Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, at PNC Park, September 2, 2020 Matchups, Preview

Date
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Start Time
7:05et (local)
Venue
PNC Park
Series
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
77° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Tuesday, 01 Sep 2020
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Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2020 Chicago Cubs
Record 21-14
Manager David Ross
Game # 36
On This Date 63-74
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 17-13
Home 12-8
Away 9-6
Extra Innings 2-1
vs. RHP 16-12
vs. LHP 5-2
1-Run Games 7-6
vs. East 0-0
vs. Central 14-9
vs. West 0-0
Inter-League 7-5

CHC Last 10 Games

Kyle Hendricks (#28, 30, RHP, 3-4, 4.09)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 10-23
Manager Derek Shelton
Game # 34
On This Date 74-58
Standing 5th (10.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 9-21
Home 5-10
Away 5-13
Extra Innings 0-5
vs. RHP 9-16
vs. LHP 1-7
1-Run Games 3-9
vs. East 0-0
vs. Central 9-12
vs. West 0-0
Inter-League 1-11

PIT Last 10 Games

Joe Musgrove (#59, 27, RHP, 0-3, 6.75)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Jul 31, 2020@CHC6 PIT3
Sat, Aug 01, 2020@CHC4 PIT3
Sun, Aug 02, 2020@CHC2 PIT1(11)
Tue, Sep 01, 2020 CHC8@PIT7(11)
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Sep 02, 2020CHC@PIT7:05pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2020CHC@PIT1:35pm
Mon, Sep 21, 2020CHC@PIT7:05pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2020CHC@PIT7:05pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2020CHC@PIT7:05pm
Thu, Sep 24, 2020CHC@PIT7:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Cubs Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.48 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 59. Musgrove 67. Bashlor 30. Crick 56. Fulmer 32. Hartlieb 54. Howard* 66. Neverauskas 48. Rodriguez 46. Stratton 72. Tropeano 71. Turley*
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
9. Baez G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.313 1/3.000 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.143 8/.750 10/1.400 ··· ···
13. Bote G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/ 5/.400 ··· ···
17. Bryant G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.812 ··· 4/.250 3/ 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 3/2.000 6/.000 ··· ···
7. Caratini# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.000 1/.000 1/ ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.762 1/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 3/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/2.167 9/.347 ··· 1/
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.000 1/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/ 2/1.000 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.661 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.000 7/.629 11/.955 ··· 1/2.000
2. Hoerner G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ···
27. Kipnis* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.667
53. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.814 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
15. Maybin G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ···
44. Rizzo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.176 1/.000 6/.334 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.971 9/.472 9/.904 ··· ···
12. Schwarber* G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.154 2/2.500 2/.500 1/ 3/1.666 1/ 2/.000 7/.453 10/.967 ··· 2/.500
21. Souza G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· 1/ ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.800 1/.000

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
9. Baez G ·  S ·  vP 140 .200 .243 .369 .612 103 .513 37 .900 .861 92 .565 1 0 5 3
13. Bote G ·  S ·  vP 90 .228 .322 .443 .765 59 .807 31 .687 1.127 66 .693 2 0 5 4
17. Bryant G ·  S ·  vP 76 .191 .276 .324 .600 55 .475 21 .947 .747 39 .581 0 0 2 2
7. Caratini# G ·  S ·  vP 81 .250 .333 .319 .653 58 .667 23 .611 .487 55 .658 0 0 0 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 130 .198 .308 .360 .668 97 .745 33 .449 .570 91 .512 1 1 4 1
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 139 .304 .420 .643 1.064 102 1.139 37 .850 1.034 101 1.081 1 1 10 1
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 107 .299 .411 .563 .974 79 1.143 28 .503 1.271 75 1.151 1 0 5 0
2. Hoerner G ·  S ·  vP 83 .214 .313 .243 .556 57 .472 26 .732 .543 53 .506 2 1 0 2
27. Kipnis* G ·  S ·  vP 81 .231 .370 .415 .786 64 .822 17 .594 .628 65 .574 1 0 2 1
53. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 79 .229 .316 .371 .688 41 .656 38 .718 .273 48 .641 0 0 2 0
15. Maybin G ·  S ·  vP 45 .244 .311 .415 .726 35 .601 10 1.167 .154 27 .812 1 0 1 1
44. Rizzo* G ·  S ·  vP 148 .225 .365 .450 .815 109 .932 39 .467 .925 100 .780 1 1 8 1
12. Schwarber* G ·  S ·  vP 137 .227 .328 .513 .841 98 .923 39 .635 .777 92 .876 1 0 10 0
21. Souza G ·  S ·  vP 24 .190 .292 .429 .720 14 .676 10 .775 .619 10 1.178 1 0 1 0
TOTAL .227 .330 .422 .752 .789 .659 .800 .733 13 4 53 18

