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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 14-12, 3rd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 2-1, 5.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 24.2 21 15 14 14 37 5 5.11
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 35.2 24 19 17 25 48 5 4.29 54
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
2008-09-25 @NYM ND 6.0 2 3 2 5 4 0 93 57
2008-09-18 MIL ND 5.0 1 1 1 6 7 0 115 62
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 5.2 8 5 4 1 8 2 6.35 42
2008-08-05 HOU ND 5.2 8 5 4 1 8 2 93 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, May  5   SFG  L   2-6       14-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   SFG  W   4-2       14-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   FLA  W   6-4       13-11  2nd  3.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   FLA  W   6-1       12-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   FLA  W   8-6       11-11  4th  5.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 30   FLA  L   2-8 (10)  10-11  5th  5.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 29  @ARI  L   0-10      10-10  5th  4.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @ARI  W  11-3       10-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27  @ARI  L   2-7        9-9   4th  4.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @STL  W  10-3        9-8   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-12
Astros, 11-15, 6th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 1-2, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 27.2 29 16 15 11 22 3 4.88
2008 (3-4) 78.0 83 45 42 28 38 10 4.85
2005 (5-3) 69.1 74 28 27 18 27 5 3.50
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.2 39 21 20 14 31 4 4.54 50
2009-05-01 @ATL L 4.1 5 6 5 2 0 1 72 29
2009-04-25 MIL ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 2 101 41
2009-04-20 CIN ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 5 0 100 49
2009-04-15 @PIT W 6.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 100 71
2009-04-10 @STL L 5.0 4 3 3 4 5 0 92 48
2008-09-28 @HOU L 6.0 4 3 3 0 5 1 76 57
2008-09-23 @PHI W 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 94 53
Last 5 v.CHC 4-0 31.1 37 15 15 11 18 7 4.31 48
2004-10-01 @CHC W 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 0 91 61
2003-07-11 @CHC W 7.1 11 5 5 3 5 2 114 38
2002-08-02 @CHC ND 7.0 10 4 4 2 3 2 110 42
2001-08-09 @CHC W 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 3 107 39
2001-04-24 CHC W 5.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 72 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-8    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  5  @WSN  -  10-10(11)  11-15  6th  5.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4  @WSN  L   4-9       11-15  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  3  @ATL  W   7-5       11-14  6th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  2  @ATL  W   5-1       10-14  6th  6.5 gb
 23 Fri, May  1  @ATL  L   2-7        9-14  6th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @CIN  L   0-3        9-13  6th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @CIN  W   8-3        9-12  6th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @CIN  W   4-1        8-12  6th  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 26   MIL  W   3-2        7-12  6th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 25   MIL  L   8-9 (11)   6-12  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:11-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Roy Oswalt (13-9), L: Jason Marquis (9-8), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 CHC 11  HOU  4        W:Jason Marquis (7-7), L: Brandon Backe (6-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 CHC 11  HOU  7        W:Bobby Howry (4-4), L: Chris Sampson (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-1; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 346-297

