HOU @ COL, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 75-67, 4th, 11 GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 8-6, 3.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-6) 124.1 124 62 52 42 115 14 3.76 2007 (9-13) 182.2 179 102 93 62 158 22 4.58 2006 (9-10) 135.2 154 96 85 63 98 17 5.64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 39 22 21 16 36 5 5.15 47 2008-08-31 STL W 5.2 7 0 0 0 4 0 93 59 2008-08-26 CIN ND 7 3 1 1 1 10 0 108 76 2008-08-20 @MIL L 5.1 3 3 2 5 6 0 102 53 2008-08-15 ARI L 2.1 3 4 4 6 4 0 77 33 2008-08-10 @CIN W 6.2 5 2 2 1 7 2 107 62 2008-08-05 @CHC ND 5 9 6 6 2 1 0 81 24 2008-07-30 CIN L 4.2 9 6 6 1 4 3 87 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL 3-1 28.1 28 10 9 11 20 1 2.86 53 2008-04-19 COL ND 4 5 2 1 3 5 0 79 48 2007-07-01 COL W 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 117 73 2007-06-05 @COL W 5 5 1 1 1 7 0 93 59 2006-05-06 @COL L 6 7 5 5 2 1 1 81 37 2005-06-27 @COL W 6.1 8 2 2 3 3 0 114 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-29 Road: 36-38 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 53-49 vsLHP: 22-18 1-Run: 19-20 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:35-31 vsWest: 18-14 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sat, Sep 6 @COL W 2-0 75-67 4th 11.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 @COL L 3-5 74-67 4th 11.0 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 Last 10: 9-1 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:21-9
Colorado Rockies, 67-76, 3rd, 5½ GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Jorge de la Rosa (27, LHP, 8-7, 5.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 106.2 109 68 62 50 107 11 5.23 2007 (8-12) 130 160 88 84 53 82 20 5.82 2006 (5-6) 79 81 59 57 54 67 14 6.49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 40.1 32 17 15 20 36 2 3.35 55 2008-09-01 SFG W 7 4 0 0 1 6 0 91 74 2008-08-26 @SFG W 6 5 2 1 3 3 0 110 56 2008-08-21 @LAD L 6 4 2 1 2 3 0 83 59 2008-08-15 @WSN W 6 6 3 3 3 7 0 104 52 2008-08-05 WSN ND 7 6 2 2 2 6 0 91 61 2008-07-31 @FLA L 1.2 5 7 7 4 3 1 61 16 2008-07-26 @CIN W 6.2 2 1 1 5 8 1 100 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-32 Road: 28-44 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 44-60 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 22-18 vsEast: 15-18 vsCntrl:21-17 vsWest: 24-33 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sat, Sep 6 HOU L 0-2 67-76 3rd 5.5 gb 142 Fri, Sep 5 HOU W 5-3 67-75 3rd 5.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 HOU 2 @COL 0 W:Roy Oswalt (14-9), L: Jeff Francis (4-9), S: none Fri, Sep 05, 2008 COL 5 HOU 3 W:Ubaldo Jimenez (10-12), L: Brian Moehler (10-6), S: Brian Fuentes (27) 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 Season Series: 2008 - COL leads 3-2; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; 2006 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 66-65

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 5.49

LAA 4.64

SDP 3.83

RA/G

TOR 3.85

NYY 4.56

TEX 5.96

R. Furcal .366

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

J. Thome .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .646

A. Ramirez .484

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

P. Fielder .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

H. Kuroda 3.96

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.42

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Houston Astros Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.de la Rosa*
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 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/15 .265/.297/.529/.827 .985/.574 .826 20/.961 0/1 2/

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 7/.453 2/.500 ··· 29/.731 ··· 11/.473 223/156 .216/.295/.289/.584 .744/.517 .588 34/.457 0/1 2/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 6/.750 1/.000 10/1.414 3/1.000 ··· 41/.861 1/.000 8/.542 588/428 .327/.429/.594/1.023 .845/1.092 .969 103/.978 16/3 27/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/.453 1/.000 15/.374 3/.000 ··· 27/.370 1/3.000 7/.572 299/245 .236/.278/.424/.702 .565/.726 .695 92/.797 1/1 14/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 449/332 .224/.285/.298/.583 .544/.597 .534 56/.583 36/8 5/

13.Castillo G/S/vP 5/2.600 8/.875 4/.000 7/1.314 4/.500 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 11/.182 4/1.750 2/1.500 432/301 .240/.287/.373/.660 .673/.654 .666 18/.170 2/2 6/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.800 3/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.929 ··· 5/1.200 305/240 .285/.317/.368/.685 .696/.682 .733 95/.682 2/2 3/

8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 18/1.212 2/.000 11/1.145 3/.000 ··· 23/.768 4/.250 4/1.250 267/166 .271/.341/.381/.722 .920/.609 .663 52/.632 0/0 4/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 380/273 .285/.348/.415/.763 .791/.752 .763 10/.556 19/4 5/

31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/80 .259/.302/.420/.722 .833/.713 .671 48/.865 1/0 2/

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 566/420 .272/.313/.464/.777 .739/.790 .770 95/.877 8/9 21/

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 148/115 .234/.266/.314/.580 .689/.549 .622 63/.662 0/0 2/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 6/.500 1/3.000 6/1.834 589/435 .283/.314/.415/.729 .785/.710 .704 108/.668 7/7 12/

