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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 5, 2014 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 2-2, 2-2 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Joe Kelly (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-5) 124.0 124 42 37 44 79 10 2.69
2012 (5-7) 107.0 112 50 42 36 75 10 3.53
Last 7 GS 5-2 41.0 44 15 11 15 19 3 2.41 52
2013-09-22 @MIL L 7.0 7 6 3 2 2 0 95 45
2013-09-17 @COL W 5.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 78 59
2013-09-12 MIL L 5.0 7 4 3 1 4 1 94 42
2013-09-06 PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 3 4 0 105 53
2013-09-01 @PIT W 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 104 63
2013-08-27 CIN W 6.0 8 1 1 3 1 1 98 50
2013-08-22 ATL W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 109 51
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 23.0 23 7 7 12 16 1 2.74 53
2013-09-06 PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 3 4 0 105 53
2013-09-01 @PIT W 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 104 63
2013-08-01 @PIT W 6.0 3 0 0 4 4 0 102 66
2012-08-29 @PIT L 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 90 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @PIT  L   2-12       2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CIN  W   7-6        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CIN  L   0-1        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CIN  W   1-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-2    Last 20: 2-2    Last 30: 2-2
Pirates, 3-1, 3-1 1st, 1 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (30, LHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 6.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 0.00
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.0 33 16 16 17 44 4 3.43 58
2014-03-31 CHC ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 104 71
2013-09-25 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 104 42
2013-09-20 CIN ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 7 1 94 72
2013-09-15 CHC ND 6.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 107 58
2013-09-10 @TEX W 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 91 59
2013-09-04 @MIL L 3.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 73 19
2013-08-30 STL W 8.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 82
Last 5 v.STL 4-0 31.0 14 4 4 7 26 0 1.16 75
2013-08-30 STL W 8.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 82
2013-08-14 @STL W 9.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 94 80
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:    3-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  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: 3-1    Last 20: 3-1    Last 30: 3-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (1-0), L: Shelby Miller (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 STL  9  PIT  2        W:Michael Wacha (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (7-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 STL  5  PIT  0        W:Adam Wainwright (16-9), L: Jeff Locke (9-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 STL 12  PIT  8        W:Joe Kelly (8-3), L: A.J. Burnett (7-10), S: Edward Mujica (36)
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 STL  7 @PIT  2        W:Joe Kelly (7-3), L: Kris Johnson (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 PIT  7  STL  1        W:A.J. Burnett (7-9), L: Lance Lynn (13-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 PIT  5  STL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (15-6), L: Shelby Miller (12-9), S: none
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 STL  6  PIT  5 (12)   W:Kevin Siegrist (1-1), L: Bryan Morris (5-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1222-1159

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.

