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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05 pm, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @PNC Park

Astros, 29-57, 29-57 6th, 17 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 6-4, 2.97)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-4) 91.0 91 30 30 26 73 11 2.97
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.0 40 10 10 15 36 6 1.96 61
2011-06-30 TEX W 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 106 70
2011-06-24 TBR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 2 107 43
2011-06-18 @LAD W 6.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 103 63
2011-06-13 ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 95 69
2011-05-22 @TOR W 6.0 6 2 2 3 6 2 93 55
2011-05-17 @ATL ND 8.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 113 76
2011-05-11 CIN ND 7.0 10 3 3 0 4 2 114 49
Last 5 v.PIT 4-1 35.0 28 10 9 9 38 2 2.31 64
2011-05-06 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 108 61
2010-07-06 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 2 10 0 107 73
2010-04-24 PIT W 7.1 5 2 1 1 7 1 96 68
2009-07-08 PIT W 9.0 5 0 0 1 11 0 125 87
2009-05-30 @PIT L 4.2 9 5 5 3 6 0 105 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-33   Road:   15-24   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  16-43   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:13-23   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Mon, Jul  4  @PIT  L   3-5       29-57  6th 17.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  3   BOS  L   1-2       29-56  6th 16.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2   BOS  L   4-10      29-55  6th 16.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1   BOS  L   5-7       29-54  6th 16.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30   TEX  W   7-0       29-53  6th 15.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29   TEX  L   2-3       28-53  6th 16.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28   TEX  L   3-7       28-52  6th 16.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 26   TBR  L  10-14      28-51  6th 16.0 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 25   TBR  L   2-7       28-50  6th 15.0 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 24   TBR  L   1-5       28-49  6th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23
Pirates, 44-41, 44-41 3rd, 1½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (28, RHP, 6-4, 2.65)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-4) 91.2 81 33 27 18 55 16 2.65
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 3-1 46.1 34 12 9 7 19 7 1.75 61
2011-06-30 @TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 2 88 60
2011-06-25 BOS W 6.2 6 4 3 3 2 3 109 47
2011-06-19 @CLE ND 7.0 5 2 1 2 4 1 97 63
2011-06-14 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 87 71
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
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 29.0 29 16 16 10 15 1 4.97 47
2011-06-14 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 87 71
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:   20-20   Road:   24-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-31   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:17-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Mon, Jul  4   HOU  W   5-3       44-41  3rd  1.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  3  @WSN  W  10-2       43-41  3rd  1.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2  @WSN  L   3-4       42-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  2  @WSN  W   5-3       42-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  1  @WSN  L   1-2       41-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 30  @TOR  W   6-2       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @TOR  L   1-2       40-39  4th  3.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @TOR  W   7-6       40-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 26   BOS  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 25   BOS  W   6-4       39-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 PIT  5  HOU  3        W:Paul Maholm (5-9), L: Brett Myers (3-8), S: Joel Hanrahan (25)
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 PIT  5 @HOU  4        W:James McDonald (5-4), L: Jordan Lyles (0-2), S: Jose Veras (1)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 6-1; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; 2009 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 344-328

