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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, August 31, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 62-68, 4th, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 7-5, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-5) 161.0 157 69 69 38 119 17 3.86
2008 (17-10) 208.2 199 89 82 47 165 23 3.54
2007 (14-7) 212.0 221 80 75 60 154 14 3.18
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.2 42 18 18 6 24 3 3.89 53
2009-08-26 @STL L 6.0 10 3 3 1 3 0 99 42
2009-08-21 ARI W 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 100 73
2009-08-16 @MIL ND 6.0 8 5 5 2 5 2 94 39
2009-08-11 @FLA ND 5.0 9 6 6 2 3 0 92 26
2009-07-28 @CHC ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 55
2009-07-22 STL ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 79 54
2009-07-17 @LAD W 9.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 105 80
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 29.2 28 12 11 2 14 4 3.34 54
2009-07-28 @CHC ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 55
2009-05-16 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 108 55
2009-04-06 CHC L 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 2 93 52
2008-09-01 @CHC W 8.1 4 0 0 0 3 0 106 78
2008-04-05 @CHC L 6.2 10 6 5 1 0 1 92 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-30   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  50-53   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:26-34   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30  @ARI  L   3-4       62-68  4th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @ARI  L   0-9       62-67  4th 13.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @ARI  L   7-14      62-66  3rd 12.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @STL  W   4-3       62-65  3rd 11.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @STL  L   2-3       61-65  3rd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @STL  L   0-1       61-64  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   ARI  L   5-7       61-63  3rd 10.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   ARI  W   4-2       61-62  3rd  9.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   ARI  W   1-0       60-62  3rd  9.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   FLA  W   4-1       59-62  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Cubs, 65-63, 2nd, 10 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 8-7, 3.99)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-7) 124.0 103 61 55 52 143 21 3.99
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 2-1 44.0 22 11 10 16 53 5 2.05 66
2009-08-26 WSN ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 95 57
2009-08-19 @SDP W 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 103 80
2009-08-11 PHI ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 6 1 87 69
2009-08-05 @CIN L 6.0 4 3 2 4 9 1 103 59
2009-07-31 @FLA ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 11 1 99 57
2009-07-26 CIN W 6.0 1 1 1 0 8 1 90 74
2009-07-21 @PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 116 69
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 18.2 22 12 11 7 19 4 5.30 47
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
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:   38-25   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  51-49   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sun, Aug 30   NYM  L   1-4       65-63  2nd 10.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 29   NYM  W  11-4       65-62  2nd  9.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28   NYM  W   5-2       64-62  2nd  9.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 27   WSN  L   4-5       63-62  2nd  9.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 26   WSN  W   9-4       63-61  2nd  9.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 25   WSN  L   6-15      62-61  2nd  9.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23  @LAD  W   3-1       62-60  2nd  8.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22  @LAD  L   0-2       61-60  2nd  8.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21  @LAD  L   1-2       61-59  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20  @LAD  L   2-7       61-58  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 CHC 12  HOU  3        W:Kevin Hart (3-1), L: Russ Ortiz (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 CHC 12  HOU  0        W:Randy Wells (7-4), L: Mike Hampton (6-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 HOU 11 @CHC  6        W:Jeff Fulchino (4-3), L: Angel Guzman (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 CHC  5  HOU  1 (13)   W:Jeff Samardzija (1-1), L: Chris Sampson (4-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 9-5; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 350-304

