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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 11, 2012 @PNC Park

Astros, 14-17, 14-17 3rd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (27, RHP, 2-1, 4.58)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 37.1 39 21 19 13 33 5 4.58
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.0 46 24 22 15 36 6 4.95 47
2012-05-05 STL W 6.0 3 1 0 4 4 0 91 64
2012-04-30 NYM ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 7 0 108 54
2012-04-24 @MIL L 5.2 9 7 7 2 6 3 102 27
2012-04-19 @WSN W 6.0 10 4 4 2 6 1 108 40
2012-04-14 @MIA ND 6.0 6 4 3 1 2 0 82 47
2012-04-08 COL ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 105 66
2011-09-20 @CIN L 2.2 7 3 3 2 3 1 69 33
Last 5 v.PIT 1-3 31.1 36 15 15 11 32 5 4.31 51
2011-07-16 PIT ND 5.2 9 4 4 2 5 3 111 38
2011-07-06 @PIT W 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 101 56
2011-06-14 PIT L 7.0 6 1 1 2 9 0 109 68
2011-05-07 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 9 1 97 58
2010-09-25 @PIT L 4.2 7 5 5 3 6 1 89 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-8    Road:    4-9    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  11-13   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May  9   MIA  L   3-5 (12)  14-17  4th  6.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   MIA  W   3-2       14-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   MIA  L   0-4       13-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   STL  L   1-8       13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   STL  W   8-2       13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4   STL  W   5-4       12-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   NYM  W   8-1       11-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 24 Tue, May  1   NYM  W   6-3       10-14  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30   NYM  W   4-3        9-14  5th  5.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @CIN  L   5-6        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 14-17, 14-17 3rd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 2-1, 2.70)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 36.2 27 11 11 13 31 2 2.70
2011 (9-9) 171.0 176 86 80 78 142 24 4.21
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.2 33 14 12 15 35 2 2.59 57
2012-05-05 CIN W 6.1 6 1 1 2 7 0 99 62
2012-04-30 @ATL W 7.2 7 3 3 2 10 1 114 61
2012-04-25 COL ND 7.0 1 1 1 3 8 0 101 76
2012-04-18 @ARI ND 4.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 79 53
2012-04-13 @SFG L 5.2 6 3 3 3 1 0 88 43
2012-04-08 PHI ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 82 57
2011-09-25 CIN ND 5.0 6 3 1 2 4 0 105 49
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 29.0 25 9 8 13 28 0 2.48 57
2011-09-05 HOU W 7.1 3 1 1 3 6 0 91 71
2011-08-31 @HOU L 6.0 7 2 1 2 6 0 94 56
2011-06-16 @HOU W 5.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 109 43
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:    8-7    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-13   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Thu, May 10   WSN  L   2-4       14-17  3rd  6.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9   WSN  W   4-2       14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  8   WSN  W   5-4       13-16  4th  5.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   CIN  L   0-5       12-16  4th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   CIN  W   3-2       12-15  4th  4.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4   CIN  L   1-6       11-15  5th  5.0 gb
 25 Thu, May  3  @STL  W   6-3       11-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2  @STL  L   3-12      10-14  5th  6.0 gb
 23 Tue, May  1  @STL  L   7-10      10-13  4th  5.0 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30  @ATL  W   9-3       10-12  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 PIT  3  HOU  1        W:James McDonald (9-7), L: Henry Sosa (2-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (35)
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 HOU  2  PIT  0        W:J.A. Happ (5-15), L: James McDonald (8-7), S: Mark Melancon (16)
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 HOU  8  PIT  2        W:Henry Sosa (2-2), L: Charlie Morton (9-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 HOU  7  PIT  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (10-9), L: Jason Grilli (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (15)
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 PIT  7 @HOU  5 (11)   W:Chris Leroux (1-0), L: Mark Melancon (5-3), S: Chris Resop (1)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 HOU  6  PIT  4        W:Sergio Escalona (2-1), L: Jose Veras (2-3), S: Mark Melancon (7)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 PIT  4 @HOU  0        W:Jeff Karstens (8-4), L: Brett Myers (3-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 HOU  8 @PIT  2        W:Bud Norris (5-6), L: Charlie Morton (7-5), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - PIT won 11-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - PIT leads 349-334

