NYY @ PIT, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 41-36, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 1-2, 2.36) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 42 32 13 11 23 49 2 2.36 2007 (2-0) 24 12 2 1 6 34 1 0.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-0 18.1 16 7 5 12 19 1 2.45 53 2008-06-19 SDP ND 5.2 4 1 1 3 9 0 100 63 2008-06-13 @HOU ND 6 6 1 1 4 2 0 89 54 2008-06-08 KCR ND 4.1 5 3 2 1 5 1 78 47 2008-06-03 TOR ND 2.1 1 2 1 4 3 0 62 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-17 Road: 19-19 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 29-24 vsLHP: 12-12 1-Run: 13-9 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 8-1 IL: 7-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 77 Tue, Jun 24 @PIT L 5-12 41-36 3rd 5.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 CIN W 4-1 41-35 3rd 5.0 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 CIN L 0-6 40-35 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 CIN L 2-4 40-34 3rd 5.0 gb 73 Thu, Jun 19 SDP W 2-1 40-33 3rd 5.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 SDP W 8-5 39-33 3rd 5.5 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 SDP W 8-0 38-33 3rd 5.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 @HOU W 13-0 37-33 3rd 6.0 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 @HOU W 8-4 36-33 3rd 6.0 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 @HOU W 2-1 35-33 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Pittsburgh Pirates, 37-40, 4th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-4, 3.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 92 111 44 40 25 36 5 3.91 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 2-2 43 50 20 18 7 20 4 3.77 49 2008-06-20 TOR ND 7 6 0 0 1 4 0 97 68 2008-06-14 @BAL ND 6 9 4 4 0 2 0 89 40 2008-06-09 ARI W 6 5 2 2 2 5 1 92 57 2008-06-04 HOU W 7.2 7 2 2 2 2 1 107 57 2008-05-30 @STL L 6 5 3 2 1 2 1 97 53 2008-05-23 CHC L 4 10 5 4 0 1 0 63 25 2008-05-17 @CHC ND 6.1 8 4 4 1 4 1 106 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-16 Road: 13-24 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 26-26 vsLHP: 11-14 1-Run: 14-11 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:15-18 vsWest: 6-4 IL: 4-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 77 Tue, Jun 24 NYY W 12-5 37-40 4th 11.0 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 TOR L 5-8 36-40 4th 12.0 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 TOR W 6-3 36-39 4th 11.0 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 TOR W 1-0 (12) 35-39 4th 11.0 gb 73 Thu, Jun 19 @CHW L 8-13 34-39 4th 11.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 @CHW L 2-8 34-38 4th 11.0 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 @CHW L 5-16 34-37 4th 11.0 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 @BAL W 5-4 (10) 34-36 4th 11.0 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 @BAL L 7-8 33-36 4th 11.0 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 @BAL L 6-9 33-35 4th 10.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 24, 2008 PIT 12 NYY 5 W:Tom Gorzelanny (6-6), L: Darrell Rasner (4-5), S: none Sun, Jun 10, 2007 NYY 13 PIT 6 W:Sean Henn (2-0), L: Shawn Chacon (2-1), S: none Sat, Jun 09, 2007 NYY 9 PIT 3 W:Roger Clemens (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (2-9), S: none Fri, Jun 08, 2007 NYY 5 PIT 4 (10) W:Mariano Rivera (2-3), L: Matt Capps (3-3), S: none Thu, Jun 16, 2005 NYY 6 PIT 1 W:Randy Johnson (7-5), L: Oliver Perez (5-5), S: none Wed, Jun 15, 2005 NYY 7 PIT 5 (10) W:Mariano Rivera (3-2), L: Jose Mesa (0-5), S: none Tue, Jun 14, 2005 NYY 9 PIT 0 W:Mike Mussina (7-4), L: Kip Wells (5-5), S: none Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 1-0; 2007 - NYY won 3-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 6-1

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

TEX 5.54

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.70

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .395

J. Carroll .280

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .487

D. Ortiz .354

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .697

S. Rolen .453

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.139

T. Glaus .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

V. Padilla 6.20

L. Hernandez 2.96

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New York Yankees Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 48.Beam
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 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/1.607 4/.250 1/5.000 2/.000 321/226 .273/.336/.440/.777 .835/.752 .679 107/.687 9/4 9/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 68/49 .246/.265/.462/.726 .684/.744 .548 36/.693 0/1 3/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 290/196 .251/.314/.367/.680 .637/.700 .716 101/.653 5/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 300/212 .235/.277/.335/.611 .681/.583 .529 97/.601 1/3 4/

