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Game Preview: SFG @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009 @PNC Park

Giants, 49-40, 2nd, 6½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Barry Zito (31, LHP, 5-9, 5.01)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-9) 106.0 105 59 59 44 80 13 5.01
2008 (10-17) 180.0 186 115 103 102 120 16 5.15
2007 (11-13) 196.2 182 105 99 83 131 24 4.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.1 41 30 30 15 34 6 7.04 43
2009-07-12 SDP L 4.1 10 9 9 0 1 2 70 8
2009-07-07 FLA W 8.1 4 0 0 1 6 0 107 80
2009-07-02 @STL L 4.1 5 5 5 3 7 0 91 37
2009-06-27 @MIL ND 5.2 3 3 3 3 3 1 98 51
2009-06-21 TEX W 7.0 2 2 2 4 8 1 94 69
2009-06-15 LAA L 3.2 10 7 7 0 3 2 70 16
2009-06-10 @ARI W 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 105 39
Last 5 v.PIT 0-2 11.0 11 5 5 5 9 2 4.09 51
2008-05-07 @PIT L 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 99 52
2007-08-12 PIT L 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 1 111 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-15   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  36-31   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 18-17 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @PIT  L   1-2 (14)  49-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   SDP  L   4-10      49-39  2nd  7.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   SDP  W   2-1       49-38  2nd  6.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   SDP  W   8-0       48-38  2nd  7.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   SDP  W   9-3       47-38  2nd  7.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   FLA  L   0-7       46-38  2nd  7.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   FLA  W   3-0       46-37  2nd  7.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   FLA  W   5-4       45-37  2nd  7.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5   HOU  L   1-7       44-37  2nd  7.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4   HOU  W   9-0       44-36  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Pirates, 39-50, 6th, 9½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (25, RHP, 1-2, 4.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 21.0 24 10 10 7 14 1 4.29
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 2-2 30.1 33 19 16 12 19 2 4.75 46
2009-07-08 @HOU L 4.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 84 24
2009-07-03 @FLA W 6.0 1 0 0 4 4 0 91 70
2009-06-28 KCR L 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 87 44
2009-06-20 @COL ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 88 51
2009-06-10 @ATL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 51
2008-09-02 @FLA ND 3.1 5 7 4 3 2 1 78 27
2008-08-28 FLA W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 75 57
Last 5 v.SFG 0-1 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 4.50 50
2008-08-17 SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 111 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-17   Road:   16-33   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  27-35   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:   6-14
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:12-25   vsWest:  5-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17   SFG  W   2-1 (14)  39-50  6th  9.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @PHI  L   2-5       38-50  6th  9.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11  @PHI  L   7-8       38-49  6th  9.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @PHI  L   2-3       38-48  6th  9.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8  @HOU  L   0-5       38-47  6th  7.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7  @HOU  W   6-3       38-46  6th  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @HOU  L   1-4       37-46  6th  7.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @FLA  L   0-5       37-45  6th  7.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @FLA  L   3-5       37-44  6th  6.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @FLA  W   7-4       37-43  6th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 SFG 11  PIT  6        W:Osiris Matos (1-2), L: Jeff Karstens (2-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 SFG  7  PIT  6        W:Geno Espineli (2-0), L: Denny Bautista (4-3), S: Brian Wilson (37)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 PIT  7 @SFG  0        W:Zach Duke (5-13), L: Kevin Correia (3-8), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2008 PIT  5  SFG  4        W:Franquelis Osoria (2-1), L: Matt Cain (1-3), S: Matt Capps (8)
Wed, May 07, 2008 PIT  3  SFG  1        W:Phil Dumatrait (1-1), L: Barry Zito (0-7), S: Matt Capps (7)
Tue, May 06, 2008 PIT 12  SFG  6        W:Zach Duke (1-2), L: Jonathan Sanchez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 SFG 10 @PIT  3        W:Noah Lowry (13-7), L: Shane Youman (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 PIT  3  SFG  1        W:Paul Maholm (8-14), L: Matt Cain (4-13), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 PIT  5 @SFG  0        W:Tom Gorzelanny (11-6), L: Barry Zito (8-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 PIT 13 @SFG  3        W:Tony Armas (2-3), L: Tim Lincecum (6-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 1-0; 2008 - PIT won 4-2; 2007 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - SFG leads 1110-971

