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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, May 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 15, 2015
Start Time:
1:20ct (local), 2:20et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
57° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
36
On This Date:
47-60
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
37
On This Date:
58-60
Season Series
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3     
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 PIT  5  CHC  4     
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 CHC  4  PIT  0     
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 CHC  6  PIT  2     
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 PIT  8 @CHC  1     

Fri, May 15, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, May 16, 2015 PIT    @CHC  4:05pm
Sun, May 17, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 CHC    @PIT 12:35pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 PIT    @CHC        
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 PIT    @CHC        

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
17-18, 4th, 7½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Thu, May 14  @PHI  L   2-4       17-18  4th  7.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @PHI  L   2-3       17-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @PHI  W   7-2       17-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 11  @PHI  W   4-3       16-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10   STL  W   4-3       15-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  9   STL  W   7-5       14-16  4th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  8   STL  L   5-8       13-16  4th  9.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  7   CIN  W   7-2       13-15  4th  8.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  6   CIN  L   0-3       12-15  4th  8.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   CIN  L   1-7       12-14  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Chicago Cubs
19-15, 2nd, 5 GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-7    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-12   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  4-0    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Thu, May 14   NYM  W   6-5       19-15  2nd  5.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   NYM  W   2-1       18-15  2nd  5.0 gb
 32 Tue, May 12   NYM  W   6-1       17-15  2nd  6.0 gb
 31 Mon, May 11   NYM  W   4-3       16-15  2nd  6.0 gb
 30 Sun, May 10  @MIL  L   2-3 (11)  15-15  2nd  6.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  9  @MIL  L   4-12      15-14  2nd  6.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  8  @MIL  W   7-6       15-13  2nd  6.5 gb
 27 Thu, May  7  @STL  L   1-5       14-13  2nd  6.5 gb
 26 Wed, May  6  @STL  W   6-5       14-12  2nd  5.5 gb
 25 Tue, May  5  @STL  L   4-7       13-12  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 PIT  8 @CHC  1        W:Gerrit Cole (4-0), L: Kyle Hendricks (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 CHC  6  PIT  2        W:Travis Wood (2-1), L: Jeff Locke (2-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 CHC  4  PIT  0        W:Jason Hammel (2-1), L: Vance Worley (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 PIT  5  CHC  4        W:Radhames Liz (1-1), L: Brian Schlitter (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3        W:Vance Worley (2-1), L: Jason Hammel (1-1), S: Tony Watson (1)
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (3)
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2        W:Jake Arrieta (2-1), L: Arquimedes Caminero (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 14, 2014 PIT  7  CHC  3        W:Edinson Volquez (12-7), L: Jacob Turner (5-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CHC  6 @PIT  4        W:Felix Doubront (4-5), L: Jeff Locke (7-5), S: Hector Rondon (24)
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 PIT  7  CHC  3        W:Gerrit Cole (9-5), L: Tsuyoshi Wada (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 4-3; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1252-1177

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 2-2, 4.71)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 36.1 38 20 19 11 26 3 4.71
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 46 26 25 16 29 4 5.58 45
2015-05-10 STL ND 6.2 5 3 3 2 1 1 96 51
2015-05-05 CIN L 7.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 101 50
2015-04-28 @CHC L 3.2 8 6 5 3 5 0 86 25
2015-04-23 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 93 41
2015-04-18 MIL W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
2014-09-24 @ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 1 86 20
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 26.2 25 15 14 17 28 1 4.73 49
2015-04-28 @CHC L 3.2 8 6 5 3 5 0 86 25
2015-04-23 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 93 41
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2013-09-12 CHC W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 100 71
2013-06-09 @CHC ND 5.2 1 1 1 7 6 0 100 62

