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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 29-26, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 4-2, 3.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 55.2 52 25 23 26 53 4 3.72
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 40 21 19 20 40 3 3.92 53
2009-06-05 @CIN W 6.2 2 0 0 5 7 0 109 72
2009-05-27 PIT ND 6.1 7 2 1 3 6 0 112 56
2009-05-22 @SDP L 4.2 3 3 3 4 7 0 97 49
2009-05-03 FLA W 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 78 53
2009-04-28 @ARI W 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 111 50
2009-04-23 CIN L 7.0 7 4 3 2 7 0 109 54
2009-04-17 STL ND 7.0 9 7 7 3 7 3 109 35
Last 5 v.HOU 3-1 33.1 23 10 10 13 29 1 2.70 61
2009-04-06 @HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 3 6 0 97 61
2008-09-14 @HOU W 9.0 0 0 0 1 10 0 110 96
2008-09-02 HOU ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 0 86 45
2008-07-19 @HOU L 6.1 6 4 4 6 3 0 103 42
2008-04-06 HOU W 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 103 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:   13-16   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  24-20   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, Jun  9  @HOU  W   7-1       29-26  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  7  @CIN  W   6-3 (14)  28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6  @CIN  L   3-4 (11)  27-26  4th  4.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5  @CIN  W   2-1       27-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @ATL  W   3-2 (11)  26-25  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   LAD  W   2-1       24-23  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 28   LAD  L   1-2       23-23  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Astros, 25-31, 5th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 5-5, 2.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 72.2 72 31 24 23 69 5 2.97
2008 (9-7) 137.1 136 65 54 44 131 14 3.54
2007 (9-13) 182.2 179 102 93 62 158 22 4.58
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.2 51 25 18 11 42 5 3.98 48
2009-06-04 COL L 5.0 10 7 7 2 7 4 98 24
2009-05-30 @PIT L 4.2 9 5 5 3 6 0 105 29
2009-05-25 @CIN L 4.0 10 6 0 2 3 0 78 31
2009-05-20 MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 110 65
2009-05-14 @COL W 7.0 5 3 2 0 11 0 113 68
2009-05-08 SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 116 79
2009-05-03 @ATL ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 0 86 43
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 31.2 30 9 9 10 26 1 2.56 57
2009-04-07 CHC ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 89 61
2008-08-05 @CHC ND 5.0 9 6 6 2 1 0 81 24
2008-07-19 CHC W 6.2 9 1 1 0 7 1 103 59
2007-08-31 @CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 102 66
2007-08-06 CHC ND 8.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 121 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-18   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-24   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:13-23   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  9   CHC  L   1-7       25-31  5th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7   PIT  W   6-4       25-30  6th  7.0 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6   PIT  L   4-6       24-30  6th  8.0 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5   PIT  W   9-1       24-29  6th  7.0 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   COL  L   3-10      23-29  6th  7.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   COL  W   6-4       23-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   COL  W   3-2 (11)  22-28  6th  7.0 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1   COL  W   4-1       21-28  6th  8.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @PIT  W   2-1       20-28  6th  9.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @PIT  L   4-7       19-28  6th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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 (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 CHC  8 @HOU  5        W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Russ Ortiz (2-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 6-2; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 347-301

