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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets, at PNC Park, May 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Start Time:
4:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
44
On This Date:
19-19
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
42
On This Date:
50-62
Season Series
Fri, May 22, 2015 PIT  4  NYM  1     

Sat, May 23, 2015 NYM    @PIT  4:05pm
Sun, May 24, 2015 NYM    @PIT  1:35pm
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 PIT    @NYM  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 PIT    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 PIT    @NYM  1:10pm

                         All times ET
New York Mets
24-19, 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-6    Road:    7-13   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  20-14   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 22  @PIT  L   1-4       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 21   STL  W   5-0       24-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20   STL  L   0-9       23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 19   STL  L   2-10      23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Mon, May 18   STL  W   2-1 (14)  23-16  1st  1.0 up
 38 Sun, May 17   MIL  W   5-1       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Sat, May 16   MIL  W  14-1       21-16  1st  0.5 up
 36 Fri, May 15   MIL  L   0-7       20-16  1st  0.5 up
 35 Thu, May 14  @CHC  L   5-6       20-15  1st  1.5 up
 34 Wed, May 13  @CHC  L   1-2       20-14  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Pittsburgh Pirates
19-22, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-9    Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 22   NYM  W   4-1       19-22  3rd  7.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   MIN  L   3-4 (13)  18-22  3rd  9.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   MIN  L   5-8       18-21  3rd  8.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   3-0       18-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   1-4       17-20  4th  7.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @CHC  L  10-11(12)  17-19  4th  7.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @PHI  L   2-4       17-18  4th  7.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @PHI  L   2-3       17-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @PHI  W   7-2       17-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 11  @PHI  W   4-3       16-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2015 PIT  4  NYM  1        W:Gerrit Cole (6-2), L: Noah Syndergaard (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (10)

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 PIT  5  NYM  2        W:Edinson Volquez (6-6), L: Bartolo Colon (8-6), S: Mark Melancon (15)
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 NYM  5 @PIT  3        W:Jon Niese (5-4), L: Gerrit Cole (6-4), S: Jenrry Mejia (8)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 1-0; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; 2013 - PIT won 5-2; All-Time - PIT leads 374-346

SP: Matt Harvey (26, RHP, 5-1, 1.98)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-1) 54.2 42 12 12 8 56 4 1.98
2013 (9-5) 178.1 135 46 45 31 191 7 2.27
2012 (3-5) 59.1 42 19 18 26 70 5 2.73
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.2 38 12 12 7 47 4 2.22 65
2015-05-18 STL ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 105 78
2015-05-13 @CHC ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 100 78
2015-05-08 @PHI L 6.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 86 51
2015-05-01 WSN W 7.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 93 69
2015-04-25 @NYY W 8.2 5 2 2 2 7 1 107 71
2015-04-19 MIA W 6.0 8 4 4 0 7 0 84 47
2015-04-14 PHI W 6.0 5 3 3 0 8 2 95 58
Last 5 v.PIT 0-0 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 2.57 61
2013-05-12 PIT ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 101 61

SP: A.J. Burnett (38, RHP, 3-1, 1.38)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-1) 52.0 42 9 8 18 43 2 1.38
2014 (8-18) 213.2 205 122 109 96 190 20 4.59
2013 (10-11) 191.0 165 79 70 67 209 11 3.30
Last 7 GS 3-1 46.2 38 7 6 17 36 1 1.16 63
2015-05-17 @CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 5 7 0 103 73
2015-05-12 @PHI W 7.0 6 2 1 1 5 0 95 63
2015-05-07 CIN W 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 1 85 57
2015-05-01 @STL ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 97 72
2015-04-25 @ARI ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 88 65
2015-04-20 CHC ND 6.0 8 1 1 2 1 0 91 51
2015-04-14 DET L 6.2 7 1 1 2 8 0 111 62
Last 5 v.NYM 0-3 29.2 40 24 24 15 39 3 7.28 41
2014-08-31 @NYM L 6.0 9 5 5 1 8 1 100 41
2014-08-08 NYM L 6.0 11 5 5 2 8 1 113 36
2014-07-28 @NYM L 5.0 8 7 7 2 4 1 89 25
2014-05-30 NYM ND 7.0 5 5 5 6 11 0 116 52
2013-07-13 NYM ND 5.2 7 2 2 4 8 0 96 51

