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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Chicago Cubs, 28-17, 1st, 2 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 5-1, 2.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             57.1  35  22  15  24  48  3    2.35      
 2007 (2-7)             66.2  59  36  35  30  55  8    4.73      
 2006 (1-9)             75    77  47  40  36  67  5    4.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.1  31  20  14  20  38  3    2.84   58 
 2008-05-15    SDP   W   8.1   6   0   0   1  12  0     116   82 
 2008-05-10    ARI  ND   6     3   2   2   3   7  0     118   62 
 2008-05-05   @CIN   L   6     4   5   0   1   7  1      83   60 
 2008-04-30    MIL   W   6     4   3   3   5   1  0     106   48 
 2008-04-25   @WSN  ND   7     4   3   2   3   5  1     108   61 
 2008-04-20    PIT   W   5     5   3   3   2   3  0      94   46 
 2008-04-15    CIN   W   6     5   4   4   5   3  1     106   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-4  29.2  30  19  19  13  19  7    5.76   46 
 2003-07-18    HOU   L   6     8   5   5   1   4  3     102   39 
 2003-07-07   @HOU   L   4     7   6   6   2   5  1      84   27 
 2003-04-08   @HOU   W   9     7   1   1   2   3  0      97   70 
 2002-08-25   @HOU   L   7     2   1   1   4   3  1      95   68 
 2002-07-12   @HOU   L   3.2   6   6   6   4   4  2      91   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-8    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  18-12   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 19  @HOU  W   7-2       28-17  1st  2.0 up
 44 Sun, May 18   PIT  W   4-3       27-17  1st  2.0 up
 43 Sat, May 17   PIT  L   6-7       26-17  1st  2.0 up
 42 Fri, May 16   PIT  W   7-4       26-16  1st  2.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   SDP  W   4-0       25-16  1st  1.5 up
 40 Wed, May 14   SDP  W   8-5       24-16  1st  1.0 up
 39 Tue, May 13   SDP  L   3-4       23-16  1st  1.0 up
 38 Mon, May 12   SDP  W  12-3       23-15  1st  1.0 up
 37 Sun, May 11   ARI  W   6-4       22-15  1st    Tied
 36 Sat, May 10   ARI  W   7-2       21-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Houston Astros, 25-21, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 2-3, 6.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             39    55  30  28   9  18  2    6.46      
 2007 (7-8)            121.2 138  64  62  30  51 20    4.59      
 2006 (2-1)             34    25  10   8   5  15  3    2.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  32.1  49  28  26   9  17  2    7.24   38 
 2008-05-15   @SFG  ND   6    10   7   5   0   3  0      92   31 
 2008-05-10   @LAD   W   7     3   0   0   1   3  0     103   73 
 2008-05-04    MIL  ND   3.1   9   5   5   2   3  1      88   23 
 2008-04-28   @ARI   L   4.1   7   5   5   2   0  0      73   27 
 2008-04-23   @CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   6  1      86   58 
 2008-04-18    COL   L   0.2   6   6   6   2   1  0      34   15 
 2008-04-09    STL   L   4     6   3   3   1   1  0      68   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      2-0  18.2  12   2   2   2   4  0    0.96   63 
 2008-04-04   @CHC  ND   6.2   6   2   2   0   1  0      71   55 
 2007-04-10   @CHC   W   5     3   0   0   1   3  0      63   63 
 2006-06-07    CHC   W   7     3   0   0   1   0  0      86   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-7    Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  18-16   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Mon, May 19   CHC  L   2-7       25-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @TEX  W   5-4       25-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @TEX  L   2-6       24-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @TEX  L   8-16      24-19  2nd  2.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @SFG  W   8-7       24-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @SFG  W   6-3       23-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @SFG  L   2-4       22-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12  @SFG  W   7-3       22-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 11  @LAD  W   8-5       21-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 10  @LAD  W   5-0       20-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)

Thu, Sep 13, 2007 CHC  6 @HOU  2        W:Steve Trachsel (7-10), L: Woody Williams (8-15), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHC  3 @HOU  2        W:Rich Hill (9-8), L: Matt Albers (4-8), S: Ryan Dempster (26)
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 HOU  5  CHC  4 (11)   W:Brad Lidge (4-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-6), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHC  6  HOU  5        W:Carlos Marmol (5-1), L: Chad Qualls (6-4), S: Ryan Dempster (25)
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 CHC  4  HOU  3        W:Jason Marquis (11-8), L: Troy Patton (0-2), S: Ryan Dempster (24)
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 HOU  6 @CHC  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-12), L: Sean Marshall (7-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-1; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 337-290

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

CHC  5.82

CIN  4.47

SDP  3.30

RA/G

CLE  3.57

MIN  4.48

TEX  5.46

BA

L. Berkman  .389

  

R. Howard  .187

OBP

A. Pujols  .495

  

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .784

  

O. Cabrera  .301

OPS

L. Berkman  1.251

  

