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Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Jul 7, 2009 7:05 PM CDT

By Evan Hochschild Jul 7, 2009, 6:30pm CDT

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Paul Maholm

#28 / Pitcher / Pittsburgh Pirates

Height: 6-2

Weight: 225

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jun 25, 1982

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Paul Maholm	5-4	17	17	0	0	0	0	103.2	119	57	54	5	34	64	4.69	1.48

Brian Moehler

#38 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-3

Weight: 235

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 31, 1971

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Brian Moehler	5-4	13	13	1	0	0	0	67.0	83	45	42	13	21	45	5.64	1.55

NL Central Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
St. Louis	45	39	.535	0	Won 1
Milwaukee	43	39	.524	1	Lost 1
Chicago	41	39	.512	2	Won 2
Houston	40	41	.493	3.5	Won 2
Cincinnati	40	41	.493	3.5	Lost 2
Pittsburgh	37	46	.445	7.5	Lost 3

(updated 7.7.2009 at 2:31 PM CDT)

Did the mid point of the season sneak up on anyone else? The Astros have played pretty non descript baseball for the past 81 games yet find themselves in the thick of the NL Central race. We owe most of this to an underachieving Chicago Cubs team as well as to inconsistent teams in Milwaukee and St. Louis. Still, here we are. Everything is right in front of us.

Tonight is the first real step towards our being a real threat to ~~win~~ compete for the the division. This is a nice position to be in. Playing out the first half against two last place clubs. Paul Maholm has not been good recently, while Brian Moehler has pitched decently well.

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