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

TOR  6.07

CHC  4.73

SFG  3.60

 RA/G

LAD  3.68

TOR  4.76

NYY  6.38

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

A. Wainwright  4.08

S. Ponson  7.16

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.11

K. Davies  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

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

Cubs Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 29.Geary
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 16/.661 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 59/44 .128/.305/.255/.560 .564/.560 .611 45/.605 0/0 2/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 95/79 .256/.347/.476/.823 .196/.951 .948 82/.776 1/1 5/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 7/.619 3/1.667 101/98 .300/.436/.525/.961 1.667/.932 1.189 91/.907 3/3 4/0
4.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 14/13 .154/.214/.154/.368 .000/.397 .452 13/.397 1/2 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 38/31 .303/.395/.424/.819 .714/.842 .907 31/.952 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 45/42 .300/.356/.500/.856 .000/.921 .732 43/.849 0/0 2/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 51/36 .227/.314/.227/.541 .500/.556 .510 47/.517 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 36/.914 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 6/.533 12/1.000 1/.000 103/88 .209/.282/.363/.644 1.000/.585 .353 89/.677 0/0 3/0
7.Miles# G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 7/.334 4/1.500 6/.367 1/.000 67/55 .197/.258/.246/.503 .833/.424 .542 65/.520 3/0 0/1
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.698 2/.500 ··· 8/.625 3/.000 15/1.067 2/2.000 61/49 .333/.377/.544/.921 1.318/.825 .882 47/.850 0/0 3/0
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 4/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 15/.762 7/.714 13/.481 1/.000 118/103 .274/.347/.538/.885 .354/.960 1.026 102/.838 4/2 7/2
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 8/1.125 2/.000 72/60 .167/.306/.200/.506 .958/.423 .451 66/.503 0/0 0/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/.650 2/1.000 12/.334 2/.500 111/95 .320/.373/.480/.853 .913/.844 .839 98/.802 6/2 3/4
IP 27.2 10.0 9.2 19.0 12.2 16.0 8.2 TOTAL .247/.332/.400/.732 .691/.739 .769 .718 18/10 31/16
ERA-K/9 4.88/7.1 1.80/7.2 6.52/6.5 5.21/5.7 2.84/8.5 2.25/3.9 8.31/6.2 4.46/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.279 42/.194 42/.263 87/.329 54/.271 67/.237 43/.410 .280
OPS .738 .532 .833 .926 .687 .720 1.029 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.706 23/.741 15/.739 32/1.188 22/.652 31/.670 17/1.088 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.748 19/.273 27/.852 55/.773 32/.714 36/.767 26/.985 .783
Home 53/.878 6/.733 23/.672 42/.807 30/.828 28/.560 13/.615
Last 28d days 120/.738 39/.576 42/.833 74/.979 50/.593 59/.770 39/1.087
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 25/9/5
Usage ····X··· X··X··o· ·Xo·X··· X·X·X··X o·XX···· X··X··X· ·Xo·X··X
Astros Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
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		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/.833 3/.000 7/1.914 13/1.288 17/.753 1/.000 1/2.000 117/81 .189/.333/.411/.744 .691/.764 .715 104/.706 0/1 6/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP 7/1.429 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 7/1.714 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 90/84 .282/.344/.321/.665 .667/.665 .945 82/.639 0/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 106/82 .301/.369/.452/.821 .652/.871 .774 94/.843 8/2 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 33/.643 8/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 30/26 .154/.207/.154/.361 .000/.422 .375 28/.389 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 6/.333 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 46/22 .368/.467/.605/1.072 1.200/.929 1.061 40/.993 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.667 1/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 10/1.056 12/.523 5/.650 ··· ··· 109/80 .293/.330/.515/.845 .952/.807 .892 97/.924 0/1 5/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 91/66 .266/.330/.367/.697 .988/.590 .737 77/.638 4/3 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.400 4/1.750 ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.333 24/9 .300/.417/.500/.917 .938/.873 1.133 22/1.010 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.167 7/.429 3/2.667 1/5.000 1/no AB 110/85 .302/.373/.479/.852 .613/.920 .960 98/.774 4/2 4/0
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 12/.781 5/1.850 6/.834 4/.500 7/1.286 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 92/76 .259/.297/.435/.732 1.250/.613 .763 79/.706 0/2 3/0
31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/21 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 20/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.000 7/.572 8/1.125 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 116/86 .297/.328/.369/.697 .969/.604 .690 103/.661 1/1 0/4
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .250/.333/.250/.583 .667/.533 .667 9/.583 0/0 0/0
IP 24.2 6.2 12.2 13.1 12.0 12.0 26.0 11.2 3.1 TOTAL .258/.323/.392/.715 .813/.681 .750 .699 17/13 21/9
ERA-K/9 5.11/13.5 4.05/6.7 4.97/9.9 4.05/8.1 4.50/6.8 5.25/10.5 4.15/5.5 6.94/8.5 8.10/13.6 4.53/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 111/.228 33/.320 61/.275 56/.208 50/.250 58/.195 109/.276 54/.222 20/.438 .249
OPS .777 .965 .828 .645 .800 .752 .732 .717 1.151 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/1.110 19/1.065 28/.815 25/.628 18/.789 21/1.038 25/.733 22/.659 5/1.550 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.571 14/.845 33/.838 31/.660 32/.807 37/.611 84/.731 32/.739 15/1.012 .716
Road 49/.645 13/.862 30/1.215 20/.476 23/.586 27/.686 29/.593 29/.877 7/.733
Last 28d days 111/.777 27/1.045 53/.803 49/.703 43/.770 50/.790 109/.732 47/.712 20/1.151
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/1/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 30/16/6
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ·XX·XoX· ··X··X·X ···o·X·· ·oX·XXX· X····X·· o···X·o· o···o·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.