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Game Preview: PIT @ COL, 8:40pm, Friday, August 9, 2013 @Coors Field

Pirates, 70-44, 70-44 1st, 4 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 12-4, 2.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-4) 102.2 76 23 23 42 106 4 2.02
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 6-1 48.0 28 9 9 20 45 2 1.69 66
2013-08-03 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 102 74
2013-07-29 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 102 71
2013-07-24 @WSN W 7.2 2 0 0 3 8 0 110 80
2013-07-19 @CIN L 4.1 5 5 5 4 4 1 98 33
2013-07-10 OAK W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 90 74
2013-07-05 @CHC W 9.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 111 74
2013-06-29 MIL W 6.0 7 1 1 1 6 0 91 59
Last 5 v.COL 1-1 14.0 7 3 3 8 12 0 1.93 66
2013-08-03 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 102 74
2010-06-17 COL L 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 97 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-20   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  58-34   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  23-15
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest:  8-7  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  8   MIA  W   5-4 (10)  70-44  1st  4.0 up
113 Wed, Aug  7   MIA  W   4-2       69-44  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  6   MIA  W   4-3       68-44  1st  2.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  4   COL  W   5-1       67-44  1st  1.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  3   COL  W   5-2       66-44  1st  1.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  2   COL  L   2-4       65-44  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  1   STL  L   0-13      65-43  1st  1.5 up
107 Wed, Jul 31   STL  W   5-4       65-42  1st  2.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 30   STL  W   6-0       64-42  1st  1.5 up
105 Tue, Jul 30   STL  W   2-1 (11)  63-42  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Rockies, 52-64, 52-64 4th, 13 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Jorge De La Rosa (32, LHP, 10-6, 3.31)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-6) 130.1 128 52 48 46 89 8 3.31
2012 (0-2) 10.2 17 14 11 2 6 5 9.28
2011 (5-2) 59.0 48 25 23 22 52 4 3.51
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.1 41 18 15 13 28 3 3.62 50
2013-08-03 @PIT L 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 91 39
2013-07-29 @ATL ND 5.0 10 8 5 2 3 0 84 22
2013-07-24 MIA W 6.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 96 66
2013-07-19 CHC ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 1 98 59
2013-07-10 @SDP W 5.0 2 2 2 4 4 1 99 55
2013-07-05 @ARI L 5.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 94 47
2013-06-29 SFG ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 86 59
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 27.0 26 15 14 14 24 4 4.67 49
2013-08-03 @PIT L 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 91 39
2011-04-08 @PIT ND 5.0 2 2 2 3 2 1 80 54
2010-08-07 @PIT ND 5.1 5 3 3 4 5 1 113 47
2010-07-27 PIT L 7.0 6 3 2 2 8 0 95 61
2009-06-21 PIT W 5.2 7 4 4 3 6 1 107 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-26   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  14-27   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 28-24 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Thu, Aug  8  @NYM  L   1-2       52-64  4th 13.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  7  @NYM  L   0-5       52-63  4th 12.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  6  @NYM  L   2-3       52-62  4th 11.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  4  @PIT  L   1-5       52-61  4th 10.5 gb
112 Sat, Aug  3  @PIT  L   2-5       52-60  3rd  9.5 gb
111 Fri, Aug  2  @PIT  W   4-2       52-59  3rd  8.5 gb
110 Thu, Aug  1  @ATL  L   2-11      51-59  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Wed, Jul 31  @ATL  L   0-9       51-58  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Tue, Jul 30  @ATL  L   3-11      51-57  3rd  7.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 29  @ATL  L   8-9 (10)  51-56  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 PIT  5  COL  1        W:A.J. Burnett (5-7), L: Juan Nicasio (6-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 PIT  5  COL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (12-4), L: Jorge De La Rosa (10-6), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 COL  4 @PIT  2        W:Jhoulys Chacin (10-5), L: Gerrit Cole (5-5), S: Rex Brothers (8)

Wed, Jul 18, 2012 PIT  9 @COL  6        W:James McDonald (10-3), L: Matt Reynolds (3-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (26)
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 PIT  6 @COL  2        W:Erik Bedard (5-10), L: Christian Friedrich (5-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (25)
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 COL  5  PIT  4        W:Rex Brothers (5-2), L: Jason Grilli (1-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 PIT  5  COL  1        W:Charlie Morton (1-1), L: Jhoulys Chacin (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 COL  2 @PIT  1        W:Matt Reynolds (2-0), L: Chris Resop (0-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (6)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 PIT  5  COL  4        W:Tony Watson (1-0), L: Matt Belisle (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)
Sun, May 01, 2011 PIT  8 @COL  4        W:Charlie Morton (3-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 2-1; 2012 - PIT won 4-2; 2011 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 85-83

