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Game Preview: ARI @ PIT, 4:05pm, Thursday, August 9, 2012 @PNC Park

D'backs, 56-55, 56-55 3rd, 5 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (31, LHP, 5-8, 3.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-8) 113.1 120 51 45 30 79 13 3.57
2011 (12-13) 212.0 210 94 87 67 108 29 3.69
2010 (9-17) 203.1 232 120 101 64 114 25 4.47
Last 7 GS 2-4 44.1 44 19 17 13 35 5 3.45 54
2012-08-04 @PHI L 6.1 6 2 2 2 3 1 103 54
2012-07-29 NYM L 7.0 8 4 4 3 5 0 105 47
2012-07-24 COL W 7.0 3 2 2 1 9 2 102 71
2012-07-19 @CIN ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 86 54
2012-07-14 @CHC L 6.0 8 4 3 0 4 0 90 46
2012-06-16 @LAA L 6.0 8 2 2 2 4 1 115 50
2012-06-10 OAK W 6.0 7 2 1 2 5 0 97 55
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 13.0 13 5 5 2 8 1 3.46 55
2012-04-16 PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 102 64
2007-06-22 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 3 1 100 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-24   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  35-36   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:   8-16
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 23-18 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Wed, Aug  8  @PIT  L   6-7       56-55  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Pirates, 63-47, 63-47 2nd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 7-10, 3.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-10) 143.2 147 72 61 37 98 15 3.82
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 1-5 41.1 40 23 21 15 31 3 4.57 50
2012-08-03 @CIN L 7.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 88 55
2012-07-28 @HOU ND 6.0 6 3 3 5 5 0 103 48
2012-07-23 CIN L 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 102 49
2012-07-18 @SDP L 4.0 4 5 5 2 4 0 66 36
2012-07-13 @SFG L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 103 44
2012-07-07 MIL W 5.1 4 2 0 2 5 0 99 59
2012-07-01 @CHC L 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 96 57
Last 5 v.ARI 1-4 23.0 30 21 18 14 23 2 7.04 40
2011-08-08 @ARI W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 105 69
2010-05-06 ARI L 3.2 9 5 5 1 4 1 73 26
2009-08-30 @ARI L 6.0 7 4 4 3 7 1 109 46
2008-08-15 ARI L 2.1 3 4 4 6 4 0 77 33
2007-05-24 @ARI L 5.0 9 8 5 0 3 0 82 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-17   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  45-35   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  24-17
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 11-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Wed, Aug  8   ARI  W   7-6       63-47  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 PIT  7  ARI  6        W:Kevin Correia (9-6), L: Ian Kennedy (10-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (33)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 4-2; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 61-42

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 (4.55 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
49.Locke*
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 6/.834 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 3/.666 337/227 .300/.323/.396/.720 .797/.683 .696 62/.732 7/10 0/7
6.Drew* G/S/vP 10/.800 5/.200 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 4/.833 2/no AB 122/88 .226/.320/.358/.678 .681/.676 .732 91/.762 0/0 2/3
44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 3/.333 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 388/256 .308/.369/.549/.918 1.249/.749 .906 103/.912 10/2 16/5
2.Hill G/S/vP 6/1.000 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 3/.333 4/1.250 8/.804 2/4.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.834 2/.000 404/313 .283/.332/.461/.793 .671/.828 .656 99/1.001 4/1 13/15
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.262 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 421/276 .279/.352/.542/.893 .842/.920 .692 94/.868 1/1 23/1
16.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 101/68 .253/.290/.453/.743 .958/.634 .719 9/.222 0/1 4/0
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 9/.873 4/.250 2/1.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 389/275 .282/.386/.452/.837 .712/.891 .832 98/.956 0/0 13/6
