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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Houston Astros, 72-66, 4th, 13 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 9-12, 5.42)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-12)           159.1 179  98  96  72 122 29    5.42      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41    47  33  33  22  31  6    7.24   40 
 2008-08-28    CIN   W   6.2   6   2   2   1   6  0      86   59 
 2008-08-23   @NYM   W   7     5   3   3   1   4  1     102   58 
 2008-08-16    ARI   L   5.2   9  11  11   5   6  3     119    8 
 2008-08-11    SFG   W   7     4   1   1   3   6  0     103   68 
 2008-08-06   @CHC   L   3.1   9  11  11   6   0  2      99   -8 
 2008-08-01    NYM  ND   6    10   3   3   2   4  0      96   42 
 2008-07-26   @MIL  ND   5.1   4   2   2   4   5  0      91   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-2  28    36  22  22  14  20  5    7.07   39 
 2008-08-06   @CHC   L   3.1   9  11  11   6   0  2      99   -8 
 2008-07-20    CHC   L   6.2   8   4   4   0   8  1      93   50 
 2008-04-06   @CHC  ND   6     6   2   2   3   7  1     100   56 
 2007-09-11    CHC  ND   5     6   4   4   4   3  1      97   38 
 2005-05-25   @CHC   W   7     7   1   1   1   2  0      81   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-29   Road:   33-37   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  51-48   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:33-31   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  1  @CHC  W   3-0       72-66  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
Chicago Cubs, 85-53, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 13-5, 3.53)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-5)           168.1 158  69  66  61 114 16    3.53      
 2007 (18-13)          216.1 187 100  95 101 177 23    3.95      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  41.2  42  25  24  17  33  8    5.18   48 
 2008-08-26   @PIT  ND   4.1   8   6   6   4   3  0      98   22 
 2008-08-21    CIN   W   7     6   1   1   4   4  1     105   61 
 2008-08-15   @FLA  ND   6     4   5   5   5   6  1     119   45 
 2008-08-09    STL   L   4.1  10   9   9   1   3  4      88    9 
 2008-08-03    PIT  ND   5     3   2   1   1   2  1      82   56 
 2008-07-29   @MIL   W   8     5   0   0   2   9  0     118   79 
 2008-07-24    FLA   W   7     6   2   2   0   6  1     125   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-2  33.2  27  14  13  13  31  3    3.48   57 
 2008-07-19   @HOU   L   6.1   6   4   4   6   3  0     104   42 
 2008-04-06    HOU   W   7     7   2   2   0   7  1     103   62 
 2007-08-08   @HOU   L   5.2   8   7   7   3   6  2     113   28 
 2007-07-13    HOU   W   6.2   3   0   0   3   7  0     115   72 
 2007-06-11    HOU   W   8     3   1   0   1   8  0     128   81 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-22   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  58-40   vsLHP:  27-13   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 18-10   vsCntrl:38-24   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  1   HOU  L   0-3       85-53  1st  4.5 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Roy Oswalt (13-9), L: Jason Marquis (9-8), S: Jose Valverde (38)
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
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 7-6; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 343-293

