Monday, September 26, 2016

Pre-Game: Cubs vs. Pirates



Game: Chicago Cubs (99-56) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (77-78)
Time: 7:05 PM
Game-Time Weather: Showers, 66
TV/Radio: ROOT Sports/KDKA-FM 93.7


Tonight's Starting Pitchers:

Kyle Hendricks (RHP) (15-8, 2.06) vs. Chad Kuhl (RHP) (5-3, 3.73)


Cubs Lineup:
1. Chris Coghlan (L) LF
2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Willson Contreras (R) C
5. Jason Heyward (L) RF
6. Addison Russell (R) SS
7. Albert Almora Jr. (R) CF
8. Javier Baez (R) 2B
9. Kyle Hendricks (R) P


Pirates Lineup:
1. John Jaso (L) 1B
2. Josh Bell (S) RF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Jung Ho Kang (R) 3B
5. Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B
6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
7. Adam Frazier (L) LF
8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
9. Chad Kuhl (R) P


*If you missed JAL's Morning Links, you can find them here.

*Pirates Radio Pre-Game begins at 5:40 PM, click here to listen.

*Las Vegas Odds can be found here.

*Game Threads will auto-post at 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM & 9:00 PM

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*I am tracking September/October regular season attendance. Since I am doing it, thought I would give you a daily update and compare it to 2014 & 2015. I am using those years, because 2014 was when I started tracking attendance on the spreadsheet. I really wish MLB would go back to tracking fans in the stands rather than tickets sold. Does not account for no-shows and skews numbers. The 2016 numbers will be updated daily and the total and average is only based on the number of home games played up to date.

  • 2014: 9 Home Games / 333,313 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 37,035 per game.
  • 2015: 15 Home Games / 434,032 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 28,935 per game.
  • 2016: 17 Home Games / 329,960 = Total Home Attendance / Average = 25,382 per game.
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