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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, June 5, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 25-28, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (26, RHP, 2-2, 4.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 50.1 50 28 27 17 22 8 4.83
2008 (2-6) 51.1 56 32 23 13 23 7 4.03
2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.1 43 24 23 10 18 7 5.13 46
2009-05-30 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 87 60
2009-05-24 @CHW ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 2 1 79 47
2009-05-19 @WSN ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 105 42
2009-05-14 STL L 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 75 48
2009-05-08 @NYM ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 87 53
2009-05-03 CIN L 5.0 6 5 4 4 1 1 95 34
2009-04-27 @MIL ND 5.0 5 5 5 2 4 3 81 39
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 11.0 10 5 5 6 5 1 4.09 49
2009-05-30 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 87 60
2009-04-16 HOU ND 4.0 4 3 3 5 1 1 87 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-22   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast: 11-5    vsCntrl: 9-19   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Thu, Jun  4   NYM  W  11-6       25-28  5th  5.5 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  2   NYM  W   3-1       24-28  5th  6.0 gb
 51 Mon, Jun  1   NYM  W   8-5       23-28  5th  7.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 31   HOU  L   1-2       22-28  5th  8.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30   HOU  W   7-4       22-27  5th  7.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29   HOU  L   1-6       21-27  5th  7.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 27  @CHC  L   2-5       21-26  5th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 26  @CHC  L   1-6  (5)  21-25  5th  6.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @CHC  W  10-8       21-24  5th  6.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 24  @CHW  W   4-3       20-24  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Astros, 23-29, 6th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 3-4, 5.07)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 55.0 57 34 31 22 36 8 5.07
2008 (3-4) 78.0 83 45 42 28 38 10 4.85
2005 (5-3) 69.1 74 28 27 18 27 5 3.50
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.2 41 28 25 16 18 8 5.97 42
2009-05-31 @PIT W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 90 69
2009-05-24 TEX L 5.0 8 5 5 1 0 3 76 30
2009-05-19 MIL ND 4.0 3 2 2 3 4 0 60 49
2009-05-13 @COL W 6.0 7 5 5 2 3 1 95 39
2009-05-06 CHC L 5.1 7 5 3 4 4 0 107 38
2009-05-01 @ATL L 4.1 5 6 5 2 0 1 72 29
2009-04-25 MIL ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 2 101 41
Last 5 v.PIT 5-0 35.0 23 8 7 8 20 2 1.80 64
2009-05-31 @PIT W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 90 69
2009-04-15 @PIT W 6.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 100 71
2003-09-07 PIT W 8.0 4 1 0 3 4 0 113 73
2002-04-30 PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 105 71
2001-08-03 PIT W 7.0 9 6 6 0 2 1 102 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-16   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  18-24   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:11-21   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Thu, Jun  4   COL  L   3-10      23-29  6th  7.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   COL  W   6-4       23-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   COL  W   3-2 (11)  22-28  6th  7.0 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1   COL  W   4-1       21-28  6th  8.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @PIT  W   2-1       20-28  6th  9.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @PIT  L   4-7       19-28  6th  9.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @PIT  W   6-1       19-27  6th  8.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @CIN  L   1-6       18-27  6th  9.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @CIN  L   4-6       18-26  6th  8.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25  @CIN  L   5-8       18-25  6th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 31, 2009 HOU  2 @PIT  1        W:Mike Hampton (3-4), L: Paul Maholm (3-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (6)
Sat, May 30, 2009 PIT  7  HOU  4        W:Jeff Karstens (2-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-4), S: Matt Capps (10)
Fri, May 29, 2009 HOU  6 @PIT  1        W:Brian Moehler (2-3), L: Ross Ohlendorf (5-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 HOU  6 @PIT  3        W:Wesley Wright (1-0), L: Sean Burnett (0-1), S: LaTroy Hawkins (1)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 HOU  4 @PIT  1        W:Mike Hampton (1-1), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 PIT  7  HOU  0        W:Zach Duke (2-0), L: Brian Moehler (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 HOU  6 @PIT  2        W:Roy Oswalt (16-10), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 PIT  6  HOU  4        W:Jason Davis (2-4), L: Brian Moehler (11-8), S: Matt Capps (20)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 HOU  5 @PIT  1        W:Randy Wolf (11-12), L: Ian Snell (6-12), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 HOU  6  PIT  0        W:Roy Oswalt (15-9), L: Zach Duke (5-14), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 4-2; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 331-310

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 2009 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

