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Game Preview: HOU @ STL, 8:15pm, Thursday, May 29, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Houston Astros, 30-24, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 4-4, 5.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             69    85  45  43  18  53 15    5.61      
 2007 (14-7)           212   221  80  75  60 154 14    3.18      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  46    50  27  26  14  37 10    5.09   49 
 2008-05-22    PHI  ND   6    11   5   5   2   4  1      95   32 
 2008-05-17   @TEX   L   6    11   6   6   1   1  2     109   26 
 2008-05-12   @SFG   W   8     5   3   3   0   6  1     111   66 
 2008-05-07    WSN  ND   7     6   3   3   2   9  2      97   60 
 2008-05-02    MIL   W   6     6   4   3   4   6  2     112   48 
 2008-04-26   @STL  ND   6     5   3   3   3   5  0     117   52 
 2008-04-21    SDP   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  2      96   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-0  36    26   6   5   7  24  0    1.25   67 
 2008-04-26   @STL  ND   6     5   3   3   3   5  0     117   52 
 2007-09-23   @STL  ND   7     8   1   0   1   2  0     101   60 
 2007-08-29    STL   W   7     4   0   0   0   9  0      99   78 
 2007-06-01    STL  ND   7     4   1   1   2   4  0      94   67 
 2007-04-07    STL   W   9     5   1   1   1   4  0      94   76 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Wed, May 28  @STL  L   1-6       30-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27  @STL  W   8-2       30-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 25   PHI  L   6-15      29-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 24   PHI  W   4-3       29-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23   PHI  W   4-3       28-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 22   PHI  L   5-7       27-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   CHC  W   5-3       27-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   CHC  W   4-2       26-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 19   CHC  L   2-7       25-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @TEX  W   5-4       25-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
St. Louis Cardinals, 31-23, 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 4-2, 4.26)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             63.1  68  31  30  16  32  2    4.26      
 2007 (9-12)           192.2 207 109  99  57 122 22    4.62      
 2006 (5-10)           126.2 150  83  82  44  97 15    5.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39    48  27  26  11  22  2    6.00   43 
 2008-05-24   @LAD   W   6     6   0   0   0   5  0      90   65 
 2008-05-18    TBR  ND   6     8   3   2   0   5  0      78   51 
 2008-05-13    PIT  ND   7     5   4   4   1   4  1     108   54 
 2008-05-08   @COL   L   4     8   7   7   5   4  0      92   17 
 2008-05-03    CHC   L   6     9   8   8   2   0  1     106   20 
 2008-04-27    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   1   3  0     102   62 
 2008-04-22   @MIL  ND   4     8   4   4   2   1  0      84   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-3  33.1  29  11  11  13  16  1    2.97   55 
 2008-04-27    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   1   3  0     102   62 
 2007-05-07    HOU   L   7.1   7   3   3   2   2  1     108   52 
 2007-05-02   @HOU   L   6     8   3   3   3   4  0     102   45 
 2006-09-18   @HOU   L   6     6   4   4   3   3  0      93   44 
 2006-08-22    HOU   W   8     4   0   0   4   4  0     105   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-11   Road:   13-12   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Wed, May 28   HOU  W   6-1       31-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27   HOU  L   2-8       30-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 25  @LAD  L   3-4 (10)  30-22  1st    Tied
 51 Sat, May 24  @LAD  W   4-0       30-21  1st    Tied
 50 Fri, May 23  @LAD  W   2-1       29-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 21  @SDP  W  11-3       28-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 20  @SDP  L   2-3       27-21  2nd  2.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 19  @SDP  W   8-2       27-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 18   TBR  W   5-4       26-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 17   TBR  W   9-8 (10)  25-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 28, 2008 STL  6  HOU  1        W:Adam Wainwright (5-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 HOU  8 @STL  2        W:Shawn Chacon (2-0), L: Braden Looper (6-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 STL  5  HOU  1        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Brandon Backe (1-3), S: Kyle McClellan (1)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-1), L: Dave Borkowski (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 HOU  3 @STL  2        W:Wesley Wright (3-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 STL  6 @HOU  4        W:Braden Looper (2-0), L: Chris Sampson (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (5)
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 STL  5 @HOU  3        W:Anthony Reyes (1-0), L: Geoff Geary (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (4)
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 HOU  5  STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (2-0), L: Kyle McClellan (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Kelvin Jimenez (3-0), L: Brad Lidge (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 STL  7  HOU  4        W:Brad Thompson (7-6), L: Matt Albers (4-10), S: Jason Isringhausen (30)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 5-3; 2007 - STL won 9-7; 2006 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 336-297

