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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at PNC Park, September 3, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

PNC Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Brewers

Manager:

Craig Counsell

Game #:

136

On This Date:

23-23

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

137

On This Date:

77-54

Season Series
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 MIL  8 @PIT  4     
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  0     
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 PIT  9  MIL  3     
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 PIT  3  MIL  2     
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIL  9 @PIT  5     
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  3     
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIL  3  PIT  1     
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 MIL  5  PIT  3     
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIL  4  PIT  2     
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  2 (10)
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 PIT  5 @MIL  3     
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 PIT  9 @MIL  6     
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  1     
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 MIL  1 @PIT  0     

Sat, Sep 03, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Milwaukee Brewers

58-76, 4th, 29 GB, 14 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-35   Road:   21-41   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  33-60   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  18-26
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:19-35   vsWest: 13-17 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  2  @PIT  W   1-0       58-76  4th 29.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31   STL  W   3-1       57-76  4th 28.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30   STL  L   1-2 (10)  56-76  4th 28.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29   STL  L   5-6       56-75  4th 27.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28   PIT  L   1-3       56-74  4th 26.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27   PIT  L   6-9       56-73  4th 26.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26   PIT  L   3-5       56-72  4th 26.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25   PIT  L   2-3 (10)  56-71  4th 25.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   COL  W   7-1       56-70  4th 25.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   COL  W   6-4       55-70  4th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Pittsburgh Pirates

67-65, 3rd, 19 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-31   Road:   33-34   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  49-57   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:25-28   vsWest: 22-11 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Fri, Sep  2   MIL  L   0-1       67-65  3rd 19.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 31  @CHC  L   5-6       67-64  3rd 17.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 30  @CHC  L   0-3       67-63  3rd 16.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 29  @CHC  L   7-8 (13)  67-62  3rd 15.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 28  @MIL  W   3-1       67-61  3rd 14.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 27  @MIL  W   9-6       66-61  3rd 15.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 26  @MIL  W   5-3       65-61  3rd 16.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 25  @MIL  W   3-2 (10)  64-61  3rd 16.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 24   HOU  L   4-5       63-61  3rd 17.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 23   HOU  W   7-1       63-60  3rd 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 MIL  1 @PIT  0        W:Blaine Boyer (2-3), L: Jameson Taillon (3-4), S: Tyler Thornburg (7)
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  1        W:Ivan Nova (11-6), L: Chase Anderson (7-11), S: Tony Watson (10)
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 PIT  9 @MIL  6        W:Jeff Locke (9-7), L: Blaine Boyer (1-3), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 PIT  5 @MIL  3        W:Ryan Vogelsong (3-3), L: Matt Garza (4-6), S: Tony Watson (9)
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  2 (10)   W:Antonio Bastardo (2-0), L: Carlos Torres (2-3), S: Tony Watson (8)
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIL  4  PIT  2        W:Matt Garza (2-4), L: Francisco Liriano (6-11), S: Jeremy Jeffress (27)
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 MIL  5  PIT  3        W:Chase Anderson (6-10), L: Jameson Taillon (2-2), S: Jeremy Jeffress (26)
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIL  3  PIT  1        W:Junior Guerra (7-2), L: Steven Brault (0-1), S: Jeremy Jeffress (25)
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  3        W:Francisco Liriano (6-9), L: Matt Garza (1-4), S: Mark Melancon (28)
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIL  9 @PIT  5        W:Carlos Torres (2-1), L: Jeff Locke (8-6), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 8-6; 2015 - MIL won 10-9; 2014 - MIL won 12-7; All-Time - MIL leads 169-136

SP: Jimmy Nelson (27, RHP, 7-13, 4.45)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-13)			151.2	159	91	75	70	117	19	4.45
2015 (11-13)			177.1	163	89	81	65	148	18	4.11
2014 (2-9)			69.1	82	42	38	19	57	6	4.93

Last 7 GS		1-5	32.2	49	38	30	17	31	6	8.27	34
2016-08-27	PIT	ND	3.2	7	6	5	3	1	0	84	23
2016-08-22	COL	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	95	54
2016-08-17	@CHC	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	4	2	99	33
2016-08-12	CIN	L	5.0	6	3	3	3	7	1	108	47
2016-08-07	@ARI	L	4.1	7	7	6	3	4	1	93	24
2016-08-01	@SDP	L	4.0	8	6	6	4	4	0	88	22
2016-07-27	ARI	L	4.2	8	8	2	2	7	2	100	33

Last 5 v.PIT		3-1	28.0	25	18	15	13	18	1	4.82	48
2016-08-27	PIT	ND	3.2	7	6	5	3	1	0	84	23
2016-04-15	@PIT	W	6.0	4	3	2	4	1	1	86	51
2015-09-11	@PIT	L	5.0	4	4	4	3	2	0	103	42
2015-09-01	PIT	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	101	71
2015-07-18	PIT	W	6.1	6	4	3	3	8	0	98	52

