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Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Wrigley Field, July 7, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Start Time:

12:20ct (local), 1:20et

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

51-57

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

58-50

Season Series
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0     
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9     
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4     
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5     
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1     
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1     
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 STL  4  CHC  1     
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL  6 @CHC  0     

Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:20pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET

St. Louis Cardinals

54-28, 1st, 6 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-11   Road:   23-17   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  46-17   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:23-8    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jul  6  @CHC  W   6-0       54-28  1st  6.0 up
 81 Sun, Jul  5   SDP  W   3-1       53-28  1st  6.0 up
 80 Sat, Jul  4   SDP  W   2-1       52-28  1st  6.0 up
 79 Fri, Jul  3   SDP  L   1-2       51-28  1st  6.0 up
 78 Thu, Jul  2   SDP  L   3-5 (11)  51-27  1st  6.0 up
 77 Wed, Jul  1   CHW  L   1-7       51-26  1st  7.0 up
 76 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   1-2 (11)  51-25  1st  8.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CHC  W   4-1       51-24  1st  9.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-1       50-24  1st  8.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  49-24  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Chicago Cubs

44-37, 3rd, 9½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-17   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  37-33   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 14-6    vsCntrl:17-18   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Mon, Jul  6   STL  L   0-6       44-37  3rd  9.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   MIA  W   2-0       44-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  4   MIA  W   7-2       43-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  3   MIA  L   1-2       42-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jul  2  @NYM  W   6-1       42-35  3rd  8.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @NYM  W   2-0 (11)  41-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @NYM  W   1-0       40-35  3rd 10.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  L   1-4       39-35  3rd 11.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   1-8       39-34  3rd 10.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  L   2-3 (10)  39-33  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL  6 @CHC  0        W:John Lackey (7-5), L: Jon Lester (4-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 STL  4  CHC  1        W:Carlos Martinez (9-3), L: Jason Hammel (5-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (23)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1        W:Michael Wacha (10-3), L: Donn Roach (0-1), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Justin Grimm (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1        W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Jake Arrieta (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Lance Lynn (1-3), S: Hector Rondon (6)
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4        W:Mitch Harris (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9        W:Miguel Socolovich (2-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-2), S: Seth Maness (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Lance Lynn (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (1)
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 8-2; 2014 - STL won 10-9; 2013 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1191-1144

SP: Tyler Lyons (27, LHP, 2-0, 5.09)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-0)			23.0	28	15	13	7	28	5	5.09
2014 (0-4)			36.2	33	23	18	11	36	4	4.42
2013 (2-4)			53.0	49	29	28	16	43	5	4.75

Last 7 GS		2-1	33.0	41	25	23	9	37	8	6.27	44
2015-06-19	@PHI	W	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	93	45
2015-06-13	KCR	W	5.0	3	2	2	1	6	2	79	58
2015-05-16	DET	ND	3.2	7	3	3	2	5	1	80	38
2015-05-10	@PIT	ND	5.0	5	3	2	1	5	1	84	51
2015-05-05	CHC	ND	4.1	6	4	3	2	7	0	96	42
2014-05-12	CHC	L	4.0	9	9	9	1	2	2	69	9
2014-05-06	@ATL	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	87	66

Last 5 v.CHC		0-1	8.1	15	13	12	3	9	2	12.96	26
2015-05-05	CHC	ND	4.1	6	4	3	2	7	0	96	42
2014-05-12	CHC	L	4.0	9	9	9	1	2	2	69	9

SP: Jake Arrieta (29, RHP, 8-5, 2.80)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-5)			106.0	86	37	33	23	110	8	2.80
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		4-1	48.0	37	14	14	9	48	5	2.63	63
2015-07-02	@NYM	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	98	75
2015-06-26	@STL	ND	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	102	72
2015-06-21	@MIN	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	122	86
2015-06-16	CLE	L	5.0	3	4	4	6	6	1	112	45
2015-06-10	@DET	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	93	51
2015-06-04	@WSN	W	6.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	97	64
2015-05-29	KCR	ND	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	3	93	50

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	32.1	22	9	7	8	37	0	1.95	65
2015-06-26	@STL	ND	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	102	72
2015-05-07	@STL	L	5.1	9	5	4	1	7	0	106	38
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
2014-07-26	STL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	109	59

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

Cardinals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB 37.Wood*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bourjos G/S/vP 11/1.080 4/.750 7/1.096 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 148/100 .240/.327/.380/.706 .663/.726 .541 41/.565 5/6 2/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 21/.238 4/.500 22/.821 2/.000 5/.400 7/.629 17/.919 5/1.100 40/.782 330/233 .271/.373/.439/.812 .623/.894 .767 91/.591 2/2 8/9

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.929 55/40 .196/.241/.235/.476 .845/.354 .512 13/.154 0/0 0/0

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 11/.728 179/128 .256/.296/.518/.814 .735/.847 .834 88/.869 3/0 7/1

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 15/.733 ··· 24/.825 7/.143 1/.000 4/1.167 13/.808 1/no AB 8/1.125 306/231 .277/.327/.433/.759 .853/.729 .736 96/.948 9/2 9/2

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/1.000 67/45 .148/.224/.148/.371 .325/.394 .335 16/.745 1/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 16/.450 5/1.100 30/1.496 1/.000 2/.500 6/1.500 6/.533 6/.750 41/1.066 296/228 .292/.332/.372/.704 .517/.757 .715 85/.834 0/1 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 26/.629 13/1.461 43/.708 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.500 5/.600 13/.962 22/.830 338/259 .297/.352/.467/.819 .824/.817 .880 95/.617 1/1 11/3

