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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at PNC Park, April 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
67° (based on last ten years)
Brewers
Manager:
Ron Roenicke
Game #:
11
On This Date:
24-16
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
11
On This Date:
44-52
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 PIT  6 @MIL  2     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 MIL  6  PIT  0     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 PIT 10 @MIL  2     
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 PIT  6  MIL  3     

Sat, Apr 18, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 PIT    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 PIT    @MIL  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 PIT    @MIL  7:20pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Milwaukee Brewers
2-8, 5th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-5    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-7    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @PIT  L   3-6        2-8   5th  4.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @STL  L   0-4        2-7   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @STL  L   2-4        2-6   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @STL  W   5-4        2-5   5th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   PIT  L   2-10       1-5   5th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   PIT  W   6-0        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   PIT  L   2-6        0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8   COL  L   4-5 (10)   0-3   5th  2.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  7   COL  L   2-5        0-2   5th  1.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6   COL  L   0-10       0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 2-8    Last 30: 2-8
Pittsburgh Pirates
4-6, 4th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 17   MIL  W   6-3        4-6   4th  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   DET  L   0-1        3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   DET  L   0-2        3-5   4th  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   DET  W   5-4        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W  10-2        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @MIL  L   0-6        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @MIL  W   6-2        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @CIN  L   2-3        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @CIN  L   4-5 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @CIN  L   2-5        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 PIT  6  MIL  3        W:Vance Worley (1-1), L: Jimmy Nelson (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 PIT 10 @MIL  2        W:Casey Sadler (1-0), L: Kyle Lohse (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 MIL  6  PIT  0        W:Jimmy Nelson (1-0), L: Vance Worley (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 PIT  6 @MIL  2        W:Jeff Locke (1-0), L: Mike Fiers (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 PIT  1  MIL  0        W:Vance Worley (8-4), L: Wily Peralta (16-11), S: Tony Watson (1)
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 MIL  1 @PIT  0        W:Zach Duke (5-1), L: Mark Melancon (3-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 PIT  4  MIL  2        W:John Holdzkom (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (4-3), S: Mark Melancon (31)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 MIL  4  PIT  3        W:Mike Fiers (4-1), L: Vance Worley (5-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (39)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 PIT 10 @MIL  2        W:Edinson Volquez (11-7), L: Wily Peralta (15-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 PIT  8 @MIL  3        W:Jeff Locke (5-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-7), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 3-1; 2014 - MIL won 12-7; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - MIL leads 154-122

SP: Kyle Lohse (36, RHP, 0-2, 11.17)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-2) 9.2 18 12 12 0 6 3 11.17
2014 (13-9) 198.1 183 87 78 45 141 22 3.54
2013 (11-10) 198.2 196 78 74 36 125 26 3.35
Last 7 GS 1-4 42.1 42 27 27 7 28 7 5.74 47
2015-04-12 PIT L 6.1 8 4 4 0 5 1 91 46
2015-04-06 COL L 3.1 10 8 8 0 1 2 73 9
2014-09-24 @CIN W 9.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 106 89
2014-09-18 @STL ND 7.1 4 1 1 1 2 0 88 67
2014-09-12 CIN ND 6.2 5 2 2 2 6 1 105 60
2014-09-06 STL L 4.0 4 5 5 2 5 2 79 37
2014-08-31 @SFG L 5.2 9 7 7 2 3 1 95 24
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 31.2 38 21 19 4 22 4 5.40 45
2015-04-12 PIT L 6.1 8 4 4 0 5 1 91 46
2014-06-06 @PIT L 5.0 9 8 8 1 1 2 95 17
2014-04-18 @PIT W 6.1 4 3 1 3 5 0 110 59
2014-04-13 PIT W 8.2 4 1 1 0 9 0 100 81
2013-08-27 @PIT ND 5.1 13 5 5 0 2 1 100 24

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 1-0, 3.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 3.00
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 39 20 19 16 28 4 4.31 50
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
2014-09-24 @ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 1 86 20
2014-09-19 MIL ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 82 62
2014-09-13 CHC L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 106 46
2014-09-08 @PHI W 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 92 76
2014-09-02 @STL L 3.0 4 5 4 5 3 0 86 31
2014-08-27 STL W 7.1 6 1 1 2 3 1 98 63
Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 30.2 25 12 12 10 14 3 3.52 54
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
2014-09-19 MIL ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 82 62
2014-08-22 @MIL W 6.0 2 2 2 6 0 1 91 54
2014-06-08 MIL L 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 75 71
2013-08-27 MIL ND 4.2 8 5 5 2 4 1 77 30

