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Game Preview: PIT @ FLA, 6:10pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Pirates, 37-43, 6th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 8-6, 3.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-6) 112.0 107 41 39 26 54 11 3.13
2008 (5-14) 185.0 230 111 99 47 87 19 4.82
2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.0 52 19 19 11 15 7 3.64 50
2009-06-29 CHC L 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 89 53
2009-06-24 CLE W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 94 60
2009-06-18 @MIN L 6.0 7 3 3 2 0 1 104 44
2009-06-13 DET W 8.0 6 3 3 1 3 2 106 60
2009-06-08 @ATL ND 6.0 11 6 6 2 2 3 90 26
2009-06-02 NYM W 7.0 8 1 1 1 0 0 90 56
2009-05-27 @CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 105 54
Last 5 v.FLA 0-2 19.0 30 12 12 5 12 1 5.68 42
2007-06-28 @FLA L 4.0 12 6 6 1 4 0 80 17
2007-05-16 FLA ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 2 1 101 53
2006-05-13 FLA L 6.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 86 44
2005-07-27 @FLA ND 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 29 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-17   Road:   15-26   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  25-33   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:11-23   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @FLA  W   7-4       37-43  6th  6.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2   NYM  L   8-9 (10)  36-43  6th  6.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1   CHC  L   1-4       36-42  6th  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   CHC  W   3-0       36-41  6th  6.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   CHC  L   1-3       35-41  6th  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   KCR  L   2-3       35-40  6th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   KCR  W   6-2       35-39  6th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   KCR  W   5-3       34-39  6th  5.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CLE  W   3-2       33-39  6th  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CLE  W  10-6       32-39  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Marlins, 41-40, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Andrew Miller (24, LHP, 2-4, 4.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 64.2 62 36 32 30 51 3 4.45
2008 (6-10) 107.1 120 78 70 56 89 7 5.87
2007 (5-5) 64.0 73 43 40 39 56 8 5.63
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.0 40 23 19 16 35 2 4.17 50
2009-06-28 @TBR L 6.1 8 5 5 1 4 1 101 40
2009-06-23 BAL ND 7.0 1 1 1 2 4 0 83 73
2009-06-17 @BOS L 5.1 7 4 4 4 6 0 100 40
2009-06-11 STL ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 8 1 96 55
2009-06-06 SFG W 5.2 4 2 1 1 5 0 73 59
2009-06-01 MIL ND 4.1 6 4 3 4 4 0 97 37
2009-05-26 @PHI L 6.0 7 4 2 4 4 0 109 46
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 4.2 5 4 4 4 1 0 7.71 35
2009-04-20 @PIT L 4.2 5 4 4 4 1 0 100 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-21   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  22-30   vsLHP:  19-10   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 19-10   vsCntrl: 6-14   vsWest:  6-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  3   PIT  L   4-7       41-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   WSN  W   5-3       41-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   WSN  W   7-5  (7)  40-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   WSN  W   4-2       39-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @TBR  L   2-5       38-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @TBR  L   2-3       38-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @TBR  L   3-7       38-37  3rd  1.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   BAL  W  11-3       38-36  3rd  1.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   BAL  W   5-2       37-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   BAL  W   7-6 (12)  36-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 PIT  7  FLA  4        W:Paul Maholm (3-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (5)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 PIT  3  FLA  2        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-1), S: Matt Capps (4)
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 PIT  8  FLA  0        W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: none

Tue, Apr 22, 2008 PIT  3  FLA  2        W:Paul Maholm (1-2), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (5)
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 FLA 10 @PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (4-1), L: Matt Morris (0-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 PIT  9 @FLA  2        W:Ian Snell (1-0), L: Rick VandenHurk (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 FLA  7  PIT  3        W:Mark Hendrickson (1-1), L: Paul Maholm (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 FLA  5  PIT  4        W:Kevin Gregg (1-0), L: Franquelis Osoria (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 FLA  9  PIT  7        W:Scott Olsen (6-6), L: Zach Duke (3-7), S: Kevin Gregg (15)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 PIT  7 @FLA  5 (10)   W:Shawn Chacon (4-1), L: Kevin Gregg (0-3), S: Matt Capps (7)
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 4-0; 2008 - FLA won 3-2; 2007 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 75-60

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 2009 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

