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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 63-68, 4th, 13½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 8-9, 5.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-9) 125.0 150 77 73 39 77 17 5.26
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 1-4 39.0 51 26 25 12 21 3 5.77 41
2009-08-27 @STL ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 1 76 48
2009-08-22 ARI W 5.2 6 2 2 2 3 0 79 50
2009-08-15 @MIL L 5.0 10 3 3 2 2 0 104 35
2009-08-10 @FLA L 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 0 80 41
2009-08-05 SFG L 6.0 9 7 6 1 5 1 89 32
2009-07-31 @STL ND 6.2 7 2 2 1 5 1 98 56
2009-07-26 NYM L 4.2 8 5 5 2 2 0 89 28
Last 5 v.CHC 2-3 19.2 31 20 20 6 16 4 9.15 37
2009-06-09 CHC L 3.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 70 24
2009-05-17 @CHC W 5.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 106 47
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-30   Road:   28-38   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  51-53   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:27-34   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Mon, Aug 31  @CHC  W   5-3       63-68  4th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Cubs, 65-64, 2nd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 9-7, 3.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-7) 126.2 121 48 43 33 78 11 3.06
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.2 46 20 16 15 24 4 3.15 52
2009-08-27 WSN L 6.1 5 5 5 4 4 2 110 43
2009-08-21 @LAD L 6.2 7 2 0 2 3 0 106 57
2009-08-14 PIT W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 86 51
2009-08-09 @COL L 5.1 8 7 5 2 3 0 101 29
2009-08-03 @CIN W 7.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 106 65
2009-07-29 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 1 0 110 69
2009-07-24 CIN W 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 88 50
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 14.0 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.00 67
2009-07-29 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 1 0 110 69
2009-05-16 HOU ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 97 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-26   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  51-50   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:34-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Mon, Aug 31   HOU  L   3-5       65-64  2nd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
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 9-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 351-304

