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Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs, at Minute Maid Park, September 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 9, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
83° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
143
On This Date:
64-64
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
143
On This Date:
30-19
Season Series

Fri, Sep 09, 2016 CHC    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 CHC    @HOU  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 CHC    @HOU  8:05pm

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
89-50, 1st, 16 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-20   Road:   38-30   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  61-34   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:38-18   vsWest: 19-14 IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  7  @MIL  L   1-2       89-50  1st 15.5 up
138 Tue, Sep  6  @MIL  L   5-12      89-49  1st 15.5 up
137 Mon, Sep  5  @MIL  W   7-2       89-48  1st 16.5 up
136 Sun, Sep  4   SFG  W   3-2 (13)  88-48  1st 16.5 up
135 Sat, Sep  3   SFG  L   2-3       87-48  1st 16.5 up
134 Fri, Sep  2   SFG  W   2-1       87-47  1st 16.5 up
133 Thu, Sep  1   SFG  W   5-4       86-47  1st 15.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 31   PIT  W   6-5       85-47  1st 15.0 up
131 Tue, Aug 30   PIT  W   3-0       84-47  1st 14.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 29   PIT  W   8-7 (13)  83-47  1st 14.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9
Houston Astros
74-66, 2nd, 8½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-29   Road:   35-37   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  51-44   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  24-22
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 32-25 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  8  @CLE  L   7-10      74-66  2nd  8.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  7  @CLE  L   5-6       74-65  2nd  8.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  6  @CLE  W   4-3       74-64  2nd  8.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  5  @CLE  W   6-2       73-64  2nd  8.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  4  @TEX  W   7-6       72-64  2nd  9.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3  @TEX  L   4-12      71-64  2nd 10.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  2  @TEX  L   8-10      71-63  2nd  9.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31   OAK  W   4-3       71-62  2nd  8.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30   OAK  W   3-1       70-62  2nd  8.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29   OAK  W   6-0       69-62  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 23, 2013 CHC 14  HOU  6        W:Jeff Samardzija (5-7), L: Jordan Lyles (4-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 HOU  4 @CHC  3        W:Jose Cisnero (2-0), L: Kevin Gregg (2-1), S: Jose Veras (15)
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 CHC  3  HOU  1        W:Matt Garza (2-1), L: Dallas Keuchel (4-4), S: Kevin Gregg (11)
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Carlos Marmol (3-3), L: Hector Ambriz (1-1), S: none
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Bud Norris (7-13), L: Chris Volstad (3-12), S: Wilton Lopez (10)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Lucas Harrell (11-11), L: Jason Berken (0-3), S: Wesley Wright (1)
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 CHC  5 @HOU  1        W:Travis Wood (6-11), L: Fernando Abad (0-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 HOU  1  CHC  0        W:Jordan Lyles (4-11), L: Justin Germano (2-7), S: Wilton Lopez (4)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 CHC  4 @HOU  1        W:Chris Volstad (3-10), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-10), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 CHC  7  HOU  2        W:Justin Germano (2-2), L: Bud Norris (5-10), S: none
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 377-331

SP: Jon Lester (32, LHP, 15-4, 2.61)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (15-4) 169.0 129 51 49 47 164 20 2.61
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 5-0 46.2 29 7 7 11 46 3 1.35 68
2016-09-02 SFG W 9.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 102 79
2016-08-28 @LAD ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 98 70
2016-08-22 @SDP W 6.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 100 64
2016-08-17 MIL W 6.2 3 1 1 2 7 0 118 69
2016-08-11 STL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 91 59
2016-08-05 @OAK W 7.0 6 2 2 0 8 1 107 65
2016-07-29 SEA W 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 95 69
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 5.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 10.80 28
2008-06-28 @HOU ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 76 28

SP: Joseph Musgrove (23, RHP, 2-3, 5.06)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-3) 37.1 42 21 21 8 35 7 5.06
Last 7 GS 2-3 33.0 41 21 21 7 27 7 5.73 45
2016-09-03 @TEX L 4.1 8 5 5 2 3 2 77 28
2016-08-29 OAK W 5.1 3 0 0 3 7 0 94 66
2016-08-23 @PIT L 4.0 8 5 5 0 2 1 71 28
2016-08-18 @BAL L 5.1 11 8 8 1 2 3 97 15
2016-08-12 @TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 94 63
2016-08-07 TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 99 69
Has never faced CHC as starter.

