Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, September 24, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Monday, September 24, 2018
Start Time
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue
Wrigley Field
Series
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
65° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Sunday, 23 Sep 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 78-76
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 155
On This Date 54-64
Standing 4th (12.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 13-7
Last 30 16-14
Home 44-36
Away 34-40
Extra Innings 6-4
vs. RHP 59-51
vs. LHP 19-25
1-Run Games 28-21
vs. East 12-20
vs. Central 39-30
vs. West 12-21
Inter-League 15-5

PIT Last 10 Games

Jameson Taillon (#50, 26, RHP, 13-9, 3.24)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 91-64
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 156
On This Date 57-48
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 19-11
Home 47-27
Away 44-37
Extra Innings 10-8
vs. RHP 69-51
vs. LHP 22-13
1-Run Games 25-24
vs. East 22-11
vs. Central 37-32
vs. West 19-14
Inter-League 13-7

CHC Last 10 Games

Cole Hamels (#35, 34, LHP, 9-10, 3.90)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 10, 2018PIT8@CHC5
Wed, Apr 11, 2018CHC13 PIT5
Thu, Apr 12, 2018PIT6@CHC1
Mon, May 28, 2018CHC7@PIT0
Tue, May 29, 2018CHC8@PIT6
Wed, May 30, 2018PIT2 CHC1
Fri, Jun 08, 2018CHC3 PIT1
Sat, Jun 09, 2018CHC2 PIT0
Sun, Jun 10, 2018PIT7@CHC1
Tue, Jul 31, 2018PIT5 CHC4
Wed, Aug 01, 2018CHC9@PIT2
Thu, Aug 16, 2018CHC1@PIT0
Fri, Aug 17, 2018CHC1@PIT0
Sat, Aug 18, 2018PIT3 CHC1
Sun, Aug 19, 2018PIT2 CHC1(11)
DateAwayHomeTime
Mon, Sep 24, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Tue, Sep 25, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Wed, Sep 26, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Thu, Sep 27, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

PIT Batters vs CHC Pitchers
PIT Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Pirates Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.96 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 35. Hamels* 21. Chatwood 43. Chavez 41. Cishek 32. Duensing* 6. Edwards 64. Garcia* 20. Kintzler 36. Maples 24. Mills 57. Norwood 29. De La Rosa* 47. Rosario* 46. Strop 61. Webster 37. Wilson*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 7/.929 1/.000 2/2.000 7/.453 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.823 9/.730 2/1.000 2/1.500 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 2/.500 4/.250 1/ 3/1.666
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
12. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.650 7/1.547 1/2.000 6/1.166 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.393
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.564 9/.347 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.833 4/.250 9/.111 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 12/.083 ··· 2/.000
44. Kramer* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
63. Lavarnway G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
47. Luplow G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· 2/1.500
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/1.245 8/1.089 4/.000 8/.375 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 10/.400 1/ ··· ··· 16/.900 2/.000 21/.453 ··· 3/1.000
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.282 6/1.467 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/.733 6/.000 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 14/.891 ··· 10/.311 ··· 2/.500
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
15. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
58. Stallings G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 553 .268 .358 .418 .776 408 .784 145 .755 .850 85 .959 1 5 11 6
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 390 .256 .376 .419 .795 297 .823 93 .703 .845 60 .555 2 3 11 4
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 262 .285 .340 .448 .787 181 .717 81 .934 .860 10 .650 0 1 9 8
12. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 511 .298 .327 .469 .796 392 .826 119 .694 .778 63 .809 8 3 12 1
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 329 .291 .357 .476 .833 271 .872 58 .657 .701 83 .900 1 3 10 6
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 366 .252 .294 .368 .662 266 .648 100 .699 .656 23 .626 3 0 8 6
44. Kramer* G ·  S ·  vP 27 .120 .185 .120 .305 27 .305 .311 27 .305 0 0 0 0
63. Lavarnway G ·  S ·  vP 4 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 4 1.750 3.000 4 1.750 0 0 0
47. Luplow G ·  S ·  vP 95 .188 .274 .353 .627 59 .575 36 .712 .687 44 .654 2 2 3 1
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 578 .276 .321 .451 .771 435 .795 143 .699 .763 97 .718 33 14 19 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 430 .250 .315 .381 .696 316 .677 114 .750 .648 34 .359 2 0 6 10
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 447 .278 .340 .400 .740 382 .783 65 .486 .715 57 .828 0 2 10 10
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 74 .188 .230 .217 .447 66 .406 8 .804 .525 56 .400 0 1 0 4
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 91 .205 .220 .330 .549 43 .395 48 .694 .513 27 .579 0 0 2 1
15. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 37 .324 .378 .441 .820 23 .652 14 1.136 1.475 37 .820 0 1 1 2
58. Stallings G ·  S ·  vP 38 .235 .289 .235 .525 27 .625 11 .282 .435 24 .619 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .254 .317 .406 .723 .725 .717 .721 .685 69 38 148 100

