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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, July 18, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Chicago Cubs, 57-38, 1st, 4 up

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 9-6, 4.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            115.1 114  63  60  41 108 21    4.68      
 2007 (15-8)           207   181  91  88  55 174 28    3.83      
 2006 (15-13)          181.2 179  98  87  81 160 28    4.31      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  43    37  18  18  18  39  8    3.77   55 
 2008-07-10    CIN   L   2.2   6   4   4   2   3  2      63   31 
 2008-07-05   @STL  ND   6     7   2   2   1   5  1      90   54 
 2008-06-30   @SFG   W   8     7   2   2   2   5  0     110   63 
 2008-06-25    BAL   W   7     5   4   4   2   4  2     108   53 
 2008-06-20    CHW  ND   6.2   7   3   3   3   8  2     106   53 
 2008-06-15   @TOR   W   6     1   0   0   5   6  0     110   71 
 2008-06-10    ATL   W   6.2   4   3   3   3   8  1      98   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-1  25.1  21  10  10   5  19  3    3.55   57 
 2008-05-19   @HOU   W   5.1   4   2   2   2   6  0      96   56 
 2007-07-14    HOU   W   8     4   1   1   1   7  0     106   76 
 2007-04-09    HOU  ND   6     6   3   3   1   5  0      90   52 
 2005-06-10   @HOU   L   6     7   4   4   1   1  3      86   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-12   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  40-29   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 22-8  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sun, Jul 13   SFG  L   2-4       57-38  1st  4.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12   SFG  W   8-7 (11)  57-37  1st  5.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11   SFG  W   3-1       56-37  1st  4.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10   CIN  L   7-12      55-37  1st  4.0 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9   CIN  W   5-1       55-36  1st  4.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul  8   CIN  W   7-3       54-36  1st  3.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @STL  W   7-1       53-36  1st  3.5 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @STL  L   4-5       52-36  1st  2.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @STL  W   2-1       52-35  1st  3.5 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @SFG  L   3-8       51-35  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 44-51, 5th, 13 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 5-4, 4.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             75.2  81  37  36  24  44 11    4.28      
 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         3-2  42    40  19  19  16  24  6    4.07   50 
 2008-07-09   @PIT   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  0      91   44 
 2008-07-04   @ATL   L   6     6   5   5   3   1  1      84   38 
 2008-06-29    BOS  ND   5.2   7   1   1   3   5  1     111   53 
 2008-06-24    TEX   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   5  0      93   62 
 2008-06-18   @BAL  ND   6.1   6   1   1   2   4  1      98   59 
 2008-06-12    MIL   L   4.2   7   7   7   3   1  3      86   20 
 2008-06-06    STL   W   7     2   0   0   2   5  0      93   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-1  24    25  11  11   4   9  4    4.13   50 
 2008-05-19    CHC   L   5     7   3   3   2   1  1      95   40 
 2006-05-24    CHC   W   7     8   3   3   1   3  0      90   51 
 2000-06-04   @CHC  ND   6     6   2   2   0   2  1      73   54 
 1998-06-25    CHC  ND   6     4   3   3   1   3  2      82   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  31-37   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @WSN  W   5-0       44-51  6th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @WSN  W   6-4       43-51  6th 14.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @WSN  L   0-10      42-51  6th 14.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @PIT  W   6-4       42-50  6th 13.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @PIT  L   3-4       41-50  6th 13.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @PIT  L   7-10      41-49  6th 12.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @ATL  L   6-7 (17)  41-48  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @ATL  W   6-1       41-47  5th 11.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @ATL  L   2-6       40-47  6th 12.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3   LAD  L   2-5       40-46  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 21, 2008 HOU  5  CHC  3        W:Shawn Chacon (1-0), L: Sean Gallagher (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (14)
Tue, May 20, 2008 HOU  4  CHC  2        W:Chris Sampson (3-3), L: Ryan Dempster (5-2), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Mon, May 19, 2008 CHC  7 @HOU  2        W:Ted Lilly (5-4), L: Brian Moehler (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CHC  3  HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Oscar Villarreal (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 CHC  9  HOU  7        W:Kevin Hart (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (2)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 HOU  4 @CHC  3        W:Wesley Wright (1-0), L: Jon Lieber (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

Thu, Sep 13, 2007 CHC  6 @HOU  2        W:Steve Trachsel (7-10), L: Woody Williams (8-15), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHC  3 @HOU  2        W:Rich Hill (9-8), L: Matt Albers (4-8), S: Ryan Dempster (26)
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 HOU  5  CHC  4 (11)   W:Brad Lidge (4-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-6), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHC  6  HOU  5        W:Carlos Marmol (5-1), L: Chad Qualls (6-4), S: Ryan Dempster (25)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 339-290

