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Game Preview: HOU @ SDP, 3:35pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Petco Park

Astros, 37-39, 5th, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 6-6, 3.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-6) 96.2 92 43 36 37 90 12 3.35
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 1-4 37.2 49 30 24 21 37 11 5.73 42
2009-06-26 DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 4 3 2 106 41
2009-06-21 @MIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 8 1 114 74
2009-06-16 @TEX L 4.0 6 6 6 5 4 3 103 25
2009-06-10 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 116 67
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
Last 5 v.SDP 2-1 24.1 23 12 12 6 23 3 4.44 53
2009-05-08 SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 116 79
2008-04-02 @SDP ND 5.0 8 4 4 1 6 2 95 40
2007-07-26 SDP W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 110 66
2005-07-07 SDP L 4.1 5 7 7 3 5 1 74 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-21   Road:   18-18   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-31   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 14-5  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @SDP  W   7-1       37-39  5th  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @SDP  L   3-4       36-39  5th  5.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @SDP  W   3-1       36-38  5th  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   DET  L   3-4       35-38  5th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Padres, 34-43, 4th, 15 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (28, RHP, 5-5, 4.23)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 87.1 79 41 41 28 70 10 4.23
2008 (3-8) 110.0 141 80 74 47 66 15 6.05
2007 (4-7) 101.2 94 39 39 40 80 9 3.45
Last 7 GS 4-3 43.2 37 19 19 7 39 6 3.92 56
2009-06-27 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 95 63
2009-06-21 OAK W 6.2 2 1 1 1 7 0 101 72
2009-06-16 SEA L 8.0 2 2 2 0 5 2 96 75
2009-06-10 @LAD W 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 81 64
2009-06-06 ARI W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 83 57
2009-06-01 PHI L 4.1 10 4 4 3 5 2 98 29
2009-05-26 @ARI L 5.2 9 6 6 1 5 1 87 31
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 12.2 11 6 5 4 9 0 3.55 54
2009-05-09 @HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 104 57
2008-08-14 @HOU ND 6.2 7 4 3 1 5 0 95 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-17   Road:   12-26   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  18-27   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 17-18 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1   HOU  L   1-7       34-43  4th 15.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   HOU  W   4-3       34-42  4th 14.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   HOU  L   1-3       33-42  4th 15.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @TEX  W   2-0       33-41  4th 14.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @TEX  W   7-3       32-41  4th 15.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @TEX  L   2-12      31-41  4th 16.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @SEA  L   3-9       31-40  4th 15.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @SEA  L   3-4       31-39  4th 15.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @SEA  W   9-7       31-38  4th 15.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   OAK  W   4-1       30-38  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 SDP  4  HOU  3        W:Josh Banks (1-0), L: Chris Sampson (4-1), S: Heath Bell (22)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 HOU  3 @SDP  1        W:Roy Oswalt (4-4), L: Josh Geer (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 10, 2009 HOU 12  SDP  5        W:Roy Oswalt (1-2), L: Josh Geer (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2009 HOU  5  SDP  4        W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Luke Gregerson (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 HOU  2  SDP  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-2), L: Chad Gaudin (0-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (4)

Tue, Apr 22, 2008 HOU 11  SDP  7        W:Jose Valverde (3-1), L: Heath Bell (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 HOU 10  SDP  3        W:Roy Oswalt (2-3), L: Justin Germano (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 SDP  3  HOU  2        W:Enrique Gonzalez (1-0), L: Oscar Villarreal (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (2)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 HOU  9 @SDP  6        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Trevor Hoffman (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 SDP  2  HOU  1        W:Chris Young (1-0), L: Brandon Backe (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (1)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 5-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 300-267

