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Game Preview: PIT @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Pittsburgh Pirates, 34-36, 4th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 3-6, 5.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-6)             77.2  99  50  46  39  62  5    5.33      
 2007 (9-12)           208   209  94  87  68 177 22    3.76      
 2006 (14-11)          186   198 104  98  74 169 29    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  37    47  26  23  24  37  2    5.59   43 
 2008-06-11    WSN   W   6     6   1   1   3   6  0     101   59 
 2008-06-06    ARI   L   5     5   2   1   3   9  0     107   57 
 2008-06-01   @STL   L   4     8   6   6   2   3  0      84   23 
 2008-05-27   @CIN   L   5     6   7   7   7   6  1     106   26 
 2008-05-21    MIL   L   6     9   4   2   2   6  1     111   46 
 2008-05-15   @STL  ND   4    11   5   5   1   2  0      81   21 
 2008-05-09    ATL  ND   7     2   1   1   6   5  0     114   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1   5    10   3   3   1   1  0    5.40   35 
 2006-06-27    CHW   L   5    10   3   3   1   1  0      96   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-15   Road:   13-21   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  23-23   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @BAL  W   5-4 (10)  34-36  4th 11.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @BAL  L   7-8       33-36  4th 11.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @BAL  L   6-9       33-35  4th 10.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   WSN  W   7-5       33-34  4th 10.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   WSN  W   3-1       32-34  5th 10.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   WSN  L   6-7       31-34  5th 10.0 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9   ARI  W   5-3       31-33  5th  9.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8   ARI  W   6-4       30-33  5th  9.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7   ARI  L   3-4       29-33  6th  9.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6   ARI  L   1-3       29-32  6th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 38-31, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 6-5, 3.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-5)             90    97  40  39  22  90 10    3.90      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43.2  52  23  22  11  44  8    4.53   50 
 2008-06-11   @DET   L   6    10   5   5   3   9  1     111   38 
 2008-06-06    MIN   W   5.1   9   4   4   2   4  2     109   36 
 2008-05-31   @TBR   L   7     5   2   2   2  10  1     108   67 
 2008-05-26   @CLE  ND   6     9   3   3   2   2  2     103   42 
 2008-05-21    CLE   W   7     4   2   2   1   7  1     101   67 
 2008-05-15   @LAA  ND   6.2   9   3   2   0   6  0     111   52 
 2008-05-10   @SEA   W   5.2   6   4   4   1   6  1      87   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-1  30.2  42  19  19   4  30  7    5.58   46 
 2007-06-17   @PIT  ND   6     7   5   5   1   8  1     114   45 
 2005-09-06   @PIT  ND   6    12   2   2   1   4  2     104   43 
 2005-05-06    PIT   W   7     7   2   2   0   8  0      94   63 
 2003-06-25    PIT  ND   7     6   3   3   1   8  2      94   60 
 2002-06-26   @PIT   L   4.2  10   7   7   1   2  2      86   17 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-11   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  26-21   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-6  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sun, Jun 15   COL  L   3-5       38-31  1st  4.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 14   COL  L   0-2       38-30  1st  4.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 13   COL  W   5-4       38-29  1st  5.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @DET  L   1-2       37-29  1st  5.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @DET  L   1-5       37-28  1st  5.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @DET  L   4-6       37-27  1st  6.5 up
 64 Mon, Jun  9   MIN  W   7-5       37-26  1st  6.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun  8   MIN  W  12-2       36-26  1st  5.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun  7   MIN  W  11-2       35-26  1st  4.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun  6   MIN  W  10-6       34-26  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 PIT  8  CHW  7        W:Shawn Chacon (3-1), L: Nick Masset (2-3), S: Matt Capps (5)
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 CHW  6 @PIT  1        W:Mark Buehrle (4-3), L: John Van Benschoten (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 PIT  4  CHW  2        W:Paul Maholm (3-9), L: Jon Garland (4-4), S: Matt Capps (4)
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 PIT  7  CHW  6        W:Mike Gonzalez (2-3), L: Cliff Politte (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CHW  4 @PIT  3        W:Freddy Garcia (10-4), L: Paul Maholm (2-7), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 CHW  4 @PIT  2        W:Mark Buehrle (9-4), L: Ian Snell (7-5), S: Bobby Jenks (23)
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 CHW  9  PIT  2        W:Sean Lowe (4-1), L: Todd Ritchie (5-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2001 CHW  4  PIT  1        W:Kip Wells (5-5), L: Jason Schmidt (5-4), S: Keith Foulke (18)
Fri, Jul 06, 2001 PIT 10 @CHW  6        W:Josias Manzanillo (2-2), L: Bobby Howry (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 CHW  4  PIT  3        W:Mike Sirotka (4-6), L: Jose Silva (2-3), S: Bobby Howry (9)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - PIT won 2-1; 2006 - CHW won 2-1; All-Time - CHW leads 9-8

