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Game Preview: PHI @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 25, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Philadelphia Phillies, 27-24, 3rd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Cole Hamels (24, LHP, 5-3, 2.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             72.1  53  23  21  21  65  5    2.61      
 2007 (15-5)           183.1 163  72  69  43 177 25    3.39      
 2006 (9-8)            132.1 117  66  60  48 145 19    4.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  50.1  42  20  19  14  50  4    3.40   60 
 2008-05-20   @WSN  ND   7     4   0   0   2  11  0     110   78 
 2008-05-15    ATL   W   9     4   0   0   2   6  0     120   83 
 2008-05-09   @SFG   W   7     6   4   4   3   7  0     100   53 
 2008-05-04    SFG  ND   6     7   4   4   0   5  1      99   47 
 2008-04-29    SDP   W   7.1   5   2   2   2   6  1      97   64 
 2008-04-23   @MIL   L   7     8   5   5   2  11  2     121   50 
 2008-04-18    NYM   L   7     8   5   4   3   4  0     102   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-0  28.2  23  10  10   4  30  4    3.14   63 
 2007-07-04   @HOU   W   7     8   1   1   0   8  1     115   65 
 2007-04-14    HOU   W   6     9   5   5   0   3  1     110   37 
 2006-09-16   @HOU   W   7.2   3   2   2   4  11  0     116   72 
 2006-09-04    HOU  ND   8     3   2   2   0   8  2      99   76 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-11   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl:10-8    vsWest:  9-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, May 24  @HOU  L   3-4       27-24  3rd  2.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23  @HOU  L   3-4       27-23  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 29-22, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 3-3, 5.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             45.2  62  32  30  10  22  3    5.91      
 2007 (7-8)            121.2 138  64  62  30  51 20    4.59      
 2006 (2-1)             34    25  10   8   5  15  3    2.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  35    50  27  25   9  20  3    6.43   40 
 2008-05-20    CHC   W   6.2   7   2   2   1   4  1      83   55 
 2008-05-15   @SFG  ND   6    10   7   5   0   3  0      92   31 
 2008-05-10   @LAD   W   7     3   0   0   1   3  0     103   73 
 2008-05-04    MIL  ND   3.1   9   5   5   2   3  1      88   23 
 2008-04-28   @ARI   L   4.1   7   5   5   2   0  0      73   27 
 2008-04-23   @CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   6  1      86   58 
 2008-04-18    COL   L   0.2   6   6   6   2   1  0      34   15 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      0-2  14    25  11  11   2  11  3    7.07   37 
 2007-07-04    PHI   L   6.1   8   4   4   1   4  2     105   44 
 2007-04-23   @PHI   L   4    14   7   7   1   4  1      79    9 
 2006-09-25   @PHI  ND   3.2   3   0   0   0   3  0      45   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-8    Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  22-17   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, May 24   PHI  W   4-3       29-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23   PHI  W   4-3       28-22  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 24, 2008 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Brian Moehler (2-1), L: Brett Myers (2-6), S: Doug Brocail (2)
Fri, May 23, 2008 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Brandon Backe (4-5), L: Adam Eaton (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (15)
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - PHI won 4-2; All-Time - PHI leads 276-262

