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PITTSBURGH ( LIRIANO )
CINCINNATI ( CUETO ) |
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| 901 | PITTSBURGH | +120 | Ov 7,+105 | +105 | Ov 7,+115 | | 902 | CINCINNATI | -130 | Un 7,-125 | -115 | Un 7,-135 |
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| All Games | 7-7 | -0.5 | 6-6 | 4.1 | 0.231 | 0.298 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.306 | | Road Games | 3-5 | -2.1 | 5-3 | 4.4 | 0.232 | 0.288 | 5.2 | 0.279 | 0.335 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 6-7 | -1.5 | 5-6 | 4.0 | 0.231 | 0.296 | 4.1 | 0.248 | 0.308 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3 | 4-3 | 4.0 | 0.219 | 0.263 | 5.1 | 0.279 | 0.340 | | Grass Games | 7-7 | -0.5 | 6-6 | 4.1 | 0.231 | 0.298 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.306 | | Day Games | 3-2 | +1 | 1-4 | 2.2 | 0.195 | 0.253 | 2.4 | 0.190 | 0.257 | | Division | 7-7 | -0.5 | 6-6 | 4.1 | 0.231 | 0.298 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.306 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.231 | 0.298 | 14 | 477 | 110 | 38 | 19 | 0.04 | 55 | 46 | 123 | 9 | 91 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 13 | | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.232 | 0.288 | 8 | 267 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 0.06 | 35 | 21 | 79 | 7 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | | Righty Starters | 4.0 | 0.231 | 0.296 | 13 | 442 | 102 | 35 | 17 | 0.04 | 50 | 41 | 110 | 8 | 83 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
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| All Games | 2.60 | 1.200 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 43 | 5-1 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | | Road Games | 3.66 | 1.373 | 19.7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
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| All Games | 5-9 | -4.2 | 7-6 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 3.6 | 0.220 | 0.294 | | Home Games | 3-5 | -2.2 | 4-4 | 4.2 | 0.241 | 0.317 | 3.5 | 0.215 | 0.289 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 2-2 | -0.2 | 2-2 | 5.5 | 0.250 | 0.331 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.300 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.9 | 4-3 | 5.1 | 0.272 | 0.332 | 3.9 | 0.238 | 0.304 | | Grass Games | 5-9 | -4.2 | 7-6 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 3.6 | 0.220 | 0.294 | | Day Games | 3-5 | -2 | 4-4 | 3.7 | 0.245 | 0.313 | 3.1 | 0.202 | 0.281 | | Division | 3-5 | -1.8 | 5-3 | 4.1 | 0.261 | 0.319 | 4.1 | 0.246 | 0.313 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 14 | 464 | 115 | 38 | 17 | 0.04 | 54 | 45 | 112 | 8 | 101 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | | Home Games | 4.2 | 0.241 | 0.317 | 8 | 261 | 63 | 24 | 13 | 0.05 | 34 | 29 | 63 | 4 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Lefty Starters | 5.5 | 0.250 | 0.331 | 4 | 132 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0.06 | 22 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| All Games | 5.18 | 1.485 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 1-3 | 2 | 3 | 40% | | Home Games | 4.35 | 1.500 | 20.7 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
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| 4/2/2014 | MORTON(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | 4-3 | W | -150 | 7 un | P | 8 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 2 | | 4/3/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | CHICAGO CUBS | HAMMEL(R) | 2-3 | L | -155 | 7 ev | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | 4/4/2014 | COLE(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 12-2 | W | -105 | 7 un | O | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | | 4/5/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | ST LOUIS | KELLY(R) | 1-6 | L | -135 | 7 un | P | 6 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 4/6/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | 2-1 | W | +150 | 7 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 4/8/2014 | MORTON(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | 7-6 | W | -115 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | | 4/9/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HAMMEL(R) | 5-7 | L | -110 | 9 un | O | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | | 4/10/2014 | COLE(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 5-4 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 4/11/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 2-4 | L | 105 | 8 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 4/12/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 2-3 | L | 135 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 4/13/2014 | MORTON(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 1-4 | L | 105 | 8.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 4/14/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 8-7 | W | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | 4/15/2014 | COLE(R) | @ CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 5-7 | L | -105 | 7 un | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | | 4/16/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | | | 4/17/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | | 4/18/2014 | MORTON(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | | | 4/19/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | | | 4/20/2014 | COLE(R) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | | | 4/21/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | | | 4/22/2014 | | CINCINNATI | | | | 4/23/2014 | | CINCINNATI | | |
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| 4/2/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 1-0 | W | +110 | 7 un | U | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | | 4/3/2014 | BAILEY(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 6-7 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 4/4/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ NY METS | MEJIA(R) | 3-4 | L | -105 | 7 ev | P | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 4/5/2014 | CUETO(R) | @ NY METS | GEE(R) | 3-6 | L | -130 | 6.5 un | O | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 4/6/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ NY METS | NIESE(L) | 2-1 | W | -105 | 7 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | 4/7/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | @ ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 3-5 | L | 140 | 6.5 un | O | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 4/8/2014 | BAILEY(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 5-7 | L | 130 | 7 un | O | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | | 4/9/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 4-0 | W | 130 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | 4/11/2014 | CUETO(R) | TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 1-2 | L | +105 | 7 un | U | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 4/12/2014 | SIMON(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 0-1 | L | +115 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 4/13/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | TAMPA BAY | RAMOS(L) | 12-4 | W | -125 | 7.5 ov | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 4/14/2014 | BAILEY(R) | PITTSBURGH | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 7-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | | 4/15/2014 | LEAKE(R) | PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | 7-5 | W | -105 | 7 un | O | 15 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 4/16/2014 | CUETO(R) | PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | | | 4/18/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | SAMARDZIJA(R) | | | 4/19/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | VILLANUEVA(R) | | | 4/20/2014 | BAILEY(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | | | 4/21/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | | | 4/22/2014 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | | | 4/23/2014 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | |
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| |  | PITTSBURGH: PITTSBURGH (AP) - The roars have faded. The giddiness of ending 21 years of futility and coming with a game of the National League championship series, too.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are in some ways just another NL contender these days. That dark cloud of two decades of losing is gone after a remarkable 94-68 surge and the playoff berth that came along with it in 2013.
