Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, September 25, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Start Time
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue
Wrigley Field
Series
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
64° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Monday, 24 Sep 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 79-76
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 156
On This Date 51-57
Standing 4th (11.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 13-7
Last 30 16-14
Home 44-36
Away 35-40
Extra Innings 6-4
vs. RHP 59-51
vs. LHP 20-25
1-Run Games 28-21
vs. East 12-20
vs. Central 40-30
vs. West 12-21
Inter-League 15-5

PIT Last 10 Games

Chris Archer (#24, 29, RHP, 5-8, 4.49)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 91-65
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 157
On This Date 57-57
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 18-12
Home 47-28
Away 44-37
Extra Innings 10-8
vs. RHP 69-52
vs. LHP 22-13
1-Run Games 25-24
vs. East 22-11
vs. Central 37-33
vs. West 19-14
Inter-League 13-7

CHC Last 10 Games

Mike Montgomery (#38, 28, LHP, 5-5, 3.75)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 10, 2018PIT8@CHC5
Wed, Apr 11, 2018CHC13 PIT5
Thu, Apr 12, 2018PIT6@CHC1
Mon, May 28, 2018CHC7@PIT0
Tue, May 29, 2018CHC8@PIT6
Wed, May 30, 2018PIT2 CHC1
Fri, Jun 08, 2018CHC3 PIT1
Sat, Jun 09, 2018CHC2 PIT0
Sun, Jun 10, 2018PIT7@CHC1
Tue, Jul 31, 2018PIT5 CHC4
Wed, Aug 01, 2018CHC9@PIT2
Thu, Aug 16, 2018CHC1@PIT0
Fri, Aug 17, 2018CHC1@PIT0
Sat, Aug 18, 2018PIT3 CHC1
Sun, Aug 19, 2018PIT2 CHC1(11)
Mon, Sep 24, 2018PIT5@CHC1
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Sep 25, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Wed, Sep 26, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Thu, Sep 27, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Pirates Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.97 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 38. Montgomery* 21. Chatwood 43. Chavez 41. Cishek 32. Duensing* 6. Edwards 64. Garcia* 20. Kintzler 36. Maples 24. Mills 57. Norwood 29. De La Rosa* 47. Rosario* 46. Strop 61. Webster 37. Wilson*
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.664 7/.929 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.393 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.571 9/.730 2/1.000 3/1.000 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 2/.500 4/.250 1/ 3/1.666
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
12. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.800 7/1.547 1/2.000 6/1.166 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.393
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.500 9/.347 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.833 4/.250 9/.111 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 12/.083 ··· 2/.000
44. Kramer* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
63. Lavarnway G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
47. Luplow G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· 2/1.500
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.111 8/1.089 4/.000 8/.375 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 10/.400 1/ ··· ··· 16/.900 2/.000 21/.453 ··· 3/1.000
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/1.389 6/1.467 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/.733 6/.000 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 14/.891 ··· 10/.311 ··· 2/.500
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.900 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
15. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
58. Stallings G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 558 .268 .358 .417 .775 409 .786 149 .748 .847 87 .921 1 5 11 6
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 394 .260 .380 .430 .810 298 .820 96 .780 .876 60 .613 2 3 12 4
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 262 .285 .340 .448 .787 181 .717 81 .934 .860 10 .650 0 1 9 8
12. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 515 .296 .326 .466 .792 392 .826 123 .682 .772 63 .833 8 3 12 1
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 334 .286 .351 .468 .820 271 .872 63 .603 .680 84 .889 1 3 10 6
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 366 .252 .294 .368 .662 266 .648 100 .699 .656 22 .591 3 0 8 6
44. Kramer* G ·  S ·  vP 28 .115 .179 .115 .294 28 .294 .282 28 .294 0 0 0 0
63. Lavarnway G ·  S ·  vP 4 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 4 1.750 3.000 4 1.750 0 0 0
47. Luplow G ·  S ·  vP 99 .182 .273 .341 .614 60 .587 39 .653 .639 48 .625 2 2 3 1
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 578 .276 .321 .451 .771 435 .795 143 .699 .763 93 .728 33 14 19 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 430 .250 .315 .381 .696 316 .677 114 .750 .648 34 .359 2 0 6 10
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 448 .277 .339 .399 .738 383 .781 65 .486 .712 55 .783 0 2 10 10
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 78 .181 .231 .208 .439 67 .399 11 .697 .505 60 .393 0 1 0 4
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 94 .220 .234 .363 .597 43 .395 51 .775 .697 30 .729 0 0 2 1
15. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 42 .333 .381 .513 .894 24 .708 18 1.178 1.456 42 .894 0 1 2 2
58. Stallings G ·  S ·  vP 38 .235 .289 .235 .525 27 .625 11 .282 .435 24 .619 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .254 .317 .406 .723 .725 .718 .721 .695 69 38 150 100

