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Game Preview: HOU @ LAD, 10:10pm, Thursday, August 16, 2007 @Dodger Stadium

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Houston Astros, 54-66, 4th, 8 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (28, LHP, 7-10, 4.34)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-10)           139   135  74  67  41 120 16    4.34      
 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         2-3  43.1  41  24  22  16  38  4    4.57   51 
 2007-08-11    MIL  ND   7     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   62 
 2007-08-06    CHC  ND   8     4   1   1   2   9  0     121   77 
 2007-08-01    ATL   L   4     6   8   8   5   4  1     104   17 
 2007-07-26    SDP   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  0     110   66 
 2007-07-21    PIT   L   5     7   6   4   1   6  0      93   38 
 2007-07-15    CHC   L   3.1   9   7   7   2   2  3      77   14 
 2007-07-06    NYM   W   9     4   0   0   1   8  0     105   86 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      2-0  13.2   9   3   3   6  11  2    1.98   63 
 2006-05-11    LAD   W   6.2   4   1   1   4   5  1     101   63 
 2006-04-26    LAD   W   7     5   2   2   2   6  1     122   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   22-39   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  35-48   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 15  @LAD  L   3-6       54-66  4th  8.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 14  @LAD  W   7-4       54-65  4th  8.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 13  @LAD  W   4-1       53-65  4th  9.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   MIL  W   6-4       52-65  4th  9.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   MIL  L   4-7       51-65  4th 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   MIL  L   4-5 (11)  51-64  4th  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  8   CHC  W   8-2       51-63  4th  8.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  7   CHC  W   5-2       50-63  4th  9.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  6   CHC  W   2-1 (10)  49-63  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @FLA  L   5-6       48-63  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Los Angeles Dodgers, 61-59, 4th, 6½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (34, RHP, 8-11, 3.61)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-11)           152   148  74  61  44 111 11    3.61      
 2006 (16-8)           218   221  97  88  55 123 14    3.63      
 2005 (12-15)          222   223 113  89  55 146 28    3.61      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  35.1  51  29  22   9  29  5    5.60   41 
 2007-08-11    STL   L   6     7   5   3   0   5  1      97   47 
 2007-08-04    ARI   L   5     4   6   4   1   4  1      76   42 
 2007-07-25    HOU  ND   4     4   1   1   0   3  1      60   53 
 2007-07-19    NYM   L   3    10   9   8   3   0  0      81    2 
 2007-07-14    SFG  ND   6     8   2   1   2   6  0      91   54 
 2007-07-07    FLA   L   6.1  10   5   4   3   6  2     114   38 
 2007-07-02    ATL  ND   5     8   1   1   0   5  0     104   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-2  33.1  30  12  10   6  13  4    2.70   56 
 2007-07-25    HOU  ND   4     4   1   1   0   3  1      60   53 
 2006-05-11    HOU   L   7     6   4   2   1   0  0      93   52 
 2006-04-24    HOU  ND   7     4   1   1   2   4  0     101   67 
 2005-08-26    HOU   L   8     7   2   2   2   5  1     109   63 
 2003-06-14    HOU   W   7.1   9   4   4   1   1  2     112   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-31   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  42-45   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  23-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 23-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 15   HOU  W   6-3       61-59  4th  6.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 14   HOU  L   4-7       60-59  4th  6.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 13   HOU  L   1-4       60-58  4th  6.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12  @STL  L   2-12      60-57  4th  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11  @STL  L   1-6       60-56  3rd  6.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10  @STL  W   2-1       60-55  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9  @CIN  W   5-4 (11)  59-55  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @CIN  L   0-1       58-55  4th  5.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @CIN  L   0-4       58-54  3rd  4.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5   ARI  L   0-3       58-53  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 LAD  6  HOU  3    W:Brad Penny (14-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-8), S: Takashi Saito (30)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 HOU  7 @LAD  4    W:Matt Albers (3-5), L: Brett Tomko (2-10), S: Brad Lidge (9)
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 HOU  4 @LAD  1    W:Roy Oswalt (13-6), L: Chad Billingsley (7-4), S: Chad Qualls (3)
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 HOU  2  LAD  1    W:Chad Qualls (6-3), L: D.J. Houlton (0-2), S: Brad Lidge (5)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 HOU  7  LAD  4    W:Jason Jennings (2-6), L: Rudy Seanez (6-2), S: Brad Lidge (4)
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 LAD 10 @HOU  2    W:Chad Billingsley (7-0), L: Chris Sampson (7-7), S: none

