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Game Preview: HOU @ PHI, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @Citizens Bank Park

Houston Astros, 5-8, 6th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Shawn Chacon (30, RHP, 0-0, 3.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             12     9   5   5   8   6  1    3.75      
 2007 (5-4)             96    95  42  42  48  79  9    3.94      
 2006 (7-6)            109   124  86  77  63  62 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  36.2  37  22  22  21  28  2    5.40   46 
 2008-04-08    STL  ND   6     4   3   3   4   2  0      86   50 
 2008-04-03    SDP  ND   6     5   2   2   4   4  1      94   54 
 2007-06-10    NYY   L   3.1   8   7   7   3   2  0      96   15 
 2007-06-05    WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   3   3  0      97   36 
 2007-05-31    SDP  ND   7     3   0   0   1  10  0     102   80 
 2007-05-26    CIN  ND   3.2   3   1   1   5   2  0      80   48 
 2006-09-27    HOU  ND   5.1   6   5   5   1   5  1      82   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      1-2  16.1  16  11  10  13  10  2    5.51   43 
 2003-08-05    PHI   L   5     6   5   5   3   1  1      96   33 
 2002-05-03    PHI   L   6     5   3   3   5   4  1     111   49 
 2002-04-27    PHI   W   5.1   5   3   2   5   5  0     101   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-7    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Sun, Apr 13   FLA  W   5-1        5-8   6th  4.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   FLA  W   5-0        4-8   6th  5.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   FLA  L   6-10       3-8   6th  5.0 gb
 10 Wed, Apr  9   STL  L   4-6        3-7   6th  4.5 gb
  9 Tue, Apr  8   STL  L   3-5        3-6   6th  4.0 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7   STL  W   5-3        3-5   6th  3.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6  @CHC  L   2-3        2-5   6th  3.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5  @CHC  L   7-9        2-4   6th  2.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4  @CHC  W   4-3        2-3   5th  1.5 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @SDP  L   2-3        1-3   6th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-8    Last 30: 5-8 
Philadelphia Phillies, 6-7, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Eaton (30, RHP, 0-0, 3.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             13.2  11   6   6   6   7  1    3.95      
 2007 (10-10)          161.2 192 117 113  71  97 30    6.29      
 2006 (7-4)             65    78  38  37  24  43 11    5.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  36.2  40  24  23  18  21  8    5.65   44 
 2008-04-10    NYM  ND   6     5   3   3   2   5  0      91   53 
 2008-04-05    CIN  ND   7.2   6   3   3   4   2  1      95   53 
 2007-09-29    WSN   L   2.1   5   1   1   2   0  0      48   41 
 2007-09-21    WSN   W   5     5   3   3   5   2  0      86   42 
 2007-09-16    NYM  ND   4.2   7   5   4   2   1  1      85   31 
 2007-09-11    COL   L   5     6   4   4   2   6  3      83   43 
 2007-09-02    FLA  ND   6     6   5   5   1   5  3      89   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-1  31.2  32  19  18  12  34  6    5.12   50 
 2007-07-03    HOU  ND   6     4   3   3   4   7  0     103   55 
 2007-04-23    HOU   W   6     7   4   4   3   7  2     102   46 
 2003-09-05    HOU   L   6     7   5   5   2   6  2     109   42 
 2003-08-29    HOU   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  1     102   63 