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP ······X····X·· 117.2 3.75 6.3 503 .263 .695 362 .715 141 .642 .763 80 .719 9 8 7
21. Chatwood G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 103.2 5.30 7.4 486 .245 .774 221 .578 265 .923 .793 9 .611 9 9 2
43. Chavez G ·  S ·  vP ··X······o·XX· 89.1 2.72 8.7 358 .242 .669 235 .664 123 .679 .761 44 .598 13 2 1
41. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP X·o······o·oo· 67.1 2.27 10.0 274 .181 .595 178 .531 96 .719 .684 31 .907 5 0 1
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP o··X·······oo· 37.2 7.65 5.7 181 .286 .863 100 1.008 81 .689 .867 17 1.163 6 2 0
6. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····o··XX· 50.0 2.34 11.9 212 .191 .577 123 .534 89 .637 .528 31 .724 2 10 0
64. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP o··o····X·o··· 79.1 6.01 8.3 356 .255 .814 259 .890 97 .618 .679 21 .483 13 10 3
35. Hamels* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 183.2 3.87 8.8 778 .250 .758 639 .777 139 .666 .813 127 .835 29 19 5
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 191.0 3.49 7.5 779 .247 .686 414 .710 365 .659 .677 125 .547 22 10 3
20. Kintzler G ·  S ·  vP ···o··o·····o· 58.0 4.66 6.4 252 .281 .784 148 .735 104 .856 1.006 37 .847 5 2 4
34. Lester* G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 175.2 3.43 7.5 736 .259 .742 579 .707 157 .875 .755 96 .675 24 13 9
36. Maples G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o··o·o··· 5.0 12.60 14.4 28 .333 1.262 15 1.333 13 1.189 1.218 11 1.295 2 0 0
24. Mills G ·  S ·  vP o·····X······· 15.2 2.87 10.9 59 .164 .511 31 .469 28 .558 .649 31 .579 1 0 0
57. Norwood G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o······o· 9.1 4.82 6.8 47 .317 .752 30 .621 17 1.009 .713 26 .819 0 0 0
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····X 164.1 4.11 8.2 701 .244 .734 548 .754 153 .662 .765 120 .635 23 5 6
29. De La Rosa* G ·  S ·  vP ·X········XX·o 53.1 3.54 7.4 229 .246 .719 135 .731 94 .702 .634 37 .361 6 4 0
47. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP o··X·····o·oo· 46.0 3.72 5.7 197 .263 .722 121 .801 76 .594 .746 41 .759 5 1 2
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP ···········X·o 59.2 2.26 8.6 240 .179 .541 143 .473 97 .643 .525 21 .243 4 0 0
61. Webster G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 1.0 18.00 9.0 5 .400 1.400 4 1.750 1 .000 5 1.400 1 0 0
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP ··o····o·o·o·o 54.0 2.83 11.5 229 .205 .642 137 .636 92 .651 .644 27 .551 5 1 2
TOTAL 3.67 8.2 .240 .699 .726 .684 154 82 39

Cubs Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.33 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 24. Archer 52. Anderson 43. Brault* 57. Burdi 30. Crick 45. Feliz 68. Holmes 35. Kela 59. Musgrove 66. Neverauskas 73. Vazquez* 48. Rodriguez 37. Santana
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
5. Almora G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 9/1.223 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.750 9/.222 3/.000 ···
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.167 ··· 11/1.511 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 9/.222 2/2.500 7/.572 5/.400 1/.000
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/ 1/.000
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· 13/1.692 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.229 2/1.000 11/.598 1/2.000 2/.000
7. Caratini# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 6/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ···
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 ··· 10/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· 1/.000 6/.900 1/2.000 7/.143 2/5.000 3/1.334
53. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Freeman* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.800 ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 1/.000 2/1.500
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.467 ··· 12/1.227 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.819 3/.000 15/.900 3/1.167 3/.666
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000
3. Murphy* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ···
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.619 ··· 10/.300 ··· 3/.666 1/ ··· 2/.500 10/.300 3/.333 10/.200 5/.800 1/5.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/ 6/.334 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 ··· 12/.555 ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.667 6/.834 4/.750 12/.705 4/.500 3/.333

