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Game Preview: PIT @ COL, 3:05pm, Thursday, August 23, 2007 @Coors Field

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Pittsburgh Pirates, 54-71, 6th, 11 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (25, LHP, 9-14, 4.53)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-14)           159   166  90  80  45  92 19    4.53      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
 2005 (3-1)             41.1  31  10  10  17  26  2    2.18      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  45.2  48  24  20  12  24  4    3.94   50 
 2007-08-18    PHI   W   7    10   6   6   2   4  2     110   35 
 2007-08-13    SFG   W   9     3   1   1   0   4  0      91   81 
 2007-08-08    ARI   L   5     7   6   4   4   3  0     106   32 
 2007-07-31    STL   L   6     6   3   2   2   3  0     111   51 
 2007-07-26    NYM   W   6     6   3   3   1   3  1      90   50 
 2007-07-21    HOU   W   6.2   8   2   2   2   5  1      96   53 
 2007-07-15    ATL   L   6     8   3   2   1   2  0      92   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      0-1   5    11   4   4   2   5  0    7.20   32 
 2006-06-06    COL   L   5    11   4   4   2   5  0      87   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-36   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:25-26   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Wed, Aug 22  @COL  W  11-2       54-71  6th 11.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 21  @COL  L   2-9       53-71  6th 11.0 gb
123 Mon, Aug 20  @COL  W   4-2 (11)  53-70  6th 10.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 19   PHI  W   8-4       52-70  6th 11.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18   PHI  W  11-6       51-70  6th 11.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17   PHI  L   8-11      50-70  6th 11.5 gb
119 Thu, Aug 16   NYM  W  10-7       50-69  6th 11.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 15   NYM  L   8-10      49-69  6th 12.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 14   NYM  L   4-5       49-68  6th 12.0 gb
116 Mon, Aug 13   SFG  L   3-10      49-67  6th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Colorado Rockies, 64-62, 4th, 7 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Franklin Morales (21, LHP, 0-0, 1.69)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-0)              5.1   5   1   1   0   4  1    1.69      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   5.1   5   1   1   0   4  1    1.69   58 
 2007-08-18    LAD  ND   5.1   5   1   1   0   4  1      79   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT    Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-25   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 8-9 
 vsRHP:  47-42   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  11-17
 vsEast: 11-11   vsCntrl:20-19   vsWest: 23-24 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 22   PIT  L   2-11      64-62  4th  7.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   PIT  W   9-2       64-61  3rd  6.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   PIT  L   2-4 (11)  63-61  4th  7.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @LAD  L   3-4       63-60  4th  7.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @LAD  W   7-4 (14)  63-59  3rd  7.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @LAD  L   4-6       62-59  4th  7.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @SDP  L   9-11      62-58  3rd  6.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @SDP  W   3-0       62-57  3rd  5.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @SDP  L   0-8       61-57  3rd  5.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   CHC  W   6-3       61-56  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 PIT 11 @COL  2    W:Tom Gorzelanny (12-7), L: Josh Fogg (7-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 COL  9  PIT  2    W:Taylor Buchholz (6-4), L: Tony Armas (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 PIT  4 @COL  2 (11)   W:Damaso Marte (2-0), L: Brian Fuentes (0-5), S: Matt Capps (12)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 COL  5 @PIT  3    W:Jeff Francis (10-5), L: Ian Snell (7-7), S: Manuel Corpas (3)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 COL  6 @PIT  2    W:Josh Fogg (5-6), L: Shane Youman (2-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 COL 10 @PIT  8    W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-4), L: John Van Benschoten (0-4), S: Manuel Corpas (2)

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 PIT  6  COL  5    W:Zach Duke (7-8), L: Jason Jennings (6-8), S: Mike Gonzalez (15)
Tue, Jul 18, 2006 COL 13 @PIT  4    W:Jeff Francis (7-8), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 17, 2006 PIT  3  COL  1    W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Byung-Hyun Kim (5-6), S: Matt Capps (1)
Wed, Jun 07, 2006 COL 16  PIT  9    W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Oliver Perez (2-7), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - COL leads 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - PIT won 7-3; All-Time - Tied 64-64

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 2007 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

NYY  5.95

BAL  4.64

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.89

COL  4.75

TBD  6.02

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

G. Dobbs  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

A. Iwamura  .361

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .651

C. Guzman  .468

N. Punto  .259

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

W. Harris  .827

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Wang  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

