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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 4:05pm, Saturday, July 6, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 53-32, 53-32 1st, 2 up

SP: Charlie Morton (29, RHP, 1-1, 2.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 18.0 16 11 5 6 12 0 2.50
2012 (2-6) 50.1 62 30 26 11 25 5 4.65
2011 (10-10) 171.2 186 82 73 77 110 6 3.83
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.0 39 22 16 8 17 1 4.11 47
2013-06-30 MIL ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 50
2013-06-23 @LAA ND 5.2 4 6 3 5 5 0 99 43
2013-06-18 @CIN W 5.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 61 64
2013-06-13 SFG L 5.0 7 4 2 1 5 0 86 45
2012-05-29 CIN L 4.0 6 4 4 1 0 0 61 33
2012-05-23 NYM L 7.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 97 50
2012-05-18 @DET L 6.0 9 4 4 1 4 1 92 41
Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 27.1 28 16 15 13 21 1 4.94 48
2011-09-04 @CHC L 4.1 7 4 3 5 2 0 85 32
2011-08-03 CHC ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 7 0 94 72
2010-05-05 CHC W 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 80 57
2009-09-30 @CHC W 9.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 119 84
2009-08-14 @CHC L 1.0 7 10 10 3 1 1 49 -3
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-15   Road:   24-17   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  44-23   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:25-13   vsWest:  6-6  IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Fri, Jul  5  @CHC  W   6-2       53-32  1st  2.0 up
 84 Thu, Jul  4   PHI  L   4-6       52-32  1st  2.0 up
 83 Wed, Jul  3   PHI  W   6-5       52-31  1st  2.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  2   PHI  L   1-3       51-31  1st  2.0 up
 81 Sun, Jun 30   MIL  W   2-1 (14)  51-30  1st  2.0 up
 80 Sat, Jun 29   MIL  W   2-1       50-30  1st  1.0 up
 79 Fri, Jun 28   MIL  W  10-3       49-30  1st  1.0 up
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @SEA  W   4-2       48-30  1st    Tied
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @SEA  W   9-4       47-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 23  @LAA  W  10-9 (10)  46-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Cubs, 36-48, 36-48 4th, 16½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (29, RHP, 4-10, 5.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-10) 87.2 101 63 56 34 79 8 5.75
2012 (10-11) 189.2 173 90 85 58 168 23 4.03
2011 (12-9) 199.2 225 92 84 62 148 16 3.79
Last 7 GS 3-4 37.2 46 26 24 13 33 3 5.73 44
2013-06-30 @SEA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 104 51
2013-06-25 @MIL L 4.2 6 6 6 2 1 1 88 27
2013-06-19 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 94 39
2013-06-14 @NYM W 6.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 102 62
2013-06-09 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 91 72
2013-06-02 ARI L 5.2 12 7 5 3 4 0 108 22
2013-05-23 @PIT L 3.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 64 36
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 28.2 24 11 11 4 29 2 3.45 57
2013-06-09 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 91 72
2013-05-23 @PIT L 3.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 64 36
2013-04-03 @PIT L 5.0 3 2 2 1 5 0 92 57
2012-05-08 @PIT ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 5 2 91 67
2011-09-14 @PIT W 6.2 8 2 2 0 5 0 100 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-23   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  25-34   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  10-19
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-26   vsWest:  6-8  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Fri, Jul  5   PIT  L   2-6       36-48  4th 16.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  4  @OAK  L   0-1       36-47  4th 15.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  3  @OAK  W   3-1       36-46  4th 15.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  2  @OAK  L   7-8       35-46  4th 15.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 30  @SEA  W   7-6       35-45  4th 15.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 29  @SEA  W   5-3 (11)  34-45  4th 15.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 28  @SEA  L   4-5 (10)  33-45  4th 15.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 27  @MIL  W   7-2       33-44  4th 14.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 26  @MIL  W   5-4       32-44  4th 15.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 25  @MIL  L   3-9       31-44  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 PIT  6 @CHC  2        W:Francisco Liriano (8-3), L: Jeff Samardzija (5-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 CHC  4  PIT  1        W:Edwin Jackson (2-8), L: Justin Wilson (5-1), S: Kevin Gregg (7)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 PIT  6 @CHC  2        W:A.J. Burnett (4-6), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 PIT  2 @CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (4-2), L: Travis Wood (5-4), S: Jason Grilli (23)
Thu, May 23, 2013 PIT  4  CHC  2        W:Vin Mazzaro (3-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-7), S: Jason Grilli (19)
Wed, May 22, 2013 PIT  1  CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (3-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (2-6), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Tue, May 21, 2013 PIT  5  CHC  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-2), L: James Russell (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (18)
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  2        W:Travis Wood (1-0), L: James McDonald (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 PIT  3  CHC  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-0), L: A.J. Burnett (0-1), S: Kyuji Fujikawa (1)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 7-3; 2012 - Tied 8-8; 2011 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1230-1164

