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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 7, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 26-29, 5th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (27, RHP, 1-6, 5.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-6) 59.0 60 39 37 35 42 7 5.64
2008 (7-12) 164.1 201 107 99 89 135 18 5.42
2007 (9-12) 208.0 209 94 87 68 177 22 3.76
Last 7 GS 0-4 37.0 36 26 26 21 27 3 6.32 45
2009-06-01 NYM ND 6.0 6 5 5 5 2 0 104 37
2009-05-26 @CHC L 5.0 8 6 6 4 4 1 98 27
2009-05-21 @WSN ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 0 92 57
2009-05-16 COL ND 2.0 3 3 3 1 3 1 46 40
2009-05-10 @NYM L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 102 52
2009-05-05 MIL L 5.0 4 5 5 5 2 0 94 36
2009-04-29 @MIL L 7.0 5 1 1 4 5 1 131 64
Last 5 v.HOU 0-2 24.2 24 12 11 19 27 3 4.01 50
2008-09-19 HOU L 6.0 3 2 1 5 3 0 105 58
2008-09-08 @HOU L 6.0 6 3 3 3 9 1 103 54
2008-07-23 @HOU ND 3.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 85 30
2008-07-08 HOU ND 3.2 4 1 1 3 1 1 88 47
2007-09-14 @HOU ND 6.0 5 1 1 5 8 0 114 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-22   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast: 11-5    vsCntrl:10-20   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @HOU  W   6-4       26-29  5th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Astros, 24-30, 6th, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (25, RHP, 1-4, 6.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 42.0 55 32 29 17 33 7 6.21
2007 (2-1) 19.0 22 15 15 7 11 5 7.11
Last 7 GS 0-4 39.0 45 25 22 11 29 6 5.08 46
2009-06-02 COL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 0 87 60
2009-05-27 @CIN L 6.0 7 5 4 0 4 3 84 44
2009-05-22 TEX ND 5.1 7 4 4 2 3 1 102 39
2009-05-12 @COL L 4.0 7 8 7 4 2 2 96 16
2009-04-29 @CIN L 5.2 6 2 1 2 3 0 88 52
2009-04-24 MIL L 6.0 10 4 4 0 4 0 91 40
2009-04-19 CIN ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 97 70
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-17   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:12-22   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sat, Jun  6   PIT  L   4-6       24-30  6th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 PIT  6 @HOU  4        W:Paul Maholm (4-2), L: Roy Oswalt (2-3), S: Matt Capps (13)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 5-3; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 332-311

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  5.76

FLA  4.63

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.72

TBR  4.75

WSN  5.95

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .275

C. Young  .178

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

A. Callaspo  .347

C. Young  .228

 SLG

A. Pujols  .689

M. DeRosa  .442

J. Kendall  .266

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.148

M. Byrd  .791

D. Navarro  .526

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Peavy  4.10

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.42

G. Meche  6.59

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Pirates Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Paulino
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/40 .311/.338/.410/.748 .589/.857 .910 44/.618 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 7/1.404 1/.000 91/75 .266/.363/.380/.742 .904/.706 .705 31/.901 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 103/89 .275/.359/.407/.766 .643/.785 .773 48/.720 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 1/2.000 6/1.167 4/.750 220/159 .250/.345/.469/.814 .624/.892 .630 94/.919 0/1 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 197/156 .302/.374/.424/.799 .796/.800 .788 86/.904 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 14/11 .231/.286/.231/.516 .000/.664 .222 14/.516 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 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 5/.400 4/.500 233/177 .269/.349/.343/.693 .400/.786 .723 90/.640 12/6 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 162/137 .263/.309/.375/.684 .490/.720 .533 70/.960 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 2/.500 9/.666 7/.715 233/171 .312/.349/.472/.822 .701/.866 .775 105/.744 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 89/77 .267/.371/.280/.651 1.028/.595 .643 20/1.050 1/0 0/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.667 1/.000 12/.666 9/.708 135/103 .273/.299/.398/.697 .679/.702 .749 83/.734 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 69/45 .306/.377/.355/.732 .652/.775 .627 46/.634 1/0 0/1
IP 42.0 21.0 22.0 23.2 34.0 TOTAL .265/.332/.396/.728 .656/.752 .682 .748 30/10 33/23
ERA-K/9 6.21/7.1 3.00/6.4 3.27/7.0 2.28/8.4 1.85/4.2 4.50/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.320 87/.187 88/.200 99/.230 140/.236 .276
OPS .896 .647 .598 .639 .686 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/1.076 45/.894 33/.548 46/.492 66/.721 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.781 42/.381 55/.621 53/.765 74/.653 .771
Home 107/.799 32/.704 56/.497 60/.732 77/.557
Last 28d days 96/.904 35/.612 43/.412 35/.531 57/.750
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 2/3/3 1/0/0 62/17/10
Usage ····X··· X··oo··o ·X··X··X X···Xoo· o··X·Xo·
Astros Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
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 32/.816 6/1.500 8/1.125 5/.000 17/.804 ··· 2/3.000 227/168 .240/.374/.464/.839 .679/.899 .765 101/.961 1/2 10/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 9/.111 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 11/.855 7/1.238 2/.000 3/1.167 5/1.750 ··· ··· 231/189 .294/.366/.397/.763 .717/.773 .711 107/.743 19/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 5/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 59/54 .135/.207/.192/.399 .000/.439 .468 15/.200 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 14/.967 2/.000 3/1.666 4/.666 7/.286 ··· 2/.500 107/67 .266/.340/.426/.765 .847/.715 .527 52/.610 0/1 2/1
45.Lee G/S/vP 17/.745 3/.667 10/.700 2/.000 11/.282 ··· 2/2.500 231/180 .321/.372/.531/.903 1.172/.830 .985 101/.845 1/1 10/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/33 .366/.422/.488/.910 .718/.989 .558 46/.910 0/0 1/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/24 .163/.265/.279/.544 .729/.351 .644 18/.167 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 15/.938 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 230/183 .347/.422/.533/.954 .923/.962 1.103 99/1.058 5/4 7/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.500 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 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 173/146 .265/.302/.426/.728 1.148/.645 .702 65/.594 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.333 3/1.167 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 234/180 .356/.380/.532/.912 .947/.901 1.001 96/1.108 2/2 6/8
IP 59.0 24.2 18.2 24.0 24.0 3.0 17.2 TOTAL .273/.338/.413/.751 .835/.727 .765 .782 35/21 45/26
ERA-K/9 5.64/6.4 2.92/6.6 5.30/5.8 3.00/6.4 4.13/6.4 0.00/0.0 4.08/5.1 4.31/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.269 101/.181 85/.329 97/.241 112/.298 11/.000 82/.231 .262
OPS .867 .640 .838 .664 .783 .182 .767 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.879 43/.568 37/.816 39/.482 30/.746 5/.200 28/.805 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.852 58/.693 48/.856 58/.787 82/.798 6/.167 54/.746 .755
Road 177/.904 62/.691 28/.613 53/.784 65/.829 / 40/.967
Last 28d days 87/.886 43/.685 45/.847 47/.728 37/.504 11/.182 40/.880
HR/SB/CS 7/6/3 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 46/33/13
Usage ·····X·· ·oX··oo· o···oX·o ·XX···o· X···o··X ··X··o·· ·X····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.