 2001-05-21    HOU   W   6.2   8   6   5   1  10  1     117   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Sun, Apr 13   CHC  L   5-6 (10)   6-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   CHC  W   7-1        6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   CHC  W   5-3        5-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @NYM  L   3-4 (12)   4-6   3rd  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @NYM  L   2-8        4-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @NYM  W   5-2        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @CIN  W   5-3        3-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @CIN  L   2-8        2-4   5th  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @CIN  L   3-4        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @CIN  W   8-4        2-2   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 PHI  8 @HOU  3        W:Cole Hamels , L: Chris Sampson , S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 HOU  5  PHI  4 (13)   W:Matt Albers , L: Jose Mesa , S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 HOU  7  PHI  5        W:Woody Williams , L: Jamie Moyer , S: Trever Miller 
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 PHI 11  HOU  4        W:Adam Eaton , L: Chris Sampson , S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 PHI  8  HOU  5        W:Cole Hamels , L: Woody Williams , S: Tom Gordon 
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 HOU  9 @PHI  6        W:Roy Oswalt , L: Brett Myers , S: Dan Wheeler 
Mon, Sep 25, 2006 HOU  5 @PHI  4        W:Dave Borkowski (3-2), L: Matt Smith (0-1), S: Dan Wheeler (8)
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 PHI  6 @HOU  4        W:Randy Wolf (4-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (9-10), S: Tom Gordon (31)
Sat, Sep 16, 2006 PHI  7 @HOU  2        W:Cole Hamels (8-8), L: Jason Hirsh (3-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 15, 2006 PHI  4 @HOU  3        W:Brett Myers (11-6), L: Roger Clemens (6-5), S: Tom Gordon (30)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - PHI won 4-2; All-Time - PHI leads 273-259

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Houston Astros Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Eaton
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
45.Gordon
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 9/.347 2/1.000 ··· 9/.985 ··· 2/no AB 6/.666 3/.333 397/296 .235/.318/.324/.642 .666/.633 .581 / 6/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 18/1.223 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 5/.600 ··· 6/1.666 668/510 .278/.386/.510/.896 .800/.926 .970 / 7/3 34/12
27.Blum# G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/.750 2/2.000 8/1.500 370/280 .252/.319/.367/.685 .616/.708 .616 / 0/0 5/5
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/103 .277/.348/.378/.727 .434/.809 .664 / 18/1 1/0
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 19/.879 2/1.500 2/.500 8/.500 6/.750 6/.000 10/1.214 3/.666 293/193 .234/.316/.375/.691 .695/.689 .730 / 6/1 6/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 17/.485 14/.643 1/.000 ··· 15/.582 2/.500 347/254 .248/.310/.335/.645 .433/.721 .600 / 7/2 4/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 9/.361 ··· 18/.771 6/.833 5/1.400 11/1.364 8/1.167 5/.900 697/528 .303/.354/.528/.882 .956/.859 .789 / 10/5 32/4
8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/1.319 1/no AB 1/.000 11/1.245 4/1.000 8/1.089 1/.000 8/.268 511/391 .287/.352/.372/.724 .818/.696 .700 / 1/2 4/7
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 484/376 .322/.360/.539/.899 .993/.872 .886 / 11/5 17/6
13.Perez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 9/.111 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 / /// / / / /
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 57/37 .226/.281/.264/.545 .513/.562 .491 / 0/0 0/2
10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.958 2/1.000 19/.849 18/.347 ··· 4/.500 11/.878 7/.286 569/428 .296/.357/.442/.799 .912/.762 .734 / 2/1 18/15
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .375/.432/.575/1.007 .733/1.086 1.310 / 0/1 1/0
IP 161.2 50.0 127.2 40.0 67.0 56.0 56.1 76.0 TOTAL .238/.300/.428/.728 .754/.721 .659 .728 12/4 16/3
