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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers, at PNC Park, April 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

PNC Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at PNC Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

64° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

34-29

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

On This Date:

39-39

Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 PIT  5  DET  4     
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 DET  2 @PIT  0     

Wed, Apr 15, 2015 DET    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 PIT    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 PIT    @DET  7:08pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 PIT    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET

Detroit Tigers

7-1, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    3-0    Road:    4-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 14  @PIT  W   2-0        7-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @PIT  L   4-5        6-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @CLE  W   8-5        6-0   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @CLE  W   9-6        5-0   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @CLE  W   8-4        4-0   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  9   MIN  W   7-1        3-0   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  8   MIN  W  11-0        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  6   MIN  W   4-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-1    Last 20: 7-1    Last 30: 7-1

Pittsburgh Pirates

3-5, 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-1    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-5    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 14   DET  L   0-2        3-5   4th  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   DET  W   5-4        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W  10-2        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @MIL  L   0-6        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @MIL  W   6-2        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @CIN  L   2-3        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @CIN  L   4-5 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @CIN  L   2-5        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 DET  2 @PIT  0        W:Shane Greene (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 PIT  5  DET  4        W:Gerrit Cole (1-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 14, 2014 DET  5  PIT  2        W:Max Scherzer (14-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 DET  8  PIT  4        W:Blaine Hardy (2-1), L: Vance Worley (5-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 PIT  4  DET  2        W:Edinson Volquez (10-7), L: Robbie Ray (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (22)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - Tied 2-2; 2013 - PIT won 3-1; All-Time - DET leads 22-21

SP: Alfredo Simon (34, RHP, 1-0, 5.06)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			5.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	5.06
2014 (15-10)			196.1	181	80	75	56	127	22	3.44
2013 (6-4)			87.2	68	31	28	26	63	8	2.87

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.1	41	20	20	15	30	3	4.35	50
2015-04-10	@CLE	W	5.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	76	43
2014-09-27	PIT	ND	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	86	43
2014-09-21	@STL	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	87	51
2014-09-15	@CHC	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	107	69
2014-09-10	STL	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	105	61
2014-09-05	NYM	L	4.0	8	6	6	3	5	1	96	24
2014-08-30	@PIT	L	7.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	96	62

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	25.0	18	12	12	12	20	3	4.32	54
2014-09-27	PIT	ND	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	86	43
2014-08-30	@PIT	L	7.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	96	62
2014-06-18	@PIT	W	6.1	5	3	3	3	5	0	110	53
2014-04-23	@PIT	W	6.2	4	2	2	5	4	1	112	57

SP: Francisco Liriano (31, LHP, 0-0, 2.57)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-0)			7.0	2	2	2	3	7	1	2.57
2014 (7-10)			162.1	130	68	61	81	175	13	3.38
2013 (16-8)			161.0	134	54	54	63	163	9	3.02

Last 7 GS		4-0	45.0	25	9	8	24	47	2	1.60	65
2015-04-06	@CIN	ND	7.0	2	2	2	3	7	1	92	69
2014-09-27	@CIN	ND	5.0	5	4	3	5	5	0	96	43
2014-09-22	@ATL	W	6.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	101	69
2014-09-17	BOS	W	6.0	3	1	1	5	2	0	99	59
2014-09-11	@PHI	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	12	0	106	84
2014-09-06	@CHC	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	98	73
2014-08-31	CIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	111	61

Last 5 v.DET		1-4	23.1	30	18	18	18	24	3	6.94	41
2014-08-14	@DET	L	6.0	3	2	2	4	9	1	102	63
2013-05-27	@DET	L	5.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	90	36
2012-09-01	@DET	L	4.0	4	3	3	7	5	0	100	40
2011-08-15	@DET	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	94	37
2011-07-24	DET	L	2.1	6	4	4	4	3	0	78	28

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (6.63 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB 37.Caminero
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 58.Liz
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 52.Scahill
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 10/1.100 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 457/341 .218/.327/.359/.686 .589/.720 .749 25/.829 0/3 11/5

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 41/.978 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 685/509 .313/.371/.524/.895 .900/.893 .845 38/1.262 1/1 25/6

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 579/419 .259/.306/.394/.700 .693/.702 .634 36/.665 2/2 11/15

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 645/489 .260/.301/.450/.751 .666/.777 .752 36/.875 7/2 22/6

20.Davis G/S/vP 21/.783 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 494/337 .282/.320/.401/.721 .939/.617 .670 17/.721 36/11 8/5

12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 274/218 .226/.311/.293/.604 .461/.641 .592 23/1.087 15/5 2/1

