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Game Preview: PIT @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 28, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Pirates, 57-42, 57-42 2nd, 2 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 7-9, 3.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-9) 130.2 134 66 55 32 89 13 3.79
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 1-5 42.0 41 24 22 12 31 2 4.71 50
2012-07-23 CIN L 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 102 49
2012-07-18 @SDP L 4.0 4 5 5 2 4 0 66 36
2012-07-13 @SFG L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 103 44
2012-07-07 MIL W 5.1 4 2 0 2 5 0 99 59
2012-07-01 @CHC L 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 96 57
2012-06-25 SDP ND 6.2 8 5 5 0 6 0 94 44
2012-06-19 KCR L 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 102 58
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-16   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  41-31   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest:  9-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @HOU  W   6-5       57-42  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Astros, 34-67, 34-67 6th, 26 GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 42.2 47 36 28 22 28 13 5.91
2010 (4-9) 144.1 143 75 72 51 74 21 4.49
2009 (6-10) 143.2 158 93 90 67 95 24 5.64
Last 7 GS 2-4 35.2 42 32 24 20 23 11 6.06 40
2011-05-16 SDP L 5.0 8 8 5 2 1 1 92 24
2011-05-11 @SFG L 5.1 8 4 4 3 4 1 96 37
2011-05-06 @SDP ND 4.1 3 3 2 6 2 0 81 43
2011-04-29 CHC L 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 3 95 54
2011-04-24 @NYM L 3.0 4 6 2 4 5 2 79 36
2011-04-19 @CIN W 6.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 102 56
2011-04-12 STL W 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 3 99 30
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 9.2 14 6 6 2 0 2 5.59 41
2010-06-13 PIT ND 7.2 6 2 2 1 0 1 106 58
2009-06-13 @PIT L 2.0 8 4 4 1 0 1 43 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-26   Road:   10-41   ExtrInn: 0-9 
 vsRHP:  23-52   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  10-18
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-25   vsWest:  8-22 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Fri, Jul 27   PIT  L   5-6       34-67  6th 26.0 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
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 2-18   Last 30: 5-25

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 PIT  6 @HOU  5        W:Tony Watson (5-1), L: Rhiner Cruz (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (31)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 8-1; 2011 - PIT won 11-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - PIT leads 357-335

