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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 25-29, 5th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 3-2, 3.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-2)			68.1	69	31	29	23	38	3	3.82
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71
2007 (10-15)			177.2	204	110	99	49	105	22	5.02

Last 7 GS		0-2	41.2	47	24	23	16	28	3	4.97	46
2009-05-31	HOU	L	7.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	108	57
2009-05-25	@CHC	ND	4.0	7	7	7	3	2	1	93	19
2009-05-20	@WSN	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	114	64
2009-05-15	COL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	103	70
2009-05-09	@NYM	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	2	1	93	20
2009-05-04	MIL	ND	7.1	6	2	2	1	7	0	98	64
2009-04-28	@MIL	ND	5.1	7	5	5	5	2	1	112	31

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	32.1	40	18	16	5	16	2	4.45	47
2009-05-31	HOU	L	7.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	108	57
2008-07-22	@HOU	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	108	72
2008-06-05	HOU	W	8.0	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

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   15-11   Road:   10-18   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-22   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast: 11-5    vsCntrl: 9-20   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @HOU  L   1-9       25-29  5th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

Astros, 24-29, 6th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 2-2, 4.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-2)			69.1	74	33	33	19	55	12	4.28
2008 (17-10)			208.2	199	89	82	47	165	23	3.54
2007 (14-7)			212.0	221	80	75	60	154	14	3.18

Last 7 GS		2-0	37.1	39	19	19	10	37	6	4.58	51
2009-06-01	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	102	67
2009-05-26	@CIN	ND	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	94	45
2009-05-21	MIL	ND	6.1	10	3	3	1	7	0	106	47
2009-05-16	@CHC	ND	6.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	108	55
2009-05-10	SDP	W	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	2	104	46
2009-05-05	@WSN	ND	5.0	4	4	4	2	4	1	89	45
2009-05-02	@ATL	ND	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17	54

Last 5 v.PIT		3-1	34.0	33	7	5	2	22	0	1.32	62
2008-09-21	@PIT	W	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	79	58
2008-09-11	PIT	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	91	85
2008-06-04	@PIT	L	6.0	9	4	3	1	4	0	105	43
2007-09-14	PIT	ND	7.0	7	1	0	1	6	0	110	66
2007-07-20	@PIT	W	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	84	58

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   13-16   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:12-21   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  5   PIT  W   9-1       24-29  6th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 HOU  9  PIT  1        W:Mike Hampton (4-4), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 5-2; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 331-311

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

BAL 4.65

SEA 3.80

RA/G

LAD 3.75

TEX 4.76

WSN 6.04

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .276

C. Young .181

OBP

K. Youkilis .475

S. Victorino .349

C. Young .232

SLG

A. Pujols .704

M. DeRosa .441

J. Kendall .266

OPS

A. Pujols 1.170

C. Barmes .794

C. Young .554

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

A. Harang 4.11

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.42

C. Lee 6.48

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Pirates Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/40 .311/.338/.410/.748 .589/.857 .910 48/.718 0/1 1/2

16.Hinske* G/S/vP 7/.572 3/1.334 1/.000 7/1.404 1/.000 91/75 .266/.363/.380/.742 .904/.706 .705 36/.868 0/0 1/0

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 99/85 .273/.354/.398/.751 .643/.768 .745 44/.684 1/0 1/2

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 25/.520 7/.929 1/2.000 5/1.400 4/.750 215/155 .245/.340/.463/.802 .612/.882 .599 94/.860 0/0 7/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 192/152 .298/.368/.423/.791 .780/.794 .773 86/.847 2/0 2/6

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/6 .250/.333/.250/.583 .000/.900 .000 9/.583 1/0 0/0

18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 74/33 .229/.270/.386/.656 .764/.525 .569 37/.613 0/0 3/0

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.500 4/.500 228/173 .276/.357/.352/.709 .407/.806 .756 90/.705 11/5 0/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 158/134 .264/.310/.372/.682 .511/.713 .522 67/.958 0/0 1/0

