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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies, at PNC Park, July 19, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

PNC Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at PNC Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

81° (based on last ten years)

Rockies

Manager:

Walt Weiss

Game #:

On This Date:

5-16

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

On This Date:

69-52

Season Series
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 PIT  4  COL  2     

Sat, Jul 19, 2014 COL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 COL    @PIT  1:35pm
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 PIT    @COL  8:40pm
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 PIT    @COL  8:10pm
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 PIT    @COL  4:10pm

                         All times ET

Colorado Rockies

40-56, 5th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   24-25   Road:   16-31   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  27-40   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl: 3-11   vsWest: 21-22 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @PIT  L   2-4       40-56  5th 13.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   MIN  L   5-13      40-55  4th 13.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   MIN  L   3-9       40-54  4th 12.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   MIN  W   6-2       40-53  4th 11.0 gb
 93 Wed, Jul  9   SDP  W   6-3       39-53  4th 11.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul  8   SDP  W   2-1       38-53  4th 12.5 gb
 91 Mon, Jul  7   SDP  L   1-6       37-53  5th 13.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6   LAD  L   2-8       37-52  4th 13.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5   LAD  W   8-7       37-51  4th 12.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   LAD  L   0-9       36-51  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Pittsburgh Pirates

50-46, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-20   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  43-40   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:22-30   vsWest: 10-4  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 18   COL  W   4-2       50-46  4th  3.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @CIN  L   3-6       49-46  4th  3.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @CIN  W   6-5 (11)  49-45  4th  2.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @CIN  L   5-6       48-45  4th  3.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @STL  W   9-1       48-44  4th  3.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @STL  L   2-5       47-44  4th  4.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @STL  L   4-5       47-43  4th  4.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @STL  L   0-2       47-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   PHI  W   6-2       47-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   PHI  W   3-2       46-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 PIT  4  COL  2        W:Tony Watson (6-1), L: Matt Belisle (2-5), S: Mark Melancon (17)

Sun, Aug 11, 2013 COL  3  PIT  2        W:Manny Corpas (1-2), L: Bryan Morris (5-5), S: Rex Brothers (10)
Sat, Aug 10, 2013 COL  6  PIT  4        W:Wilton Lopez (2-4), L: A.J. Burnett (5-8), S: Rex Brothers (9)
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 COL 10  PIT  1        W:Jorge De La Rosa (11-6), L: Francisco Liriano (12-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 PIT  5  COL  1        W:A.J. Burnett (5-7), L: Juan Nicasio (6-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 PIT  5  COL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (12-4), L: Jorge De La Rosa (10-6), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 COL  4 @PIT  2        W:Jhoulys Chacin (10-5), L: Gerrit Cole (5-5), S: Rex Brothers (8)
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 PIT  9 @COL  6        W:James McDonald (10-3), L: Matt Reynolds (3-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (26)
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 PIT  6 @COL  2        W:Erik Bedard (5-10), L: Christian Friedrich (5-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (25)
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 COL  5  PIT  4        W:Rex Brothers (5-2), L: Jason Grilli (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 - COL won 4-2; 2012 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - COL leads 88-84

SP: Brett Anderson (26, LHP, 0-3, 4.95)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (0-3)			20.0	26	15	11	8	9	1	4.95
2013 (1-4)			44.2	51	32	30	21	46	5	6.04
2012 (4-2)			35.0	29	11	10	7	25	1	2.57

Last 7 GS		0-6	30.2	46	32	28	15	17	4	8.22	35
2014-07-13	MIN	L	5.0	10	6	5	3	4	0	92	26
2014-04-12	@SFG	ND	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	41	58
2014-04-06	ARI	L	6.0	10	5	3	3	1	1	90	34
2014-04-01	@MIA	L	6.0	5	4	3	1	2	0	82	49
2013-04-24	@BOS	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	5	0	94	25
2013-04-19	@TBR	L	1.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	36	28
2013-04-13	DET	L	5.2	8	7	7	3	2	3	102	24

Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Charlie Morton (30, RHP, 5-9, 3.32)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-9)			119.1	100	55	44	42	100	8	3.32
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		3-2	46.0	35	18	17	13	46	4	3.33	60
2014-07-12	@CIN	ND	6.0	6	5	5	2	6	2	92	44
2014-07-07	@STL	ND	7.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	84	78
2014-07-02	ARI	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	93	60
2014-06-25	@TBR	L	7.0	4	3	2	1	11	0	106	69
2014-06-20	@CHC	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	6	2	104	36
2014-06-14	@MIA	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	108	62
2014-06-09	CHC	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	82	68

Last 5 v.COL		2-0	24.1	23	10	9	13	8	2	3.33	50
2012-04-25	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	101	62
2011-05-01	@COL	W	5.1	7	4	4	5	1	0	104	34
2011-04-09	COL	ND	7.0	5	3	2	5	1	1	92	53
2009-06-20	@COL	ND	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	88	51

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

Rockies Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB 29.Frieri
G/S/vB 30.Gomez
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Arenado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 246/174 .284/.309/.453/.762 .752/.765 .788 42/.476 2/1 6/8

1.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 192/115 .250/.294/.398/.692 .510/.813 .515 38/.391 4/2 4/1

19.Blackmon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 383/279 .306/.350/.480/.830 .722/.871 .633 87/.801 18/4 14/5

23.Culberson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 129/92 .200/.244/.325/.569 .522/.589 .573 25/.680 1/1 2/2

6.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 240/192 .329/.396/.577/.973 .661/1.052 .840 79/.758 8/4 11/0

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 11/.955 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 230/155 .252/.300/.439/.739 .697/.760 .585 18/.556 2/0 8/1

9.LeMahieu G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 325/244 .282/.338/.350/.688 .738/.672 .614 72/.864 8/7 3/3

8.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/55 .303/.352/.424/.776 .404/.872 1.054 21/.907 0/3 1/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 357/259 .312/.345/.502/.846 .699/.902 .824 79/.807 0/0 13/3

20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 256/188 .246/.281/.421/.702 .990/.594 .565 67/.751 1/0 9/4

14.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/90 .283/.350/.434/.784 1.069/.696 .828 38/.754 0/1 2/7

13.Stubbs G/S/vP 29/.934 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 7/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 248/156 .293/.332/.498/.830 1.011/.726 .592 76/.984 11/2 10/4

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 11/.282 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 373/274 .342/.434/.607/1.041 1.348/.937 .821 83/.816 1/1 21/4

IP 119.1 35.0 44.1 39.1 42.2 23.1 45.1 36.0 TOTAL .281/.331/.449/.780 .787/.777 .679 .739 59/27 112/60

ERA-K/9

3.32/7.5

7.20/10.3

3.45/6.3

1.83/4.4

2.32/8.0

4.63/10.0

1.39/10.1

4.75/9.8

3.73/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McKenry (19-1-3)
Rosario (23-7-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.231 155/.294 186/.275 155/.246 169/.206 107/.269 184/.229 157/.228 .251 Stubbs
Barnes
Gonzalez
Blackmon
Dickerson 0/69/0/5
6/2/37/2
48/0/4/2
16/38/43/2
46/9/0/2

OPS .653 .887 .805 .617 .500 .784 .596 .669 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.610 101/.838 75/1.048 72/.533 83/.433 49/.767 53/.539 56/.790 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.694 54/.977 111/.650 83/.695 86/.566 58/.791 131/.617 101/.597 .704

