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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 12, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 71-72, 71-72 4th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Monasterios (24, RHP, 3-5, 4.02)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-5)			78.1	85	39	35	24	44	13	4.02

Last 7 GS		0-5	27.1	43	23	21	9	20	6	6.91	39
2010-08-31	PHI	L	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	1	40	26
2010-08-26	@MIL	ND	4.1	2	1	1	1	3	1	82	57
2010-08-20	CIN	L	4.1	8	3	1	1	6	0	88	44
2010-07-30	@SFG	L	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	81	40
2010-07-24	NYM	ND	5.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	80	57
2010-06-18	@BOS	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	2	2	72	22
2010-06-13	LAA	L	2.2	7	4	4	3	2	1	68	27

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   41-31   Road:   30-41   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  51-49   vsLHP:  20-23   1-Run:  22-22
 vsEast: 13-20   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 31-23 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Sat, Sep 11  @HOU  W   6-3       71-72  4th 10.0 gb
142 Fri, Sep 10  @HOU  W   4-2 (11)  70-72  4th 10.0 gb
141 Thu, Sep  9  @HOU  L   2-3       69-72  4th 11.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @SDP  L   0-4       69-71  4th 11.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @SDP  L   1-2       69-70  4th 10.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @SDP  L   2-4       69-69  4th  9.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  5   SFG  L   0-3       69-68  4th  8.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  4   SFG  L   4-5       69-67  4th  8.0 gb
135 Fri, Sep  3   SFG  W   4-2       69-66  4th  8.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  1   PHI  L   1-5       68-66  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Astros, 67-75, 67-75 3rd, 14 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (36, RHP, 5-2, 3.03)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-2)			65.1	54	24	22	24	47	5	3.03
2009 (3-8)			70.1	80	33	32	24	59	8	4.09
2008 (3-3)			45.1	48	26	23	26	36	3	4.57

Last 7 GS		3-1	42.0	32	12	10	17	30	3	2.14	58
2010-09-07	@CHC	W	5.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	111	45
2010-09-01	STL	W	5.0	6	2	2	3	1	1	91	45
2010-08-27	@NYM	L	7.0	3	2	1	5	2	0	114	62
2010-08-22	@FLA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	98	66
2010-08-17	NYM	ND	5.0	4	2	1	3	4	0	89	54
2010-04-24	@ARI	ND	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	100	51
2009-10-04	HOU	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	113	86

Last 5 v.LAD		1-1	15.0	21	11	11	11	9	4	6.60	38
2008-05-06	@LAD	L	5.0	8	5	5	4	3	1	104	30
2002-05-21	LAD	ND	5.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	87	42
2001-08-10	LAD	W	5.0	7	3	3	5	5	1	97	41

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

 Home:   36-35   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  43-61   vsLHP:  24-14   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:38-25   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sat, Sep 11   LAD  L   3-6       67-75  3rd 14.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   LAD  L   2-4 (11)  67-74  3rd 13.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  9   LAD  W   3-2       67-73  3rd 12.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8  @CHC  W   4-0       66-73  3rd 13.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @CHC  W   7-3       65-73  3rd 14.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @CHC  L   4-5       64-73  3rd 15.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5  @ARI  W   3-2       64-72  3rd 15.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4  @ARI  W   6-5       63-72  3rd 16.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  3  @ARI  L   3-4       62-72  3rd 16.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1   STL  W   5-2       62-71  3rd 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 LAD  6 @HOU  3        W:Kenley Jansen (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (6-6), S: Hong-Chih Kuo (9)
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 LAD  4 @HOU  2 (11)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Fernando Abad (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 HOU  3  LAD  2        W:Bud Norris (7-8), L: Ted Lilly (8-10), S: Brandon Lyon (14)
Tue, May 18, 2010 LAD  7  HOU  3        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-1), L: Bud Norris (2-5), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 LAD  6  HOU  2        W:John Ely (2-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 19, 2009 LAD  4  HOU  3        W:Ramon Troncoso (4-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (22)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 LAD  5  HOU  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (8-5), L: Mike Hampton (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 HOU  8 @LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (6-4), L: Chad Billingsley (9-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 HOU  3 @LAD  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-6), L: Randy Wolf (4-4), S: Jose Valverde (9)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 LAD  2 @HOU  0        W:Chad Billingsley (4-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (5)
Season Series: 2010 - LAD over 4-1; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 379-313

