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Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Wrigley Field, August 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 31, 2015
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
76° (based on last ten years)
Reds
Manager:
Bryan Price
Game #:
134
On This Date:
48-64
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
135
On This Date:
50-62
Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 CHC  7  CIN  6 (10)
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 CIN  3 @CHC  2     
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 CHC  5  CIN  0     
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CHC  7 @CIN  3 (11)
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 CHC  5 @CIN  2     
Thu, Jun 11, 2015 CHC  6  CIN  3     
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 CIN  5 @CHC  4 (10)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 CHC  4  CIN  3     
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 CHC  2  CIN  1 (11)
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 CIN  5  CHC  4     
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 CHC  5 @CIN  4 (13)
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 CIN  9  CHC  1     
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 CHC  6 @CIN  5     

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
53-76, 5th, 30½ GB, 26 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-35   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 4-11
 vsRHP:  40-56   vsLHP:  13-20   1-Run:  17-26
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:23-28   vsWest:  7-23 IL: 7-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 30  @MIL  L   1-4       53-76  5th 30.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @MIL  W  12-9       53-75  5th 29.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @MIL  L   0-5       52-75  5th 29.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27   LAD  L   0-1       52-74  5th 29.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26   LAD  L   4-7       52-73  4th 28.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25   LAD  L   1-5       52-72  4th 27.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24   DET  W  12-5       52-71  4th 26.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23   ARI  L   0-4       51-71  5th 26.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22   ARI  L   7-11      51-70  5th 25.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21   ARI  L   3-6       51-69  5th 25.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22
Chicago Cubs
74-55, 3rd, 9½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-26   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  58-42   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  28-17
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl:29-22   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 30  @LAD  W   2-0       74-55  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @LAD  L   2-5       73-55  3rd  9.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @LAD  L   1-4       73-54  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @SFG  L   1-9       73-53  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @SFG  L   2-4       73-52  3rd  7.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25  @SFG  W   8-5       73-51  3rd  6.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24   CLE  W   2-1       72-51  3rd  6.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23   ATL  W   9-3       71-51  3rd  6.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22   ATL  W   9-7       70-51  3rd  6.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21   ATL  W   5-3       69-51  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 CHC  6 @CIN  5        W:Hector Rondon (4-2), L: Aroldis Chapman (3-4), S: Jason Motte (6)
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 CIN  9  CHC  1        W:Mike Leake (8-5), L: Kyle Hendricks (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 CHC  5 @CIN  4 (13)   W:Jason Motte (7-1), L: Nathan Adcock (1-2), S: Justin Grimm (2)
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 CIN  5  CHC  4        W:Ryan Mattheus (1-1), L: Justin Grimm (1-3), S: Aroldis Chapman (19)
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 CHC  2  CIN  1 (11)   W:Brian Schlitter (1-2), L: Burke Badenhop (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 CHC  4  CIN  3        W:Jason Motte (3-1), L: Tony Cingrani (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 CIN  5 @CHC  4 (10)   W:J.J. Hoover (5-0), L: Hector Rondon (3-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (13)
Thu, Jun 11, 2015 CHC  6  CIN  3        W:Travis Wood (3-2), L: Michael Lorenzen (1-2), S: Hector Rondon (11)
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 CHC  5 @CIN  2        W:Jake Arrieta (3-1), L: Anthony DeSclafani (2-1), S: Hector Rondon (4)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CHC  7 @CIN  3 (11)   W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 9-4; 2014 - CIN won 11-8; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1122-1116

SP: Michael Lorenzen (23, RHP, 3-8, 5.46)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-8) 90.2 97 57 55 53 65 15 5.46
Last 7 GS 0-6 29.1 41 32 32 20 26 5 9.82 35
2015-08-11 @SDP L 1.1 7 7 7 2 1 0 55 11
2015-08-06 STL L 5.0 4 3 3 4 5 0 93 48
2015-07-31 PIT L 5.2 6 5 5 3 6 1 106 40
2015-07-26 @COL L 2.1 7 8 8 2 1 2 61 10
2015-07-20 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 0 106 39
2015-07-09 @MIA L 6.0 5 2 2 4 5 0 100 55
2015-07-03 MIL L 4.0 5 3 3 2 3 2 90 41
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 9.1 12 10 9 6 11 2 8.68 37
2015-07-20 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 0 106 39
2015-06-11 @CHC L 4.1 5 6 5 3 6 2 95 34

