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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, August 17, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 65-53, 65-53 2nd, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 10-5, 3.77)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-5) 141.0 118 63 59 52 126 15 3.77
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 2-2 38.0 46 33 31 21 36 8 7.34 40
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
2012-07-18 @COL W 5.0 9 6 6 4 2 2 108 23
2012-07-13 @MIL ND 4.2 8 5 4 5 2 1 109 27
2012-07-07 SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 0 10 0 106 75
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 22.1 20 8 8 9 20 2 3.22 54
2011-08-26 @STL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 91 52
2011-08-15 STL W 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 0 92 51
2011-04-05 @STL ND 4.2 4 2 2 4 4 0 87 48
2010-09-29 @STL L 6.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 80 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-23   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  24-19
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 13-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
111 Thu, Aug  9   ARI  L   3-6       63-48  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Cardinals, 64-54, 64-54 3rd, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 12-8, 3.62)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-8) 146.2 151 66 59 38 92 10 3.62
2011 (12-9) 183.1 208 103 95 73 104 16 4.66
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
Last 7 GS 5-2 47.2 44 18 16 12 27 2 3.02 55
2012-08-11 @PHI W 7.2 4 1 1 2 3 0 93 68
2012-08-06 SFG W 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 2 79 54
2012-08-01 @COL W 6.0 9 5 5 4 2 0 93 32
2012-07-26 LAD W 7.0 7 4 3 1 6 0 94 54
2012-07-21 CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 100 74
2012-07-15 @CIN L 7.1 9 4 4 1 5 0 105 48
2012-07-06 MIA L 6.2 5 2 1 2 2 0 89 58
Last 5 v.PIT 1-3 30.2 41 19 18 10 22 4 5.28 43
2012-07-01 PIT W 6.0 9 4 4 1 6 1 105 43
2012-05-03 PIT L 6.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 89 42
2012-04-21 @PIT L 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 113 56
2011-08-26 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 3 0 110 40
2011-08-15 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 4 1 3 2 110 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-24   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  39-42   vsLHP:  25-12   1-Run:  12-20
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:28-22   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Thu, Aug 16   ARI  L   1-2       64-54  3rd  7.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   ARI  W   5-2       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   ARI  W   8-2       63-53  3rd  7.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12  @PHI  L   7-8 (11)  62-53  3rd  7.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11  @PHI  W   4-1       62-52  3rd  6.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10  @PHI  L   1-3       61-52  3rd  6.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   SFG  W   3-1       61-51  3rd  5.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   SFG  L   0-15      60-51  3rd  6.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   SFG  L   2-4       60-50  3rd  6.0 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   SFG  W   8-2       60-49  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Jake Westbrook (7-6), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: Jason Motte (17)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 PIT  7 @STL  3        W:Jeff Karstens (1-2), L: Lance Lynn (10-4), S: Jared Hughes (1)
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 PIT 14 @STL  5        W:Kevin Correia (4-6), L: Adam Wainwright (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3        W:Erik Bedard (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (3-2), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 STL 12  PIT  3        W:Lance Lynn (5-0), L: A.J. Burnett (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 STL 10  PIT  7        W:Adam Wainwright (1-3), L: Charlie Morton (1-2), S: Jason Motte (4)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 STL  5 @PIT  1        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-4), S: none
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 PIT  2  STL  0        W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (2-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 STL  4 @PIT  1        W:Lance Lynn (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (0-1), S: Jason Motte (3)

Wed, Sep 14, 2011 STL  3 @PIT  2        W:Edwin Jackson (12-9), L: Charlie Morton (9-10), S: Jason Motte (7)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 5-4; 2011 - STL won 9-7; 2010 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1207-1148

