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New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Citi Field, August 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Citi Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
115
On This Date:
61-68
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
117
On This Date:
23-27
Season Series
Fri, May 22, 2015 PIT  4  NYM  1     
Sat, May 23, 2015 PIT  8  NYM  2     
Sun, May 24, 2015 PIT  9  NYM  1     
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 PIT  3 @NYM  2 (10)

Sat, Aug 15, 2015 PIT    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 PIT    @NYM  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
67-46, 2nd, 6 GB, 6 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-18   Road:   28-28   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  55-37   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  25-15
 vsEast: 19-8    vsCntrl:21-29   vsWest: 14-2  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Fri, Aug 14  @NYM  W   3-2 (10)  67-46  2nd  6.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug 13  @STL  W  10-5       66-46  2nd  6.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug 12  @STL  L   2-4       65-46  2nd  7.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug 11  @STL  L   3-4       65-45  2nd  6.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  9   LAD  W  13-6       65-44  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  8   LAD  W   6-5       64-44  2nd  6.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7   LAD  W   5-4 (10)  63-44  2nd  6.0 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5   CHC  W   7-5       62-44  2nd  5.5 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4   CHC  L   0-5       61-44  2nd  5.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @CIN  W   3-0       61-43  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
New York Mets
63-53, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-19   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  49-42   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  20-20
 vsEast: 30-17   vsCntrl: 9-18   vsWest: 18-12 IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Fri, Aug 14   PIT  L   2-3 (10)  63-53  1st  4.5 up
115 Thu, Aug 13   COL  W  12-3       63-52  1st  4.5 up
114 Wed, Aug 12   COL  W   3-0       62-52  1st  3.5 up
113 Tue, Aug 11   COL  W   4-0       61-52  1st  2.5 up
112 Mon, Aug 10   COL  W   4-2       60-52  1st  1.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  9  @TBR  L   3-4       59-52  1st  1.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  8  @TBR  L   4-5       59-51  1st  1.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  7  @TBR  W   4-3       59-50  1st  2.5 up
108 Wed, Aug  5  @MIA  W   8-6       58-50  1st  2.0 up
107 Tue, Aug  4  @MIA  W   5-1       57-50  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 PIT  3 @NYM  2 (10)   W:Arquimedes Caminero (3-1), L: Bobby Parnell (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (36)
Sun, May 24, 2015 PIT  9  NYM  1        W:Francisco Liriano (2-4), L: Jon Niese (3-5), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2015 PIT  8  NYM  2        W:A.J. Burnett (4-1), L: Matt Harvey (5-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2015 PIT  4  NYM  1        W:Gerrit Cole (6-2), L: Noah Syndergaard (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (10)

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 PIT  5  NYM  2        W:Edinson Volquez (6-6), L: Bartolo Colon (8-6), S: Mark Melancon (15)
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 NYM  5 @PIT  3        W:Jon Niese (5-4), L: Gerrit Cole (6-4), S: Jenrry Mejia (8)
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 PIT  3  NYM  2 (11)   W:Jared Hughes (4-2), L: Vic Black (1-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 PIT  5  NYM  2        W:Vance Worley (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2), S: Mark Melancon (14)
Wed, May 28, 2014 NYM  5  PIT  0        W:Bartolo Colon (4-5), L: Charlie Morton (1-7), S: Jeurys Familia (1)
Tue, May 27, 2014 NYM  4  PIT  2        W:Vic Black (1-0), L: Jeanmar Gomez (0-2), S: Jenrry Mejia (4)
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 4-0; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; 2013 - PIT won 5-2; All-Time - PIT leads 377-346

SP: Charlie Morton (31, RHP, 7-4, 4.48)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-4) 82.1 85 43 41 27 54 7 4.48
2014 (6-12) 157.1 143 76 65 57 126 9 3.72
2013 (7-4) 116.0 113 51 42 36 85 6 3.26
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.1 42 22 22 18 32 4 4.68 49
2015-08-09 LAD ND 5.0 10 5 5 3 6 0 86 30
2015-08-02 @CIN W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 93 74
2015-07-28 @MIN ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 5 0 105 46
2015-07-22 @KCR L 6.2 7 5 5 1 4 2 95 43
2015-07-17 @MIL L 6.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 90 45
2015-07-08 SDP ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 5 1 104 55
2015-07-03 CLE L 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 104 52
Last 5 v.NYM 0-3 29.1 38 18 14 6 14 2 4.30 45
2014-05-28 @NYM L 5.1 4 3 2 4 4 1 104 50
2013-07-12 NYM ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 93 60
2012-05-23 NYM L 7.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 97 50
2011-06-10 NYM L 4.0 9 7 6 1 1 0 81 18
2011-05-30 @NYM ND 6.0 11 3 1 0 4 0 92 46