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  5.63

FLA  4.56

SDP  3.76

RA/G

SFG  3.68

CHW  4.60

WSN  5.63

BA

J. Mauer  .373

R. Zimmerman  .288

J. Giambi  .191

OBP

A. Pujols  .456

D. Fowler  .362

D. Navarro  .254

SLG

A. Pujols  .723

A. Ethier  .473

N. Punto  .223

OPS

A. Pujols  1.179

J. Varitek  .826

N. Punto  .543

ERA

D. Haren  2.01

R. Oswalt  3.85

J. Geer  5.79

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

B. Zito  6.79

J. Garland  3.62

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

Giants Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Morton
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
57.Duke*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
27.Karstens
G/S/vB
28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
50.Vasquez
G/S/vB
56.Veal*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 13/1.538 8/.125 ··· ··· 21/.933 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/65 .212/.264/.293/.557 .597/.529 .438 15/.629 0/0 2/0
21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .200/.333/.500/.833 /.833 12/.833 0/0 1/0
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/32 .088/.162/.088/.250 .650/.192 .279 6/.333 0/0 0/1
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/193 .269/.324/.430/.754 .556/.774 .488 76/.755 2/1 7/2
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/185 .250/.332/.387/.719 .517/.776 .612 25/.532 5/4 4/3
1.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.347 ··· 5/.400 3/1.000 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 312/246 .264/.269/.439/.708 .903/.654 .629 67/.647 0/0 11/3
16.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 6/.500 6/1.267 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 324/258 .260/.317/.326/.643 .765/.613 .674 80/.655 5/2 2/8
33.Rowand G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 10/.744 3/.666 9/.944 ··· 15/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 336/272 .288/.348/.458/.806 .835/.799 .825 87/.694 4/1 9/1
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 335/260 .333/.385/.578/.964 1.024/.946 .797 90/1.140 4/2 15/7
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/149 .288/.320/.413/.732 1.335/.641 .763 78/.817 2/1 3/2
59.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/45 .258/.347/.515/.862 1.299/.558 .622 28/.635 4/0 2/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 193/152 .301/.328/.464/.793 .325/.919 .712 65/.895 1/1 4/5
22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/41 .267/.283/.311/.594 .400/.618 .686 23/.534 0/0 0/1
2.Winn# G/S/vP 3/2.167 2/1.000 1/.000 14/.793 4/.000 10/.900 2/.000 14/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 350/287 .275/.321/.391/.712 .275/.812 .792 81/.706 9/1 2/0
IP 21.0 30.0 37.1 126.0 41.2 36.1 78.0 117.2 34.2 106.2 19.1 7.1 TOTAL .262/.312/.393/.705 .697/.706 .659 .729 48/17 63/54
ERA-K/9 4.29/6.0 6.00/6.6 3.13/6.3 3.29/4.6 3.24/7.8 7.68/9.7 4.50/3.8 4.28/5.6 2.60/6.7 4.64/5.1 6.52/5.6 3.68/8.6 4.33/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 90/.289 133/.313 151/.243 513/.260 181/.257 179/.344 324/.265 479/.289 140/.184 448/.270 87/.297 39/.222 .265
OPS .790 .888 .708 .704 .717 .927 .800 .744 .659 .772 .965 .806 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.984 65/.996 65/.616 126/.725 52/.588 91/.937 152/.732 105/.530 56/.679 225/.880 43/.977 11/.597 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.529 68/.772 86/.777 387/.697 129/.773 88/.916 172/.857 374/.802 84/.647 223/.662 44/.949 28/.879 .753
Home 21/.905 82/.841 66/.461 261/.636 73/.688 116/.870 136/.723 189/.648 64/.577 216/.672 50/.872 26/.701
