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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 23, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Houston Astros, 64-64, 4th, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 7-12, 5.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-12)           145.2 168  93  91  70 112 28    5.62      
 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         2-3  41    49  32  32  24  34  6    7.02   40 
 2008-08-16    ARI   L   5.2   9  11  11   5   6  3     119    8 
 2008-08-11    SFG   W   7     4   1   1   3   6  0     103   68 
 2008-08-06   @CHC   L   3.1   9  11  11   6   0  2      99   -8 
 2008-08-01    NYM  ND   6    10   3   3   2   4  0      96   42 
 2008-07-26   @MIL  ND   5.1   4   2   2   4   5  0      91   53 
 2008-07-20    CHC   L   6.2   8   4   4   0   8  1      93   50 
 2008-07-13   @WSN   W   7     5   0   0   4   5  0     107   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-1  22.1  23  11  11  14  18  1    4.43   48 
 2008-08-01    NYM  ND   6    10   3   3   2   4  0      96   42 
 2006-07-22   @NYM   L   4     4   4   4   4   3  1      69   37 
 2005-06-08   @NYM   W   6     4   1   1   6   7  0     101   61 
 2005-04-14   @NYM  ND   6.1   5   3   3   2   4  0      93   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   30-36   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  44-46   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 22  @NYM  L   0-3       64-64  4th 14.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @MIL  L   2-5       64-63  4th 13.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @MIL  W   5-2       64-62  4th 13.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @MIL  L   3-9       63-62  4th 13.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   ARI  W   3-0       63-61  4th 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   ARI  L   5-11      62-61  4th 13.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   ARI  L   2-12      62-60  4th 13.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   SFG  W   7-4       62-59  4th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
New York Mets, 72-57, 1st, 3 up

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 10-7, 3.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-7)           134.1 112  62  57  65 118 14    3.82      
 2007 (15-10)          191   168  90  83  75 180 23    3.91      
 2006 (6-5)             90    69  40  36  33  71 15    3.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  36.1  21  15  15  23  38  5    3.72   55 
 2008-08-18   @PIT  ND   5     2   0   0   4   3  0      96   62 
 2008-08-13   @WSN   W   5     1   0   0   4   6  0      90   67 
 2008-07-28   @FLA  ND   4.1   4   1   1   1   6  1      75   56 
 2008-07-23    PHI   W   7     6   3   3   2   5  2     104   56 
 2008-07-18   @CIN   L   4.2   5   5   5   5   5  1     102   34 
 2008-07-10    SFG  ND   4.2   2   3   3   5   8  0     109   51 
 2008-07-05   @PHI  ND   5.2   1   3   3   2   5  1      99   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-0  23    12   4   4   4  16  2    1.57   70 
 2007-07-05   @HOU   W   7.2   6   2   2   2   9  0     121   66 
 2006-09-02   @HOU   W   6.1   2   2   2   1   3  2      95   63 
 2006-07-21    HOU   W   9     4   0   0   1   4  0      98   82 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-23   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  46-43   vsLHP:  26-14   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 29-20   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  W   3-0       72-57  1st  3.0 up
128 Thu, Aug 21   ATL  W   5-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 20   ATL  W   6-3       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 19   ATL  W   7-3       69-57  1st  1.5 up
125 Mon, Aug 18  @PIT  L   2-5       68-57  1st  1.5 up
124 Sun, Aug 17  @PIT  W   4-0       68-56  1st  2.0 up
123 Sat, Aug 16  @PIT  W   7-4       67-56  1st  2.0 up
122 Fri, Aug 15  @PIT  W   2-1       66-56  1st  1.0 up
121 Thu, Aug 14  @WSN  W   9-3       65-56  1st  1.0 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @WSN  W  12-0       64-56  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 NYM  3  HOU  0        W:Johan Santana (12-7), L: Roy Oswalt (11-9), S: Luis Ayala (1)
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 HOU  4  NYM  0        W:Randy Wolf (7-10), L: Oliver Perez (7-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 HOU  5  NYM  4 (10)   W:Jose Valverde (5-3), L: Aaron Heilman (1-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 HOU  7  NYM  3        W:Doug Brocail (5-5), L: Aaron Heilman (1-5), S: none

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 NYM  4  HOU  1        W:Pedro Martinez (2-0), L: Roy Oswalt (14-7), S: Billy Wagner (32)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 NYM  3  HOU  1        W:Tom Glavine (13-6), L: Woody Williams (8-14), S: Billy Wagner (31)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYM 11  HOU  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-13), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 HOU  8  NYM  3        W:Roy Oswalt (8-5), L: Dave Williams (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 NYM  5 @HOU  3 (17)   W:Aaron Sele (2-0), L: Brian Moehler (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (17)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 HOU  4  NYM  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 3-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 295-243

