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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 8:10pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 @Miller Park

Pirates, 29-18, 29-18 2nd, 1½ GB

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 3-4, 2.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-4) 63.0 46 19 18 23 79 3 2.57
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 3-2 46.0 30 12 11 15 52 1 2.15 65
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
2013-05-03 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 96 71
2013-04-27 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 111 57
2013-04-22 @PHI ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 101 53
2013-04-17 STL W 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 101 83
Last 5 v.MIL 1-3 33.2 32 14 13 8 30 0 3.48 56
2013-05-13 MIL L 7.0 7 4 3 0 6 0 104 55
2012-09-18 MIL L 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 94 52
2012-09-01 @MIL ND 6.2 2 2 2 4 9 0 102 67
2012-07-15 @MIL L 7.0 9 4 4 0 7 0 82 50
2011-06-29 MIL W 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 102 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  24-12   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:14-7    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Thu, May 23   CHC  W   4-2       29-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 22   CHC  W   1-0       28-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   CHC  W   5-4       27-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 19   HOU  W   1-0       26-18  2nd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 18   HOU  L   2-4 (11)  25-18  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 17   HOU  W   5-4       25-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 16   MIL  W   7-1       24-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   MIL  W   3-1       23-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   MIL  W   4-3 (12)  22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 13   MIL  L   1-5       21-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Brewers, 18-27, 18-27 4th, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Marco Estrada (29, RHP, 3-2, 5.44)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 51.1 56 32 31 17 46 11 5.44
2012 (5-7) 138.1 129 62 56 29 143 18 3.64
2011 (4-8) 92.2 83 45 42 29 88 11 4.08
Last 7 GS 2-2 39.1 42 26 25 16 32 8 5.72 46
2013-05-18 @STL ND 5.2 7 4 4 4 2 0 93 37
2013-05-13 @PIT W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 101 71
2013-05-05 STL L 3.1 6 8 8 5 5 1 90 16
2013-04-30 PIT ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 6 3 86 38
2013-04-24 @SDP L 6.1 5 2 1 2 3 1 92 58
2013-04-19 CHC W 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 104 48
2013-04-14 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 7 1 94 52
Last 5 v.PIT 2-0 31.2 23 10 10 5 36 5 2.84 62
2013-05-13 @PIT W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 101 71
2013-04-30 PIT ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 6 3 86 38
2012-09-19 @PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 96 74
2012-09-01 PIT ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 1 104 74
2012-07-14 PIT ND 5.2 6 3 3 1 11 1 114 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-13   Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  14-12   vsLHP:   4-15   1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest:  8-10 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Wed, May 22   LAD  L   2-9       18-27  4th 11.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 21   LAD  W   5-2       18-26  4th 10.5 gb
 43 Mon, May 20   LAD  L   1-3       17-26  5th 10.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 19  @STL  L   2-4       17-25  5th 10.5 gb
 41 Sat, May 18  @STL  W   6-4 (10)  17-24  5th  9.5 gb
 40 Fri, May 17  @STL  L   6-7       16-24  5th 10.5 gb
 39 Thu, May 16  @PIT  L   1-7       16-23  5th  9.5 gb
 38 Wed, May 15  @PIT  L   1-3       16-22  4th  9.5 gb
 37 Tue, May 14  @PIT  L   3-4 (12)  16-21  4th  8.5 gb
 36 Mon, May 13  @PIT  W   5-1       16-20  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 16, 2013 PIT  7  MIL  1        W:Francisco Liriano (2-0), L: Hiram Burgos (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 15, 2013 PIT  3  MIL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-2), L: Yovani Gallardo (3-3), S: Jason Grilli (16)
