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| 909 | PITTSBURGH | +120 | Ov 7,-105 | +115 | Ov 7,-120 | | 910 | ST LOUIS | -130 | Un 7,-115 | -125 | Un 7,+100 |
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| All Games | 95-69 | +23.7 | 73-85 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.304 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.303 | | Road Games | 44-38 | +11.8 | 40-40 | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.302 | 3.9 | 0.244 | 0.315 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 77-56 | +20.6 | 57-72 | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.300 | 3.6 | 0.234 | 0.300 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.8 | 4-3 | 4.7 | 0.263 | 0.312 | 3.3 | 0.232 | 0.304 | | Grass Games | 95-69 | +23.7 | 73-85 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.304 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.303 | | Day Games | 31-29 | +3.9 | 31-28 | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 4.1 | 0.235 | 0.307 | | Division | 46-32 | +13.6 | 35-40 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.307 | 3.7 | 0.231 | 0.295 | | Playoff games | 1-1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3.5 | 0.258 | 0.290 | 5.5 | 0.250 | 0.324 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.304 | 164 | 5552 | 1362 | 474 | 165 | 0.03 | 610 | 472 | 1343 | 94 | 1139 | 143 | 107 | 156 | 95 | | Road Games | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.302 | 82 | 2831 | 683 | 252 | 93 | 0.03 | 310 | 246 | 747 | 44 | 576 | 69 | 55 | 76 | 50 | | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.300 | 133 | 4462 | 1076 | 382 | 137 | 0.03 | 485 | 378 | 1085 | 76 | 902 | 120 | 85 | 128 | 80 |
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| All Games | 2.86 | 1.165 | 553.6 | 186 | 176 | 468 | 37 | 177 | 455 | 30-20 | 55 | 15 | 78.6% | | Road Games | 3.24 | 1.238 | 266.7 | 101 | 96 | 231 | 26 | 99 | 221 | 13-11 | 29 | 8 | 78.4% |
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| All Games | 98-65 | +12 | 80-75 | 4.9 | 0.269 | 0.328 | 3.7 | 0.248 | 0.305 | | Home Games | 55-27 | +12 | 35-42 | 4.7 | 0.275 | 0.333 | 3.3 | 0.232 | 0.286 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 78-42 | +23 | 62-53 | 5.2 | 0.276 | 0.335 | 3.6 | 0.248 | 0.304 | | Past 7 Games | 7-0 | +7 | 2-3 | 5.1 | 0.284 | 0.347 | 1.0 | 0.166 | 0.192 | | Grass Games | 98-65 | +12 | 80-75 | 4.9 | 0.269 | 0.328 | 3.7 | 0.248 | 0.305 | | Day Games | 34-18 | +11.6 | 31-21 | 5.1 | 0.266 | 0.323 | 3.4 | 0.256 | 0.313 | | Division | 47-30 | +8.1 | 42-31 | 5.0 | 0.268 | 0.330 | 3.7 | 0.246 | 0.308 | | Playoff games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 9.0 | 0.312 | 0.421 | 1.0 | 0.129 | 0.129 |
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| All Games | 4.9 | 0.269 | 0.328 | 163 | 5589 | 1504 | 470 | 126 | 0.02 | 751 | 487 | 1112 | 45 | 1094 | 176 | 76 | 177 | 39 | | Home Games | 4.7 | 0.275 | 0.333 | 82 | 2712 | 745 | 223 | 59 | 0.02 | 363 | 235 | 489 | 22 | 540 | 87 | 36 | 88 | 18 | | Righty Starters | 5.2 | 0.276 | 0.335 | 120 | 4152 | 1147 | 351 | 97 | 0.02 | 587 | 365 | 812 | 33 | 806 | 134 | 56 | 128 | 33 |
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| All Games | 3.43 | 1.238 | 477.3 | 192 | 182 | 443 | 36 | 148 | 450 | 20-19 | 44 | 18 | 71% | | Home Games | 3.77 | 1.233 | 243.3 | 108 | 102 | 223 | 17 | 77 | 236 | 11-9 | 27 | 8 | 77.1% |
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| 9/20/2013 | LIRIANO(L) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | 5-6 | L | -120 | 6.5 un | O | 10 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 9/21/2013 | BURNETT(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 4-2 | W | -110 | 7 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | | 9/22/2013 | LOCKE(L) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | 3-11 | L | -115 | 6.5 ov | O | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | | 9/23/2013 | MORTON(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 2-1 | W | -125 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 9/24/2013 | COLE(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | RUSIN(L) | 8-2 | W | -165 | 7 ev | O | 12 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | | 9/25/2013 | LIRIANO(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | 2-4 | L | -160 | 6.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | | 9/27/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 4-1 | W | 120 | 7 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 9/28/2013 | MORTON(R) | @ CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | 8-3 | W | 110 | 7.5 ov | O | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | | 9/29/2013 | CUMPTON(R) | @ CINCINNATI | REYNOLDS(R) | 4-2 | W | 115 | 8 un | U | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 10/1/2013 | LIRIANO(L) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 6-2 | W | -135 | 6.5 un | O | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 10/3/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | 1-9 | L | 130 | 6.5 ov | O | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 10/4/2013 | COLE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | | | 10/6/2013 | LIRIANO(L) | ST LOUIS | KELLY(R) | |