SP: Ivan Nova (29, RHP, 11-6, 4.41)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (11-6)			128.2	137	64	63	26	97	22	4.41
2015 (6-11)			94.0	99	54	53	33	63	13	5.07
2014 (2-2)			20.2	32	19	19	6	12	6	8.27

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.2	42	16	16	6	32	6	3.38	55
2016-08-28	@MIL	W	6.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	75	66
2016-08-23	HOU	W	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	98	76
2016-08-17	@SFG	ND	4.0	6	4	4	0	5	0	62	39
2016-08-12	@LAD	W	5.1	9	1	1	0	2	0	82	48
2016-08-06	CIN	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	5	2	76	58
2016-07-29	@TBR	L	4.1	6	5	5	3	3	2	76	31
2016-07-23	SFG	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	96	66

Last 5 v.MIL		1-0	6.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	1.50	66
2016-08-28	@MIL	W	6.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	75	66

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

Brewers Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Nova
G/S/vB 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 49.Locke*
G/S/vB 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB 31.Schugel
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Arcia G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 108/82 .184/.259/.296/.555 .852/.467 .373 90/.573 3/0 2/4

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 7/2.714 3/1.666 12/.542 37/.810 10/.900 1/.000 1/no AB 14/.786 472/354 .309/.371/.539/.909 1.046/.866 .886 94/.809 14/3 24/3

23.Broxton G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 194/109 .222/.347/.395/.742 .868/.647 .754 84/.789 19/1 6/4

33.Carter G/S/vP 7/.286 5/.000 6/1.500 2/.500 9/1.334 8/.661 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 529/399 .220/.319/.479/.798 .954/.750 .696 100/.861 3/1 30/8

7.Elmore G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 74/27 .207/.361/.241/.602 .798/.248 .515 24/.619 2/2 0/2

2.Gennett* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.834 2/.500 6/.000 11/1.045 6/.167 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 458/359 .263/.315/.393/.708 .727/.703 .643 95/.593 8/1 10/9

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.000 4/.500 5/.000 7/.286 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 189/139 .200/.337/.348/.685 .501/.751 .588 69/.682 1/0 6/5

10.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/.333 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 9/.476 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 365/323 .215/.332/.405/.737 .540/.762 .498 71/.759 8/8 13/3

14.Perez G/S/vP 6/.500 5/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 12/.258 5/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.666 325/204 .272/.304/.454/.758 .789/.740 .780 96/.731 27/4 13/9

9.Pina G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 41/24 .286/.390/.457/.847 .697/.946 .628 36/.856 0/1 1/1

16.Santana G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 9/.873 5/.650 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 180/117 .229/.339/.366/.705 .817/.646 .675 30/.540 1/3 4/1

5.Villar# G/S/vP 5/1.600 3/.333 4/1.000 2/2.000 6/1.267 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.167 5/.200 568/404 .295/.376/.438/.814 .918/.773 .867 110/.725 51/16 11/25

IP 128.2 55.0 53.1 45.0 120.1 101.1 65.2 52.0 57.0 TOTAL .243/.324/.399/.723 .753/.712 .687 .702 150/44 149/112

ERA-K/9

4.41/6.8

4.09/9.3

3.21/10.3

3.40/4.8

5.39/5.0

4.53/10.4

3.56/10.7

3.63/8.0

2.68/7.6

4.08/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Maldonado (26-13-1)
Pina (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 542/.271 240/.222 215/.200 201/.293 528/.297 440/.258 274/.217 204/.216 230/.203 .262 Braun
Nieuwenhuis
Santana
Broxton
Perez
Elmore 106/0/2/10
5/80/24/7
1/0/42/1
0/55/0/0
2/0/29/0
11/2/3/0

OPS .800 .716 .687 .840 .835 .772 .635 .591 .624 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.850 95/.781 98/.641 89/.911 146/.730 204/.970 94/.833 102/.483 70/.562 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.759 145/.671 117/.726 112/.784 382/.875 236/.596 180/.535 102/.696 160/.652 .748

Home 283/.712 114/.834 101/.659 111/.883 227/.728 219/.747 131/.567 94/.536 121/.623

Last 28d days 96/.682 37/.489 44/.793 40/.807 43/.822 62/.579 53/.469 10/.200 41/.750

HR/SB/CS 22/8/2 9/12/1 10/3/1 5/6/2 15/9/3 13/3/4 5/1/2 4/2/1 6/5/0 143/84/21

Usage ·····X·· X·X··o·o ····X·XX ··ooo··o ····X·X· X·X···X· o···Xo·o ···Xo··· ····Xo·X

