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Miami Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Marlins Park, August 24, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 24, 2015

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Marlins Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

124

On This Date:

57-66

Marlins

Manager:

Dan Jennings

Game #:

125

On This Date:

9-10

Season Series
Mon, May 25, 2015 PIT  4  MIA  2     
Tue, May 26, 2015 PIT  5  MIA  1     
Wed, May 27, 2015 PIT  5  MIA  2     

Mon, Aug 24, 2015 PIT    @MIA  7:10pm
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 PIT    @MIA  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 PIT    @MIA  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 27, 2015 PIT    @MIA  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Pittsburgh Pirates

74-48, 2nd, 3½ GB, 9 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   44-20   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  60-38   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 21-8    vsCntrl:21-29   vsWest: 19-4  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sun, Aug 23   SFG  W   5-2       74-48  2nd  3.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22   SFG  W   3-2       73-48  2nd  3.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21   SFG  L   4-6       72-48  2nd  4.5 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20   SFG  W   4-0       72-47  2nd  4.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 19   ARI  W   4-1       71-47  2nd  5.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 18   ARI  W   9-8 (15)  70-47  2nd  5.0 gb
116 Mon, Aug 17   ARI  L   1-4       69-47  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 16  @NYM  W   8-1       69-46  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 15  @NYM  W   5-3 (14)  68-46  2nd  6.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 14  @NYM  W   3-2 (10)  67-46  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Miami Marlins

50-74, 4th, 17½ GB, 25 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   21-41   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  39-59   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 17-31   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 23   PHI  L   0-2       50-74  4th 17.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   PHI  L   2-4       50-73  4th 16.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   PHI  L   1-7       50-72  4th 15.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   PHI  W   9-7       50-71  4th 14.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @MIL  L   7-8       49-71  4th 15.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @MIL  W   9-6       49-70  4th 15.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @MIL  W   6-2       48-70  4th 15.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @STL  W   6-4       47-70  4th 15.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @STL  L   2-6       46-70  4th 16.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @STL  L   1-3       46-69  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 27, 2015 PIT  5  MIA  2        W:Gerrit Cole (7-2), L: Sam Dyson (2-2), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Tue, May 26, 2015 PIT  5  MIA  1        W:Jeff Locke (3-2), L: Jose Urena (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2015 PIT  4  MIA  2        W:Charlie Morton (1-0), L: David Phelps (2-2), S: Mark Melancon (11)

Thu, Aug 07, 2014 PIT  7  MIA  2        W:Edinson Volquez (9-7), L: Brian Flynn (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 06, 2014 PIT  7  MIA  3        W:Jeff Locke (3-3), L: Tom Koehler (7-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2014 MIA  6 @PIT  3        W:A.J. Ramos (5-0), L: Jared Hughes (6-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 MIA  3  PIT  2 (10)   W:A.J. Ramos (4-0), L: Jared Hughes (3-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 PIT  8 @MIA  6        W:Charlie Morton (4-7), L: Randy Wolf (1-3), S: Jason Grilli (11)
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 PIT  8 @MIA  6 (13)   W:Jeanmar Gomez (1-2), L: Mike Dunn (5-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 08, 2013 PIT  5  MIA  4 (10)   W:Jared Hughes (2-2), L: Steve Ames (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 3-0; 2014 - PIT won 4-2; 2013 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 92-79

SP: J.A. Happ (32, LHP, 5-7, 4.42)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (5-7)			124.1	139	63	61	37	98	14	4.42
2014 (11-11)			158.0	160	79	74	51	133	22	4.22
2013 (5-7)			92.2	91	53	47	45	77	10	4.56

Last 7 GS		1-2	31.2	39	22	21	15	24	6	5.97	43
2015-08-19	ARI	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	83	69
2015-08-14	@NYM	ND	5.1	7	1	1	1	7	1	84	56
2015-08-04	CHC	L	4.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	99	33
2015-07-30	@MIN	L	3.1	9	7	6	1	2	3	82	17
2015-07-25	TOR	ND	1.2	1	3	3	4	1	0	52	38
2015-07-20	@DET	ND	7.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	87	57
2015-07-08	DET	ND	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	103	32