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| 9/20/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | HELLWEG(R) | 7-6 | W | -190 | 9.5 un | O | 16 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 9/21/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 7-2 | W | -140 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | | 9/22/2013 | KELLY(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 4-6 | L | -145 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 9/23/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | WASHINGTON | ROARK(R) | 4-3 | W | -160 | 7 ov | P | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 9/24/2013 | WACHA(R) | WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 2-0 | W | -125 | 7 ov | U | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 9/25/2013 | MILLER(R) | WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | 4-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 9/27/2013 | LYNN(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 7-0 | W | -165 | 7 un | P | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 9/28/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | 6-2 | W | -205 | 7 un | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 9/29/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 4-0 | W | -150 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 10/3/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | 9-1 | W | -140 | 6.5 ov | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | 10/4/2013 | LYNN(R) | PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | | | 10/6/2013 | KELLY(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | |
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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 NOEY KUPCHAN STATS Writer
Pittsburgh (94-68) at St. Louis (97-65), 1:07 p.m. EDT
After a one-sided victory in Game 1 of their NL division series, Carlos Beltran and the St. Louis Cardinals are hungry for more.
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, meanwhile, is hoping to see his club even things up.
The Cardinals try to continue their recent domination against the visiting Pirates, who turn to rookie Gerrit Cole in Game 2 of this best-of-five set Friday.
Beltran hit a three-run homer to spark a seven-run third inning as St. Louis cruised to a 9-1 win Thursday. David Freese added two hits and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who have outscored Pittsburgh 42-13 in winning the last five meetings.
"To be able to get out on a good first step and play well today I think is big for our guys confidence-wise," manager Mike Matheny said. "Gives us an opportunity to just take some momentum, and momentum is big right now when you talk about a five-game series."
While the Pirates snapped a 21-year postseason drought and beat Cincinnati 6-2 two nights earlier in the wild-card game, they failed to get much going Thursday. Andrew McCutchen had two of the team's four hits and Pedro Alvarez homered.
"Game 164 was rough. That's one of the things we've been real good at is we don't overcook things," said Hurdle, whose team committed three errors. "We knew coming in we had to find a way to win a game here. ... We're down one game in the series, and we'll move on."
The Pirates will try to bounce back behind Cole (10-7, 3.22 ERA), who posted a 1.38 ERA in winning his final four regular-season starts
"It's going to be unbelievable. You're in enemy territory. The place is going to be loud. It's going to be rocking," said Cole, who struck out 34 over 26 innings during his winning streak. "I have no real experience to pull from, so just going to try to keep it as simple as I can and just control what I can control."
The 23-year-old right-hander went 4-2 with a 2.38 ERA in seven road outings. Cole, though, faces a tough task in his first appearance against St. Louis, which has won seven straight.
"I know that - facing (Matt) Carpenter, Beltran, (Yadier) Molina, (Matt) Holliday, Freese, (Jon) Jay - they're just great hitters," he said. "Whether you've seen them a bunch of times or not, you know what they're capable of doing. You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen."
Cole will need to be especially careful against Beltran, who is batting .357 with 15 homers - tied with Babe Ruth for eighth all-time - and 28 RBIs in 35 postseason games.
"He's like our secret weapon when it comes to the postseason. He steps up every time," Carpenter said. "Some guys just have a knack for a big game and he's one of them."
The Cardinals counter with Lance Lynn (15-10, 3.97), who also thrived down the stretch. The right-hander followed a career-worst four-start losing streak by going 2-0 with a 1.09 ERA in his final four outings, striking out 30 over 24 2-3 innings.
"To be here at this time, you know what it's all about," he said. "It doesn't matter if it's regular season, postseason, whatever it may be. You're just thinking about one thing, and that is getting the job done for your team and giving them a chance to win."
While Lynn went 6-7 with a 5.15 ERA on the road, he was 9-3 with a 2.82 ERA at home.
"Some pitchers feel more comfortable at certain places," he said. "But I have the luxury of throwing in front of the home crowd here, and I'm excited about it."
Lynn went 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA in two starts against San Francisco in last season's NLCS.
Lynn was 2-1 with a 5.60 ERA in five starts versus the Pirates this season. He surrendered a career high-tying seven runs over four innings in a 7-1 loss in Pittsburgh on Aug. 31.
Pirates outfielder Starling Marte is 6 for 13 with two doubles and a triple in their matchups, while McCutchen is 4 for 26 with 10 strikeouts.
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| | Last Updated: 4/24/2024 12:15:24 AM EST. |
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