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Game Preview: ARI @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 @PNC Park

D'backs, 56-54, 56-54 3rd, 4 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (27, RHP, 10-8, 4.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-8) 141.0 154 68 65 28 123 19 4.15
2011 (21-4) 222.0 186 73 71 55 198 19 2.88
2010 (9-10) 194.0 163 87 82 70 168 26 3.80
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.1 49 21 19 7 40 7 3.61 55
2012-08-03 @PHI W 6.0 7 2 2 2 1 1 108 49
2012-07-28 NYM W 6.1 7 3 3 1 9 3 107 55
2012-07-23 COL W 8.0 5 2 2 0 7 1 104 71
2012-07-18 @CIN W 8.0 8 1 1 0 7 0 105 69
2012-07-13 @CHC L 5.0 7 6 6 2 4 2 88 31
2012-07-04 SDP ND 7.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 86 47
2012-06-29 @MIL W 7.0 6 3 1 1 7 0 108 63
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 20.0 14 6 5 2 21 2 2.25 65
2012-04-17 PIT ND 6.0 8 4 4 0 5 1 98 45
2011-09-19 PIT W 8.0 1 0 0 1 12 0 113 91
2010-09-17 @PIT ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 1 91 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-24   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  35-35   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:   8-15
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 23-18 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Tue, Aug  7  @PIT  W  10-4       56-54  3rd  4.0 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6  @PIT  L   0-4       55-54  3rd  4.0 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @PHI  L   4-5       55-53  3rd  4.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @PHI  L   0-3       55-52  3rd  3.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @PHI  W   4-2       55-51  3rd  2.0 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1  @LAD  W   4-0       54-51  3rd  2.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31  @LAD  W   8-2       53-51  3rd  3.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30  @LAD  W   7-2       52-51  3rd  3.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29   NYM  L   1-5       51-51  3rd  4.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28   NYM  W   6-3       51-50  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Pirates, 62-47, 62-47 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (31, RHP, 8-6, 4.49)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-6) 110.1 113 59 55 31 52 16 4.49
2011 (12-11) 154.0 175 90 82 39 77 24 4.79
2010 (10-10) 145.0 152 89 87 64 115 20 5.40
Last 7 GS 6-0 39.1 38 19 17 9 25 4 3.89 51
2012-07-25 CHC W 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 78 58
2012-07-20 MIA W 5.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 94 44
2012-07-14 @MIL W 6.0 4 4 2 1 6 0 93 57
2012-07-04 HOU W 6.0 6 3 3 2 1 0 82 47
2012-06-29 @STL W 5.0 6 5 5 2 3 1 90 36
2012-06-24 DET ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 86 55
2012-06-19 MIN W 5.1 4 0 0 1 2 0 97 61
Last 5 v.ARI 2-2 24.1 33 22 22 11 30 6 8.14 39
2011-06-07 ARI ND 5.0 8 4 4 2 3 2 85 36
2010-08-31 @ARI L 4.1 6 6 6 3 6 1 87 30
2010-08-26 ARI L 3.1 9 9 9 2 4 1 70 8
2010-07-18 ARI W 6.0 7 3 3 2 9 2 101 53
2010-04-17 ARI W 5.2 3 0 0 2 8 0 105 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-17   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  44-35   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 10-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Tue, Aug  7   ARI  L   4-10      62-47  2nd  3.5 gb
108 Mon, Aug  6   ARI  W   4-0       62-46  2nd  3.5 gb
107 Sun, Aug  5  @CIN  W   6-2       61-46  2nd  4.5 gb
106 Sat, Aug  4  @CIN  L   4-5       60-46  2nd  5.5 gb
105 Fri, Aug  3  @CIN  L   0-3       60-45  2nd  4.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @CHC  W   8-4       60-44  2nd  3.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @CHC  W   5-0       59-44  2nd  3.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30  @CHC  L   4-14      58-44  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @HOU  L   5-9       58-43  2nd  3.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @HOU  W   4-3       58-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 ARI 10 @PIT  4        W:Brad Ziegler (5-1), L: Jason Grilli (1-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 PIT  4  ARI  0        W:Erik Bedard (6-12), L: Wade Miley (12-7), S: none
