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Game Preview: PIT @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Pirates, 40-38, 40-38 3rd, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (29, LHP, 4-8, 3.21)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-8) 101.0 83 39 36 37 63 6 3.21
2010 (9-15) 185.1 228 119 105 62 102 15 5.10
2009 (8-9) 194.2 221 102 96 60 119 14 4.44
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.2 34 14 13 14 24 3 2.62 57
2011-06-24 BOS W 5.1 6 1 1 3 2 0 103 51
2011-06-18 @CLE L 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 1 101 44
2011-06-13 NYM W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73
2011-06-08 ARI ND 6.0 1 0 0 3 4 0 94 71
2011-06-02 @NYM ND 5.2 8 7 6 2 2 1 91 27
2011-05-28 @CHC W 9.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 91 85
2011-05-22 DET L 5.1 6 2 2 2 5 1 96 51
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 7.0 7 3 3 3 1 0 3.86 49
2008-06-21 TOR W 7.0 7 3 3 3 1 0 99 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   21-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-30   vsLHP:  14-8    1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @TOR  W   7-6       40-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 26   BOS  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 25   BOS  W   6-4       39-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 24   BOS  W   3-1       38-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 22   BAL  W   5-4       37-37  4th  3.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 21   BAL  W   9-3       36-37  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 20   BAL  L   3-8       35-37  4th  4.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-5 (11)  35-36  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 18  @CLE  L   1-5       35-35  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 17  @CLE  L   1-5       35-34  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Blue Jays, 39-41, 39-41 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (26, RHP, 3-4, 4.90)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 68.0 66 39 37 27 81 4 4.90
2010 (10-7) 146.1 136 76 73 66 178 11 4.49
2009 (2-4) 69.2 66 38 34 44 63 10 4.39
Last 7 GS 1-2 42.0 44 25 23 15 44 3 4.93 50
2011-06-24 @STL ND 7.0 5 4 3 1 9 2 105 61
2011-06-18 @CIN W 6.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 101 69
2011-06-11 BOS L 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 1 103 8
2011-06-06 @KCR ND 6.0 2 1 0 3 5 0 99 68
2011-05-31 CLE L 5.0 9 6 6 2 9 0 95 32
2011-05-26 CHW ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 102 68
2011-05-21 HOU ND 6.0 9 4 4 3 6 0 104 41
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-19   Road:   22-22   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  27-33   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  7-6  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Tue, Jun 28   PIT  L   6-7       39-41  4th  8.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jun 27  @DET  L   2-4       39-40  4th  7.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 26  @STL  W   5-0       39-39  4th  7.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 25  @STL  W   6-3       38-39  4th  7.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 24  @STL  W   5-4       37-39  4th  7.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 22  @ATL  L   1-5       36-39  4th  8.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 21  @ATL  L   1-5       36-38  4th  8.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 20  @ATL  L   0-2       36-37  4th  8.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 19  @CIN  L   1-2       36-36  4th  7.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 18  @CIN  W   4-0       36-35  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 PIT  7 @TOR  6        W:Kevin Correia (10-6), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (23)

Sun, Jun 22, 2008 TOR  8 @PIT  5        W:Dustin McGowan (6-5), L: T.J. Beam (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (15)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 PIT  6  TOR  3        W:Paul Maholm (5-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-4), S: Matt Capps (17)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 PIT  1  TOR  0 (12)   W:Tyler Yates (3-0), L: Jesse Carlson (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 TOR  5  PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (5-5), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: Cliff Politte (10)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 TOR  8  PIT  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TOR 13  PIT  8        W:Cory Lidle (9-4), L: Kris Benson (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 1-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 4-3

