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Game Preview: PIT @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, June 17, 2012 @Progressive Field

Pirates, 33-31, 33-31 2nd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brad Lincoln (27, RHP, 3-2, 3.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-2)			34.1	31	13	12	11	34	5	3.15
2011 (2-3)			47.2	54	27	25	16	29	4	4.72
2010 (1-4)			52.2	66	42	39	15	25	9	6.66

Last 7 GS		2-4	32.1	46	25	24	10	23	6	6.68	40
2012-06-12	@BAL	L	4.1	9	4	4	1	3	2	87	31
2012-06-06	@CIN	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	5	1	66	33
2012-05-14	@MIA	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	80	58
2011-09-24	CIN	W	5.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	82	47
2011-09-18	@LAD	L	1.2	8	6	6	0	1	1	51	16
2011-09-12	STL	ND	5.1	8	4	3	2	1	1	83	37
2011-09-06	HOU	L	6.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	97	60

Last 5 v.CLE		0-0	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	4.50	45
2010-06-20	CLE	ND	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	98	45

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

 Home:   19-11   Road:   14-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  22-24   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sat, Jun 16  @CLE  W   9-2       33-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 15  @CLE  L   0-2       32-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 14  @BAL  L   6-12      32-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 13  @BAL  L   1-7       32-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun 12  @BAL  L   6-8       32-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 59 Sun, Jun 10   KCR  W   3-2       32-27  1st    Tied
 58 Sat, Jun  9   KCR  W   5-3       31-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  8   KCR  W   4-2       30-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  7  @CIN  W   5-4 (10)  29-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  6  @CIN  L   4-5       28-27  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Indians, 33-31, 33-31 2nd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (24, RHP, 4-5, 4.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-5)			63.0	62	35	33	23	31	6	4.71
2011 (5-3)			58.1	73	31	29	15	31	6	4.47
2010 (4-5)			57.2	73	36	30	22	34	7	4.68

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.2	44	28	26	19	16	5	5.75	42
2012-06-12	@CIN	L	5.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	92	47
2012-06-06	@DET	W	5.0	7	6	6	1	0	2	66	28
2012-05-30	KCR	L	5.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	98	29
2012-05-25	@CHW	L	5.2	6	6	6	4	3	2	110	32
2012-05-19	MIA	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	69
2012-05-14	@MIN	ND	7.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	97	68
2012-05-09	CHW	L	6.2	9	8	8	4	2	1	106	22

Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

 Home:   17-17   Road:   16-14   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  28-18   vsLHP:   5-13   1-Run:  10-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest: 10-4  IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sat, Jun 16   PIT  L   2-9       33-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 15   PIT  W   2-0       33-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 14  @CIN  L   5-12      32-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 13  @CIN  L   3-5       32-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 60 Tue, Jun 12  @CIN  L   1-7       32-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 59 Sun, Jun 10  @STL  W   4-1       32-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 58 Sat, Jun  9  @STL  L   0-2       31-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  8  @STL  W   6-2       31-26  2nd  0.5 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  7  @DET  L   5-7       30-26  2nd  1.5 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  6  @DET  W   9-6       30-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 16, 2012 PIT  9 @CLE  2        W:A.J. Burnett (7-2), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 CLE  2  PIT  0        W:Justin Masterson (3-6), L: James McDonald (5-3), S: Chris Perez (21)

Sun, Jun 19, 2011 CLE  5  PIT  2 (11)   W:Tony Sipp (3-0), L: Tim Wood (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2011 CLE  5  PIT  1        W:Carlos Carrasco (7-3), L: Paul Maholm (3-8), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 CLE  5  PIT  1        W:Josh Tomlin (8-4), L: Kevin Correia (8-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 20, 2010 PIT  5  CLE  3        W:Brendan Donnelly (3-1), L: Jensen Lewis (2-2), S: Octavio Dotel (14)
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 PIT  6  CLE  4        W:Jeff Karstens (2-2), L: David Huff (2-9), S: Octavio Dotel (13)
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 CLE  4 @PIT  3        W:Roberto Hernandez (6-5), L: Paul Maholm (4-5), S: Kerry Wood (5)
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 PIT  3  CLE  2        W:Matt Capps (1-3), L: Matt Herges (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 PIT 10  CLE  6        W:Zach Duke (8-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - CLE won 3-0; 2010 - PIT won 2-1; All-Time - Tied 16-16

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 2012 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 TEX 5.29 PHI 4.30 PIT 3.33	RA/G WSN 3.33 TOR 4.32 COL 5.75	BA M. Cabrera .363 D. Fowler .267 B. Ryan .165	OBP J. Votto .484 B. Phillips .333 A. Ramirez .250	SLG J. Hamilton .674 B. McCann .429 B. Ryan .247	OPS J. Votto 1.134 M. Montero .759 B. Ryan .522	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 C. Zambrano 3.92 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 C. Lewis 7.48 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.29

PHI 4.30

PIT 3.33

RA/G

WSN 3.33

TOR 4.32

COL 5.75

M. Cabrera .363

D. Fowler .267

B. Ryan .165

OBP

J. Votto .484

B. Phillips .333

A. Ramirez .250

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

B. McCann .429

B. Ryan .247

OPS

J. Votto 1.134

M. Montero .759

B. Ryan .522

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

C. Zambrano 3.92

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

C. Lewis 7.48

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Pirates Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 57.Accardo
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 210/160 .196/.262/.407/.669 .588/.696 .673 76/.627 0/0 10/11

