Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Pirates Host Cubs Tuesday Evening

Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball

Lester Faces Taillon on Tuesday as Pirates and Cubs Clash



The Pittsburgh Pirates will host the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in what should be the most interesting pitching matchup of the night. Jon Lester will be on the mound for the Cubs, while the Pirates will counter with Jameson Taillon.

The Pirates have climbed to the fringes of the National League playoff race. They have a chance to put another dent in the deficit. The Pirates are winners of 15 of their last 19. The Pirates host the first-place Chicago Cubs for two critical games starting Tuesday.

The Cubs are clinging to a 1 1/2-game lead over second-place Milwaukee in the NL Central entering the week. The Pirates have clawed within seven games of the lead.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, NBCS Chicago, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs LH Jon Lester (12-3, 3.06 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Jameson Taillon (7-8, 3.73)

ODDS: Both teams are -105 on the moneyline right now. The total is 7.5.

Tuesday’s game will be the 10th meeting of the season between these teams. The Cubs have a 5-4 edge in the head-to-head season series so far.

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Lester has been absolutely dominant for Chicago this season. Heading into Tuesday’s start, he has a 12-3 record and 3.06 ERA. He had a rare off night against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 20. Lester bounced back with a solid Lester-like outing.

Lester allowed just one earned run on four hits over 6.0 innings of work in a 2-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Lester is 7-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 10 road starts this season.

A couple Cubs will be excited to face Jameson Taillon for the first time this season. Javier Baez is 6-for-10 with a homer and Anthony Rizzo is 8-for-13 with two homers against the right-hander.

Anthony Rizzo has homered in three of his past four games since ending a 25-game drought.

David Bote has multiple hits in three of his past five contests.

Pirates Need Quality Outings from Starters



Pittsburgh will hope that Taillon will match Lester’s level of performance on Tuesday. Despite a solid 3.73 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP, Taillon is just 7-8 this season.

The 26-year-old right-hander has been at his best of late. He has given up just four earned runs allowed in 18.1 innings over his last three starts. Taillon is 3-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 10 road starts this season.

Taillon took a tough-luck loss last time out, but he posted his 11th consecutive start allowing three or fewer earned runs.

Jordy Mercer is 9-for-25 during an eight-game hitting streak.

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Recent Form


































Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Chi Cubs61-44$152.0018-743-3755-326-1248-54-30.94
Pittsburgh55-52$267.0012-1643-3633-2722-2550-49-80.029999999999999






Pitchers Last 3 Starts




J Lester (12-3) ERA: 3.06

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 25, 2018ARIW2-1U6$96.00
Jul 20, 2018STLL5-18O3-$100.00
Jul 15, 2018SDW7-4O5.1$69.00





Jameson Taillon (7-8) ERA: 3.73

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 25, 2018CLEL0-4U7-$100.00
Jul 20, 2018CINW12-1O5.1$88.00
Jul 12, 2018MILW6-3O6$84.00





Bullpen





Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.
Pittsburgh's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.


Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent




Chicago Cubs - J Lester







































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Jun 9, 20182-0CHC710025Win
May 29, 20188-6CHC684406Win
Apr 11, 201813-5CHC574433No Decision
Sep 7, 20178-2CHC651145Win
Jul 9, 201714-3PIT0.2610430Loss





Pittsburgh Pirates - Jameson Taillon







































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Sep 7, 20178-2CHC4.2116613Loss
Jun 18, 20177-1CHC584414Loss
Apr 16, 20176-1PIT771036Win
Sep 28, 20168-4PIT611134Win
Jun 19, 201610-5CHC484415Loss





Supergrid




























TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense5.0244.4918
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.9254.1612
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense4.52144.088
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense4.42163.683


Head To Head Detail































































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Jun 10, 2018PIT7CHC1-1869UIvan Nova (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)9462810
Jun 9, 2018PIT0CHC2-1678UNick Kingham (R)Jon Lester (L)162486
Jun 8, 2018PIT1CHC3-1578UChad Kuhl (R)Mike Montgomery (L)9922411
May 30, 2018CHC1PIT21248UKyle Hendricks (R)Joe Musgrove (R)994373
May 29, 2018CHC8PIT61208.5OJon Lester (L)Nick Kingham (R)14134078
May 28, 2018CHC7PIT0-1079UMike Montgomery (L)Chad Kuhl (R)1225077
Apr 12, 2018PIT6CHC1-1808.5UTrevor Williams (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)9771106
Apr 11, 2018PIT5CHC13-1588.5OSteven Brault (L)Jon Lester (L)8163265
Apr 10, 2018PIT8CHC5-1479OIvan Nova (R)Tyler Chatwood (R)12102298
Sep 7, 2017CHC8PIT21237.5OJon Lester (L)Jameson Taillon (R)1383689





MLB Betting Odds and Trends




























Team Vs Division Or Conference




Chicago Cubs



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall61-4433-1928-2555-319-1348-54-318-743-37
Last 105-54-31-24-32-24-61-14-4
vs Div25-2313-712-1625-171-620-25-33-022-23
vs AL8-47-31-17-21-27-52-06-4
vs NL53-4026-1627-2448-298-1141-49-316-737-33





Pittsburgh Pirates



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall55-5231-2624-2633-2325-2850-49-812-1643-36
Last 107-32-25-12-25-14-5-11-16-2
vs Div26-1616-710-911-716-816-23-32-524-11
vs AL12-35-27-110-23-19-63-09-3
vs NL43-4926-2417-2523-2122-2741-43-89-1634-33





Team Last 5 Games




Chicago Cubs







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018STL5-2W-1208.5K Hendricks7John GantA
Jul 28, 2018STL2-6L1168.5J Quintana3M MikolasA
Jul 27, 2018STL2-5L1179Mike Montgomery5Luke WeaverA
Jul 26, 2018ARI7-6W1029.5T Chatwood4.2Zack GodleyH
Jul 25, 2018ARI2-1W-1048.5J Lester6Robbie RayH





Pittsburgh Pirates







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018NYM0-1L-1468Joe Musgrove7Z WheelerH
Jul 28, 2018NYM5-0W1197.5Trevor Williams6J deGromH
Jul 27, 2018NYM5-4W-1339I Nova5J VargasH
Jul 26, 2018NYM6-12L-1398.5Nick Kingham3Steven MatzH
Jul 25, 2018CLE0-4L2018Jameson Taillon7T BauerA







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