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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 4:05pm, Monday, September 1, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Houston Astros, 71-66, 4th, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 12-9, 4.11)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-9)           164.1 175  82  75  41 135 21    4.11      
 2007 (14-7)           212   221  80  75  60 154 14    3.18      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  48    42  16  16  13  41  3    3.00   59 
 2008-08-27    CIN   W   7     5   1   1   2   3  0      90   64 
 2008-08-22   @NYM   L   8     4   3   3   0   6  1     102   68 
 2008-08-17    ARI   W   8     1   0   0   2  10  0     105   88 
 2008-08-12    SFG   W   7    10   3   3   3   4  0     112   46 
 2008-08-07   @CIN   W   7     9   1   1   2   6  0      91   59 
 2008-08-02    NYM  ND   6     6   4   4   3   7  1     100   48 
 2008-07-28    CIN   W   5     7   4   4   1   5  1      74   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-4  30    40  21  19   7  16  4    5.70   41 
 2008-04-05   @CHC   L   6.2  10   6   5   1   0  1      92   31 
 2007-08-08    CHC   W   6     6   0   0   4   4  0     108   60 
 2007-07-14   @CHC   L   5.1  10   9   8   2   6  1     106   18 
 2006-08-14    CHC   L   7     7   2   2   0   4  1      82   59 
 2006-07-18   @CHC   L   5     7   4   4   0   2  1      74   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-29   Road:   32-37   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  50-48   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:32-31   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Aug 31   STL  W   3-0       71-66  4th 14.0 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30   STL  W   8-5       70-66  4th 15.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29   STL  W   3-2       69-66  4th 16.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28   CIN  W   3-2       68-66  4th 16.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CIN  W   4-1       67-66  4th 16.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CIN  L   1-2       66-66  4th 16.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25  @NYM  L   1-9       66-65  4th 15.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @NYM  W   6-4 (10)  66-64  4th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @NYM  W   8-3       65-64  4th 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @NYM  L   0-3       64-64  4th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
Chicago Cubs, 85-52, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 9-7, 4.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            141.1 146  74  71  52  74 14    4.52      
 2007 (12-9)           191.2 190 111  98  76 109 22    4.60      
 2006 (14-16)          194.1 221 136 130  75  96 35    6.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42    43  22  22  13  21  6    4.71   48 
 2008-08-27   @PIT   W   7     5   0   0   0   3  0      95   70 
 2008-08-22    WSN  ND   5.1   4   4   4   3   3  0      88   44 
 2008-08-13   @ATL   W   5.1   6   2   2   2   1  0      93   47 
 2008-08-06    HOU   W   6.1   6   4   4   2   3  1     107   46 
 2008-08-01    PIT   L   6     8   3   3   1   2  1     102   45 
 2008-07-27    FLA  ND   6     9   6   6   3   6  3     103   33 
 2008-07-22   @ARI   L   6     5   3   3   2   3  1      89   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-0  27.1  35  21  19   7  13  4    6.26   40 
 2008-08-06    HOU   W   6.1   6   4   4   2   3  1     107   46 
 2008-04-05    HOU  ND   5.1   8   5   4   1   2  1      81   35 
 2007-09-11   @HOU  ND   5     8   4   3   0   1  0      62   38 
 2007-09-01    HOU   W   6.2   5   2   2   1   5  1      81   60 
 2007-07-15    HOU  ND   4     8   6   6   3   2  1      82   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-21   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  58-39   vsLHP:  27-13   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 18-10   vsCntrl:38-23   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Aug 31   PHI  L   3-5       85-52  1st  4.5 up
136 Sat, Aug 30   PHI  L   2-5       85-51  1st  5.5 up
135 Fri, Aug 29   PHI  W   3-2       85-50  1st  6.5 up
134 Thu, Aug 28   PHI  W   6-4       84-50  1st  6.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 27  @PIT  W   2-0       83-50  1st  6.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @PIT  W  14-9       82-50  1st  5.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 25  @PIT  W  12-3       81-50  1st  5.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 24   WSN  W   6-1       80-50  1st  4.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 23   WSN  W   9-2       79-50  1st  4.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 22   WSN  L   5-13      78-50  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 CHC 11  HOU  4        W:Jason Marquis (7-7), L: Brandon Backe (6-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 CHC 11  HOU  7        W:Bobby Howry (4-4), L: Chris Sampson (5-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 6-6; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 342-293

