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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 2:20pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 63-69, 4th, 14½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (25, RHP, 2-6, 6.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-6)			64.2	89	55	50	22	58	13	6.96
2007 (2-1)			19.0	22	15	15	7	11	5	7.11

Last 7 GS		1-3	32.1	43	27	25	6	31	7	6.96	43
2009-08-04	SFG	L	4.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	89	25
2009-07-03	@SFG	L	2.0	9	9	8	1	2	2	55	5
2009-06-27	DET	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	1	96	76
2009-06-07	PIT	ND	1.2	3	1	1	0	4	0	33	49
2009-06-02	COL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	87	60
2009-05-27	@CIN	L	6.0	7	5	4	0	4	3	84	44
2009-05-22	TEX	ND	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	102	39

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  51-54   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:27-35   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Sep  1  @CHC  L   1-4       63-69  4th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Cubs, 66-64, 2nd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 9-8, 3.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-8)			142.1	129	58	53	29	118	21	3.35
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09
2007 (15-8)			207.0	181	91	88	55	174	28	3.83

Last 7 GS		2-3	44.2	42	19	16	8	37	5	3.22	56
2009-08-28	NYM	ND	7.1	6	2	2	2	2	0	98	58
2009-08-22	@LAD	L	6.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	80	63
2009-08-17	@SDP	ND	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	70	67
2009-07-20	@PHI	L	4.0	8	9	7	2	6	2	96	18
2009-07-11	STL	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	103	73
2009-07-05	MIL	W	6.1	9	2	2	0	9	1	112	56
2009-06-30	@PIT	L	7.0	8	3	2	2	7	0	101	56

Last 5 v.HOU		4-0	31.2	22	8	8	8	27	6	2.27	62
2009-06-09	@HOU	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	4	0	114	70
2009-05-07	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	88	58
2009-04-08	@HOU	W	5.0	8	5	5	0	3	4	73	34
2008-09-15	@HOU	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	88	83
2008-07-18	@HOU	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	104	65

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  52-50   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:35-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Tue, Sep  1   HOU  W   4-1       66-64  2nd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 HOU  5 @CHC  3        W:Roy Oswalt (8-5), L: Rich Harden (8-8), S: Jose Valverde (20)
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 10-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 351-305

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 5.74

ARI 4.56

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.79

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .368

C. Gonzalez .290

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .443

F. Lewis .360

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .669

T. Hafner .482

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

V. Guerrero .838

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

C. Zambrano 3.91

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

R. Wolf 6.89

J. Lannan 3.68

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Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
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 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 27/.388 63/.907 13/.607 19/.707 7/1.571 4/.250 10/1.600 8/1.917 15/1.200 19/.956 3/1.167 83/.625 448/340 .276/.406/.506/.912 .632/1.009 .885 77/.818 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 14/.690 53/.671 1/.000 4/.333 7/1.071 5/1.400 16/.846 7/1.714 6/.000 3/.000 5/.400 38/.382 359/332 .259/.323/.386/.709 1.047/.683 .612 70/.692 0/1 9/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 8/.250 16/.905 1/no AB 7/1.167 4/.000 1/2.000 10/.500 9/.476 4/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 18/.675 552/445 .292/.367/.407/.774 .717/.787 .799 95/.817 49/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 5/.200 ··· 2/no AB 6/.833 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 6/.334 201/146 .226/.315/.328/.643 .697/.622 .509 31/.437 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 27/.268 7/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 34/.624 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/.343 134/122 .210/.286/.361/.647 .333/.681 .590 32/.999 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 25/.875 18/1.111 11/.864 9/.222 3/1.667 3/.000 6/.900 6/.667 6/.333 7/.286 4/.000 28/.481 293/203 .262/.334/.395/.729 .859/.669 .816 56/.676 0/2 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 36/.712 27/.875 7/1.286 12/.432 10/.900 3/.666 22/.914 12/.872 14/.445 6/.533 6/.666 60/1.178 539/433 .308/.354/.503/.857 .973/.829 .750 103/.825 4/2 22/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 13/.944 15/.575 4/.833 7/1.000 5/.700 2/.000 10/1.000 4/.750 5/.400 4/.250 6/1.000 17/.507 415/335 .243/.295/.337/.631 .778/.599 .609 90/.548 14/3 5/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/54 .290/.333/.371/.704 .619/.729 .856 7/.333 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 9/.873 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 126/77 .239/.294/.453/.747 .763/.736 .616 30/1.193 1/1 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 20/.450 23/1.000 4/1.250 5/.400 4/.583 4/.250 11/.764 8/.393 10/.300 3/2.667 5/.933 25/.638 524/427 .281/.344/.468/.812 .852/.802 .796 88/.779 14/9 20/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 7/.143 5/.650 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.422 132/108 .236/.288/.374/.662 .900/.607 .564 31/.826 0/0 3/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 46/.685 22/.914 2/.500 6/.666 11/1.192 2/1.000 15/.467 6/1.000 9/.666 1/.000 7/.286 21/.857 552/441 .303/.332/.432/.763 .759/.764 .707 93/.507 4/2 10/18

