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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, June 18, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Wrigley Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

On This Date:

55-57

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

59-62

Season Series
Mon, May 02, 2016 CHC  7 @PIT  2     
Tue, May 03, 2016 CHC  7 @PIT  1     
Wed, May 04, 2016 CHC  6 @PIT  2     
Fri, May 13, 2016 CHC  9  PIT  4     
Sat, May 14, 2016 CHC  8  PIT  2     
Sun, May 15, 2016 PIT  2 @CHC  1     
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 CHC  6  PIT  0     

Sat, Jun 18, 2016 PIT    @CHC  8:15pm
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 PIT    @CHC  8:08pm
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 CHC    @PIT  1:35pm
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 PIT    @CHC  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 26, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 27, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 28, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm

                         All times ET

Pittsburgh Pirates

33-34, 3rd, 13 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-15   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  25-28   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 11-5  IL: 3-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 17  @CHC  L   0-6       33-34  3rd 13.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 16  @NYM  L   4-6       33-33  3rd 12.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 15  @NYM  L   2-11      33-32  3rd 11.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 14  @NYM  W   4-0       33-31  3rd 11.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 12   STL  L   3-8       32-31  3rd 12.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 11   STL  L   1-5       32-30  3rd 11.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 10   STL  L   3-9 (12)  32-29  3rd 10.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  9  @COL  L   5-11      32-28  2nd 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  8   NYM  L   5-6 (10)  32-27  2nd  9.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  7   NYM  W   3-1       32-26  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:13-17

Chicago Cubs

45-20, 1st, 10½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-8    Road:   22-12   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  30-15   vsLHP:  15-5    1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast: 13-5    vsCntrl:19-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Fri, Jun 17   PIT  W   6-0       45-20  1st 10.5 up
 64 Wed, Jun 15  @WSN  L   4-5 (12)  44-20  1st  9.5 up
 63 Tue, Jun 14  @WSN  W   4-3       44-19  1st  9.5 up
 62 Mon, Jun 13  @WSN  L   1-4       43-19  1st  8.5 up
 61 Sun, Jun 12  @ATL  W  13-2       43-18  1st  9.0 up
 60 Sat, Jun 11  @ATL  W   8-2       42-18  1st  9.0 up
 59 Fri, Jun 10  @ATL  L   1-5       41-18  1st  9.0 up
 58 Wed, Jun  8  @PHI  W   8-1       41-17  1st  9.5 up
 57 Tue, Jun  7  @PHI  L   2-3       40-17  1st  8.5 up
 56 Mon, Jun  6  @PHI  W   6-4       40-16  1st 10.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 CHC  6  PIT  0        W:Jake Arrieta (11-1), L: Francisco Liriano (4-7), S: none
Sun, May 15, 2016 PIT  2 @CHC  1        W:Gerrit Cole (4-3), L: Jon Lester (4-2), S: Mark Melancon (11)
Sat, May 14, 2016 CHC  8  PIT  2        W:Jake Arrieta (7-0), L: Jeff Locke (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2016 CHC  9  PIT  4        W:Jason Hammel (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (3-2), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2016 CHC  6 @PIT  2        W:Jon Lester (3-1), L: Juan Nicasio (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2016 CHC  7 @PIT  1        W:Jake Arrieta (6-0), L: Jon Niese (3-1), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2016 CHC  7 @PIT  2        W:Jason Hammel (4-0), L: Gerrit Cole (2-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 CHC  4  PIT  0        W:Jake Arrieta (21-6), L: A.J. Burnett (9-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 PIT  4 @CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (12-7), L: Jason Hammel (9-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 PIT  3 @CHC  2        W:Gerrit Cole (18-8), L: Jon Lester (10-12), S: Mark Melancon (51)
Season Series: 2016 - CHC over 6-1; 2015 - CHC won 11-8; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1258-1190

SP: Jon Niese (29, LHP, 6-3, 4.60)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-3)			76.1	86	41	39	25	54	14	4.60
2015 (9-10)			176.2	192	93	81	55	113	20	4.13
2014 (9-11)			187.2	193	80	71	45	138	17	3.40

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.0	44	17	17	11	29	7	3.56	53
2016-06-12	STL	L	5.1	11	8	8	1	5	2	80	18
2016-06-07	NYM	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	91	69
2016-06-01	@MIA	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	95	50
2016-05-27	@TEX	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	2	1	93	55
2016-05-21	COL	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	97	68
2016-05-16	ATL	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	97	58
2016-05-09	@CIN	L	6.2	7	3	3	1	4	3	103	51

Last 5 v.CHC		1-4	30.0	32	18	16	16	21	3	4.80	46
2016-05-03	CHC	L	5.0	9	6	6	5	3	0	93	23
2015-06-30	CHC	L	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	107	66
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