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Pirates Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Miller*
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 63.Leroux
G/S/vB		 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB		 46.Nunez
G/S/vB		 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB		 44.Sanches
G/S/vB		 45.West*
G/S/vB		 64.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/65 .284/.306/.373/.678 .489/.809 .738 43/.573 0/1 1/2
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/130 .273/.344/.417/.761 .556/.800 .688 56/.778 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .333/.333/1.000/1.333 5.000/.875 9/1.333 0/0 1/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 317/228 .270/.360/.489/.849 .746/.891 .638 102/.948 2/2 12/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 296/223 .274/.352/.390/.741 .801/.722 .739 104/.650 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/92 .288/.339/.449/.788 .827/.774 .889 118/.803 5/0 1/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 218/181 .266/.317/.374/.691 .648/.700 .590 60/.715 0/1 2/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .143/.250/.286/.536 .619/.000 .333 8/.536 0/0 0/0
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 329/235 .316/.355/.477/.832 .859/.821 .808 101/.833 5/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 111/95 .255/.360/.266/.626 .979/.570 .596 22/.529 1/0 1/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 225/168 .280/.309/.408/.717 .846/.673 .703 94/.782 2/1 3/7
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 125/73 .309/.392/.400/.792 .721/.844 .763 57/.852 2/0 2/3
IP 64.2 44.0 5.2 32.1 35.0 28.2 18.2 44.1 6.2 TOTAL .267/.333/.399/.732 .710/.741 .688 .745 44/15 51/41
ERA-K/9 4.45/7.1 3.48/5.9 11.12/3.2 1.95/8.6 3.86/8.5 3.14/8.2 1.45/7.2 4.06/5.3 0.00/2.7 4.42/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.249 183/.271 21/.300 125/.175 148/.209 125/.240 79/.221 196/.234 15/.214 .258
OPS .697 .699 .833 .523 .651 .723 .638 .715 .481 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.815 86/.684 11/1.055 58/.676 75/.670 59/.783 32/.651 31/1.077 6/.900 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.656 97/.710 10/.600 67/.399 73/.631 66/.673 47/.629 165/.642 9/.222 .705
Home 159/.640 110/.589 12/.788 78/.779 91/.790 76/.843 58/.528 144/.747 8/.393
Last 28d days 128/.620 58/.669 12/.788 29/.468 34/.863 28/.457 34/.604 123/.773 15/.481
HR/SB/CS 3/12/2 4/3/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 5/7/1 2/1/2 1/3/1 6/1/0 0/0/0 74/82/20
Usage ·····X·· ··X···oo X··X···· ··X·o··· ··o·o·X· o·Xo···X X·o···oo ···X···· X····X··
Marlins Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/184 .240/.322/.393/.715 .606/.728 .698 46/.464 0/0 7/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 335/241 .250/.297/.302/.599 .686/.548 .652 84/.629 17/6 1/13
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 300/214 .287/.333/.455/.789 .923/.736 .862 84/.743 1/0 9/5
25.Carroll G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 68/32 .286/.338/.460/.799 1.008/.554 .859 36/1.083 0/0 2/0
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/146 .262/.360/.360/.720 .559/.783 .580 106/.806 4/1 2/3
11.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .263/.348/.316/.664 .000/.734 .664 8/.452 0/0 0/1
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 129/111 .284/.349/.422/.771 .513/.815 .776 51/.814 0/0 3/1
18.Helms G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/58 .240/.288/.300/.588 .671/.509 .345 35/.567 1/1 1/4
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 6/.666 5/2.300 ··· 4/.000 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 299/215 .254/.351/.385/.736 .603/.789 .765 67/.730 4/2 8/1
29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 134/53 .264/.331/.413/.744 .794/.660 .671 47/.830 1/0 4/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.111 5/.500 ··· 3/1.334 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 328/234 .348/.413/.572/.985 .788/1.066 1.038 103/1.072 12/7 13/8
12.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/2.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 299/210 .274/.324/.498/.823 .981/.759 .867 91/.963 3/1 14/3
6.Uggla G/S/vP 9/1.181 6/.833 ··· 4/.500 5/2.800 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 322/231 .225/.336/.443/.779 .844/.754 .961 95/.736 1/0 15/7
IP 112.0 27.2 34.1 37.0 34.2 14.1 29.2 12.0 TOTAL .257/.326/.401/.727 .728/.727 .755 .778 46/20 80/68
ERA-K/9 3.13/4.3 4.88/6.5 3.41/6.8 3.65/8.0 7.79/9.9 4.40/4.4 2.73/5.5 3.75/6.8 4.24/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.262 121/.286 140/.244 162/.257 166/.342 67/.246 125/.188 50/.250 .264
OPS .702 .784 .700 .729 .920 .744 .660 .872 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.772 56/.812 61/.532 46/.612 83/.924 24/.649 50/.619 23/.874 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.680 65/.755 79/.832 116/.780 83/.917 43/.793 75/.688 27/.868 .756
Road 194/.792 39/.664 74/.909 89/.764 50/1.041 24/.533 61/.753 /
Last 28d days 139/.812 40/.639 43/.777 55/.613 36/.946 56/.851 43/.460 50/.872
HR/SB/CS 11/4/2 4/4/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/4/1 2/0/0 71/53/17
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···X ·oo·oo·· o··o··X· X·o····X ·Xo··o·o ·oX·oo·· ··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.