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.03

WSN  4.29

SDP  3.67

 RA/G

WSN  3.51

ATL  4.25

COL  5.59

 BA

A. McCutchen  .369

R. Zimmerman  .270

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

A. Jones  .338

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .633

A. Gonzalez  .430

J. Carroll  .282

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

N. Cruz  .769

C. Pennington  .541

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.23

M. Garza  3.91

J. Guthrie  6.68

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.59

J. Lester  7.48

D. Lowe  3.08

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

Pirates Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 37.Cordero
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 28.Fick
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 4/.500 339/246 .229/.295/.484/.779 .631/.836 .793 76/.797 0/0 21/14
26.Barajas G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 236/169 .205/.280/.362/.642 .468/.706 .684 48/.567 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 302/235 .204/.230/.296/.526 .694/.477 .537 66/.524 0/2 5/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.167 ··· 148/83 .229/.282/.374/.656 .732/.593 .671 20/.498 5/3 2/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 4/2.500 7/.857 1/.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 4/.500 1/2.000 5/.000 271/240 .264/.288/.504/.792 .725/.800 .806 79/.831 2/0 15/3
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/5 .250/.222/.625/.847 2.167/.000 .847 9/.847 0/1 1/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 7/.929 ··· ··· 6/.533 10/.708 5/.933 1/.000 402/302 .369/.425/.633/1.059 1.238/.998 1.021 90/1.286 14/7 22/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 8/1.250 3/3.000 ··· 6/.167 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.375 286/194 .233/.301/.384/.684 .816/.625 .757 83/.670 1/1 8/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/2.167 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 138/111 .267/.341/.567/.907 1.381/.806 1.015 37/1.197 0/0 9/1
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 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.900 267/210 .235/.273/.378/.651 .705/.637 .672 51/.650 9/4 7/2
17.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 128/85 .258/.297/.400/.697 .785/.653 .721 62/.682 0/1 1/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/2.667 1/no AB ··· 6/.167 8/.875 5/.600 3/.000 407/295 .290/.357/.428/.785 .642/.838 .815 95/1.070 7/5 9/4
IP 23.1 10.2 36.2 34.0 1.2 35.0 38.0 38.2 29.2 TOTAL .244/.299/.406/.705 .733/.695 .726 .795 49/37 112/58
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.86/8.5 2.53/6.7 6.87/6.9 7.41/7.1 5.40/0.0 4.63/3.3 2.61/7.1 6.05/8.8 3.34/9.4 4.68/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (55-4-5)
 McKenry (28-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 100/.298 45/.256 175/.346 160/.304 9/.429 153/.252 151/.257 175/.247 128/.243 .273  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Presley
 Sutton
 Marte
0/0/38/2
1/0/11/1
0/95/0/1
64/2/2/1
13/0/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .851 .677 .977 .880 1.071 .792 .648 .757 .715 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 49/.647 18/1.007 88/.953 65/1.053 7/1.238 40/1.067 53/.503 60/.801 82/.599 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 51/1.052 27/.448 87/.997 95/.756 2/.000 113/.694 98/.722 115/.733 46/.917 .755
Home / 43/.741 10/.211 98/1.139 63/.727 9/1.071 82/.682 74/.561 72/.663 71/.691
Last 28d days / 39/1.030 5/.450 31/1.477 42/.943 / 72/1.053 27/.793 47/.774 30/.683
HR/SB/CS // 4/0/1 1/2/0 8/5/0 5/3/1 0/0/0 7/3/2 3/1/0 5/18/0 4/1/1 118/86/25
Usage ··o·Xo·X ooo····· ··XX···o XX··o·XX ········ ·X····X· o··oo·o· o·oo··X· o···oX·o
Astros Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 4/.500 404/300 .295/.341/.421/.762 .910/.708 .746 98/.627 18/6 5/9
12.Bixler G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/49 .195/.247/.333/.581 .733/.445 .721 32/.254 3/0 2/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/.500 1/no AB 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 309/249 .215/.301/.324/.625 .428/.674 .594 63/.505 11/3 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 140/75 .198/.245/.397/.642 .690/.600 .488 34/.787 2/4 7/4
3.Francisco G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 73/33 .261/.301/.406/.707 .643/.785 .800 28/.840 0/1 1/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 126/97 .254/.302/.339/.641 .421/.708 .559 54/.641 2/3 1/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.804 1/4.000 3/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 363/284 .282/.331/.433/.764 .608/.807 .954 76/.863 4/1 8/13
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 367/273 .246/.320/.389/.709 .754/.693 .747 82/.689 0/1 11/1
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 190/116 .225/.305/.444/.749 .728/.757 .850 51/.630 2/2 10/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 87/81 .215/.264/.430/.695 .167/.731 .626 80/.667 0/0 4/3
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 5/.900 4/.500 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 329/273 .224/.307/.304/.612 .363/.663 .636 65/.485 24/8 3/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 13/.398 4/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.167 ··· 179/122 .178/.302/.296/.598 .694/.553 .633 48/.623 0/0 4/3
IP 130.2 37.2 41.1 48.1 58.1 48.1 30.1 TOTAL .241/.308/.375/.683 .607/.708 .727 .627 68/28 87/69
ERA-K/9 3.79/6.1 1.91/13.8 2.18/10.2 2.05/5.0 2.78/9.1 3.17/6.1 4.45/8.3 3.48/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.260 153/.173 167/.167 197/.218 235/.229 218/.259 124/.243 .243  Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Maxwell
 Downs
 Wright
 Bixler
 Moore
 Francisco
 Johnson
0/7/77/5
81/0/0/4
0/78/0/4
15/29/10/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/1/0
3/0/9/0
0/0/4/0
8/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .709 .570 .569 .638 .678 .699 .729 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.720 78/.459 91/.496 92/.690 108/.579 90/.760 59/.813 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 440/.706 75/.681 76/.657 105/.592 127/.763 128/.659 65/.647 .718
Road 224/.696 82/.679 76/.640 97/.616 160/.853 118/.688 83/.803
Last 28d days 125/.592 28/.526 46/.558 36/.544 40/.566 37/.382 23/.824
HR/SB/CS 13/10/4 4/1/0 5/6/0 3/8/0 8/7/2 5/4/0 4/7/0 90/83/9
Usage ····X··· ··X····o XXo··o·o X·oo·X·o ·X·o··X· o···X··X o···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.