Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, September 27, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Start Time
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue
Wrigley Field
Series
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
63° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 80-77
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 158
On This Date 49-58
Standing 4th (11.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 14-6
Last 30 17-13
Home 44-36
Away 36-41
Extra Innings 6-5
vs. RHP 59-51
vs. LHP 21-26
1-Run Games 28-22
vs. East 12-20
vs. Central 41-31
vs. West 12-21
Inter-League 15-5

PIT Last 10 Games

Trevor Williams (#34, 26, RHP, 14-9, 3.04)

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 92-66
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 159
On This Date 75-43
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 17-13
Home 48-29
Away 44-37
Extra Innings 11-8
vs. RHP 70-53
vs. LHP 22-13
1-Run Games 26-24
vs. East 22-11
vs. Central 38-34
vs. West 19-14
Inter-League 13-7

CHC Last 10 Games

Jon Lester (#34, 34, LHP, 17-6, 3.43)

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
Wed, Sep 26, 2018CHC7 PIT6(10)
DateAwayHomeTime
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 (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.99 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 34. Lester* 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 18/.889 7/.929 1/.000 4/2.000 8/.393 5/.200 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 39/.788 9/.730 2/1.000 3/1.000 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.756 2/.500 4/.250 1/ 4/2.000
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.889 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/2.000 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
12. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 7/1.547 2/1.000 7/1.262 4/.250 4/1.167 1/.000 9/.777 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 8/.393
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 39/.712 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 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· 3/1.000
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 39/.588 8/1.089 5/.000 9/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 11/.364 1/ ··· ··· 17/.933 2/.000 21/.453 1/ 4/1.500
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 34/.824 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 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 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/.000 1/ ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ···
15. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.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 565 .265 .359 .414 .773 412 .787 153 .736 .840 86 .886 1 5 11 6
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 400 .261 .379 .435 .814 300 .814 100 .815 .881 58 .688 2 3 12 4
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 267 .287 .341 .447 .788 183 .721 84 .925 .858 15 .708 0 1 9 8
12. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 525 .298 .330 .474 .803 396 .827 129 .731 .794 68 .915 8 3 13 1
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 344 .281 .347 .461 .808 274 .868 70 .586 .666 85 .810 1 3 10 7
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 366 .252 .294 .368 .662 266 .648 100 .699 .656 20 .650 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 5 .600 .600 .800 1.400 4 1.750 1 .000 1.500 5 1.400 0 0 0
47. Luplow G ·  S ·  vP 103 .185 .272 .359 .631 61 .577 42 .707 .686 52 .658 2 2 3 1
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 588 .275 .322 .451 .773 439 .791 149 .722 .767 93 .737 33 14 19 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 430 .250 .315 .381 .696 316 .677 114 .750 .648 26 .308 2 0 6 10
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 451 .275 .339 .397 .736 386 .778 65 .486 .708 50 .856 0 2 10 10
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 87 .198 .241 .222 .464 71 .376 16 .866 .533 64 .464 0 1 0 4
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 101 .229 .257 .396 .653 46 .440 55 .840 .861 37 .867 0 0 3 1
15. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 52 .319 .385 .532 .917 30 .655 22 1.297 1.290 52 .917 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 .725 .724 .730 .725 .722 69 38 153 102