26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 168/120 .222/.286/.386/.671 .442/.756 .722 70/.669 0/0 6/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.600 194/152 .192/.216/.297/.512 .544/.503 .539 65/.593 0/2 3/8

65.Hague G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/41 .220/.270/.254/.524 .604/.481 .375 54/.576 1/0 0/1

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 103/57 .225/.296/.393/.689 .695/.681 .765 47/.648 3/2 1/1

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.453 4/.000 1/.000 157/147 .258/.274/.470/.744 .000/.796 .803 62/.840 2/0 7/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 9/.444 1/.000 4/.000 254/190 .323/.382/.540/.922 1.264/.802 .898 97/.884 13/4 11/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 157/102 .243/.338/.375/.713 .719/.708 .809 53/1.034 1/0 3/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 69/57 .183/.275/.383/.659 1.417/.506 .657 19/.701 0/0 3/0

69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .111/.273/.111/.384 .333/.393 .200 11/.384 0/1 0/0

7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 177/137 .225/.247/.349/.596 .685/.570 .588 52/.701 6/4 4/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 3/.666 233/174 .230/.293/.338/.631 .745/.595 .618 82/.663 8/7 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 8/.661 4/.500 ··· 257/185 .270/.324/.373/.698 .640/.718 .750 101/.775 7/0 4/3

IP 63.0 15.2 21.2 25.1 25.2 28.1 22.0 27.2 TOTAL .227/.282/.364/.645 .678/.634 .670 .698 42/23 55/40

ERA-K/9

4.71/4.4

3.45/9.7

4.98/9.5

2.49/7.8

2.10/11.9

7.31/10.5

6.95/10.2

3.25/7.8

4.55/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (37-2-5)
McKenry (10-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.258 65/.263 92/.210 104/.200 104/.167 141/.306 99/.273 113/.238 .260 Tabata
Harrison
Presley
Jones
McCutchen 16/0/53/4
1/0/7/1
43/0/0/1
0/0/17/1
0/61/0/1

OPS .717 .681 .650 .524 .546 .851 .892 .617 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.760 25/.513 43/.519 55/.436 54/.644 64/.683 48/.664 39/.506 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.684 40/.771 49/.766 49/.621 50/.442 77/.979 51/1.127 74/.676 .698

Home 142/.734 25/.461 58/.709 66/.556 62/.563 90/.800 52/.842 63/.547

Last 28d days 100/.973 55/.690 42/.853 34/.548 37/.399 40/.644 35/1.030 41/.625

HR/SB/CS 6/5/0 0/1/1 3/4/1 0/1/0 2/2/2 2/0/1 5/1/1 1/1/0 57/42/16

Usage ····X··· ··X·X··o X··X···· ·o····o· ·o····X· ··Xo···· X···X··· X···o···

Indians Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 43.Slaten*
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 260/177 .280/.319/.386/.705 .706/.705 .636 90/.802 9/5 1/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 248/167 .301/.391/.472/.863 .891/.850 .829 87/.783 2/3 6/3

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/38 .229/.229/.375/.604 .000/.763 .958 48/.604 2/0 2/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.667 3/.333 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 261/174 .263/.356/.404/.760 .542/.866 .727 105/.737 9/1 5/1

2.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/39 .185/.264/.215/.479 .501/.459 .536 18/.222 0/1 0/0

33.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 128/98 .175/.266/.263/.529 .621/.499 .572 61/.549 1/0 2/1

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/82 .200/.301/.328/.629 .717/.562 .529 39/.562 1/2 4/2

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 123/79 .269/.344/.407/.752 .585/.843 .675 7/.000 0/1 3/5

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 286/182 .278/.335/.440/.775 .625/.857 .598 101/.820 16/1 10/3

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 211/148 .220/.286/.335/.621 .520/.663 .578 69/.639 3/0 5/2

4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 8/1.339 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 116/81 .250/.284/.398/.683 .890/.592 .876 66/.585 0/0 3/2

6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 66/41 .246/.348/.333/.682 .860/.570 .468 33/.955 2/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/3.333 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 238/161 .227/.349/.356/.704 .597/.754 .754 64/.458 2/1 5/5

IP 34.1 22.2 24.2 25.0 32.2 33.1 10.0 20.0 TOTAL .248/.326/.377/.703 .632/.738 .668 .672 51/15 52/34

ERA-K/9

3.15/8.9

1.99/9.5

1.82/14.9

2.52/10.8

1.93/5.2

4.05/6.5

2.70/2.7

4.05/7.2

3.50/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (16-3-0)
Santana (23-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.238 101/.302 102/.151 102/.159 133/.217 161/.287 42/.222 80/.214 .245 Brantley
Choo
Cunningham
Duncan
Damon 0/61/0/3
0/0/58/2
33/7/10/2
37/0/0/1
29/0/0/0

OPS .729 .779 .556 .593 .630 .798 .650 .700 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.604 49/.785 53/.527 55/.524 59/.670 64/.939 12/.258 43/.815 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.820 52/.770 49/.583 47/.674 74/.597 97/.708 30/.819 37/.555 .709

Road 109/.893 56/.744 58/.620 47/.755 68/.537 98/.750 37/.748 48/.762

Last 28d days 56/.913 34/1.008 33/.257 39/.582 45/.661 75/.738 42/.650 24/.917

HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 57/47/4

Usage ····X··· ·o··X·o· ·X····X· ···o···X X·X····X ··X·X··X o·o·X··o ·o·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.