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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, August 24, 2007 @Minute Maid Park

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Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-71, 6th, 10 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (25, RHP, 8-10, 3.93)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-10)           162.2 165  76  71  48 141 19    3.93      
 2006 (14-11)          186   198 104  98  74 169 29    4.74      
 2005 (1-2)             42    43  25  24  24  34  5    5.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41    53  29  29  13  44  7    6.37   44 
 2007-08-19    PHI   W   7     8   4   4   3  10  2     120   52 
 2007-08-14    NYM  ND   7     8   3   3   0   7  1     111   56 
 2007-08-09    ARI  ND   6     6   2   2   3   7  0      95   56 
 2007-08-03    CIN   L   5    10   6   6   3   2  1     104   22 
 2007-07-29    PHI   L   6     6   3   3   3   7  0     107   52 
 2007-07-24    NYM   L   4    10   6   6   0   5  1      63   23 
 2007-07-18    COL   L   6     5   5   5   1   6  2      85   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-2  30.2  30  15  13  11  30  3    3.82   53 
 2007-04-03    HOU  ND   6     4   2   2   1  11  1      86   66 
 2006-09-26    HOU   L   5     7   6   4   3   3  0      95   33 
 2006-05-26    HOU   W   5.2  10   5   5   2   7  2     110   34 
 2006-04-22    HOU   L   6     6   2   2   2   4  0      94   54 
 2005-09-19    HOU   W   8     3   0   0   3   5  0     103   78 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-36   Road:   26-35   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:25-26   vsWest: 12-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Thu, Aug 23  @COL  W   5-1       55-71  6th 10.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 22  @COL  W  11-2       54-71  6th 11.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 21  @COL  L   2-9       53-71  6th 11.0 gb
123 Mon, Aug 20  @COL  W   4-2 (11)  53-70  6th 10.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 19   PHI  W   8-4       52-70  6th 11.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18   PHI  W  11-6       51-70  6th 11.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17   PHI  L   8-11      50-70  6th 11.5 gb
119 Thu, Aug 16   NYM  W  10-7       50-69  6th 11.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 15   NYM  L   8-10      49-69  6th 12.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 14   NYM  L   4-5       49-68  6th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Houston Astros, 57-71, 5th, 9 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Matt Albers (24, RHP, 3-6, 6.14)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-6)             73.1  83  53  50  36  45 14    6.14      
 2006 (0-2)             15    17  10  10   7  11  1    6.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  34    41  29  29  17  25  7    7.68   39 
 2007-08-19    SDP   L   5.2   7   5   5   3   3  1      89   35 
 2007-08-14    LAD   W   6.2   7   3   3   2   1  1      98   47 
 2007-08-05    FLA   L   4.1   5   5   5   3   6  1      96   36 
 2007-07-25    LAD  ND   5     3   0   0   1   5  0      90   65 
 2007-05-23    SFG   L   6.1   4   4   4   5   4  0     102   48 
 2007-05-18    TEX   L   3     6   5   5   2   4  2      80   29 
 2007-05-10    CIN   L   3     9   7   7   1   2  2      68   14 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      0-0   6     4   3   3   1   2  1    4.50   53 
 2007-04-25    PIT  ND   6     4   3   3   1   2  1      86   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-30   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  37-52   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 23   WSN  L   6-7       57-71  5th  9.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 22   WSN  W   3-2       57-70  4th  9.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 21   WSN  L   6-11      56-70  4th  9.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 20   WSN  L   0-7       56-69  4th  8.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 19  @SDP  L   3-5       56-68  4th  8.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 18  @SDP  W   3-2       56-67  4th  7.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 17  @SDP  W   3-1       55-67  4th  7.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 16  @LAD  L   2-6       54-67  4th  8.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 15  @LAD  L   3-6       54-66  4th  8.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 14  @LAD  W   7-4       54-65  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 HOU  1 @PIT  0    W:Woody Williams (5-11), L: Shane Youman (2-2), S: Brad Lidge (3)
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 PIT  7  HOU  3    W:Paul Maholm (6-12), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 HOU  2 @PIT  1    W:Roy Oswalt (9-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (9-5), S: Brad Lidge (2)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 PIT  5  HOU  3    W:Jonah Bayliss (2-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-3), S: John Grabow (1)
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 PIT  4  HOU  3 (16)   W:John Wasdin (1-1), L: Brian Moehler (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 PIT  3  HOU  0    W:Paul Maholm (1-2), L: Woody Williams (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 PIT  5 @HOU  4    W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-0), L: Woody Williams (0-1), S: Salomon Torres (3)
Tue, Apr 03, 2007 PIT  3 @HOU  2    W:Jonah Bayliss (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (0-1), S: Salomon Torres (2)
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 PIT  4 @HOU  2 (10)   W:Matt Capps (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (0-1), S: Salomon Torres (1)

