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New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, at Citi Field, June 30, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Citi Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
79
On This Date:
70-57
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
78
On This Date:
24-26
Season Series
Mon, May 11, 2015 CHC  4  NYM  3     
Tue, May 12, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  1     
Wed, May 13, 2015 CHC  2  NYM  1     
Thu, May 14, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  5     

Tue, Jun 30, 2015 CHC    @NYM  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 CHC    @NYM  7:10pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 CHC    @NYM  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
39-35, 3rd, 11½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-15   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  33-31   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 71 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  L   0-4       39-32  3rd  8.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  L   2-5       39-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  W   1-0 (10)  39-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 22   LAD  W   4-2       38-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 21  @MIN  W   8-0       37-30  3rd  7.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   4-1 (10)  36-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-7       35-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
New York Mets
40-37, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-11   Road:   11-26   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  33-31   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 23-15   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Sun, Jun 28   CIN  W   7-2       40-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   CIN  W   2-1 (13)  39-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   CIN  W   2-1       38-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @MIL  W   2-0       37-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @MIL  L   1-4       36-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @MIL  L   2-3       36-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @ATL  L   0-1       36-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @ATL  L   4-6       36-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @ATL  L   1-2       36-33  1st  0.5 up
 68 Thu, Jun 18  @TOR  L   1-7       36-32  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 14, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  5        W:Pedro Strop (1-2), L: Jon Niese (3-3), S: Hector Rondon (8)
Wed, May 13, 2015 CHC  2  NYM  1        W:Hector Rondon (2-0), L: Carlos Torres (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2015 CHC  6  NYM  1        W:Jake Arrieta (4-3), L: Noah Syndergaard (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 CHC  4  NYM  3        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: Jacob deGrom (3-4), S: Hector Rondon (7)

Mon, Aug 18, 2014 CHC  4 @NYM  1        W:Kyle Hendricks (5-1), L: Buddy Carlyle (1-1), S: Hector Rondon (18)
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 CHC  2 @NYM  1        W:Pedro Strop (2-4), L: Jenrry Mejia (5-6), S: Hector Rondon (17)
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 NYM  7  CHC  3        W:Jon Niese (7-8), L: Dan Straily (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 NYM  3  CHC  2        W:Zack Wheeler (8-8), L: Travis Wood (7-10), S: Jenrry Mejia (18)
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 CHC  7  NYM  4        W:Justin Grimm (2-2), L: Vic Black (1-1), S: Neil Ramirez (1)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 CHC  5  NYM  4        W:Edwin Jackson (4-5), L: Dana Eveland (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (7)
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 4-0; 2014 - CHC won 5-2; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHC leads 363-352

SP: Kyle Hendricks (25, RHP, 2-4, 4.46)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-4) 78.2 81 41 39 15 63 9 4.46
2014 (7-2) 80.1 72 24 22 15 47 4 2.46
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.0 41 20 18 6 33 5 3.86 53
2015-06-24 LAD L 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 2 71 45
2015-06-19 @MIN L 5.0 11 7 6 1 1 0 88 19
2015-06-13 CIN ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 57 62
2015-06-07 @WSN W 5.0 6 3 2 0 4 1 84 49
2015-06-02 @MIA L 6.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 97 47
2015-05-26 WSN ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 85 67
2015-05-21 @SDP W 9.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 108 84
Last 5 v.NYM 1-0 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 1.29 68
2014-08-18 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 94 68

SP: Jon Niese (28, LHP, 3-7, 4.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-7) 83.0 99 49 38 27 58 10 4.12
2014 (9-11) 187.2 193 80 71 45 138 17 3.40
2013 (8-8) 143.0 158 68 59 48 105 10 3.71
Last 7 GS 0-4 39.2 51 29 26 15 31 6 5.90 42
2015-06-23 @MIL ND 6.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 99 48
2015-06-17 @TOR L 7.0 7 3 3 4 6 1 104 53
2015-06-11 SFG ND 7.0 5 4 2 2 4 1 97 57
2015-06-05 @ARI L 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 81 55
2015-05-30 MIA ND 4.0 7 5 4 0 3 2 82 33
2015-05-24 @PIT L 4.2 7 4 4 4 6 1 104 36
2015-05-19 STL L 5.0 11 8 8 1 1 1 92 13
Last 5 v.CHC 2-3 32.0 36 19 17 8 22 4 4.78 48
2015-05-14 @CHC L 6.1 6 6 4 1 2 1 90 42
2014-08-16 CHC W 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 2 96 50
2013-06-15 CHC L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 106 50
2012-07-08 CHC L 7.0 9 7 7 0 3 1 89 34
2012-06-27 @CHC W 7.0 8 1 1 1 6 0 118 62

