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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 12-14, 5th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 3-2, 2.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 36.2 33 11 9 8 21 1 2.21
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 48.2 51 17 15 9 25 1 2.77 55
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
2008-09-25 @MIL ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 107 61
2008-09-17 LAD ND 5.0 11 5 5 1 2 0 96 26
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 30.0 39 18 14 6 14 3 4.20 45
2009-04-08 @STL W 6.1 5 3 1 2 4 0 92 57
2008-07-11 STL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 4 2 90 35
2008-05-30 @STL L 6.0 5 3 2 1 2 1 97 53
2007-09-28 STL ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 91 61
2007-05-22 @STL L 4.2 11 6 5 2 0 0 87 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-7    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-13   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 5-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, May  5   MIL  L   5-8       12-14  5th  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   MIL  L   4-7       12-13  5th  4.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   CIN  L   0-5       12-12  5th  4.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   CIN  W   8-6       12-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   CIN  L   0-4       11-11  4th  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @MIL  L   0-1       11-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @MIL  L   5-6       11-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @MIL  L   5-10      11-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @SDP  W   8-3       11-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @SDP  W  10-1       10-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-14
Cardinals, 17-10, 1st, 2 up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, RHP, 1-0, 3.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 13.2 14 6 5 4 15 1 3.29
2008 (3-2) 34.0 42 29 28 22 13 5 7.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.2 45 30 28 21 25 4 6.69 40
2009-04-30 @WSN ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 9 1 100 51
2009-04-25 CHC W 5.2 6 1 0 1 3 0 99 57
2008-07-25 @NYM L 4.1 8 6 6 4 1 1 95 20
2008-07-03 NYM L 6.0 10 11 10 6 2 1 108 6
2008-06-28 @KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 4 6 0 96 62
2008-06-21 @BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 81 45
2008-06-15 PHI ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 81 36
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-5    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-7    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  5   PHI  L   7-10      17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Mon, May  4   PHI  L   1-6       17-9   1st  2.5 up
 25 Sat, May  2  @WSN  L   1-6       17-8   1st  4.0 up
 24 Fri, May  1  @WSN  W   6-2       17-7   1st  4.0 up
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @WSN  W   9-4       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @ATL  W   5-3       15-7   1st  3.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @ATL  L   1-2       14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @ATL  W   3-2       14-6   1st  2.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26   CHC  L   3-10      13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25   CHC  W   8-2       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 STL  2  PIT  1        W:Chris Carpenter (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1), S: Dennys Reyes (1)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 PIT  7 @STL  4        W:Zach Duke (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 STL  9  PIT  3        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: Ian Snell (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 PIT  6 @STL  4        W:John Grabow (1-0), L: Jason Motte (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 PIT  7  STL  2        W:T.J. Beam (2-1), L: Brad Thompson (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 PIT  7  STL  6 (12)   W:Craig Hansen (2-6), L: Chris Perez (3-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 PIT 10  STL  2        W:Paul Maholm (9-8), L: Joel Pineiro (6-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 STL 11  PIT  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (11-4), L: Jason Davis (1-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 PIT  4 @STL  1        W:Ian Snell (5-10), L: Braden Looper (11-10), S: T.J. Beam (1)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 STL 11 @PIT  6        W:Russ Springer (2-0), L: Franquelis Osoria (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; 2007 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1187-1117

