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| 905 | PITTSBURGH | +125 | Ov 7.5,-125 | +105 | Ov 7,-115 | | 906 | ST LOUIS | -135 | Un 7.5,+105 | -115 | Un 7,-105 |
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| All Games | 13-10 | +5.4 | 10-13 | 3.7 | 0.234 | 0.297 | 3.7 | 0.223 | 0.309 | | Road Games | 5-6 | +0.6 | 6-5 | 2.8 | 0.197 | 0.259 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.341 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 10-6 | +5.6 | 7-9 | 4.2 | 0.251 | 0.313 | 3.7 | 0.226 | 0.309 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +4.7 | 3-4 | 3.3 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 3.1 | 0.243 | 0.325 | | Grass Games | 13-10 | +5.4 | 10-13 | 3.7 | 0.234 | 0.297 | 3.7 | 0.223 | 0.309 | | Day Games | 3-4 | -0.1 | 4-3 | 3.9 | 0.235 | 0.298 | 5.0 | 0.249 | 0.340 | | Division | 5-4 | +1.1 | 4-5 | 4.1 | 0.259 | 0.320 | 4.2 | 0.210 | 0.292 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.234 | 0.297 | 23 | 740 | 173 | 61 | 16 | 0.02 | 81 | 66 | 188 | 14 | 154 | 18 | 13 | 26 | 14 | | Road Games | 2.8 | 0.197 | 0.259 | 11 | 356 | 70 | 23 | 7 | 0.02 | 31 | 30 | 103 | 7 | 71 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.251 | 0.313 | 16 | 517 | 130 | 47 | 12 | 0.02 | 64 | 46 | 130 | 10 | 108 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 7 |
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| All Games | 2.45 | 1.091 | 88 | 24 | 24 | 58 | 6 | 38 | 76 | 6-2 | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | | Road Games | 2.84 | 1.173 | 44.3 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 3-1 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 14-8 | +6.1 | 10-11 | 5.0 | 0.252 | 0.308 | 3.5 | 0.247 | 0.306 | | Home Games | 5-2 | +2.4 | 4-3 | 5.9 | 0.278 | 0.325 | 2.7 | 0.203 | 0.267 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 10-7 | +2.8 | 9-8 | 5.4 | 0.253 | 0.303 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.315 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.6 | 3-4 | 4.0 | 0.264 | 0.333 | 2.9 | 0.225 | 0.287 | | Grass Games | 14-8 | +6.1 | 10-11 | 5.0 | 0.252 | 0.308 | 3.5 | 0.247 | 0.306 | | Day Games | 5-3 | +2.2 | 5-3 | 6.1 | 0.269 | 0.319 | 3.2 | 0.240 | 0.309 | | Division | 6-3 | +2.3 | 5-4 | 5.7 | 0.255 | 0.309 | 3.3 | 0.233 | 0.291 |
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| All Games | 5.0 | 0.252 | 0.308 | 22 | 742 | 187 | 60 | 19 | 0.03 | 104 | 60 | 157 | 5 | 120 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 7 | | Home Games | 5.9 | 0.278 | 0.325 | 7 | 230 | 64 | 23 | 10 | 0.04 | 36 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Righty Starters | 5.4 | 0.253 | 0.303 | 17 | 586 | 148 | 49 | 14 | 0.02 | 84 | 42 | 122 | 3 | 93 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
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| All Games | 5.02 | 1.465 | 57.3 | 34 | 32 | 68 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 0-4 | 6 | 4 | 60% | | Home Games | 9.49 | 2.028 | 12.3 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% |
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| 4/13/2013 | LOCKE(L) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 3-1 | W | +130 | 7 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | | 4/14/2013 | IRWIN(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | 10-7 | W | +145 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 4/15/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 6-10 | L | +110 | 7.5 ov | O | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 4/17/2013 | BURNETT(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 5-0 | W | +105 | 7.5 un | U | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 4/18/2013 | LOCKE(L) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 4-6 | L | +100 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 4/19/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | ATLANTA | HUDSON(R) | 6-0 | W | +105 | 7 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | ATLANTA | MAHOLM(L) | 3-1 | W | +120 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | ATLANTA | MEDLEN(R) | 4-2 | W | +150 | 7 ov | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | | 4/22/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | PETTIBONE(R) | 2-3 | L | -115 | 8 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | LOCKE(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 2-0 | W | 145 | 7 un | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | | 4/24/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 5-3 | W | 100 | 7 ev | O | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 4/25/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 6-4 | W | 170 | 7 un | O | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 4/26/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 1-9 | L | 187 | 8 un | O | 5 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 4/27/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WESTBROOK(R) | | | 4/28/2013 | LOCKE(L) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | | 4/29/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | | | 5/1/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | BURGOS(R) | | | 5/3/2013 | | WASHINGTON | | | | 5/4/2013 | | WASHINGTON | | |
