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San Francisco Giants vs. Chicago Cubs, at AT&T Park, August 25, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Start Time:

7:15pt (local), 10:15et

Venue:

AT&T Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

66° (based on last ten years)

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

129

On This Date:

58-70

Giants

Manager:

Bruce Bochy

Game #:

126

On This Date:

68-46

Season Series
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 CHC  5  SFG  4     
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 CHC  7  SFG  3     
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 CHC  8  SFG  6     
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 CHC  2  SFG  0     

Tue, Aug 25, 2015 CHC    @SFG 10:15pm
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 CHC    @SFG 10:15pm
Thu, Aug 27, 2015 CHC    @SFG  3:45pm

                         All times ET

Chicago Cubs

72-51, 3rd, 6½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  57-40   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  28-17
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl:29-22   vsWest: 14-9  IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
119 Thu, Aug 20   ATL  W   7-1       68-51  3rd  8.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 19   DET  L   8-15      67-51  3rd  9.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 18   DET  L   8-10      67-50  3rd  8.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 16  @CHW  L   1-3       67-49  3rd  7.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15  @CHW  W   6-3       67-48  3rd  7.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14  @CHW  W   6-5       66-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

San Francisco Giants

66-58, 2nd, 1½ GB, 9½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   35-24   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  48-46   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 18-15   vsCntrl:10-14   vsWest: 27-23 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 23  @PIT  L   2-5       66-58  2nd  1.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-3       66-57  2nd  1.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21  @PIT  W   6-4       66-56  2nd  1.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @PIT  L   0-4       65-56  2nd  2.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @STL  L   3-4       65-55  2nd  2.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @STL  W   2-0       65-54  2nd  2.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @STL  L   1-2       64-54  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   WSN  W   5-0       64-53  2nd  2.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   WSN  W  12-6       63-53  2nd  2.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   WSN  W   8-5       62-53  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 CHC  2  SFG  0        W:Jake Arrieta (13-6), L: Jake Peavy (2-5), S: Hector Rondon (19)
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 CHC  8  SFG  6        W:Kyle Hendricks (6-5), L: Matt Cain (2-3), S: Justin Grimm (3)
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 CHC  7  SFG  3        W:Jon Lester (7-8), L: Ryan Vogelsong (7-8), S: Hector Rondon (18)
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 CHC  5  SFG  4        W:Justin Grimm (2-3), L: Chris Heston (11-6), S: Hector Rondon (17)

Thu, Aug 21, 2014 SFG  5 @CHC  3        W:Madison Bumgarner (14-9), L: Travis Wood (7-11), S: Santiago Casilla (12)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 SFG  8 @CHC  3        W:Jake Peavy (3-12), L: Edwin Jackson (6-14), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 CHC  2  SFG  1        W:Tsuyoshi Wada (3-1), L: Ryan Vogelsong (7-9), S: Hector Rondon (19)
Wed, May 28, 2014 SFG  5  CHC  0        W:George Kontos (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (3-5), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2014 SFG  4  CHC  0        W:Tim Hudson (5-2), L: Jake Arrieta (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 CHC  8 @SFG  4        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-4), L: Yusmeiro Petit (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHC over 4-0; 2014 - SFG won 4-2; 2013 - CHC won 4-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1134-1063

SP: Jake Arrieta (29, RHP, 15-6, 2.30)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (15-6)			168.0	124	48	43	42	170	9	2.30
2014 (10-5)			156.2	114	46	44	41	167	5	2.53
2013 (5-4)			75.1	59	41	40	41	60	9	4.78

Last 7 GS		5-1	46.1	29	8	7	17	47	1	1.36	66
2015-08-20	ATL	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	107	70
2015-08-15	@CHW	W	6.2	5	3	2	2	5	0	105	57
2015-08-09	SFG	W	7.2	4	0	0	2	6	0	117	75
2015-08-04	@PIT	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	109	75
2015-07-30	@MIL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	97	57
2015-07-25	PHI	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	8	1	94	53
2015-07-19	@ATL	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	112	78

Last 5 v.SFG		2-1	20.2	14	5	5	5	15	1	2.18	63
2015-08-09	SFG	W	7.2	4	0	0	2	6	0	117	75
2014-05-27	@SFG	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	0	94	47
2010-06-15	@SFG	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	95	68

