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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 16, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 34-33, 34-33 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 4-4, 4.80)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 69.1 73 38 37 34 55 9 4.80
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
2009 (5-5) 63.0 60 34 28 34 54 6 4.00
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.2 39 14 14 17 35 3 3.26 53
2011-06-11 NYM W 6.0 8 2 2 3 2 0 86 47
2011-06-05 PHI L 4.0 3 3 3 5 3 0 79 42
2011-05-31 @NYM ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 106 59
2011-05-25 ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 99 57
2011-05-19 @CIN W 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 1 103 59
2011-05-13 @MIL L 4.0 6 5 5 3 7 1 88 34
2011-05-08 HOU ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 96 72
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 10.0 8 3 3 4 12 0 2.70 57
2011-05-08 HOU ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 96 72
2010-09-24 HOU ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 80 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-18   Road:   19-15   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @HOU  W   7-3       34-33  4th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Astros, 25-44, 25-44 6th, 14 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (20, RHP, 0-1, 4.15)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 17.1 18 8 8 3 12 1 4.15
Last 7 GS 0-1 17.1 18 8 8 3 12 1 4.15 51
2011-06-11 ATL ND 6.1 8 2 2 2 5 1 111 52
2011-06-05 @SDP L 4.0 5 4 4 1 3 0 96 38
2011-05-31 @CHC ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 92 63
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-24   Road:   12-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-35   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Wed, Jun 15   PIT  L   3-7       25-44  6th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 PIT  7 @HOU  3        W:Charlie Morton (7-3), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (19)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 4-1; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 342-328

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

NYY  5.36

TBR  4.07

SDP  3.33

 RA/G

ATL  3.33

NYM  4.26

CHC  5.07

 BA

J. Reyes  .345

I. Suzuki  .269

D. Uggla  .178

 OBP

J. Bautista  .489

B. Zobrist  .338

M. Ellis  .245

 SLG

J. Bautista  .686

A. Ramirez  .409

C. Figgins  .266

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.175

M. LaPorta  .745

C. Figgins  .514

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

A. Harang  3.71

C. Volstad  6.07

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.14

G. Floyd  6.67

C. Pavano  3.63

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

Pirates Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
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 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.600 1/2.000 1/.000 227/169 .225/.281/.314/.595 .655/.574 .687 88/.528 1/4 2/4
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/56 .248/.280/.310/.589 .512/.674 .626 41/.650 3/0 0/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 181/164 .250/.348/.417/.765 .364/.809 .813 55/.695 3/2 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.666 2/2.000 ··· 289/220 .293/.392/.492/.884 .931/.869 .965 103/1.009 13/5 10/4
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 12/9 .182/.182/.182/.364 .667/.250 .500 12/.364 0/0 0/0
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 259/185 .229/.306/.359/.666 .747/.633 .658 100/.678 1/1 5/6
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/5.000 96/83 .284/.315/.375/.690 .154/.781 1.038 50/.802 7/2 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 260/195 .269/.359/.368/.727 .877/.679 .662 101/.785 14/5 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 279/193 .261/.330/.414/.743 .582/.823 .848 101/.640 3/1 8/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 122/85 .205/.258/.304/.562 .479/.598 .449 62/.586 0/0 2/1
IP 17.1 13.1 31.0 11.0 26.0 33.1 12.1 TOTAL .241/.313/.357/.670 .653/.676 .729 .666 49/23 47/40
ERA-K/9 4.15/6.2 7.43/6.1 4.65/5.2 1.64/8.2 2.42/8.3 1.62/7.8 3.65/14.6 4.65/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brown (4-1-2)
 McKenry (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.269 69/.305 142/.290 41/.171 115/.253 134/.234 51/.244 .269  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
0/65/0/7
58/2/0/3
6/0/27/2
16/2/27/2
0/0/47/2
OPS .797 .917 .743 .446 .668 .584 .809 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.640 31/.558 53/.752 23/.282 42/.821 55/.506 26/.808 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.951 38/1.259 89/.737 18/.656 73/.580 79/.636 25/.810 .745
Home 29/.896 32/1.073 76/.773 24/.432 67/.820 62/.542 41/.893
Last 28d days 76/.797 / 65/.663 34/.409 54/.744 50/.578 51/.809
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 3/0/0 2/5/1 0/3/0 0/1/1 1/2/1 3/1/0 79/61/16
Usage ········ Xo···X·· ·oo·ooo· ··o·o·X· o···oo·o XX·XX·X·
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
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 11/.282 3/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 173/131 .212/.302/.325/.627 .526/.660 .455 103/.613 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 3/.000 5/.200 5/.650 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 303/227 .283/.351/.390/.741 .552/.805 .767 114/.852 29/3 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 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 86/69 .282/.395/.549/.945 .369/1.095 1.156 31/.984 0/0 4/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.250 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 242/181 .229/.269/.383/.652 .543/.688 .565 98/.714 2/2 6/6
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.167 6/1.333 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 72/59 .294/.324/.368/.692 1.154/.584 .658 72/.692 0/0 1/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/.650 8/.393 7/1.429 4/.000 3/.666 4/1.000 276/212 .268/.319/.406/.724 .967/.651 .733 108/.820 2/0 5/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 60/29 .196/.250/.286/.536 .789/.249 .631 33/.595 0/0 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 5/.800 9/.777 7/1.238 1/3.000 2/2.500 2/4.000 300/227 .321/.363/.500/.863 .748/.900 .907 106/1.009 4/0 9/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 3/.000 ··· 182/140 .250/.307/.306/.613 .623/.609 .589 37/.520 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 132/88 .198/.282/.328/.610 .561/.635 .649 65/.510 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 3/.833 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 246/199 .318/.396/.458/.854 .600/.916 .947 84/.915 1/1 4/4
IP 69.1 32.1 34.2 30.0 27.1 3.0 TOTAL .261/.318/.381/.699 .683/.704 .713 .719 58/9 41/55
ERA-K/9 4.80/7.1 1.39/8.1 2.34/4.7 4.20/11.4 3.29/11.2 0.00/0.0 3.50/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (4-2-0)
 Towles (30-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.275 123/.216 140/.273 132/.224 119/.188 11/.250 .254  Lee
 Pence
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
53/0/0/5
0/0/68/5
0/66/0/2
12/0/2/1
18/6/1/0
OPS .784 .553 .754 .647 .635 .614 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.856 55/.588 60/.939 50/.626 51/.849 6/.167 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.736 68/.526 80/.617 82/.658 68/.469 5/1.100 .647
Road 159/.901 57/.555 60/.717 63/.520 57/.773 2/2.000
Last 28d days 95/.722 40/.282 76/.953 37/.552 43/.551 11/.614
HR/SB/CS 9/9/3 1/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/0 3/2/1 0/0/0 56/44/15
Usage ····X··· ooo·o··o X··o·X·X Xo·o··Xo ·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.