HOU @ LAD, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 18-17, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 0-0, 7.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 7.2 11 6 6 3 3 1 7.04 2007 (1-4) 59.2 67 29 27 17 36 8 4.07 2006 (7-11) 122 164 95 89 38 58 19 6.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-5 26.2 41 28 28 9 15 9 9.45 35 2006-09-29 PHI L 3.1 7 7 7 2 0 1 65 16 2006-09-23 @PHI L 3.1 8 4 4 1 1 0 65 28 2006-09-18 @NYM L 5 5 3 3 0 4 2 66 49 2006-09-09 PHI ND 4 6 2 2 2 3 2 70 43 2006-09-04 ARI ND 5 7 5 5 2 1 1 75 32 2006-07-30 @PHI L 5.1 5 4 4 0 6 2 91 48 2006-07-01 BOS L 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 1 32 32 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 1-1 14.2 21 10 10 3 4 2 6.14 40 2005-08-20 LAD ND 2 5 4 4 1 2 0 51 31 2005-05-16 @LAD W 6.2 9 2 2 1 2 0 87 49 2002-07-31 LAD L 6 7 4 4 1 0 2 88 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 7-11 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 14-13 vsLHP: 4-4 1-Run: 5-7 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 8-6 vsWest: 5-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Thu, May 8 WSN L 3-8 18-17 3rd 3.5 gb 34 Wed, May 7 WSN W 4-3 18-16 3rd 3.5 gb 33 Tue, May 6 WSN W 6-5 17-16 3rd 4.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 MIL W 8-6 (12) 16-16 4th 4.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 MIL W 6-2 15-16 4th 4.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 MIL W 7-4 14-16 4th 5.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 @ARI L 7-8 13-16 4th 5.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 @ARI W 6-4 13-15 4th 4.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @ARI L 3-5 12-15 4th 5.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @STL L 1-5 12-14 4th 4.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Dodgers, 19-15, 2nd, 3½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 2-2, 3.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 39.1 43 22 16 11 25 3 3.66 2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88 2006 (16-8) 218 221 97 88 55 123 14 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 39.1 43 22 16 11 25 3 3.66 49 2008-05-04 @COL L 5 6 5 5 4 3 0 112 34 2008-04-29 @FLA ND 5 8 6 3 1 2 1 90 34 2008-04-23 ARI W 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 67 58 2008-04-18 @ATL L 4.1 8 5 3 4 2 1 101 29 2008-04-12 SDP W 8 4 1 1 0 6 0 93 76 2008-04-06 @SDP ND 6 5 2 1 1 6 0 88 61 2008-04-01 SFG ND 6 9 2 2 0 4 0 81 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 33 26 8 6 5 14 2 1.64 61 2007-08-16 HOU W 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 84 69 2007-07-25 @HOU ND 4 4 1 1 0 3 1 60 53 2006-05-11 HOU L 7 6 4 2 1 0 0 93 52 2006-04-24 @HOU ND 7 4 1 1 2 4 0 101 67 2005-08-26 HOU L 8 7 2 2 2 5 1 109 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 10-12 vsLHP: 9-3 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 3-2 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Wed, May 7 NYM L 1-12 19-15 2nd 3.0 gb 33 Tue, May 6 NYM W 5-4 19-14 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Mon, May 5 NYM W 5-1 18-14 2nd 3.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @COL L 2-7 17-14 2nd 4.0 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @COL W 12-7 17-13 2nd 4.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @COL W 11-6 16-13 2nd 4.0 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @FLA W 5-3 15-13 2nd 5.0 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @FLA W 13-1 14-13 2nd 5.5 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @FLA W 7-6 13-13 2nd 5.5 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 COL W 3-2 (10) 12-13 2nd 6.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAD 6 HOU 2 W:Derek Lowe (9-11), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-11), S: Takashi Saito (31) Wed, Aug 15, 2007 LAD 6 HOU 3 W:Brad Penny (14-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-8), S: Takashi Saito (30) Tue, Aug 14, 2007 HOU 7 @LAD 4 W:Matt Albers (3-5), L: Brett Tomko (2-10), S: Brad Lidge (9) Mon, Aug 13, 2007 HOU 4 @LAD 1 W:Roy Oswalt (13-6), L: Chad Billingsley (7-4), S: Chad Qualls (3) Wed, Jul 25, 2007 HOU 2 LAD 1 W:Chad Qualls (6-3), L: D.J. Houlton (0-2), S: Brad Lidge (5) Tue, Jul 24, 2007 HOU 7 LAD 4 W:Jason Jennings (2-6), L: Rudy Seanez (6-2), S: Brad Lidge (4) Mon, Jul 23, 2007 LAD 10 @HOU 2 W:Chad Billingsley (7-0), L: Chris Sampson (7-7), S: none Thu, May 11, 2006 HOU 4 @LAD 2 W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-1), L: Derek Lowe (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1) Wed, May 10, 2006 LAD 9 HOU 6 W:Brett Tomko (4-1), L: Taylor Buchholz (2-2), S: none Tue, May 09, 2006 LAD 12 HOU 7 W:Takashi Saito (3-2), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 369-304

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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Houston Astros Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 20/.550 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 21/.610 ··· ··· ··· 38/26 .189/.189/.270/.459 1.000/.231 .381 32/.548 0/1 0/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 20/.578 16/1.290 1/.000 1/2.000 22/.793 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 147/114 .368/.449/.752/1.201 1.164/1.213 .845 111/1.291 6/1 11/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 25/.838 7/1.514 9/.889 3/.000 26/1.066 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 76/64 .216/.224/.378/.602 .083/.688 .400 55/.540 0/0 3/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/103 .197/.277/.308/.585 .750/.542 .594 89/.582 15/0 3/

