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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 @Minute Maid Park

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Chicago Cubs, 58-54, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (26, RHP, 14-7, 3.42)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-7)           155.1 122  63  59  72 133 18    3.42      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
 2005 (14-6)           223.1 170  88  81  86 202 21    3.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44    21   7   7  25  39  2    1.43   65 
 2007-08-03    NYM  ND   5     2   1   1   7   5  1      91   57 
 2007-07-29    CIN   W   7.1   2   0   0   3   6  0     113   77 
 2007-07-24    STL   W   6.1   5   2   2   3   5  0     117   57 
 2007-07-18    SFG   W   5     2   0   0   2   3  0      80   64 
 2007-07-13    HOU   W   6.2   3   0   0   3   7  0     114   72 
 2007-07-08    PIT   L   7     4   3   3   3   5  1     122   59 
 2007-07-03    WSN   W   6.2   3   1   1   4   8  0     121   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-0  37.2  17   3   2  17  35  0    0.48   74 
 2007-07-13    HOU   W   6.2   3   0   0   3   7  0     114   72 
 2007-06-11    HOU   W   8     3   1   0   1   8  0     127   81 
 2006-08-14    HOU   W   8     4   0   0   7   5  0     121   72 
 2006-07-20    HOU   W   8     2   1   1   4  10  0     123   80 
 2006-06-15    HOU  ND   7     5   1   1   2   5  0     107   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-28   Road:   28-26   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  48-36   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:24-22   vsWest: 11-10 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  7  @HOU  L   2-5       58-54  2nd  1.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6  @HOU  L   1-2 (10)  58-53  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   NYM  L   3-8       58-52  2nd  1.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   NYM  W   6-2       58-51  2nd  1.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   NYM  L   2-6       57-51  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Thu, Aug  2   PHI  L   6-10      57-50  1st    Tied
106 Wed, Aug  1   PHI  W   5-4       57-49  1st    Tied
105 Tue, Jul 31   PHI  W   7-3       56-49  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Mon, Jul 30   PHI  L   1-4       55-49  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Sun, Jul 29  @CIN  W   6-0       55-48  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 50-63, 4th, 9½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (29, RHP, 11-6, 3.55)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-6)           159.2 166  66  63  48 119 13    3.55      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
 2005 (20-12)          241.2 243  85  79  48 184 18    2.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45.1  50  20  18   7  40  4    3.57   54 
 2007-08-03    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   5  1      83   64 
 2007-07-28    SDP   W   7     3   1   0   1  10  0     106   78 
 2007-07-20    PIT   W   6     7   1   1   0   4  0      84   58 
 2007-07-14    CHC   L   5.1  10   9   8   2   6  1     106   18 
 2007-07-08    NYM   W   7     7   3   3   1   5  1     105   55 
 2007-07-03    PHI  ND   7    10   4   4   0   6  0      99   47 
 2007-06-28    COL  ND   7     9   1   1   2   4  1     114   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-4  32.1  40  19  18   4  20  3    5.01   47 
 2007-07-14    CHC   L   5.1  10   9   8   2   6  1     106   18 
 2006-08-14    CHC   L   7     7   2   2   0   4  1      82   59 
 2006-07-18    CHC   L   5     7   4   4   0   2  1      79   39 
 2006-07-05    CHC   L   9     8   1   1   2   6  0     113   71 
 2006-06-14    CHC   W   6     8   3   3   0   2  0      90   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-25   Road:   20-38   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  31-45   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  16-19
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:19-28   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  7   CHC  W   5-2       50-63  4th  9.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  6   CHC  W   2-1 (10)  49-63  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @FLA  L   5-6       48-63  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @FLA  L   5-6 (12)  48-62  4th 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @FLA  W   8-2       48-61  4th 10.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2  @ATL  W  12-11(14)  47-61  4th 10.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @ATL  L   3-12      46-61  4th 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @ATL  L   4-12      46-60  4th 11.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   SDP  L  11-18      46-59  4th 10.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   SDP  W   3-1       46-58  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 HOU  5  CHC  2    W:Woody Williams (6-12), L: Sean Marshall (5-6), S: Brad Lidge (7)
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 HOU  2  CHC  1 (10)   W:Brad Lidge (3-1), L: Michael Wuertz (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 CHC  7  HOU  6    W:Michael Wuertz (2-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-8), S: Bobby Howry (5)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 CHC  9  HOU  3    W:Ted Lilly (9-4), L: Roy Oswalt (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 CHC  6  HOU  0    W:Carlos Zambrano (11-7), L: Jason Jennings (1-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 11, 2007 CHC  2  HOU  1    W:Carlos Zambrano (7-5), L: Woody Williams (2-9), S: Ryan Dempster (13)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 HOU  4 @CHC  2    W:Chris Sampson (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 HOU  5 @CHC  3    W:Chad Qualls (1-1), L: Bobby Howry (0-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)