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  5.34

CHC  4.13

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.21

LAD  4.26

HOU  5.10

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .357

C. Crisp  .268

A. Dunn  .173

 OBP

J. Bautista  .469

Y. Molina  .337

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .664

I. Kinsler  .413

C. Figgins  .249

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.133

A. Ramirez  .758

C. Figgins  .481

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.97

M. Buehrle  3.73

F. Carmona  5.89

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.87

B. Anderson  6.59

C. Pavano  3.74

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

Pirates Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 10/.633 265/197 .246/.305/.339/.644 .685/.630 .700 84/.669 1/5 2/4
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 11/.728 ··· 3/.000 140/65 .269/.300/.336/.636 .631/.642 .713 47/.704 4/0 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/2.964 223/191 .251/.341/.431/.772 .318/.853 .810 65/.869 4/2 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.625 337/253 .283/.385/.469/.854 .966/.815 .899 101/.956 15/5 11/5
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .211/.211/.263/.474 .636/.407 .444 39/.474 0/0 0/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 4/.250 7/.286 5/.400 8/.875 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 289/204 .229/.306/.357/.662 .719/.638 .645 84/.625 1/1 6/7
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/110 .267/.295/.362/.657 .192/.727 .893 68/.712 9/2 1/0
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .400/.400/1.000/1.400 1.750/.000 1.400 5/1.400 0/0 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 327/222 .251/.321/.385/.706 .532/.794 .806 100/.600 4/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 134/92 .218/.265/.306/.572 .469/.619 .477 50/.696 0/0 2/0
IP 68.0 34.2 20.2 22.0 31.2 33.1 31.2 65.2 TOTAL .242/.312/.354/.666 .663/.667 .711 .664 57/26 52/52
ERA-K/9 4.90/10.7 4.15/4.7 4.35/10.9 4.50/10.6 2.56/7.7 4.05/6.2 3.41/7.9 3.15/6.0 4.13/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.254 148/.294 93/.205 102/.278 134/.203 139/.233 130/.226 259/.216 .256  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
 Presley
0/75/0/7
8/0/30/3
16/3/36/2
0/0/51/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .702 .832 .724 .823 .645 .706 .637 .588 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.803 76/.875 38/1.089 67/.933 64/.549 72/.714 66/.497 127/.581 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.583 72/.785 55/.511 35/.612 70/.729 67/.693 64/.780 132/.595 .692
Home 148/.805 89/.895 32/.705 51/.928 73/.804 72/.670 62/.733 99/.713
Last 28d days 104/.725 31/.887 25/.544 30/.764 37/.715 48/.801 30/.840 128/.633
HR/SB/CS 4/10/2 3/4/2 4/0/0 4/6/0 4/5/0 6/1/0 2/1/1 5/4/0 78/57/20
Usage ····X··· Xo····o· o······X ···Xo··· ·X··o··o o··o··X· ·o·o···X ···X····
Blue Jays Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 48.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 236/181 .226/.284/.447/.731 1.042/.637 .753 65/.544 0/0 11/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 324/254 .328/.469/.664/1.133 1.158/1.126 1.278 103/.839 5/3 24/3
11.Davis G/S/vP 4/.750 3/2.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 230/177 .228/.258/.333/.591 .717/.554 .709 73/.339 18/8 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 41/1.033 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 211/158 .260/.294/.420/.714 .664/.730 .771 56/.925 1/0 5/11
5.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.800 8/1.339 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 334/260 .278/.352/.419/.771 .964/.717 .912 94/.651 3/1 8/7
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 262/213 .243/.286/.333/.620 .528/.641 .590 94/.639 10/0 3/3
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 236/177 .314/.364/.576/.941 .811/.984 .991 96/1.067 1/1 16/2
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 124/94 .189/.248/.297/.545 .566/.539 .588 6/.500 1/2 2/1
8.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/80 .311/.392/.456/.848 1.095/.769 .868 33/.868 2/0 2/1
28.Nix G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/124 .169/.245/.309/.554 .998/.464 .527 58/.397 4/1 4/3
16.Patterson* G/S/vP 6/.834 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 300/225 .263/.296/.403/.699 .808/.662 .723 99/.537 12/6 6/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 264/206 .248/.311/.370/.680 .982/.599 .656 56/.772 3/2 6/1
IP 101.0 37.1 40.0 35.2 35.1 6.2 TOTAL .253/.320/.414/.735 .822/.709 .781 .680 67/26 91/47
ERA-K/9 3.21/5.6 1.21/7.7 2.25/4.7 3.53/10.8 2.80/9.7 5.40/2.7 3.53/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (40-14-7)
 Molina (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 418/.225 141/.203 163/.264 154/.224 146/.180 31/.273 .256  Bautista
 Patterson
 Rivera
 Davis
 Nix
0/0/70/8
42/30/0/3
21/0/4/2
0/54/6/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .621 .526 .723 .648 .570 .828 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.642 64/.502 67/.890 57/.663 65/.694 16/.875 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.615 77/.547 96/.607 97/.637 81/.469 15/.767 .655
Road 188/.693 61/.551 60/.717 73/.598 72/.656 12/1.458
Last 28d days 129/.637 46/.337 74/.840 46/.726 54/.493 31/.828
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/1/0 4/5/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 1/1/0 69/52/17
Usage ····X··· o··Xo·o· ··Xoo··· X·o·o·oo o···X·oo ··oo···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.