60.Pham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .200/.200/.533/.733 .000/.917 .000 15/.733 1/0 1/0

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 9/.778 2/.000 10/.533 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 17/1.271 232/167 .225/.293/.359/.652 .711/.630 .673 78/.547 2/1 5/3

59.Scruggs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 33/28 .313/.333/.375/.708 .600/.728 .917 32/.731 1/0 0/1

16.Wong* G/S/vP 18/.500 3/.666 9/1.056 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 5/.400 6/.533 7/1.429 333/245 .281/.339/.444/.783 .680/.822 .832 94/.679 8/4 9/9

IP 106.0 21.0 30.0 31.2 5.0 34.1 20.1 36.2 57.1 TOTAL .259/.324/.392/.716 .656/.737 .706 .714 36/20 63/47

ERA-K/9

2.80/9.3

1.29/14.6

3.30/6.6

2.84/6.2

1.80/12.6

2.10/7.6

1.77/5.8

2.70/10.3

4.71/9.6

3.32/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (4-1-0)
Molina (18-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.222 87/.184 130/.254 129/.207 21/.118 135/.216 83/.273 143/.146 244/.242 .235 Heyward
Bourjos
Grichuk
Reynolds
Kozma
Pham 0/0/74/5
0/49/0/1
31/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
0/4/0/0

OPS .613 .551 .633 .587 .462 .591 .676 .534 .737 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.607 24/.303 46/.515 43/.704 11/.182 57/.473 49/.615 59/.725 74/.652 .648

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.615 63/.635 84/.693 86/.529 10/.775 78/.678 34/.761 84/.410 170/.772 .682

Home 179/.624 40/.422 59/.610 65/.595 11/.697 73/.497 45/.731 76/.512 108/.629

Last 28d days 134/.553 38/.498 45/.683 39/.547 8/.536 35/.261 35/.767 42/.521 54/.576

HR/SB/CS 8/12/5 1/2/0 0/4/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 2/5/1 1/3/2 3/1/1 10/0/2 70/64/21

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

Cubs Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 40.Harris
G/S/vB 67.Hatley
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 64/59 .250/.344/.268/.612 2.000/.515 .382 50/.682 0/0 0/1

17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/no AB 315/265 .278/.381/.481/.862 1.087/.820 1.082 103/.865 8/2 12/10

13.Castro G/S/vP 7/.857 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 17/1.029 7/1.000 ··· 4/.000 338/287 .254/.290/.329/.619 .631/.617 .526 102/.526 4/3 5/15

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 9/1.556 277/250 .251/.351/.423/.774 .451/.807 .649 98/.862 7/1 8/0

15.Denorfia G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 104/81 .323/.353/.417/.770 .729/.781 .771 73/.704 0/1 1/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/1.158 343/288 .230/.308/.375/.683 .833/.655 .632 97/.601 11/4 8/1

19.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 79/63 .230/.250/.311/.561 .625/.543 .368 21/.708 3/0 1/2

47.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.733 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.125 243/216 .231/.333/.394/.728 .979/.698 .720 82/.687 0/0 10/6

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 8/1.071 13/.853 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.953 17/.520 1/.000 2/.000 355/281 .292/.403/.539/.942 .926/.945 .878 106/.710 12/5 15/2

22.Russell G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 251/203 .226/.291/.357/.647 .470/.690 .708 91/.557 1/3 5/10

68.Soler G/S/vP 4/.583 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 214/179 .267/.322/.405/.728 .799/.712 .749 6/.833 0/1 4/1

27.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 23.0 16.2 18.1 1.0 32.0 38.1 38.1 13.1 32.2 TOTAL .239/.315/.378/.692 .732/.684 .660 .676 55/20 75/59

ERA-K/9

5.09/11.0

2.70/5.9

3.44/4.4

0.00/9.0

3.66/6.8

0.70/9.9

1.41/11.5

2.03/8.1

1.65/7.4

2.56/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (40-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.292 66/.203 84/.301 4/.250 133/.317 151/.197 156/.214 54/.184 133/.203 .240 Coghlan
Soler
Fowler
Denorfia
Baxter
Bryant 72/0/0/7
0/0/50/4
0/76/0/3
10/3/16/1
1/0/10/0
3/2/0/0

OPS .868 .565 .783 .500 .759 .508 .655 .525 .636 .650

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/1.139 55/.602 32/.703 1/.000 41/.659 68/.505 56/.878 23/.504 60/.519 .667

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.813 11/.382 52/.829 3/.667 92/.807 83/.503 100/.539 31/.536 73/.733 .637

Road 44/.794 38/.745 40/.635 / 58/.705 53/.272 64/.554 26/.317 63/.769

Last 28d days 43/.811 22/.431 3/.000 4/.500 40/.729 42/.608 52/.577 25/.653 38/.845

HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 1/1/0 4/2/2 57/22/14

Usage ··o·ooo· o······· ·····o·· ·oo··oo· ··XXX·X· oo·o·oo· ····X·X· ····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 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 5.44

LAA 4.10

SEA 3.41

RA/G

STL 2.79

MIA 4.08

COL 5.11

M. Cabrera .350

K. Calhoun .266

S. Drew .178

OBP

B. Harper .471

B. Dozier .332

O. Infante .240

SLG

B. Harper .714

B. Holt .424

B. Hamilton .287

OPS

B. Harper 1.185

T. Plouffe .754

O. Infante .547

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.48

C. Kluber 3.64

K. Lohse 6.29

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.78

K. Hendricks 7.34

M. Pelfrey 4.44

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.