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (2.60 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 58.Liz
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 20/.900 2/4.500 ··· 7/.286 2/2.000 10/.944 3/.000 8/1.125 580/431 .266/.324/.453/.777 .823/.760 .752 32/.476 11/5 19/2
18.Davis G/S/vP 14/.297 ··· 1/no AB 4/2.000 1/.000 6/.666 2/.000 3/.000 549/413 .244/.299/.457/.756 .777/.749 .762 38/.797 4/1 22/3
2.Gennett* G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 474/432 .289/.320/.434/.754 .253/.802 .652 30/.492 6/3 9/9
27.Gomez G/S/vP 21/.985 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.000 6/.500 10/.211 2/.000 8/1.089 644/502 .284/.356/.477/.833 .828/.835 .765 35/.698 34/12 23/5
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/14 .150/.190/.200/.390 .762/.214 .167 8/1.125 0/0 0/1
14.Jimenez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 41/15 .162/.205/.216/.421 .469/.343 .444 6/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 5/.933 2/.000 3/.000 318/281 .321/.381/.479/.860 .223/.942 .792 42/.905 0/0 6/3
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 20/1.217 1/no AB ··· 7/1.143 ··· 8/.661 2/.000 8/1.482 655/500 .301/.373/.465/.837 .838/.837 .852 40/.450 4/4 13/5
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 126/81 .234/.320/.387/.707 .721/.693 .824 6/.167 0/0 4/7
28.Parra* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.000 4/.666 574/462 .261/.308/.369/.677 .554/.704 .683 24/.598 9/7 9/7
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 21/.639 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.500 10/.800 2/.500 13/.585 531/416 .285/.330/.427/.757 1.024/.687 .817 39/.359 3/0 15/10
7.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 136/120 .181/.278/.276/.554 .670/.538 .538 7/.200 2/1 0/1
9.Segura G/S/vP 20/.671 3/1.167 1/.000 9/.347 ··· 8/.000 2/.000 7/.000 557/431 .246/.289/.326/.614 .511/.643 .579 38/.841 20/9 5/16
IP 131.1 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .225/.279/.326/.605 .587/.608 .564 .605 1/2 3/10
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.1 3.94/11.4 10.80/10.7 1.96/5.0 /0.0 1.90/9.0 4.80/6.6 1.63/9.4 3.24/9.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (83-29-5)
 Maldonado (13-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.257 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .219  Parra
 Gomez
 Braun
 Schafer
 Davis
 Gennett
27/12/109/9
0/145/0/7
0/1/134/5
17/14/17/4
134/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .722 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.521 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.776 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .618
Home 285/.644 161/.627 17/.423 136/.709 / 154/.457 29/.703 154/.542
Last 28d days 26/.763 10/1.056 18/.410 25/.492 9/.611 17/.978 16/.598 25/.440
HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 8/10/3
Usage ·······X o······o ···X·X·o o·X·oo·X ·····X·· o·X·X··o ···X··X· X·o·oX··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB		 54.Blazek
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 52.Nelson
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 13.Smith*
G/S/vB		 30.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 38/.668 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 10/.425 5/.000 9/.611 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 34/.917 8/3 18/25
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.933 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .665 30/.691 1/0 2/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 8/.679 1/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB 6/.533 6/.334 7/.143 1/2.000 1/no AB 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .827 39/.596 18/7 13/6
12.Hart G/S/vP 26/.500 ··· 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .567 10/.900 2/0 6/1
15.Lambo* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .611 10/.200 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 15/.564 3/.666 8/2.875 2/2.500 3/.666 5/1.100 6/1.667 2/.000 4/.000 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .772 37/.558 30/11 13/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 48/.924 2/.000 12/1.166 1/4.000 2/.000 2/1.500 9/.904 2/1.000 11/1.045 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .983 38/.714 18/3 25/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 12/.916 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 6/.666 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 5/.800 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .681 35/.527 4/1 12/11
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .722 40/.608 14/5 7/2
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/3.000 ··· 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .509 7/1.000 2/1 12/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/66 .267/.300/.360/.660 .148/.768 .690 9/.819 0/0 2/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 43/.947 4/.250 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 11/.455 4/1.417 9/.778 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .806 37/.643 2/2 23/5
IP 198.1 58.2 66.2 32.0 69.1 68.0 65.2 29.2 TOTAL .220/.269/.354/.623 .588/.627 .565 .623 6/4 10/2
ERA-K/9 3.54/6.4 /0.0 2.30/7.5 4.32/8.5 2.81/8.2 4.93/7.4 3.04/9.7 3.70/11.8 4.25/8.5 4.50/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (18-6-2)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 817/.246 / 231/.197 286/.257 135/.294 311/.292 268/.198 286/.248 131/.222 .295  Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Rodriguez
 Mercer
 Hart
0/0/83/5
26/0/26/4
114/28/0/4
0/146/0/1
0/0/6/0
17/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/7/0
OPS .682 .569 .713 .709 .793 .648 .737 .670 .808
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 383/.725 / 92/.564 99/.775 61/.967 159/.804 132/.526 106/.516 54/.458 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.643 / 139/.572 187/.680 74/.509 152/.782 136/.772 180/.872 77/.808 .847
Road 492/.719 / 103/.620 138/.775 79/.886 103/.774 103/.605 158/.720 80/.718
Last 28d days 47/1.172 20/.550 21/1.000 19/.690 31/.653 42/.472 10/.500 12/.348 30/1.007
HR/SB/CS 22/10/5 // 4/3/0 6/3/1 1/0/0 6/7/0 14/7/1 6/2/2 1/2/1 10/6/5
Usage ·····X·· o·X····X X···o·X· ·oo··o·X Xo··Xo·o X·····X· ····o··· ·o··ooo· ·X···X·o

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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

Z. Wheeler  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.