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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at PNC Park, April 17, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, April 17, 2015

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

PNC Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at PNC Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

66° (based on last ten years)

Brewers

Manager:

Ron Roenicke

Game #:

On This Date:

19-20

Pirates

Manager:

Clint Hurdle

Game #:

On This Date:

52-40

Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 PIT  6 @MIL  2     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 MIL  6  PIT  0     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 PIT 10 @MIL  2     

Fri, Apr 17, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 PIT    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 PIT    @MIL  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 PIT    @MIL  7:20pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Milwaukee Brewers

2-7, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-5    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @STL  L   0-4        2-7   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @STL  L   2-4        2-6   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @STL  W   5-4        2-5   5th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   PIT  L   2-10       1-5   5th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   PIT  W   6-0        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   PIT  L   2-6        0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8   COL  L   4-5 (10)   0-3   5th  2.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  7   COL  L   2-5        0-2   5th  1.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6   COL  L   0-10       0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-7    Last 20: 2-7    Last 30: 2-7

Pittsburgh Pirates

3-6, 4th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr 15   DET  L   0-1        3-6   4th  2.5 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: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 PIT 10 @MIL  2        W:Casey Sadler (1-0), L: Kyle Lohse (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 MIL  6  PIT  0        W:Jimmy Nelson (1-0), L: Vance Worley (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 PIT  6 @MIL  2        W:Jeff Locke (1-0), L: Mike Fiers (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 PIT  1  MIL  0        W:Vance Worley (8-4), L: Wily Peralta (16-11), S: Tony Watson (1)
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 MIL  1 @PIT  0        W:Zach Duke (5-1), L: Mark Melancon (3-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 PIT  4  MIL  2        W:John Holdzkom (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (4-3), S: Mark Melancon (31)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 MIL  4  PIT  3        W:Mike Fiers (4-1), L: Vance Worley (5-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (39)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 PIT 10 @MIL  2        W:Edinson Volquez (11-7), L: Wily Peralta (15-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 PIT  8 @MIL  3        W:Jeff Locke (5-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 MIL  1 @PIT  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (4-4), L: Jeff Locke (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19)
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 2-1; 2014 - MIL won 12-7; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; All-Time - MIL leads 154-121

SP: Jimmy Nelson (26, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0.00
2014 (2-9)			69.1	82	42	38	19	57	6	4.93
2013 (0-0)			10.0	2	1	1	5	8	0	0.90

Last 7 GS		1-5	39.0	42	22	20	11	35	3	4.62	49
2015-04-11	PIT	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	88	80
2014-09-26	CHC	L	4.1	6	5	5	1	4	1	64	34
2014-09-07	STL	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	90	42
2014-09-01	@CHC	L	6.0	9	3	3	1	4	1	86	45
2014-08-26	@SDP	L	5.0	5	4	2	2	7	1	93	50
2014-08-20	TOR	L	5.2	9	4	4	2	4	0	103	37
2014-08-15	@LAD	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	83	55

Last 5 v.PIT		1-0	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0.00	80
2015-04-11	PIT	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	88	80

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 1-0, 3.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	3.00
2014 (7-6)			131.1	127	63	57	40	89	16	3.91
2013 (10-7)			166.1	146	69	65	84	125	11	3.52

Last 7 GS		3-3	39.2	39	20	19	16	28	4	4.31	50
2015-04-10	@MIL	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	90	51
2014-09-24	@ATL	L	4.0	8	6	6	5	3	1	86	20
2014-09-19	MIL	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	82	62
2014-09-13	CHC	L	5.1	6	3	3	3	5	1	106	46
2014-09-08	@PHI	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	0	92	76
2014-09-02	@STL	L	3.0	4	5	4	5	3	0	86	31
2014-08-27	STL	W	7.1	6	1	1	2	3	1	98	63

Last 5 v.MIL		2-1	30.2	25	12	12	10	14	3	3.52	54
2015-04-10	@MIL	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	90	51
2014-09-19	MIL	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	82	62
2014-08-22	@MIL	W	6.0	2	2	2	6	0	1	91	54
2014-06-08	MIL	L	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	75	71
2013-08-27	MIL	ND	4.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	77	30

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.

Brewers Batters (2.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Locke*
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

8.Braun G/S/vP 20/.900 2/4.500 ··· 6/.333 2/2.000 10/.944 3/.000 8/1.125 580/431 .266/.324/.453/.777 .823/.760 .752 28/.545 11/5 19/2

18.Davis G/S/vP 14/.297 ··· 1/no AB 4/2.000 1/.000 6/.666 2/.000 2/.000 549/413 .244/.299/.457/.756 .777/.749 .762 34/.678 4/1 22/3

2.Gennett* G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 474/432 .289/.320/.434/.754 .253/.802 .652 27/.459 6/3 9/9

27.Gomez G/S/vP 21/.985 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.000 6/.500 10/.211 2/.000 8/1.089 644/502 .284/.356/.477/.833 .828/.835 .765 35/.698 34/12 23/5

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/14 .150/.190/.200/.390 .762/.214 .167 7/1.286 0/0 0/1

14.Jimenez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 41/15 .162/.205/.216/.421 .469/.343 .444 5/.000 0/0 0/0

