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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, April 10, 2014 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 5-3, 5-3 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Gerrit Cole (23, RHP, 1-0, 2.57)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 2.57
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.1 40 12 11 13 46 2 2.14 62
2014-04-04 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 108 58
2013-09-24 @CHC W 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 94 55
2013-09-19 SDP W 6.0 4 1 1 3 12 0 97 69
2013-09-14 CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 101 67
2013-09-09 @TEX W 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 92 78
2013-09-03 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 92 58
2013-08-29 MIL L 7.1 10 4 3 1 4 1 97 47
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 13.0 12 3 3 4 13 0 2.08 61
2013-09-24 @CHC W 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 94 55
2013-09-14 CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 101 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr  9  @CHC  L   5-7        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8  @CHC  W   7-6        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   STL  W   2-1        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   STL  L   1-6        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   STL  W  12-2        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Thu, Apr  3   CHC  L   2-3        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2   CHC  W   4-3 (16)   2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Mar 31   CHC  W   1-0 (10)   1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-3    Last 20: 5-3    Last 30: 5-3
Cubs, 3-5, 3-5 4th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Travis Wood (27, LHP, 0-1, 4.26)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 6.1 6 4 3 1 8 1 4.26
2013 (9-12) 200.0 163 73 69 66 144 18 3.11
2012 (6-13) 156.0 133 80 74 54 119 25 4.27
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 40 15 13 13 36 4 2.83 56
2014-04-04 PHI L 6.1 6 4 3 1 8 1 102 54
2013-09-27 @STL L 1.0 4 3 3 2 1 0 37 32
2013-09-21 ATL ND 7.0 5 1 1 4 7 0 106 66
2013-09-15 @PIT ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 87 56
2013-09-09 @CIN W 7.0 6 0 0 0 7 0 100 72
2013-09-02 MIA L 7.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 106 44
2013-08-27 @LAD W 7.0 5 1 0 2 6 0 105 69
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 29.2 15 6 6 10 28 1 1.82 64
2013-09-15 @PIT ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 87 56
2013-06-07 PIT L 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 103 64
2013-04-04 @PIT W 6.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 85 72
2012-09-17 PIT L 5.2 4 3 3 1 9 0 116 57
2012-09-07 @PIT W 6.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 83 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   1-3    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr  9   PIT  W   7-5        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   PIT  L   6-7        2-5   4th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   PHI  W   8-3        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   PHI  L   0-2        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   PHI  L   2-7        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @PIT  W   3-2        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @PIT  L   3-4 (16)   0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @PIT  L   0-1 (10)   0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 CHC  7  PIT  5        W:Jason Hammel (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 PIT  7 @CHC  6        W:Tony Watson (2-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (2)
Thu, Apr 03, 2014 CHC  3 @PIT  2        W:Jason Hammel (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: Pedro Strop (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  3 (16)   W:Stolmy Pimentel (1-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (0-2), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 PIT  1  CHC  0 (10)   W:Bryan Morris (1-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 CHC  4  PIT  2        W:Jake Arrieta (5-4), L: Francisco Liriano (16-8), S: Kevin Gregg (33)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 PIT  8 @CHC  2        W:Gerrit Cole (10-7), L: Chris Rusin (2-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 PIT  2 @CHC  1        W:Mark Melancon (3-2), L: Kevin Gregg (2-6), S: Jason Grilli (32)
Sun, Sep 15, 2013 PIT  3  CHC  2        W:Kyle Farnsworth (3-0), L: Pedro Strop (2-5), S: Mark Melancon (16)
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 PIT  2  CHC  1        W:Gerrit Cole (8-7), L: James Russell (1-6), S: Mark Melancon (15)
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 3-2; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; 2012 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1238-1170

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 15/.200 ··· 5/.800 13/.490 4/.000 4/1.750 5/1.850 5/.650 10/.600 614/467 .233/.296/.473/.770 .537/.842 .838 36/1.028 2/0 36/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 17/.435 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 9/.222 6/.666 2/.000 330/273 .211/.249/.309/.558 .529/.565 .571 4/.500 0/0 5/13
5.Harrison G/S/vP 7/.857 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 95/53 .250/.290/.409/.699 .981/.466 .744 6/.000 2/0 3/1
3.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 20/19 .105/.150/.105/.255 .000/.269 .333 24/.768 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 15/.700 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 7/.533 1/.000 566/463 .280/.343/.441/.784 1.053/.724 .787 39/.779 41/15 12/7