Pirates Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Nelson
G/S/vB 50.Barnes
G/S/vB 48.Boyer
G/S/vB 45.Cravy
G/S/vB 46.Knebel
G/S/vB 53.Marinez
G/S/vB 47.Rowen
G/S/vB 58.Scahill
G/S/vB 35.Suter*
G/S/vB 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB 59.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bell# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 50/46 .282/.420/.487/.907 .000/.999 .988 46/.748 0/1 2/2

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 15/.650 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 4/.000 315/258 .262/.368/.304/.672 .895/.623 .664 74/.712 5/2 0/6

26.Frazier* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 84/72 .321/.345/.457/.802 1.303/.720 .726 21/.667 4/1 1/0

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 8/2.125 7/.619 425/335 .269/.355/.419/.774 .986/.717 .750 79/.636 0/0 12/7

24.Fryer G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/84 .256/.333/.300/.633 .566/.648 .990 23/.283 0/2 0/2

37.Hanson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 0/ 0/1 0/

5.Harrison G/S/vP 18/.777 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 7/1.096 3/.000 486/391 .273/.302/.374/.677 .819/.642 .638 107/.685 19/4 4/7

28.Jaso* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 372/351 .263/.348/.382/.730 .259/.756 .764 33/1.062 0/4 5/4

17.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 231/197 .263/.407/.522/.928 .811/.949 1.080 34/.858 1/1 12/0

6.Marte G/S/vP 19/.757 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 10/1.278 514/419 .308/.361/.451/.812 .738/.829 .765 99/.647 46/12 8/4

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 17/1.067 ··· 7/1.429 1/.000 6/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 14/.900 11/.831 545/435 .253/.330/.415/.745 .704/.755 .762 106/.853 6/7 18/2

10.Mercer G/S/vP 14/.368 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.473 7/.715 502/396 .260/.337/.380/.717 .879/.675 .795 91/.665 1/1 10/7

25.Polanco* G/S/vP 18/.389 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 7/.715 489/388 .270/.336/.501/.837 .832/.839 .906 94/.761 12/6 21/4

3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.666 252/168 .250/.339/.482/.820 .987/.741 .934 39/.748 2/0 12/4

15.Rogers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 19/8 .071/.316/.214/.530 .739/.250 .143 / 0/0 0/0

19.Stewart G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 105/87 .198/.305/.275/.579 .764/.541 .550 / 0/0 1/2

IP 151.2 17.2 59.1 18.1 22.1 50.2 26.0 8.1 56.2 69.0 TOTAL .255/.329/.399/.728 .786/.714 .756 .706 100/42 123/78

ERA-K/9

4.45/6.9

3.57/9.7

3.94/3.5

3.44/7.4

4.03/10.9

3.20/7.6

/0.0

4.15/7.6

4.32/5.4

1.75/11.7

2.87/8.2

4.24/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (54-11-7)
Fryer (17-6-3)
Stewart (10-3-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 683/.271 72/.258 253/.299 78/.250 98/.262 223/.249 / 113/.277 40/.306 218/.152 287/.215 .264 Marte
Polanco
McCutchen
Frazier
Joyce
Rodriguez
Harrison
Jaso 110/16/0/17
17/3/97/8
0/122/0/5
4/0/12/1
14/0/35/1
8/3/15/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .791 .659 .746 .730 .726 .697 .731 .847 .513 .670 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.782 34/.975 119/.718 41/.748 47/.527 101/.701 / 45/.729 12/1.326 91/.379 127/.688 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.799 38/.384 134/.770 37/.709 51/.909 122/.693 / 68/.732 28/.637 127/.611 160/.655 .776

Road 294/.860 39/.669 119/.866 49/.923 40/.653 129/.702 / 54/.929 24/1.036 88/.486 123/.631

Last 28d days 120/.930 2/.000 55/.799 35/.393 50/.835 66/.512 / 42/.720 40/.847 43/.267 60/.654

HR/SB/CS 19/26/7 1/0/1 3/3/2 2/0/1 2/4/1 4/4/0 // 2/2/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 7/4/2 154/82/48

Usage ······X· o······· o·····XX ····X·Xo o··XX··· o····X·X ·····o·o ······X· X·ooX··· 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 2016 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

BOS 5.52

LAA 4.48

PHI 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.40

DET 4.47

ARI 5.64

J. Altuve .348

J. Harrison .273

T. Frazier .215

OBP

M. Trout .438

J. Werth .340

F. Galvis .271

SLG

D. Ortiz .623

A. Jones .456

A. Hechavarria .320

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.026

W. Myers .801

A. Ramirez .606

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.09

M. Shoemaker 3.91

J. Shields 5.86

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.74

C. Martinez 7.79

M. Perez 4.61

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.