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  5.58

LAD  4.48

SDP  3.52

RA/G

OAK  3.53

FLA  4.65

PIT  5.56

BA

C. Jones  .418

C. Lee  .270

J. Thome  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .495

C. Young  .336

K. Greene  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .742

K. Fukudome  .422

J. Bartlett  .285

OPS

L. Berkman  1.212

A. Beltre  .756

F. Sanchez  .576

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

S. Chacon  3.95

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Houston Astros Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
65.Parisi
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 11/.831 2/.500 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 6/.367 70/51 .197/.206/.288/.494 .722/.409 .573 41/.528 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 14/.857 12/.267 3/1.334 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 10/1.167 230/180 .381/.470/.742/1.212 1.169/1.224 1.086 111/1.408 10/1 16/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 15/1.236 2/1.000 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 14/1.346 102/88 .227/.255/.351/.605 .305/.645 .393 27/.662 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 213/163 .218/.280/.311/.591 .501/.617 .535 113/.590 23/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 18/.952 2/.000 12/.361 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.311 53/32 .119/.302/.143/.445 .521/.397 .339 15/.833 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 18/.445 1/2.000 44/.757 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 15/.434 70/65 .309/.329/.471/.799 1.000/.783 .905 26/.946 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 50/1.116 6/.900 29/.791 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 4/1.750 222/178 .270/.311/.500/.811 .734/.830 .830 108/.810 3/0 11/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.533 3/2.000 13/.083 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 30/1.200 108/78 .255/.343/.319/.662 1.142/.495 .593 23/.978 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 9/.583 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 168/124 .269/.359/.352/.711 .813/.676 .774 112/.731 11/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/1.413 1/2.000 5/1.800 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 210/162 .306/.352/.487/.839 .776/.859 .747 104/1.036 5/4 7/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 17/.971 1/.000 34/.782 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.136 231/182 .330/.359/.505/.864 .835/.872 .808 110/.774 4/3 6/
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 3/3.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 132/112 .143/.267/.286/.553 .954/.488 .452 57/.273 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 100/74 .270/.340/.438/.778 .945/.720 .608 77/.800 3/0 2/
IP 63.1 14.1 24.0 3.0 26.0 15.2 5.2 12.1 20.0 TOTAL .265/.326/.423/.749 .808/.733 .694 .799 60/14 56/31
ERA-K/9 4.26/4.5 3.14/7.6 1.50/5.6 3.00/3.0 2.42/7.3 2.87/5.7 0.00/7.9 3.65/7.3 4.05/8.1 3.82/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (6-1-2)
 Towles (10-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.279 67/.255 102/.195 12/.273 110/.253 67/.258 20/.105 56/.250 84/.225 .256  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Erstad
 Cruz
0/50/0/5
52/0/0/4
0/0/51/4
13/5/3/1
10/4/3/0
OPS .721 .722 .619 .970 .621 .717 .255 .711 .621 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.850 29/.945 38/.609 7/.929 37/.476 33/.803 9/.347 16/1.152 34/.528 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.630 38/.561 64/.621 5/1.000 73/.696 34/.624 11/.182 40/.531 50/.682 .706
Home 173/.625 35/.993 55/.631 / 66/.527 25/.780 10/.200 32/.851 52/.632 .692
Last 28d days 126/.848 36/.748 43/.611 / 50/.757 67/.717 20/.255 35/.458 46/.803
HR/SB/CS 2/4/1 1/4/0 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/2/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 41/24/14
Usage ····X··· ·o··X··· ·····X·o ········ ·o·oo··X ·X·X···o o···Xo·· ·o·o···· ···o·o·X
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
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
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 10/.800 1/5.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 192/137 .278/.359/.485/.845 .798/.864 .855 79/.777 0/0 8/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 95/39 .268/.362/.378/.740 .766/.695 .827 51/.622 1/1 1/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 18/.716 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 146/127 .250/.356/.387/.743 .325/.810 .743 64/.626 1/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 6/.000 7/.453 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 216/154 .264/.370/.390/.760 .815/.739 .689 100/.766 0/1 2/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 11/.764 1/.000 157/97 .265/.359/.338/.697 .823/.619 .726 76/.768 4/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 9/1.069 10/.700 3/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 140/114 .242/.300/.281/.581 .679/.559 .735 63/.412 4/1 0/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 31/.727 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/.650 1/.000 51/37 .146/.314/.171/.484 .377/.524 .629 18/.722 0/0 0/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 167/99 .333/.413/.715/1.128 .953/1.241 1.074 90/1.210 2/1 13/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 14/.357 ··· ··· 6/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 113/70 .320/.360/.350/.710 .673/.732 .924 47/.769 0/2 0/
4.Molina G/S/vP 10/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 179/123 .286/.352/.360/.712 .993/.591 .746 87/.738 0/0 2/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 73/.863 3/1.334 2/1.500 7/.286 7/.953 ··· 236/160 .356/.483/.617/1.100 1.387/.968 1.084 108/1.076 2/1 12/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 76/47 .300/.338/.329/.666 .637/.682 .659 54/.680 2/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 11/.788 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 3/.666 1/2.000 206/148 .286/.356/.384/.740 .511/.829 .644 91/.621 4/0 2/
IP 69.0 28.0 14.0 27.0 26.1 18.0 TOTAL .277/.362/.410/.773 .796/.762 .786 .755 20/12 46/30
ERA-K/9 5.61/6.9 2.89/7.7 0.00/3.9 4.00/11.0 5.13/5.5 5.00/7.0 4.47/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (5-3-0)
 Molina (19-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.302 111/.248 58/.204 120/.259 114/.279 81/.221 .276  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Barton
 Ludwick
 Duncan
27/14/24/5
0/45/0/2
15/0/5/2
5/2/40/1
32/0/0/1
OPS .885 .641 .642 .770 .957 .764 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.985 48/.876 25/.501 56/.626 48/.869 31/.683 .845
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.794 63/.460 33/.760 64/.885 66/1.023 50/.817 .778
Road 170/.781 52/.608 32/.693 56/.944 60/1.018 41/.762 .796
Last 28d days 146/.867 50/.628 42/.626 55/.506 44/1.044 44/.817
HR/SB/CS 15/0/0 2/1/1 0/2/1 4/3/0 10/0/1 2/1/0 75/16/6
Usage ······X· ····Xo·o ·X··X·o· o····X·o ·o·Xo·X· ···oo·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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