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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at PNC Park, April 17, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
67° (based on last ten years)
Brewers
Manager:
Craig Counsell
Game #:
12
On This Date:
19-21
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
13
On This Date:
53-40
Season Series
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 MIL  8 @PIT  4     
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  0     

Sun, Apr 17, 2016 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 PIT    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 PIT    @MIL  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 PIT    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 PIT    @MIL  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 MIL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 MIL    @PIT  1:35pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 PIT    @MIL  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Milwaukee Brewers
5-6, 5th, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 16  @PIT  L   0-5        5-6   5th  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 15  @PIT  W   8-4        5-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 14  @STL  L   0-7        4-5   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 13  @STL  W   6-4        4-4   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 11  @STL  L   1-10       3-4   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 10   HOU  W   3-2        3-3   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  9   HOU  L   4-6        2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  8   HOU  W   6-4        2-2   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  6   SFG  W   4-3        1-2   4th  2.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  5   SFG  L   1-2        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-6    Last 30: 5-6
Pittsburgh Pirates
6-6, 4th, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sat, Apr 16   MIL  W   5-0        6-6   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 15   MIL  L   4-8        5-6   5th  3.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 14   DET  L   4-7        5-5   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 13   DET  L   3-7        5-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 12  @DET  L   2-8        5-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 11  @DET  W   7-4        5-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 10  @CIN  L   1-2        4-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  9  @CIN  L   1-5        4-1   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  8  @CIN  W   6-5        4-0   1st  1.0 up
  3 Wed, Apr  6   STL  W   5-1        3-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  0        W:Jon Niese (2-0), L: Taylor Jungmann (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 MIL  8 @PIT  4        W:Jimmy Nelson (2-1), L: Jeff Locke (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 13, 2015 PIT  7  MIL  6 (11)   W:Jared Hughes (3-1), L: Tyler Thornburg (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 PIT 10  MIL  2        W:Jeff Locke (8-10), L: Zach Davies (1-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 PIT  6  MIL  3        W:Charlie Morton (9-7), L: Jimmy Nelson (11-12), S: Mark Melancon (45)
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 MIL  6 @PIT  4 (13)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-3), L: Radhames Liz (1-4), S: Kyle Lohse (2)
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 MIL  5  PIT  3        W:Taylor Jungmann (9-5), L: Francisco Liriano (9-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33)
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 MIL  9  PIT  4        W:Jeremy Jeffress (4-0), L: Jeff Locke (7-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 MIL  7  PIT  4        W:Jimmy Nelson (11-10), L: Gerrit Cole (15-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32)
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 MIL  6  PIT  1        W:Taylor Jungmann (5-1), L: Jeff Locke (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - MIL won 10-9; 2014 - MIL won 12-7; All-Time - MIL leads 164-129

SP: Zach Davies (23, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-2) 34.0 26 14 14 15 24 2 3.71
Last 7 GS 3-2 34.0 26 14 14 15 24 2 3.71 54
2015-09-30 @SDP W 7.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 96 71
2015-09-23 @CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 90 71
2015-09-18 CIN L 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 102 50
2015-09-12 @PIT L 3.2 6 6 6 5 3 0 79 23
2015-09-07 @MIA W 7.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 92 69
2015-09-02 PIT ND 4.1 4 4 4 3 3 1 80 39
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 8.0 10 10 10 8 6 1 11.25 31
2015-09-12 @PIT L 3.2 6 6 6 5 3 0 79 23
2015-09-02 PIT ND 4.1 4 4 4 3 3 1 80 39

