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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies, at PNC Park, May 20, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 20, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
69° (based on last ten years)
Rockies
Manager:
Walt Weiss
Game #:
42
On This Date:
7-15
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
43
On This Date:
65-54
Season Series
Mon, Apr 25, 2016 PIT  6 @COL  1     
Tue, Apr 26, 2016 PIT  9 @COL  4     
Wed, Apr 27, 2016 PIT  9 @COL  8 (12)

Fri, May 20, 2016 COL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, May 21, 2016 COL    @PIT  4:05pm
Sun, May 22, 2016 COL    @PIT  1:35pm
Thu, Jun 09, 2016 PIT    @COL  5:10pm

                         All times ET
Colorado Rockies
20-20, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  14-15   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Thu, May 19  @STL  L   7-13      20-20  2nd  3.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18  @STL  L   0-2       20-19  2nd  2.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17  @STL  W   3-1       20-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 15   NYM  W   4-3       19-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 14   NYM  W   7-4       18-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 13   NYM  W   5-2       17-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 11   ARI  W   8-7       16-18  3rd  1.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 10   ARI  L   1-5       15-18  4th  2.0 gb
 32 Mon, May  9   ARI  L   5-10      15-17  3rd  1.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  8  @SFG  W   2-0       15-16  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Pittsburgh Pirates
22-18, 2nd, 6½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-8    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-16   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Thu, May 19   ATL  W   8-2       22-18  2nd  6.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18   ATL  L   1-3       21-18  2nd  7.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17   ATL  W  12-9       21-17  2nd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 27, 2016 PIT  9 @COL  8 (12)   W:Kyle Lobstein (2-0), L: Carlos Estevez (0-1), S: Mark Melancon (5)
Tue, Apr 26, 2016 PIT  9 @COL  4        W:Gerrit Cole (2-2), L: Jorge De La Rosa (1-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 25, 2016 PIT  6 @COL  1        W:Jeff Locke (1-2), L: Chad Bettis (2-1), S: A.J. Schugel (1)

Thu, Sep 24, 2015 PIT  5 @COL  4        W:Joe Blanton (7-2), L: Jairo Diaz (0-1), S: Mark Melancon (50)
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 PIT 13 @COL  7        W:Joe Blanton (6-2), L: Christian Bergman (3-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 PIT  6 @COL  3        W:J.A. Happ (10-8), L: Chris Rusin (5-9), S: Mark Melancon (49)
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 PIT  9 @COL  3        W:A.J. Burnett (9-5), L: Jon Gray (0-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 COL  5 @PIT  0        W:Jorge De La Rosa (8-6), L: Charlie Morton (8-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 PIT  4  COL  3        W:J.A. Happ (7-7), L: Chris Rusin (4-7), S: Mark Melancon (43)
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 PIT  5  COL  3        W:Tony Watson (3-1), L: Scott Oberg (3-3), S: Mark Melancon (42)
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 3-0; 2015 - PIT won 6-1; 2014 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 96-91

SP: Eddie Butler (25, RHP, 2-1, 4.74)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-1) 19.0 19 10 10 3 16 3 4.74
2015 (3-10) 79.1 102 57 52 42 44 13 5.90
2014 (1-1) 16.0 23 12 12 7 3 2 6.75
Last 7 GS 2-5 35.2 44 29 29 12 24 9 7.32 40
2016-05-14 NYM W 5.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 87 36
2016-05-08 @SFG W 6.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 92 68
2016-05-03 @SDP L 5.2 4 5 5 1 3 2 80 43
2015-08-13 @NYM L 4.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 88 27
2015-08-08 @WSN L 6.0 8 4 4 4 2 0 96 38
2015-08-03 SEA L 4.0 7 7 7 1 2 3 67 21
2015-07-29 @CHC L 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 2 82 46
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Gerrit Cole (25, RHP, 4-3, 3.05)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-3) 41.1 36 17 14 12 39 2 3.05
2015 (19-8) 208.0 183 71 60 44 202 11 2.60
2014 (11-5) 138.0 127 58 56 40 138 11 3.65
Last 7 GS 4-3 41.1 36 17 14 12 39 2 3.05 56
2016-05-15 @CHC W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 95 83
2016-05-08 @STL W 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 104 57
2016-05-02 CHC L 4.2 6 6 5 4 6 0 105 32
2016-04-26 @COL W 6.0 8 4 2 2 3 1 103 45
2016-04-21 @SDP W 6.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 97 71
2016-04-14 DET L 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 83 60
2016-04-09 @CIN L 4.2 5 3 3 3 4 0 100 43
Last 5 v.COL 1-1 11.1 11 7 5 4 9 2 3.97 50
2016-04-26 @COL W 6.0 8 4 2 2 3 1 103 45
2013-08-02 COL L 5.1 3 3 3 2 6 1 102 54