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Almora G ·  S ·  vP 473 .283 .321 .377 .697 332 .672 141 .758 .747 73 .440 1 3 5 3
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 615 .292 .327 .566 .893 473 .890 142 .902 .817 95 .844 21 9 34 14
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 197 .237 .315 .405 .719 136 .642 61 .904 .828 62 .454 3 4 6 3
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 440 .277 .375 .460 .835 345 .754 95 1.116 .864 82 .756 2 4 12 13
7. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 191 .243 .305 .318 .623 138 .686 53 .446 .703 49 .663 0 0 2 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 526 .254 .345 .392 .737 395 .722 131 .785 .844 66 .546 4 1 9 12
53. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 6 .400 .333 .400 .733 6 .733 6 .733 0 0 0 0
4. Freeman* G ·  S ·  vP
1. Gore G ·  S ·  vP 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 .667 2 .000 5 .400 5 0 0 0
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 447 .229 .347 .410 .756 330 .812 117 .608 .717 61 .675 8 3 15 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 465 .273 .338 .397 .735 369 .735 96 .734 .737 17 .548 1 1 7 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 185 .268 .337 .329 .666 161 .702 24 .384 .658 20 .774 0 1 1 4
3. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP 322 .292 .332 .455 .787 241 .857 81 .577 .722 84 .711 2 0 12 6
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 635 .278 .375 .463 .838 474 .897 161 .674 .955 97 .725 6 4 24 7
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 494 .242 .361 .479 .840 405 .878 89 .670 .843 42 1.065 4 3 26 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 494 .311 .383 .445 .829 364 .837 130 .808 .725 86 .708 3 4 9 1
TOTAL .259 .334 .412 .746 .751 .730 .760 .652 64 37 163 96

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
24. Archer G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 142.1 4.49 9.7 614 .271 .776 353 .734 261 .833 .781 94 .715 19 10 4
52. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP ·X···········o 7.1 8.59 2.5 37 .367 .939 20 .865 17 1.029 1.204 16 .464 0 1 0
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X···o··X··o 86.1 4.90 7.9 393 .249 .769 270 .816 123 .662 .703 43 1.110 10 2 5
57. Burdi G ·  S ·  vP ·X···········X 1.1 20.25 13.5 10 .375 1.250 7 .952 3 2.000 1.850 10 1.250 1 0 0
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP ··o···o·oX···· 58.1 2.47 9.4 249 .207 .584 132 .486 117 .691 .585 27 .585 3 9 2
45. Feliz G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X··o··o 44.2 6.04 9.9 205 .271 .808 114 .846 91 .760 .766 15 .582 6 1 1
68. Holmes G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········X 20.1 7.97 7.1 105 .313 .845 57 .906 48 .776 1.280 15 .921 1 1 0
35. Kela G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 52.0 3.29 11.4 212 .199 .605 121 .474 91 .780 .665 15 .867 5 6 2
49. Kingham G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 72.1 5.23 8.2 322 .253 .815 167 .717 155 .921 .768 47 1.025 17 1 2
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 115.1 4.06 7.8 486 .253 .687 263 .613 223 .777 .640 101 .684 12 2 1
66. Neverauskas G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X······X··· 22.0 9.00 9.0 100 .295 1.006 55 .734 45 1.378 .991 22 .973 8 1 0
46. Nova G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 157.0 4.01 6.4 661 .263 .760 344 .710 317 .815 .848 62 .467 25 4 2
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP o·X··oX·XX··X· 68.0 2.78 11.2 290 .238 .632 227 .678 63 .469 .682 60 .858 4 4 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP o·oo·oX·oX···· 67.2 2.39 11.6 271 .211 .584 146 .717 125 .428 .632 43 .240 5 1 0
37. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ···o··Xo··o··· 66.1 3.26 7.3 271 .240 .659 135 .624 136 .696 .625 29 1.068 7 2 1
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 185.0 3.16 8.4 761 .244 .675 355 .605 406 .737 .654 131 .625 19 12 2
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 165.2 3.04 6.6 677 .226 .644 343 .656 334 .632 .645 114 .503 15 3 5
TOTAL 4.04 8.3 .250 .725 .731 .691 168 66 34

Explanation and Key

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