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Cubs Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 35.Verrett
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/47 .267/.353/.289/.642 2.000/.536 .856 41/.724 0/0 0/1
17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 290/244 .273/.376/.465/.841 1.105/.791 .687 104/.817 6/2 10/8
13.Castro G/S/vP 22/.682 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 312/266 .260/.292/.338/.630 .644/.627 .689 97/.591 4/3 5/14
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 14/.445 1/no AB ··· 8/.875 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 252/227 .259/.351/.445/.796 .492/.827 .906 92/.895 5/1 8/0
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 9/1.181 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 86/67 .333/.369/.436/.805 .892/.780 .825 64/.760 0/1 1/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 15/.833 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 319/268 .237/.312/.389/.701 .862/.671 .746 99/.631 11/4 8/1
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/51 .219/.231/.250/.481 .625/.433 .624 17/.500 3/0 0/2
47.Montero* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 7/.929 5/.933 ··· 219/195 .239/.352/.408/.759 .764/.758 .705 75/.749 0/0 9/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 17/.584 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 3/.667 6/.533 ··· 329/261 .304/.413/.568/.981 .994/.977 1.035 106/.918 11/5 15/2
3.Ross G/S/vP 21/.933 ··· ··· 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 81/61 .200/.300/.300/.600 .472/.644 .602 30/.552 0/0 0/1
22.Russell G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 229/187 .243/.306/.386/.691 .539/.726 .632 86/.626 1/3 5/8
41.Szczur G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 57/34 .192/.232/.288/.521 .646/.436 .348 22/.591 2/0 1/0
IP 83.0 36.2 24.0 5.2 19.2 25.0 30.2 15.2 TOTAL .245/.319/.387/.706 .753/.696 .728 .713 49/20 71/54
ERA-K/9 4.12/6.3 1.23/9.3 1.88/6.8 0.00/7.9 5.03/7.3 2.52/10.4 4.11/6.4 4.02/5.2 3.45/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (32-12-3)
 Ross (23-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 375/.296 140/.173 96/.200 20/.222 84/.227 111/.207 125/.267 67/.241 .248  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Denorfia
 Baxter
 Szczur
 Bryant
66/0/0/7
0/70/0/3
9/2/13/1
1/0/8/0
19/5/1/0
3/2/0/0
OPS .815 .497 .587 .472 .644 .668 .702 .678 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.763 63/.431 45/.726 7/.452 30/.555 53/.760 44/.749 22/.707 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.831 77/.545 51/.459 13/.481 54/.695 58/.585 81/.678 45/.664 .656
Home 163/.837 103/.548 46/.554 14/.536 42/.728 65/.603 82/.711 27/.696
Last 28d days 109/.732 47/.562 29/.441 20/.472 36/.564 26/.868 39/.807 25/.336
HR/SB/CS 10/5/1 3/0/1 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 66/33/13
Usage ······X· ··Xoo··· ······o· ··o···X· ·Xo···o· ··o····· ·oo····· ··X··X··
Mets Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Campbell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 152/129 .171/.283/.264/.546 .577/.541 .501 50/.484 4/1 2/8
1.Ceciliani* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/58 .232/.306/.321/.628 .400/.649 .811 41/.804 4/1 1/0
23.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 17/1.738 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 281/219 .245/.299/.368/.667 .635/.674 .754 83/.492 1/0 6/3
21.Duda* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 17/.797 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 10/.200 2/.000 15/.904 313/241 .259/.364/.447/.812 1.032/.742 .972 101/.578 0/0 10/1
4.Flores G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.429 272/230 .238/.270/.395/.665 .860/.630 .712 90/.601 0/0 10/10
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 20/1.138 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 5/1.850 7/1.314 12/.350 319/270 .259/.357/.445/.803 .376/.886 .831 103/1.019 5/2 13/4
2.Herrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 93/71 .195/.290/.317/.607 .732/.569 .782 56/.577 2/0 2/2
12.Lagares G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 290/240 .259/.286/.342/.628 .889/.576 .635 90/.671 5/2 3/1
44.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 11/.697 88/44 .185/.250/.358/.608 .689/.525 .643 32/.846 1/0 3/0
19.Monell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 26/25 .160/.192/.200/.392 .000/.408 .343 9/.667 0/0 0/0
22.Plawecki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/122 .226/.276/.308/.584 .672/.566 .607 37/.753 0/0 2/0
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 14/.547 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 17/.437 159/130 .243/.327/.357/.684 .670/.687 .613 85/.591 1/0 1/3
IP 78.2 18.2 29.0 28.2 4.0 31.2 18.2 33.1 56.0 TOTAL .235/.300/.363/.664 .703/.654 .700 .653 30/8 65/47
ERA-K/9 4.46/7.2 1.45/14.4 2.17/6.5 3.14/5.6 2.25/13.5 2.27/7.7 1.93/4.8 2.97/10.0 4.82/9.5 3.53/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Monell (1-0-0)
 Plawecki (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.266 78/.203 122/.231 120/.224 16/.077 127/.231 75/.261 131/.152 239/.247 .241  Granderson
 Cuddyer
 Lagares
 Ceciliani
 Mayberry
0/1/74/6
58/0/0/3
0/73/0/2
14/6/0/1
12/0/9/0
OPS .735 .585 .584 .634 .327 .630 .668 .552 .748 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.759 21/.348 44/.490 37/.830 10/.200 55/.491 42/.573 52/.740 70/.673 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.716 57/.657 78/.631 83/.549 6/.533 72/.739 33/.785 79/.437 169/.777 .702
Road 192/.762 45/.663 71/.651 58/.639 10/.200 56/.787 35/.609 60/.575 133/.846
Last 28d days 85/.872 42/.643 60/.566 34/.628 3/.000 35/.385 34/.730 37/.504 58/.604
HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 1/1/0 0/4/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 2/5/1 1/1/2 3/1/0 10/0/2 68/56/20
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·X·· ··X·Xo·· ·o·o··oo ·o······ ···oo·oo ·o·ooo·o ···X··XX ··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  5.40

STL  4.12

PHI  3.33

 RA/G

STL  2.81

MIN  4.21

COL  5.14

 BA

D. Gordon  .353

T. Hunter  .265

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .470

X. Bogaerts  .327

O. Infante  .239

 SLG

B. Harper  .715

E. Longoria  .425

M. Bourn  .270

 OPS

B. Harper  1.180

B. Lawrie  .750

A. Ramirez  .525

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

T. Koehler  3.66

K. Lohse  6.28

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.18

J. Quintana  7.33

M. Pelfrey  4.33

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.