HOU @ LAD, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 19-17, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 1-3, 7.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 26 42 23 23 8 12 2 7.96 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 1-4 30 51 28 28 8 12 4 8.40 34 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 2008-04-04 @CHC ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 1 0 71 55 2007-07-31 @ATL L 4 9 5 5 0 0 2 76 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 0-1 5 8 4 4 0 0 0 7.20 35 2007-07-23 LAD L 5 8 4 4 0 0 0 74 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 8-11 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 15-13 vsLHP: 4-4 1-Run: 5-7 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 8-6 vsWest: 6-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Fri, May 9 @LAD W 7-1 19-17 3rd 2.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Los Angeles Dodgers, 19-16, 2nd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 2-4, 4.54) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 33.2 32 18 17 21 44 2 4.54 2007 (12-5) 147 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31 2006 (7-4) 90 92 43 38 58 59 7 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 32.2 35 21 20 23 43 2 5.51 48 2008-05-05 NYM W 6 5 1 1 4 4 0 96 58 2008-04-30 @FLA W 7 3 1 1 4 8 0 107 71 2008-04-24 ARI L 6 6 5 5 2 12 1 109 50 2008-04-19 @ATL L 5 6 4 4 5 9 0 99 43 2008-04-13 SDP L 5 4 1 1 2 8 0 90 61 2008-04-08 @ARI L 2.1 5 5 4 3 1 1 70 27 2007-09-29 SFG ND 1.1 6 4 4 3 1 0 54 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 14 11 6 6 7 13 2 3.86 57 2007-08-13 HOU L 5 6 4 4 4 7 1 116 42 2007-07-23 @HOU W 9 5 2 2 3 6 1 110 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-7 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 10-13 vsLHP: 9-3 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 3-3 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Fri, May 9 HOU L 1-7 19-16 2nd 3.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 HOU 7 @LAD 1 W:Brian Moehler (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (2-3), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 1-0; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 369-305

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 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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Houston Astros Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 43.Brazoban
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 3/.667 6/.167 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 21/.610 ··· ··· ··· 42/30 .195/.195/.268/.463 1.000/.267 .400 36/.543 0/1 0/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/.619 16/1.290 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 22/.793 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 152/119 .380/.461/.783/1.243 1.164/1.268 .951 111/1.329 6/1 12/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 14/.539 7/1.514 4/.000 9/.889 3/.000 26/1.066 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 81/69 .218/.235/.372/.606 .083/.687 .431 56/.461 0/0 3/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 135/108 .197/.274/.303/.577 .750/.535 .578 89/.591 16/0 3/

22.Cruz# G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 5/1.600 7/.286 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 43/28 .086/.256/.114/.370 .497/.295 .205 31/.341 0/0 0/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 47/.672 ··· ··· ··· 50/47 .286/.300/.367/.667 .667/.667 .731 38/.694 1/1 0/

45.Lee G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/5.000 ··· 10/.944 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 146/118 .284/.336/.530/.865 .819/.877 .948 101/.900 0/0 7/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 4/.000 14/.297 6/.334 ··· ··· 22/.636 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 87/68 .211/.299/.263/.562 1.007/.447 .488 52/.590 0/0 0/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.833 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.833 1/2.000 90/68 .269/.348/.385/.733 .741/.727 .672 90/.733 6/1 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/103 .258/.299/.422/.721 .790/.698 .545 90/.832 2/3 4/

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/.411 13/.846 ··· 1/.000 154/124 .338/.370/.545/.915 .747/.957 .803 110/.920 2/2 5/

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/73 .164/.307/.370/.677 1.012/.613 .568 55/.604 0/0 4/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 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 33.2 12.0 1.0 15.0 24.1 22.0 17.2 15.1 7.2 TOTAL .256/.317/.426/.743 .822/.722 .655 .768 35/9 41/14