K. Greene  .585

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

S. Chacon  4.14

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  10.44

C. Zambrano  6.27

J. Garland  2.01

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Sampson
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
64.Nieve
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 28/19 .320/.393/.320/.713 1.056/.551 .889 15/.708 0/0 0/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 79/40 .324/.410/.456/.866 .683/1.050 .767 52/.889 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/1.833 4/.583 1/2.000 175/119 .306/.408/.451/.859 .960/.811 .525 98/.790 3/0 4/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 5/1.400 6/1.500 6/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/1.750 3/.667 1/.000 112/90 .182/.261/.232/.494 .279/.549 .614 54/.390 2/1 1/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 73/66 .262/.375/.426/.801 .533/.825 .947 38/1.032 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 191/142 .319/.421/.450/.871 .818/.888 .619 110/.845 4/2 2/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/93 .256/.340/.326/.666 .677/.657 .568 91/.562 1/2 1/
25.Lee G/S/vP 6/1.166 7/.429 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/2.500 ··· 206/150 .292/.359/.530/.889 .932/.873 .816 116/.723 3/1 10/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.666 11/1.273 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 5/.200 11/.664 ··· 184/132 .285/.408/.503/.911 .810/.953 .945 96/.856 1/1 7/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 8/.393 9/.111 4/.833 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/1.301 ··· 139/99 .287/.324/.574/.897 1.293/.733 .693 78/1.189 3/0 10/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 173/123 .317/.422/.614/1.036 1.212/.966 1.086 98/1.103 0/0 9/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/.000 8/1.464 4/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· 189/141 .333/.410/.418/.828 .954/.786 .751 112/.782 9/7 1/
IP 39.0 20.0 24.0 10.2 2.2 23.0 22.1 15.2 TOTAL .286/.372/.450/.822 .848/.812 .723 .825 30/13 50/27
ERA-K/9 6.46/4.2 4.50/6.3 3.38/8.2 0.00/3.4 3.38/6.7 3.91/11.0 6.04/6.1 4.60/7.5 4.44/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (4-1-1)
 Soto (18-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.333 89/.333 95/.253 45/.194 12/.417 101/.253 99/.308 71/.220 .277  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Edmonds
 DeRosa
 Johnson
0/2/42/3
30/0/0/2
0/28/0/1
12/0/3/0
10/31/0/0
OPS .854 .923 .658 .646 .917 .768 1.056 .733 .809
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.861 33/.544 39/1.000 19/.557 3/1.333 48/.642 45/.930 27/.792 .874
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.849 56/1.137 56/.408 26/.716 9/.778 53/.870 54/1.163 44/.692 .764
Home 47/1.315 39/.981 43/.719 17/.584 6/1.167 49/.524 42/1.030 30/.693 .817
Last 28d days 124/.853 46/.992 54/.721 40/.646 12/.917 54/.385 40/1.114 48/.737
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/2/1 0/0/0 4/3/0 10/0/1 1/1/0 64/14/6
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· ·X·o·o·· o·o·ooo· X·X····· ·X··oo·o ···X·oo· X··X·oo·
Houston Astros Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB
58.Ascanio
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 28/.681 ··· 5/.650 11/.875 35/.629 6/.900 28/.706 8/1.571 60/41 .207/.220/.310/.531 .722/.445 .450 39/.695 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 44/1.102 ··· 9/.472 6/.900 32/1.054 11/1.402 36/1.030 11/.697 195/149 .389/.467/.784/1.251 1.185/1.273 1.456 114/1.452 8/1 16/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 35/.694 ··· 3/.666 4/1.000 14/.077 ··· 26/.863 1/.000 92/79 .205/.228/.341/.569 .154/.625 .780 35/.532 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 177/134 .200/.267/.281/.548 .559/.545 .600 93/.461 19/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· 10/.856 3/.666 18/.706 1/.000 5/1.800 4/2.417 52/31 .122/.308/.146/.454 .521/.410 .652 31/.410 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/1.062 8/.804 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 66/61 .308/.318/.477/.795 1.000/.778 .526 45/.946 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 10/1.289 ··· 7/1.071 9/.555 27/.407 9/.708 28/1.118 11/.717 190/148 .286/.326/.514/.841 .645/.897 .790 108/.889 2/0 9/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 19/1.045 ··· 17/.620 6/.400 31/.400 4/.500 32/.652 4/1.500 106/77 .239/.330/.293/.624 1.063/.474 .701 43/.602 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 8/.250 1/2.000 8/1.196 2/1.000 133/96 .292/.386/.398/.785 .824/.769 .779 114/.793 10/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 178/132 .282/.331/.429/.761 .811/.743 .854 104/.890 5/3 4/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 13/.398 9/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 196/152 .342/.372/.522/.894 .886/.897 1.018 114/.831 3/3 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 110/92 .149/.266/.319/.585 1.086/.500 .778 60/.327 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 11/.473 4/.250 77/53 .217/.286/.319/.605 .893/.476 .656 54/.563 3/0 1/
IP 57.1 2.1 22.2 24.0 29.0 22.2 22.2 TOTAL .263/.323/.422/.745 .808/.726 .821 .776 51/13 49/27
ERA-K/9 2.35/7.5 /0.0 0.00/7.8 5.96/5.9 3.38/5.2 1.55/12.7 3.57/8.7 3.18/4.8 3.68/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (5-1-2)
 Towles (9-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.172 / 9/.222 104/.337 103/.303 106/.125 88/.177 91/.229 .239  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
0/42/0/5
44/0/0/4
0/0/43/2
9/4/3/0
8/5/3/0
OPS .502 .556 .958 .879 .408 .544 .651 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.544 / 6/.000 37/1.156 34/1.224 43/.630 40/.488 35/.651 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.467 / 3/1.667 67/.850 69/.712 63/.262 48/.585 56/.651 .663
Road 76/.417 / / 42/.771 73/.919 33/.451 34/.518 39/.826 .730
Last 28d days 135/.503 / 9/.556 55/.856 55/.964 56/.335 46/.616 46/.535
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 // 0/0/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 44/22/11
Usage ····X··· ··o···oo oX·X···X o·X····· oXo··X·· ·o·ooX·· o·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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