PIT @ ARI, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 51-62, 6th, 16½ GB, 11½ GB in WC	SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 1-0, 0.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 6 5 0 0 4 2 0 0.00 2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05 2006 (2-1) 42.2 40 20 18 11 16 6 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 31.1 42 23 21 14 13 5 6.03 41 2008-08-01 @CHC W 6 5 0 0 4 2 0 101 60 2007-08-14 BAL L 3 5 5 5 4 1 1 74 26 2007-04-28 BOS ND 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 46 2007-04-21 @BOS L 4.1 9 7 7 2 1 1 89 16 2006-09-30 TOR ND 6.2 5 4 2 0 3 1 78 55 2006-09-19 @TOR W 6.1 10 3 3 3 1 0 99 39 2006-09-14 TBD ND 5 6 4 4 1 5 2 68 43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-26 Road: 19-36 ExtrInn:10-3 vsRHP: 38-44 vsLHP: 13-18 1-Run: 19-15 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:24-27 vsWest: 9-14 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Tue, Aug 5 @ARI L 1-3 51-62 6th 16.5 gb 112 Mon, Aug 4 @ARI L 7-13 51-61 6th 15.5 gb 111 Sun, Aug 3 @CHC L 5-8 51-60 5th 15.5 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 @CHC L 1-5 51-59 5th 14.5 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 @CHC W 3-0 51-58 5th 13.5 gb 108 Wed, Jul 30 COL L 4-7 50-58 6th 14.0 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 COL W 6-4 50-57 5th 13.0 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 COL W 8-4 49-57 6th 13.0 gb 105 Sun, Jul 27 SDP L 1-3 48-57 6th 13.0 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 SDP L 6-9 48-56 5th 12.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Arizona Diamondbacks, 59-54, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 9-7, 4.35) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-7) 118 126 66 57 29 107 15 4.35 2007 (4-3) 56.2 52 26 24 13 72 7 3.81 2006 (17-11) 205 194 125 114 60 172 28 5.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-2 42 40 15 14 7 36 6 3.00 56 2008-08-01 @LAD W 6 5 1 0 0 6 0 75 66 2008-07-27 @SFG W 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 93 61 2008-07-21 CHC W 7 2 0 0 1 4 0 86 76 2008-07-12 @PHI W 6 5 4 4 1 3 2 84 48 2008-07-06 SDP W 6.1 3 1 1 0 10 1 103 73 2008-07-01 MIL L 3.2 8 7 7 3 6 3 93 20 2008-06-25 @BOS L 6 8 2 2 2 5 0 109 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-3 35.1 28 13 11 5 43 4 2.80 64 2008-06-09 @PIT L 5.2 6 5 4 5 3 0 106 37 2007-05-20 @PIT W 5.2 7 2 2 0 10 0 100 57 2005-06-16 PIT W 9 5 1 1 0 11 1 110 84 2004-08-25 @PIT L 8 3 2 2 0 11 2 82 79 2002-05-06 PIT L 7 7 3 2 0 8 1 92 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-22 Road: 27-32 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 36-38 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 16-15 vsEast: 13-16 vsCntrl:11-14 vsWest: 29-15 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Tue, Aug 5 PIT W 3-1 59-54 1st 2.5 up 112 Mon, Aug 4 PIT W 13-7 58-54 1st 1.5 up 111 Sun, Aug 3 @LAD L 3-9 57-54 1st 1.0 up 110 Sat, Aug 2 @LAD L 2-4 57-53 1st 2.0 up 109 Fri, Aug 1 @LAD W 2-1 57-52 1st 3.0 up 108 Thu, Jul 31 @LAD W 2-1 56-52 1st 2.0 up 107 Wed, Jul 30 @SDP W 7-3 55-52 1st 1.0 up 106 Tue, Jul 29 @SDP W 3-0 54-52 1st 1.0 up 105 Mon, Jul 28 @SDP L 5-8 53-52 1st 1.0 up 104 Sun, Jul 27 @SFG W 7-2 53-51 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 05, 2008 ARI 3 PIT 1 W:Brandon Webb (16-4), L: Zach Duke (4-10), S: none Mon, Aug 04, 2008 ARI 13 PIT 7 W:Danny Haren (12-5), L: Jason Davis (1-1), S: none Mon, Jun 09, 2008 PIT 5 ARI 3 W:Zach Duke (4-4), L: Randy Johnson (4-3), S: Matt Capps (15) Sun, Jun 08, 2008 PIT 6 ARI 4 W:Phil Dumatrait (3-3), L: Doug Davis (2-3), S: Matt Capps (14) Sat, Jun 07, 2008 ARI 4 @PIT 3 W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: John Grabow (4-2), S: Brandon Lyon (14) Fri, Jun 06, 2008 ARI 3 @PIT 1 W:Brandon Webb (11-2), L: Ian Snell (2-6), S: Brandon Lyon (13) Thu, Sep 27, 2007 ARI 8 @PIT 0 W:Micah Owings (8-8), L: John Van Benschoten (0-7), S: none Wed, Sep 26, 2007 PIT 5 ARI 1 W:Matt Morris (10-11), L: Livan Hernandez (11-11), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 PIT 6 ARI 5 W:Salomon Torres (2-4), L: Brandon Lyon (6-4), S: Matt Capps (18) Thu, Aug 09, 2007 ARI 4 PIT 2 W:Doug Davis (9-10), L: Shawn Chacon (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (35) Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-4; 2006 - ARI won 5-1; All-Time - ARI leads 48-29

