HOU @ TBR, Saturday, June 21, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 34-40, 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 2-3, 2.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 45.2 42 23 14 14 36 4 2.76 2007 (9-13) 182.2 179 102 93 62 158 22 4.58 2006 (9-10) 135.2 154 96 85 63 98 17 5.64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40.2 34 19 10 13 30 2 2.21 55 2008-06-14 NYY L 5 6 5 5 3 1 1 88 33 2008-06-08 STL L 6.2 4 5 0 1 7 0 101 62 2008-06-03 @PIT W 6 5 0 0 1 3 0 91 64 2008-05-28 @STL L 4.2 6 6 3 4 1 0 92 31 2008-04-19 COL ND 4 5 2 1 3 5 0 79 48 2008-04-13 FLA W 7 5 1 1 1 7 1 93 69 2008-04-07 STL ND 7.1 3 0 0 0 6 0 91 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 17-24 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 26-28 vsLHP: 8-12 1-Run: 10-13 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:14-18 vsWest: 11-8 IL: 2-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 74 Fri, Jun 20 @TBR W 4-3 34-40 5th 12.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30:10-20
Tampa Bay Rays, 43-30, 2nd, 1½ GB, 3 up in WC	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.46) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-6) 82.2 84 41 41 39 54 8 4.46 2007 (5-15) 161 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76 2006 (0-0) 36.1 42 27 22 25 27 2 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 46 22 22 19 25 5 4.91 46 2008-06-15 FLA L 5 5 6 6 3 1 2 101 31 2008-06-09 @LAA W 7 10 4 4 1 2 1 107 42 2008-06-04 @BOS L 5 6 4 4 3 4 0 94 40 2008-05-29 CHW L 6 10 4 4 2 4 1 101 38 2008-05-24 BAL W 5 4 3 3 5 2 1 100 44 2008-05-18 @STL ND 5.1 6 1 1 4 7 0 96 55 2008-05-13 NYY ND 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 111 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 10.1 11 5 5 2 8 2 4.35 50 2005-08-27 HOU W 5.1 6 3 3 2 6 1 108 48 2004-07-08 HOU W 5 5 2 2 0 2 1 64 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-12 Road: 14-18 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 32-21 vsLHP: 11-9 1-Run: 12-8 vsEast: 21-15 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL: 6-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 73 Fri, Jun 20 HOU L 3-4 43-30 2nd 1.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 20, 2008 HOU 4 @TBR 3 W:Roy Oswalt (6-7), L: Matt Garza (5-4), S: Jose Valverde (17) 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 - HOU leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 4-0

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 5.48

TBR 4.55

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.73

SDP 4.59

TEX 5.76

C. Jones .390

D. Eckstein .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .483

J. Votto .352

C. Patterson .227

SLG

L. Berkman .701

D. Murphy .452

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.147

J. Upton .799

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

D. McGowan 4.15

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Houston Astros Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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 3/1.334 ··· 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 4/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 122/88 .223/.261/.304/.564 .740/.495 .513 56/.609 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 309/234 .364/.447/.701/1.147 1.060/1.178 1.088 97/.944 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 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 284/211 .241/.294/.318/.612 .552/.633 .528 89/.694 28/6 3/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 11/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.733 109/101 .304/.349/.461/.809 1.000/.793 .816 40/.857 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 13/.308 6/.533 299/232 .272/.314/.507/.822 .728/.849 .774 93/.851 4/1 15/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 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 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 247/178 .271/.337/.339/.677 .782/.638 .696 97/.587 15/3 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 290/220 .278/.317/.452/.769 .754/.774 .715 96/.648 5/6 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 1/.000 4/.500 13/1.280 11/.909 3/.000 2/2.000 10/.400 9/.847 311/237 .297/.331/.474/.806 .844/.794 .706 98/.664 5/3 10/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 165/117 .266/.358/.420/.777 1.084/.660 .698 81/.843 4/2 4/

IP 82.2 10.1 25.2 44.1 45.2 19.1 25.1 32.2 TOTAL .262/.320/.415/.735 .801/.715 .673 .703 74/27 76/42

ERA-K/9

4.46/5.9

1.74/13.1

3.51/6.0

4.87/5.3

3.15/7.7

4.19/7.5

2.84/9.2

1.93/6.1

3.81/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.267 40/.121 115/.263 199/.291 187/.202 79/.250 96/.144 127/.158 .246 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Abercrombie
Erstad 0/67/0/5
0/0/70/5
70/0/0/4
2/2/0/1
19/7/4/1

OPS .747 .377 .743 .842 .601 .699 .531 .534 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.836 16/.563 56/.683 97/1.030 62/.591 42/.570 54/.465 48/.396 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.672 24/.262 59/.798 102/.667 125/.605 37/.843 42/.614 79/.616 .685

Home 200/.737 23/.267 86/.848 69/.668 103/.568 43/.440 67/.402 59/.373 .622

Last 28d days 128/.895 40/.377 50/.764 44/.861 66/.633 15/1.015 22/.673 33/.480

HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/8/1 4/6/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 4/0/0 62/38/16

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 89/61 .250/.326/.400/.726 1.260/.482 .598 62/.664 1/1 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 262/194 .250/.291/.279/.570 .737/.512 .576 92/.581 15/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 3/2.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 306/220 .275/.319/.386/.705 .643/.729 .829 88/.738 19/5 5/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.667 4/1.000 ··· 12/.167 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 108/101 .253/.343/.484/.827 .619/.841 .954 60/.887 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 ··· 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 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 220/182 .256/.336/.513/.849 .571/.904 .792 74/.809 7/2 12/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 333/244 .270/.343/.361/.705 .637/.730 .704 118/.714 4/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/194 .251/.329/.475/.805 .712/.834 .745 105/.919 3/0 11/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 196/155 .324/.364/.451/.815 .781/.839 .805 89/.760 0/2 4/

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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 311/231 .293/.403/.438/.841 .882/.827 .840 111/.939 22/9 5/

IP 45.2 37.1 23.0 25.1 60.1 35.0 34.1 25.0 TOTAL .262/.335/.408/.743 .733/.747 .749 .790 83/29 73/32

ERA-K/9

2.76/7.1

2.89/7.7

1.96/4.3

2.49/8.2

5.52/4.3

4.11/11.1

4.72/5.0

5.04/8.6

4.58/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (24-14-2)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.235 146/.213 99/.210 108/.207 260/.299 159/.268 148/.267 113/.229 .272 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/70/0/8
2/14/46/4
3/3/6/2
68/0/0/1
4/0/27/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .642 .579 .748 .611 .790 .819 .909 .787 .804

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.660 59/.772 43/.674 43/.824 103/.768 75/.707 62/.868 45/.584 .825

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.637 87/.451 56/.807 65/.468 157/.802 84/.908 86/.940 68/.934 .789

Road 72/.787 74/.521 51/.792 48/.529 149/.615 75/.967 74/.976 53/.761 .791

Last 28d days 99/.657 40/.459 51/.840 31/.823 56/.605 43/.925 44/.573 38/.827

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 5/2/0 6/4/0 11/0/1 4/1/0 107/25/8

Usage ······X· o·XX···o ·X·o·Xo· ···o··X· ··o···o· o·oX···X ·o···X·· ··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, 6:10pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 2-3, 2.76)

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.46)

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