Tampa Bay Rays vs. Chicago Cubs, at Tropicana Field, September 20, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Start Time
7:10et (local)
Venue
Tropicana Field
Series
Game #2 of a 2-game series
All Stats Thru
Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017
Cubs favored: 52.6% to 47.4%
Score: Cubs 4.73 to 4.13

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Chicago Cubs
Record 84-66
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 154
On This Date 51-69
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 14-6
Last 30 21-9
Home 46-32
Away 38-34
Extra Innings 4-2
vs. RHP 63-54
vs. LHP 21-12
1-Run Games 23-15
vs. East 21-13
vs. Central 38-27
vs. West 13-19
Inter-League 12-7

CHC Last 10 Games

Jon Lester (#34, 33, LHP, 11-7, 4.30)

Tampa Bay Rays

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Tampa Bay Rays
Record 73-78
Manager Kevin Cash
Game # 152
On This Date 8-10
Standing 3rd (14.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 13-17
Home 38-39
Away 35-39
Extra Innings 8-6
vs. RHP 56-50
vs. LHP 17-28
1-Run Games 20-24
vs. East 29-37
vs. Central 18-15
vs. West 16-17
Inter-League 10-9

TBR Last 10 Games

Blake Snell (#4, 24, LHP, 3-6, 4.25)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Jul 04, 2017TBR6@CHC5
Wed, Jul 05, 2017CHC7 TBR3
Tue, Sep 19, 2017CHC2@TBR1
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Sep 20, 2017CHC@TBR7:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Cubs Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.38 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 46. Alvarado* 26. Boxberger 33. Cishek 37. Colome 34. Faria 49. Hunter 43. Jennings* 36. Kittredge 50. Pruitt 52. Roe 54. Romo 4. Snell* 59. Stanek 47. Whitley
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
5. Almora G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ···
13. Avila* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.334 11/.728 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ···
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB
20. Caratini# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000
43. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Freeman* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ···
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/2.000 11/1.233 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/1.231 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ···
30. Jay* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· ···
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB
24. Martin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000
7. Rivera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.250 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 7/.486 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 3/.667 ··· 3/1.667
27. Russell G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 2/.500 ··· 22/.627 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/.000

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Almora G ·  S ·  vP 304 .299 .341 .441 .782 186 .703 118 .910 .665 47 .970 1 7 1
13. Avila* G ·  S ·  vP 360 .270 .387 .460 .847 316 .893 44 .519 .771 46 .673 1 14 3
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 480 .273 .314 .482 .796 354 .732 126 .975 .770 89 .761 10 3 22 15
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 624 .290 .404 .532 .936 475 .916 149 .999 .969 107 .966 7 4 27 18
20. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 55 .240 .309 .360 .669 42 .514 13 1.215 .476 11 .384 1 2
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 397 .278 .354 .517 .871 271 .844 126 .930 .935 19 1.040 3 4 21 14
43. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 1.000 1 .000 3 .667
15. Freeman* G ·  S ·  vP 47 .070 .149 .140 .288 40 .283 7 .286 .139 8 .250 1 2
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 382 .251 .324 .504 .828 275 .839 107 .801 .812 77 .823 8 3 22 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 449 .263 .326 .388 .714 332 .727 117 .680 .741 82 .739 4 4 10 2
30. Jay* G ·  S ·  vP 394 .283 .370 .364 .734 301 .729 93 .751 .634 74 .667 5 2 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 133 .273 .379 .473 .852 122 .835 11 1.000 1.002 36 .712 5 1
24. Martin* G ·  S ·  vP 128 .182 .227 .298 .524 107 .451 21 .912 .479 6 .833 7 4 3 1
7. Rivera G ·  S ·  vP 227 .249 .301 .416 .717 172 .686 55 .810 .668 37 .979 1 9 1
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 651 .279 .398 .522 .920 482 .918 169 .926 .815 103 .987 10 3 32 3
27. Russell G ·  S ·  vP 356 .244 .312 .426 .738 259 .707 97 .822 .824 8 1.625 2 1 11 12
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 462 .208 .314 .463 .776 366 .805 96 .663 .644 69 .892 28 5
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 458 .236 .325 .376 .701 345 .741 113 .576 .613 88 .796 2 2 10 3
TOTAL .256 .338 .441 .779 .772 .801 .814 58 27 210 94

