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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, August 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 29, 2016
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
133
On This Date:
64-66
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
133
On This Date:
70-56
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 CHC  4  PIT  3     
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 CHC 10  PIT  5     
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 PIT  8  CHC  4     
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 PIT 12  CHC  6     
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 CHC  6 @PIT  5     

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
67-61, 3rd, 14½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-30   Road:   33-31   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  49-53   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:25-24   vsWest: 22-11 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sun, Aug 28  @MIL  W   3-1       67-61  3rd 14.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 27  @MIL  W   9-6       66-61  3rd 15.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 26  @MIL  W   5-3       65-61  3rd 16.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 25  @MIL  W   3-2 (10)  64-61  3rd 16.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 24   HOU  L   4-5       63-61  3rd 17.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 23   HOU  W   7-1       63-60  3rd 16.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-3       62-60  3rd 16.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 21   MIA  L   2-3       62-59  3rd 15.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 20   MIA  L   1-3       62-58  3rd 15.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 19   MIA  L   5-6       62-57  3rd 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Chicago Cubs
82-47, 1st, 14 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-19   Road:   37-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  55-32   vsLHP:  27-15   1-Run:  16-19
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:34-16   vsWest: 16-13 IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 28  @LAD  L   0-1       82-47  1st 14.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 27  @LAD  L   2-3       82-46  1st 14.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 26  @LAD  W   6-4 (10)  82-45  1st 14.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 24  @SDP  W   6-3       81-45  1st 13.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 23  @SDP  W   5-3       80-45  1st 13.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 22  @SDP  W   5-1       79-45  1st 12.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 21  @COL  L   4-11      78-45  1st 12.0 up
122 Sat, Aug 20  @COL  W   9-2       78-44  1st 13.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 19  @COL  L   6-7 (11)  77-44  1st 12.0 up
120 Thu, Aug 18   MIL  W   9-6       77-43  1st 13.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:23-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 CHC  6 @PIT  5        W:Pedro Strop (2-2), L: Tony Watson (1-3), S: Hector Rondon (14)
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 PIT 12  CHC  6        W:Arquimedes Caminero (1-2), L: Adam Warren (3-2), S: Jared Hughes (1)
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 PIT  8  CHC  4        W:Neftali Feliz (3-0), L: Jake Arrieta (12-4), S: Mark Melancon (27)
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 CHC 10  PIT  5        W:Kyle Hendricks (5-6), L: Jameson Taillon (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 CHC  4  PIT  3        W:Jon Lester (9-3), L: Jon Niese (6-4), S: Hector Rondon (12)
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
Season Series: 2016 - CHC over 9-3; 2015 - CHC won 11-8; 2014 - PIT won 14-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1260-1193

SP: Steven Brault (24, LHP, 0-1, 3.60)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-1) 10.0 11 5 4 5 8 1 3.60
Last 7 GS 0-1 10.0 11 5 4 5 8 1 3.60 49
2016-07-29 @MIL L 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 106 46
2016-07-05 @STL ND 4.0 4 2 1 2 5 0 82 51
Has never faced CHC as starter.

SP: Jake Arrieta (30, RHP, 16-5, 2.62)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (16-5) 161.2 106 49 47 62 158 11 2.62
2015 (22-6) 229.0 150 52 45 48 236 10 1.77
2014 (10-5) 156.2 114 46 44 41 167 5 2.53
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.1 24 13 13 19 37 4 2.47 64
2016-08-23 @SDP W 8.0 2 0 0 3 6 0 99 81
2016-08-18 MIL W 5.2 3 5 5 7 3 2 103 39
2016-08-12 STL W 5.2 4 1 1 2 6 1 105 61
2016-08-06 @OAK W 8.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 108 79
2016-07-30 SEA L 7.0 2 2 2 3 4 0 100 66
2016-07-25 @CHW ND 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 101 50
2016-07-19 NYM ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 85 70
Last 5 v.PIT 4-1 34.0 17 8 8 8 42 2 2.12 70
2016-07-08 @PIT L 6.0 9 6 6 1 6 2 88 35
2016-06-17 PIT W 6.0 2 0 0 3 11 0 112 76
2016-05-14 PIT W 8.0 3 2 2 2 11 0 108 77
2016-05-03 @PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 99 76
2015-09-27 PIT W 7.0 1 0 0 0 9 0 84 84

