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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @PNC Park

Houston Astros, 30-28, 3rd, 7 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 1-1, 2.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             28    27  13   9   9  25  3    2.89      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  43    38  16  12  12  33  4    2.51   57 
 2008-05-28   @STL   L   4.2   6   6   3   4   1  0      92   31 
 2008-04-19    COL  ND   4     5   2   1   3   5  0      79   48 
 2008-04-13    FLA   W   7     5   1   1   1   7  1      93   69 
 2008-04-07    STL  ND   7.1   3   0   0   0   6  0      91   78 
 2008-04-02   @SDP  ND   5     8   4   4   1   6  2      95   40 
 2007-09-27   @CIN  ND   7     4   2   2   3   6  1     113   64 
 2007-09-20   @STL   W   8     7   1   1   0   2  0      88   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      0-3  25.1  32  23  21   9  32  3    7.46   42 
 2007-09-15    PIT  ND   3     5   5   5   3   5  2      58   31 
 2007-08-26    PIT  ND   5     7   4   4   3   7  1     108   41 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  23-21   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Sun, Jun  1  @MIL  L   1-10      30-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 57 Sat, May 31  @MIL  L   1-4       30-27  3rd  5.5 gb
 56 Fri, May 30  @MIL  L   1-5       30-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 55 Thu, May 29  @STL  L   2-3       30-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 54 Wed, May 28  @STL  L   1-6       30-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27  @STL  W   8-2       30-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 25   PHI  L   6-15      29-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 24   PHI  W   4-3       29-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23   PHI  W   4-3       28-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 22   PHI  L   5-7       27-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 27-30, 6th, 9½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Phil Dumatrait (26, LHP, 2-2, 3.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             53.2  46  23  21  30  39  3    3.52      
 2007 (0-4)             18    39  30  30  12   9  6   15.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  33    29  17  16  17  26  4    4.36   50 
 2008-05-29   @CIN   W   7     2   1   0   2   9  0     101   78 
 2008-05-24    CHC  ND   5.2   5   1   1   3   2  0     104   54 
 2008-05-18   @CHC   L   4.2   4   4   4   7   2  0     105   35 
 2008-05-13   @STL  ND   6     4   3   3   3   4  1      88   53 
 2008-05-07    SFG   W   5.2   3   0   0   1   5  0      78   67 
 2008-05-02   @WSN  ND   4     6   4   4   1   4  0      66   37 
 2007-09-09    MIL   L   0     5   4   4   0   0  3      12   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   12-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  19-19   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @STL  W   5-4       27-30  6th  9.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @STL  L   4-7       26-30  6th  9.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @STL  W  14-4       26-29  6th  8.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @STL  L   4-5       25-29  6th  8.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @CIN  W   7-2       25-28  5th  7.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28  @CIN  L   1-9       24-28  6th  7.5 gb
 51 Tue, May 27  @CIN  L   6-9       24-27  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   CHC  W   6-5 (11)  24-26  4th  5.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   CHC  W   5-4 (14)  23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   CHC  L   3-12      22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; 2006 - HOU won 13-3; All-Time - PIT leads 321-298

