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Game Preview: PIT @ NYM, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @Citi Field

Pirates, 24-28, 24-28 4th, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 3-3, 5.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-3) 53.1 56 32 31 24 45 9 5.23
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
2009 (5-5) 63.0 60 34 28 34 54 6 4.00
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.2 37 18 18 15 36 6 4.30 51
2011-05-25 ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 99 57
2011-05-19 @CIN W 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 1 103 59
2011-05-13 @MIL L 4.0 6 5 5 3 7 1 88 34
2011-05-08 HOU ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 96 72
2011-05-02 @SDP W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 89 58
2011-04-27 SFG W 6.0 4 0 0 4 3 0 98 63
2011-04-21 @FLA L 3.0 6 8 8 3 3 2 72 15
Last 5 v.NYM 0-1 13.0 11 5 5 7 8 1 3.46 54
2010-09-13 @NYM ND 8.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 100 74
2010-08-21 NYM L 5.0 6 5 5 5 4 1 103 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:   15-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Mon, May 30  @NYM  L   3-7       24-28  4th  6.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 29  @CHC  L   2-3       24-27  4th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Mets, 25-28, 25-28 4th, 8½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (36, RHP, 2-5, 4.50)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-5) 60.0 72 32 30 21 35 7 4.50
2010 (11-9) 174.1 165 62 55 42 104 13 2.84
2009 (1-1) 64.1 74 34 33 30 42 8 4.62
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.2 52 23 22 9 20 6 4.75 46
2011-05-26 @CHC ND 2.2 4 0 0 0 1 0 36 51
2011-05-20 @NYY W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 101 63
2011-05-14 @HOU L 5.1 11 6 6 0 2 2 106 24
2011-05-08 LAD L 7.0 10 4 3 2 3 1 108 44
2011-05-03 SFG ND 6.0 7 6 6 1 1 1 84 34
2011-04-27 @WSN ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 3 0 92 52
2011-04-20 HOU L 8.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 104 52
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 14.2 10 6 6 3 8 1 3.68 59
2010-09-14 PIT W 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 127 74
2004-06-07 PIT ND 5.2 5 5 5 0 4 1 88 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-14   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  17-23   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Mon, May 30   PIT  W   7-3       25-28  4th  8.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 29   PHI  W   9-5       24-28  4th  8.5 gb
 51 Sat, May 28   PHI  L   2-5       23-28  4th  9.5 gb
 50 Fri, May 27   PHI  L   4-6       23-27  4th  8.5 gb
 49 Thu, May 26  @CHC  L   3-9       23-26  4th  7.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 25  @CHC  W   7-4  (7)  23-25  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24  @CHC  L   1-11      22-25  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22  @NYY  L   3-9       22-24  4th  6.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21  @NYY  L   3-7       22-23  4th  6.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20  @NYY  W   2-1       22-22  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 30, 2011 NYM  7  PIT  3        W:Dillon Gee (5-0), L: Daniel McCutchen (1-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 16, 2010 NYM  6  PIT  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (15-9), L: Wil Ledezma (0-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 NYM  8  PIT  7        W:Raul Valdes (3-3), L: Paul Maholm (7-15), S: Hisanori Takahashi (7)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 NYM  9  PIT  1        W:R.A. Dickey (11-6), L: Zach Duke (7-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 NYM  1  PIT  0 (10)   W:Hisanori Takahashi (9-6), L: Chan Ho Park (3-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 PIT  2  NYM  1        W:Zach Duke (6-12), L: Johan Santana (10-8), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 NYM  5 @PIT  1  (5)   W:Jonathon Niese (8-5), L: James McDonald (2-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 NYM  7 @PIT  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (12-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 NYM  9 @PIT  8 (10)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), L: Matt Capps (1-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 PIT 11  NYM  6        W:Steven Jackson (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - NYM over 1-0; 2010 - NYM won 6-1; 2009 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 358-333