Thu, May 11, 2006 HOU  4 @LAD  2    W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-1), L: Derek Lowe (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)
Wed, May 10, 2006 LAD  9  HOU  6    W:Brett Tomko (4-1), L: Taylor Buchholz (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 09, 2006 LAD 12  HOU  7    W:Takashi Saito (3-2), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 26, 2006 HOU  8  LAD  5    W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-0), L: Odalis Perez (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - HOU leads 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 368-304

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

NYY  5.92

CHC  4.64

WSN  3.91

RA/G

SDP  3.84

NYY  4.68

TBD  6.04

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

K. Lofton  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

Y. Escobar  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .677

G. Sizemore  .465

N. Punto  .266

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

M. Reynolds  .825

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  1.93

R. Halladay  3.99

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Houston Astros Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
36.Hernandez
G/S/vB
57.Hull
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 18/.611 6/.167 2/.000 11/.899 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 330/241 .234/.313/.320/.633 .691/.611 .556 66/.521 5/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 17/.561 16/1.290 1/.000 6/2.433 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/1.666 492/369 .264/.374/.455/.829 .779/.846 .887 98/.832 5/3 21/7
7.Biggio G/S/vP 13/.693 10/.400 ··· 7/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/1.700 426/313 .248/.285/.396/.681 .854/.618 .525 70/.669 4/2 9/8
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 124/66 .260/.358/.288/.646 .616/.674 .607 66/.596 4/2 0/5
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 254/159 .232/.308/.366/.674 .793/.604 .617 65/.660 6/2 4/4
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 15/.733 2/.000 ··· 9/.777 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 286/235 .292/.372/.472/.844 1.041/.804 .775 59/.787 0/0 11/7
16.Lane G/S/vP 11/1.045 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.667 167/92 .184/.259/.381/.640 .587/.683 .794 87/.749 0/0 8/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 25/1.120 2/.000 1/5.000 17/1.122 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 529/392 .303/.357/.535/.892 .999/.855 .781 109/.965 8/5 24/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 21/.497 14/.297 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 8/.268 392/299 .287/.357/.370/.727 .750/.721 .749 92/.546 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP 19/1.146 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 109/82 .268/.339/.433/.772 .850/.746 .623 38/.652 0/0 4/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 12/.523 3/.666 ··· 15/.714 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 101/94 .230/.323/.264/.587 .750/.577 .695 17/.301 0/1 0/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 326/282 .260/.359/.509/.868 .923/.859 .984 60/1.240 2/1 14/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 471/333 .281/.338/.461/.799 .922/.751 .780 89/.855 2/4 17/8
IP 152.0 51.2 60.1 36.2 4.1 66.0 46.2 57.2 TOTAL .257/.327/.411/.738 .774/.725 .716 48/25 124/72
ERA-K/9 3.61/6.6 4.35/5.4 2.39/10.9 5.40/5.4 6.23/8.4 3.55/6.0 1.54/10.6 3.75/8.9 4.03/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (39-14-2)
 Munson (21-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.254 217/.251 248/.219 169/.288 19/.250 289/.242 176/.175 247/.263 .256  Scott
 Lee
 Palmeiro
 Lane
 Burke
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
1/3/78/8
117/0/0/8
11/0/16/2
3/31/18/2
1/26/14/2
0/1/26/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .670 .646 .567 .830 .646 .736 .493 .741 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.697 81/.491 126/.588 77/.790 5/.000 126/.763 93/.625 95/.691 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.642 136/.735 122/.543 92/.864 14/.917 163/.714 83/.346 152/.772 .722
