Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, at PNC Park, July 31, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Start Time
7:05et (local)
Venue
PNC Park
Series
Game #1 of a 2-game series
Average Temp
80° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Monday, 30 Jul 2018

Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago Cubs
Record 61-44
Manager Joe Maddon
Game # 106
On This Date 76-58
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 19-11
Home 33-19
Away 28-25
Extra Innings 6-6
vs. RHP 43-37
vs. LHP 18-7
1-Run Games 13-16
vs. East 13-6
vs. Central 25-23
vs. West 15-11
Inter-League 8-4

CHC Last 10 Games

Jon Lester (#34, 34, LHP, 12-3, 3.06)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 55-52
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 108
On This Date 53-69
Standing 3rd (7.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 15-5
Last 30 19-11
Home 31-26
Away 24-26
Extra Innings 4-3
vs. RHP 43-36
vs. LHP 12-16
1-Run Games 17-13
vs. East 9-15
vs. Central 26-16
vs. West 8-18
Inter-League 12-3

PIT Last 10 Games

Jameson Taillon (#50, 26, RHP, 7-8, 3.73)

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
DateAwayHomeTime
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

CHC Batters vs PIT Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
PIT Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.08 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 43. Brault* 30. Crick 24. Glasnow 73. Vazquez* 48. Rodriguez 37. Santana 50. Taillon
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
5. Almora G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.223 2/1.500 1/2.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/.000
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.431 2/1.000 5/1.000 6/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 10/1.800
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Caratini# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.417 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/1.071 1/.000 6/.167 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 6/1.000
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.100 1/ ··· 5/.900 ··· 2/1.500 6/1.350
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.844 2/.000 6/.900 13/.802 ··· 1/2.000 13/.802
2. La Stella* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.429 1/2.000 5/1.267 9/.222 1/2.000 1/5.000 15/1.754
27. Russell G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.600 2/.000 5/1.400 7/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 7/.000
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.500 7/.619 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.661
18. Zobrist# G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.325 ··· 5/.933 10/.856 1/.000 2/.000 11/.830

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Almora G ·  S ·  vP 333 .310 .346 .423 .769 233 .726 100 .869 .713 66 .539 1 2 4 2
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 406 .295 .326 .561 .887 306 .875 100 .924 .958 89 .911 19 3 21 10
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 64 .327 .422 .519 .941 33 .990 31 .887 .729 28 1.318 3 3 2 0
7. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 110 .273 .336 .333 .670 72 .715 38 .574 .534 41 .773 0 0 0 0
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 375 .278 .367 .441 .809 276 .787 99 .870 .708 66 .790 4 1 8 8
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 317 .253 .375 .445 .821 226 .874 91 .694 .871 70 .747 5 1 12 4
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 352 .277 .344 .414 .758 277 .776 75 .691 .780 82 .679 1 1 7 2
2. La Stella* G ·  S ·  vP 132 .274 .341 .316 .657 113 .701 19 .349 .567 21 .644 0 1 0 2
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 425 .263 .360 .440 .800 320 .861 105 .624 .718 95 .906 4 3 15 5
27. Russell G ·  S ·  vP 365 .264 .335 .374 .709 268 .675 97 .806 .727 81 .516 4 0 5 12
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 364 .239 .364 .472 .835 296 .876 68 .655 .777 69 .664 3 3 19 1
18. Zobrist# G ·  S ·  vP 322 .304 .391 .438 .830 232 .888 90 .687 .941 65 .874 2 3 7 1
TOTAL .266 .345 .423 .768 .771 .758 .748 .737 49 25 112 63

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 118.1 3.73 8.7 494 .245 .679 241 .617 253 .740 .689 99 .578 12 9 0
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP ······X···X··· 66.1 4.88 8.0 296 .240 .735 208 .806 88 .563 .746 36 .911 7 1 3
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·X···o···· 40.0 2.02 9.9 169 .193 .526 93 .482 76 .580 .497 38 .377 1 8 0
24. Glasnow G ·  S ·  vP ····X···o····· 56.0 4.34 11.6 243 .226 .698 129 .608 114 .805 .737 50 .855 5 8 3
49. Kingham G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 60.0 4.80 8.2 258 .239 .770 133 .637 125 .911 .738 93 .827 13 1 1
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X······· 67.0 3.63 7.3 288 .258 .710 152 .641 136 .789 .769 111 .674 6 2 0
46. Nova G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 114.1 4.33 6.5 487 .274 .797 240 .740 247 .854 .696 94 .779 20 3 2
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·o···o···· 44.2 3.02 12.7 193 .224 .594 154 .598 39 .572 .553 38 .698 2 3 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo·X·····o··· 42.1 2.76 11.3 172 .234 .620 94 .734 78 .475 .574 47 .551 3 1 0
37. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ··oX··o··o···· 47.2 3.02 8.3 190 .235 .625 95 .592 95 .658 .653 47 .578 5 2 1
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 111.0 3.89 6.2 465 .237 .695 233 .701 232 .688 .682 86 .657 12 3 3
TOTAL 4.20 8.4 .252 .730 .718 .707 115 49 21
PIT Batters vs CHC Pitchers
PIT Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Pirates Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.49 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 43. Chavez 41. Cishek 32. Duensing* 6. Edwards 34. Lester* 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
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.334 4/.000 36/.650 1/ 4/.250 2/2.500
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 7/1.143 ··· ··· 1/.000
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
23. Freese G  ·   S  ·   vP 19/.743 7/.000 1/.000 3/.666 30/.680 ··· 10/.000 4/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.833 3/.333 35/.698 ··· 11/.091 1/.000
47. Luplow G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/ 2/1.500
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 7/.429 2/.000 3/1.667 33/.636 1/.000 19/.504 2/.000
17. Meadows* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 6/.733 32/.813 ··· 10/.311 2/.500
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ 1/ 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.334
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ···
25. Polanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 5/.600 3/1.000 2/.000 13/.322 1/.000 6/.533 5/1.000
3. Rodriguez G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 5/2.400 16/1.152 4/.000 65/.759 ··· 10/.100 3/.333

