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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 46-54, 5th, 12 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 3-8, 5.83)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-8)            100.1 131  70  65  58  76 11    5.83      
 2007 (9-12)           208   209  94  87  68 177 22    3.76      
 2006 (14-11)          186   198 104  98  74 169 29    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  33.2  43  23  21  25  29  6    5.61   42 
 2008-07-18   @COL   L   6     6   4   3   3   5  2      96   48 
 2008-07-13    STL  ND   5     5   4   4   3   6  1      90   44 
 2008-07-08    HOU  ND   3.2   4   1   1   3   1  1      88   47 
 2008-06-22    TOR  ND   4     8   4   4   4   2  1      91   28 
 2008-06-17   @CHW   L   4     9   7   7   6   0  1     106   10 
 2008-06-11    WSN   W   6     6   1   1   3   6  0     101   59 
 2008-06-06    ARI   L   5     5   2   1   3   9  0     107   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      0-1  27.2  26  13  11  13  29  2    3.58   53 
 2008-07-08    HOU  ND   3.2   4   1   1   3   1  1      88   47 
 2007-09-14   @HOU  ND   6     5   1   1   5   8  0     114   61 
 2007-08-24   @HOU  ND   7     6   3   3   1   6  0     101   58 
 2007-04-03   @HOU  ND   6     4   2   2   1  11  1      86   66 
 2006-09-26    HOU   L   5     7   6   4   3   3  0      95   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  35-37   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:22-25   vsWest:  6-8  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22  @HOU  W   8-2       46-54  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros, 46-54, 5th, 12 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 5-4, 4.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             82.2  85  38  37  25  47 12    4.03      
 2007 (1-4)             59.2  67  29  27  17  36  8    4.07      
 2006 (7-11)           122   164  95  89  38  58 19    6.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  42    42  20  20  15  22  7    4.29   49 
 2008-07-18    CHC  ND   7     4   1   1   1   3  1      87   67 
 2008-07-09   @PIT   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  0      91   44 
 2008-07-04   @ATL   L   6     6   5   5   3   1  1      84   38 
 2008-06-29    BOS  ND   5.2   7   1   1   3   5  1     111   53 
 2008-06-24    TEX   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   5  0      93   62 
 2008-06-18   @BAL  ND   6.1   6   1   1   2   4  1      98   59 
 2008-06-12    MIL   L   4.2   7   7   7   3   1  3      86   20 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-2  26.1  39  18  15   8  10  1    5.13   40 
 2008-07-09   @PIT   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  0      91   44 
 2006-05-14   @PIT   W   7.1   8   2   2   1   1  1     110   54 
 2005-07-26    PIT   L   4.1  10   4   4   1   4  0      97   30 
 2005-06-01   @PIT   L   5.1  10   5   5   2   1  0      88   27 
 2002-09-17   @PIT  ND   3.1   4   3   0   3   1  0      68   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-24   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:17-23   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22   PIT  L   2-8       46-54  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 PIT  8 @HOU  2        W:Paul Maholm (7-6), L: Jack Cassel (1-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 6-2; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; All-Time - PIT leads 327-300

