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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Sunday, May 19, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT

PNC Park at North Shore

Stories

2

Gamethread: Andrew McCutchen scratched

Charlie Wilmoth Bucs Dugout May 19 2013, 12:33p

Here's the lineup for today's 1:35 matchup against Lucas Harrell and the Astros: Starling Marte CFTravis Snider LFGarrett Jones RFGaby Sanchez 1BNeil Walker 2BPedro Alvarez 3BMichael McKenry CC...

3

Level Review (AAA): Wheeler, Odorizzi, Wacha

Jason Hunt Fake Teams May 19 2013, 10:00a

Jason Hunt takes a look at the action from the two AAA leagues in the past two weeks, including top prospects Billy Hamilton, Sonny Gray, Zach Wheeler, Jake Odorizzi and others in this weekend's Minor League Level Review.

28

Cisnero shuts down Pirates in 11-inning Bucs loss

Charlie Wilmoth Bucs Dugout May 19 2013, 12:32a

The Astros beat the Pirates 4-2 in 11 innings Saturday night thanks to a heroic relief outing by Jose Cisnero. Despite walking four, A.J. Burnett pitched seven strong innings and left with a 2-1...

17

Astros 4, Pirates 2: Astros work magic in extras

David Coleman The Crawfish Boxes May 18 2013, 11:19p

Houston pulls off some extra-inning magic to get the win over the Pirates on Saturday.

NL Central Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
St. Louis 27 15 .642 0 Lost 1
Cincinnati 26 17 .604 1.5 Won 1
Pittsburgh 25 18 .581 2.5 Lost 1
Chicago 18 24 .428 9 Won 1
Milwaukee 17 24 .414 9.5 Won 1
Houston 12 31 .279 15.5 Won 1

(updated 5.19.2013 at 11:21 AM EDT)

3

Sims Continues to Simmer For Rome

yondaime4 Talking Chop May 18 2013, 10:58p

Lucas Sims has been pretty good if you haven't been paying attention this season. Another solid (but short) outing means you should be paying attention.

6

Karstens rehabs and Sands finally goes deep

WTM Bucs Dugout May 18 2013, 10:09p

Jeff Karstens had a solid rehab start, Jerry Sands at last did what he was acquired for, Josh Harrison had a big day and Tyler Glasnow is awfully hard to hit

9

Hurdle: relationship between character-performance

David Manel Bucs Dugout May 18 2013, 6:05p

Pregame: Hurdle talks about relationship between character and performance

498

Gamethread: Erik Bedard returns

Charlie Wilmoth Bucs Dugout May 18 2013, 1:35p

The game doesn't start for quite a while, but I'm going to be on at MLBTR through the afternoon and evening, so I'll post this now. Erik Bedard returns to PNC as a member of the Astros, and he'll...

9

Is Starling a Star Going Forward?

Craig Goldstein Fake Teams May 18 2013, 10:00a

Off to a tremendous start, can Starling continue to avoid a sophomore slump?

13

Polanco, Herrera and Holmes enjoy good days

WTM Bucs Dugout May 17 2013, 11:34p

Dilson Herrera continued to scorch the ball, Gregory Polanco and a rehabbing Chase d'Arnaud led Bradenton, Clay Holmes had a good start after a bad stretch, and the Pirates organization went 5-0 against minor league teams

143

Pirates walk off as Astros beat themselves

Charlie Wilmoth Bucs Dugout May 17 2013, 11:07p

The Pirates used a two-run bomb by Pedro Alvarez to tie the game against the Astros in the late innings, then walked off in the ninth after the Astros committed two errors that were oh-so-very...

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Astros notes: Altuve, Norris, Humber

Connor Moylan MLB Daily Dish May 17 2013, 10:12p

Taking a loot at some recent news involving Astros players.

