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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 70-47, 70-47 1st, 3 up

SP: Charlie Morton (29, RHP, 4-3, 3.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-3) 55.2 60 31 24 12 43 5 3.88
2012 (2-6) 50.1 62 30 26 11 25 5 4.65
2011 (10-10) 171.2 186 82 73 77 110 6 3.83
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.2 46 21 19 6 31 5 4.31 50
2013-08-07 MIA W 7.0 6 2 2 0 5 0 86 62
2013-08-01 STL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 104 36
2013-07-27 @MIA W 5.0 9 4 3 0 6 0 82 41
2013-07-22 @WSN W 6.2 6 3 3 1 5 2 102 54
2013-07-12 NYM ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 93 60
2013-07-06 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 3 6 2 99 45
2013-06-30 MIL ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 50
Last 5 v.STL 0-5 26.2 37 21 19 11 23 1 6.41 40
2013-08-01 STL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 104 36
2012-05-01 @STL L 4.1 8 6 5 2 5 1 95 28
2012-04-20 STL L 5.0 4 2 1 3 6 0 93 56
2011-09-14 STL L 7.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 94 56
2011-08-25 @STL L 4.1 9 5 5 2 1 0 84 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-20   Road:   29-27   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  58-36   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest:  8-10 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 11  @COL  L   2-3       70-47  1st  3.0 up
116 Sat, Aug 10  @COL  L   4-6       70-46  1st  4.0 up
115 Fri, Aug  9  @COL  L   1-10      70-45  1st  4.0 up
114 Thu, Aug  8   MIA  W   5-4 (10)  70-44  1st  4.0 up
113 Wed, Aug  7   MIA  W   4-2       69-44  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  6   MIA  W   4-3       68-44  1st  2.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  4   COL  W   5-1       67-44  1st  1.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  3   COL  W   5-2       66-44  1st  1.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  2   COL  L   2-4       65-44  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  1   STL  L   0-13      65-43  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Cardinals, 67-50, 67-50 2nd, 3 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (31, RHP, 13-7, 2.66)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-7) 175.2 163 56 52 21 156 8 2.66
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
Last 7 GS 2-2 50.0 50 22 21 9 42 4 3.78 56
2013-08-05 LAD L 7.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 105 54
2013-07-31 @PIT ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 108 50
2013-07-26 @ATL L 7.0 7 4 3 1 8 1 119 56
2013-07-21 SDP W 8.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 103 63
2013-07-14 @CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 111 43
2013-07-09 HOU W 7.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 97 71
2013-07-04 @LAA ND 8.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 104 54
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 33.0 37 20 20 7 30 5 5.45 49
2013-07-31 @PIT ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 108 50
2012-06-29 PIT L 5.0 11 7 7 1 7 2 100 23
2012-05-01 PIT W 7.0 5 4 4 1 6 2 92 56
2010-08-24 @PIT L 7.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 117 49
2010-08-01 PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 109 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-22   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  55-32   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:26-19   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 11   CHC  W   8-4       67-50  2nd  3.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10   CHC  L   5-6       66-50  2nd  4.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  9   CHC  L   0-3       66-49  2nd  4.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  8   LAD  L   1-5       66-48  2nd  4.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7   LAD  L   4-13      66-47  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6   LAD  W   5-1       66-46  2nd  2.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  5   LAD  L   2-3       65-46  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  4  @CIN  W  15-2       65-45  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @CIN  L   3-8       64-45  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @CIN  W  13-3       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 STL 13 @PIT  0        W:Joe Kelly (2-3), L: Charlie Morton (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 PIT  5  STL  4        W:Tony Watson (3-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (5)
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 PIT  6  STL  0        W:Brandon Cumpton (1-1), L: Tyler Lyons (2-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 PIT  2  STL  1 (11)   W:Vin Mazzaro (6-2), L: Kevin Siegrist (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 29, 2013 PIT  9  STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (11-4), L: Jake Westbrook (7-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 PIT  9 @STL  0        W:Jeff Locke (3-1), L: Shelby Miller (3-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 PIT  5 @STL  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-2), L: Joe Kelly (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (10)
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 STL  9  PIT  1        W:Lance Lynn (4-0), L: Jonathan Sanchez (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 PIT  5  STL  0        W:A.J. Burnett (1-2), L: Shelby Miller (2-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 STL 10 @PIT  6        W:Lance Lynn (2-0), L: James McDonald (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 7-3; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1218-1153

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 2013 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
Pirates Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
67.Blazek
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
71.Freeman*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
52.Wacha
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 15/.904 ··· 6/.666 1/no AB 10/1.178 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 432/330 .236/.296/.482/.779 .628/.825 .831 98/.612 1/0 28/24
