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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, July 27, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 50-48, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 10-6, 2.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-6)			125.2	113	45	38	42	117	13	2.72
2008 (9-7)			137.1	136	65	54	44	131	14	3.54
2007 (9-13)			182.2	179	102	93	62	158	22	4.58

Last 7 GS		5-1	46.0	36	13	13	17	42	7	2.54	61
2009-07-21	STL	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	104	70
2009-07-16	@LAD	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	108	66
2009-07-08	PIT	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	11	0	125	87
2009-07-02	@SDP	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	108	62
2009-06-26	DET	ND	6.0	7	4	4	4	3	2	106	41
2009-06-21	@MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	8	1	114	74
2009-06-16	@TEX	L	4.0	6	6	6	5	4	3	103	25

Last 5 v.CHC		2-0	30.2	31	9	9	10	23	2	2.64	55
2009-06-10	CHC	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	116	67
2009-04-07	CHC	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	89	61
2008-08-05	@CHC	ND	5.0	9	6	6	2	1	0	81	24
2008-07-19	CHC	W	6.2	9	1	1	0	7	1	103	59
2007-08-31	@CHC	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	102	66

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-25   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 18-9  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 26   NYM  L   3-8       50-48  3rd  2.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   NYM  L   3-10      50-47  3rd  1.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   NYM  W   5-4       50-46  2nd  1.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22   STL  W   4-3       49-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21   STL  W  11-6       48-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20   STL  W   3-2       47-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @LAD  L   3-4       46-46  4th  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @LAD  L   2-5       46-45  4th  3.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @LAD  W   8-1       46-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @LAD  W   3-0       45-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Cubs, 51-45, 1st, ½ up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 7-4, 3.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-4)			113.2	104	49	44	50	95	7	3.48
2008 (14-6)			188.2	172	85	82	72	130	18	3.91
2007 (18-13)			216.1	187	100	95	101	177	23	3.95

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.0	43	20	17	19	36	2	3.56	52
2009-07-22	@PHI	W	6.2	10	5	4	3	7	0	115	40
2009-07-17	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	0	4	6	0	113	59
2009-07-12	STL	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	94	55
2009-07-07	ATL	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	91	57
2009-07-03	MIL	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	110	63
2009-06-28	@CHW	L	5.1	9	5	4	2	3	1	97	33
2009-06-23	@DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	110	57

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	34.1	19	9	9	15	25	0	2.36	63
2009-06-10	@HOU	ND	8.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	104	73
2009-04-06	@HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	97	61
2008-09-14	@HOU	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	10	0	110	96
2008-09-02	HOU	ND	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	86	45
2008-07-19	@HOU	L	6.1	6	4	4	6	3	0	103	42

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-18   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  41-35   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 10-7    vsCntrl:27-21   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sun, Jul 26   CIN  W   5-2       51-45  1st  0.5 up
 95 Sat, Jul 25   CIN  W   5-3       50-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 24   CIN  W   8-5       49-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 22  @PHI  W  10-5       48-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21  @PHI  L   1-4 (13)  47-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 20  @PHI  L   1-10      47-44  2nd  2.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 19  @WSN  W  11-3       47-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @WSN  W   6-5       46-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @WSN  W   3-1       45-43  2nd  3.0 gb
 87 Thu, Jul 16  @WSN  W   6-2       44-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 HOU  2  CHC  1 (13)   W:Jeff Fulchino (2-1), L: Jose Ascanio (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 HOU  2  CHC  1        W:Chris Sampson (3-0), L: Angel Guzman (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 CHC  7 @HOU  1        W:Ted Lilly (7-4), L: Brian Moehler (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2009 HOU  6 @CHC  5        W:Brian Moehler (1-2), L: Rich Harden (4-2), S: Chris Sampson (1)
Sat, May 16, 2009 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Sean Marshall (2-2), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-2), 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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 6-4; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 349-301

