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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 30, 2009 @PNC Park

Astros, 19-27, 6th, 8 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 5-3, 1.71)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-3)			63.0	53	19	12	18	56	1	1.71
2008 (9-7)			137.1	136	65	54	44	131	14	3.54
2007 (9-13)			182.2	179	102	93	62	158	22	4.58

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.0	42	15	8	10	38	1	1.64	59
2009-05-25	@CIN	L	4.0	10	6	0	2	3	0	78	31
2009-05-20	MIL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	110	65
2009-05-14	@COL	W	7.0	5	3	2	0	11	0	113	68
2009-05-08	SDP	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	116	79
2009-05-03	@ATL	ND	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	86	43
2009-04-28	@CIN	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	99	66
2009-04-23	LAD	L	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	105	60

Last 5 v.PIT		1-2	26.0	29	18	16	10	28	3	5.54	47
2008-06-03	@PIT	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	91	64
2007-09-15	PIT	ND	3.0	5	5	5	3	5	2	58	31
2007-08-26	PIT	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	7	1	108	41
2007-07-21	@PIT	L	5.0	7	6	4	1	6	0	93	38
2007-04-26	@PIT	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	101	60

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

 Home:    9-15   Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-22   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:10-20   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 43 Sun, May 24   TEX  L   0-5       18-24  6th  7.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   TEX  L   3-6       18-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   TEX  L   5-6 (10)  18-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   MIL  L   3-4       18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   6-4       18-20  5th  6.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   2-4       17-20  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-16

Pirates, 21-27, 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (26, RHP, 1-2, 5.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			43.1	44	26	25	16	18	8	5.19
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	39.1	40	23	22	11	17	7	5.03	47
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
2009-04-21	FLA	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	87	63

Last 5 v.HOU		0-0	4.0	4	3	3	5	1	1	6.75	38
2009-04-16	HOU	ND	4.0	4	3	3	5	1	1	87	38

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

 Home:   11-10   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-22   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 8-18   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 43 Sat, May 23  @CHW  L   0-4       19-24  5th  7.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @CHW  L   0-2       19-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @WSN  L   4-5       19-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @WSN  W   2-1       19-21  5th  6.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @WSN  W   8-5 (10)  18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 HOU  7  PIT  4        W:Brian Moehler (11-6), L: Denny Bautista (4-4), S: Jose Valverde (42)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 HOU  9  PIT  3        W:Randy Wolf (10-11), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 3-1; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 330-309

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

TBR 5.63

MIL 4.60

SEA 3.78

RA/G

LAD 3.82

BOS 4.67

WSN 6.15

M. Cabrera .363

J. Francoeur .251

D. Ortiz .189

OBP

C. Beltran .453

D. Uggla .325

A. Beltre .249

SLG

R. Ibanez .702

D. DeJesus .384

B. Giles .287

OPS

R. Ibanez 1.109

C. Hart .725

A. Beltre .568

ERA

Z. Greinke .84

J. Lannan 4.11

A. Sonnanstine 7.66

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.09

C. Lee 6.57

J. Garland 3.36

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Astros Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 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 47.Meek
G/S/vB 56.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.500 7/1.071 4/.000 15/.831 1/3.000 1/.000 193/144 .234/.363/.481/.844 .722/.887 .946 91/.961 0/2 10/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.333 ··· ··· 141/130 .266/.333/.331/.664 .909/.641 .552 61/.616 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.667 6/1.467 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.334 ··· 1/.000 195/162 .289/.359/.382/.741 .719/.745 .826 104/.700 16/3 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 54/49 .146/.208/.208/.416 .000/.462 .248 28/.472 0/0 0/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.933 2/.000 3/1.666 3/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 85/53 .311/.393/.500/.893 1.009/.822 1.119 51/.753 0/1 2/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.667 9/.778 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 1/2.000 195/153 .315/.359/.517/.876 1.187/.791 .826 100/.916 1/1 8/1

