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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, July 27, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 56-42, 56-42 2nd, 2 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (29, RHP, 3-2, 3.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-2) 46.0 45 19 18 9 31 1 3.52
2011 (9-9) 162.1 163 69 61 33 96 22 3.38
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.0 40 18 17 8 29 1 3.83 53
2012-07-22 MIA W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 92 68
2012-07-16 @COL ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 101 51
2012-07-05 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 89 81
2012-06-30 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 95 66
2012-06-25 @PHI L 5.0 11 7 6 0 4 1 92 23
2012-04-17 @ARI ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 39
2012-04-12 @LAD L 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 71 43
Last 5 v.HOU 4-1 36.1 26 6 6 1 21 1 1.49 67
2012-07-05 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 89 81
2011-07-15 @HOU W 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 0 83 79
2011-07-05 HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 0 3 1 95 62
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-16   Road:   23-26   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  40-31   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  21-16
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest:  9-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @HOU  W   5-3       56-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25   CHC  W   3-2       55-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   CHC  L   1-5       54-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23   CHC  L   0-2       54-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 22   MIA  W   3-0       54-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 21   MIA  W   5-1       53-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 20   MIA  W   4-3       52-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 18  @COL  W   9-6       51-40  1st    Tied
 90 Tue, Jul 17  @COL  W   6-2       50-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 89 Mon, Jul 16  @COL  L   4-5       49-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Astros, 34-66, 34-66 6th, 25 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 2-7, 5.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-7) 73.2 90 55 45 23 44 13 5.50
2011 (2-8) 94.0 107 61 56 26 67 14 5.36
Last 7 GS 1-5 40.1 53 30 25 9 23 7 5.58 42
2012-07-22 @ARI L 5.2 10 8 5 0 2 2 92 25
2012-07-17 @SDP L 6.0 11 5 5 2 3 1 118 31
2012-07-08 MIL ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 99 59
2012-07-02 @PIT L 4.0 9 7 7 0 6 2 87 22
2012-06-26 SDP W 6.1 6 1 1 4 4 1 103 57
2012-06-20 KCR L 7.0 3 2 2 0 4 0 85 67
2012-06-15 @TEX L 4.1 8 5 3 2 1 0 84 30
Last 5 v.PIT 0-2 9.2 13 12 10 1 14 3 9.31 37
2012-07-02 @PIT L 4.0 9 7 7 0 6 2 87 22
2011-06-16 PIT L 5.2 4 5 3 1 8 1 99 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-25   Road:   10-41   ExtrInn: 0-9 
 vsRHP:  23-51   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-24   vsWest:  8-22 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Thu, Jul 26   PIT  L   3-5       34-66  6th 25.0 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25   CIN  L   3-5       34-65  6th 24.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24   CIN  L   2-4       34-64  6th 23.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23   CIN  L   3-8       34-63  6th 22.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 22  @ARI  L   2-8       34-62  6th 21.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21  @ARI  L   3-12      34-61  6th 20.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 20  @ARI  L   8-13      34-60  6th 19.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 19  @SDP  L   0-1       34-59  6th 18.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @SDP  L   4-8       34-58  6th 17.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @SDP  L   2-8       34-57  6th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 2-18   Last 30: 6-24
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 PIT  5 @HOU  3        W:A.J. Burnett (12-3), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (30)
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 PIT  2  HOU  0        W:Jeff Karstens (2-2), L: Bud Norris (5-6), S: Joel Hanrahan (22)
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 PIT  6  HOU  4        W:Kevin Correia (5-6), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (21)
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 PIT  8  HOU  7        W:Joel Hanrahan (4-0), L: Wesley Wright (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 PIT 11  HOU  2        W:James McDonald (8-3), L: Jordan Lyles (2-5), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 PIT  3  HOU  2 (12)   W:Tony Watson (3-0), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-4), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 PIT  5  HOU  2        W:Charlie Morton (2-3), L: J.A. Happ (2-3), S: Juan Cruz (3)
Fri, May 11, 2012 HOU  1 @PIT  0        W:Bud Norris (3-1), L: James McDonald (2-2), S: Brett Myers (9)

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 PIT  5  HOU  4        W:Tony Watson (2-2), L: Wilton Lopez (2-6), S: Joel Hanrahan (36)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 HOU  4 @PIT  1        W:Brett Myers (4-13), L: Brad Lincoln (1-2), S: Mark Melancon (17)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 7-1; 2011 - PIT won 11-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - PIT leads 356-335

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 2012 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
Pirates Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lyles
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB
