HOU @ SDP, Saturday, August 18, 2007 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 55-67, 4th, 7½ GB, 10½ GB in WC	SP: Roy Oswalt (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.32) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-6) 173.2 178 67 64 54 126 13 3.32 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 6-1 45.1 43 16 14 11 37 3 2.78 57 2007-08-13 LAD W 8 6 1 1 2 3 0 109 67 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SDP 4-1 34 27 12 11 10 30 1 2.91 60 2007-07-28 SDP W 7 3 1 0 1 10 0 106 78 2005-08-22 SDP W 6 5 2 2 3 5 0 106 56 2005-07-04 SDP W 9 5 1 1 2 6 0 104 77 2004-07-17 SDP L 4.2 8 7 7 1 3 1 84 22 2004-07-07 SDP W 7.1 6 1 1 3 6 0 99 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-27 Road: 23-40 ExtrInn: 7-9 vsRHP: 36-49 vsLHP: 19-18 1-Run: 16-20 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl:21-30 vsWest: 15-17 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 17 @SDP W 3-1 55-67 4th 7.5 gb 121 Thu, Aug 16 @LAD L 2-6 54-67 4th 8.0 gb 120 Wed, Aug 15 @LAD L 3-6 54-66 4th 8.0 gb 119 Tue, Aug 14 @LAD W 7-4 54-65 4th 8.0 gb 118 Mon, Aug 13 @LAD W 4-1 53-65 4th 9.0 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
San Diego Padres, 65-56, 2nd, 4 GB, tied for WC	SP: Justin Germano (24, RHP, 6-6, 4.16) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-6) 97.1 88 46 45 27 56 11 4.16 2006 (0-1) 6.2 8 4 4 3 8 1 5.40 2004 (1-2) 21.1 31 24 21 14 16 2 8.86 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 36.2 38 24 24 16 25 5 5.89 44 2007-08-11 CIN ND 5.1 5 1 1 4 5 0 103 55 2007-08-05 SFG ND 5.2 2 2 2 2 3 0 86 58 2007-07-31 ARI L 5 4 4 4 1 7 2 81 49 2007-07-25 COL L 5 7 6 6 1 1 2 82 29 2007-07-20 PHI L 5.1 6 4 4 3 3 0 100 40 2007-07-15 ARI W 6.1 4 0 0 3 4 0 92 66 2007-07-06 ATL L 4 10 7 7 2 2 1 88 14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-28 Road: 31-28 ExtrInn: 9-7 vsRHP: 44-41 vsLHP: 21-15 1-Run: 20-20 vsEast: 13-14 vsCntrl:19-13 vsWest: 27-20 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 121 Fri, Aug 17 HOU L 1-3 65-56 2nd 4.0 gb 120 Thu, Aug 16 COL W 11-9 65-55 2nd 3.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 15 COL L 0-3 64-55 2nd 3.0 gb 118 Tue, Aug 14 COL W 8-0 64-54 2nd 2.0 gb 117 Sun, Aug 12 @CIN W 10-4 63-54 2nd 3.0 gb 116 Sat, Aug 11 @CIN L 3-8 62-54 2nd 4.0 gb 115 Fri, Aug 10 @CIN W 12-7 (11) 62-53 2nd 3.0 gb 114 Thu, Aug 9 @STL L 0-5 61-53 2nd 3.0 gb 113 Wed, Aug 8 @STL L 1-2 61-52 2nd 2.0 gb 112 Tue, Aug 7 @STL W 4-0 61-51 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 17, 2007 HOU 3 @SDP 1 W:Woody Williams (7-12), L: Heath Bell (5-4), S: Brad Lidge (10) Sun, Jul 29, 2007 SDP 18 @HOU 11 W:Doug Brocail (3-1), L: Jason Jennings (2-7), S: none Sat, Jul 28, 2007 HOU 3 SDP 1 W:Roy Oswalt (10-6), L: Greg Maddux (7-8), S: Brad Lidge (6) Fri, Jul 27, 2007 SDP 9 @HOU 4 W:Jake Peavy (10-5), L: Woody Williams (5-12), S: none Thu, Jul 26, 2007 HOU 7 SDP 1 W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-9), L: David Wells (5-7), S: none Sun, Aug 13, 2006 SDP 7 @HOU 2 W:Woody Williams (5-4), L: Brandon Backe (3-2), S: none Sat, Aug 12, 2006 SDP 6 @HOU 3 W:Jake Peavy (6-11), L: Jason Hirsh (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (31) Fri, Aug 11, 2006 HOU 4 SDP 2 W:Andy Pettitte (11-12), L: Chan Ho Park (7-7), S: Brad Lidge (26) Thu, Aug 03, 2006 SDP 5 HOU 2 W:Clay Hensley (7-8), L: Matt Albers (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (29) Wed, Aug 02, 2006 HOU 7 @SDP 1 W:Brandon Backe (2-1), L: Woody Williams (4-3), S: none Season Series: 2007 - HOU leads 3-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 291-262

