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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Minnesota Twins, at PNC Park, May 20, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 2-game series
Average Temp:
68° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
40
On This Date:
42-58
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
40
On This Date:
65-53
Season Series
Tue, May 19, 2015 MIN  8 @PIT  5     

Wed, May 20, 2015 MIN    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 PIT    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 PIT    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
22-17, 3rd, 3 GB / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-6    Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:  12-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 19  @PIT  W   8-5       22-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   TBR  L   3-11      21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16   TBR  W   6-4       21-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   TBR  W   3-2       20-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @DET  L   1-13      19-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @DET  W   6-2       19-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @DET  L   1-2 (10)  18-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10  @CLE  L   2-8       18-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9  @CLE  W   7-4       18-13  3rd  1.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8  @CLE  W   9-3       17-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Pittsburgh Pirates
18-21, 3rd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-8    Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 19   MIN  L   5-8       18-21  3rd  8.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   3-0       18-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   1-4       17-20  4th  7.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @CHC  L  10-11(12)  17-19  4th  7.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @PHI  L   2-4       17-18  4th  7.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @PHI  L   2-3       17-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @PHI  W   7-2       17-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 11  @PHI  W   4-3       16-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10   STL  W   4-3       15-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  9   STL  W   7-5       14-16  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2015 MIN  8 @PIT  5        W:Ricky Nolasco (4-1), L: Francisco Liriano (1-4), S: Glen Perkins (14)

Thu, Jun 21, 2012 PIT  9  MIN  1        W:James McDonald (6-3), L: Liam Hendriks (0-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 MIN  2 @PIT  1        W:Jared Burton (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 PIT  7  MIN  2        W:Kevin Correia (3-6), L: Scott Diamond (5-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 MIN  5  PIT  1        W:Nick Blackburn (6-2), L: Zach Duke (7-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 PIT  8 @MIN  2        W:Ian Snell (2-7), L: Francisco Liriano (2-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 MIN  8  PIT  2        W:Glen Perkins (2-3), L: Paul Maholm (4-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 MIN  8 @PIT  2        W:Johan Santana (7-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 MIN  5 @PIT  3        W:Jesse Crain (1-4), L: Damaso Marte (0-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 MIN  4 @PIT  2        W:Francisco Liriano (6-1), L: Ian Snell (7-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 1-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 15-10

SP: Mike Pelfrey (31, RHP, 3-1, 3.23)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-1) 39.0 39 16 14 15 17 3 3.23
2014 (0-3) 23.2 29 23 21 18 10 5 7.99
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 39 16 14 15 17 3 3.23 50
2015-05-14 @DET L 4.2 10 5 4 2 1 1 95 25
2015-05-08 @CLE W 7.0 6 2 2 2 0 0 105 55
2015-05-03 CHW ND 3.1 5 2 2 2 1 0 61 41
2015-04-28 DET W 7.0 3 2 1 2 7 0 109 70
2015-04-22 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 99 69
2015-04-17 CLE ND 5.0 3 1 1 4 2 0 88 55
2015-04-11 @CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 2 2 80 38
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 30.2 35 22 20 11 21 3 5.87 44
2011-06-13 @PIT L 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 81 67
2011-06-02 PIT ND 5.0 10 7 7 1 3 1 88 21
2010-09-16 PIT W 7.0 6 2 2 4 4 0 111 57
2010-08-20 @PIT W 8.0 6 2 1 2 5 1 119 67
2009-06-04 @PIT L 3.2 9 9 8 4 3 0 83 8

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 2-2, 5.40)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 40.0 44 25 24 14 30 5 5.40
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 2-2 40.0 44 25 24 14 30 5 5.40 46
2015-05-15 @CHC ND 3.2 6 5 5 3 4 2 102 30
2015-05-10 STL ND 6.2 5 3 3 2 1 1 96 51
2015-05-05 CIN L 7.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 101 50
2015-04-28 @CHC L 3.2 8 6 5 3 5 0 86 25
2015-04-23 CHC ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 93 41
2015-04-18 MIL W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 51
Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

