1:35 PM EDT · PNC Park
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates 7–8 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Braxton Ashcraft: breakers in thin air49% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.136 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.7 mph · 0.1 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 44%
- 29.13 inHg
- Elevation
- 780 ft
- 0%
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 3 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | CHC +118 · PIT -140 | PIT 58% | |
| PIT -1.5 | PIT +145 · CHC -180 | — | |
| Jameson Taillon | 4.5 | Over -120 · Under -110 | 55% over |
| Braxton Ashcraft | 5.5 | Over -130 · Under +105 | 57% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jameson Taillon CHC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 6 H, 7 , 2 BB, 3 K, 69 pitches
56% 28% 16%
Four-seam28%
Sinker9%
Cutter19%
Sweeper17%
Curveball11%
Changeup16%
- 91.8 mph
- 18.5 in
- 24%
- 21% / 8%
- 39%
- 35%
- .354
- 1,204
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 75 | 21% | .322 | 14.4 in | |
| 375 | 26% | .341 | 14.8 in |
| 2,337 | 19% | .324 | 13.9 in | |
| 3,932 | 21% | .299 | 14.9 in |
Braxton Ashcraft PIT · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 4 , 2 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches
46% 49% 5%
Four-seam32%
Sinker14%
Slider23%
Curveball26%
Splitter5%
- 97.1 mph
- 15.4 in
- 25%
- 27% / 6%
- 43%
- 44%
- .292
- 1,775
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 270 | 20% | .342 | 8.5 in | |
| 326 | 25% | .213 | 9.6 in |
| 582 | 20% | .316 | 8.8 in | |
| 364 | 24% | .209 | 9.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L Power in carry conditions | 455 | 88.8 | 19.5° | 48% | 11% | 24% | 23 | .365 | .356 / .359 | +350 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Seiya Suzuki DH · R | 382 | 89.0 | 18.4° | 41% | 10% | 18% | 17 | .337 | .283 / .321 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Michael Busch 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 464 | 88.3 | 14.3° | 41% | 10% | 15% | 13 | .339 | .370 / .350 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 433 | 89.4 | 15.2° | 42% | 12% | 24% | 18 | .320 | .339 / .372 | +475 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 5 | Nico Hoerner 2B · R | 456 | 86.1 | 13.2° | 28% | 1% | 10% | 4 | .321 | .297 / .325 | +1200 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Michael Conforto RF · L Power in carry conditions | 175 | 92.0 | 19.0° | 47% | 13% | 25% | 9 | .329 | .334 / .348 | +500 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Carson Kelly C · R | 271 | 88.0 | 11.2° | 38% | 6% | 10% | 6 | .323 | .379 / .308 | +800 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Pedro Ramírez 3B · S | 86 | 89.0 | 13.2° | 42% | 3% | 12% | 1 | .295 | .249 / — | +800 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 390 | 89.6 | 17.1° | 43% | 8% | 17% | 16 | .308 | .426 / .297 | +550 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Mangum LF · S | 285 | 82.4 | 1.3° | 26% | 1% | 7% | 2 | .284 | .300 / .303 | +1200 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Brandon Lowe 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 427 | 91.0 | 16.8° | 46% | 12% | 25% | 21 | .337 | .299 / .360 | +260 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 3 | Bryan Reynolds DH · S Power in carry conditions | 456 | 90.8 | 7.2° | 46% | 11% | 13% | 14 | .357 | .343 / .378 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Esmerlyn Valdez RF · R Power in carry conditions | 139 | 93.0 | 19.8° | 54% | 28% | 15% | 13 | .364 | .281 / — | +325 | 1.5 | 2-3 1 HR |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 372 | 89.8 | 13.4° | 45% | 8% | 18% | 16 | .324 | .252 / .369 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-2 1 HR |
| 6 | Jared Triolo 3B · R | 238 | 85.9 | 3.1° | 37% | 2% | 7% | 1 | .281 | .244 / .280 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Jacob Gonzalez SS · L | 117 | 88.4 | 18.9° | 43% | 4% | 23% | 4 | .324 | .454 / — | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Shawn Ross C · R | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +650 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Billy Cook CF · R | 44 | 80.5 | 19.6° | 22% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .141 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |