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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, August 24, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Houston Astros, 65-64, 4th, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (31, LHP, 8-11, 4.81)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-11)           146   154  85  78  60 129 16    4.81      
 2007 (9-6)            102.2 110  55  54  39  94 10    4.73      
 2006 (4-0)             56.2  63  37  35  33  44 13    5.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37    45  28  25  18  29  2    6.08   42 
 2008-08-18   @MIL   L   4     5   6   6   3   5  0      86   30 
 2008-08-13    SFG   W   7     6   2   2   2   3  0     110   58 
 2008-08-08   @CIN  ND   6     7   4   4   2   6  1      93   46 
 2008-08-03    NYM   W   5     6   0   0   3   7  0      92   59 
 2008-07-27   @MIL  ND   4.1   7   4   3   3   3  1     105   35 
 2008-07-19   @STL   L   5.2   8   6   4   2   4  0      98   35 
 2008-07-13    ATL   L   5     6   6   6   3   1  0      96   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      5-0  30    31   9   9  11  18  3    2.70   54 
 2008-08-03    NYM   W   5     6   0   0   3   7  0      92   59 
 2008-06-06    NYM   W   7     7   1   1   2   2  0     101   59 
 2007-06-11    NYM   W   6     9   3   3   0   3  0      96   45 
 2006-08-25   @NYM   W   5     5   3   3   4   4  1      94   45 
 2006-08-15    NYM   W   7     4   2   2   2   2  2     105   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   31-36   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  45-46   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 23  @NYM  W   8-3       65-64  4th 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @NYM  L   0-3       64-64  4th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
New York Mets, 72-58, 1st, 2 up

SP: Oliver Perez (26, LHP, 9-7, 3.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            149   127  72  65  78 134 19    3.93      
 2007 (15-10)          177   153  90  70  79 174 22    3.56      
 2006 (3-13)           112.2 129  90  82  68 102 20    6.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  45.2  40  15  14  18  45  2    2.76   58 
 2008-08-19    ATL  ND   6.1   7   3   3   5   3  0     114   45 
 2008-08-14   @WSN   W   6.2   6   3   3   3   8  0     104   55 
 2008-08-08    FLA   W   7     2   0   0   3   8  0     120   78 
 2008-08-03   @HOU   L   6     8   4   4   0   3  1      78   43 
 2008-07-29   @FLA   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  0     100   60 
 2008-07-24    PHI  ND   7.2   6   1   1   1  12  1     108   74 
 2008-07-19   @CIN   L   6     6   3   2   3   6  0      87   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-2  35.1  27  14  13   9  42  5    3.31   62 
 2008-08-03   @HOU   L   6     8   4   4   0   3  1      78   43 
 2006-05-28    HOU  ND   8     5   2   2   3   9  0     127   70 
 2005-04-25    HOU   W   7.2   4   0   0   2   9  0     121   78 
 2004-09-09    HOU   W   8     3   1   0   1  14  0     114   87 
 2004-09-03   @HOU   L   5.2   7   7   7   3   7  4     102   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-24   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  46-44   vsLHP:  26-14   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 29-20   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 23   HOU  L   3-8       72-58  1st  2.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  W   3-0       72-57  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 HOU  8 @NYM  3        W:Brandon Backe (8-12), L: John Maine (10-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 NYM  3  HOU  0        W:Johan Santana (12-7), L: Roy Oswalt (11-9), S: Luis Ayala (1)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 4-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 296-243

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

LAA  4.65

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.91

SFG  4.62

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .360

M. Cabrera  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .462

C. Snyder  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .630

D. Ortiz  .480

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.092

D. Pedroia  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Lannan  3.95

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

M. Garza  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Houston Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Perez*
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/.000 ··· 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 7/.486 3/.666 4/.250 5/.000 4/1.417 13/.490 1/.000 ··· 204/141 .226/.307/.288/.595 .704/.547 .577 30/.575 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/.222 9/1.500 3/1.334 6/1.867 4/1.500 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 538/384 .331/.431/.603/1.034 .856/1.109 1.016 107/.909 15/3 26/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 5/1.400 5/.200 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 258/206 .234/.275/.414/.689 .564/.716 .688 78/.879 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 419/306 .226/.282/.304/.586 .553/.598 .523 42/.527 33/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 12/.583 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 420/294 .244/.290/.381/.671 .673/.670 .685 47/.340 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/2.250 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 258/203 .298/.332/.384/.716 .668/.729 .746 90/.736 2/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 8/1.950 4/.833 4/1.500 11/1.455 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 251/158 .271/.347/.385/.731 .941/.615 .662 48/.838 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 57/52 .204/.246/.352/.597 .600/.597 .505 27/.542 0/0 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 517/379 .260/.300/.433/.733 .697/.746 .713 102/.726 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 119/89 .234/.261/.297/.558 .765/.492 .662 67/.630 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 33/.864 ··· 4/.000 533/385 .288/.321/.423/.743 .783/.729 .709 107/.773 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 8/1.625 6/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 338/230 .300/.370/.533/.903 1.111/.808 .766 82/1.220 4/5 16/
IP 149.0 60.2 46.1 68.1 50.2 48.1 50.1 14.0 TOTAL .265/.325/.419/.744 .784/.729 .710 .808 92/39 138/56
ERA-K/9 3.93/8.1 5.49/5.6 3.69/8.4 5.40/9.9 4.09/6.9 2.98/4.8 4.11/7.0 3.86/7.1 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 647/.233 267/.272 202/.266 312/.249 222/.239 201/.240 218/.235 54/.264 .249  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/124/13
0/104/0/7
37/34/6/2
9/5/0/1
11/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .723 .755 .743 .753 .675 .710 .695 .768 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.554 123/.740 98/.546 125/.992 103/.633 94/.491 54/.870 24/1.156 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.780 144/.767 104/.935 187/.594 119/.711 107/.906 164/.638 30/.467 .684
Home 302/.691 156/.668 102/.630 164/.682 116/.755 95/.596 111/.660 30/.818 .664
Last 28d days 133/.703 49/.599 38/.564 57/.793 30/.919 33/.818 36/.978 54/.768
HR/SB/CS 19/8/1 6/1/1 5/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 3/0/0 133/45/23
Usage ····X··· ·oo·o··X ··o··o·o ·X··X··· o····o·· ····oo·· o····X·o X····X·o
New York Mets Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Wolf*
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 29/.972 9/.000 2/.000 14/.571 25/.969 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 564/415 .268/.362/.456/.818 .817/.818 .841 110/.795 17/3 17/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 49/1.061 2/.500 ··· 7/1.142 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 294/212 .261/.365/.331/.695 .722/.696 .772 / 13/2 3/
11.Castro G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 135/78 .254/.326/.475/.801 .824/.784 .879 35/.644 0/0 7/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 10/1.125 1/2.000 2/.000 9/.833 3/1.000 ··· 7/1.096 ··· 288/248 .271/.312/.336/.648 .506/.670 .722 29/.679 6/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 9/.555 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 238/163 .311/.371/.514/.885 .878/.889 .888 7/1.000 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 30/.536 12/1.317 9/.958 7/.429 14/.812 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 544/381 .260/.346/.484/.830 .727/.876 .817 107/.771 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP 18/.958 3/.000 ··· 10/.856 23/.846 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 298/205 .261/.311/.346/.656 .652/.658 .558 71/.571 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/35 .268/.303/.378/.681 .869/.390 .596 46/.800 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 62/58 .365/.468/.558/1.025 2.417/.938 1.121 62/1.025 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 99/81 .253/.284/.286/.570 .471/.592 .470 59/.472 2/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 35/.855 2/1.000 2/2.500 19/.551 3/1.000 1/2.000 7/.572 ··· 607/430 .301/.360/.482/.842 .868/.835 .850 119/.768 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 11/.697 4/.000 1/3.000 11/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 310/242 .257/.349/.351/.699 .481/.761 .791 52/1.004 0/0 6/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 26/.328 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 253/167 .297/.360/.485/.844 .736/.899 .935 95/.852 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP 23/.471 3/1.667 2/no AB 12/1.167 3/.666 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 588/439 .293/.386/.524/.910 1.221/.813 .991 110/.945 14/5 25/
IP 146.0 56.2 48.1 57.0 47.0 101.1 57.1 45.1 TOTAL .266/.340/.414/.754 .773/.747 .777 .761 108/28 130/71
ERA-K/9 4.81/8.0 4.13/8.1 3.72/7.5 2.37/6.8 4.98/6.7 4.35/4.7 4.08/10.1 4.57/8.5 4.58/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.274 238/.249 209/.230 232/.190 195/.254 414/.273 247/.237 197/.204 .270  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
0/0/54/7
36/9/60/6
0/126/0/5
20/0/0/2
14/0/0/1
42/0/34/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .772 .677 .811 .543 .683 .707 .742 .723 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.838 99/.817 85/.474 99/.638 89/.918 169/.723 115/.632 80/.489 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 501/.754 139/.579 124/1.057 133/.474 106/.494 245/.695 132/.830 117/.892 .795
Road 317/.880 117/.747 102/.777 106/.500 88/.687 226/.568 111/.793 95/.745 .783
Last 28d days 122/.831 38/.839 57/.874 42/.382 23/.367 71/.704 36/.343 34/.590
HR/SB/CS 16/8/5 6/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 169/41/20
Usage ·····X·· ···o·X·X X······· o···Xo·X ····o··X ···ooo·· ····o·o· ···o·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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