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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, August 26, 2007 @Minute Maid Park

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Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-71, 5th, 9 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Tony Armas (29, RHP, 2-4, 7.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-4)             68.2  87  57  54  32  50 14    7.08      
 2006 (9-12)           154   167  96  86  64  97 19    5.03      
 2005 (7-7)            101.1 100  57  56  54  59 16    4.97      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  29.1  40  27  25  15  24  8    7.67   39 
 2007-08-21    COL   L   4.1   8   7   7   3   4  2     104   20 
 2007-08-16    NYM  ND   2.2   6   5   5   5   2  1      74   23 
 2007-08-11    SFG   W   6     6   3   3   1   2  1      87   49 
 2007-08-01    STL   W   6.1   4   1   1   1   5  1      85   65 
 2007-05-17    FLA  ND   3     3   2   2   2   3  0      77   46 
 2007-05-12    ATL   L   2     7   5   4   1   2  1      41   25 
 2007-05-06    MIL  ND   5     6   4   3   2   6  2      94   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-1  27.1  20   9   9  13  23  1    2.96   56 
 2007-04-26    HOU  ND   5     6   1   1   4   4  0     113   51 
 2006-05-25    HOU   W   5.1   9   4   4   3   6  0     105   37 
 2006-04-07    HOU   L   5     4   2   2   1   3  0      72   53 
 2005-07-23    HOU   W   7     1   2   2   3   5  1     111   69 
 2004-08-14    HOU  ND   5     0   0   0   2   5  0      77   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-36   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  37-50   vsLHP:  20-21   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:27-26   vsWest: 12-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 25  @HOU  W   4-1       57-71  5th  9.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24  @HOU  W   8-3 (15)  56-71  5th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 57-73, 6th, 10 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (28, LHP, 7-12, 4.58)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-12)           149.1 146  85  76  46 129 17    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
 2005 (10-10)          128.2 135  82  79  53  80 19    5.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41.1  39  28  24  18  37  2    5.23   48 
 2007-08-21    WSN   L   5.1   6   7   7   4   7  1     108   31 
 2007-08-16    LAD   L   5     5   4   2   1   2  0      76   46 
 2007-08-11    MIL  ND   7     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   62 
 2007-08-06    CHC  ND   8     4   1   1   2   9  0     121   77 
 2007-08-01    ATL   L   4     6   8   8   5   4  1     104   17 
 2007-07-26    SDP   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  0     110   66 
 2007-07-21    PIT   L   5     7   6   4   1   6  0      93   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-3  29    33  20  16   8  28  2    4.97   47 
 2007-07-21    PIT   L   5     7   6   4   1   6  0      93   38 
 2007-04-26    PIT   L   7     5   3   3   2   7  0     101   60 
 2006-08-24    PIT   L   5.1   8   5   5   0   7  0      88   39 
 2006-05-27    PIT  ND   5.2   8   5   3   3   4  1      93   38 
 2006-04-21    PIT   W   6     5   1   1   2   4  1      87   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-32   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  37-54   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:21-32   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 25   PIT  L   1-4       57-73  6th 10.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 24   PIT  L   3-8 (15)  57-72  5th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 PIT  4 @HOU  1    W:Matt Morris (8-8), L: Troy Patton (0-1), S: Matt Capps (13)
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 PIT  8 @HOU  3 (15)   W:Shane Youman (3-4), L: Travis Driskill (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2007 - PIT leads 9-2; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; 2005 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 320-295

