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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, May 29, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 24-26, 24-26 4th, 5½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (28, RHP, 3-3, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-3) 45.1 47 21 18 11 36 9 3.57
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
2009 (4-6) 108.0 115 66 65 45 52 12 5.42
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 42 19 16 7 28 8 3.82 49
2011-05-20 DET W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 75 66
2011-05-14 @MIL L 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 2 69 53
2011-05-09 LAD ND 5.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 90 52
2011-05-03 @SDP ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 87 40
2011-04-28 SFG L 6.2 7 5 2 1 4 0 93 49
2011-04-23 WSN W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 85 54
2011-04-17 @CIN ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 6 2 76 32
Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 26.0 28 14 13 5 13 5 4.50 48
2010-08-31 @CHC W 6.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 87 62
2010-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 3 2 1 2 2 79 49
2010-06-01 CHC ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 104 52
2009-09-30 @CHC W 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 61 50
2008-08-25 CHC L 3.0 6 5 5 1 1 1 68 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:   15-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl:13-9    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 28  @CHC  W  10-0       24-26  4th  5.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 27  @CHC  W   4-2       23-26  4th  6.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 25   ATL  L   2-4 (11)  22-26  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24   ATL  L   0-2       22-25  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   DET  L   0-2       22-24  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   DET  W   6-2       22-23  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   DET  W  10-1       21-23  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @CIN  W   5-3       20-23  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18  @CIN  W   5-0       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 16  @WSN  L   2-4       18-23  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 22-28, 22-28 5th, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (34, RHP, 3-4, 6.29)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 63.0 74 45 44 22 57 11 6.29
2010 (15-12) 215.1 198 110 92 86 208 25 3.85
2009 (11-9) 200.0 196 94 81 65 172 22 3.65
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.0 45 25 25 13 31 6 5.92 45
2011-05-24 NYM W 7.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 98 63
2011-05-18 @FLA ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 90 32
2011-05-13 SFG W 6.0 6 2 2 1 11 0 114 62
2011-05-08 CIN L 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 81 63
2011-05-03 @LAD ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 116 64
2011-04-28 @ARI L 0.1 4 7 7 4 0 1 40 11
2011-04-23 LAD ND 5.2 9 7 7 3 3 3 103 23
Last 5 v.PIT 1-4 32.2 30 19 19 15 33 4 5.23 51
2011-04-01 PIT L 6.2 6 6 6 4 7 2 114 41
2010-08-31 PIT L 3.0 7 7 7 3 4 0 70 18
2010-05-15 PIT L 7.0 4 3 3 5 9 0 123 61
2010-05-04 @PIT L 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 107 55
2009-09-29 PIT W 9.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 120 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-16   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  14-22   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 28   PIT  L   0-10      22-28  5th  7.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 27   PIT  L   2-4       22-27  5th  7.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 26   NYM  W   9-3       22-26  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   NYM  L   4-7  (7)  21-26  5th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   NYM  W  11-1       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 22  @BOS  L   1-5       20-25  5th  6.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 21  @BOS  W   9-3       20-24  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 20  @BOS  L   5-15      19-24  5th  5.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 19  @FLA  W   5-1       19-23  5th  5.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @FLA  W   7-5       18-23  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 28, 2011 PIT 10 @CHC  0        W:Paul Maholm (2-7), L: Randy Wells (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2011 PIT  4 @CHC  2        W:Kevin Correia (7-4), L: Doug Davis (0-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (14)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 PIT  5 @CHC  4        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 CHC  5  PIT  3        W:Sean Marshall (1-0), L: Evan Meek (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 PIT  6 @CHC  3        W:Kevin Correia (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)

Wed, Sep 01, 2010 CHC  5  PIT  3        W:Thomas Diamond (1-3), L: James McDonald (2-5), S: Carlos Marmol (25)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 PIT 14 @CHC  7        W:Jeff Karstens (3-10), L: Ryan Dempster (12-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 CHC 14  PIT  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-13), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 PIT  2 @CHC  0        W:Brad Lincoln (1-2), L: Andrew Cashner (0-3), S: Octavio Dotel (16)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 CHC  3  PIT  1        W:Ted Lilly (3-6), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: Carlos Marmol (14)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 4-1; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; 2009 - CHC won 10-4; All-Time - PIT leads 1211-1146

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 2011 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  5.14

