Now that the Game 3 marathon is behind us, it is time to take a look at tonight’s Game 4 matchup between the Cubs and the Giants. Matt Moore takes the hill for San Francisco, and John Lackey is on the bump for Chicago. The Cubs hitters have very little experience against Moore (nine total plate appearances):
- 3-5 (.600), 3 BB, 1 SO, 1 XBH (0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR)
Dexter Fowler: 1-1, 1 BB, 1 SAC
David Ross: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 HR
Ben Zobrist: 1-2, 1 BB
John Lackey has made 3 career starts against the Giants and is 1-1 with a 2.37 ERA in 19 innings pitched (16 strikeouts, 3 walks). Current San Francisco players on the NLDS roster have limited experience against Lackey in their careers as well:
- 12-71 (.169), 7 BB, 14 SO, 5 XBH (5 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR)
Brandon Belt: 0-3 (.000), 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 XBH
Gregor Blanco: 1-5 (.200), 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 XBH
Trevor Brown: 0-2 (.000), 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 XBH
Brandon Crawford: 0-2 (.000), 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 XBH
Johnny Cueto: 0-2 (.000), 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 XBH
Conor Gillaspie: 0-5 (.000), 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 XBH
Eduardo Nunez: 5-15 (.333), 3 BB, 3 SO, 4 XBH (4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR)
Angel Pagan: 1-5 (.200), 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 XBH
Joe Panik: 1-8 (.125), 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 XBH
Hunter Pence: 1-5 (.200), 0 BB, 2 SO, 1 XBH (1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR)
Buster Posey: 1-5 (.200), 0 BB, 0 BB, 0 XBH
Jeff Samardzija: 0-2 (.000), 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 XBH
Denard Span: 2-12 (.167), 3 BB, 0 SO, 0 XBH
Both teams do have quite a bit of experience hitting against the rest of the starters and relievers on the opposing roster. Here is the break down of the numbers for the Cubs hitters versus the rest of the Giants pitching staff and Giants hitters versus the rest of the Cubs pitching staff:
Cubs Hitters vs. Giants Pitchers
Bullpen
- Ty Blach: 2-11 (.182), 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 XBH
- Santiago Casilla: 15-48 (.313), 4 BB, 14 SO, 5 XBH (3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR)
- George Kontos: 8-42 (.190), 2 BB, 12 SO, 5 XBH (0 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR)
- Derek Law: 0-13 (.000), 1 BB, 3 SO, 0 XBH
- Javier Lopez: 10-50 (.200), 4 BB, 13 SO, 3 XBH (2 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR)
- Sergio Romo: 10-50 (.200), 5 BB, 14 SO, 4 XBH (1 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR)
- Will Smith: 16-61 (.262), 10 BB, 28 SO, 8 XBH (5 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR)
- Hunter Strickland: 5-23 (.217), 4 BB, 7 SO, 0 XBH
Totals vs. bullpen: 66-298 (.221), 30 BB, 94 SO, 25 XBH (11 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR)
Other Starters
- Madison Bumgarner: 45-192 (.234), 11 BB, 53 SO, 11 XBH (6 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR)
- Johnny Cueto: 32-184 (.174), 10 BB, 52 SO, 13 XBH (10 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR)
- Jeff Samardzija: 38-139 (.273), 11 BB, 38 SO, 18 XBH (6 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR)
Totals vs. starters: 118-520 (.227), 35 BB, 144 SO, 43 XBH (22 2B, 5 3B, 16 HR)
Giants Hitters vs. Cubs Pitchers
Bullpen
- Aroldis Chapman: 14-59 (.237), 6 BB, 22 SO, 5 XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR)
- Carl Edwards Jr: 1-10 (.100), 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 XBH
- Justin Grimm: 8-29 (.276), 3 BB, 3 SO, 0 XBH
- Mike Montgomery: 11-44 (.250), 6 BB, 3 SO, 5 XBH (4 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR)
- Hector Rondon: 8-21 (.381), 3 BB, 5 SO, 3 XBH (2 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR)
- Pedro Strop: 5-22 (.227), 2 BB, 5 SO, 2 XBH (1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR)
- Travis Wood: 24-118 (.203), 3 BB, 29 SO, 11 XBH (7 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR)
Totals vs. bullpen: 71-303 (.234), 23 BB, 69 SO, 26 XBH (18 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR)
Other Starters
- Jake Arrieta: 28-137 (.204), 12 BB, 35 SO, 4 XBH (3 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR)
- Kyle Hendricks: 21-65 (.323), 4 BB, 10 SO, 10 XBH (7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR)
- Jon Lester: 30-152 (.197), 13 BB, 29 SO, 8 XBH (6 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR)
Totals vs. starters: 91-425 (.214), 36 BB, 88 SO, 27 XBH (21 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR)
Chicago Cubs hitting totals vs. San Francisco Giants pitching:
- 184-818 (.225), 65 BB, 238 SO, 68 XBH (33 2B, 7 3B, 28 HR)
San Francisco Giants hitting totals vs. Chicago Cubs pitching:
- 162-728 (.223), 59 BB, 157 SO, 53 XBH (39 2B, 5 3B, 9 HR)