27.Nieves G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/46 .298/.333/.404/.738 1.850/.630 .737 / 0/0 1/1
8.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 310/254 .278/.345/.408/.753 .562/.796 .620 69/.681 12/8 6/2
10.Upton G/S/vP 8/.875 8/.750 6/.666 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 430/303 .272/.358/.398/.756 .828/.726 .699 99/.759 13/8 9/3
21.Wheeler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 22/19 .200/.273/.250/.523 .000/.610 .400 22/.523 0/0 0/1
24.Young G/S/vP 15/.852 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/3.750 3/.000 267/171 .213/.307/.421/.728 .825/.674 .711 72/.810 6/2 11/1
IP 143.2 40.2 43.2 53.2 41.2 52.1 34.2 TOTAL .263/.331/.425/.756 .800/.736 .696 .772 65/39 117/60
ERA-K/9 3.82/6.1 2.66/13.9 2.68/10.9 2.52/4.9 /0.0 4.75/5.0 3.61/6.0 4.15/8.8 3.63/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.260 167/.190 179/.186 222/.224 / 184/.302 239/.265 142/.234 .243  Kubel
 Parra
 Upton
 Young
 Bloomquist
 Johnson
91/0/2/11
29/42/12/7
0/0/102/4
0/64/0/2
1/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .712 .610 .626 .672 .843 .712 .709 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.731 83/.481 98/.513 103/.691 / 74/1.072 97/.760 66/.746 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 495/.708 84/.732 81/.766 119/.656 / 110/.697 142/.681 76/.676 .719
Home 334/.718 78/.571 94/.495 106/.714 / 106/.896 109/.686 47/.527
Last 28d days 130/.709 33/.894 41/.687 47/.740 / 31/.762 44/.718 38/.718
HR/SB/CS 15/10/4 5/1/0 6/6/0 4/11/0 // 7/9/1 6/4/0 4/8/0 102/92/10
Usage ·····X·· ·oo····o o··o···X ·X··X··o X·o··o·· Xo·····o oX·····o
Pirates Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Saunders*
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 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 375/272 .229/.301/.464/.766 .634/.816 .740 88/.704 1/0 21/18
26.Barajas G/S/vP 22/.888 6/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/.929 5/.000 1/no AB 6/1.167 260/187 .200/.277/.343/.620 .460/.679 .580 59/.474 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.500 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 3/.000 ··· 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 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 312/273 .275/.304/.508/.813 .574/.848 .781 88/.853 2/0 16/5
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 57/39 .264/.298/.528/.827 1.122/.704 1.371 57/.827 2/1 4/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 4/.833 3/1.667 3/.333 5/1.000 5/.600 ··· 1/2.000 447/335 .370/.430/.625/1.054 1.255/.988 1.094 104/1.106 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 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/25 .222/.276/.519/.794 1.167/.740 .982 14/1.286 0/1 1/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 9/1.222 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 1/.000 3/1.667 4/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 68/46 .295/.338/.492/.830 1.407/.533 .869 68/.830 1/0 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.500 2/.000 447/322 .292/.357/.454/.811 .623/.880 .761 101/.945 7/5 13/4
IP 113.1 42.0 74.1 51.0 48.0 36.0 6.0 26.2 44.1 TOTAL .247/.303/.410/.713 .718/.711 .689 .743 53/39 126/65
ERA-K/9 3.57/6.3 2.14/6.0 4.24/8.4 3.53/7.4 2.63/12.8 3.50/10.0 4.50/4.5 5.06/8.4 2.64/5.9 3.92/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.269 166/.212 314/.275 219/.245 198/.183 144/.222 28/.261 112/.245 172/.222 .259  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Snider
 Marte
0/0/41/2
1/0/11/1
0/105/0/1
10/0/8/1
12/1/0/1
OPS .734 .640 .778 .668 .541 .626 .892 .780 .573 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.493 66/.775 158/.867 49/.840 96/.660 75/.660 13/.350 49/.670 47/.751 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 371/.812 100/.558 156/.688 170/.618 102/.432 69/.589 15/1.313 63/.868 125/.510 .715
Road 238/.649 81/.613 106/.731 138/.689 102/.628 62/.565 14/1.538 46/.791 92/.627
Last 28d days 137/.665 33/.633 74/.879 53/.503 41/.399 27/.222 28/.892 24/.891 40/.384
HR/SB/CS 13/3/5 6/6/2 13/3/4 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/3 0/1/0 110/38/30
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··· X··X···· ·X·····X ·o·X·o·o ·o···o·o ·o·o·o·· ·oX·o··· ooo·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.