HOU @ BAL, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 33-38, 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 3-3, 4.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 45.1 50 25 24 13 26 8 4.76 2007 (1-4) 59.2 67 29 27 17 36 8 4.07 2006 (7-11) 122 164 95 89 38 58 19 6.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 37.2 39 19 18 10 23 7 4.30 49 2008-06-12 MIL L 4.2 7 7 7 3 1 3 86 20 2008-06-06 STL W 7 2 0 0 2 5 0 93 76 2008-05-31 @MIL L 5 6 3 3 1 6 1 79 48 2008-05-24 PHI W 6 4 3 2 1 3 1 73 56 2008-05-19 CHC L 5 7 3 3 2 1 1 95 40 2008-05-14 @SFG ND 5 8 3 3 0 2 1 80 41 2008-05-09 @LAD W 5 5 0 0 1 5 0 81 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 30.2 33 12 11 10 20 2 3.23 52 2000-08-31 @BAL ND 6.2 5 1 1 2 8 0 100 66 2000-08-08 BAL W 9 8 1 1 1 7 0 105 73 1999-08-08 @BAL ND 7 9 2 2 1 3 1 101 53 1997-09-22 @BAL ND 5 6 4 4 4 1 1 88 36 1997-07-06 BAL ND 3 5 4 3 2 1 0 66 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 16-22 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 25-27 vsLHP: 8-11 1-Run: 9-12 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:14-18 vsWest: 11-8 IL: 1-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 71 Tue, Jun 17 @BAL L 5-6 33-38 5th 12.0 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 NYY L 0-13 33-37 5th 12.0 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 NYY L 4-8 33-36 4th 11.0 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 NYY L 1-2 33-35 4th 10.0 gb 67 Thu, Jun 12 MIL L 6-9 33-34 4th 10.0 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 MIL L 6-10 33-33 4th 9.0 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 MIL W 6-1 33-32 4th 8.0 gb 64 Sun, Jun 8 STL L 4-5 32-32 4th 8.0 gb 63 Sat, Jun 7 STL L 4-8 32-31 4th 7.0 gb 62 Fri, Jun 6 STL W 6-1 32-30 4th 7.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30:10-20
Baltimore Orioles, 35-34, 4th, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 3-7, 3.71) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-7) 94.2 91 43 39 29 60 12 3.71 2007 (7-5) 175.1 165 78 72 47 123 23 3.70 2006 (0-0) 19.1 24 15 15 15 14 2 6.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 44.2 44 16 15 13 28 4 3.02 54 2008-06-12 @BOS L 4.2 7 5 5 5 1 1 107 26 2008-06-07 @TOR W 7 6 1 1 0 6 0 91 67 2008-06-02 BOS ND 6.1 8 2 2 1 5 1 120 53 2008-05-28 NYY L 7 6 3 3 0 4 1 104 57 2008-05-23 @TBR L 6.2 4 1 1 3 5 0 114 64 2008-05-18 WSN L 7 5 1 1 3 0 1 99 60 2008-05-13 BOS W 6 8 3 2 1 7 0 115 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-12 Road: 15-22 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 28-23 vsLHP: 7-11 1-Run: 16-10 vsEast: 15-19 vsCntrl: 7-5 vsWest: 8-8 IL: 5-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 70 Tue, Jun 17 HOU W 6-5 35-34 4th 7.5 gb 69 Sun, Jun 15 PIT L 4-5 (10) 34-34 4th 8.0 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 PIT W 8-7 34-33 4th 7.0 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 PIT W 9-6 33-33 5th 7.0 gb 66 Thu, Jun 12 @BOS L 2-9 32-33 5th 8.0 gb 65 Wed, Jun 11 @BOS L 3-6 32-32 3rd 7.0 gb 64 Tue, Jun 10 @BOS W 10-6 32-31 3rd 6.0 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @TOR L 4-5 31-31 5th 7.0 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 @TOR W 9-5 31-30 3rd 6.0 gb 61 Fri, Jun 6 @TOR W 6-5 30-30 4th 6.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 17, 2008 BAL 6 HOU 5 W:Jim Johnson (2-2), L: Doug Brocail (2-2), S: George Sherrill (23) Wed, Jun 15, 2005 BAL 5 HOU 1 W:Rodrigo Lopez (6-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-3), S: none Tue, Jun 14, 2005 BAL 6 HOU 1 W:Bruce Chen (6-4), L: Andy Pettitte (3-7), S: none Mon, Jun 13, 2005 BAL 8 HOU 5 W:Hayden Penn (1-0), L: Brandon Backe (6-4), S: B.J. Ryan (17) Thu, Jun 05, 2003 HOU 11 BAL 1 W:Roy Oswalt (4-4), L: Omar Daal (4-6), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2003 HOU 6 BAL 4 W:Wade Miller (4-6), L: Pat Hentgen (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (16) Tue, Jun 03, 2003 HOU 11 BAL 6 W:Octavio Dotel (4-1), L: Buddy Groom (1-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - BAL leads 4-3

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 2008 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

TEX 5.57

CLE 4.54

WSN 3.71

RA/G

OAK 3.61

BAL 4.60

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .400

V. Martinez .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .493

J. Votto .349

C. Patterson .229

SLG

L. Berkman .697

C. Guzman .444

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.139

B. Abreu .799

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

R. Wolf 4.16

B. Bonser 6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Houston Astros Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .333/.429/.500/.929 1.000/.900 7/.929 0/1 0/