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 2010 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 5.37

ARI 4.51

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.49

CIN 4.34

PIT 5.42

J. Hamilton .361

M. Young .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Prado .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Thome .641

A. Gonzalez .469

B. Wood .216

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.062

V. Martinez .817

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

L. Hernandez 3.82

K. Correia 5.46

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

A. Burnett 7.06

K. Kendrick 4.13

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Dodgers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Figueroa
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 56.Villar
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 15/.829 ··· ··· 63/49 .218/.317/.236/.554 .536/.559 .592 25/.686 0/0 0/1

28.Barajas G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 5/.450 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 312/238 .240/.286/.451/.738 .610/.777 .776 48/1.039 0/0 16/3

23.Blake G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.750 4/.500 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 513/374 .257/.331/.418/.749 .943/.678 .710 96/.847 0/4 15/15

14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.542 1/.000 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 392/283 .290/.380/.341/.721 .723/.720 .707 82/.770 11/4 0/6

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/71 .211/.291/.237/.528 .568/.515 .392 18/.828 0/0 0/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 516/363 .288/.353/.494/.846 .622/.942 .838 94/.720 2/0 21/1

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 11/.546 ··· 33/.563 1/.000 ··· 377/268 .309/.375/.469/.844 .726/.892 .853 34/.557 21/4 8/17

31.Gibbons* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 17/1.529 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 43/36 .359/.419/.667/1.085 1.286/1.042 .970 30/1.126 0/1 4/0

60.Hu G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

5.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 170/79 .284/.304/.383/.686 .816/.536 .621 28/.607 2/2 1/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 7/.429 1/.000 11/1.355 ··· 3/1.167 597/451 .252/.313/.437/.750 .785/.738 .742 97/.656 18/14 22/5

35.Lindsey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/2.133 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.583 ··· 7/.786 ··· 2/1.000 576/416 .275/.335/.405/.740 .576/.805 .722 89/.637 9/5 9/3

9.Mitchell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 11/.000 0/0 0/1

49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0

21.Podsednik* G/S/vP 4/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 595/445 .297/.342/.382/.724 .639/.754 .809 83/.557 35/15 6/5

13.Theriot G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 7/.786 2/1.000 5/.000 8/.750 5/.800 1/no AB 15/.534 ··· 9/.889 568/407 .279/.325/.326/.651 .670/.644 .664 93/.647 20/9 2/9

IP 65.1 11.0 36.2 36.1 42.0 48.0 69.0 16.2 198.0 0.1 28.2 TOTAL .256/.326/.382/.708 .676/.720 .698 .669 87/48 104/105

ERA-K/9

3.03/6.5

3.27/6.5

3.19/6.1

4.71/7.4

5.79/8.8

3.75/7.7

3.26/6.3

3.24/9.2

2.91/7.1

0.00/30.0

6.28/7.2

4.03/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (13-0-0)
Barajas (31-4-3)
Ellis (22-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.228 46/.233 160/.266 175/.307 195/.284 213/.285 298/.235 68/.217 819/.245 2/.000 131/.304 .261 Ethier
Kemp
Gibbons
Carroll
Oeltjen
Johnson
Podsednik 0/0/116/6
0/141/0/3
7/0/1/1
5/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
52/6/18/0
129/6/0/0

OPS .661 .724 .760 .787 .809 .745 .631 .644 .667 .000 .937 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.824 18/.575 76/.587 67/.735 83/.788 98/.693 137/.618 29/.401 367/.687 1/.000 31/.579 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.529 28/.821 84/.922 108/.818 112/.818 115/.788 161/.639 39/.819 452/.650 1/.000 100/1.052 .725