Tue, May 14, 2013 PIT  4  MIL  3 (12)   W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Mike Fiers (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 MIL  5 @PIT  1        W:Marco Estrada (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 01, 2013 PIT  6 @MIL  4        W:Bryan Morris (1-1), L: John Axford (0-3), S: Jason Grilli (11)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 MIL 12  PIT  8        W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-0), L: Bryan Morris (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 MIL 10  PIT  4        W:Yovani Gallardo (3-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 20, 2012 MIL  9 @PIT  7        W:Manny Parra (2-3), L: Chris Resop (1-4), S: John Axford (31)
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 MIL  3 @PIT  1        W:Marco Estrada (4-6), L: Kyle McPherson (0-1), S: John Axford (30)
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 MIL  6 @PIT  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (16-8), L: A.J. Burnett (15-8), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 4-3; 2012 - MIL won 11-4; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; All-Time - MIL leads 137-104

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
Pirates Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
46.Burgos
G/S/vB
64.Fiers
G/S/vB
45.Figaro
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
29.Henderson
G/S/vB
53.Kintzler
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 18/.500 12/.533 1/.000 6/1.133 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 157/123 .189/.248/.364/.612 .577/.622 .726 77/.627 1/0 8/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.182 6/3.033 4/.250 2/3.000 6/.666 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/1.200 6/.334 129/100 .229/.272/.314/.586 .332/.658 .566 61/.851 0/0 2/5
2.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 11/.364 61/39 .263/.300/.298/.598 .524/.639 .658 52/.565 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 19/.316 13/.490 1/.000 6/.334 8/.625 3/2.334 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 143/136 .277/.329/.469/.798 .452/.815 .976 76/.788 1/0 5/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 9/.333 2/3.500 4/1.250 6/.334 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 206/164 .310/.377/.462/.839 .979/.803 .915 106/.833 11/5 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 8/1.375 3/1.000 8/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 139/106 .262/.353/.492/.844 .817/.850 .953 64/1.016 1/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 22/.954 13/1.462 3/1.334 6/.334 9/2.112 3/2.000 1/3.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.250 190/151 .291/.353/.477/.829 .930/.804 .595 97/.969 12/1 6/0
19.McKenry G/S/vP 9/.333 5/.650 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 61/41 .232/.295/.446/.742 .411/.909 .838 40/.547 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 48/34 .261/.277/.522/.798 1.582/.485 1.126 48/.798 0/0 3/2
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 9/1.301 8/1.089 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 99/58 .244/.374/.474/.848 1.153/.607 .889 54/.751 0/0 4/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 8/.393 4/.500 2/1.000 3/2.334 5/1.350 3/1.667 3/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.000 127/119 .267/.331/.414/.745 .393/.767 .561 60/.670 1/2 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.100 1/2.000 3/.666 6/.533 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 89/61 .275/.341/.413/.753 .519/.863 .795 49/.997 1/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 14/.522 9/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 8/.875 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.667 134/101 .228/.338/.298/.637 .385/.721 .397 42/.510 0/0 1/3
IP 51.1 19.1 19.1 29.1 13.2 25.0 16.0 19.0 20.2 3.0 TOTAL .243/.311/.390/.701 .690/.704 .706 .734 28/9 47/30
ERA-K/9 5.44/8.1 6.98/10.3 2.33/8.9 6.44/5.5 5.93/3.3 3.24/7.6 3.38/13.5 0.95/10.9 4.35/7.8 0.00/9.0 4.53/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (17-12-3)
