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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 7:10pm, Friday, August 22, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Houston Astros, 64-63, 4th, 14 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 11-8, 4.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-8)           149.1 166  78  71  39 126 20    4.28      
 2007 (14-7)           212   221  80  75  60 154 14    3.18      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  40    40  13  13  12  41  2    2.93   57 
 2008-08-17    ARI   W   8     1   0   0   2  10  0     105   88 
 2008-08-12    SFG   W   7    10   3   3   3   4  0     112   46 
 2008-08-07   @CIN   W   7     9   1   1   2   6  0      91   59 
 2008-08-02    NYM  ND   6     6   4   4   3   7  1     100   48 
 2008-07-28    CIN   W   5     7   4   4   1   5  1      74   41 
 2008-07-11   @WSN  ND   1     1   0   0   1   0  0      17   50 
 2008-06-30    LAD   W   6     6   1   1   0   9  0      79   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-1  33.1  33  15  15   9  29  4    4.05   54 
 2008-08-02    NYM  ND   6     6   4   4   3   7  1     100   48 
 2007-09-09   @NYM   L   7     9   4   4   1   4  1     106   46 
 2007-07-08    NYM   W   7     7   3   3   1   5  1     105   55 
 2006-09-03    NYM   W   7.2   3   0   0   1   9  0     109   81 
 2006-07-23   @NYM   W   5.2   8   4   4   3   4  1     106   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  44-46   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 20  @MIL  L   2-5       64-63  4th 13.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @MIL  W   5-2       64-62  4th 13.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @MIL  L   3-9       63-62  4th 13.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   ARI  W   3-0       63-61  4th 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   ARI  L   5-11      62-61  4th 13.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   ARI  L   2-12      62-60  4th 13.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   SFG  W   7-4       62-59  4th 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   SFG  W   6-2       61-59  4th 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   SFG  W  12-4       60-59  4th 11.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   SFG  W   3-1       59-59  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
New York Mets, 71-57, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 11-7, 2.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-7)           177   154  62  54  46 148 20    2.75      
 2007 (15-13)          219   183  88  81  52 235 33    3.33      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  50.1  38  14  14  11  34  6    2.50   62 
 2008-08-17   @PIT   W   9     3   0   0   0   7  0     113   88 
 2008-08-12   @WSN   W   7     8   3   3   2   6  1      94   53 
 2008-08-07    SDP  ND   7     4   2   2   3   7  1     104   65 
 2008-08-02   @HOU  ND   6.1   3   1   1   2   3  0     103   64 
 2008-07-27    STL   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  1     118   75 
 2008-07-22    PHI  ND   8     8   2   2   0   4  1     105   62 
 2008-07-17   @CIN  ND   4     6   5   5   3   2  2      92   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      0-0   6.1   3   1   1   2   3  0    1.42   64 
 2008-08-02   @HOU  ND   6.1   3   1   1   2   3  0     103   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-23   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  45-43   vsLHP:  26-14   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 29-20   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 21   ATL  W   5-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 20   ATL  W   6-3       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 19   ATL  W   7-3       69-57  1st  1.5 up
125 Mon, Aug 18  @PIT  L   2-5       68-57  1st  1.5 up
124 Sun, Aug 17  @PIT  W   4-0       68-56  1st  2.0 up
123 Sat, Aug 16  @PIT  W   7-4       67-56  1st  2.0 up
122 Fri, Aug 15  @PIT  W   2-1       66-56  1st  1.0 up
121 Thu, Aug 14  @WSN  W   9-3       65-56  1st  1.0 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @WSN  W  12-0       64-56  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12  @WSN  W   4-3       63-56  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 HOU  4  NYM  0        W:Randy Wolf (7-10), L: Oliver Perez (7-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 HOU  5  NYM  4 (10)   W:Jose Valverde (5-3), L: Aaron Heilman (1-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 HOU  7  NYM  3        W:Doug Brocail (5-5), L: Aaron Heilman (1-5), S: none

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 NYM  4  HOU  1        W:Pedro Martinez (2-0), L: Roy Oswalt (14-7), S: Billy Wagner (32)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 NYM  3  HOU  1        W:Tom Glavine (13-6), L: Woody Williams (8-14), S: Billy Wagner (31)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYM 11  HOU  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-13), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 HOU  8  NYM  3        W:Roy Oswalt (8-5), L: Dave Williams (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 NYM  5 @HOU  3 (17)   W:Aaron Sele (2-0), L: Brian Moehler (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (17)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 HOU  4  NYM  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 NYM  6 @HOU  2        W:John Maine (10-4), L: Jason Jennings (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 3-0; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 295-242

