 12/.350 322/240 .228/.323/.438/.761 .637/.804 .667 92/.876 2/2 13/0
55.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/.875 2/.000 6/2.067 10/.000 183/148 .236/.306/.345/.651 .845/.601 .606 63/.778 2/0 3/7
28.Loney* G/S/vP 2/.500 12/.083 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 12/.350 120/102 .297/.345/.495/.840 .853/.838 .892 101/.824 0/0 4/4
9.Nimmo* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .280/.280/.400/.680 .000/.739 1.000 25/.680 0/0 1/0
15.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .243/.282/.432/.714 .786/.671 1.067 27/.835 0/0 1/0
44.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/56 .182/.257/.288/.545 .610/.522 .626 33/.388 0/0 2/0
20.Walker# G/S/vP 26/.392 11/.282 ··· 7/1.171 ··· 3/.000 5/.900 8/.393 28/.783 292/235 .257/.318/.438/.756 1.010/.693 .693 86/.486 1/1 14/4
IP 103.0 38.0 5.2 28.0 5.2 24.2 27.1 31.0 32.1 TOTAL .234/.306/.404/.710 .697/.714 .689 .678 15/9 103/41
ERA-K/9 2.10/9.7 2.37/9.7 1.59/12.6 5.79/10.0 4.76/6.3 5.84/10.6 1.65/11.5 2.90/12.5 2.23/7.0 2.95/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 d'Arnaud (23-7-2)
 Rivera (16-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.178 168/.200 20/.105 127/.259 25/.182 106/.268 101/.158 121/.165 127/.161 .208  Cespedes
 Granderson
 Reynolds
 Johnson
 De Aza
 Nimmo
26/59/0/4
0/0/69/3
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
14/9/7/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .515 .613 .413 .775 .553 .908 .409 .515 .558 .615
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.592 69/.667 9/.347 49/.905 9/.708 52/.726 38/.413 38/.600 65/.556 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.454 99/.577 11/.455 78/.695 16/.464 54/1.087 63/.405 83/.479 62/.559 .569
Road 210/.502 96/.591 12/.083 64/.683 16/.517 53/.700 57/.437 66/.426 72/.563
Last 28d days 122/.637 60/.491 20/.413 45/1.029 23/.408 6/1.500 35/.510 35/.421 46/.446
HR/SB/CS 4/14/2 4/7/0 1/0/1 4/2/2 0/1/0 8/2/1 2/2/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 70/62/15
Usage ····X··· Xo·XX··X ··Xo··X· ··oo·Xo· X··o·oX· ·X·oo··· ···Xo··X ·o··X··· ···XoX·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  5.56

SDP  4.33

ATL  3.36

 RA/G

CHC  3.24

NYY  4.56

CIN  5.95

 BA

J. Altuve  .352

K. Marte  .270

T. Frazier  .203

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .435

A. Rendon  .338

F. Galvis  .254

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .684

D. Freese  .447

B. Burns  .310

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.119

A. Jones  .776

B. Burns  .583

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

I. Kennedy  4.04

J. Shields  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.12

J. Eickhoff  7.78

M. Pelfrey  4.29

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.