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Game Preview: COL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @PNC Park

Colorado Rockies, 48-60, 3rd, 7 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-6)           153.2 157  64  59  32  73 12    3.46      
 2007 (8-7)            166   178  87  76  44  61 15    4.12      
 2006 (9-15)           212.2 242 107 100  55  92 17    4.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  49.2  52  22  21   5  23  3    3.81   53 
 2008-07-25   @CIN   W   8     5   1   1   0   4  0      93   72 
 2008-07-20    PIT   W   7     5   3   3   1   2  0      82   56 
 2008-07-11   @NYM  ND   6     6   1   1   1   3  0      94   58 
 2008-07-06    FLA   L   7.1  11   7   7   2   5  1     110   31 
 2008-07-01    SDP   W   9     5   0   0   0   4  0      79   81 
 2008-06-25   @KCR   L   5.1   8   4   3   0   2  0      98   40 
 2008-06-20    NYM   L   7    12   6   6   1   3  2      97   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-1  19.1  20  12  11   5   9  0    5.12   47 
 2008-07-20    PIT   W   7     5   3   3   1   2  0      82   56 
 2006-06-05    PIT   L   6    10   5   5   3   5  0     100   34 
 2005-08-10    PIT  ND   6.1   5   4   3   1   2  0      71   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-22   Road:   17-38   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  32-47   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  9-13   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest: 15-24 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Tue, Jul 29  @PIT  L   4-6       48-60  3rd  7.0 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28  @PIT  L   4-8       48-59  3rd  6.0 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27  @CIN  W  11-0       48-58  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26  @CIN  W   5-1       47-58  3rd  6.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25  @CIN  W   7-2       46-58  3rd  6.0 gb
103 Wed, Jul 23   LAD  W   5-3       45-58  3rd  6.0 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22   LAD  W  10-1       44-58  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21   LAD  L  10-16      43-58  3rd  7.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20   PIT  W  11-3       43-57  3rd  6.0 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19   PIT  W   7-1       42-57  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Pittsburgh Pirates, 50-57, 5th, 13 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-8, 5.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-8)            121.1 158  74  68  36  54 12    5.04      
 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         0-4  36.1  53  30  28  12  22  7    6.94   38 
 2008-07-25    SDP   L   6     7   5   5   2   5  1      83   41 
 2008-07-20   @COL   L   5    10   9   9   1   5  2      90   15 
 2008-07-11    STL   L   6    10   5   5   1   4  2      90   35 
 2008-07-06   @MIL  ND   2.1   7   6   5   3   1  2      67   19 
 2008-07-01   @CIN  ND   5     6   1   1   2   3  0      77   52 
 2008-06-25    NYY   L   5     7   4   3   2   0  0      79   37 
 2008-06-20    TOR  ND   7     6   0   0   1   4  0      97   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      2-1  18    25  14  13   7  15  2    6.50   40 
 2008-07-20   @COL   L   5    10   9   9   1   5  2      90   15 
 2006-07-19    COL   W   6     7   4   4   2   5  0      95   45 
 2005-07-21    COL   W   7     8   1   0   4   5  0     108   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-25   Road:   18-32   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:23-25   vsWest:  9-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Jul 29   COL  W   6-4       50-57  5th 13.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   COL  W   8-4       49-57  6th 13.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   SDP  L   1-3       48-57  6th 13.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26   SDP  L   6-9       48-56  5th 12.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 25   SDP  L   5-6       48-55  5th 12.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24   SDP  W   9-1       48-54  5th 12.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @HOU  W   8-7       47-54  5th 12.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @HOU  W   8-2       46-54  5th 12.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @HOU  W   9-3       45-54  6th 13.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @COL  L   3-11      44-54  6th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 PIT  6  COL  4        W:Jason Davis (1-0), L: Matt Herges (3-4), S: Tyler Yates (1)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 PIT  8  COL  4        W:Ian Snell (4-8), L: Jason Grilli (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 COL 11  PIT  3        W:Aaron Cook (12-6), L: Zach Duke (4-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 COL  7  PIT  1        W:Jorge de la Rosa (4-5), L: Yoslan Herrera (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 COL  5  PIT  2        W:Glendon Rusch (3-3), L: Ian Snell (3-8), S: Brian Fuentes (16)
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 COL  5  PIT  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (5-9), L: Paul Maholm (6-6), S: Brian Fuentes (15)

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 PIT  5 @COL  1        W:Paul Maholm (10-14), L: Franklin Morales (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - COL leads 4-2; 2007 - COL won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - COL leads 68-67

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  5.62

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.57

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .369

C. Hart  .285

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Werth  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