Now the franchise needs to figure out what to do with the rest of its life. For three seasons a club that was a laughingstock when manager Clint Hurdle took over in December 2010 has slowly made inroads to relevance.
Suddenly, the ''World Series or bust'' attitude owner Bob Nutting has espoused for years doesn't seem so laughable anymore.
Press reigning NL Manager of the Year Clint Hurdle on what his team can possibly do for an encore despite a relatively quiet offseason and he responds with his usual eternal optimism.
''Excellence is verb, not a noun,'' Hurdle said. ''You're going to continue to push forward. Our goal is to win a sixth world championship. The fact is, we haven't won an LCS or a division series. We need to maintain our focus on the things we need to do.''
| | CINCINNATI: CINCINNATI (AP) - Bryan Price's father worked for a savings and loan that had San Francisco Giants season tickets and would make some of them available to employees.
Any team was good to see. Two were best.
''So you go in there and battle for tickets to certain games,'' Price said. ''And I would circle the Reds and the Dodgers.''
He loved how the franchises were stocked with stars. He knew it would be fun watching them play his hometown Giants. He even dreamed of some playing or working for one of those teams.
That's why the last six weeks of spring training left him with a too-good-to-be-true feeling at times. He's managing the Reds, one of those teams he loved to see.
''It's almost a constant, surreal experience for me at this point,'' he said in February.
The surreal part gave way to reality pretty fast.
Starter Mat Latos had knee surgery the day spring training opened. Closer Aroldis Chapman got hit in the head by a line drive and is out for at least a month after having a plate put into his forehead. Starter Homer Bailey strained his groin. Relievers Jonathan Broxton and Sean Marshall aren't ready to start the season.
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (PITTSBURGH-CINCINNATI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Pirates-Reds Preview* ======================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer
Pittsburgh (7-6) at Cincinnati (4-9), 12:35 p.m. EDT
Judging by the first two games of this series, it may be difficult to believe that the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates have had trouble providing run support for their top starters.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh look to change that Wednesday at Great American Ball Park as Johnny Cueto and Francisco Liriano square off for the first time since October's NL wild-card game.
The Reds (5-9) and Pirates (7-7) have combined for 13 homers and 44 hits while splitting the first two games, both of which were completed Tuesday.
Pittsburgh won Monday's suspended contest 8-7 on Russell Martin's RBI single in the seventh, and Cincinnati later responded with a 7-5 victory with the help of a double and two-run homer from starting pitcher Mike Leake.
Joey Votto, who hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning Monday, went 4 for 4 in Tuesday's full game and is hitting .471 with three homers and six RBIs during a five-game hitting streak. Votto, Todd Frazier and Devin Mesoraco all drove in two runs.
The Reds have scored 26 times over their last three games after totaling 28 runs through their first 11, a stretch during which they wasted some quality efforts from Cueto.
Cueto (0-2, 2.14 ERA) has been stellar in his three starts, pitching seven innings and allowing two runs or fewer in each while striking out 23. He's received a total of three runs of support - all of which came before the bullpen collapsed in a 6-3 loss to the New York Mets on April 5.
"That's something I can't control," Cueto said after Friday's 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay. "That's up to the other part of the team. I always say I have to do my job. I have to throw seven, eight innings. I have to do my job and they have to do their job."
The right-hander had gone 7-2 with a 1.43 ERA in his last 12 starts against the Pirates before giving up four runs and eight hits in just 3 1-3 innings of a 6-2 loss to Pittsburgh in last season's NL wild-card game. Liriano gave up one run and four hits in seven frames to earn the win.
Like Cueto, though, he's received only three runs of support over three starts this season.
After striking out 10 in six innings of Pittsburgh's 1-0, 10-inning victory over the Chicago Cubs on March 31, Liriano (0-2, 4.00) gave up four runs in six frames of losses to St. Louis on April 5 and Milwaukee on Friday.
The left-hander retired the first nine batters he faced and struck out seven in the 4-2 loss to Brewers, but he gave up a two-run homer in the fourth and a solo shot in the fifth.
"Vintage Frankie, with the fastball command, the changeup, then the slider for the wipeout pitch," manager Clint Hurdle said. "There's such a fine line on the mound sometimes."
Liriano's five starts against the Reds all came last season, and he went 0-3 with a 3.70 ERA prior to the playoff victory. He'll look to help the Pirates get back on track after they fell for the fourth time in five games.
Neil Walker is 5 for 9 with three homers in the series and has gone deep five times in his last three games in Cincinnati, but he's 6 for 30 against Cueto.
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| | Last Updated: 4/23/2024 10:47:56 PM EST. |
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