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Game Preview: SFG @ PIT, 12:35pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @PNC Park

San Francisco Giants, 14-20, 3rd, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 1-2, 4.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             39.2  33  19  18  24  37  5    4.08      
 2007 (7-16)           200   173  84  81  79 163 14    3.65      
 2006 (13-12)          190.2 157  93  88  87 179 18    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  39.2  33  19  18  24  37  5    4.08   52 
 2008-05-03   @PHI  ND   7     3   2   2   1   8  2      93   70 
 2008-04-28    COL   W   5.1   4   0   0   5   3  0     106   58 
 2008-04-23   @SDP  ND   7     5   1   1   3   7  0      98   67 
 2008-04-18   @STL   L   3.2   8   9   9   3   4  2      80   10 
 2008-04-12    STL  ND   6.2   3   2   2   3   5  0      95   62 
 2008-04-07    SDP   L   4.1   7   5   4   5   5  1      97   31 
 2008-04-01   @LAD  ND   5.2   3   0   0   4   5  0     114   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      0-1  11    13   6   6   6   9  0    4.91   46 
 2007-08-13   @PIT   L   7     6   3   3   2   7  0     105   58 
 2006-06-08    PIT  ND   4     7   3   3   4   2  0      91   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-8    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  10-16   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May  7  @PIT  L   1-3       14-20  3rd  8.0 gb
 33 Tue, May  6  @PIT  L   6-12      14-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @PHI  L   5-6       14-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @PHI  W   3-2 (10)  14-17  3rd  7.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  2  @PHI  L   5-6 (10)  13-17  3rd  7.5 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30   COL  W   3-2       13-16  3rd  7.5 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29   COL  L   2-3       12-16  3rd  7.5 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28   COL  W   4-0       12-15  3rd  7.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   CIN  L   1-10      11-15  3rd  7.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   CIN  L   9-10      11-14  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Pittsburgh Pirates, 14-19, 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 2-3, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             35.1  38  20  18  13  23  4    4.58      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37.1  48  27  24  13  26  6    5.79   43 
 2008-05-03   @WSN   L   5    10   7   7   3   2  1     102   18 
 2008-04-27    PHI   W   9     2   1   1   4   2  0      99   77 
 2008-04-22    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   6  0      93   65 
 2008-04-16   @LAD   L   5    11   6   4   2   2  1      90   25 
 2008-04-11    CIN  ND   5.1   6   0   0   2   2  0      73   56 
 2008-04-05   @FLA   L   5     5   5   5   1   9  2      92   45 
 2007-09-21   @CHC  ND   2    10   7   6   0   3  2      61   13 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      1-0  15    11   5   4   4  11  1    2.40   63 
 2007-08-13    SFG   W   9     3   1   1   0   4  0      91   81 
 2006-06-11   @SFG  ND   6     8   4   3   4   7  1      97   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  3-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Wed, May  7   SFG  W   3-1       14-19  5th  7.0 gb
 32 Tue, May  6   SFG  W  12-6       13-19  5th  8.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  4  @WSN  L   2-5       12-19  5th  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  3  @WSN  L   8-9       12-18  5th  6.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  2  @WSN  W  11-4       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  1  @WSN  L   2-3       11-17  6th  6.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @NYM  W  13-1       11-16  5th  6.0 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @NYM  L   4-5 (11)  10-16  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   PHI  W   5-1       10-15  6th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   PHI  L   4-8        9-15  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 07, 2008 PIT  3  SFG  1        W:Phil Dumatrait (1-1), L: Barry Zito (0-7), S: Matt Capps (7)
Tue, May 06, 2008 PIT 12  SFG  6        W:Zach Duke (1-2), L: Jonathan Sanchez (2-2), S: none

Mon, Aug 13, 2007 SFG 10 @PIT  3        W:Noah Lowry (13-7), L: Shane Youman (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 PIT  3  SFG  1        W:Paul Maholm (8-14), L: Matt Cain (4-13), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 PIT  5 @SFG  0        W:Tom Gorzelanny (11-6), L: Barry Zito (8-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 PIT 13 @SFG  3        W:Tony Armas (2-3), L: Tim Lincecum (6-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 PIT  8 @SFG  7        W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Vinnie Chulk (4-4), S: Matt Capps (10)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 SFG  8 @PIT  5        W:Russ Ortiz (1-1), L: Zach Duke (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 PIT  2  SFG  1 (10)   W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Steve Kline (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 PIT  4  SFG  3        W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-2), L: Jamey Wright (6-9), S: Mike Gonzalez (18)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 2-0; 2007 - PIT won 4-2; 2006 - PIT won 6-1; All-Time - SFG leads 1108-968