 McKenry (23-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.276 94/.325 73/.200 139/.309 60/.286 110/.284 76/.262 72/.149 82/.250 9/.000 .272  McCutchen
 Snider
 Inge
 Jones
 Marte
 Tabata
0/45/0/5
2/0/35/2
0/0/2/1
0/0/10/1
44/6/0/1
8/0/19/0
OPS .830 .982 .535 .874 .852 .772 .738 .387 .600 .000 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.582 44/1.101 21/.381 65/1.065 33/.833 46/.762 38/.649 33/.544 29/.596 6/.000 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/1.013 50/.875 52/.606 74/.712 27/.873 64/.779 38/.835 39/.260 53/.602 3/.000 .756
Home 94/1.082 55/1.094 46/.556 65/.685 39/.968 75/.761 38/.666 43/.554 50/.606 3/.000
Last 28d days 98/.829 55/.918 42/.406 95/1.000 25/.698 67/.789 39/.602 35/.356 48/.625 9/.000
HR/SB/CS 11/1/0 6/2/0 2/1/0 5/2/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 1/1/1 0/4/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 54/23/3
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·Xo· ·X·o·oo· ··X····X ··X·X··X ·X·····X ··Xo·oo· ··X··o·· ·XX··X·· ·o··o··o
Brewers Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
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
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 11/1.345 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.833 4/.500 2/.000 197/123 .329/.402/.451/.853 .879/.837 .780 105/.967 6/6 4/1
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 26/.308 18/.167 9/1.569 14/.445 9/.666 4/1.250 3/1.666 2/1.500 1/.000 165/115 .232/.267/.419/.686 .642/.705 .798 95/.587 0/0 8/3
14.Bianchi G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 22/15 .318/.318/.364/.682 .000/1.000 .444 22/.682 0/1 0/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 16/.929 5/.000 2/2.000 8/.500 3/.666 5/.650 3/1.000 4/1.000 3/.666 178/125 .323/.410/.574/.984 1.189/.898 1.125 100/.974 2/5 9/2
27.Gomez G/S/vP 18/.764 4/.666 2/2.500 4/1.750 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 174/117 .325/.368/.546/.914 .950/.895 1.068 97/.965 9/2 6/1
11.Gonzalez G/S/vP 12/.833 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 103/74 .184/.214/.235/.448 .281/.515 .415 39/.385 0/0 1/4
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 12/.334 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/3.000 1/.000 146/95 .226/.281/.338/.619 .581/.641 .640 70/.525 2/1 3/1
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 83/60 .184/.253/.303/.556 .261/.675 .766 49/.556 0/0 1/3
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/.358 24/1.503 ··· 7/.286 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 5/.933 2/1.000 67/41 .344/.403/.574/.977 .829/1.071 1.021 52/.947 0/0 3/2
22.Schafer* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB 53/49 .178/.245/.200/.445 .500/.439 .467 27/.569 0/0 0/0
9.Segura G/S/vP 9/1.056 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 187/121 .351/.390/.563/.954 1.014/.919 .861 104/1.010 14/2 7/6
23.Weeks G/S/vP 20/.513 5/.400 2/.500 6/.167 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 5/2.467 2/1.000 178/118 .169/.281/.266/.547 .657/.493 .704 86/.574 4/2 3/5
IP 63.0 4.2 36.0 21.2 18.0 25.0 14.2 21.2 28.0 TOTAL .261/.319/.412/.731 .747/.722 .792 .749 38/18 47/31
ERA-K/9 2.57/11.3 5.79/9.6 2.75/5.2 1.25/14.1 2.50/6.0 0.72/9.4 3.68/5.5 4.98/8.7 1.29/8.7 3.26/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (18-2-4)
 Maldonado (5-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 256/.204 22/.300 148/.219 82/.147 70/.273 95/.202 56/.191 91/.250 108/.133 .224  Braun
 Aoki
 Gomez
 Schafer
 Betancourt
41/0/0/5
0/0/43/4
0/43/0/1
5/3/4/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .572 .864 .648 .397 .648 .466 .704 .747 .428 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.690 10/1.000 54/.639 43/.390 25/.457 44/.455 21/.810 32/.657 32/.510 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.454 12/.717 94/.653 39/.400 45/.751 51/.475 35/.635 59/.799 76/.393 .663
Road 72/.628 6/1.867 74/.688 34/.531 33/.832 35/.609 13/.647 39/.947 41/.228
Last 28d days 136/.545 22/.864 90/.636 44/.471 45/.582 50/.546 45/.795 47/.926 57/.406
HR/SB/CS 3/13/0 1/0/0 5/6/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 3/3/0 0/3/3 40/40/14
Usage ·····X·· X······o X·····X· o·X·oo·· X·····X· ·Xo·oo·· ·····X·o ·X····X· X·X···oX

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.