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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 45-54, 6th, 13 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 6-6, 4.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)            125   129  60  57  32  82 16    4.10      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  48.2  45  19  19  10  31  9    3.51   56 
 2008-07-17   @COL   L   6     8   5   5   0   7  1      85   43 
 2008-07-10    NYY   W   8     7   2   2   1   4  0     108   63 
 2008-07-05   @MIL  ND   8     4   1   1   1   6  1     102   75 
 2008-06-30   @CIN  ND   7     5   2   2   2   5  1      89   62 
 2008-06-21    TOR   W   7     7   3   3   3   1  0      99   49 
 2008-06-15   @BAL  ND   6     4   2   2   3   4  2      94   57 
 2008-06-10    WSN  ND   6.2  10   4   4   0   4  4      88   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-1  33    37  18  17   7  12  3    4.64   47 
 2008-06-05    HOU   W   8     8   3   2   0   1  0      86   57 
 2007-09-16   @HOU   L   2.2  11  10  10   0   1  1      61   -3 
 2007-07-21    HOU   W   6.2   8   2   2   2   5  1      97   53 
 2007-04-24    HOU   W   9     3   0   0   1   4  0      99   84 
 2006-08-24    HOU   W   6.2   7   3   3   4   1  1     102   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   16-32   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  34-37   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:21-25   vsWest:  6-8  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @HOU  W   9-3       45-54  6th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros, 46-53, 5th, 12 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jack Cassel (27, RHP, 1-0, 6.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             14.1  18  12  10   3   6  3    6.28      
 2007 (1-1)             22.2  30  10  10   5  11  1    3.97      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  28.1  39  14  14   5  13  2    4.45   45 
 2008-04-29   @ARI  ND   4.2   4   3   3   2   2  1      70   44 
 2008-04-24   @CIN   W   5     7   3   3   0   1  0      67   42 
 2007-09-27   @MIL  ND   4.2   4   2   2   1   2  1      78   49 
 2007-09-22    COL   L   2.1   6   3   3   1   0  0      57   32 
 2007-09-17    PIT   W   6     8   0   0   0   3  0      78   59 
 2007-08-31    LAD  ND   5.2  10   3   3   1   5  0      85   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-0   6     8   0   0   0   3  0    0.00   59 
 2007-09-17    PIT   W   6     8   0   0   0   3  0      78   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-23   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Mon, Jul 21   PIT  L   3-9       46-53  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 PIT  9 @HOU  3        W:Tyler Yates (4-2), L: Jose Valverde (4-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 5-2; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; All-Time - PIT leads 326-300

