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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 7:10pm, Monday, August 25, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Houston Astros, 66-64, 4th, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 9-4, 3.87)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-4)            116.1 127  53  50  27  62 14    3.87      
 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         4-0  40.2  46  16  14   3  18  3    3.10   52 
 2008-08-19   @MIL   W   5.1   9   2   1   1   4  0      92   47 
 2008-08-14    SFG  ND   5.1   8   4   4   0   1  1      86   37 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      2-2  25.2  25  10   7   3  13  2    2.45   55 
 2006-09-18   @NYM   L   5     5   3   3   0   4  2      66   49 
 2005-07-02   @NYM   W   5.1   9   3   3   2   1  0      68   37 
 2005-05-27    NYM   L   8     4   1   1   0   6  0      99   76 
 1997-07-01    NYM   W   7.1   7   3   0   1   2  0      99   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  45-46   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 15-10   vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 24  @NYM  W   6-4 (10)  66-64  4th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @NYM  W   8-3       65-64  4th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
New York Mets, 72-59, 1st, ½ up

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 12-8, 3.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-8)           154   164  68  66  51  86  9    3.86      
 2007 (3-8)             72.2  85  47  45  39  45  6    5.57      
 2006 (2-1)             21.1  25  14  13  12  13  1    5.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45.1  47  22  22   8  22  5    4.37   50 
 2008-08-20    ATL   W   9     3   3   3   3   3  0     108   69 
 2008-08-15   @PIT   W   7     7   0   0   0   1  0      98   64 
 2008-08-10    FLA   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  0      98   26 
 2008-08-05    SDP   W   6.2   9   2   2   1   3  2     101   50 
 2008-07-30   @FLA   L   4     8   5   5   0   3  0      78   29 
 2008-07-25    STL   W   7     7   1   1   0   5  0      99   64 
 2008-07-20   @CIN  ND   7     6   5   5   1   4  3      89   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-2  15.2  23  11  11   5  11  2    6.32   40 
 2007-09-07    HOU   W   5.1  10   2   2   2   3  1      99   41 
 2007-07-06   @HOU   L   6     7   4   4   2   5  1      96   45 
 2006-07-23    HOU   L   4.1   6   5   5   1   3  0      81   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-25   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  46-44   vsLHP:  26-15   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 29-20   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 24   HOU  L   4-6 (10)  72-59  1st  0.5 up
130 Sat, Aug 23   HOU  L   3-8       72-58  1st  1.5 up
129 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  W   3-0       72-57  1st  2.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 HOU  6 @NYM  4 (10)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-1), L: Pedro Feliciano (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 HOU  8 @NYM  3        W:Brandon Backe (8-12), L: John Maine (10-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 5-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 297-243

