HOU @ COL, Friday, September 5, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 74-66, 4th, 11 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 10-5, 4.02) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-5) 127.2 140 60 57 30 72 16 4.02 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 5-1 42.2 46 16 15 5 25 3 3.16 53 2008-08-30 STL W 6 7 3 3 1 6 1 94 51 2008-08-25 @NYM L 5.1 6 4 4 2 4 1 91 42 2008-08-19 @MIL W 5.1 9 2 1 1 4 0 92 47 2008-08-14 SFG ND 5.1 8 4 4 0 1 1 86 37 2008-08-09 @CIN W 7 5 1 1 0 3 0 80 66 2008-08-04 @CHC W 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 63 63 2008-07-29 CIN W 8.2 7 2 2 1 3 0 100 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL 0-1 11.2 18 8 8 1 3 1 6.17 38 2006-04-28 COL ND 6 5 2 2 0 1 1 88 55 2002-08-06 @COL L 5.2 13 6 6 1 2 0 85 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-29 Road: 35-37 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 53-48 vsLHP: 21-18 1-Run: 19-20 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:35-31 vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Wed, Sep 3 @CHC W 4-0 74-66 4th 11.0 gb 139 Tue, Sep 2 @CHC W 9-7 (11) 73-66 4th 12.0 gb 138 Mon, Sep 1 @CHC W 3-0 72-66 4th 13.0 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 STL W 3-0 71-66 4th 14.0 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 STL W 8-5 70-66 4th 15.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 STL W 3-2 69-66 4th 16.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 CIN W 3-2 68-66 4th 16.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CIN W 4-1 67-66 4th 16.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CIN L 1-2 66-66 4th 16.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @NYM L 1-9 66-65 4th 15.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:21-9
Colorado Rockies, 66-75, 3rd, 6 GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (24, RHP, 9-12, 4.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-12) 167.2 162 86 78 87 137 10 4.19 2007 (4-4) 82 70 46 39 37 68 10 4.28 2006 (0-0) 7.2 5 4 3 3 3 1 3.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 38.2 40 22 21 22 35 2 4.89 48 2008-08-30 @SDP L 3.2 2 6 6 5 2 0 77 30 2008-08-24 CIN ND 6 4 3 2 4 6 1 91 56 2008-08-19 @LAD W 5 8 3 3 1 7 0 102 45 2008-08-12 ARI L 6 11 4 4 2 4 1 107 36 2008-08-07 WSN L 5 8 6 6 6 4 0 94 25 2008-08-01 @FLA W 7 2 0 0 3 10 0 111 80 2008-07-27 @CIN W 6 5 0 0 1 2 0 84 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 5.2 5 3 3 5 6 0 4.76 48 2008-04-20 @HOU ND 5.2 5 3 3 5 6 0 95 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-31 Road: 28-44 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 43-59 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 22-18 vsEast: 15-18 vsCntrl:20-16 vsWest: 24-33 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Wed, Sep 3 SFG L 2-9 66-75 3rd 6.0 gb 140 Tue, Sep 2 SFG W 6-5 (12) 66-74 3rd 5.0 gb 139 Mon, Sep 1 SFG W 4-0 65-74 3rd 6.0 gb 138 Sun, Aug 31 @SDP L 1-2 64-74 3rd 6.0 gb 137 Sat, Aug 30 @SDP L 4-9 64-73 3rd 6.0 gb 136 Fri, Aug 29 @SDP W 9-4 64-72 3rd 6.0 gb 135 Wed, Aug 27 @SFG L 1-4 63-72 3rd 6.0 gb 134 Tue, Aug 26 @SFG W 7-2 63-71 3rd 6.0 gb 133 Mon, Aug 25 @SFG W 4-2 62-71 3rd 7.0 gb 132 Sun, Aug 24 CIN W 4-3 (12) 61-71 3rd 8.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Apr 20, 2008 HOU 6 COL 4 W:Wesley Wright (2-0), L: Brian Fuentes (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2) Sat, Apr 19, 2008 COL 3 @HOU 2 W:Aaron Cook (2-1), L: Oscar Villarreal (0-3), S: Manuel Corpas (4) Fri, Apr 18, 2008 COL 11 @HOU 5 W:Franklin Morales (1-1), L: Chris Sampson (0-2), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 HOU 12 COL 0 W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-7), L: Rodrigo Lopez (4-2), S: none Sat, Jun 30, 2007 COL 5 @HOU 0 W:Jeff Francis (8-5), L: Jason Jennings (1-3), S: none Fri, Jun 29, 2007 HOU 9 COL 8 W:Dave Borkowski (2-3), L: Brian Fuentes (0-4), S: none Thu, Jun 28, 2007 HOU 8 COL 5 (11) W:Brian Moehler (1-2), L: Brian Fuentes (0-3), S: none Thu, Jun 07, 2007 COL 7 HOU 6 W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-1), L: Dan Wheeler (0-3), S: none Wed, Jun 06, 2007 COL 8 HOU 7 W:Taylor Buchholz (3-3), L: Woody Williams (2-8), S: Brian Fuentes (17) Tue, Jun 05, 2007 HOU 4 @COL 1 W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-5), L: Jason Hirsh (2-6), S: Dan Wheeler (10) Season Series: 2008 - COL leads 2-1; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; 2006 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 65-64

