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Game Preview: PHI @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Philadelphia Phillies, 27-22, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Adam Eaton (30, RHP, 0-2, 5.59)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             48.1  52  30  30  23  27  5    5.59      
 2007 (10-10)          161.2 192 117 113  71  97 30    6.29      
 2006 (7-4)             65    78  38  37  24  43 11    5.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  34.2  41  24  24  17  20  4    6.23   42 
 2008-05-17    TOR   L   5     8   4   4   2   3  1      90   36 
 2008-05-11   @SFG  ND   5     5   2   2   5   4  0      86   48 
 2008-05-06   @ARI   L   4     5   6   6   3   1  1      83   26 
 2008-05-01    SDP  ND   6     5   2   2   2   2  1     102   54 
 2008-04-25   @PIT  ND   3.2   5   3   3   2   3  1      60   40 
 2008-04-20    NYM  ND   5     6   4   4   1   4  0      93   42 
 2008-04-15    HOU  ND   6     7   3   3   2   3  0      95   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-1  31    31  16  16  13  27  5    4.65   51 
 2008-04-15    HOU  ND   6     7   3   3   2   3  0      95   47 
 2007-07-03   @HOU  ND   6     4   3   3   4   7  0     103   55 
 2007-04-23    HOU   W   6     7   4   4   3   7  2     102   46 
 2003-09-05    HOU   L   6     7   5   5   2   6  2     109   42 
 2003-08-29   @HOU   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  1     102   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-11   Road:   14-11   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl:10-6    vsWest:  9-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Thu, May 22  @HOU  W   7-5       27-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 21  @WSN  W  12-2       26-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20  @WSN  W   1-0       25-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 19  @WSN  L   0-4       24-22  3rd  1.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18   TOR  L   5-6       24-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 17   TOR  L   3-6       24-20  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 16   TOR  W  10-3       24-19  1st    Tied
 42 Thu, May 15   ATL  W   5-0       23-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 14   ATL  L   6-8       22-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13   ATL  W   5-4       22-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Houston Astros, 27-22, 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 3-5, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             55    58  30  28  29  42 10    4.58      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  39    42  26  24  18  30  8    5.54   45 
 2008-05-18   @TEX   W   6.1   5   3   3   0   5  2      91   56 
 2008-05-13   @SFG   L   6     7   4   3   1   3  1      86   46 
 2008-05-08    WSN   L   6     6   4   4   3   9  1      98   50 
 2008-05-03    MIL   W   5.2   5   2   2   5   3  1      92   49 
 2008-04-27   @STL   L   5     5   4   4   5   4  1      83   40 
 2008-04-22    SDP  ND   7     4   3   3   2   4  1      93   59 
 2008-04-17   @PHI   L   3    10   6   5   2   2  1      61   17 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      0-1   7    13   9   8   5   6  2   10.29   31 
 2008-04-17   @PHI   L   3    10   6   5   2   2  1      61   17 
 2005-09-07   @PHI  ND   4     3   3   3   3   4  1      71   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-8    Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Thu, May 22   PHI  L   5-7       27-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   CHC  W   5-3       27-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   CHC  W   4-2       26-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 19   CHC  L   2-7       25-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @TEX  W   5-4       25-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @TEX  L   2-6       24-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @TEX  L   8-16      24-19  2nd  2.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @SFG  W   8-7       24-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @SFG  W   6-3       23-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @SFG  L   2-4       22-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 22, 2008 PHI  7 @HOU  5        W:Chad Durbin (1-1), L: Wesley Wright (3-2), S: Brad Lidge (12)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 PHI 10  HOU  2        W:Brett Myers (2-1), L: Brandon Backe (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 HOU  2 @PHI  1        W:Roy Oswalt (1-3), L: Kyle Kendrick (1-2), S: Doug Brocail (1)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 PHI  4  HOU  3        W:Rudy Seanez (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (2-1), S: none

