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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, at PNC Park, April 22, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
63° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
15
On This Date:
43-56
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
15
On This Date:
54-40
Season Series
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8     

Wed, Apr 22, 2015 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 CHC    @PIT 12:35pm
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
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
Chicago Cubs
8-5, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    4-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   7-4    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @PIT  W   9-8        8-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20  @PIT  W   5-2        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19   SDP  L   2-5        6-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18   SDP  W   7-6 (11)   6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17   SDP  L   4-5        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   CIN  W   5-0        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Tue, Apr 14   CIN  L   2-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Mon, Apr 13   CIN  W   7-6 (10)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sun, Apr 12  @COL  W   6-5        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr 11  @COL  W   9-5        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5
Pittsburgh Pirates
6-8, 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 21   CHC  L   8-9        6-8   4th  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   CHC  L   2-5        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   MIL  W   5-2        6-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   MIL  W   6-2        5-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   MIL  W   6-3        4-6   4th  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   DET  L   0-1        3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   DET  L   0-2        3-5   4th  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   DET  W   5-4        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W  10-2        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @MIL  L   0-6        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 PIT 10 @CHC  4        W:Gerrit Cole (8-5), L: Travis Wood (8-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (4-10), L: Felix Doubront (3-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  3 (11)   W:Mark Melancon (3-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-3), S: John Holdzkom (1)
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 PIT  2 @CHC  1        W:Brandon Cumpton (3-2), L: Jason Hammel (6-5), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  3        W:Vance Worley (1-0), L: Travis Wood (7-6), S: Mark Melancon (11)
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 2-0; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1249-1175

SP: Jason Hammel (32, RHP, 1-0, 5.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 12.1 15 7 7 1 11 2 5.11
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 2-1 45.0 35 15 15 5 40 6 3.00 60
2015-04-17 SDP ND 6.1 7 4 4 1 5 1 92 47
2015-04-11 @COL W 6.0 8 3 3 0 6 1 92 50
2014-09-25 @TEX ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 96 63
2014-09-12 @SEA L 5.0 4 3 3 1 6 2 78 52
2014-09-07 HOU ND 6.2 5 2 2 1 7 0 101 62
2014-09-01 SEA W 8.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 111 76
2014-08-26 @HOU ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 93 72
Last 5 v.PIT 3-2 32.2 28 11 11 7 27 6 3.03 58
2014-06-22 PIT L 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 108 62
2014-06-11 @PIT L 5.0 11 4 4 2 6 1 93 33
2014-04-09 PIT W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 3 96 64
2014-04-03 @PIT W 6.2 2 1 1 1 5 0 98 70
2011-04-30 PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 105 63

SP: Vance Worley (27, RHP, 1-1, 5.84)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 12.1 13 8 8 6 10 1 5.84
2014 (8-4) 110.2 112 43 35 22 79 9 2.85
2013 (1-5) 48.2 82 43 39 15 25 9 7.21
Last 7 GS 4-1 42.2 38 17 15 14 33 2 3.16 55
2015-04-17 MIL W 6.0 6 2 2 4 6 0 93 54
2015-04-11 @MIL L 6.1 7 6 6 2 4 1 89 37
2014-09-26 @CIN ND 6.1 9 1 1 0 4 0 74 55
2014-09-21 MIL W 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 82 79
2014-09-10 @PHI W 5.0 4 3 3 2 4 0 92 49
2014-09-05 @CHC ND 4.2 5 3 2 4 6 0 90 46
2014-08-30 CIN W 6.1 3 2 1 2 4 1 92 63
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 26.1 19 8 7 9 22 1 2.39 61
2014-09-05 @CHC ND 4.2 5 3 2 4 6 0 90 46
2014-06-21 @CHC W 6.2 5 3 3 1 4 1 89 55
2012-04-30 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 102 66
2011-07-20 @CHC W 8.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 111 75

