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

SP: Jason Jennings (28, RHP, 1-5, 4.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-5)             65    71  32  30  20  50  6    4.15      
 2006 (9-13)           212   206  94  89  85 142 17    3.78      
 2005 (6-9)            122   130  73  68  62  75 11    5.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  42    51  24  22  14  33  2    4.71   47 
 2007-07-13    CHC   L   5.1  10   4   3   1   7  0     102   40 
 2007-07-05    NYM   L   6     9   5   5   3   4  0     100   35 
 2007-06-30    COL   L   7     5   3   3   2   6  0     107   59 
 2007-06-25    MIL   L   7     5   3   3   4   5  1     111   56 
 2007-06-19    LAA   W   5.2  11   5   4   1   4  0      95   32 
 2007-06-14    OAK  ND   4     5   3   3   2   1  1      74   39 
 2007-06-09    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   6  0      97   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      2-3  29    32  16  15  14  17  3    4.66   46 
 2006-06-15    WSN   W   8     6   1   0   2   6  0     120   72 
 2005-07-20    WSN   W   5     4   2   2   0   3  0      70   54 
 2004-08-22    MON   L   5     8   4   4   6   4  0     102   33 
 2004-05-04    MON   L   5     8   6   6   1   2  2      81   28 
 2003-08-11    MON   L   6     6   3   3   5   2  1     109   45 
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: Jay Bergmann (25, RHP, 1-5, 4.32)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-5)             66.2  53  34  32  27  51  8    4.32      
 2006 (0-2)             64.2  81  49  48  27  54 12    6.68      
 2005 (2-0)             19.2  14   6   6  11  21  1    2.75      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  37.2  37  24  23  11  25  6    5.50   47 
 2007-07-13    FLA  ND   4.1   7   8   8   4   2  3      95   15 
 2007-07-05    CHC  ND   5.1   6   2   2   0   2  0      88   50 
 2007-06-30    PIT   L   4     8   6   6   2   1  0      73   21 
 2007-06-25    ATL   L   4     4   1   1   0   4  0      76   54 
 2007-05-14    ATL   W   8     2   1   1   1  10  1     110   83 
 2007-05-09    MIL  ND   6     2   1   1   2   2  1      79   64 
 2007-05-04    CHC   L   6     8   5   4   2   4  1      99   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 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  5.89

