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Game Preview: PIT @ LAD, 10:10pm, Monday, April 14, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-6, 1st, Tied

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 0-0, 2.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             12.2  18   4   3   2   7  0    2.13      
 2007 (3-8)            107.1 161  74  66  25  41 14    5.53      
 2006 (10-15)          215.1 255 116 107  68 117 17    4.47      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  39    64  22  20   8  23  4    4.62   41 
 2008-04-09    CHC  ND   7     8   1   1   1   6  0     116   62 
 2008-04-03    ATL  ND   5.2  10   3   2   1   1  0     116   39 
 2007-09-28    STL  ND   7     8   1   1   0   4  0      91   61 
 2007-09-22    CHC   L   4     9   5   4   3   4  3      84   27 
 2007-06-28    FLA   L   4    12   6   6   1   4  0      80   17 
 2007-06-22    LAA  ND   5.1   9   1   1   2   2  1      98   46 
 2007-06-17    CHW  ND   6     8   5   5   0   2  0      86   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      1-3  23.2  36  21  21   7  14  4    7.99   34 
 2007-06-01    LAD   L   6     8   5   5   2   3  1      88   37 
 2006-06-24    LAD   L   5.1  10   5   5   1   3  0     105   30 
 2006-04-10    LAD   L   5     8   7   7   2   2  2      94   23 
 2005-08-06    LAD   W   7.1  10   4   4   2   6  1     111   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 13   CIN  W   9-1        6-6   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12   CIN  W   4-3        5-6   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11   CIN  W   1-0        4-6   1st    Tied
  9 Thu, Apr 10   CHC  L   3-7        3-6   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr  9   CHC  L   4-6 (15)   3-5   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7   CHC  L   8-10(12)   3-4   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @FLA  W   9-2        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @FLA  L   3-7        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @FLA  L   4-5        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @ATL  W   4-3 (10)   2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 
Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-7, 4th, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 1-1, 2.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             12.2  12   5   3   2   8  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  12.2  12   5   3   2   8  1    2.13   56 
 2008-04-09    ARI   L   5.2   9   4   2   2   4  0     108   41 
 2008-04-04    SDP   W   7     3   1   1   0   4  1      77   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT    Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 13   SDP  L   0-1        5-7   4th  0.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   SDP  W  11-1        5-6   4th  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   SDP  L   5-7        4-6   4th  0.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @ARI  L   3-4        4-5   5th  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @ARI  L   5-10       4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @ARI  L   3-9        4-3   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @SDP  W   3-2        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @SDP  L   1-4        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @SDP  W   7-1        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Wed, Apr  2   SFG  L   1-2        2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-7    Last 30: 5-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 LAD  6 @PIT  5        W:Derek Lowe , L: Paul Maholm , S: Jonathan Broxton 
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 LAD  5 @PIT  4        W:Chad Billingsley , L: Salomon Torres , S: Joe Beimel 
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 PIT  3  LAD  1        W:Ian Snell , L: Hong-Chih Kuo , S: Matt Capps 
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 LAD  5 @PIT  4        W:Randy Wolf , L: Zach Duke , S: Takashi Saito 
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 PIT  7 @LAD  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny , L: Brett Tomko , S: Salomon Torres 
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 LAD  7  PIT  3 (10)   W:Jonathan Broxton , L: Jonah Bayliss , S: none
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 LAD 10  PIT  2        W:Randy Wolf , L: Tony Armas , S: none
Thu, Sep 21, 2006 LAD  5  PIT  2        W:Chad Billingsley (6-4), L: Shane Youman (0-2), S: Takashi Saito (20)
Wed, Sep 20, 2006 PIT  6 @LAD  4        W:Shawn Chacon (7-6), L: Greg Maddux (13-14), S: Salomon Torres (10)
Tue, Sep 19, 2006 PIT 10 @LAD  6        W:Ian Snell (14-10), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; 2006 - LAD won 6-4; All-Time - LAD leads 1097-976

