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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, August 14, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 70-48, 70-48 1st, 2 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 12-5, 2.83)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-5) 105.0 88 33 33 44 107 5 2.83
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 5-2 44.1 33 18 18 21 40 3 3.65 57
2013-08-09 @COL L 2.1 12 10 10 2 1 1 73 -8
2013-08-03 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 102 74
2013-07-29 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 102 71
2013-07-24 @WSN W 7.2 2 0 0 3 8 0 110 80
2013-07-19 @CIN L 4.1 5 5 5 4 4 1 98 33
2013-07-10 OAK W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 90 74
2013-07-05 @CHC W 9.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 111 74
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 14.0 8 3 3 4 14 0 1.93 68
2013-07-29 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 102 71
2009-06-28 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 97 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-20   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  58-37   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:30-19   vsWest:  8-10 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 13  @STL  L   3-4 (14)  70-48  1st  2.0 up
117 Sun, Aug 11  @COL  L   2-3       70-47  1st  3.0 up
116 Sat, Aug 10  @COL  L   4-6       70-46  1st  4.0 up
115 Fri, Aug  9  @COL  L   1-10      70-45  1st  4.0 up
114 Thu, Aug  8   MIA  W   5-4 (10)  70-44  1st  4.0 up
113 Wed, Aug  7   MIA  W   4-2       69-44  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  6   MIA  W   4-3       68-44  1st  2.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  4   COL  W   5-1       67-44  1st  1.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Cardinals, 68-50, 68-50 2nd, 2 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: Shelby Miller (22, RHP, 11-7, 2.89)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-7) 121.1 103 42 39 35 132 12 2.89
2012 (1-0) 13.2 9 2 2 4 16 0 1.32
Last 7 GS 3-2 29.1 31 16 15 15 31 4 4.60 49
2013-08-07 LAD ND 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 48
2013-08-02 @CIN W 5.0 5 3 3 3 8 1 97 50
2013-07-28 @ATL L 5.2 6 3 2 2 6 1 112 51
2013-07-23 PHI W 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 85 71
2013-07-10 HOU ND 5.0 5 3 3 5 5 1 94 45
2013-07-03 @LAA W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 102 58
2013-06-28 @OAK L 1.2 6 5 5 2 0 0 61 21
Last 5 v.PIT 0-2 11.2 13 5 5 4 13 2 3.86 52
2013-04-28 PIT L 5.2 7 3 3 3 7 2 113 47
2013-04-17 @PIT L 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 98 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-22   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  56-32   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:27-19   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 13   PIT  W   4-3 (14)  68-50  2nd  2.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 11   CHC  W   8-4       67-50  2nd  3.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10   CHC  L   5-6       66-50  2nd  4.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  9   CHC  L   0-3       66-49  2nd  4.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  8   LAD  L   1-5       66-48  2nd  4.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7   LAD  L   4-13      66-47  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6   LAD  W   5-1       66-46  2nd  2.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  5   LAD  L   2-3       65-46  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  4  @CIN  W  15-2       65-45  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @CIN  L   3-8       64-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 STL  4  PIT  3 (14)   W:Sam Freeman (1-0), L: Jared Hughes (2-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 STL 13 @PIT  0        W:Joe Kelly (2-3), L: Charlie Morton (3-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 7-4; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1218-1154

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 (3.86 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Miller
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
71.Freeman*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
52.Wacha
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 6/.167 6/.666 1/no AB 10/1.178 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 438/335 .236/.297/.479/.776 .622/.823 .824 104/.608 1/0 28/24
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.393 2/.500 15/.800 5/.500 1/.000 ··· 254/206 .220/.264/.302/.566 .479/.587 .532 50/.661 0/0 2/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 52/31 .250/.280/.417/.697 1.238/.284 .750 35/.869 2/0 2/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/.000 ··· 9/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 359/341 .250/.304/.424/.727 .170/.758 .776 71/.754 2/0 10/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.100 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 509/418 .279/.343/.434/.778 1.109/.707 .768 108/.671 34/11 10/7
