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Game Preview: SFG @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 19, 2009 @PNC Park

Giants, 49-41, 2nd, 7½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Matt Cain (24, RHP, 10-2, 2.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-2)			117.0	99	33	31	46	95	11	2.38
2008 (8-14)			217.2	206	95	91	91	186	19	3.76
2007 (7-16)			200.0	173	84	81	79	163	14	3.65

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.2	34	14	13	17	42	5	2.56	61
2009-07-11	SDP	ND	1.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	35	49
2009-07-06	FLA	W	6.2	5	2	1	2	5	0	105	61
2009-07-01	@STL	ND	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	92	61
2009-06-26	@MIL	L	7.0	6	5	5	4	9	1	100	50
2009-06-20	TEX	ND	8.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	106	77
2009-06-14	OAK	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	119	84
2009-06-09	@ARI	W	6.1	6	4	4	5	6	2	115	46

Last 5 v.PIT		0-2	24.0	32	15	15	8	16	0	5.62	43
2008-09-06	PIT	ND	6.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	113	39
2008-05-08	@PIT	L	6.1	9	5	5	1	5	0	113	39
2007-08-13	@PIT	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	105	58
2006-06-08	PIT	ND	4.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	91	34

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-15   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  36-32   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @PIT  L   0-2       49-41  2nd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Pirates, 40-50, 6th, 8½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 8-8, 3.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-8)			126.0	120	48	46	32	65	12	3.29
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		2-4	47.0	49	23	23	14	23	8	4.40	50
2009-07-10	@PHI	L	8.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	115	63
2009-07-04	@FLA	L	6.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	99	42
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

Last 5 v.SFG		2-1	30.2	31	13	13	11	10	2	3.82	50
2008-09-05	@SFG	W	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	112	77
2008-05-06	SFG	W	7.1	8	3	3	3	3	0	104	50
2007-04-13	SFG	L	2.0	7	7	7	2	0	1	55	12
2006-07-30	SFG	ND	6.1	4	0	0	1	0	0	60	64
2006-06-08	@SFG	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	90	48

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   24-17   Road:   16-33   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  27-35   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:   6-14
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:12-25   vsWest:  6-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 18   SFG  W   2-0       40-50  6th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 PIT  2  SFG  1 (14)   W:Evan Meek (1-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-5), S: none

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
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 2-0; 2008 - PIT won 4-2; 2007 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - SFG leads 1110-972

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 5.62

FLA 4.57

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.66

CHW 4.64

WSN 5.60

J. Mauer .371

K. Morales .288

R. Cedeno .180

OBP

A. Pujols .458

M. Young .362

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .740

M. Lowell .470

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.197

R. Zimmerman .823

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

U. Jimenez 3.82

J. Geer 6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

R. Wolf 6.79

J. Pineiro 3.75

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Giants Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 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 27.Karstens
G/S/vB 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 37.Morton
G/S/vB 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB 56.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Aurilia G/S/vP 13/1.538 5/.400 1/.000 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 24/.814 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/67 .202/.252/.279/.531 .558/.512 .401 16/.588 0/0 2/0

21.Bowker* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .182/.308/.455/.762 /.762 .000 13/.762 0/0 1/0

19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/32 .114/.184/.114/.298 .900/.192 .347 7/.571 0/0 0/1

10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 211/193 .269/.324/.430/.754 .556/.774 .488 76/.755 2/1 7/2

14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 239/186 .250/.335/.387/.722 .517/.780 .618 26/.561 5/4 4/3

1.Molina G/S/vP 9/.347 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 4/.750 9/.555 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 318/248 .259/.267/.432/.699 .874/.648 .614 69/.617 0/0 11/3

16.Renteria G/S/vP 6/.500 5/.000 ··· 7/1.071 2/1.500 1/.000 9/.888 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 330/260 .255/.311/.320/.630 .717/.608 .646 81/.646 5/2 2/8

33.Rowand G/S/vP 10/.744 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 9/.944 1/.000 19/.511 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 342/274 .282/.342/.449/.791 .784/.792 .794 88/.626 4/1 9/1

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 341/262 .333/.384/.574/.958 .995/.947 .791 91/1.087 4/2 15/7

12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/151 .296/.328/.426/.754 1.335/.666 .807 79/.833 2/1 3/2

59.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/45 .246/.333/.493/.826 1.175/.558 .566 27/.502 4/0 2/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 198/154 .298/.325/.457/.782 .348/.907 .697 69/.871 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 14/.793 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 10/.900 3/.000 17/.529 ··· 3/2.167 ··· ··· ··· 356/289 .273/.318/.387/.705 .288/.806 .776 83/.713 9/1 2/0

IP 126.0 31.0 37.1 42.2 36.1 78.0 117.2 34.2 28.0 106.2 19.1 7.1 TOTAL .260/.310/.389/.699 .677/.705 .650 .715 49/17 63/54