SP: Kyle Hendricks (25, RHP, 6-6, 4.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-6) 142.1 141 68 65 34 124 14 4.11
2014 (7-2) 80.1 72 24 22 15 47 4 2.46
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 43 25 25 16 40 5 5.97 46
2015-08-26 @SFG L 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 1 92 49
2015-08-21 ATL ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 93 47
2015-08-14 @CHW ND 3.1 8 5 5 3 3 1 86 24
2015-08-08 SFG W 5.1 5 3 3 2 5 1 83 49
2015-08-01 @MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 100 69
2015-07-27 COL ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 104 38
2015-07-22 @CIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 9 1 99 45
Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 24.0 23 11 11 5 27 3 4.13 55
2015-07-22 @CIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 9 1 99 45
2015-06-13 CIN ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 57 62
2014-09-17 CIN W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 80 63
2014-07-10 @CIN ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 7 1 95 50

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

Reds Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 21.Hunter
G/S/vB		 33.Richard*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodney
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Barnhart# G/S/vP 11/.788 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 197/158 .263/.340/.354/.694 .428/.761 .656 56/.730 0/1 3/2
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.717 92/65 .247/.297/.318/.614 .682/.584 .731 54/.760 2/0 1/1
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 13/.770 ··· 13/.770 22/1.078 7/.429 28/.788 515/374 .234/.307/.443/.750 .679/.777 .728 105/.441 9/5 19/1
3.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/2.000 153/109 .263/.340/.394/.734 .853/.683 .530 50/.550 0/2 4/2
21.Frazier G/S/vP 8/.750 6/.333 ··· 5/2.400 ··· 10/.422 8/.536 9/.347 35/.766 552/420 .266/.315/.524/.839 .983/.792 .757 110/.710 11/6 30/15
65.LaMarre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .071/.071/.071/.143 .000/.167 .000 14/.143 0/0 0/0
29.Pena# G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.500 7/.829 2/1.500 2/1.500 6/1.167 4/.000 4/.500 7/.286 329/235 .274/.339/.318/.657 .536/.704 .553 57/.667 1/0 0/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 18/.977 2/.000 9/.778 11/.586 4/.833 33/.648 492/376 .287/.324/.388/.712 .733/.705 .746 105/.797 18/2 10/6
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 6/.334 15/.599 6/.334 3/.000 206/185 .226/.296/.301/.597 .770/.578 .484 48/.582 1/2 0/2
7.Suarez G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 271/211 .282/.317/.452/.770 .901/.734 .708 106/.740 3/1 9/12
19.Votto* G/S/vP 5/2.600 ··· ··· 16/1.053 ··· 9/1.381 16/.698 8/.250 21/.659 559/396 .312/.453/.553/1.006 .992/1.011 .993 115/1.180 8/3 25/7
IP 142.1 38.1 55.0 30.1 51.2 58.0 33.2 56.0 84.0 TOTAL .249/.314/.396/.710 .738/.701 .678 .666 116/33 135/65
ERA-K/9 4.11/7.8 1.17/12.5 3.93/6.9 3.86/5.0 5.57/7.5 1.55/8.8 5.35/5.3 2.89/10.3 4.50/10.1 3.56/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barnhart (28-13-2)
 Pena (55-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.258 151/.169 225/.257 132/.272 231/.258 231/.204 143/.303 221/.154 357/.248 .241  Bruce
 Schumaker
 Bourgeois
 Barnhart
 De Jesus
 LaMarre
0/0/119/6
29/0/4/3
5/15/3/2
0/0/1/0
12/0/0/0
0/3/0/0
OPS .707 .488 .682 .735 .811 .543 .830 .534 .715 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.789 49/.343 103/.711 39/.451 108/.909 112/.578 70/.708 88/.662 123/.639 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.641 102/.557 122/.656 93/.850 123/.727 119/.510 73/.944 133/.454 234/.755 .688
Home 257/.668 70/.326 114/.799 76/.806 99/.799 125/.473 83/.944 116/.520 182/.649
Last 28d days 94/.876 39/.316 43/.849 40/.695 39/.754 40/.419 38/1.278 38/.531 54/.836
HR/SB/CS 14/11/3 2/2/0 5/10/2 3/1/0 8/3/2 2/8/1 3/5/3 4/2/1 11/0/3 111/113/31
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· ·X··oX·· ··o··o·o ··o····· ·····Xo· ·o·X···o ·····o·· ··o·X···
