HOU @ TBR, Friday, June 20, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 33-40, 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 5-7, 5.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-7) 94.2 112 60 53 25 75 17 5.04 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 2-4 45.2 54 29 24 10 33 6 4.73 47 2008-06-15 NYY L 5.2 8 7 3 4 6 0 118 35 2008-06-10 MIL W 7 5 1 1 0 10 1 99 73 2008-06-04 @PIT L 6 9 4 3 1 4 0 105 43 2008-05-29 @STL L 7 5 3 3 2 2 1 91 55 2008-05-22 PHI ND 6 11 5 5 2 4 1 95 32 2008-05-17 @TEX L 6 11 6 6 1 1 2 109 26 2008-05-12 @SFG W 8 5 3 3 0 6 1 111 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 16-24 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 25-28 vsLHP: 8-12 1-Run: 9-13 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:14-18 vsWest: 11-8 IL: 1-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 73 Thu, Jun 19 @BAL L 5-7 33-40 5th 12.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 @BAL L 1-2 (10) 33-39 5th 12.0 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 @BAL L 5-6 33-38 5th 12.0 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 NYY L 0-13 33-37 5th 12.0 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 NYY L 4-8 33-36 4th 11.0 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 NYY L 1-2 33-35 4th 10.0 gb 67 Thu, Jun 12 MIL L 6-9 33-34 4th 10.0 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 MIL L 6-10 33-33 4th 9.0 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 MIL W 6-1 33-32 4th 8.0 gb 64 Sun, Jun 8 STL L 4-5 32-32 4th 8.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 3-17 Last 30: 9-21
Tampa Bay Rays, 43-29, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4 up in WC	SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 5-3, 4.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-3) 68.2 64 34 31 26 37 8 4.06 2007 (5-7) 83 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69 2006 (3-6) 50 62 33 32 23 38 6 5.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 43 38 20 17 13 26 5 3.56 53 2008-06-14 FLA W 7 3 1 1 1 3 0 112 69 2008-06-08 @TEX L 4 6 3 3 1 2 2 77 39 2008-06-03 @BOS L 5.1 6 7 5 2 3 2 96 33 2008-05-28 TEX W 8 4 2 2 2 10 0 114 74 2008-05-23 BAL W 7.1 4 0 0 4 4 0 101 70 2008-05-17 @STL ND 4.1 10 7 6 2 1 1 85 16 2008-05-12 NYY W 7 5 0 0 1 3 0 108 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-11 Road: 14-18 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 32-20 vsLHP: 11-9 1-Run: 12-7 vsEast: 21-15 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL: 6-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 72 Thu, Jun 19 CHC W 8-3 43-29 2nd 1.5 gb 71 Wed, Jun 18 CHC W 5-4 42-29 2nd 2.0 gb 70 Tue, Jun 17 CHC W 3-2 41-29 2nd 2.0 gb 69 Sun, Jun 15 FLA L 3-9 40-29 2nd 2.5 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 FLA W 4-1 40-28 2nd 1.5 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 FLA W 7-3 39-28 2nd 1.5 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 @LAA L 2-4 38-28 2nd 2.0 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 @LAA L 1-6 38-27 2nd 1.0 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 @LAA W 13-4 38-26 2nd 1.0 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @TEX L 3-6 37-26 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 08, 2003 HOU 2 TBD 1 W:Tim Redding (4-4), L: Victor Zambrano (2-4), S: Billy Wagner (19) Sat, Jun 07, 2003 HOU 5 TBD 4 W:Kirk Saarloos (2-0), L: Alan Levine (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (18) Fri, Jun 06, 2003 HOU 11 TBD 8 W:Octavio Dotel (5-1), L: Travis Harper (0-4), S: Billy Wagner (17) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 3-0

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 5.51

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.69

KCR 4.59

TEX 5.78

C. Jones .394

K. Johnson .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .485

K. Johnson .352

C. Patterson .230

SLG

L. Berkman .706

C. Guzman .449

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.155

R. Howard .804

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

R. Wolf 4.16

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Houston Astros Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/5 .333/.429/.500/.929 1.000/.900 7/.929 0/1 0/

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 118/85 .231/.270/.315/.584 .763/.514 .548 52/.659 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 305/230 .366/.449/.706/1.155 1.060/1.190 1.102 97/.984 11/2 20/

