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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 4:15pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 13-10, 13-10 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 1-2, 2.79)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 29.0 22 9 9 11 42 2 2.79
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 1-4 42.2 37 14 14 14 50 2 2.95 59
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
2013-04-12 CIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 106 53
2013-04-06 @LAD L 5.1 4 1 1 4 9 0 108 61
2013-04-01 CHC L 5.2 6 3 3 1 10 1 98 54
2012-10-03 ATL L 5.2 8 4 4 2 3 0 88 38
2012-09-28 CIN L 8.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 107 68
Last 5 v.STL 2-3 27.1 29 22 20 10 25 4 6.59 44
2013-04-17 STL W 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 101 83
2012-08-27 STL L 5.2 7 4 3 1 3 1 93 43
2012-05-02 @STL L 2.2 12 12 12 1 2 2 72 -13
2012-04-21 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 76 76
2005-08-29 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 6 5 1 95 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-4    Road:    5-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  6-2    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @STL  L   1-9       13-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @PHI  W   6-4       13-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @PHI  W   5-3       12-9   3rd  1.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 23  @PHI  W   2-0       11-9   4th  1.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 22  @PHI  L   2-3       10-9   4th  1.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21   ATL  W   4-2       10-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20   ATL  W   3-1        9-8   3rd  1.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 19   ATL  W   6-0        8-8   3rd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 18   ATL  L   4-6        7-8   3rd  2.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 17   STL  W   5-0        7-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-10
Cardinals, 14-8, 14-8 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jake Westbrook (35, RHP, 1-1, 1.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 21.2 18 4 3 14 8 0 1.25
2012 (13-11) 174.2 191 85 77 52 106 12 3.97
2011 (12-9) 183.1 208 103 95 73 104 16 4.66
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.0 52 21 20 25 19 2 4.29 44
2013-04-21 @PHI ND 6.0 7 3 3 4 4 0 100 46
2013-04-10 CIN W 9.0 5 0 0 4 3 0 111 76
2013-04-05 @SFG L 6.2 6 1 0 6 1 0 116 55
2012-09-08 MIL L 5.0 7 3 3 4 2 0 77 39
2012-09-02 @WSN ND 5.1 9 2 2 1 6 1 97 47
2012-08-28 @PIT L 5.0 11 7 7 4 2 1 103 15
2012-08-23 HOU W 5.0 7 5 5 2 1 0 81 32
Last 5 v.PIT 1-4 31.2 42 19 18 11 21 3 5.12 43
2012-08-28 @PIT L 5.0 11 7 7 4 2 1 103 15
2012-08-17 PIT L 7.2 6 2 1 3 3 0 110 61
2012-07-01 PIT W 6.0 9 4 4 1 6 1 105 43
2012-05-03 PIT L 6.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 89 42
2012-04-21 @PIT L 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 113 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-2    Road:    9-6    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 26   PIT  W   9-1       14-8   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @WSN  W   4-2       13-8   1st  0.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23  @WSN  W   2-0       12-8   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 22  @WSN  W   3-2       11-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @PHI  L   3-7       10-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20  @PHI  W   5-0       10-7   1st  0.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 19  @PHI  L   2-8  (7)   9-7   1st  0.5 up
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @PHI  W   4-3        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @PIT  L   0-5        8-6   1st  0.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 15  @PIT  W  10-6        8-5   1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 PIT  9  STL  0        W:James McDonald (12-6), L: Jake Westbrook (13-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 STL  4 @PIT  3        W:Kyle Lohse (14-2), L: A.J. Burnett (15-5), S: Jason Motte (31)
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3 (19)   W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-12), L: Barret Browning (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Barret Browning (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (7-13), S: Jason Motte (28)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 PIT  2 @STL  1        W:James McDonald (11-5), L: Jake Westbrook (12-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Jake Westbrook (7-6), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: Jason Motte (17)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 2-1; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1212-1152

