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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 33-33, 33-33 4th, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (27, RHP, 6-3, 3.08)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-3) 79.0 79 31 27 32 43 2 3.08
2010 (2-12) 79.2 112 79 67 26 59 15 7.57
2009 (5-9) 97.0 102 49 49 40 62 7 4.55
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.0 52 19 16 14 25 0 3.13 51
2011-06-10 NYM L 4.0 9 7 6 1 1 0 81 18
2011-06-04 PHI W 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 103 60
2011-05-30 @NYM ND 6.0 11 3 1 0 4 0 92 46
2011-05-24 ATL L 7.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 94 56
2011-05-18 @CIN W 9.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 106 80
2011-05-07 HOU W 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 94 65
2011-05-01 @COL W 5.1 7 4 4 5 1 0 104 34
Last 5 v.HOU 1-3 26.2 36 20 20 8 15 3 6.75 40
2011-05-07 HOU W 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 94 65
2010-04-25 @HOU L 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 1 80 29
2009-09-11 @HOU L 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 89 49
2009-07-08 @HOU L 4.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 84 24
2008-07-06 HOU ND 6.0 8 6 6 2 2 1 101 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-18   Road:   18-15   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @HOU  W   1-0       33-33  4th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 25-43, 25-43 6th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (28, LHP, 3-8, 5.04)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-8) 75.0 69 46 42 35 59 10 5.04
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
2009 (12-4) 166.0 149 55 54 56 119 20 2.93
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.1 32 22 18 20 34 5 4.02 52
2011-06-09 STL L 5.1 6 6 6 2 5 0 93 35
2011-06-03 @SDP L 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 104 48
2011-05-29 ARI ND 6.0 2 1 1 4 8 0 112 68
2011-05-24 LAD L 5.0 3 5 1 2 4 2 93 51
2011-05-19 @STL L 6.0 4 3 3 3 8 1 119 57
2011-05-14 NYM W 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 110 55
2011-05-08 @PIT ND 6.0 6 2 2 4 3 0 98 51
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 33.0 24 10 8 14 20 2 2.18 59
2011-05-08 @PIT ND 6.0 6 2 2 4 3 0 98 51
2010-09-26 @PIT L 6.0 4 2 0 2 4 0 101 62
2010-08-15 PIT W 6.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 100 59
2009-08-27 @PIT L 8.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 114 58
2009-07-12 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 103 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-23   Road:   12-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-34   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Tue, Jun 14   PIT  L   0-1       25-43  6th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 PIT  1 @HOU  0        W:Jeff Karstens (4-4), L: Bud Norris (4-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (18)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 3-1; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 341-328