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

LAA 5.54

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.64

RA/G

SFG 3.75

FLA 4.63

WSN 5.49

J. Mauer .366

M. Scutaro .289

R. Cedeno .178

OBP

M. Ramirez .462

N. Morgan .363

J. Gerut .223

SLG

A. Pujols .698

N. McLouth .466

N. Punto .241

OPS

A. Pujols 1.145

L. Overbay .827

J. Gerut .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

J. Cueto 3.78

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Astros Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 40.Harden
G/S/vB 22.Hart
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 52.Stevens
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 35/.417 6/.900 4/.500 13/1.052 ··· 7/1.714 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 250/228 .273/.344/.377/.721 .981/.695 .623 73/.835 0/1 4/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 15/.650 3/.000 1/2.000 7/.286 1/4.000 7/.453 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 413/325 .287/.359/.402/.761 .731/.769 .794 96/.650 37/8 3/1

41.Coste G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 144/97 .254/.343/.397/.739 .779/.720 .556 29/.718 0/0 2/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP 10/.200 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/32 .200/.216/.229/.445 .400/.452 .446 10/.211 1/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 28/.481 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 6/.333 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 212/136 .265/.348/.398/.746 .896/.656 .895 38/.823 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 57/1.113 10/.900 2/1.000 19/.669 ··· 10/1.056 13/.481 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/1.334 393/302 .304/.356/.483/.839 1.021/.786 .734 93/.837 3/2 15/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 14/.629 4/.917 2/.000 10/1.000 ··· 4/.750 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 286/220 .252/.306/.331/.636 .871/.571 .548 80/.640 10/3 3/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/47 .309/.350/.400/.750 .619/.795 1.026 1/.000 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.200 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 89/47 .185/.258/.321/.579 .672/.493 .559 16/.741 1/1 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 22/.573 3/.833 3/.333 9/.777 1/.000 7/.143 10/.300 3/2.667 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 394/308 .293/.355/.470/.826 .924/.797 .776 88/.576 9/7 13/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 90/72 .227/.244/.318/.563 .748/.518 .500 32/.351 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/.600 8/.625 5/.400 18/.889 ··· 9/1.190 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 284/223 .265/.297/.422/.718 .811/.692 .765 58/.889 0/2 8/4

10.Tejada G/S/vP 18/1.000 11/1.192 1/2.000 12/.417 ··· 4/1.000 8/.375 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 415/318 .326/.357/.465/.822 .840/.816 .736 102/.785 3/2 8/12

IP 113.2 47.1 41.2 93.0 21.2 46.0 48.1 64.0 14.2 4.0 87.0 TOTAL .268/.330/.406/.736 .789/.720 .708 .732 68/31 81/51

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.5

3.42/8.8

2.38/7.1

4.55/10.1

2.08/3.7

4.50/7.6

3.17/10.4

3.80/6.0

6.14/6.7

0.00/2.2

3.10/6.1

3.81/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 489/.246 206/.222 162/.193 382/.255 93/.233 211/.259 217/.155 270/.245 64/.278 13/.000 351/.254 .244

OPS .683 .678 .587 .798 .660 .782 .596 .716 .889 .077 .666 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.729 95/.556 71/.622 176/.820 39/.841 84/.789 99/.507 88/.544 24/.958 7/.143 151/.715 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.642 111/.779 91/.560 206/.780 54/.533 127/.776 118/.672 182/.799 40/.845 6/.000 200/.629 .707

Home 222/.696 100/.644 80/.650 199/.935 52/.570 111/.841 102/.626 164/.684 34/1.026 3/.000 176/.727

Last 28d days 137/.615 55/.540 37/.729 120/.837 76/.613 52/.774 49/.367 32/.466 44/.776 13/.077 129/.743

HR/SB/CS 7/4/5 7/0/0 4/1/2 17/3/2 1/6/1 5/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 8/6/3 101/54/26

