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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 32-33, 32-33 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (28, RHP, 3-4, 2.94)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 64.1 62 25 21 12 44 10 2.94
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
2009 (4-6) 108.0 115 66 65 45 52 12 5.42
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.2 36 11 10 5 23 6 2.27 56
2011-06-09 ARI ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 79 70
2011-06-03 PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 97 67
2011-05-29 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 2 0 4 1 71 47
2011-05-20 DET W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 75 66
2011-05-14 @MIL L 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 2 69 53
2011-05-09 LAD ND 5.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 90 52
2011-05-03 @SDP ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 87 40
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 22.1 26 16 16 10 12 1 6.45 41
2010-08-15 @HOU L 5.2 7 5 5 0 5 0 87 40
2009-06-05 @HOU L 5.2 9 6 6 4 2 0 109 25
2009-05-30 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 87 60
2009-04-16 HOU ND 4.0 4 3 3 5 1 1 87 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-18   Road:   17-15   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Mon, Jun 13   NYM  W   3-1       32-33  4th  5.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 12   NYM  L   0-7       31-33  4th  6.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 11   NYM  W   3-2       31-32  4th  5.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 10   NYM  L   1-8       30-32  4th  6.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  9   ARI  L   0-2       30-31  4th  6.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  8   ARI  W   3-2 (12)  30-30  4th  5.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  7   ARI  W   8-5       29-30  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  5   PHI  L   3-7       28-30  4th  6.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  4   PHI  W   6-3       28-29  4th  5.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  3   PHI  W   2-1 (12)  27-29  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Astros, 25-42, 25-42 6th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 4-4, 3.67)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 81.0 72 41 33 32 81 10 3.67
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
2009 (6-3) 55.2 59 29 28 25 54 9 4.53
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.1 39 26 21 20 38 6 4.17 52
2011-06-08 STL W 8.0 1 1 1 5 2 1 104 73
2011-06-02 @SDP W 6.0 6 4 4 2 6 0 111 48
2011-05-28 ARI L 5.0 7 6 2 2 4 1 102 39
2011-05-23 LAD ND 7.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 116 57
2011-05-18 @STL L 5.0 7 5 5 3 4 0 91 34
2011-05-13 NYM ND 7.1 5 4 4 3 8 2 111 57
2011-05-07 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 9 1 97 58
Last 5 v.PIT 2-3 29.1 34 18 15 9 40 4 4.60 50
2011-05-07 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 9 1 97 58
2010-09-25 @PIT L 4.2 7 5 5 3 6 1 89 33
2010-08-14 PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 1 14 1 110 72
2010-07-17 @PIT L 4.2 9 7 4 2 4 0 98 26
2009-09-11 PIT W 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 84 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-22   Road:   12-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-33   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Mon, Jun 13   ATL  W   8-3       25-42  6th 13.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 12   ATL  L   1-4       24-42  6th 14.0 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 11   ATL  L   3-6 (10)  24-41  6th 13.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 10   ATL  L   4-11      24-40  6th 13.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun  9   STL  L   2-9       24-39  6th 13.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun  8   STL  W   4-1       24-38  6th 12.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun  7   STL  L   4-7       23-38  6th 13.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  5  @SDP  L   2-7       23-37  6th 12.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  4  @SDP  L   3-6       23-36  6th 11.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  3  @SDP  L   1-3       23-35  6th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 08, 2011 PIT  5  HOU  4        W:Daniel McCutchen (1-0), L: Fernando Abad (1-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (10)
Sat, May 07, 2011 PIT  6  HOU  1        W:Charlie Morton (4-1), L: Bud Norris (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 HOU  3 @PIT  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-3), L: Chris Resop (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (1)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 PIT  9  HOU  3        W:Paul Maholm (9-15), L: J.A. Happ (6-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 PIT  6  HOU  4        W:Zach Duke (8-14), L: Bud Norris (9-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 HOU 10 @PIT  7        W:Brett Myers (14-7), L: Chris Leroux (0-1), S: Brandon Lyon (19)
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 HOU  8  PIT  2        W:J.A. Happ (3-1), L: Jeff Karstens (2-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 HOU  3  PIT  2        W:Bud Norris (5-7), L: Paul Maholm (7-11), S: Brandon Lyon (4)
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 HOU  4  PIT  1        W:Wilton Lopez (4-0), L: Evan Meek (4-4), S: Brandon Lyon (3)
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 PIT  9  HOU  0        W:Paul Maholm (6-7), L: Roy Oswalt (6-11), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 2-1; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 340-328

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 2011 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