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  5.30

PHI  4.12

SDP  3.33

 RA/G

ATL  3.32

COL  4.27

HOU  5.04

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .347

C. Lee  .269

A. Dunn  .180

 OBP

J. Bautista  .493

D. Fowler  .340

C. Figgins  .240

 SLG

J. Bautista  .696

E. Aybar  .411

C. Figgins  .256

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.188

A. Ramirez  .745

C. Figgins  .496

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.06

J. Marquis  3.67

C. Volstad  6.07

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.14

J. Zimmermann  6.75

C. Pavano  3.48

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

Pirates Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
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 7/.572 3/.333 ··· 5/.600 4/.000 ··· ··· 222/166 .221/.279/.312/.590 .641/.573 .682 87/.486 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 14/1.560 ··· 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 13/.487 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/163 .245/.344/.413/.757 .364/.801 .801 58/.644 3/2 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 16/1.009 2/.500 ··· 4/.666 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 284/218 .292/.389/.490/.878 .903/.871 .956 103/1.027 12/5 10/4
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 254/183 .233/.308/.366/.674 .760/.640 .674 100/.685 1/1 5/6
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 93/80 .259/.292/.306/.598 .154/.676 .873 52/.596 7/2 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 254/192 .267/.360/.364/.724 .925/.662 .652 96/.772 14/5 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 9/.542 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 274/191 .256/.325/.402/.727 .503/.830 .820 101/.636 3/1 8/3
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 117/83 .213/.261/.315/.576 .485/.614 .479 57/.615 0/0 2/0
IP 75.0 30.0 11.0 26.0 13.1 32.1 11.2 TOTAL .239/.311/.353/.664 .643/.671 .719 .655 48/23 46/39
ERA-K/9 5.04/7.1 4.20/5.1 1.64/8.2 2.42/8.3 11.48/4.1 1.67/8.1 2.31/14.6 4.63/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 323/.248 135/.280 41/.171 115/.253 71/.409 129/.227 46/.200 .268  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Paul
 Jones
 Diaz
0/64/0/7
57/2/0/3
16/2/26/2
0/0/47/2
6/0/26/2
OPS .749 .725 .446 .668 1.133 .575 .664 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.985 49/.697 23/.282 42/.821 25/2.071 54/.476 25/.628 .824
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.702 86/.740 18/.656 73/.580 46/.628 75/.644 21/.712 .742
Home 174/.689 69/.741 24/.432 67/.820 38/1.146 57/.518 36/.723
Last 28d days 120/.663 58/.612 34/.409 59/.726 14/1.988 45/.552 46/.664
HR/SB/CS 10/4/4 2/4/1 0/3/0 0/1/1 4/2/0 1/2/1 2/1/0 78/60/16
Usage ·····X·· o···X··X oo·ooo·o ·o·o·X·· ·X·Xo··· ···oo·o· X·XX·X·X
Astros Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
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 6/.167 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 168/126 .212/.305/.322/.627 .526/.662 .444 102/.619 0/0 3/3
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/41 .368/.394/.456/.850 .967/.766 .909 14/.500 15/2 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 15/.971 5/.200 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 298/222 .276/.343/.384/.728 .552/.789 .743 113/.791 27/3 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .182/.182/.182/.364 .500/.286 .364 11/.364 0/0 0/1
16.Downs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 84/67 .275/.393/.551/.944 .369/1.100 1.165 29/.983 0/0 4/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.250 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 239/178 .232/.272/.388/.660 .543/.700 .579 99/.706 2/2 6/6
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.167 5/1.650 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 68/55 .297/.328/.375/.703 1.154/.590 .674 68/.703 0/0 1/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 15/.733 8/.393 6/1.700 3/.000 3/.666 4/1.000 271/207 .269/.321/.410/.731 .967/.657 .745 107/.833 2/0 5/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 59/28 .182/.237/.273/.510 .789/.183 .593 32/.550 0/0 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 13/.398 9/.777 5/1.350 1/3.000 2/2.500 2/4.000 295/222 .320/.363/.502/.865 .748/.902 .911 105/1.019 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 35/.552 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 4/1.167 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/.666 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 241/194 .313/.388/.455/.842 .600/.903 .927 83/.838 1/1 4/3
IP 79.0 31.2 31.2 29.2 27.1 3.0 TOTAL .260/.317/.382/.699 .683/.704 .713 .709 55/9 41/54
ERA-K/9 3.08/4.9 1.42/7.9 2.56/4.8 4.25/11.2 3.29/11.2 0.00/0.0 3.51/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 340/.264 121/.219 127/.276 129/.219 119/.188 11/.250 .253  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
0/0/67/5
52/0/0/5
0/65/0/2
12/0/2/1
18/6/1/0
OPS .669 .563 .774 .636 .635 .614 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.898 55/.588 57/.926 49/.612 51/.849 6/.167 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.484 66/.543 70/.650 80/.649 68/.469 5/1.100 .650
Road 174/.651 55/.575 47/.761 60/.491 57/.773 2/2.000
Last 28d days 112/.786 42/.392 64/1.019 34/.502 46/.537 11/.614
HR/SB/CS 2/6/0 1/1/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 3/2/1 0/0/0 56/41/15
Usage ····X··· oo·o··oo ··o·X·X· o·o··Xoo oo·oX·o· oo·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.