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Game Preview: PIT @ LAD, 10:10pm, Friday, April 30, 2010 @Dodger Stadium

Pirates, 10-12, 10-123rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (26, RHP, 0-4, 16.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-4) 13.1 28 25 24 6 12 5 16.20
2009 (5-9) 97.0 102 49 49 40 62 7 4.55
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 2-5 36.1 44 30 29 12 27 5 7.18 42
2010-04-25 @HOU L 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 1 80 29
2010-04-20 MIL L 1.0 6 6 5 3 1 0 58 17
2010-04-14 @SFG L 6.0 8 6 6 0 3 3 79 35
2010-04-09 @ARI L 3.1 9 8 8 1 6 1 88 15
2009-09-30 @CHC W 9.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 119 84
2009-09-24 CIN L 7.0 6 4 4 2 3 0 103 50
2009-09-18 SDP W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 107 64
Has never faced LAD as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @LAD  W   2-0       10-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @MIL  W   6-5 (14)   9-12  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @MIL  W   7-3        8-12  6th  5.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26  @MIL  L   3-17       7-12  6th  5.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @HOU  L   3-10       7-11  6th  4.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @HOU  L   2-5        7-10  4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @HOU  L   3-4        7-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22   MIL  L   0-20       7-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21   MIL  L   0-8        7-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20   MIL  L   1-8        7-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-12
Dodgers, 8-14, 8-145th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (25, RHP, 1-1, 5.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-1) 20.0 24 15 12 9 19 2 5.40
2009 (12-11) 196.1 173 94 88 86 179 17 4.03
2008 (16-10) 200.2 188 76 70 80 201 14 3.14
Last 7 GS 1-3 36.0 35 23 20 18 39 5 5.00 48
2010-04-25 @WSN L 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 86 63
2010-04-20 @CIN ND 3.0 7 7 4 0 2 1 56 25
2010-04-14 ARI ND 5.2 8 6 6 3 5 1 116 31
2010-04-08 @PIT W 5.1 5 1 1 4 7 0 107 57
2009-09-29 @SDP L 6.0 2 2 2 5 5 1 107 60
2009-09-23 @WSN ND 6.0 1 3 3 4 9 1 87 63
2009-09-13 @SFG L 4.0 8 3 3 0 6 1 70 40
Last 5 v.PIT 2-0 15.0 19 10 9 9 16 2 5.40 43
2010-04-08 @PIT W 5.1 5 1 1 4 7 0 107 57
2008-09-17 @PIT ND 4.2 8 7 6 2 5 2 90 25
2006-09-21 PIT W 5.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 96 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-3    Road:    4-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Thu, Apr 29   PIT  L   0-2        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @NYM  L   3-7        8-13  5th  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @NYM  L   5-10       8-12  5th  4.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 27  @NYM  L   0-4        8-11  5th  4.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @WSN  L   0-1        8-10  4th  3.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @WSN  W   4-3 (13)   8-9   4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @WSN  L   1-5        7-9   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @CIN  L   5-8        7-8   4th  2.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @CIN  W  14-6        7-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @CIN  L   9-11       6-7   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 PIT  2 @LAD  0        W:Brian Burres (1-1), L: Clayton Kershaw (1-1), S: Evan Meek (1)
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 LAD 10 @PIT  2        W:Chad Billingsley (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 PIT  4  LAD  3 (10)   W:Brendan Donnelly (1-0), L: Ramon Ortiz (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 PIT 11  LAD  5        W:Zach Duke (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (0-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 28, 2009 PIT 11  LAD  1        W:Zach Duke (11-15), L: Hiroki Kuroda (8-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 27, 2009 PIT  6  LAD  5        W:Matt Capps (4-8), L: Jonathan Broxton (7-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 LAD  8 @PIT  4        W:George Sherrill (1-1), L: Denny Bautista (1-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2009 PIT  3  LAD  1        W:Donald Veal (1-0), L: Jon Garland (11-12), S: Matt Capps (26)
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 LAD  3  PIT  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (7-6), L: Kevin Hart (4-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (35)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 LAD  5  PIT  4 (13)   W:Ronald Belisario (4-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - PIT leads 3-1; 2009 - LAD won 4-3; 2008 - LAD won 5-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1107-984

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (5.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Billingsley
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 37.Haeger
G/S/vB		 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB		 73.Link
G/S/vB		 31.McDonald
G/S/vB		 68.Monasterios
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 67.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 47.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/1.000 1/.000 376/280 .208/.256/.337/.593 .548/.609 .561 78/.560 5/2 10/10
19.Church* G/S/vP 17/.437 3/2.667 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 399/306 .273/.338/.384/.722 .609/.755 .810 34/.730 6/2 4/2
6.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 70/.621 / /
2.Crosby G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/5.000 1/.000 272/146 .223/.295/.357/.652 .794/.525 .623 33/.809 2/1 6/8
