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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals, at PNC Park, May 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 23, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
48
On This Date:
21-17
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
47
On This Date:
49-62
Season Series
Thu, May 22, 2014 PIT  3  WSN  1     

Fri, May 23, 2014 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, May 24, 2014 WSN    @PIT  7:15pm
Sun, May 25, 2014 WSN    @PIT  1:35pm
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 PIT    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 PIT    @WSN  7:05pm
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 PIT    @WSN  5:05pm

                         All times ET
Washington Nationals
24-23, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-12   Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Thu, May 22  @PIT  L   1-3       24-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   CIN  L   1-2       24-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CIN  W   9-4       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   CIN  L   3-4 (15)  23-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   NYM  W   6-3       23-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   NYM  L   2-5       22-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16   NYM  W   5-2       22-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @ARI  W   5-1       21-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 13  @ARI  L   1-3       20-19  2nd  2.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12  @ARI  W   6-5       20-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Pittsburgh Pirates
20-26, 4th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-12   Road:    6-14   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  17-25   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Thu, May 22   WSN  W   3-1       20-26  4th  7.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 21   BAL  W   9-8       19-26  4th  8.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 20   BAL  L   2-9       18-26  4th  8.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @NYY  W   5-3       18-25  4th  8.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 18  @NYY  L   3-4       17-25  4th  8.5 gb
 41 Sat, May 17  @NYY  L   1-7       17-24  4th  9.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 22, 2014 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:Edinson Volquez (2-4), L: Blake Treinen (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (8)

Thu, Jul 25, 2013 WSN  9  PIT  7        W:Ian Krol (1-0), L: Bryan Morris (4-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 PIT  4 @WSN  2        W:Francisco Liriano (10-4), L: Stephen Strasburg (5-8), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 PIT  5 @WSN  1        W:Gerrit Cole (5-3), L: Taylor Jordan (0-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 PIT  6 @WSN  5        W:Charlie Morton (2-2), L: Dan Haren (4-11), S: Vin Mazzaro (1)
Sun, May 05, 2013 WSN  6 @PIT  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 WSN  5 @PIT  4        W:Tyler Clippard (2-1), L: Tony Watson (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (10)
Fri, May 03, 2013 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (1-3), S: Jason Grilli (12)
Thu, May 17, 2012 PIT  5 @WSN  3        W:James McDonald (3-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 WSN  7  PIT  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-1), L: Erik Bedard (2-5), S: Henry Rodriguez (9)
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 - PIT won 4-3; 2012 - PIT won 3-2; All-Time - PIT leads 309-280

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (28, RHP, 3-1, 3.70)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 48.2 59 23 20 10 43 4 3.70
2013 (19-9) 213.1 192 81 77 40 161 19 3.25
2012 (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.0 48 17 14 7 33 2 3.00 53
2014-05-18 NYM W 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 92 43
2014-05-12 @ARI ND 5.2 10 5 5 0 4 1 92 33
2014-05-05 LAD ND 4.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 55 55
2014-04-30 @HOU W 6.1 7 0 0 1 7 0 110 65
2014-04-24 SDP ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 0 91 54
2014-04-19 STL L 7.0 7 4 1 2 6 0 100 57
2014-04-14 @MIA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 93 63
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 3 6.00 47
2012-05-17 PIT L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 3 107 47

SP: Charlie Morton (30, RHP, 0-6, 3.45)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-6) 57.1 53 31 22 18 37 3 3.45
2013 (7-4) 116.0 113 51 42 36 85 6 3.26
2012 (2-6) 50.1 62 30 26 11 25 5 4.65
Last 7 GS 0-6 45.1 41 26 17 16 26 1 3.38 52
2014-05-18 @NYY L 7.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 114 54
2014-05-11 STL L 6.0 7 4 1 1 3 0 100 50
2014-05-06 SFG ND 8.0 3 1 0 2 3 0 107 75
2014-05-01 @BAL L 5.1 7 4 2 2 4 0 98 44
2014-04-23 CIN L 6.0 4 4 3 5 4 0 108 49
2014-04-18 MIL L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 91 37
2014-04-13 @MIL L 7.0 6 4 2 3 3 0 95 53
Last 5 v.WSN 1-2 22.0 23 14 10 7 9 5 4.09 46
2013-07-22 @WSN W 6.2 6 3 3 1 5 2 102 54
2011-07-01 @WSN ND 5.2 3 1 1 2 1 1 88 58
2010-09-05 WSN L 3.2 8 6 2 2 1 1 76 28
2009-08-03 WSN L 6.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 89 44

