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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Red Sox, at PNC Park, September 18, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
Game #:
154
On This Date:
50-45
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
152
On This Date:
63-59
Season Series
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 PIT  4  BOS  0     
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 PIT  9  BOS  1     

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

                         All times ET
66-86, 5th, 26 GB, 17½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-44   Road:   35-42   ExtrInn: 9-11
 vsRHP:  44-60   vsLHP:  22-26   1-Run:  27-26
 vsEast: 26-41   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Wed, Sep 17  @PIT  L   1-9       66-86  5th 26.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
81-70, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-29   Road:   33-41   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  62-57   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  27-28
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:33-37   vsWest: 20-12 IL:10-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Wed, Sep 17   BOS  W   9-1       81-70  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 PIT  9  BOS  1        W:Francisco Liriano (6-10), L: Clay Buchholz (8-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 2-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - PIT leads 6-5

SP: Brandon Workman (25, RHP, 1-9, 5.27)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-9) 82.0 81 54 48 33 64 10 5.27
2013 (6-3) 41.2 44 23 23 15 47 5 4.97
Last 7 GS 0-6 36.2 45 32 26 16 28 3 6.38 41
2014-09-10 BAL L 3.0 6 6 5 3 3 0 62 25
2014-09-04 @NYY ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 96 53
2014-08-23 SEA L 3.1 10 7 7 1 3 1 84 14
2014-08-18 LAA L 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 89 60
2014-08-07 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 5 1 96 43
2014-07-30 TOR L 5.0 4 5 2 4 2 0 99 43
2014-07-08 CHW L 7.0 8 5 3 2 5 1 106 48
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Gerrit Cole (23, RHP, 9-5, 3.92)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-5) 117.0 113 53 51 38 111 11 3.92
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.1 38 21 20 13 42 3 4.46 52
2014-09-12 CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 103 55
2014-09-07 @CHC W 6.0 9 4 3 0 8 0 106 48
2014-09-01 @STL L 6.1 8 5 5 3 4 1 94 38
2014-08-26 STL ND 6.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 108 66
2014-08-20 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 97 61
2014-07-04 PHI W 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 80 69
2014-06-28 NYM L 4.0 7 5 5 3 4 0 93 29
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Red Sox Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
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 1/.000 168/113 .284/.365/.432/.798 .882/.753 .840 109/.882 5/2 4/2
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 561/395 .241/.302/.369/.671 .781/.625 .622 78/.939 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
70.Cecchini* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .500/.667/1.000/1.667 .000/3.000 1/ 0/0 0/0
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 610/460 .257/.300/.451/.751 .681/.774 .744 106/.757 6/2 21/6
5.Craig G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.833 5/.000 10/.543 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 5/.000 472/347 .221/.286/.328/.614 .705/.581 .512 67/.483 1/1 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .681 65/.529 12/2 4/7
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/165 .182/.249/.261/.510 .463/.526 .421 88/.419 1/0 2/3
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 500/360 .248/.370/.419/.789 .923/.739 .776 77/.548 3/2 17/8
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 371/307 .265/.340/.358/.698 .400/.763 .707 86/.785 4/2 4/4
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 585/392 .263/.357/.508/.865 .903/.846 .873 75/.780 0/0 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .754 54/.704 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 ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 175/132 .209/.273/.261/.535 .514/.540 .526 74/.445 0/0 0/5
7.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 117.0 53.1 70.0 61.1 6.0 60.2 2.0 66.0 31.2 9.1 71.0 57.1 TOTAL .242/.315/.366/.681 .700/.672 .658 .673 56/23 113/87
ERA-K/9 3.92/8.5 3.54/10.6 4.89/5.9 3.23/5.4 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 4.24/9.1 3.56/7.5

