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Game Preview: PIT @ NYY, 4:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2014 @Yankee Stadium III

Pirates, 17-23, 17-23 4th, 9 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (30, RHP, 1-3, 4.36)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-3) 43.1 39 22 21 13 25 5 4.36
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
2012 (11-11) 182.2 160 88 84 105 174 14 4.14
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.1 38 22 21 13 23 5 4.57 49
2014-05-10 STL ND 4.2 4 3 3 4 4 0 88 44
2014-05-04 TOR L 5.0 7 6 6 3 3 2 83 29
2014-04-27 @STL L 5.2 7 6 6 1 2 2 83 32
2014-04-22 CIN L 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 100 61
2014-04-17 MIL W 7.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 77 55
2014-04-12 @MIL ND 6.1 4 2 1 2 4 1 93 61
2014-04-06 STL ND 5.2 3 1 1 1 4 0 81 62
Last 5 v.NYY 1-0 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 2.57 59
2008-06-20 @NYY W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 103 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-11   Road:    5-12   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-22   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Thu, May 15  @MIL  L   3-4       17-23  4th  8.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14  @MIL  W   4-1       17-22  4th  7.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13  @MIL  L   2-5       16-22  4th  8.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   STL  L   5-6       16-21  4th  7.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   STL  W   4-3       16-20  4th  6.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   STL  W   6-4       15-20  4th  6.5 gb
 34 Wed, May  7   SFG  W   4-3       14-20  4th  7.5 gb
 33 Tue, May  6   SFG  W   2-1       13-20  4th  8.5 gb
 32 Mon, May  5   SFG  L  10-11(13)  12-20  4th  9.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  4   TOR  L   2-7       12-19  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Yankees, 21-19, 21-19 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: David Phelps (27, RHP, 0-0, 4.09)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 22.0 21 12 10 11 20 3 4.09
2013 (6-5) 86.2 88 50 48 35 79 8 4.98
2012 (4-4) 99.2 81 38 37 38 96 14 3.34
Last 7 GS 2-2 36.2 48 25 25 12 22 4 6.14 42
2014-05-11 @MIL ND 5.0 8 4 4 3 1 0 70 33
2014-05-05 @LAA ND 5.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 87 60
2013-07-04 @MIN W 6.1 8 4 4 0 5 1 111 46
2013-06-29 @BAL L 2.1 9 9 9 2 1 2 61 2
2013-06-21 TBR W 5.2 8 2 2 1 4 0 102 48
2013-06-15 @LAA L 6.0 9 4 4 2 2 1 102 38
2013-06-09 @SEA ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 99 65
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-10   Road:   12-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-12   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Thu, May 15  @NYM  W   1-0       21-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14  @NYM  W   4-0       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13   NYM  L   7-12      19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   NYM  L   7-9       19-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 11  @MIL  L   5-6       19-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 10  @MIL  L   4-5       19-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 34 Fri, May  9  @MIL  W   5-3       19-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  7  @LAA  W   9-2       18-15  1st    Tied
 32 Tue, May  6  @LAA  W   4-3       17-15  1st    Tied
 31 Mon, May  5  @LAA  L   1-4       16-15  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

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: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  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 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

