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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Los Angeles Dodgers, 38-44, 2nd, 3½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 0-2, 4.36)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             33    33  16  16  22  29  3    4.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  33    33  16  16  22  29  3    4.36   48 
 2008-06-26    CHW   L   4     6   2   2   4   3  0      69   41 
 2008-06-20    CLE  ND   5     4   4   4   3   5  1      85   45 
 2008-06-15   @DET  ND   4     2   0   0   2   2  0      65   58 
 2008-06-10   @SDP  ND   5.1   6   2   2   4   5  0      92   49 
 2008-06-04    COL   L   5     5   2   2   4   5  1     104   50 
 2008-05-30   @NYM  ND   3.2   5   4   4   4   2  1      83   33 
 2008-05-25    STL  ND   6     5   2   2   1   7  0     102   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  27-32   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @HOU  L   1-4       38-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   LAA  L   0-1       38-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   LAA  W   1-0       38-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   LAA  W   6-0       37-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26   CHW  L   0-2       36-42  2nd  3.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   CHW  W   5-0       36-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   CHW  L   1-6       35-41  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   CLE  W   4-3       35-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   CLE  L   2-7 (11)  34-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   CLE  L   4-6 (10)  34-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros, 40-43, 4th, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 3-3, 2.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             59.1  52  26  17  16  51  5    2.58      
 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  40    36  21  12  14  32  2    2.70   53 
 2008-06-26    TEX   W   8     5   1   1   0   9  0     105   77 
 2008-06-21   @TBR  ND   5.2   5   2   2   2   6  1     100   55 
 2008-06-14    NYY   L   5     6   5   5   3   1  1      88   33 
 2008-06-08    STL   L   6.2   4   5   0   1   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-03   @PIT   W   6     5   0   0   1   3  0      91   64 
 2008-05-28   @STL   L   4.2   6   6   3   4   1  0      92   31 
 2008-04-19    COL  ND   4     5   2   1   3   5  0      79   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      2-1  18.2  14   7   5   7  13  2    2.41   57 
 2007-08-16   @LAD   L   5     5   4   2   1   2  0      76   46 
 2006-05-11   @LAD   W   6.2   4   1   1   4   5  1     101   63 
 2006-04-26    LAD   W   7     5   2   2   2   6  1     122   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  29-31   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 12-8  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jun 30   LAD  W   4-1       40-43  4th 10.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   BOS  W   3-2       39-43  4th 10.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   BOS  W  11-10      38-43  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   BOS  L   1-6       37-43  5th 12.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26   TEX  W   7-2       37-42  5th 12.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25   TEX  L   2-3       36-42  5th 13.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   TEX  W   4-3       36-41  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22  @TBR  W   3-2       35-41  5th 13.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21  @TBR  L   3-4       34-41  6th 13.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20  @TBR  W   4-3       34-40  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 HOU  4  LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (7-8), L: Eric Stults (2-1), S: Jose Valverde (22)
Sun, May 11, 2008 HOU  8 @LAD  5        W:Geoff Geary (1-1), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Sat, May 10, 2008 HOU  5 @LAD  0        W:Chris Sampson (2-3), L: Chad Billingsley (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 HOU  7 @LAD  1        W:Brian Moehler (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (2-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAD  6  HOU  2        W:Derek Lowe (9-11), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-11), S: Takashi Saito (31)
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 LAD  6  HOU  3        W:Brad Penny (14-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-8), S: Takashi Saito (30)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 HOU  7 @LAD  4        W:Matt Albers (3-5), L: Brett Tomko (2-10), S: Brad Lidge (9)
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 HOU  4 @LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (13-6), L: Chad Billingsley (7-4), S: Chad Qualls (3)
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 HOU  2  LAD  1        W:Chad Qualls (6-3), L: D.J. Houlton (0-2), S: Brad Lidge (5)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 HOU  7  LAD  4        W:Jason Jennings (2-6), L: Rudy Seanez (6-2), S: Brad Lidge (4)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 4-0; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 369-308

