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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, at PNC Park, August 17, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 17, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
D'backs
Manager:
Chip Hale
Game #:
119
On This Date:
8-8
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
117
On This Date:
57-67
Season Series
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 PIT  4 @ARI  1     
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 PIT  2 @ARI  1     
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 PIT  8 @ARI  0     

Mon, Aug 17, 2015 ARI    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 ARI    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 ARI    @PIT  7:05pm

                         All times ET
Arizona Diamondbacks
57-59, 3rd, 9 GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-29   Road:   27-30   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  45-44   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest: 24-26 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sun, Aug 16  @ATL  L   1-2 (10)  57-59  3rd  9.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15  @ATL  W   8-4       57-58  3rd  8.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14  @ATL  L   2-3       56-58  3rd  8.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   PHI  L   6-7       56-57  3rd  7.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   PHI  W  13-1       56-56  3rd  6.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug 10   PHI  W  13-3       55-56  3rd  6.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9   CIN  W   4-3 (10)  54-56  3rd  7.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8   CIN  L   1-4       53-56  3rd  8.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7   CIN  W   2-0       53-55  3rd  8.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  6  @WSN  L   3-8       52-55  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Pittsburgh Pirates
69-46, 2nd, 5 GB, 6 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-18   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  56-37   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  25-15
 vsEast: 21-8    vsCntrl:21-29   vsWest: 14-2  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
112 Thu, Aug 13  @STL  W  10-5       66-46  2nd  6.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug 12  @STL  L   2-4       65-46  2nd  7.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug 11  @STL  L   3-4       65-45  2nd  6.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  9   LAD  W  13-6       65-44  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  8   LAD  W   6-5       64-44  2nd  6.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7   LAD  W   5-4 (10)  63-44  2nd  6.0 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5   CHC  W   7-5       62-44  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 PIT  8 @ARI  0        W:Francisco Liriano (1-1), L: Jeremy Hellickson (1-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 PIT  2 @ARI  1        W:Tony Watson (1-1), L: Addison Reed (0-1), S: Mark Melancon (5)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 PIT  4 @ARI  1        W:Gerrit Cole (3-0), L: Josh Collmenter (1-3), S: Mark Melancon (4)

Sun, Aug 03, 2014 ARI  3  PIT  2 (10)   W:Evan Marshall (4-2), L: Mark Melancon (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 PIT  8 @ARI  3        W:Jared Hughes (6-2), L: Brad Ziegler (4-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 PIT  9 @ARI  4        W:Tony Watson (8-1), L: Bo Schultz (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 31, 2014 ARI  7  PIT  4        W:Oliver Perez (2-1), L: Jeff Locke (2-3), S: Addison Reed (27)
Thu, Jul 03, 2014 ARI 10 @PIT  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-10), L: Vance Worley (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 PIT  5  ARI  1        W:Charlie Morton (5-9), L: Chase Anderson (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 PIT  3  ARI  2        W:Ernesto Frieri (1-3), L: Addison Reed (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 3-0; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - ARI leads 68-52

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (28, RHP, 8-8, 4.73)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-8) 123.2 131 67 65 36 103 18 4.73
2014 (1-5) 63.2 71 35 32 21 54 8 4.52
2013 (12-10) 174.0 185 103 100 50 135 24 5.17
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.0 37 17 15 11 33 5 3.38 54
2015-08-11 PHI W 8.0 7 1 0 0 6 0 104 72
2015-08-06 @WSN L 4.2 5 4 4 4 3 1 104 37
2015-08-01 @HOU L 3.1 7 7 6 2 2 3 73 20
2015-07-26 MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 94 67
2015-07-21 MIA L 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 102 65
2015-07-08 @TEX ND 4.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 85 44
2015-07-02 COL W 7.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 73
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 4.2 7 4 4 2 6 0 7.71 38
2015-04-26 PIT L 4.2 7 4 4 2 6 0 105 38