Schedule

2013 Schedule

April
Chicago Cubs Monday, April 01 2013 loss 1 - 3 coverage
Chicago Cubs Wednesday, April 03 2013 win 3 - 0 coverage
Chicago Cubs Thursday, April 04 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ Los Angeles Dodgers Friday, April 05 2013 loss 0 - 3 coverage
@ Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, April 06 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, April 07 2013 loss 2 - 6 coverage
@ Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, April 08 2013 win 5 - 3 coverage
@ Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, April 09 2013 win 6 - 5 coverage
@ Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, April 10 2013 loss 2 - 10 coverage
Cincinnati Reds Friday, April 12 2013 win 6 - 5 coverage
Cincinnati Reds Saturday, April 13 2013 win 3 - 1 coverage
Cincinnati Reds Sunday, April 14 2013 win 10 - 7 coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Monday, April 15 2013 loss 6 - 10 coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, April 16 2013 PPD coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, April 17 2013 win 5 - 0 coverage
Atlanta Braves Thursday, April 18 2013 loss 4 - 6 coverage
Atlanta Braves Friday, April 19 2013 win 6 - 0 coverage
Atlanta Braves Saturday, April 20 2013 win 3 - 1 coverage
Atlanta Braves Sunday, April 21 2013 win 4 - 2 coverage
@ Philadelphia Phillies Monday, April 22 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday, April 23 2013 win 2 - 0 coverage
@ Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, April 24 2013 win 5 - 3 coverage
@ Philadelphia Phillies Thursday, April 25 2013 win 6 - 4 coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Friday, April 26 2013 loss 1 - 9 coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, April 27 2013 win 5 - 3 coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, April 28 2013 win 9 - 0 coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Monday, April 29 2013 loss 4 - 10 coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, April 30 2013 loss 8 - 12 coverage
May
@ Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, May 01 2013 win 6 - 4 coverage
Washington Nationals Friday, May 03 2013 win 3 - 1 coverage
Washington Nationals Saturday, May 04 2013 loss 4 - 5 coverage
Washington Nationals Sunday, May 05 2013 loss 2 - 6 coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, May 07 2013 win 4 - 1 coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, May 08 2013 loss 1 - 2 coverage
@ New York Mets Thursday, May 09 2013 loss 2 - 3 coverage
@ New York Mets Friday, May 10 2013 win 7 - 3 coverage
@ New York Mets Saturday, May 11 2013 win 11 - 2 coverage
@ New York Mets Sunday, May 12 2013 win 3 - 2 coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Monday, May 13 2013 loss 1 - 5 coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, May 14 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, May 15 2013 win 3 - 1 coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Thursday, May 16 2013 win 7 - 1 coverage
Houston Astros Friday, May 17 2013 win 5 - 4 coverage
Houston Astros Saturday, May 18 2013 loss 2 - 4 coverage
Houston Astros Sunday, May 19 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Thursday, May 23 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Friday, May 24 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Saturday, May 25 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, May 26 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Monday, May 27 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Tuesday, May 28 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
Detroit Tigers Wednesday, May 29 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Detroit Tigers Thursday, May 30 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Friday, May 31 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
June
Cincinnati Reds Saturday, June 01 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Sunday, June 02 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Atlanta Braves Monday, June 03 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Atlanta Braves Tuesday, June 04 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Atlanta Braves Wednesday, June 05 2013 12:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Friday, June 07 2013 2:20 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Saturday, June 08 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Sunday, June 09 2013 2:20 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Tuesday, June 11 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Wednesday, June 12 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Thursday, June 13 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Dodgers Friday, June 14 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, June 15 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, June 16 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Monday, June 17 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Thursday, June 20 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Friday, June 21 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, June 22 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Sunday, June 23 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Tuesday, June 25 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Wednesday, June 26 2013 3:40 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Friday, June 28 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Saturday, June 29 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, June 30 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
July
Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday, July 02 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, July 03 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Phillies Thursday, July 04 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Friday, July 05 2013 2:20 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Saturday, July 06 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Sunday, July 07 2013 2:20 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Monday, July 08 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Tuesday, July 09 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Oakland Athletics Wednesday, July 10 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Mets Friday, July 12 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Mets Saturday, July 13 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
New York Mets Sunday, July 14 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Friday, July 19 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Saturday, July 20 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Sunday, July 21 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Washington Nationals Monday, July 22 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Washington Nationals Tuesday, July 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Washington Nationals Wednesday, July 24 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Washington Nationals Thursday, July 25 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Friday, July 26 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Saturday, July 27 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Miami Marlins Sunday, July 28 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Monday, July 29 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, July 30 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, July 30 2013 7:35 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, July 31 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
August
St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, August 01 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Colorado Rockies Friday, August 02 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Colorado Rockies Saturday, August 03 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Colorado Rockies Sunday, August 04 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
Miami Marlins Tuesday, August 06 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Miami Marlins Wednesday, August 07 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Miami Marlins Thursday, August 08 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Colorado Rockies Friday, August 09 2013 8:40 PM EDT coverage
@ Colorado Rockies Saturday, August 10 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Colorado Rockies Sunday, August 11 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, August 13 2013 8:15 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, August 14 2013 8:15 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, August 15 2013 1:45 PM EDT coverage
Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, August 16 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday, August 17 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday, August 18 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ San Diego Padres Monday, August 19 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ San Diego Padres Tuesday, August 20 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ San Diego Padres Wednesday, August 21 2013 6:40 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Thursday, August 22 2013 10:15 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Friday, August 23 2013 10:15 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Saturday, August 24 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Sunday, August 25 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, August 27 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, August 28 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Milwaukee Brewers Thursday, August 29 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Friday, August 30 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, August 31 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
September
St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, September 01 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Monday, September 02 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, September 03 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, September 04 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Friday, September 06 2013 8:15 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, September 07 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
@ St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, September 08 2013 2:15 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Monday, September 09 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Tuesday, September 10 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Wednesday, September 11 2013 2:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Thursday, September 12 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Friday, September 13 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Saturday, September 14 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Sunday, September 15 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
San Diego Padres Monday, September 16 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
San Diego Padres Tuesday, September 17 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
San Diego Padres Wednesday, September 18 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
San Diego Padres Thursday, September 19 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Friday, September 20 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Saturday, September 21 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Sunday, September 22 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Monday, September 23 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Tuesday, September 24 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago Cubs Wednesday, September 25 2013 2:20 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Friday, September 27 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Saturday, September 28 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Sunday, September 29 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage

