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

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

BA

  

  

  

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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