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Game Preview: HOU @ SFG, 10:15pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @AT&T Park

Houston Astros, 22-18, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 1-0, 4.26)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             12.2  16   6   6   4   8  1    4.26      
 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         1-4  31    43  25  25   8  20  8    7.26   40 
 2008-05-09   @LAD   W   5     5   0   0   1   5  0      81   61 
 2006-09-29    PHI   L   3.1   7   7   7   2   0  1      65   16 
 2006-09-23   @PHI   L   3.1   8   4   4   1   1  0      65   28 
 2006-09-18   @NYM   L   5     5   3   3   0   4  2      66   49 
 2006-09-09    PHI  ND   4     6   2   2   2   3  2      70   43 
 2006-09-04    ARI  ND   5     7   5   5   2   1  1      75   32 
 2006-07-30   @PHI   L   5.1   5   4   4   0   6  2      91   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      1-1  14    24  15  15   6   6  2    9.64   29 
 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:   11-6    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 13  @SFG  L   2-4       22-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12  @SFG  W   7-3       22-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 11  @LAD  W   8-5       21-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 10  @LAD  W   5-0       20-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 36 Fri, May  9  @LAD  W   7-1       19-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Thu, May  8   WSN  L   3-8       18-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 34 Wed, May  7   WSN  W   4-3       18-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 33 Tue, May  6   WSN  W   6-5       17-16  3rd  4.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4   MIL  W   8-6 (12)  16-16  4th  4.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3   MIL  W   6-2       15-16  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
San Francisco Giants, 17-23, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Patrick Misch (26, LHP, 0-0, 5.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             16    16  10  10   6  12  5    5.63      
 2007 (0-4)             40.1  47  21  19  12  26  3    4.24      
 2006 (0-0)              1     2   0   0   0   1  0    0.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  29.2  40  22  22  11  25  6    6.67   41 
 2008-05-09    PHI  ND   6     6   4   4   3   4  1      89   45 
 2008-05-02   @PHI  ND   4     5   4   4   2   4  2      69   38 
 2007-09-26    SDP   L   4.1   9   8   8   2   1  0      66   12 
 2007-09-21    CIN  ND   5     5   1   1   2   4  1      79   55 
 2007-08-09    WSN   L   5.1   8   3   3   2   4  1      97   42 
 2007-08-04   @SDP  ND   5     7   2   2   0   8  1      90   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-10   Road:    6-13   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  12-17   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 6-12   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 13   HOU  W   4-2       17-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12   HOU  L   3-7       16-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 11   PHI  W   4-3       16-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 10   PHI  W   8-2       15-22  3rd  8.0 gb
 36 Fri, May  9   PHI  L   4-7       14-22  4th  9.0 gb
 35 Thu, May  8  @PIT  L   4-5       14-21  3rd  9.0 gb
 34 Wed, May  7  @PIT  L   1-3       14-20  3rd  8.0 gb
 33 Tue, May  6  @PIT  L   6-12      14-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @PHI  L   5-6       14-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @PHI  W   3-2 (10)  14-17  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Thu, May 17, 2007 SFG  2 @HOU  1 (12)   W:Vinnie Chulk (1-2), L: Brad Lidge (2-1), S: Armando Benitez (8)
Wed, May 16, 2007 HOU  2  SFG  1        W:Chris Sampson (4-3), L: Noah Lowry (4-4), S: Dan Wheeler (9)
Tue, May 15, 2007 HOU  6  SFG  5 (10)   W:Chad Qualls (4-1), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-1), S: none
Wed, May 17, 2006 SFG 10 @HOU  1        W:Matt Morris (3-4), L: Fernando Nieve (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 16, 2006 SFG 14 @HOU  3        W:Jamey Wright (4-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - SFG won 4-2; 2006 - SFG won 5-1; All-Time - SFG leads 353-328

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

CHC  5.79

STL  4.49

SDP  3.38

RA/G

CLE  3.62

MIN  4.50

TEX  5.49

BA

D. Pedroia  .307

  

D. Pedroia  .307

OBP

D. Pedroia  .344

  

D. Pedroia  .344

SLG

D. Pedroia  .403

  

D. Pedroia  .403

OPS

D. Pedroia  .747

  

