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Game Preview: PIT @ FLA, 6:10pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Pirates, 36-43, 6th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (25, RHP, 0-1, 4.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 11.0 13 5 5 2 7 1 4.09
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 1-3 27.2 34 21 18 14 19 3 5.86 43
2009-06-28 KCR L 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 87 44
2009-06-20 @COL ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 88 51
2009-06-10 @ATL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 51
2008-09-02 @FLA ND 3.1 5 7 4 3 2 1 78 27
2008-08-28 FLA W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 75 57
2008-08-22 @STL L 1.1 5 4 4 5 1 0 57 24
2008-08-17 SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 111 50
Last 5 v.FLA 1-1 15.0 11 13 10 9 10 2 6.00 45
2008-09-02 @FLA ND 3.1 5 7 4 3 2 1 78 27
2008-08-28 FLA W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 75 57
2008-07-22 @FLA L 5.2 2 4 4 4 5 1 102 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-17   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  24-33   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast: 13-8    vsCntrl:11-23   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jul  2   NYM  L   8-9 (10)  36-43  6th  6.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1   CHC  L   1-4       36-42  6th  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   CHC  W   3-0       36-41  6th  6.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   CHC  L   1-3       35-41  6th  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   KCR  L   2-3       35-40  6th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   KCR  W   6-2       35-39  6th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   KCR  W   5-3       34-39  6th  5.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CLE  W   3-2       33-39  6th  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CLE  W  10-6       32-39  6th  7.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CLE  L   4-5       31-39  6th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Marlins, 41-39, 1st, Tied

SP: Chris Volstad (22, RHP, 5-7, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-7) 95.1 93 53 49 29 70 15 4.63
2008 (6-4) 84.1 76 30 27 36 52 3 2.88
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.0 49 27 27 12 25 6 5.93 43
2009-06-27 @TBR ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 116 56
2009-06-21 NYY W 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 96 53
2009-06-16 @BOS L 3.2 9 8 8 2 2 1 79 11
2009-06-10 STL L 5.2 10 6 6 1 0 1 96 24
2009-06-05 SFG L 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 89 52
2009-05-31 @NYM L 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 94 54
2009-05-25 @PHI W 6.2 6 3 3 2 6 2 107 54
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-20   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:  19-10   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 19-10   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  6-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Wed, Jul  1   WSN  W   5-3       41-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   WSN  W   7-5  (7)  40-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   WSN  W   4-2       39-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @TBR  L   2-5       38-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @TBR  L   2-3       38-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @TBR  L   3-7       38-37  3rd  1.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   BAL  W  11-3       38-36  3rd  1.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   BAL  W   5-2       37-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   BAL  W   7-6 (12)  36-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21   NYY  W   6-5       35-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 PIT  7  FLA  4        W:Paul Maholm (3-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (5)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 PIT  3  FLA  2        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-1), S: Matt Capps (4)
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 PIT  8  FLA  0        W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: none

Tue, Apr 22, 2008 PIT  3  FLA  2        W:Paul Maholm (1-2), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (5)
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 FLA 10 @PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (4-1), L: Matt Morris (0-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 PIT  9 @FLA  2        W:Ian Snell (1-0), L: Rick VandenHurk (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 FLA  7  PIT  3        W:Mark Hendrickson (1-1), L: Paul Maholm (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 FLA  5  PIT  4        W:Kevin Gregg (1-0), L: Franquelis Osoria (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 FLA  9  PIT  7        W:Scott Olsen (6-6), L: Zach Duke (3-7), S: Kevin Gregg (15)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 PIT  7 @FLA  5 (10)   W:Shawn Chacon (4-1), L: Kevin Gregg (0-3), S: Matt Capps (7)
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 3-0; 2008 - FLA won 3-2; 2007 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 74-60

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 2009 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

