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Game Preview: HOU @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 @PNC Park

Astros, 32-48, 32-48 5th, 12½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 7-6, 4.33)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-6)			97.2	95	55	47	35	56	8	4.33
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		4-3	47.0	44	25	24	14	28	5	4.60	51
2012-06-27	SDP	W	9.0	6	0	0	4	7	0	109	78
2012-06-22	CLE	L	7.0	2	1	1	3	9	0	104	75
2012-06-16	@TEX	L	5.1	7	5	5	0	2	1	78	36
2012-06-10	@CHW	W	7.1	6	5	5	1	5	1	110	50
2012-06-05	STL	W	6.0	8	4	3	0	1	1	98	43
2012-05-30	@COL	L	5.0	10	9	9	3	4	2	107	12
2012-05-25	@LAD	W	7.1	5	1	1	3	0	0	94	61

Has never faced PIT as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   23-19   Road:    9-29   ExtrInn: 0-7 
 vsRHP:  21-36   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  7-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Mon, Jul  2  @PIT  L   2-11      32-48  5th 12.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  1  @CHC  L   0-3       32-47  5th 11.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 30  @CHC  L   2-3       32-46  5th 11.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 29  @CHC  L   0-4       32-45  5th 10.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 28   SDP  L   3-7       32-44  5th  9.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27   SDP  W   1-0       32-43  5th  9.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26   SDP  W   5-3       31-43  5th 10.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25   SDP  L   7-8 (10)  30-43  5th 10.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24   CLE  W   7-1       30-42  5th  9.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23   CLE  W   8-1       29-42  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Pirates, 43-36, 43-36 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 9-2, 3.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-2)			81.2	72	31	30	29	69	7	3.31
2011 (11-11)			190.1	190	115	109	83	173	31	5.15
2010 (10-15)			186.2	204	118	109	78	145	25	5.26

Last 7 GS		7-0	44.0	32	11	10	19	36	3	2.05	60
2012-06-28	@PHI	W	6.2	6	3	3	2	7	1	101	55
2012-06-22	DET	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	98	69
2012-06-16	@CLE	W	6.2	6	2	2	4	2	2	96	52
2012-06-10	KCR	W	7.1	5	2	2	2	6	0	107	64
2012-06-05	@CIN	W	5.0	5	3	3	4	8	0	100	49
2012-05-30	CIN	W	7.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	103	72
2012-05-25	CHC	W	5.1	6	0	0	2	6	0	105	60

Last 5 v.HOU		1-3	34.0	29	17	15	14	29	1	3.97	55
2012-05-13	HOU	ND	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	103	66
2005-09-14	@HOU	L	6.0	6	3	3	5	5	0	112	48
2005-05-09	HOU	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	109	65
2002-08-07	@HOU	L	6.0	6	7	5	3	2	1	93	35
2002-04-25	HOU	W	7.0	5	3	3	5	9	0	125	59

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   24-13   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest:  5-7  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Mon, Jul  2   HOU  W  11-2       43-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1  @STL  L   4-5       42-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30  @STL  W   7-3       42-35  2nd  1.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29  @STL  W  14-5       41-35  2nd  1.0 gb
 75 Thu, Jun 28  @PHI  W   5-4       40-35  2nd  1.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 27  @PHI  W  11-7       39-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 26  @PHI  L   4-5       38-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 25  @PHI  L   3-8       38-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24   DET  L   2-3       38-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23   DET  W   4-1       38-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 3-1; 2011 - PIT won 11-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - PIT leads 352-335

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 5.34 PHI 4.28 SDP 3.44	RA/G WSN 3.48 ATL 4.30 COL 5.81	BA C. Ruiz .356 D. Pedroia .268 B. Ryan .184	OBP J. Votto .471 M. Napoli .335 J. Arencibia .260	SLG J. Hamilton .643 M. Montero .422 B. Ryan .274	OPS J. Votto 1.103 A. Escobar .768 D. Gordon .555	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 J. Masterson 3.92 M. Minor 6.20	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.81 M. Bumgarner 7.48 H. Alvarez 2.82

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.34

PHI 4.28

SDP 3.44

RA/G

WSN 3.48

ATL 4.30

COL 5.81

C. Ruiz .356

D. Pedroia .268

B. Ryan .184

OBP

J. Votto .471

M. Napoli .335

J. Arencibia .260

SLG

J. Hamilton .643

M. Montero .422

B. Ryan .274

OPS

J. Votto 1.103

A. Escobar .768

D. Gordon .555

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

J. Masterson 3.92

M. Minor 6.20

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.81

M. Bumgarner 7.48

H. Alvarez 2.82

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Astros Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 315/226 .304/.347/.444/.791 .988/.712 .837 81/.639 12/5 5/8

12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/32 .250/.308/.433/.741 .848/.629 .689 57/.787 3/0 2/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 253/201 .217/.300/.345/.646 .436/.702 .657 80/.663 7/3 6/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 182/144 .250/.331/.375/.706 .400/.793 .661 59/.735 0/0 2/5

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 110/59 .173/.218/.356/.574 .571/.577 .618 34/.570 1/3 5/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 287/225 .280/.324/.414/.738 .579/.781 .576 85/.628 4/0 6/12

45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.872 9/1.111 7/1.714 9/.476 2/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 2/.000 269/205 .284/.335/.404/.739 .457/.826 .642 62/.670 0/0 5/3

