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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 19, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

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

BA

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