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.68

MIL 4.64

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.90

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .369

R. Ibanez .288

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. DeJesus .361

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .615

M. Olivo .477

T. Pena .196

OPS

C. Jones 1.062

M. Reynolds .823

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

O. Perez 4.12

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

A. Galarraga 6.17

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
G/S/vB 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· 2/.500 7/.143 3/.667 9/.847 5/.200 ··· 354/262 .246/.322/.411/.733 .902/.678 .810 64/.613 1/1 12/

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/66 .240/.275/.333/.608 .890/.549 .448 9/.778 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 3/2.667 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 303/237 .338/.380/.552/.931 .997/.912 .781 100/.915 2/1 12/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 46/.816 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 146/94 .289/.324/.326/.650 .648/.649 .580 26/.448 0/0 0/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/44 .187/.291/.320/.611 .563/.654 .693 42/.556 0/0 3/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 3/2.000 4/.000 3/.666 6/1.417 ··· 501/366 .278/.355/.522/.877 .669/.954 .881 107/.844 13/3 22/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 14/.824 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 215/151 .240/.304/.401/.705 .491/.797 .706 42/.992 1/1 7/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 8/1.917 1/.000 1/5.000 4/.000 ··· 246/212 .286/.378/.390/.769 .663/.785 .747 71/.849 0/0 2/

39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 106/80 .298/.358/.479/.837 .773/.851 .933 30/1.087 1/1 3/

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 28/18 .208/.250/.250/.500 .633/.422 .643 25/.430 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 7/1.071 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 166/123 .239/.274/.361/.636 .995/.510 .569 43/.579 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/2.000 5/.650 11/.600 8/.500 ··· 436/344 .249/.272/.342/.614 .773/.571 .695 66/.887 0/1 7/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 20/.544 ··· 20/.926 3/.000 1/.000 15/.846 5/.666 ··· 255/206 .272/.320/.336/.656 .566/.676 .562 87/.585 2/2 0/

IP 118.0 7.1 31.2 44.2 52.0 49.0 54.2 18.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.419/.745 .743/.746 .740 .767 30/11 120/73

