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New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, at Citi Field, August 16, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Citi Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Citi Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

79° (based on last ten years)

Cubs

Manager:

Rick Renteria

Game #:

122

On This Date:

61-62

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

125

On This Date:

25-20

Season Series
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 CHC  2  NYM  1     
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 CHC  5  NYM  4     
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 CHC  7  NYM  4     
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 NYM  3  CHC  2     

Sat, Aug 16, 2014 CHC    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 CHC    @NYM  1:10pm
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 CHC    @NYM 12:10pm

                         All times ET

Chicago Cubs

52-69, 5th, 15 GB, 13 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-31   Road:   24-38   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  37-57   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  13-20
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:19-32   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 15  @NYM  L   2-3       52-69  5th 15.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   MIL  L   2-6       52-68  5th 14.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13   MIL  W   4-2       52-67  5th 13.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12   MIL  W   3-0       51-67  5th 14.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 11   MIL  L   1-3       50-67  5th 15.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 10   TBR  W   3-2 (12)  50-66  5th 14.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9   TBR  L   0-4       49-66  5th 15.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8   TBR  L   3-4 (10)  49-65  5th 14.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug  7  @COL  W   6-2       49-64  5th 13.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  6  @COL  L   4-13      48-64  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

New York Mets

58-65, 4th, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-30   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  45-52   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  19-24
 vsEast: 27-27   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 10-16 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Fri, Aug 15   CHC  W   3-2       58-65  4th 10.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14   WSN  L   1-4       57-65  4th 10.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13   WSN  L   2-3       57-64  4th  9.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   WSN  L   1-7       57-63  4th  8.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @PHI  W   5-3       57-62  4th  7.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @PHI  L   6-7       56-62  4th  8.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @PHI  W   2-1 (11)  56-61  4th  8.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @PHI  W   5-4       55-61  4th  8.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @WSN  L   3-5 (13)  54-61  4th  9.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @WSN  L   1-7       54-60  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 NYM  3  CHC  2        W:Zack Wheeler (8-8), L: Travis Wood (7-10), S: Jenrry Mejia (18)
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 CHC  7  NYM  4        W:Justin Grimm (2-2), L: Vic Black (1-1), S: Neil Ramirez (1)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 CHC  5  NYM  4        W:Edwin Jackson (4-5), L: Dana Eveland (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (7)
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 CHC  2  NYM  1        W:Hector Rondon (1-1), L: Scott Rice (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 16, 2013 NYM  4  CHC  3        W:Bobby Parnell (5-3), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 CHC  5 @NYM  2        W:Scott Feldman (6-5), L: Jon Niese (3-6), S: Kevin Gregg (9)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 CHC  6 @NYM  3        W:Edwin Jackson (3-8), L: Shaun Marcum (0-8), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Sun, May 19, 2013 NYM  4 @CHC  3        W:Scott Rice (2-3), L: Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1), S: Bobby Parnell (6)
Sat, May 18, 2013 CHC  8  NYM  2        W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Jeremy Hefner (0-5), S: none
Fri, May 17, 2013 NYM  3 @CHC  2        W:Matt Harvey (5-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-6), S: Bobby Parnell (5)
Season Series: 2014 - CHC over 3-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 357-351

SP: Dan Straily (25, RHP, 1-2, 4.93)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-2)			38.1	33	21	21	15	34	9	4.93
2013 (10-8)			152.1	132	74	67	57	124	16	3.96
2012 (2-1)			39.1	36	19	17	16	32	11	3.89

Last 7 GS		1-2	38.1	33	21	21	15	34	9	4.93	51
2014-05-07	SEA	ND	6.0	3	3	3	4	3	2	95	53
2014-05-02	@BOS	L	4.1	4	2	2	3	3	0	82	47
2014-04-26	@HOU	ND	6.1	4	3	3	2	7	2	89	58
2014-04-21	TEX	ND	5.0	6	3	3	2	6	1	84	47
2014-04-15	@LAA	ND	3.2	7	6	6	1	3	1	67	25
2014-04-10	@MIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	100	70
2014-04-05	SEA	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	7	2	91	54

Has never faced NYM as starter.

SP: Jon Niese (27, LHP, 6-8, 3.46)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-8)			135.1	135	58	52	37	96	12	3.46
2013 (8-8)			143.0	158	68	59	48	105	10	3.71
2012 (13-9)			190.1	174	77	72	49	155	22	3.40

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.1	47	24	22	12	27	5	5.17	46
2014-08-11	@PHI	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	107	62
2014-08-06	@WSN	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	2	102	32
2014-08-01	SFG	L	8.0	9	5	3	0	4	0	87	52
2014-07-26	@MIL	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	89	47
2014-07-21	@SEA	L	6.0	11	4	4	2	6	1	93	38
2014-07-04	TEX	ND	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	12	43
2014-06-28	@PIT	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	98	48

Last 5 v.CHC		2-3	30.2	38	21	17	9	23	3	4.99	45
2013-06-15	CHC	L	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	106	50
2012-07-08	CHC	L	7.0	9	7	7	0	3	1	89	34
2012-06-27	@CHC	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	118	62
2011-05-24	@CHC	L	5.0	7	6	2	1	5	0	85	41
2010-09-05	@CHC	W	6.0	8	5	5	3	4	2	106	37

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

Cubs Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 38.Black
G/S/vB 44.Carlyle
G/S/vB 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB 61.Eveland*
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 58.Mejia
G/S/vB 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/94 .212/.281/.348/.629 .629/.627 .580 113/.555 5/3 3/2

9.Baez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .245/.245/.531/.776 .923/.722 1.056 49/.776 0/0 4/2

12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/134 .200/.282/.241/.524 .472/.535 .501 33/.339 0/0 0/1