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  5.47

CLE  4.57

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.66

NYM  4.51

TEX  5.80

BA

C. Jones  .372

M. Kotsay  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

J. Loney  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .632

J. Damon  .470

O. Vizquel  .191

OPS

A. Pujols  1.071

B. Giles  .820

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

J. Sanchez  4.10

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

M. Garza  6.14

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 3/.666 5/.200 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 324/237 .253/.321/.421/.742 .942/.674 .862 79/.681 1/1 11/
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.933 4/.500 5/.000 7/1.429 ··· 422/324 .287/.384/.526/.910 .719/.964 .832 101/.890 6/0 20/
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 ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 243/192 .321/.370/.545/.915 .984/.896 .738 93/.786 0/0 11/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 130/84 .303/.333/.344/.678 .681/.675 .614 20/.616 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 8/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 8/1.125 1/3.000 372/275 .258/.333/.445/.779 .720/.800 .800 87/1.210 1/0 12/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 5/1.200 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 439/319 .280/.352/.530/.882 .657/.968 .911 98/.754 11/3 19/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 186/122 .229/.292/.361/.653 .491/.740 .619 36/.628 1/1 4/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 193/167 .256/.368/.338/.705 .584/.724 .644 42/.763 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/1.334 6/1.100 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 9/.347 ··· 347/265 .327/.380/.527/.907 .949/.894 .998 73/.983 1/0 12/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 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 3/.000 5/.650 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.666 4/1.750 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 403/315 .234/.259/.319/.579 .774/.523 .630 82/.601 0/1 6/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.875 6/.533 ··· 5/.400 4/1.250 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 204/164 .280/.322/.333/.655 .675/.650 .569 90/.664 2/2 0/
IP 14.1 29.0 46.1 32.1 42.0 7.0 79.2 46.1 34.1 TOTAL .261/.324/.413/.737 .750/.733 .734 .770 25/10 102/71
ERA-K/9 6.28/3.8 7.45/6.2 3.69/7.8 2.23/5.6 2.14/7.3 3.86/2.6 4.74/4.4 4.86/10.5 4.98/8.4 4.54/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-7-2)
 Doumit (30-11-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 63/.310 138/.360 190/.236 142/.224 172/.196 28/.320 328/.274 207/.258 156/.223 .272  Nady
 McLouth
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/78/10
4/93/2/3
20/6/27/3
96/0/0/2
0/0/8/1
OPS .924 1.031 .636 .754 .551 .930 .720 .813 .779 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.984 59/.860 83/.827 62/.665 74/.637 11/.573 139/.666 94/.726 63/.556 .810
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.885 79/1.155 107/.488 80/.826 98/.485 17/1.171 189/.760 113/.878 93/.943 .794
Home / 56/1.080 96/.609 68/.690 92/.650 2/1.000 144/.945 112/.807 81/.812 .808
Last 28d days / 40/1.039 39/.712 43/.767 55/.459 28/.930 66/.459 45/.848 41/.760
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 8/0/0 4/1/1 4/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 137/35/12
Usage ········ X·o····· oo······ X··X···· ·o······ ·Xo····· X·X····· ·o······
Houston Astros Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· 2/.500 5/.250 7/.486 4/.000 6/.333 3/.333 171/125 .227/.295/.293/.589 .786/.517 .620 48/.662 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 16/.393 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 13/.982 11/.773 5/1.400 5/.200 414/305 .339/.437/.632/1.069 .916/1.128 1.125 97/.888 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.333 5/.400 2/2.500 3/.666 175/149 .212/.251/.345/.597 .326/.637 .696 44/.527 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 361/266 .219/.277/.292/.569 .559/.573 .666 67/.503 32/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 166/140 .277/.321/.394/.715 .613/.733 .712 53/.549 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 21/.286 7/.686 1/5.000 1/no AB 8/.250 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 409/311 .306/.355/.550/.904 .978/.881 .954 102/1.083 4/1 22/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 195/134 .256/.323/.369/.692 .992/.565 .764 59/.652 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.833 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 291/208 .283/.348/.372/.721 .838/.675 .687 37/1.008 16/4 1/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 27/24 .269/.296/.423/.719 .000/.812 .833 26/.748 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 10/.856 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 398/299 .265/.304/.426/.730 .729/.731 .750 100/.627 6/8 12/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.933 ··· 3/.000 413/310 .278/.317/.423/.740 .806/.718 .826 94/.536 7/3 10/
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/132 .143/.255/.264/.519 .767/.464 .648 26/.341 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 241/169 .270/.357/.450/.807 1.038/.714 .847 72/.878 4/4 8/
IP 125.0 33.0 17.0 32.0 48.1 45.2 55.1 49.2 TOTAL .259/.321/.406/.727 .796/.704 .784 .716 86/33 97/48
ERA-K/9 4.10/5.9 3.55/5.2 5.82/3.7 4.50/6.5 3.17/7.5 3.55/9.1 6.34/4.7 3.99/6.3 5.29/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 525/.269 141/.246 71/.226 154/.282 208/.230 188/.221 255/.339 226/.235 .292  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Erstad
0/87/0/7
0/0/95/7
93/0/0/4
29/16/4/2
OPS .742 .737 .830 .853 .653 .601 .926 .715 .834
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.478 46/.556 30/.999 44/.544 50/.638 59/.669 97/.992 84/.790 .810
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.796 95/.817 41/.709 110/.992 158/.658 129/.570 158/.884 142/.670 .845
Road 239/.815 67/.824 25/.450 74/.763 107/.661 82/.656 127/.931 93/.772 .886
Last 28d days 115/.643 58/.782 65/.826 63/.680 53/.612 43/.849 27/1.204 58/.805
HR/SB/CS 16/2/4 3/2/0 4/1/0 4/4/0 6/3/2 4/3/1 8/0/0 4/3/1 118/63/25
Usage ····X··· Xo··X··· ··X····· X···o··· X··o···· ·X······ ·XX····· o··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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