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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 7, 2011 @PNC Park

Astros, 13-19, 13-19 5th, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.03)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-1) 35.2 33 15 12 12 43 4 3.03
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 2-2 41.2 36 17 14 19 49 4 3.02 57
2011-05-01 MIL W 7.2 3 0 0 3 11 0 116 81
2011-04-26 STL ND 6.0 7 3 0 2 6 0 110 56
2011-04-20 @NYM ND 6.0 10 3 3 1 6 1 106 45
2011-04-14 SDP W 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 116 72
2011-04-09 FLA ND 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 95 50
2011-04-03 @PHI L 4.0 6 5 5 1 7 2 80 36
2010-10-01 CHC L 6.0 3 2 2 7 6 0 117 57
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 22.1 27 15 12 7 31 3 4.84 48
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:    7-9    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-14   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Fri, May  6  @PIT  W   3-2       13-19  5th  5.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5  @CIN  L   4-10      12-19  6th  5.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4  @CIN  L   2-3       12-18  6th  4.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3  @CIN  W  10-4       12-17  6th  4.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   MIL  W   5-0       11-17  6th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   MIL  W   2-1       10-17  6th  6.0 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29   MIL  L   0-5        9-17  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   STL  L   7-11       9-16  6th  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   STL  L   5-6        9-15  6th  4.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   STL  W   6-5        9-14  6th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 15-17, 15-17 3rd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (27, RHP, 3-1, 3.52)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-1) 38.1 34 16 15 23 19 2 3.52
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 3-2 44.1 38 18 17 24 28 2 3.45 53
2011-05-01 @COL W 5.1 7 4 4 5 1 0 104 34
2011-04-26 SFG ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 96 63
2011-04-20 @FLA L 5.0 10 6 6 3 6 0 91 26
2011-04-15 @CIN W 9.0 5 1 1 2 3 1 110 74
2011-04-09 COL ND 7.0 5 3 2 5 1 1 92 53
2011-04-04 @STL W 6.0 3 1 1 5 2 0 97 59
2010-10-02 @FLA L 6.0 4 2 2 1 9 0 87 64
Last 5 v.HOU 0-3 19.0 29 19 19 7 10 3 9.00 34
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:    4-9    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-15   vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Fri, May  6   HOU  L   2-3       15-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 31 Wed, May  4  @SDP  W   7-4       15-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  3  @SDP  L   5-6       14-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  2  @SDP  W   4-3       14-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1  @COL  W   8-4       13-15  4th  3.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @COL  L   1-4       12-15  5th  4.0 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @COL  W   3-0       12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   SFG  L   2-5       11-14  4th  3.0 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   SFG  W   2-0       11-13  4th  2.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   SFG  L   2-3 (10)  10-13  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 1-0; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 338-328

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
Astros Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
34.McCutchen
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
43.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 24/15 .217/.250/.348/.598 .000/.971 .853 24/.598 0/0 0/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .286/.286/.286/.571 /.571 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 54/32 .412/.444/.510/.954 1.000/.922 .831 45/1.014 12/2 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 11/.864 9/.333 4/.250 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 133/97 .261/.348/.348/.696 .439/.792 .693 102/.697 13/0 0/0
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .257/.316/.429/.744 .250/.885 .438 34/.743 0/0 1/1
