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Game Preview: HOU @ TEX, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Houston Astros, 24-19, 2nd, 2½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 4-3, 5.05)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             57    63  34  32  15  48 12    5.05      
 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         4-1  45    42  25  24  13  42 11    4.80   52 
 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 
 2008-04-16   @PHI   W   7     5   1   1   2   4  0      92   65 
 2008-04-11    FLA   L   4     9   8   8   0   6  4      85   18 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-3  35.2  42  13  13   8  18  4    3.28   52 
 2007-06-23   @TEX   L   6.1   8   3   3   4   2  0     113   43 
 2006-06-30   @TEX   L   8     9   3   3   2   5  1     110   55 
 2006-05-19    TEX  ND   6.1  11   3   3   2   3  0     121   40 
 2005-06-24    TEX   W   7.1   6   2   2   0   2  2     116   60 
 2005-05-22   @TEX   L   7.2   8   2   2   0   6  1     120   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-6    Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 16  @TEX  L   8-16      24-19  2nd  2.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @SFG  W   8-7       24-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @SFG  W   6-3       23-18  3rd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers, 21-22, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 5-2, 3.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             55.2  60  27  20  19  35  7    3.23      
 2007 (6-10)           120.1 146  88  77  50  71 16    5.76      
 2006 (15-10)          200   206 108 100  70 156 21    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  42.2  43  22  16  16  27  5    3.38   51 
 2008-05-12    SEA  ND   5     7   6   3   1   2  1      94   36 
 2008-05-07   @SEA   W   7     2   0   0   2   8  0      91   79 
 2008-05-02   @OAK   W   5.2   5   3   1   4   6  1     108   53 
 2008-04-27    MIN   W   9     7   0   0   2   2  0     121   73 
 2008-04-22   @DET   L   3     8   7   7   1   2  3      69   16 
 2008-04-17   @TOR   W   7     7   1   1   3   2  0     112   58 
 2008-04-11    TOR   L   6     7   5   4   3   5  0      97   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-2  29.1  28  17  15  10  21  3    4.60   50 
 2006-06-30    HOU   W   8     4   1   1   1   5  0     111   74 
 2005-09-07    HOU  ND   5.1   7   5   5   3   5  2     101   36 
 2005-07-27   @HOU   L   6     6   3   3   1   4  0      88   51 
 2003-05-16   @HOU  ND   7     6   2   2   2   7  1     119   62 
 2003-05-11    HOU   L   3     5   6   4   3   0  0      65   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-10   Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-16   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest: 12-9  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 16   HOU  W  16-8       21-22  3rd  3.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 14   SEA  L   3-4 (12)  20-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 13   SEA  W   5-2       20-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 12   SEA  W  13-12(10)  19-21  3rd  4.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 11   OAK  L   6-12      18-21  3rd  5.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 10   OAK  W   6-4       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Fri, May  9   OAK  W   4-0       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Thu, May  8  @SEA  W   5-0       16-20  3rd  6.0 gb
 35 Wed, May  7  @SEA  W   2-0       15-20  3rd  6.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6  @SEA  W  10-1       14-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 16, 2008 TEX 16  HOU  8        W:Jamey Wright (2-1), L: Wesley Wright (3-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 HOU 12 @TEX  9 (10)   W:Dan Wheeler (1-4), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 TEX  7  HOU  2        W:Jamey Wright (1-1), L: Roy Oswalt (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 TEX 11  HOU  3        W:Kevin Millwood (4-6), L: Woody Williams (3-10), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 TEX 14 @HOU  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-4), L: Woody Williams (1-6), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 HOU  6  TEX  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-3), L: John Koronka (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 TEX  7 @HOU  4        W:Robinson Tejeda (4-3), L: Matt Albers (1-3), S: Eric Gagne (2)
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 HOU  9 @TEX  5        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-5), L: Kevin Millwood (8-5), S: Brad Lidge (20)
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 HOU  7 @TEX  0        W:Taylor Buchholz (5-6), L: John Wasdin (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 TEX  3  HOU  1        W:Vicente Padilla (7-5), L: Roy Oswalt (6-4), S: Akinori Otsuka (16)
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 1-0; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 22-21

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  5.83

OAK  4.44

SDP  3.40

RA/G

CLE  3.50

LAA  4.48

TEX  5.51

BA

A. Pujols  .347

  

R. Zimmerman  .244

OBP

A. Pujols  .492

  

R. Zimmerman  .277

SLG

C. Utley  .655

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

  

