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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 4:05pm, Saturday, June 22, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 28-47, 28-47 5th, 15½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 5-7, 3.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-7) 89.0 98 41 36 28 61 6 3.64
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-4 44.0 48 19 19 11 30 3 3.89 52
2013-06-17 CHW L 6.0 8 4 4 0 4 0 99 44
2013-06-11 @SEA L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 94 60
2013-06-06 BAL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 106 53
2013-06-01 @LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 100 67
2013-05-27 COL ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 110 53
2013-05-21 KCR ND 6.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 88 62
2013-05-13 @DET L 5.0 9 7 7 1 2 2 71 22
Last 5 v.CHC 3-2 27.1 30 13 13 12 22 8 4.28 49
2012-10-02 @CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 80 66
2012-08-15 @CHC L 3.1 8 6 6 3 4 3 81 21
2012-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 3 87 42
2012-05-21 CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 109 72
2011-08-17 CHC W 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 2 101 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-25   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  20-36   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-21 IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Fri, Jun 21  @CHC  L   1-3       28-47  5th 15.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 20   MIL  W   7-4 (10)  28-46  5th 14.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 19   MIL  L   1-3       27-46  5th 15.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 18   MIL  W  10-1       27-45  5th 15.5 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 17   CHW  L   2-4       26-45  5th 15.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 16   CHW  W   5-4       26-44  5th 15.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 15   CHW  W   4-3       25-44  5th 15.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 14   CHW  W   2-1       24-44  5th 16.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 12  @SEA  W   6-1       23-44  5th 17.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 11  @SEA  L   0-4       22-44  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 30-42, 30-42 4th, 16 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Travis Wood (26, LHP, 5-6, 2.74)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-6) 92.0 64 30 28 28 64 6 2.74
2012 (6-13) 156.0 133 80 74 54 119 25 4.27
2011 (6-6) 106.0 118 57 57 40 76 10 4.84
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.2 34 17 16 14 30 2 3.15 58
2013-06-17 @STL L 7.0 7 4 3 0 4 0 83 53
2013-06-12 CIN L 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 102 63
2013-06-07 PIT L 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 103 64
2013-05-30 CHW W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 88 58
2013-05-25 @CIN L 5.2 7 5 5 3 5 0 115 37
2013-05-19 NYM ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 103 56
2013-05-13 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 98 72
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 32.1 16 4 4 10 19 1 1.11 66
2012-10-03 HOU ND 6.1 3 1 1 5 4 0 93 62
2012-09-12 @HOU W 7.2 4 1 1 1 6 0 108 72
2012-07-01 HOU W 7.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 104 77
2012-05-22 @HOU L 5.2 2 2 2 2 3 1 97 58
2011-09-19 HOU ND 5.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 69 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-21   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  19-29   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:   8-15
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest:  6-8  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 21   HOU  W   3-1       30-42  4th 16.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 20  @STL  L   1-6       29-42  4th 17.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 19  @STL  L   1-4       29-41  4th 16.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 18  @STL  W   4-2       29-40  4th 15.0 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 17  @STL  L   2-5       28-40  4th 16.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @NYM  L   3-4       28-39  4th 15.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @NYM  W   5-2       28-38  4th 15.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 14  @NYM  W   6-3       27-38  4th 15.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun 13   CIN  W   6-5 (14)  26-38  5th 16.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 12   CIN  L   1-2       25-38  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 CHC  3  HOU  1        W:Matt Garza (2-1), L: Dallas Keuchel (4-4), S: Kevin Gregg (11)

Wed, Oct 03, 2012 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Carlos Marmol (3-3), L: Hector Ambriz (1-1), S: none
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Bud Norris (7-13), L: Chris Volstad (3-12), S: Wilton Lopez (10)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Lucas Harrell (11-11), L: Jason Berken (0-3), S: Wesley Wright (1)
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 CHC  5 @HOU  1        W:Travis Wood (6-11), L: Fernando Abad (0-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 HOU  1  CHC  0        W:Jordan Lyles (4-11), L: Justin Germano (2-7), S: Wilton Lopez (4)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 CHC  4 @HOU  1        W:Chris Volstad (3-10), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-10), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 CHC  7  HOU  2        W:Justin Germano (2-2), L: Bud Norris (5-10), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 HOU 10 @CHC  1        W:Lucas Harrell (10-8), L: Chris Volstad (0-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 CHC  7  HOU  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (8-10), L: Armando Galarraga (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CHC over 1-0; 2012 - CHC won 8-7; 2011 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 376-330

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 2013 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