NYY  5.74

MIL  4.70

SEA  3.85

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

TBR  4.71

WSN  6.09

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

R. Hernandez  .276

C. Young  .172

 OBP

A. Pujols  .470

C. Granderson  .347

C. Young  .216

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .699

M. Scutaro  .439

J. Kendall  .260

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.168

D. Uggla  .787

C. Young  .515

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

U. Jimenez  4.11

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.69

B. Myers  6.50

J. Pineiro  3.45

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Pirates Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/40 .311/.338/.410/.748 .589/.857 .910 48/.718 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/1.334 ··· 7/1.404 1/.000 87/74 .267/.368/.387/.754 .962/.716 .721 32/.919 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 96/85 .282/.365/.412/.776 .818/.768 .796 45/.699 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.929 ··· 5/1.400 4/.750 211/154 .245/.341/.467/.809 .645/.874 .603 94/.837 0/0 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 192/152 .298/.368/.423/.791 .780/.794 .773 90/.897 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .500/.600/.500/1.100 /1.100 5/1.100 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 74/33 .229/.270/.386/.656 .764/.525 .569 38/.596 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 224/172 .280/.359/.358/.717 .433/.803 .772 90/.689 11/5 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 158/134 .264/.310/.372/.682 .511/.713 .522 71/.902 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.167 3/2.667 1/no AB 8/.500 7/.715 224/166 .321/.359/.488/.847 .751/.881 .824 100/.798 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 1/4.000 1/.000 5/.600 88/76 .270/.375/.284/.659 1.028/.604 .657 24/1.042 1/0 0/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 11/.182 3/.667 1/.000 12/.666 8/.393 128/99 .264/.291/.380/.672 .681/.669 .702 76/.695 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 64/43 .298/.375/.351/.726 .549/.813 .601 46/.662 1/0 0/1
IP 55.0 20.0 20.0 22.2 33.0 TOTAL .266/.334/.399/.732 .672/.752 .688 .758 29/8 33/23
ERA-K/9 5.07/5.9 3.15/6.3 3.60/7.2 2.38/8.7 1.91/4.1 4.54/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.275 82/.194 81/.203 95/.229 136/.236 .277
OPS .804 .655 .609 .646 .684 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.908 42/.925 28/.530 44/.516 64/.745 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.763 40/.371 53/.645 51/.756 72/.627 .776
Home 119/.950 27/.738 49/.502 56/.750 73/.545
Last 28d days 89/.865 34/.749 36/.404 38/.641 60/.752
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 4/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 62/16/8
Usage ····X··· ·oo··o·· ··X··X·· ··Xoo··· ·X·Xo···
Astros Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.500 8/1.125 5/.000 16/.771 ··· 1/3.000 219/164 .242/.370/.466/.836 .704/.883 .755 93/.963 0/2 10/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.333 ··· ··· 153/142 .271/.346/.331/.677 .909/.657 .777 55/.751 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.333 7/1.238 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.750 ··· ··· 221/183 .297/.369/.395/.764 .796/.756 .708 106/.743 18/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 58/53 .137/.211/.196/.407 .000/.448 .481 23/.367 0/0 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/.958 2/.000 3/1.666 3/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 98/62 .276/.351/.448/.799 .889/.746 .556 48/.626 0/1 2/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.667 10/.700 1/.000 10/.311 ··· 1/.000 222/175 .315/.369/.515/.884 1.164/.812 .954 101/.913 1/1 9/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .382/.432/.529/.962 .929/.969 .513 38/.962 0/0 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/24 .167/.271/.286/.557 .762/.351 .669 19/.158 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 220/177 .339/.414/.505/.919 .747/.961 1.045 98/.995 5/4 6/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/22 .242/.242/.273/.515 .636/.455 .333 25/.680 0/0 0/3
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 169/146 .266/.304/.430/.734 1.261/.645 .711 66/.778 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 10/.956 3/.333 2/.500 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 229/179 .350/.376/.525/.901 .922/.895 .985 100/1.128 2/2 6/8
IP 50.1 23.2 17.2 23.0 23.0 3.0 17.1 TOTAL .272/.336/.408/.744 .841/.718 .753 .787 33/21 43/24
ERA-K/9 4.83/3.9 3.04/6.8 5.60/6.1 3.13/6.7 4.30/6.7 0.00/0.0 2.60/5.2 4.22/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.265 98/.185 81/.333 93/.250 107/.300 11/.000 77/.210 .260
OPS .801 .648 .857 .680 .788 .182 .662 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.727 43/.568 35/.867 38/.463 30/.746 5/.200 26/.741 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.859 55/.711 46/.849 55/.833 77/.808 6/.167 51/.621 .744
Road 95/.857 59/.707 24/.633 49/.822 60/.844 / 35/.746
Last 28d days 100/.763 46/.735 41/.885 47/.698 48/.783 11/.182 40/.775
HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 0/2/0 44/31/13
Usage ·····X·· X··oo··· ··oX·o·· X···o·X· ··o··X·· X··o···· ····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.