LAD @ PIT, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 78-72, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 13-11, 3.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-11) 194 182 83 75 42 135 14 3.48 2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88 2006 (16-8) 218 221 97 88 55 123 14 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 47 32 8 8 8 28 1 1.53 64 2008-09-10 @SDP W 5.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 86 60 2008-09-05 ARI W 8 2 0 0 2 4 0 101 80 2008-08-31 @ARI W 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 80 65 2008-08-26 @WSN L 8 6 2 2 1 6 1 112 67 2008-08-21 COL W 6.1 4 1 1 2 7 0 107 66 2008-08-16 MIL ND 7 8 1 1 0 3 0 94 60 2008-08-11 PHI W 6.1 5 3 3 1 3 0 96 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 5-0 32.2 24 15 11 12 21 5 3.03 56 2007-06-04 @PIT W 7.2 3 4 4 1 6 2 91 62 2006-04-13 @PIT W 6 6 4 2 3 5 1 107 50 2005-09-25 PIT W 6 5 2 2 3 4 1 94 55 2005-08-05 @PIT W 6 5 3 2 2 5 1 97 55 2003-06-04 @PIT W 7 5 2 1 3 1 0 85 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-30 Road: 33-42 ExtrInn: 5-10 vsRHP: 50-53 vsLHP: 28-19 1-Run: 17-22 vsEast: 16-18 vsCntrl:21-17 vsWest: 36-27 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Mon, Sep 15 @PIT W 8-2 78-72 1st 4.5 up 149 Sun, Sep 14 @COL L 0-1 (10) 77-72 1st 4.5 up 148 Sat, Sep 13 @COL W 5-1 77-71 1st 4.5 up 147 Fri, Sep 12 @COL W 7-2 76-71 1st 3.5 up 146 Wed, Sep 10 @SDP W 7-2 75-71 1st 3.5 up 145 Tue, Sep 9 @SDP W 6-2 74-71 1st 2.5 up 144 Mon, Sep 8 @SDP L 0-4 73-71 1st 1.5 up 143 Sun, Sep 7 ARI W 5-3 73-70 1st 1.5 up 142 Sat, Sep 6 ARI W 7-2 72-70 1st 0.5 up 141 Fri, Sep 5 ARI W 7-0 71-70 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 63-87, 6th, 28 GB, 20 GB in WC	SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 2-5, 4.46) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-5) 40.1 40 24 20 11 15 6 4.46 2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05 2006 (2-1) 42.2 40 20 18 11 16 6 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-5 40.1 40 24 20 11 15 6 4.46 48 2008-09-07 @SFG L 3 6 8 5 1 3 0 65 23 2008-08-31 MIL L 6.1 5 3 3 1 0 1 106 50 2008-08-25 CHC L 3 6 5 5 1 1 1 68 27 2008-08-17 NYM L 6 9 4 4 1 3 2 95 40 2008-08-12 CIN L 7 7 4 3 2 2 2 99 49 2008-08-06 @ARI W 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 113 86 2008-08-01 @CHC W 6 5 0 0 4 2 0 101 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-38 Road: 26-49 ExtrInn:12-4 vsRHP: 49-62 vsLHP: 14-25 1-Run: 22-19 vsEast: 15-17 vsCntrl:31-44 vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Mon, Sep 15 LAD L 2-8 63-87 6th 28.0 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 STL W 7-2 63-86 6th 27.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 STL W 7-6 (12) 62-86 6th 27.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 12 STL W 10-2 61-86 6th 27.5 gb 146 Thu, Sep 11 @HOU L 0-6 60-86 6th 28.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 @HOU L 4-7 60-85 6th 27.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 @HOU L 3-9 60-84 6th 26.0 gb 143 Mon, Sep 8 @HOU L 2-3 60-83 6th 26.0 gb 142 Sun, Sep 7 @SFG L 6-11 60-82 6th 25.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 @SFG L 6-7 60-81 6th 25.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 15, 2008 LAD 8 @PIT 2 W:Hiroki Kuroda (9-10), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-3), S: none Wed, Apr 16, 2008 LAD 8 PIT 1 W:Brad Penny (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (0-2), S: none Tue, Apr 15, 2008 LAD 11 PIT 2 W:Esteban Loaiza (1-2), L: Matt Morris (0-2), S: none Mon, Apr 14, 2008 PIT 6 @LAD 4 W:Tyler Yates (2-0), L: Takashi Saito (1-1), S: Matt Capps (4) Mon, Jun 04, 2007 LAD 6 @PIT 5 W:Derek Lowe (6-5), L: Paul Maholm (2-8), S: Jonathan Broxton (1) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 LAD 5 @PIT 4 W:Chad Billingsley (4-0), L: Salomon Torres (0-2), S: Joe Beimel (1) Sat, Jun 02, 2007 PIT 3 LAD 1 W:Ian Snell (5-4), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1) Fri, Jun 01, 2007 LAD 5 @PIT 4 W:Randy Wolf (7-3), L: Zach Duke (2-6), S: Takashi Saito (16) Sun, Apr 22, 2007 PIT 7 @LAD 5 W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-0), L: Brett Tomko (0-1), S: Salomon Torres (6) Sat, Apr 21, 2007 LAD 7 PIT 3 (10) W:Jonathan Broxton (1-0), L: Jonah Bayliss (1-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 3-1; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; 2006 - LAD won 6-4; All-Time - LAD leads 1100-977

