CHC @ HOU, Saturday, July 19, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 57-39, 1st, 3 up	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 10-3, 2.84) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-3) 120.1 110 40 38 38 78 8 2.84 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 3-2 47.1 44 19 18 18 26 4 3.42 53 2008-07-09 CIN W 8 1 1 1 0 5 1 103 81 2008-07-04 @STL W 6 4 0 0 2 5 0 87 67 2008-06-18 @TBR L 6.2 7 5 4 4 2 0 99 40 2008-06-12 ATL ND 7 8 2 2 3 3 1 103 53 2008-06-07 @LAD L 6.2 13 7 7 1 6 2 107 25 2008-06-02 @SDP W 5 5 3 3 4 2 0 92 43 2008-05-28 LAD ND 8 6 1 1 4 3 0 130 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 4-1 35.1 25 10 9 14 33 3 2.29 63 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 2006-08-14 @HOU W 8 4 0 0 7 5 0 121 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-12 Road: 20-27 ExtrInn: 7-4 vsRHP: 40-30 vsLHP: 17-9 1-Run: 15-15 vsEast: 7-4 vsCntrl:22-18 vsWest: 22-8 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 96 Fri, Jul 18 @HOU L 1-2 57-39 1st 3.0 up 95 Sun, Jul 13 SFG L 2-4 57-38 1st 4.5 up 94 Sat, Jul 12 SFG W 8-7 (11) 57-37 1st 5.5 up 93 Fri, Jul 11 SFG W 3-1 56-37 1st 4.5 up 92 Thu, Jul 10 CIN L 7-12 55-37 1st 4.0 up 91 Wed, Jul 9 CIN W 5-1 55-36 1st 4.5 up 90 Tue, Jul 8 CIN W 7-3 54-36 1st 3.5 up 89 Sun, Jul 6 @STL W 7-1 53-36 1st 3.5 up 88 Sat, Jul 5 @STL L 4-5 52-36 1st 2.5 up 87 Fri, Jul 4 @STL W 2-1 52-35 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Houston Astros, 45-51, 5th, 12 GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 4-3, 3.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 75 73 38 29 23 65 8 3.48 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 2-2 41 41 25 20 13 37 5 4.39 50 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 2008-06-21 @TBR ND 5.2 5 2 2 2 6 1 100 55 2008-06-14 NYY L 5 6 5 5 3 1 1 88 33 2008-06-08 STL L 6.2 4 5 0 1 7 0 101 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 31.1 27 11 11 11 20 5 3.16 56 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 2005-09-29 CHC L 7 5 3 3 1 3 2 77 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-21 Road: 22-30 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 31-37 vsLHP: 14-14 1-Run: 15-18 vsEast: 10-9 vsCntrl:16-20 vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 96 Fri, Jul 18 CHC W 2-1 45-51 5th 12.0 gb 95 Sun, Jul 13 @WSN W 5-0 44-51 6th 13.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 @WSN W 6-4 43-51 6th 14.0 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 @WSN L 0-10 42-51 6th 14.0 gb 92 Wed, Jul 9 @PIT W 6-4 42-50 6th 13.5 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 @PIT L 3-4 41-50 6th 13.5 gb 90 Mon, Jul 7 @PIT L 7-10 41-49 6th 12.5 gb 89 Sun, Jul 6 @ATL L 6-7 (17) 41-48 5th 12.0 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 @ATL W 6-1 41-47 5th 11.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @ATL L 2-6 40-47 6th 12.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) 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 Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 4-3; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 340-290

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

TEX 5.55

CLE 4.51

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.67

CLE 4.48

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .375

A. Jones .283

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

F. Catalanotto .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .645

J. Damon .470

O. Vizquel .175

OPS

C. Jones 1.084

C. Barmes .820

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

T. Wellemeyer 4.04

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.91

T. Wakefield 6.18

K. Rogers 3.36

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 54.Paronto
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/40 .286/.328/.333/.662 .767/.591 .613 9/.583 0/0 1/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 7/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 145/77 .269/.340/.354/.694 .615/.765 .647 23/.590 3/1 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 11/.614 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/1.171 3/1.334 9/.666 5/1.400 1/2.000 365/270 .281/.374/.448/.822 .898/.796 .741 86/.820 3/0 11/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 8/.393 6/1.500 6/.000 5/.400 4/.750 1/2.000 8/.821 5/1.800 1/.000 263/227 .233/.328/.436/.764 .516/.806 .703 84/1.035 2/1 11/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 172/156 .267/.367/.500/.867 .583/.893 .890 59/1.166 2/0 7/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 390/298 .276/.379/.403/.782 .720/.801 .600 85/.592 8/4 7/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 37/35 .400/.432/.571/1.004 .000/1.063 1.006 / 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 236/147 .268/.336/.376/.712 .861/.625 .724 27/.572 4/4 3/

25.Lee G/S/vP 22/1.483 7/.429 3/1.334 ··· 5/.650 6/.733 9/1.333 5/.000 ··· 431/334 .303/.369/.503/.872 .910/.861 .858 100/.907 5/2 15/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.444 11/1.273 2/.000 ··· 7/.715 2/1.000 12/1.084 6/.333 ··· 390/304 .282/.382/.509/.891 .736/.937 .687 83/.834 1/1 17/

