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Pirates, 94-68, 94-68

SP: Gerrit Cole (22, RHP, 10-7, 3.22)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.1 44 12 11 11 48 1 2.18 60
2013-09-24 @CHC W 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 94 55
2013-09-19 SDP W 6.0 4 1 1 3 12 0 97 69
2013-09-14 CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 101 67
2013-09-09 @TEX W 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 92 78
2013-09-03 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 92 58
2013-08-29 MIL L 7.1 10 4 3 1 4 1 97 47
2013-08-21 @SDP L 6.0 10 2 2 0 5 0 94 49
Has never faced BAL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   50-31   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn: 9-9 
 vsRHP:  76-55   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  29-23
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:45-31   vsWest: 14-18 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CIN  W   4-2       94-68  2nd  3.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CIN  W   8-3       93-68  2nd  3.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CIN  W   4-1       92-68  2nd  3.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @CHC  L   2-4       91-68  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @CHC  W   8-2       91-67  2nd  2.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @CHC  W   2-1       90-67  2nd  2.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   CIN  L   3-11      89-67  2nd  2.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   CIN  W   4-2       89-66  2nd  2.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   CIN  L   5-6 (10)  88-66  2nd  2.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19   SDP  W  10-1       88-65  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Orioles, 85-77, 85-77

SP: Kevin Gausman (22, RHP, 3-5, 5.66)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-5) 47.2 51 30 30 13 49 8 5.66
Last 7 GS 0-3 24.2 34 21 21 6 20 7 7.66 39
2013-06-13 BOS ND 5.1 6 2 2 0 5 2 91 53
2013-06-08 @TBR L 4.1 8 7 7 3 6 0 90 22
2013-06-02 DET ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 96 62
2013-05-28 @WSN L 4.0 8 7 7 1 0 3 67 17
2013-05-23 @TOR L 5.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 89 40
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-35   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  58-51   vsLHP:  27-26   1-Run:  20-31
 vsEast: 36-40   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 21-12 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   BOS  W   7-6       85-77  3rd 12.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   BOS  W   6-5       84-77  3rd 13.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   BOS  L   3-12      83-77  3rd 14.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   TOR  W   3-2       83-76  3rd 13.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   TOR  W   9-5       82-76  3rd 13.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   TOR  L   2-3 (10)  81-76  4th 13.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @TBR  L   4-5       81-75  4th 13.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @TBR  L   1-3       81-74  4th 13.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @TBR  L   1-5       81-73  4th 12.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @TBR  L   4-5 (18)  81-72  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 BAL 12  PIT  6        W:Tommy Hunter (3-3), L: Erik Bedard (4-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 BAL  7  PIT  1        W:Jake Arrieta (3-8), L: Kevin Correia (2-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 BAL  8  PIT  6        W:Wei-Yin Chen (6-2), L: Brad Lincoln (3-2), S: Jim Johnson (19)
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 PIT  5  BAL  4        W:Kevin Correia (9-6), L: Zach Britton (6-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (20)
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 PIT  9  BAL  3        W:Chris Resop (3-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-9), S: none
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 BAL  8 @PIT  3        W:Jake Arrieta (9-4), L: Charlie Morton (7-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 PIT  5 @BAL  4 (10)   W:Matt Capps (1-2), L: George Sherrill (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 BAL  8  PIT  7        W:George Sherrill (2-1), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 BAL  9  PIT  6        W:Brian Burres (5-5), L: Franquelis Osoria (3-2), S: George Sherrill (22)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 PIT  6  BAL  1        W:Kip Wells (5-4), L: Bruce Chen (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - BAL won 3-0; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; All-Time - BAL leads 7-5