Roster

Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

# Pos. DOB W H B T

Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Alex Presley 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333
Starling Marte 42 173 33 54 9 2 5 17 9 43 10 4 .312 .380 .474
Garrett Jones 39 118 12 34 10 0 5 24 8 26 1 0 .288 .338 .500
Jose Tabata 31 74 9 21 5 0 2 6 6 12 1 0 .284 .346 .432
Andrew McCutchen 42 160 31 45 12 0 6 23 16 19 9 1 .281 .348 .469
Russell Martin 33 116 13 32 10 0 6 12 12 13 1 1 .276 .364 .517
James McDonald 8 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .273 .333 .273
Travis Snider 38 103 15 28 8 0 1 9 11 25 1 2 .272 .342 .379
Brandon Inge 21 55 3 14 2 0 0 4 2 13 0 0 .255 .293 .291
Gaby Sanchez 37 72 10 18 6 0 4 17 16 16 0 0 .250 .380 .500
Jordy Mercer 12 41 5 10 2 0 3 4 1 7 0 0 .244 .262 .512
Neil Walker 29 103 10 25 2 1 1 11 13 21 0 0 .243 .339 .311
Clint Barmes 37 109 10 25 3 0 2 9 5 25 0 0 .229 .276 .312
Michael McKenry 16 49 6 11 3 0 3 9 4 9 0 0 .224 .296 .469
Pedro Alvarez 38 132 15 26 1 0 7 20 9 46 1 0 .197 .245 .364
Wandy Rodriguez 9 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .118 .118 .118
Josh Harrison 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .111
Jeanmar Gomez 9 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .100 .100 .100
John McDonald 16 31 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 .065 .171 .097
A.J. Burnett 10 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jeff Locke 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .077 .000
Jonathan Sanchez 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .167 .000
Francisco Liriano 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Justin Wilson 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Phil Irwin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Chris Leroux 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Bryan Morris 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jason Grilli 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Tony Watson 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Contreras 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Mark Melancon 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jared Hughes 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Vin Mazzaro 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Mark Melancon 0-0 22 0 0 0 0 1 22.0 17 2 2 1 1 22 0.82 .82
Jason Grilli 0-1 21 0 0 0 16 0 18.2 9 2 2 0 4 30 0.96 .70
Justin Wilson 4-0 15 0 0 0 0 2 25.2 9 4 4 0 14 25 1.40 .90
Francisco Liriano 2-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 2 2 0 5 16 1.64 1.55
A.J. Burnett 3-4 10 10 0 0 0 0 63.0 46 19 18 3 23 79 2.57 1.10
Jeanmar Gomez 2-0 9 4 0 0 0 0 32.1 25 12 10 5 14 19 2.78 1.21
Vin Mazzaro 2-0 14 0 0 0 0 1 15.2 16 5 5 1 4 12 2.87 1.28
Jeff Locke 3-1 8 8 0 0 0 0 45.2 36 17 16 5 20 28 3.15 1.23
Wandy Rodriguez 4-2 9 8 0 0 0 0 44.1 38 17 16 8 9 32 3.25 1.06
Bryan Morris 1-2 10 0 0 0 0 0 14.2 9 6 6 2 8 9 3.68 1.16
Jose Contreras 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 1 4 4.50 1.50
Jared Hughes 1-2 13 0 0 0 0 0 13.2 13 7 7 2 9 13 4.61 1.61
Tony Watson 1-1 19 0 0 0 1 1 20.2 19 12 12 3 6 20 5.23 1.21
James McDonald 2-2 8 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 29 24 19 1 20 25 5.76 1.65
Chris Leroux 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 1 6 3 6.75 2.50
Phil Irwin 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 5 4 0 4 4 7.71 2.14
Jonathan Sanchez 0-3 6 4 0 0 0 0 13.2 25 18 18 7 8 15 11.85 2.41
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