SP: Juan Nicasio (29, RHP, 1-1, 5.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-1) 9.0 8 5 5 5 11 2 5.00
2015 (1-3) 58.1 59 25 25 32 65 1 3.86
2014 (6-6) 93.2 107 59 56 31 63 19 5.38
Last 7 GS 1-4 26.2 47 31 31 12 21 8 10.46 32
2016-04-12 @DET L 3.0 6 4 4 5 4 1 94 30
2016-04-06 STL W 6.0 2 1 1 0 7 1 84 71
2015-06-02 @COL ND 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 41 47
2014-06-15 @SFG ND 2.0 5 3 3 4 2 0 66 32
2014-06-10 ATL L 3.2 11 10 10 2 2 3 71 -1
2014-06-05 ARI L 5.1 11 7 7 1 3 2 95 20
2014-05-30 @CLE L 4.2 9 5 5 0 2 1 100 28
Last 5 v.MIL 2-0 13.0 11 2 2 2 6 1 1.38 62
2013-04-03 @MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 2 2 1 97 50
2011-07-15 MIL W 7.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 97 73

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (3.27 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 53.Lobstein*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 14.Vogelsong
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/.629 4/1.250 1/5.000 4/1.833 11/.855 4/.500 ··· 14/.547 11/.818 568/427 .285/.356/.498/.854 .957/.821 .943 44/.830 24/4 25/2
23.Broxton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 18/.111 1/1 0/0
33.Carter G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.850 4/1.417 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 460/270 .199/.307/.427/.734 .736/.733 .630 40/.997 1/2 24/8
18.Flores* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/29 .219/.219/.250/.469 .500/.464 .286 19/.377 0/0 0/0
2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 2/1.500 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 391/355 .264/.294/.381/.675 .310/.713 .639 43/.948 1/3 6/7
9.Hill G/S/vP 12/.523 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 10/.522 1/3.000 1/2.000 38/1.235 6/.334 353/234 .230/.295/.345/.640 .595/.663 .555 37/.432 7/2 6/6
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.522 3/.000 ··· 9/.333 9/1.306 415/311 .264/.326/.391/.717 .639/.743 .793 40/.649 1/0 7/8
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/.000 256/194 .210/.282/.293/.575 .810/.503 .440 8/.250 0/1 4/9
10.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 141/130 .195/.270/.375/.645 .182/.680 .573 11/1.080 2/2 4/0
29.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .071/.071/.071/.143 .000/.182 .143 15/.624 0/0 0/1
16.Santana G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 187/128 .238/.337/.431/.768 .950/.681 .751 50/.749 4/1 8/3
5.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 128/61 .284/.339/.414/.752 .761/.742 .735 36/.865 7/2 2/9
7.Walsh# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB / /// / 13/.308 / /
IP 58.1 74.2 48.0 63.2 76.2 30.2 9.0 135.0 75.1 TOTAL .215/.312/.363/.676 .598/.722 .593 .676 4/2 12/10
ERA-K/9 3.86/10.0 3.62/8.8 6.38/7.3 5.94/4.5 2.23/7.3 2.64/7.0 5.00/5.0 4.67/7.2 1.91/7.4 4.11/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (70-27-3)
 Maldonado (29-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.263 318/.224 212/.298 280/.305 293/.207 142/.268 51/.370 598/.265 293/.205 .242  Braun
 Flores
 Nieuwenhuis
 Santana
 Villar
 Broxton
0/0/130/5
11/0/1/2
34/16/7/2
14/24/25/1
5/2/0/0
1/1/1/0
OPS .742 .661 .821 .829 .541 .761 1.018 .781 .525 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.969 125/.681 107/.768 86/.634 134/.380 65/.734 25/1.282 267/.906 79/.493 .621
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.634 193/.649 105/.876 194/.915 159/.673 77/.783 26/.786 331/.679 214/.536 .787
Home 134/.798 178/.668 98/.837 169/.909 163/.555 75/.753 42/.819 248/.651 154/.400
Last 28d days 39/.745 29/1.014 22/.468 41/.946 20/.513 7/1.029 15/.641 28/.596 26/.728
HR/SB/CS 1/9/0 7/9/0 5/2/3 7/3/2 4/0/2 3/3/1 2/1/1 17/10/0 3/3/0 14/7/2