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 2008 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 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
21.Loaiza
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 614/470 .254/.339/.414/.753 .788/.742 .747 / 6/3 15/17
38.Bay G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.533 6/.733 2/.000 6/1.700 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 614/462 .247/.327/.418/.746 .742/.747 .766 / 4/1 21/8
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 279/216 .274/.341/.472/.813 .633/.865 .719 / 1/2 9/3
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/.581 25/.438 7/.572 ··· ··· 240/145 .297/.325/.374/.699 .678/.712 .656 / 1/2 1/3
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 4/.750 2/.500 11/.899 12/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 632/473 .272/.345/.458/.803 .808/.802 .721 / 1/1 21/6
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 382/304 .258/.351/.459/.810 .739/.828 .772 / 22/1 13/3
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/.874 5/.900 1/3.000 ··· ··· 192/159 .277/.349/.440/.789 .613/.822 .587 / 0/0 5/2
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/87 .299/.359/.430/.789 .836/.773 .771 / 7/3 1/1
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 5/2.467 6/1.867 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 470/366 .278/.330/.476/.805 .819/.802 .833 / 3/1 20/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 494/375 .263/.314/.389/.703 1.055/.593 .680 / 2/2 11/7
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.432 7/.453 1/3.000 ··· ··· 11/8 .273/.273/.727/1.000 2.333/.500 1.000 / 0/0 1/1
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 7/.762 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 653/476 .304/.343/.442/.784 .956/.721 .779 / 0/1 11/9
IP 67.1 82.0 30.1 37.1 4.0 86.1 64.1 TOTAL .254/.329/.391/.720 .818/.684 .755 .720 5/4 11/18
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.88/5.2 2.85/10.9 7.42/8.0 5.79/4.8 15.75/9.0 3.65/6.7 1.40/10.9 /0.0 3.38/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (21-6-5)
 Paulino (74-27-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 281/.253 334/.225 140/.285 164/.259 20/.333 382/.242 234/.151 / .261  Bay
 Doumit
 Nady
 McLouth
 Morgan
 Bautista
142/0/0/13
0/0/38/5
10/11/94/4
24/66/18/2
0/28/0/2
2/5/16/1
OPS .648 .617 .791 .872 1.122 .738 .448 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 108/.490 167/.589 28/.601 64/.997 8/1.250 163/.766 121/.558 / .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 173/.745 167/.640 112/.839 100/.795 12/1.017 219/.717 113/.329 / .655
Home / 150/.702 175/.481 51/.889 87/.951 20/1.122 194/.752 130/.366 / .566
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/3 6/6/3 3/3/0 10/1/0 2/0/0 12/9/4 5/2/0 // 6/5/3
Usage ····X··· o·o···oo o···oX·X ·····X·· ······X· X·o·X·X· ··o···Xo ·X·····o ··X··Xo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
44.Meek
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bennett G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 170/123 .252/.286/.335/.621 .484/.675 .412 / 1/1 2/1
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 507/388 .284/.350/.452/.802 .716/.830 .786 / 0/4 13/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 11/.573 2/.000 3/.333 5/1.400 7/1.404 ··· ··· 3/.000 643/468 .270/.333/.355/.687 .744/.666 .765 / 25/6 6/19
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .241/.241/.517/.759 .600/.842 .870 / 0/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP 9/.722 2/1.500 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.333 659/441 .222/.311/.413/.724 .785/.694 .701 / 5/2 26/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 311/200 .342/.373/.521/.894 1.002/.835 .936 / 10/5 10/4
12.Kent G/S/vP 13/.322 4/.500 3/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 562/437 .302/.375/.500/.875 .950/.855 .936 / 1/3 20/14
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 375/269 .331/.381/.538/.919 .866/.939 .775 / 0/1 15/9
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/2.000 4/.250 3/1.334 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 620/467 .293/.374/.469/.843 1.062/.773 .749 / 21/9 19/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 17/.352 1/no AB 3/1.000 9/.819 10/.733 ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 729/519 .293/.331/.353/.685 .621/.710 .704 / 64/15 0/5
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 141/129 .260/.350/.382/.732 .500/.756 .856 / 2/0 2/0
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/20 .382/.417/.647/1.064 .908/1.187 .929 / 1/0 2/0
IP 107.1 79.0 18.0 51.2 45.1 28.1 66.0 TOTAL .251/.328/.389/.718 .824/.685 .802 .718 8/2 8/7
ERA-K/9 5.53/3.4 2.28/7.3 15.00/4.5 4.53/7.3 2.38/10.1 /0.0 4.76/4.1 5.18/9.4 4.42/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (24-4-2)
 Martin (82-41-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.359 315/.220 104/.448 228/.277 182/.200 / 126/.289 294/.251 .274  Ethier
 Pierre
 Jones
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
60/0/102/10
0/162/0/4
0/154/0/3
0/6/88/2
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .941 .582 1.291 .740 .598 .743 .738 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.884 131/.743 17/1.353 87/.604 75/.352 / 39/.995 116/.960 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.953 184/.473 87/1.275 141/.828 107/.765 / 87/.634 178/.594 .790
Road 255/.997 150/.567 58/1.175 108/.782 99/.708 / 77/.701 150/.779 .798
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/5/5 5/1/0 6/0/0 6/10/0 2/0/1 // 3/1/0 6/7/1 12/10/2
Usage ····X··· ·oo·o·X· o···X·XX ·XX·o·Xo ·oX·o·o· ···X··X· X···o·X· ·o··X·XX

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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