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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Red Sox, at PNC Park, September 17, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
153
On This Date:
59-49
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
151
On This Date:
61-50
Season Series
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 PIT  4  BOS  0     

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 BOS    @PIT  7:05pm
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 BOS    @PIT  7:05pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
66-85, 5th, 25 GB, 17½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-44   Road:   35-41   ExtrInn: 9-11
 vsRHP:  44-60   vsLHP:  22-25   1-Run:  27-26
 vsEast: 26-41   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Tue, Sep 16  @PIT  L   0-4       66-85  5th 25.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 14  @KCR  W   8-4       66-84  5th 23.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 13  @KCR  L   1-7       65-84  5th 23.5 gb
148 Fri, Sep 12  @KCR  W   4-2       65-83  5th 23.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 11  @KCR  W   6-3       64-83  5th 23.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10   BAL  L   6-10      63-83  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9   BAL  L   1-4       63-82  5th 22.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8   BAL  L   0-4       63-81  5th 21.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   TOR  L   1-3       63-80  5th 20.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   TOR  W   4-3       63-79  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Pittsburgh Pirates
80-70, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-29   Road:   33-41   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  61-57   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  27-28
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:33-37   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Tue, Sep 16   BOS  W   4-0       80-70  2nd  2.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   CHC  W   7-3       79-70  2nd  3.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   CHC  L   4-6       78-70  2nd  3.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12   CHC  W   7-3       78-69  2nd  2.5 gb
146 Thu, Sep 11  @PHI  W   4-1       77-69  2nd  2.5 gb
145 Wed, Sep 10  @PHI  W   6-3       76-69  2nd  3.5 gb
144 Tue, Sep  9  @PHI  L   3-4       75-69  2nd  4.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep  8  @PHI  W   6-4       75-68  2nd  4.5 gb
142 Sun, Sep  7  @CHC  W  10-4       74-68  2nd  4.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  6  @CHC  W   5-0       73-68  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 PIT  4  BOS  0        W:Charlie Morton (6-12), L: Anthony Ranaudo (3-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 26, 2011 BOS  4 @PIT  2        W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Tim Wood (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (14)
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 PIT  6  BOS  4        W:Jeff Karstens (5-4), L: Tim Wakefield (4-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (22)
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 PIT  3  BOS  1        W:Paul Maholm (4-8), L: Jon Lester (9-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (21)
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 BOS  8  PIT  0        W:Matt Clement (8-1), L: Kip Wells (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 PIT  2 @BOS  0        W:Rick White (3-3), L: Alan Embree (1-4), S: Jose Mesa (18)
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 BOS  6  PIT  5        W:Keith Foulke (4-3), L: Rick White (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 PIT  5  BOS  4        W:Brian Boehringer (3-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-2), S: Mike Williams (16)
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS  8 @PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-3), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS 11 @PIT  4        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (2-5), L: Kris Benson (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 1-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 5-5

SP: Clay Buchholz (29, RHP, 8-8, 5.19)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-8) 152.2 163 94 88 51 119 15 5.19
2013 (12-1) 108.1 75 23 21 36 96 4 1.74
2012 (11-8) 189.1 187 104 96 64 129 25 4.56
Last 7 GS 3-1 51.0 37 19 18 13 44 2 3.18 61
2014-09-11 @KCR W 6.1 6 3 2 3 7 0 106 55
2014-09-06 TOR W 6.1 4 2 2 2 5 0 101 60
2014-08-31 @TBR W 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 98 87
2014-08-25 @TOR ND 8.1 4 3 3 2 4 0 103 65
2014-08-20 LAA L 6.0 7 6 6 2 5 0 97 37
2014-08-15 HOU ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 9 1 110 62
2014-08-09 @LAA ND 8.0 6 3 3 2 8 1 120 64
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Francisco Liriano (30, LHP, 5-10, 3.53)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-10) 145.1 119 63 57 67 161 13 3.53
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.0 32 15 13 18 51 3 2.66 61
2014-09-11 @PHI W 8.0 4 0 0 2 12 0 106 84
2014-09-06 @CHC W 6.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 98 73
2014-08-31 CIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 111 61
2014-08-25 STL ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 91 69
2014-08-19 ATL L 4.0 10 9 7 3 4 1 88 11
2014-08-14 @DET L 6.0 3 2 2 4 9 1 102 63
2014-08-09 SDP L 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 0 91 66
Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 25.2 28 20 20 16 31 4 7.01 43
2011-08-09 BOS ND 6.0 4 3 3 7 4 1 109 49
2010-05-20 @BOS L 4.2 5 5 5 3 6 2 98 37
2010-04-15 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 96 75
2009-05-25 BOS L 4.0 11 5 5 0 7 0 84 27
2009-04-22 @BOS L 4.0 4 7 7 4 6 1 74 28

