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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers, at PNC Park, August 12, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
118
On This Date:
47-49
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
119
On This Date:
61-58
Season Series
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 PIT 11  DET  6     

Tue, Aug 12, 2014 DET    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 PIT    @DET  7:08pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 PIT    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET
Detroit Tigers
63-53, 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-27   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  24-17   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 13-13   vsCntrl:24-21   vsWest: 17-14 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Mon, Aug 11  @PIT  L   6-11      63-53  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Sun, Aug 10  @TOR  L   5-6 (19)  63-52  1st  0.5 up
114 Sat, Aug  9  @TOR  L   2-3 (10)  63-51  1st  1.5 up
113 Fri, Aug  8  @TOR  W   5-4       63-50  1st  2.5 up
112 Thu, Aug  7  @NYY  L   0-1       62-50  1st  2.5 up
111 Wed, Aug  6  @NYY  L   1-5       62-49  1st  3.5 up
110 Tue, Aug  5  @NYY  W   4-3 (12)  62-48  1st  4.5 up
109 Mon, Aug  4  @NYY  L   1-2       61-48  1st  4.5 up
108 Sun, Aug  3   COL  W   4-0       61-47  1st  5.0 up
107 Sat, Aug  2   COL  W  11-5       60-47  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Pittsburgh Pirates
63-55, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-24   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  50-44   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  24-19
 vsEast: 14-6    vsCntrl:22-30   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 11   DET  W  11-6       63-55  2nd  2.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   SDP  L   2-8       62-55  3rd  2.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   SDP  L   1-2       62-54  2nd  2.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   SDP  W   2-1       62-53  2nd  1.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7   MIA  W   7-2       61-53  3rd  1.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6   MIA  W   7-3       60-53  3rd  1.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   MIA  L   3-6       59-53  3rd  2.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @ARI  L   2-3 (10)  59-52  3rd  1.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @ARI  W   8-3       59-51  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @ARI  W   9-4       58-51  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 PIT 11  DET  6        W:Jeff Locke (4-3), L: Justin Verlander (10-11), S: none

Thu, May 30, 2013 PIT  1  DET  0 (11)   W:Bryan Morris (3-2), L: Luke Putkonen (1-1), S: none
Wed, May 29, 2013 PIT  5  DET  3        W:Bryan Morris (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (5-5), S: Jason Grilli (22)
Tue, May 28, 2013 PIT  1 @DET  0 (11)   W:Mark Melancon (1-0), L: Jose Ortega (0-2), S: Jason Grilli (21)
Mon, May 27, 2013 DET  6  PIT  5        W:Justin Verlander (6-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-1), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 DET  3 @PIT  2        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Chris Resop (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 PIT  4  DET  1        W:Brad Lincoln (4-2), L: Max Scherzer (6-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (19)
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 PIT  4  DET  1        W:A.J. Burnett (8-2), L: Doug Fister (1-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (18)
Sun, May 20, 2012 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Max Scherzer (3-3), L: Kevin Correia (1-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Sat, May 19, 2012 PIT  4 @DET  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-2), L: Drew Smyly (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (9)
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 - PIT won 3-1; 2012 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - Tied 19-19

SP: Robbie Ray (22, LHP, 1-1, 4.70)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 15.1 19 8 8 6 9 1 4.70
Last 7 GS 1-1 14.2 18 8 8 6 8 1 4.91 45
2014-05-22 TEX L 3.1 9 7 7 4 1 1 83 11
2014-05-11 MIN ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 93 65
2014-05-06 HOU W 5.1 5 1 1 1 5 0 86 58
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Edinson Volquez (30, RHP, 9-7, 3.70)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-7) 133.2 121 60 55 49 90 14 3.70
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 4-1 44.2 42 15 12 19 34 3 2.42 56
2014-08-07 MIA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 106 79
2014-08-01 @ARI ND 5.2 7 4 3 2 5 1 100 44
2014-07-27 @COL ND 4.1 6 4 2 4 2 1 99 37
2014-07-21 LAD L 5.2 10 5 5 3 3 0 102 29
2014-07-10 @STL W 9.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 114 74
2014-07-05 PHI W 7.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 106 66
2014-06-29 NYM W 6.0 8 0 0 1 7 0 98 62
Last 5 v.DET 0-2 9.2 15 8 8 7 7 2 7.45 36
2007-09-12 @DET L 6.0 7 5 5 4 6 2 96 40
2006-08-17 @DET L 3.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 87 31