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.13

NYM  4.08

MIA  3.26

 RA/G

PIT  3.42

TBR  4.28

HOU  5.29

 BA

M. Cabrera  .361

J. Bautista  .267

B. Upton  .172

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .451

B. Revere  .331

J. Arencibia  .248

 SLG

C. Davis  .717

A. Soriano  .425

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

C. Davis  1.118

R. Martin  .773

A. Hechavarria  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.93

J. Quintana  3.69

E. Jackson  5.75

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

E. Santana  7.22

J. Guthrie  4.37

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

Pirates Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 51.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 7/.453 ··· 3/1.167 300/227 .243/.307/.507/.814 .618/.878 .910 98/1.047 1/0 21/15
12.Barmes G/S/vP 16/.500 5/.800 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 5/.800 182/143 .200/.232/.271/.502 .325/.550 .481 19/.389 0/0 2/8
2.Inge G/S/vP 26/.607 12/.533 26/.198 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.800 98/62 .202/.227/.266/.493 .457/.512 .638 17/.471 0/0 1/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 18/.690 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 8/.875 ··· 9/2.334 263/247 .264/.312/.442/.754 .192/.791 .789 70/.790 2/0 8/4
6.Marte G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.333 364/296 .291/.343/.459/.803 1.036/.748 .808 98/.904 25/8 8/4
55.Martin G/S/vP 16/.321 15/.481 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 2/.000 6/1.500 12/1.483 275/217 .252/.353/.420/.773 .802/.765 .860 85/.743 5/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 20/1.382 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/2.334 ··· 11/.455 354/288 .298/.370/.467/.837 1.019/.795 .669 104/.966 18/5 9/3
19.McKenry G/S/vP 7/1.428 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 97/71 .200/.258/.344/.602 .392/.682 .718 23/.310 0/0 3/1
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 162/123 .274/.333/.425/.758 1.175/.634 .904 85/.747 3/1 4/7
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 203/134 .237/.347/.420/.767 .991/.653 .806 69/.694 1/0 7/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 10/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 238/214 .227/.298/.338/.636 .304/.673 .496 60/.526 2/3 3/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.500 102/66 .290/.347/.441/.787 .600/.892 .820 12/1.083 1/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 16/.544 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 7/.857 1/.000 3/.666 291/228 .246/.349/.387/.737 .442/.820 .759 95/.733 1/2 6/6
IP 87.2 28.1 31.0 14.0 22.0 27.2 32.1 24.1 70.1 TOTAL .244/.311/.393/.704 .684/.710 .714 .773 59/22 84/61
ERA-K/9 5.75/8.1 1.59/9.9 4.65/6.1 2.57/10.3 3.27/4.9 6.18/6.8 3.06/7.5 6.66/8.9 3.45/6.7 3.92/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (21-20-4)
 McKenry (33-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.285 112/.192 136/.291 55/.140 104/.205 129/.275 132/.250 117/.242 282/.249 .243  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Inge
 Jones
 Tabata
 Martin
0/82/0/7
76/8/0/4
5/0/67/4
0/0/6/1
0/0/20/1
8/0/23/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .784 .542 .793 .418 .645 .830 .721 .810 .698 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.783 58/.414 49/.675 33/.549 49/.612 61/.704 68/.513 48/.871 131/.685 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.784 54/.675 87/.857 22/.232 55/.675 68/.944 64/.958 69/.764 151/.709 .737