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 PIT  2 @ARI  1        W:Brad Lincoln (1-0), L: Daniel Hudson (1-1), S: Juan Cruz (2)
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 PIT  5 @ARI  4        W:Jason Grilli (1-1), L: Bryan Shaw (0-2), S: Juan Cruz (1)
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 ARI  5  PIT  1        W:Joe Saunders (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 ARI  8  PIT  5        W:Wade Miley (4-2), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-3), S: J.J. Putz (43)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 PIT  5 @ARI  3        W:Charlie Morton (10-10), L: Daniel Hudson (16-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (39)
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 ARI  1  PIT  0        W:Ian Kennedy (20-4), L: Jeff Karstens (9-9), S: J.J. Putz (42)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 ARI  2 @PIT  0        W:Micah Owings (2-0), L: Chris Resop (2-2), S: David Hernandez (2)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 PIT  3  ARI  2 (12)   W:Daniel McCutchen (2-1), L: Zach Kroenke (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 3-2; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 61-41

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
D'backs Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Correia
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Qualls
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.666 332/222 .296/.319/.390/.709 .797/.666 .674 57/.673 7/10 0/6
6.Drew* G/S/vP 51/.635 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 2/no AB 117/83 .223/.308/.350/.657 .681/.647 .700 86/.737 0/0 2/3
44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 383/251 .308/.371/.551/.922 1.249/.753 .913 98/.928 10/2 16/5
2.Hill G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 5/.650 3/.666 2/.000 443/306 .293/.348/.475/.823 .857/.808 .690 102/.700 8/3 13/4
28.Johnson G/S/vP 6/1.667 4/1.250 8/.804 2/4.500 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 399/308 .284/.333/.465/.798 .671/.835 .663 94/1.035 4/1 13/15
13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.262 1/3.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 420/275 .280/.352/.543/.895 .842/.924 .695 93/.878 1/1 23/1
16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 100/67 .255/.293/.457/.750 .958/.644 .735 8/.250 0/1 4/0
26.Montero* G/S/vP 22/.687 9/.873 3/.333 2/1.500 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 384/271 .285/.388/.457/.845 .719/.899 .846 93/.994 0/0 13/6
27.Nieves G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/46 .298/.333/.404/.738 1.850/.630 .737 / 0/0 1/1
8.Parra* G/S/vP 26/.965 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 4/1.250 2/1.000 306/250 .277/.343/.409/.752 .562/.795 .615 65/.672 12/8 6/2
10.Upton G/S/vP 40/.913 8/.750 6/.666 2/.500 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 426/299 .274/.362/.402/.764 .828/.737 .712 95/.795 13/8 9/3
21.Wheeler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 21/18 .211/.286/.263/.549 .000/.646 .500 21/.549 0/0 0/1
24.Young G/S/vP 48/.891 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/3.750 2/.000 263/168 .212/.308/.424/.732 .834/.674 .718 68/.830 6/2 11/1
IP 110.1 40.2 42.2 53.2 40.2 51.2 34.1 TOTAL .264/.331/.426/.758 .802/.738 .698 .780 65/39 117/59
ERA-K/9 4.49/4.2 2.66/13.9 2.74/10.5 2.52/4.9 4.65/5.1 3.66/5.9 4.19/8.7 3.62/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (35-27-3)
 Nieves (16-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 468/.267 167/.190 176/.190 222/.224 179/.299 234/.269 140/.238 .243  Kubel
 Parra
 Upton
 Young
 Bloomquist
 Johnson
90/0/2/11
