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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 2, 2012 @Miller Park

Pirates, 70-62, 70-62 3rd, 10 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 12-6, 3.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-6)			159.0	127	67	63	61	141	15	3.57
2011 (9-9)			171.0	176	86	80	78	142	24	4.21
2010 (4-6)			71.2	70	32	32	29	68	4	4.02

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.1	34	25	24	21	37	5	5.49	49
2012-08-28	STL	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	97	78
2012-08-22	@SDP	L	5.0	5	4	4	5	2	0	92	38
2012-08-17	@STL	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	87	72
2012-08-10	SDP	ND	4.1	7	7	7	1	4	2	87	24
2012-08-04	@CIN	ND	6.0	7	4	3	1	7	0	98	50
2012-07-29	@HOU	L	5.0	6	5	5	7	5	1	110	33
2012-07-24	CHC	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	6	2	87	45

Last 5 v.MIL		1-2	21.0	25	19	16	11	24	3	6.86	41
2012-07-13	@MIL	ND	4.2	8	5	4	5	2	1	109	27
2012-06-03	@MIL	W	6.0	4	3	1	1	8	1	100	63
2011-05-13	@MIL	L	4.0	6	5	5	3	7	1	88	34
2010-08-27	@MIL	L	6.1	7	6	6	2	7	0	98	40

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

 Home:   40-26   Road:   30-36   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  51-47   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  25-23
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:33-25   vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Sep  1  @MIL  L   2-3       70-62  3rd 10.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 31  @MIL  L   3-9       70-61  3rd 10.0 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   STL  W   5-0       70-60  3rd  9.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28   STL  W   9-0       69-60  3rd  9.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 27   STL  L   3-4       68-60  3rd  9.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 26   MIL  L   0-7       68-59  3rd  8.0 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25   MIL  W   4-0       68-58  3rd  8.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24   MIL  L   5-6       67-58  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @SDP  L   2-4       67-57  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @SDP  L   5-7 (10)  67-56  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Brewers, 64-68, 64-68 4th, 16 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Yovani Gallardo (26, RHP, 14-8, 3.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (14-8)			168.2	148	68	66	65	172	21	3.52
2011 (17-10)			207.1	193	92	81	59	207	27	3.52
2010 (14-7)			185.0	178	89	79	75	200	12	3.84

Last 7 GS		6-1	47.2	36	16	16	15	50	6	3.02	61
2012-08-28	@CHC	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	102	73
2012-08-22	CHC	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	9	2	108	68
2012-08-17	PHI	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	0	118	72
2012-08-12	@HOU	W	7.2	9	3	3	2	8	0	114	55
2012-08-06	CIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	108	62
2012-07-31	HOU	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	101	71
2012-07-26	WSN	L	5.0	7	7	7	2	6	1	99	29

Last 5 v.PIT		5-0	30.0	22	5	3	10	38	2	0.90	66
2012-07-15	PIT	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	14	1	108	79
2011-05-13	PIT	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	104	56
2010-07-22	@PIT	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	95	66
2010-04-26	PIT	W	6.0	5	2	0	3	4	0	106	59
2010-04-21	@PIT	W	5.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	103	68

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

 Home:   40-28   Road:   24-40   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  44-50   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  22-28
 vsEast:  6-14   vsCntrl:37-29   vsWest: 15-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Sep  1   PIT  W   3-2       64-68  4th 16.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 31   PIT  W   9-3       63-68  4th 17.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 30  @CHC  L  11-12      62-68  4th 17.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 29  @CHC  W   3-1       62-67  4th 16.5 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28  @CHC  W   4-1       61-67  4th 16.5 gb
127 Mon, Aug 27  @CHC  W  15-4       60-67  4th 16.5 gb
126 Sun, Aug 26  @PIT  W   7-0       59-67  4th 16.5 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25  @PIT  L   0-4       58-67  4th 17.5 gb
124 Fri, Aug 24  @PIT  W   6-5       58-66  4th 16.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22   CHC  W   3-2       57-66  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 MIL  3  PIT  2        W:John Axford (5-7), L: Joel Hanrahan (4-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 MIL  9  PIT  3        W:Mark Rogers (3-1), L: Jeff Karstens (5-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2012 MIL  7 @PIT  0        W:Mark Rogers (2-1), L: Erik Bedard (7-14), S: none
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 PIT  4  MIL  0        W:Jeff Karstens (5-3), L: Shaun Marcum (5-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 MIL  6 @PIT  5        W:Mike Fiers (7-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-13), S: Kameron Loe (2)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 MIL  4  PIT  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (8-6), L: A.J. Burnett (10-3), S: John Axford (16)
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 PIT  6 @MIL  4        W:Kevin Correia (6-6), L: Kameron Loe (4-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (24)
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 MIL 10  PIT  7        W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-4), L: Tony Watson (4-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 PIT  6 @MIL  5        W:James McDonald (5-2), L: Mike Fiers (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (14)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 MIL  5  PIT  1        W:Shaun Marcum (4-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIL over 7-4; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - MIL won 13-5; All-Time - MIL leads 130-100

