HOU @ CHC, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 54-57, 4th, 12 GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 6-4, 3.61) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-4) 92.1 94 46 37 27 83 12 3.61 2007 (9-13) 182.2 179 102 93 62 158 22 4.58 2006 (9-10) 135.2 154 96 85 63 98 17 5.64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 41 47 21 21 11 41 7 4.61 50 2008-07-30 CIN L 4.2 9 6 6 1 4 3 87 25 2008-07-25 @MIL W 6 3 1 1 3 7 0 100 66 2008-07-19 CHC W 6.2 9 1 1 0 7 1 104 59 2008-07-12 @WSN W 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 1 80 36 2008-07-06 @ATL ND 5.1 7 3 3 2 8 1 107 48 2008-07-01 LAD ND 5 6 5 5 4 5 1 93 36 2008-06-26 TEX W 8 5 1 1 0 9 0 105 77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 3-1 31 31 9 9 10 24 4 2.61 56 2008-07-19 CHC W 6.2 9 1 1 0 7 1 104 59 2007-08-31 @CHC W 6 4 0 0 3 5 0 102 66 2007-08-06 CHC ND 8 4 1 1 2 9 0 121 77 2007-07-15 @CHC L 3.1 9 7 7 2 2 3 77 14 2006-06-06 CHC W 7 5 0 0 3 1 0 107 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-26 Road: 25-31 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 37-42 vsLHP: 17-15 1-Run: 17-19 vsEast: 13-9 vsCntrl:22-26 vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 111 Mon, Aug 4 @CHC W 2-0 (8) 54-57 4th 12.0 gb 110 Sun, Aug 3 NYM W 4-0 53-57 4th 13.0 gb 109 Sat, Aug 2 NYM W 5-4 (10) 52-57 4th 13.0 gb 108 Fri, Aug 1 NYM W 7-3 51-57 4th 13.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 CIN L 5-9 50-57 4th 13.5 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 CIN W 6-2 50-56 4th 12.5 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 CIN W 5-4 49-56 4th 12.5 gb 104 Sun, Jul 27 @MIL W 11-6 48-56 5th 12.5 gb 103 Sat, Jul 26 @MIL L 4-6 47-56 6th 12.5 gb 102 Fri, Jul 25 @MIL W 3-1 47-55 6th 12.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Chicago Cubs, 67-46, 1st, 5 up	SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 6-2, 2.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-2) 101.1 71 24 23 39 131 8 2.04 2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45 2006 (4-0) 46.2 31 22 22 26 49 5 4.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.1 26 8 7 14 59 3 1.49 67 2008-07-31 @MIL W 7 6 1 1 0 9 1 105 70 2008-07-26 FLA ND 5 2 1 1 3 10 1 87 66 2008-07-21 @ARI L 7 1 1 1 2 10 1 112 79 2008-07-12 SFG ND 5.1 5 0 0 3 10 0 96 65 2008-07-06 @CHW L 5 5 3 2 4 4 0 93 47 2008-07-01 @LAA ND 5 5 2 2 1 5 0 91 53 2008-06-26 PHI W 8 2 0 0 1 11 0 95 88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-16 Road: 26-30 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 45-35 vsLHP: 22-11 1-Run: 15-17 vsEast: 9-6 vsCntrl:29-21 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Mon, Aug 4 HOU L 0-2 (8) 67-46 1st 5.0 up 112 Sun, Aug 3 PIT W 8-5 67-45 1st 5.0 up 111 Sat, Aug 2 PIT W 5-1 66-45 1st 4.0 up 110 Fri, Aug 1 PIT L 0-3 65-45 1st 4.0 up 109 Thu, Jul 31 @MIL W 11-4 65-44 1st 5.0 up 108 Wed, Jul 30 @MIL W 7-2 64-44 1st 4.0 up 107 Tue, Jul 29 @MIL W 7-1 63-44 1st 3.0 up 106 Mon, Jul 28 @MIL W 6-4 62-44 1st 2.0 up 105 Sun, Jul 27 FLA W 9-6 61-44 1st 1.0 up 104 Sat, Jul 26 FLA L 2-3 (12) 60-44 1st Tied Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Aug 04, 2008 HOU 2 @CHC 0 (8) W:Brian Moehler (7-4), L: Ryan Dempster (12-5), S: LaTroy Hawkins (1) Sun, Jul 20, 2008 CHC 9 @HOU 0 W:Ryan Dempster (11-4), L: Brandon Backe (6-10), S: none Sat, Jul 19, 2008 HOU 4 CHC 1 W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (10-4), S: Jose Valverde (25) Fri, Jul 18, 2008 HOU 2 CHC 1 W:Geoff Geary (2-1), L: Bobby Howry (3-3), S: none Wed, May 21, 2008 HOU 5 CHC 3 W:Shawn Chacon (1-0), L: Sean Gallagher (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (14) Tue, May 20, 2008 HOU 4 CHC 2 W:Chris Sampson (3-3), L: Ryan Dempster (5-2), S: Jose Valverde (13) Mon, May 19, 2008 CHC 7 @HOU 2 W:Ted Lilly (5-4), L: Brian Moehler (1-1), S: none Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CHC 3 HOU 2 W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Oscar Villarreal (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (3) Sat, Apr 05, 2008 CHC 9 HOU 7 W:Kevin Hart (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (2) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 HOU 4 @CHC 3 W:Wesley Wright (1-0), L: Jon Lieber (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1) Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 6-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 342-291