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

Red Sox Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 53.Axford
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 43.Holdzkom
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 60.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 65.Sadler
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 164/113 .283/.362/.434/.796 .883/.753 .839 108/.871 5/2 4/2
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 557/395 .243/.305/.372/.676 .801/.625 .631 77/.952 2/3 12/19
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 410/262 .205/.274/.275/.549 .640/.497 .500 23/.087 8/0 1/1
61.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.250/.333/.583 .900/.455 .125 4/2.000 0/0 0/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 607/460 .258/.301/.454/.755 .696/.774 .752 104/.773 6/2 21/6
5.Craig G/S/vP 16/.545 7/.971 5/.000 10/.543 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 5/.000 468/346 .222/.286/.330/.617 .712/.582 .516 66/.472 1/1 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .681 69/.516 12/2 4/7
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/164 .186/.253/.266/.520 .490/.529 .435 86/.465 1/0 2/3
12.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 497/360 .248/.366/.419/.785 .911/.739 .768 74/.519 3/2 17/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 369/306 .264/.339/.358/.696 .374/.766 .704 88/.742 4/2 4/4
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 585/392 .263/.357/.508/.865 .903/.846 .873 75/.780 0/0 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/1.236 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .754 58/.653 6/6 7/2
72.Rivero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .500/.571/1.167/1.738 2.000/1.167 7/1.738 0/0 1/1
3.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 165/98 .185/.264/.356/.620 .809/.496 .726 22/.495 0/1 6/7
55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/131 .208/.274/.262/.536 .501/.545 .527 73/.422 0/0 0/5
7.Weeks# G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/28 .276/.323/.448/.771 .000/.890 1.200 20/.794 2/0 0/0
IP 145.1 52.1 70.0 60.1 6.0 60.2 2.0 66.0 31.2 9.1 71.0 56.1 TOTAL .243/.315/.367/.682 .702/.673 .660 .663 56/23 113/86
ERA-K/9 3.53/10.0 3.61/10.5 4.89/5.9 3.28/5.4 0.00/16.5 2.08/5.0 0.00/13.5 1.91/9.0 5.40/10.5 7.71/5.8 1.52/9.6 4.31/9.1 3.57/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butler (2-0-0)
 Ross (31-9-3)
 Vazquez (14-11-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.222 231/.217 309/.295 263/.295 19/.056 244/.231 6/.000 256/.193 144/.264 44/.289 280/.225 240/.220 .249  Cespedes
 Bradley
 Nava
 Betts
 Craig
 Holt
121/9/0/15
1/112/6/13
35/0/63/9
0/28/12/3
11/0/78/3
8/10/35/1
OPS .653 .688 .731 .819 .161 .618 .000 .466 .794 .785 .604 .637 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.737 111/.637 129/.783 106/1.082 12/.167 109/.610 3/.000 121/.388 67/.792 19/.526 87/.551 84/.698 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 494/.631 120/.733 180/.694 157/.650 7/.143 135/.625 3/.000 135/.536 77/.791 25/1.006 193/.627 156/.601 .695
Home 339/.727 108/.666 157/.665 140/.900 6/.000 136/.709 1/.000 140/.418 93/.619 44/.785 142/.534 132/.638
Last 28d days 106/.467 27/.745 23/.648 15/.641 19/.161 38/.658 6/.000 49/.354 / / 44/.580 31/.512
HR/SB/CS 13/17/3 6/6/1 2/6/2 6/6/4 0/0/1 4/4/6 0/0/0 2/1/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 5/4/2 3/7/1 123/101/44
Usage ·····X·· ···XX··· ···X···· ···o···· X···o·o· o····o·o o·····o· X·o··oo· ········ ········ X·o·X·o· ···o···X
Pirates Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Britton*
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 65.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .717 17/1.220 8/3 18/25
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 16/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 108/87 .232/.315/.274/.588 .586/.589 .663 8/.393 1/1 0/2
