NYY @ PIT, Thursday, June 26, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 42-36, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-5, 3.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-5) 89.1 98 48 39 13 50 12 3.93 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 39.2 46 25 17 7 26 5 3.86 49 2008-06-20 CIN L 8 10 4 4 2 4 1 108 48 2008-06-14 @HOU W 6 6 3 3 0 4 1 89 52 2008-06-09 KCR ND 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 63 2008-06-04 TOR W 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 63 2008-05-30 @MIN W 6 6 4 2 1 4 0 109 51 2008-05-24 SEA W 5 7 4 4 1 4 2 74 40 2008-05-20 BAL L 0.2 5 7 1 2 1 0 41 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 0.00 82 2005-06-14 PIT W 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 109 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-17 Road: 20-19 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 29-24 vsLHP: 13-12 1-Run: 13-9 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 8-1 IL: 8-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 78 Wed, Jun 25 @PIT W 10-0 42-36 3rd 5.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Pittsburgh Pirates, 37-41, 4th, 12 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 5-5, 4.41) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-5) 96 105 50 47 28 60 13 4.41 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 3-1 48.2 50 22 21 10 27 9 3.88 52 2008-06-21 TOR W 7 7 3 3 3 1 0 99 49 2008-06-15 @BAL ND 6 4 2 2 3 4 2 94 57 2008-06-10 WSN ND 6.2 10 4 4 0 4 4 88 42 2008-06-05 HOU W 8 8 3 2 0 1 0 86 57 2008-05-31 @STL W 6.2 4 1 1 0 5 1 87 67 2008-05-25 CHC ND 8 8 5 5 2 7 1 121 51 2008-05-20 MIL L 6.1 9 4 4 2 5 1 111 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 0-1 5.1 6 5 3 5 3 0 5.06 38 2007-06-09 @NYY L 5.1 6 5 3 5 3 0 106 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-17 Road: 13-24 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 26-27 vsLHP: 11-14 1-Run: 14-11 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:15-18 vsWest: 6-4 IL: 4-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 78 Wed, Jun 25 NYY L 0-10 37-41 4th 12.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 25, 2008 NYY 10 @PIT 0 W:Joba Chamberlain (2-2), L: Zach Duke (4-5), S: none 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 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - NYY won 3-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 7-1

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 5.51

OAK 4.51

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.70

BAL 4.61

TEX 5.62

C. Jones .394

F. Catalanotto .281

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

Y. Molina .353

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .701

M. Kemp .450

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.145

T. Hunter .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

C. Sabathia 4.06

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 (4.69 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 9/1.127 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 8/1.607 4/.250 2/4.000 2/.000 326/228 .279/.340/.456/.797 .830/.783 .724 108/.779 9/4 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 70/50 .254/.271/.463/.734 .650/.769 .576 38/.709 0/1 3/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 296/198 .254/.317/.367/.685 .631/.710 .723 103/.631 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 305/213 .241/.282/.350/.632 .695/.604 .573 98/.689 1/3 5/

17.Christian G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/1 .375/.444/.500/.944 1.071/.000 .944 9/.944 0/0 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.167 ··· ··· 317/220 .323/.390/.479/.869 .848/.878 .885 101/.939 13/6 6/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.500 ··· ··· 266/177 .266/.398/.561/.959 1.082/.900 .913 93/.978 2/1 17/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/34 .184/.245/.224/.470 .255/.603 .646 7/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 318/219 .286/.345/.394/.739 .748/.734 .776 113/.782 5/2 4/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 285/198 .323/.404/.458/.862 .807/.887 .870 80/.777 0/0 7/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 69/46 .262/.348/.393/.741 .654/.778 .869 10/1.067 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 146/100 .215/.234/.311/.545 .478/.577 .525 39/.611 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/no AB 12/.533 ··· ··· 126/92 .306/.389/.495/.884 .912/.874 .960 60/.971 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 248/181 .324/.403/.597/1.000 1.032/.989 .886 111/1.167 9/1 14/

