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Game Preview: NYY @ PIT, 1:05pm, Wednesday, February 26, 2014 @PNC Park

Yankees, 85-77, 85-77

SP: Ivan Nova (26, RHP, 9-6, 3.10)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-6) 139.1 135 49 48 44 116 9 3.10
2012 (12-8) 170.1 194 100 95 56 153 28 5.02
2011 (16-4) 165.1 163 74 68 57 98 13 3.70
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.2 40 16 15 17 27 5 2.96 56
2013-09-26 TBR L 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 105 57
2013-09-21 SFG W 9.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 108 81
2013-09-15 @BOS L 4.0 6 5 4 4 2 1 89 30
2013-09-10 @BAL ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 79 44
2013-09-05 BOS ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 96 41
2013-08-31 BAL W 9.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 104 85
2013-08-25 @TBR ND 6.2 6 2 2 6 3 1 102 51
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-35   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  53-54   vsLHP:  32-23   1-Run:  30-16
 vsEast: 37-39   vsCntrl:22-11   vsWest: 17-16 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @HOU  W   5-1 (14)  85-77  3rd 12.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @HOU  W   2-1       84-77  3rd 13.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @HOU  W   3-2       83-77  3rd 14.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   TBR  L   0-4       82-77  4th 14.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   TBR  L   3-8       82-76  3rd 13.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   TBR  L   0-7       82-75  3rd 12.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   SFG  L   1-2       82-74  3rd 12.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   SFG  W   6-0       82-73  3rd 11.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   SFG  W   5-1       81-73  4th 12.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @TOR  L   2-6       80-73  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Pirates, 94-68, 94-68

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 16-8, 3.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
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 2-3 40.0 38 20 20 16 37 4 4.50 52
2013-09-25 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 104 42
2013-09-20 CIN ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 7 1 94 72
2013-09-15 CHC ND 6.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 107 58
2013-09-10 @TEX W 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 91 59
2013-09-04 @MIL L 3.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 73 19
2013-08-30 STL W 8.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 82
2013-08-24 @SFG L 4.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 102 29
Last 5 v.NYY 2-2 27.1 28 14 13 15 27 1 4.28 50
2012-08-21 NYY W 6.0 6 2 2 3 7 1 108 56
2012-04-17 @NYY L 2.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 76 21
2011-08-20 NYY W 7.0 3 1 0 3 6 0 108 72
2011-04-07 @NYY L 5.0 4 4 4 3 5 0 97 45
2010-05-26 NYY ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 112 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   50-31   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn: 9-9 
 vsRHP:  76-55   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  29-23
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:45-31   vsWest: 14-18 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CIN  W   4-2       94-68  2nd  3.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CIN  W   8-3       93-68  2nd  3.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CIN  W   4-1       92-68  2nd  3.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @CHC  L   2-4       91-68  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @CHC  W   8-2       91-67  2nd  2.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @CHC  W   2-1       90-67  2nd  2.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   CIN  L   3-11      89-67  2nd  2.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   CIN  W   4-2       89-66  2nd  2.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   CIN  L   5-6 (10)  88-66  2nd  2.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19   SDP  W  10-1       88-65  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 PIT  4  NYY  2        W:Paul Maholm (6-5), L: Jose Veras (2-1), S: Damaso Marte (4)
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 NYY 10 @PIT  0        W:Joba Chamberlain (2-2), L: Zach Duke (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 PIT 12  NYY  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (6-6), L: Darrell Rasner (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 NYY 13  PIT  6        W:Sean Henn (2-0), L: Shawn Chacon (2-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 NYY  9  PIT  3        W:Roger Clemens (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (2-9), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 NYY  5  PIT  4 (10)   W:Mariano Rivera (2-3), L: Matt Capps (3-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2005 NYY  6  PIT  1        W:Randy Johnson (7-5), L: Oliver Perez (5-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 NYY  7  PIT  5 (10)   W:Mariano Rivera (3-2), L: Jose Mesa (0-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 NYY  9  PIT  0        W:Mike Mussina (7-4), L: Kip Wells (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 7-2

