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Houston Astros, 40-54, 5th, 13½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Chris Sampson (29, RHP, 7-6, 4.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-6)            101.2 108  50  48  26  44 15    4.25      
 2006 (2-1)             34    25  10   8   5  15  3    2.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  46.2  50  27  27  10  17 10    5.21   46 
 2007-07-04    PHI   L   6.1   8   4   4   1   4  2     105   44 
 2007-06-29    COL  ND   5.2   8   7   7   4   4  3     104   25 
 2007-06-24    TEX  ND   7     5   3   3   0   4  1      96   59 
 2007-06-18    LAA  ND   6    14   6   6   2   1  0     102   19 
 2007-06-13    OAK  ND   7     3   2   2   0   2  2      85   65 
 2007-06-08    CHW   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   2  1      97   54 
 2007-06-02    STL   W   8     6   3   3   1   0  1      90   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN    Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   16-32   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  29-39   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:15-27   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Tue, Jul 17  @WSN  W   4-2       40-54  5th 13.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 16  @WSN  L   3-4       39-54  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Washington Nationals, 38-55, 5th, 14 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Redding (29, RHP, 1-2, 4.00)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             11    10   5   5   3   2  0    4.09      
 2005 (0-6)             30.2  44  41  36  17  19  7   10.57      
 2004 (5-7)            100.2 125  73  64  43  56 15    5.72      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  26.1  38  31  30  15  10  4   10.25   34 
 2007-07-08    MIL   W   6     5   2   2   1   1  0      88   54 
 2007-07-03    CHC   L   5     5   3   3   2   1  0      78   44 
 2005-07-15    BOS   L   1     4   6   6   4   2  0      41   19 
 2005-05-08    STL   L   0.2   5   8   8   3   0  0      33    7 
 2005-05-03    COL  ND   7     4   1   1   1   5  1      95   69 
 2005-04-27    SFG   L   3.1   6   6   5   3   0  1      67   23 
 2005-04-22    ARI   L   3.1   9   5   5   1   1  2      78   22 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-28   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  24-41   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:11-17   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 17   HOU  L   2-4       38-55  5th 14.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16   HOU  W   4-3       38-54  5th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 HOU  4 @WSN  2    W:Chris Sampson (7-6), L: Tim Redding (1-2), S: Brad Lidge (1)
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 WSN  4  HOU  3    W:Saul Rivera (4-2), L: Woody Williams (4-11), S: Chad Cordero (16)

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
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - Tied 4-4; 2005 - HOU won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 227-178

