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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, May 17, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 16-19, 5th, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 0-2, 8.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 16.0 28 15 15 5 12 1 8.44
2008 (11-8) 150.0 166 79 76 36 82 20 4.56
2007 (1-4) 59.2 67 29 27 17 36 8 4.07
Last 7 GS 0-4 27.2 43 27 27 8 18 3 8.78 37
2009-05-09 SDP ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 91 68
2009-05-04 @WSN ND 5.0 8 2 2 2 5 0 94 46
2009-04-13 @PIT L 2.1 7 5 5 1 0 1 45 22
2009-04-08 CHC L 1.2 8 7 7 1 1 0 37 11
2008-09-26 ATL ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 2 0 75 53
2008-09-20 @PIT L 1.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 32 23
2008-09-15 CHC L 5.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 88 38
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 23.2 29 16 16 5 13 4 6.08 44
2009-04-08 CHC L 1.2 8 7 7 1 1 0 37 11
2008-09-15 CHC L 5.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 88 38
2008-08-04 @CHC W 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 63 63
2008-07-18 CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 87 67
2008-05-19 CHC L 5.0 7 3 3 2 1 1 95 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-15   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   4-5       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @COL  W   5-3       16-18  5th  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @COL  W  15-11      15-18  5th  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @COL  L   1-12      14-18  5th  5.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SDP  W  12-5       14-17  5th  5.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SDP  W   5-4       13-17  5th  5.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   SDP  W   2-0       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  7   CHC  L   5-8       11-17  6th  7.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6   CHC  L   3-6       11-16  6th  6.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @WSN  -  10-10(11)  11-15  6th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:15-14
Cubs, 21-14, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 4-1, 4.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-1) 37.2 33 20 19 18 46 7 4.54
2008 (10-2) 148.0 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07
2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45
Last 7 GS 4-1 37.2 33 20 19 18 46 7 4.54 53
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
2009-05-01 FLA ND 3.2 6 5 5 4 2 0 86 27
2009-04-26 @STL W 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 2 107 63
2009-04-21 CIN W 6.0 3 2 2 2 8 1 92 64
2009-04-15 COL L 3.0 5 4 4 4 8 1 92 37
2009-04-10 @MIL ND 6.0 3 2 1 2 10 1 96 68
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 12.2 16 8 7 4 12 3 4.97 46
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
2008-08-05 HOU ND 5.2 8 5 4 1 8 2 93 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-6    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  18-12   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sat, May 16   HOU  W   5-4       21-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   SDP  W  11-3       20-14  3rd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   SDP  W   6-4  (8)  19-14  4th  0.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12   SDP  W   6-2       18-14  4th  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @MIL  W   4-2       17-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @MIL  L   6-12      16-14  4th  2.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @MIL  L   2-3       16-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @HOU  W   8-5       16-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @HOU  W   6-3       15-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   SFG  L   2-6       14-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 16, 2009 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Sean Marshall (2-2), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 CHC  8 @HOU  5        W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Russ Ortiz (2-1), S: none
Wed, May 06, 2009 CHC  6 @HOU  3        W:Rich Harden (3-1), L: Mike Hampton (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (5)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 CHC 11 @HOU  6        W:Ted Lilly (1-0), L: Brian Moehler (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 HOU  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Doug Brocail (1-0), L: Neal Cotts (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 CHC  4 @HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-1), S: Kevin Gregg (1)

Mon, Sep 15, 2008 CHC  6 @HOU  1        W:Ted Lilly (15-9), L: Brian Moehler (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 CHC  5 @HOU  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (14-5), L: Randy Wolf (10-12), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 HOU  4 @CHC  0        W:Randy Wolf (9-11), L: Ryan Dempster (15-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 HOU  9 @CHC  7 (11)   W:Wesley Wright (4-3), L: Kerry Wood (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 5-1; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 346-300

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 2009 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  5.72

LAA  5.00

SDP  3.84

 RA/G

LAD  3.87

OAK  4.82

WSN  6.31

 BA

M. Scutaro  .285

  

M. Scutaro  .285

 OBP

M. Scutaro  .412

  

M. Scutaro  .412

 SLG

M. Scutaro  .457

  

M. Scutaro  .457

 OPS

M. Scutaro  .869

  