Wed, Jul 04, 2007 PHI  8 @HOU  3        W:Cole Hamels (10-4), L: Chris Sampson (6-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 HOU  5  PHI  4 (13)   W:Matt Albers (2-4), L: Jose Mesa (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 HOU  7  PHI  5        W:Woody Williams (4-10), L: Jamie Moyer (7-6), S: Trever Miller (1)
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 PHI 11  HOU  4        W:Adam Eaton (2-1), L: Chris Sampson (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 PHI  8  HOU  5        W:Cole Hamels (1-0), L: Woody Williams (0-2), S: Tom Gordon (2)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 HOU  9 @PHI  6        W:Roy Oswalt (2-0), L: Brett Myers (0-2), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Season Series: 2008 - PHI leads 3-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - PHI won 4-2; All-Time - PHI leads 276-260

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

CHC  5.68

LAA  4.51

SDP  3.39

RA/G

CLE  3.64

KCR  4.49

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .412

C. Delgado  .218

C. Pena  .206

OBP

C. Jones  .482

C. Delgado  .301

K. Greene  .269

SLG

L. Berkman  .770

G. Matthews  .347

O. Cabrera  .289

OPS

L. Berkman  1.236

C. Delgado  .665

O. Cabrera  .563

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

D. McGowan  4.21

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

B. Tomko  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
64.Nieve
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 126/85 .237/.304/.333/.637 .695/.609 .703 64/.742 3/1 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.429 14/1.471 1/5.000 197/130 .276/.416/.564/.980 1.058/.941 1.027 102/.750 0/0 11/
27.Coste G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 7/.572 ··· 86/59 .338/.407/.545/.952 .799/1.018 .839 54/.830 0/0 3/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 5/.200 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 67/64 .339/.373/.484/.857 .667/.867 .690 33/.720 1/1 2/
7.Feliz G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.750 6/.833 ··· 3/.666 15/1.215 6/1.417 2/.000 173/111 .252/.295/.436/.730 .909/.632 .760 91/.796 0/0 7/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/.667 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 8/1.333 2/.000 208/122 .207/.308/.469/.777 .750/.793 .747 107/.903 0/0 13/
10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 9/1.111 4/.500 3/.333 2/.500 3/.000 4/.750 5/1.800 1/.000 136/122 .286/.324/.381/.704 .286/.755 .721 60/.838 1/1 2/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/1.000 6/1.467 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 20/.745 ··· 104/68 .320/.365/.526/.891 1.025/.822 .765 63/.915 6/0 3/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 121/91 .239/.308/.303/.611 .617/.607 .603 55/.772 0/0 1/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 53/22 .170/.235/.213/.448 .237/.770 .362 21/.206 1/0 0/
26.Utley* G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/4.333 3/2.334 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.100 10/1.400 1/.000 218/125 .312/.390/.624/1.014 .991/1.032 .943 112/.759 4/0 14/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 8/.750 ··· 149/98 .263/.324/.376/.700 .763/.667 .702 95/.771 7/2 2/
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 148/87 .260/.338/.519/.857 1.068/.705 .940 79/.770 7/1 9/
IP 55.0 20.0 26.1 11.1 3.0 25.0 23.1 16.2 TOTAL .261/.335/.447/.781 .818/.763 .764 .765 30/6 70/36
ERA-K/9 4.58/6.9 4.50/6.3 3.08/7.9 0.00/4.0 6.00/6.0 3.60/11.2 5.79/5.8 4.86/7.5 4.41/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (14-8-1)
 Ruiz (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 246/.270 89/.333 103/.242 48/.205 15/.429 109/.237 104/.305 75/.222 .276  Jenkins
 Burrell
 Werth
 Bruntlett
 Victorino
 Taguchi
 Dobbs
0/0/33/3
47/0/0/3
3/24/12/2
1/0/2/0
0/29/4/0