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  5.78

MIN  4.51

SDP  3.33

RA/G

OAK  3.62

KCR  4.57

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .417

F. Sanchez  .250

J. Thome  .205

OBP

C. Jones  .488

A. Rios  .323

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .769

J. Lopez  .393

O. Cabrera  .295

OPS

L. Berkman  1.241

R. Weeks  .711

O. Cabrera  .578

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  1.96

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Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Sampson
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
12.Bohn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.667/1.000 3.000/.000 1.500 0/ 0/0 0/
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 127/85 .235/.302/.330/.632 .678/.609 .691 57/.765 3/1 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.643 15/1.500 1/5.000 205/138 .276/.415/.577/.991 1.058/.959 1.045 101/.797 0/0 12/
27.Coste G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 7/.572 ··· 91/63 .329/.396/.524/.920 .768/.983 .785 50/.766 0/0 3/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.167 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 69/66 .344/.377/.500/.877 .667/.887 .740 31/.822 1/1 2/
7.Feliz G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 7/1.000 ··· 3/.666 16/1.267 6/1.417 2/.000 181/119 .253/.298/.429/.728 .909/.634 .753 93/.806 0/0 7/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 8/.750 3/.667 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 8/1.333 2/.000 216/129 .209/.306/.481/.787 .741/.817 .768 109/.900 0/0 14/
10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 3/.333 2/.500 3/.000 5/.600 5/1.800 1/.000 143/129 .271/.308/.361/.669 .286/.712 .655 62/.742 1/1 2/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 9/1.777 7/1.000 7/1.514 2/1.500 1/2.000 5/.900 20/.745 ··· 114/77 .330/.377/.538/.915 1.082/.836 .823 73/.949 7/0 3/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 125/95 .239/.306/.301/.607 .617/.602 .597 59/.752 0/0 1/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 54/22 .167/.231/.208/.439 .229/.770 .350 17/.125 1/0 0/
26.Utley* G/S/vP 8/.750 3/4.333 4/2.417 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.100 10/1.400 1/.000 226/132 .304/.389/.608/.998 .979/1.011 .915 110/.748 4/0 14/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 8/.661 4/1.250 4/.750 3/1.666 ··· 3/.333 8/.750 ··· 159/107 .266/.323/.371/.693 .747/.667 .690 105/.753 8/2 2/
IP 45.2 20.0 28.0 13.0 3.0 26.0 23.1 17.0 TOTAL .260/.333/.445/.778 .814/.761 .759 .762 32/6 72/36
ERA-K/9 5.91/4.3 4.50/6.3 2.89/7.7 0.00/4.2 6.00/6.0 4.15/11.1 5.79/5.8 4.76/7.4 4.33/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (15-9-1)
 Ruiz (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.326 89/.333 111/.248 54/.200 15/.429 116/.260 105/.305 76/.219 .275  Burrell
 Jenkins
 Bohn
 Taguchi
 Dobbs
 Bruntlett
 Victorino
49/0/0/4
0/0/35/3
7/0/0/0
19/1/6/0
1/0/2/0
1/0/3/0
0/31/4/0
OPS .840 .923 .641 .632 .967 .781 1.045 .755 .802
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.796 33/.544 48/.876 23/.547 4/1.500 54/.652 45/.930 29/.733 .858
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.864 56/1.137 63/.460 31/.700 11/.764 62/.881 60/1.134 47/.769 .762
Home 74/1.108 39/.981 59/.671 26/.580 9/1.181 64/.603 48/1.006 35/.748 .801
Last 28d days 123/.833 43/.976 59/.563 41/.678 15/.967 55/.525 46/1.080 44/.781
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 4/0/0 2/1/1 0/2/1 0/0/0 4/3/0 10/0/1 2/1/0 70/16/6
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· Xo·oo·X· X·o··o·o ··o··X·X ·X·oo·X· o·X····· o·o··X··
Houston Astros Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
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 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.875 ··· 3/no AB 6/.666 4/.250 70/51 .197/.206/.288/.494 .722/.409 .387 45/.669 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 14/.517 1/.000 5/1.000 5/.600 1/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 7/1.429 216/169 .385/.472/.769/1.241 1.159/1.266 1.395 114/1.328 9/1 16/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 31/.676 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 199/154 .221/.279/.309/.589 .532/.604 .669 111/.567 22/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP ··· 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 23/.514 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 17/.485 15/.600 1/.000 ··· 15/.582 3/.333 69/64 .299/.319/.463/.782 1.000/.764 .513 29/.900 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 10/.211 1/5.000 21/.654 6/.833 5/1.400 13/1.225 8/1.167 5/.900 210/168 .275/.314/.503/.817 .645/.860 .748 112/.821 2/0 10/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.000 12/1.136 4/1.000 8/1.089 2/.500 9/.365 107/78 .247/.336/.301/.638 1.063/.495 .745 33/.697 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 154/115 .267/.366/.359/.725 .814/.696 .662 116/.699 11/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 198/152 .293/.343/.481/.824 .811/.828 .971 104/.959 5/4 7/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/1.334 22/.823 18/.347 1/2.000 6/.334 11/.878 7/.286 217/172 .338/.369/.510/.878 .866/.882 .958 113/.798 3/3 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/102 .155/.269/.311/.580 1.086/.502 .729 55/.301 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 4/1.417 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.833 88/64 .278/.341/.418/.759 .893/.709 .981 65/.778 3/0 1/
IP 72.1 19.2 32.1 20.0 21.0 24.2 18.2 18.2 TOTAL .266/.327/.426/.753 .803/.740 .823 .777 56/14 53/30
ERA-K/9 2.61/8.1 5.03/4.1 1.95/5.3 4.05/8.1 0.43/10.3 4.38/6.2 1.45/7.7 2.89/3.9 3.98/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (6-1-2)
 Towles (10-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.202 87/.316 129/.214 89/.238 85/.137 100/.242 85/.250 78/.227 .267  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Erstad
 Cruz
0/47/0/5
49/0/0/4
0/0/48/2
12/5/3/1
9/4/3/0
OPS .590 .835 .593 .677 .402 .689 .746 .595 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.603 39/.839 60/.660 39/.579 46/.488 51/.683 29/.212 38/.471 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 232/.586 48/.831 69/.534 50/.759 39/.302 49/.693 56/1.051 40/.718 .780
Road 115/.645 58/.865 54/.582 51/.433 43/.315 45/.607 32/.739 40/.554 .797
Last 28d days 139/.576 53/.798 59/.663 44/.686 39/.413 55/.762 37/.966 48/.739
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 2/2/0 1/1/3 1/1/0 0/3/0 3/2/1 2/5/0 0/3/1 48/35/18
Usage ····X··· ···X··o· X·o···X· ··o·X··X ··o·X·o· ·oo··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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