C. Crawford  .680

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Mussina  3.99

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

J. Weaver  6.20

J. Garland  2.01

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Houston Astros Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
49.Mathis
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 11/.400 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 26/.668 53/36 .235/.250/.353/.603 .813/.508 .621 36/.755 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 19/1.579 12/1.591 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 29/1.780 182/143 .394/.473/.800/1.273 1.299/1.264 1.083 114/1.450 7/1 15/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 13/1.302 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 18/.437 92/79 .205/.228/.341/.569 .154/.625 .401 46/.496 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/128 .182/.252/.270/.522 .580/.506 .477 93/.407 18/0 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 8/1.042 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 16/.250 ··· ··· ··· 15/.515 51/31 .122/.294/.146/.440 .488/.410 .350 32/.397 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 6/.334 23/.591 3/1.000 ··· 21/.333 ··· 1/3.000 4/1.000 6/1.000 61/57 .317/.328/.500/.828 1.250/.798 .944 42/.966 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.167 10/1.200 3/1.000 6/1.166 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 21/.675 177/142 .294/.339/.540/.879 .708/.922 .946 107/.938 2/0 9/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 22/.794 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· ··· ··· 27/.798 102/76 .233/.314/.278/.592 .938/.481 .546 41/.525 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 120/90 .288/.370/.404/.774 .789/.768 .772 115/.784 8/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 166/125 .285/.337/.444/.781 .864/.754 .693 103/.946 5/3 4/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.000 17/.639 5/.200 3/.000 9/1.556 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.666 183/146 .339/.372/.520/.892 .836/.907 .793 115/.887 2/3 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/90 .144/.267/.311/.578 1.012/.512 .430 63/.370 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 18/.749 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/1.089 65/47 .228/.308/.316/.623 .844/.541 .614 42/.580 3/0 1/
IP 55.2 18.2 12.1 17.2 9.1 3.0 23.2 17.2 25.0 TOTAL .262/.323/.426/.750 .815/.732 .692 .783 46/10 48/27
ERA-K/9 3.23/5.7 5.30/7.7 2.92/11.7 2.04/7.1 4.82/3.9 0.00/9.0 4.18/3.4 5.09/4.1 3.24/5.4 4.71/5.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (3-1-2)
 Towles (9-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.273 86/.211 55/.271 76/.233 37/.212 10/.000 104/.259 74/.224 101/.216 .277  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
0/39/0/4
42/0/0/4
0/0/40/1
9/4/3/0
6/5/3/0
OPS .781 .707 .741 .642 .631 .100 .777 .700 .585 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.828 39/.346 22/.981 28/.741 20/.762 4/.250 49/.929 21/.667 41/.678 .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.737 47/1.050 33/.583 48/.581 17/.485 6/.000 55/.642 53/.712 60/.523 .745
Home 87/.718 41/.612 31/.769 28/.852 23/.769 10/.100 57/.898 45/.823 58/.568 .766
Last 28d days 128/.802 59/.790 55/.741 45/.683 31/.624 10/.100 55/.686 46/.977 60/.531
HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 2/1/0 1/2/1 0/2/2 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 36/30/11
Usage ····X··· o··XX·Xo X···X·X· ··o··X·· ··oo·Xo· o·o·o··· ···X··X· ··o·X·XX o·X·oX·o
Texas Rangers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
64.Nieve
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
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 73/53 .266/.342/.453/.796 1.067/.690 .864 73/.796 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 4/.833 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2.467 4/.500 1/no AB 154/100 .315/.429/.543/.972 1.167/.871 1.132 88/.998 0/2 6/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 38/21 .125/.243/.250/.493 .738/.308 .778 1/.000 1/0 0/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 14/.572 5/.900 1/no AB 5/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/98 .247/.350/.393/.743 .750/.740 .547 53/.741 1/0 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/32 .174/.250/.261/.511 .638/.421 .488 53/.544 0/0 1/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 196/138 .314/.367/.599/.966 .902/.993 1.161 116/1.015 0/0 10/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/1.738 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/no AB 189/149 .299/.362/.433/.795 .593/.850 .823 109/.842 12/0 3/
15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 124/94 .279/.344/.405/.750 .823/.726 .701 65/.803 0/1 3/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 181/126 .286/.339/.484/.823 .601/.926 .792 112/.838 3/1 5/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 46/33 .194/.370/.306/.675 .322/.824 .842 46/.675 0/0 1/
16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 44/26 .200/.333/.429/.762 .607/.886 .814 44/.762 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/.889 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.000 1/.000 83/71 .329/.407/.486/.893 .586/.939 1.120 67/.949 0/0 2/
10.Young G/S/vP 32/.803 8/1.125 ··· 5/1.350 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 188/146 .289/.356/.428/.784 .907/.745 .733 111/.857 2/0 4/
IP 57.0 18.1 22.2 9.1 21.2 22.1 15.1 TOTAL .270/.349/.441/.790 .754/.802 .839 .814 20/5 49/40
ERA-K/9 5.05/7.6 3.93/5.9 3.18/8.3 0.00/1.9 /0.0 4.15/10.4 6.04/6.1 4.11/7.6 4.34/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (19-7-1)
 Saltalamacchia (9-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.279 82/.324 90/.256 39/.194 / 95/.247 99/.308 68/.211 .273  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Bradley
 Duran
0/33/7/2
0/4/8/2
17/0/1/1
13/9/28/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .852 .875 .673 .665 .764 1.056 .714 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.963 31/.582 36/1.083 16/.536 / 44/.629 45/.930 26/.824 .871
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.762 51/1.046 54/.385 23/.762 / 51/.865 54/1.163 42/.641 .757
Road 141/.730 50/.875 47/.631 25/.625 / 46/1.001 57/1.073 41/.762 .801
Last 28d days 142/.765 45/.967 57/.726 39/.665 / 53/.355 54/1.006 49/.714
HR/SB/CS 12/0/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 // 4/3/0 10/0/1 1/1/0 58/12/6
Usage ····X··· Xo·····X o·o··X·· ·ooo···X ·oo·oo·· X·oo··o· X·oo·oX·

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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