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Houston Astros, 39-53, 5th, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Woody Williams (40, RHP, 4-10, 5.34)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-10)           113   129  71  67  34  58 21    5.34      
 2006 (12-5)           145.1 152  68  59  35  72 21    3.65      
 2005 (9-12)           159.2 174  92  86  51 106 24    4.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  44.1  46  26  25  11  22  9    5.08   47 
 2007-07-07    NYM  ND   7.2   5   3   3   1   6  2     112   62 
 2007-07-02    PHI   W   7     6   3   3   1   1  2      93   53 
 2007-06-27    MIL  ND   6     6   3   2   1   4  0      99   53 
 2007-06-22    TEX   L   4     7   5   5   4   2  2     103   26 
 2007-06-16    SEA   W   6.2   8   4   4   0   4  1      96   46 
 2007-06-11    CHC   L   7     4   2   2   2   5  1      89   64 
 2007-06-06    COL   L   6    10   6   6   2   0  1     118   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      2-2  31    29  13  12  14  19  2    3.48   52 
 2006-07-07    WSN   W   5.1   6   2   2   2   3  0      91   49 
 2005-08-05    WSN  ND   4.2   4   5   4   6   3  0      94   35 
 2003-07-31    MON   L   6     7   3   3   2   5  1     110   49 
 1999-08-07    MON   L   6     7   3   3   3   5  1     105   48 
 1998-06-25    MON   W   9     5   0   0   1   3  0     112   79 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   15-31   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  28-39   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl:15-27   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Sun, Jul 15  @CHC  L   6-7       39-53  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Washington Nationals, 37-54, 5th, 14 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Bacsik (29, LHP, 2-6, 5.20)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-6)             55.1  69  36  32  14  18 12    5.20      
 2004 (1-1)             15.2  16   8   8   1   6  2    4.60      
 2003 (1-2)             17.2  28  21  20   8  12  5   10.19      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  35.2  51  29  27  11  12  9    6.81   37 
 2007-07-06    MIL   L   5     8   6   6   0   1  3      90   28 
 2007-07-01    PIT   W   6     5   2   1   1   2  0      79   57 
 2007-06-26    ATL   L   6     8   5   5   1   1  3      96   36 
 2007-06-20    DET  ND   5     6   3   3   0   2  1      67   45 
 2007-06-15    TOR   L   4.1   9   3   3   3   4  1      94   34 
 2007-06-10    MIN   L   5     9   4   3   1   0  0      94   34 
 2007-06-05    PIT   L   4.1   6   6   6   5   2  1      82   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-27   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  23-40   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @FLA  L   3-5       37-54  5th 14.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @FLA  L   2-5       37-53  5th 13.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @FLA  W  14-10      37-52  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   MIL  W   7-2       36-52  5th 12.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   MIL  W   5-4       35-52  5th 13.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   MIL  L   2-6       34-52  5th 13.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   CHC  L   2-4       34-51  5th 13.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4   CHC  W   6-0       34-50  5th 12.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   CHC  L   1-3       33-50  5th 13.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2   CHC  L   2-7       33-49  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 25, 2006 WSN  8  HOU  5    W:Tony Armas (5-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-6), S: Chad Cordero (7)
Wed, May 24, 2006 WSN  5  HOU  1    W:Gary Majewski (2-2), L: Dan Wheeler (0-3), S: none
Tue, May 23, 2006 WSN  4  HOU  1    W:Ramon Ortiz (2-4), L: Fernando Nieve (1-3), S: Chad Cordero (6)
Mon, May 22, 2006 HOU 10 @WSN  3    W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-2), L: Zach Day (2-5), S: none
Mon, Apr 10, 2006 HOU  5  WSN  4 (12)   W:Chad Qualls (1-1), L: Mike Stanton (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 09, 2006 HOU  7  WSN  3    W:Andy Pettitte (1-1), L: Ryan Drese (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 08, 2006 WSN 12 @HOU  8    W:Livan Hernandez (1-1), L: Chad Qualls (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 07, 2006 HOU  6  WSN  1    W:Brandon Backe (1-0), L: Tony Armas (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 HOU  6  WSN  3    W:Andy Pettitte (10-8), L: Ryan Drese (7-12), S: none
Wed, Aug 10, 2005 HOU  7  WSN  6    W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-5), L: Livan Hernandez (13-5), S: Brad Lidge (28)
Season Series: 2007 -  0-0; 2006 - Tied 4-4; 2005 - HOU won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 226-177