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 5.45

FLA 4.66

WSN 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

S. Schumaker .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Delgado .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

J. Lester 6.39

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Houston Astros Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 35.Buchholz
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 34.Herges
G/S/vB 48.Hirsh
G/S/vB 41.Register
G/S/vB 32.Rusch*
G/S/vB 23.Speier
G/S/vB 51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/14 .200/.242/.433/.676 .874/.381 .521 16/.679 0/1 2/

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 7/.453 2/.500 ··· 29/.731 ··· 11/.473 219/155 .220/.296/.293/.589 .783/.512 .599 30/.481 0/1 2/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 6/.750 ··· 10/1.414 3/1.000 ··· 41/.861 1/.000 8/.542 580/423 .332/.433/.602/1.035 .852/1.107 .993 105/1.031 16/3 27/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.000 1/.000 8/.453 1/.000 15/.374 3/.000 ··· 27/.370 1/3.000 7/.572 295/241 .235/.278/.426/.704 .565/.730 .701 88/.812 1/1 14/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 445/328 .226/.285/.300/.586 .544/.600 .539 61/.580 35/8 5/

13.Castillo G/S/vP 8/.125 8/.875 4/.000 7/1.314 3/.666 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 11/.182 4/1.750 2/1.500 428/300 .239/.285/.373/.658 .662/.657 .663 18/.000 2/2 6/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.800 3/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.929 ··· 4/1.500 297/236 .286/.319/.371/.690 .744/.677 .745 90/.698 2/2 3/

8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 17/1.295 2/.000 11/1.145 3/.000 ··· 23/.768 4/.250 3/1.000 261/165 .265/.337/.374/.711 .914/.601 .639 50/.545 0/0 4/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 380/273 .285/.348/.415/.763 .791/.752 .763 20/1.132 19/4 5/

31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/79 .263/.306/.425/.731 .833/.723 .689 49/.847 1/0 2/

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 558/415 .272/.314/.460/.773 .719/.792 .763 97/.842 8/9 20/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 144/112 .239/.266/.321/.587 .713/.552 .639 68/.731 0/0 2/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 6/.500 1/3.000 5/2.200 580/429 .283/.314/.417/.731 .787/.712 .708 109/.723 7/7 12/

46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/132 .143/.255/.264/.519 .767/.464 .417 / 0/0 4/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 13/.802 ··· 4/1.500 381/270 .295/.365/.558/.922 1.108/.848 .739 100/1.125 4/6 22/

IP 167.2 63.2 69.1 55.2 66.1 59.1 1.0 1.1 73.1 40.1 38.1 TOTAL .264/.323/.422/.745 .785/.731 .709 .785 97/43 154/58

ERA-K/9

4.19/7.4

1.84/7.8

4.02/5.7

2.59/11.3

2.98/8.7

5.01/6.4

0.00/0.0

20.25/13.8

5.03/5.4

5.13/5.8

4.93/9.9

4.75/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (17-5-4)
Quintero (14-9-1)
Towles (13-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 737/.256 250/.176 295/.280 226/.211 283/.230 268/.295 3/.000 7/.429 320/.282 180/.296 166/.253 .274 Pence
Bourn
Erstad
Abercrombie
Wigginton
Newhan 0/0/135/15
0/114/0/7
44/39/6/2
9/6/0/2
19/0/0/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .716 .523 .738 .553 .660 .798 .000 1.857 .774 .773 .796 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.769 106/.512 148/.652 47/.395 123/.748 126/.754 1/.000 4/2.000 93/.594 78/.826 79/1.123 .776

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.659 144/.531 147/.820 179/.596 160/.596 142/.838 2/.000 3/1.667 227/.851 102/.732 87/.491 .763

Home 376/.662 128/.532 166/.770 119/.647 145/.644 145/.849 3/.000 7/1.857 188/.779 85/.842 88/.817 .774