Home 267/.700 125/.703 135/.470 90/.880 4/.750 143/.725 96/.420 121/.744 .706
Last 28d days 88/.779 50/.798 46/.579 44/.715 19/.646 62/.802 27/.504 59/.867
HR/SB/CS 11/14/10 1/0/3 0/4/3 4/2/1 0/2/0 9/6/4 4/2/0 9/7/1 95/72/34
Usage ····X··· ·XXX·oo· X·X···oo ··ooo··· ·o······ oo·X··XX X·o··Xo· ·X·Xo·o·
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.08 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
62.McLemore*
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
63.Randolph*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.500 1/3.000 1/3.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 373/292 .300/.364/.470/.834 .883/.820 .827 70/.859 0/3 9/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/2.167 6/.333 3/.000 9/.111 ··· 4/.500 12/1.235 2/.000 3/1.667 510/384 .275/.339/.367/.706 .832/.663 .796 112/.716 13/6 5/17
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 5/1.600 ··· 9/.611 10/.200 5/.400 ··· 434/340 .278/.355/.429/.784 .815/.774 .748 78/.547 6/0 11/1
28.Hillenbrand G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.333 3/2.334 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· 213/159 .249/.272/.327/.599 .636/.587 .727 9/.597 0/2 3/1
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/109 .321/.359/.506/.865 .897/.849 .929 57/.635 5/3 7/3
12.Kent G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/1.350 3/2.667 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/1.000 2/.000 428/335 .286/.362/.479/.841 1.041/.789 .851 72/.884 1/2 15/13
14.Lieberthal G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.500 4/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 62/51 .237/.274/.254/.528 .182/.606 .792 10/.200 0/0 0/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 207/152 .317/.367/.481/.848 1.006/.793 .604 93/.703 0/1 5/8
18.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.708 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 3/.000 119/71 .170/.229/.198/.427 .515/.369 .521 39/.460 1/0 0/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.667 5/.400 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 474/361 .291/.359/.464/.823 1.046/.755 .755 102/.626 18/4 14/10
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.750 5/.400 9/.347 8/.750 ··· 7/.666 4/.250 3/.666 4/.000 536/396 .288/.324/.341/.665 .598/.688 .712 106/.703 48/9 0/4
8.Saenz G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 111/64 .189/.306/.333/.639 .718/.583 .789 23/.279 0/0 3/0
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 112/103 .263/.369/.411/.780 .666/.792 .838 26/1.083 2/0 2/0
IP 139.0 67.2 52.2 50.2 16.2 34.0 40.2 62.1 8.0 TOTAL .271/.335/.396/.731 .774/.717 .742 99/32 88/93
ERA-K/9 4.34/7.8 5.99/5.6 5.47/8.0 3.20/11.9 4.32/11.3 5.29/9.3 5.31/6.0 3.32/9.1 11.25/14.6 4.75/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lieberthal (6-2-0)
 Martin (66-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 586/.253 313/.285 244/.294 216/.228 79/.319 162/.267 180/.304 259/.278 45/.353 .276  Ethier
 Gonzalez
 Pierre
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
30/0/90/8
106/0/0/2
0/120/0/1
0/5/53/1
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .730 .853 .855 .723 .908 .814 .814 .755 1.224 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.715 148/.840 109/.929 91/.745 26/1.250 86/.768 71/.948 107/.625 18/1.433 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 479/.734 165/.863 135/.796 125/.707 53/.738 76/.870 109/.729 152/.849 27/1.060 .787
Road 275/.938 210/.825 105/.924 91/.670 37/.697 75/.865 94/.710 115/.703 41/1.165 .828
Last 28d days 133/.663 108/.914 71/1.026 56/.932 45/.762 40/.725 34/.763 54/.611 16/.557
HR/SB/CS 16/10/7 13/7/0 7/1/0 7/3/0 3/0/0 3/3/0 6/3/0 8/6/5 3/1/0 154/65/20
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·X Xo···X·o ·o·oXo·· ·X·o···· Xo·o·o·o ·····X·o ··o·XX·· 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.

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