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 14.2 6.75 10.4 68 .273 .961 24 1.318 44 .735 .883 4 1 1
67. Bashlor G ·  S ·  vP Xo····X···Xo·X 6.2 9.45 6.8 29 .250 1.004 15 1.217 14 .786 1.060 29 1.004 2 2 0
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 18.0 4.00 7.0 79 .219 .604 71 .593 8 .708 .602 62 .709 0 0 0
65. Brubaker G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 20.0 4.50 9.9 89 .234 .715 36 .653 53 .758 .793 69 .757 2 1 0
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP o·o··········· 3.0 .00 9.0 16 .333 .775 10 .700 6 .900 .833 8 .500 0 1 0
56. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 6.2 6.75 9.4 32 .286 .875 14 1.333 18 .528 .974 20 .879 1 0 0
32. Hartlieb G ·  S ·  vP X·X··o···X·X·X 15.0 2.40 7.8 64 .212 .671 37 .662 27 .681 .636 49 .636 1 0 0
45. Holland* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 28.1 7.62 9.8 126 .273 .974 110 1.065 16 .388 1.024 82 1.206 10 0 1
54. Howard* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·oo····X·XX· 13.0 2.77 11.8 53 .178 .680 34 .698 19 .635 .892 43 .735 2 2 1
39. Kuhl G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 29.0 3.10 7.1 117 .212 .713 53 .637 64 .777 .624 95 .708 6 1 1
66. Neverauskas G ·  S ·  vP X···X··o··X··X 12.2 7.82 11.4 59 .302 .901 33 .573 26 1.326 1.111 37 1.072 3 2 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP X·oo·X···X·X·· 14.2 4.30 11.7 59 .189 .613 25 .628 34 .602 .356 40 .646 3 0 0
46. Stratton G ·  S ·  vP Xo·X·o···oo·X· 17.1 4.15 10.4 73 .224 .632 37 .682 36 .581 .529 57 .743 2 1 1
72. Tropeano G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 6.2 .00 8.1 27 .208 .588 22 .668 5 .200 27 .588 0 0 0
71. Turley* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·o···o··o· 13.0 4.85 6.9 57 .174 .559 42 .403 15 1.089 .390 34 .469 0 0 0
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 34.1 5.50 8.4 155 .299 .866 63 1.116 92 .702 .545 116 .875 7 0 0
TOTAL 5.02 8.8 .247 .787 .749 .808 49 12 6