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  5.94

ATL  4.65

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.46

CLE  4.69

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

M. Ramirez  .288

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Morneau  .364

D. Navarro  .236

SLG

R. Braun  .680

K. Matsui  .457

D. Navarro  .252

OPS

R. Braun  1.081

J. Peralta  .819

D. Navarro  .488

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  2.82

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Houston Astros Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Bacsik*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
32.Cordero
G/S/vB
34.King*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
45.Schroder
G/S/vB
40.Traber*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 6/1.400 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 260/198 .253/.331/.341/.672 .709/.659 .585 63/.516 4/1 2/3
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.750 5/.900 14/.748 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 381/288 .261/.388/.445/.833 .651/.892 .893 100/1.010 5/3 15/6
7.Biggio G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 3/.666 5/.400 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 349/264 .255/.297/.393/.690 .926/.613 .554 83/.718 3/2 5/7
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 55/32 .289/.396/.311/.707 .749/.676 .572 51/.669 1/2 0/1
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 179/108 .229/.316/.363/.679 .855/.564 .619 54/.574 6/1 2/1
14.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 7/1.000 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 231/154 .221/.314/.372/.686 .782/.635 .847 43/.618 0/1 7/10
26.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 3/2.167 ··· ··· ··· 218/179 .297/.373/.474/.847 1.075/.801 .722 82/.802 0/0 8/7
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.333 408/310 .292/.350/.503/.853 .914/.834 .765 110/.864 6/5 16/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 288/228 .315/.392/.413/.805 .815/.803 .847 104/.823 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 63/47 .255/.333/.418/.751 .780/.740 .622 38/.728 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 6/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/75 .261/.363/.304/.667 .750/.659 .772 22/1.029 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 299/234 .334/.361/.575/.936 .925/.939 .831 114/.953 8/4 11/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/223 .223/.322/.442/.764 .874/.745 .938 68/.709 1/1 10/3
IP 55.1 8.2 43.0 23.1 47.2 52.1 12.1 25.2 TOTAL .259/.330/.409/.739 .780/.726 .726 39/24 87/60
ERA-K/9 5.20/2.9 3.12/4.1 2.93/6.7 5.01/3.5 3.97/7.4 3.61/6.5 1.46/7.3 4.56/7.4 4.77/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (32-12-1)
 Munson (16-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.297 33/.296 182/.253 99/.261 192/.223 216/.231 50/.191 116/.298 .268  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
89/0/0/7
0/1/61/5
0/67/1/4
0/25/9/2
9/0/12/2
0/1/16/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .860 .609 .723 .848 .610 .603 .559 .807 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.840 18/.449 86/.629 43/.603 83/.571 87/.580 18/.834 43/.561 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.864 15/.785 96/.813 56/1.029 109/.639 129/.617 32/.391 73/.954 .780
Home 116/.864 16/.732 97/.760 57/.741 103/.489 107/.527 23/.348 69/.675 .733
Last 28d days 97/.883 33/.609 40/.747 25/.457 46/.444 55/.638 50/.559 51/.842
HR/SB/CS 12/0/2 0/0/0 6/1/1 5/1/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 103/37/19
Usage ········ o······X ··X····o o·o····X ··o····· o·X····· XX······ ·o······
Washington Nationals Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Williams
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
77.Batista G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 8/.125 6/1.000 2/1.000 7/.310 50/28 .209/.280/.209/.489 .484/.494 .526 17/.306 0/0 0/0
10.Belliard G/S/vP 20/1.817 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 4/.833 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.000 261/180 .307/.346/.426/.772 .854/.737 .780 73/.988 1/0 4/4
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/.900 2/.000 1/3.000 334/242 .262/.347/.418/.765 .694/.791 .740 74/.652 3/1 7/2
13.Fick* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 117/89 .219/.291/.248/.539 .334/.603 .316 24/.553 0/1 0/3
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/39 .231/.318/.321/.639 .793/.453 .551 25/.737 0/1 1/1
6.Jimenez# G/S/vP 24/1.633 ··· ··· 9/.347 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 31/19 .040/.172/.040/.212 .444/.059 .327 13/.154 0/0 0/0
25.Kearns G/S/vP 13/1.038 ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 2/4.000 10/1.600 2/1.000 4/1.250 373/285 .251/.324/.366/.690 .808/.656 .624 85/.582 0/1 5/1
4.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 1/5.000 191/166 .161/.279/.292/.571 .575/.568 .463 47/.558 1/1 4/2
7.Logan# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/56 .239/.299/.333/.632 .693/.543 .690 45/.807 10/1 0/0
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 18/.352 ··· 2/.500 8/1.214 1/.000 8/.804 7/.143 5/.900 386/265 .243/.298/.346/.644 .753/.594 .641 86/.742 12/6 4/8
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 11/1.122 5/.800 5/.600 292/206 .233/.309/.319/.628 .557/.653 .531 64/.570 0/0 4/2
21.Young# G/S/vP 11/.773 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 6/2.433 ··· ··· 322/239 .336/.385/.508/.893 .943/.875 1.023 86/.872 0/0 8/9
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.267 3/.666 4/2.083 402/308 .256/.308/.431/.739 1.054/.645 .719 92/.672 3/0 14/13
IP 113.0 43.1 39.2 35.2 23.1 32.1 46.2 43.2 TOTAL .250/.315/.367/.682 .719/.667 .672 33/12 54/62
ERA-K/9 5.34/4.6 5.82/5.2 4.31/7.9 2.27/11.6 6.56/10.0 5.57/6.1 3.86/8.9 5.56/10.7 4.72/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (8-6-0)
 Schneider (29-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 499/.287 202/.283 173/.264 153/.211 116/.287 146/.316 203/.287 183/.253 .277  Kearns
 Church
 Langerhans
 Fick
 Logan
0/5/90/5
53/31/0/3
46/30/3/1
11/0/7/0
0/47/0/0
OPS .847 .834 .783 .671 .875 .826 .793 .762 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.832 95/.885 72/.866 59/.780 64/.856 54/1.027 77/.732 75/.733 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.859 107/.791 101/.726 94/.610 52/.899 92/.713 126/.832 108/.781 .789
Road 289/.824 136/.712 81/.968 66/.665 50/.967 78/.777 95/.774 90/.657 .834
Last 28d days 104/.819 43/.705 48/1.031 4/.000 22/.654 44/.706 52/.920 51/.845
HR/SB/CS 21/7/4 8/6/0 6/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/0 5/3/0 7/6/4 8/3/0 117/53/18
Usage ········ X·X····· oX······ ··X····· ··o····· ········ X·X····o ·o·····X

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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