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Game Preview: PIT @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 24, 2013 @Nationals Park

Pirates, 59-39, 59-39 2nd, 1½ GB, 8 up in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 9-4, 2.44)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-4) 81.0 68 22 22 32 84 4 2.44
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 5-2 45.0 40 15 15 18 37 4 3.00 57
2013-07-19 @CIN L 4.1 5 5 5 4 4 1 98 33
2013-07-10 OAK W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 90 74
2013-07-05 @CHC W 9.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 111 74
2013-06-29 MIL W 6.0 7 1 1 1 6 0 91 59
2013-06-22 @LAA W 6.2 7 1 1 3 6 0 104 59
2013-06-17 @CIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 2 84 58
2013-06-12 SFG W 6.0 8 4 4 3 2 0 91 39
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-18   Road:   27-21   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  49-30   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:26-17   vsWest:  6-6  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Tue, Jul 23  @WSN  W   5-1       59-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 22  @WSN  W   6-5       58-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 21  @CIN  W   3-2       57-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 20  @CIN  L   4-5       56-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 19  @CIN  L   3-5       56-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 14   NYM  L   2-4       56-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 13   NYM  W   4-2       56-36  1st    Tied
 91 Fri, Jul 12   NYM  W   3-2 (11)  55-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 10   OAK  W   5-0       54-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  9   OAK  L   1-2       53-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Nationals, 48-52, 48-52 3rd, 8 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Stephen Strasburg (24, RHP, 5-7, 2.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-7) 115.1 92 47 38 38 115 10 2.97
2012 (15-6) 159.1 136 62 56 48 197 15 3.16
2011 (1-1) 24.0 15 5 4 2 24 0 1.50
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.0 34 17 17 17 42 4 3.73 56
2013-07-19 LAD ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 104 60
2013-07-12 @MIA L 2.0 5 7 7 4 2 1 66 16
2013-07-07 SDP W 6.0 7 4 4 2 9 1 111 49
2013-07-02 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 4 8 0 105 75
2013-06-27 ARI ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 113 59
2013-06-21 COL W 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 95 72
2013-06-16 @CLE L 5.0 1 1 1 4 4 0 82 61
Last 5 v.PIT 2-0 20.0 14 8 7 4 35 3 3.15 66
2013-05-04 @PIT ND 7.0 5 4 4 1 8 2 95 58
2012-05-10 @PIT W 6.0 5 2 1 3 13 0 103 66
2010-06-08 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 0 14 1 94 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-23   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  34-39   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 17-20   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 23   PIT  L   1-5       48-52  3rd  8.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 22   PIT  L   5-6       48-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 21   LAD  L   2-9       48-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 20   LAD  L   1-3 (10)  48-49  3rd  7.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 19   LAD  L   2-3       48-48  3rd  7.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 14  @MIA  W   5-2 (10)  48-47  2nd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 13  @MIA  L   1-2 (10)  47-47  2nd  7.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 12  @MIA  L   3-8       47-46  2nd  6.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 11  @PHI  L   1-3       47-45  2nd  6.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 10  @PHI  W   5-1       47-44  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 PIT  5 @WSN  1        W:Gerrit Cole (5-3), L: Taylor Jordan (0-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 PIT  6 @WSN  5        W:Charlie Morton (2-2), L: Dan Haren (4-11), S: Vin Mazzaro (1)
Sun, May 05, 2013 WSN  6 @PIT  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 WSN  5 @PIT  4        W:Tyler Clippard (2-1), L: Tony Watson (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (10)
Fri, May 03, 2013 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (1-3), S: Jason Grilli (12)

Thu, May 17, 2012 PIT  5 @WSN  3        W:James McDonald (3-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 WSN  7  PIT  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-1), L: Erik Bedard (2-5), S: Henry Rodriguez (9)
Thu, May 10, 2012 WSN  4 @PIT  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (3-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-3), S: Henry Rodriguez (7)
Wed, May 09, 2012 PIT  4  WSN  2        W:Brad Lincoln (2-0), L: Ross Detwiler (3-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Tue, May 08, 2012 PIT  5  WSN  4        W:Tony Watson (2-0), L: Henry Rodriguez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 3-2; 2012 - PIT won 3-2; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - PIT leads 307-279

