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Game Preview: COL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 17, 2009 @PNC Park

Rockies, 14-21, 3rd, 9½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (25, RHP, 3-4, 4.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 40.0 40 21 21 20 34 0 4.73
2008 (12-12) 198.2 182 97 88 103 172 11 3.99
2007 (4-4) 82.0 70 46 39 37 68 10 4.28
Last 7 GS 3-4 40.0 40 21 21 20 34 0 4.72 49
2009-05-12 HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 101 63
2009-05-06 SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 68
2009-05-01 @SFG L 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 109 58
2009-04-25 LAD L 4.0 8 6 6 4 3 0 91 21
2009-04-19 @LAD L 4.1 7 7 7 4 3 0 100 20
2009-04-13 @CHC L 3.2 4 3 3 6 5 0 104 40
2009-04-07 @ARI W 7.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 107 74
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 14.0 10 4 4 2 8 0 2.57 62
2008-07-17 PIT W 7.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 109 57
2007-08-20 PIT ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 92 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-10   Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   1-8 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  9-13 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sat, May 16  @PIT  L   4-7       14-21  3rd  9.5 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @PIT  W   3-1       14-20  3rd  9.5 gb
 33 Thu, May 14   HOU  L   3-5       13-20  3rd  9.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 13   HOU  L  11-15      13-19  3rd  8.5 gb
 31 Tue, May 12   HOU  W  12-1       13-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 30 Sun, May 10   FLA  W   3-2       12-18  3rd  8.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  9   FLA  L   1-3       11-18  4th  9.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  8   FLA  L   3-8       11-17  4th  8.5 gb
 27 Thu, May  7   SFG  L   3-8       11-16  4th  8.5 gb
 26 Wed, May  6   SFG  W  11-1       11-15  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Pirates, 15-21, 6th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 4-3, 2.52)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 50.0 43 16 14 11 28 3 2.52
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 4-3 50.0 43 16 14 11 28 3 2.52 59
2009-05-12 STL W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 104 74
2009-05-06 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 2 1 77 40
2009-05-01 CIN L 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 101 64
2009-04-25 @SDP W 8.1 6 1 1 2 5 0 114 70
2009-04-19 ATL L 6.0 12 6 6 0 2 1 83 26
2009-04-13 HOU W 9.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 120 82
2009-04-08 @STL W 6.1 5 3 1 2 4 0 92 57
Last 5 v.COL 2-2 23.0 33 20 19 9 18 3 7.43 37
2008-07-30 COL L 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 1 96 28
2008-07-20 @COL L 5.0 10 9 9 1 5 2 90 15
2006-07-19 COL W 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 0 95 45
2005-07-21 COL W 7.0 8 1 0 4 5 0 108 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-9    Road:    5-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  13-18   vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest:  3-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 16   COL  W   7-4       15-21  6th  7.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   COL  L   1-3       14-21  6th  7.0 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   STL  L   1-5       14-20  6th  6.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   STL  W   5-2       14-19  6th  5.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12   STL  W   7-1       13-19  6th  6.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @NYM  L   4-8       12-19  6th  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @NYM  L   1-10      12-18  6th  6.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @NYM  L   3-7       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @STL  L   2-5       12-16  5th  6.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @STL  L   2-4       12-15  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 16, 2009 PIT  7  COL  4        W:Sean Burnett (1-1), L: Matt Belisle (1-1), S: Matt Capps (7)
Fri, May 15, 2009 COL  3 @PIT  1        W:Alan Embree (1-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: Huston Street (5)

Wed, Jul 30, 2008 COL  7 @PIT  4        W:Aaron Cook (14-6), L: Zach Duke (4-9), S: Brian Fuentes (18)
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - COL won 5-2; 2007 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 70-68

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

TEX  5.72

LAA  5.00

SDP  3.84

RA/G

LAD  3.87

OAK  4.82

WSN  6.31

BA

M. Scutaro  .285

  

M. Scutaro  .285

OBP

M. Scutaro  .412

  

M. Scutaro  .412

SLG

M. Scutaro  .457

  

M. Scutaro  .457

OPS

M. Scutaro  .869

  