ATL  4.64

WSN  3.77

RA/G

SDP  3.47

DET  4.68

TBD  6.13

BA

M. Byrd  .361

J. Peralta  .289

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

J. Kent  .362

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

R. Braun  .672

K. Johjima  .457

D. Navarro  .253

OPS

R. Braun  1.062

O. Hudson  .820

D. Navarro  .494

ERA

C. Young  1.97

D. Wells  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

B. Arroyo  6.23

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 57.Bergmann
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 1/no AB 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 1/5.000 5/.900 5/.900 14/.748 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 390/294 .261/.387/.440/.827 .675/.877 .878 99/.986 5/3 15/6
7.Biggio G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 4/.500 5/.400 8/.625 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 355/266 .254/.295/.390/.685 .889/.616 .548 77/.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 1/.000 ··· 184/113 .228/.313/.358/.671 .855/.557 .606 57/.579 6/2 2/1
14.Ensberg G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.666 7/1.000 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 236/156 .225/.316/.373/.689 .804/.626 .844 43/.676 0/1 7/10
26.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 5/.200 2/2.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 223/184 .292/.374/.467/.841 1.075/.794 .714 77/.721 0/0 8/7
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 6/.333 416/315 .298/.356/.521/.877 .922/.862 .813 108/.927 6/5 18/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.833 3/1.167 3/1.667 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 296/233 .312/.388/.408/.796 .779/.799 .827 102/.718 1/1 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 67/50 .263/.358/.421/.779 .820/.765 .690 32/.773 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 6/.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/76 .257/.358/.300/.658 .750/.650 .756 18/.606 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 308/240 .334/.360/.578/.938 .913/.945 .842 112/.918 8/4 12/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/227 .225/.324/.445/.769 .874/.753 .944 64/.643 1/1 10/3
IP 66.2 9.0 44.0 23.1 48.2 53.2 13.2 26.0 TOTAL .259/.330/.409/.739 .775/.727 .726 39/25 90/60
ERA-K/9 4.32/6.9 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 4.73/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.216 37/.286 185/.248 99/.261 197/.228 220/.231 54/.176 118/.298 .268  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
91/0/0/7
0/1/62/5
0/69/1/4
0/25/10/2
9/0/12/2
0/1/17/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .678 .647 .711 .848 .631 .601 .516 .809 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.873 20/.530 87/.622 43/.603 85/.557 88/.574 19/.789 44/.580 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.512 17/.769 98/.794 56/1.029 112/.688 132/.618 35/.356 74/.948 .781
Home 121/.570 20/.783 100/.735 57/.741 108/.534 111/.526 27/.296 71/.681 .733
Last 28d days 80/.966 37/.647 43/.694 20/.311 48/.583 53/.704 54/.516 43/.862
HR/SB/CS 8/5/3 0/0/0 6/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 106/37/20
Usage ····X··· X·o····· ·o··X··· ··o·o··· ·X··o··· ·oo·X··· o·XX···· o··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 23.Jennings
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 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 8/.125 6/1.000 3/1.334 7/.310 51/29 .227/.294/.227/.521 .484/.550 .579 16/.467 0/0 0/0
10.Belliard G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 5/.200 4/.000 4/.833 3/.666 2/1.000 4/1.167 269/188 .311/.351/.438/.789 .854/.761 .814 79/1.052 1/0 5/4
19.Church* G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/.900 2/.000 1/3.000 341/249 .259/.343/.415/.758 .694/.780 .727 73/.629 3/1 7/2
13.Fick* G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 119/91 .215/.286/.243/.529 .334/.588 .305 25/.448 0/1 0/3
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/39 .231/.318/.321/.639 .793/.453 .551 24/.768 0/1 1/1
6.Jimenez# G/S/vP 11/1.436 ··· ··· 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 15/.673 ··· 1/.000 9/1.413 2/4.000 10/1.600 2/1.000 4/1.250 380/292 .249/.324/.362/.686 .808/.652 .617 83/.581 0/1 5/1
4.Langerhans* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 1/5.000 191/166 .161/.279/.292/.571 .575/.568 .463 42/.501 1/1 4/2
7.Logan# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 138/64 .224/.281/.312/.593 .693/.472 .612 49/.735 10/1 0/0
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· 2/.500 9/1.069 2/.000 8/.804 7/.143 5/.900 393/271 .238/.293/.339/.632 .746/.581 .618 84/.666 12/6 4/9
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 13/.581 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 11/1.122 5/.800 5/.600 298/211 .229/.306/.313/.619 .549/.643 .517 62/.565 0/0 4/2
21.Young# G/S/vP 12/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 6/2.433 ··· ··· 329/246 .341/.389/.523/.912 .943/.901 1.056 84/.907 0/0 9/9
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.267 3/.666 5/1.600 410/316 .259/.310/.438/.748 1.054/.657 .736 92/.751 3/0 15/13
IP 65.0 43.1 39.2 37.2 24.0 32.1 47.0 44.2 TOTAL .249/.314/.367/.681 .718/.667 .670 33/12 57/63
ERA-K/9 4.15/6.9 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 4.69/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (8-6-0)
 Schneider (29-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 280/.283 202/.283 173/.264 160/.201 118/.281 146/.316 205/.289 186/.250 .275  Kearns
 Church
 Langerhans
 Fick
 Logan
0/5/92/7
55/31/0/3
47/30/3/1
11/0/7/0
0/49/0/0
OPS .760 .834 .783 .649 .858 .826 .795 .756 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.739 95/.885 72/.866 63/.723 65/.842 54/1.027 77/.732 75/.733 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.771 107/.791 101/.726 97/.604 53/.879 92/.713 128/.834 111/.772 .787
Road 114/.743 136/.712 81/.968 73/.616 52/.924 78/.777 97/.779 93/.651 .827
Last 28d days 116/.741 43/.705 41/1.092 11/.091 23/.444 44/.706 47/.889 50/.853
HR/SB/CS 6/9/3 8/6/0 6/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/0 5/3/0 7/6/4 8/3/0 120/53/18
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· ··oX···· Xo··X··· ·o··o··· ········ ·oX·X··· o··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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