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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at PNC Park, September 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 2, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
76° (based on last ten years)
Brewers
Manager:
Craig Counsell
Game #:
135
On This Date:
23-23
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
136
On This Date:
73-56
Season Series
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 MIL  8 @PIT  4     
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  0     
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 PIT  9  MIL  3     
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 PIT  3  MIL  2     
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIL  9 @PIT  5     
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  3     
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIL  3  PIT  1     
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 MIL  5  PIT  3     
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIL  4  PIT  2     
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  2 (10)
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 PIT  5 @MIL  3     
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 PIT  9 @MIL  6     
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  1     

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
57-76, 4th, 29 GB, 15 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-35   Road:   20-41   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  32-60   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  17-26
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:18-35   vsWest: 13-17 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 31   STL  W   3-1       57-76  4th 28.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30   STL  L   1-2 (10)  56-76  4th 28.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29   STL  L   5-6       56-75  4th 27.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28   PIT  L   1-3       56-74  4th 26.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27   PIT  L   6-9       56-73  4th 26.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26   PIT  L   3-5       56-72  4th 26.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25   PIT  L   2-3 (10)  56-71  4th 25.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   COL  W   7-1       56-70  4th 25.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   COL  W   6-4       55-70  4th 25.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 22   COL  W   4-2       54-70  4th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Pittsburgh Pirates
67-64, 3rd, 18 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-30   Road:   33-34   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  49-56   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:25-27   vsWest: 22-11 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Wed, Aug 31  @CHC  L   5-6       67-64  3rd 17.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 30  @CHC  L   0-3       67-63  3rd 16.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 29  @CHC  L   7-8 (13)  67-62  3rd 15.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 28  @MIL  W   3-1       67-61  3rd 14.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 27  @MIL  W   9-6       66-61  3rd 15.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 26  @MIL  W   5-3       65-61  3rd 16.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 25  @MIL  W   3-2 (10)  64-61  3rd 16.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 24   HOU  L   4-5       63-61  3rd 17.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 23   HOU  W   7-1       63-60  3rd 16.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-3       62-60  3rd 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  1        W:Ivan Nova (11-6), L: Chase Anderson (7-11), S: Tony Watson (10)
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 PIT  9 @MIL  6        W:Jeff Locke (9-7), L: Blaine Boyer (1-3), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 PIT  5 @MIL  3        W:Ryan Vogelsong (3-3), L: Matt Garza (4-6), S: Tony Watson (9)
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 PIT  3 @MIL  2 (10)   W:Antonio Bastardo (2-0), L: Carlos Torres (2-3), S: Tony Watson (8)
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIL  4  PIT  2        W:Matt Garza (2-4), L: Francisco Liriano (6-11), S: Jeremy Jeffress (27)
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 MIL  5  PIT  3        W:Chase Anderson (6-10), L: Jameson Taillon (2-2), S: Jeremy Jeffress (26)
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIL  3  PIT  1        W:Junior Guerra (7-2), L: Steven Brault (0-1), S: Jeremy Jeffress (25)
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 PIT  5  MIL  3        W:Francisco Liriano (6-9), L: Matt Garza (1-4), S: Mark Melancon (28)
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIL  9 @PIT  5        W:Carlos Torres (2-1), L: Jeff Locke (8-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 PIT  3  MIL  2        W:Mark Melancon (1-1), L: Tyler Thornburg (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 8-5; 2015 - MIL won 10-9; 2014 - MIL won 12-7; All-Time - MIL leads 168-136

SP: Junior Guerra (31, RHP, 7-3, 2.93)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (7-3) 107.1 80 37 35 37 90 9 2.93
2015 (0-0) 4.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 6.75
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 29 11 10 18 37 2 1.96 63
2016-08-03 @SDP L 4.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 89 36
2016-07-29 PIT W 8.2 4 1 1 1 5 0 105 76
2016-07-24 CHC ND 6.1 5 1 0 4 2 0 97 59
2016-07-19 @PIT ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 0 106 61
2016-07-10 STL L 5.2 7 3 3 3 5 2 109 45
2016-07-04 @WSN W 7.1 2 0 0 2 7 0 109 79
2016-06-29 LAD W 8.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 109 83
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 14.2 7 3 3 4 11 0 1.84 69
2016-07-29 PIT W 8.2 4 1 1 1 5 0 105 76
2016-07-19 @PIT ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 0 106 61