ERA-K/9 6.29/5.4 5.04/4.9 4.72/4.7 4.73/7.2 3.36/11.8 3.05/6.9 1.92/6.7 3.79/8.6 3.71/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (47-17-2)
 Quintero (8-5-1)
 Towles (3-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 734/.301 228/.300 561/.268 170/.263 287/.219 237/.231 237/.202 329/.266 .237  Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
 Berkman
 Blum
 Bourn
157/0/0/8
0/95/14/6
49/3/23/5
12/45/9/2
0/1/31/1
9/0/0/0
79/12/6/0
OPS .898 .790 .781 .773 .721 .666 .664 .733 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 349/.988 98/.758 277/.776 77/.970 120/.658 107/.593 93/.645 128/.715 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.819 130/.813 284/.786 93/.601 167/.766 130/.721 144/.677 201/.744 .701
Home 348/.930 127/.746 251/.878 86/.771 163/.711 106/.666 121/.672 172/.779 .692
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 30/6/9 4/1/1 21/5/2 7/1/1 9/3/0 5/1/3 3/4/2 10/10/1 10/7/4
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·X···Xo· ·o··X·oo ·X·oX··X ··X·X··· ·o··o·X· ·o··XX··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Chacon
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/94 .246/.346/.283/.629 .619/.636 .622 / 6/3 0/8
5.Burrell G/S/vP 10/.686 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 15/1.600 5/.900 13/1.094 ··· 598/414 .256/.400/.502/.902 .950/.881 1.016 / 0/0 30/10
27.Coste G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.000 ··· 137/99 .279/.311/.419/.730 .865/.678 1.000 / 0/0 5/0
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP 2/no AB 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 358/328 .272/.330/.451/.780 .481/.808 .780 / 3/0 10/8
7.Feliz G/S/vP 22/.918 4/1.750 6/.833 2/.000 5/.400 14/1.077 5/1.350 ··· 590/429 .253/.290/.418/.708 .667/.724 .677 / 2/2 20/11
6.Howard* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 2/no AB ··· 16/1.286 4/.000 7/.629 ··· 648/402 .268/.392/.584/.976 .826/1.072 .964 / 1/0 47/12
10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 7/1.229 3/.333 2/.500 5/1.600 12/1.417 2/.000 4/2.333 ··· 464/393 .255/.319/.471/.790 .697/.807 .891 / 2/2 21/3
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 13/.826 7/1.000 5/1.350 ··· 22/.937 4/.250 20/.745 ··· 778/543 .296/.344/.531/.875 .917/.857 .892 / 41/6 30/11
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 429/325 .259/.340/.396/.735 .576/.786 .776 / 6/1 6/2
9.Snelling* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/65 .246/.395/.333/.729 .616/.765 .563 / 0/1 1/0
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 340/165 .290/.350/.368/.718 .760/.674 .694 / 7/4 3/4
26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· 3/4.333 3/2.334 ··· 18/1.313 4/1.000 9/1.555 ··· 613/380 .332/.410/.566/.976 .927/1.004 1.074 / 9/1 22/10
28.Werth G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 304/198 .298/.404/.459/.863 1.058/.760 .831 / 7/1 8/2
IP 96.0 71.2 76.2 67.1 59.2 64.1 76.1 TOTAL .256/.342/.444/.786 .835/.772 .823 .786 7/3 18/15
ERA-K/9 3.94/7.4 5.15/7.9 3.05/5.0 4.41/5.1 4.07/5.4 2.66/10.9 4.24/6.8 /0.0 4.34/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (15-6-2)
 Feliz (1-0-0)
 Ruiz (57-26-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.265 325/.273 319/.228 296/.283 257/.282 265/.196 336/.260 / .293  Werth
 Burrell
 Jenkins
 Taguchi
 Snelling
 Bruntlett
 Feliz
 Dobbs
37/2/58/9
138/0/0/8
121/0/0/7
41/63/8/3
21/5/0/2
4/2/1/0
2/0/1/0
14/0/3/0
OPS .771 .796 .652 .797 .757 .611 .722 .822
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.930 134/.885 155/.561 127/.684 101/.871 140/.624 148/.896 / .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.682 191/.735 164/.735 169/.878 156/.686 125/.595 188/.589 / .841
Road 221/.863 141/.886 179/.527 151/.638 116/.715 119/.582 166/.724 / .850
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 8/2/0 8/3/0 8/2/2 8/3/0 7/4/2 6/3/0 // 17/3/2
Usage ······X· ···o·X·· ·XoX···o ··X···X· ···X·X·· ·XX····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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