ERA-K/9

4.54/11.8

0.75/6.8

0.00/0.0

1.80/12.6

2.59/12.2

2.45/3.7

6.11/8.1

1.76/9.4

2.35/4.7

3.96/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.250 49/.244 5/.333 60/.170 102/.213 91/.250 82/.271 63/.224 31/.250 .262 Bourn
Lee
Pence
Cruz
Erstad 0/32/0/4
35/0/0/3
0/0/34/1
7/3/3/0
5/5/2/0

OPS .736 .573 .933 .531 .648 .758 .903 .631 .657 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.861 21/.429 1/.000 23/1.169 25/.880 40/1.007 29/1.153 32/.661 14/1.128 .876

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.598 28/.685 4/1.250 37/.191 77/.557 51/.576 53/.765 31/.601 17/.301 .615

Home 77/.713 28/.629 5/.933 37/.372 44/.342 38/.492 44/.624 49/.727 20/.485 .649

Last 28d days 126/.651 34/.483 5/.933 42/.454 73/.686 72/.721 62/.866 54/.741 31/.657

HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 27/21/6

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

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.47 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 29.Geary
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
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 5/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.833 ··· 4/.500 ··· 16/6 .133/.188/.133/.321 .311/.333 .667 13/.397 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/66 .315/.390/.472/.862 1.008/.787 .998 61/.962 1/0 2/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.333 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 126/92 .291/.376/.447/.823 .416/.973 .739 83/.862 2/0 3/

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.750 6/1.167 ··· 7/.715 12/1.235 5/.400 7/.000 ··· 154/96 .366/.448/.597/1.045 1.066/1.032 1.002 108/.964 8/2 5/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 47/36 .214/.298/.238/.536 .831/.451 .625 40/.497 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/no AB 16/1.050 16/.775 4/1.750 2/1.000 ··· 126/82 .174/.286/.275/.561 .702/.489 .624 88/.667 0/0 1/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 129/79 .317/.344/.492/.835 1.109/.654 .804 103/.895 9/2 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/2.667 9/.597 1/.000 1/.000 7/.619 8/.250 7/.629 ··· 116/74 .262/.310/.421/.731 .971/.594 .769 79/.714 0/0 3/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 6/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 149/96 .284/.336/.425/.761 .647/.820 .964 107/.680 1/3 3/

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 146/104 .293/.432/.414/.845 .910/.818 .841 107/.965 3/2 3/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.400 9/.347 6/.666 ··· 9/.944 7/.333 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 95/68 .296/.380/.346/.726 .993/.623 .678 72/.770 12/1 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 8/1.875 3/.000 ··· 29/24 .125/.276/.167/.443 .600/.397 .237 21/.462 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/13 .316/.350/.316/.666 .762/.615 .615 15/.813 0/0 0/

IP 26.0 15.1 19.2 6.2 16.0 12.2 19.0 19.2 12.0 TOTAL .278/.355/.407/.762 .867/.711 .788 .786 38/10 24/23

ERA-K/9

7.96/4.2

4.70/6.5

2.75/8.2

0.00/2.7

1.69/9.6

4.26/5.7

4.74/10.9

5.95/6.9

3.75/9.0

4.41/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (19-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.375 71/.333 76/.233 30/.217 66/.158 59/.296 85/.253 83/.276 47/.190 .271 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/7/26/3
19/0/14/2
22/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/32/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .984 .931 .633 .748 .518 .771 .798 .929 .634 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.936 24/.583 28/.964 14/.619 24/.442 20/1.026 37/.669 37/.842 18/.590 .833

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/1.002 47/1.097 48/.431 16/.864 42/.559 39/.651 48/.878 46/1.001 29/.660 .779

Road 75/.781 39/.977 33/.523 16/.760 30/.459 30/.752 36/1.149 41/.831 20/.618 .792

Last 28d days 79/1.173 47/.903 57/.574 30/.748 51/.459 40/.755 64/.720 47/.828 36/.632

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/3/0 4/3/0 7/0/1 1/0/0 48/10/4

Usage ·····X·· X····X·· ··Xo·X·o Xo···X·· X····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, 10:10pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 1-3, 7.96)

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 2-4, 4.54)

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