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  5.68

CHW  4.58

SDP  3.89

 RA/G

SFG  3.78

NYM  4.71

WSN  5.46

 BA

J. Mauer  .371

M. Bourn  .290

B. Schneider  .188

 OBP

A. Pujols  .443

J. Gomes  .361

R. Cedeno  .242

 SLG

A. Pujols  .670

S. Choo  .477

N. Punto  .257

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.113

T. Hafner  .836

A. Casilla  .544

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.20

B. Zito  3.94

B. Penny  5.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.49

D. Davis  6.79

J. Lannan  3.68

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Astros Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 22.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/1.771 63/.907 13/.607 18/.752 7/1.571 4/.250 7/1.914 27/.388 15/1.200 19/.956 3/1.167 83/.625 439/332 .276/.405/.510/.915 .638/1.013 .891 68/.828 6/2 18/6
27.Blum# G/S/vP 13/1.052 53/.671 1/.000 4/.333 6/.900 5/1.400 7/1.714 14/.690 6/.000 3/.000 5/.400 38/.382 353/326 .259/.323/.389/.712 1.047/.685 .614 68/.762 0/1 9/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.286 16/.905 1/no AB 6/1.400 4/.000 1/2.000 8/.393 8/.250 4/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 18/.675 543/437 .290/.364/.405/.768 .724/.779 .789 93/.809 48/10 3/3
41.Coste G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 6/.334 196/141 .230/.313/.333/.646 .697/.626 .511 30/.372 0/0 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 34/.624 7/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 27/.268 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/.343 132/120 .214/.290/.368/.658 .333/.693 .608 30/1.073 0/2 2/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 18/1.111 11/.864 8/.250 3/1.667 3/.000 5/.800 25/.875 6/.333 7/.286 4/.000 28/.481 284/195 .262/.335/.399/.734 .870/.669 .831 54/.676 0/2 5/7
45.Lee G/S/vP 19/.669 27/.875 7/1.286 12/.432 10/.900 3/.666 11/.955 36/.712 14/.445 6/.533 6/.666 60/1.178 531/425 .307/.354/.499/.853 .973/.823 .738 103/.850 4/2 21/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 10/1.000 15/.575 4/.833 7/1.000 5/.700 2/.000 4/.750 13/.944 5/.400 4/.250 6/1.000 17/.507 411/331 .245/.295/.340/.635 .778/.603 .615 94/.588 13/3 5/4
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/52 .300/.344/.383/.727 .619/.760 .910 5/.500 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 4/.833 9/.873 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 124/75 .235/.290/.452/.742 .763/.729 .604 29/1.165 1/1 4/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.777 23/1.000 4/1.250 5/.400 3/.833 4/.250 7/.143 20/.450 10/.300 3/2.667 5/.933 25/.638 516/419 .281/.343/.471/.814 .852/.805 .800 88/.785 14/8 20/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.650 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 7/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.422 130/106 .240/.292/.380/.672 .900/.619 .581 31/.826 0/0 3/5
10.Tejada G/S/vP 12/.417 22/.914 2/.500 6/.666 11/1.192 2/1.000 5/1.200 46/.685 9/.666 1/.000 7/.286 21/.857 548/437 .303/.332/.433/.765 .759/.767 .710 97/.485 4/2 10/17
IP 124.0 149.2 30.0 58.2 60.2 57.1 59.1 142.1 60.1 77.2 126.2 131.1 TOTAL .264/.324/.406/.729 .768/.720 .702 .709 88/35 111/74
ERA-K/9 3.99/10.4 4.15/7.8 5.40/8.4 2.76/7.2 4.15/8.9 3.14/7.2 4.40/7.6 3.35/7.5 3.58/10.9 4.52/6.6 3.06/5.5 3.91/7.4 3.97/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.227 639/.265 122/.231 249/.223 260/.222 228/.204 264/.258 573/.242 276/.162 331/.267 518/.255 553/.248 .246
OPS .721 .758 .652 .668 .726 .642 .771 .699 .608 .778 .670 .699 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.735 313/.830 32/.554 75/.659 118/.569 96/.661 112/.685 121/.662 126/.544 107/.669 224/.791 253/.714 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.708 326/.689 90/.688 174/.672 142/.856 132/.629 152/.832 452/.709 150/.662 224/.829 294/.578 300/.685 .713
Home 267/.801 262/.760 35/.700 96/.612 129/.605 112/.589 131/.811 272/.590 130/.630 204/.741 259/.706 270/.719
Last 28d days 100/.488 140/.736 86/.708 33/.495 39/.594 45/.796 36/.697 72/.553 43/.584 49/1.108 137/.723 23/1.089