Last 5 v.MIA		1-2	27.1	23	13	13	16	28	2	4.28	52
2012-04-15	@MIA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	102	60
2011-07-07	@FLA	L	5.2	5	5	5	7	8	1	115	40
2011-04-10	FLA	W	7.2	4	1	1	4	5	0	117	68
2010-08-20	@FLA	L	6.0	5	3	3	2	6	0	101	54
2009-10-04	FLA	ND	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	39	40

SP: Tom Koehler (29, RHP, 8-11, 4.02)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-11)			138.2	128	71	62	50	97	17	4.02
2014 (10-10)			191.1	177	84	81	71	153	16	3.81
2013 (5-10)			143.0	140	72	70	54	92	14	4.41

Last 7 GS		1-6	40.2	40	27	25	17	29	4	5.53	46
2015-08-19	@MIL	L	4.1	9	7	7	4	4	2	77	17
2015-08-14	@STL	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	91	60
2015-08-08	@ATL	L	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	97	46
2015-08-03	NYM	L	4.1	7	7	6	2	6	1	91	27
2015-07-29	WSN	L	6.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	98	43
2015-07-23	@SDP	W	7.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	109	74
2015-07-18	@PHI	L	6.0	3	3	2	2	3	0	89	57

Last 5 v.PIT		0-3	16.0	18	12	12	8	18	1	6.75	44
2014-08-06	@PIT	L	6.0	5	4	4	4	4	0	99	46
2013-08-07	@PIT	L	5.0	4	3	3	1	8	1	90	54
2013-07-27	PIT	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	6	0	109	32

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

Pirates Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Koehler
G/S/vB 46.Barraclough
G/S/vB 50.Cordier
G/S/vB 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB 49.Ellington
G/S/vB 63.Flores
G/S/vB 56.McGough
G/S/vB 57.Morris
G/S/vB 45.Narveson*
G/S/vB 44.Ramos
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.250 392/344 .251/.311/.468/.779 .790/.777 .821 76/.975 2/0 20/18

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 377/301 .306/.372/.424/.796 .987/.748 .742 85/.887 1/1 6/4

5.Harrison G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/2.000 1/.000 332/263 .274/.310/.377/.687 .787/.662 .684 6/.167 9/4 4/12

27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 390/306 .290/.364/.463/.827 .748/.848 .778 98/.974 5/4 12/11

6.Marte G/S/vP 9/.708 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 476/386 .291/.342/.459/.800 .861/.787 .736 95/.817 25/9 15/2

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 16/.876 4/1.000 516/421 .295/.397/.509/.907 .906/.907 .790 106/1.029 6/4 19/1

10.Mercer G/S/vP 8/.700 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 299/242 .241/.288/.314/.602 .686/.582 .575 1/.000 3/1 2/7

31.Morse G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2.556 2/3.500 199/158 .227/.296/.320/.617 .493/.647 .802 26/.787 0/0 4/0

25.Polanco* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 492/405 .261/.329/.390/.719 .625/.739 .773 112/.870 20/9 7/5

17.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 20/.776 1/.000 403/318 .247/.290/.408/.698 .611/.721 .740 94/.666 1/0 12/9

3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 202/117 .234/.258/.328/.586 .624/.558 .557 46/.748 2/2 3/1

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 138/115 .288/.326/.344/.670 .648/.674 .698 22/.549 0/0 0/7

18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· 6/.567 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.733 1/3.000 476/394 .266/.326/.431/.756 .570/.796 .805 94/.795 3/0 13/7

IP 138.2 8.2 4.0 41.1 11.0 12.2 0.2 47.1 11.2 53.2 TOTAL .261/.321/.398/.720 .708/.723 .706 .802 77/35 107/91

ERA-K/9

4.02/6.3

1.04/10.3

2.25/4.5

5.01/10.7

1.64/8.2

4.97/6.4

40.50/12.9

3.04/7.0

3.86/9.2

2.85/11.7

3.99/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (75-23-8)
Stewart (32-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.245 33/.138 17/.200 183/.244 47/.209 57/.314 7/.714 207/.277 45/.190 212/.180 .254 Marte
McCutchen
Polanco
Morse
Harrison
Rodriguez 106/15/0/11
0/114/0/7
8/2/110/6
6/0/0/1
3/0/10/0
14/0/11/0

OPS .707 .484 .494 .746 .579 .741 1.714 .725 .744 .577 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 305/.724 22/.385 9/.444 87/.639 17/.710 34/.816 5/1.800 90/.740 17/.569 99/.652 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.688 11/.673 8/.542 96/.842 30/.509 23/.634 2/1.500 117/.714 28/.843 113/.510 .694

