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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 18, 2010 @PNC Park

Astros, 37-54, 37-54 5th, 13½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (32, RHP, 6-10, 3.08)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-10)			120.0	93	44	41	33	112	11	3.08
2009 (8-6)			181.1	183	83	83	42	138	19	4.12
2008 (17-10)			208.2	199	89	82	47	165	23	3.54

Last 7 GS		3-3	48.2	36	20	19	13	40	4	3.51	59
2010-07-08	PIT	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	117	91
2010-07-02	@SDP	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	98	76
2010-06-27	@TEX	L	4.2	7	8	7	4	3	2	100	19
2010-06-22	SFG	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	100	61
2010-06-16	@KCR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	106	63
2010-06-10	@COL	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	9	0	96	68
2010-06-05	CHC	L	7.0	9	6	6	1	1	2	89	35

Last 5 v.PIT		4-1	37.0	24	10	9	4	23	2	2.19	66
2010-07-08	PIT	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	117	91
2010-04-23	PIT	W	7.0	4	3	2	1	4	2	91	62
2009-06-06	PIT	L	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	0	105	32
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

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

 Home:   20-26   Road:   17-28   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  27-44   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:20-15   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @PIT  L   6-12      37-54  5th 13.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @PIT  W   5-2       37-53  5th 12.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 11   STL  L   2-4       36-53  5th 12.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 10   STL  W   4-1       36-52  5th 12.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  9   STL  L   0-8       35-52  5th 13.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  8   PIT  W   2-0       35-51  5th 13.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7   PIT  W   6-3       34-51  5th 14.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6   PIT  W   6-2       33-51  5th 14.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  4  @SDP  L   2-3       32-51  5th 15.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  3  @SDP  L   0-1       32-50  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-18

Pirates, 31-59, 31-59 6th, 19 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (28, LHP, 5-7, 4.37)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-7)			105.0	121	58	51	40	56	9	4.37
2009 (8-9)			194.2	221	102	96	60	119	14	4.44
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.0	48	25	22	13	15	2	5.21	43
2010-07-09	@MIL	ND	7.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	100	65
2010-07-03	PHI	L	3.0	10	8	7	2	1	0	74	8
2010-06-28	@CHC	W	8.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	101	66
2010-06-23	@TEX	L	1.0	7	7	5	4	0	1	55	11
2010-06-18	CLE	L	6.2	7	4	4	2	5	0	104	47
2010-06-12	@DET	ND	6.0	8	1	1	3	2	0	104	51
2010-06-05	SFG	W	6.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	86	54

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	35.0	34	12	9	9	15	1	2.31	56
2010-04-23	@HOU	L	7.0	6	4	2	2	3	0	98	54
2009-09-13	@HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	95	70
2009-07-07	@HOU	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	85	52
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

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

 Home:   20-21   Road:   11-38   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  18-44   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 17   HOU  W  12-6       31-59  6th 19.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 16   HOU  L   2-5       30-59  6th 19.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @MIL  L   5-6       30-58  6th 18.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @MIL  L   3-4       30-57  6th 18.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @MIL  L   4-5 (10)  30-56  6th 18.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @HOU  L   0-2       30-55  6th 18.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @HOU  L   3-6       30-54  6th 18.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @HOU  L   2-6       30-53  6th 17.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   PHI  W   8-5       30-52  6th 16.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3   PHI  L   4-12      29-52  6th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 PIT 12  HOU  6        W:Javier Lopez (2-1), L: Bud Norris (2-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 HOU  5 @PIT  2        W:Brett Myers (7-6), L: Zach Duke (3-9), S: Matt Lindstrom (22)
Thu, Jul 08, 2010 HOU  2  PIT  0        W:Roy Oswalt (6-10), L: Ross Ohlendorf (1-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 HOU  6  PIT  3        W:Casey Daigle (1-1), L: Daniel McCutchen (1-4), S: Matt Lindstrom (20)
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 HOU  6  PIT  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-10), L: Brad Lincoln (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 HOU 10  PIT  3        W:Brett Myers (1-1), L: Charlie Morton (0-4), S: none
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 HOU  5  PIT  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-2), L: Chris Jakubauskas (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (6)
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 HOU  4  PIT  3        W:Roy Oswalt (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (1-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (5)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 PIT  2 @HOU  1        W:Paul Maholm (8-8), L: Felipe Paulino (2-9), S: Matt Capps (25)
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 HOU  4  PIT  2        W:Jeff Fulchino (6-4), L: Ross Ohlendorf (11-10), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 7-1; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; 2008 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 335-323

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 2010 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

BOS 5.38

ARI 4.51

PIT 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.44

COL 4.40

ARI 5.76

J. Hamilton .348

C. Rasmus .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. Abreu .352

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .635

L. Berkman .451

B. Wood .225

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Napoli .803

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.62

J. Verlander 3.86

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

M. Garza 6.83

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Astros Batters (3.49 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 77.Carrasco
G/S/vB 53.Donnelly
G/S/vB 29.Dotel
G/S/vB 43.Gallagher
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 35/.418 7/.429 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 6/.500 3/1.666 6/.000 5/1.600 314/253 .250/.369/.451/.820 .610/.873 .736 85/1.099 3/1 12/1

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/15 .304/.448/.348/.796 1.117/.500 .768 29/.796 5/1 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 19/.681 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/2.000 3/.333 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 369/304 .252/.325/.327/.652 .536/.676 .596 85/.673 28/8 1/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 58/44 .176/.276/.255/.531 .143/.652 .419 58/.531 0/0 1/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 15/.762 4/.500 3/.333 4/1.000 2/2.000 14/.599 ··· 5/2.000 2/1.500 272/211 .218/.243/.300/.542 .704/.496 .460 32/.541 1/1 3/10

