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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, at PNC Park, April 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Start Time:
12:35et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
61° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
16
On This Date:
52-50
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
16
On This Date:
48-51
Season Series
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 CHC  5 @PIT  2     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 CHC  9 @PIT  8     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3     

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
8-6, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @PIT  L   3-4        8-6   2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6
Pittsburgh Pirates
7-8, 4th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 22   CHC  W   4-3        7-8   4th  3.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 PIT  4  CHC  3        W:Vance Worley (2-1), L: Jason Hammel (1-1), S: Tony Watson (1)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 2-1; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1250-1175

SP: Kyle Hendricks (25, RHP, 0-0, 6.10)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-0) 10.1 11 7 7 1 11 1 6.10
2014 (7-2) 80.1 72 24 22 15 47 4 2.46
Last 7 GS 2-1 40.0 43 19 19 5 27 2 4.28 50
2015-04-18 SDP ND 6.0 3 2 2 0 8 1 81 66
2015-04-12 @COL ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 0 84 29
2014-09-23 STL ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 4 1 85 49
2014-09-17 CIN W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 80 63
2014-09-10 @TOR L 5.2 6 4 4 2 5 0 100 44
2014-09-03 MIL W 5.2 9 2 2 0 0 0 80 43
2014-08-29 @STL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 89 56
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 2-0, 1.93)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-0) 14.0 11 3 3 1 8 0 1.93
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.1 37 20 19 14 31 3 4.24 52
2015-04-18 MIL W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
2014-09-24 @ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 1 86 20
2014-09-19 MIL ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 82 62
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2014-09-08 @PHI W 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 92 76
2014-09-02 @STL L 3.0 4 5 4 5 3 0 86 31
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 28.1 24 12 12 12 24 5 3.81 53
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2013-09-12 CHC W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 100 71
2013-06-09 @CHC ND 5.2 1 1 1 7 6 0 100 62
2012-09-16 @CHC ND 4.1 7 5 5 1 2 2 74 30
2012-09-09 CHC ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 6 2 89 56

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

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 (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
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
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 / /// / 29/1.143 / /
5.Castillo G/S/vP 8/.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.250 2/.500 8/.875 417/317 .237/.296/.389/.686 .855/.631 .657 18/.925 0/0 13/6
13.Castro G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.750 1/.000 8/1.500 1/5.000 9/.777 1/.000 8/.125 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .847 60/.832 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 432/327 .283/.352/.452/.804 .709/.832 .785 47/.757 7/4 9/4
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 358/194 .230/.284/.318/.602 .587/.615 .682 10/.700 9/3 3/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.100 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 505/381 .276/.375/.399/.774 .887/.737 .726 64/.749 11/4 8/5
19.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 104/62 .233/.307/.289/.596 .595/.596 .498 29/.399 1/3 0/1
47.Montero* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.250 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 4/.250 560/445 .243/.329/.370/.699 .563/.735 .700 41/.687 0/4 13/13
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 12/1.117 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.571 ··· 9/.819 2/2.000 12/.500 616/445 .286/.386/.527/.913 .928/.907 .881 64/.889 5/4 32/9
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 171/104 .184/.260/.368/.629 .809/.518 .756 12/.667 0/1 7/7
22.Russell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 / /// / 9/.222 / /
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 97/75 .292/.330/.573/.903 .701/.964 .984 65/.845 1/0 5/2
IP 131.1 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .248/.331/.385/.716 .690/.721 .795 .716 16/2 13/10
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.1 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 3.29/9.0

 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 548/.257 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .234  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Denorfia
 Soler
101/0/4/5
0/111/0/4
33/13/76/3
0/0/24/2
OPS .722 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.521 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.776 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .634
Home 285/.644 161/.627 17/.423 136/.709 / 154/.457 29/.703 154/.542
Last 28d days 53/.525 15/.967 32/.567 38/.677 14/1.065 28/1.029 21/.649 39/.462
HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 10/14/3
Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· o·X·X··· XX·X·o·X ·X······ ·X·o·o·X o·o····· Xo·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 (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
G/S/vB		 27.Coke*
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 25/.697 3/.666 6/.666 3/.000 5/.000 5/1.400 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 51/.785 8/3 18/25
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .665 45/.739 1/0 2/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.619 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .827 60/.589 18/7 13/6
12.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 14/1.654 14/.381 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .567 14/.643 2/0 6/1
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 21/.501 / /
15.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .611 14/.143 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 23/.978 1/no AB 4/.500 1/5.000 5/1.200 7/.143 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .772 55/.829 30/11 13/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 34/1.386 10/.829 7/.429 1/.000 10/.686 6/.333 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .983 59/.689 18/3 25/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.878 1/no AB 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .681 42/.493 4/1 12/11
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .722 58/.704 14/5 7/2
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· 9/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .509 11/.800 2/1 12/3
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.715 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 154/116 .294/.362/.331/.693 1.098/.555 .686 5/.400 0/1 0/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 23/.554 6/.666 5/.900 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.650 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .806 58/.646 2/2 23/5
IP 80.1 58.0 30.1 140.2 25.0 63.1 13.1 56.1 61.0 TOTAL .220/.275/.361/.636 .649/.634 .621 .636 8/4 16/9
ERA-K/9 2.46/5.3 3.88/6.4 4.75/9.2 6.33/7.9 4.68/6.1 2.42/9.0 9.45/14.2 4.15/5.0 2.21/10.5 3.97/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (18-6-2)
 Stewart (30-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 321/.242 257/.299 133/.256 633/.302 110/.293 255/.218 66/.259 242/.270 244/.187 .245  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 .610 .790 .837 .869 .891 .526 .875 .682 .535 .659
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.584 114/.691 59/1.126 291/.930 42/.733 115/.616 30/.573 82/.819 99/.621 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 167/.633 143/.871 74/.598 342/.816 68/.989 140/.454 36/1.134 160/.611 145/.478 .633
Road 158/.529 138/.732 53/.569 293/.830 46/.963 80/.439 39/.900 112/.727 114/.531
Last 28d days 42/.700 18/.859 7/.286 18/.222 29/.683 33/.648 20/.466 24/1.140 26/.279
HR/SB/CS 4/4/3 5/5/2 7/1/0 18/14/5 7/1/0 2/6/1 2/0/0 2/0/2 2/1/1 11/9/1
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··o X······· ·o·X···· ·X·Xo··· ·o··XX·· o·o·Xo·· ·X·o·o·o o·X·XX··

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

W. Chen  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.