Cubs vs. Blue Jays Tickets for Sunday, August 18 (2024)

Nico ho*rner and the Chicago Cubs will try to outdo Spencer Horwitz and the Toronto Blue Jays at Wrigley Field on Sunday, August 18 at 2:20 PM ET (airing on SNET).

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Cubs vs. Blue Jays Game and Ticket Info

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• Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024
• Time: 2:20 PM ET
• TV Channel: SNET
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• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Venue: Wrigley Field

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Starting Pitcher Matchup

Cubs Starter: Shota Imanaga

• Shota Imanaga looks for his 10th victory when he gets the start for the Cubs, his 23rd of the season. He is 9-2 with a 3.16 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 128 1/3 innings pitched.
• In his last appearance on Monday, the left-hander went five innings against the Cleveland Guardians, giving up three earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
• In 22 games this season, the 30-year-old has a 3.16 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .239 to his opponents.
• Imanaga is trying to collect his 14th quality start of the season in this matchup.
• Imanaga will try to build upon a nine-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he's averaging 5.8 frames per outing).
• He has had seven appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.

Blue Jays Starter: Bowden Francis

• Bowden Francis gets the start for the Blue Jays, his seventh of the season. He is 5-3 with a 4.92 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings pitched.
• In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the right-hander threw seven innings against the Los Angeles Angels, allowing one earned run while surrendering one hit.
• Over 20 games this season, the 28-year-old has a 4.92 ERA and 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .248 to opposing hitters.
• Francis enters this matchup with one quality start under his belt this year.
• Francis will look to last five or more innings for his third straight appearance. He's averaging 2.8 innings per outing.
• In 10 of his 20 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.

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Cubs Top Hitters

• Isaac Paredes' batting average this season is .239, and he has a .351 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage. He has 18 homers and 63 RBI, plus 48 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 15.9%, and his walk rate is 12%.
• In 2024, ho*rner's batting average is .258, to go along with an OPS of .679 (.329 on-base, .350 slugging). He has five homers and 36 RBI, plus 62 runs scored and 22 stolen bases on 25 attempts. His strikeout rate is 10.7%, and his walk rate is 7.4%.
• Ian Happ's current batting average is .230, and he has 20 home runs and 67 RBI, plus 66 runs scored and eight steals on 10 attempts. His strikeout rate is 27%, and his walk rate is 13%. He has a .338 on-base percentage, and a .444 slugging percentage.
• The Cubs' Cody Bellinger is hitting .276, with a .336 on-base percentage and a .426 slugging percentage. He has 12 home runs and 45 RBI, plus 48 runs scored and six steals on eight attempts. His strikeout rate is 16.7%, and his walk rate is 7.8%.

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Blue Jays Top Hitters

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has produced a batting average of .320 with an OPS of .939 (.391 OBP; .548 SLG) this season, while clubbing 24 HRs with 71 runs and 77 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 10% clip and fanning 14.6% of the time.
• In 459 plate appearances, George Springer has posted a batting average of .221 with an OPS of .669 (.301 OBP; .368 SLG) this season, while blasting 14 dingers with 57 runs and 44 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 10% clip and striking out 19.4% of the time. On the bases, he's pilfered 13 bags on 13 attempts.
• So far this season, Daulton Varsho is batting .203/.290/.395 with 14 dingers, 48 RBI and 55 runs, with 10 steals. He's fanning at a 26.1% clip and walking 10.3% of the time.
• At the dish, Ernie Clement is batting .270/.290/.397 with six homers, 33 RBI and 28 runs scored, with eight steals. He's fanning 6.4% of the time and walking at a 2.4% rate.

Cubs vs. Blue Jays Recent Performance

• The Cubs have powered out 14 home runs during the past 10 games.
• During the last 10 games, Chicago is slugging .449 with 3.1 extra-base hits per outing.
• Over the past 10 contests the Cubs are averaging 8.6 hits per game and batting .259.
• Over the last 10 games, the Blue Jays have hit nine home runs.
• Over Toronto's last 10 games, the team is slugging .373 with 29 extra-base hits.
• Over the Blue Jays' last 10 games, the team is batting .226 with 74 total base hits.