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| 4/13/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 8-0 | W | -165 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 4/14/2013 | GARCIA(L) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | 3-4 | L | -155 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | 4/15/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MCDONALD(R) | 10-6 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | | 4/17/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | 0-5 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 4/18/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 7 ev | P | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 4/19/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 2-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 5-0 | W | 130 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 3-7 | L | 100 | 8 un | O | 10 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | | 4/22/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | 3-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ WASHINGTON | DETWILER(L) | 2-0 | W | -120 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/24/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 4-2 | W | 145 | 7 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 4/26/2013 | LYNN(R) | PITTSBURGH | SANCHEZ(L) | 9-1 | W | -205 | 8 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | | 4/27/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | | | 4/28/2013 | MILLER(R) | PITTSBURGH | LOCKE(L) | | | 4/29/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | GARCIA(L) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | | | 5/1/2013 | LYNN(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | | | 5/2/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | | | 5/3/2013 | | @ MILWAUKEE | | | | 5/4/2013 | | @ MILWAUKEE | | |
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| |  | PITTSBURGH: HITTING: The Pirates' two-month casual flirtation with competitiveness was cute while it lasted, before this team fizzled to a 72-win season. This team is still years away. But don't blame OF ANDREW McCUTCHEN, who might be the best all-around player in the division. Of all the ballyhooed outfielders from the 2005 draft, he's the one GMs would most want to build around. OF JOSE TABATA, not so much. He's serviceable and has plus speed, but the six-year extension the Pirates gave him was absurd. 2B NEIL WALKER has settled into a respectable place short of stardom. 3B PEDRO ALVAREZ has a lot of uphill climbing to do if he wants to wake up old expectations. He'll compete with 3B CASEY MCGEHEE for a starting role, but it's most likely that Alvarez moves to first base to back up 1B GARRETT JONES. OFs NATE McLOUTH and ALEX PRESLEY are underwhelming choices for the starting left-field spot. SS CLINT BARMES and C ROD BARAJAS would like to thank the Pirates for wildly overpaying them.
STARTING PITCHING: JEFF KARSTENS looked pretty decent for much of last year. But that's what happens when you get to log 14 percent of your innings against the lowly Astros. Better teams exposed him for the replacement-level guy he is. Contrary to what a lot of bored, lazy sportswriters wanted you to believe last year, CHARLIE MORTON doesn't pitch like Roy Halladay. At all. JAMES McDONALD could still be special if he cut down his walk rate. ERIK BEDARD was a respectable signing. Even if his shoulder acts up, he cost only $4.5 million for a year. If he's healthy, he's still well above-average. KEVIN CORREIA may only be slightly more effective at striking out hitters than a batting tee, but the Pirates are grateful for the innings he eats. BRAD LINCOLN is the designated fill-in if any of the other starters get hurt (cough, Bedard). In the meantime, he's a swing man.
RELIEF PITCHING: Closer JOEL HANRAHAN has been outstanding since first donning a Pirates uniform in 2009, converting 40-of-44 saves with a 1.83 ERA last season. It makes sense for the rebuilding Pirates to move him, but they'll probably keep the hand they were dealt. There isn't another qualified ninth-inning pitcher in this bullpen though. EVAN MEEK was bit by the shoulder bug. His early season was an unqualified disaster, but he turned it around and regained his form once he came back in September. He should be fully healthy again, and a quiet source of a few saves. CHRIS RESOP is another primary set-up man, but he posted a 4.39 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in 2011. DANIEL McCUTCHEN won't be so lucky with his ERA this year if he doesn't lower his walk rate. He's just not a guy to put much faith in. | | ST LOUIS: HITTING: Alienate and trade your talented young centerfielder for bullpen scraps and a middling, impending free-agent starter. Justify your ludicrous pitching changes by blaming crowd noise and your innocent bullpen coach'and you too could win a World Series! This was Tony La Russa baseball. But he's gone now, as is the all-world Albert Pujols. SS RAFAEL FURCAL liked his short stint in the Show Me State enough to sign up for more. OF CARLOS BELTRAN will hit second after an impressive 2011 campaign during which he produced solid numbers in pitchers' parks amidst weak lineups. 2Bs TYLER GREENE and DANIEL DESCALSO are the latest plucky 'gamer' to play infield at Busch. Resuscitated slugger 1B LANCE BERKMAN shifts to a much more suitable defensive position. OF MATT HOLLIDAY's OPS remains as strong as ever. 3B DAVID FREESE will never have to buy a drink in Missouri again after his postseason heroics. C YADIER MOLINA is a defensive whiz behind the plate and an underrated hitter. OFs ALLEN CRAIG and JON JAY are more suited to platoon roles, but Jay will be starting in center on Opening Day.