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/.777 1/2.000 7/1.571 5/.000 1/.000 8/1.950 2/.500 16/1.192 3/.333 506/396 .226/.327/.377/.703 .610/.729 .768 29/.963 9/5 15/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 25/.487 3/.333 5/.600 3/2.334 3/.000 6/.333 5/.200 14/.715 3/.333 674/553 .317/.404/.508/.911 1.130/.864 .859 38/.728 27/10 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 6/1.300 4/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 5/1.000 1/no AB 365/276 .285/.336/.435/.772 1.152/.654 .898 30/.421 3/2 8/15
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 17/.436 ··· 2/1.000 4/3.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 2/.000 2/.500 320/194 .254/.361/.402/.762 .987/.619 .770 9/.708 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 66/49 .233/.288/.400/.688 .765/.655 .724 8/.875 0/0 2/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 285/260 .215/.281/.333/.614 .291/.644 .488 31/.680 2/3 5/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 13/.891 4/.500 4/1.750 1/2.000 1/.000 2/3.000 3/.333 5/.900 2/.000 341/269 .282/.342/.429/.771 .742/.778 .717 15/.785 3/1 6/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 14/.742 3/1.167 4/1.167 9/.666 ··· 4/.500 6/.334 6/1.166 6/.650 551/457 .251/.339/.418/.757 .518/.805 .669 35/.649 1/2 16/7
IP 200.0 98.0 54.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 128.2 53.2 TOTAL .235/.327/.386/.713 .553/.724 .886 .713 4/1 9/4
ERA-K/9 3.11/6.5 5.97/7.0 4.77/7.2 3.59/6.3 /0.0 4.55/10.4 3.02/8.6 4.06/7.2 3.69/9.2 3.33/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (53-36-4)
 Sanchez (5-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 821/.222 442/.300 242/.251 214/.238 / 254/.210 254/.199 524/.248 232/.261 .220  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Harrison
 Tabata
 Martin
0/155/0/11
124/13/0/6
5/0/79/5
1/0/14/2
40/0/50/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .643 .846 .737 .746 .663 .605 .726 .769 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.599 239/.860 112/.546 122/.543 / 108/.653 132/.684 224/.731 123/.753 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 623/.656 203/.830 130/.908 92/1.033 / 146/.671 122/.520 300/.721 109/.786 .564
Home 481/.657 218/.796 122/.777 116/.713 / 129/.740 147/.591 301/.693 118/.698
Last 28d days 28/.632 20/.522 20/.472 14/.757 17/.243 19/.904 16/.611 30/.815 18/1.042
HR/SB/CS 18/4/3 15/4/4 6/4/1 7/6/5 // 5/1/0 6/7/0 14/10/6 7/5/1 9/6/0
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X·Xo X··X·o·X ·X··X·oo ·X·o·Xoo oo·o··oo ·o·X···X ···X···X ·····X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .296 8/.125 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 4/1.000 9/.222 2/.000 2/.000 14/1.154 5/1.600 3/1.334 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .628 19/.635 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.143 3/1.167 ··· 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .616 41/1.116 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 6/.400 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .734 27/.564 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 7/1.071 4/.500 12/.667 6/.500 3/1.000 ··· 18/.666 6/.167 6/.000 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .653 35/.814 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / 15/.702 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .801 25/.833 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / 19/.632 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/.733 4/2.000 6/1.500 5/.650 5/1.100 2/.000 5/2.050 8/.500 7/1.096 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .815 37/.991 6/5 23/5
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 472/322 .222/.298/.396/.694 .833/.631 .629 16/.258 15/8 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.666 9/.222 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 10/1.375 6/.500 2/.000 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .776 25/.374 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.800 5/1.400 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 6/2.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .946 20/.318 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 7/.971 5/.400 4/.500 2/no AB 3/2.667 5/.400 3/1.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .710 21/.679 1/4 12/7
IP 117.1 80.2 50.0 71.0 65.0 9.1 170.1 71.2 73.2 TOTAL .245/.314/.362/.676 .695/.662 .743 .676 6/0 7/5
ERA-K/9 3.22/7.7 3.35/5.9 2.70/13.3 1.39/8.9 3.46/5.1 1.93/8.7 5.71/7.5 2.39/6.8 2.08/7.2 3.19/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Castillo (67-28-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.253 333/.223 202/.214 279/.223 270/.243 38/.171 777/.282 280/.198 295/.192 .235  Schierholtz
 Ruggiano
 Lake
 Sweeney
 Bonifacio
 Valbuena
0/0/126/5
23/84/5/3
32/27/0/2
10/45/4/1
20/15/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .638 .617 .595 .511 .705 .411 .804 .544 .543 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.611 146/.621 96/.707 125/.357 119/.745 14/.214 394/.836 107/.483 95/.501 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.660 187/.614 106/.496 154/.638 151/.674 24/.530 383/.771 173/.582 200/.563 .612
Road 173/.548 180/.566 96/.742 132/.620 134/.797 26/.481 388/.832 129/.577 131/.529
Last 28d days 29/.609 32/.982 16/.564 16/.552 9/.444 17/.437 28/.401 16/.343 13/.580
HR/SB/CS 7/9/5 6/7/2 4/1/0 1/3/0 8/1/2 0/1/0 19/24/2 5/3/1 4/7/3 9/6/0
Usage ·····X·· X···X··X ·o·o···X ·o·o···X ·····oo· ·······X ···X··X· ·X·o···o o····X·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.