Last 28d days 96/.889 51/.652 56/.674 47/.441 55/.456 23/1.115 3/.000 6/2.167 83/.645 20/.825 47/.684

HR/SB/CS 10/18/3 5/6/2 6/2/0 1/3/1 2/4/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 9/1/0 3/6/2 8/1/0 128/77/27

Usage ·····X·· ··o·X·X· ··oX··o· ··Xo··o· ··X·X··· ·o······ ·o······ ·X······ ·Xo··X·· ·o···X·· ··o··o··

Colorado Rockies Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 20.Cassel
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 64.Nieve
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 3/.000 6/1.667 4/2.500 8/.393 1/5.000 587/455 .291/.334/.459/.793 1.118/.702 .940 98/.717 1/1 18/

10.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.333 ··· 304/203 .254/.310/.434/.744 .829/.702 .851 32/.341 4/0 9/

12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.500 6/.500 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 343/247 .289/.322/.453/.775 .856/.744 .959 93/.702 9/4 7/

15.Bellorin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

14.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/1 0/

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/3.000 5/1.467 1/.000 6/.500 3/.666 10/.311 1/.000 493/374 .292/.394/.513/.907 .867/.919 .932 95/1.060 2/2 22/

5.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.371 4/.500 6/.833 3/.000 6/1.267 ··· 558/426 .328/.418/.557/.975 .923/.990 1.066 108/.748 25/1 24/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 330/253 .277/.399/.509/.909 1.062/.861 .875 70/1.021 0/0 14/

47.Koshansky* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/22 .174/.208/.478/.687 3.000/.545 .889 1/.000 0/0 2/

16.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/19 .154/.214/.154/.368 .583/.269 .522 6/.000 0/0 0/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 173/156 .260/.331/.344/.676 .235/.727 .656 20/.585 12/4 1/

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 224/178 .248/.292/.361/.653 .529/.684 .808 23/.589 0/0 2/

25.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/82 .256/.344/.427/.771 .091/.864 .756 25/.760 1/0 3/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 231/156 .307/.411/.484/.896 .960/.863 .964 7/.286 7/2 6/

24.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/191 .299/.396/.522/.918 1.446/.792 .940 100/.961 1/0 9/

3.Taveras G/S/vP 8/.714 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.467 3/.000 1/.000 495/363 .257/.309/.304/.613 .639/.604 .598 94/.638 66/7 1/

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.750 6/.733 1/.000 334/254 .245/.318/.376/.694 .928/.625 .697 94/.732 1/4 6/

IP 127.2 13.2 61.2 49.2 19.0 58.0 52.0 3.2 107.2 64.0 49.0 TOTAL .266/.340/.418/.758 .813/.740 .827 .746 132/31 137/78

ERA-K/9

4.02/5.1

2.63/3.3

4.38/8.2

4.35/7.6

7.11/3.8

2.48/6.8

4.50/6.9

14.73/4.9

4.10/4.7

3.66/10.4

4.78/8.4

4.43/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (32-10-5)
Melhuse (2-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 551/.276 56/.235 260/.251 217/.234 85/.342 238/.195 211/.238 20/.526 437/.268 270/.224 214/.201 .267 Hawpe
Holliday
Taveras
Podsednik
Smith
Baker
Barmes
Spilborghs 0/0/115/8
124/0/0/7
0/112/0/6
9/36/1/1
8/3/12/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
16/15/20/0

OPS .763 .696 .717 .823 1.027 .567 .638 1.339 .690 .696 .726 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.852 19/.927 108/.894 88/.471 34/1.007 100/.644 94/.864 5/1.600 179/.727 127/.595 84/.559 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 293/.687 37/.570 152/.593 129/1.078 51/1.040 138/.511 117/.464 15/1.252 258/.664 143/.779 130/.841 .782

Road 248/.759 32/.388 132/.800 105/.831 63/.924 106/.500 91/.662 7/.571 236/.552 120/.749 112/.749 .780

Last 28d days 125/.763 / 42/.992 41/1.234 / 32/.669 29/.211 1/.000 59/.595 39/.182 37/.604

HR/SB/CS 16/9/0 1/1/0 8/3/1 10/4/1 5/0/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 1/0/0 6/2/2 10/7/0 8/5/0 180/44/21

Usage ·····X·· ········ ··X··ooo ··o··o·· ········ ········ ····oo·o ··o····· ··o·X·X· ··XoXo·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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Game Preview: HOU @ COL, 9:05pm, Friday, September 5, 2008 @Coors Field

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 10-5, 4.02)

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (24, RHP, 9-12, 4.19)

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