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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 4:05pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 9-15, 9-15 4th, 8½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (30, LHP, 0-3, 4.22)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-3) 32.0 28 16 15 12 32 4 4.22
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
Last 7 GS 0-4 45.0 39 22 21 16 47 6 4.20 55
2014-04-21 CIN ND 7.0 7 5 4 2 4 0 101 47
2014-04-16 @CIN L 7.0 6 3 3 3 7 1 95 57
2014-04-11 @MIL L 6.0 4 4 4 2 7 2 95 53
2014-04-05 STL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 105 44
2014-03-31 CHC ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 104 71
2013-09-25 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 104 42
2013-09-20 CIN ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 7 1 94 72
Last 5 v.STL 4-1 37.0 21 8 8 9 30 1 1.95 68
2014-04-05 STL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 105 44
2013-08-30 STL W 8.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 82
2013-08-14 @STL W 9.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 94 80
2013-07-29 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 102 71
2009-06-28 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 97 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-14   vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-15   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  L   0-1        9-15  4th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   CIN  L   1-2        9-14  4th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   CIN  L   2-5        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   CIN  L   1-4        9-12  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   CIN  W   6-5        9-11  3rd  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   MIL  L   2-3 (14)   8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   MIL  L   7-8        8-10  3rd  5.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   MIL  L   3-5        8-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   MIL  W  11-2        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CIN  L   0-4        7-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-15
Cardinals, 13-11, 13-11 2nd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Tyler Lyons (26, LHP, 0-1, 3.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 6.0 6 2 2 4 7 0 3.00
2013 (2-4) 53.0 49 29 28 16 43 5 4.75
Last 7 GS 0-5 35.2 43 28 27 16 31 3 6.81 42
2014-04-21 @NYM L 6.0 6 2 2 4 7 0 95 55
2013-08-26 CIN ND 5.0 4 4 4 2 7 0 85 48
2013-07-30 @PIT L 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 1 108 46
2013-06-21 TEX ND 1.2 3 4 4 3 1 0 46 31
2013-06-16 @MIA L 5.1 8 6 6 3 6 0 93 31
2013-06-08 @CIN L 5.1 6 4 4 1 2 2 73 41
2013-06-02 SFG L 6.1 8 4 4 2 3 0 78 42
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 1 4.50 46
2013-07-30 @PIT L 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 1 108 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-5    vsCntrl:10-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Fri, Apr 25   PIT  W   1-0       13-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @NYM  L   1-4       12-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @NYM  L   2-3       12-10  2nd  4.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @NYM  W   3-0       12-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @NYM  L   0-2       11-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @WSN  L   2-3       11-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @WSN  W   4-3       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @WSN  L   1-3       10-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @WSN  W   8-0       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIL  L   1-5        9-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 STL  1  PIT  0        W:Shelby Miller (2-2), L: Gerrit Cole (2-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (7)
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 PIT  2  STL  1        W:Tony Watson (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  1        W:Joe Kelly (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (1-0), L: Shelby Miller (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 STL  9  PIT  2        W:Michael Wacha (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (7-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 STL  5  PIT  0        W:Adam Wainwright (16-9), L: Jeff Locke (9-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 STL 12  PIT  8        W:Joe Kelly (8-3), L: A.J. Burnett (7-10), S: Edward Mujica (36)
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 STL  7 @PIT  2        W:Joe Kelly (7-3), L: Kris Johnson (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 PIT  7  STL  1        W:A.J. Burnett (7-9), L: Lance Lynn (13-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 PIT  5  STL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (15-6), L: Shelby Miller (12-9), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1223-1161

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 67.Fornataro
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.572 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 614/467 .233/.296/.473/.770 .537/.842 .838 102/.682 2/0 36/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 6/.400 2/.000 330/273 .211/.249/.309/.558 .529/.565 .571 28/.368 0/0 5/13