BOS  5.08

MIN  4.17

MIA  3.11

 RA/G

PIT  3.43

SEA  4.35

HOU  5.00

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

E. Encarnacion  .272

B. Upton  .171

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .458

A. LaRoche  .335

Y. Betancourt  .236

 SLG

C. Davis  .724

G. Jones  .432

P. Polanco  .259

 OPS

C. Davis  1.134

A. LaRoche  .766

P. Polanco  .544

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

R. Nolasco  3.68

E. Volquez  5.84

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.17

Y. Gallardo  7.13

J. Guthrie  4.29

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

Astros Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 12/.637 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 307/226 .294/.326/.378/.703 .767/.680 .696 108/.607 16/4 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP 6/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/109 .271/.325/.387/.713 1.008/.545 .647 98/.611 6/5 3/1
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 275/201 .221/.309/.450/.759 .764/.757 .936 87/.837 0/0 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 266/214 .269/.327/.475/.802 .638/.843 .662 99/.848 2/1 10/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 11/1.122 3/.333 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 12/.697 118/68 .257/.287/.358/.645 .964/.416 .563 52/.546 2/0 1/9
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/49 .300/.370/.500/.870 .775/.981 1.183 40/.816 0/0 5/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 271/200 .242/.267/.414/.681 .725/.665 .466 95/.620 0/0 10/8
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/160 .224/.244/.335/.580 .623/.573 .591 48/.500 5/2 4/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP 10/.700 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 199/144 .251/.278/.406/.684 .644/.699 .733 98/.583 2/0 6/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 9/.873 1/5.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/72 .225/.296/.360/.655 .888/.570 .583 15/.500 2/1 1/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.700 11/.864 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.425 281/221 .219/.327/.376/.703 .867/.660 .802 101/.727 1/3 8/0
IP 92.0 17.2 23.1 27.2 8.2 20.0 24.2 27.2 64.2 TOTAL .240/.297/.386/.683 .759/.656 .673 .643 43/24 76/56
ERA-K/9 2.74/6.3 7.13/6.1 0.77/9.7 5.86/10.4 1.04/10.3 3.60/5.0 5.84/7.3 1.95/8.4 3.76/6.7 3.87/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (35-9-5)
 Corporan (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 361/.197 83/.365 91/.181 129/.252 33/.129 94/.200 113/.263 107/.196 261/.258 .240  Barnes
 Maxwell
 Martinez
 Carter
8/38/13/4
0/21/4/2
37/0/9/2
27/0/2/0
OPS .560 1.019 .473 .876 .311 .618 .793 .563 .728 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.449 30/1.104 45/.333 52/.469 21/.396 46/.608 54/.675 56/.437 122/.722 .649
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.594 53/.971 46/.601 77/1.153 12/.167 48/.625 59/.903 51/.712 139/.733 .714
Home 239/.547 43/1.369 41/.454 72/.761 30/.343 42/.521 61/.869 59/.584 153/.780
Last 28d days 104/.571 3/.667 45/.590 45/.958 33/.311 22/.703 31/.752 39/.728 42/.864
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 4/1/2 1/1/1 6/5/4 0/1/0 1/9/0 4/3/1 1/3/0 8/2/4 66/48/19
Usage ····X··· ··o····· o··o··Xo ·o···X·X ··X····· ·o··o··· ·X······ ·····o·X ··o···X·
Cubs Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 46.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 15/.204 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.550 5/1.200 2/.000 231/161 .226/.291/.351/.642 .902/.531 .663 98/.644 2/1 4/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/40 .203/.266/.271/.537 .544/.532 .355 25/.440 4/1 1/1
53.Castillo G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 214/146 .269/.324/.355/.679 .527/.747 .780 68/.635 1/0 2/7
13.Castro G/S/vP 20/.982 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/.000 10/.311 6/.833 316/218 .232/.266/.325/.590 .478/.638 .671 103/.439 6/2 3/11
21.Hairston G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 12/.250 3/.333 1/.000 105/22 .161/.219/.376/.595 .636/.438 .814 43/.759 2/0 6/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 8/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 95/69 .259/.337/.482/.819 1.568/.560 .988 36/1.139 0/1 6/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 104/35 .239/.320/.554/.875 1.067/.493 .830 41/1.072 0/0 8/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 306/194 .246/.330/.452/.782 .787/.779 .812 100/.697 5/3 11/3
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 3/.666 5/.800 208/186 .288/.338/.545/.883 .462/.925 1.023 64/1.051 4/2 9/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 20/1.215 2/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.750 9/.833 279/183 .245/.276/.385/.661 .800/.589 .796 100/.616 8/3 7/5
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 93/61 .291/.337/.465/.802 .887/.758 .928 64/.702 0/0 2/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 202/182 .244/.363/.411/.774 .330/.818 .785 66/.750 1/2 6/4
IP 89.0 30.0 23.2 30.2 38.2 6.1 50.2 32.0 26.1 TOTAL .239/.298/.398/.696 .699/.694 .766 .678 39/15 76/53
ERA-K/9 3.64/6.2 5.10/6.6 4.18/8.0 2.35/8.2 4.42/7.0 2.84/7.1 4.97/5.7 3.94/10.1 4.10/7.2 4.60/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (30-12-4)
 Navarro (18-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.282 135/.309 101/.229 129/.261 163/.236 26/.240 232/.305 130/.204 118/.302 .279  Soriano
 Hairston
 Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Borbon
65/0/0/6
1/0/28/2
10/15/4/1
0/0/56/1
7/4/7/0
OPS .746 .835 .786 .680 .795 .629 .823 .665 .774 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.850 50/.976 46/.581 55/.707 68/.838 7/.714 72/.869 60/.687 60/.706 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.621 85/.754 55/.974 74/.661 95/.765 19/.596 160/.801 70/.646 58/.836 .779
Road 139/.809 63/.831 38/.392 38/.454 89/.735 11/.864 83/.685 45/.670 58/.764
Last 28d days 140/.689 36/.934 27/.899 46/.583 39/.892 24/.683 26/.359 50/.738 24/.564
HR/SB/CS 6/6/4 5/4/0 5/0/1 2/3/1 10/1/0 0/0/0 6/3/3 4/3/0 1/5/0 93/46/12
Usage ····X··· ·XX··oo· o····o·o ·X···o·X o··X··o· o·o·X··· ····o··· ·X···XoX oX····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.