ERA-K/9

3.29/4.6

5.81/6.7

3.13/6.3

3.16/7.8

7.68/9.7

4.50/3.8

4.28/5.6

2.60/6.7

3.21/6.4

4.64/5.1

6.52/5.6

3.68/8.6

4.25/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.260 137/.311 153/.239 185/.252 182/.346 330/.260 507/.280 143/.188 90/.289 448/.270 87/.297 39/.222 .263

OPS .704 .884 .698 .708 .931 .784 .717 .660 .790 .772 .965 .806 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.725 67/1.012 66/.606 52/.588 93/.955 154/.722 107/.520 57/.705 50/.984 225/.880 43/.977 11/.597 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 387/.697 70/.748 87/.768 133/.758 89/.905 176/.836 400/.768 86/.630 40/.529 223/.662 44/.949 28/.879 .742

Home 261/.636 86/.837 68/.447 77/.668 119/.877 142/.690 217/.600 67/.581 21/.905 216/.672 50/.872 26/.701

Last 28d days 112/.663 38/1.042 30/.426 41/.547 36/1.173 62/.569 127/.715 40/.593 65/.821 104/.690 87/.965 4/.500

HR/SB/CS 12/5/4 6/5/0 4/1/0 3/3/1 3/2/1 10/7/1 5/12/2 2/4/1 1/3/0 14/7/5 3/0/0 1/0/0 76/64/19

Usage ········ oX·····X ·o·····o Xo·····X ·X····o· ·o····X· ·X······ ·o····o· X······· ·······X ······X· ······X·

Pirates Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
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 75.Zito*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 8/.250 5/.400 4/2.750 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 66/45 .206/.227/.397/.624 .638/.618 .721 18/.333 0/0 2/1

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/141 .255/.327/.389/.717 .556/.744 .831 31/.579 1/0 3/2

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/30 .313/.365/.833/1.199 1.223/1.178 1.467 52/1.199 3/0 7/0

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.917 8/1.625 6/.533 6/.834 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 353/247 .246/.331/.440/.772 .656/.824 1.020 79/.583 2/2 12/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.666 4/.000 334/243 .264/.338/.386/.725 .822/.687 .717 79/.675 2/0 4/8

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/120 .281/.331/.438/.769 .876/.725 .607 95/.673 8/0 2/2

44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 242/202 .256/.314/.381/.695 .631/.708 .803 53/.753 0/2 3/0

18.Salazar* G/S/vP 10/.543 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/6 .000/.167/.000/.167 /.167 .000 6/.167 0/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 14/1.340 3/.333 12/.878 6/2.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/no AB 5/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.733 348/248 .318/.358/.480/.838 .858/.830 .863 62/.844 5/1 6/2

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/107 .243/.356/.279/.635 .888/.579 .667 34/.674 1/0 1/2

2.Wilson G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.000 5/.800 6/.900 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 266/193 .269/.300/.398/.698 .682/.703 .715 82/.710 2/1 4/7

48.Young# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/1.666 149/79 .308/.383/.414/.796 .713/.872 .810 46/.664 2/0 3/3

IP 117.0 35.1 33.0 134.2 38.0 41.0 13.2 78.2 30.0 41.1 112.1 TOTAL .259/.325/.394/.719 .697/.728 .771 .680 50/17 64/44

ERA-K/9

2.38/7.3

1.27/7.9

3.55/6.0

2.27/10.6

2.61/8.1

1.98/5.3

2.63/11.2

4.69/9.0

4.80/7.5

3.48/10.0

4.89/6.7

3.48/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.235 137/.202 140/.222 539/.214 167/.257 161/.223 59/.226 358/.235 124/.248 174/.221 462/.258 .237

OPS .673 .568 .645 .564 .726 .638 .652 .747 .733 .611 .751 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.580 60/.751 52/.829 305/.580 63/.781 67/.551 22/.588 82/.603 48/.662 80/.471 106/.735 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.771 77/.434 88/.544 234/.541 104/.693 94/.697 37/.688 276/.792 76/.772 94/.726 356/.756 .718

Road 220/.704 68/.489 79/.626 284/.577 84/.849 76/.617 31/.647 178/.876 55/.719 72/.751 227/.781

Last 28d days 94/.703 27/.309 34/.602 141/.441 27/.603 37/.459 28/.893 66/.391 36/1.014 36/.572 121/.659

HR/SB/CS 11/4/4 1/2/0 3/3/0 5/12/2 3/2/1 4/2/1 1/1/0 7/14/0 3/3/1 2/4/1 13/3/3 74/60/17

Usage ·······X ·X·····o ·X····o· ·X······ oX····Xo ·······X ·o·····o ········ o·····X· ·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.