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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Tropicana Field, June 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, June 23, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Tropicana Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Tropicana Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
76
On This Date:
51-70
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
78
On This Date:
6-8
Season Series

Mon, Jun 23, 2014 PIT    @TBR  7:10pm
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 PIT    @TBR  7:10pm
Wed, Jun 25, 2014 PIT    @TBR 12:10pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
37-38, 4th, 9 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-18   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  32-34   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl:20-25   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @CHC  W   2-1       37-38  4th  9.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21  @CHC  W   5-3       36-38  4th  9.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20  @CHC  L   3-6       35-38  4th  9.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19   CIN  W   4-3 (12)  35-37  4th  8.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 18   CIN  L   4-11      34-37  4th  8.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17   CIN  L   5-6       34-36  4th  8.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 15  @MIA  L   2-3 (10)  34-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 14  @MIA  W   8-6       34-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 13  @MIA  W   8-6 (13)  33-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12   CHC  W   4-0       32-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays
31-46, 5th, 11 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-23   Road:   13-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest: 12-12 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Sun, Jun 22   HOU  W   5-2       31-46  5th 11.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21   HOU  W   8-0       30-46  5th 12.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20   HOU  L   1-3       29-46  5th 13.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19   HOU  W   5-0       29-45  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18   BAL  L   0-2       28-45  5th 13.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   BAL  L   5-7       28-44  5th 13.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 16   BAL  W   5-4       28-43  5th 13.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @HOU  W   4-3       27-43  5th 13.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @HOU  L   3-7       26-43  5th 13.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @HOU  W   6-1       26-42  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 TBR  4 @PIT  3        W:Andy Sonnanstine (9-3), L: Tyler Yates (3-1), S: Troy Percival (19)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 PIT  4  TBR  3 (13)   W:John Van Benschoten (1-2), L: Jason Hammel (3-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 TBR 10 @PIT  5        W:Scott Kazmir (7-3), L: Jimmy Barthmaier (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 TBD  7 @PIT  5 (13)   W:Franklin Nunez (1-0), L: Brian Meadows (2-1), S: Chad Orvella (1)
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 PIT 18  TBD  2        W:Oliver Perez (5-4), L: Scott Kazmir (2-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 PIT  7  TBD  2        W:Mark Redman (4-4), L: Hideo Nomo (3-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 PIT  9 @TBD  5        W:Scott Sauerbeck (1-4), L: Al Levine (2-4), S: Mike Williams (18)
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 PIT 12 @TBD  9        W:Josh Fogg (3-3), L: Rob Bell (0-1), S: Mike Williams (17)
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 TBD  7  PIT  1        W:Victor Zambrano (3-4), L: Kip Wells (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - PIT leads 5-4

SP: Edinson Volquez (30, RHP, 4-6, 4.67)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-6) 81.0 74 44 42 28 55 11 4.67
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 3-3 37.2 35 22 21 15 30 6 5.02 49
2014-06-18 CIN L 2.1 6 8 8 3 2 0 64 12
2014-06-12 CHC W 7.0 7 0 0 2 5 0 99 66
2014-06-07 MIL L 6.0 4 4 3 2 4 0 100 52
2014-06-01 @LAD W 5.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 77 54
2014-05-27 @NYM ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 6 0 106 52
2014-05-22 WSN W 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 98 64
2014-05-17 @NYY L 6.1 6 5 5 0 3 4 81 44
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 12.1 7 5 5 7 10 1 3.65 57
2013-05-10 @TBR ND 6.0 3 2 2 4 3 0 100 57
2011-06-29 @TBR W 6.1 4 3 3 3 7 1 98 57

SP: Alex Cobb (26, RHP, 2-5, 3.48)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-5) 54.1 46 22 21 17 51 5 3.48
2013 (11-3) 143.1 120 46 44 45 134 13 2.76
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
Last 7 GS 2-4 42.1 38 18 17 12 42 4 3.61 55
2014-06-18 BAL L 7.0 4 1 0 4 6 0 111 69
2014-06-13 @HOU W 6.1 3 1 1 2 11 1 97 72
2014-06-07 SEA L 4.1 10 7 7 1 2 1 72 16
2014-06-02 @MIA L 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 91 53
2014-05-27 @TOR L 5.0 9 6 6 1 7 2 87 31
2014-05-22 OAK ND 6.2 3 0 0 2 6 0 96 72
2014-04-12 @CIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 87 74
Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