37.Cordero
G/S/vB
55.Cruz
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 335/243 .228/.296/.487/.782 .638/.838 .801 76/.860 0/0 21/14
26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 235/169 .206/.281/.364/.644 .476/.706 .690 47/.580 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 299/232 .206/.231/.298/.529 .694/.481 .544 67/.527 0/2 5/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.334 ··· 147/82 .229/.284/.374/.658 .732/.597 .675 19/.513 5/3 2/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 5/2.600 7/.857 1/.000 8/.661 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.667 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.000 267/237 .264/.288/.508/.796 .749/.802 .815 78/.862 2/0 15/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/2.000 ··· 7/.929 ··· 5/.200 6/.533 9/.393 5/.933 1/.000 398/298 .368/.425/.629/1.054 1.238/.991 1.011 90/1.261 14/7 22/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/1.250 2/3.000 3/.333 6/.167 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.375 285/193 .233/.298/.384/.682 .816/.621 .752 84/.645 1/1 8/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/2.167 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 134/107 .250/.328/.526/.854 1.381/.738 .926 37/.991 0/0 8/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .238/.304/.476/.781 1.167/.708 .536 12/1.083 0/1 0/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP 3/1.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 4/1.167 263/207 .231/.269/.364/.634 .718/.611 .642 52/.561 9/4 6/2
17.Sutton# G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 127/84 .258/.291/.400/.691 .785/.645 .710 62/.659 0/1 1/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 5/1.400 5/.800 ··· 4/2.667 1/no AB 4/.583 6/.167 8/.875 5/.600 2/.000 403/292 .293/.361/.433/.794 .648/.847 .831 96/1.111 7/5 9/4
IP 73.2 23.1 10.0 36.2 34.0 15.0 35.0 38.0 37.2 28.1 TOTAL .243/.299/.405/.704 .737/.692 .724 .790 49/37 110/58
ERA-K/9 5.50/5.4 3.86/8.5 2.70/7.2 6.87/6.9 6.88/7.1 7.80/4.8 4.63/3.3 2.61/7.1 6.21/8.8 3.49/9.5 4.66/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (54-4-5)
 McKenry (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 335/.297 100/.298 43/.263 175/.346 157/.299 73/.349 153/.252 150/.252 172/.248 124/.252 .273  Jones
 Harrison
 Presley
 McCutchen
 Sutton
0/0/38/2
1/0/11/1
64/2/1/1
0/94/0/1
13/0/7/0
OPS .839 .851 .702 .977 .865 .948 .792 .631 .764 .740 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/1.069 49/.647 18/1.007 88/.953 64/1.044 34/.963 40/1.067 53/.503 60/.801 79/.623 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.661 51/1.052 25/.477 87/.997 93/.735 39/.930 113/.694 97/.697 112/.743 45/.939 .754
Home 135/.678 43/.741 8/.250 98/1.139 60/.683 35/.929 82/.682 73/.526 69/.677 67/.735
Last 28d days 105/1.025 45/.994 3/.667 31/1.477 39/.885 45/1.066 72/1.053 26/.706 44/.803 26/.798
HR/SB/CS 13/4/3 4/0/1 1/2/0 8/5/0 5/3/1 1/6/0 7/3/2 3/1/0 5/18/0 4/1/1 116/86/25
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo·X· oo······ ·XX···o· X··o·XX· oo·X·Xo· X····X·· ··oo·o·· ·oo··X·· ···oX·oo
Astros Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Lincoln
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.666 399/296 .296/.343/.424/.766 .919/.711 .756 93/.641 17/6 5/9
12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/49 .195/.247/.333/.581 .733/.445 .721 32/.254 3/0 2/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 5/.600 1/no AB 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 308/248 .215/.302/.325/.627 .428/.677 .598 66/.499 11/3 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 20/17 .389/.450/.778/1.228 1.333/1.212 1.917 20/1.228 0/0 2/0
16.Downs G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 139/74 .200/.246/.400/.646 .690/.608 .498 34/.787 2/4 7/4
3.Francisco G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/29 .246/.290/.354/.644 .643/.644 .708 26/.629 0/1 0/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 121/93 .265/.314/.354/.668 .437/.739 .611 49/.711 2/3 1/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 8/.804 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 358/280 .276/.324/.411/.735 .616/.768 .904 75/.758 4/1 7/13
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 362/268 .241/.316/.386/.702 .754/.684 .733 81/.672 0/1 11/1
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/111 .218/.297/.442/.740 .728/.742 .835 46/.581 2/2 10/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/76 .227/.268/.453/.722 .167/.762 .683 79/.724 0/0 4/3
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 329/273 .224/.307/.304/.612 .363/.663 .636 69/.505 23/8 3/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 175/118 .181/.303/.302/.605 .694/.563 .650 44/.655 0/0 4/3
IP 46.0 37.2 40.1 47.1 58.1 47.1 29.1 TOTAL .240/.307/.374/.681 .609/.705 .723 .620 66/28 85/69
ERA-K/9 3.52/6.1 1.91/13.8 2.23/10.0 1.90/4.9 2.78/9.1 3.23/6.3 4.60/8.0 3.47/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (1-4-1)
 Snyder (46-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.259 153/.173 163/.164 190/.208 235/.229 214/.259 121/.250 .243  Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Maxwell
 Downs
 Bixler
 Moore
 Francisco
 Johnson
0/7/76/5
80/0/0/4
0/78/0/4
15/28/10/2
0/0/6/1
3/0/9/0
0/0/4/0
8/0/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .613 .570 .571 .610 .678 .703 .748 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.578 78/.459 89/.508 91/.698 108/.579 89/.770 59/.813 .667
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.643 75/.681 74/.647 99/.530 127/.763 125/.659 62/.681 .711
Road 112/.734 82/.679 72/.649 90/.558 160/.853 114/.695 80/.835
Last 28d days 108/.463 28/.526 42/.563 33/.308 40/.566 33/.366 24/1.053
HR/SB/CS 1/5/0 4/1/0 5/5/0 3/8/0 8/7/2 5/4/0 4/7/0 88/81/9
Usage ····X··· ·X····o· Xo··o·o· ·oo·X·o· X·o··X·· ···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.