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

NYY  5.62

FLA  4.57

SEA  3.72

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

MIN  4.77

WSN  5.91

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .179

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .474

J. Dye  .349

D. Navarro  .226

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .682

A. LaRoche  .450

J. Kendall  .273

 OPS

K. Youkilis  1.101

H. Matsui  .795

D. Navarro  .516

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

B. Bergesen  4.04

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

J. Cueto  6.44

J. Garland  3.65

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Cubs Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/26 .250/.323/.357/.680 .600/.724 .830 33/.680 0/1 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 147/108 .208/.327/.368/.695 .855/.635 .573 59/.664 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 8/.625 193/159 .249/.326/.420/.747 .410/.819 .807 74/.779 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/7 .417/.429/.583/1.012 1.095/.929 1.029 14/1.012 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.167 ··· ··· 9/.708 200/191 .296/.427/.478/.905 1.302/.887 .928 73/.728 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 64/56 .259/.375/.407/.782 .625/.806 .756 23/.681 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 113/97 .269/.319/.452/.771 .583/.802 .619 45/.600 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.614 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 109/70 .283/.339/.455/.794 .965/.701 .647 52/1.005 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 31/1.456 2/.500 ··· 6/.533 13/1.077 193/158 .269/.358/.437/.795 .848/.777 .725 82/1.055 0/0 6/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 61/47 .226/.328/.472/.800 .830/.787 .756 47/.657 0/0 3/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 14/.297 6/1.166 ··· 8/.875 15/.767 252/209 .240/.306/.485/.790 .572/.834 .808 101/.581 6/2 14/5
18.Soto G/S/vP 7/.453 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 11/1.000 168/133 .218/.333/.289/.622 .693/.604 .522 70/.696 0/0 2/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP 20/1.439 4/.750 1/.000 2/1.000 14/.286 237/194 .284/.350/.441/.791 .918/.764 .631 96/.714 8/5 6/5
IP 72.2 22.0 23.0 24.2 35.0 TOTAL .251/.331/.410/.741 .752/.739 .708 .716 25/15 62/35
ERA-K/9 2.97/8.5 3.68/6.5 3.13/6.7 2.55/8.4 1.80/4.4 4.54/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.263 96/.210 92/.205 104/.242 143/.231 .279
OPS .705 .706 .608 .662 .671 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.622 47/.933 35/.576 49/.533 68/.699 .814
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.730 49/.485 57/.623 55/.774 75/.644 .777
Home 155/.666 41/.835 60/.519 65/.762 80/.535
Last 28d days 129/.905 40/.683 47/.446 39/.623 60/.711
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 4/1/2 2/1/0 2/3/3 1/0/0 63/17/10
Usage ·····X·· X·oX··oo ··X·X··X ··XX···X ··oo··X·
Astros Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
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		 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 80/.651 2/1.000 6/1.500 3/.000 7/1.914 14/1.167 19/.956 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 235/172 .251/.379/.487/.866 .751/.909 .823 100/.983 1/2 11/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 32/.457 2/.000 5/.650 3/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 161/150 .264/.342/.329/.670 .909/.650 .756 49/.696 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 11/.586 2/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 7/.453 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 240/195 .292/.364/.392/.756 .668/.777 .702 106/.724 19/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 15/.343 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/55 .132/.203/.189/.392 .000/.431 .456 15/.200 0/0 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 27/.499 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.000 6/.333 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 115/71 .267/.342/.426/.768 .800/.748 .563 59/.611 0/1 2/1
45.Lee G/S/vP 54/1.101 2/.000 10/.900 1/2.000 10/1.056 13/.481 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/1.334 239/184 .315/.368/.519/.887 1.080/.830 .949 100/.827 1/2 10/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .341/.396/.455/.850 .619/.958 .498 49/.850 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/.833 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/25 .182/.280/.318/.598 .729/.467 .733 17/.353 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 19/.596 3/1.000 2/1.500 2/.000 7/.143 9/.333 3/2.667 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 238/188 .340/.416/.524/.940 .928/.943 1.068 97/.993 6/4 7/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/29 .325/.341/.425/.766 .697/.793 .926 26/1.022 0/0 0/3
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 7/.714 5/.400 9/1.190 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 177/146 .259/.295/.416/.711 1.000/.645 .673 66/.554 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 15/1.200 2/.500 10/1.325 ··· 4/1.000 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 242/185 .357/.380/.526/.906 .931/.898 .986 97/1.085 2/2 6/8
IP 55.2 10.2 25.1 27.2 26.1 27.0 48.0 16.1 1.1 38.2 TOTAL .273/.338/.413/.750 .815/.731 .763 .772 36/22 46/27
ERA-K/9 3.72/8.6 2.53/10.1 4.62/10.0 2.28/8.1 4.44/7.5 3.67/9.7 4.88/6.0 6.06/8.3 0.00/13.8 1.86/7.2 3.94/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.251 47/.250 117/.248 106/.179 119/.253 124/.157 211/.269 79/.262 5/.200 151/.221 .238
OPS .699 .723 .769 .525 .786 .647 .794 .746 .400 .550 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.806 17/1.244 51/.638 45/.452 49/.738 57/.572 52/.692 33/.530 3/.000 63/.620 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.616 30/.434 66/.870 61/.577 70/.821 67/.713 159/.825 46/.874 2/1.000 88/.498 .694
Road 129/.651 20/.669 64/.788 57/.448 70/.729 67/.614 86/.813 40/.936 1/.000 100/.530
Last 28d days 77/.534 47/.723 43/.838 34/.373 49/.787 44/.447 79/.838 19/.656 5/.400 130/.534
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 1/1/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 58/30/10
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ··o·X·oX ··oXo·XX X·Xo···X ··oXX·oX o··X···· ··X····· ··o····· ··X····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.