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Game Preview: PIT @ WSN, 1:05pm, Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @Nationals Park

Pirates, 18-23, 18-23 4th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (27, RHP, 4-1, 3.13)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-1)			46.0	41	17	16	24	24	2	3.13
2010 (2-12)			79.2	112	79	67	26	59	15	7.57
2009 (5-9)			97.0	102	49	49	40	62	7	4.55

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.0	41	17	16	24	24	2	3.13	53
2011-05-07	HOU	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	5	0	94	65
2011-05-01	@COL	W	5.1	7	4	4	5	1	0	104	34
2011-04-26	SFG	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	96	63
2011-04-20	@FLA	L	5.0	10	6	6	3	6	0	91	26
2011-04-15	@CIN	W	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	110	74
2011-04-09	COL	ND	7.0	5	3	2	5	1	1	92	53
2011-04-04	@STL	W	6.0	3	1	1	5	2	0	97	59

Last 5 v.WSN		0-2	9.2	14	10	6	4	3	2	5.59	36
2010-09-05	WSN	L	3.2	8	6	2	2	1	1	76	28
2009-08-03	WSN	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	89	44

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    7-11   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-18   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Mon, May 16  @WSN  L   2-4       18-23  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 15  @MIL  L   6-9       18-22  4th  5.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 14  @MIL  L   2-8       18-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 13  @MIL  L   2-5       18-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 11   LAD  L   0-2       18-19  3rd  3.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 10   LAD  L   3-10      18-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 35 Mon, May  9   LAD  W   4-1       18-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8   HOU  W   5-4       17-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7   HOU  W   6-1       16-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6   HOU  L   2-3       15-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Nationals, 20-21, 20-21 4th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (25, RHP, 2-4, 4.13)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-4)			48.0	48	26	22	11	35	2	4.13
2010 (1-2)			31.0	31	20	17	10	27	8	4.94
2009 (3-5)			91.1	95	51	47	29	92	10	4.63

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.0	44	23	20	8	33	2	4.29	50
2011-05-12	@ATL	ND	6.1	5	3	3	2	11	1	103	60
2011-05-06	@FLA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	89	58
2011-05-01	SFG	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	107	54
2011-04-26	NYM	L	5.1	9	5	5	0	1	0	73	31
2011-04-20	@STL	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	96	37
2011-04-14	PHI	L	7.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	85	61
2011-04-08	@NYM	W	5.1	6	2	2	0	4	0	99	52

Has never faced PIT as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Mon, May 16   PIT  W   4-2       20-21  4th  5.5 gb
 40 Sun, May 15   FLA  W   8-4       19-21  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sat, May 14   FLA  L   0-1       18-21  4th  7.5 gb
 38 Fri, May 13   FLA  L   5-6 (11)  18-20  4th  7.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 12  @ATL  L   5-6 (10)  18-19  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 11  @ATL  W   7-3 (11)  18-18  4th  6.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @ATL  W   7-6       17-18  4th  6.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @FLA  L   0-8       16-18  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @FLA  W   5-2       16-17  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @FLA  W   3-2 (10)  15-17  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 16, 2011 WSN  4  PIT  2        W:Cole Kimball (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (1-6), S: Drew Storen (9)
Mon, Apr 25, 2011 PIT  4  WSN  2        W:Paul Maholm (1-3), L: John Lannan (2-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 WSN  6 @PIT  3        W:Jason Marquis (2-0), L: Kevin Correia (3-2), S: Drew Storen (3)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 PIT  7  WSN  2        W:Jeff Karstens (2-0), L: Livan Hernandez (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 05, 2010 WSN  8 @PIT  1        W:Jason Marquis (2-7), L: Charlie Morton (1-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 WSN  9 @PIT  2        W:John Lannan (7-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 PIT  8  WSN  5        W:Zach Duke (7-12), L: Livan Hernandez (9-10), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 WSN  4  PIT  2        W:Livan Hernandez (5-3), L: Zach Duke (3-7), S: Tyler Clippard (1)
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 WSN  7  PIT  5        W:Drew Storen (2-0), L: D. J. Carrasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (20)
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 WSN  5  PIT  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (1-2), S: Matt Capps (19)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 2-2; 2010 - WSN won 5-1; 2009 - PIT won 5-3; All-Time - PIT leads 299-273

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 CIN 5.32 PHI 4.18 MIN 3.10	RA/G ATL 3.21 TOR 4.29 MIN 5.49	BA J. Reyes .313 M. Prado .293	OBP J. Reyes .364 M. Prado .337	SLG J. Reyes .469 M. Prado .451	OPS J. Reyes .833 M. Prado .788	ERA J. Johnson 1.64 J. Hammel 3.71 K. Davies 7.46	K/9IP M. Garza 11.77 J. Danks 6.92 C. Pavano 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CIN 5.32

PHI 4.18

MIN 3.10

RA/G

ATL 3.21

TOR 4.29

MIN 5.49

J. Reyes .313

M. Prado .293

OBP

J. Reyes .364

M. Prado .337

SLG

J. Reyes .469

M. Prado .451

OPS

J. Reyes .833

M. Prado .788

ERA

J. Johnson 1.64

J. Hammel 3.71

K. Davies 7.46

K/9IP

M. Garza 11.77

J. Danks 6.92

C. Pavano 3.42

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Pirates Batters (3.59 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 22.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 130/103 .210/.277/.286/.563 .638/.543 .655 65/.664 1/0 1/7

