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Game Preview: PIT @ COL, 8:40pm, Monday, July 16, 2012 @Coors Field

Pirates, 49-39, 49-39 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (29, RHP, 2-2, 3.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 32.0 34 15 14 5 24 1 3.94
2011 (9-9) 162.1 163 69 61 33 96 22 3.38
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.0 39 16 15 6 27 2 3.55 53
2012-07-05 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 89 81
2012-06-30 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 95 66
2012-06-25 @PHI L 5.0 11 7 6 0 4 1 92 23
2012-04-17 @ARI ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 39
2012-04-12 @LAD L 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 71 43
2012-04-07 PHI ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 85 59
2011-09-19 @ARI L 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 85 60
Has never faced COL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-14   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  35-30   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:21-13   vsWest:  7-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 15  @MIL  L   1-4       49-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 14  @MIL  W   6-4       49-38  1st    Tied
 86 Fri, Jul 13  @MIL  L   7-10      48-38  1st    Tied
 85 Sun, Jul  8   SFG  W  13-2       48-37  1st  1.0 up
 84 Sat, Jul  7   SFG  W   3-1       47-37  1st  1.0 up
 83 Fri, Jul  6   SFG  L   5-6       46-37  1st  1.0 up
 82 Thu, Jul  5   HOU  W   2-0       46-36  1st  2.0 up
 81 Wed, Jul  4   HOU  W   6-4       45-36  1st  1.0 up
 80 Tue, Jul  3   HOU  W   8-7       44-36  1st    Tied
 79 Mon, Jul  2   HOU  W  11-2       43-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Rockies, 34-54, 34-54 5th, 14½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (31, LHP, 2-2, 5.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 34.2 43 20 20 7 19 3 5.19
2011 (6-16) 183.0 224 102 98 39 91 19 4.82
2010 (4-6) 104.1 119 61 58 23 67 11 5.00
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.2 43 20 20 7 19 3 5.19 45
2012-07-07 @WSN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 77 47
2012-07-03 @STL W 5.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 77 50
2012-06-29 SDP W 6.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 82 66
2012-06-25 WSN ND 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 0 66 54
2012-06-21 @PHI ND 5.0 6 1 1 0 3 1 76 54
2012-06-15 @DET ND 5.1 8 4 4 3 2 0 94 35
2012-06-09 LAA L 3.1 10 8 8 1 1 0 74 8
Last 5 v.PIT 3-2 29.0 39 21 19 3 23 5 5.90 43
2010-08-05 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 5 0 5 2 82 36
2007-07-18 @PIT W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 94 63
2006-07-18 @PIT W 7.0 8 2 1 1 6 0 113 60
2006-06-06 PIT W 6.0 3 3 3 1 5 2 75 58
2005-08-11 PIT L 3.1 13 9 8 1 1 0 77 0
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-27   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  25-36   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 14-17 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 15   PHI  L   1-5       34-54  5th 14.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 14   PHI  L   5-8       34-53  4th 13.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13   PHI  W   6-2       34-52  4th 13.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @WSN  W   4-3       33-52  4th 13.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @WSN  L   1-4       32-52  5th 14.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @WSN  W   5-1       32-51  5th 14.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @STL  L   2-6       31-51  5th 15.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @STL  L   1-4       31-50  5th 14.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @STL  W   3-2       31-49  4th 13.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @STL  L   3-9       30-49  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 PIT  5  COL  1        W:Charlie Morton (1-1), L: Jhoulys Chacin (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 COL  2 @PIT  1        W:Matt Reynolds (2-0), L: Chris Resop (0-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (6)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 PIT  5  COL  4        W:Tony Watson (1-0), L: Matt Belisle (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)

Sun, May 01, 2011 PIT  8 @COL  4        W:Charlie Morton (3-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 COL  4  PIT  1        W:Jason Hammel (3-1), L: Paul Maholm (1-4), S: Huston Street (10)
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 PIT  3 @COL  0        W:Kevin Correia (4-2), L: Jhoulys Chacin (3-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 COL  6 @PIT  5        W:Jhoulys Chacin (2-0), L: Michael Crotta (0-1), S: Huston Street (4)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 COL  6 @PIT  4        W:Matt Belisle (1-0), L: Jose Veras (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (1)
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 PIT  4  COL  3 (14)   W:Garrett Olson (1-1), L: Franklin Morales (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 COL  7 @PIT  1        W:Esmil Rogers (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 2-1; 2011 - COL won 4-3; 2010 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 83-79

