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Game Preview: DET @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 28, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Tigers, 41-33, 1st, 4 up

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 6-4, 2.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			101.1	79	33	27	29	79	7	2.40
2008 (14-11)			183.1	199	91	90	77	108	23	4.42
2007 (5-15)			161.0	195	116	103	88	128	19	5.76

Last 7 GS		3-2	49.1	36	15	13	18	38	3	2.37	62
2009-06-23	CHC	ND	7.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	113	64
2009-06-17	@STL	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	99	51
2009-06-11	@CHW	ND	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	99	48
2009-06-06	LAA	W	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	109	79
2009-05-31	@BAL	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	101	84
2009-05-26	@KCR	L	6.1	7	4	2	1	2	0	89	48
2009-05-21	TEX	W	8.0	7	3	3	5	7	1	132	58

Last 5 v.HOU		2-0	16.2	16	7	7	5	11	3	3.78	51
2008-06-21	HOU	ND	6.1	5	2	2	3	3	1	94	55
2005-08-27	HOU	W	5.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	108	48
2004-07-08	HOU	W	5.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	64	51

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

 Home:   23-11   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  26-26   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 14-4  IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @HOU  L   1-8       41-33  1st  4.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @HOU  L   4-5       41-32  1st  4.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CHC  W   6-5       41-31  1st  5.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CHC  W   5-3       40-31  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CHC  W   5-4       39-31  1st  4.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21   MIL  W   3-2       38-31  1st  4.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20   MIL  W   9-5       37-31  1st  3.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19   MIL  W  10-4  (7)  36-31  1st  2.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @STL  W   6-3       35-31  1st  2.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @STL  L   3-4       34-31  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Astros, 35-37, 5th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Russ Ortiz (35, RHP, 3-3, 3.47)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			57.0	55	25	22	32	42	5	3.47
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	35.1	33	17	16	20	22	3	4.08	49
2009-06-23	KCR	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	110	61
2009-06-17	@TEX	ND	6.0	7	4	3	1	5	2	81	48
2009-06-11	CHC	ND	5.1	3	0	0	3	5	0	92	64
2009-05-07	CHC	L	2.1	6	3	3	3	1	0	57	31
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

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	6.0	3	3	3	5	4	0	4.50	53
2004-06-10	@DET	ND	6.0	3	3	3	5	4	0	104	53

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

 Home:   19-20   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 12-4  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 27   DET  W   8-1       35-37  5th  4.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   DET  W   5-4       34-37  5th  4.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   KCR  W   5-4       33-37  5th  5.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   KCR  L   3-4 (11)  32-37  5th  6.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   KCR  L   1-2       32-36  5th  6.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @MIN  W   4-1       32-35  5th  5.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   6-5       31-35  5th  5.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-5       30-35  5th  6.0 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18  @TEX  W   5-3       30-34  5th  6.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @TEX  L   4-5 (10)  29-34  6th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 HOU  5  DET  4        W:Chris Sampson (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (3-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (10)

Wed, Jun 28, 2006 DET  5  HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-4), L: Andy Pettitte (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 DET  4  HOU  0        W:Nate Robertson (8-3), L: Roger Clemens (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 26, 2006 DET 10  HOU  4        W:Zach Miner (4-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 DET 11  HOU  6        W:Danny Patterson (4-1), L: Doug Henry (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 14, 2000 HOU  9 @DET  4        W:Chris Holt (4-10), L: Hideo Nomo (3-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 13, 2000 DET  8  HOU  2        W:Brian Moehler (6-5), L: Shane Reynolds (6-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 1999 HOU  3  DET  2 (10)   W:Billy Wagner (2-1), L: Todd Jones (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 1999 HOU  2  DET  1        W:Jose Cabrera (2-0), L: Doug Brocail (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 15, 1999 HOU  8  DET  6        W:Trever Miller (1-1), L: Willie Blair (1-8), S: Billy Wagner (24)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 9-5

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

TBR 5.68

NYM 4.60

SDP 3.85

RA/G

LAD 3.82

MIL 4.60

WSN 5.71

J. Mauer .396

M. Byrd .283

B. Crosby .189

OBP

J. Mauer .471

B. Roberts .358

D. Navarro .243

SLG

A. Pujols .697

N. Markakis .467

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.166

B. Phillips .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

A. Cook 4.00

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.80

C. Pavano 6.54

J. Garland 3.33

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Tigers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.56 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 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 142/127 .259/.291/.326/.617 .481/.632 .570 45/.444 12/2 0/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 22/.892 ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 293/215 .337/.403/.572/.975 .930/.986 .810 90/.922 1/2 16/4

4.Everett G/S/vP 16/.732 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 189/125 .267/.320/.358/.678 .874/.570 .647 69/.635 3/1 2/5

