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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 1, 2013 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 62-44, 62-44 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ up in WC

SP: Joe Kelly (25, RHP, 1-3, 3.44)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 55.0 58 22 21 18 41 7 3.44
2012 (5-7) 107.0 112 50 42 36 75 10 3.53
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.0 33 14 13 14 24 4 2.85 55
2013-07-27 @ATL ND 6.1 7 0 0 3 3 0 86 59
2013-07-12 @CHC W 5.1 3 1 1 2 4 0 73 60
2013-07-06 MIA ND 6.0 5 4 4 2 4 2 78 48
2013-06-05 ARI L 5.2 4 2 1 1 2 0 80 56
2012-09-14 @LAD ND 5.0 4 3 3 2 2 1 67 47
2012-09-09 MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 86 57
2012-09-03 NYM W 6.2 5 2 2 2 4 1 94 58
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 9.00 31
2012-08-29 @PIT L 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 90 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-17   Road:   30-27   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  51-29   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Jul 31  @PIT  L   4-5       62-44  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @PIT  L   0-6       62-43  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 30  @PIT  L   1-2 (11)  62-42  2nd  1.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 29  @PIT  L   2-9       62-41  1st  0.5 up
102 Sun, Jul 28  @ATL  L   2-5       62-40  1st  1.5 up
101 Sat, Jul 27  @ATL  L   0-2       62-39  1st  1.5 up
100 Fri, Jul 26  @ATL  L   1-4       62-38  1st  2.5 up
 99 Thu, Jul 25   PHI  W   3-1       62-37  1st  2.5 up
 98 Wed, Jul 24   PHI  W  11-3       61-37  1st  1.5 up
 97 Tue, Jul 23   PHI  W   4-1       60-37  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Pirates, 65-42, 65-42 1st, 2½ up

SP: Charlie Morton (29, RHP, 3-2, 3.59)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 42.2 44 24 17 11 33 5 3.59
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 3-1 37.2 37 20 15 10 28 5 3.58 51
2013-07-27 @MIA W 5.0 9 4 3 0 6 0 82 41
2013-07-22 @WSN W 6.2 6 3 3 1 5 2 102 54
2013-07-12 NYM ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 93 60
2013-07-06 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 3 6 2 99 45
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
Last 5 v.STL 0-4 26.0 33 19 17 15 21 2 5.88 41
2012-05-01 @STL L 4.1 8 6 5 2 5 1 95 28
2012-04-20 STL L 5.0 4 2 1 3 6 0 93 56
2011-09-14 STL L 7.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 94 56
2011-08-25 @STL L 4.1 9 5 5 2 1 0 84 24
2011-07-24 STL ND 5.1 6 3 3 5 3 1 94 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-18   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  54-32   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:30-17   vsWest:  6-6  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
104 Mon, Jul 29   STL  W   9-2       62-42  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Sun, Jul 28  @MIA  L   2-3       61-42  2nd  1.5 gb
102 Sat, Jul 27  @MIA  W   7-4       61-41  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Fri, Jul 26  @MIA  L   0-2       60-41  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 25  @WSN  L   7-9       60-40  2nd  2.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 24  @WSN  W   4-2       60-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 23  @WSN  W   5-1       59-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 PIT  5  STL  4        W:Tony Watson (3-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (5)
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 PIT  6  STL  0        W:Brandon Cumpton (1-1), L: Tyler Lyons (2-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 PIT  2  STL  1 (11)   W:Vin Mazzaro (6-2), L: Kevin Siegrist (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 29, 2013 PIT  9  STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (11-4), L: Jake Westbrook (7-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 PIT  9 @STL  0        W:Jeff Locke (3-1), L: Shelby Miller (3-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 PIT  5 @STL  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-2), L: Joe Kelly (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (10)
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 STL  9  PIT  1        W:Lance Lynn (4-0), L: Jonathan Sanchez (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 PIT  5  STL  0        W:A.J. Burnett (1-2), L: Shelby Miller (2-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 STL 10 @PIT  6        W:Lance Lynn (2-0), L: James McDonald (1-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 29, 2012 PIT  5  STL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-13), L: Joe Kelly (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 7-2; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1218-1152