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 2008 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

TEX 5.66

COL 4.62

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.90

CLE 4.60

TEX 5.90

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

J. Maine 4.13

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

D. Eveland 6.12

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Houston Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 10/.985 5/1.100 12/.833 ··· 185/135 .239/.306/.307/.612 .747/.564 .626 39/.933 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.472 3/1.667 6/.900 10/1.600 16/.804 ··· 465/339 .333/.434/.603/1.037 .843/1.114 1.007 91/.753 15/2 22/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 199/170 .225/.261/.390/.652 .406/.686 .581 41/.860 1/0 9/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 379/275 .233/.290/.305/.595 .591/.596 .502 32/.911 33/8 4/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 30/.498 7/.858 13/1.062 7/.286 9/.708 2/.000 ··· ··· 199/163 .269/.308/.366/.674 .538/.702 .693 63/.413 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· 7/1.071 6/.833 8/.250 8/.804 4/.833 ··· 460/347 .305/.354/.543/.897 .949/.880 .853 90/.965 4/1 25/

8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 17/.620 10/.550 6/.400 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 209/142 .277/.340/.404/.744 .969/.644 .653 23/.941 0/0 4/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 345/245 .280/.343/.397/.741 .852/.700 .701 91/.911 18/4 4/

31.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 35/32 .212/.257/.333/.590 .000/.648 .413 14/.374 0/0 0/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 2/1.000 3/.000 3/2.667 ··· 447/331 .277/.315/.449/.764 .759/.766 .754 87/.923 7/8 14/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/51 .203/.215/.250/.465 .438/.474 .511 27/.341 0/0 0/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.572 4/.250 6/.833 14/.594 2/.000 ··· ··· 461/340 .281/.317/.417/.734 .715/.740 .673 83/.622 7/5 11/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 268/185 .269/.358/.466/.824 1.063/.723 .757 54/.812 4/4 10/

IP 101.1 21.2 11.1 77.1 53.0 61.1 32.2 8.1 TOTAL .262/.323/.411/.734 .774/.720 .685 .761 90/36 113/53

ERA-K/9

2.04/11.6

3.32/11.2

7.15/11.2

3.26/7.2

5.09/7.0

3.52/12.5

4.13/8.0

2.16/9.8

3.78/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (16-4-3)
Quintero (9-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 406/.196 94/.247 53/.326 318/.247 230/.302 249/.148 141/.244 32/.138 .243 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Erstad 0/0/107/9
0/91/0/7
105/0/0/4
30/25/4/2