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

LAD  4.65

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.43

DET  4.73

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johjima  .287

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

S. Stewart  .362

D. Navarro  .236

SLG

R. Braun  .688

R. Klesko  .456

D. Navarro  .252

OPS

R. Braun  1.086

M. Cuddyer  .818

D. Navarro  .488

ERA

C. Young  1.97

J. Francis  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 (4.45 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Redding
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 3/.000 6/1.400 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 264/200 .249/.326/.335/.661 .686/.652 .566 67/.484 4/1 2/3
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 5/.900 14/.748 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 385/289 .264/.390/.446/.836 .675/.888 .895 99/1.008 5/3 15/6
7.Biggio G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 4/.500 5/.400 8/.625 1/2.000 ··· ··· 354/266 .254/.295/.390/.685 .893/.616 .550 82/.726 3/2 5/7
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/32 .292/.393/.313/.706 .740/.676 .582 54/.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 6/2 2/1
14.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 7/1.000 4/.500 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 235/155 .227/.318/.374/.692 .804/.630 .852 42/.692 0/1 7/10
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 219/180 .295/.372/.472/.844 1.075/.796 .715 78/.748 0/0 8/7
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 6/.333 412/311 .295/.354/.513/.867 .922/.849 .794 109/.903 6/5 18/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 3/1.167 3/1.667 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 292/229 .315/.390/.412/.802 .779/.807 .841 103/.763 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 63/47 .255/.333/.418/.751 .780/.740 .622 33/.736 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 9/.393 5/.400 1/2.000 6/.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/76 .257/.358/.300/.658 .750/.650 .756 23/.976 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/235 .333/.360/.570/.930 .913/.935 .820 113/.952 8/4 12/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/224 .222/.320/.440/.760 .874/.742 .930 64/.621 1/1 10/3
IP 18.0 9.0 44.0 23.1 48.2 53.2 13.2 26.0 TOTAL .259/.330/.409/.739 .775/.726 .724 39/24 88/60
ERA-K/9 4.00/2.0 4.00/4.0 2.86/7.0 5.01/3.5 4.07/7.4 3.52/6.4 1.32/6.6 4.50/7.3 4.74/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.250 33/.296 185/.248 99/.261 197/.228 220/.231 50/.191 116/.298 .268  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
90/0/0/7
0/1/61/5
0/68/1/4
0/25/9/2
9/0/12/2
0/1/17/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .618 .609 .711 .848 .631 .601 .559 .807 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.408 18/.449 87/.622 43/.603 85/.557 88/.574 18/.834 43/.561 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/.912 15/.785 98/.794 56/1.029 112/.688 132/.618 32/.391 73/.954 .780
Home 45/.618 16/.732 100/.735 57/.741 108/.534 111/.526 23/.348 69/.675 .731
Last 28d days 45/.618 33/.609 43/.694 25/.457 48/.583 53/.704 50/.559 51/.842
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 0/0/0 6/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 104/37/19
Usage ········ ··o····· ·o··X··· ··o·o··· ·X··o··· ·oo·X··· ··XX···· ···o····
Washington Nationals Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Sampson
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 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 8/.125 6/1.000 3/1.334 7/.310 51/29 .227/.294/.227/.521 .484/.550 .579 17/.437 0/0 0/0
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 4/.000 4/.833 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.000 265/184 .306/.345/.423/.768 .854/.732 .770 76/.975 1/0 5/4
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/.900 2/.000 1/3.000 337/245 .259/.344/.414/.758 .694/.781 .726 73/.587 3/1 7/2
13.Fick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 118/90 .217/.288/.245/.533 .334/.595 .311 24/.467 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 ··· ··· ··· 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 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 2/4.000 10/1.600 2/1.000 4/1.250 376/288 .251/.324/.365/.689 .808/.657 .624 83/.581 0/1 5/1
4.Langerhans* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 1/5.000 191/166 .161/.279/.292/.571 .575/.568 .463 46/.500 1/1 4/2
7.Logan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/60 .231/.290/.322/.612 .693/.505 .648 46/.788 10/1 0/0
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 8/1.214 2/.000 8/.804 7/.143 5/.900 389/267 .241/.296/.343/.639 .746/.590 .631 84/.666 12/6 4/9
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 11/1.122 5/.800 5/.600 295/208 .231/.306/.315/.621 .549/.647 .520 63/.570 0/0 4/2
21.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 6/2.433 ··· ··· 325/242 .339/.388/.520/.908 .943/.895 1.050 84/.919 0/0 9/9
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.267 3/.666 4/2.083 406/312 .259/.310/.432/.742 1.054/.650 .725 91/.703 3/0 15/13
IP 108.1 43.1 39.2 37.2 24.0 32.1 47.0 44.2 TOTAL .250/.315/.366/.681 .718/.666 .669 33/12 55/63
ERA-K/9 4.15/3.9 5.82/5.2 4.31/7.9 2.15/11.9 6.38/9.8 5.57/6.1 3.83/8.8 5.44/10.5 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 429/.277 202/.283 173/.264 156/.206 118/.281 146/.316 205/.289 183/.253 .276  Kearns
 Church
 Langerhans
 Fick
 Logan
0/5/91/7
54/31/0/3
47/30/3/1
11/0/7/0
0/48/0/0
OPS .783 .834 .783 .657 .858 .826 .795 .762 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.806 95/.885 72/.866 60/.765 65/.842 54/1.027 77/.732 75/.733 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.762 107/.791 101/.726 96/.597 53/.879 92/.713 128/.834 108/.781 .786
Road 228/.775 136/.712 81/.968 69/.634 52/.924 78/.777 97/.779 90/.657 .829
Last 28d days 83/.927 43/.705 41/1.092 7/.000 23/.444 44/.706 47/.889 51/.845
HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 8/6/0 6/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/0 5/3/0 7/6/4 8/3/0 118/53/18
Usage ········ ··X·X··· ··oX···· ·o··X··· ·o··o··· ········ ·oX·X··· ···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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