SP: Jameson Taillon (24, RHP, 3-3, 3.39)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-3) 77.0 74 30 29 12 63 10 3.39
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.0 39 17 16 7 39 6 3.35 57
2016-08-27 @MIL ND 3.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 57 26
2016-08-22 HOU L 8.0 4 2 2 1 8 1 99 73
2016-08-16 @SFG ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 91 52
2016-08-11 SDP W 8.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 101 78
2016-08-05 CIN ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 102 61
2016-07-30 @MIL L 6.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 92 58
2016-07-24 PHI ND 6.0 7 4 3 0 7 2 84 51
Last 5 v.MIL 0-1 15.0 18 8 8 2 12 3 4.80 48
2016-08-27 @MIL ND 3.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 57 26
2016-07-30 @MIL L 6.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 92 58
2016-07-19 MIL ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 65 61

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

Brewers Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Arcia G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/79 .189/.260/.305/.565 .890/.469 .383 93/.613 3/0 2/4
8.Braun G/S/vP 5/.650 7/2.714 3/1.666 12/.542 37/.810 9/1.015 1/.000 1/no AB 14/.786 468/350 .312/.374/.544/.918 1.046/.876 .902 96/.947 14/3 24/3
23.Broxton G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 194/109 .222/.347/.395/.742 .868/.647 .754 90/.884 19/1 6/4
33.Carter G/S/vP 8/.375 4/.000 6/1.500 2/.500 9/1.334 8/.661 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 528/399 .220/.320/.480/.800 .963/.750 .699 104/.876 3/1 30/8
7.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 73/26 .211/.366/.246/.612 .798/.258 .537 24/.675 2/2 0/2
2.Gennett* G/S/vP 8/.500 6/1.000 2/.500 6/.000 11/1.045 6/.167 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 454/356 .263/.316/.392/.708 .734/.701 .641 97/.573 8/1 10/9
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 5/1.350 4/.000 3/.000 4/.500 5/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 185/136 .197/.333/.349/.682 .513/.743 .576 71/.670 1/0 6/5
10.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.333 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 361/320 .214/.330/.406/.735 .554/.759 .491 67/.754 8/7 13/3
14.Perez G/S/vP 7/2.714 5/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 12/.258 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 321/201 .274/.305/.458/.763 .783/.752 .792 98/.758 26/4 13/9
9.Pina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 41/24 .286/.390/.457/.847 .697/.946 .628 36/.856 0/1 1/1
16.Santana G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 9/.873 4/.833 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 176/114 .235/.347/.376/.722 .831/.664 .720 26/.632 0/3 4/1
5.Villar# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 6/1.267 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.167 5/.200 564/401 .297/.377/.441/.818 .914/.779 .875 113/.799 50/16 11/25
IP 77.0 54.0 53.1 45.0 120.1 100.1 64.2 52.0 57.0 TOTAL .244/.325/.400/.725 .755/.714 .692 .742 147/43 149/111
ERA-K/9 3.39/7.4 4.17/9.3 3.21/10.3 3.40/4.8 5.39/5.0 4.57/10.4 3.62/10.6 3.63/8.0 2.68/7.6 4.11/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maldonado (26-11-1)
 Pina (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 308/.254 236/.225 215/.200 201/.293 528/.297 434/.261 270/.219 204/.216 230/.203 .263  Braun
 Nieuwenhuis
 Santana
 Broxton
 Perez
 Elmore
105/0/2/10
5/79/24/7
1/0/41/1
0/55/0/0
2/0/29/0
11/2/3/0
OPS .701 .723 .687 .840 .835 .777 .640 .591 .624 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.714 94/.790 98/.641 89/.911 146/.730 203/.967 93/.842 102/.483 70/.562 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.687 142/.677 117/.726 112/.784 382/.875 231/.604 177/.537 102/.696 160/.652 .751
Home 172/.653 110/.854 101/.659 111/.883 227/.728 213/.756 127/.576 94/.536 121/.623
Last 28d days 98/.653 33/.512 48/.798 40/.807 43/.822 56/.598 49/.486 10/.200 44/.695
HR/SB/CS 10/4/1 9/11/1 10/3/1 5/6/2 15/9/3 13/2/4 5/0/2 4/2/1 6/5/0 143/81/20