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  5.25

CHC  4.05

SEA  3.39

 RA/G

PHI  3.24

CIN  4.31

HOU  5.06

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

C. Lee  .267

A. Dunn  .171

 OBP

J. Bautista  .467

E. Bonifacio  .336

C. Figgins  .230

 SLG

J. Bautista  .679

Y. Molina  .417

C. Figgins  .246

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.146

J. Francoeur  .760

C. Figgins  .476

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.89

J. Niese  3.72

F. Carmona  5.78

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.12

T. Cahill  6.65

C. Pavano  3.80

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

Astros Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 63.Leroux
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 5/.400 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.500 3/.666 230/167 .235/.314/.358/.672 .624/.690 .754 87/.653 0/0 3/3
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .207/.303/.207/.510 .500/.505 .500 2/.000 1/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 17/.580 6/.167 ··· 5/.650 2/.500 2/.000 375/271 .290/.354/.402/.756 .716/.772 .715 105/.874 35/4 1/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 63/43 .155/.180/.207/.387 .780/.217 .269 63/.387 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 113/91 .271/.372/.552/.924 .377/1.064 .742 41/1.008 0/0 6/4
23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 299/220 .243/.284/.393/.677 .576/.714 .774 86/.692 2/2 6/8
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 17/.664 5/.900 2/2.000 7/1.119 2/.000 1/2.000 131/98 .328/.346/.424/.770 1.112/.653 .821 89/.783 0/1 2/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 14/.643 8/.393 4/.500 8/1.232 4/.000 4/.500 348/261 .267/.316/.418/.734 .957/.663 .684 107/.797 3/2 7/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 94/46 .202/.245/.303/.548 .640/.450 .427 49/.599 0/0 2/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 14/1.049 9/.777 3/1.000 8/1.482 1/3.000 3/1.666 354/262 .325/.367/.502/.869 .789/.896 .809 83/.956 4/0 10/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.715 ··· 3/.000 205/152 .258/.312/.319/.630 .613/.635 .644 31/.558 3/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 142/93 .184/.270/.304/.574 .527/.598 .552 30/.385 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.333 ··· 3/.833 1/no AB 2/.000 298/240 .290/.374/.413/.787 .540/.849 .670 75/.586 1/1 4/6
IP 91.2 39.1 1.0 43.0 38.0 38.2 TOTAL .261/.315/.382/.697 .701/.696 .669 .686 68/15 48/64
ERA-K/9 2.65/5.4 1.37/7.6 0.00/9.0 2.09/4.8 3.55/11.4 2.56/9.1 3.44/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (16-3-1)
 Towles (33-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.239 149/.206 5/.400 175/.255 163/.213 158/.180 .254  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bogusevic
0/0/80/8
63/0/0/6
0/82/0/3
20/0/3/1
9/0/0/0
OPS .707 .525 1.000 .713 .626 .574 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.825 68/.502 3/1.667 71/.880 59/.639 69/.650 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.594 81/.544 2/.000 104/.602 104/.618 89/.514 .654
Home 197/.638 83/.488 / 107/.727 81/.692 77/.467
Last 28d days 129/.620 40/.253 5/1.000 71/.835 44/.719 53/.510
HR/SB/CS 16/8/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 4/5/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 75/54/17
Usage ····X··· o·o···o· ·X······ o·Xo···· ··ooX·X· o·X·o·o·
Pirates Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 22/.764 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 155/71 .268/.297/.329/.626 .610/.644 .563 53/.674 4/0 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 10/.200 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 245/208 .255/.339/.444/.783 .412/.854 .742 79/.855 4/3 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 13/.490 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 5/.833 2/2.000 367/271 .294/.392/.498/.890 1.078/.823 .804 109/1.007 15/5 12/5
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 59/41 .231/.259/.269/.528 .563/.513 .522 59/.528 0/0 0/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 315/222 .234/.309/.358/.667 .688/.658 .691 89/.609 1/1 6/8
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 130/114 .267/.294/.358/.652 .192/.718 .386 51/.630 9/2 1/1
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 38/23 .364/.421/.606/1.027 1.103/.978 2.050 38/1.027 2/1 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/1.334 2/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/.000 348/238 .255/.322/.381/.702 .546/.781 .604 103/.555 5/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/104 .201/.255/.302/.557 .529/.570 .625 54/.618 0/0 3/0
IP 91.0 19.2 37.2 15.1 38.0 39.0 TOTAL .245/.313/.360/.673 .679/.671 .629 .673 63/28 55/60
ERA-K/9 2.97/7.2 7.32/6.9 4.78/5.0 2.93/7.6 3.08/7.3 3.23/7.6 4.65/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.259 99/.326 173/.279 65/.241 158/.248 168/.258 .269  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
 Presley
0/82/0/8
8/0/33/3
16/4/39/2
0/0/58/2
8/0/0/1
OPS .726 .946 .765 .674 .668 .694 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.591 45/.630 66/.869 37/.536 63/.837 70/.706 .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.768 54/1.257 107/.702 28/.856 95/.553 98/.685 .753
Road 193/.732 42/.736 80/.718 25/.775 60/.514 87/.677
Last 28d days 99/.621 30/1.009 48/.987 35/.771 53/.676 50/.998
HR/SB/CS 11/9/1 5/1/0 3/6/1 1/4/0 2/1/1 3/3/1 102/76/17
Usage ····X··· ··XXo··· X··X··o· oX·o···· ·ooX·X·· ·X··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.