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 5.50

ATL 4.63

SDP 3.92

RA/G

TOR 3.83

NYY 4.59

TEX 5.91

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .465

D. Mientkiewicz .370

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .650

F. Tatis .487

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.115

B. Abreu .845

T. Pena .387

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

A. Cook 4.00

C. Silva 6.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Lester 6.57

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Karstens
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 48.Beam
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
G/S/vB 56.Salas
G/S/vB 58.Sanchez
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/22 .244/.295/.341/.637 .887/.377 .755 11/.545 1/0 1/

13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 13/1.183 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 216/157 .238/.307/.326/.633 .682/.614 .712 70/.816 0/0 1/

30.Blake G/S/vP ··· 10/.311 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 555/424 .279/.348/.469/.817 .853/.806 .894 97/.783 3/0 20/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 373/282 .261/.338/.377/.715 .869/.667 .646 64/.855 3/0 7/

49.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 545/411 .302/.368/.521/.888 .710/.946 .888 103/1.160 6/2 20/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/1.167 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 167/109 .243/.299/.408/.707 .907/.607 .733 53/.514 1/1 6/

60.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/97 .164/.233/.209/.442 .542/.415 .269 4/.833 1/0 0/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 609/438 .285/.334/.450/.784 .963/.716 .760 107/.575 33/10 16/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 606/431 .299/.349/.447/.796 .713/.829 .832 103/.813 7/4 12/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 5/1.200 608/441 .276/.377/.389/.766 .745/.773 .769 107/.577 16/6 12/

14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 88/61 .253/.279/.313/.592 .832/.483 .369 3/.000 1/2 0/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 9/.819 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 3/2.500 385/270 .274/.321/.319/.640 .767/.586 .688 34/.606 38/10 1/

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1.089 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 609/475 .327/.422/.592/1.014 .850/1.062 1.019 112/1.176 3/0 34/

17.Repko G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .200/.200/.300/.500 1.250/.000 .000 3/1.667 1/0 0/

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 101/87 .128/.248/.163/.410 .214/.443 .404 17/.507 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/87 .250/.326/.336/.662 .774/.610 .591 5/.933 0/0 1/

IP 40.1 55.2 41.0 51.0 48.1 8.1 32.0 69.0 46.0 17.0 12.1 66.0 TOTAL .262/.329/.395/.724 .763/.709 .729 .767 119/37 123/93

ERA-K/9

4.46/3.3

5.17/6.9

3.95/4.2

4.76/7.1

3.17/6.5

5.40/9.8

5.63/3.4

3.00/7.4

6.07/6.1

8.47/4.8

3.65/1.5

4.91/6.8

5.19/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (8-2-1)
Ellis (0-0-0)
Martin (64-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.260 246/.278 177/.240 233/.269 189/.233 41/.343 145/.317 293/.217 220/.229 88/.357 52/.295 303/.265 .289 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Young
Pierre
Repko
Sweeney
Ozuna 0/90/63/14
41/0/97/9
108/0/0/7
13/0/9/3
77/15/0/1
7/1/2/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .734 .826 .763 .832 .647 .914 .835 .664 .702 1.043 .774 .773 .825

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.752 82/.698 78/.874 71/.502 91/.578 16/.875 77/.880 72/.630 94/.720 35/1.415 20/.725 118/.886 .836

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.712 164/.879 99/.679 162/.990 98/.711 25/.940 68/.769 221/.676 126/.689 53/.803 32/.804 185/.700 .820

Home 97/.889 123/.625 95/.803 128/.845 115/.530 16/.741 59/.708 144/.686 104/.740 32/1.058 22/.784 179/.704 .793