18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 3/.000 ··· 367/281 .288/.368/.519/.887 1.044/.839 .912 90/.884 0/0 16/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 10/1.500 8/1.464 6/.666 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 9/.000 2/2.000 ··· 396/301 .320/.395/.371/.766 .784/.761 .664 90/.797 15/9 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· 63/57 .264/.381/.415/.796 .900/.785 .603 29/.773 0/0 1/

IP 75.0 29.0 44.1 31.2 40.1 6.1 78.0 45.0 34.0 TOTAL .280/.358/.441/.799 .806/.797 .721 .801 53/23 108/58

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.8

7.45/6.2

3.86/7.7

1.71/5.1

2.23/7.1

4.26/2.9

4.50/4.4

3.80/10.4

5.03/8.5

4.49/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (9-3-2)
Soto (43-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 322/.249 138/.360 182/.235 138/.214 164/.191 26/.304 319/.272 197/.243 155/.225 .269 Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward
Hoffpauir 0/6/84/4
20/44/0/2
0/67/0/1
0/1/0/0
24/0/15/0
4/0/2/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .718 1.031 .642 .710 .545 .925 .715 .762 .785 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.800 59/.860 82/.812 60/.633 70/.657 11/.573 136/.658 90/.698 62/.565 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.696 79/1.155 100/.503 78/.772 94/.461 15/1.198 183/.757 107/.808 93/.943 .794

Home 179/.602 56/1.080 88/.619 64/.588 84/.649 / 135/.948 102/.703 80/.823 .803

Last 28d days 126/.837 40/1.039 36/.911 39/.610 56/.420 26/.925 59/.397 38/.525 42/.775

HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 8/6/0 5/5/0 132/35/12

Usage ······X· ·······X ········ ·······o X·····oo ·······X ·····Xo· ······o· ·······o

Houston Astros Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.20 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 22.Hart
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 47/.548 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.875 6/.900 28/.706 163/119 .222/.285/.285/.570 .742/.506 .579 41/.578 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 67/.683 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.900 11/1.402 36/1.030 401/293 .343/.439/.645/1.084 .925/1.146 1.160 92/.859 15/2 22/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 23/.534 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 ··· 26/.863 170/144 .213/.253/.350/.603 .326/.645 .714 44/.600 1/0 6/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 356/262 .218/.273/.291/.564 .551/.569 .658 72/.400 32/7 4/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 7/.762 7/.858 6/.334 ··· 9/.708 2/.000 1/.000 157/131 .288/.333/.411/.744 .613/.770 .793 48/.593 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP 48/1.167 ··· 6/.833 ··· 10/.500 9/.708 28/1.118 397/300 .301/.350/.552/.903 .989/.874 .954 98/1.157 4/1 22/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 15/.733 1/.000 10/.550 1/.000 6/.400 4/.500 32/.652 193/134 .259/.326/.374/.700 1.029/.565 .785 59/.711 0/0 3/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 8/1.196 278/196 .282/.343/.371/.714 .823/.670 .669 31/.987 15/3 1/

31.Newhan* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.833 24/22 .261/.292/.348/.639 .000/.699 .733 23/.668 0/0 0/

9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 3/.000 386/288 .269/.308/.435/.743 .715/.753 .780 96/.666 5/8 12/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/.666 5/1.000 ··· 14/.594 1/.000 1/.000 400/298 .280/.320/.429/.749 .814/.727 .852 89/.549 7/3 10/

46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 161/129 .145/.253/.268/.521 .767/.466 .659 23/.333 0/0 4/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 11/.473 234/162 .278/.363/.463/.827 1.038/.738 .895 69/.941 4/4 8/

IP 120.1 16.2 67.1 18.2 46.1 52.1 44.2 TOTAL .260/.321/.410/.731 .796/.709 .797 .721 84/32 97/47

ERA-K/9

2.84/5.8

2.70/11.9

3.48/6.2

7.23/6.7

4.66/6.8

4.13/12.0

3.02/11.1

3.88/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (14-4-3)
Towles (13-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.243 73/.242 280/.257 96/.317 199/.299 213/.161 182/.201 .247 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Erstad 0/85/0/7
0/0/92/7
90/0/0/4
27/14/4/2

OPS .654 .741 .683 .892 .831 .589 .598 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.684 36/.793 144/.646 33/1.330 79/.787 92/.795 83/.629 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.622 37/.690 136/.722 63/.674 120/.858 121/.434 99/.571 .686

Road 224/.697 45/.687 138/.782 47/.926 88/.767 91/.689 87/.667 .750

Last 28d days 49/.313 38/.569 43/.595 6/1.167 42/.643 47/1.014 31/.849

HR/SB/CS 8/6/6 3/1/0 7/1/3 2/3/0 7/2/0 7/3/1 1/1/0 99/52/19

Usage ········ o····oo· ·····Xo· ······X· o·····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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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 19, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 10-3, 2.84)

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 4-3, 3.48)

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