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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 37-46, 6th, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 5-4, 4.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-4)			103.2	119	57	54	34	64	5	4.69
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		2-3	42.1	58	28	26	13	30	2	5.53	43
2009-07-02	NYM	ND	4.1	11	6	6	1	1	0	81	17
2009-06-27	KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	85	60
2009-06-21	@COL	L	5.0	8	5	5	4	7	1	83	34
2009-06-16	@MIN	L	5.0	14	8	8	1	4	0	97	10
2009-06-11	@ATL	ND	7.0	4	1	0	3	8	0	106	72
2009-06-06	@HOU	W	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	104	48
2009-05-31	HOU	L	7.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	108	57

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	32.2	40	20	18	4	15	2	4.96	46
2009-06-06	@HOU	W	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	104	48
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

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

 Home:   22-17   Road:   15-29   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  25-34   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:11-24   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @HOU  L   1-4       37-46  6th  7.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @FLA  L   0-5       37-45  6th  7.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @FLA  L   3-5       37-44  6th  6.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @FLA  W   7-4       37-43  6th  6.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2   NYM  L   8-9 (10)  36-43  6th  6.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1   CHC  L   1-4       36-42  6th  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   CHC  W   3-0       36-41  6th  6.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   CHC  L   1-3       35-41  6th  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   KCR  L   2-3       35-40  6th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   KCR  W   6-2       35-39  6th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Astros, 40-41, 4th, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 5-4, 5.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-4)			67.0	83	45	42	21	45	13	5.64
2008 (11-8)			150.0	166	79	76	36	82	20	4.56
2007 (1-4)			59.2	67	29	27	17	36	8	4.07

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.0	41	21	18	14	25	8	3.95	50
2009-07-01	@SDP	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	8	1	115	64
2009-06-25	KCR	ND	5.0	5	4	1	2	3	0	92	48
2009-06-20	@MIN	W	6.0	4	3	3	1	3	3	97	54
2009-06-14	@ARI	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	89	48
2009-06-09	CHC	L	3.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	70	24
2009-06-03	COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	74	43
2009-05-29	@PIT	W	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	123	71

Last 5 v.PIT		2-2	20.2	33	19	18	3	4	3	7.84	37
2009-05-29	@PIT	W	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	123	71
2009-04-13	@PIT	L	2.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	45	22
2008-09-20	@PIT	L	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	32	23
2008-09-10	PIT	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	82	54
2008-07-23	PIT	ND	2.1	9	6	5	0	0	1	51	17

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

 Home:   20-21   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-33   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:16-23   vsWest: 16-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jul  6   PIT  W   4-1       40-41  4th  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @SFG  W   7-1       39-41  5th  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @SFG  L   0-9       38-41  5th  4.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @SFG  L   0-13      38-40  5th  4.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @SDP  W   7-2       38-39  5th  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @SDP  W   7-1       37-39  5th  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @SDP  L   3-4       36-39  5th  5.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @SDP  W   3-1       36-38  5th  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   DET  L   3-4       35-38  5th  4.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   DET  W   8-1       35-37  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 HOU  6  PIT  4        W:Jeff Fulchino (1-1), L: Steven Jackson (1-1), S: LaTroy Hawkins (8)
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
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 7-3; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 332-313

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 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.69

DET 4.56

WSN 5.64

J. Mauer .389

G. Anderson .284

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

M. Bourn .359

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

C. Jones .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

J. Cueto 6.77

J. Garland 3.31

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Pirates Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/65 .292/.313/.377/.690 .533/.809 .756 47/.610 0/1 1/2

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 162/137 .262/.335/.400/.735 .556/.768 .644 48/.707 1/0 3/2

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/16 .250/.286/.700/.986 2.000/.650 .705 21/.986 0/0 2/0

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 31/1.215 8/1.000 2/1.000 6/1.167 4/.750 9/1.555 329/236 .262/.350/.472/.822 .713/.867 .602 98/.863 2/2 12/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 7/.786 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 307/230 .275/.352/.398/.750 .855/.714 .755 99/.662 2/0 4/8

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 140/101 .300/.350/.454/.804 .830/.794 .902 114/.752 6/0 1/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP 10/.800 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 228/190 .259/.311/.377/.689 .630/.700 .594 57/.782 0/1 2/0

51.Pearce G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/2 .125/.300/.250/.550 .708/.000 .400 10/.550 0/0 0/0

