Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, at PNC Park, May 29, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Start Time
7:05et (local)
Venue
PNC Park
Series
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
79° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Monday, 28 May 2018

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 28-22
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 51
On This Date 44-54
Standing 3rd (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 17-13
Home 15-11
Away 13-11
Extra Innings 1-4
vs. RHP 19-18
vs. LHP 9-4
1-Run Games 5-9
vs. East 7-5
vs. Central 13-9
vs. West 5-4
Inter-League 3-4

CHC Last 10 Games

Jon Lester (#34, 2018, LHP, 4-2, 2.37)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 28-25
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 54
On This Date 53-55
Standing 3rd (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 16-14
Home 16-12
Away 12-13
Extra Innings 3-1
vs. RHP 22-20
vs. LHP 6-5
1-Run Games 10-5
vs. East 2-9
vs. Central 12-8
vs. West 4-6
Inter-League 10-2

PIT Last 10 Games

Nick Kingham (#49, 2018, RHP, 2-1, 3.44)

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
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, May 29, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Wed, May 30, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Fri, Jun 08, 2018PIT@CHC2:20pm
Sat, Jun 09, 2018PIT@CHC2:20pm
Sun, Jun 10, 2018PIT@CHC2:20pm
Tue, Jul 31, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Wed, Aug 01, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Thu, Aug 16, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Fri, Aug 17, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Sat, Aug 18, 2018CHC@PIT7:05pm
Sun, Aug 19, 2018CHC@PIT1:35pm
Mon, Sep 24, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Tue, Sep 25, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Wed, Sep 26, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm
Thu, Sep 27, 2018PIT@CHC8:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Cubs Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.72 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 43. Brault* 30. Crick 45. Feliz 24. Glasnow 49. Kingham 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
5. Almora G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.223 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ···
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.431 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/1.667 1/.000 ··· 7/2.214 ··· 9/.444 1/2.000 1/.000
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.929 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000
53. Gimenez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ···
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.944 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.900 ··· 11/.764 ··· ···
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.267 ··· 8/.250 1/2.000 ···
27. Russell G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 7/.000 1/2.000 1/
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/ ··· 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.365 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 8/1.089 1/.000 1/.000

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Almora G ·  S ·  vP 156 .324 .374 .451 .825 106 .764 50 .956 .781 73 .896 0 1 2 0
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 203 .269 .300 .570 .870 150 .938 53 .674 .879 95 .769 7 1 13 9
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 212 .290 .406 .540 .945 165 .788 47 1.443 .953 106 .958 1 2 8 6
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 192 .269 .349 .468 .817 145 .826 47 .787 .717 89 .873 1 0 4 7
53. Gimenez G ·  S ·  vP 5 .400 .400 .400 .800 5 .800 .800 5 .800 0 0 0 0
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 146 .244 .363 .504 .867 108 .887 38 .813 .956 69 1.116 3 0 8 1
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 136 .222 .306 .350 .656 102 .762 34 .345 .704 41 .541 0 0 2 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 71 .339 .423 .371 .794 65 .805 6 .500 .839 30 1.025 0 0 0 1
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 191 .228 .335 .389 .724 144 .737 47 .685 .573 102 .938 1 1 7 2
27. Russell G ·  S ·  vP 179 .268 .348 .382 .730 130 .674 49 .877 .763 80 .856 2 0 2 4
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 173 .252 .382 .497 .878 141 .906 32 .752 .862 78 .756 2 1 9 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 141 .276 .369 .382 .751 99 .777 42 .692 .838 82 .675 0 1 2 0
TOTAL .260 .343 .431 .774 .771 .783 .759 .817 18 8 57 35

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
49. Kingham G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 18.1 3.44 10.3 69 .179 .546 39 .600 30 .476 .352 47 .765 2 1 0
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP XX···X·····X·· 40.2 4.43 8.0 175 .223 .701 133 .775 42 .478 .791 51 .677 4 1 0
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP o·Xo·X····X··X 16.2 2.16 10.3 76 .239 .648 40 .679 36 .615 .595 49 .677 1 2 0
45. Feliz G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·X··X··oo· 22.0 5.32 11.5 95 .238 .709 50 .896 45 .494 .590 44 .736 2 0 0
24. Glasnow G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·o··X···· 27.2 4.88 12.0 121 .234 .687 72 .593 49 .822 .700 44 .607 2 5 1
39. Kuhl G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 61.2 3.94 8.5 261 .261 .795 130 .689 131 .906 .811 119 .668 11 3 4
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 7.0 .00 9.0 25 .200 .480 17 .412 8 .625 .480 25 .480 0 0 0
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··X··oo· 20.1 3.54 9.7 91 .244 .599 81 .635 10 .311 .673 40 .575 0 2 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP X·X·o···X·o··X 20.1 2.21 14.2 84 .272 .668 51 .784 33 .476 .667 47 .719 1 1 0
37. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ·oo··o··o··oX· 22.0 2.45 7.4 86 .195 .501 43 .626 43 .378 .551 35 .343 1 0 0
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 57.2 4.53 8.4 244 .246 .700 125 .568 119 .847 .642 110 .725 7 3 0
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 63.0 3.43 6.1 252 .228 .671 135 .688 117 .650 .689 112 .784 7 0 3
TOTAL 4.13 8.3 .252 .723 .692 .734 55 25 10