Pirates Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.43 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 28. Hendricks 24. Jeffress 46. Kimbrel 37. Osich* 62. Quintana* 20. Rea 56. Ryan* 52. Tepera 51. Underwood 50. Wick 43. Winkler
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
6. Alford G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP 25/.480 4/.250 3/4.333 2/2.500 17/.592 ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ···
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/1.221 9/.222 4/1.750 4/.000 13/.462 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/
2. Gonzalez G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 1/ ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
13. Hayes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.423 12/.258 2/2.500 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000
18. Murphy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.777 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 17/.942 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ···
36. Osuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.000 4/.500 1/5.000 2/1.000 13/1.371 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000
25. Polanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP 30/1.010 9/.555 3/.000 3/.333 3/1.000 3/.666 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
15. Riddle* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333
58. Stallings G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.600 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/ ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000
3. Tucker# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
6. Alford G ·  S ·  vP 17 .176 .176 .353 .529 7 .714 10 .400 1.250 13 .538 3 0 1 0
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 132 .205 .273 .325 .598 96 .626 36 .517 .589 89 .683 0 0 4 2
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 134 .210 .269 .323 .591 104 .592 30 .588 .576 90 .623 1 2 4 1
2. Gonzalez G ·  S ·  vP 105 .265 .298 .449 .747 74 .558 31 1.219 .585 85 .784 0 3 3 3
13. Hayes G ·  S ·  vP 5 .400 .400 1.200 1.600 1 5.000 4 .750 1.600 5 1.600 0 0 1 0
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 98 .264 .347 .529 .876 70 .874 28 .877 .893 58 .799 0 0 6 2
18. Murphy G ·  S ·  vP 34 .200 .273 .200 .473 27 .361 7 .857 .343 21 .396 0 0 0 1
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 110 .250 .303 .320 .623 84 .559 26 .839 .705 75 .672 0 1 1 5
36. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP 56 .148 .179 .222 .401 36 .339 20 .513 .278 35 .314 0 0 1 0
25. Polanco* G ·  S ·  vP 88 .114 .193 .329 .522 67 .609 21 .248 .676 68 .572 2 0 5 0
15. Riddle* G ·  S ·  vP 41 .150 .171 .275 .446 33 .463 8 .375 .450 41 .446 0 0 1 3
58. Stallings G ·  S ·  vP 85 .315 .398 .411 .809 58 .724 27 .995 .943 59 .984 0 0 1 2
3. Tucker# G ·  S ·  vP 82 .237 .272 .316 .587 50 .475 32 .768 .560 61 .559 1 0 1 0
TOTAL .218 .280 .343 .623 .573 .759 .667 .647 10 7 31 30

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 44.0 4.09 7.0 178 .256 .671 77 .884 101 .511 .872 100 .775 6 0 1
11. Darvish G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 43.0 1.47 10.9 169 .222 .565 64 .588 105 .550 .586 129 .573 2 2 0
24. Jeffress G ·  S ·  vP o··X·····X···X 15.0 1.20 6.0 57 .104 .371 25 .430 32 .326 .176 40 .482 0 0 0
46. Kimbrel G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X··X···X 8.0 10.12 16.9 45 .226 .983 19 .640 26 1.198 1.008 31 .614 2 2 0
34. Lester* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 37.0 5.11 6.1 163 .268 .783 144 .794 19 .705 .592 121 .934 7 1 1
30. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····X 32.2 5.23 6.6 135 .228 .727 55 .697 80 .747 .737 87 .882 7 1 1
37. Osich* G ·  S ·  vP o·Xo··o····X·· 16.2 5.40 11.3 74 .235 .797 44 .868 30 .695 1.048 51 .806 6 1 1
62. Quintana* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 6.0 6.00 13.5 24 .273 .833 16 .732 8 1.000 .833 24 .833 1 0 1
20. Rea G ·  S ·  vP o·o···X·X··X·· 12.0 3.75 5.2 49 .208 .517 27 .682 22 .318 .314 49 .517 1 1 0
56. Ryan* G ·  S ·  vP X·o·o··o···X·· 11.1 5.56 7.9 48 .273 .947 30 .798 18 1.208 .673 29 .870 4 1 0
52. Tepera G ·  S ·  vP ··XX··X·o·X··· 13.2 3.95 14.5 58 .235 .641 31 .573 27 .725 .765 44 .526 1 0 0
51. Underwood G ·  S ·  vP ··o····o··X··X 11.2 7.71 13.9 50 .267 .962 24 1.102 26 .829 .833 36 .909 4 3 0
50. Wick G ·  S ·  vP o··X··X···X··· 10.2 4.22 10.1 49 .311 .878 22 .937 27 .824 .824 33 1.027 1 1 0
43. Winkler G ·  S ·  vP o···X··o···X·· 11.0 3.27 7.4 47 .143 .662 25 .735 22 .505 .946 39 .688 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.49 9.1 .240 .729 .782 .773 47 14 5

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