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/1.125 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/2.334 2/1.000 ··· 304/219 .250/.299/.414/.714 .686/.725 .705 79/.865 4/0 10/6
3.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 260/183 .290/.355/.390/.745 .942/.660 .771 92/.632 9/1 1/6
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 224/191 .252/.309/.364/.673 .510/.701 .598 17/.706 1/0 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 358/251 .293/.372/.567/.938 .698/1.046 .856 98/.734 10/2 21/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/3.333 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 590/444 .258/.330/.401/.731 .855/.690 .680 61/.933 3/1 12/14
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 493/378 .286/.365/.471/.836 .921/.811 .757 101/.777 22/5 12/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 265/204 .279/.323/.373/.696 .820/.660 .635 89/.577 7/4 4/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 186/123 .206/.296/.370/.665 .867/.562 .591 / 1/0 4/2
58.Raynor G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.473 / /
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 239/200 .230/.335/.279/.614 .726/.592 .542 / 1/0 1/2
24.Young# G/S/vP 3/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 388/262 .266/.326/.381/.707 .621/.749 .714 41/.620 2/0 7/6
IP 196.1 76.0 19.0 30.0 63.0 69.0 82.2 27.2 TOTAL .236/.313/.366/.679 .652/.693 .679 .679 20/3 21/21
ERA-K/9 4.03/8.2 2.61/13.5 3.32/7.1 3.00/9.6 /0.0 4.00/7.7 /0.0 1.70/8.0 2.72/6.0 5.53/5.8 4.97/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (44-20-2)
 Jaramillo (36-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.244 300/.165 79/.188 124/.198 / 280/.254 / 282/.209 357/.268 121/.257 .263  McCutchen
 Milledge
 Church
 Jones
 Young
 Crosby
 Cedeno
 Lopez
 Doumit
 Pearce
0/108/0/10
56/5/0/6
0/23/86/6
15/0/39/4
4/0/26/1
0/0/1/0
7/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .703 .479 .659 .599 .725 .588 .675 .735 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.712 148/.414 29/.542 40/.524 / 116/.590 / 86/.342 157/.751 52/.716 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.693 152/.541 50/.722 84/.634 / 164/.815 / 196/.696 200/.616 69/.749 .751
Home 389/.716 158/.247 59/.511 47/.604 / 145/.688 / 146/.556 174/.762 73/.644
Last 28d days 92/.886 29/.351 97/.857 9/.708 13/.938 / 45/.703 43/.986 54/.588 /
HR/SB/CS 17/7/9 4/7/1 4/3/0 2/2/0 // 6/4/2 // 4/5/0 3/5/2 3/1/0 21/16/3
Usage ····X··· o····X·· ··X···X· o····o·o ··X····· ··X··X·· ··X··o·o o·X·Xo·o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Dodgers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (7.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Morton
G/S/vB		 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 53.Donnelly
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 Penn
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 107/76 .295/.343/.368/.712 .655/.735 .588 4/.750 1/0 1/0
3.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 5/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/2.334 287/207 .277/.325/.451/.776 .841/.751 .830 42/.857 3/0 10/6
23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/.310 12/.917 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 565/436 .280/.363/.468/.832 1.005/.783 .811 81/.878 3/4 18/10
14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/1.834 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 358/259 .276/.355/.340/.695 .691/.695 .601 41/.608 4/2 2/4
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 53/48 .204/.245/.388/.633 .600/.636 .556 64/.693 0/0 2/1
9.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.250 .286 15/.721 0/0 0/0
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 685/498 .272/.361/.508/.869 .629/.960 1.013 82/.984 6/4 31/7
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.933 9/.444 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.167 680/518 .269/.335/.375/.711 .815/.679 .675 91/.798 12/6 9/20
60.Hu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .400/.333/.600/.933 /1.000 1.250 / 0/0 0/0
5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 186/108 .255/.330/.412/.742 .903/.628 .818 41/.736 2/1 4/1
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 667/513 .297/.352/.490/.842 1.045/.782 .791 104/.916 34/8 26/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 652/507 .281/.357/.399/.756 .779/.750 .640 97/.660 7/3 13/7
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 588/462 .250/.352/.329/.680 .756/.660 .703 81/.790 11/6 7/7
75.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 16/11 .214/.313/.500/.813 .400/1.030 .286 11/.545 0/1 1/0
99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.763 8/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 431/344 .290/.418/.531/.949 .893/.963 .898 52/1.159 0/1 19/4
IP 97.0 18.0 25.1 62.1 64.0 11.2 47.0 22.0 TOTAL .273/.346/.423/.769 .597/.833 .815 .769 18/8 21/22
ERA-K/9 4.55/5.8 4.00/10.0 1.78/8.9 3.32/10.8 4.78/10.1 9.26/3.8 3.45/8.0 7.77/11.0 6.84/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-6-2)
 Ellis (1-0-0)
 Martin (74-33-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.276 86/.314 104/.239 268/.239 297/.282 64/.392 195/.209 120/.319 .294  Kemp
 Ethier
 Johnson
 Ramirez
 Paul
 Carroll
 Blake
0/158/7/14
0/0/158/6
10/42/7/3
101/0/0/3
0/1/3/0
4/0/6/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .761 .819 .662 .764 .780 1.080 .670 .927 .891
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.923 28/1.354 49/.711 90/1.000 141/.795 26/1.110 84/.724 57/.998 .993
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.594 58/.555 55/.618 178/.652 156/.766 38/1.059 111/.628 63/.863 .842
Road 214/.848 36/.862 52/.571 132/.854 105/.765 27/.890 94/.787 43/.523
Last 28d days 76/1.226 / 43/.880 49/1.146 30/.887 35/.844 59/.472 16/1.534
HR/SB/CS 7/9/4 1/3/1 1/2/0 7/14/5 3/6/3 1/1/0 2/4/2 3/4/1 31/21/1
Usage ····X··· ··oX·o·X ·X·X···X ·ooo···X ··o·oo·X oo·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.