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Pirates Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 6.Edwards
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 45.Patton
G/S/vB		 60.Pena
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 29.Zastryzny*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bell# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .400/.515/.600/1.115 .000/1.201 .933 29/.883 0/0 1/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 19/.422 9/1.056 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· 297/243 .267/.374/.308/.681 .804/.654 .688 66/.761 5/2 0/6
23.Freese G/S/vP 9/.778 8/1.125 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 20/.763 ··· 411/323 .271/.353/.425/.777 .986/.721 .802 81/.671 0/0 12/7
24.Fryer G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/83 .258/.337/.303/.640 .566/.657 .391 31/.310 0/2 0/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP 18/.167 7/.286 12/.500 2/.500 5/1.850 ··· ··· 24/.750 ··· 466/374 .271/.300/.374/.674 .808/.641 .705 99/.686 18/4 4/7
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 21/.349 10/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 370/349 .262/.347/.378/.725 .259/.751 .682 42/.937 0/4 5/4
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 23/.991 11/.489 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 227/194 .266/.405/.527/.932 .838/.949 .788 48/.780 1/1 12/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 24/.467 11/1.364 14/.607 1/.000 7/.476 1/.000 ··· 29/1.157 ··· 496/404 .307/.362/.452/.813 .741/.830 .862 101/.655 44/10 8/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 40/.866 18/1.611 11/.586 2/1.000 10/.425 ··· ··· 41/.859 ··· 526/419 .252/.331/.418/.749 .725/.755 .751 95/.889 6/6 18/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 11/.182 10/.633 13/.231 1/.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 18/1.311 ··· 484/381 .259/.337/.379/.716 .860/.678 .643 92/.571 1/1 10/7
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 28/.327 6/.900 6/.533 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 13/.398 ··· 471/372 .274/.340/.502/.843 .834/.845 .762 85/.735 11/6 20/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/1.166 13/.585 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 ··· 244/163 .256/.337/.493/.830 .987/.756 .728 34/.898 2/0 12/4
IP 161.2 53.2 45.0 24.2 43.2 16.1 1.1 52.2 7.1 TOTAL .256/.329/.401/.731 .783/.718 .705 .696 96/37 121/76
ERA-K/9 2.62/8.8 2.68/9.7 1.80/13.4 3.28/12.8 3.92/10.9 4.96/8.3 20.25/20.8 3.08/6.8 0.00/11.1 3.12/8.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (50-10-7)
 Fryer (17-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.183 236/.198 172/.175 93/.111 183/.223 75/.231 7/.333 222/.212 29/.185 .212  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Harrison
 Jaso
 Rodriguez
106/16/0/16
17/3/93/8
0/118/0/5
14/0/35/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
8/3/15/0
OPS .550 .606 .489 .365 .657 .703 .762 .703 .427 .632
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.547 102/.718 34/.498 36/.374 79/.777 33/.660 3/.333 107/.504 22/.325 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.552 134/.523 138/.487 57/.360 104/.566 42/.731 4/1.000 115/.890 7/.762 .609
Home 304/.543 100/.655 97/.381 46/.539 93/.694 28/.630 / 113/.846 /
Last 28d days 104/.539 50/.442 40/.472 33/.391 35/.465 18/.800 7/.762 44/.925 29/.427
HR/SB/CS 11/17/2 5/11/1 2/1/1 1/1/1 5/3/4 2/1/0 0/0/0 8/2/1 0/0/0 130/108/26
Usage ·····X·· Xo··X··· ··X·oX·· o·X···X· X·X·o·X· ·······X ·····X·· ·Xo···o· ·X·····X
Cubs Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.000 4/1.750 6/2.333 ··· 4/1.000 5/.400 356/239 .268/.306/.429/.735 .816/.696 .832 70/.556 11/3 13/11