5.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 309/231 .237/.303/.376/.679 .746/.656 .678 73/.692 0/0 8/3

13.Castro G/S/vP 16/.938 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 520/401 .286/.335/.429/.764 .809/.751 .839 110/.766 4/3 12/12

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 11/.573 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 3/.000 274/205 .282/.358/.469/.827 .942/.790 .853 97/.836 5/3 6/4

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 10/.422 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 527/380 .278/.378/.506/.883 .932/.864 .838 112/.831 3/4 27/8

20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 14/.286 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 236/153 .280/.336/.408/.744 .765/.732 .773 56/.573 2/4 4/1

6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 203/180 .247/.299/.339/.637 .681/.632 .619 55/.890 0/0 3/1

4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 28/17 .160/.214/.160/.374 .764/.118 .356 28/.374 0/0 0/0

24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.267 390/329 .233/.319/.407/.726 .657/.739 .747 86/.640 0/2 10/6

IP 135.1 29.2 15.1 22.2 23.0 61.1 76.0 70.2 TOTAL .239/.299/.380/.679 .746/.658 .683 .678 49/35 111/67

ERA-K/9

3.46/6.4

2.12/9.1

0.59/7.6

1.59/7.9

2.74/7.8

2.05/7.6

3.79/9.5

3.69/9.5

3.55/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Baker (37-4-4)
Castillo (51-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 569/.263 125/.211 56/.170 83/.179 95/.209 255/.212 341/.266 304/.263 .245 Sweeney
Coghlan
Alcantara
Ruggiano 12/24/15/6
61/0/4/3
0/17/0/2
10/18/31/1

OPS .715 .591 .422 .524 .598 .598 .720 .762 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.693 55/.748 31/.355 58/.516 46/.573 119/.876 167/.598 123/.696 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.723 70/.476 25/.507 25/.541 49/.621 136/.363 174/.832 181/.806 .676

Home 222/.669 60/.532 23/.445 37/.688 46/.741 112/.678 185/.588 168/.812

Last 28d days 140/.846 33/.623 29/.379 26/.644 33/.747 51/.709 50/.771 46/1.031

HR/SB/CS 12/5/3 1/3/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/2/0 2/5/0 6/7/0 10/5/0 112/62/18

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

Mets Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 235.Straily
G/S/vB 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Campbell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/76 .299/.345/.403/.748 .785/.714 .810 34/.464 1/0 2/2

15.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 303/228 .230/.298/.394/.692 .676/.698 .722 84/.784 1/0 10/4

6.den Dekker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 68/62 .190/.250/.238/.488 .167/.517 .377 19/.649 2/2 0/0

21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 434/350 .255/.348/.480/.828 .478/.913 .799 101/.810 3/2 21/2

4.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 135/97 .231/.259/.292/.552 .549/.552 .507 52/.549 0/0 1/1

3.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.167 13/1.112 3/.000 501/363 .222/.327/.379/.707 .752/.688 .656 105/.482 8/2 15/2

12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 336/262 .277/.318/.377/.696 .841/.654 .739 97/.620 4/3 2/2

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/2.000 6/.000 537/403 .303/.345/.431/.775 .742/.786 .720 110/.887 13/5 9/13

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 82/76 .239/.317/.451/.768 .533/.785 .839 20/.417 1/0 2/1

20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 149/121 .187/.224/.324/.548 .364/.592 .475 20/.250 1/1 4/2

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 352/266 .224/.345/.276/.620 .671/.604 .687 52/.448 1/1 2/5

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 12/.917 3/5.000 510/390 .274/.331/.381/.713 .975/.632 .752 109/.577 6/5 8/12

22.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 259/198 .227/.307/.302/.609 .458/.658 .484 26/.427 27/4 1/1

IP 38.1 3.0 53.1 29.2 46.1 45.2 62.2 36.2 TOTAL .237/.308/.357/.665 .658/.668 .661 .598 76/28 90/66

ERA-K/9

4.93/8.0

3.00/6.0

4.22/8.9

1.21/11.2

3.30/9.5

2.56/10.0

5.03/8.0

2.70/6.9

3.81/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (41-10-11)
Recker (12-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.232 12/.200 230/.234 119/.179 195/.249 180/.179 282/.288 157/.243 .246 Granderson
Nieuwenhuis
Young
Lagares
den Dekker
Campbell
Duda 10/11/107/6
12/9/1/5
58/1/0/5
0/83/0/4
5/13/1/3
15/0/1/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .794 .833 .671 .561 .585 .540 .772 .621 .683

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.794 7/.629 75/.642 42/.590 86/.694 75/.677 108/.812 65/.606 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.794 5/1.000 155/.684 77/.544 109/.500 105/.443 174/.746 92/.633 .667

Road 88/.745 3/.333 115/.646 60/.454 60/.485 85/.480 170/.935 82/.458

Last 28d days / 12/.833 43/.516 14/.896 47/.430 47/.356 34/.272 46/.798

HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 1/0/0 4/6/0 2/4/0 1/6/0 2/1/1 5/11/0 2/2/0 84/93/21

Usage ········ ·X····o· o·o·Xo·o ··o··X·· ··oo·o·X X··ooX·X ·o···o·o X····o·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 2014 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

OAK 4.84

MIA 3.99

SDP 3.24

RA/G

SEA 3.19

PIT 4.16

COL 5.19

J. Altuve .334

D. Navarro .272

C. Davis .193

OBP

A. McCutchen .411

C. Blackmon .331

G. Beckham .264

SLG

J. Abreu .600

J. Reyes .410

J. Bradley .287

OPS

J. Abreu .962

M. Montero .751

J. Bradley .570

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

A. Sanchez 3.53

E. Jackson 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

J. Lackey 7.37

K. Correia 4.39

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.