 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 496/.257 235/.214 309/.295 266/.291 19/.056 244/.231 6/.000 256/.193 144/.264 44/.289 280/.225 245/.224 .248  Cespedes
 Bradley
 Nava
 Betts
 Craig
 Holt
122/9/0/15
1/112/6/13
36/0/63/9
0/28/12/3
11/0/79/3
8/10/35/1
OPS .735 .681 .731 .809 .161 .618 .000 .466 .794 .785 .604 .640 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.747 112/.643 129/.783 107/1.071 12/.167 109/.610 3/.000 121/.388 67/.792 19/.526 87/.551 84/.698 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.723 123/.713 180/.694 159/.641 7/.143 135/.625 3/.000 135/.536 77/.791 25/1.006 193/.627 161/.608 .693
Home 255/.682 112/.652 157/.665 143/.879 6/.000 136/.709 1/.000 140/.418 93/.619 44/.785 142/.534 137/.644
Last 28d days 103/.778 31/.688 23/.648 18/.528 19/.161 38/.658 6/.000 49/.354 / / 44/.580 36/.553
HR/SB/CS 11/20/3 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·· o···XX·· ····X··· o···o··· ·X···o·o ·o····o· ·o·····o ·X·o··oo ········ ········ ·X·o·X·o X···o···
Pirates Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Workman
G/S/vB
35.Badenhop
G/S/vB
68.Barnes
G/S/vB
32.Breslow*
G/S/vB
66.Britton*
G/S/vB
71.Escobar*
G/S/vB
37.Hembree
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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 16/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 112/91 .253/.330/.303/.633 .586/.644 .736 12/.871 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 404/369 .233/.347/.378/.724 .265/.770 .849 52/.740 0/4 11/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 501/388 .318/.351/.506/.857 .867/.854 .839 97/.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 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 499/410 .287/.357/.451/.808 .740/.823 .766 85/.995 26/10 12/5
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 10/.600 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 432/337 .297/.409/.435/.844 .718/.875 .931 90/.987 4/4 10/5
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 602/487 .309/.399/.532/.931 .879/.943 .974 105/.928 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 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 39/15 .162/.205/.216/.421 .390/.467 .222 17/.485 0/0 0/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 306/217 .240/.314/.351/.664 .477/.742 .733 30/.653 13/4 7/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 317/275 .261/.335/.423/.758 .980/.725 .887 56/.571 1/1 11/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 140/104 .287/.362/.311/.674 1.045/.538 .687 12/.667 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 530/415 .281/.353/.476/.829 .761/.848 .847 104/.939 2/2 21/5
IP 82.0 68.0 6.0 54.1 4.0 1.0 7.0 18.1 58.0 60.2 63.1 24.0 13.0 TOTAL .261/.331/.406/.737 .691/.751 .757 .812 96/41 146/105
ERA-K/9 5.27/7.0 2.38/4.9 3.00/7.5 4.97/6.1 0.00/6.8 0.00/0.0 3.86/3.9 0.98/6.9 4.03/6.4 2.97/9.2 2.56/11.2 2.25/5.6 3.46/8.3 4.03/7.5

 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 354/.258 279/.271 26/.320 253/.297 15/.077 3/.000 32/.296 72/.194 246/.294 254/.247 246/.219 94/.221 51/.280 .259  Snider
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Sanchez
 Mercer
36/0/53/7
0/0/73/5
26/0/26/4
103/27/0/4
17/1/37/3
0/135/0/1
0/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .735 .682 .826 .836 .277 .000 .851 .550 .797 .679 .637 .707 .694 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.755 114/.721 12/.833 117/.817 6/.333 / 11/.864 44/.330 110/.920 120/.631 138/.622 47/.875 30/.733 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.706 165/.657 14/.819 136/.852 9/.222 3/.000 21/.840 28/.929 136/.694 134/.724 108/.656 47/.538 21/.633 .715
Road 148/.668 115/.771 14/.967 111/.751 1/.000 3/.000 28/.797 39/.494 110/.637 120/.675 112/.660 32/.983 20/.950
Last 28d days 63/.920 38/.562 26/.826 38/.872 15/.277 3/.000 16/1.255 41/.656 50/.775 30/.448 26/1.382 55/.767 36/.677
HR/SB/CS 10/13/6 1/5/1 0/1/0 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/2 0/0/0 6/4/2 5/0/0 10/1/1 3/0/1 2/0/0 149/85/29
Usage ·······X ···o·o·· X···X··· ···o···X ·o······ ········ o······· ·o·o·ooX ···X·ooX ······oo ·X···o·· ·o·····o X···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

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.