Wed, Aug 16, 2006 CHC  1 @HOU  0    W:Ryan O'Malley (1-0), L: Andy Pettitte (11-13), S: Bobby Howry (4)
Tue, Aug 15, 2006 CHC  8 @HOU  6 (18)   W:Rich Hill (3-5), L: Dave Borkowski (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; 2005 - CHC won 9-7; All-Time - HOU leads 333-283

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 2007 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

NYY  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

A. Iwamura  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

S. Stewart  .360

M. Olivo  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Helton  .461

N. Punto  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.064

G. Dobbs  .820

D. Navarro  .548

ERA

C. Young  1.82

P. Byrd  4.13

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Chicago Cubs Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
62.McLemore*
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
63.Randolph*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 51/31 .130/.163/.283/.446 .100/.703 .450 16/.450 1/1 2/2
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 15/1.181 2/.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 381/269 .283/.361/.419/.780 .747/.794 .800 84/.645 0/2 7/5
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 25/1.242 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.600 9/.619 3/.000 ··· 238/211 .291/.366/.385/.751 .824/.741 .772 59/.719 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/131 .305/.356/.457/.813 .629/.881 .647 72/.574 5/2 3/7
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/77 .153/.221/.271/.492 .446/.503 .332 26/.606 0/0 2/1
11.Jones* G/S/vP 17/.485 ··· 6/.533 5/.000 ··· 10/.956 15/1.038 6/.533 1/.000 318/270 .247/.310/.345/.655 .566/.670 .620 81/.733 2/2 2/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 39/.934 ··· 3/1.000 10/.425 ··· 3/.666 9/1.667 3/2.500 2/1.000 373/261 .230/.278/.289/.567 .468/.609 .629 71/.671 3/1 2/4
25.Lee G/S/vP 44/.806 1/3.000 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 2/1.500 1/5.000 10/1.100 2/1.000 443/352 .323/.411/.509/.920 1.037/.889 .771 88/1.048 5/4 12/3
19.Murton G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 3/.666 5/2.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 151/90 .259/.338/.363/.701 .655/.732 .899 18/.952 1/0 2/3
29.Pagan# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 161/83 .264/.306/.439/.745 .755/.736 .604 45/.754 4/1 4/0
3.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .333/.333/.333/.666 /.666 .666 4/.666 0/0 0/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 56/.768 1/.000 7/1.000 11/.586 ··· 2/1.000 11/.964 10/.100 3/.000 379/298 .313/.356/.541/.897 1.041/.858 .860 90/.850 0/0 16/5
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 392/295 .282/.349/.368/.717 .844/.676 .671 105/.786 20/4 3/6
IP 159.2 59.0 50.1 47.1 14.2 32.1 38.2 58.1 7.0 TOTAL .268/.329/.407/.736 .705/.745 .723 68/24 89/66
ERA-K/9 3.55/6.7 6.25/6.1 5.36/8.1 2.66/12.2 4.30/11.0 4.73/9.8 5.35/6.3 3.24/8.8 12.86/15.4 4.79/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (10-3-1)
 Kendall (84-15-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 689/.264 273/.279 232/.290 203/.216 70/.328 149/.248 172/.304 241/.269 41/.367 .275  Jones
 DeRosa
 Murton
 Patterson
 Floyd
 Theriot
 Pagan
 Kendall
 Hill
2/45/42/3
0/0/17/1
11/1/27/1
2/0/0/0
13/0/46/0
4/0/2/0
2/34/29/0
2/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .718 .847 .845 .686 .933 .748 .809 .735 1.312 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.693 131/.859 103/.907 85/.707 22/1.250 79/.749 69/.947 98/.631 17/1.529 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.744 142/.836 129/.794 118/.671 48/.788 70/.745 103/.718 143/.808 24/1.125 .786
Home 404/.632 91/.898 132/.773 114/.685 39/1.193 79/.704 78/.926 129/.742 4/1.833 .746
