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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, July 15, 2007 @Wrigley Field

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Houston Astros, 39-52, 5th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (28, LHP, 6-7, 3.87)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-7)            104.2  98  50  45  26  90 12    3.87      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
 2005 (10-10)          128.2 135  82  79  53  80 19    5.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45    37  17  15  10  36  6    3.00   58 
 2007-07-06    NYM   W   9     4   0   0   1   8  0     105   86 
 2007-07-01    COL   W   7     3   0   0   2   4  0     117   73 
 2007-06-26    MIL   L   5     7   6   6   4   5  1      92   30 
 2007-06-20    LAA  ND   6.1   5   4   3   1   2  1      97   50 
 2007-06-15    SEA   W   7.2   6   1   1   0   7  1     102   70 
 2007-06-10    CHW   L   5     7   5   4   1   3  3      91   37 
 2007-06-05    COL   W   5     5   1   1   1   7  0      93   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      2-3  30.2  31  16  16  11  16  6    4.70   48 
 2006-06-06    CHC   W   7     5   0   0   3   1  0     107   65 
 2005-09-29    CHC   L   7     5   3   3   1   3  2      77   57 
 2005-09-23    CHC   L   4     8   5   5   2   4  0      89   28 
 2005-08-15    CHC   W   7     7   4   4   4   2  2     105   45 
 2005-05-23    CHC   L   5.2   6   4   4   1   6  2      77   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   15-30   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  28-38   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl:15-26   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 14  @CHC  L   3-9       39-52  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 13  @CHC  L   0-6       39-51  5th 10.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  8   NYM  W   8-3       39-50  5th 10.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  7   NYM  L   3-5 (17)  38-50  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  6   NYM  W   4-0       38-49  5th 11.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  5   NYM  L   2-6       37-49  5th 11.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  4   PHI  L   3-8       37-48  5th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3   PHI  W   5-4 (13)  37-47  4th 11.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  2   PHI  W   7-5       36-47  4th 12.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  1   COL  W  12-0       35-47  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Chicago Cubs, 46-43, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (28, RHP, 6-5, 3.67)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-5)            105.1  92  53  43  41  62 12    3.67      
 2006 (14-16)          194.1 221 136 130  75  96 35    6.02      
 2005 (13-14)          207   206 110  95  69 100 29    4.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  34.2  37  28  20  18  25  7    5.19   44 
 2007-07-06    PIT   L   4.2   8   6   6   3   3  2      89   24 
 2007-07-01    MIL   W   7     4   1   1   1   5  1      77   69 
 2007-06-25    COL  ND   5.2   7   3   3   2   5  0      97   46 
 2007-06-20    TEX   L   5     5   6   4   4   3  2     100   36 
 2007-06-14    SEA  ND   5.1   2   4   3   2   5  0      77   53 
 2007-06-09    ATL   L   1.2   4   6   2   3   1  1      50   29 
 2007-06-04    MIL  ND   5.1   7   2   1   3   3  1     112   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-2  26    27  14  13  13  12  2    4.50   47 
 2007-04-10    HOU   L   5     4   4   3   4   3  0      91   44 
 2006-09-23    HOU  ND   5.1   9   3   3   3   1  1     106   36 
 2006-09-13    HOU   L   1     5   4   4   2   2  0      52   27 
 2006-07-07    HOU   W   7.2   6   2   2   2   4  1     112   61 
 2006-05-29    HOU   W   7     3   1   1   2   2  0     106   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   24-22   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  38-29   vsLHP:   8-14   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:19-18   vsWest:  7-7  IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sat, Jul 14   HOU  W   9-3       46-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 13   HOU  W   6-0       45-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul  8  @PIT  L   2-6       44-43  2nd  4.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  7  @PIT  W   7-1       44-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  6  @PIT  L   4-8       43-42  2nd  5.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  5  @WSN  W   4-2       43-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  4  @WSN  L   0-6       42-41  2nd  5.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3  @WSN  W   3-1       42-40  2nd  5.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  2  @WSN  W   7-2       41-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1   MIL  W   5-1       40-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 CHC  9  HOU  3    W:Ted Lilly (9-4), L: Roy Oswalt (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 CHC  6  HOU  0    W:Carlos Zambrano (11-7), L: Jason Jennings (1-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 11, 2007 CHC  2  HOU  1    W:Carlos Zambrano (7-5), L: Woody Williams (2-9), S: Ryan Dempster (13)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 HOU  4 @CHC  2    W:Chris Sampson (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 HOU  5 @CHC  3    W:Chad Qualls (1-1), L: Bobby Howry (0-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)