SP: Gerrit Cole (24, RHP, 14-6, 2.48)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (14-6) 148.2 133 50 41 34 149 8 2.48
2014 (11-5) 138.0 127 58 56 40 138 11 3.65
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.1 41 19 16 9 41 2 3.11 58
2015-08-12 @STL L 5.1 7 4 3 2 6 0 106 44
2015-08-07 LAD ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 91 54
2015-08-01 @CIN L 5.0 7 3 2 1 8 0 98 50
2015-07-26 WSN W 7.2 7 1 1 0 8 1 103 69
2015-07-21 @KCR L 7.1 5 3 2 0 6 0 108 64
2015-07-10 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 114 58
2015-07-05 CLE W 8.0 5 3 3 1 5 0 106 64
Last 5 v.ARI 2-0 13.2 12 3 3 4 12 0 1.98 62
2015-04-24 @ARI W 7.2 7 1 1 2 7 0 108 66
2013-08-16 ARI W 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 98 57

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

D'backs Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ahmed G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 367/279 .220/.275/.324/.599 .785/.541 .647 76/.406 4/5 7/11
7.Castillo G/S/vP 11/.819 2/.000 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 8/.875 252/185 .240/.310/.498/.807 .893/.776 .879 67/1.089 0/0 15/4
44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 7/.629 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 509/406 .337/.451/.575/1.026 1.166/.989 .972 105/.902 19/5 22/2
23.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/26 .130/.231/.174/.405 /.405 .167 24/.317 0/0 0/0
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 16/.196 ··· 8/1.125 8/.393 7/.143 5/.400 268/181 .228/.299/.338/.636 .575/.667 .513 61/.717 6/1 5/3
5.Inciarte* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 386/284 .298/.328/.391/.719 .517/.791 .686 105/.814 12/7 3/5
19.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 249/217 .276/.333/.421/.754 .690/.762 .832 96/.773 3/1 4/5
16.Owings G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 393/302 .231/.261/.329/.590 .399/.647 .471 77/.571 13/3 3/3
6.Peralta* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 372/308 .304/.371/.526/.897 .786/.920 .865 82/1.059 5/2 12/1
11.Pollock G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 479/379 .313/.367/.477/.844 .860/.840 .808 94/.961 29/6 12/2
4.Romak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .300/.300/.400/.700 .000/.778 .000 10/.700 0/0 0/0
8.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 8/2.054 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 142/116 .189/.291/.344/.635 .808/.593 .501 37/.802 0/0 4/2
24.Tomas G/S/vP 4/.833 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 342/260 .299/.333/.432/.765 .796/.756 .741 63/.728 5/2 7/8
IP 148.2 40.0 50.2 54.2 52.1 55.0 48.1 53.1 TOTAL .265/.326/.408/.734 .732/.734 .708 .761 102/34 104/56
ERA-K/9 2.48/9.0 3.15/8.8 3.38/9.4 3.62/10.0 2.24/5.5 1.64/6.2 2.79/7.8 2.36/8.6 3.21/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (17-4-5)
 Hernandez (1-1-2)
 Saltalamacchia (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.242 172/.201 208/.253 234/.231 221/.275 214/.222 197/.218 207/.203 .251  Inciarte
 Pollock
 Peralta
 Tomas
 Romak
37/16/49/6
0/107/0/4
90/1/4/3
1/0/43/2
2/0/0/0
OPS .630 .640 .713 .668 .704 .565 .656 .532 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.588 48/.529 107/.807 91/.654 83/.613 97/.424 95/.696 55/.559 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.668 124/.684 101/.615 143/.675 138/.758 117/.676 102/.616 152/.522 .680
Home 283/.639 86/.699 112/.747 124/.803 114/.626 115/.595 89/.591 105/.375
Last 28d days 128/.669 47/.361 60/.519 59/.609 50/.832 45/.751 49/.551 35/.538
HR/SB/CS 8/19/6 4/7/0 6/2/1 6/8/0 3/5/3 2/0/2 8/2/0 3/1/0 82/104/31