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 5.91

BAL 4.65

WSN 3.88

RA/G

SDP 3.88

NYY 4.67

TBD 6.01

M. Ordonez .355

C. Floyd .290

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

J. Hermida .361

M. Olivo .254

SLG

R. Braun .662

C. Guzman .468

N. Punto .265

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

M. Byrd .824

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 1.93

G. Maddux 4.00

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

G. Meche 6.38

A. Cook 3.31

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Houston Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. San Diego Padres Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Germano
G/S/vB 21.Bell
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 41.Cameron
G/S/vB 45.Hampson*
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 49.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 43.Meredith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.476 ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 337/248 .232/.312/.316/.629 .692/.606 .552 69/.527 5/1 3/4

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 500/377 .267/.378/.470/.848 .779/.871 .922 106/.916 5/3 23/8

7.Biggio G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 13/.398 ··· ··· 18/.631 ··· 1/2.000 434/321 .248/.285/.393/.678 .854/.616 .524 73/.697 4/2 9/8

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/66 .260/.358/.288/.647 .616/.674 .607 62/.606 4/2 0/5

2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 256/161 .235/.310/.367/.677 .792/.610 .622 63/.648 6/2 4/4

26.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 294/243 .296/.375/.471/.846 1.041/.808 .782 66/.795 0/0 11/9

16.Lane G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 175/100 .182/.259/.370/.629 .587/.658 .759 95/.716 0/1 8/0

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 7/.821 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 12/1.000 ··· 537/400 .300/.354/.530/.884 1.000/.845 .769 113/.911 8/5 24/2

8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 400/307 .287/.358/.368/.726 .749/.719 .746 96/.524 1/2 2/6

13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 109/82 .268/.339/.433/.772 .850/.746 .623 38/.652 0/0 4/1

19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 102/95 .227/.320/.261/.581 .750/.570 .683 18/.284 0/1 0/0

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 327/283 .259/.358/.507/.865 .923/.856 .978 61/1.217 2/1 14/3

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 479/341 .277/.334/.453/.788 .921/.737 .759 88/.810 2/4 17/8

IP 97.1 69.1 54.1 45.1 37.0 42.0 50.1 58.2 TOTAL .257/.327/.409/.736 .774/.723 .714 48/27 126/75

ERA-K/9

4.16/5.2

2.47/9.2

3.98/4.8

1.39/8.1

3.41/4.9

2.14/6.0

5.36/6.8

3.38/6.4

3.50/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (40-14-2)
Munson (21-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.240 271/.209 227/.233 196/.224 161/.268 161/.168 237/.288 256/.311 .248 Scott
Lee
Palmeiro
Lane
Burke
Berkman
Lamb
Bruntlett
Wigginton 1/3/78/8
119/0/0/8
11/0/16/2
3/33/18/2
1/26/14/2
0/1/28/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .692 .558 .648 .578 .689 .515 .842 .748 .675

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.635 127/.671 108/.616 97/.552 47/.558 76/.587 77/.860 116/.769 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.750 144/.460 119/.674 99/.604 114/.744 85/.454 160/.832 140/.731 .664

