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Game Preview: PIT @ PHI, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 @Citizens Bank Park

Pirates, 38-35, 38-35 3rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 6-3, 2.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-3) 90.1 62 24 22 24 83 4 2.19
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 4-1 45.2 31 12 10 9 44 2 1.97 64
2012-06-21 MIN W 9.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 122 76
2012-06-15 @CLE L 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 101 65
2012-06-09 KCR ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 2 1 76 40
2012-06-03 @MIL W 6.0 4 3 1 1 8 1 100 63
2012-05-28 CIN W 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 103 76
2012-05-22 NYM ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 104 71
2012-05-17 @WSN W 5.2 4 3 3 1 11 0 86 59
Last 5 v.PHI 0-2 15.0 17 10 10 9 11 3 6.00 43
2012-04-08 PHI ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 82 57
2011-07-30 @PHI L 5.0 10 5 5 2 5 2 97 30
2011-06-05 PHI L 4.0 3 3 3 5 3 0 79 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-13   Road:   15-22   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  26-27   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Tue, Jun 26  @PHI  L   4-5       38-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 25  @PHI  L   3-8       38-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24   DET  L   2-3       38-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23   DET  W   4-1       38-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 22   DET  W   4-1       37-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 21   MIN  W   9-1       36-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20   MIN  L   1-2       35-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19   MIN  W   7-2       35-31  2nd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 17  @CLE  W   9-5       34-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 16  @CLE  W   9-2       33-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Phillies, 36-40, 36-40 4th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Raul Valdes (34, LHP, 2-0, 1.84)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 14.2 8 3 3 1 17 1 1.84
2011 (0-1) 12.0 14 4 4 6 15 1 3.00
2010 (3-3) 58.2 59 33 32 27 56 7 4.91
Last 7 GS 0-0 5.1 3 1 1 4 5 1 1.69 59
2010-10-02 WSN ND 5.1 3 1 1 4 5 1 97 59
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-22   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  27-24   vsLHP:   9-16   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  9-11 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 26   PIT  W   5-4       36-40  4th  8.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 25   PIT  W   8-3       35-40  4th  8.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 24   TBR  L   3-7       34-40  5th  9.0 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 24   TBR  L   2-3       34-39  5th  9.0 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 23   TBR  W   7-6       34-38  4th  8.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 21   COL  L   1-4       33-38  5th  9.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 20   COL  W   7-6       33-37  5th  8.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 19   COL  W   7-2       32-37  5th  8.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 17  @TOR  L   2-6       31-37  5th  9.0 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 16  @TOR  L   5-6 (10)  31-36  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 PHI  5  PIT  4        W:Vance Worley (4-4), L: Erik Bedard (4-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 PHI  8  PIT  3        W:Joe Blanton (7-6), L: Jeff Karstens (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 PIT  5  PHI  4        W:Joel Hanrahan (1-0), L: David Herndon (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 PIT  2  PHI  1 (10)   W:Juan Cruz (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 PHI  1 @PIT  0        W:Roy Halladay (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)

Sun, Jul 31, 2011 PHI  6  PIT  5 (10)   W:Antonio Bastardo (4-0), L: Tony Watson (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 PHI  7  PIT  4        W:Cliff Lee (10-7), L: James McDonald (7-5), S: Ryan Madson (18)
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 PHI 10  PIT  3        W:Roy Halladay (13-4), L: Charlie Morton (8-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 PHI  7 @PIT  3        W:Roy Halladay (8-3), L: James McDonald (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 PIT  6  PHI  3        W:Charlie Morton (6-2), L: Kyle Kendrick (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - PHI over 3-2; 2011 - PHI won 4-2; 2010 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 1190-1048