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 126/109 .225/.254/.350/.604 .378/.634 .428 25/.573 1/0 4/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 279/207 .238/.292/.313/.605 .515/.636 .511 88/.667 28/6 3/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 10/1.111 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.733 105/97 .310/.343/.470/.813 1.000/.797 .822 36/.874 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/.308 6/.533 295/228 .268/.312/.500/.812 .728/.837 .755 93/.789 4/1 15/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 134/98 .258/.328/.367/.695 1.024/.583 .607 28/.929 0/0 2/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 242/173 .271/.336/.336/.673 .782/.630 .688 96/.547 15/3 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 286/216 .274/.315/.451/.766 .754/.770 .708 96/.712 5/5 9/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/15 .235/.235/.294/.529 1.000/.467 .778 13/.308 0/0 0/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.842 4/.500 12/1.400 11/.909 3/.000 2/2.000 10/.400 9/.847 307/233 .294/.329/.474/.803 .844/.790 .699 98/.643 5/3 10/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 161/113 .273/.366/.432/.798 1.084/.685 .731 80/.925 4/2 4/

IP 68.2 10.1 23.0 44.1 45.2 19.0 25.1 32.2 TOTAL .262/.320/.415/.735 .799/.715 .671 .709 74/26 76/42

ERA-K/9

4.06/4.8

1.74/13.1

3.91/5.9

4.87/5.3

3.15/7.7

4.26/7.6

2.84/9.2

1.93/6.1

3.83/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (12-3-3)
Quintero (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.243 40/.121 105/.275 199/.291 187/.202 77/.242 96/.144 127/.158 .246 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Abercrombie
Erstad 0/66/0/5
0/0/69/5
70/0/0/4
2/2/0/1
18/7/4/1

OPS .695 .377 .761 .842 .601 .675 .531 .534 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.680 16/.563 51/.701 97/1.030 62/.591 41/.504 54/.465 48/.396 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.711 24/.262 54/.817 102/.667 125/.605 36/.868 42/.614 79/.616 .684

Home 150/.537 23/.267 76/.887 69/.668 103/.568 41/.383 67/.402 59/.373 .619

Last 28d days 133/.624 40/.377 40/.811 44/.861 66/.633 14/.857 25/.588 33/.480

HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/8/1 4/6/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 4/0/0 62/38/15

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.93 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 43.Sampson
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

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 85/57 .263/.341/.421/.762 1.260/.518 .659 58/.712 1/1 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 258/190 .254/.295/.284/.579 .737/.523 .594 91/.603 15/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 3/2.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 302/216 .272/.317/.384/.701 .643/.724 .825 88/.714 19/5 5/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 28/1.096 3/1.333 ··· 12/.167 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 104/97 .264/.356/.505/.861 .619/.878 1.022 59/.903 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 110/49 .223/.327/.436/.763 .863/.639 .718 17/.782 5/1 5/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 13/1.615 3/1.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 179/157 .229/.330/.392/.722 .563/.744 .754 63/.784 2/2 5/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 216/178 .251/.333/.513/.846 .571/.902 .785 73/.792 7/2 12/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 328/239 .271/.346/.364/.710 .637/.737 .713 117/.702 4/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/190 .250/.327/.477/.804 .712/.834 .743 105/.883 3/0 11/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 192/151 .326/.366/.438/.805 .781/.827 .784 88/.733 0/2 3/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/39 .250/.290/.422/.712 .637/.767 .671 13/.692 0/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/8 .259/.310/.333/.644 .733/.393 .753 15/.600 1/0 0/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/227 .292/.402/.439/.841 .882/.827 .840 111/.939 22/9 5/

IP 94.2 37.0 23.0 25.1 60.1 34.0 34.1 25.0 TOTAL .262/.336/.410/.745 .733/.750 .754 .786 83/29 72/30

ERA-K/9

5.04/7.1

2.92/7.8

1.96/4.3

2.49/8.2

5.52/4.3

3.97/11.1

4.72/5.0

5.04/8.6

4.60/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (24-13-2)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 419/.292 145/.215 99/.210 108/.207 260/.299 155/.268 148/.267 113/.229 .273 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/69/0/7
2/14/46/4
3/3/6/2
67/0/0/1
4/0/26/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .828 .583 .748 .611 .790 .806 .909 .787 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.864 58/.786 43/.674 43/.824 103/.768 72/.658 62/.868 45/.584 .831

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.795 87/.451 56/.807 65/.468 157/.802 83/.919 86/.940 68/.934 .790

Road 226/.748 73/.529 51/.792 48/.529 149/.615 71/.950 74/.976 53/.761 .796

Last 28d days 112/.671 42/.466 51/.840 31/.823 56/.605 46/.974 44/.573 38/.827

HR/SB/CS 17/0/1 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/4/0 11/0/1 4/1/0 106/25/8

Usage ····X··· ·XX···o· X·o·Xo·X ··o··X·X ·o···o·· ·oX···XX o···X··o ·o··oXo·

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 @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, June 20, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 5-7, 5.04)

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 5-3, 4.06)

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