Wed, Aug 16, 2006 CHC  1 @HOU  0    W:Ryan O'Malley (1-0), L: Andy Pettitte (11-13), S: Bobby Howry (4)
Tue, Aug 15, 2006 CHC  8 @HOU  6 (18)   W:Rich Hill (3-5), L: Dave Borkowski (1-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 CHC  3 @HOU  0    W:Carlos Zambrano (13-5), L: Roy Oswalt (9-8), S: Ryan Dempster (24)
Thu, Jul 20, 2006 CHC  4  HOU  1    W:Carlos Zambrano (10-3), L: Andy Pettitte (8-10), S: Ryan Dempster (16)
Wed, Jul 19, 2006 HOU  4 @CHC  2    W:Roger Clemens (2-3), L: Greg Maddux (7-11), S: Brad Lidge (22)
Season Series: 2007 - CHC leads 3-2; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; 2005 - CHC won 9-7; All-Time - HOU leads 331-282

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 2007 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

DET  5.89

ATL  4.65

WSN  3.80

RA/G

SDP  3.49

CLE  4.71

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .287

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .505

S. Spiezio  .364

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Braun  .686

L. Overbay  .454

D. Navarro  .248

OPS

R. Braun  1.085

J. Peralta  .822

D. Navarro  .480

ERA

C. Young  1.97

T. Glavine  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.66

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Houston Astros Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
36.Gallagher
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 28/.526 4/.250 ··· 10/.985 5/1.100 3/.000 6/.650 256/196 .249/.328/.338/.666 .699/.656 .571 63/.500 4/1 2/2
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 39/1.589 8/.375 ··· 4/.833 7/2.214 7/1.262 9/.476 376/283 .257/.383/.440/.823 .651/.879 .873 95/.974 4/3 15/6
7.Biggio G/S/vP 46/.699 5/1.600 ··· 4/.500 8/.821 1/.000 9/.000 348/263 .255/.298/.394/.692 .926/.615 .558 82/.726 3/2 5/7
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 54/31 .295/.404/.318/.722 .749/.700 .596 54/.722 1/2 0/1
2.Burke G/S/vP 27/.637 3/3.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 2/1.000 2/.500 174/103 .235/.320/.373/.693 .855/.581 .641 54/.656 6/1 2/1
14.Ensberg G/S/vP 37/1.229 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 4/.750 2/1.000 7/1.857 230/153 .221/.311/.372/.683 .782/.631 .841 47/.591 0/1 7/10
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 18/.417 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.500 10/.200 2/1.500 213/176 .289/.368/.455/.823 1.080/.773 .669 81/.820 0/0 7/7
45.Lee G/S/vP 21/1.182 5/1.100 ··· 5/.400 6/1.100 4/.250 8/.821 403/305 .296/.355/.510/.865 .914/.849 .786 110/.864 6/5 16/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/.444 14/.762 ··· 4/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 284/225 .316/.394/.416/.810 .831/.804 .858 105/.844 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 63/47 .255/.333/.418/.751 .780/.740 .622 38/.728 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.533 ··· 6/.583 1/.000 ··· 3/1.500 82/75 .261/.363/.304/.667 .750/.659 .772 23/1.080 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 294/229 .336/.361/.576/.937 .925/.940 .828 114/.964 7/4 11/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP 14/.676 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 253/220 .223/.320/.441/.761 .881/.741 .939 63/.694 1/1 10/3
IP 105.1 30.0 7.0 43.1 29.1 26.0 40.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.408/.737 .779/.724 .722 37/24 86/59
ERA-K/9 3.67/5.3 6.60/8.1 7.71/6.4 4.57/7.1 0.92/12.6 4.15/9.7 3.76/8.2 3.89/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (31-12-1)
 Munson (16-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.231 147/.350 33/.222 188/.285 116/.173 115/.252 175/.237 .240  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
