Quote: "I just got lucky. The guys always tell me I don't have any pop and they're right." - Astros' Bill Spiers, who homered twice to give him 38 in a 10-year big-league career
It's a fact: The Pirates have lost their past six Sunday games and are 3-12 on Sundays this season.
Who's hot: Cardinals catcher Mike Matheny has caught a major-league-best 53 percent of base stealers.
Who's not: Diamondbacks pitchers have given up hits to opposing pitchers in eight of their past 10 games, letting them go 8-for-19.
