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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Houston Astros, at PNC Park, August 23, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
128
On This Date:
25-24
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
127
On This Date:
67-67
Season Series
Mon, Aug 22, 2016 HOU  3 @PIT  1     

Tue, Aug 23, 2016 HOU    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 24, 2016 HOU    @PIT 12:35pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
65-60, 3rd, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-28   Road:   31-32   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  46-39   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  W   3-1       65-60  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @BAL  W   5-3       64-60  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @BAL  W  12-2       63-60  3rd  9.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @BAL  W  15-8       62-60  3rd 10.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @BAL  L   5-13      61-60  3rd 10.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17   STL  L   2-8       61-59  3rd 10.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16   STL  L   5-8       61-58  3rd  9.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14  @TOR  L   2-9       61-57  3rd  7.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13  @TOR  L   2-4       61-56  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12  @TOR  W   5-3       61-55  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Pittsburgh Pirates
62-60, 3rd, 16 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-29   Road:   29-31   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  44-52   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:21-24   vsWest: 22-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Mon, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-3       62-60  3rd 16.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 21   MIA  L   2-3       62-59  3rd 15.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 20   MIA  L   1-3       62-58  3rd 15.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 19   MIA  L   5-6       62-57  3rd 14.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 17  @SFG  W   6-5       62-56  3rd 13.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug 16  @SFG  W   4-3       61-56  3rd 13.5 gb
116 Mon, Aug 15  @SFG  W   8-5       60-56  3rd 13.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 14  @LAD  W  11-3       59-56  3rd 13.5 gb
114 Sat, Aug 13  @LAD  L   4-8       58-56  3rd 14.5 gb
113 Fri, Aug 12  @LAD  W   5-1       58-55  3rd 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 22, 2016 HOU  3 @PIT  1        W:Doug Fister (12-8), L: Jameson Taillon (3-3), S: Ken Giles (4)

Sun, May 19, 2013 PIT  1  HOU  0        W:Jeff Locke (4-1), L: Lucas Harrell (3-5), S: Jason Grilli (17)
Sat, May 18, 2013 HOU  4 @PIT  2 (11)   W:Jose Cisnero (1-0), L: Bryan Morris (1-2), S: Jose Veras (6)
Fri, May 17, 2013 PIT  5  HOU  4        W:Justin Wilson (4-0), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 PIT  8 @HOU  1        W:A.J. Burnett (16-8), L: Jordan Lyles (4-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 HOU  4  PIT  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (3-7), L: Kevin Correia (11-10), S: Wilton Lopez (7)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 HOU  7  PIT  1        W:Fernando Rodriguez (2-10), L: Jeff Locke (0-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 PIT  6  HOU  3        W:Kevin Correia (10-8), L: Fernando Abad (0-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 PIT  6  HOU  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (10-13), L: Jordan Lyles (3-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 HOU  5 @PIT  1        W:Edgar Gonzalez (1-0), L: Jeff Locke (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - HOU over 1-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - PIT leads 363-341

SP: Joseph Musgrove (23, RHP, 1-1, 4.18)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-1) 23.2 23 11 11 3 23 4 4.18
Last 7 GS 1-1 19.1 22 11 11 2 15 4 5.12 49
2016-08-18 @BAL L 5.1 11 8 8 1 2 3 97 15
2016-08-12 @TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 94 63
2016-08-07 TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 99 69
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Ivan Nova (29, RHP, 9-6, 4.83)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-6) 113.2 128 62 61 25 87 21 4.83
2015 (6-11) 94.0 99 54 53 33 63 13 5.07
2014 (2-2) 20.2 32 19 19 6 12 6 8.27
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.0 42 19 19 8 32 8 4.38 50
2016-08-17 @SFG ND 4.0 6 4 4 0 5 0 62 39
2016-08-12 @LAD W 5.1 9 1 1 0 2 0 82 48
2016-08-06 CIN W 7.0 6 3 3 0 5 2 76 58
2016-07-29 @TBR L 4.1 6 5 5 3 3 2 76 31
2016-07-23 SFG ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 96 66
2016-07-18 BAL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 1 97 61
2016-07-07 @CLE W 5.1 5 4 4 0 6 2 82 48
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 9.2 13 9 9 9 2 1 8.38 31
2015-08-25 HOU L 4.0 7 7 7 4 1 1 86 17
2014-04-03 @HOU W 5.2 6 2 2 5 1 0 88 45

