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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets, at PNC Park, June 28, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Start Time:

4:05et (local)

Venue:

PNC Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at PNC Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

On This Date:

22-29

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

On This Date:

61-64

Season Series
Mon, May 26, 2014 PIT  5 @NYM  3     
Tue, May 27, 2014 NYM  4  PIT  2     
Wed, May 28, 2014 NYM  5  PIT  0     
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 PIT  5  NYM  2     
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 PIT  3  NYM  2 (11)

Sat, Jun 28, 2014 NYM    @PIT  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 NYM    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET

New York Mets

36-44, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-21   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:  10-19
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 27  @PIT  L   2-3 (11)  36-44  5th  5.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @PIT  L   2-5       36-43  5th  5.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25   OAK  L   5-8       36-42  4th  5.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   OAK  W  10-1       36-41  4th  5.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22  @MIA  W  11-5       35-41  4th  5.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21  @MIA  W   4-0       34-41  5th  5.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20  @MIA  L   2-3       33-41  5th  5.5 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @MIA  W   1-0       33-40  5th  5.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @STL  W   3-2       32-40  5th  6.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @STL  L   2-5       31-40  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Pittsburgh Pirates

41-39, 4th, 8 GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   23-18   Road:   18-21   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-34   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl:20-25   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 27   NYM  W   3-2 (11)  41-39  4th  8.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26   NYM  W   5-2       40-39  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @TBR  L   1-5       39-39  4th  8.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @TBR  W   6-5       39-38  3rd  7.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 23  @TBR  W   8-1       38-38  4th  8.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @CHC  W   2-1       37-38  4th  9.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21  @CHC  W   5-3       36-38  4th  9.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20  @CHC  L   3-6       35-38  4th  9.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19   CIN  W   4-3 (12)  35-37  4th  8.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 18   CIN  L   4-11      34-37  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 PIT  3  NYM  2 (11)   W:Jared Hughes (4-2), L: Vic Black (1-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 PIT  5  NYM  2        W:Vance Worley (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2), S: Mark Melancon (14)
Wed, May 28, 2014 NYM  5  PIT  0        W:Bartolo Colon (4-5), L: Charlie Morton (1-7), S: Jeurys Familia (1)
Tue, May 27, 2014 NYM  4  PIT  2        W:Vic Black (1-0), L: Jeanmar Gomez (0-2), S: Jenrry Mejia (4)
Mon, May 26, 2014 PIT  5 @NYM  3        W:Tony Watson (5-0), L: Jose Valverde (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (10)

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 NYM  4 @PIT  2        W:Dillon Gee (7-7), L: Gerrit Cole (4-3), S: Bobby Parnell (17)
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 PIT  4  NYM  2        W:Justin Wilson (6-1), L: Greg Burke (0-2), S: Jason Grilli (29)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 PIT  3  NYM  2 (11)   W:Vin Mazzaro (5-2), L: Gonzalez Germen (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 12, 2013 PIT  3 @NYM  2        W:Justin Wilson (3-0), L: Scott Rice (1-2), S: Jason Grilli (15)
Sat, May 11, 2013 PIT 11 @NYM  2        W:Francisco Liriano (1-0), L: Jon Niese (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 3-2; 2013 - PIT won 5-2; 2012 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - PIT leads 372-345

SP: Jon Niese (27, LHP, 4-4, 2.78)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-4)			97.0	88	34	30	25	69	7	2.78
2013 (8-8)			143.0	158	68	59	48	105	10	3.71
2012 (13-9)			190.1	174	77	72	49	155	22	3.40

Last 7 GS		2-1	47.1	41	18	16	13	31	4	3.04	57
2014-06-22	@MIA	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	87	50
2014-06-17	@STL	L	6.0	8	5	3	1	3	1	85	42
2014-06-12	MIL	ND	7.2	6	1	1	1	8	1	97	70
2014-06-06	@SFG	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	94	61
2014-06-01	@PHI	ND	8.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	91	63
2014-05-27	PIT	ND	5.2	4	2	2	4	2	0	104	51
2014-05-22	LAD	W	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	97	59