12.Barmes G/S/vP 21/1.113 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.393 1/.000 15/.800 5/.500 ··· ··· 252/205 .221/.262/.303/.565 .490/.583 .530 48/.661 0/0 2/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/2.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/29 .244/.277/.422/.699 1.200/.305 .765 32/.889 2/0 2/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 25/.640 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 355/337 .253/.307/.429/.736 .170/.767 .794 67/.803 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 502/412 .282/.343/.438/.782 1.103/.712 .776 101/.687 33/11 10/6
55.Martin G/S/vP 22/1.124 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 7/.453 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· 370/295 .256/.355/.406/.761 .712/.773 .880 68/.856 9/4 10/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 25/1.009 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 1/no AB 4/.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 484/397 .313/.386/.507/.893 1.119/.844 .758 96/1.082 24/6 16/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 258/196 .275/.331/.391/.721 1.091/.608 .851 67/.808 3/2 4/11
7.Presley* G/S/vP 7/.714 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 73/63 .264/.274/.389/.663 .700/.657 .400 32/.540 0/1 2/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 253/161 .240/.353/.409/.762 .994/.633 .790 40/.877 1/0 7/2
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/22 .185/.233/.259/.493 .625/.438 .724 22/.438 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 14/1.346 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.025 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 200/149 .256/.335/.381/.716 .733/.708 .688 64/.566 3/0 3/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 16/1.115 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 371/295 .259/.356/.401/.757 .489/.825 .717 78/.852 1/2 7/6
IP 175.2 8.2 25.2 1.1 71.2 42.1 49.2 54.2 21.1 22.2 TOTAL .245/.313/.389/.702 .740/.692 .708 .726 81/29 108/85
ERA-K/9 2.66/8.0 8.31/10.3 2.45/6.7 0.00/13.8 3.14/6.2 2.34/4.3 1.81/7.2 2.63/13.0 0.84/11.4 4.37/7.1 3.53/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (35-27-4)
 Sanchez (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 689/.250 46/.278 105/.215 4/.000 307/.260 172/.300 186/.197 231/.239 81/.087 96/.253 .248  McCutchen
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 Martin
 Tabata
0/112/0/9
105/12/0/6
0/0/23/1
1/0/6/0
12/0/12/0
0/0/1/0
10/0/45/0
OPS .630 .907 .568 .000 .701 .731 .516 .631 .382 .727 .675
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.623 19/.726 75/.545 2/.000 138/.683 60/.737 84/.456 104/.521 42/.349 52/.491 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.636 27/1.027 30/.621 2/.000 169/.715 112/.728 102/.566 127/.723 39/.417 44/1.035 .660
Home 286/.552 27/.919 50/.584 4/.000 149/.673 95/.689 96/.377 118/.594 45/.380 71/.735
Last 28d days 116/.708 32/1.069 21/.496 4/.000 98/.602 48/.666 34/.529 43/.717 36/.519 23/.874
HR/SB/CS 8/1/3 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 7/1/1 2/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 75/27/16
Usage ·······X ··X·XX·· ·ooo·Xo· ····X··· ·X····X· ·oooo·oo ·X·o··o· ··XX··X· ·Xo·o·oX ··X·····
Cardinals Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
45.Cole
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
29.Morris
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 202/167 .281/.342/.486/.828 .657/.865 .946 58/.603 0/1 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 17/1.029 ··· 3/2.667 4/.833 8/1.000 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.600 2/.000 430/309 .305/.340/.519/.859 .772/.894 .864 80/.769 2/1 20/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 7/.333 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 3/.000 513/357 .308/.378/.467/.845 .790/.870 .974 105/.668 1/3 9/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .111/.200/.222/.422 .000/.536 .200 10/.422 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 19/1.299 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 5/.400 1/3.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 475/369 .319/.368/.464/.833 .772/.850 .814 94/.671 2/0 11/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 99/73 .215/.263/.312/.574 .308/.673 .491 48/.662 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 14/.286 ··· ··· 5/1.250 8/.250 5/.500 ··· 5/.800 ··· 238/189 .261/.312/.413/.725 .589/.760 .625 52/.588 5/2 5/10
23.Freese G/S/vP 15/.833 ··· 4/.250 6/.000 5/.200 4/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 3/.000 384/284 .273/.352/.390/.742 .773/.730 .686 89/.795 1/2 6/7
7.Holliday G/S/vP 21/.857 ··· 4/1.750 7/1.000 12/1.492 4/.000 3/.000 6/.834 3/1.667 425/329 .290/.374/.468/.842 .751/.867 .896 72/1.051 6/1 15/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 16/.864 ··· 4/1.417 5/1.200 4/1.750 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/1.111 4/.500 458/353 .265/.339/.360/.699 .564/.738 .663 90/.813 3/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .294/.368/.471/.839 .167/1.128 .571 17/.686 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 373/261 .232/.282/.293/.574 .617/.557 .503 64/.590 2/1 1/6
IP 55.2 66.0 60.0 21.0 53.1 54.1 50.0 55.0 60.0 TOTAL .274/.335/.409/.744 .677/.768 .746 .709 29/15 93/54
ERA-K/9 3.88/6.9 3.95/6.4 3.15/5.5 3.86/6.9 2.70/5.7 0.83/8.6 2.70/5.0 3.11/7.2 2.10/7.5 3.16/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (8-3-2)
 Johnson (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 240/.279 265/.247 249/.221 93/.244 216/.249 204/.185 197/.208 221/.205 241/.193 .231  Beltran
 Jay
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Holliday
 Chambers
0/0/98/3
0/112/0/3
24/0/19/1
0/0/2/1
95/0/0/1
2/0/3/0
OPS .731 .652 .620 .720 .639 .446 .641 .589 .556 .646
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.869 121/.709 109/.625 32/.737 90/.615 96/.337 84/.715 81/.497 71/.544 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.636 144/.604 140/.615 61/.710 126/.654 108/.546 113/.586 140/.645 170/.560 .638
Road 125/.740 75/.490 128/.525 61/.619 98/.776 91/.575 94/.772 97/.670 101/.592
Last 28d days 105/.764 93/.584 32/.609 19/.440 43/.610 34/.397 40/.668 39/.473 37/.826
HR/SB/CS 5/8/3 6/3/4 5/6/2 2/3/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/5/3 83/71/33
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ····X··· ···Xo··· ···X··X· ····Xo·· ·X····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.