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. Nationals Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
38.Jordan
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
43.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
22.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 6/.167 5/1.150 5/.200 4/1.750 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 355/272 .243/.301/.502/.803 .658/.847 .857 85/.751 1/0 25/16
12.Barmes G/S/vP 6/1.166 4/1.250 7/.714 ··· ··· 12/.850 1/.000 12/.864 2/.500 219/177 .220/.268/.290/.558 .400/.595 .513 43/.794 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 18/12 .125/.176/.125/.301 .333/.282 .286 6/.167 0/0 0/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 9/.222 9/.889 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 304/287 .258/.309/.444/.754 .180/.788 .808 60/.854 2/0 10/6
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 426/353 .279/.333/.449/.782 1.084/.719 .776 97/.744 28/10 10/4
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 4/1.500 1/no AB 4/1.833 5/.400 6/.334 ··· 319/255 .251/.352/.407/.759 .767/.758 .877 71/.710 8/2 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 9/.476 5/.650 11/1.155 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/2.000 3/1.334 410/340 .307/.378/.501/.879 1.041/.846 .780 88/1.163 21/5 14/3
19.McKenry G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/84 .190/.241/.324/.565 .364/.634 .676 22/.372 0/0 3/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 213/167 .267/.319/.390/.709 1.025/.626 .842 76/.564 3/2 4/8
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 13/.481 2/1.000 8/.821 ··· 1/3.000 6/.334 1/.000 17/.561 8/.393 221/146 .225/.345/.401/.747 .993/.622 .806 39/.469 1/0 7/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 257/233 .226/.296/.333/.629 .304/.662 .493 30/.448 2/3 3/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 7/.286 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 151/111 .274/.338/.400/.738 .632/.775 .780 61/.728 3/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.900 5/.800 6/.733 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 297/233 .240/.342/.378/.720 .435/.801 .721 36/.430 1/2 6/6
IP 115.1 21.2 43.2 29.1 16.1 26.2 42.0 52.0 41.0 TOTAL .243/.310/.391/.701 .692/.703 .716 .702 70/25 98/67
ERA-K/9 2.97/9.0 1.66/9.1 1.85/9.9 3.68/4.3 2.20/7.2 2.03/7.1 2.36/6.6 3.81/8.0 4.83/9.2 3.64/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (25-24-4)
 McKenry (35-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.220 89/.235 172/.136 125/.308 63/.186 103/.198 172/.252 223/.290 181/.280 .252  McCutchen
 Snider
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Martin
 Tabata
0/95/0/8
5/0/74/5
89/8/0/4
0/0/21/1
1/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
8/0/35/0
OPS .622 .552 .451 .723 .515 .558 .655 .762 .783 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 217/.647 35/.571 89/.456 50/.729 30/.450 46/.423 73/.781 86/.860 76/.947 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.601 54/.538 83/.446 75/.717 33/.574 57/.670 99/.565 137/.697 105/.666 .700
Home 263/.557 44/.380 86/.427 55/.649 33/.550 50/.690 95/.616 113/.908 100/.739
Last 28d days 128/.734 38/.575 39/.157 125/.723 35/.824 64/.592 36/.681 62/1.061 44/.759
HR/SB/CS 10/11/2 0/1/0 3/1/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 4/2/0 3/4/1 6/4/0 89/64/9
Usage ····X··· ·oX····· X··Xo··· X······· oo·X···· ··X····· ···XX··· ·X·o···· ·o·o····
Nationals Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
45.Cole
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
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
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 155/138 .190/.253/.289/.542 .301/.572 .695 23/.522 3/0 2/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 409/309 .275/.322/.472/.794 .793/.794 .797 101/.809 11/3 15/11
7.Hairston G/S/vP 9/.722 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 124/27 .171/.226/.405/.631 .708/.352 .859 17/.824 2/0 8/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 263/180 .264/.368/.505/.872 .564/1.017 .934 85/.658 6/4 13/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 2/no AB 367/269 .245/.330/.425/.755 .546/.834 .815 83/.676 3/1 14/6
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 197/140 .235/.247/.294/.542 .571/.529 .555 15/.429 2/3 0/2
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 1/2.000 100/76 .290/.340/.505/.845 .770/.870 .756 48/.953 0/1 5/5
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 198/144 .273/.325/.415/.740 .810/.715 .713 91/.567 1/0 4/9
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 11/.818 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 406/297 .263/.319/.357/.676 .364/.790 .783 95/.751 10/4 0/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 22/.427 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 246/196 .221/.282/.320/.601 .573/.608 .597 38/.689 2/0 3/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 98/91 .181/.214/.309/.523 1.000/.485 .431 23/.802 0/2 3/3
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 279/211 .297/.366/.502/.868 1.060/.804 .824 96/1.104 4/0 14/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 363/258 .268/.344/.439/.784 .849/.758 .738 101/.672 5/0 11/15
IP 81.0 48.2 54.1 44.2 47.1 42.2 47.2 53.1 TOTAL .239/.299/.383/.682 .621/.704 .715 .718 49/21 92/71
ERA-K/9 2.44/9.3 3.51/5.4 2.65/5.6 2.62/6.0 0.95/8.9 2.53/5.7 3.21/6.8 1.86/7.8 3.08/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (14-3-1)
 Suzuki (44-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.225 196/.260 222/.216 177/.253 181/.185 167/.186 190/.201 209/.178 .225  Harper
 Bernadina
 Werth
 Span
 Hairston
 Lombardozzi
46/3/13/5
27/5/23/4
0/0/69/4
0/93/0/4
4/0/29/2
21/0/0/1
OPS .600 .652 .612 .642 .452 .606 .614 .520 .644
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.346 100/.685 98/.603 74/.540 84/.386 74/.715 69/.497 62/.515 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.666 96/.618 124/.620 103/.711 97/.511 93/.519 121/.685 147/.522 .636
Road 185/.666 48/.454 124/.543 77/.763 84/.560 78/.728 88/.696 87/.543
Last 28d days 104/.608 122/.685 21/.538 35/.293 31/.198 34/.584 39/.396 34/.412
HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 3/2/4 5/6/2 3/0/1 1/2/0 5/1/2 5/3/1 3/4/3 76/60/30
Usage ····X··· X······· ···X···· ·o··X··· o·Xo···· Xoo·o··· ·oo·X··· ··o·o···

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.