Usage ·X··o·oX ···X·XXX ·ooo··o· ···X·X·· ·X···X·· ···Xo·oo ··Xo···· ···Xo·Xo
Pirates Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 48.Boyer
G/S/vB		 45.Cravy
G/S/vB		 46.Knebel
G/S/vB		 53.Marinez
G/S/vB		 58.Scahill
G/S/vB		 35.Suter*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bell# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 46/42 .314/.457/.543/.999 .000/1.113 1.233 42/.829 0/1 2/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 7/.143 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 3/.000 311/254 .265/.370/.308/.677 .895/.629 .674 74/.722 5/2 0/6
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 7/2.071 7/.619 421/331 .271/.354/.421/.775 .986/.717 .752 78/.627 0/0 12/7
24.Fryer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/84 .256/.333/.300/.633 .566/.648 .990 23/.283 0/2 0/2
37.Hanson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 0/ 0/0 0/
5.Harrison G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 7/1.096 3/.000 482/387 .273/.303/.376/.678 .819/.643 .640 107/.705 19/4 4/7
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 372/351 .263/.348/.382/.730 .259/.756 .764 36/1.071 0/4 5/4
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 230/196 .263/.404/.522/.926 .811/.946 1.075 37/.776 1/1 12/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 7/.929 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 10/1.278 510/415 .306/.360/.449/.808 .738/.825 .756 99/.647 46/11 8/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 7/.286 6/1.700 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 14/.900 11/.831 541/431 .248/.327/.410/.737 .704/.746 .746 106/.815 6/7 18/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 6/.666 3/1.334 3/.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.522 6/.833 498/392 .260/.337/.381/.719 .879/.676 .801 91/.665 1/1 10/7
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 7/.143 5/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 7/.715 485/384 .273/.339/.506/.845 .832/.848 .923 90/.796 12/6 21/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.666 252/168 .250/.339/.482/.820 .987/.741 .934 39/.748 2/0 12/4
IP 107.1 58.1 18.1 21.1 49.2 26.0 8.1 55.2 68.0 TOTAL .256/.329/.400/.729 .786/.715 .758 .710 100/40 123/77
ERA-K/9 2.93/7.5 4.01/3.6 3.44/7.4 4.22/11.4 3.26/7.6 4.15/7.6 4.32/5.4 1.78/12.0 2.91/8.3 4.27/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (51-10-7)
 Fryer (17-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.206 250/.303 78/.250 94/.250 220/.253 113/.277 40/.306 214/.155 284/.217 .265  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Harrison
 Jaso
 Rodriguez
109/16/0/17
17/3/96/8
0/121/0/5
14/0/35/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
8/3/15/0
OPS .613 .755 .730 .714 .707 .731 .847 .517 .672 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.641 118/.724 41/.748 45/.552 100/.709 45/.729 12/1.326 91/.379 126/.683 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 231/.589 132/.782 37/.709 49/.861 120/.706 68/.732 28/.637 123/.621 158/.664 .776
Road 195/.632 116/.890 49/.923 36/.609 126/.720 54/.929 24/1.036 84/.494 120/.636
Last 28d days / 52/.846 35/.393 46/.820 71/.600 42/.720 40/.847 39/.268 57/.666
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 3/3/2 2/0/1 2/4/1 4/4/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 7/4/1 154/82/46
Usage ·····XX· ···X·Xo· ··XX···X ····X·XX ····o·o· ·····X·· ·ooX···o ·Xo·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 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  5.44

SFG  4.49

PHI  3.70

 RA/G

CHC  3.41

DET  4.46

ARI  5.58

 BA

J. Altuve  .351

G. Polanco  .273

T. Frazier  .215

 OBP

M. Trout  .436

R. Martin  .340

F. Galvis  .271

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .622

T. Frazier  .456

J. Iglesias  .322

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.022

M. Prado  .801

A. Ramirez  .609

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.09

M. Shoemaker  3.91

J. Shields  5.86

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.74

D. Keuchel  7.71

M. Perez  4.61

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.