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

Nationals Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 8/.715 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 198/151 .234/.283/.408/.690 .513/.745 .601 97/.747 2/2 8/11
33.Dobbs* G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 23/22 .174/.174/.217/.391 .000/.409 .000 11/.636 0/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 158/109 .218/.266/.395/.660 .764/.613 .688 84/.507 4/0 6/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 87/60 .231/.294/.321/.615 .415/.712 .759 57/.606 0/0 1/1
7.Hairston G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 20/5 .421/.400/.526/.926 1.110/.400 .900 18/.918 0/0 0/2
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/70 .238/.304/.345/.650 .568/.675 .560 29/.392 0/0 1/1
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 92/77 .154/.275/.231/.505 .452/.515 .523 52/.567 1/0 1/2
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 70/49 .206/.286/.365/.651 .889/.554 .763 51/.627 0/0 3/2
40.Ramos G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 4/1.417 1/2.000 50/42 .182/.240/.227/.467 .536/.454 .451 47/.499 0/0 0/0
6.Rendon G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 202/155 .259/.307/.432/.739 .930/.680 .707 98/.614 2/0 5/5
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.818 1/.000 6/.334 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 182/132 .263/.315/.377/.692 .558/.740 .714 105/.748 6/0 1/0
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/23 .179/.258/.500/.758 1.875/.317 1.267 19/.544 0/0 3/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 11/1.091 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 201/159 .277/.363/.407/.770 .986/.713 .806 98/.750 3/0 5/3
IP 57.1 25.0 12.2 7.1 22.0 18.0 22.1 17.1 TOTAL .246/.310/.386/.696 .764/.673 .727 .646 19/4 44/42
ERA-K/9 3.45/5.8 4.32/6.1 2.84/2.8 3.68/4.9 2.05/6.1 3.50/5.0 1.21/12.1 3.12/9.4 3.94/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (10-7-0)
 Ramos (6-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.252 104/.293 56/.265 33/.185 89/.198 78/.318 95/.259 74/.254 .259  Werth
 Frandsen
 Span
 Walters
 Moore
 Hairston
 McLouth
0/0/43/2
15/0/0/1
0/40/0/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
17/6/4/0
OPS .662 .907 .674 .757 .484 .819 .664 .683 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.613 45/1.346 24/.655 12/.972 42/.449 25/.980 22/.921 25/.840 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.706 59/.602 32/.688 21/.639 47/.515 53/.749 73/.591 49/.592 .716
Home 135/.605 70/.872 37/.581 27/.542 59/.464 48/.785 57/.681 44/.856
Last 28d days 109/.572 50/.749 51/.661 33/.757 48/.524 37/1.070 54/.725 35/.621
HR/SB/CS 3/7/0 6/4/4 1/1/1 2/1/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 1/4/0 0/1/1 52/39/12
Usage ····X··· o·X····· ··X··o·· ·X···X·· Xo··o··X ·X··o··· XX··X··o ·o··o··X
Pirates Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 64.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 193/158 .212/.306/.365/.670 .692/.665 .696 91/.659 4/1 8/10
12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/2.750 ··· ··· 7/.714 5/.000 1/.000 12/.864 2/.500 ··· 45/40 .200/.267/.250/.517 .000/.586 .490 17/.782 0/0 0/2
15.Davis* G/S/vP 30/.833 1/.000 ··· 15/.204 5/.800 6/1.417 9/1.389 8/1.518 3/.666 132/116 .268/.379/.411/.790 .063/.897 1.015 75/.851 0/1 3/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.167 72/58 .299/.347/.507/.855 .857/.854 .865 53/.938 2/2 2/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 187/165 .263/.326/.409/.736 .718/.738 .704 78/.854 12/2 4/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 3/2.667 3/.000 6/.750 6/.666 7/.286 ··· ··· 73/67 .242/.342/.355/.697 .583/.705 .615 / 0/0 2/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/3.334 1/no AB 1/.000 11/1.155 6/2.500 3/.666 7/1.715 4/1.000 3/1.167 206/179 .319/.442/.488/.930 1.394/.870 1.083 94/.892 7/0 4/3
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 140/122 .208/.246/.285/.531 .745/.499 .550 74/.607 0/0 1/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 1/no AB 8/.821 6/.500 1/.000 17/.561 9/.347 ··· 88/58 .256/.307/.512/.819 .920/.765 .651 47/.863 1/0 4/1
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/66 .278/.316/.375/.691 .200/.768 .708 58/.681 0/0 2/5
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 110/105 .216/.303/.330/.633 .500/.638 .741 39/.532 0/0 3/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.667 49/41 .262/.333/.286/.619 .875/.560 .836 34/.660 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 115/95 .266/.298/.321/.619 .750/.591 .577 57/.692 0/1 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 201/164 .257/.335/.441/.776 .826/.765 .759 97/.777 1/0 9/1
IP 48.2 18.1 18.2 21.1 22.1 19.0 26.0 15.1 17.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.380/.702 .742/.695 .729 .743 27/7 42/35
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.9 0.49/10.8 3.38/10.1 1.69/12.3 5.24/5.2 0.95/8.1 2.42/7.3 1.17/10.0 1.56/6.8 3.24/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (10-5-0)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (11-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.301 72/.180 79/.225 86/.164 107/.319 72/.188 103/.206 55/.151 81/.301 .251  Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
 Harrison
 Mercer
 Sanchez
 McCutchen
0/0/33/3
43/3/0/2
9/1/26/2
3/0/11/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/45/0/0
OPS .778 .495 .629 .567 .932 .512 .544 .446 .685 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.703 24/.554 34/.364 43/.719 30/.678 35/.605 45/.548 22/.455 33/.811 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.852 48/.466 45/.839 43/.419 77/1.035 37/.425 58/.541 33/.438 48/.595 .707
Road 81/.764 28/.494 25/.775 34/.467 43/.720 32/.689 36/.856 17/.294 44/.557
Last 28d days 95/.782 45/.555 29/.501 38/.301 55/1.178 39/.550 46/.495 26/.551 48/.616
HR/SB/CS 4/2/2 0/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/1 0/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 34/18/13
Usage ····X··· X··X·o·· ·o···o·· ·X·oX·X· X·XX··o· ···Xo·X· ·o···X·· ···Xo·X· X·······

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  5.35

TEX  4.04

SDP  2.98

 RA/G

OAK  3.13

LAD  4.31

ARI  5.20

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .380

M. Montero  .266

C. Santana  .153

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .484

J. Uribe  .331

J. Gyorko  .213

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .733

C. Owings  .408

B. Miller  .255

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.217

C. McGehee  .739

B. Miller  .483

 ERA

J. Samardzija  1.46

C. Young  3.53

K. Correia  6.52

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

R. Erlin  7.36

C. Young  3.35

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.