28/41/12/7
0/0/101/4
0/63/0/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .767 .610 .638 .672 .845 .720 .720 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.773 83/.481 96/.524 103/.691 72/1.075 96/.753 65/.758 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.760 84/.732 80/.776 119/.656 107/.698 138/.699 75/.685 .721
Home 222/.737 78/.571 91/.512 106/.714 101/.902 104/.704 45/.552
Last 28d days 81/.779 33/.894 38/.744 47/.740 26/.755 39/.768 36/.760
HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 5/1/0 6/6/0 4/11/0 7/9/1 6/4/0 4/8/0 102/92/10
Usage ········ oo····o· ··o···X· X··X··o· ·o··o··· o·····o· X·····o·
Pirates Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
55.Collmenter
G/S/vB
46.Corbin*
G/S/vB
30.Hernandez
G/S/vB
40.Putz
G/S/vB
48.Saito
G/S/vB
49.Zagurski*
G/S/vB
29.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 371/268 .231/.302/.468/.770 .634/.823 .751 84/.722 1/0 21/17
26.Barajas G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.600 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/.929 5/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 256/183 .204/.281/.350/.631 .460/.695 .600 55/.512 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.182 1/no AB 5/.400 3/1.000 4/.250 2/1.500 6/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 333/253 .212/.239/.301/.541 .691/.493 .529 73/.595 0/2 5/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 170/97 .243/.293/.395/.687 .675/.696 .597 33/.746 5/3 3/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 6/2.067 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 308/269 .271/.299/.507/.806 .574/.840 .762 84/.828 2/0 16/3
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 53/35 .265/.302/.490/.792 1.122/.639 1.413 53/.792 2/1 3/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.667 3/.333 5/1.000 5/.600 ··· 1/2.000 443/331 .372/.431/.628/1.060 1.255/.994 1.107 100/1.133 14/8 23/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 160/126 .284/.350/.589/.939 1.285/.853 .761 41/1.178 0/0 11/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .217/.280/.435/.715 1.167/.638 .905 10/1.300 0/1 0/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 287/229 .234/.275/.387/.661 .692/.653 .623 59/.623 9/5 8/2
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 13/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 213/142 .206/.254/.302/.555 .613/.527 .600 17/.544 1/0 3/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 7/.310 ··· 3/1.667 4/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 64/42 .281/.328/.491/.819 1.407/.484 .852 64/.819 1/0 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.500 2/.000 443/318 .290/.355/.444/.799 .623/.864 .733 97/.894 7/5 12/4
IP 141.0 41.0 72.1 51.0 48.0 36.0 6.0 26.2 43.1 TOTAL .247/.303/.408/.711 .718/.708 .685 .737 53/39 123/61
ERA-K/9 4.15/7.9 2.20/5.7 4.23/8.2 3.53/7.4 2.63/12.8 3.50/10.0 4.50/4.5 5.06/8.4 2.70/5.8 3.90/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (59-5-5)
 McKenry (33-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 607/.275 164/.215 307/.278 219/.245 198/.183 144/.222 28/.261 112/.245 169/.227 .259  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Presley
 Marte
 Snider
0/0/41/2
1/0/11/1
0/104/0/1
66/2/4/1
11/1/0/1
10/0/7/0
OPS .781 .649 .779 .668 .541 .626 .892 .780 .584 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 327/.789 65/.789 155/.884 49/.840 96/.660 75/.660 13/.350 49/.670 46/.770 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.771 99/.564 152/.672 170/.618 102/.432 69/.589 15/1.313 63/.868 123/.518 .716
Road 328/.743 79/.630 99/.731 138/.689 102/.628 62/.565 14/1.538 46/.791 89/.650
Last 28d days 139/.800 31/.681 67/.897 53/.503 41/.399 27/.222 28/.892 24/.891 37/.416
HR/SB/CS 19/4/1 6/6/2 12/3/4 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/3 0/1/0 107/38/30
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···· ··X····· X·····X· o·X·o·oX o···o·o· o·o·o··· oX·o···· oo·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.