39.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 400/365 .230/.345/.364/.709 .265/.754 .823 48/.617 0/4 10/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 496/383 .317/.350/.505/.856 .867/.852 .836 92/.987 17/6 13/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/33 .242/.242/.364/.606 /.606 .467 33/.606 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 495/406 .287/.358/.453/.810 .740/.826 .771 81/1.021 26/10 12/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 12/1.666 10/.600 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 8/.393 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 428/333 .297/.411/.437/.848 .718/.880 .941 86/1.013 4/4 10/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 598/483 .307/.396/.529/.926 .879/.936 .964 101/.899 17/2 23/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 513/391 .264/.311/.397/.708 .817/.673 .697 84/.794 3/1 11/11
59.Morel G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 39/15 .162/.205/.216/.421 .390/.467 .222 17/.485 0/0 0/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/212 .241/.315/.342/.658 .477/.734 .722 25/.560 13/4 6/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 268/129 .236/.299/.393/.691 .772/.605 .621 35/.629 2/0 6/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/66 .270/.304/.365/.669 .160/.768 .690 3/.000 0/0 2/5
23.Snider* G/S/vP 18/.170 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 316/274 .261/.337/.424/.761 .980/.728 .893 55/.583 1/1 11/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 139/103 .289/.365/.314/.679 1.045/.544 .697 11/.727 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 180/135 .286/.318/.339/.658 .787/.612 .600 26/.654 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 526/411 .279/.352/.469/.821 .761/.838 .831 100/.903 2/2 20/5
IP 152.2 68.0 4.0 54.1 4.0 18.1 58.0 60.2 63.1 24.0 12.0 TOTAL .260/.331/.404/.734 .691/.747 .752 .796 96/41 143/104
ERA-K/9 5.19/7.0 2.38/4.9 4.50/11.2 4.97/6.1 0.00/6.8 0.98/6.9 4.03/6.4 2.97/9.2 2.56/11.2 2.25/5.6 0.75/9.0 4.00/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (54-34-3)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (29-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 664/.272 279/.271 19/.333 253/.297 15/.077 72/.194 246/.294 254/.247 246/.219 94/.221 43/.214 .258  Snider
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Sanchez
 Mercer
35/0/53/7
0/0/72/5
26/0/26/4
102/26/0/4
17/1/37/3
0/134/0/1
0/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .747 .682 .868 .836 .277 .550 .797 .679 .637 .707 .518 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.778 114/.721 9/1.111 117/.817 6/.333 44/.330 110/.920 120/.631 138/.622 47/.875 26/.577 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.705 165/.657 10/.633 136/.852 9/.222 28/.929 136/.694 134/.724 108/.656 47/.538 17/.423 .712
Road 361/.661 115/.771 7/1.238 111/.751 1/.000 39/.494 110/.637 120/.675 112/.660 32/.983 12/.500
Last 28d days 113/.446 38/.562 19/.868 38/.872 15/.277 43/.623 53/.756 35/.518 26/1.382 55/.767 28/.399
HR/SB/CS 15/6/4 1/5/1 0/1/0 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 6/4/2 5/0/0 10/1/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 146/85/29
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o··X ···X···X ··o···X· o······X o·o·ooX· ··X·ooX· ·····oo· X···o··· o·····o· ···X····

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.89

KCR  4.00

SDP  3.25

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

NYY  4.09

COL  5.12

 BA

J. Altuve  .343

J. Ellsbury  .271

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

V. Martinez  .401

L. Valbuena  .331

M. Dominguez  .260

 SLG

J. Abreu  .597

D. Murphy  .412

Z. Cozart  .297

 OPS

J. Abreu  .980

J. Ellsbury  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.70

J. Collmenter  3.60

C. Buchholz  5.19

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.64

C. Morton  7.21

M. Buehrle  5.07

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.