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Game Preview: HOU @ LAD, 10:10pm, Monday, August 13, 2007 @Dodger Stadium

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Houston Astros, 52-65, 4th, 9½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (29, RHP, 12-6, 3.42)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-6)           165.2 172  66  63  52 123 13    3.42      
 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         5-1  44.1  47  19  17   9  40  3    3.45   54 
 2007-08-08    CHC   W   6     6   0   0   4   4  0     108   60 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      3-2  29.1  31  15  14   8  30  1    4.30   52 
 2005-08-27    LAD   L   4     9   7   7   3   2  0      86   15 
 2005-07-09    LAD   W   6.1   9   2   1   1   7  0     117   55 
 2004-07-11    LAD   L   6     8   3   3   3   8  0      91   49 
 2002-09-08    LAD   W   7     3   2   2   1   9  0      98   71 
 2001-06-02    LAD   W   6     2   1   1   0   4  1      73   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   20-38   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  33-47   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 12   MIL  W   6-4       52-65  4th  9.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   MIL  L   4-7       51-65  4th 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   MIL  L   4-5 (11)  51-64  4th  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  8   CHC  W   8-2       51-63  4th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Los Angeles Dodgers, 60-57, 4th, 6 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (22, RHP, 7-3, 3.34)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-3)             91.2  76  35  34  41  85 11    3.34      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42    38  15  15  22  32  6    3.21   54 
 2007-08-08    CIN   L   5     6   1   1   4   3  0      98   50 
 2007-08-03    ARI   L   7.2   5   1   1   2   8  1     108   71 
 2007-07-29    COL   L   4.1   5   4   4   3   4  2     114   38 
 2007-07-23    HOU   W   9     5   2   2   3   6  1     110   72 
 2007-07-18    PHI  ND   5     7   4   4   4   4  1     113   37 
 2007-07-13    SFG   W   6     4   0   0   3   2  0      96   63 
 2007-07-06    FLA  ND   5     6   3   3   3   5  1      92   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0   9     5   2   2   3   6  1    2.00   72 
 2007-07-23    HOU   W   9     5   2   2   3   6  1     110   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-29   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  41-43   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  23-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 23-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 12  @STL  L   2-12      60-57  4th  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11  @STL  L   1-6       60-56  3rd  6.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10  @STL  W   2-1       60-55  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9  @CIN  W   5-4 (11)  59-55  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @CIN  L   0-1       58-55  4th  5.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @CIN  L   0-4       58-54  3rd  4.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5   ARI  L   0-3       58-53  3rd  4.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4   ARI  L   7-8       58-52  3rd  3.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3   ARI  L   0-1       58-51  3rd  2.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2   SFG  L   2-4       58-50  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 HOU  2  LAD  1    W:Chad Qualls (6-3), L: D.J. Houlton (0-2), S: Brad Lidge (5)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 HOU  7  LAD  4    W:Jason Jennings (2-6), L: Rudy Seanez (6-2), S: Brad Lidge (4)
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 LAD 10 @HOU  2    W:Chad Billingsley (7-0), L: Chris Sampson (7-7), S: none

Thu, May 11, 2006 HOU  4 @LAD  2    W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-1), L: Derek Lowe (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)
Wed, May 10, 2006 LAD  9  HOU  6    W:Brett Tomko (4-1), L: Taylor Buchholz (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 09, 2006 LAD 12  HOU  7    W:Takashi Saito (3-2), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 26, 2006 HOU  8  LAD  5    W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-0), L: Odalis Perez (3-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 25, 2006 HOU  4  LAD  3 (14)   W:Ezequiel Astacio (2-0), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (0-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 24, 2006 LAD  6 @HOU  2    W:Takashi Saito (2-0), L: Brad Lidge (0-1), S: Danys Baez (6)
Sun, Aug 28, 2005 LAD  1  HOU  0    W:Jeff Weaver (13-8), L: Chad Qualls (3-4), S: Duaner Sanchez (4)
Season Series: 2007 - HOU leads 2-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 367-302