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
35. Hamels* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 177.2 3.90 8.8 753 .251 .760 620 .774 133 .688 .820 124 .816 28 19 5
21. Chatwood G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 103.2 5.30 7.4 486 .245 .774 221 .578 265 .923 .793 9 .611 9 9 2
43. Chavez G ·  S ·  vP ·X······o·XX·o 89.1 2.72 8.7 358 .242 .669 235 .664 123 .679 .761 47 .602 13 2 1
41. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP ·o······o·oo·X 67.0 2.28 10.1 271 .179 .589 176 .525 95 .712 .674 31 .835 5 0 1
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·······oo·· 37.0 7.54 5.6 178 .285 .846 98 .969 80 .699 .830 14 1.000 5 2 0
6. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····o··XX·o 50.0 2.34 11.9 212 .191 .577 123 .534 89 .637 .528 34 .652 2 10 0
64. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP ··o····X·o···· 78.2 5.95 8.4 353 .256 .815 257 .887 96 .625 .679 18 .476 13 10 3
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 191.0 3.49 7.5 779 .247 .686 414 .710 365 .659 .677 125 .547 22 10 3
20. Kintzler G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o·····o·o 58.0 4.66 6.4 252 .281 .784 148 .735 104 .856 1.006 40 .871 5 2 4
34. Lester* G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····X 175.2 3.43 7.5 736 .259 .742 579 .707 157 .875 .755 96 .675 24 13 9
36. Maples G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··o·o···· 5.0 12.60 14.4 28 .333 1.262 15 1.333 13 1.189 1.218 11 1.295 2 0 0
24. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 14.2 3.07 11.0 55 .173 .526 29 .458 26 .603 .679 27 .619 1 0 0
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 117.2 3.75 6.3 503 .263 .695 362 .715 141 .642 .763 80 .719 9 8 7
57. Norwood G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o······o·· 9.1 4.82 6.8 47 .317 .752 30 .621 17 1.009 .713 26 .819 0 0 0
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 164.1 4.11 8.2 701 .244 .734 548 .754 153 .662 .765 120 .635 23 5 6
29. De La Rosa* G ·  S ·  vP X········XX·o· 53.1 3.54 7.4 229 .246 .719 135 .731 94 .702 .634 45 .460 6 4 0
47. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····o·oo·· 45.2 3.74 5.7 196 .264 .726 121 .801 75 .603 .754 40 .778 5 1 2
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP ··········X·o· 59.2 2.26 8.6 240 .179 .541 143 .473 97 .643 .525 24 .212 4 0 0
61. Webster G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 1.0 18.00 9.0 5 .400 1.400 4 1.750 1 .000 5 1.400 1 0 0
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP ·o····o·o·o·oo 54.0 2.83 11.5 229 .205 .642 137 .636 92 .651 .644 27 .551 5 1 2
TOTAL 3.67 8.2 .240 .698 .726 .676 152 82 39
CHC Batters vs PIT Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
PIT Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.35 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Taillon 52. Anderson 43. Brault* 57. Burdi 30. Crick 45. Feliz 68. Holmes 35. Kela 66. Neverauskas 73. Vazquez* 48. Rodriguez 37. Santana
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
5. Almora G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 ··· 9/1.223 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 8/.250 3/.000 ···
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/1.875 ··· 11/1.511 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/2.500 7/.572 4/.500 1/.000
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/ 1/.000
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.667 ··· 13/1.692 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 10/.400 1/2.000 2/.000
7. Caratini# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 6/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ···
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.818 ··· 10/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.143 2/5.000 3/1.334
53. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Freeman* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.697 ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 2/1.500
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.775 ··· 12/1.227 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 14/.967 3/1.167 3/.666
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.238 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000
3. Murphy* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ···
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/1.434 ··· 10/.300 ··· 3/.666 1/ ··· 2/.500 3/.333 10/.200 4/.500 1/5.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.964 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/ 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.888 ··· 12/.555 ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.667 4/.750 12/.705 3/.666 3/.333