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

Rockies Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
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
18.Adames# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 41/34 .167/.250/.167/.417 .452/.409 .195 21/.596 0/1 0/0
28.Arenado G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 4/.000 12/1.334 6/1.166 175/130 .301/.377/.609/.986 1.255/.900 .927 106/.946 0/2 13/0
19.Blackmon* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 18/1.077 1/.000 114/89 .291/.345/.447/.792 .838/.778 .748 85/.868 3/1 2/1
3.Descalso* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/1.143 13/.583 6/.334 8/.750 5/4 .400/.400/.400/.800 .000/1.000 1.000 5/.800 0/0 0/0
13.Garneau G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/18 .269/.333/.385/.718 .450/.889 .690 23/.664 0/0 0/0
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 24/.713 8/1.125 168/121 .272/.315/.430/.746 .431/.873 .718 99/.550 0/1 5/0
9.LeMahieu G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.666 3/.333 17/.666 6/.400 150/110 .301/.361/.436/.797 .604/.865 .726 92/.771 5/3 2/0
8.Parra* G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.333 ··· 7/.000 8/.250 31/.619 5/1.750 162/119 .294/.302/.450/.752 .860/.713 .616 101/.817 5/4 3/3
6.Raburn G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 63/32 .327/.397/.673/1.070 1.179/.975 .894 41/.921 0/0 5/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 10/.800 2/.500 3/1.666 8/1.500 9/1.569 5/.400 6/.167 126/83 .313/.381/.455/.836 .874/.816 .787 82/.842 0/0 2/1
27.Story G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 180/130 .287/.344/.622/.966 1.134/.906 .964 109/.908 3/2 12/4
14.Wolters* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 79/66 .188/.291/.246/.538 .397/.566 .487 51/.516 3/0 0/1
IP 41.1 15.2 13.2 8.0 17.0 19.2 17.2 TOTAL .274/.331/.454/.785 .814/.775 .727 .753 19/16 47/16
ERA-K/9 3.05/8.5 5.74/7.5 3.95/11.8 2.25/4.5 2.65/6.9 4.12/6.4 2.55/7.1 4.43/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Garneau (6-2-0)
 Wolters (9-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 169/.235 78/.328 54/.200 40/.300 69/.238 86/.267 71/.183 .263  Parra
 Gonzalez
 Blackmon
 Raburn
32/10/3/3
0/0/39/2
0/25/0/0
14/0/0/0
OPS .620 1.035 .659 .903 .607 .854 .675 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.688 35/1.110 23/.267 17/.983 31/.521 36/1.024 19/.794 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.560 43/.961 31/.962 23/.856 38/.668 50/.737 52/.633 .796
Home 46/.681 49/1.038 19/.544 21/.838 28/.509 44/.926 34/.633
Last 28d days 105/.680 38/1.053 26/.993 40/.903 39/.661 48/1.060 37/.556
HR/SB/CS 2/5/0 3/0/2 2/2/0 0/0/2 1/2/0 3/2/1 3/2/0 52/23/11
Usage ····X··· ·Xo···X· ··oo···· ·o·o·Xo· ··ooX··· ··X···X· ··o·····
Pirates Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Bergman
G/S/vB		 54.Estevez
G/S/vB		 62.Germen
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 51.McGee*
G/S/vB		 60.Miller
G/S/vB		 45.Oberg
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 149/122 .280/.383/.328/.711 .845/.681 .755 82/.613 2/2 0/4
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .083/.083/.083/.167 .500/.000 .286 3/.667 0/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/1.429 141/122 .280/.362/.384/.746 .980/.706 .805 70/.771 0/0 2/3
5.Harrison G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/1.000 1/3.000 156/126 .308/.335/.418/.753 .969/.702 .720 83/.731 6/0 2/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 149/144 .301/.369/.459/.828 .650/.833 .851 84/.756 0/1 3/1
17.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 10/.744 ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/.200 63/54 .360/.492/.700/1.192 1.127/1.202 1.438 37/1.347 0/1 5/0
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .257/.333/.743/1.076 1.600/.873 .740 42/1.076 0/0 5/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.750 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.500 2/2.000 159/134 .324/.371/.473/.844 .541/.900 .719 86/.797 12/3 3/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.850 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.500 5/1.850 183/155 .248/.339/.466/.805 .878/.789 .779 105/.860 1/2 8/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.350 1/3.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 166/133 .297/.389/.355/.744 .832/.722 .752 94/.708 1/0 1/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.000 2/2.000 5/.900 3/.000 ··· 3/3.500 2/1.000 ··· 174/140 .308/.405/.548/.953 .889/.968 .986 102/.976 5/3 5/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 63/42 .302/.403/.604/1.007 1.198/.909 1.328 43/.797 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 36/30 .219/.306/.375/.681 .167/.778 .330 23/.461 0/0 1/1
IP 19.0 18.1 12.0 12.2 14.0 16.2 16.1 11.1 11.1 TOTAL .281/.359/.433/.792 .839/.782 .800 .779 27/12 39/26
ERA-K/9 4.74/7.6 5.89/9.3 4.50/9.0 2.13/6.4 1.93/10.9 3.78/5.9 5.51/11.0 4.76/4.8 4.76/2.4 5.00/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (17-8-4)
 Stewart (6-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 77/.260 82/.333 51/.182 50/.205 55/.184 71/.277 76/.309 49/.279 48/.234 .271  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
35/3/0/5
5/1/35/3
0/39/0/2
3/0/7/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .764 .923 .658 .686 .525 .753 .942 .786 .697 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.848 23/1.101 18/.906 22/.385 34/.408 19/1.180 30/.905 15/1.456 14/.901 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.693 59/.852 33/.535 28/.917 21/.714 52/.601 46/.965 34/.494 34/.618 .778
Road 45/.681 44/.973 20/.788 20/.368 26/.240 34/.869 45/.692 30/.751 26/.235
Last 28d days 77/.764 44/.833 51/.658 43/.738 25/.610 51/.798 46/.776 49/.786 20/.450
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 3/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 42/22/9
Usage ·····X·· X······· ··o··oX· ·X···X·· ··o·Xo·· ··X·ooo· 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 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.85

HOU  4.24

ATL  3.20

 RA/G

CHC  2.95

STL  4.22

CIN  6.00

 BA

D. Murphy  .397

E. Longoria  .260

R. Howard  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .450

J. Harrison  .335

E. Aybar  .207

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .652

A. Eaton  .443

E. Aybar  .205

 OPS

D. Murphy  1.065

M. Upton  .773

E. Aybar  .412

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

E. Volquez  3.79

W. Peralta  7.30

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.02

D. Straily  7.85

M. Latos  4.40

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.