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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Monday, July 21, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 44-54, 6th, 14 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: John Van Benschoten (28, RHP, 1-2, 9.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             15.2  25  18  17  12  15  5    9.77      
 2007 (0-7)             39    55  45  44  29  26  4   10.15      
 2004 (1-3)             28.2  33  27  22  19  18  3    6.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  22.1  44  39  38  19  16  8   15.31   25 
 2008-07-09    HOU  ND   4.2   7   4   4   6   6  1     117   34 
 2008-07-02   @CIN  ND   2.1   5   5   5   0   0  3      45   27 
 2008-05-12    ATL   L   4     9   7   6   2   5  1      77   21 
 2007-09-27    ARI   L   2     6   4   4   2   1  1      50   27 
 2007-09-17   @SDP   L   5     5   3   3   3   2  1      84   44 
 2007-07-27   @PHI   L   2.1   6   7   7   4   2  1      84   15 
 2007-07-16    COL   L   2     6   9   9   2   0  0      62    6 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0  12.2  12   5   5   7   9  1    3.55   52 
 2008-07-09    HOU  ND   4.2   7   4   4   6   6  1     117   34 
 2004-09-10    HOU   W   8     5   1   1   1   3  0      92   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   15-32   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  33-37   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:20-25   vsWest:  6-8  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @COL  L   3-11      44-54  6th 14.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @COL  L   1-7       44-53  6th 13.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @COL  L   2-5       44-52  6th 13.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 17  @COL  L   3-5       44-51  5th 13.0 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 13   STL  L   6-11      44-50  5th 12.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12   STL  W  12-11(10)  44-49  5th 12.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 11   STL  L   0-6       43-49  5th 12.5 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 10   NYY  W   4-2       43-48  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul  9   HOU  L   4-6       42-48  4th 12.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  8   HOU  W   4-3       42-47  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Houston Astros, 46-52, 5th, 12 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Runelvys Hernandez (30, RHP, 0-3, 10.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-3)             14    24  17  16   9  12  4   10.29      
 2006 (6-10)           109.2 145  87  79  48  50 22    6.48      
 2005 (8-14)           159.2 172 101  98  70  88 18    5.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  30.2  55  37  29  16  19  7    8.51   30 
 2008-07-07   @PIT   L   4    13  10  10   4   3  2      99   -5 
 2008-07-02    LAD   L   5     6   4   3   2   4  1      71   43 
 2008-06-27    BOS   L   5     5   3   3   3   5  1      99   47 
 2006-09-29   @DET  ND   5.1  10   5   5   1   1  2      92   28 
 2006-09-24    DET   L   1.2   7   8   1   2   1  1      58   22 
 2006-09-17    SEA  ND   4.2   6   4   4   1   4  0     101   39 
 2006-09-12   @CLE   W   5     8   3   3   3   1  0      95   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      0-1   4    13  10  10   4   3  2   22.50   -5 
 2008-07-07   @PIT   L   4    13  10  10   4   3  2      99   -5 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-38   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:17-21   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 20   CHC  L   0-9       46-52  5th 12.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-51  5th 11.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   CHC  W   2-1       45-51  5th 12.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @WSN  W   5-0       44-51  6th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @WSN  W   6-4       43-51  6th 14.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @WSN  L   0-10      42-51  6th 14.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @PIT  W   6-4       42-50  6th 13.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @PIT  L   3-4       41-50  6th 13.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @PIT  L   7-10      41-49  6th 12.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @ATL  L   6-7 (17)  41-48  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 HOU  6 @PIT  4        W:Brian Moehler (5-4), L: Sean Burnett (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 PIT  4  HOU  3        W:John Grabow (5-2), L: Doug Brocail (4-4), S: Damaso Marte (3)
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 PIT 10  HOU  7        W:Denny Bautista (2-2), L: Runelvys Hernandez (0-3), S: Damaso Marte (2)
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 PIT  4  HOU  3        W:Paul Maholm (4-5), L: Brandon Backe (4-7), S: Matt Capps (13)
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 PIT  5  HOU  2        W:Zach Duke (3-4), L: Roy Oswalt (4-6), S: Matt Capps (12)
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 HOU  2 @PIT  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-1), L: Phil Dumatrait (2-3), S: Jose Valverde (16)

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 HOU 15  PIT  3        W:Brandon Backe (1-1), L: Paul Maholm (10-15), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 HOU  9  PIT  7        W:Juan Gutierrez (1-1), L: Matt Morris (9-10), S: Brad Lidge (15)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 PIT  4 @HOU  3        W:Romulo Sanchez (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (6-5), S: Matt Capps (17)
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 HOU  5  PIT  4        W:Mark McLemore (3-0), L: Shawn Chacon (4-4), S: Brad Lidge (13)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 4-2; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; All-Time - PIT leads 325-300

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 2008 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