22.Hall G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 109/81 .212/.275/.313/.588 .677/.558 .561 79/.647 0/1 1/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 109/82 .192/.229/.346/.576 .416/.629 .544 77/.613 0/1 3/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 11/.819 2/.000 7/.453 5/1.400 3/.000 3/.666 122/91 .217/.262/.365/.628 1.042/.487 .718 90/.596 1/0 3/1
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.500 8/.875 5/1.350 1/3.000 2/2.500 141/103 .300/.348/.469/.817 .868/.798 .783 107/.825 2/0 4/2
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 76/63 .271/.307/.357/.664 .917/.612 .551 60/.757 1/0 0/3
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 125/93 .282/.331/.355/.685 .545/.731 .676 90/.660 1/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 47/28 .325/.426/.550/.976 1.088/.909 .907 31/.993 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 115/87 .353/.421/.500/.921 .629/1.019 .733 83/1.011 1/0 2/1
IP 38.1 7.2 17.0 12.0 16.1 14.1 TOTAL .266/.320/.385/.705 .684/.713 .674 .726 31/4 17/27
ERA-K/9 3.52/4.5 3.52/10.5 1.59/7.4 0.00/3.8 2.76/9.9 3.77/14.5 3.78/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (19-7-1)
 Towles (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.245 31/.214 69/.297 41/.179 67/.186 59/.212 .253  Lee
 Pence
 Bourn
 Bogusevic
 Bourgeois
24/0/0/4
0/0/32/3
0/29/0/1
1/0/0/0
14/5/0/0
OPS .673 .826 .723 .425 .521 .692 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/1.087 14/.429 30/.774 19/.526 27/.718 21/1.083 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.431 17/1.197 39/.685 22/.332 40/.392 38/.451 .654
Home 52/.667 6/.167 29/.802 18/.513 33/.579 26/.530
Last 28d days 111/.692 31/.826 48/.805 40/.436 40/.339 43/.677
HR/SB/CS 2/5/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 3/1/1 28/26/8
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· X···XX·o ··oX···· o·X·X··X X·X·oo·o
Pirates Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
47.Fulchino
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.889 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 108/85 .212/.278/.283/.561 .611/.546 .422 68/.637 1/0 1/5
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 7/1.547 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 99/77 .207/.265/.264/.530 .618/.504 .419 71/.567 0/3 0/3
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 61/37 .220/.246/.288/.534 .212/.741 .421 47/.566 1/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 61/49 .259/.333/.426/.759 1.545/.597 .644 37/.726 0/1 2/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 13/1.112 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/85 .263/.379/.513/.891 .200/.983 .542 65/1.053 2/0 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 13/.808 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/.666 2/2.000 136/109 .217/.333/.383/.716 .433/.787 .382 100/.657 5/4 5/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 124/92 .227/.309/.309/.618 .354/.714 .598 83/.552 1/1 1/3
38.Paul* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 32/27 .300/.344/.367/.710 .000/.847 .452 25/.668 2/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .241/.313/.276/.588 .598/.579 .829 27/.546 0/0 0/1
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 56/40 .292/.364/.396/.759 .625/.822 .498 56/.759 0/0 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 119/95 .233/.322/.369/.691 .967/.623 .705 77/.524 9/1 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 9/.730 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 136/107 .285/.353/.439/.792 .861/.773 .806 96/.735 2/0 4/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/22 .235/.297/.324/.621 .790/.472 .702 34/.723 0/0 0/0
IP 35.2 11.2 13.2 15.0 6.1 16.2 TOTAL .232/.310/.344/.654 .565/.680 .548 .643 24/11 23/23
ERA-K/9 3.03/10.8 5.40/6.2 5.27/3.9 3.00/8.4 5.68/7.1 1.62/6.5 4.90/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (14-4-0)
 Snyder (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 152/.237 58/.294 63/.333 66/.254 30/.308 69/.226 .288  McCutchen
 Jones
 Diaz
 Tabata
 Paul
 Pearce
0/30/0/3
0/0/27/2
5/0/13/1
26/2/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .715 .852 .827 .713 .764 .536 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.993 26/.538 23/.899 29/.610 6/1.467 25/.304 .874
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.405 32/1.149 40/.785 37/.790 24/.590 44/.658 .763
Road 48/1.027 29/.535 34/.908 28/.632 14/.322 37/.583
Last 28d days 108/.637 40/.791 39/.845 46/.606 16/.733 53/.547
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 33/29/8
Usage ·····X·· o·oo·o·· ·o·o···· ·oo··o·X o·X····· o·oo·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.