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Game Preview: PIT @ COL, 8:10pm, Saturday, August 10, 2013 @Coors Field

Pirates, 70-45, 70-45 1st, 4 up

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 5-7, 2.73)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-7) 128.2 106 47 39 48 141 8 2.73
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 2-1 47.2 44 17 10 16 47 1 1.89 60
2013-08-04 COL W 9.0 8 1 1 1 9 0 110 75
2013-07-30 STL ND 7.0 3 1 1 3 9 0 113 73
2013-07-25 @WSN ND 7.0 9 4 1 1 5 0 107 53
2013-07-20 @CIN L 5.2 10 5 2 2 8 0 109 41
2013-07-13 NYM ND 5.2 7 2 2 4 8 0 96 51
2013-07-07 @CHC ND 5.0 3 2 1 2 3 0 66 56
2013-06-08 @CHC W 8.1 4 2 2 3 5 1 112 69
Last 5 v.COL 2-3 39.0 32 12 12 16 42 5 2.77 63
2013-08-04 COL W 9.0 8 1 1 1 9 0 110 75
2011-06-24 COL L 6.1 7 4 4 5 5 2 105 43
2004-08-29 COL W 8.0 5 1 1 2 14 0 108 80
2002-08-12 COL L 9.0 4 1 1 4 9 0 123 80
2002-05-15 @COL L 6.2 8 5 5 4 5 3 117 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-20   Road:   29-25   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  58-34   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  23-15
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest:  8-8  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Fri, Aug  9  @COL  L   1-10      70-45  1st  4.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Rockies, 53-64, 53-64 3rd, 13 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Juan Nicasio (26, RHP, 6-6, 5.05)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-6) 108.2 113 66 61 40 79 13 5.05
2012 (2-3) 58.0 72 37 34 22 54 7 5.28
2011 (4-4) 71.2 73 35 33 18 58 8 4.14
Last 7 GS 2-4 34.2 40 24 21 13 28 4 5.45 45
2013-08-04 @PIT L 4.1 6 4 4 3 4 0 103 36
2013-07-30 @ATL L 4.0 10 8 8 3 4 2 92 11
2013-07-25 MIA ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 98 81
2013-07-20 CHC W 5.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 93 58
2013-07-12 @LAD W 7.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 101 73
2013-06-25 @BOS L 2.1 12 7 6 2 2 0 79 7
2013-06-19 @TOR L 5.0 4 4 2 1 3 1 97 49
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 11.0 15 5 5 4 9 1 4.09 46
2013-08-04 @PIT L 4.1 6 4 4 3 4 0 103 36
2012-04-25 @PIT ND 6.2 9 1 1 1 5 1 95 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-26   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  15-27   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 28-24 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Fri, Aug  9   PIT  W  10-1       53-64  3rd 13.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 COL 10  PIT  1        W:Jorge De La Rosa (11-6), L: Francisco Liriano (12-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - PIT won 4-2; 2011 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 86-83

