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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets, at PNC Park, May 24, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
45
On This Date:
20-33
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
43
On This Date:
62-44
Season Series
Fri, May 22, 2015 PIT  4  NYM  1     
Sat, May 23, 2015 PIT  8  NYM  2     

Sun, May 24, 2015 NYM    @PIT  1:35pm
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 PIT    @NYM  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 PIT    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 PIT    @NYM  1:10pm

                         All times ET
New York Mets
24-20, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-6    Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  20-15   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sat, May 23  @PIT  L   2-8       24-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 22  @PIT  L   1-4       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 21   STL  W   5-0       24-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20   STL  L   0-9       23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 19   STL  L   2-10      23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Mon, May 18   STL  W   2-1 (14)  23-16  1st  1.0 up
 38 Sun, May 17   MIL  W   5-1       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Sat, May 16   MIL  W  14-1       21-16  1st  0.5 up
 36 Fri, May 15   MIL  L   0-7       20-16  1st  0.5 up
 35 Thu, May 14  @CHC  L   5-6       20-15  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Pittsburgh Pirates
20-22, 3rd, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  19-18   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 23   NYM  W   8-2       20-22  3rd  6.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   NYM  W   4-1       19-22  3rd  7.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   MIN  L   3-4 (13)  18-22  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Mon, May 26, 2014 PIT  5 @NYM  3        W:Tony Watson (5-0), L: Jose Valverde (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (10)
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 NYM  4 @PIT  2        W:Dillon Gee (7-7), L: Gerrit Cole (4-3), S: Bobby Parnell (17)
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 2-0; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; 2013 - PIT won 5-2; All-Time - PIT leads 375-346

SP: Jon Niese (28, LHP, 3-4, 3.72)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-4) 48.1 59 28 20 13 28 5 3.72
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 3-4 43.1 52 25 19 11 26 4 3.95 47
2015-05-19 STL L 5.0 11 8 8 1 1 1 92 13
2015-05-14 @CHC L 6.1 6 6 4 1 2 1 90 42
2015-05-09 @PHI W 7.0 5 2 0 1 6 0 90 68
2015-05-02 WSN L 7.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 107 59
2015-04-26 @NYY L 5.0 8 6 4 1 3 1 86 33
2015-04-21 ATL W 6.2 4 1 1 4 5 1 106 63
2015-04-15 PHI W 6.1 9 1 1 2 4 0 94 53
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 28.2 29 15 15 13 18 2 4.71 47
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
2010-08-21 @PIT W 5.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 83 57

SP: Francisco Liriano (31, LHP, 1-4, 4.15)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-4) 47.2 32 23 22 21 52 6 4.15
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 1-4 40.2 30 21 20 18 45 5 4.43 55
2015-05-19 MIN L 2.0 5 7 7 2 2 2 55 18
2015-05-13 @PHI L 7.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 105 54
2015-05-08 STL L 6.1 6 6 5 1 10 2 98 48
2015-05-02 @STL ND 8.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 98 73
2015-04-26 @ARI W 6.1 2 0 0 6 7 0 108 70
2015-04-21 CHC ND 5.0 3 3 3 2 9 0 97 56
2015-04-15 DET L 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 85 66
Last 5 v.NYM 1-0 5.1 6 1 1 2 9 0 1.69 59
2013-05-11 @NYM W 5.1 6 1 1 2 9 0 90 59