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 14/12 .429/.429/.786/1.214 1.000/1.250 1.545 14/1.214 0/0 1/0

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .176/.300/.294/.594 .806/.405 .343 17/.243 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 194/157 .351/.428/.512/.940 .820/.968 .832 98/1.015 5/4 5/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/19 .222/.222/.259/.481 .375/.526 .529 19/.684 0/0 0/3

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 151/129 .271/.313/.457/.770 1.318/.670 .808 69/.833 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 200/157 .344/.370/.513/.883 .909/.876 .749 98/1.103 2/1 5/8

IP 43.1 21.2 15.1 21.0 21.0 16.2 6.1 TOTAL .270/.334/.411/.745 .856/.715 .740 .787 31/19 40/23

ERA-K/9

5.19/3.7

3.32/6.6

6.46/7.1

3.00/7.3

4.71/7.3

2.70/5.4

4.26/8.6

4.31/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.268 92/.200 71/.361 85/.260 99/.313 75/.217 35/.217 .261

OPS .821 .696 .914 .693 .809 .682 .848 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.776 39/.631 31/.938 34/.483 28/.690 26/.741 9/.444 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.858 53/.742 40/.896 51/.839 71/.864 49/.649 26/.962 .759

Home 90/.780 33/.674 47/1.053 36/.520 39/.759 40/.627 26/.701

Last 28d days 120/.782 54/.861 38/1.151 49/.760 44/.914 63/.736 17/.643

HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 43/28/13

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

Pirates Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/40 .327/.362/.436/.798 .684/.857 .653 48/.819 0/1 1/2

16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.404 ··· 77/69 .250/.338/.382/.720 .625/.731 .718 28/.721 0/0 1/0

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/77 .257/.353/.365/.718 .500/.742 .621 49/.612 1/0 0/1

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.834 7/.929 ··· 5/1.400 4/.750 194/146 .229/.325/.447/.772 .570/.844 .969 98/.613 0/0 7/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 171/140 .302/.373/.423/.796 .902/.771 .824 92/.933 2/0 2/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 14/.572 4/.000 ··· 7/.715 5/.400 182/127 .250/.352/.442/.794 .754/.812 .867 107/.737 7/0 8/0

18.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 64/30 .250/.297/.433/.730 .869/.578 1.041 33/.628 0/0 3/0

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.500 206/161 .281/.360/.354/.714 .478/.779 .638 96/.684 10/5 0/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 146/128 .263/.308/.372/.680 .572/.696 .891 79/.814 0/0 1/0

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 23/1.078 3/2.667 ··· 7/.286 7/.715 201/153 .330/.365/.511/.876 .689/.935 .936 101/.828 4/1 4/1

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/4.000 1/.000 5/.600 82/71 .235/.354/.250/.604 .920/.557 .515 33/.667 0/0 0/1

2.Wilson G/S/vP 22/.959 3/.667 ··· 12/.666 7/.453 114/91 .243/.274/.355/.629 .638/.627 .540 62/.625 1/1 1/5

48.Young# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 58/41 .294/.379/.353/.732 .561/.804 .977 51/.668 1/0 0/1

IP 63.0 17.0 17.2 19.2 29.0 TOTAL .262/.331/.395/.725 .653/.746 .773 .712 26/8 31/21

ERA-K/9

1.71/8.0

3.71/6.9

4.08/7.1

2.75/8.2

2.17/4.0

4.60/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 251/.232 72/.206 70/.200 84/.247 118/.234 .279

OPS .596 .704 .611 .695 .689 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.395 36/.986 25/.598 38/.570 53/.702 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.650 36/.416 45/.609 46/.798 65/.678 .793

Road 123/.705 52/.615 26/.863 35/.494 60/.893

Last 28d days 129/.663 37/.846 42/.570 36/.619 58/.700

HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 55/15/7

Usage ····X··· ···Xo·o· ····X·X· ···o···X ··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.