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Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at Wrigley Field, August 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Brewers

Manager:

Craig Counsell

Game #:

115

On This Date:

19-25

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

117

On This Date:

56-66

Season Series
Fri, May 01, 2015 CHC  1  MIL  0     
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIL  6 @CHC  1     
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIL  5 @CHC  3     
Fri, May 08, 2015 CHC  7 @MIL  6     
Sat, May 09, 2015 MIL 12  CHC  4     
Sun, May 10, 2015 MIL  3  CHC  2 (11)
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 CHC  5 @MIL  2     
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  1     
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  2     
Sun, Aug 02, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  3     
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 CHC  6  MIL  3     

Wed, Aug 12, 2015 MIL    @CHC  8:05pm
Thu, Aug 13, 2015 MIL    @CHC  2:20pm
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 MIL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 MIL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 MIL    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 CHC    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 CHC    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 CHC    @MIL  3:10pm

                         All times ET

Milwaukee Brewers

48-66, 5th, 25 GB, 19 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-36   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  36-55   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:19-26   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Tue, Aug 11  @CHC  L   3-6       48-66  5th 25.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  9   STL  W   5-4       48-65  5th 24.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  8   STL  L   0-3       47-65  5th 25.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug  7   STL  L   0-6       47-64  5th 24.0 gb
110 Thu, Aug  6   SDP  W  10-1       47-63  5th 23.0 gb
109 Wed, Aug  5   SDP  W   8-5       46-63  5th 23.0 gb
108 Tue, Aug  4   SDP  W   4-1       45-63  5th 23.0 gb
107 Mon, Aug  3   SDP  L   5-13      44-63  5th 24.0 gb
106 Sun, Aug  2   CHC  L   3-4       44-62  5th 23.5 gb
105 Sat, Aug  1   CHC  L   2-4       44-61  5th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Chicago Cubs

63-48, 3rd, 8½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   32-24   Road:   31-24   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  49-39   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:  25-17
 vsEast: 16-10   vsCntrl:27-22   vsWest: 14-9  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Tue, Aug 11   MIL  W   6-3       63-48  3rd  8.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9   SFG  W   2-0       62-48  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8   SFG  W   8-6       61-48  3rd  9.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7   SFG  W   7-3       60-48  3rd  9.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  6   SFG  W   5-4       59-48  3rd  9.5 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5  @PIT  L   5-7       58-48  3rd  9.5 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4  @PIT  W   5-0       58-47  3rd  8.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @MIL  W   4-3       57-47  3rd  9.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1  @MIL  W   4-2       56-47  3rd  9.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31  @MIL  W   4-1       55-47  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 CHC  6  MIL  3        W:Dan Haren (8-7), L: Taylor Jungmann (6-4), S: James Russell (1)
Sun, Aug 02, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  3        W:Clayton Richard (2-0), L: Kyle Lohse (5-13), S: Hector Rondon (16)
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  2        W:Kyle Hendricks (5-5), L: Matt Garza (5-12), S: Tommy Hunter (1)
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 CHC  4 @MIL  1        W:Jason Hammel (6-5), L: Taylor Jungmann (5-3), S: Hector Rondon (15)
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 CHC  5 @MIL  2        W:Rafael Soriano (2-0), L: Will Smith (4-2), S: Hector Rondon (14)
Sun, May 10, 2015 MIL  3  CHC  2 (11)   W:Michael Blazek (3-0), L: Jason Motte (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2015 MIL 12  CHC  4        W:Kyle Lohse (2-4), L: Travis Wood (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2015 CHC  7 @MIL  6        W:Jason Hammel (3-1), L: Jimmy Nelson (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIL  5 @CHC  3        W:Will Smith (1-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4)
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIL  6 @CHC  1        W:Mike Fiers (1-3), L: Jake Arrieta (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 7-4; 2014 - CHC won 11-8; 2013 - MIL won 13-6; All-Time - MIL leads 143-141

SP: Matt Garza (31, RHP, 6-12, 4.95)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-12)			123.2	139	76	68	44	87	19	4.95
2014 (8-8)			163.1	143	77	66	50	126	12	3.64
2013 (10-6)			155.1	150	73	66	42	136	20	3.82

Last 7 GS		2-4	42.0	47	25	22	15	28	6	4.71	47
2015-08-06	SDP	W	7.0	2	1	1	2	5	1	103	72
2015-08-01	CHC	L	6.0	4	3	3	4	5	1	107	53
2015-07-26	@ARI	L	5.2	7	3	3	3	5	0	96	45
2015-07-21	CLE	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	83	62
2015-07-02	@PHI	ND	6.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	87	38
2015-06-27	MIN	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	2	2	89	45
2015-06-21	@COL	L	5.1	13	10	7	0	4	1	93	12

