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Game Preview: COL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 4, 2013 @PNC Park

Rockies, 52-60, 52-60 3rd, 9½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Juan Nicasio (26, RHP, 6-5, 4.92)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-5) 104.1 107 62 57 37 75 13 4.92
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 2-3 36.0 41 25 22 12 28 4 5.50 45
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
2013-06-14 PHI ND 5.2 7 5 5 2 4 0 95 37
Last 5 v.PIT 0-0 6.2 9 1 1 1 5 1 1.35 56
2012-04-25 @PIT ND 6.2 9 1 1 1 5 1 95 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-26   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  38-33   vsLHP:  14-27   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 28-24 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
106 Sun, Jul 28   MIL  W   6-5       51-55  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Sat, Jul 27   MIL  L   5-7       50-55  3rd  6.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 26   MIL  W   8-3       50-54  3rd  5.0 gb
103 Thu, Jul 25   MIA  L   3-5       49-54  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Pirates, 66-44, 66-44 1st, 1½ up

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 4-7, 2.86)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-7) 119.2 98 46 38 47 132 8 2.86
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 1-2 43.2 44 22 15 18 43 4 3.09 53
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
2013-06-03 @ATL L 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 3 102 29
Last 5 v.COL 2-3 36.1 32 12 12 19 35 5 2.97 59
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
2001-05-18 COL W 6.1 8 1 1 4 2 0 96 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-20   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  54-34   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest:  7-7  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 COL  4  PIT  1        W:Jason Hammel (3-1), L: Paul Maholm (1-4), S: Huston Street (10)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - PIT won 4-2; 2011 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 85-82