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

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.63

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .394

R. Barajas  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

K. Johnson  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .699

M. Tejada  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

O. Hudson  .805

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Suppan  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Ardoin G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 17/10 .188/.235/.188/.423 .571/.311 .000 10/.400 0/0 0/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 66/42 .183/.246/.217/.463 .477/.454 .609 66/.463 0/0 0/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 256/188 .263/.328/.388/.716 .840/.673 .678 76/.463 2/0 5/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 288/226 .271/.334/.424/.758 .500/.828 .795 79/.609 2/1 7/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.833 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 306/214 .284/.331/.436/.767 .929/.696 .782 92/.606 16/4 7/
12.Kent G/S/vP 6/2.267 9/.597 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 8/.250 8/.542 ··· 268/194 .257/.302/.406/.708 .746/.693 .693 84/.762 0/0 8/
28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 30/9 .222/.300/.370/.670 .807/.347 .905 30/.670 0/0 1/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 6/1.417 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 333/232 .302/.357/.449/.806 .722/.842 .781 98/.924 3/3 6/
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 328/244 .307/.405/.443/.848 .703/.899 .897 97/.822 7/4 8/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/49 .250/.286/.300/.586 .564/.590 .548 23/.522 0/0 1/
17.Repko G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.833 ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 8/1.875 3/.000 ··· 70/59 .097/.186/.129/.315 .273/.321 .288 19/.161 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 91/55 .288/.352/.400/.752 .911/.661 .685 52/.845 0/0 1/
IP 59.1 41.1 24.1 28.1 66.1 40.1 36.2 27.1 TOTAL .257/.322/.373/.695 .745/.675 .695 .630 75/21 53/51
ERA-K/9 2.58/7.7 3.05/7.6 1.85/4.8 3.18/7.6 5.16/4.3 4.24/11.2 4.91/5.1 5.27/8.9 4.48/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (1-1-0)
 Martin (41-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.227 165/.229 104/.200 122/.225 283/.300 180/.255 162/.285 126/.221 .272  Kemp
 Ethier
 Young
 Sweeney
 Repko
0/46/30/8
22/0/54/5
6/0/9/1
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .639 .608 .722 .647 .779 .807 .948 .775 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.774 71/.789 45/.674 48/.807 113/.752 83/.719 66/.876 51/.563 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.604 94/.473 59/.760 74/.540 170/.796 97/.873 96/1.000 75/.931 .794
Home 154/.542 86/.618 53/.649 65/.772 132/.971 102/.703 88/.920 71/.788 .810
Last 28d days 128/.615 48/.607 38/.930 45/.863 48/.604 56/.870 40/.925 35/.800
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 5/2/1 8/6/0 12/0/1 4/4/0 115/31/10
Usage ····X··· ·Xoo··X· ··Xo···· ··X····· X··X·X·· Xoo···X· ·o·Xo··· oo·X··o·
Houston Astros Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
49.Falkenborg
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .300/.364/.700/1.064 1.400/.733 1.500 11/1.064 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 131/94 .218/.260/.294/.554 .733/.481 .606 54/.713 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 17/1.196 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 346/259 .365/.448/.699/1.147 1.007/1.198 1.257 101/.976 12/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.550 9/.889 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 140/120 .231/.257/.373/.630 .318/.677 .766 37/.660 1/0 5/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 325/238 .229/.286/.306/.592 .522/.618 .690 98/.628 31/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 117/108 .303/.350/.450/.800 .889/.792 .817 42/.798 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 336/258 .278/.324/.528/.852 .909/.834 .888 98/.996 4/1 18/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 15/.350 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/110 .259/.329/.381/.710 1.023/.589 .815 42/.785 0/0 3/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .273/.273/.364/.636 /.636 .636 10/.700 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 327/246 .266/.309/.438/.746 .731/.752 .782 103/.614 5/6 10/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/34 .244/.244/.293/.537 .286/.588 .500 37/.459 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 349/263 .291/.330/.456/.785 .841/.767 .873 102/.713 6/3 10/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 192/137 .271/.365/.440/.804 1.086/.698 .920 78/.811 4/2 5/
IP 33.0 25.0 33.2 3.0 46.0 33.2 11.0 31.0 TOTAL .262/.321/.417/.739 .807/.717 .814 .746 79/28 87/43
ERA-K/9 4.36/7.9 1.08/6.5 3.48/11.5 0.00/9.0 1.76/10.8 2.41/12.6 4.91/9.0 2.32/5.5 3.75/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (12-4-3)
 Quintero (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.270 107/.260 140/.226 9/.000 185/.208 142/.234 48/.263 126/.235 .254  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Abercrombie
 Erstad
0/76/0/6
0/0/79/6
77/0/0/4
6/2/0/1
23/7/4/1
OPS .765 .618 .641 .111 .573 .631 .725 .647 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.553 48/.574 56/.929 4/.250 57/.650 64/.630 16/.527 49/.676 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.810 59/.653 84/.467 5/.000 128/.534 78/.631 32/.836 77/.628 .655
Road 60/.723 49/.620 64/.816 / 120/.660 47/.591 17/.796 59/.748 .785
Last 28d days 104/.780 31/.608 37/.425 9/.111 33/.462 45/.746 21/.433 66/.654
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 0/4/2 2/3/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 2/1/0 62/44/12
Usage ····X··· o······· ··oX···· ·o·oo··· ········ ··Xo···· o···X·o· Xo··X·o·

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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