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	28.2	29	14	14	10	18	2	4.40	49
2014-05-27	PIT	ND	5.2	4	2	2	4	2	0	104	51
2013-05-11	PIT	L	4.1	8	8	8	3	1	2	84	13
2012-05-23	@PIT	W	7.2	5	1	1	2	5	0	102	68
2010-08-21	@PIT	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	83	57
2009-05-08	PIT	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	95	55

SP: Gerrit Cole (23, RHP, 6-3, 3.64)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-3)			76.2	75	32	31	25	69	8	3.64
2013 (10-7)			117.1	109	43	42	28	100	7	3.22

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.2	43	19	19	14	43	4	4.01	53
2014-06-03	@SDP	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	100	61
2014-05-29	@LAD	W	6.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	88	50
2014-05-24	WSN	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	1	112	58
2014-05-18	@NYY	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	1	99	52
2014-05-13	@MIL	L	5.2	7	3	3	3	6	0	105	46
2014-05-07	SFG	W	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	107	62
2014-05-02	TOR	ND	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	95	42

Last 5 v.NYM		0-1	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	5.40	46
2013-07-14	NYM	L	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	89	46

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

Mets Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 220.Frieri
G/S/vB 30.Gomez
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 107/94 .283/.364/.413/.778 .462/.826 .569 49/.636 1/0 1/2

29.Campbell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 78/43 .282/.321/.394/.715 .948/.531 .787 44/.675 0/0 1/1

15.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 161/117 .201/.281/.306/.587 .664/.559 .596 37/.637 1/0 4/3

21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 265/221 .252/.347/.478/.825 .510/.888 .915 87/1.007 2/1 12/2

3.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 319/233 .235/.354/.405/.760 .738/.768 .810 98/.984 5/2 10/2

12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 180/138 .293/.333/.421/.754 1.004/.677 .752 13/.615 1/3 2/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 357/272 .298/.350/.417/.767 .836/.746 .800 107/.763 11/4 6/8

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/25 .308/.345/.577/.922 .500/.996 1.224 8/1.375 0/0 1/0

20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 116/94 .208/.254/.321/.575 .465/.602 .704 34/.498 1/1 2/1

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 233/172 .236/.352/.303/.655 .753/.620 .592 79/.687 1/1 2/4

5.Wright G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 6/1.917 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 354/271 .277/.333/.396/.729 1.005/.643 .725 100/.715 4/4 6/9

1.Young G/S/vP ··· 10/.422 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 216/162 .203/.284/.354/.638 .594/.649 .662 74/.628 7/3 7/1

22.Young# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 202/148 .230/.318/.310/.629 .481/.685 .724 37/.667 18/2 1/1

IP 76.2 31.0 39.2 30.0 38.1 17.1 36.2 29.2 TOTAL .238/.313/.359/.672 .700/.663 .695 .699 54/22 60/45

ERA-K/9

3.64/8.1

6.39/11.0

3.40/6.8

1.80/4.5

2.35/7.8

4.67/9.4

0.98/11.5

4.85/9.7

3.80/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (18-5-4)
Recker (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.259 133/.268 166/.275 118/.235 150/.191 79/.282 149/.216 129/.216 .249 Young
Granderson
Young
Nieuwenhuis
Campbell
Duda
Abreu
Lagares 43/1/0/5
10/10/66/5
37/26/3/4
0/6/0/2
8/0/1/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/23/0
0/41/0/0

OPS .742 .844 .812 .612 .462 .805 .572 .605 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.776 88/.794 66/1.080 53/.615 70/.398 32/.851 40/.593 45/.675 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.712 45/.937 100/.647 65/.608 80/.518 47/.774 109/.564 84/.564 .696