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 327/229 .259/.342/.479/.821 .635/.898 .935 105/.821 13/3 17/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 292/218 .274/.368/.520/.888 1.253/.772 .913 99/.908 1/4 17/8

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/33 .323/.400/.452/.852 .000/.938 .875 36/.852 0/0 0/0

8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 222/170 .233/.326/.344/.670 .746/.647 .556 75/.698 1/0 3/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 29/.802 ··· ··· ··· 257/186 .270/.342/.348/.690 .804/.647 .619 72/.599 2/0 3/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 28/.976 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 290/205 .263/.317/.393/.710 .813/.665 .640 87/.842 3/1 4/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/46 .256/.347/.477/.824 .978/.691 .575 48/.818 2/1 5/1

55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .333/.429/.500/.929 .500/1.667 7/.929 0/1 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 127/105 .289/.328/.474/.802 .619/.841 .594 47/.655 0/2 6/4

33.Thames G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/48 .273/.326/.545/.871 1.126/.678 .931 66/.942 0/1 5/0

IP 57.0 25.1 30.1 34.1 43.0 15.1 18.2 TOTAL .263/.334/.426/.760 .810/.741 .719 .751 40/19 86/40

ERA-K/9

3.47/6.6

3.55/7.8

2.67/6.5

2.62/7.6

2.09/4.8

2.93/11.2

5.30/11.6

4.26/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 251/.258 109/.204 119/.213 144/.252 173/.220 63/.207 81/.329 .271

OPS .752 .699 .628 .695 .623 .672 .861 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.663 54/.830 50/.573 72/.562 82/.627 29/.877 33/.913 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.840 55/.571 69/.662 72/.823 91/.620 34/.496 48/.822 .784

Home 184/.706 49/.834 75/.537 87/.718 97/.480 36/.705 35/.743

Last 28d days 98/.659 34/.686 43/.685 60/.694 55/.486 29/.457 14/.298

HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/3 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 88/28/10

Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo··· o··X···· ·oooo··X ·ooo··oo ··XX··oX o·X·····

Astros Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 40.Dolsi
G/S/vB 43.Figaro
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 8/.536 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 296/223 .251/.385/.510/.896 .644/.986 .901 98/1.013 5/2 16/4

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 308/251 .294/.372/.409/.781 .784/.779 .671 108/.849 25/7 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· 8/.804 2/.500 2/.500 84/78 .147/.217/.240/.457 .000/.495 .552 29/.549 0/2 1/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/23 .240/.269/.280/.549 .000/.623 .462 26/.549 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 165/112 .261/.338/.394/.732 .917/.638 .522 76/.543 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 293/230 .295/.352/.489/.840 1.081/.776 .899 93/.760 2/2 12/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 199/156 .240/.295/.309/.604 .955/.513 .607 33/.713 6/3 2/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/46 .315/.356/.407/.763 .619/.814 .498 43/.556 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/5.000 4/.250 73/38 .179/.247/.299/.545 .661/.439 .600 32/.406 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 298/240 .318/.393/.513/.906 1.089/.861 .939 100/.879 8/4 10/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/42 .302/.315/.377/.692 .697/.690 .786 27/.907 0/0 0/5

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 222/183 .254/.285/.402/.687 .835/.654 .652 67/.546 0/2 6/2

10.Tejada G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 5/1.400 ··· 7/.000 4/.250 3/.833 309/244 .330/.356/.478/.834 .894/.818 .920 104/.705 2/2 6/9

IP 101.1 2.2 11.0 37.0 78.2 31.0 23.0 25.0 TOTAL .267/.330/.405/.735 .823/.712 .737 .715 47/28 60/41

ERA-K/9

2.40/7.0

0.00/0.0

7.36/9.8

3.89/4.9

3.55/5.0

4.06/7.8

3.52/5.9

4.32/9.0

4.24/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.214 2/.000 25/.348 152/.202 330/.266 130/.237 91/.205 116/.258 .257

OPS .604 .000 .965 .695 .744 .668 .533 .767 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.534 / 11/1.055 64/.609 178/.825 77/.682 56/.576 58/1.001 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.686 2/.000 14/.896 88/.745 152/.647 53/.647 35/.461 58/.538 .722

Road 207/.591 2/.000 / 91/.701 170/.690 60/.788 56/.562 57/.833

Last 28d days 134/.543 2/.000 25/.965 57/.353 120/.869 51/.800 31/.331 52/.977

HR/SB/CS 7/12/7 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/2/1 11/4/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 75/38/17

Usage ····X··· Xo······ X······X ··oXo··X ···X···· ··XX··oo ··ooo·o· ·X·oX···

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.