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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals, at PNC Park, July 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
97
On This Date:
22-16
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
95
On This Date:
60-63
Season Series
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 WSN  4  PIT  1     
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 WSN  6  PIT  0     
Sun, Jun 21, 2015 WSN  9  PIT  2     

Thu, Jul 23, 2015 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Jul 26, 2015 WSN    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Washington Nationals
51-42, 1st, 3 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-19   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  38-36   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 25-16   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Wed, Jul 22   NYM  W   4-3       51-42  1st  3.0 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21   NYM  L   2-7       50-42  1st  2.0 up
 91 Mon, Jul 20   NYM  W   7-2       50-41  1st  3.0 up
 90 Sun, Jul 19   LAD  L   0-5       49-41  1st  2.0 up
 89 Sat, Jul 18   LAD  L   2-4       49-40  1st  3.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul 17   LAD  W   5-3       49-39  1st  3.0 up
 87 Sun, Jul 12  @BAL  W   3-2       48-39  1st  2.0 up
 86 Sat, Jul 11  @BAL  W   7-4       47-39  1st  2.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul 10  @BAL  L   2-3       46-39  1st  2.0 up
 84 Tue, Jul  7   CIN  L   0-5       46-38  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates
54-40, 2nd, 6 GB, 3½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-16   Road:   22-24   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  44-33   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 15-7    vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 11-2  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-5       54-40  2nd  6.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  L   1-3       54-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20  @KCR  W  10-7       54-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19  @MIL  L   1-6       53-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @MIL  L   5-8       53-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @MIL  L   1-4       53-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   STL  W   6-5 (10)  53-35  2nd  2.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   STL  W   6-5 (14)  52-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   STL  W   5-2       51-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   STL  L   1-4       50-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 21, 2015 WSN  9  PIT  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-4), L: Charlie Morton (5-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 WSN  6  PIT  0        W:Max Scherzer (8-5), L: Francisco Liriano (4-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 WSN  4  PIT  1        W:Joe Ross (2-1), L: A.J. Burnett (6-3), S: Drew Storen (20)

Sun, Aug 17, 2014 WSN  6  PIT  5 (11)   W:Ross Detwiler (2-2), L: Brandon Cumpton (3-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 WSN  4  PIT  3        W:Matt Thornton (1-3), L: Justin Wilson (3-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 WSN  5  PIT  4        W:Tanner Roark (12-7), L: Charlie Morton (5-12), S: Rafael Soriano (29)
Sun, May 25, 2014 WSN  5 @PIT  2        W:Doug Fister (2-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-5), S: Rafael Soriano (11)
Sat, May 24, 2014 PIT  3  WSN  2        W:Jared Hughes (3-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (3-4), S: Mark Melancon (9)
Fri, May 23, 2014 PIT  4  WSN  3        W:Charlie Morton (1-6), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-2), S: Jason Grilli (5)
Thu, May 22, 2014 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:Edinson Volquez (2-4), L: Blake Treinen (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (8)
Season Series: 2015 - WSN over 3-0; 2014 - WSN won 4-3; 2013 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 311-287

SP: Doug Fister (31, RHP, 3-5, 4.30)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-5) 69.0 83 37 33 16 32 8 4.30
2014 (16-6) 164.0 153 52 44 24 98 18 2.41
2013 (14-9) 208.2 229 91 85 44 159 14 3.67
Last 7 GS 1-4 38.0 51 25 24 7 18 5 5.68 42
2015-07-18 LAD L 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 0 91 32
2015-07-06 CIN ND 6.0 8 2 1 1 2 0 86 51
2015-07-01 @ATL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 2 98 44
2015-06-25 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 111 72
2015-06-18 TBR L 5.1 9 5 5 0 3 1 87 33
2015-05-14 @SDP L 2.0 8 7 7 1 1 2 41 12
2015-05-09 ATL ND 6.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 92 53
Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 25.1 23 7 3 3 28 1 1.07 63
2014-08-17 PIT ND 7.0 5 2 0 1 5 0 97 67
2014-05-25 @PIT W 5.1 6 1 1 0 4 1 83 56
2013-05-30 @PIT ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 12 0 116 80
2012-06-22 @PIT L 6.0 8 4 2 1 7 0 91 50

SP: Francisco Liriano (31, LHP, 5-6, 2.98)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-6) 114.2 79 39 38 39 125 10 2.98
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 2-2 48.0 34 14 14 14 44 4 2.63 63
2015-07-12 STL ND 6.1 5 2 2 4 6 1 108 57
2015-07-07 SDP ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 86 61
2015-07-02 @DET W 7.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 104 69
2015-06-26 ATL ND 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 97 57
2015-06-20 @WSN L 5.2 7 5 5 1 6 1 93 40
2015-06-15 CHW W 8.0 2 0 0 1 12 0 100 89
2015-06-09 MIL L 8.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 105 65
Last 5 v.WSN 1-2 18.1 15 9 9 8 19 1 4.42 53
2015-06-20 @WSN L 5.2 7 5 5 1 6 1 93 40
2014-05-25 WSN L 5.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 98 40
2013-07-24 @WSN W 7.2 2 0 0 3 8 0 110 80

