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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves, at PNC Park, May 17, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
69° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Game #:
39
On This Date:
62-57
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
40
On This Date:
54-56
Season Series
Mon, May 16, 2016 PIT  8  ATL  5     

Tue, May 17, 2016 ATL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, May 18, 2016 ATL    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, May 19, 2016 ATL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
9-28, 5th, 13½ GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-17   Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:   7-17   vsLHP:   2-11   1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl: 1-5    vsWest:  1-5  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Mon, May 16  @PIT  L   5-8        9-28  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @KCR  L   2-4 (13)   9-27  5th 13.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @KCR  W   5-0        9-26  5th 13.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @KCR  L   1-5        8-26  5th 13.5 gb
 33 Thu, May 12   PHI  L   4-7 (10)   8-25  5th 12.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 11   PHI  W   5-1        8-24  5th 12.5 gb
 31 Tue, May 10   PHI  L   2-3        7-24  5th 12.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  8   ARI  L   3-5 (11)   7-23  5th 12.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  7   ARI  L   2-4        7-22  5th 11.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  6   ARI  L   2-7        7-21  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
20-17, 2nd, 7½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Mon, May 16   ATL  W   8-5       20-17  2nd  7.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @CHC  W   2-1       19-17  2nd  8.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @CHC  L   2-8       18-17  2nd  9.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @CHC  L   4-9       18-16  2nd  8.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 11  @CIN  W   5-4       18-15  2nd  7.0 gb
 32 Mon, May  9  @CIN  L   2-3       17-15  2nd  8.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  8  @STL  W  10-5       17-14  2nd  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  7  @STL  L   4-6       16-14  2nd  7.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  6  @STL  W   4-2       16-13  2nd  6.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  4   CHC  L   2-6       15-13  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 16, 2016 PIT  8  ATL  5        W:Jon Niese (4-2), L: Williams Perez (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (12)

Sun, Jun 28, 2015 ATL  2 @PIT  1        W:Alex Wood (5-5), L: Jeff Locke (4-4), S: Jason Grilli (21)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 PIT  8  ATL  4        W:Charlie Morton (6-1), L: Julio Teheran (5-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 PIT  3  ATL  2 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (1-1), L: Jason Grilli (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2015 PIT  3 @ATL  0        W:Gerrit Cole (9-2), L: Alex Wood (4-3), S: Mark Melancon (18)
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 ATL  5  PIT  4        W:Jason Grilli (1-2), L: Vance Worley (2-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 PIT 10 @ATL  8        W:Charlie Morton (3-0), L: Luis Avilan (2-1), S: Mark Melancon (17)
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 PIT 10 @ATL  1        W:Edinson Volquez (13-7), L: David Hale (4-5), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 ATL  6  PIT  2        W:Julio Teheran (14-13), L: Jeff Locke (7-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (45)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 PIT  3 @ATL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (11-5), L: Alex Wood (11-11), S: Tony Watson (2)
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 1-0; 2015 - PIT won 4-2; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1098-1020

