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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 6, 2011 @PNC Park

Astros, 12-19, 12-19 6th, 5½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 1-3, 4.26)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-3) 38.0 46 18 18 9 33 4 4.26
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.0 49 20 19 13 41 4 3.89 52
2011-04-30 MIL ND 8.0 7 0 0 0 6 0 114 74
2011-04-24 @MIL L 7.0 10 4 4 3 9 2 126 47
2011-04-19 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 118 71
2011-04-13 CHC L 5.0 9 5 5 2 4 1 86 31
2011-04-08 FLA ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 2 0 83 59
2011-04-02 @PHI L 4.0 9 7 7 1 5 0 83 20
2010-09-28 @CIN ND 6.0 3 2 1 4 8 0 108 64
Last 5 v.PIT 4-1 34.0 28 8 7 8 37 1 1.85 64
2010-07-06 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 2 10 0 107 73
2010-04-24 PIT W 7.1 5 2 1 1 7 1 96 68
2009-07-08 PIT W 9.0 5 0 0 1 11 0 125 87
2009-05-30 @PIT L 4.2 9 5 5 3 6 0 105 29
2008-06-03 @PIT W 6.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 91 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-9    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Thu, May  5  @CIN  L   4-10      12-19  6th  5.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4  @CIN  L   2-3       12-18  6th  4.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3  @CIN  W  10-4       12-17  6th  4.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   MIL  W   5-0       11-17  6th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   MIL  W   2-1       10-17  6th  6.0 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29   MIL  L   0-5        9-17  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   STL  L   7-11       9-16  6th  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   STL  L   5-6        9-15  6th  4.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   STL  W   6-5        9-14  6th  3.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @MIL  L   1-4        8-14  6th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Pirates, 15-16, 15-16 3rd, 2½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (29, LHP, 1-4, 4.14)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-4) 37.0 35 19 17 13 25 2 4.14
2010 (9-15) 185.1 228 119 105 62 102 15 5.10
2009 (8-9) 194.2 221 102 96 60 119 14 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-4 44.0 41 20 18 14 32 2 3.68 53
2011-04-30 @COL L 7.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 101 47
2011-04-25 WSN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 0 99 67
2011-04-19 @FLA L 3.2 7 6 6 3 4 0 76 24
2011-04-14 MIL L 7.0 4 2 2 3 6 0 98 64
2011-04-07 COL L 5.2 8 5 3 0 1 1 78 38
2011-04-02 @CHC ND 6.2 5 0 0 2 3 0 92 65
2010-09-26 HOU W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 94 67
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 37.2 30 8 6 6 17 1 1.43 64
2010-09-26 HOU W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 94 67
2010-08-14 @HOU L 6.2 9 3 3 1 4 1 101 47
2010-07-18 HOU W 9.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 103 82
2010-04-23 @HOU L 7.0 6 4 2 2 3 0 98 54
2009-09-13 @HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 2 0 95 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-15   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May  4  @SDP  W   7-4       15-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  3  @SDP  L   5-6       14-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  2  @SDP  W   4-3       14-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1  @COL  W   8-4       13-15  4th  3.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @COL  L   1-4       12-15  5th  4.0 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @COL  W   3-0       12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   SFG  L   2-5       11-14  4th  3.0 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   SFG  W   2-0       11-13  4th  2.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   SFG  L   2-3 (10)  10-13  4th  2.0 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 25   WSN  W   4-2       10-12  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 PIT  9  HOU  3        W:Paul Maholm (9-15), L: J.A. Happ (6-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 PIT  6  HOU  4        W:Zach Duke (8-14), L: Bud Norris (9-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 HOU 10 @PIT  7        W:Brett Myers (14-7), L: Chris Leroux (0-1), S: Brandon Lyon (19)
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 HOU  8  PIT  2        W:J.A. Happ (3-1), L: Jeff Karstens (2-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 HOU  3  PIT  2        W:Bud Norris (5-7), L: Paul Maholm (7-11), S: Brandon Lyon (4)
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 HOU  4  PIT  1        W:Wilton Lopez (4-0), L: Evan Meek (4-4), S: Brandon Lyon (3)
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 PIT  9  HOU  0        W:Paul Maholm (6-7), L: Roy Oswalt (6-11), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 PIT 12  HOU  6        W:Javier Lopez (2-1), L: Bud Norris (2-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 HOU  5 @PIT  2        W:Brett Myers (7-6), L: Zach Duke (3-9), S: Matt Lindstrom (22)
Thu, Jul 08, 2010 HOU  2  PIT  0        W:Roy Oswalt (6-10), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 338-327

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 2011 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

