HOU @ TBR, Sunday, June 22, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 34-41, 6th, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 4-8, 4.99) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-8) 83 94 48 46 37 57 19 4.99 2007 (3-1) 28.2 27 13 12 11 11 4 3.77 2006 (3-2) 43 43 18 18 18 19 4 3.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 48 25 24 9 23 12 5.36 45 2008-06-17 @BAL ND 5.2 8 3 3 2 1 1 97 40 2008-06-11 MIL L 4 7 5 5 2 2 3 76 28 2008-06-05 @PIT L 6 9 4 4 2 2 1 104 38 2008-05-30 @MIL L 5 6 5 5 1 4 3 96 38 2008-05-23 PHI W 7.1 6 1 1 1 6 1 105 67 2008-05-18 @TEX W 6.1 5 3 3 0 5 2 91 56 2008-05-13 @SFG L 6 7 4 3 1 3 1 86 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 17-25 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 26-29 vsLHP: 8-12 1-Run: 10-14 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:14-18 vsWest: 11-8 IL: 2-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 75 Sat, Jun 21 @TBR L 3-4 34-41 6th 13.0 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 Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 9-21
Tampa Bay Rays, 44-30, 2nd, ½ GB, 4 up in WC	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 6-2, 1.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-2) 56.1 37 12 11 20 61 2 1.76 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 46.1 28 8 8 14 50 2 1.55 67 2008-06-17 CHC ND 4.2 3 1 1 4 7 0 110 57 2008-06-11 @LAA L 6.2 6 3 3 3 10 1 117 57 2008-06-06 @TEX W 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 111 68 2008-05-31 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74 2008-05-26 TEX W 7 3 1 1 0 10 0 95 77 2008-05-20 @OAK W 7 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72 2008-05-15 NYY W 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 100 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-12 Road: 14-18 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 32-21 vsLHP: 12-9 1-Run: 13-8 vsEast: 21-15 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL: 7-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 74 Sat, Jun 21 HOU W 4-3 44-30 2nd 0.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jun 21, 2008 TBR 4 HOU 3 W:Dan Wheeler (2-3), L: Doug Brocail (2-3), S: none 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 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 4-1

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

MIL 4.54

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.76

SDP 4.62

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .393

G. Soto .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .485

D. Lee .354

C. Patterson .227

SLG

L. Berkman .693

T. Glaus .453

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.137

B. Phillips .802

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

J. Vazquez 4.13

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

N. Robertson 6.10

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Houston Astros Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
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/.000 ··· 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 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 123/89 .221/.258/.301/.559 .740/.489 .505 53/.646 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 313/237 .360/.444/.693/1.137 1.046/1.169 1.071 97/.911 12/2 20/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 130/112 .234/.262/.363/.624 .356/.662 .481 29/.669 1/0 4/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 289/215 .237/.289/.312/.601 .544/.621 .510 90/.629 28/6 3/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 11/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.733 113/104 .295/.345/.448/.793 .889/.784 .788 44/.807 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 13/.308 6/.533 303/235 .276/.320/.520/.840 .739/.869 .807 93/.891 4/1 16/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 13/.539 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 135/99 .258/.333/.367/.700 1.024/.591 .615 28/.914 0/0 2/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 251/181 .266/.332/.333/.665 .770/.626 .674 97/.573 15/3 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 294/223 .274/.313/.445/.758 .743/.763 .697 96/.626 5/6 9/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .211/.211/.263/.474 1.000/.412 .636 15/.267 0/0 0/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 30/1.121 4/.500 13/1.280 11/.909 4/.000 2/2.000 10/.400 9/.847 315/240 .296/.330/.471/.802 .832/.792 .702 98/.632 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 77/.798 4/2 4/

IP 56.1 10.1 25.2 44.1 47.2 19.1 25.1 33.1 TOTAL .260/.319/.413/.732 .793/.713 .669 .688 75/27 77/42

ERA-K/9

1.76/9.8

1.74/13.1

3.51/6.0

4.87/5.3

3.02/7.7

4.19/7.5

2.84/9.2

1.89/5.9

3.79/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.186 40/.121 115/.263 199/.291 195/.194 79/.250 96/.144 129/.155 .245 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Abercrombie
Erstad 0/68/0/5
0/0/71/5
70/0/0/4
2/2/0/1
20/7/4/1

OPS .528 .377 .743 .842 .581 .699 .531 .526 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.434 16/.563 56/.683 97/1.030 64/.571 42/.570 54/.465 49/.387 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.551 24/.262 59/.798 102/.667 131/.585 37/.843 42/.614 80/.607 .684

Home 117/.424 23/.267 86/.848 69/.668 111/.537 43/.440 67/.402 61/.360 .620

Last 28d days 128/.518 40/.377 44/.734 44/.861 68/.634 15/1.015 22/.673 35/.451

HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/8/1 4/7/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 4/0/0 63/39/16

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Backe
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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 93/62 .262/.333/.417/.750 1.302/.474 .654 66/.702 1/1 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 265/195 .247/.287/.276/.563 .714/.509 .562 92/.545 15/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 3/2.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 310/221 .278/.321/.394/.716 .692/.726 .847 87/.747 19/5 5/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 9/.985 5/1.200 ··· 13/.154 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 110/103 .258/.345/.485/.830 .619/.844 .955 57/.939 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 112/49 .219/.321/.427/.749 .833/.639 .694 19/.691 5/1 5/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 180/158 .234/.333/.403/.736 .563/.760 .784 63/.810 2/2 5/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.400 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 221/183 .260/.339/.515/.855 .571/.911 .802 71/.876 7/2 12/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 337/245 .268/.342/.358/.700 .615/.733 .695 117/.702 4/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/195 .248/.328/.469/.797 .699/.830 .734 104/.829 3/0 11/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 197/156 .324/.367/.451/.818 .781/.843 .811 86/.806 0/2 4/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/40 .242/.282/.409/.691 .595/.767 .638 16/.600 0/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/9 .300/.344/.467/.810 .893/.583 1.011 18/.889 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 315/232 .290/.401/.432/.834 .864/.823 .828 110/.842 22/9 5/

IP 83.0 37.1 23.0 27.2 60.1 35.0 34.1 25.0 TOTAL .262/.335/.409/.745 .736/.748 .753 .775 83/29 74/33

ERA-K/9

4.99/6.2

3.38/7.7

1.96/4.3

2.28/7.8

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 (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.281 150/.230 99/.210 117/.202 260/.299 159/.268 148/.267 113/.229 .272 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/71/0/8
2/14/46/4
3/3/7/2
69/0/0/1
4/0/27/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .882 .620 .748 .596 .790 .819 .909 .787 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.918 63/.862 43/.674 47/.779 103/.768 75/.707 62/.868 45/.584 .829

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.853 87/.451 56/.807 70/.470 157/.802 84/.908 86/.940 68/.934 .788

Road 224/.924 78/.604 51/.792 57/.510 149/.615 75/.967 74/.976 53/.761 .793

Last 28d days 100/1.065 39/.557 45/.891 40/.732 56/.605 43/.925 43/.557 37/.851

HR/SB/CS 19/3/0 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 5/2/0 6/4/0 11/0/1 4/1/0 108/25/8

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

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, 1:40pm, Sunday, June 22, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 4-8, 4.99)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 6-2, 1.76)

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