Home 235/.620 20/.594 9/.667 87/.632 19/.516 28/.721 7/1.714 111/.725 25/.740 122/.596

Last 28d days 130/.845 33/.484 17/.494 46/.824 47/.579 41/.771 7/1.714 37/.637 45/.744 51/.968

HR/SB/CS 17/3/3 0/0/1 0/0/0 5/2/1 0/3/1 0/0/1 0/0/0 2/3/0 4/0/0 6/2/0 104/60/18

Usage ····X··· X·X··X·· ··X··X·· ·o·X··XX X···XX·X ··X··o·· ···X···· ·o·X··oo o···X··X ·X·X·ooX

Marlins Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Happ*
G/S/vB 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB 55.Blanton
G/S/vB 37.Caminero
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 38.Soria
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

48.Bour* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 299/257 .253/.328/.431/.759 .549/.794 .806 80/.651 0/0 12/6

32.Dietrich* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/151 .273/.377/.526/.903 .651/.954 .767 93/.870 0/2 9/6

28.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/101 .311/.361/.451/.812 1.004/.752 .795 63/.851 4/0 1/4

9.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.944 487/360 .335/.361/.422/.783 .839/.762 .807 109/.822 41/15 2/4

3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 466/375 .283/.318/.374/.692 .959/.629 .655 93/.739 7/2 5/9

6.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.211 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 73/62 .123/.192/.138/.330 .382/.321 .125 24/.397 0/0 0/1

5.McGehee G/S/vP 18/.733 5/.933 9/.555 ··· 3/1.333 5/.650 ··· 2/3.000 222/173 .204/.279/.289/.568 .670/.539 .498 45/.464 1/1 2/7

13.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 354/285 .244/.294/.348/.641 .814/.601 .629 32/.670 2/1 6/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 19/.931 11/.697 32/.968 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.533 416/328 .268/.316/.354/.670 .744/.650 .670 104/.634 1/0 5/7

20.Realmuto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 359/281 .245/.279/.389/.669 .887/.608 .616 71/.530 5/3 7/4

19.Rojas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/44 .245/.281/.340/.620 .237/.733 .685 23/.435 0/1 0/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 8/1.482 ··· 53/.816 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.000 1/.000 332/259 .262/.315/.321/.636 .875/.568 .700 89/.796 10/5 1/0

IP 124.1 41.0 57.0 59.1 53.2 59.0 52.1 57.1 TOTAL .254/.308/.374/.682 .751/.663 .677 .677 89/34 90/66

ERA-K/9

4.42/7.1

3.29/9.0

3.00/9.5

3.34/9.4

2.35/5.4

1.53/6.7

2.75/7.9

2.20/8.3

3.16/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (8-2-0)
Realmuto (32-12-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.281 177/.203 234/.249 250/.221 228/.276 230/.215 212/.214 222/.200 .250 Ozuna
Suzuki
Dietrich
Gillespie 0/87/0/5
24/7/48/3
24/0/0/0
7/26/13/0

OPS .768 .640 .702 .642 .706 .542 .646 .521 .674

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.786 51/.538 118/.816 95/.624 86/.615 104/.394 101/.704 60/.545 .671

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 410/.762 126/.683 116/.589 155/.651 142/.760 126/.659 111/.587 162/.511 .675

Road 280/.812 86/.578 96/.669 110/.511 107/.789 99/.530 108/.710 102/.693

Last 28d days 88/.948 46/.369 62/.547 56/.389 49/.940 54/.616 51/.550 46/.529

HR/SB/CS 14/5/5 4/7/0 6/2/1 6/8/0 3/5/3 2/0/2 8/2/0 3/1/0 85/109/33

Usage ····X··· ··X·o··X ··X··Xo· o·o··X·o ···X·o·· oo··oX·· XX··o·oo o··Xoo··

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 2015 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

TOR 5.40

LAD 4.11

ATL 3.67

RA/G

STL 3.00

CLE 4.20

COL 5.41

D. Gordon .335

N. Walker .266

C. Carter .183

OBP

B. Harper .455

O. Herrera .327

O. Infante .233

SLG

B. Harper .640

M. Moustakas .426

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.095

J. Bruce .755

O. Infante .535

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.67

F. Hernandez 3.74

K. Lohse 6.04

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.16

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.