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 2013 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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Gausman
G/S/vB		 35.Brach
G/S/vB		 53.Britton*
G/S/vB		 16.Chen*
G/S/vB		 59.Escalona
G/S/vB		 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 31.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 52.Johnson
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 66.McFarland*
G/S/vB		 25.Norris
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 60.Stinson
G/S/vB		 30.Tillman
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 8/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 14/.572 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .776 / 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.000 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .561 / 0/2 8/16
14.Decker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 276/182 .233/.279/.345/.624 .580/.647 .695 / 7/3 3/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .798 / 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.000 8/.875 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 38/.776 2/.000 8/.393 ··· 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .728 / 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.334 10/.733 ··· ··· ··· 32/.648 ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .946 / 20/12 31/1
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 68/56 .210/.265/.371/.636 .367/.690 .787 / 0/1 1/1
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 8/.661 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.833 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .661 / 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.500 ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .573 / 2/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 7/.453 2/1.000 4/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 157/94 .241/.292/.319/.611 .579/.633 .503 / 2/0 1/4
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 19/.684 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .708 / 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 4/.750 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 26/1.157 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .811 / 7/5 14/9
IP 66.2 60.1 192.2 22.1 105.1 133.2 176.2 38.1 98.0 168.1 67.0 9.1 86.0 60.1 TOTAL .245/.313/.396/.709 .735/.703 .717 94/42 161/106
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.78/10.1 5.07/7.9 4.02/7.2 6.04/8.5 3.25/6.6 5.45/5.2 5.40/7.3 2.11/10.8 4.87/7.4 /0.0 4.65/8.8 2.28/9.3 0.96/2.9 2.93/6.9 4.03/6.6 4.20/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (63-20-9)
 Stewart (27-8-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 280/.207 270/.260 818/.250 97/.264 434/.235 573/.302 805/.273 151/.174 441/.284 / 733/.254 263/.202 38/.212 347/.207 270/.295 .259  Tabata
 McCutchen
 Marte
 Harrison
 Snider
32/0/77/6
0/156/0/3
43/4/0/3
1/0/12/1
15/0/33/1
OPS .674 .756 .729 .840 .694 .864 .817 .561 .817 .752 .613 .679 .639 .749 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 109/.718 91/.714 220/.682 37/.914 225/.701 304/.840 417/.854 75/.563 123/.528 / 370/.784 94/.657 22/.697 209/.601 114/.809 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 171/.646 179/.778 598/.747 60/.794 209/.685 269/.891 388/.778 76/.560 318/.932 / 363/.720 169/.588 16/.650 138/.701 156/.706 .719
Home / 149/.656 127/.777 443/.743 50/.789 171/.805 279/.826 340/.706 122/.572 213/.852 / 293/.557 133/.637 24/.720 151/.570 152/.852
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 11/11/2 6/1/2 29/11/3 5/4/0 13/2/3 32/1/4 25/32/5 4/0/4 15/2/3 // 23/13/10 6/4/2 1/1/0 12/4/2 2/11/3 202/63/32
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 50.Morton
G/S/vB		 52.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
240.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
45.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/186 .201/.260/.276/.537 .138/.602 .782 / 0/1 1/4
23.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 4/.833 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.639 3/1.667 ··· ··· 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .873 / 8/4 24/4
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 562/444 .270/.326/.501/.827 .792/.836 .930 / 2/3 33/6
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/154 .216/.258/.359/.617 .667/.613 .587 / 1/0 6/3
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.750 1/no AB ··· 14/.517 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· ··· 25/.972 19/.904 1/2.000 ··· 713/533 .238/.282/.389/.671 .767/.639 .774 / 0/0 22/6
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 15/1.134 ··· 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.555 1/.000 ··· 697/526 .287/.334/.505/.839 .800/.852 .864 / 16/7 32/8
9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/58 .237/.292/.305/.597 .452/.614 .582 / 1/0 0/1
13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 202/149 .262/.294/.445/.739 .801/.716 .769 / 2/0 7/5
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.166 2/2.000 ··· 15/.757 ··· 9/.730 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 9/.958 ··· ··· 471/330 .298/.363/.471/.834 .877/.816 .837 / 1/1 13/2
28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 188/101 .239/.328/.377/.705 .760/.657 .773 / 1/2 4/1
62.Peguero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/5 .188/.188/.188/.375 .364/.400 .800 / 3/0 0/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.381 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/51 .313/.333/.627/.960 1.076/.922 .572 / 1/0 5/3
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
51.Urrutia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
1.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 12/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 511/341 .221/.305/.304/.609 .669/.578 .567 / 16/5 2/11
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 14/1.065 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 2/.000 ··· 593/442 .249/.329/.435/.764 .908/.715 .793 / 3/0 23/10
IP 90.2 58.2 75.2 156.2 34.1 44.0 45.0 5.0 50.1 205.2 182.2 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .260/.313/.431/.744 .732/.749 .763 79/29 212/54
ERA-K/9 /0.0 /0.0 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 5.34/9.6 5.50/8.9 5.73/5.3 6.20/8.2 1.80/10.8 4.65/4.5 /0.0 /0.0 3.76/6.1 4.14/8.6 3.38/8.9 1.93/13.4 3.27/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (45-7-4)
 Wieters (51-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / / 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 693/.244 148/.267 198/.318 194/.256 20/.125 223/.305 / / 875/.255 802/.236 215/.198 26/.455 .238  Cruz
 Jones
 Markakis
 Davis
 Pearce
 Peguero
 Flaherty
 Reimold
 Lough
6/0/151/9
0/162/0/7
0/0/102/3
11/0/30/3
23/0/19/2
8/0/2/1
7/0/17/0
15/0/0/0
1/12/5/0
OPS .810 .635 .677 .741 .749 .795 .754 .375 .812 .695 .706 .623 1.111 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 158/.603 40/.836 88/.908 87/.875 8/.125 114/.740 / / 175/.689 356/.700 103/.554 12/1.053 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 535/.784 108/.716 110/.714 107/.655 12/.533 109/.886 / / 700/.697 446/.711 112/.691 14/1.161 .643
Road / / 188/.792 117/.593 159/.642 332/.767 63/.957 117/.744 75/.783 11/.182 74/.913 / / 363/.681 381/.821 123/.697 23/.905
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // // 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 19/16/2 6/4/2 3/12/2 8/0/1 0/2/0 5/4/0 // // 21/16/4 14/22/10 5/9/1 0/2/0 101/95/43
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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.