HR/SB/CS 21/5/3 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/2/1 11/10/4 9/4/7 137/69/36
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X X····X·· o··oX··X ··oo·o·· X··ooo·· ·X···o·· ··X····· ··X·X··X Xo···X·· ···X···· X····X··
Cubs Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB		 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 38.Moehler
G/S/vB		 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 52.Paulino
G/S/vB		 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.000 4/1.000 127/77 .274/.331/.462/.792 .831/.766 1.002 63/1.025 1/0 3/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 11/1.122 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/.384 1/2.000 ··· 15/.400 9/1.842 412/303 .268/.398/.420/.817 .835/.819 .983 97/.963 2/3 11/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 14/.643 ··· 5/.700 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 14/1.250 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 5/.400 368/314 .227/.296/.379/.675 .586/.690 .641 43/.615 2/1 9/7
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 181/131 .300/.348/.556/.904 .722/.975 .808 60/.803 0/0 10/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· 6/1.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.829 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 5/.200 465/411 .277/.390/.464/.853 .587/.887 .811 88/.969 6/8 11/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/50 .259/.377/.345/.722 .377/.865 .840 42/.643 2/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 224/183 .245/.329/.347/.676 .695/.671 .787 49/1.028 0/0 2/3
25.Lee G/S/vP 61/.862 ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· 8/1.333 ··· 18/1.503 1/.000 ··· 37/1.465 7/.143 497/393 .292/.372/.540/.912 .917/.909 1.004 105/.946 0/0 25/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP 17/.411 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 11/.364 9/.888 158/126 .177/.219/.238/.457 .605/.418 .460 27/.240 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 66/.726 ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 25/.838 1/.000 1/2.000 30/.543 10/.200 233/194 .330/.391/.552/.942 1.112/.910 1.088 71/.793 0/1 11/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 39/.693 ··· 8/1.089 2/.000 ··· 9/.958 ··· 24/.872 ··· 1/5.000 20/.259 1/.000 515/402 .243/.305/.428/.733 .569/.776 .708 77/.566 9/2 20/10
18.Soto G/S/vP 12/.916 ··· 4/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.696 ··· 1/.000 10/1.025 4/.000 307/227 .215/.322/.377/.699 .788/.669 .763 51/.534 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 16/.718 ··· 6/.567 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 13/.840 1/.000 1/3.000 26/1.170 3/2.000 550/433 .291/.343/.393/.735 .863/.701 .784 103/.578 16/7 7/13
IP 161.0 12.0 48.0 64.0 8.1 50.2 4.0 125.0 32.2 64.2 168.2 42.0 TOTAL .256/.332/.416/.748 .720/.756 .795 .772 45/28 138/103
ERA-K/9 3.86/6.7 9.75/4.5 3.00/8.4 3.52/6.9 1.08/8.7 1.95/6.6 13.50/6.8 5.26/5.5 6.61/8.3 6.96/8.1 2.93/8.3 2.14/10.3 4.56/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.259 64/.340 200/.178 262/.242 30/.143 203/.234 22/.400 556/.296 156/.290 302/.331 667/.239 168/.216 .274
OPS .723 .888 .639 .691 .450 .626 1.355 .834 .862 .925 .687 .658 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.730 28/.910 94/.717 125/.696 9/.958 103/.485 13/1.462 280/.731 72/.530 131/1.124 129/.523 75/.841 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.717 36/.871 106/.572 137/.685 21/.243 100/.769 9/1.194 276/.938 84/1.115 171/.774 538/.727 93/.508 .791
Road 372/.709 29/.845 105/.575 129/.690 18/.399 92/.575 22/1.355 273/.823 91/.764 112/1.121 342/.767 77/.666
Last 28d days 108/.813 64/.888 44/.471 57/.783 30/.450 27/.188 22/1.355 125/.807 116/1.014 44/.740 110/.657 47/.633
HR/SB/CS 17/2/1 0/0/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/3 3/0/0 17/9/3 6/1/0 13/1/0 18/1/2 5/5/3 142/53/21
Usage ····X··· ··X····· oo·oo··o oo·oX··X o·ooo··o ··o··o·· ··X····· ···X···· ·X·····X ·X·····X X····X·· o··X····

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.