Thu, Sep 28, 2006 HOU  3 @PIT  0    W:Roy Oswalt (15-8), L: Tom Gorzelanny (2-5), S: Brad Lidge (32)
Season Series: 2007 - PIT leads 7-2; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; 2005 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 318-295

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 2007 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.97

BAL  4.65

WSN  3.93

RA/G

SDP  3.90

BAL  4.79

TBD  5.98

BA

M. Ordonez  .352

J. Pierre  .291

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

C. Jackson  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .643

J. Hermida  .473

N. Punto  .258

OPS

B. Bonds  1.081

K. Youkilis  .830

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

S. Mitre  4.02

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Willis  6.33

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Albers
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
71.Gutierrez
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
62.McLemore*
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 6/.367 457/345 .261/.344/.415/.760 .744/.764 .735 95/.825 5/3 10/12
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.333 ··· 14/1.571 ··· 3/1.167 11/.573 13/1.365 531/395 .250/.324/.423/.747 .731/.752 .783 114/.672 3/1 19/7
14.Castillo G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.666 8/.250 194/132 .249/.278/.341/.619 .667/.596 .656 61/.668 0/0 0/8
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 7/.619 4/1.167 272/200 .256/.309/.308/.617 .419/.688 .727 61/.677 3/1 0/7
53.Kata# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 114/72 .226/.274/.396/.671 .432/.805 .438 14/1.352 1/0 3/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 15/1.148 3/.000 503/370 .264/.342/.455/.797 .825/.786 .683 108/.944 1/1 18/4
51.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.500 2/.500 0/0 0/0
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 268/224 .256/.328/.471/.799 .747/.809 .737 108/.986 10/0 10/2
22.Nady G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 10/1.178 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.333 387/289 .292/.344/.496/.839 .850/.836 .839 41/.994 2/1 16/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 378/276 .242/.291/.373/.664 .928/.567 .610 93/.742 1/2 9/7
5.Phelps G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/55 .303/.387/.496/.883 .786/1.036 .923 30/1.617 0/0 6/3
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/5.000 4/.250 ··· 8/.542 ··· 1/.000 7/1.238 7/.666 520/377 .308/.347/.439/.787 .962/.720 .810 125/.940 0/1 9/6
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.000 ··· 15/.786 ··· 1/.000 13/.885 12/.955 447/349 .271/.327/.383/.711 .808/.684 .711 77/1.053 1/4 7/9
IP 73.1 57.1 7.0 53.2 23.0 36.2 44.2 66.0 TOTAL .260/.322/.410/.732 .762/.721 .715 42/22 118/64
ERA-K/9 6.14/5.5 5.34/8.2 9.00/9.0 3.02/12.1 3.52/8.6 5.15/9.3 4.84/5.8 3.14/9.1 4.74/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maldonado (2-0-0)
 Paulino (60-24-6)
 Phelps (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 339/.288 262/.292 9/.286 226/.221 97/.299 176/.277 193/.304 274/.278 .276  Bay
 Nady
 Kata
 McLouth
 Bautista
 Castillo
121/0/0/11
4/11/78/3
11/0/1/2
6/55/14/2
2/4/10/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .863 .847 .762 .707 .842 .821 .806 .747 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.870 115/.903 5/.450 98/.732 31/1.174 90/.731 76/.910 114/.622 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.857 147/.802 4/1.167 128/.690 66/.680 86/.919 117/.739 160/.840 .786
Home 103/.909 153/.819 6/1.250 128/.740 52/1.020 95/.804 95/.901 151/.790 .765