SP: Matt Cain (30, RHP, 2-3, 5.66)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-3)			47.2	58	30	30	15	35	9	5.66
2014 (2-7)			90.1	81	47	42	32	70	13	4.18
2013 (8-10)			184.1	158	85	82	55	158	23	4.00

Last 7 GS		1-2	36.2	49	25	25	9	26	7	6.14	42
2015-08-19	@STL	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	88	57
2015-08-14	WSN	ND	4.2	6	5	5	1	3	2	83	34
2015-08-08	@CHC	L	4.0	6	5	5	5	2	1	98	27
2015-08-03	@ATL	ND	5.0	10	4	4	1	1	1	80	31
2015-07-28	MIL	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	82	43
2015-07-22	@SDP	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	101	63
2015-07-17	@ARI	ND	5.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	83	40

Last 5 v.CHC		1-1	31.0	30	14	14	12	28	5	4.06	53
2015-08-08	@CHC	L	4.0	6	5	5	5	2	1	98	27
2013-07-26	CHC	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	115	67
2013-04-12	@CHC	ND	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	2	113	59
2012-09-02	@CHC	ND	5.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	91	39
2012-06-02	CHC	W	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	117	73

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

Cubs Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 46.Casilla
G/S/vB 70.Kontos
G/S/vB 49.Lopez*
G/S/vB 61.Osich*
G/S/vB 52.Petit
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 60.Strickland
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 492/380 .262/.366/.481/.847 .831/.851 .667 97/1.012 12/3 20/15

13.Castro G/S/vP 23/.748 5/.800 5/.650 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 8/.804 1/.000 462/370 .240/.273/.306/.579 .556/.584 .643 56/.601 4/5 5/19

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 15/.619 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.500 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 397/354 .250/.333/.449/.782 .349/.833 .893 74/.777 11/2 15/1

15.Denorfia G/S/vP 14/1.044 7/.453 13/.462 7/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 7/.286 ··· 186/119 .266/.304/.353/.657 .610/.683 .678 36/.516 0/1 2/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 38/.794 14/.909 8/.679 6/.750 5/1.350 1/5.000 6/.533 11/.182 ··· 535/414 .255/.353/.425/.778 .867/.751 .732 114/1.039 17/7 14/2

19.Herrera# G/S/vP 26/.207 4/.500 5/1.000 2/2.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 125/91 .235/.248/.319/.567 .788/.483 .687 19/.421 3/0 1/2

11.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .111/.111/.111/.222 /.222 3/.000 1/0 0/0

47.Montero* G/S/vP 67/.670 25/.335 12/.639 3/.666 16/.450 ··· 12/.258 13/1.000 ··· 300/258 .239/.347/.427/.774 .798/.770 .693 45/1.032 0/0 13/8

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 22/.384 10/.550 3/2.000 3/1.666 6/.533 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 535/384 .291/.400/.541/.941 .960/.933 1.004 101/1.158 15/5 25/4

3.Ross G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 139/100 .190/.290/.273/.563 .402/.627 .551 31/.505 1/0 1/1

22.Russell G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 396/304 .249/.309/.392/.701 .549/.747 .637 88/.833 2/3 9/12

12.Schwarber* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 161/114 .275/.373/.558/.931 .634/1.058 1.017 100/.876 2/2 11/4

IP 47.2 31.1 42.1 59.1 31.2 13.1 66.2 41.1 39.0 TOTAL .242/.319/.394/.713 .699/.717 .717 .832 78/29 129/82

ERA-K/9

5.66/6.6

5.46/5.8

3.61/9.1

1.97/5.5

1.42/5.4

2.03/8.1

3.78/6.7

3.48/12.6

2.08/9.5

3.67/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (51-14-3)
Ross (42-14-3)
Schwarber (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.304 144/.281 184/.261 227/.209 114/.126 57/.196 273/.245 166/.242 148/.201 .248 Coghlan
Denorfia
Fowler
Schwarber
Bryant 89/0/2/8
28/5/23/4
0/117/0/3
18/0/0/1
3/2/0/0

OPS .920 .830 .760 .565 .395 .603 .722 .653 .567 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/1.032 60/.759 82/1.028 76/.582 71/.335 26/.644 111/.843 52/1.119 52/.439 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.833 84/.881 102/.556 151/.556 43/.499 31/.567 162/.643 114/.452 96/.634 .676

