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Game Preview: SFG @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

San Francisco Giants, 50-69, 4th, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (27, RHP, 2-6, 5.21)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             76    88  47  44  33  51  9    5.21      
 2007 (4-7)            101.2  94  39  39  40  80  9    3.45      
 2006 (2-0)             69.2  64  27  27  22  57  5    3.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  38.1  48  25  22  16  28  3    5.17   44 
 2008-08-09    LAD  ND   6     6   1   1   3   5  0     112   58 
 2008-08-03   @SDP   L   6.1   3   2   2   4   3  0      97   58 
 2008-07-28   @LAD   W   5.1   7   6   4   0   5  0      90   39 
 2008-07-23    WSN  ND   5.2  12   4   3   0   3  1      84   34 
 2008-07-12   @CHC  ND   3.2   9   7   7   4   4  1      79   15 
 2008-07-02    CHC  ND   6.1   7   4   4   3   4  1     103   44 
 2008-06-27   @OAK  ND   5     4   1   1   2   4  0     103   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-36   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  37-46   vsLHP:  13-23   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 14-11   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 21-22 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 13  @HOU  L   2-6       50-69  4th 10.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12  @HOU  L   4-12      50-68  4th 10.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 11  @HOU  L   1-3       50-67  4th  9.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 10   LAD  W   5-4       50-66  4th  9.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9   LAD  W   3-2 (10)  49-66  4th  9.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8   LAD  L   2-6       48-66  4th 10.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6   ATL  W   3-2       48-65  4th 10.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   ATL  L   4-11      47-65  4th 11.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4   ATL  W   4-2       47-64  4th 10.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @SDP  L   1-4       46-64  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Houston Astros, 61-59, 4th, 12 GB, tied for WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 8-4, 3.83)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            105.2 110  47  45  26  57 13    3.83      
 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         4-1  42    42  19  18   6  17  3    3.86   51 
 2008-08-09   @CIN   W   7     5   1   1   0   3  0      80   66 
 2008-08-04   @CHC   W   5     4   0   0   0   4  0      63   63 
 2008-07-29    CIN   W   8.2   7   2   2   1   3  0     100   64 
 2008-07-23    PIT  ND   2.1   9   6   5   0   0  1      51   17 
 2008-07-18    CHC  ND   7     4   1   1   1   3  1      87   67 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      1-1  19    32  18  18   6   8  3    8.53   32 
 2008-05-14   @SFG  ND   5     8   3   3   0   2  1      80   41 
 2006-06-05   @SFG   L   4    10   8   8   2   0  1      73    8 
 2006-05-30    SFG   W   6     6   2   2   1   3  1      86   54 
 2003-04-16   @SFG  ND   4     8   5   5   3   3  0      78   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-26   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  42-44   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 13   SFG  W   6-2       61-59  4th 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   SFG  W  12-4       60-59  4th 11.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   SFG  W   3-1       59-59  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @CIN  W  13-4       58-59  4th 12.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @CIN  W   3-1       57-59  4th 12.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @CIN  W   9-5 (10)  56-59  4th 13.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CIN  W   7-4       55-59  4th 13.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHC  L   4-11      54-59  4th 14.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHC  L   7-11      54-58  4th 13.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @CHC  W   2-0  (8)  54-57  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 HOU  6  SFG  2        W:Randy Wolf (8-10), L: Barry Zito (6-15), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 HOU 12  SFG  4        W:Roy Oswalt (10-8), L: Tyler Walker (4-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 HOU  3  SFG  1        W:Brandon Backe (7-11), L: Jonathan Sanchez (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Thu, May 15, 2008 HOU  8 @SFG  7        W:Tim Byrdak (2-0), L: Vinnie Chulk (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Wed, May 14, 2008 HOU  6 @SFG  3        W:Oscar Villarreal (1-3), L: Jack Taschner (2-1), S: Jose Valverde (10)
Tue, May 13, 2008 SFG  4  HOU  2        W:Matt Cain (2-3), L: Brandon Backe (2-5), S: Brian Wilson (12)
Mon, May 12, 2008 HOU  7 @SFG  3        W:Roy Oswalt (4-3), L: Vinnie Chulk (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (9)

Wed, May 23, 2007 SFG  9  HOU  1        W:Barry Zito (4-5), L: Matt Albers (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 SFG  4  HOU  2        W:Tim Lincecum (2-0), L: Roy Oswalt (6-3), S: Armando Benitez (9)
Mon, May 21, 2007 SFG  4  HOU  0        W:Noah Lowry (5-4), L: Chris Sampson (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 6-1; 2007 - SFG won 4-2; 2006 - SFG won 5-1; All-Time - SFG leads 353-333