Last 28d days 57/.909 62/1.030 41/.802 45/.949 29/.357 41/.914 65/1.173 38/.574 45/.776 25/.884 26/.671 35/.697

HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 6/6/1 5/3/1 7/5/2 5/4/1 1/0/0 2/5/1 9/3/2 3/3/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 171/98/41

Usage ········ o·X··X·· ·X···X·· ·Xo····o ··o···o· ··o·X·X· ·X····X· ··o··o·o ·XX·o·o· X···o··· Xo·o···· ··o··o·o

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 114/89 .155/.223/.194/.417 .462/.404 .433 24/.348 1/0 0/

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/90 .257/.281/.321/.602 .596/.603 .668 23/.783 0/0 1/

63.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 37/35 .294/.351/.324/.675 .000/.715 .882 37/.675 0/1 0/

6.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .300/.300/.300/.600 2.000/.000 6/1.000 1/0 0/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 424/327 .319/.358/.497/.856 .882/.848 .930 81/.757 2/2 13/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.250 ··· ··· ··· 17/.886 2/.000 25/.438 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 195/126 .281/.330/.343/.673 .590/.715 .711 27/.619 0/0 1/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.455 4/.750 5/.900 ··· ··· 2/.500 12/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 512/379 .269/.340/.480/.820 .700/.863 .787 94/.843 1/1 20/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 204/143 .173/.267/.285/.552 .524/.564 .570 85/.413 2/0 5/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 634/461 .280/.359/.515/.875 .726/.932 .869 85/.968 20/3 26/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 291/198 .223/.287/.362/.649 .469/.737 .681 47/.410 1/1 8/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 ··· 28/.414 ··· 5/.900 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 316/265 .277/.370/.376/.747 .746/.746 .751 36/.637 0/0 2/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 138/120 .264/.321/.328/.649 .722/.638 .610 92/.771 6/5 0/

39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/179 .251/.311/.443/.754 .757/.753 .792 93/.789 1/1 8/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 6/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 125/86 .212/.280/.310/.590 .690/.546 .494 3/.000 0/0 2/

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/67 .231/.295/.346/.642 1.031/.510 .388 26/.766 1/0 1/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· 21/.707 2/.000 7/.453 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 222/166 .220/.268/.312/.580 .820/.499 .663 30/.412 3/2 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/2.000 9/.583 6/.167 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 559/437 .267/.295/.368/.663 .791/.627 .602 77/.936 0/1 8/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 14/.594 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 3/.833 6/.334 14/.536 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 324/259 .274/.314/.351/.666 .569/.688 .794 44/.471 2/2 1/

IP 194.0 43.2 63.2 4.2 27.2 80.0 90.2 34.1 42.1 33.0 64.0 TOTAL .260/.322/.405/.727 .720/.729 .735 .686 48/18 142/97

ERA-K/9

3.48/6.3

2.06/5.6

3.25/11.7

5.79/13.4

4.55/6.2

2.14/10.8

2.88/7.6

6.29/10.2

2.13/11.7

4.64/9.0

2.25/6.3

3.65/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (12-11-2)
Diaz (0-1-0)
Doumit (63-22-9)
Paulino (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 786/.250 191/.265 258/.210 20/.188 119/.250 323/.204 386/.256 166/.264 174/.217 142/.281 247/.199 .249 Moss
McLouth
Michaels
Pearce
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 36/0/28/6
4/138/2/5
29/8/42/4
1/0/22/1
0/0/10/1
15/16/6/0

OPS .650 .666 .577 .725 .801 .566 .735 .842 .575 .733 .598 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.634 89/.633 110/.804 7/.452 50/.789 98/.557 165/.825 60/.910 80/.582 56/.619 101/.580 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.663 102/.696 148/.420 13/.885 69/.809 225/.569 221/.670 106/.805 94/.568 86/.812 146/.611 .666

Road 361/.783 103/.692 120/.729 14/.702 51/.951 182/.625 206/.827 89/.978 67/.555 79/.704 130/.699 .765

Last 28d days 127/.426 37/.631 42/.460 20/.725 28/1.131 38/.783 47/.751 10/.311 4/.250 33/.911 35/.237

HR/SB/CS 14/14/3 0/5/3 2/7/3 1/1/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 12/5/1 6/1/1 1/0/0 1/5/0 7/1/0 115/74/21

Usage ·····X·· ·····ooo ··o···X· ···o·o·o ········ ·o······ ··Xo··o· ···o···o X······· ········ ·X·o·Xo·

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: LAD @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 13-11, 3.48)

SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 2-5, 4.46)

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