C. James  6.40

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Morales*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
35.Buchholz
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
39.Dessens
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
34.Herges
G/S/vB
50.Julio
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 452/340 .256/.342/.410/.752 .744/.754 .718 90/.790 5/3 10/12
38.Bay G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 9/1.000 4/.000 6/.167 4/.500 9/.958 1/no AB 5/.400 16/1.178 526/391 .248/.323/.417/.740 .737/.741 .770 113/.672 3/1 19/7
14.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.875 3/.000 5/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 10/.775 193/131 .250/.280/.342/.622 .667/.601 .664 64/.668 0/0 0/8
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 25/.943 12/.817 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 15/.431 271/200 .257/.310/.309/.619 .426/.688 .732 61/.677 3/1 0/7
53.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· 114/72 .226/.274/.396/.671 .432/.805 .438 15/1.257 1/0 3/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/.486 2/3.500 4/1.750 3/.666 3/.666 4/.750 6/.334 20/.825 498/365 .266/.343/.459/.802 .825/.794 .692 107/.954 1/1 18/4
51.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.500 2/.500 0/0 0/0
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.946 1/.000 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 12/.872 263/219 .249/.323/.442/.765 .747/.769 .655 108/.898 10/0 10/2
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.833 2/.000 11/.855 6/.750 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 8/1.071 383/285 .292/.345/.490/.835 .850/.829 .830 41/.941 2/1 16/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 373/272 .239/.287/.372/.659 .937/.555 .597 88/.722 1/2 9/7
5.Phelps G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 12/.606 137/55 .303/.387/.496/.883 .786/1.036 .923 30/1.617 0/0 6/3
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/.875 1/.000 6/.500 5/2.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 13/.693 515/372 .302/.343/.427/.770 .962/.695 .776 125/.891 0/1 9/6
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.666 1/.000 26/.360 4/1.250 9/.666 10/.900 2/2.500 12/1.245 443/345 .268/.326/.375/.700 .808/.671 .691 77/.978 1/4 7/9
IP 5.1 48.1 82.2 58.1 24.1 41.2 42.0 26.0 45.1 97.1 TOTAL .259/.321/.405/.726 .763/.712 .703 42/22 112/64
ERA-K/9 1.69/6.8 3.35/6.9 4.25/5.9 2.16/7.7 6.66/6.7 3.89/8.0 3.64/4.5 3.12/4.5 4.96/6.6 5.09/4.3 4.41/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maldonado (2-0-0)
 Paulino (60-24-6)
 Phelps (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.250 208/.243 347/.283 232/.219 113/.346 176/.237 171/.263 95/.216 204/.266 413/.299 .272  Bay
 Nady
 Kata
 McLouth
 Bautista
 Castillo
120/0/0/11
4/11/77/3
11/0/1/2
6/54/14/2
2/4/9/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .686 .725 .728 .582 .980 .726 .715 .574 .769 .798 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.533 80/.830 164/.706 113/.606 50/1.346 48/.644 81/.763 39/.744 84/.619 196/.817 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 15/.733 128/.657 183/.749 119/.558 63/.688 128/.756 90/.675 56/.460 120/.870 217/.781 .763
Home / 91/.531 157/.800 124/.635 39/.819 75/.600 80/.608 52/.622 94/.558 180/.673 .768
Last 28d days 21/.686 39/.936 65/.606 36/.611 44/.885 17/.773 43/.508 51/.496 42/.346 60/.762
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/3/1 6/6/0 4/0/3 5/1/0 6/1/1 5/1/1 1/0/1 4/10/2 12/7/3 122/61/22
Usage ····X··· ···oX·X· ·X··X··· ··o·o··X ·X····X· ··X·X·X· ··o·X··o ··X·X·X· ··ooX··o ·o·X·o··
Colorado Rockies Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Chacon
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 3/2.333 2/.000 2/1.500 4/1.167 4/.750 4/.000 6/.333 524/368 .278/.349/.463/.812 .664/.875 .906 108/1.047 3/1 18/13
1.Carroll G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/1.500 6/.666 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 223/125 .232/.323/.311/.633 .747/.543 .514 46/.606 6/2 2/2
16.Gil G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .100/.182/.100/.282 .000/.393 .167 12/.282 0/0 0/0
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 454/351 .293/.390/.541/.931 .594/1.035 1.092 92/.895 0/0 22/6
17.Helton* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 8/.542 7/.629 5/1.850 8/1.089 516/362 .298/.419/.461/.879 .752/.934 .947 93/.845 0/1 12/2
5.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 3/1.334 8/.393 549/417 .336/.395/.575/.971 .989/.965 1.142 112/1.113 9/3 22/3
7.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 330/277 .287/.335/.399/.735 .696/.742 .841 89/.729 27/2 3/2
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 198/128 .318/.374/.549/.923 1.178/.783 .968 73/.964 4/1 10/0
24.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 13/9 .333/.385/.667/1.051 .250/1.333 1.178 13/1.051 0/0 1/0
18.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 78/65 .315/.346/.356/.702 .923/.656 .780 38/.651 2/0 1/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 7/.714 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 337/254 .268/.333/.376/.709 .757/.694 .793 88/.667 1/1 6/5
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 513/391 .293/.363/.462/.825 .955/.785 .973 111/.981 6/5 17/10
IP 159.0 63.0 85.1 39.2 38.2 9.1 46.0 TOTAL .275/.350/.425/.775 .765/.778 .850 87/25 123/56
ERA-K/9 4.53/5.2 2.29/6.6 4.22/7.5 3.86/7.9 1.86/9.8 2.89/3.9 5.09/7.4 4.83/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gil (2-0-1)
 Torrealba (35-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.275 250/.213 377/.261 167/.270 155/.193 37/.375 200/.256 .282  Hawpe
 Holliday
 Carroll
 Spilborghs
 Sullivan
0/0/107/5
121/0/0/5
0/1/1/0
9/24/16/0
1/25/0/0
OPS .751 .568 .752 .687 .573 .866 .724 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.578 101/.744 144/.953 60/.556 64/.345 19/1.026 81/.897 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 565/.783 149/.455 233/.632 107/.764 91/.726 18/.701 119/.609 .786
Road 287/.837 122/.532 187/.864 73/.792 82/.715 15/.851 99/.588 .822
Last 28d days 137/.709 39/.495 60/.987 40/.359 37/.803 37/.866 60/.740
HR/SB/CS 19/10/5 4/1/0 8/6/4 3/9/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 6/0/1 132/92/31
Usage ····X··· ··ooo·X· ··X·oX·o ··o····X ··o···oo ·X····X· ··oo·oo·

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.

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