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 5.14 SFG 4.32 HOU 3.63	RA/G WSN 3.59 TEX 4.29 COL 5.49	BA A. McCutchen .346 Y. Alonso .274 C. Pena .188	OBP A. McCutchen .410 A. Cabrera .335 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .603 I. Kinsler .437 J. Carroll .295	OPS R. Braun .992 D. DeJesus .771 J. Smoak .576	ERA J. Cueto 2.48 J. Johnson 3.86 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 W. Chen 7.37 H. Alvarez 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.14

SFG 4.32

HOU 3.63

RA/G

WSN 3.59

TEX 4.29

COL 5.49

A. McCutchen .346

Y. Alonso .274

C. Pena .188

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

A. Cabrera .335

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .603

I. Kinsler .437

J. Carroll .295

OPS

R. Braun .992

D. DeJesus .771

J. Smoak .576

ERA

J. Cueto 2.48

J. Johnson 3.86

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

W. Chen 7.37

H. Alvarez 3.42

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Pirates Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 51.Henderson
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 37.Rogers
G/S/vB 40.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.111 8/.542 1/2.000 6/.733 2/2.500 3/.666 2/.000 5/.650 4/2.417 465/346 .252/.331/.500/.831 .684/.883 .823 98/1.049 1/0 27/21

26.Barajas G/S/vP 9/.444 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 3/2.667 6/.666 13/.408 2/.000 8/.536 309/234 .200/.275/.335/.610 .476/.650 .653 57/.515 0/0 9/3

12.Barmes G/S/vP 14/.071 4/4.333 1/.000 18/.513 6/.334 6/.000 6/.334 2/.000 9/.222 406/317 .219/.246/.311/.556 .711/.513 .537 81/.647 0/2 6/14

10.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 2.000/.000 / 0/0 0/0

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 219/134 .245/.291/.378/.669 .595/.715 .755 54/.545 5/3 3/4

46.Jones* G/S/vP 20/.786 10/.650 2/.000 13/1.212 5/.000 14/.786 2/.000 5/2.100 2/1.000 402/349 .281/.316/.537/.853 .594/.893 .863 98/.991 2/0 22/7

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 19/.979 10/1.333 1/2.000 16/.739 9/.222 14/1.143 3/.333 3/.333 2/.500 544/417 .346/.410/.567/.977 1.206/.907 .961 110/.666 16/11 24/1

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 211/165 .258/.332/.500/.832 .959/.797 .886 55/.518 0/0 11/1

69.Mercer G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 58/46 .204/.241/.389/.630 .367/.693 .685 33/.567 0/1 1/1

7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 297/239 .238/.280/.390/.670 .692/.664 .699 12/.899 9/5 8/3

14.Sanchez G/S/vP 13/.693 8/1.089 ··· 16/1.269 7/.715 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 254/169 .215/.264/.325/.589 .695/.536 .575 48/.735 1/0 4/2

23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 144/112 .270/.347/.437/.784 1.180/.657 .642 86/.810 2/0 4/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/.900 ··· 12/1.200 12/.083 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 329/246 .231/.300/.337/.637 .647/.634 .657 49/.643 8/12 3/3

18.Walker# G/S/vP 9/.819 7/.572 ··· 14/.468 9/.819 3/1.167 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.000 501/366 .280/.342/.435/.777 .599/.839 .830 66/.576 7/5 14/8

IP 168.2 55.0 15.2 59.2 58.0 50.2 57.0 39.0 55.1 TOTAL .246/.304/.403/.707 .707/.707 .721 .696 58/45 144/84

ERA-K/9

3.52/9.2

5.07/11.8

3.45/13.8

5.58/6.5

3.57/7.8

4.62/10.1

5.21/9.0

3.92/9.5

4.39/10.6

4.23/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (70-6-7)
McKenry (45-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 707/.236 251/.248 73/.270 257/.312 249/.257 227/.253 252/.266 165/.243 255/.258 .262 Tabata
Jones
McCutchen
Presley
Snider
Harrison
Fryer 29/0/64/6
0/0/53/3
0/126/0/2
67/3/4/1
13/0/25/1
1/0/12/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .692 .741 .663 .846 .710 .697 .782 .723 .749 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.722 131/.667 34/.781 129/.870 100/.754 106/.517 126/.792 90/.789 120/.802 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.664 120/.817 39/.565 128/.821 149/.679 121/.858 126/.764 75/.646 135/.703 .744