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC  5.74

TEX  4.51

SDP  3.32

RA/G

TOR  3.54

TBR  4.45

PIT  5.70

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

H. Kuroda  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.06

B. Backe  6.13

J. Garland  2.03

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San Francisco Giants Batters (3.32 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
47.Van Benschoten
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 15/.762 3/1.334 4/.500 7/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 92/67 .274/.337/.417/.754 1.059/.648 .821 62/.889 1/1 3/
29.Bocock G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/76 .143/.258/.156/.414 .313/.428 .523 61/.328 4/2 0/
21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/65 .271/.288/.457/.745 .708/.746 .693 73/.745 0/0 3/
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/23 .229/.289/.257/.547 .829/.360 .651 39/.547 4/0 0/
12.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 125/98 .241/.296/.422/.718 .551/.763 .725 91/.735 1/0 2/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 7/1.596 3/1.167 2/.000 4/1.417 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 88/67 .253/.330/.367/.697 .762/.676 .707 64/.723 4/0 1/
20.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/30 .290/.371/.387/.759 .600/.785 .513 31/.795 0/1 0/
14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 122/108 .306/.385/.500/.885 .539/.925 .629 103/.973 5/2 3/
1.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 112/88 .295/.321/.467/.788 .568/.847 .740 78/.769 0/0 4/
40.Ortmeier# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/14 .275/.370/.400/.770 .838/.900 .606 31/.932 2/1 0/
33.Rowand G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 114/89 .333/.377/.524/.901 1.025/.865 1.064 87/.977 0/1 3/
8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 109/87 .231/.266/.365/.631 .634/.629 .590 79/.595 7/3 0/
2.Winn# G/S/vP 8/.375 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 7/1.286 1/2.000 ··· ··· 120/90 .269/.317/.324/.641 .785/.594 .713 88/.619 6/0 0/
IP 35.1 0.2 14.2 16.0 16.0 21.2 3.2 15.2 TOTAL .254/.311/.381/.692 .698/.690 .678 .727 38/12 20/22
ERA-K/9 4.58/5.9 27.00/0.0 3.07/5.5 1.13/7.9 5.06/11.2 6.65/3.3 4.91/9.7 3.45/4.6 5.18/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holm (12-0-0)
 Molina (12-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.284 4/.500 58/.255 66/.206 63/.207 104/.375 19/.286 69/.170 .289  Winn
 Lewis
 Rowand
 Velez
 Ortmeier
 Bowker
0/5/27/2
27/4/1/2
0/29/0/1
2/0/5/1
6/0/2/1
0/0/7/0
OPS .747 1.750 .626 .465 .528 1.011 .802 .584 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.594 1/.000 27/1.038 19/.377 22/.377 35/.988 14/.862 25/.493 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.788 3/2.333 31/.265 47/.500 41/.608 69/1.023 5/.650 44/.624 .825
Home 77/.484 4/1.750 37/.583 25/.414 26/.431 43/1.017 / 32/.693 .757
Last 28d days 131/.725 4/1.750 37/.583 42/.610 46/.425 71/1.012 19/.802 40/.767
HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 1/0/0 0/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 28/18/9
Usage ····X··· ·o······ oo···o·· ···X·oX· o··o·X·· ····X··· ····X··X X···oX··
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
31.Chulk
G/S/vB
41.Hennessey
G/S/vB
16.Misch*
G/S/vB
43.Sadler
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
47.Valdez
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 123/87 .239/.298/.422/.720 1.150/.551 .603 84/.771 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 143/98 .270/.406/.452/.858 .764/.896 1.014 109/.870 3/0 6/
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 54/45 .200/.245/.240/.485 .444/.494 .472 51/.515 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/75 .337/.367/.565/.933 1.043/.896 .925 67/.955 0/0 5/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 62/33 .276/.306/.328/.634 .644/.626 .786 43/.500 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 10/2.075 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 118/79 .208/.288/.330/.618 .516/.669 .625 87/.681 0/0 3/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.429 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 156/97 .333/.419/.659/1.079 .926/1.171 1.081 112/1.079 3/3 9/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/46 .188/.278/.250/.528 .125/.597 .679 40/.406 0/0 0/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/28 .138/.242/.172/.415 1.350/.259 .350 20/.200 1/2 0/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 142/98 .349/.408/.563/.972 1.023/.947 .831 101/.955 1/0 5/
26.Paulino G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 53/30 .217/.321/.261/.582 .554/.603 .691 43/.599 0/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 57/39 .200/.214/.236/.451 .458/.447 .440 29/.310 1/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 8/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 134/93 .240/.271/.304/.575 .668/.531 .487 105/.583 0/0 1/
IP 39.2 12.2 16.0 10.0 11.2 15.2 15.0 14.0 20.1 TOTAL .254/.323/.397/.720 .750/.707 .727 .719 10/6 33/32
ERA-K/9 4.08/8.4 2.13/2.8 12.94/6.8 5.40/7.2 /0.0 4.63/9.2 1.15/7.5 2.40/7.2 3.86/9.6 2.66/5.8 4.25/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (8-5-3)
 Paulino (10-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.228 51/.213 93/.458 43/.256 / 50/.250 64/.214 55/.173 65/.264 87/.187 .263  Nady
 Bay
 Morgan
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/32/4
32/0/0/1
2/8/0/0
4/31/2/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .715 .636 1.235 .899 .772 .605 .550 .675 .611 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.800 23/.579 40/1.393 12/.417 / 28/.452 27/.787 20/1.072 31/.711 31/.747 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.621 28/.686 53/1.122 31/1.104 / 22/1.159 37/.469 35/.265 34/.639 56/.536 .789
Road 98/.708 31/.757 51/1.274 19/1.076 / 25/.566 35/.629 29/.438 27/.697 45/.450 .790
Last 28d days 123/.685 51/.636 64/1.256 43/.899 / 34/.775 41/.626 38/.578 48/.605 66/.513
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 1/1/0 2/3/0 4/1/0 // 2/2/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 37/24/4
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ·X······ ·····X·· ···ooo·· ·o···o·X o···oo·o ····XX·X X··X·X··

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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