HOU @ NYM, Saturday, September 8, 2007 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 62-79, 5th, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Woody Williams (40, RHP, 8-13, 4.95) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-13) 174.2 194 100 96 48 96 29 4.95 2006 (12-5) 145.1 152 68 59 35 72 21 3.65 2005 (9-12) 159.2 174 92 86 51 106 24 4.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 40.2 46 20 20 12 29 6 4.43 49 2007-09-02 CHC ND 5 4 1 1 3 4 0 96 56 2007-08-28 STL L 4.1 8 6 6 1 2 1 95 24 2007-08-22 WSN W 6.1 6 2 2 2 8 1 106 59 2007-08-17 SDP W 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 95 64 2007-08-12 MIL ND 7 5 2 2 1 2 2 114 60 2007-08-07 CHC W 6 4 1 1 4 7 0 116 63 2007-08-02 ATL ND 5 13 7 7 0 2 2 92 15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 1-2 34.2 33 15 15 7 26 5 3.89 55 2007-07-07 NYM ND 7.2 5 3 3 1 6 2 112 62 2006-08-08 NYM L 6 8 3 3 3 5 0 112 46 2006-04-21 NYM ND 8 4 1 1 2 3 1 108 71 2005-08-11 NYM W 7 6 1 1 1 8 0 115 68 2005-07-20 NYM L 6 10 7 7 0 4 2 109 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-33 Road: 26-46 ExtrInn: 7-10 vsRHP: 41-59 vsLHP: 21-20 1-Run: 20-23 vsEast: 11-15 vsCntrl:26-37 vsWest: 16-18 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Fri, Sep 7 @NYM L 3-11 62-79 5th 9.5 gb 140 Wed, Sep 5 @MIL L 2-14 62-78 5th 10.0 gb 139 Tue, Sep 4 @MIL L 3-5 62-77 4th 9.0 gb 138 Mon, Sep 3 @MIL W 9-7 62-76 4th 9.0 gb 137 Sun, Sep 2 @CHC L 5-6 61-76 5th 10.0 gb 136 Sat, Sep 1 @CHC L 3-4 61-75 5th 9.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 31 @CHC W 6-1 61-74 5th 8.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 30 STL W 2-1 60-74 5th 9.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 29 STL W 7-0 59-74 6th 9.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 28 STL L 0-7 58-74 6th 10.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
New York Mets, 79-61, 1st, 6 up	SP: Tom Glavine (41, LHP, 12-6, 4.06) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (12-6) 175.1 186 82 79 58 78 18 4.06 2006 (15-7) 198 202 94 84 62 131 22 3.82 2005 (13-13) 211.1 227 88 83 61 105 12 3.53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 43.2 47 13 13 14 18 0 2.68 53 2007-09-02 ATL W 6 5 1 1 3 2 0 100 57 2007-08-28 PHI ND 7 8 0 0 0 1 0 102 62 2007-08-23 SDP ND 5 11 6 6 3 1 0 96 19 2007-08-17 WSN W 7 8 1 1 1 6 0 116 62 2007-08-11 FLA ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 5 0 104 55 2007-08-05 CHC W 6.1 6 2 2 1 1 0 102 53 2007-07-31 MIL ND 6 2 1 1 5 2 0 95 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 32 28 14 14 7 20 1 3.94 54 2007-07-07 HOU ND 7 5 3 3 1 1 0 106 55 2006-09-01 HOU ND 5 7 6 6 2 5 0 93 32 2005-07-30 HOU L 7 5 1 1 0 3 1 86 66 2005-06-09 HOU ND 7 7 3 3 1 5 0 112 55 2005-04-11 HOU ND 6 4 1 1 3 6 0 97 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-30 Road: 43-31 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 54-42 vsLHP: 25-19 1-Run: 19-11 vsEast: 28-25 vsCntrl:26-11 vsWest: 17-18 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Fri, Sep 7 HOU W 11-3 79-61 1st 6.0 up 139 Wed, Sep 5 @CIN L 0-7 78-61 1st 5.0 up 138 Tue, Sep 4 @CIN W 11-7 78-60 1st 5.0 up 137 Mon, Sep 3 @CIN W 10-4 77-60 1st 5.0 up 136 Sun, Sep 2 @ATL W 3-2 76-60 1st 4.0 up 135 Sat, Sep 1 @ATL W 5-1 75-60 1st 3.0 up 134 Fri, Aug 31 @ATL W 7-1 74-60 1st 2.0 up 133 Thu, Aug 30 @PHI L 10-11 73-60 1st 2.0 up 132 Wed, Aug 29 @PHI L 2-3 73-59 1st 3.0 up 131 Tue, Aug 28 @PHI L 2-4 (10) 73-58 1st 4.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYM 11 HOU 3 W:Mike Pelfrey (2-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-13), S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 HOU 8 NYM 3 W:Roy Oswalt (8-5), L: Dave Williams (0-1), S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 NYM 5 @HOU 3 (17) W:Aaron Sele (2-0), L: Brian Moehler (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (17) Fri, Jul 06, 2007 HOU 4 NYM 0 W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-7), S: none Thu, Jul 05, 2007 NYM 6 @HOU 2 W:John Maine (10-4), L: Jason Jennings (1-4), S: none Sun, Sep 03, 2006 HOU 2 NYM 1 W:Roy Oswalt (11-8), L: Orlando Hernandez (9-10), S: Brad Lidge (29) Sat, Sep 02, 2006 NYM 4 @HOU 2 W:John Maine (5-3), L: Jason Hirsh (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (34) Fri, Sep 01, 2006 NYM 8 @HOU 7 W:Guillermo Mota (2-3), L: Russ Springer (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (33) Sun, Jul 23, 2006 HOU 8 @NYM 4 W:Roy Oswalt (7-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-1), S: none Sat, Jul 22, 2006 NYM 4 HOU 3 W:Orlando Hernandez (6-8), L: Brandon Backe (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (20) Season Series: 2007 - NYM leads 3-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; 2005 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - HOU leads 292-240