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  5.48

LAA  4.62

WSN  3.85

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.64

TEX  5.94

BA

A. Pujols  .364

M. Fontenot  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

I. Suzuki  .367

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .643

M. DeRosa  .488

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

C. Delgado  .837

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Lannan  3.92

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Houston Astros Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
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
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/1.089 ··· 2/.000 32/13 .200/.219/.433/.652 .874/.321 .467 15/.629 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 34/.491 ··· 1/.000 11/.875 6/.900 12/.833 ··· 28/.706 215/151 .225/.301/.299/.601 .783/.527 .622 30/.526 0/1 2/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 53/1.299 4/.000 3/1.667 6/.900 11/1.402 17/.753 ··· 37/1.000 566/410 .335/.433/.611/1.044 .858/1.118 1.008 105/1.029 15/3 27/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 19/.763 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 26/.863 281/228 .242/.285/.431/.715 .577/.742 .724 82/.876 1/1 13/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 434/317 .221/.279/.297/.576 .544/.587 .517 55/.444 34/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP 18/.292 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 7/2.285 423/295 .242/.288/.378/.666 .662/.668 .679 25/.160 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 7/.429 7/.858 7/.286 9/.708 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 291/230 .292/.325/.380/.705 .744/.695 .775 95/.747 2/2 3/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 19/.474 1/.000 10/.550 7/.334 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 32/.652 260/164 .266/.338/.376/.714 .914/.604 .644 51/.577 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.833 76/71 .250/.289/.431/.720 .600/.729 .649 42/.810 0/0 2/
9.Pence G/S/vP 16/.976 ··· 5/.800 5/1.000 5/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 544/402 .263/.305/.446/.751 .724/.761 .718 100/.690 8/8 20/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 134/102 .232/.256/.312/.568 .713/.524 .606 69/.664 0/0 2/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.572 6/.833 15/.553 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 566/415 .281/.313/.413/.726 .787/.704 .696 109/.686 7/7 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 21/1.156 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 12/.432 366/255 .303/.369/.566/.935 1.108/.861 .749 101/1.216 4/6 21/
IP 141.1 29.2 86.0 64.0 74.2 51.1 19.1 55.2 TOTAL .264/.323/.423/.745 .786/.731 .708 .782 94/42 152/58
ERA-K/9 4.52/4.7 3.94/10.6 3.87/7.3 5.06/7.2 2.65/12.0 4.03/7.9 0.93/8.9 2.59/11.0 3.75/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (17-5-4)
 Quintero (14-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.268 132/.256 359/.256 275/.301 296/.127 217/.251 77/.188 225/.200 .242  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/132/15
0/111/0/7
43/38/6/2
9/6/0/2
16/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .745 .804 .704 .858 .497 .775 .492 .574 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.699 63/.865 168/.675 111/.891 132/.673 62/.854 33/.220 107/.558 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 336/.782 69/.752 191/.731 164/.835 164/.356 155/.745 44/.691 118/.587 .690
Home 336/.821 61/.949 196/.729 151/.850 175/.446 95/.696 57/.461 113/.502 .693
Last 28d days 102/.635 41/.857 48/.854 45/.766 47/.244 76/.761 45/.539 43/.476
HR/SB/CS 14/8/1 7/1/0 10/1/3 12/4/0 8/3/1 9/4/2 0/3/1 1/1/0 144/71/33
Usage ····X··· XX···X·· ··X··o·· XX·o··o· ··X·Xo·X X··o·o·· o·X··o·X ···XoXo·
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
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 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/59 .284/.324/.402/.726 .824/.645 .841 29/.783 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 190/90 .272/.333/.358/.692 .664/.723 .778 25/.541 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 21/1.176 2/.000 3/.333 8/1.000 3/.000 11/1.091 6/1.133 1/2.000 522/372 .293/.385/.488/.872 .899/.861 .949 98/1.225 6/0 18/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 55/.653 6/.000 7/.286 4/.750 22/.938 9/.722 5/1.800 1/.000 353/307 .233/.341/.467/.808 .473/.861 .813 63/.859 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· 233/212 .292/.378/.530/.908 .703/.927 .859 34/.853 2/0 9/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 7/.619 2/.000 2/1.500 538/398 .265/.366/.388/.754 .722/.765 .839 90/.552 11/4 9/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 326/180 .308/.363/.443/.806 .894/.737 .777 55/.843 5/6 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 51/1.001 5/1.200 1/.000 5/.650 5/.650 11/1.091 5/.000 ··· 605/457 .293/.364/.466/.829 .975/.784 .855 100/.805 8/2 18/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 59/.728 4/.000 2/.500 7/.715 2/.000 14/.928 6/.333 ··· 562/427 .280/.379/.510/.889 .705/.950 1.041 99/.953 2/2 24/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 28/.572 6/1.500 4/.500 13/.641 6/.000 12/.523 ··· ··· 408/288 .288/.343/.539/.882 1.190/.756 .935 118/.806 17/2 23/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 7/.572 3/.000 1/.000 499/370 .291/.371/.509/.880 .922/.865 .875 79/1.047 0/0 20/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/.533 7/.762 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 11/.364 2/2.000 ··· 572/428 .311/.391/.365/.756 .769/.752 .780 103/.710 21/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 6/.666 5/.650 3/1.167 ··· 96/87 .222/.333/.395/.728 .583/.744 .755 23/.577 0/0 3/
IP 164.1 59.2 49.2 58.0 52.0 106.2 62.1 47.0 TOTAL .281/.359/.448/.807 .818/.803 .854 .830 82/31 157/82
ERA-K/9 4.11/7.4 4.37/8.3 3.81/7.6 2.48/6.8 4.50/6.9 4.13/4.7 3.75/10.4 4.98/8.4 4.48/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (10-10-3)
 Soto (61-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 702/.274 251/.253 214/.225 238/.195 211/.238 433/.268 264/.225 205/.203 .267  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Ward
87/0/0/6
0/11/121/5
24/68/3/3
0/91/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/27/0
5/0/3/0
OPS .752 .705 .797 .567 .638 .692 .705 .736 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.757 105/.839 87/.462 100/.644 94/.864 178/.720 125/.605 83/.541 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.747 146/.610 127/1.043 138/.511 117/.464 255/.673 139/.787 122/.877 .784
Road 321/.695 123/.782 102/.777 106/.500 91/.662 232/.553 114/.771 103/.772 .783
Last 28d days 143/.563 40/1.014 55/.900 36/.648 36/.257 63/.721 39/.316 33/.754
HR/SB/CS 21/0/1 7/3/1 10/4/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/7/0 8/5/0 176/44/21
Usage ····X··· ·ooo··X· ·o···o·· ·····X·· oo·oo··o X·X····X Xo·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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