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Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves, at Wrigley Field, April 30, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Start Time:
1:20ct (local), 2:20et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
58° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
24
On This Date:
51-52
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
24
On This Date:
55-52
Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 CHC  6  ATL  1     

Sat, Apr 30, 2016 ATL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sun, May 01, 2016 ATL    @CHC  2:20pm
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 CHC    @ATL  7:35pm
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 CHC    @ATL  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 CHC    @ATL  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
5-18, 5th, 10½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-12   Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   3-12   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   1-5 
 vsEast:  3-9    vsCntrl: 0-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 29  @CHC  L   1-6        5-18  5th 10.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 28  @BOS  W   5-3        5-17  5th  9.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 27  @BOS  L   4-9        4-17  5th 10.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 26   BOS  L   4-11       4-16  5th 10.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 25   BOS  L   0-1        4-15  5th 10.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 24   NYM  L   2-3        4-14  5th 10.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 23   NYM  L   2-8        4-13  5th  9.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 22   NYM  L   3-6        4-12  5th  8.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-2 (10)   4-11  5th  7.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 20   LAD  L   3-5 (10)   4-10  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-18
Chicago Cubs
17-5, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-2    Road:   10-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  13-4    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:10-2    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 29   ATL  W   6-1       17-5   1st  3.5 up
 21 Thu, Apr 28   MIL  W   7-2       16-5   1st  3.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 26   MIL  W   4-3       15-5   1st  3.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 24  @CIN  W   9-0       14-5   1st  3.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 23  @CIN  L   5-13      13-5   1st  3.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 22  @CIN  W   8-1       13-4   1st  4.0 up
 16 Thu, Apr 21  @CIN  W  16-0       12-4   1st  3.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 20  @STL  L   3-5       11-4   1st  3.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 19  @STL  W   2-1       11-3   1st  4.0 up
 13 Mon, Apr 18  @STL  W   5-0       10-3   1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:17-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 CHC  6  ATL  1        W:Pedro Strop (1-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 23, 2015 CHC  9  ATL  3        W:Jason Hammel (7-5), L: Matt Wisler (5-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 CHC  9  ATL  7        W:Pedro Strop (2-6), L: Edwin Jackson (2-2), S: Hector Rondon (23)
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 CHC  5  ATL  3        W:Jason Motte (8-1), L: Shelby Miller (5-10), S: Hector Rondon (22)
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 CHC  7  ATL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (15-6), L: Mike Foltynewicz (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 CHC  4 @ATL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (11-5), L: Shelby Miller (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 CHC  4 @ATL  0        W:Jon Lester (5-8), L: Manny Banuelos (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 ATL  4  CHC  2        W:Arodys Vizcaino (1-0), L: Pedro Strop (1-5), S: Jim Johnson (6)
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 ATL 10 @CHC  7        W:Julio Teheran (9-6), L: Travis Wood (7-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (29)
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 ATL 11 @CHC  6        W:Mike Minor (3-5), L: Edwin Jackson (5-10), S: David Carpenter (3)
Season Series: 2016 - CHC over 1-0; 2015 - CHC won 6-1; 2014 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - CHC leads 1230-1035

SP: Julio Teheran (25, RHP, 0-3, 4.60)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-3) 29.1 29 16 15 11 25 5 4.60
2015 (11-8) 200.2 189 99 90 73 171 27 4.04
2014 (14-13) 221.0 188 82 71 51 186 22 2.89
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.1 40 18 17 16 34 6 3.70 53
2016-04-25 BOS L 7.0 6 1 1 3 8 1 115 66
2016-04-20 LAD ND 5.1 6 2 2 0 3 0 75 51
2016-04-14 @WSN L 7.0 6 6 6 1 6 2 110 46
2016-04-09 STL L 4.0 6 5 4 4 4 0 89 32
2016-04-04 WSN ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 2 102 55
2015-10-02 STL W 6.0 5 0 0 1 6 0 97 67
2015-09-26 @MIA L 6.0 6 2 2 4 3 1 103 51
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 30.2 25 13 13 8 29 5 3.82 56
2015-07-17 CHC ND 4.2 5 2 2 3 5 0 90 48
2014-07-13 @CHC W 7.0 7 4 4 2 6 2 109 51
2014-05-09 CHC ND 8.0 1 1 1 2 9 1 105 83
2013-09-22 @CHC W 6.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 91 67
2013-04-06 CHC ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 88 32