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

Nationals Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.46 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		 64.Guerra
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 46.Worley
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 .000 2/1.000 0/0 0/0
21.den Dekker* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/38 .189/.286/.405/.691 .000/.793 .901 37/.757 0/0 2/1
20.Desmond G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.900 6/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.200 13/.539 369/294 .213/.260/.339/.599 .614/.595 .497 71/.518 6/3 8/21
5.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.482 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 4/.000 350/269 .321/.366/.420/.785 .668/.822 .726 69/.802 1/2 5/3
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 16/.742 319/248 .254/.325/.423/.747 .774/.740 .793 84/.613 3/2 10/3
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/2.334 13/.504 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 9/.583 368/259 .333/.465/.687/1.152 1.068/1.188 1.120 76/1.020 4/4 27/4
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 88/75 .197/.299/.329/.628 .444/.652 .653 19/.505 0/0 3/0
12.Moore G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 142/99 .218/.261/.376/.637 .515/.688 .656 40/.625 0/0 4/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 4/1.417 10/1.178 296/224 .249/.277/.388/.665 .653/.669 .674 65/.490 0/0 9/4
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 189/167 .271/.344/.406/.750 1.045/.712 .918 75/.769 0/0 4/3
3.Taylor G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 275/215 .234/.281/.352/.633 .614/.638 .691 80/.526 9/3 6/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.347 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 2/.500 14/1.571 115/82 .200/.304/.310/.614 .777/.548 .712 31/.444 0/1 1/2
IP 114.2 29.0 41.1 13.0 41.1 44.0 44.0 68.0 TOTAL .252/.317/.396/.713 .697/.718 .731 .642 35/17 91/59
ERA-K/9 2.98/9.8 4.03/8.4 3.92/10.0 2.08/9.0 2.18/5.9 1.43/6.5 2.05/9.0 3.71/6.0 2.99/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (13-5-3)
 Ramos (24-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 454/.192 126/.241 178/.241 52/.306 171/.273 169/.208 172/.200 290/.279 .246  Taylor
 Harper
 den Dekker
 Moore
 Espinosa
 Robinson
38/39/3/5
0/1/85/4
13/0/4/0
13/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
18/0/8/0
OPS .556 .731 .687 .836 .667 .519 .531 .739 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.537 34/.620 67/.697 14/.368 66/.693 79/.369 46/.630 111/.794 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.562 92/.773 111/.682 38/1.006 105/.651 90/.645 126/.495 179/.704 .661
Home 243/.620 68/.755 89/.789 25/.738 90/.538 94/.564 91/.376 120/.674
Last 28d days 105/.588 37/.808 41/.978 52/.836 43/.576 32/.393 31/.680 51/.780
HR/SB/CS 10/5/2 4/7/0 4/7/0 2/1/0 1/3/3 2/0/2 3/1/0 5/3/2 64/83/31
Usage ········ o·o·X··· ·o·o·X·· X···X··· ··oo·X·· ··X····· ··X····· ····X···
Pirates Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 62.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 57.Roark
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 46.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 8/1.196 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 304/274 .231/.299/.414/.713 .448/.743 .696 69/.620 2/0 12/15
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 280/231 .285/.357/.386/.743 1.042/.680 .753 63/.624 1/1 4/3
14.Decker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .167/.375/.500/.875 .000/1.029 8/.875 0/0 0/1
17.Florimon# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 32/31 .179/.281/.393/.674 .000/.698 .515 29/.750 0/0 1/1
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 277/220 .286/.365/.412/.777 .844/.760 .819 81/.865 5/3 5/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 365/299 .289/.336/.458/.794 .967/.756 .846 73/.853 19/7 13/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 9/1.056 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· 394/327 .290/.388/.486/.875 .846/.881 .981 93/.906 5/2 12/0
53.Morel G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 363/309 .241/.317/.346/.662 .365/.715 .624 95/.723 17/7 3/5
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 152/91 .210/.236/.315/.551 .602/.518 .568 53/.357 2/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 7/1.285 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 113/98 .291/.333/.359/.693 .619/.704 .660 38/.731 0/0 0/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 12/.781 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 366/309 .272/.331/.407/.738 .619/.760 .657 101/.866 3/0 7/5
IP 69.0 24.0 0.2 19.1 17.0 63.1 11.2 36.1 23.1 TOTAL .255/.316/.379/.695 .690/.696 .700 .715 67/26 69/69
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.2 4.50/12.0 0.00/12.9 3.26/5.6 2.12/10.1 4.97/5.0 3.86/5.4 1.73/10.9 1.93/5.8 3.58/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (57-21-6)
 Stewart (24-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.301 100/.228 3/.000 76/.222 69/.246 271/.295 47/.233 144/.212 95/.191 .258  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Decker
 Rodriguez
 Ishikawa
79/14/0/7
0/86/0/4
8/2/82/3
2/0/0/0
10/0/10/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .787 .616 .333 .587 .660 .807 .672 .521 .489 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.677 33/.533 1/ 31/.448 28/.546 129/.885 14/.445 82/.657 48/.379 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.925 67/.658 2/.000 45/.676 41/.740 142/.739 33/.770 62/.338 47/.607 .671
Road 119/.864 54/.701 / 29/.668 21/.440 187/.820 22/1.048 60/.472 46/.461
Last 28d days 79/.849 10/.200 3/.333 28/.548 29/.572 57/1.106 11/.473 33/.473 16/.188
HR/SB/CS 8/1/3 1/4/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 11/1/1 2/0/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 67/37/18
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·· ·o······ ··oo·o·· ·X·X···· ·X···X·· ···XX··· X·X··X·· o·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  5.29

MIL  4.12

CHW  3.37

 RA/G

STL  2.96

MIN  4.14

COL  5.14

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

G. Stanton  .265

M. Zunino  .166

 OBP

B. Harper  .465

B. Dozier  .326

M. Zunino  .230

 SLG

B. Harper  .687

J. Altuve  .418

B. Hamilton  .294

 OPS

B. Harper  1.152

K. Wong  .751

M. Zunino  .525

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.30

J. Shields  3.77

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.95

K. Hendricks  7.56

M. Pelfrey  4.29

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.