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 7/.453 4/1.000 2/no AB ··· 376/300 .253/.355/.401/.756 .720/.764 .866 74/.823 9/4 10/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 9/.347 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.650 ··· ··· 490/403 .314/.388/.513/.900 1.119/.854 .776 102/1.106 24/6 17/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 263/201 .277/.332/.403/.735 1.091/.630 .875 72/.855 3/2 5/11
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 257/164 .241/.352/.406/.757 .981/.633 .781 44/.838 1/0 7/3
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 31/22 .179/.226/.250/.476 .556/.438 .670 23/.417 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 8/1.025 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 200/149 .256/.335/.381/.716 .733/.708 .688 64/.566 3/0 3/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· ··· 378/301 .259/.355/.401/.756 .482/.825 .717 85/.840 1/2 7/6
IP 121.1 25.2 2.1 71.2 44.2 51.2 55.2 22.0 22.2 TOTAL .245/.313/.389/.702 .739/.692 .706 .723 82/29 110/87
ERA-K/9 2.89/9.8 2.45/6.7 0.00/11.7 3.14/6.2 2.22/4.4 1.74/7.0 2.59/13.2 0.82/11.9 4.37/7.1 3.51/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (36-27-4)
 Sanchez (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.227 105/.215 8/.000 307/.260 181/.298 193/.196 235/.239 85/.097 96/.253 .248  McCutchen
 Marte
 Harrison
 Jones
 Tabata
 Martin
0/113/0/9
106/12/0/6
1/0/7/2
0/0/24/1
10/0/45/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .636 .568 .125 .701 .724 .510 .633 .402 .727 .675
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.730 75/.545 2/.000 138/.683 62/.745 86/.445 106/.541 43/.341 52/.491 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.546 30/.621 6/.167 169/.715 119/.712 107/.563 129/.711 42/.467 44/1.035 .662
Home 240/.554 50/.584 8/.125 149/.673 104/.680 103/.375 122/.600 49/.415 71/.735
Last 28d days 69/.669 21/.496 8/.125 98/.602 57/.653 41/.500 47/.721 40/.550 23/.874
HR/SB/CS 12/8/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 7/1/1 2/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 77/28/16
Usage ······o· ··ooo·Xo X····X·· ··X····X X·oooo·o X·X·o··o X··XX··X X·Xo·o·o ···X····
Cardinals Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 203/168 .280/.340/.484/.824 .657/.860 .935 59/.592 0/1 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/1.933 4/.833 8/1.000 7/1.071 1/.000 5/.600 3/.000 437/315 .304/.342/.515/.856 .766/.892 .858 87/.761 2/1 20/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/1.250 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 4/.000 520/363 .310/.381/.469/.850 .785/.879 .981 112/.703 1/3 9/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/11 .182/.308/.273/.580 .000/.697 .542 13/.580 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 5/.400 2/2.500 2/.500 4/.000 2/.000 482/376 .320/.371/.463/.835 .772/.852 .819 101/.691 2/0 11/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/4.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 102/76 .219/.265/.313/.577 .308/.673 .501 51/.662 0/0 1/1
55.Curtis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 .500/.500 .333 1/ 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.250 9/.222 6/.400 ··· 5/.800 ··· 241/192 .258/.308/.407/.716 .589/.747 .605 55/.556 5/2 5/10
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 6/.000 5/.200 4/1.000 2/.500 3/1.334 3/.000 388/288 .270/.351/.387/.737 .773/.724 .678 93/.774 1/2 6/7
7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 4/1.750 7/1.000 13/1.524 4/.000 4/.500 6/.834 3/1.667 430/334 .293/.377/.468/.845 .751/.871 .901 77/1.054 6/1 15/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 6/1.333 5/1.750 2/1.000 3/1.334 9/1.111 4/.500 465/360 .271/.344/.367/.711 .564/.752 .688 97/.859 4/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.384 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .250/.318/.400/.718 .167/.908 .400 20/.578 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 379/266 .228/.277/.288/.565 .611/.546 .485 70/.537 2/1 1/6
IP 105.0 66.0 63.0 21.1 54.1 55.1 51.0 55.0 61.0 TOTAL .274/.336/.408/.744 .676/.767 .745 .709 30/15 93/54
ERA-K/9 2.83/9.2 3.95/6.4 3.00/5.7 4.22/7.2 2.65/5.8 0.81/8.6 2.65/4.9 3.11/7.2 2.07/7.4 3.15/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (9-3-2)
 Johnson (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 438/.226 265/.247 262/.220 96/.259 222/.245 209/.186 202/.213 221/.205 245/.191 .231  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Curtis
 Chambers
0/0/99/3
0/113/0/3
96/0/0/1
24/0/19/1
0/0/2/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .606 .652 .623 .741 .636 .451 .645 .589 .551 .647
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.344 121/.709 116/.644 34/.816 93/.615 99/.339 86/.722 81/.497 72/.536 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.674 144/.604 146/.607 62/.697 129/.649 110/.554 116/.588 140/.645 173/.558 .636
Road 234/.702 75/.490 141/.539 64/.656 104/.765 96/.579 99/.773 97/.670 105/.581
Last 28d days 122/.682 93/.584 45/.631 22/.568 49/.598 39/.428 45/.683 39/.473 41/.775
HR/SB/CS 5/3/3 6/3/4 5/6/2 2/4/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 6/1/2 5/3/1 4/5/3 83/72/33
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· X····X·· o···Xo·· X···X··X X····Xo· X·X····o ··oX··oo o··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.