Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago Cubs, at Target Field, August 31, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Chicago Cubs

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Chicago Cubs
Record 57-75
Manager David Ross
Game # 133
On This Date 52-65
Standing 4th (23.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 5-15
Last 30 7-23
Home 33-32
Away 24-43
Extra Innings 4-7
vs. RHP 39-55
vs. LHP 18-20
1-Run Games 17-22
vs. East 12-19
vs. Central 24-32
vs. West 17-12
Inter-League 4-12

CHC Last 10 Games

Zach Davies (#27, 28, RHP, 6-10, 5.00)

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Minnesota Twins
Record 58-73
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 132
On This Date 58-55
Standing 5th (17.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 15-15
Home 32-34
Away 26-39
Extra Innings 11-10
vs. RHP 44-43
vs. LHP 14-30
1-Run Games 22-18
vs. East 9-13
vs. Central 28-32
vs. West 13-20
Inter-League 8-8

MIN Last 10 Games

John Gant (#33, 28, RHP, 4-8, 4.00)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Aug 31, 2021CHC@MIN8:10pm
Wed, Sep 01, 2021CHC@MIN8:10pm
Tue, Sep 21, 2021MIN@CHC7:40pm
Wed, Sep 22, 2021MIN@CHC7:40pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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CHC Batters vs MIN Pitchers
CHC Batters Stats
MIN Pitchers Stats

Cubs Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.34 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cubs Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 33. Gant 66. Alcala 48. Colome 53. Coulombe* 21. Duffey 32. Garza 65. Gibaut 49. Minaya 56. Thielbar*
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
51. Alcantara# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
29. Chirinos G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 3/1.666 4/1.750 ··· ··· 5/.200 ···
5. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/ 2/.000 ···
8. Happ# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
32. Hermosillo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
22. Heyward* G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.685 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000
66. Ortega* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
67. Rivas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
24. Romine# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000
25. Romine G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ···
18. Schwindel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
16. Wisdom G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

CHC Batters

CHC Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
51. Alcantara# G ·  S ·  vP 162 .186 .280 .321 .601 119 .664 43 .426 .548 56 .536 1 0 3 6
29. Chirinos G ·  S ·  vP 85 .250 .357 .486 .843 58 .804 27 .931 .956 56 .768 0 0 4 0
5. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 212 .255 .335 .298 .633 147 .661 65 .569 .730 79 .669 4 1 1 2
8. Happ# G ·  S ·  vP 410 .199 .299 .375 .674 322 .703 88 .568 .664 94 .876 2 1 16 1
32. Hermosillo G ·  S ·  vP 29 .148 .207 .407 .614 19 .766 10 .311 .882 29 .614 0 0 2 0
22. Heyward* G ·  S ·  vP 322 .211 .280 .330 .609 251 .607 71 .619 .594 42 .733 5 1 6 0
66. Ortega* G ·  S ·  vP 215 .296 .355 .480 .835 181 .943 34 .243 .976 92 .722 8 5 8 1
67. Rivas* G ·  S ·  vP 3 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 1.667 1.667 3 1.667 0 0 0 0
24. Romine# G ·  S ·  vP 55 .192 .236 .269 .506 37 .594 18 .333 .629 50 .413 0 1 1 2
25. Romine G ·  S ·  vP 38 .184 .184 .289 .474 27 .074 11 1.455 .300 29 .517 0 0 1 1
18. Schwindel G ·  S ·  vP 121 .310 .355 .566 .922 79 .758 42 1.258 .869 100 1.020 0 1 6 0
16. Wisdom G ·  S ·  vP 279 .256 .320 .579 .899 187 .887 92 .922 .889 93 .860 3 1 25 6
TOTAL .231 .305 .398 .704 .687 .751 .682 .702 61 33 168 69

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
33. Gant G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 92.1 4.00 7.4 413 .229 .712 227 .675 186 .760 .759 63 .722 8 9 0
77. Albers* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·······X·· 9.1 .96 5.8 36 .152 .495 19 .393 17 .607 .396 36 .495 1 0 0
66. Alcala G ·  S ·  vP X··o·········· 47.0 4.79 8.8 185 .237 .724 111 .686 74 .784 .797 22 .608 10 4 0
48. Colome G ·  S ·  vP X·oo·X······X· 50.2 4.26 7.3 230 .254 .740 127 .575 103 .954 .744 52 .629 7 7 1
53. Coulombe* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X·····Xo· 23.2 3.04 9.1 94 .239 .711 53 .697 41 .730 .567 35 .734 5 2 2
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ···o·oX·····o· 47.1 3.61 8.0 204 .251 .704 130 .642 74 .815 .582 34 .873 3 0 1
32. Garza G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oX···X··Xo 20.1 3.10 9.7 83 .227 .741 48 .790 35 .673 .544 34 .570 4 0 0
65. Gibaut G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 3.0 .00 6.0 12 .273 .697 4 .250 8 .875 .697 12 .697 0 0 0
83. Jax G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X······· 53.2 6.71 7.4 237 .254 .880 141 .906 96 .839 .916 121 .950 16 5 0
49. Minaya G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X···X·X· 25.1 3.20 9.2 105 .169 .632 67 .697 38 .509 .748 52 .519 3 2 0
82. Ober G ·  S ·  vP X····X·······X 74.2 3.98 9.3 307 .254 .767 159 .686 148 .855 .783 109 .694 15 2 3
56. Thielbar* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··Xo·····o· 51.0 3.71 11.3 209 .230 .687 130 .749 79 .587 .614 46 .562 6 1 1
TOTAL 4.98 8.3 .257 .776 .760 .772 198 61 21
MIN Batters vs CHC Pitchers
MIN Batters Stats
CHC Pitchers Stats

