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Washington Nationals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Nationals Park, July 17, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
96
On This Date:
62-59
Nationals
Manager:
Dusty Baker
Game #:
94
On This Date:
20-19
Season Series
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 WSN  5  PIT  1     
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 WSN  6  PIT  0     

Sun, Jul 17, 2016 PIT    @WSN  1:35pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 WSN    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 WSN    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
46-45, 3rd, 9½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   22-25   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  32-37   vsLHP:  14-8    1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:17-19   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 16  @WSN  L   0-6       46-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 15  @WSN  L   1-5       46-44  3rd  8.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10   CHC  L   5-6       46-43  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9   CHC  W  12-6       46-42  2nd  6.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8   CHC  W   8-4       45-42  2nd  7.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @STL  L   1-5       44-42  3rd  8.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @STL  W   7-5       44-41  2nd  8.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5  @STL  W   5-2       43-41  3rd  9.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4  @STL  W   4-2       42-41  3rd 10.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3  @OAK  W   6-3       41-41  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Washington Nationals
56-36, 1st, 7 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-15   Road:   27-21   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  43-28   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 30-14   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest:  2-5  IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Sat, Jul 16   PIT  W   6-0       56-36  1st  7.0 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15   PIT  W   5-1       55-36  1st  6.0 up
 90 Sun, Jul 10  @NYM  W   3-2       54-36  1st  6.0 up
 89 Sat, Jul  9  @NYM  W   6-1       53-36  1st  5.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul  8  @NYM  W   3-1       52-36  1st  4.0 up
 87 Thu, Jul  7  @NYM  L   7-9       51-36  1st  3.0 up
 86 Wed, Jul  6   MIL  W   7-4       51-35  1st  4.0 up
 85 Tue, Jul  5   MIL  L   2-5       50-35  1st  4.0 up
 84 Mon, Jul  4   MIL  L   0-1       50-34  1st  4.0 up
 83 Sun, Jul  3   CIN  W  12-1       50-33  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 WSN  6  PIT  0        W:Tanner Roark (9-5), L: Gerrit Cole (5-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 WSN  5  PIT  1        W:Stephen Strasburg (13-0), L: Francisco Liriano (5-9), S: none

Sun, Jul 26, 2015 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:Gerrit Cole (14-4), L: Joe Ross (2-3), S: Mark Melancon (32)
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 WSN  9 @PIT  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (8-4), L: A.J. Burnett (8-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 PIT  7  WSN  5        W:Vance Worley (4-5), L: Sammy Solis (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (31)
Thu, Jul 23, 2015 PIT  7  WSN  3        W:Francisco Liriano (6-6), L: Doug Fister (3-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - WSN over 2-0; 2015 - WSN won 4-3; 2014 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 314-290

SP: Chad Kuhl (23, RHP, 1-0, 6.08)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-0) 13.1 18 9 9 5 8 2 6.08
Last 7 GS 1-0 13.1 18 9 9 5 8 2 6.08 42
2016-07-09 CHC ND 2.1 7 4 4 1 1 1 55 27
2016-07-02 @OAK ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 0 91 52
2016-06-26 LAD W 5.0 4 3 3 4 5 1 81 48
Has never faced WSN as starter.

SP: Max Scherzer (31, RHP, 10-6, 3.03)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (10-6) 127.2 88 44 43 34 164 21 3.03
2015 (14-12) 228.2 176 74 71 34 276 27 2.79
2014 (18-5) 220.1 196 80 77 63 252 18 3.15
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.1 25 9 8 10 63 5 1.55 71
2016-07-09 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 0 2 9 0 117 76
2016-07-04 MIL L 6.0 4 1 1 3 7 1 114 64
2016-06-29 NYM W 7.1 2 0 0 1 10 0 108 83
2016-06-24 @MIL L 6.0 5 5 5 3 10 2 117 49
2016-06-18 @SDP ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 10 1 113 70
2016-06-13 CHC W 7.0 2 1 1 0 11 1 96 80
2016-06-08 @CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 1 6 0 97 72
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 35.0 17 10 10 5 54 6 2.57 72
2015-07-24 @PIT ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 8 3 98 40
2015-06-20 PIT W 9.0 0 0 0 0 10 0 106 97
2014-08-14 PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 2 14 0 121 88
2012-06-23 @PIT L 6.0 3 3 3 1 7 1 100 60
2012-05-20 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 1 15 2 115 75