STL  5.44

DET  4.19

MIN  3.07

 RA/G

ATL  3.09

TOR  4.23

HOU  5.42

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

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 ERA

J. Weaver  1.39

D. Lowe  3.72

R. Dempster  8.05

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.86

C. Zambrano  6.64

D. Moseley  3.72

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 22/1.686 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 20/14 .211/.250/.368/.618 .000/.896 .968 20/.618 0/0 0/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .286/.286/.286/.571 /.571 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 49/31 .391/.429/.500/.929 1.000/.887 .764 41/1.016 11/2 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 22/.581 9/.333 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 128/95 .261/.346/.351/.698 .416/.794 .696 102/.697 11/0 0/0
16.Downs G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .257/.316/.429/.744 .250/.885 .438 34/.743 0/0 1/1
22.Hall G/S/vP 36/1.671 6/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 105/80 .221/.286/.326/.612 .764/.565 .606 79/.688 0/1 1/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 109/82 .192/.229/.346/.576 .416/.629 .544 81/.582 0/1 3/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 48/.506 2/.000 6/.533 5/1.400 3/.000 2/.000 117/89 .207/.248/.360/.608 1.024/.475 .680 89/.577 1/0 3/1
9.Pence G/S/vP 40/.999 2/.500 7/1.000 5/1.350 ··· 2/2.500 136/101 .294/.346/.460/.806 .871/.783 .758 107/.820 2/0 4/2
55.Quintero G/S/vP 15/.666 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 76/63 .271/.307/.357/.664 .917/.612 .551 60/.757 1/0 0/3
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 121/92 .287/.325/.361/.686 .516/.740 .679 91/.696 1/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 43/27 .361/.465/.611/1.076 1.333/.944 1.089 31/1.067 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 114/86 .353/.416/.500/.916 .629/1.013 .722 86/.980 1/0 2/1
IP 37.0 7.2 16.0 12.0 16.1 13.1 TOTAL .266/.319/.388/.707 .701/.709 .676 .731 28/4 17/27
ERA-K/9 4.14/6.1 3.52/10.5 1.69/7.3 0.00/3.8 1.65/9.9 4.05/14.9 3.80/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (19-7-1)
 Towles (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.254 31/.214 64/.300 41/.179 65/.172 54/.191 .252  Lee
 Pence
 Bourn
 Bourgeois
 Bogusevic
24/0/0/4
0/0/31/3
0/28/0/1
13/5/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .688 .826 .727 .425 .468 .682 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.793 14/.429 28/.780 19/.526 26/.694 21/1.083 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.652 17/1.197 36/.686 22/.332 39/.319 33/.391 .655
Home 78/.593 6/.167 24/.830 18/.513 31/.472 21/.460
Last 28d days 106/.657 31/.826 43/.820 41/.425 38/.244 44/.755
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 3/1/1 28/23/8
Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··· ···XX·o· ·oX····X ·X·X··X· ·X·oo·o·
Pirates Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 108/85 .212/.278/.283/.561 .611/.546 .422 72/.599 1/0 1/5
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 96/77 .212/.263/.271/.534 .649/.504 .421 69/.565 0/3 0/3
23.Diaz G/S/vP 19/.892 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 58/37 .232/.259/.304/.562 .243/.741 .471 46/.668 1/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 12/.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 61/49 .259/.333/.426/.759 1.545/.597 .644 40/.889 0/1 2/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 10/.200 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 94/85 .266/.383/.519/.902 .222/.983 .564 66/1.035 2/0 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 132/108 .221/.333/.389/.723 .440/.787 .383 100/.657 5/4 5/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/91 .226/.311/.302/.613 .284/.723 .581 83/.568 1/1 1/3
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/26 .300/.323/.367/.689 .000/.825 .333 24/.639 2/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .241/.313/.276/.588 .598/.579 .829 28/.526 0/0 0/1
19.Snyder G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 52/39 .295/.373/.409/.782 .615/.846 .497 52/.782 0/0 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 115/94 .242/.333/.384/.717 1.123/.630 .768 77/.614 9/1 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 132/106 .286/.356/.420/.776 .760/.781 .766 96/.693 2/0 3/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/22 .194/.265/.258/.523 .593/.472 .528 32/.596 0/0 0/0
IP 38.0 11.1 13.2 15.0 5.2 15.2 TOTAL .234/.311/.344/.655 .555/.683 .544 .651 24/11 22/23
ERA-K/9 4.26/7.8 5.56/5.6 5.27/3.9 3.00/8.4 6.35/7.9 1.72/6.9 4.99/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (14-4-0)
 Snyder (8-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 167/.297 57/.300 63/.333 66/.254 27/.320 66/.237 .291  McCutchen
 Jones
 Paul
 Diaz
 Tabata
 Pearce
0/29/0/3
0/0/26/2
10/0/2/1
5/0/12/1
25/2/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .789 .868 .827 .713 .770 .562 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.639 25/.560 23/.899 29/.610 5/1.400 23/.333 .884
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.829 32/1.149 40/.785 37/.790 22/.618 43/.674 .766
Road 85/.831 28/.555 34/.908 28/.632 11/.282 34/.636
Last 28d days 115/.770 44/.939 47/.806 46/.606 14/.690 50/.582
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 32/29/8
Usage ·····X·· ·oo·o··X o·o····o oo··o·Xo ·X······ ·oo·o·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.