Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, September 26, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Start Time
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue
Wrigley Field
Series
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
64° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 80-76
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 157
On This Date 57-57
Standing 4th (10.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 8-2
Last 20 14-6
Last 30 17-13
Home 44-36
Away 36-40
Extra Innings 6-4
vs. RHP 59-51
vs. LHP 21-25
1-Run Games 28-21
vs. East 12-20
vs. Central 41-30
vs. West 12-21
Inter-League 15-5

PIT Last 10 Games

Ivan Nova (#46, 31, RHP, 9-9, 4.01)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 91-66
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 158
On This Date 48-65
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 17-13
Home 47-29
Away 44-37
Extra Innings 10-8
vs. RHP 69-53
vs. LHP 22-13
1-Run Games 25-24
vs. East 22-11
vs. Central 37-34
vs. West 19-14
Inter-League 13-7

CHC Last 10 Games

Jose Quintana (#62, 29, LHP, 13-11, 4.11)

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
Tue, Sep 25, 2018PIT6@CHC0
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Sep 26, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Thu, Sep 27, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

PIT Batters vs CHC Pitchers
PIT Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Pirates Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.98 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 62. Quintana* 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 5/1.000 7/.929 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.393 5/.200 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.667 9/.730 2/1.000 3/1.000 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.756 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 9/1.000 7/1.547 1/2.000 6/1.166 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 8/.393
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.536 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 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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· 2/1.500
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.533 8/1.089 4/.000 8/.375 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 11/.364 1/ ··· ··· 17/.933 2/.000 21/.453 1/ 3/1.000
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.143 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 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ···
15. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/.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 563 .266 .359 .414 .773 411 .785 152 .742 .841 88 .920 1 5 11 6
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 399 .259 .378 .430 .808 300 .814 99 .789 .868 61 .633 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 520 .299 .329 .470 .798 394 .827 126 .707 .784 64 .868 8 3 12 1
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 339 .284 .349 .467 .816 272 .869 67 .612 .678 85 .853 1 3 10 6
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 366 .252 .294 .368 .662 266 .648 100 .699 .656 21 .619 3 0 8 6
44. Kramer* G ·  S ·  vP 29 .111 .172 .111 .284 29 .284 .258 29 .284 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 583 .276 .323 .452 .775 437 .794 146 .716 .770 93 .770 33 14 19 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 430 .250 .315 .381 .696 316 .677 114 .750 .648 30 .306 2 0 6 10
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 450 .275 .338 .397 .735 385 .777 65 .486 .705 53 .774 0 2 10 10
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 83 .182 .229 .208 .437 70 .382 13 .748 .494 64 .400 0 1 0 4
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 98 .215 .245 .355 .600 45 .405 53 .773 .695 34 .724 0 0 2 1
15. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 47 .357 .426 .595 1.021 27 .730 20 1.441 1.663 47 1.021 0 1 3 2
58. Stallings G ·  S ·  vP 38 .235 .289 .235 .525 27 .625 11 .282 .435 24 .619 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .254 .318 .407 .724 .724 .725 .723 .706 69 38 151 100

