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Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs, at Minute Maid Park, September 10, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Start Time:
12:05ct (local), 1:05et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Game #:
144
On This Date:
62-61
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
144
On This Date:
22-25
Season Series
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 CHC  2 @HOU  0     

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

                         All times ET
90-50, 1st, 16 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-20   Road:   39-30   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  62-34   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:38-18   vsWest: 19-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Fri, Sep  9  @HOU  W   2-0       90-50  1st 16.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
74-67, 2nd, 9½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   35-37   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  51-44   vsLHP:  23-23   1-Run:  24-22
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 32-25 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Fri, Sep  9   CHC  L   0-2       74-67  2nd  9.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 CHC  2 @HOU  0        W:Jon Lester (16-4), L: Joseph Musgrove (2-4), S: Aroldis Chapman (33)

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)
Season Series: 2016 - CHC over 1-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 377-332

SP: John Lackey (37, RHP, 9-7, 3.36)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-7) 163.1 123 65 61 44 160 19 3.36
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 2-2 46.2 30 15 13 8 40 5 2.51 63
2016-09-04 SFG ND 5.0 1 2 1 1 4 0 76 62
2016-08-14 STL ND 6.2 4 1 0 1 5 0 101 68
2016-08-09 LAA W 8.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 102 77
2016-08-03 MIA ND 7.0 7 3 3 0 8 1 95 59
2016-07-28 CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 84 63
2016-07-23 @MIL L 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 2 115 53
2016-07-17 TEX L 8.0 6 4 4 2 8 1 112 60
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 22.2 25 11 11 13 21 3 4.37 49
2014-07-11 @HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 5 3 1 117 54
2013-08-05 @HOU L 6.0 8 2 2 2 10 0 113 56
2013-04-28 HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 81 60
2007-06-18 HOU ND 4.2 8 6 6 4 4 2 103 24