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

CHC  5.71

TBR  4.51

KCR  3.63

RA/G

TOR  3.56

MIL  4.57

TEX  5.66

BA

C. Jones  .407

T. Hunter  .275

N. Swisher  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .492

R. Winn  .341

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .750

J. Thome  .430

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.219

A. Gordon  .776

K. Johjima  .566

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

C. Wang  4.14

J. Washburn  6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

S. Chacon  6.36

J. Garland  2.58

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Houston Astros Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
49.Bullington
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 5/.000 4/.000 6/.333 2/.000 77/58 .178/.187/.260/.447 .722/.358 .485 43/.402 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 6/.900 10/1.000 8/.821 5/1.400 1/.000 245/192 .385/.469/.750/1.219 1.159/1.237 1.113 112/1.353 10/1 17/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 1/2.000 103/89 .235/.262/.357/.619 .305/.660 .424 27/.662 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 227/173 .214/.276/.301/.577 .460/.611 .515 112/.547 24/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2.050 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 55/34 .114/.291/.136/.427 .521/.372 .319 15/.582 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 75/70 .315/.333/.466/.799 1.000/.784 .895 28/.950 1/2 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.778 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 238/191 .264/.303/.491/.793 .686/.820 .798 111/.749 3/0 12/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 4/.250 113/83 .253/.336/.343/.680 1.142/.528 .622 26/1.070 0/0 1/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/134 .259/.344/.335/.680 .803/.638 .708 111/.634 12/2 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 224/173 .295/.339/.469/.808 .790/.813 .703 104/.909 5/4 7/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 247/195 .312/.340/.474/.814 .786/.822 .728 112/.638 4/3 6/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/115 .145/.270/.282/.552 .984/.475 .459 56/.337 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/85 .280/.360/.440/.800 1.004/.733 .675 78/.875 3/1 2/
IP 53.2 12.0 25.2 28.1 26.1 42.0 24.2 TOTAL .260/.320/.415/.735 .795/.719 .676 .738 62/17 59/33
ERA-K/9 3.52/6.5 /0.0 6.75/8.2 2.45/5.6 1.59/8.0 4.10/9.2 4.29/4.7 4.38/5.1 5.03/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (7-1-2)
 Towles (11-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.235 / 62/.333 99/.242 115/.196 108/.245 183/.312 115/.228 .288  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Erstad
 Cruz
0/53/0/5
56/0/0/4
0/0/55/4
13/6/3/1
10/4/3/0
OPS .690 .992 .623 .542 .562 .826 .727 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.590 / 15/.343 43/.724 26/.443 37/.533 64/.881 41/.690 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.713 / 47/1.239 56/.547 89/.569 71/.576 119/.795 74/.745 .820
Home 99/.698 / 31/1.308 58/.514 52/.525 52/.563 79/.756 54/.805 .765
Last 28d days 118/.539 / 62/.992 51/.754 49/.652 48/.568 79/.591 51/.892
HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 // 2/0/0 1/3/1 3/1/1 1/0/1 4/0/0 2/3/0 51/37/14
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·XX· o···o··· ·Xo·o··· oo····X· X·X··X·· ···X·o··
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 12/.350 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.333 ··· 185/132 .261/.331/.398/.729 .995/.627 .508 70/.753 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 23/1.575 1/.000 ··· 4/.917 3/.000 5/.900 4/.250 ··· 245/184 .296/.412/.547/.959 .845/.993 1.118 110/1.076 5/0 13/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/18 .217/.217/.304/.522 .600/.500 .250 23/.522 0/0 0/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/58 .322/.355/.356/.711 .726/.702 .806 35/.881 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 9/1.112 3/.666 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 220/156 .215/.295/.364/.660 .656/.661 .736 111/.742 1/0 6/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 11/.546 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 259/181 .312/.405/.597/1.002 .872/1.058 .967 112/.982 5/3 13/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/68 .253/.302/.358/.660 .456/.778 .653 40/.861 1/1 1/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 107/94 .217/.327/.304/.631 .237/.689 .583 53/.741 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 10/1.025 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 6/.167 7/.286 ··· 237/173 .322/.384/.536/.920 1.096/.859 .888 104/.883 1/0 9/
26.Paulino G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 4/1.000 ··· 122/84 .218/.287/.318/.605 .710/.560 .504 72/.612 0/0 2/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 94/71 .239/.269/.398/.667 .967/.571 .640 38/.989 2/0 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 20/1.147 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 4/1.000 4/.500 ··· 248/188 .238/.265/.316/.581 .667/.553 .521 123/.632 0/0 2/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 19/.839 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 ··· 35/30 .281/.324/.344/.667 .650/.667 21/.900 0/0 0/
IP 28.0 30.0 16.0 18.1 53.1 28.0 28.1 20.0 TOTAL .260/.329/.410/.738 .785/.722 .730 .783 16/6 59/49
ERA-K/9 2.89/8.0 2.70/7.8 0.00/5.1 1.47/8.4 5.74/4.6 3.86/10.9 5.08/5.7 4.50/7.2 4.55/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (4-1-1)
 Paulino (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.241 117/.234 66/.196 77/.167 235/.312 124/.259 122/.277 91/.224 .275  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
 McLouth
0/0/54/7
19/2/9/3
55/0/0/2
0/0/2/0
4/53/2/0
OPS .664 .607 .611 .528 .816 .779 .952 .765 .808
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.696 49/.858 28/.490 28/.575 95/.793 58/.602 50/.938 34/.681 .848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.654 68/.425 38/.706 49/.501 140/.829 66/.920 72/.961 57/.819 .780
Road 48/.931 58/.544 40/.631 41/.494 139/.661 60/.948 68/1.000 51/.765 .799
Last 28d days 24/.817 49/.613 44/.581 17/.369 113/.636 45/.639 47/1.097 48/.926
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 2/1/1 0/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/0 4/3/0 11/0/1 2/1/0 83/18/6
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o··· ·X····X· ········ ·X·o···· ··o··o·· ··Xo··o· ·X·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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