Last 5 v.CHC		1-3	30.0	23	15	15	10	31	3	4.50	55
2015-08-01	CHC	L	6.0	4	3	3	4	5	1	107	53
2015-05-10	CHC	ND	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	100	73
2014-09-03	@CHC	L	3.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	61	21
2014-05-17	@CHC	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	7	0	105	63
2014-04-25	CHC	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	95	67

SP: Jason Hammel (32, RHP, 6-5, 3.17)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-5)			122.0	102	50	43	26	120	14	3.17
2014 (10-11)			176.1	154	70	68	44	158	23	3.47
2013 (7-8)			139.1	155	81	77	48	96	22	4.97

Last 7 GS		1-3	30.1	32	17	16	10	28	5	4.75	48
2015-08-06	SFG	ND	4.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	76	50
2015-07-31	@MIL	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	103	55
2015-07-26	PHI	L	3.2	8	6	6	1	3	1	85	23
2015-07-21	@CIN	ND	5.0	5	2	1	3	4	0	97	52
2015-07-08	STL	ND	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	54
2015-07-03	MIA	L	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	2	97	65
2015-06-28	@STL	L	4.0	6	4	4	1	7	0	69	40

Last 5 v.MIL		4-0	32.2	23	6	6	8	31	3	1.65	65
2015-07-31	@MIL	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	103	55
2015-05-08	@MIL	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	8	1	91	64
2015-05-03	MIL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	86	53
2014-05-31	@MIL	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	110	77
2014-04-27	@MIL	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	98	76

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

Brewers Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 21.Hunter
G/S/vB 30.Motte
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.Braun G/S/vP 26/.962 8/.875 ··· 18/1.342 9/1.319 5/.800 6/.000 30/1.046 432/340 .267/.339/.482/.821 .947/.788 .910 84/.758 16/2 19/2

18.Davis G/S/vP 14/.940 4/.250 ··· 6/.333 7/.286 3/1.666 8/.375 10/1.500 258/197 .239/.326/.456/.781 .539/.858 .440 77/.789 1/1 11/4

2.Gennett* G/S/vP 12/.606 4/2.334 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 249/224 .242/.281/.373/.654 .287/.695 .589 82/.643 0/1 5/5

3.Herrera# G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 138/102 .230/.283/.389/.671 .736/.646 .434 30/.811 1/1 5/6

24.Lind* G/S/vP 27/.834 7/1.286 33/.617 3/1.667 3/1.334 ··· 11/.697 2/.000 412/339 .287/.364/.490/.854 .586/.914 .749 79/.719 0/0 17/3

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 13/.558 5/.000 ··· 5/.000 6/.000 4/.250 8/.500 19/.378 304/244 .238/.304/.333/.637 .511/.668 .718 92/.650 1/0 4/8

12.Maldonado G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 11/.637 169/126 .192/.268/.265/.533 .580/.518 .430 16/.466 0/1 3/6

14.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 167/113 .225/.244/.313/.556 .668/.503 .539 61/.437 2/1 1/5

35.Peterson* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 137/110 .306/.373/.388/.762 .983/.709 .696 59/.839 0/1 0/1

15.Rogers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 101/49 .237/.297/.355/.652 .623/.682 .804 6/.750 0/0 2/2

7.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 51/45 .209/.292/.302/.594 .533/.602 .427 11/.764 0/0 0/1

9.Segura G/S/vP 11/.182 12/.523 1/.000 2/3.000 7/.929 4/1.250 7/.829 12/1.144 395/310 .259/.287/.323/.610 .700/.585 .617 91/.478 16/4 4/14

IP 122.0 30.2 47.2 43.1 51.2 28.0 50.2 75.1 TOTAL .250/.305/.390/.695 .647/.708 .680 .681 53/22 100/85

ERA-K/9

3.17/8.9

1.47/12.9

3.97/6.2

3.74/6.2

1.74/8.5

3.21/5.5

2.66/10.1

4.42/9.9

3.41/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (46-22-1)
Maldonado (22-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.225 124/.180 193/.260 185/.253 206/.213 114/.274 196/.137 317/.234 .237 Braun
Peterson
Herrera
Davis
Schafer 0/0/100/4
21/10/3/3
1/0/3/0
63/0/0/0
1/14/0/0

