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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 1:45pm, Thursday, August 15, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 71-48, 71-48 1st, 3 up

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 5-8, 2.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-8) 134.1 114 53 44 51 149 8 2.95
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 45.0 48 21 13 16 50 0 2.60 55
2013-08-10 @COL L 5.2 8 6 5 3 8 0 99 36
2013-08-04 COL W 9.0 8 1 1 1 9 0 110 75
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
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 28.1 28 19 18 8 28 3 5.72 49
2013-07-30 STL ND 7.0 3 1 1 3 9 0 113 73
2013-04-27 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 111 57
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-20   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  59-37   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:31-19   vsWest:  8-10 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 14  @STL  W   5-1       71-48  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Cardinals, 68-51, 68-51 2nd, 3 GB, 6 up in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 13-6, 3.79)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-6) 149.2 127 63 63 57 145 8 3.79
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 3-3 44.0 40 19 19 18 39 3 3.89 54
2013-08-09 CHC L 6.2 3 3 3 5 5 0 115 56
2013-08-04 @CIN W 8.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 115 75
2013-07-30 @PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 97 67
2013-07-25 PHI W 7.0 5 1 1 4 6 0 118 65
2013-07-20 SDP L 5.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 91 37
2013-07-13 @CHC L 4.1 12 6 6 1 2 2 74 16
2013-07-07 MIA W 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 110 61
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 27.1 23 15 15 15 34 2 4.94 52
2013-07-30 @PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 97 67
2013-04-26 PIT W 7.0 2 1 1 3 9 0 106 75
2013-04-15 @PIT W 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 99 38
2012-08-18 PIT ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 8 0 86 48
2012-06-30 PIT L 5.0 7 6 6 4 6 1 109 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-23   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  56-32   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:27-20   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 14   PIT  L   1-5       68-51  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 PIT  5 @STL  1        W:Francisco Liriano (13-5), L: Shelby Miller (11-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 8-4; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1219-1154

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 (3.87 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
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 20/.817 6/.666 1/no AB 10/1.178 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 442/339 .236/.296/.484/.780 .622/.828 .832 108/.634 1/0 29/24
12.Barmes G/S/vP 20/.566 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 1/2.000 ··· ··· 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 21/.782 1/.000 ··· 9/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 363/345 .251/.306/.432/.738 .170/.768 .795 75/.805 2/0 11/7
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/7 .000/.143/.000/.143 /.143 .143 7/.143 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 13/1.038 1/.000 1/no AB 6/1.100 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 514/422 .279/.342/.434/.776 1.096/.707 .765 113/.669 34/11 10/7
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· ··· 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 20/.500 ··· ··· 9/.347 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 494/407 .316/.389/.513/.901 1.119/.855 .780 106/1.101 24/7 17/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 267/205 .273/.327/.397/.724 1.091/.617 .847 76/.806 3/2 5/12
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/.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 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/25 .188/.229/.250/.479 .500/.467 .631 27/.431 0/0 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· ··· 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 19/.835 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 382/305 .262/.356/.405/.762 .482/.831 .731 89/.861 1/2 7/6
IP 149.2 26.2 2.1 71.2 44.2 51.2 55.2 22.0 24.2 TOTAL .245/.312/.390/.702 .736/.694 .707 .724 82/30 112/88
ERA-K/9 3.79/8.7 2.36/7.4 0.00/11.7 3.14/6.2 2.22/4.4 1.74/7.0 2.59/13.2 0.82/11.9 4.01/8.0 3.50/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.233 108/.208 8/.000 307/.260 181/.298 193/.196 235/.239 85/.097 102/.237 .248  McCutchen
 Marte
 Harrison
 Jones
 Tabata
 Martin
 Lambo
0/114/0/9
107/12/0/6
1/0/7/2
0/0/24/1
10/0/46/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .655 .551 .125 .701 .724 .510 .633 .402 .682 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.708 76/.538 2/.000 138/.683 62/.745 86/.445 106/.541 43/.341 56/.455 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.612 32/.581 6/.167 169/.715 119/.712 107/.563 129/.711 42/.467 46/.985 .661
Home 317/.598 53/.550 8/.125 149/.673 104/.680 103/.375 122/.600 49/.415 77/.676
Last 28d days 132/.548 24/.432 8/.125 98/.602 57/.653 41/.500 47/.721 40/.550 29/.676
HR/SB/CS 8/2/3 0/0/0 0/0/0 7/1/1 2/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 79/28/17
Usage ·····X·· o··ooo·X ·X····X· ···X···· ·X·oooo· ·X·X·o·· ·X··XX·· ·X·Xo·o· X···X···
Cardinals Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.44 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 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 41/.779 ··· 5/1.933 4/.833 8/1.000 7/1.071 1/.000 5/.600 3/.000 441/315 .303/.341/.512/.853 .757/.892 .851 91/.749 2/1 20/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 17/.812 ··· 6/1.250 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 4/.000 524/363 .310/.380/.470/.850 .784/.879 .978 116/.705 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 7/.286 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 5/.400 2/2.500 2/.500 4/.000 2/.000 486/376 .317/.370/.460/.831 .757/.852 .811 105/.676 2/0 11/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 105/76 .212/.257/.303/.560 .276/.673 .474 54/.625 0/0 1/1
55.Curtis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/2 .000/.400/.000/.400 .333/.500 .250 2/.500 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 13/.785 ··· 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 7/.000 ··· 4/.250 6/.000 5/.200 4/1.000 2/.500 3/1.334 3/.000 391/288 .268/.348/.383/.731 .749/.724 .666 96/.747 1/2 6/8
7.Holliday G/S/vP 21/.754 ··· 4/1.750 7/1.000 13/1.524 4/.000 4/.500 6/.834 3/1.667 433/334 .293/.376/.467/.843 .749/.871 .897 80/1.038 6/1 15/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 15/.733 ··· 5/1.100 6/1.333 5/1.750 2/1.000 3/1.334 9/1.111 4/.500 468/360 .271/.343/.367/.710 .567/.752 .688 100/.852 4/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/16 .238/.304/.381/.685 .143/.908 .364 21/.549 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 382/266 .226/.275/.285/.560 .594/.546 .477 73/.514 2/1 1/6
IP 134.1 66.0 63.0 21.1 54.1 55.1 51.0 55.0 61.0 TOTAL .273/.335/.406/.741 .667/.767 .739 .697 30/15 93/55
ERA-K/9 2.95/10.0 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 3.13/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (9-4-2)
 Johnson (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.228 265/.247 262/.220 96/.259 222/.245 209/.186 202/.213 221/.205 245/.191 .231  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Curtis
 Chambers
0/0/100/3
0/114/0/3
97/0/0/1
24/0/19/1
0/0/2/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .635 .652 .623 .741 .636 .451 .645 .589 .551 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.732 121/.709 116/.644 34/.816 93/.615 99/.339 86/.722 81/.497 72/.536 .666
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.543 144/.604 146/.607 62/.697 129/.649 110/.554 116/.588 140/.645 173/.558 .633
Road 267/.712 75/.490 141/.539 64/.656 104/.765 96/.579 99/.773 97/.670 105/.581
Last 28d days 152/.681 93/.584 45/.631 22/.568 49/.598 39/.428 45/.683 39/.473 41/.775
HR/SB/CS 8/18/2 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····Xo ·X·X···· ···oX··o ·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.