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 18/.278 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 296/220 .253/.338/.471/.809 .626/.870 .711 97/.695 2/0 14/8

14.Martinez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 293/211 .239/.322/.402/.723 .776/.703 .704 93/.728 0/1 10/0

46.Moore* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .364/.364/.727/1.091 .000/1.200 1.250 11/1.091 0/0 1/0

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.667 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 268/220 .234/.317/.319/.636 .378/.693 .606 71/.564 18/6 3/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 132/87 .183/.288/.296/.584 .631/.560 .565 38/.445 0/0 3/3

IP 81.2 27.1 30.2 30.0 41.0 47.2 39.2 26.0 TOTAL .244/.311/.383/.694 .617/.721 .654 .665 48/20 73/56

ERA-K/9

3.31/7.6

2.63/9.9

2.05/14.1

2.10/10.5

2.20/4.6

3.21/9.2

3.63/6.3

3.81/7.3

3.51/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (38-9-4)
Snyder (27-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.235 123/.295 125/.157 121/.163 168/.219 195/.233 185/.268 104/.237 .243 Bogusevic
Schafer
Martinez
Downs
Bixler
Johnson 0/5/63/4
0/64/0/3
64/0/0/2
0/0/5/1
3/0/6/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .638 .818 .581 .573 .651 .702 .745 .706 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.657 58/.865 65/.488 67/.527 77/.736 92/.646 77/.835 54/.853 .680

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.613 65/.777 60/.674 54/.629 91/.580 103/.751 108/.684 50/.536 .710

Home 185/.457 55/.860 55/.512 63/.452 81/.758 54/.289 80/.810 38/.540

Last 28d days 108/.610 32/.875 38/.577 34/.509 60/.625 95/.845 56/.733 36/.832

HR/SB/CS 7/17/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 4/4/0 3/7/0 7/4/1 5/4/0 3/4/0 73/61/6

Usage ····X··· ·X··o·X· ····Xo·· ····oX·· X·o··o·o ···X·o·· ·o·o···· ·oX··oo·

Pirates Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 13/.968 ··· 3/.666 267/200 .231/.303/.479/.782 .625/.837 .743 91/1.048 0/0 15/13

26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.450 3/.000 ··· ··· 188/134 .218/.277/.382/.659 .396/.755 .636 51/.542 0/0 7/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 14/.928 11/.637 1/3.000 1/.000 244/192 .205/.230/.306/.536 .615/.514 .538 82/.561 0/2 4/9

10.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 3/2.000 ··· 131/73 .222/.278/.385/.662 .726/.608 .625 38/.577 5/3 2/2

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 22/.608 1/2.000 4/.000 202/188 .266/.292/.505/.797 .220/.840 .809 73/.908 2/0 11/2

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 26/1.321 5/.933 1/.000 317/238 .354/.407/.600/1.007 1.285/.913 1.078 105/1.126 14/4 15/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 4/1.750 2/3.000 ··· 12/1.200 22/.364 2/.000 8/.375 209/139 .243/.321/.389/.710 .802/.665 .584 85/.872 1/1 5/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/.453 2/2.000 ··· 109/88 .234/.321/.479/.800 1.304/.693 .593 48/.975 0/0 6/0

7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.962 3/.666 4/1.167 226/180 .244/.278/.399/.677 .790/.648 .694 96/.779 8/4 6/1

17.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/46 .300/.347/.429/.775 .739/.793 .708 41/.967 0/0 0/3

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.522 2/1.500 1/.000 280/206 .230/.295/.341/.636 .649/.631 .603 82/.690 8/9 3/3

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 20/.780 5/.600 2/.000 320/232 .276/.342/.385/.726 .641/.758 .629 108/.811 7/1 5/3

IP 97.2 16.2 29.1 26.1 20.0 29.2 26.2 29.2 22.2 TOTAL .241/.297/.394/.691 .707/.685 .661 .799 47/28 80/48

ERA-K/9

4.33/5.2

3.24/7.0

5.52/8.3

6.84/7.2

1.35/3.6

2.73/9.1

3.71/6.4

6.67/9.1

3.57/8.7

4.44/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (40-2-5)
McKenry (21-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 419/.255 67/.270 140/.333 122/.302 81/.194 124/.261 116/.280 134/.250 99/.247 .269 Tabata
Jones
McCutchen
Harrison
Presley
Fryer
Sutton 19/0/64/6
0/0/23/2
0/75/0/1
1/0/10/1
55/2/0/1
1/0/0/0
5/0/1/0

OPS .712 .790 .885 .868 .576 .662 .777 .769 .716 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.733 34/.598 55/1.035 51/1.086 21/.749 39/.666 61/.819 47/.898 62/.544 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 232/.696 33/.997 85/.791 71/.702 60/.514 85/.656 55/.729 87/.699 37/1.008 .746

Road 233/.808 32/.942 83/.891 76/.949 23/.558 60/.767 42/.725 79/.863 38/.712

Last 28d days 113/.568 30/.700 44/.889 48/1.158 81/.576 35/.596 39/1.059 44/.849 29/.792

HR/SB/CS 8/10/2 4/0/0 4/3/0 5/3/1 2/2/1 2/5/1 4/0/0 5/12/0 3/1/0 97/65/17

Usage ·····X·· X·Xo··X· ooo···o· X··Xo··· ····X··· ····o··X ····X·Xo 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.