D. Pedroia  .747

ERA

C. Lee  .67

Z. Duke  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

Z. Greinke  6.11

J. Garland  2.07

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Houston Astros Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Misch*
G/S/vB
31.Chulk
G/S/vB
34.Sadler
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
47.Valdez
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 47/33 .239/.239/.304/.543 1.000/.364 .533 33/.625 0/1 0/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 168/132 .392/.470/.790/1.260 1.266/1.259 1.033 113/1.334 6/1 13/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 4/1.500 7/.143 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 3/1.167 ··· 86/73 .207/.233/.354/.586 .154/.649 .410 49/.449 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/120 .193/.267/.289/.556 .685/.524 .535 92/.501 17/0 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.500 1/.000 ··· 49/31 .125/.286/.150/.436 .478/.410 .337 32/.361 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 56/52 .291/.304/.400/.704 1.250/.661 .775 41/.717 1/1 0/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· 163/131 .282/.331/.523/.855 .713/.890 .914 106/.887 1/0 8/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 93/70 .210/.301/.259/.560 .978/.433 .492 44/.455 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 105/81 .264/.346/.374/.720 .669/.731 .664 105/.720 6/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 151/113 .281/.325/.446/.771 .841/.747 .660 95/.958 4/3 4/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 9/1.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 172/138 .338/.372/.525/.897 .790/.924 .791 116/.880 2/3 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/83 .157/.286/.337/.623 1.012/.559 .492 61/.439 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· 61/43 .226/.311/.321/.632 .844/.545 .628 38/.589 3/0 1/
IP 16.0 14.1 2.1 14.0 16.0 16.1 17.0 23.2 TOTAL .258/.320/.420/.740 .822/.719 .667 .752 40/10 43/18
ERA-K/9 5.63/6.8 2.51/3.1 0.00/3.9 3.86/9.0 1.69/7.3 3.86/7.7 3.18/9.5 2.28/5.7 4.22/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 70/.254 59/.226 7/.000 61/.259 69/.237 63/.186 74/.242 100/.186 .260  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
0/36/0/4
39/0/0/3
0/0/37/1
9/4/3/0
5/5/3/0
OPS .843 .647 .000 .752 .677 .565 .615 .607 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.429 25/.613 1/.000 33/.445 29/.914 21/1.118 39/.609 35/.793 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/1.039 34/.673 6/.000 28/1.109 40/.494 42/.296 35/.619 65/.510 .784
Home 51/.762 25/.518 5/.000 33/.848 34/.727 34/.671 47/.569 55/.738 .733
Last 28d days 70/.843 59/.647 7/.000 35/.610 42/.661 36/.412 44/.585 59/.467
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 42/26/5
Usage ····X··· ·X···o·X ··o··o·· ··X·oo·· ·X·····o ··o·X·o· o·oo···· ·X··X·X·
San Francisco Giants Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.33 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
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 2/1.000 8/.750 9/.722 ··· 108/76 .247/.324/.371/.695 .958/.596 .589 62/.871 1/1 3/
21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 86/77 .272/.302/.469/.771 .619/.785 .868 75/.605 0/0 4/
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/29 .277/.314/.340/.654 .959/.427 .654 53/.654 4/0 0/
12.Castillo G/S/vP 10/.800 6/.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 142/106 .250/.303/.432/.735 .553/.796 .789 84/.764 1/0 2/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 46/.723 6/2.000 12/.878 2/.000 2/2.000 12/.350 11/.282 ··· 93/72 .253/.333/.361/.695 .762/.675 .682 52/.748 4/0 1/
20.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/32 .306/.375/.500/.875 1.375/.732 1.409 32/.892 0/1 1/
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/123 .298/.370/.489/.858 .411/.940 1.035 102/.820 5/2 3/
1.Molina G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· 15/1.236 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 133/103 .272/.301/.424/.725 .450/.804 .722 78/.697 0/0 4/
40.Ortmeier# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 55/16 .298/.400/.426/.826 .923/.864 .983 30/1.027 2/2 0/
33.Rowand G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 7/1.142 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· 138/103 .325/.391/.520/.912 1.135/.836 .743 98/1.010 0/1 4/
8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/94 .214/.252/.333/.585 .545/.596 .607 78/.528 8/4 0/
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 28/1.060 13/.616 18/.421 4/.500 1/no AB 9/.875 4/.250 ··· 17/13 .385/.500/.538/1.038 .500/1.250 1.038 17/1.038 1/0 0/
2.Winn# G/S/vP 22/1.448 7/.572 10/.744 1/.000 2/2.000 7/.000 6/2.667 ··· 145/103 .286/.324/.368/.693 .955/.587 .687 91/.737 6/1 1/
IP 12.2 15.1 21.1 8.0 17.2 19.2 21.0 13.1 TOTAL .257/.316/.390/.706 .738/.696 .737 .735 40/15 25/25
ERA-K/9 4.26/5.7 4.70/6.5 3.38/8.0 0.00/2.2 1.53/8.6 4.58/10.5 5.57/6.4 3.38/8.1 4.22/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holm (13-0-0)
 Molina (13-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 59/.296 71/.333 85/.259 34/.185 72/.161 88/.256 87/.275 55/.191 .268  Winn
 Lewis
 Rowand
 Velez
 Ortmeier
 Bowker
0/5/33/2
32/4/1/2
0/35/0/1
2/0/5/1
7/0/2/1
0/0/7/0
OPS .771 .931 .690 .649 .520 .793 .908 .658 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/1.026 24/.583 33/1.121 15/.574 27/.515 39/.630 37/.842 21/.722 .852
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.651 47/1.097 52/.401 19/.707 45/.519 49/.901 50/.958 34/.618 .746
Road 30/.752 39/.977 42/.660 20/.594 36/.472 39/1.109 45/.801 28/.671 .772
Last 28d days 40/.755 47/.903 59/.701 34/.649 48/.445 51/.477 51/.800 44/.664
HR/SB/CS 1/3/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 4/3/0 7/0/1 1/0/0 51/11/6
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ··X···Xo o···Xo·· ·Xo·X··· ·oo···Xo o··o·X·· o·oX·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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