PHI  4.13

SDP  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

WSN  4.20

MIN  5.16

 BA

M. Joyce  .374

E. Andrus  .259

A. LaRoche  .172

 OBP

J. Bautista  .502

D. Barney  .332

M. Tejada  .237

 SLG

J. Bautista  .801

A. Pujols  .403

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.304

A. Pujols  .735

C. Figgins  .506

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

C. Billingsley  3.69

R. Dempster  6.29

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

C. Carpenter  6.75

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Pirates Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 50.Lopez
G/S/vB		 57.Maine*
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 13/.962 11/.546 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 166/124 .247/.311/.349/.660 .714/.642 .780 82/.812 1/3 2/3
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.375 3/1.333 ··· 4/.000 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 88/43 .247/.273/.318/.590 .477/.707 .592 37/.741 2/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 24/.432 4/.833 3/.666 1/.000 9/.722 10/.667 5/.400 1/.000 6/.000 102/74 .272/.337/.446/.782 1.023/.701 .838 46/.917 0/1 4/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 18/.611 4/.750 3/1.167 2/.000 9/.476 5/.600 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 146/132 .242/.356/.435/.792 .357/.842 .889 61/.638 2/1 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 18/.952 3/.666 3/.000 3/1.666 6/.733 3/.000 3/2.334 2/2.000 1/2.000 218/167 .255/.355/.468/.823 .720/.855 1.011 100/.919 9/4 9/2
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 8/1.417 9/1.181 5/1.550 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 16/.527 189/138 .235/.303/.376/.680 .720/.664 .699 77/.751 1/1 5/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/46 .240/.269/.280/.549 .000/.637 .647 35/.447 3/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 62/26 .291/.339/.382/.721 .794/.628 .497 36/.753 0/0 1/3
19.Snyder G/S/vP 11/.728 6/1.917 ··· 1/.000 9/.958 7/.715 3/2.334 3/1.167 1/2.000 93/67 .269/.363/.385/.747 .795/.727 .839 49/.754 0/1 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 7/1.029 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 190/143 .252/.360/.365/.725 1.073/.618 .697 75/.733 13/3 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 8/1.875 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 210/154 .265/.329/.423/.752 .599/.808 .797 91/.716 2/0 6/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/45 .182/.250/.242/.492 .501/.487 .499 44/.487 0/0 0/0
IP 63.0 20.1 6.0 22.0 20.0 32.2 28.1 19.2 TOTAL .236/.313/.361/.674 .660/.679 .740 .704 35/15 40/32
ERA-K/9 6.29/8.1 4.43/5.8 /0.0 7.50/7.5 1.23/11.9 1.35/8.6 6.06/5.0 3.49/10.5 2.75/7.3 4.69/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-5-1)
 Snyder (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.292 96/.284 / 30/.308 89/.162 83/.250 145/.313 131/.198 91/.260 .269  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Tabata
 Paul
 Jones
 Pearce
0/48/0/5
5/0/20/2
43/2/0/2
14/0/14/2
0/0/39/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .852 .810 1.169 .473 .612 .927 .596 .769 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.855 36/.594 / 8/.536 41/.631 34/.478 48/.697 56/.695 34/.758 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.849 60/.945 / 22/1.402 48/.329 49/.713 97/1.047 75/.526 57/.777 .782
Home 168/.796 56/.738 / 20/.771 40/.500 43/.710 76/1.019 62/.622 50/.656
Last 28d days 131/.660 33/.848 / 30/1.169 32/.429 34/.690 82/.753 56/.639 51/.902
HR/SB/CS 11/5/2 2/1/2 // 3/0/0 0/3/0 1/2/1 9/5/0 0/10/0 2/1/1 45/40/15
Usage ····X··· oo··o·X· Xo·X··o· ··X····o ··X····X X··X··X· ·X··X··· ··X···Xo
Cubs Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 89/48 .368/.382/.483/.865 1.171/.597 .832 31/.871 0/0 1/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 197/154 .308/.332/.378/.710 .824/.677 .690 98/.610 3/1 1/4
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .154/.154/.154/.308 .000/.400 .000 13/.308 0/0 0/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 8/.417 ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 4/.833 220/164 .322/.350/.431/.781 .776/.783 .833 96/.746 4/0 1/9
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 10/1.489 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 46/40 .244/.261/.356/.616 1.167/.533 .775 26/.692 0/0 1/3
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 12/.777 ··· 6/.167 4/.250 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000 152/138 .309/.433/.366/.799 .825/.797 1.010 75/.714 1/1 1/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP 11/1.545 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 65/47 .207/.270/.328/.597 .243/.723 .395 50/.554 0/0 1/5
5.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.900 69/43 .367/.435/.633/1.068 .923/1.164 1.236 41/1.078 0/1 2/0
39.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/2 .333/.400/.444/.844 .804/1.000 .844 10/.844 0/0 0/0
22.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.933 177/129 .220/.364/.369/.732 .337/.883 .712 96/.950 0/2 6/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 5/.600 4/.750 7/.679 1/3.000 3/.000 193/149 .280/.342/.366/.708 .600/.739 .681 83/.654 0/1 1/3
12.Soriano G/S/vP 14/1.429 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 181/132 .277/.304/.538/.841 1.146/.730 .819 80/.785 0/0 12/4
IP 45.1 4.0 23.2 21.1 9.0 23.0 21.1 TOTAL .275/.332/.400/.731 .783/.713 .720 .734 10/7 36/40
ERA-K/9 3.57/7.2 4.50/9.0 1.52/7.2 0.42/4.6 5.00/11.0 4.30/11.3 2.53/12.7 3.53/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (1-2-0)
 Hill (12-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.267 16/.200 92/.253 78/.205 45/.300 102/.231 89/.187 .248  Soriano
 Fukudome
 DeWitt
 Montanez
 Baker
 Johnson
45/0/0/3
0/0/36/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
1/0/2/0
8/9/9/0
OPS .785 .850 .638 .504 .703 .654 .637 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.950 6/.833 41/.687 30/.596 16/.795 36/.744 32/.915 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.664 10/.856 51/.600 48/.447 29/.653 66/.606 57/.472 .657
Road 71/.988 10/1.000 49/.647 35/.538 30/.890 48/.594 45/.807
Last 28d days 94/.807 16/.850 33/.493 47/.534 3/.000 47/.916 44/.730
HR/SB/CS 9/5/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 3/2/1 46/33/9
Usage ···X···· ······o· ·o·o···o ···o··X· ····o··· ······o· ·o·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.