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 88/67 .282/.307/.388/.695 .586/.729 .899 66/.746 1/0 0/6

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 26/.640 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 3/1.667 1/2.000 5/.200 355/272 .283/.333/.394/.727 .770/.714 .694 91/.796 2/1 4/6

45.Lee G/S/vP 39/.494 11/.739 7/.858 6/.733 3/1.666 5/.650 3/1.666 2/1.000 6/.834 359/290 .237/.284/.390/.675 .851/.634 .604 81/.783 1/3 12/3

4.Michaels G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 100/55 .240/.270/.458/.728 .756/.703 .754 25/.929 0/0 5/0

26.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/16 .053/.250/.053/.303 .250/.327 .349 21/.348 0/0 0/1

9.Pence G/S/vP 30/.836 6/2.433 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.000 3/.666 2/2.500 6/.333 356/288 .270/.323/.439/.762 .805/.753 .723 86/.790 11/5 13/4

55.Quintero G/S/vP 11/.728 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 172/144 .239/.275/.344/.618 .364/.669 .650 27/.468 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 4/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 36/32 .188/.235/.281/.517 .000/.588 .357 33/.568 0/0 0/1

IP 105.0 50.0 29.0 36.0 24.2 38.2 42.0 33.0 50.2 TOTAL .237/.296/.348/.644 .662/.640 .617 .730 53/22 59/71

ERA-K/9

4.37/4.8

4.14/7.0

4.97/7.4

4.75/10.5

5.47/8.0

3.96/12.6

5.14/3.6

2.73/5.2

1.07/8.5

5.11/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (4-6-1)
Quintero (25-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.289 210/.253 132/.238 157/.235 119/.287 159/.197 185/.288 140/.248 197/.178 .281 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Michaels
Bourgeois 0/85/0/8
0/0/87/6
80/0/0/5
19/9/3/1
5/2/0/0

OPS .805 .711 .781 .776 .938 .628 .831 .691 .490 .818

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.627 66/.795 47/1.038 68/1.082 55/.608 60/.793 87/.861 53/.639 84/.499 .891

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 393/.841 144/.671 85/.639 89/.564 64/1.207 99/.535 98/.805 87/.721 113/.483 .782

Home 204/.799 97/.725 65/.531 97/.609 51/.896 76/.722 55/.874 75/.610 98/.400

Last 28d days 94/.874 58/.804 32/.609 32/.672 27/.990 33/.408 103/.802 31/.769 44/.654

HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 4/7/3 5/6/0 5/4/1 5/1/1 4/5/1 6/2/1 1/1/1 2/9/0 105/81/16

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

Pirates Batters (3.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 41.Daigle
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 101/53 .226/.277/.387/.664 .576/.742 .736 82/.746 0/0 3/3

13.Cedeno G/S/vP 11/.728 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 11/.091 3/.000 265/196 .231/.271/.332/.603 .553/.621 .595 43/.612 8/1 4/6

19.Church* G/S/vP 14/.368 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 8/.542 3/.333 22/.540 5/1.000 169/136 .190/.243/.323/.565 .463/.591 .866 41/.678 1/0 3/0

2.Crosby G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 166/96 .236/.311/.311/.622 .589/.645 .570 45/.622 0/2 1/8

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 18/.513 8/1.250 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 8/.625 13/.558 3/.000 300/190 .257/.330/.409/.739 .564/.842 .671 74/.693 1/0 8/5

46.Jones* G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/.666 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 374/235 .271/.334/.429/.763 .670/.819 .757 87/.586 6/3 11/5

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 5/1.200 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 4/2.000 4/.500 223/143 .228/.294/.307/.601 .767/.511 .562 25/.462 1/1 3/11

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.285 4/1.000 379/269 .289/.365/.437/.802 .977/.730 .903 87/.569 21/6 8/4

85.Milledge G/S/vP 4/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 22/.864 3/.333 287/184 .279/.347/.395/.743 .939/.639 .765 56/.876 5/3 3/0

31.Tabata G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 139/93 .256/.331/.352/.683 .760/.646 .676 95/.689 8/4 1/0

18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 163/121 .280/.319/.427/.746 .672/.771 .876 61/.702 2/2 3/5

24.Young# G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 4/1.000 123/110 .233/.268/.405/.673 .538/.690 .755 23/.668 1/0 3/3

IP 120.0 22.0 22.2 10.0 36.1 39.2 129.0 26.2 TOTAL .237/.302/.358/.660 .674/.654 .671 .641 57/23 59/74

ERA-K/9

3.08/8.4

4.50/7.4

4.76/8.7

9.00/4.5

2.72/7.7

3.63/6.8

3.35/6.5

5.40/4.7

4.44/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (68-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.213 98/.279 107/.299 57/.404 159/.280 176/.252 541/.256 122/.315 .274 Church
Milledge
Jones
McCutchen
Young
Tabata 12/4/29/5
52/0/19/5
1/0/45/4
0/89/0/4
0/0/8/2
31/2/0/1

OPS .611 .812 .740 1.148 .694 .673 .697 .871 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.658 46/.658 42/.776 19/1.747 77/.589 82/.731 235/.737 52/.693 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.570 52/.947 65/.717 38/.870 82/.789 94/.623 306/.666 70/.993 .753

Road 189/.553 40/.906 48/.689 23/1.294 58/.475 83/.769 279/.673 60/.803

Last 28d days 107/.526 25/.769 38/.906 20/1.167 32/.452 47/.750 140/.644 30/.702

HR/SB/CS 11/10/2 3/0/0 0/1/0 3/4/0 1/4/1 1/1/0 11/6/6 4/0/0 69/52/28

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