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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 7, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 15-12, 3rd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 3-2, 3.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 31.2 25 12 11 6 26 6 3.13
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 5-2 44.2 33 17 16 9 35 7 3.22 59
2009-05-02 FLA W 8.0 5 1 1 0 10 1 104 78
2009-04-27 @ARI L 5.0 6 5 5 4 3 1 96 34
2009-04-22 CIN L 7.0 5 1 0 0 2 0 96 67
2009-04-13 COL W 6.2 1 0 0 2 8 0 104 78
2009-04-08 @HOU W 5.0 8 5 5 0 3 4 73 34
2008-09-27 @MIL W 6.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 80 67
2008-09-20 STL W 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 99 52
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 32.1 23 9 9 6 31 5 2.51 63
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
2008-05-19 @HOU W 5.1 4 2 2 2 6 0 96 56
2007-07-14 HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 106 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, May  6  @HOU  W   6-3       15-12  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-12
Astros, 11-16, 6th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Russ Ortiz (35, RHP, 2-0, 5.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-0) 19.0 17 11 11 17 14 1 5.21
2007 (2-3) 49.0 57 32 30 20 27 4 5.51
2006 (0-8) 63.0 86 60 57 40 44 18 8.14
Last 7 GS 2-2 32.0 34 27 25 22 16 3 7.03 39
2009-04-26 MIL W 5.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 96 50
2009-04-21 LAD W 5.0 3 3 3 5 2 0 116 46
2009-04-16 @PIT ND 4.2 5 3 3 2 2 0 99 42
2007-08-20 @FLA ND 4.0 6 5 4 2 0 1 62 30
2007-08-15 @ATL L 5.0 3 4 3 5 4 0 95 46
2007-08-10 PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 1 1 61 50
2007-05-01 COL L 3.1 9 8 8 2 4 1 83 12
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 30.0 24 13 13 20 29 2 3.90 54
2005-04-05 CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 92 51
2004-04-11 CHC L 7.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 112 48
2002-08-07 CHC ND 7.0 2 0 0 4 7 0 115 76
2000-07-29 @CHC L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 0 92 20
2000-05-27 CHC ND 6.0 1 0 0 7 11 0 120 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-9    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, May  6   CHC  L   3-6       11-16  6th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30:11-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)

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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 3-1; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 346-298

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  6.30

CHC  4.78

SFG  3.50

 RA/G

LAD  3.66

CHC  4.67

NYY  6.30

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

R. Oswalt  4.26

C. Silva  8.48

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.24

J. Danks  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

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

Cubs Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Ortiz
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 18/.900 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 64/46 .135/.297/.250/.547 .583/.533 .583 50/.582 0/0 2/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 2/2.500 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 2/3.000 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 5/1.600 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 ··· 49/43 .295/.347/.500/.847 .500/.898 .736 47/.840 0/0 2/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/3.250 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 55/37 .234/.327/.277/.604 .746/.540 .619 51/.586 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 37/.435 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 4/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.334 4/1.500 6/.367 2/.000 71/55 .203/.271/.266/.537 .908/.424 .619 69/.554 3/0 0/1
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/1.177 2/.500 1/.000 8/.625 3/.000 15/1.067 2/2.000 66/51 .344/.394/.590/.984 1.303/.895 1.009 52/.938 0/0 4/0
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 4/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.500 ··· 15/.762 7/.714 13/.481 2/.000 123/104 .270/.341/.523/.864 .387/.950 .972 107/.816 4/2 7/2
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 8/1.125 2/.000 76/61 .159/.303/.190/.493 .833/.416 .427 70/.490 0/0 0/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 5/.650 2/1.000 12/.334 2/.500 116/97 .305/.357/.457/.814 .753/.825 .762 103/.761 6/2 3/4
IP 19.0 10.0 10.2 19.0 12.2 16.0 9.2 TOTAL .246/.331/.400/.731 .707/.736 .765 .718 18/10 32/16
ERA-K/9 5.21/6.6 1.80/7.2 5.91/5.9 5.21/5.7 2.84/8.5 2.25/3.9 7.45/7.4 4.44/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 91/.239 42/.194 45/.244 87/.329 54/.271 67/.237 46/.381 .278
OPS .808 .532 .775 .926 .687 .720 .959 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.775 23/.741 16/.688 32/1.188 22/.652 31/.670 18/1.022 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.850 19/.273 29/.793 55/.773 32/.714 36/.767 28/.913 .784
Home 63/.809 6/.733 26/.592 42/.807 30/.828 28/.560 16/.500
Last 28d days 74/.746 39/.576 45/.775 74/.979 50/.593 59/.770 42/1.005
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 26/9/5
Usage ···o···· ·X··X··o o·Xo·X·· ·X·X·X·· ·o·XX··· ·X··X··X o·Xo·X··
Astros Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 Fox
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 21/.406 6/.334 2/.000 4/.833 3/.000 7/1.914 13/1.288 17/.753 1/.000 121/85 .194/.339/.439/.778 .691/.814 .786 108/.745 0/1 7/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP 13/.749 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 94/88 .272/.340/.309/.649 .667/.648 .888 86/.623 0/0 0/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 110/86 .299/.364/.443/.808 .652/.852 .751 98/.827 8/2 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 27/.268 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 31/27 .148/.200/.148/.348 .000/.405 .353 29/.374 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 20/1.032 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 30/.744 1/.000 2/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 10/1.056 12/.523 5/.650 ··· 113/84 .294/.336/.510/.846 .952/.810 .890 101/.922 0/1 5/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 10/1.078 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 96/71 .274/.333/.369/.702 .988/.606 .744 82/.649 4/3 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/1.400 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· ··· 25/10 .286/.400/.476/.876 .938/.775 1.053 23/.961 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 14/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.167 8/.375 3/2.667 1/5.000 114/89 .310/.377/.490/.867 .613/.936 .983 102/.795 4/2 4/0
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 21/1.133 5/1.850 ··· 7/.714 4/.500 7/1.286 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 96/80 .247/.284/.416/.700 1.250/.581 .699 83/.670 0/2 3/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 40/.525 7/.572 ··· 8/1.125 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 ··· ··· 120/90 .287/.317/.357/.673 .969/.577 .644 107/.636 1/1 0/4
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .250/.333/.250/.583 .667/.533 .667 9/.583 0/0 0/0
IP 31.2 6.2 13.2 13.1 12.0 13.0 26.0 11.2 TOTAL .257/.322/.391/.713 .813/.680 .743 .697 17/13 22/10
ERA-K/9 3.13/7.4 4.05/6.7 /0.0 4.61/9.9 4.05/8.1 4.50/6.8 4.85/9.7 4.15/5.5 6.94/8.5 4.47/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.216 33/.320 / 64/.259 56/.208 50/.250 61/.182 109/.276 54/.222 .248
OPS .674 .965 .785 .645 .800 .708 .732 .717 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.170 19/1.065 / 29/.785 25/.628 18/.789 22/.976 25/.733 22/.659 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.761 14/.845 / 35/.785 31/.660 32/.807 39/.575 84/.731 32/.739 .711
Road 47/1.197 13/.862 / 33/1.085 20/.476 23/.586 30/.607 29/.593 29/.877
Last 28d days 102/.520 27/1.045 / 56/.756 49/.703 43/.770 53/.736 109/.732 47/.712
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 1/1/0 // 2/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/1/1 2/3/0 31/16/6
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· o·XX·XoX ···X··X· ····o·X· o·oX·XXX ·X····X· ·o···X·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.