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 31/.920 3/2.667 2/.500 8/.500 7/.715 228/167 .315/.352/.479/.831 .713/.875 .793 100/.762 4/1 4/1

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 16/.650 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 89/77 .267/.371/.280/.651 1.028/.595 .643 21/1.095 1/0 0/1

2.Wilson G/S/vP 74/.870 3/.667 1/.000 12/.666 8/.393 131/99 .266/.292/.379/.671 .679/.669 .701 79/.694 1/1 1/5

48.Young# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 68/44 .311/.382/.361/.743 .652/.794 .642 50/.691 1/0 0/1

IP 69.1 20.0 22.0 22.2 33.0 TOTAL .265/.332/.395/.727 .657/.751 .679 .753 29/8 33/23

ERA-K/9

4.28/7.1

3.15/6.3

3.27/7.0

2.38/8.7

1.91/4.1

4.48/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.276 82/.194 88/.200 95/.229 136/.236 .276

OPS .790 .655 .598 .646 .684 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.810 42/.925 33/.548 44/.516 64/.745 .807

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 167/.774 40/.371 55/.621 51/.756 72/.627 .770

Home 163/.815 27/.738 56/.497 56/.750 73/.545

Last 28d days 137/.778 34/.749 43/.412 31/.536 60/.752

HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 4/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 62/16/8

Usage ····X··· ··oo··o· X··X··X· ···Xoo·· ··X·Xo··

Astros Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 23/.411 6/1.500 8/1.125 5/.000 16/.771 ··· 2/3.000 223/168 .244/.377/.472/.849 .704/.899 .783 97/.989 1/2 10/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.333 ··· 1/.000 157/146 .265/.344/.324/.667 .909/.646 .755 55/.751 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/1.000 7/1.238 1/.000 3/1.167 5/1.750 ··· ··· 226/188 .302/.374/.407/.781 .796/.777 .744 107/.763 19/4 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 58/53 .137/.211/.196/.407 .000/.448 .481 19/.273 0/0 0/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 17/.563 2/.000 3/1.666 4/.666 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 103/67 .267/.343/.433/.776 .889/.715 .529 53/.597 0/1 2/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 27/.339 3/.667 10/.700 2/.000 10/.311 ··· 2/2.500 227/180 .317/.370/.527/.897 1.164/.830 .975 102/.904 1/1 10/1

18.Maysonet G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 42/33 .378/.439/.514/.953 .819/.989 .568 42/.953 0/0 1/0

4.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/24 .167/.271/.286/.557 .762/.351 .669 18/.167 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 17/.732 2/.000 4/.833 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 225/182 .344/.418/.508/.925 .747/.968 1.053 99/1.018 5/4 6/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 37/25 .278/.297/.361/.658 .697/.640 .713 29/.844 0/0 0/3

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 11/.455 3/.333 2/.500 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 229/179 .350/.376/.525/.901 .922/.895 .985 96/1.130 2/2 6/8

IP 68.1 24.2 17.2 24.0 23.0 3.0 17.2 TOTAL .273/.339/.412/.751 .838/.728 .765 .805 35/21 44/24

ERA-K/9

3.82/5.0

2.92/6.6

5.60/6.1

3.00/6.4

4.30/6.7

0.00/0.0

4.08/5.1

4.32/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.259 101/.181 81/.333 97/.241 107/.300 11/.000 82/.231 .262

OPS .686 .640 .857 .664 .788 .182 .767 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.419 43/.568 35/.867 39/.482 30/.746 5/.200 28/.805 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.749 58/.693 46/.849 58/.787 77/.808 6/.167 54/.746 .751

Road 156/.766 62/.691 24/.633 53/.784 60/.844 / 40/.967

Last 28d days 105/.689 49/.713 41/.885 48/.713 40/.646 11/.182 40/.880

HR/SB/CS 3/6/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 45/33/13

Usage ·····X·· oX··oo·· ···oX·o· XX···o·X ···o··X· ·X··o··· X····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.