Cardinals Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (2.00 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		 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .806 16/1.009 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 13/.968 5/.400 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .661 10/.000 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 11/.455 4/2.417 8/.875 4/.500 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 7/1.096 8/.250 6/.334 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .775 17/.912 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 10/.100 3/.000 6/1.000 4/.750 3/2.333 3/.333 ··· 8/1.292 5/.000 4/.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .826 17/.301 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .626 1/ 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 6/.400 1/.000 ··· 10/1.000 7/.858 1/.000 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .702 3/.000 6/3 5/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.000 3/1.334 6/1.334 6/.000 5/.400 7/1.000 1/.000 21/1.179 8/.625 5/1.400 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .790 17/.607 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.900 6/.666 2/1.000 6/1.666 1/.000 12/.500 10/1.000 7/.286 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .711 4/1.167 10/5 7/1
38.Kozma G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 6/.666 2/.000 6/.000 448/305 .217/.275/.273/.548 .536/.554 .594 1/.000 3/1 1/9
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.733 4/.750 4/1.250 2/.000 23/.503 4/.500 1/.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .855 17/.610 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 43/.983 3/.000 13/.404 12/.750 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .705 15/.419 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.833 2/no AB 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .686 4/.250 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .451 16/.822 3/0 0/0
IP 161.0 117.1 80.2 50.0 71.0 65.0 9.1 170.1 71.2 73.2 TOTAL .191/.274/.305/.579 .399/.638 .579 .579 0/1 3/6
ERA-K/9 3.02/9.1 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 1.64/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.224 469/.253 333/.223 202/.214 279/.223 270/.243 38/.171 777/.282 280/.198 295/.192 .214  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Kozma
 Peralta
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
26/27/34/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .611 .638 .617 .595 .511 .705 .411 .804 .544 .543 .579
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.321 210/.611 146/.621 96/.707 125/.357 119/.745 14/.214 394/.836 107/.483 95/.501 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 528/.689 259/.660 187/.614 106/.496 154/.638 151/.674 24/.530 383/.771 173/.582 200/.563 .432
Home 286/.474 296/.692 153/.678 106/.462 147/.416 136/.612 12/.258 389/.777 151/.515 164/.554
Last 28d days 24/.482 29/.609 10/1.178 10/.819 10/.944 9/.444 17/.437 7/.286 7/.143 9/.476
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 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 3/5/0
Usage ····X··· X······· ··X····· ··X·X··· ··X·o··· oo··o··· ··X····· ·X······ ··o·o··· X·o·····

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 (4.75 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 40.Miller
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 16/.846 2/.000 7/.572 2/2.000 ··· 15/1.256 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 614/467 .233/.296/.473/.770 .537/.842 .695 20/.674 2/0 36/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 6/.400 1/.000 330/273 .211/.249/.309/.558 .529/.565 .545 2/.000 0/0 5/13
5.Harrison G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 95/53 .250/.290/.409/.699 .981/.466 .645 3/.000 2/0 3/1
3.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 20/19 .105/.150/.105/.255 .000/.269 .125 12/1.017 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 13/1.135 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 566/463 .280/.343/.441/.784 1.053/.724 .781 21/1.006 41/15 12/7
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/2.300 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 11/1.767 2/1.000 6/1.500 4/.500 506/396 .226/.327/.377/.703 .610/.729 .641 16/.527 9/5 15/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 15/.740 3/2.000 ··· 6/.750 ··· 12/.666 1/2.000 7/.453 2/.000 674/553 .317/.404/.508/.911 1.130/.864 .963 20/.733 27/10 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 365/276 .285/.336/.435/.772 1.152/.654 .649 17/.567 3/2 8/15
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 320/194 .254/.361/.402/.762 .987/.619 .752 5/1.350 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 66/49 .233/.288/.400/.688 .765/.655 .634 5/.800 0/0 2/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 9/.472 1/2.000 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 3/.000 ··· 285/260 .215/.281/.333/.614 .291/.644 .736 17/.620 2/3 5/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 12/.833 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 6/2.067 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 341/269 .282/.342/.429/.771 .742/.778 .823 7/.929 3/1 6/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 11/1.182 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 551/457 .251/.339/.418/.757 .518/.805 .842 19/.690 1/2 16/7
IP 124.0 20.0 35.1 62.0 28.1 173.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .240/.337/.367/.704 .683/.706 .704 .704 2/0 4/3
ERA-K/9 2.69/5.7 4.05/7.2 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.06/8.8 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 4.98/8.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.259 85/.181 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 722/.234 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .257  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 .694 .572 .537 .725 .704 .670 .738 .608 .432 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.691 39/.636 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 342/.761 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.696 46/.517 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 380/.588 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .816
Road 258/.662 49/.471 70/.523 119/.754 45/.611 358/.782 95/.853 146/.664 73/.436
Last 28d days / 8/1.625 4/.500 9/1.238 11/.875 23/1.241 7/1.229 7/.000 6/.533
HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 0/2/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 20/9/4 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 6/3/0
Usage X······· oo······ X······· ··X·o··· X······· ·X··o··· ·o··o··· ·oo·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.