Usage ····X··· ooX·X··· Xo··XoX· X····X·· ·X·····X ·oo··oo· ·Xo··X·· o···oX·· o····X·X ······Xo ··X·····

Cubs Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 23.Ortiz
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 54.Paronto
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 50/31 .191/.240/.340/.580 .737/.472 .919 26/.766 1/0 1/1

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/70 .224/.283/.282/.565 .616/.546 .433 16/.464 0/2 0/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 12/.334 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 19/.662 4/.500 11/.384 20/.912 10/1.250 ··· 8/1.786 3/.333 281/207 .246/.377/.384/.761 .883/.713 .940 72/.895 0/1 7/2

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/3.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 14/1.250 5/1.400 14/.643 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 302/253 .233/.305/.378/.682 .556/.707 .633 62/.756 2/1 8/6

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/68 .322/.357/.586/.943 .838/.989 .879 46/.979 0/0 5/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.829 6/1.833 12/.166 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 347/314 .266/.375/.439/.814 .566/.839 .747 84/.863 6/7 7/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.142 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 140/116 .195/.283/.276/.559 .391/.594 .564 63/.452 0/0 2/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 184/161 .238/.283/.424/.707 .490/.739 .872 39/.475 0/0 8/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP 14/.468 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.167 3/.000 ··· 4/3.250 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 156/92 .248/.329/.401/.730 .835/.659 .891 31/.500 1/1 4/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 34/1.307 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 36/.914 7/1.262 18/1.503 39/.443 60/.877 7/.929 6/.000 2/.500 359/289 .285/.357/.524/.880 .861/.882 .995 92/.947 0/0 19/3

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 27/.490 2/2.500 2/.500 1/.000 19/.768 3/.000 25/.838 20/1.250 65/.738 3/.666 8/.250 3/2.000 132/109 .325/.386/.550/.936 1.232/.878 .957 60/.850 0/0 7/3

12.Soriano G/S/vP 17/.306 5/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 6/.533 9/.958 24/.872 11/.473 39/.693 13/.885 ··· 2/.000 406/325 .251/.313/.442/.755 .576/.798 .688 79/.847 7/2 17/8

2.Theriot G/S/vP 23/1.332 5/.200 4/.750 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 13/.840 7/.971 15/.774 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.333 411/331 .298/.352/.418/.770 .945/.728 .870 103/.828 14/5 7/11

IP 125.2 35.2 32.2 44.1 95.0 42.0 90.2 83.1 135.1 2.1 25.0 22.0 TOTAL .251/.325/.407/.732 .724/.734 .768 .772 36/22 106/79

ERA-K/9

2.72/8.4

2.02/8.3

3.58/8.0

3.45/5.9

4.74/6.1

2.36/6.4

5.16/5.8

4.75/6.7

3.66/6.9

23.14/3.9

2.88/10.4

5.32/11.0

4.18/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 514/.244 145/.197 141/.200 172/.229 408/.282 173/.263 379/.288 368/.274 553/.250 15/.538 100/.217 97/.315 .267

OPS .690 .549 .704 .670 .789 .700 .841 .770 .710 1.764 .654 .866 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.593 57/.539 68/.742 83/.622 104/.726 84/.578 205/.668 182/.746 264/.736 7/1.405 45/.853 38/.785 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 403/.717 88/.554 73/.669 89/.711 304/.810 89/.812 174/1.041 186/.794 289/.685 8/2.071 55/.486 59/.910 .773

Road 247/.743 64/.504 72/.672 76/.674 191/.729 73/.697 173/.825 121/.826 285/.632 / 36/.622 47/.981

Last 28d days 109/.520 56/.549 30/.773 50/.813 119/.795 27/.704 105/.642 91/.850 140/.469 15/1.764 32/.517 13/1.077

HR/SB/CS 13/1/1 1/3/0 6/1/2 4/2/0 9/5/2 5/5/3 14/4/0 6/6/3 15/2/1 2/0/0 4/2/1 5/2/0 109/37/13

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

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.