SP: Jon Lester (32, LHP, 8-3, 1.89)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (8-3)			85.2	64	20	18	17	85	7	1.89
2015 (11-12)			205.0	183	83	76	47	207	16	3.34
2014 (16-11)			219.2	194	76	60	48	220	16	2.46

Last 7 GS		5-2	45.2	31	13	11	8	47	3	2.17	65
2016-06-12	@ATL	W	7.0	5	1	0	0	7	0	109	72
2016-06-06	@PHI	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	95	83
2016-06-01	LAD	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	113	85
2016-05-27	PHI	W	6.1	6	2	1	2	7	0	105	60
2016-05-21	@SFG	L	2.2	6	5	5	3	1	1	75	24
2016-05-15	PIT	L	6.2	2	1	1	2	9	0	109	73
2016-05-10	SDP	W	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	105	55

Last 5 v.PIT		3-2	35.1	29	5	5	6	36	1	1.27	67
2016-05-15	PIT	L	6.2	2	1	1	2	9	0	109	73
2016-05-04	@PIT	W	5.2	8	0	0	2	5	0	103	56
2015-09-25	PIT	L	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	102	65
2015-09-15	@PIT	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	111	81
2015-05-16	PIT	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	7	1	110	61

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

Pirates Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (2.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Lester*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Freese G/S/vP 12/.606 7/1.071 1/.000 6/.334 2/.500 3/.000 5/.600 20/.763 212/166 .286/.363/.429/.792 .973/.739 .781 67/.906 0/0 5/5

5.Harrison G/S/vP 16/.500 7/.286 5/1.850 2/1.500 5/1.000 5/.200 2/.500 24/.750 248/196 .303/.332/.398/.730 .894/.686 .755 85/.709 12/1 2/6

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 9/.444 ··· 233/219 .285/.358/.406/.764 .237/.796 .744 75/.584 0/1 3/3

17.Joyce* G/S/vP 12/1.326 10/.425 ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 10/1.500 1/.000 111/90 .286/.414/.593/1.008 1.039/1.000 .882 43/.839 0/1 7/0

27.Kang G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 125/92 .279/.344/.595/.939 1.052/.892 .877 80/.871 1/0 9/2

38.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 41/32 .050/.073/.075/.148 .472/.063 .279 11/.000 0/0 0/1

6.Marte G/S/vP 16/.646 10/1.500 7/.476 1/.000 5/.400 14/.453 2/1.500 29/1.157 257/203 .332/.374/.498/.871 .611/.941 .888 89/.930 19/5 6/3

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 20/.255 17/1.588 10/.425 6/.666 9/.333 13/.631 4/1.250 41/.859 289/231 .243/.322/.417/.739 .694/.750 .793 102/.624 1/3 10/1

10.Mercer G/S/vP 9/.555 9/.555 11/.473 2/.000 8/.000 6/.334 1/.000 18/1.311 258/200 .262/.350/.335/.685 .822/.647 .591 85/.534 1/0 2/4

25.Polanco* G/S/vP 6/.167 6/.900 5/.650 3/1.667 3/.333 4/.833 2/.500 12/.432 278/216 .288/.372/.508/.880 .761/.915 .827 96/.810 8/4 9/1

3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 48/.708 13/.585 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.000 5/1.000 9/.444 129/85 .252/.328/.496/.824 .886/.791 .731 65/.640 1/0 6/1

19.Stewart G/S/vP 12/1.402 3/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 86/71 .203/.314/.284/.598 .564/.605 .706 50/.534 0/0 1/2

IP 85.2 30.0 24.0 12.0 23.0 24.2 23.2 26.0 TOTAL .268/.342/.413/.754 .775/.749 .731 .700 47/17 61/37

ERA-K/9

1.89/8.9

2.70/9.6

4.88/9.8

6.00/4.5

1.57/12.5

2.92/13.5

4.18/6.5

2.42/6.6

2.62/8.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (4-5-2)
Stewart (10-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.206 134/.186 106/.253 60/.365 85/.163 96/.174 100/.202 102/.159 .202 Marte
Polanco
McCutchen
Harrison
Rodriguez
Joyce 56/7/0/8
10/1/56/4
0/64/0/3
0/0/1/0
6/2/3/0
6/0/15/0

OPS .556 .623 .751 .801 .426 .552 .670 .597 .586

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.561 52/.688 39/.712 34/.875 34/.402 34/.640 36/.837 53/.653 .647

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.554 82/.584 67/.772 26/.703 51/.437 62/.509 64/.579 49/.536 .545