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  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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Astros Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Correia
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 21.Bell
G/S/vB		 40.Burke
G/S/vB		 49.Gaudin
G/S/vB		 43.Meredith
G/S/vB		 45.Mujica
G/S/vB		 59.Perdomo
G/S/vB		 27.Silva
G/S/vB		 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· 7/1.571 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 312/238 .261/.388/.522/.910 .635/1.003 .928 97/1.087 5/2 17/4
27.Blum# G/S/vP 7/.310 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/174 .259/.330/.315/.645 .909/.626 .480 36/.469 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 326/268 .294/.370/.409/.779 .770/.780 .858 110/.821 25/7 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 86/80 .156/.224/.260/.483 .000/.522 .318 29/.660 0/2 1/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .200/.226/.233/.459 .000/.509 .485 30/.475 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 8/.708 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 174/120 .257/.343/.385/.728 .899/.645 .960 76/.628 0/2 3/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 7/1.285 1/.000 11/.909 4/.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 308/245 .301/.354/.484/.838 1.081/.777 .774 90/.709 2/2 12/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 5/.650 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 209/166 .243/.296/.330/.625 .955/.546 .582 43/.787 6/3 2/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/2.042 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/39 .179/.257/.299/.555 .661/.459 .515 27/.530 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 314/256 .310/.382/.502/.884 1.089/.837 .834 98/.768 8/5 10/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/49 .283/.295/.350/.645 .697/.633 .548 28/.802 0/0 0/5
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· 11/.573 1/.000 4/2.750 1/4.000 ··· ··· 231/192 .249/.283/.406/.688 .835/.657 .756 66/.561 0/2 7/2
10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.583 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 9/.555 5/.450 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 321/256 .332/.361/.478/.840 .894/.826 .753 97/.646 2/2 6/9
IP 87.1 6.2 33.2 20.0 70.2 32.0 38.1 27.0 21.1 14.2 TOTAL .267/.330/.405/.735 .819/.713 .729 .705 49/29 63/41
ERA-K/9 4.23/7.2 2.70/6.7 1.34/9.6 4.05/8.6 4.97/9.4 3.66/4.5 2.82/7.8 4.33/5.0 8.86/4.2 4.91/9.2 4.64/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.245 28/.231 131/.171 82/.244 309/.234 138/.317 153/.243 104/.213 85/.314 61/.347 .258
OPS .694 .516 .482 .716 .697 .741 .666 .725 .955 .960 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.679 15/.619 71/.717 45/.998 146/.755 57/.761 76/.689 51/.817 50/.809 26/.749 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.710 13/.397 60/.206 37/.384 163/.646 81/.724 77/.643 53/.625 35/1.171 35/1.114 .718
Home 218/.677 12/.350 83/.488 48/.513 84/.766 65/.739 95/.661 41/.580 46/.698 35/.876
Last 28d days 121/.451 28/.516 49/.456 49/.912 131/.709 47/.671 49/.773 25/.729 42/.987 38/1.139
HR/SB/CS 10/3/2 0/1/1 0/1/0 3/1/1 6/3/2 1/6/1 4/1/1 4/2/0 3/0/0 2/3/0 84/59/15
Usage ····X··· ····o··o ·X·o···· ··o··o·· ···X···· o·o···X· ·o··o··o X····X·· X····X·· X····XX·
Padres Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.45 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		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Alfonzo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 23/20 .217/.217/.217/.435 .667/.400 .500 23/.435 0/0 1/0
28.Blanco G/S/vP 9/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 118/84 .208/.288/.358/.647 .966/.515 .648 48/.655 0/0 4/0
22.Blanks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .231/.333/.346/.679 .619/.732 .347 30/.679 0/0 0/0
1.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 55/36 .306/.370/.449/.819 .789/.833 .701 41/.847 3/0 0/2
3.Eckstein G/S/vP 18/.833 1/2.000 ··· 7/.833 3/1.334 2/.500 305/187 .274/.336/.348/.684 .638/.713 .611 94/.793 2/1 1/1
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.000 326/191 .271/.414/.588/1.002 .863/1.104 .930 100/.820 1/1 24/2
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/79 .186/.243/.382/.626 .510/.674 .747 38/.428 0/2 4/3
18.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 141/95 .298/.376/.411/.787 .607/.880 .775 100/.805 2/3 1/4
12.Hairston G/S/vP 9/1.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.666 193/113 .309/.359/.545/.904 1.102/.773 .907 32/.645 7/1 9/1
7.Headley# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 271/171 .239/.317/.374/.692 .621/.734 .550 89/.718 7/2 7/3
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 9/.444 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 302/206 .239/.278/.389/.668 .770/.619 .701 91/.791 1/0 10/2
15.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 122/89 .204/.331/.276/.606 .838/.518 .603 21/.000 0/0 1/3
25.Venable* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 36/26 .156/.250/.250/.500 .311/.574 .477 32/.567 1/0 0/1
IP 96.2 26.0 32.1 35.1 44.0 16.1 TOTAL .236/.315/.380/.694 .686/.699 .651 .661 31/12 72/47
ERA-K/9 3.35/8.4 3.46/8.3 2.51/6.1 2.55/7.4 2.66/4.9 3.86/11.0 4.18/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 405/.256 111/.200 122/.207 144/.252 180/.236 68/.210 .266
OPS .738 .685 .612 .695 .654 .720 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.610 55/.814 52/.549 72/.562 86/.689 29/.877 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.771 56/.560 70/.652 72/.823 94/.622 39/.602 .763
Road 195/.777 60/.598 44/.792 57/.659 83/.865 27/.630
Last 28d days 129/.984 29/.771 41/.617 49/.788 44/.565 34/.579
HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/3 1/0/0 4/2/0 91/28/11
Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·X X···o··X o····ooo ·X···ooo ···X··XX

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.