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Worley
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Alcantara# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 300/210 .205/.254/.367/.621 .755/.565 .592 32/.303 8/5 10/6
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.250 1/no AB 8/.875 417/317 .237/.296/.389/.686 .855/.631 .657 17/.982 0/0 13/6
13.Castro G/S/vP 10/.425 4/.750 1/.000 7/1.429 1/5.000 9/.777 1/.000 8/.125 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .847 56/.856 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 7/.821 6/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 432/327 .283/.352/.452/.804 .709/.832 .785 44/.764 7/4 9/4
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 7/.572 5/1.100 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 505/381 .276/.375/.399/.774 .887/.737 .726 63/.728 11/4 8/5
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/62 .233/.307/.289/.596 .595/.596 .498 28/.415 1/3 0/1
11.La Stella* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 360/291 .251/.328/.317/.644 .818/.603 .632 6/.333 2/1 1/6
47.Montero* G/S/vP 10/.311 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.067 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 4/.250 560/445 .243/.329/.370/.699 .563/.735 .700 37/.711 0/4 13/13
20.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 258/167 .160/.248/.356/.604 .681/.561 .644 16/.521 0/1 12/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.500 ··· 9/.819 2/2.000 11/.364 616/445 .286/.386/.527/.913 .928/.907 .881 59/.870 5/4 32/9
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 171/104 .184/.260/.368/.629 .809/.518 .756 11/.740 0/1 7/7
68.Soler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 97/75 .292/.330/.573/.903 .701/.964 .984 60/.894 1/0 5/2
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 66/39 .226/.273/.355/.628 .909/.427 .648 15/.657 0/0 2/0
IP 110.2 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .246/.331/.391/.722 .726/.721 .825 .722 15/2 13/8
ERA-K/9 2.85/6.4 3.94/11.4 10.80/10.7 1.96/5.0 /0.0 1.90/9.0 4.80/6.6 1.63/9.4 3.46/9.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (57-28-7)
 Montero (64-26-5)
 Ross (32-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.265 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .233  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Alcantara
 Soler
 Szczur
101/0/4/5
0/111/0/4
0/48/0/3
0/0/24/2
6/9/13/1
OPS .679 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.666 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.691 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .646
Home 188/.621 161/.627 17/.423 136/.709 / 154/.457 29/.703 154/.542
Last 28d days 55/.831 15/.967 29/.630 34/.538 14/1.065 28/1.029 20/.683 32/.500
HR/SB/CS 9/0/3 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 10/13/3
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··· ·X·X···X X·X·o·X· X······· X·o·o·X· ·o·····X o·o·X·o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB		 27.Coke*
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 18/.869 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.666 5/1.400 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 47/.799 8/3 18/25
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .665 41/.736 1/0 2/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 4/1.750 7/.286 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .827 56/.633 18/7 13/6
12.Hart G/S/vP 10/.222 ··· ··· 14/.381 ··· ··· ··· 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .567 13/.692 2/0 6/1
15.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .611 12/.167 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 9/.444 2/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 7/.143 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .772 53/.792 30/11 13/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 21/.983 1/.000 5/.200 10/.829 4/.000 7/.429 6/.333 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .983 55/.745 18/3 25/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 6/.334 1/no AB 3/.667 7/.000 3/.000 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .681 42/.493 4/1 12/11
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .722 54/.605 14/5 7/2
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .509 11/.800 2/1 12/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/66 .267/.300/.360/.660 .148/.768 .690 9/.819 0/0 2/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 12/.639 3/1.334 5/.650 6/.666 ··· 5/.900 5/.650 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .806 54/.658 2/2 23/5
IP 176.1 58.0 69.0 25.0 43.2 63.1 61.0 TOTAL .220/.278/.359/.637 .685/.631 .621 .637 8/4 15/7
ERA-K/9 3.47/8.1 3.88/6.4 3.78/9.1 4.68/6.1 1.44/10.9 2.42/9.0 2.21/10.5 4.01/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (18-6-2)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.235 257/.299 292/.230 110/.293 177/.184 255/.218 244/.187 .247  Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Rodriguez
 Mercer
 Hart
0/0/83/5
26/0/26/4
114/28/0/4
0/146/0/1
0/0/6/0
17/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/7/0
OPS .680 .790 .632 .891 .550 .526 .535 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 321/.691 114/.691 100/.528 42/.733 71/.591 115/.616 99/.621 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 394/.670 143/.871 192/.684 68/.989 106/.522 140/.454 145/.478 .649
Road 411/.708 138/.732 147/.627 46/.963 87/.458 80/.439 114/.531
Last 28d days 51/.754 18/.859 / 29/.683 13/.408 33/.648 25/.290
HR/SB/CS 23/12/3 5/5/2 4/6/0 7/1/0 2/6/0 2/6/1 2/1/1 10/9/1
Usage ····X··· o··o··o· X·Xo···· ······o· o··XX··· ·X·XX··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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

Z. Wheeler  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.