18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 21/1.413 4/2.000 3/.667 10/.600 7/.715 5/.800 329/235 .316/.355/.477/.832 .859/.821 .808 84/.835 5/1 6/1

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/1.334 3/1.167 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.600 4/1.750 121/102 .252/.355/.291/.647 .926/.596 .635 27/.681 1/0 1/2

2.Wilson G/S/vP 21/.783 3/.667 1/.000 12/.666 9/.708 4/.500 238/177 .269/.301/.395/.695 .788/.664 .664 96/.692 2/1 3/7

48.Young# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 130/75 .322/.400/.417/.817 .718/.893 .810 59/.914 2/0 2/3

IP 67.0 27.2 37.1 37.1 45.1 18.2 TOTAL .265/.331/.398/.729 .712/.735 .684 .731 46/16 55/41

ERA-K/9

5.64/6.0

3.58/7.8

3.13/6.3

2.41/7.0

2.58/5.0

3.86/11.1

4.24/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.304 122/.214 150/.204 151/.246 186/.240 73/.212 .266

OPS .898 .716 .609 .674 .660 .718 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.711 57/.848 65/.604 75/.566 89/.688 31/.920 .791

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/1.138 65/.601 85/.610 76/.777 97/.635 42/.566 .759

Home 128/.995 51/.797 78/.515 87/.718 97/.480 41/.786

Last 28d days 115/.902 32/.798 58/.610 47/.700 43/.627 39/.592

HR/SB/CS 13/3/0 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/3 1/0/0 4/2/0 95/31/11

Usage ·····X·· ···XX··· ···X·X·· oo···o·· ··X···X· X·o·o···

Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 58.Jackson
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 26/.361 8/1.125 5/.000 17/.804 6/.500 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 332/254 .269/.398/.526/.924 .641/1.019 .889 101/1.100 6/2 17/5

27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/no AB 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.333 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 201/188 .266/.333/.333/.667 .769/.658 .764 40/.651 0/1 2/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 4/.833 5/1.750 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 344/283 .286/.359/.395/.754 .798/.743 .705 108/.719 27/7 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/86 .157/.228/.253/.481 .000/.523 .606 34/.620 0/2 1/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 33/30 .194/.212/.226/.438 .000/.483 .429 29/.501 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 20/.579 3/1.666 5/.500 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 179/122 .268/.351/.405/.756 .942/.661 .533 68/.705 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 30/.474 10/.700 2/.000 11/.282 5/.650 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 327/260 .295/.346/.466/.812 1.011/.762 .897 92/.586 2/2 12/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 12/.166 2/1.000 ··· 6/.933 7/1.381 ··· ··· ··· 228/183 .232/.284/.310/.594 .908/.522 .667 62/.622 7/3 2/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 7/.429 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 81/42 .178/.259/.329/.588 .726/.454 .600 31/.571 1/1 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 21/1.118 5/.650 3/1.000 4/.500 5/.800 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 328/268 .302/.372/.495/.867 1.141/.804 .930 94/.682 8/5 11/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 68/54 .254/.265/.313/.578 .593/.574 .747 27/.296 0/0 0/5

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 242/201 .241/.274/.395/.669 .793/.642 .630 69/.521 0/2 7/2

10.Tejada G/S/vP 15/.667 3/1.167 4/1.000 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 343/273 .326/.356/.472/.828 .925/.803 .919 105/.649 2/2 7/10

IP 103.2 27.2 36.1 37.0 34.2 16.1 31.2 18.0 TOTAL .263/.325/.399/.724 .817/.701 .740 .654 53/29 67/43

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.6

4.88/6.5

3.22/6.4

3.65/8.0

7.79/9.9

3.86/3.9

2.84/6.2

4.50/5.5

4.27/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.290 121/.286 144/.238 165/.252 173/.348 74/.234 129/.192 50/.250 .264

OPS .749 .784 .689 .714 .939 .697 .685 .872 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.534 56/.812 61/.532 47/.598 88/.947 27/.569 52/.710 23/.874 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 353/.809 65/.755 83/.807 118/.765 85/.932 47/.766 77/.668 27/.868 .755

Road 266/.822 39/.664 78/.880 92/.736 57/1.086 31/.476 65/.799 /

Last 28d days 130/.874 36/.656 40/.744 50/.610 43/1.017 52/.752 35/.590 50/.872

HR/SB/CS 5/11/2 4/4/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/4/1 2/0/0 73/55/18

Usage ····X··· ····X·o· o·o·oo·o ···o··o· ···X·o·· ·X··Xo·· X·X·oX·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.