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 28/1.079 / /

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 21/.804 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/2.233 7/1.428 1/2.000 2/.000 726/546 .275/.307/.420/.727 .740/.722 .734 39/.936 15/4 17/9

28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 480/353 .315/.358/.553/.912 1.003/.880 .913 36/.963 6/3 23/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 32/1.317 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 641/483 .335/.409/.565/.974 1.123/.923 1.015 29/.675 3/2 32/5

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .250/.250/.333/.583 .333/.833 .571 9/.583 1/0 0/0

26.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/4 .200/.333/.200/.533 .000/.833 .833 2/.000 0/0 0/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/217 .227/.279/.275/.554 .746/.502 .484 5/1.300 12/2 2/8

IP 162.1 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .328/.404/.502/.905 .848/.914 .865 .905 11/2 9/3

ERA-K/9

3.38/9.7

3.94/11.4

10.80/10.7

1.96/5.0

/0.0

1.90/9.0

4.80/6.6

1.63/9.4

3.55/9.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (71-36-3)
Martinez (3-1-1)
McCann (4-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 691/.218 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .223 Cespedes
Davis
Gose
Martinez 125/9/0/16
99/48/0/6
11/65/14/2
83/0/34/1

OPS .645 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.740 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 562/.622 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .644

Home 363/.716 161/.627 17/.423 136/.709 / 154/.457 29/.703 154/.542

Last 28d days 26/.410 6/.900 18/.410 18/.575 9/.611 13/1.154 16/.598 19/.579

HR/SB/CS 13/19/5 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 7/8/2

Usage ········ ····oXo· X·X·ooo· ·oo·X·X· ··X···o· ·X··o·o· X··X·oX· ·oX··oX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (2.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 46.Krol*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 38.Soria
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 13/.508 1/.000 2/.000 8/.250 2/2.000 ··· ··· 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 27/1.026 8/3 18/25

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .665 23/.859 1/0 2/1

5.Harrison G/S/vP 14/.742 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .827 31/.693 18/7 13/6

12.Hart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 33/.993 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .567 9/1.000 2/0 6/1

15.Lambo* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .611 8/.125 0/0 0/0

6.Marte G/S/vP 23/.803 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .772 30/.442 30/11 13/6

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 24/.743 ··· ··· 19/.892 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .983 31/.665 18/3 25/6

10.Mercer G/S/vP 16/.742 1/no AB ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .681 28/.594 4/1 12/11

25.Polanco* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .722 32/.540 14/5 7/2

3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .509 3/.667 2/1 12/3

26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/66 .267/.300/.360/.660 .148/.768 .690 9/.819 0/0 2/5

18.Walker# G/S/vP 18/.653 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .806 33/.662 2/2 23/5

IP 196.1 57.1 63.0 21.0 32.2 58.0 44.1 TOTAL .221/.270/.366/.637 .588/.642 .563 .637 3/2 9/2

ERA-K/9

3.44/5.8

2.51/9.9

3.57/8.4

0.86/9.9

4.96/7.7

4.81/8.4

3.25/9.8

2.15/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (18-6-2)
Sanchez (18-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 818/.245 236/.219 263/.245 95/.259 154/.304 259/.265 182/.222 .206 Polanco
Harrison
Marte
McCutchen
Lambo
Rodriguez
Mercer
Hart 0/0/83/5
26/0/26/4
114/28/0/4
0/146/0/1
0/0/6/0
17/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/7/0

OPS .690 .639 .647 .654 .906 .721 .605 .524

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 409/.715 123/.714 137/.650 41/.792 76/.764 153/.755 106/.675 .580

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.665 113/.556 126/.643 54/.553 78/1.048 106/.672 76/.503 .475

Road 436/.651 119/.570 127/.626 33/.680 83/.824 127/.822 84/.528

Last 28d days 23/.772 8/.393 4/1.000 9/.444 10/.633 1/.000 14/.286

HR/SB/CS 22/15/8 7/8/3 3/7/2 1/2/0 6/0/1 5/10/1 2/0/1 3/1/1

Usage ····X··· ·o·oo·o· ····X··· ···X·o·· ·o·X··X· ········ o·oXo·o·

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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 4.77

MIA 3.98

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.42

CLE 4.03

COL 5.05

J. Altuve .341

J. Upton .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

C. Headley .328

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .581

C. Utley .407

Z. Cozart .300

OPS

V. Martinez .974

H. Kendrick .744

Z. Cozart .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

W. Chen 3.54

C. Buchholz 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

T. Koehler 7.20

M. Buehrle 5.30

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.