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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 22, 2007 @PNC Park

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Houston Astros, 41-56, 5th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Woody Williams (40, RHP, 4-11, 5.37)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-11)           119   135  75  71  34  60 22    5.37      
 2006 (12-5)           145.1 152  68  59  35  72 21    3.65      
 2005 (9-12)           159.2 174  92  86  51 106 24    4.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  44.1  42  24  23   9  24  9    4.67   50 
 2007-07-16    WSN   L   6     6   4   4   0   2  1      85   46 
 2007-07-07    NYM  ND   7.2   5   3   3   1   6  2     112   62 
 2007-07-02    PHI   W   7     6   3   3   1   1  2      93   53 
 2007-06-27    MIL  ND   6     6   3   2   1   4  0      99   53 
 2007-06-22    TEX   L   4     7   5   5   4   2  2     103   26 
 2007-06-16    SEA   W   6.2   8   4   4   0   4  1      96   46 
 2007-06-11    CHC   L   7     4   2   2   2   5  1      89   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-2  30.1  35  12  10   7  20  1    2.97   52 
 2007-04-24    PIT   L   7     9   3   3   0   2  1     108   49 
 2007-04-04    PIT   L   4.2   8   5   3   2   0  0      98   30 
 2005-04-09    PIT   W   6     5   3   3   1   6  0      94   55 
 2004-06-03    PIT   W   6     6   0   0   2   6  0     104   64 
 2003-08-21    PIT  ND   6.2   7   1   1   2   6  0     134   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   17-34   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  29-40   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  8-7    vsCntrl:16-28   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @PIT  L   3-7       41-56  5th 13.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20  @PIT  W   2-1       41-55  4th 13.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 18  @WSN  L   6-7       40-55  5th 13.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 17  @WSN  W   4-2       40-54  5th 13.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 16  @WSN  L   3-4       39-54  5th 13.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 15  @CHC  L   6-7       39-53  5th 12.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 14  @CHC  L   3-9       39-52  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 13  @CHC  L   0-6       39-51  5th 10.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  8   NYM  W   8-3       39-50  5th 10.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  7   NYM  L   3-5 (17)  38-50  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Pittsburgh Pirates, 41-55, 4th, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Shane Youman (27, LHP, 2-1, 4.24)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-1)             17    22   9   8   5   6  1    4.24      
 2006 (0-2)             21.2  15   7   7  10   5  1    2.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  33.2  34  15  14  14  10  2    3.74   48 
 2007-07-17    COL   L   5     8   5   4   2   3  0      88   34 
 2007-07-08    CHC   W   6     6   2   2   2   1  0      91   51 
 2007-07-03    MIL   W   6     8   2   2   1   2  1      97   49 
 2006-10-01    CIN  ND   7     4   0   0   1   1  0      80   69 
 2006-09-21    LAD   L   4.1   3   3   3   4   2  1      85   43 
 2006-09-10    CIN   L   5.1   5   3   3   4   1  0      90   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-28   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  26-39   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:23-22   vsWest:  4-13 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sat, Jul 21   HOU  W   7-3       41-55  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20   HOU  L   1-2       40-55  5th 13.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18   COL  L   3-5       40-54  4th 13.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17   COL  L   2-6       40-53  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16   COL  L   8-10      40-52  4th 12.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @ATL  L   1-5       40-51  4th 11.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @ATL  L   4-5       40-50  4th 10.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @ATL  L   1-9       40-49  4th  9.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   CHC  W   6-2       40-48  4th  9.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   CHC  L   1-7       39-48  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Wed, Sep 27, 2006 HOU  7 @PIT  6 (15)   W:Chris Sampson (2-0), L: Jonah Bayliss (1-1), S: Trever Miller (1)
Season Series: 2007 - PIT leads 7-1; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; 2005 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 318-294