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 11/.741 15/.900 6/1.100 3/.000 6/1.267 6/1.000 568/398 .305/.398/.588/.986 1.061/.955 .904 106/1.272 8/5 35/12
40.Contreras G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 ··· 218/154 .273/.353/.454/.807 .851/.788 .885 66/.824 2/1 8/3
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 8/.929 1/3.000 7/1.000 15/.733 4/1.750 2/.500 3/.666 8/.500 427/299 .274/.389/.444/.832 .871/.816 .753 101/.721 8/4 10/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 21/.293 1/.000 7/1.171 26/.840 19/.974 4/1.167 1/2.000 10/.200 481/342 .231/.306/.326/.633 .616/.639 .574 68/.549 8/4 6/1
47.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/1.100 10/.311 18/1.377 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.250 228/193 .195/.320/.311/.631 .445/.667 .459 28/.526 1/0 5/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 15/1.366 28/1.429 13/.840 3/.333 6/1.867 19/.439 549/368 .296/.393/.552/.946 .855/.990 .956 104/.837 3/4 25/6
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 9/.555 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.333 173/108 .232/.349/.442/.791 .980/.684 .897 26/.813 0/1 8/9
27.Russell G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 6/.900 13/1.000 3/1.167 2/.000 4/.250 4/.750 496/349 .244/.327/.430/.756 .781/.746 .851 93/.878 4/1 19/10
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 6/1.334 13/.308 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 210/133 .236/.324/.423/.747 .777/.729 .801 58/.866 0/0 9/1
20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.750 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 165/101 .281/.329/.444/.774 .759/.783 .937 41/.766 2/3 5/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 12/.533 4/.250 8/.661 4/1.250 3/2.334 6/.167 1/.000 521/373 .281/.385/.449/.833 .884/.813 .752 98/.809 4/4 14/4
IP 10.0 53.0 52.1 42.0 117.1 99.1 63.2 49.0 56.0 TOTAL .258/.345/.432/.777 .811/.763 .766 .799 52/30 163/79
ERA-K/9 3.60/7.2 4.25/9.3 2.92/10.0 3.64/4.9 5.37/5.0 4.53/10.4 3.68/10.6 3.86/7.9 2.57/7.7 4.08/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Contreras (12-6-4)
 Montero (52-5-3)
 Ross (41-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.289 231/.225 208/.190 189/.305 512/.291 429/.261 266/.222 194/.222 226/.202 .263  Fowler
 Heyward
 Bryant
 Zobrist
 Soler
 Contreras
 Baez
 Szczur
 Patton
 Wood
0/93/0/4
0/23/104/4
54/1/13/3
16/0/22/1
41/0/7/1
21/0/0/1
2/0/0/0
42/14/7/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .819 .719 .647 .870 .823 .777 .645 .612 .611 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.708 94/.790 95/.628 84/.971 142/.722 200/.963 92/.852 98/.503 69/.570 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.849 137/.669 113/.662 105/.792 370/.862 229/.608 174/.539 96/.719 157/.629 .746
Road 45/.819 121/.604 107/.635 78/.851 285/.900 216/.798 139/.710 100/.677 105/.597
Last 28d days / 36/.476 52/.623 31/.959 51/.891 62/.685 58/.540 / 48/.598
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 9/11/1 9/3/1 5/6/2 15/9/3 13/2/4 5/0/2 4/2/1 5/5/0 139/80/20
Usage o·oX···o ·XXX··o· ··o·o··· ·X······ ·X··X··X o·ooo··o ········ o·Xoo···

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  5.42

CIN  4.52

ATL  3.70

 RA/G

CHC  3.40

PIT  4.44

ARI  5.61

 BA

J. Altuve  .355

J. Bradley  .273

T. Frazier  .215

 OBP

J. Votto  .432

G. Polanco  .340

F. Galvis  .268

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .633

A. Gonzalez  .456

E. Aybar  .319

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.040

M. Reynolds  .800

E. Aybar  .611

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.19

J. Eickhoff  3.87

J. Shields  5.98

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.89

D. Keuchel  7.71

J. Weaver  4.56

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.