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  5.17

FLA  4.13

SDP  3.37

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

LAD  4.13

MIN  5.19

 BA

M. Joyce  .368

A. Sanchez  .260

A. LaRoche  .172

 OBP

J. Bautista  .502

B. Upton  .333

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .791

F. Sanchez  .401

C. Figgins  .256

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.294

A. Pujols  .740

C. Figgins  .488

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.51

G. Floyd  3.69

R. Dempster  6.00

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

T. Wood  6.65

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Pirates Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 33.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 45.Isringhausen
G/S/vB		 50.O'Connor*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 46.Thayer
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 173/131 .242/.304/.340/.644 .714/.621 .742 81/.767 1/4 2/4
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 6/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 89/43 .244/.270/.314/.584 .466/.707 .579 36/.677 2/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 6/.367 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 153/139 .229/.340/.412/.752 .357/.796 .819 60/.533 2/1 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/1.417 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 226/174 .253/.356/.459/.814 .705/.847 .985 99/.912 9/4 9/2
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 1/3.000 11/.382 ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 197/146 .237/.306/.379/.685 .720/.672 .706 77/.792 1/1 5/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 55/48 .235/.278/.275/.552 .000/.637 .648 29/.294 3/0 0/0
19.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.167 3/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 99/73 .289/.381/.434/.815 .795/.822 .934 47/.853 0/1 3/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/151 .246/.350/.353/.704 1.073/.597 .661 83/.682 13/4 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 218/161 .265/.330/.418/.749 .588/.806 .789 91/.720 2/0 6/3
2.Wood G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/52 .164/.228/.219/.447 .501/.416 .379 49/.400 0/0 0/0
IP 60.0 26.0 12.2 17.1 6.2 7.1 26.0 1.0 TOTAL .234/.310/.357/.667 .656/.670 .723 .682 35/17 41/33
ERA-K/9 4.50/5.2 3.12/9.0 5.68/12.8 3.12/7.3 1.35/10.7 6.14/13.6 1.73/9.0 9.00/0.0 4.18/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Snyder (15-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.303 107/.234 58/.280 70/.200 26/.130 37/.290 115/.255 5/.400 .262  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
0/50/0/5
45/2/0/2
5/0/21/2
15/0/14/2
0/0/41/2
OPS .817 .701 .797 .627 .405 .873 .621 1.200 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.867 45/1.085 34/.772 34/.710 13/.580 18/.778 68/.658 2/1.500 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.775 62/.442 24/.824 36/.556 13/.237 19/.927 47/.564 3/1.000 .753
Home 145/.826 41/.839 25/.756 35/.323 12/.167 21/1.265 65/.727 5/1.200
Last 28d days 95/.923 41/.841 22/.825 39/.698 26/.405 / 58/.538 5/1.200
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 5/4/1 1/0/0 2/5/2 0/1/0 2/2/0 0/4/1 0/0/0 56/39/12
Usage ····X··· ·X··o·X· ··ooX··· X·oXo··· ··o···X· ········ X··Xo··· ··X·····
Mets Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
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
44.Bay G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/2.500 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/no AB 7/.786 135/104 .241/.328/.328/.656 .715/.639 .815 91/.636 3/1 2/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 9/.476 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.000 206/157 .279/.369/.514/.883 .980/.847 1.007 94/.897 0/0 8/0
6.Evans G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2 .000/.333/.000/.333 .250/.500 .400 6/.333 0/0 0/0
12.Hairston G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 58/22 .231/.310/.346/.656 .677/.623 .724 20/.771 1/0 1/1
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 5/.400 105/91 .215/.305/.301/.606 1.071/.541 .334 34/.494 1/3 1/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/148 .278/.337/.418/.755 .697/.765 .688 92/.768 2/1 4/3
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 7/.929 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 99/71 .209/.286/.279/.565 .380/.633 .542 17/.824 6/1 1/3
9.Paulino G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/34 .327/.389/.347/.736 .733/.737 .712 45/.631 0/0 0/3
20.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/88 .239/.320/.413/.733 .388/.799 .736 72/.679 4/0 3/1
11.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/27 .316/.366/.342/.708 .607/.755 .855 41/.708 0/0 0/0
30.Thole* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 143/125 .230/.301/.278/.578 .292/.620 .575 53/.533 0/1 0/2
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/68 .337/.384/.467/.851 .712/.913 1.025 81/.914 2/2 1/1
IP 53.1 5.0 23.2 22.2 10.0 24.0 21.1 TOTAL .255/.329/.388/.717 .666/.734 .772 .715 49/14 37/31
ERA-K/9 5.23/7.6 7.20/7.2 1.52/7.2 1.19/4.4 4.50/10.8 4.13/10.9 2.53/12.7 3.55/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (7-4-3)
 Thole (27-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.272 22/.250 92/.253 85/.228 48/.302 105/.223 89/.187 .253  Pagan
 Pridie
 Beltran
 Bay
 Harris
 Evans
 Murphy
 Hairston
0/23/0/3
1/28/1/2
0/0/46/2
32/0/0/1
17/4/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
8/7/4/0
OPS .808 .918 .638 .562 .701 .635 .637 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.820 10/.700 41/.687 35/.759 19/.774 37/.722 32/.915 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.801 12/1.117 51/.600 50/.429 29/.653 68/.587 57/.472 .663
Road 135/.947 16/1.046 49/.647 42/.652 33/.868 51/.557 45/.807
Last 28d days 94/.711 22/.918 28/.438 48/.676 6/.333 44/.851 41/.790
HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 3/2/1 47/33/10
Usage ·····X·· X······· ···o·o·· Xo···o·· ·o····o· ·o······ ···o·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.