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Almora G ·  S ·  vP 472 .284 .321 .378 .699 332 .672 140 .764 .750 77 .443 1 3 5 3
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 611 .293 .328 .568 .896 469 .894 142 .902 .821 96 .851 21 9 34 14
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 197 .237 .315 .405 .719 136 .642 61 .904 .828 66 .429 3 4 6 3
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 436 .276 .374 .461 .835 342 .757 94 1.107 .865 78 .752 2 4 12 12
7. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 187 .243 .306 .320 .626 135 .686 52 .455 .712 50 .663 0 0 2 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 526 .254 .345 .392 .737 395 .722 131 .785 .844 67 .538 4 1 9 12
53. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 6 .400 .333 .400 .733 6 .733 6 .733 0 0 0 0
4. Freeman* G ·  S ·  vP
1. Gore G ·  S ·  vP 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 .667 2 .000 5 .400 5 0 0 0
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 447 .229 .347 .410 .756 330 .812 117 .608 .717 61 .675 8 3 15 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 461 .273 .338 .399 .737 366 .736 95 .742 .742 18 .472 1 1 7 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 184 .270 .339 .331 .670 160 .707 24 .384 .666 20 .774 0 1 1 4
3. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP 318 .293 .333 .458 .791 237 .864 81 .577 .729 84 .686 2 0 12 6
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 631 .277 .374 .464 .838 470 .897 161 .674 .957 98 .769 6 4 24 7
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 490 .244 .362 .483 .845 401 .883 89 .670 .853 43 1.089 4 3 26 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 490 .314 .387 .450 .836 360 .847 130 .808 .739 85 .766 3 4 9 1
TOTAL .259 .334 .413 .747 .753 .731 .762 .651 64 37 162 95

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 178.0 3.24 8.4 733 .246 .678 349 .606 384 .744 .658 103 .629 18 12 2
52. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP X···········o· 7.1 8.59 2.5 37 .367 .939 20 .865 17 1.029 1.204 16 .464 0 1 0
24. Archer G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 142.1 4.49 9.7 614 .271 .776 353 .734 261 .833 .781 94 .715 19 10 4
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP X·X···o··X··o· 86.1 4.90 7.9 393 .249 .769 270 .816 123 .662 .703 56 .953 10 2 5
57. Burdi G ·  S ·  vP X···········X· 1.1 20.25 13.5 10 .375 1.250 7 .952 3 2.000 1.850 10 1.250 1 0 0
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP ·o···o·oX····o 58.1 2.47 9.4 249 .207 .584 132 .486 117 .691 .585 33 .676 3 9 2
45. Feliz G ·  S ·  vP X·····X··o··o· 44.2 6.04 9.9 205 .271 .808 114 .846 91 .760 .766 15 .582 6 1 1
68. Holmes G ·  S ·  vP ··X·········X· 20.1 7.97 7.1 105 .313 .845 57 .906 48 .776 1.280 15 .921 1 1 0
35. Kela G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 52.0 3.29 11.4 212 .199 .605 121 .474 91 .780 .665 15 .867 5 6 2
49. Kingham G ·  S ·  vP X············· 72.1 5.23 8.2 322 .253 .815 167 .717 155 .921 .768 47 1.025 17 1 2
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 115.1 4.06 7.8 486 .253 .687 263 .613 223 .777 .640 101 .684 12 2 1
66. Neverauskas G ·  S ·  vP X·X······X···o 22.0 9.00 9.0 100 .295 1.006 55 .734 45 1.378 .991 22 .973 8 1 0
46. Nova G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 157.0 4.01 6.4 661 .263 .760 344 .710 317 .815 .848 80 .626 25 4 2
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··oX·XX··X·· 67.0 2.82 11.4 286 .238 .634 224 .679 62 .476 .688 56 .885 4 4 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP ·oo·oX·oX····o 66.2 2.43 11.5 267 .210 .586 145 .723 122 .421 .636 39 .212 5 1 0
37. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ··o··Xo··o···o 66.1 3.26 7.3 271 .240 .659 135 .624 136 .696 .625 29 1.068 7 2 1
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 165.2 3.04 6.6 677 .226 .644 343 .656 334 .632 .645 114 .503 15 3 5
TOTAL 4.06 8.3 .251 .726 .733 .706 167 66 34

Explanation and Key

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