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Game Preview: TOR @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 3, 2014 @PNC Park

Blue Jays, 13-16, 13-16 5th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (39, RHP, 2-3, 5.09)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 35.1 34 20 20 18 30 3 5.09
2013 (14-13) 224.2 207 113 105 71 177 35 4.21
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 39 22 22 19 33 5 4.64 50
2014-04-27 BOS W 6.1 5 1 1 0 6 0 95 65
2014-04-22 BAL ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 1 99 51
2014-04-17 @MIN L 4.1 7 5 5 5 4 0 112 28
2014-04-10 HOU L 7.0 6 5 5 3 4 2 112 46
2014-04-05 NYY W 6.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 108 69
2014-03-31 @TBR L 5.0 5 6 6 6 4 0 88 31
2013-09-27 TBR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 3 2 95 62
Last 5 v.PIT 3-2 39.1 30 11 9 9 42 1 2.06 67
2012-09-27 PIT W 7.2 8 3 3 2 13 1 128 62
2012-05-22 @PIT W 7.0 5 1 1 0 11 0 89 74
2011-06-11 @PIT L 8.0 7 3 1 2 4 0 103 62
2011-05-31 PIT L 7.2 5 3 3 2 10 0 108 65
2010-09-14 PIT W 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 127 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  2  @PIT  L   5-6       13-16  5th  3.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  1  @KCR  W   7-3       13-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @KCR  L   2-4       12-15  4th  3.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @KCR  L   7-10      12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   BOS  W   7-1       12-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   BOS  L   6-7       11-13  4th  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   BOS  L   1-8       11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   BAL  L   4-11      11-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   BAL  L   8-10      11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   BAL  W   9-3       11-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-16
Pirates, 11-18, 11-18 4th, 9½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (30, LHP, 0-3, 3.97)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-3) 34.0 30 16 15 14 34 4 3.97
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 0-4 39.0 38 20 19 15 42 5 4.38 52
2014-04-26 @STL ND 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 46 52
2014-04-21 CIN ND 7.0 7 5 4 2 4 0 101 47
2014-04-16 @CIN L 7.0 6 3 3 3 7 1 95 57
2014-04-11 @MIL L 6.0 4 4 4 2 7 2 95 53
2014-04-05 STL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 105 44
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
Last 5 v.TOR 1-3 22.0 20 13 12 8 20 6 4.91 50
2012-08-16 @TOR W 6.1 3 2 2 1 6 1 86 64
2011-04-02 @TOR L 4.1 4 4 4 5 3 2 90 37
2010-09-30 TOR L 5.1 6 5 5 1 6 3 91 41
2009-04-16 TOR L 6.0 7 2 1 1 5 0 104 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-8    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   9-17   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  2   TOR  W   6-5       11-18  4th  9.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  1  @BAL  L   5-6 (10)  10-18  4th  9.5 gb
 27 Thu, May  1  @BAL  L   1-5       10-17  4th  9.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @STL  L   0-7       10-16  4th  8.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  W   6-1       10-15  4th  8.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  L   0-1        9-15  4th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   CIN  L   1-2        9-14  4th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   CIN  L   2-5        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   CIN  L   1-4        9-12  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   CIN  W   6-5        9-11  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 02, 2014 PIT  6  TOR  5        W:Mark Melancon (1-1), L: Sergio Santos (0-2), S: none

Thu, Jun 30, 2011 PIT  6 @TOR  2        W:Jeff Karstens (6-4), L: Brett Cecil (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TOR  2  PIT  1        W:Brandon Morrow (4-4), L: Paul Maholm (4-9), S: Frank Francisco (9)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 PIT  7 @TOR  6        W:Kevin Correia (10-6), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (23)
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 TOR  8 @PIT  5        W:Dustin McGowan (6-5), L: T.J. Beam (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (15)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 PIT  6  TOR  3        W:Paul Maholm (5-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-4), S: Matt Capps (17)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 PIT  1  TOR  0 (12)   W:Tyler Yates (3-0), L: Jesse Carlson (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 TOR  5  PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (5-5), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: Cliff Politte (10)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 TOR  8  PIT  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TOR 13  PIT  8        W:Cory Lidle (9-4), L: Kris Benson (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 5-5