17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/ .500/.500/.750/1.250 1.250/ 1.250 4/1.250 0/0 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.167 ··· ··· 317/220 .323/.390/.479/.869 .848/.878 .885 106/.952 13/6 6/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.500 ··· ··· 262/176 .267/.401/.567/.967 1.100/.906 .927 93/1.058 2/1 17/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .191/.255/.234/.489 .269/.623 .686 5/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 314/218 .278/.337/.380/.717 .684/.731 .731 114/.690 5/2 4/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 285/198 .323/.404/.458/.862 .807/.887 .870 84/.816 0/0 7/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 69/46 .262/.348/.393/.741 .654/.778 .869 14/.857 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 145/99 .216/.236/.313/.549 .478/.583 .532 38/.629 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 12/.533 ··· ··· 121/92 .308/.388/.505/.893 .952/.874 .983 55/1.000 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 244/180 .324/.402/.601/1.003 1.058/.983 .887 111/1.131 9/1 14/

IP 92.0 1.1 18.0 36.1 36.1 37.2 51.1 37.1 TOTAL .272/.342/.426/.768 .763/.770 .749 .812 44/20 77/43

ERA-K/9

3.91/3.5

6.75/0.0

6.50/7.5

2.72/6.4

3.22/6.7

3.11/9.5

5.96/4.7

3.62/5.5

5.06/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-17-5)
Posada (22-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.298 6/.000 91/.314 143/.237 155/.230 149/.214 233/.330 171/.219 .286 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Damon
Christian 0/0/73/6
0/74/1/3
21/0/3/2
60/6/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .773 .600 .981 .662 .666 .519 .903 .686 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.515 3/.500 26/.442 69/.649 33/.743 47/.616 86/.931 59/.627 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.810 3/.667 65/1.235 74/.675 122/.645 102/.474 147/.885 112/.716 .828

Home 224/.749 6/.600 39/1.263 88/.534 75/.582 84/.524 114/.860 94/.634 .757

Last 28d days 134/.718 6/.600 43/.905 51/.812 55/.914 45/.368 83/1.058 67/.699

HR/SB/CS 5/2/2 0/0/0 3/0/0 4/4/1 6/3/2 2/1/1 8/0/0 2/3/1 81/45/18

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ··X··o·X ···oX··· ···o·X·· o···XX·· X·X····X o·o·X·X·

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/176 .265/.328/.443/.771 .916/.715 .606 83/.977 1/1 9/

38.Bay G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 10/1.178 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 325/240 .286/.394/.531/.925 .779/.973 .996 106/.844 6/0 15/

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/49 .241/.274/.345/.619 .846/.556 .762 53/.630 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 155/117 .350/.394/.636/1.030 .963/1.053 1.192 45/1.222 0/0 10/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.550 ··· ··· 12/.666 ··· 111/71 .317/.345/.356/.701 .702/.700 .756 23/.652 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 290/208 .224/.300/.367/.667 .678/.663 .684 94/.571 1/0 7/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/243 .293/.375/.550/.925 .732/1.008 .881 111/.757 9/3 15/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 150/97 .237/.289/.370/.659 .495/.749 .668 54/.826 1/1 3/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/4.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 155/130 .256/.368/.333/.701 .610/.718 .781 60/.833 0/0 1/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 42/36 .158/.238/.211/.449 1.100/.346 .449 7/.429 1/2 0/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 274/197 .314/.376/.510/.886 .997/.845 .812 63/.815 1/0 10/

31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/79 .233/.266/.369/.635 .927/.518 .619 29/.821 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 326/251 .237/.267/.316/.583 .649/.563 .536 106/.573 0/1 4/

2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 11/.728 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 118/88 .290/.325/.318/.642 .665/.635 .654 99/.660 2/0 0/

IP 42.0 34.0 14.0 32.1 37.1 23.1 35.1 21.1 TOTAL .260/.326/.409/.735 .753/.728 .733 .751 23/8 80/56

ERA-K/9

2.36/10.5

4.24/8.2

0.64/5.8

6.12/5.0

5.54/8.0

3.09/10.0

0.76/10.2

3.38/8.9

4.22/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (7-5-2)
Doumit (15-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.212 144/.307 54/.192 137/.283 173/.292 101/.207 124/.142 87/.205 .264 Nady
Michaels
Bay
McLouth
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 0/0/62/9
20/3/20/3
74/0/0/2
4/73/2/2
0/0/6/0
3/8/2/0

OPS .614 .967 .454 .745 .831 .696 .378 .600 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.743 65/1.130 28/.437 57/.953 89/.984 51/.723 60/.336 41/.864 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.499 79/.847 26/.472 80/.605 84/.674 50/.669 64/.418 46/.380 .745

Road 74/.594 70/.879 4/.500 74/.780 99/.943 46/.594 66/.343 35/.598 .750

Last 28d days 86/.672 45/.989 54/.454 36/.761 37/.825 41/.913 48/.449 48/.594

HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 10/5/6 0/1/1 2/1/2 6/0/0 3/1/1 2/1/0 3/3/0 70/60/30

Usage ·····X·· ··o··oX· ···X···· X··o···· ···X···· o·o···X· ··X··Xoo ···o·X·o

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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Game Preview: NYY @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 1-2, 2.36)

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-4, 3.91)

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