22.Cruz# G/S/vP 39/1.434 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 7/.286 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 42/27 .088/.262/.118/.380 .497/.307 .214 31/.341 0/0 0/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 32/.823 ··· ··· ··· 47/.672 ··· ··· ··· 50/47 .286/.300/.367/.667 .667/.667 .731 39/.676 1/1 0/

45.Lee G/S/vP 28/1.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 10/.944 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 141/113 .282/.333/.527/.860 .819/.870 .940 100/.855 0/0 7/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 24/.432 14/.297 ··· ··· 22/.636 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 87/68 .211/.299/.263/.562 1.007/.447 .488 57/.596 0/0 0/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 9/1.181 5/.833 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 85/63 .257/.333/.365/.698 .741/.681 .571 85/.698 6/1 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/99 .256/.293/.424/.717 .790/.692 .528 90/.832 2/3 4/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 32/.844 2/5.000 ··· ··· 17/.411 12/.667 ··· ··· 149/119 .336/.369/.543/.912 .747/.955 .789 109/.919 2/2 5/

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/73 .164/.307/.370/.677 1.012/.613 .568 59/.559 0/0 4/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 48/34 .238/.313/.357/.670 .955/.558 .704 25/.638 2/0 1/

IP 39.1 12.0 15.0 24.1 22.0 16.2 15.1 6.0 TOTAL .254/.315/.422/.737 .822/.714 .638 .760 34/9 40/14

ERA-K/9

3.66/5.7

0.75/6.8

1.80/12.6

2.59/12.2

2.45/3.7

5.94/8.6

1.76/9.4

3.00/4.5

3.87/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (2-1-2)
Towles (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.283 49/.244 60/.170 102/.213 91/.250 76/.262 63/.224 26/.261 .260 Bourn
Lee
Pence
Cruz
Erstad 0/31/0/4
34/0/0/3
0/0/33/1
7/3/3/0
5/5/2/0

OPS .740 .573 .531 .648 .758 .887 .631 .711 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.806 21/.429 23/1.169 25/.880 40/1.007 25/1.193 32/.661 10/1.431 .868

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.681 28/.685 37/.191 77/.557 51/.576 51/.732 31/.601 16/.321 .610

Home 71/.568 28/.629 37/.372 44/.342 38/.492 38/.549 49/.727 15/.516 .632

Last 28d days 117/.781 37/.583 42/.454 73/.686 76/.708 58/.820 54/.741 26/.711

HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 0/1/1 0/2/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 26/20/6

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

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (5.24 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 56.Villarreal
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bennett G/S/vP 6/1.833 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 16/6 .133/.188/.133/.321 .311/.333 .667 13/.397 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/63 .306/.385/.471/.856 1.041/.760 .999 61/.921 1/0 2/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 126/92 .291/.376/.447/.823 .416/.973 .739 88/.839 2/0 3/

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 12/1.235 4/.750 6/1.167 ··· 7/.715 5/.400 7/.000 ··· 154/96 .366/.448/.597/1.045 1.066/1.032 1.002 113/1.034 8/2 5/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/33 .237/.326/.263/.589 .933/.492 .733 36/.556 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP 14/.902 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 16/1.050 4/1.750 2/1.000 ··· 122/79 .170/.279/.264/.543 .687/.467 .593 88/.613 0/0 1/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 125/75 .328/.355/.509/.863 1.109/.691 .860 99/.933 9/2 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP 5/.900 3/2.667 9/.597 ··· ··· 8/.250 7/.629 ··· 112/71 .272/.321/.437/.758 .996/.620 .827 80/.730 0/0 3/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 4/2.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 145/93 .277/.331/.415/.746 .595/.825 .946 107/.681 1/3 3/

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 5/1.200 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 142/100 .295/.437/.420/.856 .910/.833 .862 107/1.013 3/2 3/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 4/.250 9/.347 6/.666 ··· 8/1.071 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 91/64 .304/.382/.354/.736 .993/.633 .697 73/.830 11/1 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/1.875 3/.000 ··· 28/23 .130/.286/.174/.460 .600/.415 .258 21/.462 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/12 .333/.368/.333/.702 .762/.667 .667 15/.813 0/0 0/

IP 7.2 14.1 19.2 5.2 14.0 19.0 19.2 12.0 TOTAL .280/.358/.411/.769 .866/.720 .802 .803 37/10 24/22

ERA-K/9

7.04/3.5

4.40/6.9

2.75/8.2

0.00/3.2

1.93/9.6

4.74/10.9

5.95/6.9

3.75/9.0

4.50/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (18-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 38/.314 67/.339 76/.233 25/.211 60/.176 85/.253 83/.276 47/.190 .273 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/7/25/3
19/0/14/2
21/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/31/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .883 .942 .633 .716 .575 .798 .929 .634 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.916 22/.641 28/.964 12/.450 21/.510 37/.669 37/.842 18/.590 .834

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.862 45/1.077 48/.431 13/.983 39/.606 48/.878 46/1.001 29/.660 .791

Road 9/1.194 35/1.004 33/.523 11/.697 24/.583 36/1.149 41/.831 20/.618 .806

Last 28d days 26/.769 44/.896 61/.569 25/.716 45/.526 64/.720 52/.996 41/.654

HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 4/3/0 7/0/1 1/0/0 48/9/4

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

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: HOU @ LAD, 10:40pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 0-0, 7.04)

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 2-2, 3.66)

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