Pirates Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 49.Yates
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 301/246 .231/.316/.392/.707 .617/.728 .690 91/.767 5/1 11/17
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 95/77 .250/.326/.298/.624 .686/.608 .542 43/.731 1/1 0/2
15.Davis* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 226/204 .251/.363/.377/.740 .186/.802 .532 79/.635 0/2 5/5
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 193/156 .306/.347/.478/.825 .793/.832 .891 104/.834 5/3 5/2
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/250 .258/.324/.386/.710 .685/.714 .698 90/.679 17/5 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 4/.833 ··· 168/139 .267/.419/.382/.801 .445/.867 .690 82/.842 3/2 3/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 335/285 .312/.421/.523/.944 1.112/.917 .795 112/1.034 10/0 11/4
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 237/198 .230/.264/.356/.620 .927/.558 .696 90/.805 1/1 6/5
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/46 .345/.410/.418/.828 .795/.840 1.002 61/.828 1/0 1/1
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 131/79 .254/.305/.475/.781 .949/.671 .924 41/.558 2/0 5/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 150/140 .235/.322/.356/.678 .889/.664 .547 36/.816 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 82/67 .257/.346/.271/.617 1.243/.466 .482 29/.629 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 154/124 .289/.327/.331/.658 .814/.619 .711 36/.772 1/2 0/0
IP 54.1 29.1 25.0 32.1 26.0 32.2 52.0 6.2 TOTAL .259/.334/.390/.724 .756/.718 .697 .757 47/18 69/58
ERA-K/9 3.48/8.5 5.52/8.6 2.88/13.7 1.39/10.3 2.42/7.6 3.58/10.2 3.98/6.6 1.35/8.1 3.86/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (28-12-1)
 Stewart (19-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.227 129/.208 102/.176 121/.164 111/.188 136/.220 229/.241 27/.167 .240  Marte
 Snider
 Tabata
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Sanchez
 Mercer
 Polanco
67/6/0/3
1/0/41/3
16/1/29/2
5/0/24/1
0/74/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/12/0
OPS .636 .700 .626 .424 .641 .663 .696 .593 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.560 75/.743 45/.505 39/.520 55/.671 81/.682 87/.606 10/.775 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.721 54/.636 57/.720 82/.380 56/.608 55/.635 142/.753 17/.489 .701
Home 128/.613 84/.657 66/.678 63/.275 68/.433 81/.671 81/.558 19/.505
Last 28d days 127/.748 41/.687 34/.684 38/.353 45/.878 40/.397 54/.656 27/.593
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 2/1/0 4/3/1 0/1/1 2/4/0 5/2/0 5/1/0 1/0/0 70/31/11
Usage ····X··· X··o·Xo· ·o·o·Xo· o·····Xo o·X·o·X· o··X··X· ····oX·· ·X··XX··
Rays Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.594 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 290/226 .245/.322/.331/.653 .929/.574 .627 91/.593 0/1 4/8
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 141/68 .208/.255/.254/.509 .543/.473 .575 37/.465 0/0 0/1
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/42 .280/.308/.360/.668 .731/.608 .590 16/.757 1/0 1/0
24.Hanigan G/S/vP 4/.250 3/1.167 1/2.000 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 156/125 .241/.325/.372/.697 .522/.741 .902 28/.986 0/0 4/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 309/232 .239/.326/.377/.703 .753/.687 .663 103/.648 12/4 6/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 246/224 .267/.358/.393/.751 .141/.815 .851 73/.703 1/2 3/1
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/73 .301/.363/.590/.953 .284/1.123 .993 80/.985 1/1 4/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP 14/.381 ··· 11/.664 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 311/224 .280/.338/.376/.714 .681/.727 .730 102/.663 2/0 3/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 332/244 .268/.334/.405/.739 .881/.689 .895 107/.774 3/0 9/5
28.Molina G/S/vP 7/2.238 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/91 .148/.191/.148/.339 .397/.323 .300 47/.486 1/0 0/1
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 117/49 .208/.252/.481/.733 .758/.698 .738 39/.544 1/0 7/1
19.Sands G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 22/11 .190/.227/.333/.561 .455/.664 .695 22/.561 0/0 1/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 274/203 .250/.333/.375/.708 .875/.653 .729 94/.693 4/2 5/6
IP 81.0 38.2 19.2 28.0 35.1 17.1 35.0 28.1 TOTAL .246/.319/.371/.690 .681/.693 .731 .688 29/13 57/37
ERA-K/9 4.67/6.1 3.49/6.7 4.12/8.7 1.93/3.9 2.04/8.4 4.67/9.4 0.77/11.3 5.08/9.5 3.87/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (10-7-1)
 Molina (20-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.243 162/.276 87/.243 111/.232 136/.173 79/.282 142/.213 124/.224 .248  Joyce
 Kiermaier
 Forsythe
 Rodriguez
 Guyer
 Zobrist
 Jennings
46/0/7/3
1/7/22/1
2/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
17/6/1/0
8/0/3/0
0/68/0/0
OPS .722 .821 .795 .615 .435 .805 .556 .620 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.748 64/1.084 31/.373 49/.582 67/.416 32/.851 37/.556 42/.726 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.705 98/.661 56/1.025 62/.642 69/.453 47/.774 105/.556 82/.563 .701
Road 121/.817 65/.798 44/.563 46/.666 61/.492 28/1.229 70/.511 52/.386
Last 28d days 119/.737 55/.709 48/.830 48/.644 40/.278 29/.986 43/.344 42/.431
HR/SB/CS 11/1/3 6/4/4 4/1/0 2/2/3 1/0/1 3/2/0 1/4/0 0/5/1 69/65/20
Usage ····X··· ····Xo·· ··XX·o·· ·o·X···X oo·X·X·· ····X··· Xo·X···X ··oo·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  5.12

PIT  4.05

SDP  2.96

 RA/G

OAK  3.34

LAA  4.16

COL  5.08

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .360

Y. Cespedes  .266

C. Carter  .186

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .451

S. Castro  .330

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .648

Y. Gomes  .406

J. Bradley  .299

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.099

Y. Solarte  .748

E. Cabrera  .561

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.86

D. Haren  3.62

R. Nolasco  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

T. Wood  7.38

C. Young  4.48

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.