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  5.44

CLE  4.55

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.63

NYM  4.54

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .371

A. Huff  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

M. Grudzielanek  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .628

R. Vazquez  .470

O. Vizquel  .200

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

B. Giles  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
20.Cassel
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 7/1.262 5/.650 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 328/240 .249/.317/.415/.732 .930/.665 .841 79/.611 1/1 11/
38.Bay G/S/vP 15/.624 2/.000 1/.000 6/.833 6/.933 4/.500 5/.000 7/1.429 ··· 426/327 .289/.385/.529/.914 .711/.971 .842 101/.879 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 3/.666 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.733 1/.000 248/195 .323/.371/.555/.926 1.043/.892 .767 93/.752 0/0 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 130/84 .303/.333/.344/.678 .681/.675 .614 19/.541 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 19/.974 5/1.400 2/.500 5/1.100 8/.500 2/.500 1/.000 8/1.125 1/3.000 376/278 .258/.335/.444/.780 .713/.803 .801 86/1.170 1/0 12/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 6/1.867 5/1.200 2/.000 3/1.666 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 444/322 .279/.351/.533/.884 .645/.975 .914 98/.744 11/3 20/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 2/1.500 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 19/.544 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 193/167 .256/.368/.338/.705 .584/.724 .644 38/.723 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 4/1.000 5/.000 3/.000 9/.347 ··· 351/268 .327/.382/.528/.910 .956/.896 1.001 77/.992 1/0 12/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 9/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/100 .248/.280/.376/.656 .931/.564 .648 23/.757 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 12/.917 2/.000 2/4.000 6/1.166 6/.666 4/1.750 3/.666 5/.800 1/.000 408/318 .239/.264/.333/.597 .791/.541 .666 82/.653 0/1 7/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 15/.971 6/.533 2/.500 4/.750 5/.400 4/1.250 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 208/166 .280/.325/.339/.664 .674/.661 .588 90/.692 2/2 0/
IP 82.2 46.1 34.1 19.0 42.0 8.1 79.2 46.1 35.1 TOTAL .262/.324/.416/.740 .751/.736 .740 .756 25/10 105/71
ERA-K/9 4.03/5.1 3.69/7.8 2.88/6.0 7.11/3.8 2.14/7.3 3.24/2.2 4.74/4.4 4.86/10.5 4.84/8.2 4.58/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 357/.263 190/.236 152/.226 85/.342 172/.196 32/.276 328/.274 207/.258 159/.218 .272  Nady
 McLouth
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/79/10
4/94/2/3
20/6/27/3
97/0/0/2
0/0/8/1
OPS .760 .636 .779 1.027 .551 .805 .720 .813 .763 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.906 83/.827 65/.632 34/1.007 74/.637 13/.481 139/.666 94/.726 64/.546 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.653 107/.488 87/.897 51/1.040 98/.485 19/1.036 189/.760 113/.878 95/.920 .799
Home 203/.708 96/.609 78/.749 22/1.312 92/.650 6/.333 144/.945 112/.807 84/.780 .813
Last 28d days 104/.776 35/.698 53/.838 22/1.312 55/.459 32/.805 66/.459 39/.808 41/.724
HR/SB/CS 12/8/0 4/1/1 5/3/1 5/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 140/35/12
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· Xoo····· X······· ·X··X··· o·o····· ··Xo···· ·X·X···· o·o·····
Houston Astros Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
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 22/.485 ··· 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 24/.730 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 13/.982 11/.773 5/1.400 5/.200 418/305 .338/.435/.628/1.063 .900/1.128 1.111 97/.797 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.333 5/.400 2/2.500 3/.666 176/149 .212/.256/.345/.601 .354/.637 .704 45/.544 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 365/266 .222/.280/.294/.574 .578/.573 .673 67/.548 32/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 166/140 .277/.321/.394/.715 .613/.733 .712 52/.560 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 15/.852 7/.686 1/5.000 2/no AB 8/.250 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 413/311 .306/.356/.548/.904 .975/.881 .952 102/1.089 4/1 22/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 196/134 .254/.321/.367/.689 .974/.565 .754 56/.607 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.833 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 295/208 .279/.344/.366/.710 .796/.675 .665 41/.904 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 8/1.089 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 402/299 .265/.303/.424/.728 .719/.731 .745 100/.627 6/8 12/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/34 .222/.222/.267/.489 .182/.588 .433 18/.444 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.933 ··· 3/.000 417/310 .276/.314/.418/.733 .774/.718 .809 94/.522 7/3 10/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 245/169 .270/.355/.447/.802 1.006/.714 .833 72/.827 4/4 8/
IP 100.1 33.0 17.0 33.0 48.1 45.2 55.1 49.2 TOTAL .258/.320/.404/.724 .781/.704 .777 .697 86/33 97/48
ERA-K/9 5.83/6.8 3.55/5.2 5.82/3.7 4.64/6.5 3.17/7.5 3.55/9.1 6.34/4.7 3.99/6.3 5.26/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Quintero (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 481/.319 141/.246 71/.226 159/.281 208/.230 188/.221 255/.339 226/.235 .291  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Erstad
0/0/96/8
0/88/0/7
94/0/0/4
29/16/4/2
OPS .892 .737 .830 .847 .653 .601 .926 .715 .830
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.871 46/.556 30/.999 44/.544 50/.638 59/.669 97/.992 84/.790 .810
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.911 95/.817 41/.709 115/.977 158/.658 129/.570 158/.884 142/.670 .839
Road 252/.949 67/.824 25/.450 79/.756 107/.661 82/.656 127/.931 93/.772 .877
Last 28d days 66/.907 58/.782 65/.826 68/.678 53/.612 39/.947 22/1.169 55/.793
HR/SB/CS 11/13/2 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···· XX···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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