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

DET  5.84

CIN  4.71

WSN  3.78

RA/G

SDP  3.56

DET  4.73

TBD  6.15

BA

M. Ordonez  .360

B. Giles  .288

R. Langerhans  .163

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Morneau  .363

D. Ross  .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .658

J. Peralta  .456

D. Navarro  .272

OPS

B. Bonds  1.069

X. Nady  .817

D. Navarro  .520

ERA

C. Young  1.85

J. Washburn  4.02

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.08

D. Willis  6.25

S. Trachsel  3.12

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Houston Astros Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Youman*
G/S/vB
46.Armas
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Chacon
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
18.Kuwata
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 11/.637 2/1.000 10/.200 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 21/.148 272/202 .244/.327/.328/.655 .684/.645 .561 63/.508 4/1 2/3
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 1/.000 17/2.011 4/.500 22/1.342 9/1.127 ··· 5/.200 18/1.325 395/298 .260/.385/.440/.825 .667/.876 .871 95/.938 5/3 15/6
7.Biggio G/S/vP 1/.000 18/.355 7/.666 16/.698 4/2.250 ··· 2/.000 28/.779 362/268 .249/.289/.383/.672 .840/.612 .526 73/.746 3/2 5/7
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 66/34 .315/.413/.333/.746 .772/.720 .676 55/.737 2/2 0/1
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 9/.361 5/.200 6/.533 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 198/120 .230/.316/.351/.667 .828/.562 .607 67/.623 6/2 2/2
14.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 10/.100 8/1.089 7/.572 6/1.333 ··· 2/.500 21/1.182 244/158 .232/.322/.374/.696 .786/.645 .850 46/.697 0/1 7/11
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 3/1.167 11/1.205 9/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.666 232/190 .305/.385/.502/.887 1.182/.827 .808 74/.878 0/0 10/7
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 13/.487 6/.834 7/.829 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.000 429/322 .295/.352/.519/.871 .938/.848 .806 108/.985 6/5 19/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· 18/.591 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 11/1.000 309/240 .309/.384/.404/.788 .818/.781 .812 103/.710 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 71/53 .295/.380/.459/.839 .952/.799 .816 36/.889 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 7/.572 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.417 84/77 .254/.354/.296/.650 .750/.641 .741 14/.432 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 322/247 .329/.354/.565/.919 .894/.926 .810 113/.850 8/4 12/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB 3/.000 8/.393 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 266/231 .229/.327/.459/.786 .874/.772 .969 56/.761 1/1 11/3
IP 17.0 44.0 51.1 72.1 26.1 15.0 29.1 31.2 TOTAL .260/.331/.410/.741 .777/.727 .729 40/25 94/62
ERA-K/9 4.24/3.2 7.57/6.5 2.28/6.1 3.48/7.5 5.47/7.9 6.60/4.8 1.53/10.4 5.12/7.9 4.55/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (32-12-1)
 Munson (16-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 75/.344 211/.326 208/.228 317/.252 124/.318 66/.218 118/.173 140/.258 .280  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
94/0/0/7
0/1/63/5
0/72/1/4
0/25/12/2
9/0/13/2
0/1/17/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .863 .940 .590 .710 .818 .741 .503 .718 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.583 101/.986 82/.812 120/.965 43/.602 19/.445 52/.279 54/.939 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.903 110/.902 126/.456 197/.556 81/.943 47/.828 66/.680 86/.581 .773
Home 75/.863 97/.828 99/.602 159/.542 72/.720 34/.875 57/.254 72/.912 .735
Last 28d days 75/.863 30/.325 42/.526 58/.552 34/.726 44/.909 22/.282 17/.620
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 9/8/1 2/1/0 5/4/4 3/6/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 95/61/28
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ·X···o·· XX··o··X ···Xo·X· ····Xo·· o··X·o·X X··o·oX·
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Williams
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
38.Bay G/S/vP 9/1.000 3/.000 6/.333 14/1.571 3/1.167 11/.573 13/1.365 18/.417 406/307 .246/.323/.412/.735 .675/.754 .683 84/.406 2/1 13/5
14.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 8/.500 1/.000 9/.666 8/.250 7/1.000 129/93 .238/.271/.328/.599 .572/.610 .604 33/.576 0/0 0/7
10.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/14 .267/.358/.333/.691 .739/.558 .890 31/.733 5/2 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 6/.167 2/no AB ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 210/164 .298/.367/.500/.867 .689/.916 .912 57/.982 1/1 7/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 23/.478 1/.000 3/1.334 3/1.334 ··· 7/.619 4/1.167 2/.000 207/160 .246/.298/.304/.602 .413/.659 .435 22/.340 3/0 0/7
53.Kata# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 91/52 .202/.256/.321/.577 .434/.683 .775 14/.715 1/0 2/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 15/.421 4/1.000 3/.000 3/1.334 2/2.500 15/1.148 3/.000 10/.522 383/280 .246/.326/.441/.767 .814/.749 .900 84/1.110 0/1 14/4
3.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 5/.200 150/136 .231/.304/.381/.685 .381/.715 .844 56/.837 6/0 2/2
22.Nady G/S/vP 6/1.334 1/.000 4/1.750 9/1.319 1/2.000 ··· 6/.333 6/.533 334/251 .281/.335/.482/.817 .814/.818 .811 89/.860 2/1 14/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.000 6/.334 9/.444 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 4/1.000 281/202 .240/.285/.359/.644 .932/.533 .663 55/.745 1/2 5/5
5.Phelps G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 106/41 .266/.349/.351/.700 .643/.795 .674 18/.730 0/0 2/3
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.533 1/5.000 4/.250 7/.629 1/.000 7/1.238 7/.666 11/1.355 382/279 .299/.329/.414/.743 .900/.685 .750 95/.874 0/0 5/4
2.Wilson G/S/vP 33/.386 3/.666 7/1.000 15/.786 1/.000 13/.885 12/.955 11/.637 362/281 .252/.305/.347/.652 .807/.609 .607 81/.584 0/3 4/7
IP 119.0 45.1 40.2 38.2 25.0 32.1 48.0 47.2 TOTAL .252/.313/.387/.700 .714/.695 .710 35/18 76/49
ERA-K/9 5.37/4.5 5.76/5.0 4.20/8.0 2.09/12.1 6.12/10.1 5.57/6.1 3.75/8.8 5.10/10.6 4.69/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-5-4)
 Paulino (37-22-5)
 Phelps (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.285 209/.283 177/.263 166/.204 122/.280 146/.316 207/.286 197/.243 .276  Bay
 Doumit
 Nady
 Kata
 Davis
 McLouth
93/0/0/7
0/0/25/4
4/9/68/2
10/0/0/2
0/12/0/0
6/28/14/0
OPS .836 .840 .783 .657 .845 .826 .787 .744 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.818 98/.878 73/.900 65/.720 67/.847 54/1.027 78/.722 80/.743 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.850 111/.809 104/.703 101/.620 55/.842 92/.713 129/.827 117/.743 .784
Road 313/.807 143/.729 85/.957 79/.636 56/.889 78/.777 99/.762 104/.636 .825
Last 28d days 105/.681 50/.755 40/.915 17/.327 23/.391 35/.738 45/.803 61/.795
HR/SB/CS 22/7/4 9/6/0 6/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/0 5/3/0 7/6/4 8/3/0 122/53/18
Usage ·····X·· o··o··X· X·····oX ·X··Xo·· ···o·o·· ········ o····oX· ·X·oo··o

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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