Home 70/.798 62/.815 105/.844 97/.396 63/.367 16/.192 94/.454 87/.736 54/.610

Last 28d days 96/1.031 34/.526 27/.912 39/.752 21/.403 27/.789 47/.511 34/.441 50/.604

HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 6/4/0 5/3/2 6/5/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 10/3/0 2/4/3 3/2/3 117/61/29

Usage ·····X·· ·o·····o ···o··X· ··X··o·· ·····oo· ·X·o·oo· ·X··X··X ···X··o· ·oX··o·X

Giants Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 21.Hunter
G/S/vB 33.Richard*
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 59.Rosscup*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Adrianza# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 71/50 .197/.300/.262/.562 .649/.524 .347 51/.670 2/1 0/2

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 8/.375 6/.666 2/2.500 6/1.334 3/.000 ··· 9/.666 3/.000 11/.728 356/258 .301/.366/.385/.751 .780/.740 .586 59/.748 13/5 4/0

9.Belt* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 465/355 .274/.351/.483/.834 .760/.856 .844 99/.894 8/2 17/4

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.666 3/.000 6/1.166 4/.750 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 3/.000 324/263 .292/.377/.413/.789 .742/.801 .919 87/.740 12/4 3/2

6.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 5/1.000 11/1.155 5/.400 1/.000 9/.722 4/.500 27/.422 402/306 .236/.284/.450/.734 .900/.682 .783 93/.679 2/1 20/0

35.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.666 7/.762 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 6/.167 475/357 .267/.326/.485/.811 .763/.827 .819 93/.796 4/4 19/11

5.Duffy G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 442/335 .308/.345/.460/.806 .682/.845 .827 107/.781 6/0 10/11

43.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 10/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.862 267/175 .211/.278/.347/.625 .630/.623 .548 41/.554 2/1 7/2

2.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/3 .375/.444/.375/.819 .900/.667 .500 9/.819 1/0 0/0

28.Posey G/S/vP 9/.111 4/1.000 ··· 19/.956 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 15/.976 480/375 .314/.371/.472/.843 .729/.876 .813 95/.692 2/0 16/1

34.Susac G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/88 .231/.316/.388/.705 .848/.627 .810 13/.496 0/0 3/4

37.Tomlinson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/28 .326/.341/.442/.783 .750/.802 1.300 44/.783 0/1 0/0

IP 168.0 36.1 53.0 29.1 57.0 23.0 32.1 55.2 81.2 TOTAL .269/.326/.407/.734 .704/.744 .721 .716 65/24 105/58

ERA-K/9

2.30/9.1

1.24/13.1

3.57/6.8

3.68/5.2

1.58/8.7

4.30/9.8

4.45/5.6

2.91/10.3

4.52/10.1

3.51/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Posey (27-22-3)
Susac (28-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.205 142/.164 213/.250 127/.267 227/.203 100/.241 135/.294 220/.155 348/.248 .242 Aoki
Maxwell
Byrd
Blanco
Perez
Belt 79/0/2/4
17/2/57/3
88/4/7/2
34/38/21/1
3/1/0/0
13/0/0/0

OPS .574 .482 .670 .724 .544 .821 .781 .537 .718 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.522 44/.336 100/.719 36/.432 110/.570 34/.384 68/.709 88/.662 119/.644 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.617 98/.546 113/.624 91/.835 117/.519 66/1.021 67/.852 132/.458 229/.757 .684

Road 342/.572 72/.637 99/.519 51/.603 102/.631 49/1.022 52/.530 104/.556 166/.796

Last 28d days 131/.481 32/.223 39/.652 58/.598 54/.445 / 33/1.052 46/.429 47/.846

HR/SB/CS 9/21/6 2/2/0 5/9/2 3/1/0 2/8/1 4/1/0 2/5/3 4/2/1 11/0/3 108/107/31

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

LAD 4.11

ATL 3.68

RA/G

STL 3.00

MIA 4.18

COL 5.41

D. Gordon .332

G. Polanco .267

C. Carter .181

OBP

B. Harper .455

K. Calhoun .328

O. Infante .235

SLG

B. Harper .640

D. Fowler .425

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.095

J. Bruce .755

O. Infante .549

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.67

J. Shields 3.74

K. Lohse 6.04

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.16

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.