Usage ····X··· ··XX··oo ·X·o·Xo· ·X··X··X X····o·· ·oX····· ·X·X···· ···X···· X·X··oo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 54.Blazek
G/S/vB		 48.Boyer
G/S/vB		 39.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 45.Cravy
G/S/vB		 51.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 510/394 .295/.370/.401/.771 .856/.747 .801 43/.906 1/1 7/7
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .250/.250/.500/.750 .000/1.500 1.500 5/.000 0/0 0/1
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 11/1.636 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.833 4/.000 470/344 .257/.323/.420/.743 .730/.748 .828 50/.708 1/1 14/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 9/.583 5/.650 1/no AB 449/331 .287/.327/.390/.717 .761/.702 .750 52/.654 10/8 4/14
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 216/197 .286/.380/.459/.839 .911/.831 .820 50/.877 1/2 5/0
17.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 284/260 .174/.272/.291/.564 .262/.592 .528 17/1.054 0/3 5/1
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.833 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 8/.625 5/.000 6/.533 633/497 .287/.337/.444/.780 .717/.798 .804 54/.958 30/10 19/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 5/.933 3/.000 3/1.666 11/1.707 ··· 1/.000 7/.453 13/.982 8/.875 685/546 .292/.401/.488/.889 .918/.881 .958 55/.795 11/5 23/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 8/.661 8/.661 3/1.667 430/340 .244/.293/.320/.613 .738/.580 .588 49/.566 3/2 3/7
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.750 4/.500 3/.666 652/515 .256/.320/.381/.701 .528/.747 .670 53/.808 27/10 9/8
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 240/144 .246/.281/.362/.642 .655/.634 .577 9/1.267 2/2 4/3
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 172/139 .289/.320/.340/.659 .667/.657 .666 8/.875 0/0 0/9
IP 34.0 55.2 65.0 40.2 42.2 38.1 68.0 34.1 57.2 TOTAL .282/.373/.399/.772 .595/.781 .753 .772 8/6 5/11
ERA-K/9 3.71/6.4 2.43/7.6 2.49/4.6 7.97/8.4 5.70/7.4 3.05/9.4 2.65/8.9 3.67/8.9 4.68/7.5 4.97/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (101-29-10)
 Stewart (41-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.211 222/.200 268/.254 196/.310 193/.281 171/.218 285/.249 151/.231 243/.276 .278  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Harrison
 Jaso
 Rodriguez
141/18/0/16
8/2/144/13
0/152/0/7
64/0/2/2
10/0/12/1
7/0/1/1
16/0/14/0
OPS .614 .557 .691 .891 .851 .683 .666 .723 .743 .864
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.434 96/.551 92/.436 75/.888 97/.829 82/.911 104/.752 64/.741 90/.750 .888
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.740 126/.561 176/.823 121/.893 96/.868 89/.488 181/.617 87/.709 153/.739 .846
Road 92/.522 81/.467 136/.796 98/1.044 97/.711 75/.627 144/.671 68/.567 99/.669
Last 28d days / 22/.694 15/.574 28/.934 15/.762 21/1.277 21/.636 18/.284 22/.890
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 3/2/4 5/8/4 6/1/1 5/0/2 4/3/1 5/2/0 7/3/0 5/2/1 17/11/9
Usage ·X·o··Xo ·······X ··X··X·X ·····X·o X·X··X·· ·o·X··o· ·o·o··o· 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 2016 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 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.50

CHC  4.25

ATL  3.54

 RA/G

STL  3.24

NYY  4.31

COL  5.21

 BA

M. Cabrera  .338

E. Longoria  .270

J. Pederson  .210

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

M. Duffy  .334

W. Ramos  .258

 SLG

B. Harper  .649

E. Longoria  .435

A. Escobar  .320

 OPS

B. Harper  1.109

J. Pederson  .763

C. Owings  .587

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.66

J. Zimmermann  3.66

A. Simon  5.05

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.82

J. Teheran  7.67

M. Buehrle  4.12

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.