Home 397/.662 145/.779 43/.496 116/.915 129/.739 133/.749 131/.829 70/.845 136/.715

Last 28d days 141/.612 47/.618 50/.636 47/.772 42/.546 30/.667 41/.620 117/.671 48/.661

HR/SB/CS 21/8/3 7/4/2 0/3/0 10/1/1 6/5/2 2/12/3 7/10/0 5/3/0 5/8/1 134/100/33

Usage ····X··· X··oo··· XXX··o·· ··X··o·X ·X···XX· ··oo··X· ··X·oo·· ·X····X· ·XX···XX

Brewers Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 63.Leroux
G/S/vB 49.Locke*
G/S/vB 60.McPherson
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 41.Takahashi*
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB 61.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Aoki* G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 449/291 .285/.351/.406/.756 .657/.811 .757 98/.699 21/7 6/2

14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 28/19 .185/.214/.333/.548 .722/.474 .111 16/.975 0/0 1/1

8.Braun G/S/vP 12/1.318 7/.429 18/.583 2/no AB 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.350 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 546/408 .309/.388/.603/.992 1.322/.882 1.039 106/.993 22/6 36/6

33.Farris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.334 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 344/205 .257/.304/.467/.771 .774/.768 .800 89/.734 30/5 14/5

1.Hart G/S/vP 11/1.000 6/1.166 11/.637 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 8/.875 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 546/414 .276/.335/.512/.847 .883/.835 .997 100/.914 4/0 26/5

45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/105 .262/.328/.439/.767 .767/.767 .809 17/.958 0/0 4/2

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 5/2.300 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 251/179 .326/.380/.542/.922 1.211/.810 .943 72/.927 3/1 9/5

12.Maldonado G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 217/162 .274/.329/.426/.755 .604/.804 .916 34/.900 1/1 7/6

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.000 7/.829 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 5/1.600 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 305/283 .241/.302/.307/.609 .551/.612 .785 41/.742 11/5 3/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/1.214 5/.400 7/.715 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.500 3/1.666 4/.833 ··· 518/393 .293/.355/.528/.883 1.015/.840 .974 99/1.008 6/2 21/6

9.Segura G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 78/55 .192/.231/.219/.450 .269/.524 .269 75/.469 3/0 0/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP 12/1.056 4/.250 12/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.267 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 546/415 .222/.330/.374/.704 .693/.706 .671 106/.725 10/1 13/13

IP 159.0 50.0 50.2 65.0 4.1 3.2 64.2 45.0 42.1 1.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.431/.754 .800/.738 .805 .792 117/32 162/80

ERA-K/9

3.57/8.0

2.16/13.7

2.49/10.3

2.77/5.1

/0.0

0.00/2.1

2.45/12.2

3.62/5.8

5.40/9.0

3.83/8.9

0.00/27.0

3.77/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (50-17-2)
Maldonado (29-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 647/.220 201/.183 210/.181 269/.224 / 14/.071 17/.154 288/.268 188/.247 171/.222 5/.400 .246 Braun
Gomez
Aoki
Morgan
Hart
Ishikawa 121/0/0/6
0/99/0/6
13/19/77/5
16/52/26/1
0/0/53/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .659 .566 .617 .671 .143 .507 .702 .765 .680 .800 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.614 98/.424 108/.486 128/.701 / 5/.400 5/.800 120/.678 101/.724 80/.610 2/.000 .661

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.709 103/.696 102/.757 141/.643 / 9/.000 12/.333 168/.719 87/.815 91/.745 3/1.333 .727

Road 316/.771 105/.614 95/.796 139/.564 / / 17/.507 151/.688 103/.847 99/.768 5/.800

Last 28d days 89/.638 41/.594 34/.506 53/.771 / 14/.143 17/.507 58/.615 35/.769 35/.473 5/.800

HR/SB/CS 15/10/4 5/1/0 7/7/0 5/12/0 // 0/0/0 0/2/0 6/4/0 7/1/2 5/9/0 0/0/0 121/115/12

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