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  5.13

KCR  4.08

MIA  3.18

 RA/G

PIT  3.43

CHC  4.23

HOU  5.35

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

D. Brown  .271

D. Uggla  .189

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

N. Markakis  .333

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

I. Kinsler  .420

J. Keppinger  .280

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.124

A. Ethier  .753

J. Keppinger  .545

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

R. Nolasco  3.65

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 (3.88 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Nicasio
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		 Ottavino
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· 4/2.750 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 423/322 .239/.300/.483/.783 .635/.830 .843 93/.588 1/0 27/21
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 249/202 .218/.260/.297/.557 .490/.573 .513 49/.676 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 46/28 .238/.273/.429/.701 1.222/.317 .786 29/.914 2/0 2/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 2/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 348/330 .252/.305/.421/.726 .170/.757 .776 64/.734 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 498/409 .283/.342/.440/.782 1.097/.714 .777 102/.706 33/11 10/6
55.Martin G/S/vP 4/.000 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 14/.748 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 365/291 .251/.352/.400/.752 .722/.759 .863 64/.829 9/4 10/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/1.467 4/.750 ··· 4/1.500 6/2.500 ··· 11/.633 3/1.167 1/.000 475/390 .314/.387/.512/.899 1.148/.846 .765 91/1.116 24/6 16/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 254/193 .279/.336/.397/.733 1.110/.618 .881 68/.827 3/2 4/11
7.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 67/59 .273/.284/.409/.693 .625/.702 .444 26/.589 0/1 2/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 ··· 251/161 .240/.348/.409/.757 .981/.633 .781 38/.846 1/0 7/2
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 26/19 .167/.192/.208/.401 .286/.446 .556 18/.292 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 5/.400 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 7/.286 2/2.000 ··· 192/141 .254/.333/.385/.718 .733/.711 .690 60/.511 3/0 3/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 10/.700 1/.000 ··· 362/289 .260/.359/.406/.765 .451/.843 .735 69/.912 1/2 7/6
IP 108.2 54.1 10.0 46.1 31.0 43.0 55.2 59.2 41.2 TOTAL .245/.313/.390/.702 .736/.694 .708 .723 81/29 107/81
ERA-K/9 5.05/6.5 4.31/7.3 6.30/2.7 1.36/8.9 4.65/6.4 5.65/6.5 4.53/5.5 3.02/9.8 4.10/9.7 4.27/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (32-27-4)
 Sanchez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.262 217/.255 46/.250 186/.195 132/.246 191/.282 245/.307 256/.240 183/.279 .273  McCutchen
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 Martin
 Tabata
0/110/0/9
104/12/0/5
0/0/23/1
1/0/6/0
10/0/12/0
0/0/1/0
10/0/43/0
OPS .765 .672 .873 .589 .717 .833 .791 .664 .699 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.769 83/.766 19/1.021 54/.452 49/.493 78/.941 108/.770 103/.787 90/.559 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.760 134/.615 27/.776 132/.643 83/.851 113/.759 137/.808 153/.580 93/.836 .756
Home 198/.624 114/.752 / 104/.639 57/.614 90/.782 113/.813 140/.595 95/.693
Last 28d days 89/.793 37/.686 46/.873 32/.626 45/.763 29/1.351 44/.693 53/.708 27/.681
HR/SB/CS 13/7/3 4/3/0 2/0/0 3/3/3 4/0/0 7/2/0 5/2/2 5/7/1 2/4/0 94/70/29
Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·· ···X···· o······o ··X··X·· X······· ···X··X· X··X··X· ·o···o··
Rockies Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 361/250 .259/.297/.403/.700 .808/.654 .753 79/.744 1/0 9/8
19.Blackmon* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 88/61 .235/.253/.376/.629 .519/.680 .343 46/.595 3/0 2/1
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP 30/.554 ··· 10/1.250 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 391/279 .329/.394/.549/.942 .868/.971 1.052 79/.905 8/2 17/2
23.Culberson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 21/11 .143/.143/.143/.286 .200/.364 .800 21/.286 1/0 0/1
6.Dickerson* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 71/55 .286/.338/.444/.782 .438/.892 .704 32/.942 0/2 2/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 406/282 .259/.366/.426/.791 .871/.756 .874 89/.630 16/6 12/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 21/.754 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 292/240 .259/.329/.386/.715 .771/.703 .738 71/.724 0/0 7/0
18.Herrera# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/121 .281/.316/.356/.672 .487/.728 .687 22/.604 2/2 1/4
9.LeMahieu G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 279/185 .271/.310/.353/.663 .656/.666 .806 85/.631 13/4 1/3
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 359/249 .278/.309/.474/.783 .855/.752 .793 64/.773 4/1 16/7
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/109 .271/.338/.318/.656 .832/.598 .815 22/.418 0/0 0/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 8/.625 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 341/240 .313/.384/.573/.957 .896/.982 1.097 81/.752 1/0 20/3
IP 128.2 66.0 60.0 21.0 53.1 54.1 48.0 53.1 59.0 TOTAL .262/.319/.415/.734 .700/.750 .790 .683 86/24 125/62
ERA-K/9 2.73/9.9 3.95/6.4 3.15/5.5 3.86/6.9 2.70/5.7 0.83/8.6 2.63/5.2 3.21/7.3 2.14/7.6 3.15/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rosario (44-16-8)
 Torrealba (26-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.223 265/.247 249/.221 93/.244 216/.249 204/.185 189/.200 213/.203 237/.195 .231  Cuddyer
 Fowler
 Blackmon
 Herrera
 Dickerson
 Culberson
0/0/86/5
0/90/0/3
6/3/18/0
2/0/0/0
9/6/3/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .625 .652 .620 .720 .639 .446 .630 .593 .558 .646
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.708 121/.709 109/.625 32/.737 90/.615 96/.337 82/.734 78/.491 70/.544 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.545 144/.604 140/.615 61/.710 126/.654 108/.546 107/.551 135/.655 167/.563 .641
Road 239/.697 75/.490 128/.525 61/.619 98/.776 91/.575 86/.761 89/.687 97/.598
Last 28d days 124/.647 115/.609 41/.678 19/.440 49/.558 34/.397 32/.615 31/.465 33/.861
HR/SB/CS 8/16/2 6/3/4 5/6/2 2/3/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/4/3 83/67/33
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ·X······ Xo·····X 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.