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Game Preview: PIT @ SDP, 10:05pm, Monday, August 20, 2012 @PetCo Park

Pirates, 67-54, 67-54 2nd, 6½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (28, RHP, 7-9, 4.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-9) 142.0 118 71 68 86 133 13 4.31
2011 (5-7) 108.2 106 72 69 65 104 19 5.71
2010 (4-3) 62.2 59 30 30 35 67 6 4.31
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.2 33 27 26 23 35 5 6.75 45
2012-08-15 @ATL L 3.2 7 6 6 2 5 1 90 26
2012-08-10 @PIT ND 3.1 7 6 6 4 3 2 91 21
2012-08-04 NYM L 1.2 2 4 4 4 3 0 54 34
2012-07-30 @CIN W 5.0 6 5 5 3 5 2 102 37
2012-07-24 @SFG ND 7.0 3 2 2 3 8 0 109 68
2012-07-19 HOU W 9.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 117 87
2012-07-14 @LAD ND 5.0 7 4 3 4 6 0 111 41
Last 5 v.SDP 1-0 17.2 9 5 5 8 19 1 2.55 62
2011-04-11 @SDP W 6.0 3 2 2 3 5 0 88 60
2009-05-16 @SDP ND 5.2 4 2 2 3 2 1 90 52
2008-05-23 @SDP ND 6.0 2 1 1 2 12 0 92 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-23   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  48-40   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 13-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Sun, Aug 19  @STL  W   6-3 (19)  67-54  2nd  6.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18  @STL  L   4-5       66-54  2nd  6.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17  @STL  W   2-1       66-53  2nd  6.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   LAD  W  10-6       65-53  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   LAD  L   3-9       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   LAD  L   0-11      64-52  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   LAD  L   4-5       64-51  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12   SDP  W  11-5       64-50  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11   SDP  L   0-5       63-50  2nd  4.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10   SDP  L   8-9       63-49  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Padres, 53-70, 53-70 4th, 14½ GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: (2012, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-32   Road:   25-38   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  38-43   vsLHP:  15-27   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:15-19   vsWest: 20-25 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 19   SFG  W   7-1       53-70  4th 14.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18   SFG  L   7-8       52-70  4th 15.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17   SFG  L   1-10      52-69  4th 14.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @ATL  L   0-6       52-68  4th 13.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @ATL  L   1-6       52-67  4th 13.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @ATL  L   0-6       52-66  4th 12.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13  @ATL  W   4-1       52-65  4th 11.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12  @PIT  L   5-11      51-65  4th 12.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11  @PIT  W   5-0       51-64  4th 11.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10  @PIT  W   9-8       50-64  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 PIT 11  SDP  5        W:Erik Bedard (7-12), L: Ross Ohlendorf (4-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 SDP  5 @PIT  0        W:Jason Marquis (8-10), L: A.J. Burnett (14-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 SDP  9 @PIT  8        W:Brad Brach (1-2), L: Tony Watson (5-2), S: Huston Street (21)

Sun, Aug 07, 2011 SDP  7 @PIT  3        W:Mat Latos (6-11), L: Kevin Correia (12-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 SDP 13 @PIT  2        W:Cory Luebke (4-6), L: Paul Maholm (6-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 SDP 15 @PIT  5        W:Aaron Harang (10-3), L: Jeff Karstens (8-6), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 PIT  7 @SDP  4        W:Kevin Correia (5-2), L: Clayton Richard (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 SDP  6  PIT  5        W:Mike Adams (1-0), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: Heath Bell (7)
Mon, May 02, 2011 PIT  4 @SDP  3        W:James McDonald (2-2), L: Aaron Harang (4-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (9)
Thu, Aug 12, 2010 SDP  3  PIT  0        W:Jon Garland (11-8), L: Zach Duke (5-11), S: Heath Bell (34)
Season Series: 2012 - SDP over 2-1; 2011 - SDP won 4-2; 2010 - SDP won 6-0; All-Time - PIT leads 238-202