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

Mets Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.52 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Campbell G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 97/79 .188/.309/.288/.597 .762/.561 .615 53/.482 2/1 1/6
1.Ceciliani* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .143/.250/.143/.393 /.393 .000 8/.393 0/0 0/0
23.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 164/123 .247/.311/.353/.664 .709/.649 .511 89/.633 0/0 3/1
21.Duda* G/S/vP 1/.000 12/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 182/131 .293/.385/.478/.862 1.182/.735 .763 103/.818 0/0 5/0
4.Flores G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 144/119 .244/.282/.415/.697 .951/.645 .608 81/.640 0/0 6/9
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 33/.626 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 176/145 .240/.347/.387/.733 .536/.777 .679 99/.782 3/1 5/1
12.Lagares G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 168/129 .270/.304/.321/.624 .738/.591 .582 90/.587 3/1 1/0
44.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 45/15 .146/.222/.268/.491 .521/.421 .379 25/.330 1/0 1/0
19.Monell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .067/.125/.133/.258 .000/.276 .500 16/.258 0/0 0/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 15/.983 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/1.250 171/137 .259/.310/.380/.690 .367/.769 .765 98/.798 1/1 3/5
22.Plawecki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/68 .203/.238/.316/.555 .875/.473 .430 65/.526 0/0 2/0
20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/22 .200/.355/.440/.795 1.841/.384 1.256 20/.961 0/0 2/0
11.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/1.771 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 48/33 .214/.313/.357/.670 .695/.655 .789 31/.647 0/0 1/1
IP 47.2 11.1 18.2 20.1 17.1 20.0 17.2 23.0 TOTAL .235/.300/.354/.654 .764/.622 .615 .628 15/4 34/26
ERA-K/9 4.15/9.8 5.56/9.6 4.34/9.6 3.10/8.9 3.63/9.4 3.15/5.0 1.02/8.6 1.57/8.2 3.16/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Monell (1-0-0)
 Plawecki (11-2-1)
 Recker (1-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.186 56/.327 75/.197 88/.316 80/.294 80/.267 78/.217 83/.154 .247  Granderson
 Lagares
 Cuddyer
 Ceciliani
 Mayberry
0/1/42/3
0/41/0/1
36/0/0/1
2/1/0/0
7/0/7/0
OPS .608 .910 .598 .731 .871 .699 .554 .448 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.668 13/.968 25/.661 33/.697 33/.946 30/.588 33/.656 18/.583 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.589 43/.891 50/.569 55/.751 47/.815 50/.766 45/.473 65/.411 .665
Home 85/.799 33/1.073 38/.663 43/.666 27/.778 40/.809 26/.478 39/.267
Last 28d days 99/.740 37/.951 36/.693 48/.807 60/.887 42/.579 57/.518 39/.378
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 2/7/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 3/1/1 2/0/1 0/3/0 2/1/0 28/41/20
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··X ···oo··X ···oo··· X···X··· ·o·o··X· ···X···· ···o··X·
Pirates Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB		 62.Goeddel
G/S/vB		 51.Leathersich*
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 149/131 .233/.322/.473/.795 .229/.878 .743 85/.824 0/0 8/5
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/100 .287/.353/.352/.705 .733/.699 .597 66/.735 0/1 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 10/.844 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 162/136 .261/.294/.412/.706 .724/.702 .708 85/.738 2/3 4/8
12.Hart G/S/vP 11/.573 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 38/21 .194/.211/.306/.516 .243/.736 .452 22/.420 0/0 1/3
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 98/77 .307/.367/.432/.799 1.143/.709 .849 76/.893 3/0 2/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 168/143 .281/.329/.503/.833 1.440/.721 .901 100/.855 7/2 8/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 15/1.082 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.650 176/149 .253/.347/.440/.787 .594/.821 .883 103/.885 2/1 6/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 121/102 .171/.225/.198/.423 .541/.401 .375 63/.352 0/0 0/2
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 162/140 .231/.296/.320/.616 .325/.663 .657 87/.504 12/2 1/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/30 .292/.306/.438/.744 .568/.862 .887 33/.668 1/0 2/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 48/41 .267/.277/.333/.610 .452/.634 .684 34/.740 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 10/1.875 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1 .667/.667/.667/1.333 1.000/2.000 1.333 3/1.333 0/0 0/
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.473 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 170/142 .253/.318/.370/.688 .526/.719 .609 95/.603 2/0 2/1
IP 48.1 20.1 12.2 16.0 5.2 8.2 15.2 19.1 TOTAL .243/.301/.372/.673 .641/.679 .684 .690 29/9 34/28
ERA-K/9 3.72/5.2 1.77/10.6 2.13/6.4 1.13/9.0 0.00/9.5 3.12/9.3 2.30/12.0 3.26/6.5 3.23/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (31-12-1)
 Stewart (8-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.296 75/.159 52/.213 62/.182 25/.286 34/.156 65/.130 76/.250 .241  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Rodriguez
 Hart
38/5/0/3
0/39/0/3
2/1/37/2
2/0/1/0
4/0/7/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .805 .464 .650 .496 .733 .518 .462 .692 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.731 33/.495 25/.775 19/.526 13/.748 13/.231 28/.705 24/.725 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.827 42/.440 27/.539 43/.478 12/.717 21/.707 37/.281 52/.677 .641
Road 106/.758 23/.445 21/.538 32/.292 7/1.071 28/.635 29/.714 31/.676
Last 28d days 113/.761 40/.463 28/.632 46/.511 25/.733 30/.521 40/.542 51/.718
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 38/17/6
Usage ····X··· ··X··Xo· ···Xo·o· ·X··Xo·X X··XX··o X····oX· o····X·· o··o·Xo·

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  5.07

ATL  4.21

PHI  3.22

 RA/G

STL  3.09

BAL  4.33

COL  5.34

 BA

D. Gordon  .379

M. Trumbo  .268

C. Carter  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .464

Z. Cozart  .325

E. Gattis  .215

 SLG

B. Harper  .729

K. Kiermaier  .418

J. Ramirez  .248

 OPS

B. Harper  1.194

A. Hechavarria  .740

J. Ramirez  .507

 ERA

A. Burnett  1.37

J. Teheran  3.91

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

J. Happ  7.23

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.