SP: Jon Niese (28, LHP, 7-9, 3.46)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-9) 135.1 140 63 52 37 91 14 3.46
2014 (9-11) 187.2 193 80 71 45 138 17 3.40
2013 (8-8) 143.0 158 68 59 48 105 10 3.71
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 37 13 13 6 28 4 2.58 59
2015-08-10 COL W 7.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 95 62
2015-08-04 @MIA W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 100 70
2015-07-30 SDP ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 87 61
2015-07-24 LAD L 3.0 8 6 6 1 1 2 61 19
2015-07-19 @STL ND 7.2 5 0 0 1 3 0 100 71
2015-07-12 ARI W 6.2 5 3 3 0 3 1 90 55
2015-07-06 @SFG W 8.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 81 78
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 28.1 31 18 18 16 19 3 5.72 43
2015-05-24 @PIT L 4.2 7 4 4 4 6 1 104 36
2014-06-28 @PIT W 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 98 48
2014-05-27 PIT ND 5.2 4 2 2 4 2 0 104 51
2013-05-11 PIT L 4.1 8 8 8 3 1 2 84 13
2012-05-23 @PIT W 7.2 5 1 1 2 5 0 102 68

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

Pirates Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 46.Clippard
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB		 44.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 72.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.200 7/.143 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.250 367/323 .247/.311/.452/.762 .653/.778 .805 72/.943 2/0 17/16
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 345/282 .302/.368/.425/.794 1.035/.741 .724 73/.943 1/1 6/3
23.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.167 .000 13/.154 0/0 0/1
30.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 3/.000 ··· ··· 58/54 .176/.276/.294/.570 .250/.590 .680 40/.626 0/0 1/1
27.Kang G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 355/283 .290/.363/.448/.811 .813/.811 .794 95/.991 5/3 9/10
6.Marte G/S/vP 10/.400 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 5/.200 435/354 .285/.339/.442/.781 .910/.752 .735 87/.769 22/8 13/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 18/1.423 12/1.053 5/.800 1/.000 7/.453 6/.334 1/3.000 6/.750 478/395 .298/.397/.518/.915 .891/.920 .796 97/1.022 6/2 18/0
31.Morse G/S/vP 22/.500 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 7/.286 8/.661 1/.000 5/1.800 185/153 .218/.281/.312/.593 .357/.642 .807 25/.769 0/0 4/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 449/371 .259/.334/.382/.716 .537/.754 .746 104/.910 20/8 6/5
17.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/.967 9/1.444 5/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 12/.872 ··· 10/.675 368/294 .243/.285/.401/.686 .634/.699 .708 79/.533 1/0 11/8
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/108 .215/.242/.308/.550 .538/.558 .515 43/.471 2/1 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 128/107 .293/.333/.353/.687 .611/.701 .702 24/.619 0/0 0/6
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.473 9/.708 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 442/368 .272/.326/.437/.763 .630/.790 .815 93/.820 3/0 12/6
IP 135.1 47.1 56.2 34.2 23.2 18.2 32.0 44.2 TOTAL .259/.320/.393/.714 .698/.717 .700 .793 74/29 95/82
ERA-K/9 3.46/6.1 2.47/8.0 1.91/9.0 2.08/8.0 6.85/6.1 4.82/4.8 4.22/8.7 3.43/7.7 3.17/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (72-21-6)
 Stewart (29-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 582/.267 202/.177 223/.204 142/.216 121/.324 81/.314 131/.207 178/.262 .238  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Morse
 Ishikawa
 Rodriguez
97/14/0/10
0/105/0/7
8/2/101/6
6/0/0/1
5/0/0/0
13/0/10/0
OPS .727 .574 .567 .594 .851 .752 .647 .683 .655
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.686 102/.349 100/.578 63/.664 58/.553 27/.842 45/.625 64/.612 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 459/.738 100/.812 123/.558 79/.534 63/1.130 54/.708 86/.657 114/.722 .632
Home 285/.778 130/.644 155/.577 63/.635 54/.886 46/.750 68/.683 109/.709
Last 28d days 124/.643 42/.671 57/.752 35/.590 35/.867 45/.928 35/.698 34/.439
