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Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Wrigley Field, April 14, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

53° (based on last ten years)

Reds

Manager:

Bryan Price

Game #:

On This Date:

26-35

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

43-23

Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 CHC  7  CIN  6 (10)

Tue, Apr 14, 2015 CIN    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 CIN    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CHC    @CIN  7:10pm
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 CHC    @CIN  1:10pm
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 CHC    @CIN  1:10pm
Thu, Jun 11, 2015 CIN    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 CIN    @CHC  4:05pm
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 CIN    @CHC  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 CIN    @CHC        
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 CHC    @CIN  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 CHC    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 CHC    @CIN 12:35pm
Mon, Aug 31, 2015 CIN    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 CIN    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 CIN    @CHC  2:20pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 CHC    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 CHC    @CIN  7:10pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 CHC    @CIN 12:35pm

                         All times ET

Cincinnati Reds

4-3, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @CHC  L   6-7 (10)   4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   STL  L   5-7 (11)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr 11   STL  L   1-4        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Fri, Apr 10   STL  W   5-4        4-0   1st  2.5 up
  3 Thu, Apr  9   PIT  W   3-2        3-0   1st  1.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  8   PIT  W   5-4 (11)   2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Apr  6   PIT  W   5-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3

Chicago Cubs

4-2, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:    2-1    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Mon, Apr 13   CIN  W   7-6 (10)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sun, Apr 12  @COL  W   6-5        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr 11  @COL  W   9-5        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Fri, Apr 10  @COL  L   1-5        1-2   2nd  2.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8   STL  W   2-0        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Apr  5   STL  L   0-3        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-2    Last 20: 4-2    Last 30: 4-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 CHC  7  CIN  6 (10)   W:Hector Rondon (1-0), L: Manny Parra (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 CHC  3  CIN  1        W:Kyle Hendricks (7-2), L: Daniel Corcino (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (25)
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CHC  7  CIN  0        W:Jake Arrieta (9-5), L: Johnny Cueto (18-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 CHC  1  CIN  0        W:Hector Rondon (4-4), L: Pedro Villarreal (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 CIN  7  CHC  2        W:Dylan Axelrod (1-0), L: Jake Arrieta (7-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 CIN  7  CHC  5        W:Mat Latos (5-3), L: Jacob Turner (4-8), S: Aroldis Chapman (28)
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 CHC  3 @CIN  0        W:Travis Wood (8-11), L: Johnny Cueto (15-8), S: Hector Rondon (22)
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 CHC  6 @CIN  4 (12)   W:Blake Parker (1-0), L: J.J. Hoover (1-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 CIN  4  CHC  1        W:Alfredo Simon (12-3), L: Dallas Beeler (0-2), S: Aroldis Chapman (19)
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 CIN  6  CHC  5        W:Logan Ondrusek (3-2), L: Hector Rondon (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 1-0; 2014 - CIN won 11-8; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1114-1112

SP: Anthony DeSclafani (25, RHP, 0-0, 3.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-0)			6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	3.00
2014 (2-2)			33.0	40	23	23	5	26	4	6.27

Last 7 GS		1-2	30.1	36	22	22	6	23	5	6.53	44
2015-04-09	PIT	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	73	59
2014-06-27	OAK	ND	3.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	42	43
2014-06-22	NYM	L	3.2	7	7	7	2	1	1	82	18
2014-06-17	CHC	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	99	49
2014-05-20	PHI	L	5.1	6	5	5	1	2	1	89	37
2014-05-14	@LAD	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	93	56

Last 5 v.CHC		0-0	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	5.68	49
2014-06-17	CHC	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	99	49

SP: Jake Arrieta (29, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			7.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0.00
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		5-1	46.1	28	11	10	13	52	1	1.94	67
2015-04-08	STL	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	104	75
2014-09-24	STL	W	7.0	2	1	0	1	10	0	97	80
2014-09-16	CIN	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	13	0	110	97
2014-09-09	@TOR	ND	6.1	7	2	2	1	5	0	99	55
2014-09-02	MIL	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	96	60
2014-08-28	@CIN	L	4.0	6	6	6	4	8	0	96	30
2014-08-22	BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	99	69

Last 5 v.CIN		2-1	20.0	10	8	8	5	30	0	3.60	66
2014-09-16	CIN	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	13	0	110	97
2014-08-28	@CIN	L	4.0	6	6	6	4	8	0	96	30
2014-06-24	CIN	W	7.0	3	2	2	0	9	0	94	72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB 27.Coke*
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Boesch* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 79/75 .187/.203/.293/.496 1.833/.437 .299 6/.000 3/0 2/1

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 3/.000 6/.167 3/.000 9/.888 3/1.000 545/415 .217/.281/.373/.654 .556/.685 .685 30/.887 12/3 18/7

9.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.500 3/.666 3/.666 637/464 .264/.312/.445/.757 .773/.751 .750 26/.346 3/2 25/6

2.Cozart G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 8/.625 6/.334 543/427 .221/.268/.300/.568 .702/.532 .549 27/.641 7/0 4/10

15.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/12 .059/.111/.235/.346 .000/.530 .582 3/.000 0/0 1/0

21.Frazier G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.619 4/.000 660/515 .273/.336/.459/.795 .750/.807 .717 32/.968 20/8 29/14

6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 9/1.056 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 4/.500 611/460 .250/.292/.355/.648 .669/.641 .685 28/.774 56/23 6/2

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 2/2.500 6/1.750 2/no AB 440/342 .273/.359/.534/.893 .925/.883 .890 23/.269 1/3 25/3