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

NYM  4.32

MIA  3.71

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

PHI  4.40

COL  5.72

 BA

A. McCutchen  .354

C. Johnson  .274

J. Smoak  .194

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .420

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .259

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .609

J. Mauer  .438

J. Carroll  .286

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.024

P. Alvarez  .776

J. Smoak  .592

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  2.38

C. Lee  3.83

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.39

D. Holland  7.29

D. Lowe  3.28

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

Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 58.Brach
G/S/vB		 61.Burns
G/S/vB		 57.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 40.Layne*
G/S/vB		 39.Mikolas
G/S/vB		 55.Thayer
G/S/vB		 50.Vincent
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 420/307 .235/.310/.467/.776 .641/.827 .795 95/.709 1/0 23/20
26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/207 .193/.270/.325/.596 .453/.644 .644 53/.316 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 371/284 .221/.250/.316/.566 .728/.516 .551 82/.720 0/2 6/11
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/108 .234/.285/.380/.665 .603/.713 .783 47/.658 5/3 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 356/308 .284/.315/.536/.851 .564/.895 .825 100/1.039 2/0 19/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 500/377 .354/.420/.592/1.012 1.231/.940 .988 113/.800 14/8 24/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 192/148 .254/.328/.509/.837 1.008/.788 .920 61/.846 0/0 11/1
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/24 .163/.236/.224/.461 .624/.258 .564 4/.000 0/2 1/0
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 7/.572 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 241/161 .213/.261/.311/.573 .674/.524 .535 45/.644 1/0 3/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 99/68 .292/.343/.483/.827 1.219/.631 .746 86/.786 1/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 289/209 .232/.297/.344/.640 .674/.628 .671 9/.804 8/11 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 475/344 .290/.352/.451/.804 .619/.870 .849 84/.877 7/5 14/6
IP 15.1 47.1 6.0 54.0 3.1 23.0 42.0 9.1 TOTAL .246/.303/.405/.708 .709/.708 .725 .718 55/41 135/75
ERA-K/9 3.52/11.8 3.99/10.8 4.50/12.0 2.50/9.7 0.00/19.1 3.13/6.3 3.64/6.6 3.86/8.7 3.97/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (61-5-6)
 McKenry (36-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.271 208/.233 34/.345 219/.222 12/.091 103/.235 174/.255 40/.229 .244  Tabata
 Jones
 Harrison
 Navarro
 Snider
 McCutchen
20/0/64/6
0/0/49/3
1/0/12/1
8/0/2/1
10/0/16/1
0/116/0/1
OPS .863 .702 .993 .622 .258 .709 .649 .679 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.747 78/.747 18/.977 86/.726 7/.143 41/.586 73/.701 20/.786 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.963 130/.674 16/1.000 133/.556 5/.400 62/.793 101/.611 20/.578 .729
Home 30/.817 111/.728 15/.883 122/.469 6/.533 54/.677 85/.579 18/.435
Last 28d days 44/.977 54/.717 34/.993 40/.462 12/.258 30/.607 43/.545 4/.000
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 6/10/2 0/0/0 5/5/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/10/1 1/0/0 119/122/38
Usage ·X·X·X·X ·XX·o··· X··XX··X ··o···o· ·oXX·X·· ··X·X··X ··X···o· ·X······
Padres Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Volquez
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Alonso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 466/338 .274/.342/.394/.736 .706/.747 .776 93/.833 3/0 6/9
5.Amarista* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 235/176 .259/.297/.417/.714 .649/.735 .736 77/.562 7/4 5/1
21.Baker* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 181/146 .244/.311/.287/.598 .653/.585 .505 57/.562 2/1 0/3
2.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 296/204 .236/.316/.331/.647 .537/.698 .678 87/.594 21/0 2/8
13.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 286/133 .283/.345/.430/.775 .813/.732 .707 49/.681 9/3 4/1
11.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 216/138 .262/.343/.366/.709 .886/.612 .783 73/.641 4/2 3/7
12.Grandal# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/61 .289/.341/.554/.895 1.014/.833 .614 23/.872 0/0 5/4
15.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 253/144 .246/.310/.412/.722 .885/.600 .650 34/.915 3/2 6/1
7.Headley# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 7/.453 4/1.250 ··· 10/.522 1/.000 1/5.000 522/353 .275/.366/.463/.829 .759/.878 .752 105/1.014 12/4 20/10
14.Kotsay* G/S/vP 8/.125 5/.200 7/1.417 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 115/105 .274/.330/.358/.689 .733/.685 .684 19/.526 0/2 1/1
24.Maybin G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 426/298 .219/.293/.322/.615 .537/.649 .714 80/.626 21/5 6/3
18.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 266/184 .261/.380/.500/.880 .986/.831 .808 95/.860 0/0 13/2
25.Venable* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 3/1.167 2/.000 353/292 .244/.318/.416/.734 .644/.751 .608 64/.833 17/6 8/7
IP 142.0 35.2 45.1 47.2 61.0 44.1 60.2 38.2 TOTAL .238/.310/.369/.679 .667/.684 .657 .720 106/34 86/89
ERA-K/9 4.31/8.4 2.78/8.3 2.38/13.9 2.45/10.6 2.51/5.2 5.28/4.9 3.86/5.9 4.19/8.8 3.76/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (41-8-7)
 Grandal (24-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.226 162/.289 182/.179 196/.172 249/.219 198/.308 273/.267 159/.232 .244  Maybin
 Guzman
 Denorfia
 Amarista
 Quentin
 Kotsay
 Venable
0/109/0/3
38/0/7/3
40/7/57/2
16/9/4/1
53/0/3/1
16/0/6/1
9/15/84/0
OPS .704 .789 .568 .596 .655 .847 .703 .719 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.688 76/.773 91/.436 104/.506 118/.679 82/1.077 114/.717 73/.671 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.717 86/.799 91/.695 92/.698 131/.633 116/.690 159/.693 86/.762 .721
Road 302/.820 89/.773 95/.601 94/.744 130/.579 78/.771 145/.718 95/.797
Last 28d days 104/.956 24/.732 33/.545 41/.654 66/.708 28/.629 59/.701 38/.626
HR/SB/CS 13/19/8 3/1/1 5/1/0 6/7/0 5/12/0 7/9/1 6/4/0 5/8/0 114/97/10
Usage ····X··· XXo·o·XX X·XX··o· X·Xo···o XX······ ····oX·o X·o·Xo·o ···oo·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.