COL  5.49

BAL  4.03

SDP  2.91

 RA/G

ATL  3.13

LAA  4.20

ARI  5.30

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .389

J. Abreu  .265

J. Gyorko  .150

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .497

R. Ludwick  .333

J. Gyorko  .205

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .740

M. Ozuna  .415

N. Schierholtz  .256

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.237

A. Jackson  .753

J. Gyorko  .477

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.25

P. Hughes  3.61

K. Correia  6.80

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

A. Burnett  7.40

C. Young  3.62

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

Pirates Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Phelps
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 38.Claiborne
G/S/vB		 40.Daley
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/140 .215/.320/.389/.709 .695/.712 .691 92/.694 4/1 8/9
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/37 .189/.262/.216/.478 .000/.547 .452 26/.460 0/0 0/2
15.Davis* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 111/96 .266/.378/.404/.783 .067/.902 .467 77/.752 0/1 2/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/44 .294/.321/.490/.811 .778/.818 .552 43/.837 2/2 1/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/146 .255/.323/.362/.686 .583/.698 .644 81/.626 11/1 2/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 181/159 .306/.425/.483/.908 1.305/.861 .731 97/.985 5/0 4/3
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/107 .209/.254/.291/.545 .641/.533 .432 67/.564 0/0 1/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/49 .290/.347/.580/.926 1.065/.849 1.178 41/1.009 1/0 4/1
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/53 .271/.295/.339/.634 .250/.693 .600 43/.596 0/0 1/4
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 100/98 .216/.310/.341/.651 .000/.665 .540 40/.567 0/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/32 .235/.278/.235/.513 .400/.532 .154 37/.513 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/89 .267/.302/.327/.629 .833/.585 .710 68/.637 0/1 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/144 .265/.345/.458/.803 1.005/.761 .819 99/.841 1/0 8/1
IP 22.0 9.2 22.1 11.2 4.1 10.1 6.2 23.1 TOTAL .247/.321/.377/.699 .739/.692 .656 .701 24/6 36/30
ERA-K/9 4.09/8.2 6.52/9.3 1.61/15.7 2.31/7.7 8.31/6.3 1.74/10.5 5.40/6.7 1.54/8.5 4.18/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Sanchez (15-3-1)
 Stewart (11-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.244 43/.275 87/.154 49/.244 21/.294 37/.143 34/.310 90/.207 .258  Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
 Harrison
 Mercer
 Sanchez
 McCutchen
0/0/30/3
37/3/0/2
9/1/23/2
2/0/8/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/39/0/0
OPS .762 .801 .459 .684 .969 .418 .757 .536 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.600 10/1.625 34/.485 19/.579 9/1.222 16/.192 21/.596 40/.343 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.846 33/.585 53/.441 30/.756 12/.795 21/.588 13/1.038 50/.676 .790
Home 18/.478 34/.824 34/.478 28/.783 10/.100 12/.606 19/.833 37/.476
Last 28d days 63/.688 43/.801 56/.552 49/.684 10/.100 26/.472 19/.911 56/.482
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 2/0/0 0/2/2 1/2/2 1/0/0 1/2/0 0/2/1 1/0/2 46/20/11
Usage ·····X·· ···XX·X· ·X···Xo· ···XX··· ···X···· ·X·····X ····Xo·· ·X···X·X
Yankees Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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
24.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/101 .284/.359/.412/.771 .953/.648 .807 98/.684 11/2 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/101 .290/.355/.377/.732 .823/.686 .784 86/.821 9/0 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 12/.533 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 147/91 .254/.331/.308/.639 .786/.549 .548 91/.595 0/0 1/3
33.Johnson* G/S/vP 15/.884 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 97/69 .218/.299/.471/.770 .702/.796 .856 39/.749 1/0 4/2
34.McCann* G/S/vP 11/1.233 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 141/96 .224/.262/.358/.621 .763/.555 .661 80/.608 0/0 5/1
66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/9 .407/.429/.556/.984 1.032/.889 1.104 23/1.115 0/0 1/0
14.Roberts# G/S/vP 7/.486 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/86 .239/.313/.350/.663 .483/.762 .512 82/.720 4/1 1/3
17.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.267 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2/2.000 0/0 0/1
26.Solarte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/86 .325/.403/.504/.907 .724/1.039 .822 79/.865 0/0 4/3
12.Soriano G/S/vP 10/.633 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.000 8/.500 3/.666 4/2.000 2/1.000 155/101 .248/.277/.414/.691 .940/.557 .768 87/.611 0/0 5/1
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 17/.666 3/1.334 ··· 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/39 .364/.397/.436/.833 .974/.764 .895 27/.944 2/1 0/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 11/2.011 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/72 .272/.380/.554/.934 .889/.947 1.092 95/.989 0/1 8/4
IP 43.1 22.0 10.0 3.0 19.0 16.1 19.0 15.1 TOTAL .265/.327/.410/.738 .779/.714 .763 .733 28/5 38/22
ERA-K/9 4.36/5.2 4.09/5.7 2.70/3.6 3.00/3.0 2.37/5.7 3.31/5.0 1.42/11.8 2.93/9.4 3.84/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (13-8-3)
 Murphy (6-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.244 93/.305 45/.263 15/.231 78/.222 69/.300 78/.254 66/.254 .258  Ellsbury
 Gardner
 Soriano
 Suzuki
 Johnson
0/38/0/1
33/6/1/1
8/0/7/0
5/2/20/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .694 .924 .630 .795 .523 .784 .641 .689 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.849 41/1.296 19/.440 6/.533 33/.500 23/.935 18/.937 21/.762 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.619 52/.659 26/.781 9/.958 45/.539 46/.714 60/.558 45/.649 .712
Road 51/.775 34/.976 16/.899 / 27/.583 28/.930 31/.541 27/.491
Last 28d days 98/.821 54/.859 45/.630 15/.795 43/.577 37/.989 48/.695 41/.695
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 5/4/4 0/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 1/4/0 0/1/1 40/36/12
Usage ······X· ·······X ···X·oX· ·····X·· ·XX···Xo ··o··Xo· ·oX···XX ·X·o··Xo

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.