Pirates Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.43 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 41. Cishek 32. Duensing* 6. Edwards 59. Farrell 34. Lester* 15. Morrow 47. Rosario* 46. Strop 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
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/.334 3/.333 ··· 10/1.067 ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.250
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 6/.334 4/.000 ··· 34/.690 9/.833 ··· 4/.250 1/5.000
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
12. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.000 3/.333 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.533
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
23. Freese G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 24/.717 3/.666 ··· 9/.000 4/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 5/1.800 2/.500 1/.000 32/.768 2/.000 ··· 10/.100 1/.000
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 27/.666 4/1.000 ··· 19/.504 2/.000
17. Meadows* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 26/.888 3/.000 ··· 9/.347 2/.500
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
25. Polanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.600 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 11/.384 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/1.666
3. Rodriguez G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/3.000 16/1.152 4/.000 ··· 60/.830 22/1.205 ··· 10/.100 2/.500

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 217 .250 .323 .385 .708 166 .695 51 .752 .652 90 .799 0 2 3 2
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 161 .285 .404 .531 .934 133 .960 28 .812 .883 67 .878 0 2 7 2
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 69 .302 .362 .429 .791 51 .635 18 1.243 .841 33 .412 0 0 2 3
12. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 204 .311 .348 .489 .838 163 .808 41 .953 .828 91 .777 3 1 5 0
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 137 .228 .301 .333 .635 122 .654 15 .481 .657 55 .710 0 2 3 4
23. Freese G ·  S ·  vP 87 .247 .310 .442 .752 51 .940 36 .476 .599 42 .672 0 0 4 1
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 98 .281 .327 .382 .709 82 .711 16 .688 .738 34 .761 1 0 1 0
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 186 .300 .355 .500 .855 149 .851 37 .873 .814 56 1.005 10 3 7 2
17. Meadows* G ·  S ·  vP 37 .417 .405 .778 1.183 27 1.175 10 1.200 1.028 37 1.183 3 0 3 1
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 188 .250 .314 .387 .701 147 .712 41 .656 .876 80 .774 0 0 3 3
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 165 .264 .352 .410 .761 152 .784 13 .490 .932 67 .686 0 1 4 5
25. Polanco* G ·  S ·  vP 209 .205 .317 .415 .732 169 .735 40 .719 .748 86 .740 3 1 8 0
3. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP 102 .184 .304 .356 .660 69 .417 33 1.189 .762 48 .699 1 0 3 0
TOTAL .254 .325 .418 .743 .730 .791 .766 .747 21 12 57 30

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
34. Lester* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 57.0 2.37 7.6 234 .223 .662 185 .688 49 .564 .734 92 .621 6 3 3
21. Chatwood G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 48.1 4.10 8.2 222 .234 .723 107 .636 115 .803 .676 100 .820 2 3 0
41. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP o·X······o··X· 23.1 1.93 9.3 99 .181 .554 64 .359 35 .947 .587 39 .485 0 0 0
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·····o··o· 16.2 .54 6.5 69 .164 .509 34 .574 35 .442 .508 34 .487 0 2 0
6. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·X··XX··Xo 24.0 3.00 15.0 101 .191 .590 62 .536 39 .676 .606 48 .818 2 3 0
59. Farrell G ·  S ·  vP o············· 6.2 6.75 13.5 31 .333 .988 21 .686 10 1.600 1.040 19 1.418 3 0 0
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 62.2 3.16 7.3 251 .221 .669 146 .625 105 .732 .773 100 .593 10 4 1
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X··oX··X 31.0 4.35 5.8 128 .250 .660 88 .677 40 .619 .463 83 .548 2 0 1
15. Morrow G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o··o····o 17.1 1.04 9.9 65 .169 .433 39 .532 26 .279 .653 28 .450 0 0 0
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 52.2 4.78 8.7 233 .251 .787 179 .859 54 .548 .701 117 .800 8 2 2
47. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·······X···· 4.1 .00 10.4 16 .077 .327 12 .350 4 .250 .143 16 .327 0 0 0
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP o·Xo····oo···o 22.2 1.59 8.3 88 .210 .545 57 .506 31 .619 .417 40 .441 1 0 0
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP o·X···X··XX··· 21.0 3.00 10.3 90 .181 .653 56 .668 34 .627 .603 40 .457 2 0 1
TOTAL 3.30 8.7 .219 .666 .631 .665 46 23 11

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