Last 28d days 105/.673 84/.855 67/.953 54/.671 36/.774 35/.323 26/.709 50/.479 12/.560
HR/SB/CS 13/2/0 12/6/0 7/1/0 5/3/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 6/3/0 8/6/5 3/1/0 144/58/19
Usage ····X··· ··X···XX X···XX·· Xo···X·· ··XX·X·X ···ooXo· ····ooXX oo·o·X·· ··XX····
Houston Astros Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
46.Dempster
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
36.Gallagher
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 44/.574 28/.681 5/.650 ··· 10/.985 5/1.100 26/.708 6/.650 310/221 .234/.313/.310/.623 .691/.595 .698 58/.430 5/1 2/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 64/.605 40/1.233 8/.375 ··· 5/.650 8/2.250 34/1.095 10/.425 459/338 .257/.368/.444/.812 .763/.830 .739 91/.710 5/3 19/7
7.Biggio G/S/vP 55/.895 40/.732 5/1.600 ··· 4/.500 10/.644 44/.583 9/.000 407/294 .245/.284/.382/.666 .854/.593 .777 64/.471 4/2 7/8
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 2/1.500 111/54 .261/.364/.293/.657 .628/.691 .692 61/.610 4/2 0/5
2.Burke G/S/vP 10/.325 4/.833 3/3.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.833 3/2.167 3/.333 238/143 .231/.312/.365/.677 .793/.602 .742 68/.661 6/2 4/3
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 32/.714 7/.143 6/.000 ··· 4/.500 7/.429 7/1.904 2/1.500 269/219 .297/.377/.479/.856 1.050/.813 .917 60/.911 0/0 11/7
16.Lane G/S/vP 12/.500 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.750 5/.000 137/64 .168/.221/.360/.581 .555/.607 .462 57/.656 0/0 7/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 42/1.168 7/.857 5/1.100 ··· 6/.334 7/.929 25/1.132 9/.722 497/362 .303/.358/.542/.900 1.000/.863 1.019 102/1.015 8/5 24/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 15/.733 15/.945 15/.708 ··· 5/.500 1/2.000 32/.652 2/1.500 368/275 .285/.359/.368/.727 .750/.719 .698 92/.482 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 101/75 .278/.347/.456/.803 .804/.802 .970 41/.866 0/0 4/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 10/.644 8/.542 6/.533 ··· 6/.583 2/.000 8/.125 3/1.500 95/88 .244/.333/.280/.613 .750/.604 .466 14/.286 0/1 0/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 11/1.212 3/1.667 2/2.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 296/254 .249/.345/.494/.839 .933/.824 .693 47/1.218 1/1 13/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.667 8/.250 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 3/.333 453/315 .277/.336/.452/.788 .922/.733 .800 91/.907 2/4 16/8
IP 155.1 42.2 36.1 11.0 55.2 43.0 2.2 52.0 TOTAL .256/.326/.407/.733 .770/.719 .751 47/25 116/71
ERA-K/9 3.42/7.7 3.80/8.4 5.45/8.2 5.73/4.1 3.88/7.6 1.67/12.3 0.00/6.7 3.46/8.7 3.90/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (34-13-2)
 Munson (19-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 650/.217 179/.222 176/.319 50/.244 234/.264 175/.170 11/.300 225/.237 .243  Lee
 Scott
 Palmeiro
 Lane
 Burke
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
110/0/0/8
1/3/71/7
10/0/15/2
3/24/18/2
1/26/14/2
0/1/25/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .673 .610 .924 .843 .705 .499 .700 .687 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.821 79/.723 59/.891 26/.530 104/.624 63/.659 3/.000 72/.697 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.523 100/.524 117/.939 24/1.222 130/.767 112/.412 8/.875 153/.679 .694
Road 337/.663 79/.608 60/1.023 22/.792 105/.715 74/.496 7/.715 89/.622 .698
Last 28d days 122/.464 44/.991 29/.569 17/.698 51/.547 63/.494 11/.700 56/.697
HR/SB/CS 18/1/0 1/6/0 3/6/0 2/0/0 5/1/0 2/6/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 116/78/12
Usage ····X··· o·o·X·X· ··X··XX· ········ ·o·oX·oX ·o·oX·oX X·o····· ·Xo··X··

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.

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