Last 28d days 86/.805 34/1.078 31/.661 112/.663 43/.705 36/1.184 56/.635 99/.845 37/.587 104/.690 87/.965 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 1/3/0 6/5/0 4/1/0 12/5/4 3/3/1 3/2/1 10/7/1 5/11/2 2/4/1 14/7/5 3/0/0 1/0/0 76/63/19
Usage ········ X·····X· o·····o· ·······X o·····X· X····o·· o····X·· X······· o····o·· ······X· ·····X·· ·····X··
Pirates Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
18.Cain
G/S/vB
46.Howry
G/S/vB
55.Lincecum
G/S/vB
52.Medders
G/S/vB
45.Miller
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
57.Sanchez*
G/S/vB
47.Valdez
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .333/.333/.333/.667 1.000/.000 1.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 8/.250 4/2.750 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 61/41 .224/.246/.431/.677 .671/.680 .890 13/.462 0/0 2/1
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/141 .255/.327/.389/.717 .556/.744 .831 35/.610 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/25 .310/.370/.762/1.131 1.283/.991 1.333 46/1.131 3/0 7/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/1.857 12/.917 6/.533 3/1.666 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 348/243 .250/.336/.447/.784 .663/.839 1.055 79/.617 2/2 12/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/2.500 329/239 .269/.344/.393/.737 .831/.700 .743 79/.743 2/0 4/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/114 .292/.343/.455/.798 .876/.765 .668 94/.726 7/0 2/2
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 237/198 .255/.308/.382/.690 .613/.705 .796 52/.836 0/2 3/0
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.543 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 .000 5/.200 0/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.733 3/.333 14/1.340 11/.964 3/2.334 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 5/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 342/242 .316/.356/.478/.834 .858/.824 .854 61/.813 5/1 6/2
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/106 .243/.351/.279/.630 .888/.572 .656 33/.655 1/0 1/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.167 5/.800 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 261/188 .270/.302/.402/.704 .682/.712 .730 81/.719 2/1 4/7
48.Young# G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 148/78 .311/.385/.417/.802 .713/.884 .826 46/.695 2/0 3/3
IP 106.0 35.1 117.0 33.0 134.2 37.1 41.0 13.2 78.2 29.0 41.1 TOTAL .261/.326/.396/.722 .699/.732 .780 .706 50/16 62/43
ERA-K/9 5.01/6.8 1.27/7.9 2.38/7.3 3.55/6.0 2.27/10.6 2.65/8.0 1.98/5.3 2.63/11.2 4.69/9.0 4.97/7.4 3.48/10.0 3.51/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 462/.258 132/.209 478/.235 136/.221 513/.215 163/.263 161/.223 56/.235 358/.235 124/.248 168/.230 .239
OPS .751 .581 .673 .625 .562 .737 .638 .663 .747 .733 .634 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.735 57/.769 241/.580 50/.742 291/.579 62/.771 67/.551 21/.618 82/.603 48/.662 76/.497 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.756 75/.446 237/.771 86/.557 222/.539 101/.716 94/.697 35/.689 276/.792 76/.772 92/.743 .723
Road 227/.781 63/.511 220/.704 75/.589 258/.576 80/.877 76/.617 28/.670 178/.876 55/.719 66/.827
Last 28d days 121/.659 22/.333 124/.635 30/.503 115/.406 23/.654 37/.459 29/.893 66/.391 36/1.014 36/.572
HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 1/2/0 11/4/4 2/3/0 4/12/1 3/2/1 4/2/1 1/1/0 7/14/0 3/3/1 2/4/1 72/60/16
Usage ·····X·· X·····o· ······X· X····o·· X······· X····Xo· ······X· o·····o· ·······X ·····X·· 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.