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  5.69

CHW  4.03

PIT  2.87

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

PHI  4.09

BOS  5.77

 BA

J. Hamilton  .395

H. Pence  .262

C. Barmes  .152

 OBP

B. LaHair  .476

R. Cano  .331

C. Barmes  .188

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .825

I. Desmond  .418

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.274

I. Suzuki  .750

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

J. Williams  3.38

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.74

K. Drabek  7.20

H. Alvarez  2.61

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

Astros Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 25.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.800 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 131/76 .333/.377/.492/.869 1.021/.922 1.085 103/.903 5/1 2/4
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 107/64 .228/.336/.348/.684 .585/.705 .750 83/.754 4/3 1/0
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .271/.340/.396/.735 .500/.855 .652 41/.666 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 72/49 .227/.282/.288/.570 .444/.602 .667 53/.628 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 42/25 .175/.214/.425/.639 .564/.720 .776 36/.750 0/0 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .238/.256/.310/.565 .742/.480 .357 20/.450 0/0 0/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· 118/73 .295/.331/.473/.804 .771/.864 .688 89/.831 2/0 4/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 14/.594 8/1.250 6/2.000 1/.000 6/1.166 9/1.083 4/.000 1/.000 118/67 .274/.347/.387/.734 .399/.925 .624 87/.700 0/0 2/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/56 .301/.387/.473/.860 .997/1.005 .890 101/.833 1/0 4/2
14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 119/68 .230/.353/.360/.713 .784/.636 .805 91/.546 0/0 3/0
22.Maxwell G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/17 .303/.351/.455/.806 1.042/.610 .297 32/.723 0/1 1/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/.666 124/77 .262/.352/.346/.698 .521/.730 .571 91/.658 11/4 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 51/24 .133/.235/.200/.435 .651/.482 .368 41/.497 0/0 1/0
IP 36.2 12.0 12.0 16.2 14.1 13.2 10.0 TOTAL .255/.327/.379/.706 .710/.749 .701 .699 23/9 22/20
ERA-K/9 2.70/7.6 0.75/7.5 3.00/16.5 1.62/5.4 0.63/10.1 /0.0 3.29/5.9 5.40/6.3 3.40/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-2-2)
 Snyder (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.213 52/.279 52/.178 72/.234 56/.180 / 67/.288 39/.222 .247  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Maxwell
 Buck
 Downs
0/28/0/2
0/2/24/1
27/0/0/1
2/8/2/1
6/0/8/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .635 .675 .711 .700 .588 .838 .729 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.674 26/.716 29/.609 34/.736 26/.580 / 27/1.157 23/.785 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.591 26/.638 23/.828 38/.669 30/.590 / 40/.619 16/.650 .706
Home 72/.558 22/.770 20/.762 39/.736 23/.310 / 28/1.037 14/.753
Last 28d days 96/.596 38/.654 41/.783 61/.740 56/.588 / 52/.938 33/.773
HR/SB/CS 2/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/5/0 1/0/1 // 3/1/0 2/2/0 28/22/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·X ·X···X·X ·X··X··o ·X··X··· o·····X· o·o·····
Pirates Batters (2.87 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.889 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 12/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 98/83 .216/.286/.500/.786 .867/.769 .655 82/.885 0/0 7/7
26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.450 3/.000 ··· ··· 72/52 .134/.194/.224/.418 .426/.413 .412 55/.496 0/0 1/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/1.000 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 98/81 .152/.188/.293/.481 .426/.493 .492 77/.499 0/1 2/6
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 2/2.000 ··· 31/12 .179/.207/.286/.493 .471/.523 .733 23/.476 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 25/.860 5/.800 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 22/.608 ··· 4/.000 76/73 .264/.289/.500/.789 .000/.823 .659 62/.892 1/0 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 26/.748 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.453 4/.000 24/1.360 4/.500 1/.000 116/87 .330/.397/.466/.863 .844/.869 .949 88/.861 5/2 2/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 11/.637 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 12/1.200 22/.364 1/.000 8/.375 77/51 .243/.312/.329/.640 .819/.551 .572 61/.571 0/0 0/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 2/2.000 ··· 39/33 .206/.308/.353/.661 1.500/.539 .588 32/.531 0/0 1/0
2.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 15/1.764 ··· 8/.536 44/39 .205/.295/.256/.552 .200/.593 .742 37/.570 0/0 0/0
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/18 .207/.294/.310/.604 .913/.347 .449 28/.632 0/1 1/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 11/1.055 2/1.000 3/1.667 114/91 .241/.261/.333/.595 .696/.568 .702 87/.612 3/3 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 16/.563 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 8/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 112/83 .240/.288/.317/.606 .526/.631 .619 90/.653 4/4 1/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 21/1.135 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 7/1.000 2/1.000 19/.646 4/.000 1/.000 116/90 .288/.348/.346/.694 .748/.679 .609 94/.830 1/0 1/2
IP 37.1 4.2 13.2 9.2 18.1 11.1 10.2 13.0 7.0 TOTAL .225/.279/.343/.622 .644/.615 .613 .662 14/12 22/25
ERA-K/9 4.58/8.0 7.71/3.8 3.29/7.9 1.86/7.4 1.96/5.9 2.38/9.6 0.84/5.9 3.46/8.3 3.86/6.4 3.76/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (15-2-2)
 McKenry (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.265 21/.300 66/.286 37/.219 65/.188 46/.279 39/.158 57/.220 31/.222 .250  Jones
 McCutchen
 Tabata
 Navarro
 Presley
 McLouth
0/0/6/1
0/28/0/1
2/0/27/0
4/0/0/0
28/0/0/0
2/4/3/0
OPS .723 1.233 .777 .579 .434 .721 .495 .676 .619 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.757 9/.778 15/.785 12/.523 14/.429 11/.764 14/.220 16/1.563 19/.328 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.737 12/1.598 24/.600 15/.606 25/.240 27/.733 13/.923 28/.516 10/1.167 .743
Road 83/.900 3/3.333 29/.893 20/.485 30/.567 20/1.029 16/.563 32/.677 8/.375
Last 28d days 135/.758 16/1.308 51/.916 28/.626 48/.422 35/.596 34/.441 39/.723 17/.437
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 4/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 34/25/7
Usage ·····X·· ····Xo·· ·X···X·· ·o······ ·oo··oo· ··ooX··· ·oo···o· ·o····o· ·o···oo·

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.