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  5.56

LAA  4.65

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.92

SFG  4.62

TEX  6.08

BA

C. Jones  .359

V. Wells  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .467

J. Hamilton  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .639

R. Belliard  .479

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

J. Willingham  .836

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  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 (4.53 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
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 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 31/12 .207/.226/.448/.674 .874/.348 .467 14/.676 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 5/.933 3/.666 5/1.400 5/.000 4/1.417 13/.490 1/.000 ··· 205/141 .230/.310/.309/.619 .783/.547 .622 27/.534 0/1 2/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/2.238 9/1.500 4/1.000 6/1.867 4/1.500 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 539/384 .330/.430/.601/1.032 .850/1.109 1.012 103/.890 15/3 26/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.000 6/1.667 5/.200 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 260/208 .237/.277/.419/.696 .564/.724 .701 75/.814 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 421/306 .225/.283/.304/.586 .554/.598 .524 44/.533 33/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 12/.583 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 422/294 .242/.289/.379/.668 .662/.670 .679 45/.289 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/2.333 2/1.000 4/2.250 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 263/203 .300/.333/.397/.730 .733/.729 .769 90/.771 2/2 3/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.650 4/1.500 11/1.455 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 255/159 .268/.341/.379/.721 .914/.611 .644 52/.775 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/53 .218/.259/.364/.622 .600/.624 .560 27/.568 0/0 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 7/1.285 6/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 521/380 .260/.301/.439/.740 .729/.744 .727 101/.735 7/8 18/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 121/89 .230/.256/.292/.548 .713/.492 .639 69/.610 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 33/.864 1/.000 4/.000 538/387 .287/.320/.422/.742 .787/.725 .707 107/.760 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 342/231 .299/.368/.533/.901 1.108/.804 .766 86/1.197 4/5 16/
IP 154.0 61.2 47.0 68.2 51.0 49.0 51.0 14.0 TOTAL .264/.324/.420/.744 .786/.729 .711 .797 92/39 141/56
ERA-K/9 3.86/5.0 5.40/5.5 4.02/8.4 5.37/9.8 4.06/6.9 2.94/4.8 4.06/6.9 3.86/7.1 4.03/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 660/.281 270/.269 206/.271 314/.255 223/.237 204/.237 220/.233 54/.264 .249  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/125/13
0/105/0/7
37/34/6/2
9/6/0/2
12/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .742 .746 .782 .766 .672 .706 .688 .768 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.838 124/.734 100/.590 127/1.018 103/.633 96/.494 54/.870 24/1.156 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.648 146/.756 106/.970 187/.594 120/.705 108/.897 166/.630 30/.467 .684
Home 381/.625 159/.655 106/.710 166/.707 117/.748 98/.591 113/.647 30/.818 .666
Last 28d days 130/.759 49/.599 42/.788 59/.861 31/.887 36/.791 38/.921 54/.768
HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 6/1/1 7/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 3/0/0 136/45/23
Usage ····X··· X·oo·o·· o··o··o· o·X··X·· oo····o· o····oo· oo····X· ·X····X·
New York Mets Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.81 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 17/1.401 9/.000 2/.000 14/.571 25/.969 2/.000 6/.900 1/.000 568/416 .270/.365/.469/.834 .884/.816 .875 109/.882 17/3 19/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 138/78 .248/.319/.464/.783 .781/.784 .840 34/.426 0/0 7/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 9/.833 3/1.000 ··· 7/1.096 ··· 288/248 .271/.312/.336/.648 .506/.670 .722 24/.652 6/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 12/.916 5/.400 ··· 9/.555 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· ··· 239/164 .310/.370/.512/.881 .878/.883 .879 8/.875 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 29/1.187 12/1.317 9/.958 7/.429 14/.812 1/.000 4/1.750 2/1.000 548/382 .258/.343/.480/.823 .714/.874 .803 106/.754 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 10/.856 24/.810 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 302/206 .261/.310/.344/.654 .652/.655 .557 71/.571 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 94/37 .264/.298/.368/.666 .858/.368 .578 51/.759 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 63/59 .358/.460/.547/1.007 2.417/.921 1.086 63/1.007 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 99/81 .253/.284/.286/.570 .471/.592 .470 59/.472 2/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 12/.606 2/1.000 2/2.500 19/.551 3/1.000 2/1.000 8/.500 ··· 612/432 .300/.359/.479/.838 .865/.831 .842 119/.732 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 12/1.017 4/.000 1/3.000 11/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 310/242 .257/.349/.351/.699 .481/.761 .791 52/1.004 0/0 6/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 5/.600 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.875 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 257/168 .297/.362/.483/.845 .749/.894 .933 95/.764 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP 11/.909 3/1.667 2/no AB 12/1.167 3/.666 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 593/441 .293/.386/.524/.910 1.229/.809 .989 110/.901 14/5 25/
IP 116.1 56.2 48.1 57.0 48.0 103.1 58.1 45.1 TOTAL .266/.339/.414/.753 .776/.744 .775 .736 108/28 132/71
ERA-K/9 3.87/4.8 4.13/8.1 3.72/7.5 2.37/6.8 4.88/6.6 4.27/4.6 4.01/9.9 4.57/8.5 4.57/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.275 238/.249 209/.230 232/.190 198/.250 420/.269 250/.233 197/.204 .270  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Tatis
 Murphy
 Easley
0/0/54/7
36/9/60/6
0/127/0/5
21/0/0/2
42/0/35/2
14/0/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .759 .677 .811 .543 .672 .696 .732 .723 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.851 99/.817 85/.474 99/.638 91/.896 172/.709 116/.626 80/.489 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.685 139/.579 124/1.057 133/.474 107/.489 248/.686 134/.817 117/.892 .796
Road 224/.756 117/.747 102/.777 106/.500 91/.662 232/.553 114/.771 95/.745 .781
Last 28d days 127/.663 38/.839 57/.874 42/.382 26/.323 67/.685 39/.316 34/.590
HR/SB/CS 14/8/0 6/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 171/41/20
Usage ·····X·· ····o·X· ·X······ ·o···Xo· o····o·· X···ooo· X····o·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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