Scouting Sheet
Sorted by record — both starters' combined scoreless-1st rate, 1.20 — not a prediction
Chicago Cubs Starter
David Peterson
Scoreless 1st 2/5 (40%)
ERA 5.11 (L5 4.32)
Last 5 WHIP 1.64 K9 10.4 Rest 6d
Cincinnati Reds Starter
Rhett Lowder
Scoreless 1st 4/5 (80%)
ERA 5.79 (L5 8.49)
Last 5 WHIP 1.67 K9 6.2 Rest 5d
Chicago Cubs Lineup Confirmed
1
Pete Crow-Armstrong
OPS .941 (L10 .777)
7 PA, reached 3(H1/BB2) K1 HR0 OPS.629 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
2
Seiya Suzuki
OPS .834 (L10 .658)
6 PA, reached 3(H2/BB1) K1 HR0 OPS1.100 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
3
Michael Busch
OPS .747 (L10 .969)
6 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K1 HR1 OPS.834 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
4
Matt Shaw
OPS .754 (L10 .459)
No BvP history
5
Ian Happ
OPS .746 (L10 .821)
8 PA, reached 2(H1/BB1) K4 HR0 OPS.393 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
6
Nico Hoerner
OPS .672 (L10 .603)
7 PA, reached 2(H2/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.572 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
Cincinnati Reds Lineup Confirmed
1
Carlos Jorge
OPS .401 (L10 .417)
No BvP history
2
Juan Brito
OPS .667 (L10 .898)
No BvP history
3
Sal Stewart
OPS .809 (L10 .771)
8 PA, reached 3(H2/BB1) K3 HR1 OPS1.089 ⚠️ Small BvP sample
4
Tyler Stephenson
OPS .746 (L10 .656)
16 PA, reached 8(H7/BB1) K4 HR0 OPS1.100
5
JJ Bleday
OPS .732 (L10 .482)
15 PA, reached 7(H7/BB0) K2 HR1 OPS1.134
6
Matt McLain
OPS .608 (L10 .254)
10 PA, reached 4(H3/BB1) K3 HR0 OPS.733
Head-to-Head
09-19 Chicago Cubs 0-0 Cincinnati Reds · 09-18 Chicago Cubs 0-2 Cincinnati Reds · 08-30 Cincinnati Reds 0-1 Chicago Cubs