OPS .584 .749 .921 .670 .876 .556 .782 .426 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.604 44/.867 28/.804 155/.650 93/.864 105/.747 42/.928 13/.077 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.566 50/.655 25/1.059 163/.690 137/.885 144/.417 99/.722 19/.669 .686

Home 243/.584 41/.841 21/.702 167/.625 123/.908 146/.485 47/.619 27/.345 .693

Last 28d days 95/.579 34/.833 4/1.500 55/.564 45/1.094 53/.597 25/.720 32/.426

HR/SB/CS 8/4/5 4/1/0 1/3/0 8/1/3 10/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/1/0 119/57/26

Usage ····X··· oo·X·X·· ····X··· XXo··o·X ··X·X··X ·oXX···X ····o··· ·X·X··X·

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/44 .289/.325/.382/.707 .859/.582 .822 17/.750 0/0 2/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 168/83 .281/.341/.373/.714 .697/.732 .816 24/.792 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 11/.614 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.750 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 425/304 .270/.368/.421/.789 .827/.773 .846 88/.569 4/0 11/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 8/.393 6/.000 6/.333 4/.750 22/.938 9/.722 3/1.667 1/.000 293/252 .242/.339/.460/.799 .502/.852 .856 54/1.063 2/1 13/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 202/184 .289/.382/.532/.914 .508/.950 .861 55/1.242 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 451/341 .277/.379/.410/.789 .738/.805 .919 87/.694 10/4 8/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 271/157 .295/.360/.439/.798 .935/.702 .798 49/1.116 5/5 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 22/1.483 4/1.000 ··· 5/.650 4/.833 10/1.200 4/.000 ··· 505/385 .289/.354/.479/.833 .913/.810 .860 106/.642 6/2 17/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.444 ··· ··· 6/.833 2/.000 6/.666 5/.200 ··· 466/357 .275/.376/.497/.873 .662/.940 1.092 107/.859 2/2 19/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 8/.250 5/.650 2/.000 13/.641 6/.000 11/.282 ··· ··· 294/206 .291/.340/.560/.900 1.255/.751 .993 62/.978 11/1 19/

18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 423/319 .279/.355/.493/.848 .906/.829 .861 84/.641 0/0 17/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 10/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 469/348 .315/.391/.375/.766 .781/.761 .810 106/.803 16/11 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/.800 4/.500 3/1.167 ··· 76/69 .231/.342/.400/.742 .762/.740 .854 21/.443 0/0 2/

IP 92.1 51.0 37.1 50.1 42.0 91.0 51.1 39.0 TOTAL .279/.356/.444/.800 .808/.797 .868 .785 66/27 128/65

ERA-K/9

3.61/8.1

3.88/7.8

2.65/6.3

2.50/7.2

5.57/5.6

4.25/4.5

4.38/10.4

4.38/7.6

4.49/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (9-5-2)
Soto (48-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 397/.259 211/.244 163/.216 206/.196 176/.269 370/.264 225/.246 172/.214 .272 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward 63/0/0/5
0/11/98/4
22/53/0/3
0/75/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/23/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .745 .647 .743 .552 .715 .687 .774 .733 .796

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.899 89/.850 72/.565 89/.600 78/.990 154/.688 104/.663 72/.530 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.701 122/.503 91/.895 117/.514 98/.510 216/.686 121/.861 100/.890 .789

Road 167/.812 99/.682 78/.784 92/.489 78/.737 200/.540 99/.814 76/.731 .785

Last 28d days 98/.907 36/.885 27/.899 59/.439 22/.465 67/.409 36/.719 22/.372

HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 4/2/1 5/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 149/38/18

Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·X·· X·oo·o·X o·X····o o·X····· ·X·o·X·· ·XoX···o ·o·o·ooo

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 @ CHC, 2:20pm, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 6-4, 3.61)

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 6-2, 2.04)

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