TBR Pitchers

TBR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
4. Snell* G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 114.1 4.25 7.9 488 .244 .735 421 .768 67 .525 .716 90 .678 14 4 2
46. Alvarado* G ·  S ·  vP o···X·o···oX·o 27.1 3.95 8.6 111 .200 .537 65 .440 46 .675 .519 16 .250 1 2
35. Andriese G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 75.0 4.44 7.8 326 .264 .798 182 .941 144 .619 .763 65 .969 14 5 2
22. Archer G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 192.1 4.02 11.3 813 .245 .708 426 .657 387 .765 .653 93 .873 26 5 2
26. Boxberger G ·  S ·  vP ····X·X···X··o 25.1 3.91 11.7 107 .234 .726 49 .866 58 .615 .744 37 .881 4 3
33. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP ····o··X·X···X 40.2 2.21 8.2 159 .169 .505 107 .442 52 .636 .549 39 .451 3
53. Cobb G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 173.1 3.63 6.4 715 .250 .704 406 .733 309 .663 .605 108 .621 21 14 4
37. Colome G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X··o·o···· 65.1 3.17 7.9 275 .228 .630 138 .587 137 .674 .675 38 .569 4 1
34. Faria G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 81.2 3.20 8.6 335 .220 .648 224 .721 111 .475 .604 9 .000 8 3 4
49. Hunter G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··o·o···· 55.0 2.29 9.5 210 .192 .571 121 .636 89 .481 .631 32 .285 6 4 1
43. Jennings* G ·  S ·  vP o··Xo·oo·oX··· 59.2 3.62 7.2 257 .233 .687 130 .736 127 .634 .595 35 .903 8 3 1
36. Kittredge G ·  S ·  vP o···X·o·o··o·· 12.0 2.25 6.8 51 .217 .671 30 .599 21 .778 .579 28 .448 2
23. Odorizzi G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 133.1 4.46 7.7 568 .225 .756 321 .799 247 .701 .771 99 .560 30 7 3
50. Pruitt G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··o 82.0 5.16 7.2 364 .299 .823 201 .912 163 .713 .855 68 .678 11 8
52. Roe G ·  S ·  vP o···o···X··X·o 6.1 2.84 8.5 29 .208 .595 17 .639 12 .533 .348 16 .464
54. Romo G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o·X·o····X 52.0 3.81 9.7 210 .209 .669 149 .632 61 .759 .531 47 .401 9 5 1
59. Stanek G ·  S ·  vP ········X··X·· 16.0 6.75 12.9 78 .343 1.080 48 1.379 30 .630 1.095 16 1.053 6 4 1
47. Whitley G ·  S ·  vP ····X···X··o·· 55.1 3.42 6.7 226 .206 .595 130 .530 96 .685 .576 20 .578 4 3
TOTAL 4.00 8.3 .241 .713 .690 .657 181 80 21

Rays Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.38 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Rays Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 71. Davis 32. Duensing* 6. Edwards 52. Grimm 34. Lester* 36. Maples 60. Pena 56. Rondon 46. Strop 19. Uehara 37. Wilson* 29. Zastryzny*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
18. Bourjos G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 8/1.250 1/.000 5/.600 18/.915 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 ···
19. Casali G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ···
10. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 5/.400 ···
21. Duda* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.778 ··· 1/5.000 4/1.250 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ···
8. Espinosa# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/2.083 ··· ··· 6/.000 5/.200 4/1.250 3/.000 ···
11. Hechavarria G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.650 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 12/1.017 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 8/.542 ···
39. Kiermaier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/.334 ···
3. Longoria G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.250 13/.693 ··· ··· 66/.766 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.904 26/.512 4/.000 ···
13. Miller* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ···
7. Morrison* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.810 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 3/.666 ···
14. Plouffe G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.821 ··· ··· 4/.500 16/.321 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.833 3/1.334 ···
30. Puello G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
40. Ramos G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.833 ··· ··· 10/1.800 6/.167 ··· ··· 7/.286 6/.500 5/.000 3/1.667 ···
Smith* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
20. Souza G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
45. Sucre G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···