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

SFG  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.60

TEX  5.99

BA

A. Pujols  .363

A. Pierzynski  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .470

L. Overbay  .366

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .648

J. Hardy  .486

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.117

B. Roberts  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

J. Lannan  3.92

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Houston Astros Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
37.Guzman
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/1.000 ··· 8/1.089 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 32/13 .200/.219/.433/.652 .874/.321 .467 15/.629 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 50/.539 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 11/.875 35/.629 6/.900 12/.833 ··· 28/.706 9/1.333 219/155 .220/.296/.293/.589 .783/.512 .599 34/.457 0/1 2/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 71/.692 4/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 6/.900 32/1.054 11/1.402 17/.753 1/2.000 37/1.000 11/.697 570/414 .338/.437/.613/1.049 .858/1.126 1.020 105/1.103 16/3 27/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 23/.534 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.800 15/.220 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 26/.863 1/.000 285/232 .240/.281/.426/.707 .577/.731 .705 86/.839 1/1 13/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 434/317 .221/.279/.297/.576 .544/.587 .517 55/.444 34/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP 22/.654 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.800 3/.666 5/.200 3/.000 8/.250 1/.000 7/2.285 6/.833 427/299 .239/.286/.374/.660 .662/.659 .666 25/.160 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 11/.473 7/.858 7/.286 ··· 9/.708 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 296/235 .287/.320/.373/.692 .744/.679 .750 97/.731 2/2 3/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 15/.733 1/.000 10/.550 ··· 7/.334 31/.400 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 32/.652 4/1.500 260/164 .266/.338/.376/.714 .914/.604 .644 51/.577 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 5/1.600 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 12/1.136 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 76/71 .250/.289/.431/.720 .600/.729 .649 41/.830 0/0 2/
9.Pence G/S/vP 12/.417 ··· 5/.800 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 5/.000 3/2.667 1/no AB 3/.000 4/1.833 548/406 .266/.308/.449/.758 .724/.769 .732 101/.729 8/9 20/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 134/102 .232/.256/.312/.568 .713/.524 .606 66/.674 0/0 2/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/1.500 7/.572 6/.833 ··· 15/.553 9/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 570/419 .283/.314/.418/.732 .787/.712 .708 109/.723 7/7 12/
46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 164/132 .143/.255/.264/.519 .767/.464 .417 / 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 12/.432 4/.250 370/259 .300/.368/.561/.928 1.108/.853 .740 102/1.184 4/6 21/
IP 168.1 29.2 86.0 64.0 44.2 74.2 51.1 21.0 55.2 39.1 TOTAL .264/.323/.422/.744 .786/.730 .707 .788 95/43 152/58
ERA-K/9 3.53/6.1 3.94/10.6 3.87/7.3 /0.0 5.06/7.2 3.43/5.2 2.65/12.0 4.03/7.9 1.29/9.0 2.59/11.0 3.43/6.0 3.74/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (17-5-4)
 Quintero (14-9-1)
 Towles (13-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 710/.247 132/.256 359/.256 / 275/.301 194/.303 296/.127 217/.251 85/.197 225/.200 167/.264 .241  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/133/15
0/112/0/7
44/39/6/2
9/6/0/2
17/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .691 .804 .704 .858 .858 .497 .775 .507 .574 .731 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 360/.698 63/.865 168/.675 / 111/.891 70/1.082 132/.673 62/.854 36/.260 107/.558 61/.735 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.682 69/.752 191/.731 / 164/.835 124/.732 164/.356 155/.745 49/.688 118/.587 106/.726 .690
Home 371/.682 61/.949 196/.729 / 151/.850 72/.892 175/.446 95/.696 65/.486 113/.502 88/.722 .692
Last 28d days 108/.978 38/.927 41/.974 / 45/.766 / 47/.244 76/.761 53/.557 43/.476 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 16/9/9 7/1/0 10/1/3 // 12/4/0 9/0/0 8/3/1 9/4/2 0/3/1 1/1/0 4/4/3 144/72/34
Usage ······X· ·XX···X· ···X··o· ·XX·o··o ········ ···X·Xo· ·X··o·o· Xo·X··o· ····XoXo o·······
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
G/S/vB
Arias
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
20.Cassel
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
64.Nieve
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 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/59 .284/.324/.402/.726 .824/.645 .841 29/.783 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 190/90 .272/.333/.358/.692 .664/.723 .778 22/.523 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 12/1.417 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 8/1.000 3/.000 ··· 11/1.091 6/1.133 1/2.000 525/375 .291/.382/.484/.867 .899/.854 .937 100/1.197 6/0 18/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 22/.830 ··· 6/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.750 22/.938 ··· 9/.722 5/1.800 1/.000 356/310 .231/.338/.462/.800 .473/.852 .796 63/.804 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· 234/213 .291/.377/.527/.904 .703/.922 .851 32/.844 2/0 9/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/1.069 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.619 3/.000 2/1.500 542/402 .263/.363/.385/.748 .722/.757 .825 91/.545 11/4 9/
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 39/37 .378/.410/.541/.951 .000/1.004 1.000 / 1/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 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 23/.604 1/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 5/.650 2/1.000 11/1.091 6/.000 ··· 609/461 .291/.361/.462/.823 .975/.777 .843 104/.772 8/2 18/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 24/.982 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.715 2/.000 6/.334 14/.928 6/.333 ··· 565/430 .279/.377/.507/.884 .705/.942 1.029 99/.937 2/2 24/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 24/.815 1/.000 6/1.500 4/.500 ··· 13/.641 6/.000 4/.000 12/.523 ··· ··· 412/292 .288/.342/.536/.878 1.190/.753 .927 118/.824 17/2 23/
18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 3/.000 1/.000 502/373 .292/.371/.508/.878 .922/.863 .872 79/1.047 0/0 20/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/.658 2/.500 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 11/.364 2/2.000 ··· 575/431 .312/.391/.365/.756 .769/.751 .778 106/.709 21/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 5/.650 3/1.167 ··· 97/88 .232/.340/.402/.743 .583/.760 .782 21/.745 0/0 3/
IP 159.1 13.2 59.2 49.2 19.0 58.0 52.0 3.0 106.2 63.0 47.0 TOTAL .280/.357/.446/.804 .818/.799 .847 .823 82/31 157/84
ERA-K/9 5.42/6.9 2.63/3.3 4.37/8.3 3.81/7.6 7.11/3.8 2.48/6.8 4.50/6.9 18.00/6.0 4.13/4.7 3.71/10.3 4.98/8.4 4.45/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (10-10-3)
 Soto (62-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.285 56/.235 251/.253 214/.225 85/.342 238/.195 211/.238 19/.556 433/.268 266/.223 205/.203 .266  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Ward
 DeRosa
 Hoffpauir
 Cedeno
88/0/0/6
0/11/122/5
24/68/3/3
0/92/0/1
5/0/3/0
27/0/27/0
4/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .866 .696 .705 .797 1.027 .567 .638 1.412 .692 .699 .736 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.903 19/.927 105/.839 87/.462 34/1.007 100/.644 94/.864 5/1.600 178/.720 126/.600 83/.541 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.832 37/.570 146/.610 127/1.043 51/1.040 138/.511 117/.464 14/1.346 255/.673 140/.781 122/.877 .781
Road 366/.884 32/.388 123/.782 102/.777 63/.924 106/.500 91/.662 6/.667 232/.553 116/.758 103/.772 .777
Last 28d days 131/.926 / 40/1.014 51/.941 / 32/.669 35/.264 / 63/.721 41/.300 33/.754
HR/SB/CS 29/4/6 1/1/0 7/3/1 10/4/1 5/0/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 1/0/0 6/2/2 10/7/0 8/5/0 176/44/21
Usage ····X··· ········ ··ooo··X ··o···o· ········ ······X· ·oo·oo·· ········ ·X·X···· oXo·oo·· ·······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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