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 164.1 4.11 8.2 701 .244 .734 548 .754 153 .662 .765 120 .635 23 5 6
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·····o 58.2 4.60 6.3 255 .279 .780 150 .725 105 .862 .992 31 .643 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·o·· 5.1 11.81 15.2 29 .318 1.210 16 1.227 13 1.189 1.126 12 1.167 2 0 0
24. Mills G ·  S ·  vP oo·····X······ 16.0 3.38 11.2 62 .175 .540 34 .526 28 .558 .678 13 .322 1 0 0
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP X······X····X· 121.2 3.99 6.3 522 .268 .714 376 .733 146 .663 .802 99 .815 10 8 7
57. Norwood G ·  S ·  vP X···o·o······o 11.0 4.09 8.2 54 .298 .714 33 .603 21 .899 .638 26 .710 0 0 0
29. De La Rosa* G ·  S ·  vP X·X········XX· 54.0 3.50 7.3 233 .244 .718 138 .735 95 .694 .634 41 .382 6 4 0
47. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP oo··X·····o·oo 46.0 3.72 5.7 198 .267 .729 121 .801 77 .614 .759 34 .757 5 1 2
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP ············X· 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·····X······· 2.1 7.71 7.7 12 .200 .833 8 1.333 4 .000 .286 12 .833 1 0 0
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP ···o····o·o·o· 54.0 2.83 11.5 229 .205 .642 137 .636 92 .651 .644 27 .551 5 1 2
TOTAL 3.69 8.2 .240 .700 .728 .679 155 82 39
CHC Batters vs PIT Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
PIT Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.30 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 46. Nova 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 6/.334 ··· 9/1.223 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.750 9/.222 3/.000 ···
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.751 ··· 11/1.511 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 9/.222 3/1.666 7/.572 5/.400 1/.000
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/ 1/.000
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.453 ··· 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 11/1.000 ··· 10/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· 1/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 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 18/1.043 ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 2/1.500
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 19/.684 ··· 13/1.129 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.819 4/.000 15/.900 3/1.167 3/.666
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000
3. Murphy* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.867 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 5/.800 ··· ···
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.891 ··· 10/.300 ··· 3/.666 1/ ··· 2/.500 10/.300 4/.250 10/.200 5/.800 1/5.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.857 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/ 6/.334 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 44/.431 ··· 12/.555 ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.667 6/.834 5/1.000 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 69 .448 1 3 5 3
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 619 .294 .328 .565 .894 477 .891 142 .902 .819 99 .850 21 9 34 15
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 198 .236 .313 .402 .715 136 .642 62 .887 .818 59 .478 3 4 6 3
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 442 .276 .376 .459 .834 347 .753 95 1.116 .863 84 .754 2 4 12 13
7. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 191 .243 .305 .318 .623 138 .686 53 .446 .703 47 .579 0 0 2 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 529 .252 .343 .389 .733 398 .716 131 .785 .833 65 .453 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 449 .228 .345 .407 .753 332 .806 117 .608 .709 59 .663 8 3 15 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 469 .271 .337 .394 .731 372 .733 97 .726 .729 21 .501 1 1 7 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 186 .267 .335 .327 .662 162 .697 24 .384 .650 18 .863 0 1 1 4
3. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP 326 .292 .331 .452 .784 245 .851 81 .577 .716 88 .701 2 0 12 6
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 639 .278 .376 .464 .840 478 .899 161 .674 .958 97 .737 6 4 24 7
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 498 .240 .358 .475 .833 408 .870 90 .662 .827 42 1.022 4 3 26 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 498 .310 .382 .444 .826 368 .833 130 .808 .721 86 .708 3 4 9 1
TOTAL .258 .333 .411 .744 .750 .729 .756 .647 64 37 163 97

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
52. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 7.1 8.59 2.5 37 .367 .939 20 .865 17 1.029 1.204 16 .464 0 1 0
24. Archer G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 148.1 4.31 9.8 638 .268 .767 360 .734 278 .809 .766 118 .678 19 10 4
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP o·X·X···o··X·· 87.1 4.84 7.8 396 .247 .762 271 .813 125 .651 .692 46 1.027 10 2 5
57. Burdi G ·  S ·  vP ··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·· 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········· 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 11 1.000 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····· 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······X·· 24.0 8.25 8.6 107 .284 .955 57 .708 50 1.265 .910 29 .797 8 1 0
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X··oX·XX··X 68.0 2.78 11.2 290 .238 .632 227 .678 63 .469 .682 56 .865 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 24 1.231 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 91 .501 15 3 5
TOTAL 4.01 8.3 .250 .723 .727 .689 168 66 34

Explanation and Key

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