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
Cardinals Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
68.Black
G/S/vB
45.Cole
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 181/152 .285/.348/.479/.827 .793/.832 .704 63/.713 0/0 7/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 13/.913 ··· ··· 2/2.500 8/1.000 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.600 2/.000 393/283 .295/.328/.503/.831 .805/.841 .819 75/.614 2/1 19/4
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 3/.000 461/321 .311/.386/.477/.862 .856/.865 .751 94/.787 1/3 9/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Craig G/S/vP 15/1.417 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 1/3.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 432/339 .316/.363/.463/.827 .839/.822 .822 91/.699 2/0 10/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 63/47 .203/.254/.271/.525 .375/.577 .467 28/.717 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 14/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 5/.500 ··· 5/.800 ··· 209/166 .258/.316/.389/.705 .612/.729 .717 46/.427 5/2 3/9
23.Freese G/S/vP 12/.750 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 5/.200 4/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 3/.000 340/252 .262/.338/.367/.705 .743/.692 .720 83/.546 1/1 5/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 18/.889 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 12/1.492 4/.000 3/.000 6/.834 3/1.667 379/295 .275/.354/.445/.798 .681/.830 .775 48/.964 5/1 13/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 13/.788 ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/1.111 4/.500 409/318 .253/.331/.346/.676 .494/.727 .704 79/.740 3/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 1.200 6/1.000 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 350/249 .237/.283/.298/.581 .616/.568 .645 58/.589 2/1 1/6
41.Peterson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1 .125/.125/.125/.250 .286/.000 .000 8/.250 0/0 0/0
IP 42.2 1.1 55.2 57.2 49.1 51.1 45.1 51.0 56.1 TOTAL .271/.332/.403/.736 .699/.749 .722 .683 28/13 83/48
ERA-K/9 3.59/7.0 6.75/13.8 3.56/6.0 2.50/5.5 2.92/6.0 0.88/8.6 2.78/5.4 3.00/7.2 2.08/7.8 3.04/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (6-3-1)
 Johnson (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.268 9/.429 223/.249 233/.206 197/.250 195/.188 179/.194 203/.198 223/.187 .226  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peterson
0/0/89/3
0/101/0/3
84/0/0/1
0/0/2/1
23/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .739 .984 .640 .587 .647 .457 .632 .593 .545 .641
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.870 2/.000 106/.677 102/.591 85/.613 91/.356 79/.764 74/.490 67/.506 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.638 7/1.314 117/.607 131/.584 112/.671 104/.548 100/.527 129/.655 156/.561 .634
Home 60/.735 7/1.071 148/.717 105/.665 111/.518 104/.358 93/.509 114/.520 126/.504
Last 28d days 103/.855 9/.984 99/.575 28/.371 36/.465 35/.385 35/.710 35/.501 37/.577
HR/SB/CS 5/8/2 0/0/0 4/2/4 5/6/2 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/4/3 80/63/31
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ···X···· ·X···X·· XX·o··X· oo··X··o ·o··o·o· X·o·o··· ·o··X··o
Pirates Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Kelly
G/S/vB
67.Blazek
G/S/vB
65.Butler
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 7/1.738 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 395/301 .242/.304/.494/.798 .614/.856 .739 100/.731 1/0 27/19
12.Barmes G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 14/.857 5/.500 ··· 240/193 .226/.269/.308/.577 .490/.598 .636 58/.817 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 30/16 .286/.310/.464/.775 1.214/.343 .713 15/1.133 1/0 1/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 329/311 .257/.307/.436/.743 .170/.776 .705 70/.746 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 463/381 .277/.333/.441/.774 1.052/.714 .798 105/.687 31/10 10/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 3/1.334 1/no AB 344/276 .251/.356/.400/.756 .761/.754 .645 74/.717 9/4 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 4/.833 ··· 448/370 .301/.371/.494/.864 1.103/.814 .962 99/.953 21/5 15/4
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 230/176 .278/.335/.407/.742 1.094/.638 .599 73/.710 3/2 4/10
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 54/46 .296/.296/.463/.759 .625/.783 .787 13/.769 0/1 2/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 238/154 .240/.354/.413/.768 1.061/.611 .717 36/.810 1/0 7/2
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .182/.167/.273/.439 .500/.411 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 171/124 .252/.327/.364/.692 .608/.722 .675 74/.591 3/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 329/263 .246/.349/.391/.740 .440/.817 .747 43/.808 1/2 7/6
IP 55.0 4.0 15.2 23.0 35.2 44.2 51.0 14.2 TOTAL .244/.311/.391/.701 .722/.696 .693 .705 75/27 103/76
ERA-K/9 3.44/6.7 6.75/11.2 2.87/6.9 2.74/6.3 2.78/4.8 2.01/7.7 2.29/13.1 1.23/12.2 3.44/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (28-25-4)
 Sanchez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.270 18/.143 64/.148 93/.220 145/.309 168/.200 213/.241 57/.104 .249  McCutchen
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 Martin
 Tabata
0/103/0/9
97/9/0/5
0/0/23/1
1/0/3/0
6/0/9/0
0/0/1/0
9/0/39/0
OPS .738 .476 .525 .586 .750 .530 .622 .412 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.749 7/.286 27/.524 66/.560 54/.783 77/.471 99/.503 32/.393 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.728 11/.586 37/.524 27/.642 91/.730 91/.579 114/.725 25/.440 .654
Road 134/.768 8/.125 39/.491 54/.563 67/.804 86/.672 110/.687 30/.464
Last 28d days 75/.665 11/.831 13/.985 21/.714 37/.676 38/.421 52/.660 19/.935
HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 0/0/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 68/24/16
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·X······ ·o··oo·· ·X·oo··· ······o· oo··X·o· ·X·o···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.