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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San Francisco Giants Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
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
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.500 9/.708 8/.750 ··· 333/227 .275/.330/.412/.742 .837/.699 .815 63/.684 1/1 8/
7.Burriss# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 189/113 .249/.312/.284/.596 .725/.510 .572 62/.417 9/3 0/
5.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.800 3/.000 1/.000 441/352 .283/.351/.452/.803 .673/.837 .686 79/.827 20/7 8/
1.Molina G/S/vP 16/.563 15/1.236 2/.000 6/.000 10/.600 6/.666 4/.000 ··· 426/314 .279/.312/.411/.723 .719/.725 .766 86/.715 0/0 9/
23.Ochoa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/42 .269/.309/.346/.655 .625/.669 .440 56/.634 0/1 0/
10.Roberts* G/S/vP 11/.819 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 49/49 .244/.306/.289/.595 /.595 .231 31/.780 2/2 0/
57.Rohlinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .250/.250/.500/.750 .750/ .750 4/.750 0/0 0/
33.Rowand G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/1.142 2/2.500 2/.000 9/.000 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 464/344 .287/.356/.439/.794 1.085/.692 .817 96/.756 2/3 11/
8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 172/133 .210/.256/.315/.571 .517/.584 .581 34/.577 10/5 0/
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 28/1.060 19/.396 5/.400 1/no AB 25/.708 8/.750 9/.875 ··· 217/162 .177/.245/.208/.454 .368/.482 .284 45/.628 4/1 0/
2.Winn# G/S/vP 25/1.393 10/.744 1/.000 2/2.000 10/.444 11/1.363 9/.000 1/.000 479/345 .293/.354/.399/.753 .781/.741 .767 103/.725 22/2 5/
IP 105.2 53.1 43.1 52.0 44.2 96.1 54.1 42.0 TOTAL .254/.315/.372/.688 .701/.683 .673 .630 89/35 65/75
ERA-K/9 3.83/4.9 4.05/7.9 2.91/7.1 2.42/6.9 5.24/6.2 4.39/4.6 4.31/10.3 4.50/7.9 4.52/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (47-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.266 221/.243 186/.218 212/.190 186/.261 392/.270 237/.243 184/.212 .272  Lewis
 Rowand
 Winn
 Roberts
 Velez
 Burriss
98/10/1/9
0/112/0/4
0/5/108/3
14/0/0/2
5/1/6/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .742 .656 .755 .541 .693 .701 .766 .732 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.833 93/.811 79/.512 91/.600 84/.938 162/.685 111/.637 76/.500 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.671 128/.546 107/.947 121/.496 102/.502 230/.712 126/.871 108/.906 .800
Home 253/.744 115/.600 89/.737 117/.586 101/.676 174/.855 129/.720 96/.734 .798
Last 28d days 120/.648 39/.722 48/.862 54/.465 29/.464 73/.641 40/.786 29/.466
HR/SB/CS 13/8/0 5/3/1 7/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/1 10/6/0 6/5/0 158/39/19
Usage ····X··· X······· ·o·Xo··X o···o··· ··oo··Xo ·o···X·· ··o·X·X· ···X·oX·
Houston Astros Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Correia
G/S/vB
43.Espineli*
G/S/vB
52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB
34.Sadler
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/10 .200/.227/.400/.627 .795/.422 .949 5/.450 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 193/139 .232/.309/.298/.606 .740/.556 .598 30/.808 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/3.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 501/362 .331/.433/.600/1.033 .825/1.118 1.056 104/.790 15/3 24/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.667 6/.533 3/1.167 ··· 222/184 .237/.275/.425/.700 .489/.735 .723 53/1.039 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 405/293 .228/.283/.304/.587 .558/.597 .662 49/.757 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 220/179 .286/.321/.379/.700 .572/.728 .669 67/.574 1/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 9/.611 ··· 2/.000 228/152 .275/.342/.397/.739 .965/.632 .842 36/.933 0/0 4/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 380/273 .285/.348/.415/.763 .791/.752 .763 106/.904 19/4 5/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/36 .189/.231/.297/.528 .000/.574 .682 15/.348 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 486/361 .268/.309/.448/.757 .756/.757 .777 104/.847 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/71 .236/.269/.303/.572 .681/.534 .527 55/.601 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 499/367 .287/.321/.427/.747 .775/.737 .803 103/.780 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 301/207 .285/.365/.502/.867 1.080/.774 .945 70/.964 4/5 13/
IP 76.0 11.2 29.2 28.0 39.0 42.1 46.1 51.0 TOTAL .265/.326/.420/.746 .779/.735 .787 .807 91/39 130/55
ERA-K/9 5.21/6.0 5.40/3.8 2.73/11.5 4.50/8.7 4.15/7.4 5.10/7.7 4.08/9.5 3.53/6.2 4.34/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (10-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.289 49/.304 129/.196 126/.200 175/.255 181/.248 203/.254 224/.241 .257  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/116/10
0/98/0/7
34/27/5/2
8/4/0/1
3/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .805 .956 .647 .722 .737 .759 .677 .680 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.766 11/.582 63/.673 40/.451 88/.555 60/1.110 93/.507 80/.906 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.833 38/1.061 66/.622 86/.858 87/.916 121/.583 110/.820 144/.556 .759
Road 179/.825 20/1.239 57/.576 55/.665 89/.685 98/.611 99/.664 93/.770 .729
Last 28d days 106/.742 49/.956 36/.706 20/.653 32/1.068 26/.930 36/.520 23/.803
HR/SB/CS 9/3/4 4/1/0 2/1/1 5/3/2 5/5/1 7/1/1 3/1/1 3/1/0 107/71/26
Usage ····X··· XX···X·· ·X······ X·X·X··· ·X·X···· ·o··X··· ····X··X ·o·o·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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