Twins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.06 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 27. Davies 48. Brothers* 57. Effross 12. Heuer 74. Megill 47. Morgan* 39. Rodriguez 59. Rucker 56. Sampson 50. Wick
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
2. Arraez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ···
64. Astudillo G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
25. Buxton G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ···
60. Cave* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ···
20. Donaldson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
27. Jeffers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ···
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.334 ··· ··· 7/1.286 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/2.417 ···
38. Refsnyder G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
50. Rooker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
70. Rortvedt* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
22. Sano G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.467 1/.000 ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ···
9. Simmons G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ···

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arraez* G ·  S ·  vP 370 .299 .368 .384 .752 278 .797 92 .614 .792 89 .767 2 2 2 7
64. Astudillo G ·  S ·  vP 185 .258 .281 .416 .697 119 .640 66 .802 .713 33 .587 0 0 7 3
25. Buxton G ·  S ·  vP 126 .331 .373 .686 1.059 81 1.152 45 .902 .800 16 .258 5 0 10 1
60. Cave* G ·  S ·  vP 148 .187 .259 .313 .572 111 .720 37 .162 .492 42 .733 1 1 3 2
20. Donaldson G ·  S ·  vP 414 .259 .360 .494 .854 281 .851 133 .861 .779 85 .904 0 0 21 11
1. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 137 .228 .285 .307 .592 108 .636 29 .427 .621 42 .525 5 1 1 2
27. Jeffers G ·  S ·  vP 228 .201 .285 .402 .687 152 .621 76 .821 .714 59 .592 0 0 11 3
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 390 .210 .308 .429 .737 281 .813 109 .546 .712 94 .783 9 0 16 0
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 521 .273 .332 .492 .824 342 .843 179 .786 .741 106 .928 10 5 24 14
38. Refsnyder G ·  S ·  vP 117 .257 .325 .362 .687 69 .593 48 .824 .790 55 .477 0 0 2 1
50. Rooker G ·  S ·  vP 148 .185 .284 .377 .661 105 .696 43 .573 1.010 78 .631 0 0 6 0
70. Rortvedt* G ·  S ·  vP 78 .129 .197 .229 .426 60 .407 18 .489 .619 0 0 2 3
22. Sano G ·  S ·  vP 413 .219 .308 .460 .768 271 .801 142 .705 .936 98 .837 1 1 23 14
9. Simmons G ·  S ·  vP 394 .223 .286 .279 .565 259 .517 135 .659 .554 77 .523 1 0 3 12
TOTAL .242 .317 .424 .741 .751 .720 .747 .720 40 12 185 95

CHC Pitchers

CHC Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
27. Davies G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 131.1 5.00 7.0 580 .261 .807 336 .841 244 .756 .796 100 1.012 21 5 1
48. Brothers* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o··X·o··· 47.1 4.94 13.5 204 .202 .706 117 .786 87 .592 .749 37 .771 8 4 0
57. Effross G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ .2 27.00 13.5 4 .333 1.833 2 2.500 2 .500 1.833 4 1.833 1 0 0
28. Hendricks G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 156.1 4.43 6.7 674 .281 .811 376 .767 298 .869 .762 127 .964 28 7 1
12. Heuer G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o·o·o···X 52.2 4.10 7.9 218 .264 .727 135 .544 83 1.015 .683 45 .466 6 2 1
74. Megill G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o···o··o· 13.2 10.54 12.5 69 .355 1.114 48 1.129 21 1.064 .911 38 .911 6 0 0
30. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 89.2 4.32 6.5 391 .287 .763 219 .667 172 .889 .764 112 .758 8 5 1
47. Morgan* G ·  S ·  vP ·o···o···X··Xo 18.2 3.86 11.1 79 .225 .755 34 1.275 45 .371 .683 33 .660 4 1 0
39. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o···X·o··X· 11.2 3.09 10.0 48 .182 .659 22 .282 26 .974 .558 44 .600 3 1 0
59. Rucker G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X··oo···· 16.2 9.72 11.3 79 .304 .885 42 1.136 37 .631 1.127 70 .908 2 3 0
56. Sampson G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X··o···X· 8.0 2.25 7.9 38 .303 .910 23 .614 15 1.267 1.059 38 .910 2 0 0
35. Steele* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 26.0 4.15 11.1 114 .222 .759 77 .825 37 .600 .853 58 .920 6 1 1
71. Thompson G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 46.2 3.09 8.7 207 .227 .726 110 .688 97 .769 .833 33 .941 7 2 0
50. Wick G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··X···oX 6.2 4.05 9.4 30 .208 .542 15 .343 15 .767 .603 30 .542 0 0 0
TOTAL 4.76 8.8 .252 .773 .787 .910 191 67 15

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