IP 96.0 2.1 19.0 36.1 37.1 37.2 52.1 37.1 TOTAL .274/.344/.429/.773 .766/.776 .760 .828 45/20 79/43

ERA-K/9

4.41/5.6

19.29/0.0

6.16/7.1

2.72/6.4

3.38/6.5

3.11/9.5

6.02/4.6

3.62/5.5

5.11/5.6

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/.283 14/.375 94/.315 143/.237 161/.238 149/.214 239/.335 171/.219 .288 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Damon
Christian 0/0/74/7
0/75/1/3
21/0/3/2
60/6/0/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .770 1.740 .969 .662 .683 .519 .910 .686 .813

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.536 7/2.667 27/.502 69/.649 34/.782 47/.616 89/.979 59/.627 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.814 7/.821 67/1.190 74/.675 127/.656 102/.474 150/.867 112/.716 .827

Home 253/.706 14/1.740 42/1.211 88/.534 81/.622 84/.524 120/.876 94/.634 .766

Last 28d days 138/.756 14/1.740 40/.860 51/.812 61/.940 45/.368 73/1.167 63/.694

HR/SB/CS 13/1/4 2/1/0 3/0/0 4/4/1 6/3/2 2/1/1 8/0/0 2/3/1 83/46/18

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
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 1/.000 253/180 .261/.327/.437/.764 .916/.706 .595 86/.960 1/1 9/

38.Bay G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/.000 ··· 10/1.178 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 327/242 .287/.394/.531/.925 .779/.973 .996 105/.873 6/0 15/

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 63/50 .237/.270/.339/.609 .846/.544 .740 54/.618 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 159/121 .354/.396/.639/1.036 .963/1.060 1.194 49/1.224 0/0 10/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 35/.607 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.550 ··· ··· 12/.666 ··· 111/71 .317/.345/.356/.701 .702/.700 .756 22/.683 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 294/212 .221/.296/.361/.657 .678/.649 .666 94/.557 1/0 7/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 350/247 .289/.371/.543/.913 .732/.990 .860 111/.744 9/3 15/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 152/99 .241/.291/.372/.664 .495/.755 .677 55/.848 1/1 3/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 18/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/4.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 156/131 .262/.372/.338/.710 .610/.729 .798 58/.840 0/0 1/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 46/40 .143/.217/.190/.408 1.100/.310 .374 11/.273 1/2 0/

22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 274/197 .314/.376/.510/.886 .997/.845 .812 59/.819 1/0 10/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 10/.100 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/80 .231/.264/.365/.629 .927/.511 .607 30/.792 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 330/255 .234/.264/.312/.575 .649/.554 .523 106/.573 0/1 4/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 11/.728 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 122/92 .309/.347/.336/.684 .665/.689 .737 99/.739 2/0 0/

IP 89.1 34.0 14.0 32.1 38.2 23.1 35.1 22.1 TOTAL .260/.325/.408/.733 .753/.725 .728 .758 23/8 80/58

ERA-K/9

3.93/5.0

4.24/8.2

0.64/5.8

6.12/5.0

5.35/8.4

3.09/10.0

0.76/10.2

3.22/8.9

4.17/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (7-5-2)
Doumit (16-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.280 144/.307 54/.192 137/.283 177/.285 101/.207 124/.142 92/.217 .263 Nady
Michaels
Bay
McLouth
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 0/0/62/9
20/3/21/3
75/0/0/2
4/74/2/2
0/0/6/0
4/8/3/0

OPS .753 .967 .454 .745 .811 .696 .378 .611 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.577 65/1.130 28/.437 57/.953 92/.949 51/.723 60/.336 42/.841 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.896 79/.847 26/.472 80/.605 85/.666 50/.669 64/.418 50/.431 .744

Road 143/.681 70/.879 4/.500 74/.780 103/.904 46/.594 66/.343 40/.624 .745

Last 28d days 137/.691 45/.989 54/.454 36/.761 41/.737 41/.913 44/.491 53/.616

HR/SB/CS 12/6/3 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···X··· ·o·o···X ···X··Xo X···o·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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Game Preview: NYY @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, June 26, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-5, 3.93)

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 5-5, 4.41)

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