88/0/0/7
0/1/60/5
0/66/1/4
0/25/9/2
9/0/12/2
0/1/16/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .671 .986 .920 .752 .483 .723 .713 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.666 49/1.024 16/.583 77/.685 40/.757 55/.618 54/.685 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.672 98/.964 17/1.304 111/.794 76/.344 60/.819 121/.723 .677
Home 238/.584 94/.953 11/1.205 96/.757 56/.414 62/.948 101/.808 .705
Last 28d days 101/.854 36/.808 18/1.059 53/.782 56/.406 30/.666 50/.925
HR/SB/CS 12/6/1 3/4/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 5/3/0 94/47/11
Usage ········ ········ ········ ·X····X· ·o·····X ········ X·······
Chicago Cubs Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/93 .212/.316/.345/.661 .712/.637 .507 40/.429 1/2 2/4
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.100 306/220 .296/.367/.452/.819 .795/.829 .838 83/.818 0/1 7/5
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 5/.600 9/.619 3/.000 3/1.167 184/166 .297/.370/.400/.770 .583/.789 .755 47/.712 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/84 .343/.363/.556/.919 .740/.981 1.053 81/.832 2/1 3/6
55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/55 .148/.217/.230/.447 .354/.472 .490 41/.445 0/0 1/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/1.334 ··· 7/.619 3/1.167 2/.000 205/158 .247/.299/.305/.604 .413/.663 .441 32/.540 3/0 0/7
11.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 5/.000 10/.956 15/1.038 5/.650 9/1.111 246/214 .233/.291/.332/.623 .508/.640 .603 35/.713 2/1 2/2
25.Lee G/S/vP 12/1.953 1/3.000 1/.000 10/.200 2/1.500 1/5.000 9/.985 14/.762 365/296 .329/.414/.481/.895 .899/.894 1.044 91/.764 3/4 6/3
29.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 116/57 .267/.313/.429/.742 .724/.761 .892 53/.572 3/1 3/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 6/1.167 11/.586 2/1.000 11/.964 9/.111 6/.334 298/233 .314/.359/.555/.914 1.165/.843 .977 68/.985 0/0 15/3
12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 6/.167 3/1.000 1/.000 7/1.547 5/1.000 7/.000 382/300 .312/.353/.539/.892 .895/.892 .734 99/.963 13/4 16/0
58.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 292/217 .280/.343/.356/.699 .683/.704 .760 65/.798 15/2 1/4
32.Ward* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.875 1/3.000 15/1.110 3/.333 7/1.143 69/63 .339/.449/.446/.895 .167/.966 .928 22/1.079 0/0 0/1
IP 104.2 41.1 39.0 35.2 23.1 32.1 44.2 43.2 TOTAL .270/.328/.412/.740 .689/.757 .754 51/18 75/51
ERA-K/9 3.87/7.7 6.10/5.0 4.38/8.1 2.27/11.6 6.56/10.0 5.57/6.1 4.03/8.9 5.56/10.7 4.69/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (27-4-2)
 Hill (6-2-1)
 Soto (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 432/.246 195/.293 172/.265 153/.211 116/.287 146/.316 195/.287 183/.253 .276  Soriano
 Jones
 DeRosa
 Theriot
 Pagan
 Floyd
 Ward
70/12/0/10
2/28/42/2
0/0/12/1
4/0/2/0
1/28/17/0
12/0/31/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .712 .859 .788 .671 .875 .826 .802 .762 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.760 93/.907 72/.866 59/.780 64/.856 54/1.027 74/.724 75/.733 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.701 102/.817 100/.733 94/.610 52/.899 92/.713 121/.851 108/.781 .782
Road 206/.885 129/.744 80/.982 66/.665 50/.967 78/.777 87/.792 90/.657 .831
Last 28d days 108/.548 36/.817 50/.983 4/.000 23/.625 44/.706 49/.961 51/.845
HR/SB/CS 12/8/6 8/6/0 6/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/0 5/3/0 7/5/4 8/3/0 114/52/18
Usage ········ ·X·····X X······o ·X······ ·o·····o ·······X ·X····oX o·····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.

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