OPS .657 .536 .692 .695 .564 .677 .511 .692 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.666 36/.416 92/.750 70/.848 98/.598 63/.600 78/.672 105/.591 .681

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.649 88/.584 101/.637 115/.602 108/.533 51/.771 118/.411 212/.742 .667

Home 226/.665 62/.367 97/.860 91/.749 111/.476 65/.816 97/.477 157/.575

Last 28d days 83/.888 31/.536 36/.789 48/.962 61/.563 29/.729 45/.380 58/.608

HR/SB/CS 14/10/3 2/2/0 5/8/2 4/1/1 2/7/1 1/3/3 4/2/1 10/0/2 92/90/29

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

Cubs Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB 54.Blazek
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB 46.Knebel
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 13.Smith*
G/S/vB 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Bryant G/S/vP 6/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 441/346 .249/.361/.442/.802 .788/.806 .970 101/.644 12/3 15/13

13.Castro G/S/vP 12/.417 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 2/.000 13/.658 1/.000 10/.425 436/355 .235/.271/.303/.574 .583/.572 .486 75/.436 4/4 5/18

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 16/1.114 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.629 2/.000 2/1.000 361/326 .248/.336/.415/.751 .373/.790 .639 74/.746 11/2 11/0

15.Denorfia G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/.200 168/110 .282/.319/.359/.678 .686/.674 .594 46/.556 0/1 1/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 12/.555 3/1.667 4/.833 3/.666 ··· 7/.286 2/1.500 3/1.667 480/374 .237/.333/.382/.714 .794/.692 .720 111/.845 17/6 11/2

19.Herrera# G/S/vP 9/.833 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 115/87 .239/.252/.312/.564 .741/.506 .431 27/.407 3/0 1/2

47.Montero* G/S/vP 21/1.108 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 5/.000 2/1.500 266/233 .230/.338/.385/.723 .894/.700 .712 11/.586 0/0 10/6

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 12/.916 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 8/1.500 8/.250 483/354 .298/.406/.538/.943 1.028/.913 .877 103/.901 15/5 21/4

3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 124/89 .189/.301/.283/.584 .451/.638 .617 37/.579 1/0 1/1

22.Russell G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 355/274 .241/.304/.367/.672 .481/.727 .716 88/.737 2/3 7/11

12.Schwarber* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 110/83 .326/.418/.579/.997 .750/1.080 .749 87/1.001 2/2 6/3

68.Soler G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 3/.333 336/264 .271/.330/.386/.716 .680/.723 .740 97/.750 3/1 5/1

IP 123.2 55.2 46.1 44.1 31.2 39.1 41.2 15.2 TOTAL .240/.318/.375/.693 .708/.689 .669 .706 78/27 100/72

ERA-K/9

4.95/6.3

2.26/7.6

3.11/8.9

3.25/9.3

3.41/10.5

1.37/10.3

2.38/12.7

4.60/8.0

4.13/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (42-13-3)
Ross (34-13-3)
Schwarber (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.281 221/.196 192/.225 192/.260 132/.227 145/.157 171/.209 76/.277 .258 Coghlan
Denorfia
Soler
Fowler
Bryant
Schwarber 88/0/1/8
26/5/19/4
0/0/79/4
0/105/0/3
3/2/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .798 .535 .671 .688 .715 .453 .597 .832 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.844 95/.500 83/.538 70/.786 56/.732 66/.391 79/.802 31/.987 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.756 126/.561 109/.774 122/.634 76/.703 79/.507 92/.429 45/.733 .703

Road 240/.850 80/.406 65/.556 98/.614 63/.554 55/.396 73/.669 23/.729

Last 28d days 100/.674 44/.854 41/.522 22/.885 40/.643 25/.247 31/.674 25/.430

HR/SB/CS 19/5/4 2/2/4 7/5/0 3/1/0 4/2/1 2/2/1 2/5/1 3/2/0 118/71/34

Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· X··XX··· ······oo X··X··X· ··o···oo ··o···oo X···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 5.27

LAA 4.13

MIA 3.58

RA/G

STL 2.88

CLE 4.21

COL 5.18

P. Goldschmidt .337

M. Carpenter .267

M. Zunino .168

OBP

B. Harper .460

B. Crawford .326

M. Zunino .227

SLG

B. Harper .650

R. Cano .418

B. Hamilton .281

OPS

B. Harper 1.110

H. Ramirez .748

M. Zunino .523

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.65

C. Carrasco 3.68

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.56

J. Teheran 7.57

M. Pelfrey 4.28

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.