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

DET  5.15

NYM  4.04

MIA  3.21

 RA/G

PIT  3.38

CHC  4.26

HOU  5.32

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

I. Desmond  .270

D. Uggla  .190

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

A. Jackson  .332

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

D. Jennings  .419

J. Keppinger  .281

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

A. Ethier  .755

J. Keppinger  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

H. Bailey  3.73

J. Blanton  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.26

B. Colon  4.79

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

Pirates Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.De La Rosa*
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 35.Bettis
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 61.Escalona
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 50.Manship
G/S/vB		 Ottavino
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 8/.833 1/no AB ··· 4/2.750 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 419/321 .239/.301/.486/.786 .634/.833 .850 93/.603 1/0 27/21
12.Barmes G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/202 .218/.260/.297/.557 .490/.573 .513 53/.703 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 45/28 .244/.279/.439/.718 1.294/.317 .846 28/.949 2/0 2/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 ··· ··· 348/330 .252/.305/.421/.726 .170/.757 .776 67/.747 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 493/408 .277/.335/.435/.771 1.057/.711 .754 101/.628 33/10 10/6
55.Martin G/S/vP 15/.500 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 14/.748 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 361/290 .251/.353/.402/.755 .725/.762 .873 64/.819 9/4 10/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 14/1.096 4/.750 ··· 4/1.500 6/2.500 ··· 11/.633 2/3.500 3/1.167 1/.000 472/390 .313/.386/.512/.898 1.146/.846 .760 92/1.143 24/6 16/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/192 .276/.335/.396/.730 1.106/.622 .880 67/.801 3/2 4/10
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 65/57 .281/.292/.422/.714 .625/.727 .571 24/.639 0/1 2/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.875 5/1.550 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 247/160 .245/.354/.417/.770 1.019/.637 .807 35/.929 1/0 7/2
59.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 25/19 .174/.200/.217/.417 .333/.446 .625 17/.310 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 11/1.455 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 188/139 .259/.335/.392/.727 .733/.722 .708 60/.526 3/0 3/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.875 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 10/.700 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 358/288 .259/.358/.407/.764 .440/.841 .732 65/.915 1/2 7/6
IP 130.1 54.1 10.0 45.1 31.0 42.0 55.2 5.0 57.2 41.2 TOTAL .245/.312/.391/.703 .735/.695 .709 .728 81/28 107/80
ERA-K/9 3.31/6.1 4.31/7.3 6.30/2.7 1.39/9.1 4.65/6.4 5.79/6.6 4.53/5.5 3.60/7.2 3.12/9.7 4.10/9.7 4.31/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (30-27-4)
 Sanchez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 545/.263 217/.255 46/.250 182/.194 132/.246 187/.287 245/.307 21/.235 249/.243 183/.279 .273  McCutchen
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 Martin
 Tabata
0/109/0/9
103/11/0/5
0/0/23/1
1/0/6/0
9/0/12/0
0/0/1/0
10/0/42/0
OPS .706 .672 .873 .591 .717 .844 .791 .569 .675 .699 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.544 83/.766 19/1.021 54/.452 49/.493 76/.946 108/.770 10/.650 101/.804 90/.559 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 447/.740 134/.615 27/.776 128/.648 83/.851 111/.774 137/.808 11/.495 148/.587 93/.836 .756
Home 236/.658 114/.752 / 100/.645 57/.614 86/.802 113/.813 / 133/.612 95/.693
Last 28d days 98/.819 37/.686 46/.873 28/.646 45/.763 25/1.512 44/.693 21/.569 46/.775 27/.681
HR/SB/CS 8/12/9 4/3/0 2/0/0 3/3/3 4/0/0 7/2/0 5/2/2 0/0/0 5/7/1 2/4/0 94/70/28
Usage ·····X·· o···o··· ··X····X ······oo ·X··X··X ·······X ··X··X·· X······· ··X··X·· o···o···
Rockies Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Arenado G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 356/247 .253/.290/.396/.686 .776/.648 .726 77/.651 1/0 9/8
19.Blackmon* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 87/60 .238/.256/.381/.637 .519/.692 .354 46/.595 3/0 2/1
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/1.250 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 387/277 .327/.393/.549/.942 .846/.978 1.054 78/.863 7/2 17/2
23.Culberson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 16/8 .063/.063/.063/.125 .000/.250 16/.125 1/0 0/1
6.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 70/54 .290/.343/.452/.794 .438/.911 .739 31/.973 0/2 2/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 401/280 .260/.365/.428/.793 .864/.762 .879 88/.597 16/6 12/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 288/238 .254/.323/.383/.706 .718/.703 .720 70/.705 0/0 7/0
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/120 .276/.312/.352/.663 .487/.717 .671 24/.553 2/2 1/4
9.LeMahieu G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 274/183 .273/.312/.356/.668 .656/.674 .822 84/.615 12/4 1/2
20.Rosario G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 354/246 .273/.305/.460/.765 .793/.753 .757 59/.668 4/1 15/7
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/108 .273/.340/.320/.661 .832/.604 .827 24/.382 0/0 0/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 337/239 .312/.380/.574/.954 .888/.979 1.092 77/.727 1/0 20/3
IP 102.2 66.0 60.0 18.1 50.2 54.1 48.0 53.1 59.0 TOTAL .261/.318/.414/.732 .686/.752 .786 .646 84/24 124/61
ERA-K/9 2.02/9.3 3.95/6.4 3.15/5.5 4.42/6.9 2.84/5.9 0.83/8.6 2.63/5.2 3.21/7.3 2.14/7.6 3.09/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rosario (44-15-8)
 Torrealba (26-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.205 265/.247 249/.221 82/.250 204/.251 204/.185 189/.200 213/.203 237/.195 .229  Cuddyer
 Fowler
 Blackmon
 Herrera
 Dickerson
 Culberson
0/0/85/5
0/89/0/3
6/3/17/0
2/0/0/0
9/6/3/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .557 .652 .620 .755 .644 .446 .630 .593 .558 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.311 121/.709 109/.625 28/.774 86/.630 96/.337 82/.734 78/.491 70/.544 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.621 144/.604 140/.615 54/.745 118/.653 108/.546 107/.551 135/.655 167/.563 .635
Road 213/.615 75/.490 128/.525 50/.653 86/.806 91/.575 86/.761 89/.687 97/.598
Last 28d days 101/.491 115/.609 41/.678 8/.393 37/.564 37/.363 32/.615 31/.465 38/.797
HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 6/3/4 5/6/2 2/3/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/4/3 82/65/33
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· X······X o·····X· ··X····· Xo···o·· ··o··oo· ·oo··X·· 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.