TBR Batters

TBR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
18. Bourjos G ·  S ·  vP 185 .228 .283 .392 .674 80 .551 105 .768 .823 31 .656 5 4 5
19. Casali G ·  S ·  vP 4 .333 .500 .333 .833 2 .000 2 2.000 .500 4 .833
10. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 596 .277 .323 .490 .813 439 .804 157 .837 .786 72 .685 4 3 26 1
21. Duda* G ·  S ·  vP 458 .223 .325 .511 .837 354 .892 104 .654 .794 71 .660 29 3
8. Espinosa# G ·  S ·  vP 295 .173 .245 .278 .523 188 .537 107 .499 .609 24 .606 4 5 6 6
11. Hechavarria G ·  S ·  vP 316 .255 .287 .399 .686 234 .651 82 .789 .610 84 .957 2 1 7 4
39. Kiermaier* G ·  S ·  vP 389 .276 .338 .456 .794 245 .863 144 .674 .855 104 .761 14 6 14 6
3. Longoria G ·  S ·  vP 638 .266 .318 .427 .745 455 .776 183 .664 .798 97 .662 6 1 18 10
13. Miller* G ·  S ·  vP 381 .193 .325 .323 .648 295 .633 86 .692 .661 67 .720 4 3 8 11
7. Morrison* G ·  S ·  vP 558 .241 .346 .514 .860 421 .892 137 .758 .679 72 .937 2 36 7
14. Plouffe G ·  S ·  vP 299 .203 .274 .317 .592 189 .558 110 .649 .710 18 .465 1 2 8 9
30. Puello G ·  S ·  vP 25 .208 .240 .208 .448 9 .819 16 .250 .665 20 .461 2
40. Ramos G ·  S ·  vP 199 .241 .270 .412 .682 144 .651 55 .766 .749 60 .640 9 4
Smith* G ·  S ·  vP 259 .267 .329 .356 .685 218 .695 41 .633 .776 18 .284 16 4 2 3
20. Souza G ·  S ·  vP 583 .236 .343 .459 .801 426 .827 157 .731 .777 80 .445 14 4 29 5
45. Sucre G ·  S ·  vP 182 .259 .294 .404 .698 138 .687 44 .734 .689 25 .925 2 6
TOTAL .243 .315 .422 .737 .752 .697 .699 81 32 213 95

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
34. Lester* G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 165.1 4.30 9.2 697 .257 .750 546 .800 151 .576 .737 75 .901 24 16 11
49. Arrieta G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 160.1 3.48 8.8 671 .231 .696 365 .588 306 .829 .736 58 .646 20 18 4
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP o·oXX····X···o 53.2 2.01 11.6 219 .170 .550 115 .656 104 .432 .643 38 .388 4 4
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··Xo····o·· 58.1 2.47 8.9 241 .235 .640 144 .612 97 .680 .688 31 .614 5 4 1
6. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP o·ooo··X·X···· 61.1 3.23 12.9 244 .143 .523 123 .588 121 .458 .467 40 .529 6 5
52. Grimm G ·  S ·  vP ····X·X···X·X· 49.2 5.98 9.8 212 .240 .801 133 .781 79 .830 .685 30 .934 12 7 1
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 128.2 3.22 7.6 524 .239 .677 278 .648 246 .710 .613 129 .626 17 11 3
41. Lackey G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 159.2 4.62 8.1 686 .253 .786 355 .723 331 .854 .806 92 .541 34 13 2
36. Maples G ·  S ·  vP ··········X··· 2.1 23.14 15.4 15 .364 1.079 10 1.314 5 .650 2.083 15 1.079
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 124.1 3.47 6.9 516 .223 .641 371 .639 145 .644 .609 87 .575 10 6 3
60. Pena G ·  S ·  vP ·····Xo···o·X· 28.0 5.46 9.6 126 .268 .858 63 .900 63 .807 .903 41 .801 6 3
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 175.0 4.27 9.9 740 .242 .721 590 .758 150 .581 .671 127 .760 23 8 6
56. Rondon G ·  S ·  vP ···········o·o 54.0 4.50 10.8 226 .240 .752 144 .697 82 .854 .781 20 .350 10 6 1
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP o·X·o·oo·X···X 57.1 2.98 9.3 237 .208 .626 140 .723 97 .490 .612 38 .753 4 2 1
39. Tseng G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 3.0 15.00 18.0 17 .357 1.269 7 1.000 10 1.500 17 1.269 2 2
19. Uehara G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 43.0 3.98 10.5 178 .232 .679 98 .614 80 .761 .735 14 1.214 7 1
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP ····o··X····X· 53.1 3.54 12.0 225 .186 .623 157 .583 68 .718 .634 29 .678 5 4
29. Zastryzny* G ·  S ·  vP ··········X··· 11.0 8.18 7.4 51 .326 .943 42 .957 9 .756 .923 34 .975 2
TOTAL 4.04 8.9 .238 .715 .707 .706 182 110 31

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