HR/SB/CS 14/5/2 4/5/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/1/1 3/1/0 3/0/1 99/57/17
Usage ····X··· X·o·o··o o·X·o··X ······X· ···o·o·o oo···X·o ·o······ o·····X·
Mets Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 55.Blanton
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 484/375 .294/.322/.505/.828 .623/.886 .747 110/.913 4/4 20/5
30.Conforto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/47 .227/.340/.386/.726 .533/.751 .697 53/.726 0/0 1/0
23.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 23/.785 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 14/.142 3/.333 326/247 .250/.301/.375/.676 .588/.702 .744 17/.620 2/0 8/3
7.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 118/98 .271/.331/.477/.807 .476/.870 .824 41/.678 0/0 5/2
21.Duda* G/S/vP 10/1.000 12/.833 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 457/347 .247/.346/.476/.822 .894/.797 1.053 89/1.048 0/1 21/1
4.Flores G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 404/319 .255/.289/.388/.677 .885/.622 .700 76/.732 0/0 11/10
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.334 22/.910 ··· 2/.000 6/1.333 16/.646 2/.500 494/392 .255/.346/.451/.797 .437/.896 .806 114/.895 9/4 20/5
55.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/.625 2/.000 10/.422 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 242/212 .262/.307/.444/.751 .726/.755 .731 53/.625 1/1 11/7
12.Lagares G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 395/302 .261/.289/.356/.645 .802/.598 .665 61/.802 7/3 4/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 16/.376 16/.913 10/.633 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 4/1.250 375/280 .282/.331/.421/.751 .574/.813 .727 104/.831 1/2 8/10
20.Recker G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/48 .133/.268/.233/.501 .848/.348 .319 13/.322 1/0 2/1
11.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.238 7/1.771 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 303/230 .257/.332/.347/.679 .723/.665 .544 86/.695 2/1 2/5
2.Uribe G/S/vP 15/.564 4/.500 18/.251 3/.666 4/1.000 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 314/237 .254/.315/.404/.719 .872/.671 .644 69/.693 2/0 11/8
IP 82.1 38.0 47.2 53.0 51.1 54.0 46.2 52.1 TOTAL .238/.302/.374/.676 .658/.681 .708 .730 41/14 106/61
ERA-K/9 4.48/5.9 3.32/8.3 3.59/8.9 3.74/10.0 2.28/5.6 1.67/6.3 2.89/7.7 2.41/8.8 3.26/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 d'Arnaud (14-5-0)
 Recker (9-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 355/.266 166/.210 197/.261 228/.236 218/.274 210/.222 192/.224 204/.206 .254  Cespedes
 Granderson
 Cuddyer
 Lagares
 Johnson
 Conforto
108/8/0/9
0/2/111/7
65/0/1/3
0/105/1/2
28/0/7/2
13/0/0/0
OPS .744 .665 .736 .680 .704 .561 .675 .540 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.895 46/.554 102/.833 89/.670 82/.621 96/.395 94/.704 53/.582 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.608 120/.709 95/.634 139/.685 136/.754 114/.695 98/.643 151/.525 .683
Road 168/.803 80/.626 85/.721 104/.530 104/.793 95/.520 103/.747 99/.715
Last 28d days 107/.809 43/.508 52/.537 54/.643 54/.918 44/.727 47/.576 37/.600
HR/SB/CS 7/8/0 4/7/0 6/2/1 6/8/0 3/5/3 2/0/2 8/2/0 3/1/0 79/103/31
Usage ·····X·· X·oX·o·X ··X···X· o··o·X·· o··o·X·· Xo····Xo ·Xo···oX ·X····oo

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 2015 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

TOR  5.28

LAA  4.10

MIA  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.91

CLE  4.18

COL  5.25

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .340

M. Betts  .267

C. Carter  .183

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .455

K. Wong  .328

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .647

A. Eaton  .421

B. Hamilton  .294

 OPS

B. Harper  1.102

D. Murphy  .751

O. Infante  .529

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

J. Nelson  3.65

K. Lohse  6.14

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.56

K. Hendricks  7.61

M. Buehrle  4.24

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.