19/1/6/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .836 .923 .626 .648 .967 .736 1.039 .766 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.972 33/.544 42/.929 21/.602 4/1.500 51/.627 45/.930 29/.733 .867
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.730 56/1.137 61/.407 27/.685 11/.764 58/.819 59/1.124 46/.788 .764
Home 101/.742 39/.981 51/.643 20/.600 9/1.181 57/.489 47/.993 34/.772 .810
Last 28d days 125/.828 46/.992 54/.492 37/.706 15/.967 53/.412 45/1.067 48/.787
HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/2/1 0/0/0 4/3/0 10/0/1 2/1/0 68/14/6
Usage ····X··· ···X··Xo ·oo·X·o· o··o·o·o o··X·X·· ·oo·X··o X·····X· o··X··X·
Houston Astros Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Eaton
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
45.Gordon
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 12/.258 2/1.000 ··· 10/.875 ··· 3/no AB 6/.666 4/.250 66/47 .210/.219/.306/.525 .722/.446 .450 44/.686 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 21/1.214 1/.000 4/1.250 5/.600 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 7/1.429 208/161 .388/.466/.770/1.236 1.159/1.260 1.393 114/1.346 9/1 16/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 11/.546 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/.600 3/2.000 8/1.500 101/87 .229/.257/.354/.612 .305/.653 .829 35/.596 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 191/146 .214/.275/.301/.576 .532/.589 .649 107/.520 21/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 19/.879 2/1.500 2/.500 8/.500 6/.750 6/.000 11/1.080 3/.666 52/31 .122/.308/.146/.454 .521/.410 .652 24/.491 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 17/.485 15/.600 1/.000 ··· 15/.582 3/.333 69/64 .299/.319/.463/.782 1.000/.764 .513 34/.915 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.614 1/5.000 20/.689 6/.833 5/1.400 12/1.250 8/1.167 5/.900 202/160 .274/.317/.505/.822 .645/.869 .755 112/.831 2/0 10/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 12/.969 1/no AB 2/1.000 12/1.136 4/1.000 8/1.089 2/.500 9/.365 106/77 .239/.330/.293/.624 1.063/.474 .701 35/.596 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 146/107 .282/.379/.379/.758 .814/.738 .725 116/.774 11/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 190/144 .289/.342/.451/.793 .811/.787 .915 103/.862 5/3 5/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 12/1.017 3/1.334 21/.762 18/.347 1/2.000 5/.400 11/.878 7/.286 209/164 .337/.368/.510/.879 .866/.882 .965 113/.803 3/3 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/99 .150/.267/.310/.577 1.086/.497 .733 55/.263 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.833 81/57 .247/.309/.370/.679 .893/.590 .830 58/.669 3/0 1/
IP 48.1 19.2 30.1 20.0 21.0 23.2 18.2 18.2 TOTAL .264/.325/.422/.748 .803/.732 .816 .759 55/13 51/28
ERA-K/9 5.59/5.0 5.03/4.1 2.08/4.8 4.05/8.1 0.43/10.3 4.18/5.7 1.45/7.7 2.89/3.9 3.97/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (5-1-2)
 Towles (9-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.287 87/.316 122/.210 89/.238 85/.137 96/.239 85/.250 78/.227 .265  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
0/45/0/5
47/0/0/4
0/0/46/2
9/4/3/0
10/5/3/0
OPS .815 .835 .594 .677 .402 .670 .746 .595 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.785 39/.839 58/.685 39/.579 46/.488 50/.611 29/.212 38/.471 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.852 48/.831 64/.511 50/.759 39/.302 46/.731 56/1.051 40/.718 .772
Road 114/.849 58/.865 47/.582 51/.433 43/.315 41/.558 32/.739 40/.554 .790
Last 28d days 109/.944 53/.798 62/.670 48/.655 42/.382 54/.688 42/.929 51/.734
HR/SB/CS 5/2/3 2/2/0 1/1/2 1/1/0 0/3/0 3/2/1 2/5/0 0/3/1 46/34/17
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·X· o···X·X· o·X··X·· o·X·o··· o··X·X·· o···oo·· ····Xo··

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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