24.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 5/.933 2/.000 2/.000 318/281 .321/.381/.479/.860 .223/.942 .792 38/.967 0/0 6/3

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 20/1.217 1/no AB ··· 6/1.333 ··· 7/.762 2/.000 8/1.482 655/500 .301/.373/.465/.837 .838/.837 .852 35/.457 4/4 13/5

12.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 126/81 .234/.320/.387/.707 .721/.693 .824 5/.200 0/0 4/7

28.Parra* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.000 4/.666 574/462 .261/.308/.369/.677 .554/.704 .683 21/.476 9/7 9/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 21/.639 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.500 10/.800 2/.500 12/.639 531/416 .285/.330/.427/.757 1.024/.687 .817 35/.400 3/0 15/10

7.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 136/120 .181/.278/.276/.554 .670/.538 .538 7/.200 2/1 0/1

9.Segura G/S/vP 20/.671 2/.500 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 8/.000 2/.000 7/.000 557/431 .246/.289/.326/.614 .511/.643 .579 33/.848 20/9 5/16

IP 131.1 64.0 6.2 64.1 71.0 15.0 77.1 TOTAL .223/.274/.327/.601 .565/.606 .538 .601 1/2 3/9

ERA-K/9

3.91/6.1

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

3.26/9.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (83-29-5)
Maldonado (13-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.257 271/.188 31/.296 256/.229 / 277/.195 72/.283 305/.232 .217 Parra
Gomez
Braun
Schafer
Davis
Gennett 27/12/109/9
0/145/0/7
0/1/134/5
17/14/17/4
134/0/0/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .722 .614 .943 .609 .473 .875 .613 .643

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.521 97/.640 9/.583 112/.592 / 129/.415 29/1.169 90/.531 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.776 174/.599 22/1.093 144/.622 / 148/.524 43/.684 215/.646 .623

Home 285/.644 161/.627 17/.423 136/.709 / 154/.457 29/.703 154/.542

Last 28d days 26/.763 6/.900 18/.410 22/.561 9/.611 16/1.042 16/.598 22/.500

HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 4/3/0 2/1/1 4/4/6 // 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/4/2 8/10/3

Usage ······X· ······oX ··X·X·oo ·X·oo·X· ····X··· ·X·X··o· ··X··X·o ·o·oX··o

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 (3.22 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Nelson
G/S/vB 54.Blazek
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 13.Smith*
G/S/vB 30.Thornburg
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/.333 2/.000 ··· 10/.425 5/.000 9/.611 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 30/.921 8/3 18/25

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 162/114 .301/.370/.432/.802 .735/.830 .665 26/.751 1/0 2/1

5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB 5/.650 7/.143 1/2.000 1/no AB 550/431 .315/.347/.490/.837 .856/.832 .827 35/.608 18/7 13/6

12.Hart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 255/150 .203/.271/.319/.590 .568/.603 .567 10/.900 2/0 6/1

15.Lambo* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/39 .256/.256/.359/.615 /.615 .611 9/.111 0/0 0/0

6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 7/2.457 2/2.500 2/1.000 6/1.667 2/.000 4/.000 545/449 .291/.356/.453/.808 .781/.814 .772 33/.398 30/11 13/6

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 11/1.273 1/4.000 1/.000 9/.904 2/1.000 11/1.045 648/528 .314/.410/.542/.952 .912/.962 .983 34/.708 18/3 25/6

10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 5/.400 5/.650 1/.000 5/.800 555/426 .255/.305/.387/.693 .803/.658 .681 31/.531 4/1 12/11

25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 312/221 .235/.307/.343/.650 .466/.727 .722 36/.479 14/5 7/2

3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· 259/119 .211/.258/.443/.701 .729/.666 .509 3/.667 2/1 12/3

26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/66 .267/.300/.360/.660 .148/.768 .690 9/.819 0/0 2/5

18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 11/.455 4/1.417 9/.778 571/451 .271/.342/.467/.809 .727/.831 .806 36/.662 2/2 23/5

IP 69.1 58.2 66.2 32.0 68.0 65.2 29.2 TOTAL .207/.255/.338/.593 .588/.593 .439 .593 3/3 9/2

ERA-K/9

4.93/7.4

/0.0

2.30/7.5

4.32/8.5

2.81/8.2

3.04/9.7

3.70/11.8

4.25/8.5

4.39/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 311/.292 / 231/.197 286/.257 135/.294 268/.198 286/.248 131/.222 .291 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 .793 .569 .713 .709 .648 .737 .670 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.804 / 92/.564 99/.775 61/.967 132/.526 106/.516 54/.458 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.782 / 139/.572 187/.680 74/.509 136/.772 180/.872 77/.808 .856

Road 103/.774 / 103/.620 138/.775 79/.886 103/.605 158/.720 80/.718

Last 28d days 23/.317 19/.579 15/.667 19/.690 21/.563 10/.500 12/.348 30/1.007

HR/SB/CS 6/7/0 // 4/3/0 6/3/1 1/0/0 14/7/1 6/2/2 1/2/1 9/3/4

Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ···o·X·· oo··o·X· o··Xo·o· ···o···· o··ooo·· X···X·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.