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

TOR  6.07

CHC  4.73

SFG  3.60

 RA/G

LAD  3.68

TOR  4.76

NYY  6.38

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

A. Wainwright  4.08

S. Ponson  7.16

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.11

K. Davies  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

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

Pirates Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 54.Boyer
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 34.Perez
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/16 .200/.250/.333/.583 /.583 .788 16/.583 0/0 0/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .300/.300/.400/.700 /.700 .833 11/.700 0/0 0/0
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 21/1.029 ··· 9/.708 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 50/48 .250/.340/.364/.704 .000/.735 .743 44/.657 0/0 0/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/44 .310/.383/.476/.859 .667/.874 1.167 47/.859 1/0 0/1
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/no AB 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 109/91 .250/.339/.490/.829 .804/.834 .646 95/.917 0/0 5/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/81 .253/.322/.380/.702 .667/.705 .532 83/.748 1/0 1/3
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 8/.500 4/.250 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 89/68 .289/.393/.447/.841 .955/.803 .762 75/.855 3/0 4/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.583 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/.572 32/20 .267/.313/.500/.813 .705/.876 .600 30/.869 0/0 2/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 124/106 .291/.350/.345/.695 .347/.754 .822 109/.679 6/3 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 78/72 .208/.269/.292/.561 .533/.562 .527 68/.501 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 12/.417 5/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 114/96 .327/.360/.561/.920 .667/.971 .803 100/.835 1/0 3/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 59/50 .178/.356/.178/.534 .611/.519 .573 52/.545 0/0 0/1
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .444/.444/.778/1.222 3.000/1.000 1.000 9/1.222 0/0 0/0
IP 13.2 6.0 11.1 12.0 7.1 11.2 8.0 8.0 TOTAL .259/.329/.397/.726 .684/.734 .683 .719 13/4 17/12
ERA-K/9 3.29/9.9 12.00/9.0 0.00/8.0 3.00/9.0 4.91/11.1 3.86/7.7 2.25/12.4 4.50/7.9 3.90/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 61/.255 29/.280 40/.105 54/.205 34/.290 49/.273 35/.143 33/.207 .263
OPS .710 .699 .255 .609 .872 .711 .564 .626 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.718 14/.607 17/.301 28/.426 20/.428 26/.694 8/.700 18/.423 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.703 15/.785 23/.221 26/.825 14/1.495 23/.729 27/.520 15/.872 .697
Home 25/.530 21/.850 16/.063 19/.389 20/.774 23/.959 12/.717 23/.523
Last 28d days 61/.710 27/.653 38/.269 49/.634 23/1.048 41/.536 35/.564 30/.695
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 21/5/6
Usage ·····X·· ·o··oo·· ·o····o· ·o·····X ·o···o·· o···X·Xo o····oo· oo····oo
Cardinals Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.04 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 9/1.667 5/.000 5/.000 ··· 4/1.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 92/68 .247/.326/.395/.721 .477/.811 .856 78/.787 0/0 2/0
23.Barden G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 50/32 .333/.380/.556/.936 .833/.999 .663 46/1.023 0/0 3/1
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 101/71 .282/.386/.506/.892 .748/.958 .612 91/.831 0/1 3/3
3.Greene G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.929 80/45 .209/.316/.328/.645 .529/.728 .653 65/.668 1/1 2/5
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .188/.235/.250/.485 /.485 .804 17/.485 1/0 0/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/.500 14/11 .417/.500/.417/.917 1.333/.788 1.000 14/.917 0/0 0/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 13/.916 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 ··· ··· 4/1.250 98/66 .292/.333/.573/.906 .748/.979 .896 89/.885 1/0 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 23/.732 6/1.417 6/.334 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 4/.000 100/72 .322/.388/.494/.882 .815/.908 .948 87/.885 1/1 3/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 27/1.161 10/1.214 7/.286 ··· 11/1.545 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 118/81 .337/.449/.705/1.154 .923/1.257 1.293 104/1.084 4/0 10/4
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 79/58 .269/.367/.373/.740 .458/.830 .798 69/.731 1/0 1/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 6/.500 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 97/79 .264/.330/.322/.652 .583/.667 .788 91/.659 1/0 0/2
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 79/68 .296/.367/.479/.846 1.010/.821 1.097 71/.781 1/0 1/2
IP 36.2 10.2 8.1 10.2 12.2 6.2 4.0 9.1 TOTAL .276/.355/.450/.805 .675/.859 .853 .797 13/3 32/22
ERA-K/9 2.21/5.1 2.53/8.4 7.56/7.6 2.53/5.9 2.84/8.5 2.70/5.4 4.50/9.0 6.75/7.7 3.76/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.250 40/.114 40/.343 44/.216 59/.300 29/.100 23/.154 43/.242 .244
OPS .630 .454 .829 .638 .793 .507 .940 .881 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.886 17/.243 18/.556 16/.321 15/.757 7/1.000 8/.500 14/1.240 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.556 23/.620 22/1.088 28/.838 44/.808 22/.381 15/1.133 29/.730 .751
Road 58/.538 23/.270 11/.586 21/1.006 28/.640 12/.333 7/1.571 21/1.025
Last 28d days 123/.642 37/.493 34/.924 44/.638 49/.853 29/.507 16/.660 36/.616
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 23/12/6
Usage ····X··· o··oo··X ·X·X···· X·X····o ·X·XX··· X·X····X X······· Xo··X·o·

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.