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
Rockies Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.41 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Arenado G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 345/236 .252/.291/.399/.689 .776/.651 .651 83/.614 1/0 9/8
19.Blackmon* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 77/50 .230/.250/.351/.601 .519/.647 .773 50/.587 3/0 1/1
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP 26/.484 ··· 10/1.250 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 372/262 .328/.395/.560/.955 .846/1.000 .863 81/.878 7/1 17/2
23.Culberson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/4 .083/.083/.083/.167 .000/.500 .167 12/.167 0/0 0/1
6.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 58/42 .300/.362/.440/.802 .438/.958 .841 26/1.052 0/1 1/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 392/271 .265/.369/.437/.805 .864/.779 .726 88/.606 15/6 12/2
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 7/1.171 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 432/279 .302/.368/.594/.962 .875/1.012 .997 58/.793 21/3 26/3
17.Helton* G/S/vP 17/.853 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 276/226 .261/.330/.392/.722 .718/.722 .723 71/.809 0/0 7/0
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/114 .266/.304/.345/.649 .487/.702 .620 30/.464 2/2 1/4
9.LeMahieu G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 259/168 .273/.315/.361/.676 .656/.687 .521 89/.617 12/4 1/2
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 347/239 .273/.305/.464/.769 .793/.758 .782 68/.727 4/1 15/7
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/100 .275/.346/.325/.671 .832/.613 .498 21/.488 0/0 0/2
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 324/227 .325/.392/.598/.990 .881/1.035 .874 72/.788 1/0 20/3
IP 119.2 61.0 58.0 17.1 49.1 52.1 47.0 51.1 58.0 TOTAL .263/.320/.419/.739 .686/.765 .691 .660 82/22 122/59
ERA-K/9 2.86/9.9 3.69/6.3 3.26/5.4 4.67/7.3 2.92/6.0 0.86/8.4 2.68/5.2 3.33/7.2 2.17/7.6 3.11/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rosario (44-15-8)
 Torrealba (25-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 506/.221 244/.241 241/.220 79/.262 197/.250 198/.185 186/.204 207/.210 231/.194 .228  Gonzalez
 Cuddyer
 Fowler
 Blackmon
 Dickerson
 Herrera
 Culberson
99/0/0/11
0/0/81/5
0/86/0/3
4/3/16/0
7/4/3/0
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .631 .633 .624 .787 .647 .450 .641 .611 .552 .644
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.708 116/.664 106/.624 27/.805 85/.613 93/.348 81/.744 75/.511 69/.552 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.556 128/.605 135/.624 52/.777 112/.671 105/.542 105/.562 132/.672 162/.552 .639
Home 267/.571 169/.697 113/.741 29/1.018 111/.518 107/.348 100/.536 118/.556 134/.520
Last 28d days 119/.696 120/.571 36/.660 5/.650 33/.509 35/.385 30/.657 32/.579 42/.652
HR/SB/CS 8/16/1 5/3/4 5/6/2 2/3/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/4/3 81/64/31
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ··X·X··· ·X······ ···XX·o· o··oo··X oo··o··o X··X·o·o ·X··o··X
Pirates Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.54 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 4/2.750 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 402/307 .240/.301/.490/.791 .641/.838 .727 93/.698 1/0 27/20
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 244/197 .222/.265/.302/.567 .490/.585 .615 62/.761 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 36/20 .242/.265/.394/.659 1.063/.284 .538 21/.850 1/0 1/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 336/318 .252/.301/.426/.726 .170/.758 .674 64/.698 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 475/390 .279/.335/.441/.777 1.057/.715 .802 102/.659 32/10 10/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 2/.000 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 13/.398 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 348/279 .252/.357/.399/.757 .748/.759 .649 68/.706 9/4 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.750 ··· 4/1.500 6/2.500 ··· 11/.633 3/1.167 ··· 459/378 .304/.375/.498/.872 1.161/.811 .973 96/.975 23/5 15/4
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 238/181 .278/.336/.403/.739 1.106/.627 .603 68/.755 3/2 4/10
7.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 58/50 .293/.293/.448/.741 .625/.760 .765 17/.706 0/1 2/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 ··· 244/157 .243/.354/.411/.765 1.019/.626 .714 40/.775 1/0 7/2
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 20/14 .222/.250/.278/.528 .333/.619 .450 12/.450 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 7/.286 1/4.000 ··· 179/130 .266/.341/.405/.746 .733/.748 .780 69/.615 3/0 3/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 10/.700 1/.000 ··· 341/272 .244/.346/.392/.738 .444/.812 .743 48/.779 1/2 7/6
IP 104.1 52.1 5.0 45.1 28.1 42.0 53.2 56.2 39.2 TOTAL .244/.311/.390/.701 .733/.693 .693 .697 78/27 104/77
ERA-K/9 4.92/6.5 4.47/7.4 9.00/1.8 1.39/9.1 3.81/6.7 5.79/6.6 4.53/5.4 3.18/9.7 4.31/9.7 4.31/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (29-25-4)
 Sanchez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.259 211/.258 26/.286 182/.194 118/.243 187/.287 236/.309 245/.247 176/.285 .274  McCutchen
 Marte
 Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 Martin
 Tabata
0/106/0/9
100/10/0/5
0/0/23/1
1/0/4/0
8/0/10/0
0/0/1/0
9/0/41/0
OPS .760 .682 1.042 .591 .670 .844 .799 .681 .716 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.759 82/.776 9/1.356 54/.452 44/.494 76/.946 104/.767 100/.798 88/.573 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.761 129/.624 17/.915 128/.648 74/.779 111/.774 132/.824 145/.600 88/.863 .761
Road 259/.865 97/.599 26/1.042 82/.527 61/.722 101/.879 123/.785 112/.765 81/.744
Last 28d days 93/.664 39/.729 26/1.042 36/.590 41/.618 30/1.413 46/.835 45/.760 26/.863
HR/SB/CS 13/7/3 4/3/0 2/0/0 3/3/3 3/0/0 7/2/0 5/2/2 5/7/1 2/3/0 93/69/28
Usage ····X··· ·····oX· ··X····· ·oo···o· ··X··X·· ··X·oo·o X··Xoo·· X··X···X ···X·o·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.