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

Astros Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Nova
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.971 2/.000 6/.750 4/.000 9/.777 9/1.069 ··· 5/.500 559/415 .364/.426/.575/1.001 1.100/.969 1.116 106/1.056 26/7 20/4
2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/86 .229/.286/.404/.689 .864/.626 .757 111/.729 0/0 4/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 7/.821 1/.000 5/.933 2/2.000 ··· 9/1.015 ··· 3/.000 314/230 .214/.322/.391/.713 .542/.777 .767 59/.722 2/1 9/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 533/394 .270/.362/.464/.826 .742/.855 .866 110/.785 11/3 18/11
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.833 ··· 9/1.413 ··· 1/no AB 371/235 .240/.302/.460/.762 .887/.687 .779 85/.796 2/1 19/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 395/246 .245/.282/.404/.686 .746/.651 .624 70/.524 9/4 11/5
10.Gourriel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .333/.500/.333/.833 /.833 .833 4/.833 0/0 0/
35.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .281/.378/.594/.972 1.159/.917 1.113 37/.972 0/1 3/1
16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .240/.318/.307/.624 .369/.688 .475 35/.528 2/1 0/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 209/124 .221/.261/.344/.604 .654/.572 .612 54/.745 7/4 3/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/94 .191/.300/.319/.619 .259/.682 .566 58/.692 0/0 3/2
4.Springer G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 577/425 .263/.362/.474/.836 1.019/.774 .848 117/.844 7/9 25/2
IP 113.2 50.2 49.1 40.2 115.1 95.1 60.0 52.0 TOTAL .247/.322/.420/.742 .761/.735 .763 .722 85/35 156/54
ERA-K/9 4.83/6.9 4.44/8.9 3.10/9.7 3.54/4.9 5.38/4.8 4.72/10.2 3.90/10.7 2.77/7.6 4.14/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (30-7-12)
 Gattis (11-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.282 223/.233 196/.195 182/.304 505/.291 416/.267 251/.230 211/.207 .265  Springer
 Marisnick
 Kemp
 Hernandez
 Bregman
 Gonzalez
0/1/115/12
26/38/5/4
21/0/1/2
3/7/1/1
1/0/0/0
11/1/0/0
OPS .831 .741 .664 .855 .820 .798 .662 .631 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.861 93/.800 92/.612 81/.984 141/.713 198/.974 92/.852 67/.588 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.805 130/.697 104/.711 101/.756 364/.863 218/.632 159/.555 144/.651 .750
Home 250/.743 110/.854 101/.659 108/.909 227/.728 210/.767 122/.578 118/.641
Last 28d days 90/.949 39/.753 43/.790 29/.893 44/.869 61/.756 55/.668 36/.785
HR/SB/CS 21/8/2 9/10/1 9/2/1 4/6/2 14/9/3 13/2/4 5/0/2 5/3/0 132/74/20
Usage ·····X·· ·o····oo o··X··oX ··oo···· ··X··X·· ·X···X·· ·o·X·X·X ·····XoX
Pirates Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Musgrove
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .444/.500/.889/1.389 .000/1.545 1.343 8/.679 0/0 1/1
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 277/223 .276/.386/.320/.706 .804/.683 .701 57/.856 5/2 0/6
26.Frazier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/62 .338/.365/.493/.858 1.303/.773 .809 28/.607 4/1 1/0
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.100 3/.000 4/.750 2/2.000 ··· 395/308 .276/.357/.436/.793 .998/.735 .757 77/.733 0/0 12/7
24.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/80 .267/.340/.314/.654 .600/.666 .990 30/.285 0/2 0/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 441/350 .272/.300/.381/.681 .817/.645 .652 87/.729 16/3 4/7
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 13/.891 4/.250 363/342 .255/.343/.365/.707 .259/.733 .757 42/.662 0/4 4/4
17.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 213/181 .264/.399/.529/.928 .868/.938 1.075 36/.713 1/1 12/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· 473/382 .307/.364/.448/.812 .749/.828 .765 95/.720 41/10 7/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 10/.744 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 501/396 .244/.323/.407/.731 .720/.733 .734 87/.787 6/6 17/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 459/358 .262/.338/.371/.709 .878/.663 .768 82/.550 1/1 8/6
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 446/349 .273/.342/.485/.826 .797/.835 .876 72/.643 11/6 17/3
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 235/155 .252/.338/.500/.838 .973/.770 .959 32/.808 2/0 12/4
IP 23.2 86.1 53.1 49.1 45.2 48.2 36.2 2.0 33.2 TOTAL .256/.329/.400/.730 .785/.715 .754 .674 91/36 113/74
ERA-K/9 4.18/8.7 2.29/7.9 4.22/13.2 3.65/13.9 3.15/10.8 2.59/9.6 2.70/8.1 4.50/9.0 5.35/8.5 3.95/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (44-10-7)
 Fryer (17-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.256 329/.216 218/.221 215/.251 179/.172 197/.230 138/.175 7/.143 154/.314 .258  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Frazier
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
 Harrison
 Jaso
102/15/0/15
15/3/89/8
0/113/0/5
4/0/11/1
14/0/32/1
8/3/15/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .754 .586 .627 .725 .559 .576 .587 .714 .992 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.740 164/.649 101/.692 106/.647 88/.737 88/.598 39/1.060 2/.000 78/.908 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.764 165/.524 117/.571 109/.803 91/.395 109/.559 99/.412 5/1.000 76/1.073 .714
Road 53/1.078 158/.591 105/.958 96/.849 79/.536 92/.583 59/.553 7/.714 74/1.023
Last 28d days 94/.754 77/.533 43/.676 41/.766 11/.636 36/.845 22/.500 7/.714 31/1.133
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 4/7/4 7/3/1 6/1/0 3/4/0 3/7/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 10/2/1 145/45/22
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· ·····X·· oX····o· ····o··· o····X·· ···o··X· ··oo···· ··X··X··

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 2016 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

BOS  5.51

PIT  4.51

ATL  3.67

 RA/G

CHC  3.42

PIT  4.51

ARI  5.58

 BA

J. Altuve  .364

B. Crawford  .274

T. Frazier  .212

 OBP

J. Votto  .433

N. Walker  .341

F. Galvis  .265

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .637

T. Frazier  .454

E. Aybar  .316

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.050

M. Prado  .807

A. Escobar  .608

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.16

T. Bauer  3.88

J. Shields  5.98

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.96

H. Santiago  7.67

J. Weaver  4.49

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.