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  5.58

ARI  4.65

WSN  3.67

RA/G

TOR  3.91

MIN  4.57

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .360

M. Cabrera  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

R. Winn  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

J. Lowrie  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.069

D. Pedroia  .834

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

O. Perez  3.93

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

D. Lowe  6.48

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Houston Astros Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 27/12 .240/.259/.520/.779 1.119/.348 .636 10/.967 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.666 4/.250 5/.000 4/1.417 13/.490 1/.000 ··· 201/141 .230/.311/.293/.604 .743/.547 .595 27/.646 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.333 9/1.500 3/1.334 5/2.300 3/1.333 5/.200 ··· ··· 529/378 .329/.431/.597/1.028 .861/1.098 1.004 106/.889 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 12/.833 1/.000 5/.000 4/1.750 4/.250 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 249/200 .234/.273/.420/.693 .556/.720 .695 72/.906 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 413/300 .226/.283/.306/.588 .553/.601 .526 43/.670 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 39/.519 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/2.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 249/197 .295/.328/.380/.708 .647/.724 .733 82/.705 2/2 2/
59.House G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 15/.916 4/.833 4/1.500 11/1.455 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 247/158 .271/.344/.385/.729 .945/.615 .656 46/.857 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/47 .204/.250/.306/.556 .600/.551 .382 24/.390 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 513/378 .260/.300/.435/.735 .698/.748 .716 106/.797 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/85 .243/.270/.308/.579 .765/.516 .715 70/.642 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 35/.996 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 33/.864 ··· 3/.000 524/380 .285/.319/.420/.739 .783/.722 .698 106/.771 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 12/1.136 6/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 330/226 .301/.373/.541/.914 1.116/.823 .780 80/1.223 4/5 16/
IP 177.0 59.2 46.1 67.1 50.1 48.1 49.1 12.0 TOTAL .265/.325/.419/.744 .787/.729 .710 .818 92/39 136/56
ERA-K/9 2.75/7.5 5.58/5.4 3.69/8.4 5.48/9.9 4.11/7.0 2.98/4.8 4.20/6.9 4.50/6.8 4.01/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (17-4-4)
 Quintero (11-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 725/.231 264/.276 202/.266 309/.252 219/.232 201/.240 215/.239 48/.298 .249  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Wigginton
 Abercrombie
 Newhan
0/0/123/13
0/103/0/7
37/33/5/2
9/0/0/1
8/5/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .654 .764 .743 .761 .666 .710 .706 .866 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.645 120/.761 98/.546 123/1.010 101/.625 94/.491 53/.889 20/1.395 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 523/.658 144/.767 104/.935 186/.598 118/.699 107/.906 162/.647 28/.500 .687
Home 336/.653 153/.682 102/.630 161/.696 113/.739 95/.596 108/.679 24/1.029 .663
Last 28d days 147/.516 46/.640 40/.532 71/.866 35/.962 37/.848 46/1.057 48/.866
HR/SB/CS 20/4/4 6/1/1 5/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 3/0/0 131/45/23
Usage ····X··· o·o··X·· o··o·oo· ··X···XX ···o··oo ··oo···· ···X·o·o ···X·o··
New York Mets Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 20/1.265 9/.000 2/.000 14/.571 25/.969 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 558/409 .271/.366/.461/.828 .817/.831 .862 115/.829 17/3 17/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 31/17 .233/.258/.367/.625 1.269/.118 .650 22/.561 1/1 1/
11.Castro G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 135/78 .254/.326/.475/.801 .824/.784 .879 36/.625 0/0 7/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 11/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.833 3/1.000 ··· 7/1.096 ··· 286/247 .273/.314/.338/.653 .520/.673 .733 40/.872 6/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 16/1.472 12/1.317 8/1.089 7/.429 14/.812 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 537/375 .262/.348/.489/.838 .732/.886 .833 112/.894 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP 10/1.625 3/.000 ··· 9/.958 23/.846 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 297/204 .262/.312/.347/.659 .652/.661 .562 71/.571 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/34 .272/.307/.383/.690 .869/.402 .608 46/.800 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 55/51 .404/.491/.617/1.108 2.417/1.016 1.302 55/1.108 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 92/75 .271/.303/.306/.609 .500/.634 .536 63/.605 2/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 25/.667 2/1.000 1/2.000 19/.551 3/1.000 1/2.000 7/.572 ··· 599/423 .300/.360/.481/.841 .855/.840 .850 124/.837 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 9/1.223 4/.000 1/3.000 11/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 304/236 .256/.349/.328/.677 .481/.734 .747 52/.858 0/0 4/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 253/167 .297/.360/.485/.844 .736/.899 .935 106/.924 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP 17/.411 3/1.667 1/no AB 12/1.167 3/.666 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 581/433 .295/.387/.528/.916 1.217/.820 1.005 116/.972 14/5 25/
IP 149.1 56.2 47.1 56.0 47.0 101.1 57.1 45.1 TOTAL .268/.341/.415/.757 .772/.751 .784 .800 108/28 128/71
ERA-K/9 4.28/7.6 4.13/8.1 3.80/7.4 2.41/6.9 4.98/6.7 4.35/4.7 4.08/10.1 4.57/8.5 4.60/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (1-0-0)
 Castro (12-5-1)
 Schneider (28-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 648/.282 238/.249 204/.230 229/.192 195/.254 414/.273 247/.237 197/.204 .272  Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Tatis
 Murphy
 Easley
35/8/60/6
0/124/0/5
20/0/0/2
42/0/34/1
12/0/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .775 .677 .809 .545 .683 .707 .742 .723 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.801 99/.817 83/.486 97/.638 89/.918 169/.723 115/.632 80/.489 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.749 139/.579 121/1.043 132/.478 106/.494 245/.695 132/.830 117/.892 .796
Road 293/.722 117/.747 97/.771 103/.503 88/.687 226/.568 111/.793 95/.745 .790
Last 28d days 138/.703 43/.859 52/.870 47/.483 23/.367 77/.687 40/.386 35/.572
HR/SB/CS 20/0/1 6/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 167/41/20
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·X·· ······Xo ··Xo·X·o ··o··X·o ·ooo··X· ··o·o··o ·o·X··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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