Home 188/.704 129/.592 99/.834 94/.563 82/.689 105/.486 109/.739 124/.654 .638

Last 28d days 91/.761 63/.681 57/.670 60/.735 49/.753 28/.726 38/1.060 58/.831

HR/SB/CS 11/9/1 3/3/3 5/2/0 0/6/0 0/4/2 2/1/1 6/7/3 4/4/2 82/123/17

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

San Diego Padres Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.05 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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Bard# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/.333 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 2/1.000 306/211 .260/.343/.372/.715 .968/.580 .585 74/.755 0/1 3/2

27.Blum# G/S/vP 11/.546 2/2.500 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 226/168 .260/.333/.350/.683 .587/.717 .833 94/.723 0/0 2/3

15.Bradley# G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 164/119 .329/.421/.543/.964 1.003/.947 .974 52/1.267 5/2 7/0

25.Cameron G/S/vP 16/.517 3/1.334 3/1.667 8/.000 1/3.000 6/.334 29/.646 6/.666 508/372 .249/.323/.434/.757 1.029/.663 .720 113/.757 14/5 15/4

2.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 298/191 .235/.321/.412/.732 .816/.684 .640 58/.858 0/1 11/13

24.Giles* G/S/vP 46/.733 4/.250 5/2.300 7/.286 1/2.000 7/1.571 19/1.099 5/.200 363/254 .297/.386/.427/.813 .829/.806 .675 96/.982 4/3 7/4

22.Giles G/S/vP 14/.928 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.739 2/.000 436/310 .225/.295/.310/.605 .627/.596 .586 46/.324 10/3 4/7

23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/1.000 3/1.000 4/.750 ··· 4/1.000 7/1.428 1/.000 529/362 .270/.342/.477/.819 .736/.857 .727 113/.848 0/0 19/7

3.Greene G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 5/1.150 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 2/.000 475/348 .239/.276/.448/.724 .834/.684 .647 105/.672 3/0 19/9

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 365/259 .239/.294/.417/.711 .911/.627 .668 81/.731 1/0 13/14

53.LaForest* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .400/.500/.600/1.100 2.200/.754 1.345 5/2.300 0/0 1/2

10.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 42/.619 ··· 2/1.000 13/.658 ··· 4/.500 10/.700 9/.500 312/262 .268/.337/.393/.729 .666/.742 .751 60/.601 4/1 6/4

8.Sledge* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/no AB 189/159 .213/.309/.372/.680 .400/.730 .575 22/.501 1/1 6/1

IP 173.2 67.2 52.2 51.2 17.2 34.1 41.2 63.1 TOTAL .244/.314/.397/.711 .776/.687 .677 50/19 117/70

ERA-K/9

3.32/6.5

5.99/5.6

5.47/8.0

3.14/12.0

4.08/10.7

5.24/9.2

5.18/6.0

3.27/9.1

4.71/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bard (65-8-2)
LaForest (4-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 747/.262 313/.285 244/.294 220/.228 82/.307 164/.270 184/.302 264/.280 .275 Mackowiak
Cameron
Sledge
Giles
Bradley
Blum 63/0/22/5
0/116/0/4
45/0/5/2
0/0/80/2
21/15/4/2
8/0/0/0

OPS .707 .853 .855 .728 .873 .817 .813 .756 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 384/.690 148/.840 109/.930 95/.758 27/1.201 87/.758 72/.934 109/.632 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.725 165/.863 135/.796 125/.707 55/.709 77/.887 112/.737 155/.846 .786

Road 316/.807 210/.824 105/.925 95/.687 40/.643 77/.869 98/.712 120/.707 .822

Last 28d days 109/.523 108/.914 71/1.026 54/.929 48/.713 42/.739 38/.762 59/.627

HR/SB/CS 13/3/0 13/7/0 7/1/0 7/3/0 3/0/0 3/3/0 6/3/0 8/6/5 154/66/20

Usage ····X··· ···X···X ··Xo···X X··o·oXo ·o·X·o·· ·oXo·o·o ·X·····X X···o·XX

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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Game Preview: HOU @ SDP, 10:05pm, Saturday, August 18, 2007 @Petco Park

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SP: Roy Oswalt (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.32)

SP: Justin Germano (24, RHP, 6-6, 4.16)

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