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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 2:15pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 10-15, 10-15 4th, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (30, RHP, 1-1, 1.93)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 28.0 21 7 6 5 16 1 1.93
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
2012 (11-11) 182.2 160 88 84 105 174 14 4.14
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.0 34 14 12 12 31 4 2.51 58
2014-04-22 CIN L 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 100 61
2014-04-17 MIL W 7.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 77 55
2014-04-12 @MIL ND 6.1 4 2 1 2 4 1 93 61
2014-04-06 STL ND 5.2 3 1 1 1 4 0 81 62
2013-09-26 @SFG ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 74 52
2013-09-20 @SDP L 6.1 5 2 1 4 6 1 111 59
2013-09-15 SFG ND 5.2 5 3 3 0 7 2 88 54
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 28.0 24 15 14 13 17 0 4.50 49
2014-04-06 STL ND 5.2 3 1 1 1 4 0 81 62
2013-07-20 @STL W 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 107 47
2013-05-21 STL L 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 0 87 40
2012-09-11 STL W 5.1 4 3 2 6 6 0 108 50
2012-05-22 @STL L 6.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 108 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-14   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  W   6-1       10-15  4th  8.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  L   0-1        9-15  4th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   CIN  L   1-2        9-14  4th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   CIN  L   2-5        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   CIN  L   1-4        9-12  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   CIN  W   6-5        9-11  3rd  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   MIL  L   2-3 (14)   8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   MIL  L   7-8        8-10  3rd  5.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   MIL  L   3-5        8-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   MIL  W  11-2        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-15
Cardinals, 13-12, 13-12 2nd, 5½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 4-1, 1.46)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 37.0 21 6 6 9 35 1 1.46
2013 (19-9) 241.2 223 83 79 35 219 15 2.94
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
Last 7 GS 6-1 49.1 30 9 9 10 45 2 1.64 68
2014-04-22 @NYM W 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 79 72
2014-04-17 @WSN W 9.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 110 88
2014-04-12 CHC W 7.0 7 4 4 0 8 1 101 55
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2014-03-31 @CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 4 9 0 105 76
2013-09-28 CHC W 5.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 72 68
2013-09-23 WSN W 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 112 56
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 33.0 31 16 16 9 34 5 4.36 55
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2013-09-07 PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 100 79
2013-08-13 PIT ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 2 122 58
2013-07-31 @PIT ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 108 50
2012-06-29 PIT L 5.0 11 7 7 1 7 2 100 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-3    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26   PIT  L   1-6       13-12  2nd  5.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   PIT  W   1-0       13-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @NYM  L   1-4       12-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @NYM  L   2-3       12-10  2nd  4.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @NYM  W   3-0       12-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @NYM  L   0-2       11-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @WSN  L   2-3       11-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @WSN  W   4-3       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @WSN  L   1-3       10-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @WSN  W   8-0       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 PIT  6 @STL  1        W:Stolmy Pimentel (2-0), L: Tyler Lyons (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 STL  1  PIT  0        W:Shelby Miller (2-2), L: Gerrit Cole (2-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (7)
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 PIT  2  STL  1        W:Tony Watson (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  1        W:Joe Kelly (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (1-0), L: Shelby Miller (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 STL  9  PIT  2        W:Michael Wacha (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (7-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 STL  5  PIT  0        W:Adam Wainwright (16-9), L: Jeff Locke (9-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 STL 12  PIT  8        W:Joe Kelly (8-3), L: A.J. Burnett (7-10), S: Edward Mujica (36)
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 STL  7 @PIT  2        W:Joe Kelly (7-3), L: Kris Johnson (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 PIT  7  STL  1        W:A.J. Burnett (7-9), L: Lance Lynn (13-9), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 3-2; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1224-1161