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 5.89

BAL 4.63

WSN 3.98

RA/G

BOS 4.01

COL 4.76

TBD 5.90

J. Keppinger .356

D. Young .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .483

J. Reyes .365

J. LaRue .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez .651

J. Gomes .475

N. Punto .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.069

X. Nady .833

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.43

J. Shields 4.01

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Houston Astros Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Glavine*
G/S/vB 36.Collazo*
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Humber
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 30.Sele
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/0

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 47/.198 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 9/.111 13/.490 14/.368 3/.666 5/1.100 376/278 .231/.317/.322/.639 .666/.630 .567 62/.666 6/1 3/4

41.Backe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.500 .500 2/.500 0/0 0/0

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 22/.384 ··· 3/1.334 2/3.000 ··· 7/.572 3/.333 1/no AB 4/.250 3/.333 581/439 .278/.387/.500/.887 .849/.899 .942 117/1.147 6/3 29/10

7.Biggio G/S/vP 116/.712 ··· 4/.833 3/.667 ··· 9/.111 1/no AB ··· 6/1.500 4/2.500 483/356 .255/.287/.396/.683 .858/.620 .534 71/.753 4/3 10/9

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/3.000 153/85 .240/.338/.279/.617 .587/.641 .629 38/.479 6/2 0/7

2.Burke G/S/vP 15/.486 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 311/205 .230/.313/.356/.668 .787/.608 .620 72/.599 8/3 5/5

26.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.500 11/.773 21/.831 6/3.000 1/.000 329/273 .291/.369/.453/.822 1.077/.773 .744 55/.679 0/0 11/10

16.Lane G/S/vP 12/1.060 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 188/113 .176/.257/.352/.608 .587/.619 .721 46/.763 1/1 8/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.781 ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 14/.486 40/1.139 14/.578 5/.800 609/456 .299/.355/.524/.879 .986/.843 .764 108/.748 8/5 27/3

8.Loretta G/S/vP 35/1.009 ··· 3/1.334 10/1.067 ··· 9/.888 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 17/.464 457/355 .271/.339/.349/.688 .734/.675 .691 89/.532 1/2 2/6

13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 139/103 .242/.309/.371/.680 .631/.698 .541 38/.358 0/0 4/2

19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 13/.558 9/.583 1/2.000 110/103 .234/.333/.266/.599 .750/.590 .671 13/.490 0/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 395/304 .330/.367/.560/.927 1.025/.899 .896 71/.964 9/4 14/4

55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 42/25 .231/.286/.256/.542 .607/.497 .464 1/.000 0/0 0/1

10.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 383/327 .257/.355/.511/.866 .896/.861 .992 82/.927 3/1 17/3

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 4/2.750 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 532/381 .277/.336/.451/.787 .944/.729 .764 79/.786 3/4 19/8

IP 175.1 2.2 55.1 70.1 2.0 50.0 51.1 48.2 103.0 59.1 TOTAL .255/.327/.407/.734 .783/.718 .713 57/29 143/86

ERA-K/9

4.06/4.0

0.00/0.0

2.93/7.6

3.20/6.7

4.50/9.0

5.76/7.2

5.08/5.6

5.18/5.0

4.19/5.3

2.58/10.8

4.07/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (45-15-2)
Munson (25-3-2)
Quintero (5-4-1)
Towles (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 746/.274 6/.400 236/.193 289/.236 9/.333 214/.268 235/.284 228/.355 429/.252 247/.221 .251 Lee
Scott
Pence
Burke
Palmeiro
Lane
Berkman
Anderson
Wigginton
Lamb
Bruntlett 136/0/0/8
1/3/93/8
0/88/1/6
3/26/18/3
11/0/16/2
4/36/18/2
0/1/31/1
2/0/1/0
1/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0

OPS .754 .900 .585 .668 .889 .759 .825 .959 .705 .622 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.779 2/1.000 96/.493 113/.759 5/1.000 89/.619 93/.567 86/1.114 199/.913 54/.735 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 562/.746 4/.833 140/.648 176/.612 4/.750 125/.860 142/.993 142/.865 230/.534 193/.591 .703