Usage ····X··· X·X·oX·o ·X··X··· oXo··o·X ·oo··o·X ·oXo···· oo·Xo··· ·o·X····
Pirates Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB		 40.Chafin*
G/S/vB		 55.Collmenter
G/S/vB		 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 56.Hessler*
G/S/vB		 41.Hudson
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.889 1/2.000 4/.500 372/327 .249/.312/.460/.772 .683/.785 .717 72/.988 2/0 18/16
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.583 351/284 .304/.371/.431/.802 1.067/.740 .868 71/1.032 1/1 6/4
23.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/16 .063/.167/.063/.229 .000/.259 .400 18/.229 0/0 0/1
30.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 64/58 .193/.281/.298/.579 .533/.584 .356 37/.476 0/0 1/1
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 361/285 .288/.360/.443/.803 .766/.812 .827 92/.928 5/4 9/10
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.000 443/361 .285/.338/.443/.781 .899/.755 .833 86/.780 22/8 13/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 12/.350 5/.200 ··· 14/1.300 2/.500 5/1.350 485/398 .295/.398/.512/.910 .864/.921 1.040 99/.994 6/2 18/0
31.Morse G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 5/.400 189/154 .215/.286/.308/.594 .390/.637 .357 28/.784 0/0 4/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/3.000 461/379 .264/.336/.395/.731 .626/.754 .683 107/.939 20/9 7/5
17.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 5/.000 379/301 .249/.290/.414/.704 .669/.713 .663 86/.605 1/0 12/9
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 190/112 .222/.247/.322/.570 .576/.565 .583 42/.675 2/2 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 134/111 .295/.333/.352/.686 .648/.693 .671 29/.580 0/0 0/6
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 11/1.182 4/.500 ··· 10/.422 1/3.000 5/.000 452/375 .269/.325/.433/.759 .604/.791 .710 94/.799 3/0 12/6
IP 123.2 60.2 95.1 19.0 3.0 50.2 34.1 50.1 TOTAL .260/.321/.396/.716 .708/.719 .728 .793 74/32 98/84
ERA-K/9 4.73/7.5 2.37/6.4 4.25/4.3 4.26/9.0 15.00/9.0 4.09/8.7 4.46/7.3 1.61/5.2 4.03/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (73-21-6)
 Stewart (29-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.268 242/.206 397/.292 82/.280 14/.357 217/.238 153/.284 189/.168 .257  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Morse
 Ishikawa
 Rodriguez
99/15/0/10
0/107/0/7
8/2/103/6
6/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
14/0/10/0
OPS .783 .546 .829 .848 1.071 .705 .787 .490 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.804 100/.488 191/.802 31/.619 7/.000 100/.629 64/.730 92/.641 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.766 142/.586 206/.856 51/.978 7/2.143 117/.767 89/.825 97/.352 .735
Road 261/.863 114/.472 167/.788 35/.981 5/1.600 99/.869 80/.564 76/.488
Last 28d days 128/.759 42/.346 54/.624 39/.726 14/1.071 45/.881 40/.583 36/.598
HR/SB/CS 18/5/1 1/1/0 15/3/4 4/1/0 1/0/0 7/6/2 2/2/1 3/0/1 129/52/20
Usage ·····X·· X·o···oo ····o·oo Xo··o··o ·X··o·o· ·oo·X··X ··X··o·· ·o·····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  5.23

LAA  4.09

MIA  3.66

 RA/G

STL  2.93

CLE  4.18

COL  5.22

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .337

A. Rodriguez  .265

M. Zunino  .175

 OBP

B. Harper  .452

B. Crawford  .325

M. Zunino  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .638

T. Hunter  .420

B. Hamilton  .293

 OPS

B. Harper  1.089

K. Seager  .751

O. Infante  .529

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

F. Hernandez  3.65

K. Lohse  6.14

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.90

A. Burnett  7.58

M. Buehrle  4.24

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.