Home 191/.849 45/.506 80/.776 34/.335 52/.596 68/.890 64/.651 56/.977 154/.775
Last 28d days 122/.759 44/.653 38/1.080 45/.442 18/.690 38/.836 42/1.145 27/1.010 38/.583
HR/SB/CS 8/9/0 2/2/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 1/9/0 5/4/1 2/3/1 4/0/0 8/4/5 82/61/23
Usage ·····X·· ··o··oX· ·X·····X ···X··oX X······· X····o·· ···X··XX oo····X· ···X··oo
Cubs Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB		 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 43.Reid
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/3.000 2/2.000 279/201 .221/.278/.336/.614 .803/.541 .647 101/.594 3/1 4/0
47.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 7/1.071 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 31/29 .300/.323/.400/.723 1.500/.667 31/.723 1/0 0/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 80/52 .208/.278/.292/.570 .558/.577 .331 26/.481 4/1 1/1
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 247/177 .268/.321/.355/.676 .558/.721 .806 65/.776 1/0 2/8
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· 10/.800 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 3/.000 368/263 .236/.272/.330/.602 .475/.651 .654 107/.532 7/2 4/15
21.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 110/23 .165/.227/.402/.629 .684/.417 .860 26/.724 2/0 7/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 122/91 .291/.361/.536/.897 1.605/.676 1.018 49/.931 0/1 8/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/2.500 112/39 .224/.315/.520/.836 1.052/.439 .821 32/.990 0/0 8/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/1.167 356/231 .243/.331/.447/.779 .767/.785 .849 102/.693 5/3 12/3
17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/11 .163/.212/.204/.416 .470/.182 .256 4/.000 2/0 0/0
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 9/1.445 ··· 7/.286 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 259/230 .277/.326/.521/.847 .494/.887 1.054 90/.870 5/2 11/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 7/.714 1/.000 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/1.000 322/214 .253/.280/.425/.705 .814/.650 .794 96/.612 8/4 10/5
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 7/1.142 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 3/1.000 254/230 .241/.348/.398/.746 .664/.754 .768 89/.680 1/3 7/4
IP 18.0 29.2 37.2 39.1 41.1 37.0 11.0 42.0 47.0 TOTAL .241/.299/.404/.702 .708/.700 .774 .679 44/17 89/59
ERA-K/9 2.50/6.0 3.94/4.8 2.15/14.3 2.97/5.3 0.87/9.6 2.68/6.1 1.64/5.7 3.43/7.3 2.11/7.9 3.16/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (37-16-7)
 Navarro (24-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 82/.232 124/.296 148/.187 161/.272 160/.195 144/.176 47/.231 168/.201 186/.179 .227  Soriano
 Hairston
 Schierholtz
 Bogusevic
 Sappelt
 Borbon
72/0/0/7
1/0/29/2
0/0/67/1
5/3/0/1
2/13/1/0
8/7/7/0
OPS .580 .693 .505 .688 .472 .614 .696 .613 .537 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.692 64/.784 74/.622 65/.600 72/.378 64/.683 19/.978 59/.505 54/.597 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.488 60/.599 74/.389 96/.743 88/.551 80/.557 28/.514 109/.675 132/.512 .642
Road 48/.462 24/.513 69/.618 70/.813 70/.609 56/.784 16/.695 73/.705 79/.533
Last 28d days 82/.580 124/.693 43/.755 52/.635 36/.306 51/.814 38/.647 43/.306 52/.788
HR/SB/CS 0/6/1 1/1/3 2/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 4/3/1 3/4/3 66/54/25
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ··X··oo· ·o···X·· ··o··oX· ···X·o·· ·X·····X ·o···Xo· ··Xo·o··

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.