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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 31, 2009 @PNC Park

Astros, 19-28, 6th, 9 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 2-4, 5.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			48.0	54	33	30	21	33	7	5.63
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		1-3	37.0	46	30	27	16	20	7	6.57	39
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
2009-04-20	CIN	ND	6.1	8	3	3	1	5	0	100	49

Last 5 v.PIT		5-0	35.2	25	10	8	8	20	1	2.02	63
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
2001-05-04	@PIT	W	7.2	5	3	2	1	3	0	106	61

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

 Home:    9-15   Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-23   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-16

Pirates, 22-27, 5th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 3-1, 4.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-1)			61.1	61	29	28	21	34	3	4.11
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		1-1	40.2	47	26	26	15	28	3	5.75	44
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
2009-04-22	FLA	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	98	43

Last 5 v.HOU		4-1	34.1	35	16	15	4	16	2	3.93	53
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
2007-04-24	HOU	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	99	84

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

 Home:   12-10   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-22   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 9-18   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 HOU  7  PIT  4        W:Brian Moehler (11-6), L: Denny Bautista (4-4), S: Jose Valverde (42)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 3-2; 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 331-309

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

NYY 5.69

LAA 4.67

SEA 3.78

RA/G

STL 3.88

TEX 4.67

WSN 6.20

J. Bartlett .373

M. DeRosa .268

D. Ortiz .185

OBP

A. Pujols .460

J. Werth .344

C. Davis .253

SLG

R. Ibanez .683

A. Cabrera .426

D. Ortiz .283

OPS

A. Pujols 1.130

B. Abreu .780

G. Atkins .556

ERA

Z. Greinke .84

J. Lannan 4.11

A. Sonnanstine 7.66

K/9IP

J. Santana 11.73

C. Lee 6.57

J. Garland 3.36

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Astros Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.37 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 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 20/.417 6/1.500 8/1.125 4/.000 16/.771 1/3.000 1/.000 198/148 .235/.364/.475/.839 .707/.886 .933 91/.953 0/2 10/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.333 ··· ··· 141/130 .266/.333/.331/.664 .909/.641 .552 59/.609 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/1.000 6/1.467 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.750 ··· 1/.000 200/165 .288/.360/.384/.745 .807/.730 .829 104/.676 16/3 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 55/50 .143/.204/.204/.408 .000/.452 .233 28/.454 0/0 0/0

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

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 14/.693 2/.000 3/1.666 3/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 89/56 .308/.386/.500/.886 .976/.833 1.088 52/.744 0/1 2/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 24/.334 3/.667 10/.700 ··· 10/.311 1/.000 1/2.000 200/157 .313/.360/.516/.876 1.199/.790 .829 100/.937 1/1 8/1

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 18/15 .438/.500/.750/1.250 1.167/1.252 1.523 18/1.250 0/0 1/0

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/21 .200/.317/.343/.660 .929/.405 .517 18/.410 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 13/.808 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 198/160 .343/.419/.500/.919 .797/.948 .797 98/.965 5/4 5/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP 6/.334 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 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 155/132 .264/.305/.444/.750 1.261/.654 .763 69/.780 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.333 2/.500 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 205/161 .347/.376/.523/.899 .887/.902 .786 99/1.131 2/1 5/8

IP 61.1 21.2 15.2 21.0 22.0 16.2 6.1 TOTAL .270/.334/.411/.745 .861/.715 .742 .783 31/19 40/23

ERA-K/9

4.11/5.0

3.32/6.6

6.32/6.9

3.00/7.3

4.50/7.0

2.70/5.4

4.26/8.6

4.30/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.256 92/.200 74/.355 85/.260 104/.310 75/.217 35/.217 .261

OPS .690 .696 .916 .693 .814 .682 .848 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.419 39/.631 32/.956 34/.483 29/.772 26/.741 9/.444 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.763 53/.742 42/.886 51/.839 75/.833 49/.649 26/.962 .760

Home 109/.583 33/.674 50/1.051 36/.520 44/.774 40/.627 26/.701

Last 28d days 129/.709 54/.861 41/1.144 46/.811 49/.913 52/.811 17/.643

HR/SB/CS 3/6/1 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· o····oo· ·X·o·oo· X····oo· ·o···o·o ·X······

Pirates Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/40 .328/.355/.431/.786 .668/.857 .644 52/.803 0/1 1/2

16.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/1.334 ··· 7/1.404 ··· 81/69 .282/.370/.408/.779 1.045/.731 .913 31/.901 0/0 1/0

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/77 .257/.353/.365/.718 .500/.742 .621 46/.656 1/0 0/1

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.929 ··· 5/1.400 4/.750 194/146 .229/.325/.447/.772 .570/.844 .969 95/.634 0/0 7/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 176/142 .307/.379/.431/.811 .925/.782 .856 94/.941 2/0 2/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.715 5/.400 182/127 .250/.352/.442/.794 .754/.812 .867 103/.747 7/0 8/0

18.Monroe G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 69/32 .246/.290/.415/.705 .851/.541 .917 38/.596 0/0 3/0

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 211/163 .275/.356/.346/.702 .472/.769 .616 97/.654 10/5 0/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 147/129 .268/.313/.384/.697 .572/.715 .925 77/.877 0/0 1/0

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.667 1/no AB 7/.286 7/.715 206/155 .333/.371/.510/.881 .728/.933 .944 102/.876 4/1 4/1

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 1/4.000 1/.000 5/.600 82/71 .235/.354/.250/.604 .920/.557 .515 31/.712 0/0 0/1

2.Wilson G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.667 1/.000 12/.666 7/.453 118/93 .252/.282/.378/.660 .711/.647 .613 66/.679 1/1 1/5

48.Young# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 62/41 .291/.371/.345/.716 .549/.804 .891 55/.655 1/0 0/1

IP 48.0 18.0 19.0 19.2 29.0 TOTAL .264/.333/.397/.730 .671/.748 .782 .736 26/8 31/21

ERA-K/9

5.63/6.2

3.50/6.5

3.79/7.1

2.75/8.2

2.17/4.0

4.66/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.293 75/.212 76/.188 84/.247 118/.234 .281

OPS .849 .702 .596 .695 .689 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.909 37/1.015 26/.573 38/.570 53/.702 .808

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.828 38/.392 50/.603 46/.798 65/.678 .795

Road 93/.721 55/.617 32/.782 35/.494 60/.893

Last 28d days 92/.993 40/.831 46/.480 32/.707 58/.700

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 55/15/7

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