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

For the 2012 season

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 (3.65 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 20/1.600 6/.900 5/.800 6/1.700 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .776 80/.597 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 22/.591 9/.536 2/1.000 7/.143 14/.857 4/.666 4/.500 5/.000 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .561 68/.336 0/2 8/16
2.Inge G/S/vP 47/.804 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 331/204 .218/.275/.383/.658 .693/.636 .572 9/.778 0/1 12/8
46.Jones* G/S/vP 23/.570 13/.762 1/.000 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .882 67/.808 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .798 100/.846 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .728 75/.699 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 26/1.000 12/.432 ··· 6/.334 4/.250 2/1.000 3/1.666 6/.667 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .946 93/.683 20/12 31/1
17.McDonald G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 213/141 .249/.295/.386/.681 .897/.572 .686 17/.243 0/1 6/1
19.McKenry G/S/vP 12/.584 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .842 21/1.118 0/0 12/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 1/3.000 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .661 45/.961 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/.666 6/.334 7/.619 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .573 67/.812 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 24/1.119 7/1.381 ··· 6/.750 3/.000 1/.000 4/.833 9/.917 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .708 40/.453 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 21/.947 8/.536 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 4/1.750 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .811 92/.693 7/5 14/9
IP 174.2 73.1 38.2 107.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .232/.305/.361/.665 .571/.705 .564 .665 14/5 16/13
ERA-K/9 3.97/5.5 2.21/7.1 3.03/8.8 3.53/6.3 3.03/6.5 2.78/9.9 4.24/6.4 4.30/9.2 2.99/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (63-20-9)
 McKenry (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 751/.282 296/.211 168/.206 457/.271 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .246  Tabata
 Jones
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Snider
32/0/77/6
0/0/66/3
43/4/0/3
0/156/0/3
15/0/33/1
OPS .729 .570 .569 .740 .643 .513 .729 .720 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 353/.780 123/.656 116/.461 200/.917 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.683 173/.510 52/.821 257/.607 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .617
Home 394/.730 167/.638 84/.517 288/.736 141/.712 36/.473 93/.707 132/.561
Last 28d days 93/.664 52/.967 11/.606 37/.892 33/.463 57/.780 35/.726 32/.757
HR/SB/CS 12/3/6 5/6/0 1/2/0 10/8/5 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 12/7/3
Usage ·····X·· X····Xo· o····o·· o·X·o··· ··ooo··· ··X·X·X· ·····o·o ·····X·X

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

Cardinals Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 35/.858 2/2.500 6/.000 4/.833 6/1.333 6/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .936 81/.892 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 11/.955 2/.500 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .890 91/.860 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.750 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .933 86/.652 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .563 5/.200 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 7/1.096 ··· 2/.500 5/1.250 6/.333 3/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .620 50/.404 6/3 4/15
23.Freese G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 5/.200 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/.000 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .798 47/.515 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 15/.938 2/no AB 5/.000 7/1.000 12/1.492 3/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .884 85/.862 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 9/.583 2/1.000 6/.666 5/1.200 3/2.500 2/1.000 8/1.000 2/.500 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .948 89/.597 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 1.009 76/.683 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 17/.435 2/.000 5/.200 5/.800 8/.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .881 87/.784 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .597 25/.470 1/0 3/2
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 49/.655 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 360/210 .235/.314/.375/.688 .771/.632 .665 18/.399 1/0 11/12
IP 202.1 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .252/.313/.385/.698 .714/.693 .796 .698 5/2 19/11
ERA-K/9 3.51/8.0 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 5.73/5.3 6.20/8.2 3.38/8.9 1.93/13.4 3.49/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-8-3)
 Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 851/.246 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 198/.318 194/.256 215/.198 26/.455 .223  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Craig
 Wigginton
0/9/132/10
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .668 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .623 1.111 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.695 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 88/.908 87/.875 103/.554 12/1.053 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 415/.641 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 110/.714 107/.655 112/.691 14/1.161 .653
Road 390/.682 188/.792 117/.593 159/.642 117/.744 75/.783 123/.697 23/.905
Last 28d days 120/.602 58/.663 38/.301 54/.790 25/.760 45/.378 44/.569 51/.455
HR/SB/CS 18/38/2 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 3/12/2 8/0/1 5/9/1 0/2/0 20/14/7
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ··oo·Xo· X···Xo·· X·o·X··o ··oX··oo ·X·X·Xo· ·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.