ERA-K/9

4.35/8.2

3.68/7.4

3.13/13.3

3.83/6.8

3.81/6.1

3.86/8.8

2.96/8.4

2.95/6.4

3.90/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (10-8-2)
Doumit (42-14-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.273 31/.345 136/.187 193/.276 219/.271 213/.249 216/.225 83/.301 .250 McLouth
Michaels
Moss
Pearce
Mientkiewicz 4/107/2/4
22/7/33/4
15/0/15/3
1/0/7/1
0/0/9/1

OPS .760 1.042 .687 .740 .737 .690 .636 .818 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.581 11/.964 61/.600 83/.671 101/.782 99/.556 114/.567 30/1.012 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 422/.794 20/1.084 75/.755 110/.789 118/.699 114/.808 102/.715 53/.709 .720

Home 248/.832 15/1.067 56/.701 99/.825 110/.733 99/.608 123/.644 38/1.201 .725

Last 28d days 98/.575 20/.900 5/.650 45/.958 44/.944 37/.964 42/.737 48/.873

HR/SB/CS 15/14/2 3/0/0 3/4/3 6/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 102/62/18

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ···X···· ·X··oo·o ·o·o··o· ··X·X··· ·oX·o·oo ··oo····

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Karstens
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 48.Beam
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
G/S/vB 58.Sanchez
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 160/73 .194/.304/.239/.543 .514/.578 .570 24/.867 5/0 0/

13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 141/95 .225/.340/.333/.674 .733/.640 .603 37/.588 0/0 3/

21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .286/.286/.286/.571 .400/1.000 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 450/316 .278/.319/.470/.789 .756/.803 .835 106/.921 3/1 13/

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB ··· ··· 5/.200 5/.200 2/2.500 ··· 4/2.500 440/297 .308/.371/.458/.829 .720/.882 .976 101/.852 4/1 8/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/1.400 2/3.000 ··· 3/no AB 432/298 .316/.397/.499/.895 1.083/.817 .915 107/1.038 7/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 141/110 .256/.333/.352/.685 .651/.695 .652 33/.785 0/0 1/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 151/98 .266/.367/.336/.703 .567/.774 .769 27/.323 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 427/295 .249/.329/.495/.823 .926/.779 .893 95/.768 7/0 23/

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 109/85 .262/.280/.369/.649 .364/.726 .676 69/.713 3/0 1/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.467 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 278/191 .245/.356/.437/.793 .671/.849 .809 52/.852 0/0 9/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 181/156 .286/.331/.452/.784 .972/.754 .961 76/.806 0/0 6/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.917 496/349 .234/.300/.422/.721 .939/.631 .793 102/.707 8/4 15/

IP 6.0 40.2 26.2 36.2 7.0 55.1 33.1 3.0 53.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.415/.741 .764/.731 .809 .779 43/18 110/74

ERA-K/9

0.00/3.0

3.54/6.2

4.73/4.0

4.66/6.6

2.57/3.9

3.25/7.5

5.67/6.8

3.00/0.0

4.86/6.5

5.30/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (16-2-0)
Snyder (35-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.238 174/.259 111/.224 171/.271 26/.261 238/.232 157/.244 14/.308 248/.257 .291 Young
Jackson
Burke
Romero 0/111/0/3
35/0/0/2
17/0/7/1
10/1/22/1

OPS .598 .772 .762 .849 .624 .695 .699 .742 .752 .833

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.705 59/.640 44/.852 46/.520 11/.855 58/.616 65/.800 3/.667 93/.850 .835

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.516 115/.834 67/.705 125/.984 15/.445 180/.720 92/.630 11/.764 155/.693 .832

Road 25/.598 84/.946 39/.608 84/.848 22/.618 119/.670 74/.655 14/.742 104/.867 .880

Last 28d days 25/.598 62/.900 67/.748 47/.726 26/.624 40/.833 41/.790 / 49/1.071

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/3/1 5/3/0 6/4/0 0/2/0 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 4/3/1 133/75/29

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o ··X···X· ·oo·o··o ·X·X··oo ·X··o··X o·X····o ········ ·X·····X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: PIT @ ARI, 3:40pm, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 9-7, 4.35)

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