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

CIN  4.31

MIA  3.69

 RA/G

WSN  3.56

TEX  4.41

COL  5.75

 BA

A. McCutchen  .359

J. Heyward  .275

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

A. LaRoche  .339

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .609

T. Hunter  .435

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

P. Alvarez  .771

J. Smoak  .575

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.22

C. Lee  3.83

J. Guthrie  5.75

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.39

D. Holland  7.29

D. Lowe  3.29

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

Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 62.Browning*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 64.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 14/1.192 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 12/.969 404/296 .235/.307/.464/.771 .623/.826 .786 89/.700 1/0 22/20
26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 13/.539 276/202 .196/.272/.331/.602 .453/.654 .660 55/.304 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 16/.688 8/.429 ··· ··· 6/.334 14/.857 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 18/1.014 356/273 .221/.246/.319/.566 .715/.520 .549 73/.736 0/2 6/11
5.Harrison G/S/vP 8/.417 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 181/101 .228/.280/.370/.650 .612/.680 .767 38/.606 5/3 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 17/.507 8/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 22/.546 342/298 .283/.316/.542/.858 .562/.902 .837 96/1.015 2/0 19/6
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/67 .247/.277/.427/.704 1.037/.577 .679 94/.704 4/1 4/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 18/.882 11/.282 1/.000 ··· 7/1.029 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.800 22/1.122 482/363 .359/.423/.606/1.029 1.240/.960 1.020 107/.856 14/8 24/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 179/139 .276/.352/.551/.903 1.122/.843 1.053 51/1.023 0/0 11/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .171/.205/.366/.570 .450/.600 .422 25/.577 0/1 1/1
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/21 .178/.255/.244/.499 .646/.296 .673 / 0/2 1/0
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 235/158 .210/.260/.306/.566 .701/.501 .519 39/.613 1/0 3/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/59 .295/.337/.513/.850 1.254/.651 .782 82/.836 1/0 4/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 21/.947 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 4/1.750 13/.938 474/343 .290/.353/.452/.805 .619/.873 .853 96/.815 7/5 14/6
IP 146.2 54.0 17.0 68.2 50.2 45.2 4.0 38.0 43.0 151.1 TOTAL .247/.303/.409/.711 .711/.711 .732 .715 55/39 134/74
ERA-K/9 3.62/5.6 2.17/6.8 4.24/4.2 3.41/5.9 2.84/10.3 3.74/5.9 4.50/6.8 4.97/5.9 4.40/9.4 3.87/8.4 3.73/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (61-5-6)
 McKenry (33-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.267 217/.215 70/.210 296/.281 197/.191 184/.233 18/.250 161/.260 189/.256 628/.256 .255  Jones
 Marte
 Harrison
 Snider
 McCutchen
 Navarro
0/0/48/3
20/1/0/2
1/0/11/1
10/0/13/1
0/113/0/1
7/0/2/1
OPS .693 .581 .587 .746 .593 .657 .771 .768 .728 .694 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.751 85/.675 36/.515 135/.851 101/.394 89/.739 8/1.089 88/.657 75/.743 303/.693 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.639 132/.519 34/.660 161/.659 96/.804 95/.577 10/.522 73/.902 114/.718 325/.694 .685
Home 313/.718 118/.584 31/.278 196/.783 113/.615 103/.736 10/.200 78/.751 104/.501 370/.722
Last 28d days 133/.664 57/.497 45/.773 126/.784 38/.637 37/.500 12/.750 27/.483 39/.661 135/.565
HR/SB/CS 10/3/5 4/4/0 1/1/0 6/6/2 7/1/1 6/1/0 1/0/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 98/42/28
Usage ·····X·· oXo·X··o ····X·o· ··X····· Xo···X·X ·oo·o··· ········ o···oo·· o·o·o··· ·X·····X
Cardinals Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.04 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		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 14/.607 1/.000 4/.000 11/.384 2/1.000 5/.400 1/3.000 467/340 .278/.347/.535/.882 .838/.898 .960 100/.821 10/5 28/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 215/141 .314/.386/.511/.897 .781/.959 1.071 48/1.098 1/0 4/5
21.Craig G/S/vP 8/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 325/224 .302/.363/.574/.937 1.153/.834 .998 98/.924 1/0 18/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 93/62 .231/.237/.363/.599 .419/.691 .563 26/.786 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.666 3/2.500 5/.000 2/2.000 303/225 .234/.312/.332/.644 .821/.584 .624 84/.646 4/3 3/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 435/331 .299/.366/.478/.844 .941/.813 .793 86/.802 2/2 16/9
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 6/1.167 13/.533 11/1.056 6/.400 4/.750 4/1.250 1/5.000 480/322 .269/.337/.356/.693 .736/.671 .635 74/.619 12/4 5/12
7.Holliday G/S/vP 10/.744 12/1.318 4/.000 12/1.317 3/2.334 3/1.667 4/1.250 504/359 .309/.389/.534/.923 1.096/.855 .949 111/.942 4/2 23/2
8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 7/.715 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 300/212 .308/.388/.412/.799 .745/.822 .943 100/.944 13/2 4/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 8/1.500 8/.393 4/.250 11/.697 3/.666 6/.834 1/.000 409/311 .312/.364/.499/.862 1.042/.806 .841 77/.799 11/2 16/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 144/72 .250/.306/.333/.639 .589/.683 .489 9/.476 1/0 2/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 8/.250 6/.750 3/.000 11/.364 2/.000 4/.000 3/.666 200/170 .314/.389/.423/.812 .685/.834 .770 49/.824 0/1 0/2
IP 141.0 33.1 43.1 45.2 56.2 57.0 38.2 TOTAL .275/.341/.435/.776 .808/.763 .799 .801 71/25 128/74
ERA-K/9 3.77/8.0 2.70/8.6 2.49/13.7 2.56/10.6 2.70/5.1 3.95/5.8 4.19/8.8 3.82/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (14-6-2)
 Molina (28-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.227 149/.274 176/.186 187/.178 235/.229 258/.268 159/.232 .245  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Jay
0/9/100/7
111/0/0/5
7/35/6/3
1/15/8/1
7/0/17/1
6/0/7/0
0/73/0/0
OPS .679 .777 .589 .605 .687 .709 .719 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.635 68/.788 86/.463 100/.502 111/.706 105/.743 73/.671 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.727 81/.767 90/.704 87/.725 124/.671 153/.687 86/.762 .723
Road 271/.795 76/.747 89/.645 85/.778 116/.634 130/.733 95/.797
Last 28d days 100/.922 11/.489 27/.667 35/.651 55/.819 48/.716 41/.655
HR/SB/CS 15/6/3 3/1/1 5/1/0 6/6/0 5/12/0 6/4/0 5/8/0 114/94/10
Usage ······X· ·o·XX··· X··o·X·· o···o··· ·····X·X ·Xo·o·X· oo·X··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.