BAL  4.10

SDP  3.34

 RA/G

ATL  3.31

COL  4.29

HOU  5.10

 BA

J. Reyes  .342

T. Tulowitzki  .270

D. Uggla  .180

 OBP

J. Bautista  .489

T. Tulowitzki  .339

C. Figgins  .239

 SLG

J. Bautista  .701

D. Stubbs  .412

C. Figgins  .255

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.190

I. Kinsler  .746

C. Figgins  .494

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.82

A. Harang  3.71

F. Carmona  5.71

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.14

J. Zimmermann  6.75

C. Pavano  3.48

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

Pirates Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .095/.136/.095/.232 .000/.284 .393 23/.232 1/0 0/0
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 10/1.267 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 4/.000 ··· ··· 218/162 .226/.284/.318/.602 .641/.588 .708 87/.547 1/4 2/4
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 115/56 .245/.278/.300/.578 .486/.674 .605 39/.605 3/0 0/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP 16/1.018 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/160 .238/.341/.411/.752 .388/.790 .793 58/.607 2/1 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 17/.916 1/.000 ··· 4/.666 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 280/214 .292/.387/.492/.879 .903/.871 .959 104/1.034 11/5 10/4
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/no AB 1/.000 ··· 250/179 .236/.305/.369/.674 .760/.640 .674 100/.710 1/1 5/6
38.Paul* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 92/79 .259/.284/.306/.590 .154/.667 .859 51/.581 7/2 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 249/187 .269/.363/.368/.731 .925/.670 .664 95/.773 14/5 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 12/.639 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 270/188 .252/.322/.401/.723 .510/.821 .815 101/.629 3/1 8/3
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 113/79 .219/.261/.324/.585 .485/.629 .500 53/.637 0/0 2/0
IP 81.0 29.2 10.1 26.0 13.1 32.1 10.2 TOTAL .240/.311/.355/.667 .645/.674 .725 .665 46/22 46/39
ERA-K/9 3.67/9.0 4.25/5.2 1.74/7.9 2.42/8.3 11.48/4.1 1.67/8.1 2.53/15.1 4.69/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brown (4-1-2)
 McKenry (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.239 133/.282 39/.182 115/.253 71/.409 129/.227 41/.211 .269  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Paul
 Jones
 Diaz
0/63/0/7
56/2/0/3
16/2/25/2
0/0/46/2
6/0/26/2
OPS .719 .726 .471 .668 1.133 .575 .663 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.867 49/.697 22/.296 42/.821 25/2.071 54/.476 23/.565 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.545 84/.741 17/.697 73/.580 46/.628 75/.644 18/.800 .750
Home 211/.630 67/.743 22/.473 67/.820 38/1.146 57/.518 31/.725
Last 28d days 129/.705 60/.603 35/.458 59/.726 14/1.988 45/.552 41/.663
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 2/4/1 0/2/0 0/1/1 4/2/0 1/2/1 2/1/0 78/58/15
Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· o·ooo·o· o·o·X··· X·Xo···· ··oo·o·· ·XX·X·X·
Astros Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 48.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 164/122 .218/.313/.331/.644 .526/.685 .470 101/.626 0/0 3/3
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 70/41 .373/.400/.463/.863 1.001/.766 .938 13/.538 15/2 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 14/.721 5/.200 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 294/218 .280/.348/.390/.738 .552/.804 .763 113/.828 27/3 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .500/.400 .444 9/.444 0/0 0/0
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/66 .275/.386/.551/.936 .369/1.091 1.154 28/.964 0/0 4/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.250 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 236/175 .231/.271/.389/.660 .543/.701 .577 99/.721 2/2 6/6
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 15/.617 4/1.167 5/1.650 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 65/52 .295/.328/.377/.705 1.154/.586 .675 65/.705 0/0 1/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 11/.637 7/.453 6/1.700 3/.000 3/.666 4/1.000 267/203 .269/.322/.412/.734 .967/.661 .752 107/.844 2/0 5/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 58/27 .185/.241/.278/.519 .789/.190 .610 31/.568 0/0 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 11/1.355 8/.875 5/1.350 1/3.000 2/2.500 2/4.000 291/218 .325/.368/.509/.877 .748/.920 .936 105/1.019 3/0 9/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 180/138 .253/.310/.310/.620 .623/.618 .603 39/.492 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 127/83 .205/.286/.339/.625 .561/.660 .680 60/.534 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 239/192 .311/.387/.455/.841 .600/.902 .926 85/.791 1/1 4/3
IP 64.1 30.2 31.2 29.1 26.2 3.0 TOTAL .261/.319/.385/.704 .684/.711 .724 .714 55/9 41/53
ERA-K/9 2.94/6.2 1.47/8.2 2.56/4.8 4.30/11.1 3.38/11.5 0.00/0.0 3.56/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (2-1-0)
 Towles (29-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.256 118/.225 127/.276 128/.221 117/.191 9/.143 .255  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
0/0/66/5
51/0/0/5
0/64/0/2
12/0/2/1
17/6/1/0
OPS .724 .577 .774 .641 .647 .365 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.825 55/.588 57/.926 49/.612 50/.868 6/.167 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.637 63/.569 70/.650 79/.657 67/.477 3/.667 .655
Road 92/.983 52/.609 47/.761 59/.500 55/.805 /
Last 28d days 100/.570 39/.423 64/1.019 33/.518 44/.566 9/.365
HR/SB/CS 10/7/1 1/1/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 3/2/1 0/0/0 56/41/15
Usage ····X··· o·o··oo· ·o·X·X·· ·o··Xoo· o·oX·o·· o·oX····

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.