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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, July 7, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 53-33, 53-33 1st, 1 up

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 4-6, 3.12)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-6) 89.1 66 32 31 35 99 8 3.12
2012 (16-10) 202.1 189 86 79 62 180 18 3.51
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
Last 7 GS 1-4 47.1 34 20 19 20 42 6 3.61 58
2013-06-08 @CHC W 8.1 4 2 2 3 5 1 112 69
2013-06-03 @ATL L 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 3 102 29
2013-05-29 DET ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 97 50
2013-05-24 @MIL L 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 99 67
2013-05-18 HOU ND 7.0 5 1 1 4 7 0 100 66
2013-05-13 MIL L 7.0 7 4 3 0 6 0 104 55
2013-05-08 SEA L 7.0 2 2 2 4 9 1 109 70
Last 5 v.CHC 3-2 33.1 25 12 8 9 33 2 2.16 62
2013-06-08 @CHC W 8.1 4 2 2 3 5 1 112 69
2013-04-01 CHC L 5.2 6 3 3 1 10 1 98 54
2012-09-07 CHC L 5.0 8 7 3 1 4 0 92 34
2012-07-31 @CHC W 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 108 91
2012-05-25 CHC W 5.1 6 0 0 2 6 0 105 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-15   Road:   24-18   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  44-24   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:25-14   vsWest:  6-6  IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Sat, Jul  6  @CHC  L   1-4       53-33  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Cubs, 37-48, 37-48 4th, 15½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (29, RHP, 2-4, 3.45)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-4) 70.1 63 29 27 19 52 8 3.45
2012 (7-7) 125.1 113 59 58 46 122 23 4.16
2011 (6-4) 107.0 103 49 48 32 68 11 4.04
Last 7 GS 1-3 46.0 40 22 22 12 30 6 4.30 53
2013-05-14 COL L 5.0 12 7 7 0 1 2 80 16
2013-05-08 STL ND 6.2 7 3 3 3 2 0 101 47
2013-05-03 CIN L 5.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 95 41
2013-04-28 @MIA L 6.0 4 4 4 3 8 1 100 53
2013-04-23 @CIN ND 8.1 3 2 2 2 6 1 99 73
2013-04-18 TEX W 7.0 4 2 2 1 6 2 87 66
2013-04-12 SFG ND 7.1 3 0 0 1 3 0 93 74
Last 5 v.PIT 0-2 9.0 16 8 8 4 6 3 8.00 34
2009-08-17 @PIT L 4.0 11 6 6 1 2 2 73 17
2007-09-10 @PIT L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 82 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-23   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  26-34   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  10-19
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:12-26   vsWest:  6-8  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sat, Jul  6   PIT  W   4-1       37-48  4th 15.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 CHC  4  PIT  1        W:Edwin Jackson (5-10), L: Charlie Morton (1-2), S: Kevin Gregg (15)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 7-4; 2012 - Tied 8-8; 2011 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1230-1165