Cubs Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Lorenzen
G/S/vB		 25.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 51.Balester
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 70.Diaz
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 41.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 62.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bryant G/S/vP 6/1.300 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 517/393 .262/.364/.478/.842 .819/.849 1.022 105/1.034 12/3 21/15
13.Castro G/S/vP 4/.000 13/.641 2/.000 18/.466 4/.500 12/.583 15/1.159 6/.833 4/.000 483/382 .246/.277/.322/.600 .607/.598 .506 61/.795 4/5 6/20
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 8/.875 3/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 411/367 .248/.334/.441/.775 .341/.826 .681 68/.825 11/2 15/1
15.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 201/125 .258/.302/.339/.640 .579/.676 .631 47/.534 0/1 2/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 6/1.867 8/.250 3/2.167 4/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 6/.533 5/1.833 3/.333 555/427 .256/.353/.423/.776 .849/.754 .821 110/1.027 17/7 14/2
19.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 127/91 .231/.244/.314/.558 .743/.483 .470 16/.375 3/0 1/2
11.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 20/19 .222/.300/.278/.578 .000/.610 .222 14/.690 2/0 0/0
47.Montero* G/S/vP 3/2.667 5/.600 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 5/.200 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 320/269 .234/.338/.420/.757 .729/.763 .842 65/.865 0/0 14/10
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/1.167 7/.453 ··· 14/.500 4/.500 9/.472 8/.375 2/1.000 4/2.000 560/397 .284/.391/.528/.919 .931/.914 .873 106/.906 15/5 26/4
22.Russell G/S/vP 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 413/312 .241/.299/.378/.677 .497/.735 .765 86/.700 2/3 9/12
12.Schwarber* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 181/128 .263/.359/.538/.898 .558/1.045 .839 98/.830 3/2 12/5
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 74/37 .224/.274/.343/.617 .752/.485 .608 12/.917 2/0 1/0
IP 90.2 54.1 3.1 52.2 45.0 56.2 7.0 42.0 44.0 TOTAL .241/.317/.391/.709 .684/.716 .709 .805 80/29 134/87
ERA-K/9 5.46/6.4 3.81/4.6 5.40/2.7 1.71/15.9 4.20/9.8 1.75/6.5 2.57/6.4 4.93/5.6 3.48/4.7 4.14/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (55-14-3)
 Schwarber (13-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.276 232/.262 16/.231 226/.196 190/.249 223/.168 25/.136 195/.320 190/.291 .252  Coghlan
 Denorfia
 Fowler
 Bryant
 Schwarber
 Szczur
89/0/6/8
29/6/25/5
0/121/0/3
3/4/1/1
23/0/0/1
24/6/3/0
OPS .871 .665 .683 .543 .736 .550 .527 .785 .776 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/1.040 108/.659 9/.619 68/.491 95/.670 109/.636 7/.000 90/.864 78/.818 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.751 124/.670 7/.762 158/.565 95/.800 114/.461 18/.715 105/.712 112/.748 .715
Road 182/.957 106/.563 4/1.750 80/.548 72/.808 107/.535 10/1.319 92/.734 86/.982
Last 28d days 36/1.017 56/.719 16/.683 34/.594 59/.669 39/.540 25/.527 55/.974 63/.721
HR/SB/CS 15/8/4 2/4/2 0/0/0 2/8/0 6/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/1 2/9/0 5/2/2 135/86/24
Usage ········ ·X··X·o· ··X···XX ·o·X··X· Xo··X··X ·X·X··X· X·o··o·· ·····X·· ·X··Xo··

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  5.52

OAK  4.11

ATL  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.98

MIA  4.18

COL  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

T. Frazier  .266

C. Carter  .183

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .460

C. Gonzalez  .330

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .629

S. Choo  .426

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.085

K. Calhoun  .757

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.61

N. Karns  3.69

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.03

J. Chavez  7.73

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.