M. Scutaro  .869

ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

K. Lohse  4.25

A. Eaton  7.93

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

M. Hampton  6.69

J. Pineiro  2.78

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rockies Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
56.Veal*
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 13/.658 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 133/88 .193/.271/.311/.582 .567/.589 .486 86/.580 0/0 3/5
12.Barmes G/S/vP 8/.953 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 99/70 .234/.265/.415/.680 .812/.625 .553 66/.665 3/0 4/1
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 125/86 .250/.320/.361/.681 .773/.636 .585 92/.630 10/3 2/1
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/1.000 123/83 .362/.431/.657/1.088 .997/1.132 1.043 84/1.065 0/1 6/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.476 ··· ··· 2/no AB 137/89 .347/.401/.521/.922 .851/.967 .828 97/1.103 0/0 4/1
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/74 .233/.359/.523/.882 .825/.906 .861 72/.986 0/1 7/0
14.Murton G/S/vP 27/1.044 ··· 11/.473 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 19/7 .278/.316/.500/.816 .750/.929 1.267 19/.816 1/0 1/0
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .143/.250/.214/.464 .000/.497 .500 12/.633 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 82/74 .313/.463/.531/.995 1.625/.946 .828 53/1.025 2/0 3/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 135/90 .270/.328/.443/.771 .858/.728 .717 90/.823 5/2 3/0
9.Stewart* G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/73 .202/.292/.500/.792 1.110/.687 .945 70/.636 2/1 7/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 37/28 .219/.324/.438/.762 1.431/.542 1.012 26/.755 0/0 2/0
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 131/93 .250/.351/.473/.824 .740/.851 .698 87/.789 3/3 5/2
IP 50.0 18.1 12.0 14.2 17.0 11.2 4.1 12.0 TOTAL .257/.336/.446/.781 .814/.767 .726 .792 27/11 47/21
ERA-K/9 2.52/5.0 2.95/6.9 7.50/6.8 2.45/7.3 5.29/7.9 3.86/6.2 4.15/8.4 7.50/6.8 4.12/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.240 74/.190 58/.380 59/.212 83/.329 53/.190 25/.143 56/.311 .256
OPS .645 .621 .968 .574 .840 .656 .909 .941 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.743 31/.472 26/.965 22/.325 24/.723 17/.670 8/.500 22/1.514 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.614 43/.734 32/.969 37/.733 59/.896 36/.647 17/1.071 34/.612 .753
Home 121/.639 33/.674 47/1.053 32/.357 39/.759 28/.643 16/.660 29/.815
Last 28d days 115/.610 56/.589 45/1.191 41/.590 61/.916 53/.656 7/.429 41/.822
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 32/24/10
Usage ····X··· X·o···X· oX·oX··· o·oX··oo oo·o··XX o·X····X ········ ·o·o····
Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
31.Daley
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
53.Flores*
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
46.Hammel
G/S/vB
16.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 38/30 .361/.378/.528/.906 .625/.985 .718 38/.906 0/0 1/0
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 12/.969 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/.000 65/60 .246/.338/.333/.672 .400/.696 .647 50/.619 0/0 0/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 59/55 .280/.390/.420/.810 .500/.835 .700 55/.835 1/0 0/1
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/1.834 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 12/1.283 ··· ··· ··· 146/113 .242/.315/.477/.792 .648/.837 1.017 99/.799 0/0 6/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 7/1.071 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 127/111 .255/.333/.364/.697 .625/.707 .780 95/.762 1/0 1/4
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.286 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 9/.958 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 132/96 .281/.371/.474/.845 .802/.863 .836 80/.841 5/0 6/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 6/.667 2/.000 2/.000 43/26 .250/.302/.450/.752 .886/.669 1.041 30/.621 0/0 2/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 161/134 .304/.384/.362/.746 .426/.813 .654 105/.694 10/5 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 108/96 .235/.278/.353/.631 .523/.644 .873 72/.602 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/122 .314/.353/.507/.860 .500/.948 .941 97/.794 3/0 3/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 71/61 .175/.324/.175/.499 .786/.455 .463 42/.510 0/0 0/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 72/64 .242/.282/.303/.585 .542/.587 .561 36/.430 1/1 0/4
48.Young# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 30/23 .333/.400/.444/.844 1.238/.729 .929 28/.909 1/0 0/0
IP 40.0 16.0 8.2 11.0 1.1 12.2 25.1 15.1 TOTAL .259/.328/.394/.722 .635/.741 .771 .703 22/6 23/16
ERA-K/9 4.73/7.7 4.50/5.6 1.04/7.2 4.09/4.1 0.00/6.9 2.84/11.3 4.62/5.7 4.11/10.6 4.70/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.265 67/.339 31/.111 46/.244 6/.333 58/.275 119/.327 65/.262 .279
OPS .716 .789 .374 .790 .833 .757 .896 .772 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.851 34/.940 16/.388 17/.794 4/.750 26/1.098 63/1.078 27/.736 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.560 33/.647 15/.350 29/.785 2/1.000 32/.491 56/.689 38/.797 .748
Road 101/.751 27/.678 11/.382 23/.822 6/.833 32/.844 37/.556 24/.728
Last 28d days 109/.664 46/.736 31/.374 34/.681 6/.833 38/.712 97/.894 40/.411
HR/SB/CS 0/5/2 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/4/1 3/2/0 35/29/9
Usage ····X··· X··oo··· ··X···o· ·XX···o· X······· X··X···X ··X····· ·oX···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.