Home 212/.609 86/.844 105/.851 92/.608 98/.474 70/.591 94/.557 92/.707

Last 28d days 101/.546 30/1.005 24/.697 44/.621 38/.763 28/.711 47/.752 33/.851

HR/SB/CS 8/12/1 9/0/0 6/5/4 2/3/5 2/0/1 3/3/1 2/4/0 2/5/1 83/79/27

Usage ······X· ······oo ······o· X····ooo o·····o· ·····X·· X·····XX X·····X·

Pirates Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Anderson*
G/S/vB 34.Belisle
G/S/vB 35.Bettis
G/S/vB 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB 51.Brown
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 54.Kahnle
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB Ottavino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/1.666 6/1.833 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 372/301 .237/.325/.410/.736 .549/.780 .743 75/.808 6/2 15/21

15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/3.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 280/256 .234/.354/.345/.698 .258/.742 .829 58/.579 0/3 5/5

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 267/213 .296/.331/.448/.779 .745/.787 .737 78/.651 9/3 5/2

6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 343/291 .258/.329/.390/.720 .710/.722 .722 50/.779 21/6 5/2

3.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/4 .000/.286/.000/.286 .333/.250 3/.333 0/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 12/.583 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 241/197 .273/.400/.392/.792 .439/.866 .866 73/.769 3/4 5/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 3/1.334 5/1.200 ··· 7/1.143 ··· ··· 4/.833 423/357 .321/.418/.570/.988 .986/.989 1.083 92/1.113 15/0 17/5

10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 319/261 .250/.288/.358/.646 .765/.619 .642 86/.687 1/1 6/7

25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 151/114 .265/.353/.348/.702 .508/.767 .723 94/.599 6/2 3/1

17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.633 ··· 3/.667 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 169/97 .236/.290/.420/.710 .833/.620 .608 38/.465 2/0 5/3

23.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 172/160 .242/.322/.353/.675 .727/.671 .774 25/.860 0/0 4/1

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 98/77 .238/.330/.250/.580 .950/.474 .678 20/.368 0/0 0/3

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.417 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 347/284 .272/.344/.443/.787 .700/.806 .765 80/.727 2/1 13/2

IP 20.0 39.1 22.0 39.1 3.2 33.0 51.0 17.2 44.0 TOTAL .257/.332/.389/.721 .686/.729 .744 .704 67/25 85/70

ERA-K/9

4.95/4.0

5.26/6.6

8.59/5.3

4.35/8.9

9.82/9.7

2.45/3.8

2.65/7.1

6.11/12.7

3.89/9.6

5.08/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (36-19-1)
Stewart (25-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 92/.317 170/.287 111/.347 182/.253 18/.375 135/.216 201/.183 80/.290 184/.265 .278 Harrison
Marte
Snider
Polanco
McCutchen
Sanchez
Mercer 15/0/26/4
78/8/0/3
8/0/41/3
0/0/31/1
0/94/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .849 .761 .943 .721 .951 .595 .574 .862 .739 .801

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.568 81/.820 55/.779 75/.798 9/.889 68/.609 89/.520 37/1.034 51/1.052 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.940 89/.705 56/1.107 107/.667 9/1.048 67/.581 112/.619 43/.720 133/.619 .827

Road 34/.493 69/.684 34/1.006 86/.655 / 59/.545 100/.569 45/1.039 85/.613

Last 28d days 27/1.148 41/.981 40/.893 42/.816 18/.951 26/.323 43/.654 12/.717 49/.789

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 4/3/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 4/4/1 4/0/0 5/3/1 113/52/9

Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ······X· X····X·X ·····Xo· ·······o o····o·· ·······X o····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

LAA 5.06

KCR 4.07

SDP 2.95

RA/G

SEA 3.38

MIL 4.21

COL 5.28

T. Tulowitzki .342

T. Hunter .271

C. Davis .200

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .434

A. Rios .330

N. Schierholtz .249

SLG

J. Abreu .631

P. Alvarez .410

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.041

T. Hunter .744

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

E. Volquez 3.65

R. Nolasco 5.90

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.78

J. Shields 7.46

K. Correia 4.12

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.