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/83 .229/.261/.314/.576 .747/.511 .528 52/.611 0/1 1/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 296/225 .358/.443/.697/1.139 1.064/1.165 1.069 97/.927 11/2 19/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/2.500 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/108 .227/.256/.353/.609 .378/.640 .436 29/.703 1/0 4/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 270/201 .242/.295/.319/.613 .508/.649 .521 89/.760 27/6 3/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 9/.111 100/92 .316/.350/.484/.834 1.000/.819 .861 33/.894 1/2 2/

45.Lee G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/5.000 11/.909 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 287/223 .277/.321/.515/.836 .764/.857 .796 93/.864 4/1 15/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.583 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 130/96 .267/.338/.379/.718 1.093/.596 .638 24/1.083 0/0 2/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/168 .277/.345/.345/.690 .795/.650 .724 96/.571 15/3 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 278/211 .275/.317/.442/.758 .710/.774 .690 96/.677 5/5 8/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/13 .267/.267/.333/.600 1.000/.538 1.000 11/.364 0/0 0/

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/1.550 298/228 .296/.332/.471/.804 .789/.808 .694 98/.610 5/3 9/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.467 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 153/108 .276/.359/.440/.800 1.088/.686 .729 76/1.003 4/2 4/

IP 94.2 45.2 22.0 19.1 39.1 29.1 32.0 19.1 TOTAL .263/.321/.417/.739 .794/.722 .674 .725 73/26 73/42

ERA-K/9

3.71/5.7

2.96/4.7

2.45/4.1

2.33/7.9

1.14/5.0

3.38/10.1

3.38/8.7

5.12/7.9

4.38/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (11-3-3)
Quintero (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 403/.247 190/.230 94/.279 80/.197 149/.160 127/.216 132/.177 89/.329 .257 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Abercrombie
Erstad 0/64/0/5
0/0/67/5
68/0/0/4
2/2/0/1
18/7/4/1

OPS .703 .624 .698 .628 .425 .661 .583 .957 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.711 95/.473 31/.831 36/.600 66/.438 60/.644 41/.554 55/1.184 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.695 95/.773 63/.634 44/.652 83/.414 67/.669 91/.597 34/.548 .741

Home 190/.755 110/.535 46/.822 19/.743 76/.356 55/.751 75/.572 48/.502 .756

Last 28d days 133/.688 73/.820 26/.629 56/.668 59/.501 49/.536 46/.616 34/.920

HR/SB/CS 12/8/3 4/3/1 2/0/1 1/3/0 0/1/2 2/5/1 3/2/0 5/1/0 76/67/19

Usage ·····X·· X··o···· ···o·o·o ··o···X· X·X·X··o ·····XoX o·XXo··o ··o··X·o

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 56.Villarreal
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 100/84 .207/.255/.261/.516 .250/.570 .344 69/.481 2/3 0/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/18 .313/.333/.344/.677 .438/.908 .867 29/.549 0/1 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.334 ··· 212/169 .236/.280/.364/.644 .747/.617 .683 84/.715 0/0 4/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 292/204 .261/.332/.466/.798 .709/.838 .853 112/.897 2/0 11/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/205 .256/.294/.382/.676 .703/.668 .731 101/.638 5/2 4/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 302/212 .287/.384/.483/.867 .999/.809 .850 111/.936 8/4 12/

15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 290/214 .243/.334/.410/.745 .817/.720 .777 106/.832 0/1 11/

6.Mora G/S/vP 7/2.333 4/2.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 272/204 .243/.304/.425/.729 1.026/.636 .758 87/.737 2/5 10/

16.Payton G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 8/.500 ··· 142/92 .258/.300/.379/.679 .831/.588 .596 50/.817 3/0 4/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/52 .213/.284/.344/.628 1.145/.457 .670 22/.608 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 304/218 .286/.365/.466/.831 .867/.816 .888 113/.901 19/5 5/

69.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/4 .231/.286/.538/.824 .422/1.750 .722 14/.824 0/0 1/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/185 .281/.366/.518/.883 .634/.940 1.062 85/1.005 2/1 11/

IP 45.1 36.0 21.0 25.1 59.0 33.2 33.1 24.2 TOTAL .257/.325/.418/.743 .802/.722 .781 .794 45/22 76/43

ERA-K/9

4.76/5.2

3.00/7.8

1.71/4.3

2.49/8.2

5.64/4.3

3.74/11.2

4.86/5.1

5.11/8.4

4.60/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (51-13-4)
Quiroz (16-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.275 141/.214 92/.203 108/.207 256/.304 151/.254 144/.266 111/.232 .272 Markakis
Scott
Payton
Jones 0/0/68/8
47/0/0/2
45/4/2/2
0/68/0/1

OPS .779 .585 .723 .611 .803 .787 .911 .789 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.979 56/.816 40/.589 43/.824 101/.785 70/.648 59/.879 44/.598 .831

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.664 85/.438 52/.836 65/.468 155/.813 81/.892 85/.932 67/.924 .787

Road 76/.837 69/.530 44/.750 48/.529 145/.633 67/.917 70/.981 51/.765 .793

Last 28d days 96/.718 41/.425 47/.795 31/.823 52/.654 46/.870 45/.559 40/.881

HR/SB/CS 8/7/0 3/1/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/4/0 11/0/1 4/1/0 102/24/8

Usage ·····X·· X···o··o o·Xo·XX· o··X·Xo· ···o··X· X···XX·· ··X··oo· ··oXo·oo

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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Game Preview: HOU @ BAL, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 3-3, 4.76)

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 3-7, 3.71)

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