M. Scutaro  .869

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

K. Lohse  4.25

A. Eaton  7.93

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

M. Hampton  6.69

J. Pineiro  2.78

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 6/.334 6/1.500 3/.000 7/1.914 14/1.167 18/.708 1/.000 3/1.167 145/103 .218/.352/.445/.797 .687/.844 .860 93/.802 0/1 8/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 10/1.178 1/.000 3/.000 5/.650 3/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 116/106 .270/.345/.320/.665 1.000/.629 .556 75/.635 0/1 0/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 144/118 .307/.376/.425/.801 .680/.828 .875 98/.861 13/3 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 34/.624 1/no AB 8/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/41 .167/.200/.238/.438 .000/.495 .283 38/.446 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.000 6/.333 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 60/32 .327/.407/.500/.907 1.167/.680 1.027 43/.681 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 16/.713 1/.000 1/.000 10/.900 1/2.000 10/1.056 13/.481 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 148/112 .341/.378/.593/.971 1.222/.892 .882 100/1.097 1/1 8/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/.000 1/.000 4/.917 2/.000 4/.750 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 134/104 .237/.298/.314/.611 1.048/.491 .572 102/.595 5/3 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 5/1.400 ··· 4/.833 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 35/16 .207/.343/.345/.688 .806/.543 .397 23/.935 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 6/.167 9/.333 3/2.667 1/5.000 2/.500 149/117 .333/.409/.504/.913 .777/.951 .858 98/.917 5/2 4/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .133/.133/.200/.333 .500/.222 .455 8/.625 0/0 0/1
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 15/.619 ··· 5/1.850 7/.714 5/.400 9/1.190 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 119/99 .284/.331/.486/.817 1.350/.698 .731 77/.934 0/2 4/0
31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/24 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.000 1/no AB 7/.572 10/1.325 ··· 3/.666 7/.429 ··· ··· 3/.000 153/116 .313/.340/.431/.770 1.005/.695 .705 102/.727 1/1 2/6
IP 37.2 2.0 6.2 16.1 19.0 16.2 18.0 31.1 12.1 11.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.406/.738 .893/.691 .715 .764 26/15 29/18
ERA-K/9 4.54/11.0 4.50/13.5 6.75/6.7 6.06/10.5 3.32/9.0 4.86/7.5 4.00/11.0 4.02/5.8 8.03/8.0 0.00/7.4 4.46/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.234 7/.143 35/.346 79/.288 75/.179 74/.241 83/.197 133/.269 60/.260 44/.231 .246
OPS .755 .714 1.014 .895 .572 .789 .723 .763 .773 .575 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/1.015 4/1.250 20/1.088 36/.833 30/.519 27/.771 33/.781 28/.644 25/.622 13/.397 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.554 3/.000 15/.928 43/.946 45/.609 47/.800 50/.685 105/.792 35/.853 31/.651 .717
Home 84/.809 7/.714 20/1.033 39/.808 42/.674 35/.900 43/.760 81/.772 25/.520 23/.504
Last 28d days 123/.734 7/.714 19/1.074 49/.935 47/.531 46/.775 55/.776 105/.727 40/.804 44/.575
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 2/1/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 44/19/7
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·······o X···o·X· o··o··X· X···X··X X··XX·X· o·····X· ·······X X·······
Cubs Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 88/69 .194/.341/.375/.716 .551/.766 .698 62/.789 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 10/.844 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.715 2/.000 123/105 .210/.309/.390/.699 .178/.787 .584 79/.684 1/1 5/2
4.Freel G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 26/20 .143/.308/.143/.451 .000/.600 .273 7/.571 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 10/.733 3/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.536 4/1.750 136/131 .330/.456/.541/.997 1.400/.982 .817 86/.862 4/4 4/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 42/35 .306/.405/.444/.849 .714/.877 .639 18/.764 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 76/68 .309/.368/.559/.927 .750/.949 1.045 61/.962 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 63/45 .236/.317/.291/.608 .746/.557 .641 45/.542 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 13/1.154 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 12/1.000 2/.500 115/99 .198/.278/.337/.615 1.025/.552 .766 62/.601 0/0 3/0
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.500 6/.367 2/.000 90/74 .220/.273/.293/.565 .908/.489 .535 73/.610 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 23/22 .381/.435/.714/1.149 .000/1.205 1.179 23/1.149 0/0 1/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 19/.833 5/1.400 ··· 8/.875 14/.445 2/.000 161/141 .276/.342/.566/.907 .639/.945 .826 105/.840 4/2 11/2
18.Soto G/S/vP 10/.700 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 2/.000 106/89 .202/.321/.270/.590 .721/.565 .701 82/.644 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP 8/.804 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 13/.308 3/.333 150/129 .298/.372/.489/.860 .675/.890 .945 102/.799 7/2 5/4
IP 16.0 13.0 10.2 16.2 22.2 11.2 TOTAL .255/.339/.425/.764 .722/.770 .749 .748 20/11 44/19
ERA-K/9 8.44/6.8 3.46/6.9 5.91/5.9 2.70/7.5 1.59/3.6 7.71/9.2 4.70/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 80/.389 56/.208 45/.244 72/.258 89/.213 58/.385 .277
OPS .964 .720 .775 .693 .618 .968 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.673 30/.944 16/.688 33/.623 41/.552 23/1.092 .817
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/1.286 26/.458 29/.793 39/.753 48/.678 35/.887 .776
Road 40/1.073 40/.586 19/1.036 32/.545 45/.766 37/1.126
Last 28d days 51/.682 37/.887 38/.872 50/.577 57/.532 39/.851
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 1/2/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 38/13/6
Usage ·······X ····X·X· ········ o·Xo···X o·o···X· o··X···o

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.