IP 142.1 149.2 30.0 60.1 62.1 57.1 129.0 61.1 61.1 77.2 133.1 131.1 TOTAL .264/.324/.404/.728 .766/.719 .701 .707 91/36 112/76

ERA-K/9

3.35/7.5

4.15/7.8

5.40/8.4

2.69/7.3

4.04/9.1

3.14/7.2

4.19/10.6

4.26/7.6

3.52/11.2

4.52/6.6

2.90/5.5

3.91/7.4

3.97/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 573/.242 639/.265 127/.221 255/.217 264/.222 231/.201 548/.229 272/.260 276/.162 338/.264 518/.255 573/.261 .247

OPS .699 .758 .624 .651 .722 .633 .732 .771 .608 .767 .670 .718 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.662 313/.830 35/.504 77/.641 120/.577 99/.638 245/.732 114/.704 126/.544 109/.656 224/.791 267/.748 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.709 326/.689 92/.672 178/.655 144/.843 132/.629 303/.732 158/.817 150/.662 229/.819 294/.578 306/.691 .713

Home 272/.590 262/.760 40/.603 102/.573 133/.601 115/.572 291/.817 139/.809 130/.630 211/.724 259/.706 290/.755

Last 28d days 72/.553 140/.736 63/.803 37/.405 43/.584 41/.616 124/.581 44/.710 37/.497 54/.999 108/.754 43/1.143

HR/SB/CS 21/9/4 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 22/5/4 7/3/2 1/2/0 10/3/1 11/10/4 9/4/7 138/70/37

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X····X ooo··oX· oo··oo·o ··X··ooo ·X····X· ·X·X···o X···X·X· ··Xo···X X····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 52.Paulino
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 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.334 3/1.000 5/.800 131/81 .281/.336/.463/.799 .831/.778 1.002 66/1.039 1/0 3/3

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 11/.384 1/2.000 14/.857 15/.400 9/1.842 420/311 .266/.397/.415/.812 .835/.812 .967 101/.942 2/3 12/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 5/.700 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 14/1.250 ··· 15/.600 5/.000 5/.400 373/319 .227/.295/.376/.671 .586/.686 .634 40/.447 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 189/139 .286/.333/.530/.863 .722/.914 .737 64/.726 0/0 10/4

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/.829 2/.000 16/.250 6/.334 5/.200 473/419 .274/.385/.457/.842 .587/.873 .788 86/.852 6/8 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 71/52 .271/.394/.356/.750 .377/.901 .893 44/.692 2/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.100 5/.650 1/.000 228/187 .245/.327/.350/.677 .695/.673 .786 45/1.005 0/0 2/3

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· 9/1.842 ··· 18/1.503 1/.000 64/.844 37/1.465 7/.143 505/401 .294/.374/.545/.920 .917/.917 1.016 104/.982 0/0 26/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 17/.411 11/.364 9/.888 159/127 .176/.218/.236/.454 .605/.415 .454 28/.231 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 25/.838 1/.000 69/.695 30/.543 10/.200 241/202 .323/.382/.536/.918 1.112/.883 1.028 70/.747 0/1 11/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 8/1.089 2/.000 ··· 9/.958 ··· 24/.872 ··· 39/.693 20/.259 1/.000 515/402 .243/.305/.428/.733 .569/.776 .708 69/.555 9/2 20/10

18.Soto G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.696 ··· 12/.916 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 1/3.000 ··· 6/.567 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 13/.840 1/.000 20/.780 26/1.170 3/2.000 558/441 .293/.343/.392/.735 .863/.702 .783 102/.626 16/7 7/13

IP 64.2 12.0 48.0 66.0 9.0 51.2 4.0 130.1 32.2 168.0 168.2 43.0 TOTAL .255/.331/.414/.745 .720/.751 .788 .749 45/28 139/104

ERA-K/9

6.96/8.1

9.75/4.5

3.00/8.4

3.55/6.8

1.00/10.0

2.09/6.4

13.50/6.8

5.11/5.5

6.61/8.3

3.80/6.5

2.93/8.3

2.09/10.5

4.55/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 302/.331 64/.340 201/.176 264/.239 31/.143 207/.234 22/.400 556/.296 156/.290 694/.258 694/.242 174/.208 .273

OPS .925 .888 .636 .685 .476 .639 1.355 .834 .862 .714 .695 .633 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/1.124 28/.910 95/.708 125/.696 9/.958 105/.475 13/1.462 280/.731 72/.530 331/.718 135/.522 78/.806 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.774 36/.871 106/.572 139/.674 22/.282 102/.806 9/1.194 276/.938 84/1.115 363/.710 559/.738 96/.491 .792

Road 112/1.121 29/.845 106/.569 131/.678 19/.440 96/.606 22/1.355 273/.823 91/.764 400/.694 369/.777 83/.615

Last 28d days 20/.421 64/.888 41/.477 59/.754 31/.476 31/.329 22/1.355 125/.807 116/1.014 136/.747 137/.705 48/.506

HR/SB/CS 13/1/0 0/0/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 6/5/3 3/0/0 17/9/3 6/1/0 17/2/1 19/1/3 5/5/3 144/53/22

Usage ···X···· ····X··· ··oo·oo· X·oo·oX· o·o·ooo· ·o··o··o ····X··· 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.