SP: Kyle Hendricks (25, RHP, 0-1, 4.65)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-1) 31.0 32 16 16 8 23 3 4.65
2014 (7-2) 80.1 72 24 22 15 47 4 2.46
Last 7 GS 0-1 36.1 37 19 19 9 27 4 4.71 49
2015-05-10 @MIL ND 5.1 5 0 0 2 3 0 85 59
2015-05-05 @STL ND 5.0 6 4 4 2 1 1 73 38
2015-04-29 PIT L 5.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 96 52
2015-04-23 @PIT ND 5.1 5 3 3 0 2 1 90 48
2015-04-18 SDP ND 6.0 3 2 2 0 8 1 81 66
2015-04-12 @COL ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 0 84 29
2014-09-23 STL ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 4 1 85 49
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 10.1 10 5 5 3 8 1 4.35 50
2015-04-29 PIT L 5.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 96 52
2015-04-23 @PIT ND 5.1 5 3 3 0 2 1 90 48

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

Pirates Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
G/S/vB		 27.Coke*
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 26/.725 3/.666 6/.666 3/.000 17/.782 5/1.400 120/109 .202/.300/.394/.694 .382/.727 .789 86/.596 0/0 5/5
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 98/83 .270/.330/.337/.667 .708/.659 .763 68/.657 0/1 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 9/.619 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 129/112 .200/.244/.325/.569 .569/.569 .560 90/.557 1/2 3/6
12.Hart G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/1.654 15/.354 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 32/18 .200/.219/.333/.552 .297/.748 .600 22/.382 0/0 1/2
27.Kang G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 65/52 .298/.369/.474/.843 1.135/.765 .747 56/.952 1/0 2/1
23.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 .000 4/.250 0/0 0/
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.667 2/1.000 3/.000 24/.934 2/.500 4/.500 1/5.000 4/.000 8/.125 136/118 .287/.341/.525/.865 1.562/.753 .761 99/.978 5/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.200 35/1.405 11/.739 7/.429 1/.000 3/2.334 7/.286 142/124 .230/.317/.369/.686 .646/.692 .650 104/.675 2/1 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 6/.334 14/.895 2/.500 7/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 114/97 .183/.239/.212/.450 .607/.422 .477 79/.418 0/0 0/2
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 6/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 138/121 .258/.304/.359/.664 .353/.710 .607 98/.687 10/2 1/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/.143 1/.000 9/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 39/23 .351/.368/.459/.828 .388/1.136 .600 32/.795 1/0 1/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 9/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 3/1.000 37/35 .286/.278/.343/.621 1.000/.598 .625 37/.621 0/0 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 5/.650 4/1.000 5/.650 25/.593 6/.666 5/.900 3/.666 9/.666 6/.533 138/117 .276/.348/.398/.746 .452/.797 .760 101/.784 2/0 2/1
IP 31.0 9.2 3.1 9.2 14.2 16.0 13.1 6.0 16.0 TOTAL .236/.295/.356/.650 .614/.657 .636 .660 22/8 26/22
ERA-K/9 4.65/6.7 6.52/8.4 0.00/16.4 4.66/8.4 4.30/5.5 2.81/8.4 3.38/8.8 1.50/7.5 3.38/10.1 4.04/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (28-10-1)
 Stewart (5-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.264 44/.350 11/.100 46/.268 65/.236 67/.246 51/.184 24/.292 63/.164 .248  McCutchen
 Marte
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Rodriguez
 Hart
0/32/0/2
31/4/0/2
2/1/31/1
2/0/0/0
2/0/5/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .731 .936 .282 .643 .674 .696 .685 .625 .488 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.796 23/.757 2/.000 22/.338 20/.839 30/.693 19/.328 12/.667 21/.627 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.679 21/1.151 9/.347 24/.895 45/.601 37/.699 32/.875 12/.583 42/.422 .705