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
Blue Jays Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
29.Morris
G/S/vB
38.Pimentel
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 11/.899 3/.333 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/106 .297/.462/.594/1.056 1.300/.996 1.039 107/1.034 1/1 8/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 16/.813 6/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/96 .336/.362/.552/.914 1.020/.875 .813 104/.911 3/0 5/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 4/2.500 ··· 6/.583 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 127/104 .252/.346/.414/.761 .604/.795 .719 102/.863 2/0 2/1
47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 50/41 .279/.380/.558/.938 .000/1.169 .899 50/.938 0/0 3/0
39.Getz* G/S/vP 10/.800 7/.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .333/.385/.417/.801 .000/.955 .801 14/.801 2/0 0/0
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .333/.556/.500/1.056 .000/1.225 1.056 9/1.056 1/0 0/0
31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 10/5 .200/.200/.500/.700 1.400/.000 1.667 7/.286 0/0 1/0
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 116/88 .215/.267/.402/.669 .709/.656 .585 93/.767 0/0 6/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 101/78 .301/.337/.376/.713 .696/.718 .531 80/.800 1/0 1/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 108/87 .198/.250/.436/.686 .607/.704 .694 83/.771 0/0 6/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 58/43 .182/.224/.291/.515 .552/.502 .492 57/.524 1/0 1/1
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/18 .393/.414/.429/.842 .855/.833 .588 25/.817 0/2 0/0
18.Tolleson G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/ 1.000/1.000/3.000/4.000 4.000/ 4.000 1/4.000 0/0 0/
IP 34.0 16.1 13.0 12.1 11.1 12.1 11.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.417/.743 .720/.750 .700 .768 13/3 35/10
ERA-K/9 3.97/9.0 4.96/6.1 1.38/6.2 2.19/5.1 3.18/8.8 2.19/12.4 2.31/6.2 3.77/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (3-0-0)
 Navarro (22-4-3)
 Thole (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.234 71/.328 48/.156 48/.283 50/.233 50/.205 51/.283 .254  Rasmus
 Cabrera
 Bautista
 Gose
0/25/0/3
27/1/0/2
0/4/26/1
2/1/0/1
OPS .678 .998 .369 .726 .689 .566 .766 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.656 33/1.395 22/.427 12/.879 22/.909 14/.657 18/.778 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.683 38/.692 26/.320 36/.677 28/.526 36/.532 33/.756 .722
Home 82/.659 37/1.021 29/.364 25/.497 31/.476 27/.619 31/.832
Last 28d days 95/.694 49/1.045 38/.240 39/.793 33/.812 43/.635 42/.819
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 4/2/3 0/0/1 2/0/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 32/26/9
Usage ······X· ·X···X·· X·····o· ·X·····X ·o····X· ·X····o· XX····X·
Pirates Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
48.Happ*
G/S/vB
36.Hutchison
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
58.Redmond
G/S/vB
32.Rogers
G/S/vB
21.Santos
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 ··· 9/1.127 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.333 1/5.000 123/98 .204/.301/.417/.717 .820/.691 .736 99/.712 2/1 7/5
12.Barmes G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 33/28 .133/.212/.133/.345 .000/.410 .269 31/.369 0/0 0/1
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 71/59 .197/.310/.344/.654 .083/.776 .930 66/.569 0/0 2/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP 15/1.110 4/.750 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .208/.240/.375/.615 .571/.634 .857 21/.736 1/1 1/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 131/117 .265/.344/.359/.702 .607/.713 .751 105/.661 9/1 2/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 19/.396 4/1.167 1/.000 28/1.460 ··· ··· ··· 10/.400 3/1.334 136/119 .309/.434/.518/.952 1.075/.935 1.079 111/1.002 4/0 4/3
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/70 .151/.203/.164/.367 .522/.345 .389 59/.336 0/0 0/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 25/1.179 3/.000 ··· 11/.489 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/39 .273/.322/.564/.886 1.034/.808 .596 53/.862 0/0 3/1
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .303/.303/.333/.636 .333/.704 .917 28/.607 0/0 0/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP 5/.933 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/80 .216/.293/.338/.631 .000/.647 .694 61/.608 0/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 7/.143 3/.000 2/.000 12/.432 ··· 3/.000 4/.750 7/.286 ··· 20/15 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .571 20/.400 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 14/.690 ··· 1/3.000 18/.778 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 2/no AB 77/61 .250/.299/.319/.618 .688/.599 .576 68/.587 0/0 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 1/no AB 21/.800 ··· ··· ··· 9/.730 3/1.334 125/100 .264/.347/.464/.810 1.100/.743 .779 102/.867 1/0 6/1
IP 35.1 12.1 11.2 4.1 33.0 13.1 18.1 14.1 9.1 TOTAL .233/.309/.365/.674 .712/.667 .696 .676 17/3 30/20
ERA-K/9 5.09/7.6 4.38/15.4 3.86/5.4 4.15/8.4 3.82/10.4 3.38/6.1 2.45/7.4 6.28/10.1 10.61/16.5 4.61/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Sanchez (11-2-1)
 Stewart (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.252 56/.213 49/.195 21/.200 139/.254 52/.073 74/.273 67/.323 47/.316 .263  Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
 Harrison
 McCutchen
0/0/22/2
29/2/0/1
4/0/19/1
1/0/1/0
0/29/0/0
OPS .750 .637 .630 .800 .732 .377 .765 .922 1.105 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.722 26/.664 26/.537 11/.650 86/.754 21/.528 45/.866 33/1.188 24/.851 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.776 30/.613 23/.723 10/.971 53/.697 31/.258 29/.607 34/.669 23/1.404 .734
Road 50/.881 31/.437 26/.990 9/.611 94/.628 30/.280 31/.687 37/1.015 32/1.521
Last 28d days 106/.779 46/.611 39/.571 21/.800 119/.763 38/.304 68/.784 49/.879 34/1.155
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/4/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/7/1 0/2/1 1/2/0 4/1/0 3/3/0 24/28/5
Usage ·····X·· X··X··o· X··X·Xo· ········ ··X····· ·X····o· ··X····X ···o·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.