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  5.98

TBD  4.60

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.91

COL  4.78

TBD  5.97

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

C. Jackson  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .640

J. Hardy  .471

N. Punto  .260

OPS

B. Bonds  1.093

C. Figgins  .829

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

A. Wainwright  3.97

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Davis  6.44

S. Trachsel  2.81

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
46.Armas G/S/vP 1/.000 17/13 .188/.188/.250/.438 .667/.385 .700 8/.375 0/0 0/0
19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.286 473/355 .264/.348/.430/.778 .844/.756 .772 111/.894 5/3 12/12
38.Bay G/S/vP 18/1.625 543/404 .253/.328/.425/.752 .725/.762 .793 114/.694 3/1 19/8
55.Capps G/S/vP ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2.000 0/ 0/0 0/0
14.Castillo G/S/vP 12/.432 202/138 .249/.277/.337/.614 .646/.599 .641 59/.650 0/0 0/8
32.Chacon G/S/vP ··· 13/11 .273/.273/.273/.545 1.000/.444 .667 0/ 0/0 0/1
24.Gorzelanny* G/S/vP ··· 55/42 .063/.100/.063/.163 .154/.165 .074 11/.000 0/0 0/0
34.Grabow* G/S/vP ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 277/203 .251/.303/.302/.605 .408/.677 .704 61/.631 3/1 0/7
53.Kata# G/S/vP 3/1.667 128/79 .208/.252/.358/.610 .367/.757 .385 24/.857 1/0 3/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/1.000 514/378 .264/.342/.458/.801 .806/.799 .695 114/.972 1/1 19/4
28.Maholm* G/S/vP 6/.000 57/40 .185/.200/.204/.404 .301/.447 .212 14/.500 0/0 0/1
51.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· 9/6 .000/.333/.000/.333 .667/.167 .286 9/.333 0/0 0/0
43.Marte* G/S/vP ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 8/.500 285/233 .248/.330/.456/.786 .714/.802 .716 113/.955 12/0 10/2
35.Morris G/S/vP ··· 57/42 .208/.224/.313/.537 .538/.536 .490 14/.833 0/0 1/1
22.Nady G/S/vP 8/1.333 388/290 .294/.345/.506/.851 .850/.851 .860 31/1.202 2/1 17/1
52.Osoria G/S/vP ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
26.Paulino G/S/vP 7/1.071 385/280 .246/.296/.375/.671 .954/.566 .626 93/.758 1/2 9/7
5.Phelps G/S/vP ··· 144/58 .333/.410/.556/.965 .909/1.052 1.057 30/1.883 0/0 7/3
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 15/.929 536/387 .306/.346/.436/.783 .960/.714 .800 128/.944 0/1 9/6
45.Snell G/S/vP ··· 58/39 .093/.152/.093/.245 .321/.205 .269 13/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Wilson G/S/vP 17/.620 460/356 .273/.329/.384/.713 .824/.682 .716 83/1.057 1/4 7/9
27.Youman* G/S/vP ··· 14/10 .091/.167/.091/.258 .000/.347 .500 4/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 149.1 TOTAL .261/.323/.411/.734 .769/.720 .719 44/22 123/65
ERA-K/9 4.58/7.8 4.72/6.9

 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 1270/.253 .276  Bay
 Nady
 Kata
 McLouth
 Bautista
 Castillo
123/0/0/11
4/11/78/3
12/0/1/2
6/58/14/2
2/4/13/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .735 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.702 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 1034/.743 .791
Home 674/.583 .767
Last 28d days 260/.733
HR/SB/CS 34/24/14 165/71/20
Usage
Houston Astros Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Armas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Albers* G/S/vP ··· 22/15 .105/.105/.105/.211 .667/.000 .000 10/.000 0/0 0/0
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 11/.637 356/261 .233/.315/.316/.632 .674/.616 .713 69/.625 5/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 17/2.011 537/404 .268/.380/.471/.851 .792/.870 .774 119/.985 5/3 24/8
7.Biggio G/S/vP 18/.355 462/343 .253/.287/.398/.685 .861/.623 .790 74/.722 4/2 10/9
58.Borkowski G/S/vP ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/1
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 3/.666 144/82 .246/.338/.279/.617 .573/.651 .640 60/.509 5/2 0/5
2.Burke G/S/vP 9/.361 275/175 .228/.307/.353/.660 .786/.589 .758 71/.681 7/2 4/4
38.Driskill G/S/vP ··· 1/ /// / 1/ 0/0 0/0
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 6/.334 318/263 .293/.369/.461/.830 1.059/.785 .917 67/.743 0/0 11/10
45.Lee G/S/vP 13/.487 568/423 .308/.363/.538/.900 1.020/.860 1.030 112/.937 8/5 26/3
54.Lidge G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/1.500 426/328 .280/.352/.356/.708 .767/.692 .686 92/.513 1/2 2/6
62.McLemore* G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
47.Miller G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
36.Moehler G/S/vP 1/.000 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· 123/94 .257/.325/.404/.729 .789/.709 .831 41/.566 0/0 4/1
44.Oswalt G/S/vP ··· 65/47 .135/.182/.154/.336 .321/.342 .433 10/.583 0/0 0/0
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 1/2.000 107/100 .242/.343/.275/.618 .750/.609 .531 19/.618 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 350/266 .324/.351/.551/.902 .931/.893 .973 26/.683 8/4 12/2
50.Qualls G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
51.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/.000 50/26 .132/.175/.158/.333 .500/.269 .170 9/.143 0/0 0/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/no AB 351/299 .251/.350/.485/.836 .797/.842 .712 69/.923 2/1 14/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/.933 501/357 .273/.331/.449/.780 .930/.724 .801 84/.748 2/4 18/8
29.Williams G/S/vP ··· 57/32 .077/.077/.135/.212 .087/.310 .227 10/.000 0/0 1/1
IP 68.2 TOTAL .256/.326/.404/.730 .775/.715 .754 51/27 131/78
ERA-K/9 7.08/6.6 4.70/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (43-14-2)
 Munson (23-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 652/.311 .279  Scott
 Lee
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
1/3/83/8
126/0/0/8
0/78/1/5
3/26/15/3
11/0/16/2
0/1/31/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .904 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 328/.932 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.877 .776
Road 372/.968 .803
Last 28d days 186/.916
HR/SB/CS 28/20/4 132/92/31
Usage

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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