Home 45/.535 19/.921 7/.286 22/.273 25/.492 36/.619 22/.279 8/.750 36/.410
Last 28d days 111/.683 29/1.029 11/.282 38/.732 51/.770 44/.785 45/.745 24/.625 45/.548
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 31/25/4
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· X··Xo··o ·····o·· o···oX·o oo·o··X· ·o·oX·X· X·X·oo·X o···X·o·
Cubs Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 39.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB		 58.Liz
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bryant G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 116/94 .274/.405/.442/.847 .581/.912 .877 112/.881 2/0 3/4
5.Castillo G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/.222 2/.500 8/.875 42/25 .179/.238/.385/.623 .761/.533 .521 31/.571 0/0 2/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 15/.534 3/.000 9/1.555 ··· 2/2.500 10/.700 2/1.000 8/.125 144/122 .271/.292/.357/.649 .864/.609 .591 107/.623 2/2 3/6
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 111/103 .202/.282/.394/.676 .286/.696 .623 80/.565 4/1 4/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 147/119 .271/.356/.426/.783 .886/.760 .772 105/.743 8/3 3/0
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 38/31 .222/.243/.278/.521 1.143/.372 .364 22/.545 3/0 0/1
47.Montero* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.000 6/1.250 ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/1.000 4/.250 92/82 .297/.413/.500/.913 1.150/.884 .857 68/1.103 0/0 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 18/.989 2/.500 7/1.571 ··· 3/.000 10/.733 3/2.000 12/.500 151/116 .336/.470/.597/1.067 1.215/1.022 1.047 112/1.125 7/2 7/1
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 34/26 .192/.364/.346/.710 .125/.914 .729 27/.735 0/0 0/1
22.Russell G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 81/64 .256/.284/.436/.720 .794/.701 .823 81/.720 0/1 2/4
68.Soler G/S/vP 6/.500 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 147/119 .271/.327/.406/.733 .666/.743 .754 108/.678 0/0 3/1
41.Szczur G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 27/15 .136/.231/.227/.458 .650/.298 .633 14/.357 2/0 0/0
IP 36.1 15.0 16.1 1.0 14.0 15.1 15.1 19.0 TOTAL .247/.325/.392/.717 .761/.706 .690 .726 31/10 32/27
ERA-K/9 4.71/6.4 4.20/10.2 2.20/9.4 0.00/9.0 3.21/9.0 4.11/5.3 0.59/8.8 1.89/8.5 3.04/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (1-0-0)
 Montero (13-2-0)
 Ross (11-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 152/.273 61/.232 68/.328 4/.250 64/.278 61/.281 65/.220 68/.169 .248  Coghlan
 Soler
 Fowler
 Bryant
 Szczur
30/0/0/5
0/0/33/3
0/32/0/1
1/2/0/0
14/1/0/0
OPS .739 .670 .744 .750 .872 .766 .547 .467 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.879 18/.833 24/.652 2/.000 26/.976 23/.594 29/.750 15/.619 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.706 43/.604 44/.792 2/1.500 38/.801 38/.868 36/.378 53/.425 .658
Road 48/.882 29/.535 32/.746 4/.750 48/.864 26/.551 47/.560 33/.678
Last 28d days 126/.734 43/.776 43/.892 4/.750 55/.903 44/.684 49/.530 43/.483
HR/SB/CS 3/3/4 1/2/0 0/1/2 0/0/0 3/1/1 2/0/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 22/35/15
Usage ····X··· ··o···o· ···ooo·X X······· X·····o· ···XXo·o ·Xo··o·· ····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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.25

ATL  4.21

PHI  2.86

 RA/G

STL  2.97

MIN  4.34

COL  5.52

 BA

D. Gordon  .426

R. Cano  .268

C. Utley  .118

 OBP

A. Rizzo  .470

B. Dozier  .331

C. Utley  .194

 SLG

N. Cruz  .744

R. Braun  .419

C. Utley  .209

 OPS

N. Cruz  1.158

T. Tulowitzki  .753

C. Utley  .403

 ERA

D. Keuchel  1.39

J. Cosart  4.08

K. Kendrick  7.65

 K/9IP

M. Fiers  12.25

T. Lincecum  7.08

J. Guthrie  3.27

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.