Yuck, huh? What a crappy night for Pittsburgh Sports.
The Pirates need to start hitting. I know it’s obvious but that’s all their is too it.
Neil Walker has just 1 hit in 13 at bats. Unacceptable.
Jose Tabata has 3 hits in 18 at bats, slightly better but still unacceptable.
Andrew McCutchen has 5 hits in 15 at bats, a good number. He has also GIDP three times. Unacceptable.
The good thing is that those guys have all hit much better than that before, it has to turn around. Doesn’t it?
First Pitch: 10:10 PM
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Chris Capuano, LHP (33)
What a drop off for this rotation. I don’t want to say Capuano is bad, because that’s not the case. Well maybe it is sort of the case? Either way, the top two of this rotation are significantly better than 3-5. I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be though when you have a true ace.
Capuano has had a bit of an up and down career spending some time in the rotation, then some time in the bullpen. He has been very good at times, winning 18 games in 2005.
| Year | Tm | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | IP | HR | BB | SO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ARI | 2 | 4 | 4.64 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 102 | 1.152 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 2.09 |
| 2004 | MIL | 6 | 8 | 4.99 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.1 | 18 | 37 | 80 | 88 | 1.449 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 2.16 |
| 2005 | MIL | 18 | 12 | 3.99 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219.0 | 31 | 91 | 176 | 107 | 1.384 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 1.93 |
| 2006 | MIL | 11 | 12 | 4.03 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 221.1 | 29 | 47 | 174 | 113 | 1.247 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 3.70 |
| 2007 | MIL | 5 | 12 | 5.10 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 20 | 54 | 132 | 87 | 1.493 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 2.44 |
| 2010 | MIL | 4 | 4 | 3.95 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 9 | 21 | 54 | 102 | 1.303 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 2.57 |
| 2011 | NYM | 11 | 12 | 4.55 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 186.0 | 27 | 53 | 168 | 82 | 1.349 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 3.17 |
| 2012 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 1.500 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.80 |
| 8 Yrs | 57 | 64 | 4.41 | 182 | 157 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 968.1 | 137 | 319 | 811 | 97 | 1.356 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 2.54 | |
| 162 Game Avg. | 11 | 13 | 4.41 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 27 | 64 | 163 | 97 | 1.356 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 2.54 | |
| MIL (5 yrs) | 44 | 48 | 4.34 | 139 | 120 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 744.2 | 107 | 250 | 616 | 101 | 1.366 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 2.46 | |
| ARI (1 yr) | 2 | 4 | 4.64 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 102 | 1.152 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 2.09 | |
| NYM (1 yr) | 11 | 12 | 4.55 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 186.0 | 27 | 53 | 168 | 82 | 1.349 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 3.17 | |
| LAD (1 yr) | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 1.500 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.80 | |
Cappy is another pitcher who faced the Pirates twice last year and got a 1-1 split.
| Split | G | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | CS | BB | SO | tOPS+ | sOPS+ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | .239 | .300 | .261 | .561 | .282 | 50 | 68 |
| I | Split | W | L | G | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1 | 3.46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1.077 | 4.8 | 2.33 |
Having played for the Brewers for the majority of his career, Capuano, has faced the Bucs a good bit. In fact his 17 appearances against the Pirates are more than he has faced any other team.
The Bucs have tended to hit him pretty well too.
| I | Split | G | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | CS | BB | SO | tOPS+ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 57 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 63 | 2.17 | .299 | .366 | .503 | .869 | .332 | 124 |
| I | Split | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 7 | 5.99 | 17 | 15 | 82.2 | 100 | 57 | 55 | 14 | 29 | 63 | 1.560 | 6.9 | 2.17 |
Despite the fact that he is a lefty, I think you have to go with Pedro Alvarez in this one. It can’t be a strict platoon if he is to learn and Capuano isn’t Cliff Lee.
| PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Barmes | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .385 | .400 | .785 |
| Jose Tabata | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .556 | .856 |
| Neil Walker | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
| Garrett Jones | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 |
| Casey McGehee | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Nate McLouth | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 |
| Kevin Correia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 |
| Josh Harrison | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Jeff Karstens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 73 | 66 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .227 | .301 | .409 | .710 |
Jeff Karstens, RHP (29)
Karstens picked up right where he left off last year in his first outing, giving up just one run on five hits in six innings. You’d like to see him do a little better than two K to one walk, but it’s just one game. I would honestly take that outing any day of the week.
One thing Karstens will have going for him is pitching in Dodger Stadium. Karstens is a fly-ball guy, and it is a pitcher’s park.
Karstens only faced the Dodgers once last year, and it was kind of an odd outing. He didn’t really limit the Dodgers in regards to hits, as seen below.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .711 | .350 |
Seven hits in 5.2 innings is nothing to be proud of…. still he kept them from scoring, which in the end is all that matters.
| I | Split | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | BF | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1.412 | 3.2 | 2.00 |
Not good enough for the win, although the Pirates would go on to win the game, 4-1. Jose Veras would pick up that win.
I mentioned earlier that Karstens should pitch well at Dodger Stadium, but he hasn’t. The sample size is too small to really make any judgement but it bears stating that he has been awful in his two appearances there.
| I | Split | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD-Dodger Stad | 0 | 1 | 11.81 | 2 | 1 | 5.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.625 | 5.1 | 3.00 |
Those numbers really make his career numbers against the Dodgers look awful.
| I | Split | W | L | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 2 | 5.21 | 5 | 4 | 19.0 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1.947 | 3.8 | 2.67 |
I still think it’s kind of hard to get a read of Karstens. He isn’t the same pitcher he was, and it’s basically impossible to state why. He has been a bit of a mixed bag against the Dodgers hitters, so that makes it all the harder to predict what will happen.
| PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Hairston | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 |
| Andre Ethier | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .364 | .636 | 1.000 |
| James Loney | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 |
| Matt Kemp | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 |
| Juan Uribe | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 |
| Aaron Harang | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Adam Kennedy | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
| Juan Rivera | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Chad Billingsley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| Matt Treanor | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Chris Capuano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Tony Gwynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 61 | 57 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .281 | .317 | .421 | .738 |
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