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

Cubs Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Musgrove
G/S/vB		 50.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 61.Gustave
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 51.Hoyt
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 62.Rodgers
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Almora G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/50 .262/.287/.417/.704 .743/.674 .949 1/.000 0/0 2/0
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 384/257 .271/.307/.431/.738 .836/.691 .642 72/.650 12/3 13/12
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 612/432 .302/.397/.573/.970 1.049/.937 1.032 111/1.131 8/5 36/12
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 258/235 .167/.260/.285/.545 .367/.562 .565 24/.614 1/1 5/2
40.Contreras G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 240/167 .264/.338/.449/.787 .856/.755 .710 60/.694 2/1 9/5
19.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 27/17 .192/.222/.269/.491 1.056/.176 1.071 / 0/0 0/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 19/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 468/330 .266/.377/.425/.801 .849/.781 .866 104/.606 9/4 10/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 521/370 .229/.300/.318/.618 .592/.629 .660 79/.586 8/4 6/2
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/.750/1.250 /1.250 1.667 1/3.000 1/0 0/0
2.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 136/120 .280/.370/.432/.803 .683/.817 .828 14/.445 0/0 2/4
47.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/.938 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 242/206 .212/.331/.345/.675 .490/.710 .812 28/1.064 1/0 6/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 592/397 .295/.390/.557/.947 .848/.996 .959 105/.882 3/4 29/6
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/114 .241/.360/.448/.808 .963/.719 .685 27/.981 0/1 8/9
27.Russell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 528/374 .243/.328/.423/.751 .772/.742 .654 92/.822 5/1 19/11
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 233/151 .250/.343/.445/.788 .833/.763 .709 59/.785 0/0 10/1
20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 178/108 .268/.322/.421/.743 .712/.763 .616 41/.302 2/3 5/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 5/.733 ··· 8/.393 556/393 .273/.384/.433/.817 .843/.806 .901 98/.769 5/4 14/5
IP 37.1 4.1 97.0 60.1 55.1 49.1 7.1 54.1 12.2 41.0 10.2 1.2 37.1 TOTAL .256/.343/.427/.770 .804/.756 .781 .743 56/30 171/88
ERA-K/9 5.06/8.4 4.15/6.3 2.13/8.0 4.77/13.4 3.58/13.8 3.10/10.4 1.23/7.4 2.32/9.9 4.97/10.6 2.63/7.7 3.38/7.6 54.00/5.3 5.54/8.9 4.06/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Contreras (19-10-6)
 Federowicz (3-0-0)
 Montero (56-7-3)
 Ross (41-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.286 19/.333 365/.205 253/.227 237/.241 193/.170 26/.200 217/.222 51/.255 156/.188 45/.220 18/.643 172/.312 .260  Fowler
 Heyward
 Bryant
 Almora
 Coghlan
 Soler
 Contreras
 Zobrist
 Szczur
 Patton
 Wood
 Baez
0/102/0/5
0/24/113/4
55/1/14/3
6/25/1/1
22/0/17/1
47/0/7/1
21/0/0/1
20/0/24/1
48/15/8/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .853 .868 .561 .672 .710 .562 .471 .550 .847 .590 .752 1.794 1.008 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.877 4/1.000 183/.638 117/.708 118/.607 97/.736 13/.462 97/.562 19/.737 43/1.001 23/.939 12/2.333 87/1.016 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.835 15/.833 182/.485 136/.642 119/.813 96/.395 13/.481 120/.540 32/.920 113/.442 22/.543 6/1.000 85/.999 .715
Home 64/.424 / 189/.535 126/.419 129/.621 106/.562 / 111/.538 16/.679 86/.584 11/.582 / 84/1.023
Last 28d days 91/1.125 10/.422 56/.329 46/.941 34/.781 22/.703 20/.255 28/.327 30/1.000 26/.692 45/.752 18/1.794 32/1.130
HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 0/0/0 4/9/4 10/4/1 7/2/0 4/4/0 0/1/2 3/9/0 4/0/0 5/1/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 12/2/1 163/53/26
Usage ·····X·· Xo······ ··o·X·o· X··X··X· ··X·o··· ··X·X··· ·X·o·oo· ··o·oo·· ·oX··Xo· ·o·o·o·· ··X····· X····X·· ·o·o·oo·
Astros Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Lester*