Home 139/.727 72/.771 97/.837 71/.556 83/.400 51/.575 77/.642 76/.764

Last 28d days 22/.549 41/1.073 50/.606 49/.646 46/.373 29/.986 46/.460 41/.470

HR/SB/CS 8/15/2 8/0/0 6/4/4 2/2/4 1/0/1 3/2/0 1/4/0 0/5/1 71/65/22

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

Pirates Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 38.Black
G/S/vB 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB 61.Eveland*
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 71.Germen
G/S/vB 58.Mejia
G/S/vB 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.250 316/259 .240/.329/.405/.734 .632/.757 .758 93/.848 5/1 12/17

12.Barmes G/S/vP 17/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 99/78 .241/.323/.287/.611 .586/.617 .704 35/.665 1/1 0/2

15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 242/219 .241/.360/.365/.724 .178/.785 .884 83/.583 0/3 5/5

5.Harrison G/S/vP 7/.619 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.100 1/no AB 213/172 .303/.344/.465/.809 .763/.820 .773 102/.819 7/3 5/2

6.Marte G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 301/257 .260/.329/.388/.717 .668/.726 .719 78/.786 18/6 5/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 12/.650 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 3/1.000 190/156 .265/.407/.384/.792 .407/.867 .870 92/.797 3/2 4/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 12/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 7/.572 4/1.000 1/no AB 6/.667 4/.250 357/302 .314/.420/.525/.945 1.106/.918 1.069 113/1.109 12/0 12/4

10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 257/214 .229/.264/.346/.610 .885/.553 .547 101/.767 1/1 6/6

25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 83/62 .319/.402/.417/.819 .554/.912 .759 83/.819 4/0 2/1

17.Sanchez G/S/vP 28/.828 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 9/.666 ··· 138/81 .248/.297/.457/.754 .898/.654 .578 37/.500 2/0 5/3

23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 161/149 .231/.313/.343/.655 .727/.650 .785 41/.727 0/0 4/1

19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/67 .247/.333/.260/.594 1.029/.466 .733 24/.533 0/0 0/2

18.Walker# G/S/vP 8/.250 1/no AB ··· 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 2/.500 283/233 .272/.340/.433/.773 .711/.787 .774 45/.661 1/1 11/1

IP 97.0 15.1 12.0 11.1 39.1 24.2 57.1 47.2 TOTAL .257/.333/.387/.720 .722/.720 .746 .763 55/20 73/60

ERA-K/9

2.78/6.4

1.76/10.6

1.50/7.5

1.59/8.8

2.29/7.8

4.01/8.0

4.24/9.3

3.21/9.8

3.57/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (28-14-1)
Stewart (19-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.244 66/.196 41/.103 42/.128 160/.216 105/.247 258/.258 209/.285 .244 Marte
Snider
Harrison
McCutchen
Sanchez
Mercer
Polanco 69/6/0/3
3/0/41/3
7/0/24/2
0/79/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/17/0

OPS .656 .604 .326 .421 .578 .768 .730 .761 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.598 31/.647 28/.365 19/.325 73/.802 44/1.086 124/.593 87/.621 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.673 35/.567 13/.237 23/.503 87/.390 61/.529 134/.849 122/.861 .676

Road 214/.685 39/.716 25/.280 19/.377 89/.518 39/.439 115/.930 99/.651

Last 28d days 143/.716 45/.644 25/.377 42/.421 41/.450 32/.868 43/.773 67/.924

HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 1/3/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/4/0 4/0/0 6/4/0 3/5/0 69/37/11

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

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 2014 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

OAK 5.15

SEA 4.10

SDP 2.99

RA/G

STL 3.38

LAA 4.21

COL 5.16

T. Tulowitzki .351

M. Kemp .267

C. Carter .187

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .445

G. Jones .332

N. Schierholtz .253

SLG

J. Abreu .633

J. Reyes .410

W. Venable .273

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.067

Y. Solarte .749

W. Venable .530

ERA

J. Cueto 1.88

D. Price 3.63

R. Nolasco 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.03

R. Dickey 7.62

K. Correia 4.49

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.