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  5.71

DET  4.57

SDP  3.89

RA/G

LAD  3.79

NYM  4.68

WSN  5.44

BA

J. Mauer  .367

A. Callaspo  .290

B. Schneider  .189

OBP

A. Pujols  .443

F. Lewis  .360

R. Cedeno  .245

SLG

A. Pujols  .669

M. Byrd  .478

A. Casilla  .255

OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

N. Swisher  .837

A. Casilla  .537

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.20

C. Zambrano  3.91

B. Penny  5.61

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.34

R. Romero  6.85

J. Lannan  3.68

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

Astros Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
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
40.Harden
G/S/vB
47.Heilman
G/S/vB
30.Lilly*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/1.167 63/.907 13/.607 18/.752 7/1.571 4/.250 7/1.771 7/1.914 27/.388 15/1.200 19/.956 83/.625 443/336 .276/.404/.507/.911 .638/1.006 .883 72/.808 6/2 18/6
27.Blum# G/S/vP 5/.400 53/.671 1/.000 4/.333 6/.900 5/1.400 13/1.052 7/1.714 14/.690 6/.000 3/.000 38/.382 355/328 .259/.324/.388/.712 1.047/.685 .615 67/.715 0/1 9/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.453 16/.905 1/no AB 6/1.400 4/.000 1/2.000 7/.286 8/.393 8/.250 4/.000 2/1.000 18/.675 547/441 .293/.366/.406/.773 .724/.784 .797 93/.800 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/.334 197/142 .229/.311/.331/.643 .697/.622 .505 31/.360 0/0 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 34/.624 3/.666 27/.268 3/.000 1/.000 15/.343 133/121 .212/.288/.364/.652 .333/.687 .599 31/1.035 0/2 2/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 4/.000 18/1.111 11/.864 8/.250 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.666 5/.800 25/.875 6/.333 7/.286 28/.481 288/199 .262/.333/.397/.730 .870/.666 .821 55/.701 0/2 5/7
45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.666 27/.875 7/1.286 12/.432 10/.900 3/.666 19/.669 11/.955 36/.712 14/.445 6/.533 60/1.178 535/429 .307/.353/.497/.850 .973/.820 .734 103/.798 4/2 22/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/1.000 15/.575 4/.833 7/1.000 5/.700 2/.000 10/1.000 4/.750 13/.944 5/.400 4/.250 17/.507 415/335 .243/.295/.337/.631 .778/.599 .609 94/.546 13/3 5/4
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 69/54 .290/.333/.371/.704 .619/.729 .856 7/.333 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 9/.873 5/.200 ··· ··· 126/77 .239/.294/.453/.747 .763/.736 .616 31/1.154 1/1 4/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 5/.933 23/1.000 4/1.250 5/.400 3/.833 4/.250 9/.777 7/.143 20/.450 10/.300 3/2.667 25/.638 520/423 .280/.342/.469/.812 .852/.802 .795 88/.761 14/9 20/4
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/no AB 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 10/.422 132/108 .236/.288/.374/.662 .900/.607 .564 33/.773 0/0 3/5
10.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.286 22/.914 2/.500 6/.666 11/1.192 2/1.000 12/.417 5/1.200 46/.685 9/.666 1/.000 21/.857 548/437 .303/.332/.433/.765 .759/.767 .710 93/.507 4/2 10/17
IP 126.2 149.2 30.0 59.2 61.2 57.1 129.0 61.1 142.1 60.1 77.2 131.1 TOTAL .264/.323/.404/.728 .768/.717 .699 .694 91/35 111/74
ERA-K/9 3.06/5.5 4.15/7.8 5.40/8.4 2.72/7.4 4.09/9.0 3.14/7.2 4.19/10.6 4.26/7.6 3.35/7.5 3.58/10.9 4.52/6.6 3.91/7.4 3.96/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.255 639/.265 127/.221 252/.220 260/.222 231/.201 524/.227 264/.258 573/.242 276/.162 338/.264 573/.261 .246
OPS .670 .758 .624 .659 .726 .633 .721 .771 .699 .608 .767 .718 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.791 313/.830 35/.504 76/.650 118/.569 99/.638 236/.735 112/.685 121/.662 126/.544 109/.656 267/.748 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.578 326/.689 92/.672 176/.664 142/.856 132/.629 288/.708 152/.832 452/.709 150/.662 229/.819 306/.691 .712
Home 259/.706 262/.760 40/.603 99/.592 129/.605 115/.572 267/.801 131/.811 272/.590 130/.630 211/.724 290/.755
Last 28d days 108/.754 140/.736 91/.667 34/.443 39/.594 48/.739 100/.488 36/.697 72/.553 37/.497 56/.999 43/1.143
HR/SB/CS 11/10/4 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 21/5/3 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/3/1 9/4/7 137/70/36
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·X····X· oo··oX·· o··oo·o· ·X··ooo· X····X·· X·X···o· ···X···· ···X·X·· ·Xo···X· ·X····X·
Cubs Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
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
20.Norris
G/S/vB
44.Oswalt
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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.000 127/77 .274/.331/.462/.792 .831/.766 1.002 62/1.043 1/0 3/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 11/.384 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 11/1.122 ··· 15/.400 9/1.842 416/307 .269/.401/.420/.821 .835/.824 .988 97/.985 2/3 11/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 14/1.250 ··· 5/.700 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 14/.643 1/no AB 5/.000 5/.400 372/318 .228/.296/.377/.673 .586/.688 .638 43/.489 2/1 9/7
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/135 .293/.341/.543/.883 .722/.944 .771 64/.749 0/0 10/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 15/.829 ··· 6/1.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 13/.308 1/.000 6/.334 5/.200 469/415 .277/.388/.462/.850 .587/.883 .804 87/.930 6/8 11/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/51 .259/.386/.345/.731 .377/.876 .857 43/.658 2/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 5/.650 ··· 224/183 .245/.329/.347/.676 .695/.671 .787 45/1.079 0/0 2/3
25.Lee G/S/vP 18/1.503 ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· 8/1.333 ··· 1/.000 61/.862 ··· 37/1.465 7/.143 501/397 .294/.373/.540/.913 .917/.909 1.004 105/.956 0/0 26/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.200 ··· ··· 17/.411 1/2.000 11/.364 9/.888 159/127 .176/.218/.236/.454 .605/.415 .454 28/.231 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 25/.838 ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 66/.726 1/2.000 30/.543 10/.200 237/198 .329/.388/.546/.934 1.112/.901 1.066 71/.801 0/1 11/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 24/.872 ··· 8/1.089 2/.000 ··· 9/.958 ··· ··· 39/.693 1/5.000 20/.259 1/.000 515/402 .243/.305/.428/.733 .569/.776 .708 73/.570 9/2 20/10
18.Soto G/S/vP 15/.696 ··· 4/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.916 1/.000 10/1.025 4/.000 311/231 .212/.318/.371/.690 .788/.657 .742 55/.492 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/.840 ··· 6/.567 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 16/.718 1/3.000 26/1.170 3/2.000 554/437 .291/.342/.392/.733 .863/.699 .780 103/.592 16/7 7/13
IP 125.0 12.0 48.0 64.0 8.1 51.2 4.0 32.2 168.0 64.2 168.2 43.0 TOTAL .255/.332/.415/.746 .720/.753 .791 .763 45/28 138/104
ERA-K/9 5.26/5.5 9.75/4.5 3.00/8.4 3.52/6.9 1.08/8.7 2.09/6.4 13.50/6.8 6.61/8.3 3.80/6.5 6.96/8.1 2.93/8.3 2.09/10.5 4.56/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 556/.296 64/.340 201/.176 264/.239 31/.143 203/.234 22/.400 156/.290 666/.259 302/.331 694/.242 171/.212 .274
OPS .834 .888 .636 .685 .476 .626 1.355 .862 .723 .925 .695 .645 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.731 28/.910 95/.708 125/.696 9/.958 103/.485 13/1.462 72/.530 319/.730 131/1.124 135/.522 77/.818 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.938 36/.871 106/.572 139/.674 22/.282 100/.769 9/1.194 84/1.115 347/.717 171/.774 559/.738 94/.502 .792
Road 273/.823 29/.845 106/.569 131/.678 19/.440 92/.575 22/1.355 91/.764 372/.709 112/1.121 369/.777 80/.640
Last 28d days 125/.807 64/.888 45/.459 59/.754 31/.476 27/.188 22/1.355 116/1.014 108/.813 44/.740 137/.705 45/.542
HR/SB/CS 17/9/3 0/0/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/3 3/0/0 6/1/0 17/2/1 13/1/0 19/1/3 5/5/3 143/53/22
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·oo·oo·· ·oo·oX·· ·o·ooo·· o··o··o· ···X···· ··X····· X····X·· ··X····· ·X····X· oo··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.