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
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···X······o·X 91.1 2.66 8.7 365 .240 .661 240 .658 125 .667 .742 46 .570 13 2 1
41. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP o·X·o······o·o 68.0 2.25 9.9 279 .183 .601 181 .533 98 .732 .693 36 .917 5 0 1
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP ··o··X·······o 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 o···X·····o··X 50.1 2.68 12.0 215 .190 .581 124 .529 91 .652 .537 31 .817 2 10 0
64. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP o·o··o····X·o· 80.0 5.96 8.2 359 .256 .813 261 .891 98 .611 .678 24 .514 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···· 191.0 3.49 7.5 779 .247 .686 414 .710 365 .659 .677 125 .547 22 10 3
20. Kintzler G ·  S ·  vP oo···o··o····· 59.1 4.55 6.2 256 .278 .776 151 .720 105 .862 .983 30 .653 5 2 4
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 77 .761 10 8 7
57. Norwood G ·  S ·  vP ·X···o·o······ 11.0 4.09 8.2 54 .298 .714 33 .603 21 .899 .638 26 .710 0 0 0
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 169.1 4.09 8.2 719 .244 .739 562 .755 157 .679 .773 138 .671 25 5 6
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·o 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 18 .284 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 X···o····o·o·o 54.2 3.13 11.4 234 .215 .665 141 .679 93 .643 .692 30 .778 5 1 2
TOTAL 3.70 8.2 .240 .701 .730 .688 157 82 39
CHC Batters vs PIT Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
PIT Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.32 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 34. Williams 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 2/.000 ··· 10/1.100 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.750 9/.222 4/.500 ···
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.293 1/.000 11/1.511 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 9/.222 3/1.666 7/.572 5/.400 1/.000
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/ 1/.000
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/1.154 ··· 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 7/.286 1/ 6/1.417 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ···
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 ··· 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/ ···
1. Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.786 1/2.000 8/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 2/.500 2/1.500
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.322 ··· 13/1.129 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.819 4/.000 15/.900 3/1.167 3/.666
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.000 1/ 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000
3. Murphy* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 5/.800 ··· ···
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/1.107 1/.000 10/.300 ··· 4/.500 1/ ··· 2/.500 10/.300 4/.250 10/.200 5/.800 1/5.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/1.302 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 1/ 6/.334 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.364 ··· 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 475 .284 .321 .377 .699 333 .676 142 .753 .749 70 .471 1 3 5 3
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 624 .293 .327 .562 .890 482 .886 142 .902 .812 100 .862 21 9 34 16
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 202 .236 .312 .399 .711 139 .643 63 .871 .804 59 .513 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 196 .237 .299 .311 .610 143 .665 53 .446 .674 52 .531 0 0 2 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 529 .252 .343 .389 .733 398 .716 131 .785 .833 61 .431 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 1 1 0 0 0 0
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 454 .231 .350 .409 .760 337 .815 117 .608 .725 63 .733 8 3 15 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 474 .272 .338 .401 .739 377 .743 97 .726 .746 23 .715 1 1 8 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 187 .267 .339 .327 .666 163 .702 24 .384 .658 18 .646 0 1 1 4
3. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP 331 .294 .332 .452 .784 249 .854 82 .570 .719 88 .747 3 0 12 6
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 644 .280 .376 .464 .840 483 .899 161 .674 .957 98 .763 6 4 24 7
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 502 .240 .359 .474 .833 412 .870 90 .662 .828 42 1.022 4 3 26 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 498 .310 .382 .444 .826 368 .833 130 .808 .721 82 .680 3 4 9 1
TOTAL .259 .334 .411 .745 .750 .727 .756 .656 65 37 164 98

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
52. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP X··X·········· 9.1 6.75 1.9 45 .361 .910 22 .781 23 1.045 1.084 24 .554 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 oo·X·X···o··X· 88.1 4.79 7.8 399 .245 .756 273 .806 126 .645 .680 49 .957 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···o·oX·· 59.1 2.43 9.4 252 .205 .576 133 .483 119 .679 .568 30 .524 3 9 2
45. Feliz G ·  S ·  vP X··X·····X··o· 45.2 5.91 9.9 209 .271 .802 114 .846 95 .748 .749 19 .568 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 44 1.103 17 1 2
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 115.1 4.06 7.8 486 .253 .687 263 .613 223 .777 .640 76 .610 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
46. Nova G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 161.0 4.19 6.4 683 .268 .769 351 .707 332 .835 .860 84 .610 26 5 2
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X··oX·XX·· 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·o·oo·oX·oX·· 68.1 2.50 11.5 275 .213 .590 147 .727 128 .430 .644 44 .314 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····· 185.0 3.16 8.4 761 .244 .675 355 .605 406 .737 .654 131 .625 19 12 2
TOTAL 4.02 8.3 .250 .724 .728 .692 169 67 34

Explanation and Key

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