Last 28d days 112/.968 70/.979 9/.762 48/.928 63/.702 48/.804 41/.552 62/.570
HR/SB/CS 14/7/0 7/1/0 0/0/0 7/3/0 3/0/0 3/3/0 6/3/0 8/6/5 159/69/20
Usage ····X··· ··XX·X·· ···Xo··· ·o···oX· ··X·X··o ··oX·X·o ···X···X ·X···oX·
Houston Astros Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Chacon
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
27.Youman*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 17/.306 2/1.000 10/.200 4/.000 4/.000 5/.400 21/.148 3/1.334 349/257 .237/.316/.321/.637 .683/.621 .728 73/.552 5/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 16/.792 4/.500 22/1.342 9/1.127 5/.200 4/1.833 18/1.325 1/.000 521/394 .274/.384/.480/.864 .809/.882 .797 115/1.044 5/3 24/8
7.Biggio G/S/vP 20/.463 7/.666 16/.698 4/2.250 2/.000 4/.000 28/.779 1/.000 449/333 .256/.291/.405/.696 .867/.636 .815 75/.780 4/2 10/8
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 136/77 .254/.351/.281/.632 .605/.653 .675 60/.533 5/2 0/5
2.Burke G/S/vP 7/.143 5/.200 6/.533 5/1.000 2/.000 2/2.500 6/.533 4/.250 267/171 .229/.304/.356/.660 .799/.584 .765 65/.660 7/2 4/4
Driskill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 13/1.415 3/1.167 11/1.205 9/.666 2/.000 1/.000 9/.666 4/.000 307/254 .289/.366/.456/.822 .996/.787 .906 64/.613 0/0 11/9
45.Lee G/S/vP 10/.522 7/.714 7/.829 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.000 3/.000 552/412 .302/.357/.527/.883 1.004/.843 1.002 108/.949 8/5 26/3
8.Loretta G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 18/.591 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 11/1.000 3/.333 417/321 .280/.353/.358/.711 .746/.701 .690 92/.536 1/2 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 116/89 .262/.336/.417/.754 .850/.723 .892 34/.617 0/0 4/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 4/2.333 3/.333 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 9/.417 ··· 104/97 .236/.333/.270/.603 .750/.594 .492 18/.465 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 334/254 .326/.350/.559/.909 .914/.908 .993 10/.600 8/4 12/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 8/.393 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 341/293 .254/.352/.495/.847 .838/.848 .728 66/1.047 2/1 14/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.956 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 493/352 .275/.333/.454/.786 .940/.729 .815 84/.834 2/4 18/8
IP 162.2 64.0 86.1 39.2 38.2 9.1 46.0 44.2 TOTAL .256/.327/.407/.734 .776/.719 .761 51/27 129/76
ERA-K/9 3.93/7.8 2.25/6.8 4.17/7.6 3.86/7.9 1.86/9.8 2.89/3.9 5.09/7.4 5.84/4.0 4.80/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (42-14-2)
 Munson (22-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.264 250/.213 377/.261 171/.265 155/.193 44/.342 200/.256 197/.296 .281  Scott
 Lee
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
1/3/81/8
123/0/0/8
0/75/1/5
3/26/14/3
11/0/16/2
0/1/30/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .747 .568 .752 .678 .573 .800 .724 .821 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 344/.811 101/.744 144/.953 62/.537 64/.345 20/.971 81/.897 29/.954 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.683 149/.455 233/.632 109/.763 91/.726 24/.661 119/.609 168/.799 .785
Road 320/.777 122/.532 187/.864 77/.766 82/.715 22/.725 99/.588 34/1.045 .817
Last 28d days 142/.875 39/.495 55/.995 41/.329 37/.803 44/.800 55/.786 93/.933
HR/SB/CS 19/11/4 4/1/0 8/6/4 3/9/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 6/0/1 5/4/1 132/92/31
Usage ····X··· ···ooo·X ···X·oX· ·X·o···· ···o···o ·XX····X ···oo·oo ··X···X·

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.

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