J. Crede  .474

T. Pena  .201

OPS

A. Pujols  1.077

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

O. Perez  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Colorado Rockies Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
35.Davis
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
36.Karstens
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 10/.650 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 451/351 .302/.339/.482/.821 1.171/.724 .712 107/.933 1/1 15/
10.Baker G/S/vP 3/2.334 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 244/169 .290/.336/.511/.847 1.061/.759 .662 86/.918 4/0 9/
12.Barmes G/S/vP 6/1.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 230/166 .302/.339/.498/.837 .877/.822 .643 69/.731 5/3 5/
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 5/1.000 365/281 .280/.386/.505/.891 .797/.920 .830 103/1.039 1/1 17/
5.Holliday G/S/vP 10/1.200 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 8/.250 ··· 4/1.000 8/.542 412/315 .339/.425/.571/.996 1.074/.972 .847 109/1.076 14/1 18/
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 234/187 .276/.378/.528/.905 1.311/.803 .950 65/.965 0/0 11/
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 187/145 .259/.294/.376/.671 .570/.699 .472 36/.608 0/0 1/
25.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 59/49 .241/.305/.389/.694 .000/.845 .586 13/.647 1/0 2/
24.Stewart* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 106/89 .309/.377/.532/.909 1.322/.831 .909 46/1.115 0/0 4/
18.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 12/9 .167/.167/.167/.333 .667/.222 .364 0/ 0/0 0/
3.Taveras G/S/vP 16/.804 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 5/1.100 4/.000 365/273 .252/.305/.310/.615 .647/.605 .616 64/.661 47/4 1/
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 220/161 .255/.298/.400/.698 .722/.688 .653 40/.784 0/4 4/
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 204/163 .230/.300/.355/.656 1.064/.563 .616 49/1.094 1/3 3/
IP 121.1 37.2 22.0 35.1 1.0 53.2 59.2 53.1 TOTAL .269/.340/.427/.768 .842/.744 .686 .884 93/23 106/59
ERA-K/9 5.04/4.0 3.35/6.2 4.91/3.3 4.33/6.6 0.00/0.0 3.19/7.5 /0.0 6.18/4.7 4.05/6.4 5.23/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (24-4-5)
 Torrealba (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.314 157/.238 90/.213 166/.267 3/.500 231/.232 / 273/.336 242/.248 .290  Hawpe
 Taveras
 Holliday
 Smith
 Baker
 Sullivan
0/0/86/5
0/81/0/4
91/0/0/4
5/0/11/1
0/0/2/0
1/2/4/0
OPS .848 .703 .730 .806 1.000 .684 .930 .728 .828
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.770 52/.597 39/.845 45/.532 1/2.000 57/.604 / 106/1.008 90/.819 .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 462/.864 105/.752 51/.644 121/.920 2/.000 174/.711 / 167/.878 152/.675 .828
Home 304/.787 90/.617 59/.840 87/.849 3/1.000 119/.719 / 140/.970 144/.674 .788
Last 28d days 99/1.178 70/.714 69/.661 52/.586 3/1.000 55/.679 / 34/1.070 57/.894
HR/SB/CS 12/3/4 3/2/0 4/2/0 4/4/0 0/0/0 8/3/2 // 10/0/0 4/3/1 127/68/27
Usage ····X··· oX···X·· ···X··X· o··o·o·X o······· X·X·o·X· ···X··X· X···X·X·
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB
35.Buchholz
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
34.Herges
G/S/vB
51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
16.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 4/.000 9/1.111 343/251 .244/.320/.415/.735 .902/.678 .623 71/.631 1/1 12/
38.Bay G/S/vP 10/1.171 10/.900 6/.666 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.533 5/1.067 454/350 .284/.377/.523/.900 .686/.959 .943 102/.865 7/0 22/
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/72 .175/.241/.200/.441 .620/.399 .459 / 0/0 0/
37.Chavez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 80/66 .240/.275/.333/.608 .890/.549 .731 13/.801 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 3/.666 2/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 277/217 .332/.375/.555/.930 .980/.916 1.070 97/.827 2/0 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.167 1/.000 3/1.667 142/93 .298/.333/.336/.669 .692/.656 .739 26/.448 0/0 0/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.715 8/.946 3/.333 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 475/345 .281/.359/.538/.898 .680/.980 .882 105/.944 13/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.200 4/1.500 3/2.500 4/1.750 199/135 .230/.293/.371/.664 .491/.747 .712 34/.782 1/1 5/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 12/.166 223/191 .283/.386/.374/.760 .603/.786 .789 58/.880 0/0 1/
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 17/10 .154/.235/.231/.466 .619/.343 .314 17/.466 0/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.500 13/1.000 145/107 .257/.287/.397/.684 1.078/.545 .715 33/.864 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/1.167 9/.777 3/1.000 5/2.250 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 5/1.400 426/334 .243/.267/.336/.603 .773/.555 .535 70/.762 0/1 7/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 10/.222 9/.666 2/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 14/.786 16/.626 10/1.111 232/186 .271/.322/.333/.655 .608/.665 .739 88/.524 2/2 0/
IP 153.2 48.1 51.1 41.0 46.1 51.0 21.0 22.0 TOTAL .264/.327/.421/.748 .746/.748 .751 .803 30/10 115/72
ERA-K/9 3.46/4.3 1.68/7.6 4.91/6.0 3.07/9.9 3.50/8.0 4.76/6.4 6.86/7.7 4.91/7.0 4.81/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-8-2)
 Doumit (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.270 185/.166 225/.285 167/.224 196/.241 227/.281 97/.286 103/.294 .274  McLouth
 Bay
 Michaels
 Mientkiewicz
 Pearce
4/101/2/4
104/0/0/3
21/7/30/3
0/0/9/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .712 .477 .775 .596 .670 .767 .944 .841 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.734 75/.442 110/.673 31/.398 77/.748 103/.669 39/1.427 52/.780 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.685 110/.501 115/.868 136/.643 119/.622 124/.849 58/.606 51/.905 .777
Road 332/.780 90/.479 96/.747 80/.545 99/.675 118/.735 43/1.048 75/.644 .784
Last 28d days 113/.638 37/.812 48/.601 29/.105 38/.736 51/.920 47/.581 17/1.401
HR/SB/CS 12/4/4 3/5/1 5/2/0 1/3/1 1/3/2 2/1/2 5/1/0 2/1/2 100/66/18
Usage ····X··· ···o··X· X··o··o· ·X····o· ·X····X· Xo··X··· ·Xo····· o·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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