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Yankees Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 46.Irwin
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 52.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 53.Welker
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
65.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 18/.222 / /
36.Beltran# G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· ··· 6/1.500 7/.429 5/.650 ··· 8/1.000 8/.929 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 6/.500 ··· 3/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .750 96/.648 13/6 32/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 6/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 323/213 .271/.313/.370/.682 .648/.701 .601 23/.984 14/3 4/3
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 15/1.225 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .323/.417/.387/.804 2.032/.426 .742 34/.929 2/2 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 25/1.082 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 12/.533 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 740/511 .316/.362/.429/.791 .941/.723 .859 18/.349 9/4 15/10
33.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 581/423 .225/.313/.365/.678 .607/.705 .627 38/.332 14/2 16/11
34.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 487/321 .230/.300/.399/.698 .673/.711 .708 53/.550 3/0 20/2
66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 26/.314 / /
26.Nunez G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/45 .292/.330/.393/.723 .860/.552 .885 72/.755 11/2 1/7
14.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/59 .182/.233/.182/.415 .607/.370 .496 94/.780 1/1 0/1
53.Romine G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/.000 / /
17.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.267 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 470/293 .194/.277/.278/.555 .637/.503 .535 62/.563 11/5 3/9
12.Soriano G/S/vP 13/.321 ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.714 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 8/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 615/466 .262/.322/.499/.821 .831/.818 .815 91/.845 6/2 32/1
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 28/.665 ··· ··· 3/1.334 8/.804 ··· ··· 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 663/426 .283/.307/.390/.696 .649/.724 .687 69/.465 29/7 9/1
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 26/.679 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· 11/2.011 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 524/326 .251/.332/.475/.807 .865/.770 .858 / 2/1 24/1
IP 156.2 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 5.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .242/.307/.376/.683 .676/.686 .657 .643 115/31 144/69
ERA-K/9 5.34/9.6 /0.0 /0.0 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 /0.0 5.73/5.3 6.20/8.2 1.80/10.8 /0.0 /0.0 3.38/8.9 /0.0 1.93/13.4 3.27/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (0-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.244 / / 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 / 198/.318 194/.256 20/.125 / / 215/.198 / 26/.455 .238  Soriano
 Beltran
 Suzuki
 Ellsbury
 Gardner
 Nunez
145/0/0/12
0/9/132/10
35/7/132/5
0/73/0/2
15/0/0/1
3/0/1/0
OPS .741 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .375 .623 1.111 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.603 / / 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 / 88/.908 87/.875 8/.125 / / 103/.554 / 12/1.053 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 535/.784 / / 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 / 110/.714 107/.655 12/.533 / / 112/.691 / 14/1.161 .643
Home 361/.717 / / 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 / 81/.875 119/.736 9/.619 / / 92/.526 / 3/3.000
Last 28d days 120/.760 102/.522 30/.421 38/.851 34/.928 28/.947 / 32/.710 43/.698 33/.990 / 38/.411 22/.318 / 22/.431
HR/SB/CS 19/16/2 // // 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 // 3/12/2 8/0/1 0/2/0 // // 5/9/1 // 0/2/0 101/95/43
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 64.Cabral*
G/S/vB		 38.Claiborne
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 67.Nuno*
G/S/vB		 35.Pineda
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 93/.742 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 42/.421 0/2 8/16
14.Decker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/182 .233/.279/.345/.624 .580/.647 .545 19/.616 7/3 3/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.909 / /
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 30/.741 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 62/.496 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 92/.935 20/12 31/1
69.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/56 .210/.265/.371/.636 .367/.690 .537 47/1.093 0/1 1/1
205.Morel G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/95 .177/.225/.195/.420 .486/.400 .411 / 4/1 0/3
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 22/.830 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 21/.860 / /
23.Snider* G/S/vP 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 18/.461 2/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/94 .241/.292/.319/.611 .579/.633 .753 42/.545 2/0 1/4
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 70/.856 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 87/.732 7/5 14/9
IP 170.1 44.1 60.2 65.0 2.1 TOTAL .245/.313/.396/.709 .735/.702 .701 .709 94/42 161/106
ERA-K/9 5.02/8.1 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 3.25/9.1 /0.0 /0.0 2.67/12.0 3.46/7.3 23.14/3.9 3.94/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (63-20-9)
 Stewart (27-8-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 748/.288 / / / 190/.256 / / 248/.229 266/.257 17/.533 .261  Tabata
 McCutchen
 Marte
 Harrison
 Snider
32/0/77/6
0/156/0/3
43/4/0/3
1/0/12/1
15/0/33/1
OPS .860 .717 .638 .685 1.588 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 367/.848 / / / 58/.747 / / 131/.575 131/.660 6/1.500 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 381/.872 / / / 132/.701 / / 117/.710 135/.709 11/1.636 .734
Road 428/.806 / / / 106/.883 / / 130/.765 135/.751 /
Last 28d days 128/.753 16/.517 11/.586 26/1.582 16/1.207 / / 41/.853 21/.971 52/.519
HR/SB/CS 28/7/3 // // // 5/2/1 // // 5/8/1 4/4/2 2/1/0 171/72/30
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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.