Home 122/.572 14/.857 78/.834 84/.778 87/.727 130/.827 161/.567 38/.747 351/.685 2/.000 62/.786

Last 28d days 121/.670 41/.730 27/.431 31/.673 39/.609 21/.602 58/.488 45/.523 142/.662 2/.000 /

HR/SB/CS 5/8/4 3/0/0 3/0/1 2/4/0 6/1/1 4/5/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 0/0/0 6/1/0 116/78/40

Usage ····X··· ·X·oo··o oo·oX··· ··X····X oo··o··· oo·X··X· oXX···oo ·oo·o··X ···X···· ·o······ ········

Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Monasterios
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 48.Ely
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 50.Link
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/.933 6/1.167 6/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 14/.665 202/172 .247/.307/.323/.630 .315/.682 .562 34/.518 0/0 1/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .125/.125/.250/.375 /.375 .000 9/.375 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/33 .233/.317/.301/.618 .568/.697 .711 18/.627 7/3 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 6/1.300 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 575/454 .263/.339/.348/.686 .532/.727 .691 110/.845 47/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/145 .212/.293/.297/.590 .265/.680 .564 61/.661 0/0 2/0

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/52 .253/.330/.373/.703 .735/.672 .610 6/.900 0/0 1/1

41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 102/82 .227/.265/.268/.533 .358/.575 .403 25/.497 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 288/212 .319/.351/.485/.836 .694/.885 .739 98/.644 2/0 8/14

8.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 502/373 .287/.350/.390/.740 .773/.728 .772 48/.687 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.714 7/.619 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 24/.555 567/441 .242/.284/.408/.691 .815/.657 .716 104/.670 3/3 20/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/195 .220/.261/.258/.519 .739/.449 .483 49/.547 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 168/90 .247/.304/.455/.758 .875/.651 .808 38/.592 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 6/.533 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 580/451 .285/.328/.475/.803 .874/.782 .917 114/.854 18/8 23/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 240/174 .236/.268/.314/.582 .323/.682 .572 36/.733 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 224/155 .278/.307/.359/.666 .637/.680 .537 84/.643 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/94 .212/.293/.308/.601 .618/.597 .750 73/.545 0/0 2/3

IP 78.1 48.1 59.0 55.2 85.2 18.2 53.0 5.2 33.1 42.2 39.2 TOTAL .247/.303/.363/.665 .654/.669 .682 .652 88/33 95/104

ERA-K/9

4.02/5.1

5.40/6.5

3.66/10.8

4.04/10.5

4.62/6.6

0.96/14.0

1.36/10.2

3.18/4.7

6.21/5.1

4.64/5.9

4.99/5.4

3.95/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (24-14-6)
Quintero (31-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.275 206/.257 249/.252 240/.217 358/.265 75/.143 204/.141 26/.304 164/.311 184/.247 171/.262 .243 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois
Bogusevic 0/0/137/9
0/131/0/8
122/0/0/6
33/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
20/10/1/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .783 .718 .663 .734 .733 .461 .412 .732 .891 .721 .748 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.740 76/.755 109/.572 104/1.030 128/.685 31/.656 62/.284 10/1.000 75/.565 75/.786 66/.906 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.820 130/.696 140/.736 136/.521 230/.759 44/.316 142/.469 16/.579 89/1.182 109/.677 105/.656 .677

Road 149/.748 102/.918 101/.655 105/.891 178/.712 41/.409 112/.501 19/.849 87/.920 96/.596 83/.866

Last 28d days 55/.893 42/.833 48/.699 48/.671 23/.842 43/.370 45/.393 / 20/.535 14/.676 11/.300

HR/SB/CS 13/8/1 5/2/0 3/6/2 7/8/1 8/2/1 0/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 7/4/0 3/6/2 116/86/33

Usage ········ oo·o·Xo· ·oo··X·X ·X·X·o·X X······· o·o·oX·· XX·····o ········ oo·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.