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 244 .239 .370 .447 .817 196 .885 48 .546 .709 26 .336 1 2 9 3
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 205 .286 .332 .450 .781 146 .673 59 1.038 .738 61 .576 0 0 7 7
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 171 .255 .329 .386 .715 152 .736 19 .551 .765 15 1.067 0 2 3 4
23. Freese G ·  S ·  vP 196 .286 .352 .451 .803 105 .868 91 .723 .869 50 .965 0 0 7 5
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 278 .253 .292 .362 .654 211 .661 67 .634 .688 55 .683 3 0 6 4
47. Luplow G ·  S ·  vP 37 .206 .270 .441 .711 22 .723 15 .695 .794 37 .711 1 0 2 1
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 384 .288 .334 .494 .829 297 .867 87 .695 .833 84 1.081 25 7 16 2
17. Meadows* G ·  S ·  vP 165 .292 .327 .468 .795 107 .714 58 .947 .825 21 .438 4 1 5 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 358 .260 .322 .396 .718 271 .700 87 .775 .769 67 .803 2 0 5 6
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 335 .265 .334 .389 .724 283 .773 52 .447 .806 73 .577 0 2 8 8
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 52 .176 .192 .333 .526 22 .364 30 .648 .550 5 .000 0 0 2 0
25. Polanco* G ·  S ·  vP 392 .251 .344 .507 .851 300 .890 92 .728 .855 86 1.044 7 2 18 1
3. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP 165 .169 .285 .324 .609 116 .506 49 .863 .579 28 .917 1 0 5 5
TOTAL .255 .320 .417 .737 .745 .715 .738 .811 50 22 113 68

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··· 120.2 3.06 7.2 503 .231 .697 387 .663 116 .810 .710 93 .916 16 9 3
21. Chatwood G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 94.0 4.98 7.9 439 .240 .765 196 .582 243 .902 .702 99 .860 9 9 2
43. Chavez G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·X·XX···· 64.1 3.08 8.3 262 .250 .702 174 .689 88 .727 .603 47 .631 10 1 1
41. Cishek G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X·X··X·X·· 48.1 2.05 9.9 200 .198 .621 128 .578 72 .698 .505 43 .777 2 0 0
32. Duensing* G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X··Xo·· 31.1 7.18 6.0 148 .261 .816 76 .935 72 .693 .843 24 .807 5 2 0
6. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X···o·X·· 32.2 2.76 14.1 135 .190 .572 84 .559 51 .592 .613 30 .483 2 4 0
35. Hamels* G ·  S ·  vP ·······X······ 114.1 4.72 9.0 502 .258 .811 429 .812 73 .800 .697 61 1.030 23 15 1
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 127.0 3.97 7.3 527 .252 .724 293 .746 234 .696 .754 123 .683 19 8 2
38. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 87.0 4.03 5.6 372 .266 .704 258 .725 114 .655 .640 97 .877 7 6 5
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 107.2 4.26 7.9 466 .249 .761 364 .782 102 .684 .736 93 .788 15 5 4
47. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP ···X···Xoo···· 32.0 1.97 5.3 132 .233 .679 79 .692 53 .661 .692 51 .753 4 1 1
46. Strop G ·  S ·  vP ·o···o···X·o·· 43.0 2.51 8.6 173 .201 .578 107 .499 66 .709 .629 32 .693 3 0 0
37. Wilson* G ·  S ·  vP ····o····X·o·· 40.2 3.10 12.4 175 .193 .629 103 .700 72 .528 .644 25 .423 3 0 1
TOTAL 3.76 8.1 .236 .705 .679 .766 110 56 21

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