G/S/vB		 43.Buchanan
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		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 30.Smith
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 29.Zastryzny*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.375 15/.857 ··· 625/464 .342/.404/.548/.951 .982/.941 .864 106/.727 27/7 22/5
2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/139 .267/.324/.488/.813 .792/.820 .659 111/1.029 1/0 7/9
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 335/247 .216/.319/.395/.715 .531/.781 .655 44/.943 2/1 10/4
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 586/433 .274/.362/.460/.822 .750/.846 .810 94/.705 12/3 19/13
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.166 3/.666 ··· 423/273 .245/.312/.484/.796 .934/.719 .792 81/.950 2/1 24/2
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 436/276 .254/.292/.418/.710 .767/.678 .741 69/.707 10/5 12/5
10.Gurriel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .333/.353/.521/.874 .800/.904 .813 51/.874 0/0 2/0
35.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/47 .213/.324/.410/.734 .649/.772 .327 66/.654 0/2 3/1
16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/81 .221/.306/.279/.585 .347/.639 .776 28/.294 2/1 0/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 248/151 .214/.261/.349/.611 .739/.531 .603 51/.695 7/4 5/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 15/.400 ··· 5/2.000 2/no AB ··· 7/1.262 3/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 3/.833 ··· 395/311 .216/.289/.372/.661 .495/.706 .572 27/.973 4/1 15/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/110 .182/.283/.291/.574 .243/.626 .649 50/.684 0/0 3/2
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 647/477 .259/.363/.463/.826 .964/.780 .806 113/.813 9/9 26/2
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 244/158 .210/.283/.365/.648 .739/.598 .509 18/.575 1/0 7/4
IP 169.0 1.0 57.2 50.0 29.0 47.1 18.1 4.1 44.2 46.1 55.2 11.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.423/.745 .757/.741 .722 .788 91/37 177/65
ERA-K/9 2.61/8.7 9.00/9.0 2.65/9.5 1.80/13.7 2.79/12.1 3.61/10.8 4.42/8.4 6.23/16.7 2.62/10.3 3.88/6.4 3.23/6.8 0.79/10.4 3.11/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (36-9-12)
 Gattis (13-13-5)
 Stassi (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 668/.211 4/.250 255/.202 193/.174 108/.105 197/.219 86/.243 18/.188 168/.196 197/.256 235/.214 46/.195 .211  Rasmus
 Springer
 Marisnick
 Kemp
 Hernandez
 Gonzalez
 Bregman
 Gurriel
80/17/11/13
0/1/128/12
26/52/5/7
25/1/1/2
10/11/3/1
14/1/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .613 1.250 .607 .486 .352 .643 .714 .465 .544 .755 .709 .456 .631
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.592 1/.000 108/.707 39/.494 41/.327 85/.719 36/.637 4/.250 69/.660 89/.762 114/.472 29/.355 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 516/.619 3/1.667 147/.535 154/.483 67/.369 112/.585 50/.762 14/.516 99/.466 108/.749 121/.937 17/.639 .610
Road 322/.686 4/1.250 140/.572 75/.633 51/.204 91/.634 53/.717 11/.473 75/.470 103/.859 110/.544 29/.427
Last 28d days 101/.427 4/1.250 69/.490 48/.556 41/.420 37/.529 29/.796 18/.465 13/1.538 22/.746 42/.797 46/.456
HR/SB/CS 20/22/10 1/0/0 5/11/1 2/1/1 1/1/1 5/4/5 2/2/1 0/0/0 6/5/0 8/1/4 8/2/1 0/0/0 140/119/32
Usage ······X· ···X···· ·X··oX·· ····X··· ·X··X··o ·o··Xo·· ··X····· ··oo···· ··o····· ·o·oo··X ·o··oo·· ····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 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  5.50

LAA  4.51

PHI  3.67

 RA/G

CHC  3.42

DET  4.47

MIN  5.64

 BA

D. Murphy  .345

J. Bradley  .272

T. Frazier  .214

 OBP

M. Trout  .442

R. Martin  .340

F. Galvis  .270

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .625

S. Marte  .457

J. Heyward  .318

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.030

A. Pujols  .796

A. Ramirez  .605

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.07

D. Price  3.87

J. Shields  6.07

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.58

J. Garcia  7.67

M. Perez  4.61

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.