Twins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.62 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .200/.333/.400/.733 /.733 .000 6/.733 0/0 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 172/114 .264/.349/.500/.849 .948/.797 .808 108/.977 3/1 7/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/66 .252/.278/.379/.656 .613/.684 .512 76/.755 1/0 2/2
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/20 .156/.206/.250/.456 .298/.550 .550 25/.290 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .292/.320/.333/.653 .833/.619 .967 25/.653 0/1 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.500 6/2.467 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 149/96 .270/.315/.453/.768 .770/.767 .775 93/.839 1/2 6/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.633 ··· ··· ··· 164/99 .282/.341/.362/.704 .851/.605 .740 100/.703 0/0 0/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 25/10 .391/.440/.565/1.005 .552/1.700 1.192 19/.780 0/1 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 150/93 .261/.340/.455/.795 .908/.727 .679 94/.827 0/0 6/3
21.Robinson G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 63/27 .293/.349/.310/.660 .606/.730 .497 41/.591 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/22 .242/.257/.364/.621 .891/.465 .316 35/.621 2/0 1/2
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/95 .246/.268/.333/.601 .718/.541 .460 89/.684 4/2 0/10
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/82 .248/.325/.352/.677 .733/.649 .716 74/.702 0/0 2/1
IP 40.0 9.1 17.2 19.1 16.1 18.1 15.2 22.0 TOTAL .259/.313/.387/.700 .764/.664 .629 .756 14/11 29/26
ERA-K/9 5.40/6.8 4.82/10.6 4.58/9.7 3.26/8.9 3.86/9.4 3.44/5.4 1.15/9.2 1.64/8.2 3.28/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (3-3-0)
 Suzuki (21-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.284 46/.325 72/.206 85/.329 76/.297 75/.286 70/.226 79/.160 .249  Escobar
 Robinson
 Rosario
 Nunez
 Hicks
 Hunter
 Herrmann
19/0/0/4
13/13/3/3
5/0/5/1
2/0/0/1
0/7/0/0
0/0/30/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .795 .775 .625 .758 .892 .748 .572 .456 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.963 10/.733 23/.725 31/.744 30/.977 28/.632 29/.750 17/.620 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.753 36/.787 49/.581 54/.766 46/.834 47/.816 41/.440 62/.411 .670
Home 104/.674 23/.885 35/.723 40/.717 23/.826 35/.931 18/.513 35/.266
Last 28d days 119/.920 31/.674 40/.671 47/.826 62/.856 47/.588 49/.539 40/.444
HR/SB/CS 5/4/4 0/7/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 3/1/1 2/0/1 0/3/0 2/1/0 26/40/18
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··· o··Xo··o o···X··· X···XX·· ··X·X··· ····X·Xo ··X·X···
Pirates Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/120 .227/.316/.445/.762 .258/.832 .656 85/.744 0/0 7/5
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 9/.347 2/1.500 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/93 .297/.355/.366/.721 .701/.724 .616 66/.709 0/1 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 148/124 .245/.281/.403/.684 .788/.664 .657 88/.748 1/2 4/7
12.Hart G/S/vP 12/.833 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 37/20 .200/.216/.314/.531 .243/.774 .479 23/.455 0/0 1/3
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 84/64 .320/.381/.467/.848 1.117/.763 .978 63/.964 2/0 2/2
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 154/130 .295/.346/.525/.872 1.502/.748 1.026 99/.895 6/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 14/1.071 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 162/136 .225/.321/.370/.691 .535/.720 .673 103/.691 2/1 4/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/100 .174/.229/.202/.431 .541/.409 .394 77/.398 0/0 0/2
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/135 .234/.297/.326/.623 .358/.664 .676 97/.570 11/2 1/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 13/1.447 ··· 6/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 48/28 .311/.326/.467/.793 .599/.926 1.032 37/.791 1/0 2/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 44/38 .244/.256/.293/.548 .533/.549 .533 39/.569 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/
18.Walker# G/S/vP 14/.714 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/129 .279/.346/.407/.753 .546/.796 .751 98/.818 2/0 2/1
IP 39.0 20.2 7.2 14.1 18.1 10.0 22.0 5.2 TOTAL .243/.302/.369/.671 .648/.675 .681 .690 25/8 31/27
ERA-K/9 3.23/3.9 2.18/3.9 10.57/4.7 4.40/6.9 1.47/8.9 3.60/9.9 3.27/5.7 6.35/9.5 4.25/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (30-12-1)
 Stewart (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.262 81/.253 42/.429 65/.276 71/.225 43/.256 88/.228 26/.292 .280  McCutchen
 Marte
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Rodriguez
 Hart
0/36/0/3
35/4/0/2
2/1/35/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/6/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .707 .688 1.181 .888 .521 .636 .589 .888 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.594 29/.332 19/1.089 29/.845 18/.944 21/.686 35/.338 14/1.143 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.819 52/.877 23/1.259 36/.924 53/.377 22/.581 53/.741 12/.533 .791
Road 107/.772 44/.972 20/1.075 31/1.010 27/.370 19/1.193 42/.619 12/.750
Last 28d days 100/.710 41/.462 26/1.377 40/.879 49/.571 43/.636 49/.801 26/.888
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 1/2/2 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 2/0/0 39/24/9
Usage ·····X·· o··oo·oX ··oo·Xo· ··X··X·· o··oo·o· o·X··X·o o·X···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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.17

ATL  4.26

PHI  3.15

 RA/G

STL  3.08

ATL  4.39

COL  5.22

 BA

D. Gordon  .403

B. Butler  .267

C. Utley  .148

 OBP

B. Harper  .474

D. Ortiz  .331

E. Gattis  .213

 SLG

B. Harper  .737

R. Zimmerman  .418

J. Ramirez  .250

 OPS

B. Harper  1.212

C. Davis  .750

J. Ramirez  .487

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

A. DeSclafani  3.80

K. Kendrick  6.70

 K/9IP

J. Shields  12.21

S. Miller  7.17

J. Guthrie  3.27

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.