STARTING PITCHING: His stuff isn't nearly what it used to be, and he's more than earned his reputation within the game as a towering crybaby. But on the mound, CHRIS CARPENTER remains ruthlessly effective when he's healthy. But he'll miss the first couple of months of the 2012 campaign due to shoulder problems. ADAM WAINWRIGHT should be ready to go on Opening Day, and has shown every reason to think he'll be his old brilliant self. JAIME GARCIA cannot sustain a sub-2.00 ERA for a full season. He's a mid-rotation starter, but one of the better ones in all of baseball. Did KYLE LOHSE really register a 1.17 WHIP over an entire season? Really? He just doesn't miss enough bats to keep that going. JAKE WESTBROOK stayed healthy for a full season again, which is a relief given his past dalliances with the DL. He's an innings eater who's capable of another dozen wins. LANCE LYNN gives the Cardinals enviable depth in the rotation. He'll probably slide back to the bullpen once Carpenter returns. Uber-prospect SHELBY MILLER could be a second-half call-up.
RELIEF PITCHING: It doesn't look pretty when JASON MOTTE winds up and delivers a pitch, but in the end, results are results. The converted catcher has finally nailed down the closer role that many predicted would be his a few years ago. The only way he loses it this time is if he hurts himself with that painful delivery. FERNANDO SALAS can more than hold his own if that happens. He'll slot into the eighth-inning role, but he provides more of the pitching depth that is a hallmark of this Cardinals team. KYLE McCLELLAN, like Lynn, is serviceable both in relief or in the rotation. But he's better in the former role. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (PITTSBURGH-ST LOUIS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Pirates-Cardinals Preview* ===========================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Pittsburgh (13-9) at St. Louis (13-8), 4:15 p.m. EDT
The Pittsburgh Pirates' A.J. Burnett was at his best against the St. Louis Cardinals last week, but his most recent outing at Busch Stadium was definitely one to forget.
The veteran right-hander seeks a better performance in St. Louis on Saturday as he faces the only team he's beaten this season, looking to prevent the Cardinals from matching their longest win streak of the past year.
Burnett (1-2, 2.79 ERA) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against St. Louis on April 17 before giving up a two-out double to Carlos Beltran. He retired the next batter and did not return for the eighth in the 5-0 victory, recording what remains his longest outing of the season.
"My goal every time out is to throw a no-hitter. I know they are major league hitters that I'm facing and I respect them, but my job is not to give up hits. You should go to the mound with that mindset," said Burnett, who threw his only no-hitter in 2001.
Burnett did not get a decision in his ensuing start at Philadelphia on Monday, yielding two runs over five innings in a 3-2 loss. He had seven strikeouts and leads the NL with 42.
"He threw everything but the kitchen sink at them," manager Clint Hurdle told the team's website. "It's a sign of a pretty good pitcher when he doesn't have his best stuff and he doesn't do that well, and he leaves the game and it's 2-2 in the fifth."
Burnett was far from good in his latest start at Busch Stadium, giving up a career-high 12 runs and 12 hits over 2 2-3 innings in a 12-3 loss May 2. Beltran had two three-run homers and an RBI single in that matchup against Burnett, who was 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA in his first three starts in St. Louis.
Beltran is coming off another two-homer game, hitting one from both sides of the plate in a 9-1 rout in Friday's series opener. St. Louis is 26-7 when Beltran homers since the start of last season, including 4-1 this year.
"Every time you hit a homer and you do something positive to help the team win, it feels great," Beltran said. "Today I was able to do that twice."
His performance Friday helped end the Pirates' win streak at three and extend the Cardinals' run to four. The only longer winning streak St. Louis (14-8) has had over the last year was a five-game run June 22-26.
Allen Craig matched a season high with three RBIs, and he's batting .421 with 12 RBIs in a 10-game home hitting streak against the Pirates (13-10). Craig also was hit in the helmet by a Jonathan Sanchez pitch in first inning Friday, leading to the Pittsburgh starter and Hurdle getting ejected.
Jake Westbrook (1-1, 1.25) will try again for his 100th career victory.
After pitching a five-hit shutout in Cincinnati on April 10, the right-hander was skipped in the rotation when his scheduled start against Pittsburgh on April 16 was rained out. Working on plenty of rest, Westbrook gave up three runs over six-plus innings Sunday in Philadelphia and did not get a decision as the Cardinals lost 7-3.
He hasn't been nearly as effective in nine career starts against the Pirates, going 1-7 with a 5.91 ERA. He was tagged for seven runs and 11 hits over five innings in his most recent matchup, a 9-0 drubbing in Pittsburgh on Aug. 28.
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| | Last Updated: 4/18/2024 4:02:30 PM EST. |
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