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  5.06

CIN  4.20

SDP  3.56

 RA/G

WSN  3.41

SDP  4.34

COL  5.61

 BA

A. McCutchen  .371

J. Willingham  .268

B. Ryan  .183

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

K. Johnson  .334

J. Hardy  .255

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .651

N. Walker  .424

B. Ryan  .272

 OPS

A. McCutchen  1.074

J. Kipnis  .758

B. Ryan  .555

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.86

C. Lee  3.92

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.57

V. Worley  7.54

H. Alvarez  3.02

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

Pirates Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 47.Ekstrom
G/S/vB		 53.Friedrich*
G/S/vB		 37.Ottavino
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 30.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 298/221 .226/.299/.474/.772 .673/.808 .787 84/.903 0/0 17/14
26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 209/152 .215/.287/.371/.658 .395/.749 .674 41/.596 0/0 7/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 268/211 .206/.228/.296/.525 .632/.495 .532 70/.589 0/2 4/9
65.Hague G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/50 .229/.270/.257/.527 .638/.474 .359 7/.571 1/0 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .228/.286/.382/.668 .770/.582 .686 36/.610 5/3 2/3
62.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .095/.136/.095/.232 .111/.308 .667 11/.000 2/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 236/216 .267/.288/.493/.781 .513/.806 .760 75/.883 2/0 12/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.750 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/271 .371/.423/.651/1.074 1.295/1.003 1.022 98/1.464 14/4 21/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 3/.666 6/2.333 8/.821 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 246/168 .250/.321/.409/.730 .849/.678 .788 84/.779 1/1 7/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/99 .243/.323/.505/.827 1.335/.713 .883 51/1.097 0/0 7/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .125/.222/.188/.410 .333/.414 .536 7/.429 0/1 0/0
17.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/80 .275/.310/.431/.742 .889/.678 .753 69/.811 0/1 1/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 360/264 .293/.359/.424/.783 .647/.831 .817 98/1.003 7/3 7/4
IP 34.2 48.0 32.2 33.2 2.0 70.2 30.0 37.2 51.0 9.1 TOTAL .245/.300/.405/.704 .732/.695 .715 .849 48/31 95/55
ERA-K/9 5.19/4.9 2.25/7.9 2.76/9.4 3.74/12.0 0.00/4.5 5.60/8.8 5.10/11.4 3.35/8.4 2.47/5.6 2.89/5.8 5.25/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (44-4-5)
 McKenry (26-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.309 204/.262 133/.223 152/.298 7/.143 314/.306 132/.278 157/.268 217/.245 39/.172 .295  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Hernandez
 Sutton
0/0/30/2
1/0/10/1
0/84/0/1
13/2/0/0
12/0/5/0
OPS .809 .649 .638 .787 .286 .854 .820 .812 .688 .704 .847
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.556 83/.715 61/.809 66/.606 2/1.000 68/.902 47/.584 75/.803 88/.773 17/.697 .863
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.869 121/.605 72/.502 86/.919 5/.000 246/.842 85/.955 82/.820 129/.631 22/.707 .836
Home 63/.767 109/.693 70/.773 88/.702 7/.286 145/1.000 67/.708 103/.884 132/.733 26/.636
Last 28d days 105/.699 50/.769 39/.742 43/.907 7/.286 108/.859 57/1.024 41/.704 41/.628 12/.182
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/1/0 3/6/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 10/0/1 5/9/0 7/1/1 3/2/2 1/2/0 113/67/23
Usage ········ ·oo····o o······X ·oo····X oo······ ··X····· ·X······ ·o······ ··o····· X·······
Rockies Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Colvin* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 212/152 .299/.332/.609/.941 .876/.967 1.050 78/1.023 2/2 13/3
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.000 7/2.114 8/1.071 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 332/233 .260/.310/.477/.787 .846/.763 .851 79/.614 8/1 12/5
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 306/200 .300/.387/.536/.924 .895/.938 1.050 92/1.060 7/2 11/4
23.Giambi* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 97/71 .237/.381/.329/.710 .988/.593 .798 25/.598 0/0 1/0
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 361/229 .332/.391/.582/.973 .825/1.061 1.161 92/.826 11/1 17/2
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 14/.522 2/2.000 3/.333 9/.819 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 110/75 .206/.248/.373/.620 .257/.803 .713 9/.222 0/1 4/2
18.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 135/105 .246/.292/.385/.678 .476/.733 .780 60/.705 2/0 3/0
10.Nelson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/130 .256/.324/.411/.735 .978/.632 .868 64/.764 1/1 5/7
22.Pacheco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/154 .306/.341/.393/.734 .744/.730 .803 73/.733 4/0 1/6
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/146 .253/.283/.541/.824 .937/.777 .762 60/.978 3/3 15/9
14.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .250/.364/.375/.739 .933/.400 .739 11/.739 1/0 0/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 7/1.404 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 370/263 .273/.325/.368/.693 .641/.714 .796 95/.614 7/2 4/9
1.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 100/71 .267/.357/.337/.694 1.066/.546 .779 30/.854 10/1 1/0
IP 32.0 30.1 34.2 35.0 43.1 53.1 44.0 27.0 TOTAL .268/.329/.445/.774 .765/.778 .852 .759 60/16 104/70
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.8 2.67/9.5 1.82/14.3 2.31/9.3 2.08/4.6 3.04/8.9 3.27/6.3 5.00/7.3 3.54/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (22-8-1)
 Rosario (29-14-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.272 134/.289 139/.149 142/.165 177/.225 217/.234 200/.257 111/.253 .244  Cuddyer
 Gonzalez
 Colvin
 Fowler
 Young
0/0/70/6
81/0/0/5
9/18/29/2
0/77/0/2
5/10/1/0
OPS .639 .801 .543 .598 .658 .697 .713 .759 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.570 61/.817 71/.443 78/.569 84/.760 102/.614 86/.774 54/.853 .667
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.696 73/.787 68/.642 64/.633 93/.566 115/.769 114/.671 57/.663 .720
Road 84/.782 72/.753 75/.637 62/.684 89/.564 150/.882 110/.703 73/.870
Last 28d days 82/.587 33/.869 34/.550 37/.606 36/.730 56/.446 39/.341 25/1.049
HR/SB/CS 1/3/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 5/4/0 3/7/0 8/7/2 5/4/0 4/6/0 79/70/8
Usage ········ X······· ·X······ ·X······ ··o····· ··X····X ·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.