SP: John Lackey (37, RHP, 3-1, 4.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-1) 25.1 25 14 14 6 27 3 4.97
2015 (13-10) 218.0 211 71 67 53 175 21 2.77
2014 (14-10) 198.0 206 94 84 47 164 24 3.82
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.1 44 19 19 8 45 6 3.95 54
2016-04-23 @CIN L 5.2 7 6 6 1 5 1 95 35
2016-04-18 @STL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 91 79
2016-04-13 CIN W 6.2 6 2 2 3 7 0 90 58
2016-04-07 @ARI W 6.0 8 6 6 1 4 2 84 35
2015-10-04 @ATL L 4.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 59 44
2015-09-27 MIL ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 92 68
2015-09-22 CIN W 7.0 9 1 1 0 7 1 106 62
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 16.1 20 5 5 1 19 2 2.76 55
2015-10-04 @ATL L 4.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 59 44
2014-05-28 ATL W 6.1 8 0 0 0 9 0 105 66
2005-06-06 @ATL ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 92 55

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (3.26 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (2.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 33.Richard*
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Aybar# G/S/vP 12/.500 30/.860 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 6/.833 3/.000 638/460 .270/.301/.338/.639 .597/.657 .649 87/.391 15/6 3/17
14.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/57 .240/.263/.344/.606 .749/.500 .351 59/.486 0/0 2/1
25.Flowers G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 7/1.229 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 5/.800 5/.933 361/288 .239/.295/.356/.652 .751/.627 .670 37/.660 0/1 9/5
18.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.500 11/1.122 2/.000 ··· 12/1.200 3/.000 7/.143 ··· 7/.143 343/202 .258/.286/.433/.718 .645/.769 .619 49/.568 0/2 13/7
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/1.556 4/.250 ··· 8/1.071 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.127 481/343 .276/.370/.471/.841 .656/.912 .864 95/.776 3/1 18/4
13.Garcia G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 198/137 .277/.293/.497/.790 .982/.706 .614 94/.680 0/0 10/10
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 23/.478 ··· ··· ··· 9/.819 2/.000 6/2.067 2/.000 9/.000 335/300 .265/.314/.435/.750 .678/.758 .793 47/.488 2/1 14/11
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 77/.872 12/.962 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.150 2/.000 7/.619 5/1.000 1/2.000 686/483 .296/.370/.376/.746 .635/.795 .798 101/.836 2/1 3/1
8.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 597/483 .239/.314/.335/.649 .510/.682 .583 46/.502 12/10 6/9
15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 52/.540 24/.899 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 3/2.334 7/.762 436/345 .300/.339/.430/.769 .655/.799 .777 60/.485 0/2 9/2
17.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 54/.569 / /
2.Stubbs G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 13/.539 ··· ··· 1/.000 14/.857 140/76 .195/.283/.382/.665 .562/.750 .274 41/.641 5/1 5/0
IP 218.0 43.1 49.2 14.0 42.1 70.0 68.0 131.1 100.2 TOTAL .229/.301/.289/.590 .553/.611 .596 .590 9/7 5/20
ERA-K/9 2.77/7.2 5.40/7.5 1.99/12.1 3.21/9.6 3.83/4.7 1.67/8.9 2.91/10.7 3.29/7.1 3.84/10.5 2.39/9.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (53-18-15)
 Pierzynski (67-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 896/.256 187/.267 204/.178 60/.231 181/.272 281/.212 270/.167 534/.236 419/.229 .199  Francoeur
 Markakis
 Johnson
 Stubbs
 Garcia
20/0/85/5
0/0/153/4
29/0/8/2
21/42/4/2
10/0/0/1
OPS .679 .725 .572 .685 .714 .568 .538 .648 .663 .573
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.749 72/.684 67/.497 25/.606 67/.534 134/.640 105/.641 219/.603 145/.597 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 484/.620 115/.751 137/.608 35/.737 114/.820 147/.503 165/.475 315/.680 274/.698 .513