NYY  5.55

CHW  4.47

SDP  3.79

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

M. Teahen  .285

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .745

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.205

R. Cano  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

J. Niemann  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Pirates Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Volstad
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 63.Leroux
G/S/vB		 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB		 23.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Nunez
G/S/vB		 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB		 44.Sanches
G/S/vB		 45.West*
G/S/vB		 64.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/60 .265/.282/.347/.628 .489/.733 .738 38/.427 0/1 1/2
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/130 .273/.344/.417/.761 .556/.800 .688 59/.736 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 4/.000 0/0 1/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 312/224 .268/.359/.480/.839 .754/.873 .638 101/.902 2/2 12/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 291/218 .278/.354/.396/.750 .801/.733 .739 99/.671 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/86 .292/.339/.451/.790 .827/.776 .889 116/.777 4/0 1/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 216/179 .267/.315/.376/.691 .648/.700 .590 58/.716 0/0 1/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .143/.250/.286/.536 .619/.000 .333 8/.536 0/0 0/0
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / 0/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 327/233 .315/.354/.477/.831 .859/.819 .808 103/.795 5/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 106/91 .244/.349/.256/.605 1.055/.536 .596 18/.347 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 219/162 .284/.312/.413/.725 .846/.683 .703 91/.800 2/1 3/7
48.Young# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 121/70 .318/.397/.411/.808 .736/.862 .763 57/.901 2/0 2/3
IP 95.1 44.0 4.2 32.1 64.2 35.0 27.2 17.2 44.1 3.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.396/.729 .708/.736 .688 .720 44/15 49/41
ERA-K/9 4.63/6.6 3.48/5.9 7.71/1.9 1.95/8.6 4.45/7.1 3.86/8.5 3.25/8.1 1.53/7.6 4.06/5.3 0.00/2.4 4.42/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.258 183/.271 21/.300 125/.175 287/.249 148/.209 125/.240 79/.221 196/.234 15/.214 .258
OPS .769 .699 .833 .523 .697 .651 .723 .638 .715 .481 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.796 86/.684 11/1.055 58/.676 76/.815 75/.670 59/.783 32/.651 31/1.077 6/.900 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.740 97/.710 10/.600 67/.399 211/.656 73/.631 66/.673 47/.629 165/.642 9/.222 .705
Home 197/.762 110/.589 12/.788 78/.779 159/.640 91/.790 76/.843 58/.528 144/.747 8/.393
Last 28d days 122/.894 58/.669 12/.788 31/.437 128/.620 36/.813 28/.457 39/.697 123/.773 15/.481
HR/SB/CS 15/13/5 4/3/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 3/12/2 5/7/1 2/1/2 1/3/1 6/1/0 0/0/0 74/82/20
Usage ·····X·· ·X···oo· ··X····X ·X·o···· ····X··· ·o·o·X·· ·Xo···X· ·o···oo· ··X····X ····X··X
Marlins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Morton
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Baker* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/184 .240/.322/.393/.715 .606/.728 .698 46/.464 0/0 6/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 335/241 .250/.297/.302/.599 .686/.548 .652 88/.623 17/6 1/13
3.Cantu G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 300/214 .287/.333/.455/.789 .923/.736 .862 89/.733 1/0 9/5
25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 68/32 .286/.338/.460/.799 1.008/.554 .859 38/1.023 0/0 2/0
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/146 .262/.360/.360/.720 .559/.783 .580 107/.806 4/1 2/3
11.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .263/.348/.316/.664 .000/.734 .664 10/.500 0/0 0/1
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 129/111 .284/.349/.422/.771 .513/.815 .776 52/.798 0/0 3/1
18.Helms G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/58 .240/.288/.300/.588 .671/.509 .345 36/.551 1/1 1/4
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 5/.200 5/2.300 ··· 4/.000 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 299/215 .254/.351/.385/.736 .603/.789 .765 72/.696 4/2 8/1
29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 134/53 .264/.331/.413/.744 .794/.660 .671 51/.844 1/0 4/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.222 5/.500 ··· 3/1.334 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 328/234 .348/.413/.572/.985 .788/1.066 1.038 108/1.034 12/7 13/7
12.Ross G/S/vP 6/.500 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/2.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 299/210 .274/.324/.498/.823 .981/.759 .867 95/.937 3/1 14/3
6.Uggla G/S/vP 7/.619 6/.833 ··· 4/.500 5/2.800 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 322/231 .225/.336/.443/.779 .844/.754 .961 99/.762 1/0 15/7
IP 11.0 27.2 34.1 36.0 33.2 14.1 29.2 12.0 TOTAL .257/.326/.401/.727 .728/.727 .755 .768 46/20 80/68
ERA-K/9 4.09/5.7 4.88/6.5 3.41/6.8 3.75/8.0 7.49/9.6 4.40/4.4 2.73/5.5 3.75/6.8 4.19/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.295 116/.287 139/.246 162/.257 166/.342 59/.240 120/.194 50/.250 .262
OPS .803 .789 .705 .729 .920 .716 .667 .872 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/1.000 54/.805 60/.541 46/.612 83/.924 21/.686 47/.604 23/.874 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.465 62/.772 79/.832 116/.780 83/.917 38/.732 73/.709 27/.868 .752
Road 25/.711 39/.664 74/.909 89/.764 50/1.041 24/.533 61/.753 /
Last 28d days 46/.803 35/.635 46/.757 55/.613 45/.970 48/.835 43/.675 50/.872
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 4/3/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/3/1 2/0/0 70/50/17
Usage ····X··· X·o···Xo oo·oo··· ··o··X·X ·o····X· Xo··o·o· oX·oo··· ·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.