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

Tigers Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.13 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		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 65.Sadler
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.425 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 337/240 .221/.324/.369/.693 .582/.741 .745 71/.566 0/3 8/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 18/1.264 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 497/350 .308/.366/.509/.875 .884/.872 .811 110/.797 1/1 17/5
61.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 15/9 .308/.400/.385/.785 1.167/.556 .785 15/.785 1/1 0/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 399/269 .258/.308/.403/.711 .775/.681 .634 70/.759 2/2 8/9
20.Davis G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 356/228 .295/.332/.419/.751 .944/.641 .746 77/.685 27/8 6/4
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/51 .248/.296/.276/.572 .419/.770 .540 29/.361 1/1 0/5
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.333 8/1.125 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 405/283 .274/.311/.454/.765 .822/.740 .739 88/.843 4/3 15/5
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 9/.778 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/113 .250/.323/.292/.615 .550/.626 .565 26/.497 5/1 0/1
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.666 10/.533 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 520/375 .288/.319/.429/.748 .720/.759 .720 115/.545 10/3 11/3
28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.667 4/1.250 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/196 .303/.347/.562/.909 .902/.912 .879 86/.609 4/2 15/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 5/.000 6/.733 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 448/322 .322/.386/.554/.940 1.085/.881 .985 108/.781 3/2 23/5
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/154 .215/.264/.276/.540 .776/.476 .461 38/.553 6/2 2/8
30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 182/110 .242/.326/.382/.708 .727/.696 .722 68/.599 2/2 4/6
IP 133.2 51.1 49.1 49.1 31.2 9.1 55.2 45.1 TOTAL .274/.329/.428/.757 .795/.740 .722 .681 75/36 113/73
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.1 3.68/5.6 1.82/5.3 2.19/8.6 4.55/10.5 7.71/5.8 1.46/9.5 4.76/9.3 3.72/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (55-29-3)
 Holaday (18-8-3)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 564/.245 226/.290 198/.238 193/.197 140/.252 44/.289 221/.225 195/.226 .251  Davis
 Hunter
 Martinez
 Carrera
 Kelly
81/14/0/6
0/0/88/3
42/0/28/1
0/10/0/0
5/3/10/0
OPS .704 .829 .631 .480 .750 .785 .602 .649 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.732 91/1.099 89/.608 91/.394 65/.712 19/.526 65/.484 68/.767 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.683 135/.660 109/.650 102/.558 75/.772 25/1.006 156/.649 127/.578 .704
Home 333/.666 131/.876 122/.663 111/.436 93/.619 44/.785 109/.557 112/.671
Last 28d days 103/.802 40/.946 49/.679 28/.364 33/.642 5/1.600 41/.618 43/.571
HR/SB/CS 14/4/7 6/6/4 3/4/6 2/0/1 5/3/1 0/0/0 4/4/1 2/5/1 102/87/37
Usage ····X··· ·X····o· X·X···o· ···X·o·· ·X··X·X· o······· o··X·o·· o·o·o·X·
Pirates Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 60.Miller
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 66.Whelan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 403/321 .232/.318/.397/.714 .536/.761 .729 34/.485 6/2 15/24
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 332/302 .236/.346/.371/.718 .274/.765 .825 52/.819 0/4 8/6
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 365/274 .318/.355/.509/.864 .789/.890 .784 100/1.084 16/4 10/4
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 377/310 .263/.337/.398/.735 .722/.738 .746 38/.996 22/8 5/3
3.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/25 .143/.211/.171/.382 .237/.457 .217 32/.394 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 313/241 .290/.413/.401/.814 .676/.851 .905 76/.837 3/4 6/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 410/315 .263/.308/.380/.688 .830/.645 .686 95/.825 2/1 7/8
27.Nix G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 66/30 .167/.219/.217/.435 .335/.544 .408 23/.418 1/2 1/2
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 244/170 .269/.339/.389/.728 .481/.839 .757 98/.769 11/3 6/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 217/108 .219/.290/.378/.668 .724/.612 .574 52/.606 2/0 5/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.750 1/3.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 1/.000 226/205 .251/.324/.414/.738 .876/.724 .860 55/.973 0/1 9/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/93 .282/.370/.311/.680 1.136/.537 .745 23/1.124 0/0 0/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 407/315 .277/.347/.456/.803 .647/.849 .825 64/.892 2/1 16/3
IP 15.1 42.0 47.0 42.2 31.0 12.1 43.0 1.1 TOTAL .259/.333/.395/.729 .670/.745 .750 .767 84/32 106/81
ERA-K/9 4.70/5.3 3.00/10.9 3.26/9.2 4.22/6.5 4.65/7.3 5.11/3.7 5.23/9.8 13.50/6.9 3.98/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (43-27-2)
 Stewart (26-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 67/.311 174/.229 194/.250 189/.281 142/.302 53/.292 196/.263 9/.429 .261  Snider
 Harrison
 Polanco
 Marte
 Mercer
 Sanchez
 Nix
 Martinez
21/0/42/5
26/0/26/4
0/0/52/4
79/15/0/3
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
5/2/1/0
OPS .816 .669 .664 .779 .894 .829 .733 1.841 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.779 85/.780 102/.631 80/.697 71/.710 19/.708 110/.807 4/1.250 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.827 89/.559 92/.698 109/.841 71/1.080 34/.900 86/.640 5/2.467 .772
Road 3/.667 81/.525 95/.553 106/.753 75/.820 22/1.206 99/.824 9/1.841
Last 28d days / 31/.758 43/.943 40/.678 21/.783 11/1.657 44/.641 9/1.841
HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 7/5/2 2/5/2 4/2/1 6/0/0 2/2/0 5/9/0 2/0/0 100/76/38
Usage ·X·X···· ·Xo···X· Xo··Xo·o X······· X······· ·XXX··o· 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

OAK  4.87

ARI  4.03

SDP  3.23

 RA/G

SEA  3.23

PIT  4.13

COL  5.24

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

E. Andrus  .272

C. Davis  .197

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

D. Gordon  .333

G. Beckham  .265

 SLG

J. Abreu  .610

S. Perez  .413

J. Bradley  .289

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

C. McGehee  .754

J. Bradley  .571

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.78

M. Garza  3.58

E. Jackson  5.61

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

J. Lackey  7.41

K. Correia  4.39

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.