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  5.55

TBR  4.54

WSN  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.59

TEX  5.83

BA

C. Jones  .403

B. DeWitt  .279

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .493

M. Young  .348

J. Vidro  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .704

C. Guzman  .447

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.149

C. Snyder  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.82

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 227/157 .251/.315/.387/.702 .853/.639 .864 81/.739 1/1 5/
38.Bay G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 300/221 .288/.400/.532/.932 .828/.967 .849 114/1.028 6/0 14/
37.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/33 .250/.262/.325/.587 1.000/.470 .526 41/.526 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 147/109 .346/.388/.618/1.005 .963/1.021 .851 37/1.163 0/0 9/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 32/.508 7/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 103/67 .313/.343/.354/.697 .726/.682 .660 32/.766 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· 8/.875 1/3.000 ··· ··· 261/185 .221/.303/.368/.671 .735/.644 .659 97/.705 1/0 7/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 314/219 .296/.385/.567/.951 .799/1.018 .990 113/.846 7/3 15/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 18/.977 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/.333 4/2.250 5/1.600 132/83 .254/.305/.398/.704 .538/.802 .720 46/.952 1/1 3/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 135/112 .232/.356/.313/.668 .514/.698 .629 55/.638 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 274/197 .314/.376/.510/.886 .997/.845 .953 90/.932 1/0 10/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 98/71 .253/.289/.407/.695 1.032/.571 .690 32/1.125 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 302/228 .232/.265/.307/.572 .659/.544 .624 117/.478 0/1 3/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 23/.652 13/.385 2/.000 10/1.056 ··· ··· ··· 88/65 .291/.329/.329/.659 .798/.613 .637 74/.725 1/0 0/
IP 90.0 31.1 27.1 28.0 25.0 28.2 26.2 TOTAL .260/.328/.408/.736 .781/.720 .746 .774 20/8 72/53
ERA-K/9 3.90/9.0 2.87/12.7 1.98/5.6 1.29/8.4 2.16/8.6 3.45/8.2 2.70/11.1 3.36/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (6-4-2)
 Doumit (14-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.272 139/.216 106/.240 106/.188 101/.234 123/.260 106/.149 .244  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/62/9
19/3/16/3
68/0/0/2
4/66/2/1
0/0/3/0
OPS .771 .628 .611 .523 .599 .762 .470 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.854 43/.700 53/.654 54/.424 53/.486 48/.943 49/.524 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.683 96/.596 53/.567 52/.623 48/.729 75/.652 57/.424 .646
Home 161/.721 66/.627 57/.630 55/.529 46/.736 63/1.019 56/.452 .664
Last 28d days 139/.884 57/.569 35/.593 33/.333 37/.395 33/.864 42/.451
HR/SB/CS 10/3/1 2/11/1 1/4/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 51/68/14
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o·X· ···o···o ···X···X ·Xo···o· ··o··o·· ·o·o···X
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/74 .250/.289/.391/.680 .672/.682 .757 43/.661 2/1 2/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238 313/234 .262/.315/.346/.661 .731/.638 .699 121/.780 9/2 4/
24.Crede G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/193 .281/.356/.525/.881 .331/1.042 .962 91/.906 0/3 14/
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 268/197 .286/.336/.486/.822 .607/.891 .935 107/.807 1/2 11/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 56/31 .321/.357/.377/.735 .898/.601 .581 22/.876 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/193 .215/.322/.368/.691 .658/.703 .838 90/.679 1/0 8/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/40 .275/.288/.294/.583 .890/.474 .667 16/.938 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 3/1.667 2/2.500 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 245/191 .301/.344/.437/.781 .591/.835 .698 94/.646 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 281/212 .269/.374/.525/.899 .752/.944 .909 105/.729 4/3 16/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/109 .293/.324/.436/.760 .753/.763 .739 91/.925 3/2 4/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/203 .219/.335/.369/.704 .698/.703 .766 94/.741 1/2 8/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 255/190 .216/.341/.446/.787 .994/.710 .682 87/.867 1/0 13/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 137/112 .200/.259/.320/.579 .544/.587 .579 9/.444 0/0 3/
IP 77.2 14.1 34.1 34.1 33.1 46.2 9.1 31.2 TOTAL .256/.331/.421/.753 .686/.775 .783 .775 24/15 87/43
ERA-K/9 5.33/7.2 7.53/7.6 2.88/6.3 2.36/7.1 3.51/10.0 5.01/4.6 6.75/6.8 3.41/5.1 4.83/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (18-4-0)
 Pierzynski (50-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.310 76/.345 136/.240 144/.214 135/.228 211/.325 47/.342 145/.211 .283  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
5/42/10/3
66/0/0/2
0/10/0/1
0/0/62/1
1/36/2/0
OPS .834 1.059 .677 .616 .550 .854 .930 .679 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.777 20/.583 65/.658 31/.680 44/.613 75/.879 14/1.243 53/.571 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 175/.895 56/1.256 71/.694 113/.598 91/.520 136/.840 33/.804 92/.742 .820
Road 200/.894 42/.806 55/.866 73/.642 62/.537 110/.900 29/.850 64/.669 .831
Last 28d days 127/.874 55/1.109 58/.785 65/.751 49/.632 76/.797 33/.990 53/.745
HR/SB/CS 5/10/1 3/0/0 4/4/1 5/3/1 2/1/1 5/0/0 1/0/0 2/3/1 68/43/17
Usage ·····X·· ···Xo··· ·XX··ooo ·XX···X· ·Xo·oo·o ···XX·o· ···o···· ··o·oX·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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