Home 319/.720 / 113/.585 133/.602 / 96/.663 119/.929 77/1.087 179/.738 126/.559 .709

Last 28d days 137/.710 6/.900 53/.677 55/.731 9/.889 53/.919 46/.848 30/1.182 58/.650 54/.967

HR/SB/CS 18/4/7 0/0/0 2/1/0 8/6/2 0/0/0 7/7/0 7/6/1 4/0/0 9/4/2 5/6/0 143/91/26

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ···Xo·X· ···o·o·X ··X····· ···oo·o· ···oo··o ····o··· ·····o·· ·····X··

New York Mets Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Williams
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 71.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 62.McLemore*
G/S/vB 47.Miller*
G/S/vB 36.Moehler
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Alomar G/S/vP 13/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.909 ··· ··· ··· 19/15 .158/.158/.211/.368 .500/.333 .222 13/.154 0/0 0/0

18.Alou G/S/vP 54/.791 ··· ··· 10/.311 ··· ··· 8/1.125 ··· 6/.000 ··· 263/188 .328/.388/.511/.898 1.005/.858 .725 90/1.013 3/0 10/0

23.Anderson* G/S/vP 17/.588 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 91/84 .309/.356/.457/.812 .310/.853 .795 24/1.357 4/1 2/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 24/.815 13/.930 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 17/1.401 ··· 10/.200 ··· 536/386 .281/.364/.533/.898 .925/.887 .810 109/1.203 20/2 28/3

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 19/.974 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 514/384 .300/.354/.351/.706 .729/.703 .709 91/.669 14/5 1/3

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 10/.222 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 148/120 .263/.308/.368/.676 .808/.644 .824 21/.293 4/2 1/0

28.Conine G/S/vP 6/.733 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 13/.558 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 260/105 .260/.317/.398/.715 .778/.627 .895 33/.732 4/0 6/4

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 16/1.438 11/.955 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 9/.944 29/1.187 ··· 4/.500 ··· 565/384 .255/.329/.445/.774 .697/.812 .664 81/.828 4/0 22/8

9.Difelice G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .500 47/.661 0/0 0/1

6.Gotay# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 186/152 .317/.372/.449/.821 .538/.879 .816 43/.590 3/2 4/3

20.Green* G/S/vP 51/.924 8/.500 ··· 8/.000 ··· 2/2.000 33/.849 ··· 6/.666 ··· 437/312 .276/.329/.410/.739 .553/.813 .791 57/.715 10/1 8/3

16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 24/.709 1/3.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 407/288 .270/.314/.366/.680 .856/.609 .579 42/.817 2/0 7/7

44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/104 .282/.331/.423/.754 .945/.662 .853 55/.667 3/2 5/2

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 19/.631 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.606 ··· 9/.500 ··· 653/476 .292/.365/.431/.796 .820/.784 .814 118/.604 74/18 10/8

5.Wright G/S/vP 18/.918 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 11/.909 ··· 7/.572 ··· 608/440 .316/.410/.535/.944 1.089/.890 1.012 112/1.147 30/4 26/18

IP 174.2 63.0 8.1 57.2 27.2 42.1 50.0 3.0 72.1 120.2 TOTAL .274/.341/.429/.770 .803/.757 .755 179/39 150/78

ERA-K/9

4.95/4.9

5.86/8.0

7.56/8.7

2.97/11.9

3.90/9.4

4.89/9.4

4.50/5.6

15.00/3.0

3.11/9.0

4.62/3.7

4.72/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Alomar (0-3-0)
Difelice (6-1-2)
Lo Duca (59-20-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 765/.280 287/.289 35/.406 242/.220 130/.277 196/.262 221/.297 17/.400 300/.278 514/.293 .276 Alou
Beltran
Green
Anderson
Milledge
Chavez
Conine 61/0/0/5
0/118/0/4
0/0/102/2
11/3/1/2
10/14/15/2
30/7/19/1
2/0/2/0

OPS .810 .821 1.056 .708 .798 .798 .786 1.537 .744 .823 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.859 123/.899 19/.544 103/.692 40/1.104 99/.681 88/.898 9/1.556 122/.624 242/.839 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.770 164/.764 16/1.696 139/.719 90/.660 97/.923 133/.715 8/1.518 178/.828 272/.807 .788

Road 426/.785 123/.856 3/.000 103/.682 58/.668 90/.811 109/.706 17/1.537 131/.719 289/.845 .824

Last 28d days 129/.734 52/.659 35/1.056 39/.809 60/.621 44/.973 46/.698 17/1.537 59/.778 15/1.405

HR/SB/CS 29/10/4 7/1/0 1/0/0 8/3/0 3/0/0 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/0/0 9/6/5 20/3/1 177/75/22

Usage ·····X·· ····oX·X ········ ····o··· ··Xo·o·· ····oo·X ··oX···· ··X····· ····oo·· ····X·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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