Home 494/.636 104/.827 96/.460 34/.681 94/.772 150/.532 141/.533 246/.561 216/.623
Last 28d days 102/.772 37/.878 27/.607 25/.770 14/.917 23/.174 33/.348 29/.249 22/.656
HR/SB/CS 21/9/3 4/5/2 4/7/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 4/8/1 5/3/1 10/6/4 11/0/3 15/19/5
Usage ······X· ·X····o· ·X·····o ·X····X· ······X· o··X·o·· oo·X···o ···X·o·· ···o·o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (6.18 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Teheran
G/S/vB		 54.Cervenka*
G/S/vB		 52.Gant
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 40.Ogando
G/S/vB		 38.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 51.Withrow
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 80/60 .289/.325/.408/.733 1.082/.617 .608 31/.838 1/2 1/2
17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 650/505 .275/.369/.488/.858 .797/.875 1.037 94/.878 13/4 26/17
15.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.542 2/.000 ··· ··· 690/536 .250/.346/.411/.757 .865/.726 .771 95/1.087 20/7 17/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.500 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 610/429 .293/.359/.439/.797 .709/.835 .824 99/.604 23/3 13/3
2.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/71 .269/.324/.403/.727 .000/.771 .522 29/1.203 2/0 1/1
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 14/.676 ··· ··· 6/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 3/.666 1/.000 701/503 .278/.387/.512/.899 .881/.905 .861 99/.961 17/6 31/9
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 182/132 .176/.267/.252/.518 .440/.549 .510 39/.851 1/0 1/1
27.Russell G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 523/403 .242/.307/.389/.696 .527/.746 .764 85/.684 4/3 13/13
68.Soler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 404/312 .262/.324/.399/.723 .730/.720 .730 68/.610 3/1 10/1
20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 80/39 .222/.278/.333/.612 .725/.492 .596 30/.993 2/0 1/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 20/1.394 ··· 14/.702 ··· ··· 535/364 .276/.359/.450/.809 .926/.753 .852 91/.752 3/4 13/7
IP 200.2 33.2 66.2 30.0 65.1 33.2 TOTAL .255/.364/.432/.796 .684/.827 .711 .796 12/5 28/13
ERA-K/9 4.04/7.7 /0.0 /0.0 2.94/12.0 4.46/6.7 8.10/6.3 3.99/7.3 1.60/9.9 /0.0 5.05/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ross (49-17-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.253 / / 140/.217 291/.296 159/.343 277/.242 139/.218 / .264  Heyward
 Fowler
 Soler
 Bryant
 Zobrist
 Szczur
0/10/144/10
0/152/0/5
0/0/95/4
8/7/7/1
45/0/5/1
26/6/4/0
OPS .737 .620 .743 .909 .776 .615 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 422/.893 / / 60/.598 124/.675 82/.677 107/.611 64/.583 / .870
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.583 / / 80/.636 167/.793 77/1.162 170/.883 75/.641 / .682
Road 409/.884 / / 65/.649 161/.844 83/.906 130/.673 58/.575 /
Last 28d days 128/.744 24/.258 34/1.030 41/.877 47/.563 25/1.213 58/.690 36/.531 31/.715
HR/SB/CS 27/6/6 // // 2/0/0 5/7/0 2/2/0 12/3/3 1/0/0 // 25/19/5
Usage ····X··· ·ooo·X·· ··X····· ··o··X·o Xo··o··· oo·o···o XX···X·· ·X··o··· o··o··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 2016 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 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.50

CHC  4.25

ATL  3.54

 RA/G

STL  3.24

NYY  4.31

COL  5.21

 BA

M. Cabrera  .338

E. Longoria  .270

J. Pederson  .210

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

M. Duffy  .334

W. Ramos  .258

 SLG

B. Harper  .649

E. Longoria  .435

A. Escobar  .320

 OPS

B. Harper  1.109

J. Pederson  .763

C. Owings  .587

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.66

J. Zimmermann  3.66

A. Simon  5.05

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.82

J. Teheran  7.67

M. Buehrle  4.12

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.