SP: Aaron Blair (24, RHP, 0-2, 4.05)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-2) 20.0 19 11 9 11 7 1 4.05
Last 7 GS 0-2 20.0 19 11 9 11 7 1 4.05 47
2016-05-12 PHI ND 3.2 6 4 3 2 2 1 77 35
2016-05-06 ARI L 5.0 5 3 2 4 1 0 92 44
2016-04-29 @CHC ND 6.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 85 64
2016-04-24 NYM L 5.1 6 3 3 2 1 0 80 43
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Juan Nicasio (29, RHP, 3-3, 4.34)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-3) 37.1 32 18 18 15 37 5 4.34
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 3-3 37.1 32 18 18 15 37 5 4.34 53
2016-05-11 @CIN ND 6.0 4 4 4 0 5 1 68 53
2016-05-04 CHC L 4.1 9 4 4 3 3 1 102 29
2016-04-29 CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 97 78
2016-04-23 @ARI L 5.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 101 53
2016-04-17 MIL W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 0 95 54
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
Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 25.2 36 25 25 13 20 6 8.77 35
2014-06-10 ATL L 3.2 11 10 10 2 2 3 71 -1
2014-05-24 @ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 103 69
2013-07-30 @ATL L 4.0 10 8 8 3 4 2 92 11
2012-05-06 ATL L 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 1 93 29
2011-07-20 ATL ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 66
Braves Batters (3.08 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.81 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
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
26.Luebke*
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
14.Vogelsong
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Aybar# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 16/.376 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 137/91 .181/.209/.213/.422 .352/.458 .330 85/.507 2/1 0/3
7.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 51/30 .295/.392/.386/.779 .714/.823 .724 23/.856 0/0 0/1
4.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 20/18 .200/.200/.250/.450 1.000/.389 .455 20/.450 0/0 0/1
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/53 .190/.229/.203/.431 .475/.406 .321 71/.419 1/1 0/0
23.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 24/10 .304/.333/.478/.812 .500/1.267 .896 24/.812 0/0 0/1
25.Flowers G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 68/28 .246/.324/.246/.569 .446/.739 .385 48/.432 0/0 0/0
18.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 84/39 .241/.274/.304/.578 .731/.410 .414 67/.612 0/0 1/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 17/2.397 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 6/.833 1/2.000 16/1.251 6/.750 155/93 .284/.381/.478/.858 .840/.870 .919 104/.958 1/0 6/4
11.Inciarte* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 16/.321 2/2.000 52/33 .191/.255/.213/.468 .556/.415 .541 42/.425 0/2 0/1
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 3/.000 5/1.000 5/.600 3/.333 ··· 83/66 .240/.313/.347/.660 .794/.623 .677 56/.706 1/0 1/3
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 162/107 .257/.364/.346/.710 .672/.730 .804 105/.586 0/0 0/2
15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 6/.900 3/.333 2/1.500 88/73 .220/.261/.268/.530 .133/.615 .668 53/.603 1/0 0/2
17.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 99/72 .236/.281/.371/.652 .321/.775 .765 69/.716 6/5 1/0
IP 37.1 14.2 13.1 7.0 3.2 16.0 18.0 16.2 TOTAL .229/.292/.302/.594 .547/.620 .596 .597 16/10 11/30
ERA-K/9 4.34/8.9 4.91/8.0 4.05/12.2 2.57/5.1 14.73/4.9 2.81/7.3 3.00/6.5 2.70/7.0 4.46/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (14-1-0)
 Pierzynski (17-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.234 72/.300 53/.204 36/.308 23/.412 65/.237 75/.227 68/.193 .259  Inciarte
 Markakis
 Francoeur
 Smith
 d'Arnaud
 Johnson
6/6/0/3
0/0/33/3
18/0/4/2
0/25/0/1
0/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .706 .933 .672 .919 1.345 .614 .775 .709 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.959 32/.982 22/.279 15/1.167 5/2.400 30/.540 28/.950 16/.973 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.492 40/.888 31/.962 21/.782 18/.944 35/.668 47/.674 52/.633 .779
Home 93/.604 43/.868 18/.575 17/.854 14/1.643 24/.511 33/.774 31/.708
Last 28d days 94/.740 32/.835 30/.852 36/.919 4/2.500 45/.661 37/.957 42/.691
HR/SB/CS 5/0/3 2/0/2 2/2/0 0/0/2 2/0/0 1/2/0 3/2/1 3/2/0 48/21/10
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o······· o·Xo·X·· o······· oX···X·· ···X···X ·····o··
Pirates Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Blair
G/S/vB
54.Cervenka*
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
20.Norris
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
40.Ogando
G/S/vB
38.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/.000 ··· 140/115 .276/.386/.319/.705 .830/.678 .748 87/.602 1/2 0/4
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/8 .091/.091/.091/.182 .667/.000 .333 5/.400 0/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 26/1.103 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 138/120 .279/.362/.385/.748 1.036/.701 .812 78/.766 0/0 2/3
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 145/116 .304/.333/.422/.756 .932/.711 .719 84/.789 6/0 2/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/2.100 ··· 8/1.750 ··· 137/133 .279/.350/.426/.777 .833/.774 .744 77/.699 0/0 3/0
17.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 15/.733 2/.500 10/1.600 ··· 54/47 .372/.500/.767/1.267 1.171/1.279 1.679 31/1.368 0/1 5/0
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .292/.357/.875/1.232 2.286/.815 28/1.232 0/0 4/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 35/.708 8/.393 2/.000 2/1.000 169/143 .243/.337/.466/.803 .869/.789 .771 103/.810 1/2 8/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 154/122 .276/.373/.339/.712 .791/.691 .674 96/.771 1/0 1/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 160/130 .295/.403/.492/.895 .750/.928 .849 98/.907 5/3 4/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 60/40 .314/.407/.627/1.034 1.172/.960 1.444 49/.922 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 32/26 .241/.313/.414/.726 .167/.846 .348 23/.554 0/0 1/1
IP 20.0 11.0 11.2 2.2 32.1 10.2 17.1 16.1 TOTAL .275/.356/.425/.781 .832/.771 .776 .770 26/11 37/25
ERA-K/9 4.05/3.1 2.45/11.5 6.94/11.5 3.38/16.7 6.40/6.4 4.22/7.6 3.63/8.3 1.10/12.7 4.49/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (16-8-4)
 Stewart (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.275 43/.111 58/.298 13/.273 149/.297 47/.295 83/.318 70/.206 .254  Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
3/1/34/3
0/36/0/2
3/0/5/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .728 .395 .903 .748 .866 .840 .834 .508 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.847 27/.310 26/1.100 6/.167 59/1.091 28/.730 27/1.023 32/.575 .827
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.602 16/.542 32/.751 7/1.238 90/.732 19/1.009 56/.755 38/.453 .667
Road 21/.405 23/.611 24/.857 5/.650 88/.949 23/.729 42/.890 33/.473
Last 28d days 83/.728 32/.362 34/1.032 13/.748 69/.879 35/.726 47/1.009 51/.509
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 0/3/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 6/5/0 2/0/0 1/4/1 0/1/0 40/31/6
Usage ····X··· ·o·oo··· ·oo·o··· ·oo·o·X· ·X··X··· Xo··X··· X··X···· ·X··XX··

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

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.