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 4/1.000 10/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 131/97 .243/.308/.330/.638 .791/.585 .781 74/.801 0/3 1/3

23.Diaz G/S/vP 4/2.750 4/.000 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 76/40 .233/.263/.301/.565 .342/.761 .606 47/.589 1/0 0/0

41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/1.000 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 82/60 .278/.358/.458/.816 1.359/.644 .763 43/.919 0/1 3/2

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 118/107 .250/.364/.460/.824 .182/.898 .941 68/.747 2/0 6/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/1.334 176/137 .242/.337/.451/.788 .686/.817 .953 103/.791 5/4 7/1

37.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.667 8/.750 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 150/112 .230/.302/.348/.650 .570/.678 .657 76/.614 1/1 3/4

38.Paul* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/35 .256/.293/.308/.600 .000/.706 .692 30/.621 3/0 0/0

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 47/20 .286/.340/.333/.674 .638/.718 .499 29/.705 0/0 0/2

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/1.467 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 73/54 .274/.361/.371/.732 .632/.773 .828 56/.668 0/1 1/0

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/.666 154/118 .233/.340/.364/.704 1.016/.615 .716 75/.489 11/2 3/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 169/127 .278/.349/.430/.780 .763/.785 .768 95/.721 2/0 5/3

2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 60/34 .204/.259/.278/.536 .561/.517 .549 45/.595 0/0 0/0

IP 48.0 16.0 25.0 14.2 5.2 9.1 23.2 TOTAL .235/.312/.355/.668 .638/.678 .730 .662 27/13 30/30

ERA-K/9

4.13/6.6

6.19/4.5

1.80/10.8

2.45/9.8

1.59/14.2

1.93/6.8

0.38/7.2

3.65/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (17-4-0)
Snyder (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.259 66/.271 93/.202 61/.208 24/.167 43/.306 90/.155 .257 McCutchen
Diaz
Tabata
Jones
Paul
Pearce 0/39/0/4
5/0/17/2
34/2/0/2
0/0/32/2
12/0/8/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .666 .679 .614 .623 .542 .905 .437 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.666 28/.450 49/.623 24/1.053 12/.958 24/1.028 33/.531 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.665 38/.849 44/.603 37/.323 12/.167 19/.707 57/.383 .686

Home 102/.662 33/.768 46/.811 21/.501 5/.000 15/1.005 45/.548

Last 28d days 127/.705 38/.798 53/.752 42/.610 24/.542 25/.967 48/.361

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/0/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 30/14/12

Usage ····X··· o···Xoo· ·X·X·oX· ·o·X·X·· ··o····· ··o·Xo·· o··X·oo·

Nationals Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 43.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 42/38 .306/.405/.361/.766 .000/.854 1.026 42/.766 4/0 0/0

43.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/2 .077/.143/.077/.220 .258/.000 .200 15/.220 0/0 0/0

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 74/68 .221/.274/.250/.524 .667/.511 .644 56/.519 1/0 0/0

6.Desmond G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/2.334 151/114 .217/.255/.362/.617 .774/.569 .699 87/.593 13/1 3/8

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 163/119 .196/.296/.377/.673 .673/.672 .588 107/.577 3/1 5/3

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.666 ··· 118/85 .234/.299/.346/.645 .624/.652 .751 87/.668 1/2 2/5

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 13/.808 7/.429 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 161/117 .182/.298/.277/.576 .444/.623 .416 105/.503 1/0 3/0

38.Morse G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 97/60 .247/.278/.337/.615 .537/.664 .507 51/.695 1/1 2/0

19.Nix* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/77 .310/.326/.548/.873 .667/.898 .962 61/.961 2/1 5/1

3.Ramos G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/68 .270/.340/.416/.756 .798/.732 .990 66/.641 0/2 2/2

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 68/57 .238/.284/.397/.680 .636/.690 .644 40/.809 0/0 2/1

12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.900 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 27/27 .095/.296/.095/.392 /.392 .322 15/.421 0/0 0/0

28.Werth G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 9/.472 17/.520 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 171/128 .238/.333/.422/.755 .568/.810 .858 108/.798 6/1 6/3

IP 46.0 2.2 11.1 19.2 17.0 21.1 17.2 TOTAL .225/.298/.348/.646 .585/.665 .677 .633 36/10 32/24

ERA-K/9

3.13/4.7

6.75/10.0

4.76/8.0

1.37/6.9

0.53/3.2

4.64/11.0

3.06/13.2

3.97/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramos (7-7-0)
Rodriguez (7-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.243 10/.200 48/.214 79/.270 63/.207 95/.238 73/.206 .257 Bernadina
Werth
Morse
Nix
Bixler
Hairston 2/9/1/2
0/0/39/2
25/0/0/2
24/3/2/1
2/0/0/0
8/6/0/0

OPS .649 1.000 .750 .654 .530 .683 .682 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/1.093 3/1.667 21/.400 35/.658 25/.638 34/.727 25/.972 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.408 7/.714 27/1.044 44/.652 38/.461 61/.659 48/.517 .691

Road 112/.677 10/1.000 33/1.018 42/.635 34/.555 48/.594 39/.863

Last 28d days 108/.718 10/1.000 39/.593 43/.529 49/.619 60/.706 44/.641

HR/SB/CS 2/5/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 3/2/1 39/33/8

Usage ········ o·oo···· X·o··o·o ·o·····o ·oX··o·· ·X·X··X· ··X··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.