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  5.27

BAL  4.25

SDP  3.39

 RA/G

WSN  3.29

PHI  4.37

COL  5.71

 BA

C. Ruiz  .361

D. Barney  .268

B. Ryan  .182

 OBP

J. Votto  .478

A. Pierzynski  .335

K. Suzuki  .252

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .656

B. Zobrist  .429

K. Suzuki  .264

 OPS

J. Votto  1.121

D. Jeter  .766

K. Suzuki  .516

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

C. Richard  3.95

M. Minor  6.14

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.80

A. Burnett  7.44

H. Alvarez  2.75

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

Pirates Batters (3.51 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 63.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 55.Savery*
G/S/vB		 44.Schwimer
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 1/4.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/183 .228/.295/.466/.761 .666/.794 .777 77/.922 0/0 13/12
26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· 183/130 .224/.284/.394/.678 .404/.779 .722 59/.650 0/0 7/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 13/.154 ··· 1/no AB 221/171 .202/.226/.298/.524 .640/.489 .510 70/.648 0/2 3/9
10.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 123/69 .229/.288/.404/.692 .785/.615 .751 37/.691 5/2 2/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 181/169 .244/.271/.465/.736 .083/.781 .758 65/.808 2/0 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 292/220 .341/.397/.579/.976 1.285/.874 .908 99/1.066 14/4 13/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 190/126 .232/.311/.345/.656 .737/.616 .767 76/.841 1/0 3/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 88/72 .224/.307/.434/.741 1.144/.657 .833 30/.813 0/0 4/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 205/165 .230/.252/.362/.615 .685/.597 .581 80/.711 7/4 5/1
17.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/27 .286/.327/.388/.715 .724/.704 .840 21/.881 0/0 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 258/192 .222/.286/.338/.624 .670/.609 .645 74/.698 8/8 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 291/211 .256/.317/.351/.668 .597/.694 .746 98/.709 7/1 4/3
IP 14.2 25.0 14.0 29.2 30.1 20.1 16.0 TOTAL .231/.286/.374/.660 .690/.650 .680 .749 46/25 67/45
ERA-K/9 1.84/10.4 3.60/12.6 3.86/13.5 3.03/11.2 3.86/5.6 4.43/5.8 4.50/5.6 4.02/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (40-2-5)
 McKenry (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 52/.160 110/.223 64/.231 119/.223 133/.293 86/.276 64/.204 .257  Tabata
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 McCutchen
19/0/59/6
0/0/22/2
1/0/10/1
50/0/0/1
0/70/0/1
OPS .416 .672 .663 .644 .840 .795 .667 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.524 45/.648 31/.637 57/.776 56/1.158 36/.684 24/.556 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 30/.339 65/.687 33/.685 62/.526 77/.619 50/.871 40/.719 .719
Home 30/.200 65/.804 40/.475 74/.874 72/.844 35/.553 25/.709
Last 28d days 18/.222 51/.884 40/.773 40/.757 48/.646 34/.830 34/.561
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 3/3/1 0/0/1 4/2/0 6/5/1 3/0/2 2/0/2 84/49/29
Usage ···X···· o·XX··X· ·oX··X·· X··X··X· ·XoX·o·o ········ o·o··o··
Phillies Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
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
18.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 66/52 .344/.394/.410/.804 .298/.932 .888 42/.708 0/1 1/4
31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .250/.250/1.000/1.250 1.250/ 2.500 0/ 0/0 1/0
29.Luna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/33 .275/.327/.431/.759 .418/.994 .644 34/.649 0/0 2/0
7.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/24 .133/.188/.200/.388 .250/.536 .250 48/.388 0/0 1/2
15.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 200/116 .233/.270/.392/.662 .810/.548 .652 69/.716 1/0 6/1
3.Pence G/S/vP 14/1.494 3/.666 4/.500 10/.844 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 2/1.500 332/254 .275/.343/.466/.810 .699/.843 .771 107/.802 4/1 13/4
10.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.666 17/.900 6/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 226/187 .317/.356/.385/.740 .337/.829 .585 68/.772 16/2 1/1
27.Polanco G/S/vP 6/.167 13/.398 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 252/172 .282/.323/.368/.690 .704/.684 .770 71/.800 0/0 2/2
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 7/1.000 6/1.467 4/1.750 13/.308 1/.000 ··· 7/.429 1/.000 331/235 .266/.316/.413/.729 .720/.733 .899 111/.976 12/3 8/6
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 7/.750 2/3.500 3/.333 10/1.600 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 246/175 .361/.427/.579/1.006 .965/1.021 .928 85/.942 3/0 10/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/48 .250/.348/.533/.881 .888/.871 .697 48/1.110 0/0 5/1
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 10/.819 4/.250 4/1.750 6/.666 1/no AB ··· 9/.708 1/.000 327/243 .251/.324/.392/.716 1.020/.619 .755 95/.690 18/2 8/0
24.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/.400 9/.444 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 237/160 .251/.316/.403/.719 .815/.676 .708 78/.648 1/0 8/9
IP 90.1 26.0 28.2 28.0 37.1 43.2 37.1 24.1 TOTAL .266/.320/.407/.727 .711/.734 .728 .747 56/10 73/47
ERA-K/9 2.19/8.3 2.77/9.7 1.88/14.1 2.25/10.9 2.17/4.8 3.50/8.9 3.86/6.3 3.33/7.4 3.45/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (0-0-0)
 Ruiz (34-22-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.195 117/.307 116/.150 113/.163 153/.225 182/.246 178/.280 94/.193 .244  Pence
 Victorino
 Mayberry
 Luna
 Pierre
0/0/75/7
0/76/0/5
51/2/1/2
1/0/0/0
52/0/0/0
OPS .557 .838 .551 .580 .658 .743 .777 .626 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.579 56/.873 61/.487 62/.529 70/.701 85/.702 71/.914 49/.752 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.531 61/.806 55/.615 51/.643 83/.622 97/.779 107/.691 45/.477 .702
Road 140/.618 62/.817 61/.586 50/.749 79/.542 128/.939 98/.750 56/.684
Last 28d days 99/.554 36/1.014 34/.457 33/.609 50/.616 86/.971 66/.730 30/.563
HR/SB/CS 4/4/2 3/1/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 7/4/1 5/4/0 3/3/0 65/55/5
Usage ·····X·· X·Xo···X ···Xo·o· ···Xo··· ·o··X·o· ···X···· ··X····X o··oo··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.