SP: Collin McHugh (29, RHP, 9-10, 4.96)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-10) 152.1 187 87 84 43 149 24 4.96
2015 (19-7) 203.2 207 89 88 53 171 19 3.89
2014 (11-9) 154.2 117 53 47 41 157 13 2.73
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 48 24 23 9 38 10 5.65 45
2016-09-04 @TEX ND 4.1 7 5 5 2 3 1 87 30
2016-08-30 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 102 68
2016-08-24 @PIT W 5.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 99 44
2016-08-19 @BAL ND 3.0 9 7 6 1 4 4 64 18
2016-08-13 @TOR L 5.1 5 3 3 2 6 1 95 50
2016-08-08 @MIN L 7.0 10 3 3 1 6 0 104 50
2016-08-03 TOR L 6.0 6 3 3 1 10 3 105 57
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Cubs Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 388/261 .270/.307/.429/.736 .836/.688 .639 72/.650 12/3 13/12
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 616/436 .302/.398/.577/.975 1.049/.945 1.041 111/1.200 8/5 37/12
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 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 56/.720 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/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 472/334 .266/.378/.429/.807 .849/.789 .875 104/.629 9/4 10/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 525/374 .227/.298/.316/.613 .592/.622 .650 79/.561 8/4 6/2
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 596/400 .294/.391/.555/.946 .844/.996 .957 105/.892 3/4 29/6
3.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 186/118 .235/.352/.436/.788 .963/.692 .651 31/.836 0/1 8/9
27.Russell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 532/377 .243/.327/.424/.751 .788/.736 .656 92/.739 5/1 19/11
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 237/155 .250/.342/.441/.783 .833/.755 .702 62/.778 0/0 10/1
20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 178/108 .268/.322/.421/.743 .712/.763 .616 40/.310 2/3 5/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 5/.733 ··· 9/.347 560/396 .270/.381/.429/.810 .837/.799 .887 98/.711 5/4 14/5
IP 152.1 4.1 97.0 60.1 55.1 49.1 7.1 54.1 14.0 42.0 10.2 1.2 38.0 TOTAL .255/.342/.427/.769 .805/.754 .778 .739 56/30 172/88
ERA-K/9 4.96/8.8 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 4.50/9.6 2.57/7.9 3.38/7.6 54.00/5.3 5.45/9.0 4.04/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Contreras (19-10-6)
 Federowicz (3-0-0)
 Montero (56-7-3)
 Ross (44-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.303 19/.333 365/.205 253/.227 237/.241 193/.170 26/.200 217/.222 55/.235 160/.189 45/.220 18/.643 175/.312 .260  Fowler
 Heyward
 Bryant
 Almora
 Coghlan
 Soler
 Contreras
 Zobrist
 Szczur
 Patton
 Wood
 Baez
0/103/0/5
0/24/114/4
56/1/14/3
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 .842 .868 .561 .672 .710 .562 .471 .550 .783 .587 .752 1.794 1.008 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.839 4/1.000 183/.638 117/.708 118/.607 97/.736 13/.462 97/.562 20/.700 44/.976 23/.939 12/2.333 88/1.003 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 365/.844 15/.833 182/.485 136/.642 119/.813 96/.395 13/.481 120/.540 35/.834 116/.448 22/.543 6/1.000 87/1.011 .714
Home 329/.794 / 189/.535 126/.419 129/.621 106/.562 / 111/.538 20/.533 90/.580 11/.582 / 87/1.022
Last 28d days 87/.984 10/.422 56/.329 46/.941 34/.781 22/.703 14/.220 28/.327 31/.790 30/.667 45/.752 18/1.794 35/1.118
HR/SB/CS 24/4/3 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 12/2/1 164/53/26
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo····· ···o·X·o ·X··X··X ···X·o·· ···X·X·· ··X·o·oo ···o·oo· o·oX··Xo o·o·o·o· ···X···· ·X····X· o·o·o·oo
Astros Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
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 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.375 15/.857 ··· 629/464 .339/.401/.544/.945 .956/.941 .852 106/.645 27/7 22/5
2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/139 .267/.323/.483/.806 .768/.820 .651 111/1.029 2/0 7/9
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/1.127 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 90/.687 12/3 19/13
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.166 3/.666 ··· 426/273 .245/.312/.483/.795 .928/.719 .790 80/.990 2/1 24/2
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 439/276 .255/.293/.417/.710 .765/.678 .740 68/.718 11/5 12/5
10.Gurriel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/36 .346/.364/.519/.883 .842/.904 .846 55/.883 1/0 2/0
35.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 74/48 .219/.324/.422/.746 .727/.754 .410 65/.716 0/2 3/1
16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/82 .218/.303/.276/.579 .347/.631 .754 26/.317 2/1 0/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 250/151 .212/.259/.346/.605 .723/.531 .592 53/.667 7/4 5/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 5/2.000 2/no AB ··· 7/1.262 3/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 3/.833 ··· 398/311 .214/.287/.369/.656 .477/.706 .563 30/.871 4/1 15/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/110 .182/.283/.291/.574 .243/.626 .649 46/.604 0/0 3/2
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 651/478 .259/.363/.462/.824 .958/.778 .802 113/.819 9/10 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 163.1 1.0 57.2 51.0 29.0 47.1 18.1 4.1 45.2 46.1 55.2 11.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.422/.744 .753/.740 .719 .781 94/38 177/65
ERA-K/9 3.36/8.8 9.00/9.0 2.65/9.5 1.76/13.6 2.79/12.1 3.61/10.8 4.42/8.4 6.23/16.7 2.56/10.4 3.88/6.4 3.23/6.8 0.79/10.4 3.09/8.8

 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 645/.213 4/.250 255/.202 196/.171 108/.105 197/.219 86/.243 18/.188 171/.193 197/.256 235/.214 46/.195 .211  Rasmus
 Springer
 Marisnick
 Kemp
 Hernandez
 Gonzalez
 Bregman
 Gurriel
81/18/11/13
0/1/128/12
26/53/5/7
26/1/1/2
10/11/4/1
14/1/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .632 1.250 .607 .478 .352 .643 .714 .465 .534 .755 .709 .456 .630
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.686 1/.000 108/.707 39/.494 41/.327 85/.719 36/.637 4/.250 70/.650 89/.762 114/.472 29/.355 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.589 3/1.667 147/.535 157/.473 67/.369 112/.585 50/.762 14/.516 101/.456 108/.749 121/.937 17/.639 .609
Road 273/.705 4/1.250 140/.572 78/.607 51/.204 91/.634 53/.717 11/.473 78/.452 103/.859 110/.544 29/.427
Last 28d days 43/.344 4/1.250 69/.490 51/.521 34/.308 37/.529 29/.796 18/.465 16/1.238 20/.544 42/.797 46/.456
HR/SB/CS 19/13/3 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 0/0/0 140/122/33
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··X··oX· o····X·· ··X··X·· ··o··Xo· ···X···· ···oo··· o··o···· ··o·oo·· ··o··oo· ·····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

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.