17.Negron G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 158/110 .271/.331/.479/.810 1.057/.702 .672 9/.476 5/0 6/1

29.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 372/292 .253/.291/.353/.645 .449/.699 .654 7/.857 2/3 5/3

4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 7/.715 1/.000 7/1.000 3/1.167 499/379 .266/.306/.372/.678 .594/.704 .600 29/.596 2/3 8/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 271/220 .235/.287/.308/.595 .508/.614 .634 4/.500 2/1 2/4

19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 7/1.547 4/.250 272/206 .255/.390/.409/.799 .969/.736 .595 33/1.183 1/1 6/7

IP 156.2 58.0 69.0 25.0 43.2 63.1 61.0 TOTAL .229/.294/.380/.673 .729/.651 .762 .673 11/0 9/2

ERA-K/9

2.53/9.6

3.88/6.4

3.78/9.1

4.68/6.1

1.44/10.9

2.42/9.0

2.21/10.5

4.00/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mesoraco (51-18-9)
Pena (16-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.203 257/.299 292/.230 110/.293 177/.184 255/.218 244/.187 .280 Hamilton
Bruce
Byrd
Schumaker
Boesch
Negron
Dominguez 0/144/0/10
0/0/131/8
0/0/149/6
33/8/13/3
3/1/9/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .535 .790 .632 .891 .550 .526 .535 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.553 114/.691 100/.528 42/.733 71/.591 115/.616 99/.621 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.520 143/.871 192/.684 68/.989 106/.522 140/.454 145/.478 .691

Home 300/.443 119/.855 145/.638 64/.839 90/.639 175/.566 130/.539

Last 28d days 27/.389 13/.885 / 14/.357 12/.350 20/.618 11/.455

HR/SB/CS 5/24/5 5/5/2 4/6/0 7/1/0 2/6/0 2/6/1 2/1/1 2/6/1

Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··o·· oX·o···· ·oX··o·· Xoo··o·· o·o··o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.DeSclafani
G/S/vB 25.Badenhop
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 52.Cingrani*
G/S/vB 70.Diaz
G/S/vB 37.Gregg
G/S/vB 60.Hoover
G/S/vB 31.Marquis
G/S/vB 43.Parra*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 300/210 .205/.254/.367/.621 .755/.565 .645 22/.332 8/5 10/6

5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 6/.666 13/.595 1/.000 ··· 8/1.167 ··· 4/1.750 417/317 .237/.296/.389/.686 .855/.631 .712 6/.533 0/0 13/6

13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/.333 14/.453 14/.500 4/.500 ··· 8/.875 3/.000 10/1.475 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .693 25/.680 4/4 14/15

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 8/.625 6/.167 432/327 .283/.352/.452/.804 .709/.832 .821 20/1.411 7/4 9/4

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.958 4/.250 505/381 .276/.375/.399/.774 .887/.737 .829 28/.750 11/4 8/5

19.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 104/62 .233/.307/.289/.596 .595/.596 .723 7/.452 1/3 0/1

11.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 360/291 .251/.328/.317/.644 .818/.603 .661 6/.333 2/1 1/6

47.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 25/1.490 5/.200 560/445 .243/.329/.370/.699 .563/.735 .697 15/.367 0/4 13/13

20.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 258/167 .160/.248/.356/.604 .681/.561 .553 14/.599 0/1 12/7

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 10/.200 15/1.103 3/.667 ··· 8/.536 3/.667 11/.598 616/445 .286/.386/.527/.913 .928/.907 .943 26/.697 5/4 32/9

3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 9/.873 171/104 .184/.260/.368/.629 .809/.518 .510 6/.733 0/1 7/7

68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 97/75 .292/.330/.573/.903 .701/.964 .839 25/.972 1/0 5/2

41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 66/39 .226/.273/.355/.628 .909/.427 .606 10/.508 0/0 2/0

IP 33.0 70.2 54.0 63.1 34.2 9.0 62.2 36.2 TOTAL .215/.303/.393/.696 .647/.704 .603 .696 5/1 7/5

ERA-K/9

6.27/7.1

2.29/5.1

2.00/17.7

4.55/8.7

3.38/9.6

10.00/6.0

4.88/10.8

/0.0

4.66/8.3

3.88/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (57-28-7)
Montero (64-26-5)
Ross (32-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.303 289/.268 202/.121 280/.258 142/.230 41/.306 275/.236 / 164/.277 .238 Coghlan
Fowler
Alcantara
Soler
Szczur 101/0/4/5
0/111/0/4
0/48/0/3
0/0/24/2
6/9/13/1

OPS .801 .672 .406 .811 .668 .974 .785 .781 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.893 114/.721 43/.372 58/.613 60/.778 25/.925 113/.939 / 93/.676 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.710 175/.642 159/.415 222/.862 82/.589 16/1.053 162/.665 / 71/.923 .673

Road 44/.630 122/.758 77/.472 135/.811 73/.723 20/.775 125/.843 / 93/.810

Last 28d days 25/.655 15/.895 18/.284 12/.444 20/1.056 15/1.200 16/.445 25/.671 8/1.350

HR/SB/CS 4/6/0 1/5/1 1/6/4 12/2/1 3/1/0 2/3/0 13/0/1 // 4/1/2 9/3/0

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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 4.77

MIA 3.98

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.42

CLE 4.03

COL 5.05

J. Altuve .341

J. Upton .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

C. Headley .328

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .581

C. Utley .407

Z. Cozart .300

OPS

V. Martinez .974

H. Kendrick .744

Z. Cozart .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

W. Chen 3.54

C. Buchholz 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

T. Koehler 7.20

M. Buehrle 5.30

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.