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  5.60

CLE  4.53

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIL  4.49

TEX  5.82

BA

C. Jones  .376

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

N. McLouth  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .653

B. Phillips  .472

O. Vizquel  .179

OPS

L. Berkman  1.096

O. Hudson  .816

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.82

J. Maine  3.99

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.91

T. Wakefield  6.18

K. Rogers  3.36

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/40 .286/.328/.333/.662 .767/.591 .613 10/.522 0/0 1/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 145/77 .269/.340/.354/.694 .615/.765 .647 26/.519 3/1 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/1.171 3/1.334 9/.666 5/1.400 1/2.000 362/267 .283/.377/.453/.830 .898/.806 .755 86/.820 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 38/1.333 6/1.500 6/.000 5/.400 4/.750 1/2.000 8/.821 5/1.800 1/.000 260/224 .232/.328/.424/.752 .516/.793 .681 81/1.004 2/1 10/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 169/153 .266/.367/.497/.864 .583/.890 .885 56/1.175 2/0 7/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 386/294 .279/.383/.408/.791 .720/.813 .613 85/.643 8/4 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 236/147 .268/.336/.376/.712 .861/.625 .724 27/.572 4/4 3/
25.Lee G/S/vP 5/1.000 7/.429 3/1.334 ··· 4/.833 6/.733 9/1.333 5/.000 ··· 427/330 .306/.372/.508/.880 .910/.872 .875 100/.963 5/2 15/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/.971 11/1.273 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 2/1.000 12/1.084 6/.333 ··· 386/300 .285/.386/.515/.901 .736/.950 .703 83/.971 1/1 17/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 3/.000 ··· 363/277 .288/.369/.522/.891 1.044/.844 .922 89/.895 0/0 16/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 4/.000 8/1.464 6/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 9/.000 2/2.000 ··· 392/297 .320/.394/.369/.763 .784/.756 .655 90/.793 15/9 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 15/1.110 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· 62/56 .269/.387/.423/.810 .900/.801 .623 28/.802 0/0 1/
IP 75.2 29.0 44.1 31.2 38.1 6.1 78.0 45.0 34.0 TOTAL .281/.360/.443/.802 .806/.801 .726 .821 53/23 107/58
ERA-K/9 4.28/5.2 7.45/6.2 3.86/7.7 1.71/5.1 2.35/7.3 4.26/2.9 4.50/4.4 3.80/10.4 5.03/8.5 4.53/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-3-2)
 Soto (43-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.272 138/.360 182/.235 138/.214 158/.200 26/.304 319/.272 197/.243 155/.225 .271  Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 Ward
 DeRosa
0/6/83/4
20/44/0/2
0/66/0/1
0/1/0/0
4/0/2/0
23/0/15/0
OPS .777 1.031 .642 .710 .568 .925 .715 .762 .785 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.919 59/.860 82/.812 60/.633 68/.678 11/.573 136/.658 90/.698 62/.565 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.672 79/1.155 100/.503 78/.772 90/.484 15/1.198 183/.757 107/.808 93/.943 .799
Home 177/.731 56/1.080 88/.619 64/.588 78/.705 / 135/.948 102/.703 80/.823 .809
Last 28d days 102/.795 40/1.039 37/.884 39/.610 50/.475 26/.925 59/.397 42/.599 42/.775
HR/SB/CS 11/8/0 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 8/6/0 5/5/0 131/35/12
Usage ········ ······X· ········ ······o· ·····oo· ······X· ····Xo·· ·····o·· ······o·
Houston Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
22.Hart
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.875 35/.629 6/.900 28/.706 163/119 .222/.285/.285/.570 .742/.506 .579 45/.520 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 12/.174 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.900 32/1.054 11/1.402 36/1.030 397/293 .347/.443/.653/1.096 .963/1.146 1.188 92/.882 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 12/.697 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 15/.220 ··· 26/.863 169/144 .213/.249/.350/.599 .295/.645 .706 43/.583 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 356/262 .218/.273/.291/.564 .551/.569 .658 77/.442 32/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 22/.279 6/1.000 6/.334 ··· 9/.708 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 153/131 .294/.336/.420/.755 .667/.770 .828 48/.621 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 24/.578 ··· 6/.833 ··· 9/.555 28/.393 9/.708 28/1.118 393/299 .302/.351/.547/.899 .965/.878 .946 98/1.167 4/1 21/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 18/1.098 1/.000 10/.550 1/.000 6/.400 31/.400 4/.500 32/.652 192/134 .260/.328/.376/.704 1.049/.565 .796 58/.724 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.250 1/2.000 8/1.196 274/196 .283/.344/.365/.709 .811/.670 .656 32/.973 15/3 1/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 12/1.136 1/no AB 4/.833 24/22 .261/.292/.348/.639 .000/.699 .733 23/.668 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 382/287 .263/.304/.429/.732 .695/.745 .757 96/.633 5/7 12/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 31/.480 6/.666 5/1.000 ··· 13/.398 9/.666 1/.000 1/.000 396/297 .275/.316/.423/.739 .798/.719 .832 89/.514 7/3 10/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 159/129 .147/.256/.272/.528 .828/.466 .681 21/.368 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 11/.473 231/162 .282/.368/.470/.838 1.089/.738 .925 70/.927 4/4 8/
IP 115.1 16.0 67.1 18.2 46.0 44.2 52.1 44.2 TOTAL .260/.321/.409/.731 .800/.708 .798 .719 84/31 96/47
ERA-K/9 4.68/8.4 2.81/12.4 3.48/6.2 7.23/6.7 4.50/6.8 3.43/5.2 4.13/12.0 3.02/11.1 3.89/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Towles (13-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.251 71/.250 280/.257 96/.317 196/.293 194/.303 213/.161 182/.201 .246  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Erstad
0/85/0/7
0/0/91/7
89/0/0/4
27/13/4/2
OPS .780 .764 .683 .892 .813 .858 .589 .598 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.895 35/.819 144/.646 33/1.330 79/.787 70/1.082 92/.795 83/.629 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 375/.741 36/.710 136/.722 63/.674 117/.828 124/.732 121/.434 99/.571 .684
Road 255/.760 43/.722 138/.782 47/.926 85/.721 122/.837 91/.689 87/.667 .749
Last 28d days 130/.831 36/.601 43/.595 6/1.167 43/.535 43/.813 47/1.014 35/.838
HR/SB/CS 21/5/2 3/1/0 7/1/3 2/3/0 7/2/0 9/0/0 7/3/1 1/1/0 98/52/18
Usage ·······X ····oo·X ····Xo·X ·····X·· ·····oo· ·······X ·····X·· ······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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