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 377/303 .205/.326/.334/.661 .406/.727 .607 57/.708 4/0 9/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 95/53 .250/.290/.409/.699 .981/.466 .744 19/.632 2/0 3/1
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 566/463 .280/.343/.441/.784 1.053/.724 .787 109/.648 41/15 12/7
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/1.500 4/.500 506/396 .226/.327/.377/.703 .610/.729 .768 73/.697 9/5 15/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 6/.750 2/no AB 3/.666 7/.453 2/.000 674/553 .317/.404/.508/.911 1.130/.864 .859 112/.962 27/10 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 365/276 .285/.336/.435/.772 1.152/.654 .898 66/.442 3/2 8/15
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 320/194 .254/.361/.402/.762 .987/.619 .770 41/.768 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 285/260 .215/.281/.333/.614 .291/.644 .488 71/.685 2/3 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 340/237 .211/.293/.272/.566 .503/.591 .537 15/.533 4/0 4/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 341/269 .282/.342/.429/.771 .742/.778 .717 58/.549 3/1 6/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 551/457 .251/.339/.418/.757 .518/.805 .669 104/.774 1/2 16/7
IP 53.0 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .226/.301/.364/.665 .755/.651 .668 .665 14/3 28/17
ERA-K/9 4.75/7.3 2.29/7.1 /0.0 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 2.74/8.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (53-36-4)
 Stewart (37-17-12)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.241 141/.208 / 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .218  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Harrison
 Tabata
 Martin
0/155/0/11
124/13/0/6
5/0/79/5
1/0/14/2
40/0/50/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .725 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .624
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.630 99/.492 / 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.762 42/.635 / 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .579
Home 69/.851 71/.548 / 130/.700 79/.758 82/.602 165/.559 79/.429
Last 28d days 28/.697 23/.269 9/.000 40/.857 56/.625 39/.481 49/.617 40/.553
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 0/1/0 // 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 15/8/6
Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· ·oX·o··· ··X··X·· Xo···XX· o·o·oo·· X··X··Xo oo·o·oo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .870 90/.793 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 16/.875 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .739 50/.523 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 14/.500 10/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 8/.250 6/.334 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .972 105/.697 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 13/.077 7/.821 4/.750 3/2.333 4/.250 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .834 95/.460 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .466 14/1.000 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 7/.334 1/.000 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .597 29/.371 6/3 5/14
3.Ellis G/S/vP 15/1.667 3/1.334 9/.444 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .748 21/.411 4/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 15/.929 8/.900 7/.000 5/.400 7/1.000 1/.000 8/.625 5/1.400 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .978 99/.750 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.762 7/.762 2/1.000 6/1.666 1/.000 10/1.000 7/.286 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .732 59/.785 10/5 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.778 4/.000 6/.733 4/.750 5/1.400 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .813 87/.933 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 46/.948 15/.700 12/.750 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .940 86/.632 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP 6/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 2/no AB 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .639 23/.317 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .237 76/.544 3/0 0/0
IP 161.0 80.2 50.0 71.0 65.0 9.1 71.2 73.2 TOTAL .243/.310/.347/.656 .506/.699 .751 .656 8/4 12/20
ERA-K/9 3.02/9.1 3.35/5.9 2.70/13.3 1.39/8.9 3.46/5.1 1.93/8.7 2.39/6.8 2.08/7.2 3.61/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.224 333/.223 202/.214 279/.223 270/.243 38/.171 280/.198 295/.192 .251  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peralta
 Robinson
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
3/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
OPS .611 .617 .595 .511 .705 .411 .544 .543 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.321 146/.621 96/.707 125/.357 119/.745 14/.214 107/.483 95/.501 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 528/.689 187/.614 106/.496 154/.638 151/.674 24/.530 173/.582 200/.563 .712
Road 380/.715 180/.566 96/.742 132/.620 134/.797 26/.481 129/.577 131/.529
Last 28d days 136/.679 54/1.065 35/.801 41/.436 41/.626 37/.574 41/.581 39/.738
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 6/7/2 4/1/0 1/3/0 8/1/2 0/1/0 5/3/1 4/7/3 26/23/8
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· ·····oX· ·o···oo· X·X···X· ···X···X ·X·o·oX· ··X·XX·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.