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

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 13/.802 ··· 4/1.500 386/274 .294/.363/.552/.915 1.097/.842 .730 99/1.118 4/6 22/

IP 106.2 64.2 70.1 56.2 68.0 59.1 1.0 1.1 73.1 40.1 39.1 TOTAL .264/.323/.421/.743 .782/.730 .707 .757 98/43 155/58

ERA-K/9

5.23/9.0

1.81/7.8

3.97/5.6

2.54/11.3

2.91/8.5

5.01/6.4

0.00/0.0

20.25/13.8

5.03/5.4

5.13/5.8

4.81/9.8

4.72/6.4

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 473/.268 253/.174 299/.279 229/.208 290/.233 268/.295 3/.000 7/.429 320/.282 180/.296 169/.255 .273 Pence
Bourn
Erstad
Abercrombie
Wigginton
Newhan 0/0/137/15
0/115/0/7
46/39/6/2
9/7/0/2
20/0/0/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .775 .516 .734 .545 .666 .798 .000 1.857 .774 .773 .793 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.833 108/.502 150/.643 48/.386 124/.741 126/.754 1/.000 4/2.000 93/.594 78/.826 80/1.108 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.755 145/.527 149/.822 181/.589 166/.613 142/.838 2/.000 3/1.667 227/.851 102/.732 89/.503 .763

Home 240/.753 131/.519 170/.763 122/.630 152/.657 145/.849 3/.000 7/1.857 188/.779 85/.842 91/.812 .770

Last 28d days 104/.559 49/.501 56/.674 47/.441 62/.508 23/1.115 3/.000 6/2.167 58/.610 20/.825 45/.599

HR/SB/CS 11/10/4 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 8/1/0 129/78/27

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

Colorado Rockies Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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 17/.924 ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 3/.000 6/1.667 4/2.500 8/.393 1/5.000 595/463 .289/.331/.455/.786 1.118/.695 .922 98/.633 1/1 18/

10.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.333 ··· 304/203 .254/.310/.434/.744 .829/.702 .851 30/.328 4/0 9/

12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 350/254 .287/.321/.457/.778 .856/.749 .958 92/.738 9/4 8/

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 16/.521 ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/3.000 5/1.467 1/.000 6/.500 3/.666 10/.311 1/.000 501/382 .292/.393/.509/.903 .867/.914 .924 95/1.037 2/2 22/

5.Holliday G/S/vP 11/1.264 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 7/1.371 4/.500 6/.833 3/.000 6/1.267 ··· 566/434 .326/.415/.551/.966 .923/.979 1.048 108/.701 25/1 24/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.350 3/.000 ··· 337/260 .273/.400/.502/.902 1.062/.854 .863 73/.953 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 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 3/.333 1/.000 174/157 .258/.329/.342/.671 .235/.722 .648 21/.556 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/83 .253/.340/.422/.762 .091/.853 .727 25/.760 1/0 3/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 232/157 .306/.409/.482/.891 .960/.857 .954 8/.250 7/2 6/

24.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/198 .295/.393/.512/.905 1.446/.780 .911 99/.867 1/0 9/

3.Taveras G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.467 3/.000 1/.000 503/371 .256/.309/.302/.611 .639/.601 .593 94/.669 66/7 1/

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 6/.733 1/.000 341/261 .243/.318/.372/.689 .928/.620 .687 93/.725 1/4 6/

IP 124.1 13.2 62.2 49.2 19.0 58.0 52.0 5.0 108.2 64.0 49.0 TOTAL .264/.339/.415/.754 .813/.736 .817 .720 132/31 138/80

ERA-K/9

3.76/8.3

2.63/3.3

4.31/8.5

4.35/7.6

7.11/3.8

2.48/6.8

4.50/6.9

10.80/7.2

4.06/4.6

3.66/10.4

4.78/8.4

4.41/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (33-10-5)
Melhuse (2-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.258 56/.235 264/.251 217/.234 85/.342 238/.195 211/.238 25/.435 440/.266 270/.224 214/.201 .265 Hawpe
Holliday
Taveras
Podsednik
Smith
Baker
Barmes
Spilborghs 0/0/117/9
126/0/0/7
0/114/0/6
9/36/1/1
8/3/12/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
16/15/20/0

OPS .735 .696 .713 .823 1.027 .567 .638 1.132 .685 .696 .726 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.812 19/.927 110/.876 88/.471 34/1.007 100/.644 94/.864 5/1.600 180/.723 126/.600 84/.559 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 417/.712 37/.570 154/.599 129/1.078 51/1.040 138/.511 117/.464 20/1.011 260/.659 144/.773 130/.841 .777

Road 243/.802 32/.388 136/.791 105/.831 63/.924 106/.500 91/.662 12/.432 239/.545 120/.749 112/.749 .772

Last 28d days 111/.635 / 46/.945 40/1.267 / 29/.696 29/.211 6/.167 52/.545 36/.197 34/.664

HR/SB/CS 14/3/3 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 8/5/0 181/44/21

Usage ······X· ········ ·o··X··o ····o··o ········ ········ ······oo ·X··o··· ·o··o·X· ····XoXo ····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, 3:05pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Coors Field

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 8-6, 3.76)

SP: Jorge de la Rosa (27, LHP, 8-7, 5.23)

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