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  5.98

TOR  4.66

WSN  3.92

RA/G

SDP  3.88

WSN  4.69

TBD  6.11

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

J. Kent  .292

R. Langerhans  .155

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

A. Rios  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .666

C. Guzman  .468

N. Punto  .269

OPS

B. Bonds  1.085

R. Martin  .823

R. Langerhans  .540

ERA

C. Young  2.02

J. Blanton  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.06

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Houston Astros Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
36.Hernandez
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/.000 11/.899 ··· ··· 2/.000 323/234 .234/.310/.322/.632 .691/.609 .553 63/.472 5/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 4/.000 15/1.233 1/.000 6/2.433 ··· 1/5.000 5/2.000 478/356 .259/.370/.454/.824 .769/.844 .880 97/.783 5/3 21/7
7.Biggio G/S/vP 4/.250 10/.400 ··· 7/1.167 ··· 2/.000 10/1.700 426/313 .248/.285/.396/.681 .854/.618 .525 77/.645 4/2 9/8
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 119/62 .263/.365/.293/.658 .628/.687 .625 64/.617 4/2 0/5
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 239/144 .234/.315/.373/.688 .793/.620 .634 60/.714 6/2 4/3
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.900 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 276/226 .298/.378/.483/.861 1.050/.822 .804 58/.917 0/0 11/7
16.Lane G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 155/82 .171/.234/.350/.584 .555/.606 .691 75/.641 0/0 7/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 17/1.122 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 515/379 .305/.359/.542/.901 1.007/.863 .792 107/1.073 8/5 24/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 4/.000 14/.297 ··· 2/1.000 7/.762 ··· 7/.310 383/290 .285/.358/.371/.729 .750/.722 .753 95/.499 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 105/79 .269/.343/.441/.784 .804/.777 .633 42/.831 0/0 4/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 15/.714 ··· ··· 3/.667 100/93 .233/.327/.267/.594 .750/.583 .708 18/.285 0/1 0/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/271 .252/.354/.504/.858 .947/.843 .972 56/1.304 2/1 14/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 466/328 .280/.337/.459/.796 .922/.747 .775 92/.934 2/4 17/8
IP 91.2 50.0 58.1 35.2 64.0 44.2 56.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.411/.738 .772/.725 .716 48/25 123/71
ERA-K/9 3.34/8.3 4.14/5.4 2.47/10.7 5.55/5.3 3.66/6.0 1.61/10.5 3.83/8.6 4.02/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (35-14-2)
 Munson (20-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 389/.224 208/.243 241/.221 166/.294 282/.248 170/.180 242/.265 .256  Scott
 Lee
 Palmeiro
 Lane
 Burke
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
1/3/75/8
114/0/0/8
11/0/15/2
3/28/18/2
1/26/14/2
0/1/26/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .676 .633 .571 .847 .751 .504 .749 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.708 77/.480 124/.599 76/.802 123/.784 90/.632 93/.707 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.650 131/.722 117/.540 90/.885 159/.725 80/.359 149/.775 .722
Home 161/.648 116/.684 128/.472 87/.914 136/.756 90/.435 116/.761 .704
Last 28d days 135/.741 51/.773 47/.588 41/.772 70/.951 25/.581 62/.964
HR/SB/CS 11/3/4 1/0/3 0/4/3 4/2/1 9/6/4 4/2/0 9/7/1 94/72/34
Usage ····X··· X·oo···· ···oo··· oo······ X··XX··X ··Xo···· Xo·o·X··
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.11 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 364/285 .301/.365/.472/.837 .866/.828 .833 71/.958 0/3 9/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 9/1.069 2/.000 3/.000 8/.125 ··· 4/.500 12/1.235 2/.000 3/1.667 497/371 .277/.339/.368/.707 .832/.665 .805 110/.709 12/6 5/17
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 9/1.555 ··· 8/1.071 4/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 19/.757 9/1.127 ··· 428/336 .281/.327/.365/.692 .606/.714 .824 85/.895 3/1 6/9
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 21/.754 2/.000 2/1.500 5/1.600 ··· 9/.611 10/.200 4/.500 ··· 427/333 .277/.354/.427/.781 .815/.771 .742 79/.550 6/0 11/1
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 158/101 .313/.354/.483/.837 .857/.827 .886 58/.605 4/3 6/2
12.Kent G/S/vP 7/1.142 2/2.000 3/2.667 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 5/1.000 2/.000 416/325 .292/.368/.488/.856 1.048/.805 .884 66/1.053 1/2 15/13
14.Lieberthal G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 4/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 62/51 .237/.274/.254/.528 .182/.606 .792 14/.572 0/0 0/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 195/142 .326/.379/.500/.879 1.046/.818 .633 94/.711 0/1 5/8
18.Martinez G/S/vP 15/.800 ··· 1/.000 8/.708 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 3/.000 118/71 .171/.231/.200/.431 .527/.369 .531 44/.452 1/0 0/1
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 462/351 .295/.364/.459/.823 1.066/.747 .749 98/.595 18/4 12/10
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 32/.668 2/.000 9/.347 7/.858 ··· 6/.400 4/.250 2/1.000 4/.000 523/385 .279/.316/.333/.649 .575/.675 .685 104/.636 45/9 0/4
8.Saenz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 109/63 .182/.303/.330/.633 .687/.594 .781 23/.230 0/0 3/0
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 12/.705 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 110/102 .247/.358/.398/.756 .500/.778 .781 25/1.020 2/0 2/0
49.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .500/.500/.571/1.071 1.000/1.167 .334 14/1.071 0/0 0/0
IP 165.2 61.0 51.1 49.2 15.2 33.2 40.2 61.1 7.0 TOTAL .271/.336/.395/.731 .770/.718 .742 94/32 85/92
ERA-K/9 3.42/6.7 6.20/6.0 5.44/8.1 3.26/12.0 4.02/10.9 5.08/9.3 5.31/6.0 3.38/9.1 12.86/15.4 4.77/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lieberthal (6-2-0)
 Martin (66-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 716/.264 285/.285 239/.296 214/.230 73/.313 157/.252 180/.304 256/.281 41/.367 .276  Ethier
 Gonzalez
 Pierre
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
28/0/89/8
104/0/0/2
0/117/0/1
0/5/51/1
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .717 .852 .861 .730 .892 .784 .814 .765 1.312 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.682 135/.858 106/.926 89/.764 23/1.192 83/.745 71/.948 105/.638 17/1.529 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.753 150/.847 133/.809 125/.707 50/.755 74/.827 109/.729 151/.856 24/1.125 .789
Road 285/.843 182/.820 100/.942 89/.686 31/.625 70/.799 94/.710 112/.723 37/1.255 .832
Last 28d days 104/.584 83/.897 66/1.060 61/.876 39/.713 41/.541 34/.763 53/.660 12/.560
HR/SB/CS 13/2/0 12/6/0 7/1/0 7/3/0 3/0/0 3/2/0 6/3/0 8/6/5 3/1/0 151/60/20
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X ··X·oX·· oXo··Xo· o······X o·o·o··· ··X·o··· ·XX··oo· ·······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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