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  5.15

NYM  4.11

MIA  3.27

 RA/G

PIT  3.43

MIA  4.28

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

R. Howard  .266

B. Upton  .176

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .450

J. Morneau  .330

J. Arencibia  .248

 SLG

C. Davis  .721

E. Hosmer  .427

P. Polanco  .283

 OPS

C. Davis  1.120

K. Morales  .770

A. Hechavarria  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.93

J. Chacin  3.74

E. Jackson  5.50

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.84

J. Hellickson  7.17

J. Guthrie  4.37

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

Pirates Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 8/.393 ··· 304/230 .243/.306/.514/.820 .610/.889 .919 99/1.091 1/0 22/15
12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/.800 5/.800 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 182/143 .200/.232/.271/.502 .325/.550 .481 16/.333 0/0 2/8
2.Inge G/S/vP 10/.800 12/.533 27/.191 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 100/64 .198/.222/.260/.483 .457/.496 .615 19/.421 0/0 1/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 9/2.334 4/.750 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 8/.875 ··· 267/251 .261/.311/.437/.748 .192/.784 .776 70/.736 2/0 8/4
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 368/300 .294/.345/.460/.805 1.036/.752 .812 98/.924 27/9 8/4
55.Martin G/S/vP 12/1.483 15/.481 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 2/.000 6/1.500 275/217 .252/.353/.420/.773 .802/.765 .860 81/.783 5/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 11/.455 3/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/2.334 ··· 358/292 .301/.372/.467/.839 1.019/.798 .678 104/.940 18/5 9/3
19.McKenry G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 101/75 .191/.248/.330/.577 .392/.643 .655 27/.264 0/0 3/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 165/126 .268/.327/.416/.743 1.175/.618 .867 88/.719 3/1 4/7
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 203/134 .237/.347/.420/.767 .991/.653 .806 69/.694 1/0 7/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 239/215 .226/.297/.336/.633 .304/.669 .491 57/.555 2/3 3/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 105/69 .284/.346/.432/.778 .600/.872 .801 15/.971 2/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 7/.857 1/.000 293/230 .244/.347/.384/.731 .442/.812 .746 94/.742 1/2 6/6
IP 70.1 29.1 33.0 14.0 22.0 27.2 32.2 24.1 TOTAL .243/.310/.392/.702 .683/.707 .709 .771 62/23 85/62
ERA-K/9 3.45/6.7 1.53/9.5 4.36/6.3 2.57/10.3 3.27/4.9 6.18/6.8 3.03/7.7 6.66/8.9 3.88/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (21-20-4)
 McKenry (35-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.249 116/.194 142/.276 55/.140 104/.205 129/.275 133/.248 117/.242 .242  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Inge
 Jones
 Tabata
 Martin
0/83/0/7
77/8/0/4
5/0/67/4
0/0/6/1
0/0/20/1
8/0/24/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .698 .540 .757 .418 .645 .830 .716 .810 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.685 60/.399 50/.660 33/.549 49/.612 61/.704 69/.505 48/.871 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.709 56/.687 92/.807 22/.232 55/.675 68/.944 64/.958 69/.764 .733
Home 154/.775 49/.505 86/.716 34/.335 52/.596 68/.890 65/.641 56/.977
Last 28d days 38/.583 44/.577 40/.981 45/.442 18/.690 38/.836 43/1.117 27/1.010
HR/SB/CS 8/4/5 2/2/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 1/9/0 5/4/1 2/3/1 4/0/0 83/64/24
Usage ····X··o o··o··oX X·X····· ····X··o ·X······ ·X····o· o···X··X ·oo····X
Cubs Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 11/.586 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 2/2.000 283/205 .218/.274/.331/.605 .803/.530 .626 101/.573 3/1 4/0
47.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 31/29 .300/.323/.400/.723 1.500/.667 31/.723 1/0 0/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 84/55 .203/.289/.284/.573 .538/.591 .358 28/.536 6/1 1/1
53.Castillo G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 250/180 .274/.329/.365/.695 .558/.746 .842 68/.840 1/0 2/8
13.Castro G/S/vP 19/.842 ··· 10/.800 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 4/.000 372/266 .234/.269/.327/.596 .471/.644 .639 107/.532 7/2 4/15
21.Hairston G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 111/24 .163/.225/.398/.623 .684/.399 .845 23/.804 2/0 7/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 31/.603 ··· 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 45/.856 0/1 8/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/2.500 112/39 .224/.315/.520/.836 1.052/.439 .821 28/.812 0/0 8/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 14/.857 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/.900 360/234 .243/.331/.448/.779 .761/.788 .847 102/.698 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 10/1.225 ··· 7/.286 6/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 263/234 .274/.324/.515/.839 .494/.877 1.032 94/.847 5/2 11/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 29/.517 ··· 7/.714 1/.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/1.000 326/218 .256/.282/.446/.728 .814/.685 .841 96/.682 8/4 12/5
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 15/.200 ··· 4/.500 7/1.142 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.667 3/1.000 258/234 .247/.354/.402/.756 .664/.765 .790 93/.710 1/3 7/4
IP 89.1 29.2 37.2 39.1 41.1 38.0 11.0 42.0 48.0 TOTAL .241/.299/.405/.704 .705/.704 .776 .685 46/17 91/59
ERA-K/9 3.12/10.0 3.94/4.8 2.15/14.3 2.97/5.3 0.87/9.6 2.61/5.9 1.64/5.7 3.43/7.3 2.06/7.7 3.17/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (40-17-7)
 Navarro (24-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.206 124/.296 148/.187 161/.272 160/.195 148/.172 47/.231 168/.201 189/.176 .228  Soriano
 Hairston
 Bogusevic
 Schierholtz
 Sappelt
 Borbon
73/0/0/7
1/0/29/2
5/3/0/1
0/0/68/1
2/13/1/0
8/8/7/0
OPS .619 .693 .505 .688 .472 .605 .696 .613 .528 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.753 64/.784 74/.622 65/.600 72/.378 66/.682 19/.978 59/.505 56/.574 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.500 60/.599 74/.389 96/.743 88/.551 82/.542 28/.514 109/.675 133/.508 .644
Road 154/.681 24/.513 69/.618 70/.813 70/.609 60/.753 16/.695 73/.705 82/.512
Last 28d days / 124/.693 43/.755 52/.635 36/.306 55/.778 36/.625 43/.306 47/.621
HR/SB/CS 8/13/0 1/1/3 2/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 4/3/1 3/4/3 68/56/25
Usage ··X····· ···X··oo ··o···X· ···o··oX o···X·o· ··X····· ··o···Xo o··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.