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

Pirates Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 18.Belisle
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 46.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Petit
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 45.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Frazier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/21 .320/.346/.440/.786 1.600/.588 .846 26/.786 3/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 3/2.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 291/219 .292/.375/.471/.845 .997/.795 .898 74/.941 0/0 10/8
24.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/51 .339/.365/.407/.772 .633/.801 .441 28/.583 0/1 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 12/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 4/.833 331/258 .270/.300/.367/.667 .783/.634 .703 74/.442 14/1 3/7
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 12/.973 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/278 .275/.350/.389/.740 .259/.767 .688 58/.698 0/2 4/3
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 23/.517 1/.000 8/.708 5/.400 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/132 .284/.407/.537/.945 .933/.947 .812 47/.768 1/1 8/0
27.Kang G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 194/137 .240/.320/.491/.811 .785/.821 .779 60/.538 2/1 11/2
38.Kratz G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 80/55 .089/.100/.152/.252 .657/.073 .292 35/.400 0/0 1/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 9/.555 3/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 6/1.467 ··· ··· 3/.000 344/268 .313/.360/.453/.814 .636/.865 .844 82/.575 31/6 6/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 21/.638 8/.625 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 13/.885 ··· ··· 4/1.417 381/295 .250/.320/.424/.745 .713/.754 .725 83/.781 3/5 14/1
10.Mercer G/S/vP 5/.000 7/.310 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 347/266 .271/.357/.378/.735 .878/.693 .674 80/.824 1/0 6/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 10/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 344/263 .287/.362/.500/.862 .711/.909 .821 61/.742 9/5 12/2
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/2.500 7/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 192/127 .260/.340/.521/.861 1.016/.785 .731 56/1.031 2/0 10/2
IP 127.2 19.0 33.2 28.2 23.2 44.2 40.2 29.2 36.2 TOTAL .262/.334/.409/.744 .775/.735 .716 .707 70/23 88/47
ERA-K/9 3.03/11.6 2.37/7.6 2.67/13.9 2.83/8.5 4.94/11.4 2.62/6.6 5.09/10.2 2.43/10.3 2.21/8.3 3.24/9.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (7-5-0)
 Kratz (8-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.192 77/.264 131/.211 116/.241 102/.244 178/.234 167/.228 125/.189 145/.236 .230  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Frazier
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Harrison
 Jaso
76/10/0/10
12/3/64/6
0/86/0/4
2/0/7/1
7/2/13/0
9/0/25/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .619 .678 .659 .663 .705 .684 .668 .569 .684 .656
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.722 31/.504 44/.640 63/.623 52/.642 76/.907 64/.875 42/.488 49/.683 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.500 46/.796 87/.668 53/.706 50/.769 102/.524 103/.546 83/.613 96/.684 .644
Home 187/.564 36/.885 72/.489 48/.476 51/.629 72/.600 81/.597 74/.575 67/.551
Last 28d days 104/.483 43/.668 35/.943 14/.143 28/.783 51/.754 34/.515 36/.694 24/.708
HR/SB/CS 21/1/1 1/0/0 4/1/0 2/2/0 2/2/0 7/2/0 4/0/1 1/0/1 4/1/1 87/32/16
Usage ·······X ·······X ·X······ ······o· ········ ········ ·······o ········ o·······
Nationals Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Kuhl
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB 108/103 .263/.324/.568/.892 1.000/.887 .981 28/.957 0/0 7/2
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 340/261 .241/.338/.459/.797 .954/.745 .894 83/1.052 6/0 18/7
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 376/271 .253/.396/.483/.879 .826/.900 .884 95/.831 14/6 19/1
14.Heisey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/2.000 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 9/.583 84/54 .224/.298/.447/.745 .852/.686 .872 12/.750 0/1 4/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 78/66 .191/.295/.324/.618 .083/.719 .865 11/1.073 0/0 2/0
20.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.750 7/.286 ··· 5/1.000 362/249 .348/.387/.598/.985 .912/1.017 .935 84/.953 2/3 17/6
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.417 301/226 .331/.382/.531/.913 .827/.941 .908 84/.848 0/0 13/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 378/294 .255/.341/.412/.753 .795/.740 .770 88/.834 9/5 10/3
9.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 5/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.750 240/201 .221/.268/.297/.565 .745/.532 .552 77/.610 10/4 1/2
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/99 .228/.284/.416/.700 .686/.703 .621 38/.793 0/0 5/0
3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 1/5.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 210/140 .230/.276/.388/.664 .807/.593 .634 31/.554 10/3 7/1
7.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/2 .364/.417/.455/.871 .844/1.000 .500 8/.250 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 347/251 .247/.346/.405/.751 1.079/.623 .716 92/.747 4/1 10/1
IP 13.1 35.2 34.2 30.2 36.2 74.2 45.0 39.0 TOTAL .252/.327/.430/.758 .825/.736 .758 .787 57/24 126/33
ERA-K/9 6.08/5.4 3.28/7.3 3.12/10.6 3.23/4.4 1.23/7.8 5.30/9.2 3.60/7.8 3.00/7.6 4.40/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (10-4-4)
 Ramos (21-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 62/.327 162/.288 135/.197 138/.303 144/.211 328/.264 178/.222 154/.191 .268  Harper
 Taylor
 Werth
 Revere
 Robinson
 Heisey
0/0/85/4
0/58/2/3
76/0/2/2
16/48/0/1
3/0/0/0
13/2/8/0
OPS .941 .838 .663 .862 .513 .832 .611 .615 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.983 72/.861 59/.613 65/.960 64/.542 160/1.033 90/.513 51/.554 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.882 90/.818 76/.702 73/.784 80/.488 168/.629 88/.707 103/.645 .767
Road 25/.655 70/.809 72/.666 55/.726 67/.547 157/.914 94/.706 66/.582
Last 28d days 62/.941 51/.562 39/.696 52/.863 32/.375 48/.658 45/.600 41/.500
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 4/0/2 6/2/1 3/3/2 1/2/0 13/1/3 4/0/1 4/2/0 104/40/16
Usage ·······X ·o····oX ·X····o· ·o·····X ······o· X······X 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.62

MIN  4.47

ATL  3.43

 RA/G

WSN  3.46

NYY  4.61

CIN  5.97

 BA

D. Murphy  .348

J. Ellsbury  .272

T. Frazier  .211

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .423

A. Rendon  .341

F. Galvis  .260

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .670

M. Kemp  .453

B. Burns  .303

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.093

B. McCann  .792

B. Burns  .573

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Hellickson  4.03

M. Pineda  5.56

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.92

J. Eickhoff  7.59

M. Pelfrey  4.14

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.