TEX  5.46

CLE  4.57

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.65

NYM  4.51

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .373

K. Suzuki  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .472

T. Wigginton  .357

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .638

B. Francisco  .469

O. Vizquel  .191

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

J. Werth  .820

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Hernandez
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 319/232 .250/.319/.421/.741 .942/.671 .864 74/.672 1/1 11/
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/2.000 8/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.700 4/.500 5/.000 6/.733 ··· 417/319 .280/.379/.514/.893 .719/.943 .792 96/.816 6/0 19/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/61 .229/.267/.314/.581 .890/.510 .448 13/.397 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.666 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 237/187 .330/.380/.560/.939 1.004/.921 .781 87/.843 0/0 11/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 129/83 .306/.336/.347/.683 .681/.683 .622 19/.649 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/3.000 4/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 7/.572 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.572 1/3.000 367/270 .255/.330/.436/.765 .720/.781 .773 82/1.173 1/0 11/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/2.667 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 433/314 .277/.350/.527/.878 .663/.960 .903 92/.727 11/3 19/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/121 .229/.288/.361/.649 .491/.734 .611 35/.608 1/1 4/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 14/1.315 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 192/166 .256/.365/.338/.702 .584/.720 .637 41/.748 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/1.100 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 8/.125 ··· 342/260 .323/.377/.526/.903 .949/.888 .992 68/.967 1/0 12/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 16/1.313 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/100 .248/.280/.376/.656 .931/.564 .648 24/.725 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 4/1.750 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 397/310 .230/.256/.308/.564 .724/.518 .601 76/.526 0/1 5/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.875 5/.650 ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 199/159 .282/.325/.337/.662 .675/.658 .578 85/.680 2/2 0/
IP 14.0 29.0 45.1 31.2 40.1 7.0 79.2 46.0 34.1 TOTAL .259/.322/.410/.732 .746/.728 .724 .751 25/10 99/70
ERA-K/9 10.29/7.7 7.45/6.2 3.77/7.5 1.99/5.1 2.23/7.1 3.86/2.6 4.74/4.4 3.72/10.6 4.98/8.4 4.49/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-7-2)
 Doumit (28-11-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 73/.381 138/.360 185/.231 139/.221 164/.191 28/.320 328/.274 200/.239 156/.223 .270  Nady
 McLouth
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/77/10
4/92/2/3
20/6/27/3
95/0/0/2
0/0/8/1
OPS 1.204 1.031 .631 .729 .545 .930 .720 .749 .779 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/1.444 59/.860 82/.812 61/.677 70/.657 11/.573 139/.666 92/.681 63/.556 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/1.044 79/1.155 103/.487 78/.772 94/.461 17/1.171 189/.760 108/.801 93/.943 .789
Home 45/.979 56/1.080 91/.598 65/.633 84/.649 2/1.000 144/.945 105/.681 81/.812 .801
Last 28d days 73/1.204 40/1.039 34/.698 40/.681 47/.425 28/.930 66/.459 38/.525 41/.760
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 8/6/0 5/5/0 134/35/12
Usage ········ ········ ·o······ o······· ··X····· o······· Xo·····X ·X······ o·······
Houston Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 6/.167 4/.000 6/.333 ··· 3/.333 167/123 .218/.284/.279/.563 .742/.499 .563 44/.563 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 8/1.292 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 12/1.083 11/.773 5/1.400 ··· 4/.250 409/301 .342/.438/.638/1.075 .925/1.133 1.138 92/.908 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.333 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 174/148 .213/.253/.348/.600 .326/.641 .704 43/.540 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 356/262 .218/.273/.291/.564 .551/.569 .658 62/.470 32/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 8/.625 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/139 .273/.317/.390/.707 .613/.724 .691 52/.520 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.667 7/.686 1/5.000 1/no AB 7/.286 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 405/308 .304/.353/.550/.903 .989/.876 .953 98/1.087 4/1 22/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 193/134 .259/.326/.374/.700 1.029/.565 .785 57/.676 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 286/204 .277/.344/.364/.708 .823/.662 .656 32/.942 15/4 1/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 26/24 .280/.308/.440/.748 .000/.812 .882 25/.778 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 393/295 .266/.305/.429/.735 .715/.741 .760 95/.640 5/8 12/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 3/.000 408/306 .282/.321/.428/.749 .814/.728 .848 89/.567 7/3 10/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/132 .143/.255/.264/.519 .767/.464 .648 26/.341 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 238/166 .273/.357/.455/.812 1.038/.719 .858 69/.895 4/4 8/
IP 15.2 32.0 17.0 31.2 46.2 45.2 55.1 11.2 48.2 TOTAL .259/.321/.407/.727 .796/.705 .787 .716 84/33 97/48
ERA-K/9 9.77/8.6 3.66/4.8 5.82/3.7 4.55/6.5 3.28/7.3 3.55/9.1 6.34/4.7 9.26/6.2 4.07/6.3 5.33/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Towles (13-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 86/.357 137/.245 71/.226 150/.279 201/.227 188/.221 255/.339 63/.385 223/.239 .292  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Erstad
0/86/0/7
0/0/94/7
92/0/0/4
28/16/4/2
OPS 1.113 .745 .830 .843 .657 .601 .926 1.099 .726 .836
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/1.229 44/.531 30/.999 43/.526 49/.652 59/.669 97/.992 22/1.571 81/.823 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.900 93/.837 41/.709 107/.987 152/.658 129/.570 158/.884 41/.846 142/.670 .848
Road 32/1.221 63/.848 25/.450 70/.736 100/.668 82/.656 127/.931 45/1.140 90/.802 .890
Last 28d days 44/1.220 54/.806 65/.826 59/.644 46/.618 43/.849 27/1.204 8/.625 55/.852
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 3/2/0 4/1/0 4/4/0 6/3/2 4/3/1 8/0/0 3/0/0 4/3/1 118/61/25
Usage o··X···· ·X·····X ···o···X ··o····· X······· XX·····X ·X······ ··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.

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