Home 185/.540 69/.675 54/.805 22/.905 40/.412 44/.713 42/.590 48/.636

Last 28d days 112/.426 39/.580 40/.875 24/.974 33/.565 30/.593 38/.853 47/.419

HR/SB/CS 7/7/4 4/6/0 4/2/1 0/3/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 4/1/1 3/0/0 49/51/11

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

Cubs Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Niese*
G/S/vB 37.Caminero
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 26.Luebke*
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 52.Scahill
G/S/vB 31.Schugel
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Almora G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/14 .429/.455/.619/1.074 1.214/1.000 1.800 22/1.074 0/0 0/0

9.Baez G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 146/104 .254/.295/.413/.708 .996/.597 .878 63/.792 3/1 5/4

17.Bryant G/S/vP 9/1.056 6/1.100 1/4.000 9/.956 ··· 5/.650 3/1.667 3/1.334 5/.800 283/196 .273/.360/.514/.874 .879/.872 .797 99/.877 2/2 15/6

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 184/164 .154/.223/.284/.507 .308/.532 .386 54/.424 1/1 5/1

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 23/.777 7/1.071 1/3.000 7/1.000 17/.720 5/.200 2/1.000 3/.666 8/.500 283/197 .291/.399/.485/.885 .895/.879 .787 101/.699 6/3 7/3

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 31/.994 7/.929 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 5/.400 2/.500 1/2.000 9/.222 253/176 .234/.325/.338/.663 .753/.625 .568 88/.756 7/3 4/0

47.Montero* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 8/1.100 12/.083 7/.762 5/.900 1/.000 4/.250 131/108 .200/.321/.327/.648 .360/.713 .541 55/.603 1/0 3/3

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 24/.596 6/.833 1/.000 13/1.189 1/no AB 13/.749 4/1.250 3/2.334 18/.466 278/184 .259/.388/.526/.915 .727/1.012 .912 92/.909 2/3 15/3

3.Ross G/S/vP 24/.878 5/.650 ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/.333 115/74 .237/.339/.409/.748 1.042/.597 .701 38/.668 0/1 4/4

27.Russell G/S/vP 9/.222 7/.143 ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 6/.334 3/.333 3/.333 4/.750 241/171 .234/.332/.364/.696 .563/.746 .841 84/.587 2/0 5/7

20.Szczur G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 65/38 .333/.375/.533/.908 .891/.921 .923 30/.793 1/1 3/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 11/.586 2/.000 ··· 9/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 267/191 .314/.421/.495/.917 .853/.942 .835 92/.843 3/2 9/1

IP 76.1 21.2 24.1 17.1 8.2 26.1 16.1 31.1 28.0 TOTAL .255/.349/.425/.774 .795/.765 .753 .746 28/16 78/40

ERA-K/9

4.60/6.4

4.57/7.1

3.70/10.4

3.12/4.2

9.35/9.3

1.71/7.2

4.41/7.2

3.73/8.6

3.86/8.4

4.37/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (28-2-3)
Ross (20-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.282 111/.333 95/.202 80/.284 53/.385 108/.224 71/.290 125/.222 113/.186 .264 Fowler
Bryant
Almora
Heyward
Zobrist
Coghlan
Baez
Szczur 0/62/0/3
34/0/6/2
5/2/1/1
0/5/54/1
0/0/4/0
7/0/12/0
2/0/0/0
22/2/5/0

OPS .844 .977 .657 .872 1.160 .563 .737 .597 .661 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.700 46/1.028 41/.604 37/.982 14/1.189 49/.588 26/.746 60/.640 34/.626 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.888 65/.935 54/.698 43/.790 39/1.146 59/.541 45/.729 65/.559 79/.676 .775

Road 154/.965 42/1.006 48/.606 32/.798 23/1.089 44/.629 39/.813 68/.704 49/.680

Last 28d days 104/.780 33/.831 41/.654 38/.744 30/1.017 29/.399 45/.746 54/.422 34/.713

HR/SB/CS 14/1/1 3/0/2 4/2/0 2/2/2 2/0/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 4/2/0 80/31/13

Usage ·····X·· X·X··Xo· ·X·····X ·o···o·X X·o··X·· ·······X o·X···X· ·X·····X ···X···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 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.79

LAA 4.30

PHI 3.21

RA/G

CHC 2.85

HOU 4.35

CIN 5.84

D. Murphy .361

R. Odor .268

P. Fielder .199

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .426

N. Markakis .334

F. Galvis .249

SLG

D. Ortiz .723

J. Werth .438

A. Escobar .286

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.147

J. Segura .772

A. Escobar .552

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.58

E. Volquez 3.90

J. Locke 5.92

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.16

M. Wacha 7.78

M. Pelfrey 4.42

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.