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

Mets Batters (3.70 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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
29.Campbell G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 93/75 .197/.323/.303/.625 .762/.594 .713 53/.482 2/1 1/5
1.Ceciliani* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .333/.500/.333/.833 /.833 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/0
23.Cuddyer G/S/vP 33/.565 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 164/123 .247/.311/.353/.664 .709/.649 .511 93/.638 0/0 3/1
21.Duda* G/S/vP 12/.633 11/.909 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 178/128 .294/.388/.484/.871 1.207/.737 .777 103/.833 0/0 5/0
4.Flores G/S/vP 6/1.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 141/116 .242/.281/.417/.697 .951/.645 .606 82/.624 0/0 6/9
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 26/.909 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 172/142 .245/.349/.395/.743 .555/.785 .699 99/.822 3/1 5/1
12.Lagares G/S/vP 14/.857 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 164/126 .271/.305/.323/.627 .758/.589 .587 90/.610 3/1 1/0
44.Mayberry G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 44/14 .150/.227/.275/.502 .521/.452 .394 25/.330 1/0 1/0
19.Monell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/14 .071/.133/.143/.276 .000/.297 .600 15/.276 0/0 0/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 23/.922 15/.983 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 4/1.250 167/133 .247/.299/.370/.670 .367/.746 .725 98/.814 1/1 3/5
22.Plawecki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/65 .211/.247/.329/.576 .875/.496 .463 66/.518 0/0 2/0
20.Recker G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/22 .200/.355/.440/.795 1.841/.384 1.256 20/.961 0/0 2/0
11.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.222 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 47/33 .195/.298/.268/.566 .368/.655 .583 30/.489 0/0 0/1
IP 52.0 10.1 18.2 20.1 16.1 20.0 17.2 23.0 TOTAL .236/.302/.355/.657 .758/.627 .618 .633 15/4 33/25
ERA-K/9 1.38/7.4 5.23/9.6 4.34/9.6 3.10/8.9 3.86/9.4 3.15/5.0 1.02/8.6 1.57/8.2 3.18/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Monell (1-0-0)
 Plawecki (10-2-1)
 Recker (1-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.228 52/.333 75/.197 88/.316 76/.297 80/.267 78/.217 83/.154 .247  Granderson
 Lagares
 Cuddyer
 Ceciliani
 Mayberry
0/1/41/3
0/40/0/1
36/0/0/1
1/1/0/0
7/0/7/0
OPS .589 .878 .598 .731 .892 .699 .554 .448 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.529 11/1.155 25/.661 33/.697 30/.977 30/.588 33/.656 18/.583 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.636 41/.800 50/.569 55/.751 46/.834 50/.766 45/.473 65/.411 .668
Home 82/.727 29/1.044 38/.663 43/.666 23/.826 40/.809 26/.478 39/.267
Last 28d days 102/.559 37/.841 40/.671 49/.789 56/.918 42/.579 57/.518 39/.378
HR/SB/CS 2/9/5 1/7/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 3/1/1 2/0/1 0/3/0 2/1/0 27/41/20
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo··Xo ··oo··Xo ··oo···X ···X···X o·o··X·X ··X····X ··o··X·X
Pirates Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Harvey
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB		 62.Goeddel
G/S/vB		 51.Leathersich*
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.250 145/128 .224/.317/.440/.757 .243/.830 .659 84/.751 0/0 7/5
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/98 .286/.348/.352/.700 .701/.700 .581 62/.728 0/1 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 158/133 .255/.288/.403/.691 .755/.679 .677 86/.729 1/3 4/8
12.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 38/21 .194/.211/.306/.516 .243/.736 .452 22/.420 0/0 1/3
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/73 .310/.372/.440/.813 1.143/.721 .880 72/.917 3/0 2/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 164/139 .289/.337/.517/.854 1.440/.743 .958 101/.887 7/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 172/145 .240/.337/.404/.741 .594/.769 .788 104/.826 2/1 5/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 121/102 .171/.225/.198/.423 .541/.401 .375 68/.356 0/0 0/2
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 158/138 .236/.297/.326/.624 .358/.664 .676 88/.570 12/2 1/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/30 .292/.306/.438/.744 .568/.862 .887 35/.688 1/0 2/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 48/41 .267/.277/.333/.610 .452/.634 .684 39/.651 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 2.000/2.000 2.000 2/2.000 0/0 0/
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 166/138 .260/.325/.380/.705 .526/.741 .643 96/.689 2/0 2/1
IP 54.2 20.1 12.2 16.0 4.2 7.2 14.2 18.1 TOTAL .242/.300/.367/.667 .645/.672 .672 .687 28/9 32/28
ERA-K/9 1.98/9.2 1.77/10.6 2.13/6.4 1.13/9.0 0.00/9.6 3.52/10.5 2.45/12.9 3.44/6.9 3.13/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (31-12-1)
 Stewart (8-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.213 75/.159 52/.213 62/.182 20/.250 29/.148 62/.137 73/.246 .239  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Rodriguez
 Hart
37/4/0/3
0/38/0/3
2/1/36/2
2/0/1/0
3/0/7/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .570 .464 .650 .496 .713 .503 .486 .693 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.569 33/.495 25/.775 19/.526 11/.899 11/.273 27/.734 24/.725 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.571 42/.440 27/.539 43/.478 9/.476 18/.653 35/.298 49/.678 .632
Road 105/.519 23/.445 21/.538 32/.292 2/2.000 23/.642 26/.814 28/.677
Last 28d days 105/.541 40/.463 28/.632 53/.501 20/.713 25/.504 40/.542 48/.722
HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 36/16/6
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·· ··Xo·o·o X··Xo·X· ··XX··o· ····oX·· ····X··X ··o·Xo·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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.14

CHC  4.22

PHI  3.11

 RA/G

STL  3.10

MIN  4.39

COL  5.28

 BA

D. Gordon  .386

J. Martinez  .266

C. Carter  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .475

A. Hechavarria  .327

E. Gattis  .221

 SLG

B. Harper  .750

S. Souza  .417

J. Ramirez  .254

 OPS

B. Harper  1.225

B. Moss  .749

J. Ramirez  .519

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

C. Kluber  3.79

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

S. Miller  7.17

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.