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 67.Fornataro
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 24/.673 8/.500 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 614/467 .233/.296/.473/.770 .537/.842 .838 103/.675 2/0 36/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 25/1.009 3/.666 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 6/.400 2/.000 330/273 .211/.249/.309/.558 .529/.565 .571 28/.368 0/0 5/13
15.Davis* G/S/vP 12/.833 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 377/303 .205/.326/.334/.661 .406/.727 .607 58/.720 4/0 9/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 95/53 .250/.290/.409/.699 .981/.466 .744 23/.609 2/0 3/1
6.Marte G/S/vP 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 5/.666 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 566/463 .280/.343/.441/.784 1.053/.724 .787 113/.635 41/15 12/7
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 34/1.183 ··· ··· 7/.629 2/no AB 3/.666 7/.453 2/.000 674/553 .317/.404/.508/.911 1.130/.864 .859 116/.944 27/10 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 5/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 365/276 .285/.336/.435/.772 1.152/.654 .898 70/.422 3/2 8/15
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.125 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 320/194 .254/.361/.402/.762 .987/.619 .770 44/.785 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/49 .233/.288/.400/.688 .765/.655 .724 22/.682 0/0 2/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 285/260 .215/.281/.333/.614 .291/.644 .488 72/.675 2/3 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 340/237 .211/.293/.272/.566 .503/.591 .537 15/.533 4/0 4/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP 20/.929 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 2/2.500 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 341/269 .282/.342/.429/.771 .742/.778 .717 62/.612 3/1 6/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 25/.964 3/.666 1/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 551/457 .251/.339/.418/.757 .518/.805 .669 108/.744 1/2 16/7
IP 241.2 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .225/.300/.359/.658 .699/.651 .652 .658 14/3 28/17
ERA-K/9 2.94/8.2 2.29/7.1 /0.0 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 2.88/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Sanchez (5-1-2)
 Stewart (37-17-12)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.248 141/.208 / 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .218  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Harrison
 Tabata
0/155/0/11
124/13/0/6
5/0/79/5
1/0/14/2
40/0/50/0
OPS .636 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .619
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 476/.631 99/.492 / 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 480/.639 42/.635 / 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .577
Home 463/.568 71/.548 / 130/.700 79/.758 82/.602 165/.559 79/.429
Last 28d days 137/.465 24/.258 14/.368 47/.784 56/.625 39/.481 49/.617 40/.553
HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 0/1/0 // 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 15/8/6
Usage ····X··· o··X··o· o·oX·o·· X··X··X· ·Xo···XX ·o·o·oo· ·X··X··X ·oo·o·oo

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (3.28 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .870 94/.802 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .739 54/.506 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 10/.956 10/1.000 6/.833 3/.000 4/.250 2/.500 8/.250 7/.286 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .972 110/.688 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 10/1.000 7/.821 5/.400 3/2.333 4/.250 1/.000 7/.000 4/.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .834 99/.461 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .466 14/1.000 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 12/.817 1/.000 6/1.600 8/.286 1/.000 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .597 30/.358 6/3 5/14
3.Ellis G/S/vP 26/.923 3/1.334 2/.000 5/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .748 25/.340 4/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 24/1.099 8/.900 8/1.125 5/.400 7/1.000 3/1.000 8/.625 6/1.167 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .978 103/.751 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 15/.667 7/.762 7/1.143 2/1.000 6/1.666 1/.000 10/1.000 7/.286 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .732 60/.771 10/5 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 25/.461 4/.000 8/.500 4/.750 5/1.400 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .813 91/.891 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.333 15/.700 1/3.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.250 1/3.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .940 90/.654 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 2/no AB 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .639 23/.317 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .237 76/.544 3/0 0/0
IP 170.1 80.2 32.0 71.0 65.0 9.1 71.2 73.2 TOTAL .240/.308/.342/.650 .510/.692 .719 .650 9/4 12/20
ERA-K/9 5.71/7.5 3.35/5.9 4.78/6.5 1.39/8.9 3.46/5.1 1.93/8.7 2.39/6.8 2.08/7.2 3.51/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.282 333/.223 148/.291 279/.223 270/.243 38/.171 280/.198 295/.192 .247  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peralta
 Robinson
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
3/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
OPS .804 .617 .786 .511 .705 .411 .544 .543 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.836 146/.621 60/.967 125/.357 119/.745 14/.214 107/.483 95/.501 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.771 187/.614 88/.664 154/.638 151/.674 24/.530 173/.582 200/.563 .702
Road 388/.832 180/.566 92/.756 132/.620 134/.797 26/.481 129/.577 131/.529
Last 28d days 109/.535 54/1.065 10/.522 44/.404 41/.626 49/.588 44/.538 43/.741
HR/SB/CS 19/24/2 6/7/2 2/4/2 1/3/0 8/1/2 0/1/0 5/3/1 4/7/3 26/24/8
Usage ····X··· ···o··X· X····X·· o·o···oo ·X·X···X X···X··· o·X·o·oX X··X·XX·

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.