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  5.57

FLA  4.64

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.94

SFG  4.63

TEX  6.08

BA

C. Jones  .359

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .461

J. Inglett  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .618

M. Reynolds  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

J. Gerut  .838

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

J. Jurrjens  6.45

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Houston Astros Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 27/12 .240/.259/.520/.779 1.119/.348 .636 10/.967 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 4/.250 5/.000 4/1.417 13/.490 1/.000 ··· 204/141 .226/.307/.288/.595 .704/.547 .577 30/.575 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 11/.637 9/1.500 3/1.334 6/1.867 3/1.333 5/.200 ··· ··· 533/379 .328/.430/.594/1.023 .856/1.095 .995 106/.853 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 5/.000 5/1.400 4/.250 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 253/201 .234/.273/.417/.690 .564/.717 .688 76/.882 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 414/301 .225/.282/.305/.587 .553/.599 .524 40/.592 33/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 2/.000 12/.583 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 420/294 .244/.290/.381/.671 .673/.670 .685 51/.314 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/2.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 253/198 .294/.327/.382/.709 .668/.720 .734 86/.707 2/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.833 4/1.500 11/1.455 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 251/158 .271/.347/.385/.731 .941/.615 .662 49/.864 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/48 .200/.245/.300/.545 .600/.539 .364 24/.390 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 517/379 .260/.300/.433/.733 .697/.746 .713 106/.777 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/85 .243/.270/.308/.579 .765/.516 .715 66/.641 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 33/.864 ··· 3/.000 528/380 .285/.318/.421/.739 .783/.722 .699 106/.800 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 334/226 .304/.374/.541/.915 1.111/.823 .785 80/1.252 4/5 16/
IP 134.1 60.2 46.1 68.1 50.1 48.1 49.1 12.0 TOTAL .264/.324/.418/.743 .784/.727 .707 .812 92/39 136/56
ERA-K/9 3.82/7.9 5.49/5.6 3.69/8.4 5.40/9.9 4.11/7.0 2.98/4.8 4.20/6.9 4.50/6.8 3.98/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (17-4-4)
 Quintero (11-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.226 267/.272 202/.266 312/.249 219/.232 201/.240 215/.239 48/.298 .249  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/124/13
0/103/0/7
37/34/5/2
8/5/0/1
10/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .674 .755 .743 .753 .666 .710 .706 .866 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 292/.721 123/.740 98/.546 125/.992 101/.625 94/.491 53/.889 20/1.395 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.628 144/.767 104/.935 187/.594 118/.699 107/.906 162/.647 28/.500 .686
Home 245/.667 156/.668 102/.630 164/.682 113/.739 95/.596 108/.679 24/1.029 .661
Last 28d days 58/.510 49/.599 39/.548 72/.844 32/.875 37/.848 41/1.076 48/.866
HR/SB/CS 14/7/6 6/1/1 5/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 3/0/0 131/45/23
Usage ····X··· oo·o··X· ·o··o·oo X··X···X ····o··o ···oo··· ····X·o· ····X·o·
New York Mets Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 13/.879 9/.000 2/.000 14/.571 25/.969 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 561/412 .270/.364/.459/.823 .817/.825 .851 114/.823 17/3 17/
11.Castro G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 135/78 .254/.326/.475/.801 .824/.784 .879 36/.625 0/0 7/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.833 3/1.000 ··· 7/1.096 ··· 287/248 .272/.313/.337/.650 .520/.670 .728 36/.714 6/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 8/.625 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 234/159 .308/.369/.510/.879 .878/.879 .873 3/.667 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 14/1.129 12/1.317 8/1.089 7/.429 14/.812 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 540/378 .260/.346/.486/.832 .732/.878 .822 110/.845 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP 10/.633 3/.000 ··· 9/.958 23/.846 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 297/204 .262/.312/.347/.659 .652/.661 .562 71/.571 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/34 .272/.307/.383/.690 .869/.402 .608 46/.800 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 58/54 .380/.466/.580/1.046 2.417/.955 1.167 58/1.046 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/78 .264/.297/.299/.596 .500/.617 .512 62/.482 2/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 13/.558 2/1.000 1/2.000 19/.551 3/1.000 1/2.000 7/.572 ··· 603/427 .300/.359/.480/.839 .855/.836 .844 123/.810 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 8/.833 4/.000 1/3.000 11/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 307/239 .257/.349/.340/.688 .481/.748 .769 51/.947 0/0 5/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 253/167 .297/.360/.485/.844 .736/.899 .935 102/.927 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP 9/.611 3/1.667 1/no AB 12/1.167 3/.666 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 584/436 .295/.387/.527/.914 1.217/.819 1.000 114/.961 14/5 25/
IP 145.2 56.2 47.1 56.0 47.0 101.1 57.1 45.1 TOTAL .267/.340/.415/.755 .772/.748 .780 .779 108/28 129/71
ERA-K/9 5.62/6.9 4.13/8.1 3.80/7.4 2.41/6.9 4.98/6.7 4.35/4.7 4.08/10.1 4.57/8.5 4.59/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (12-5-1)
 Schneider (28-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 658/.291 238/.249 204/.230 229/.192 195/.254 414/.273 247/.237 197/.204 .271  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
0/0/53/7
36/8/60/6
0/125/0/5
20/0/0/2
13/0/0/1
42/0/34/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .887 .677 .809 .545 .683 .707 .742 .723 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.925 99/.817 83/.486 97/.638 89/.918 169/.723 115/.632 80/.489 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.855 139/.579 121/1.043 132/.478 106/.494 245/.695 132/.830 117/.892 .796
Road 340/.908 117/.747 97/.771 103/.503 88/.687 226/.568 111/.793 95/.745 .785
Last 28d days 131/1.027 43/.859 52/.870 47/.483 23/.367 71/.704 36/.343 34/.590
HR/SB/CS 28/4/6 6/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 168/41/20
Usage ······X· ··o·X·X· ·······X ···Xo·X· ···o··X· ··ooo··X ···o·o·· ··o·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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