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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 13, 2008 @Nationals Park

Houston Astros, 43-51, 6th, 14 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 5-9, 5.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-9)            104.2 119  61  59  46  78 22    5.07      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  37.1  49  25  25  15  26  8    6.03   42 
 2008-07-08   @PIT  ND   3     3   0   0   0   3  0      48   56 
 2008-07-03    LAD   L   6.2   7   5   5   2   8  2     102   46 
 2008-06-28    BOS  ND   5.1   9   6   6   3   5  0     108   28 
 2008-06-22   @TBR   W   6.2   6   2   2   4   5  1      82   55 
 2008-06-17   @BAL  ND   5.2   8   3   3   2   1  1      97   40 
 2008-06-11    MIL   L   4     7   5   5   2   2  3      76   28 
 2008-06-05   @PIT   L   6     9   4   4   2   2  1     104   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-2  18    15   9   9   8  13  2    4.50   52 
 2008-05-08    WSN   L   6     6   4   4   3   9  1      98   50 
 2006-04-07    WSN   W   6     3   1   1   1   3  1      82   64 
 2005-07-23   @WSN   L   6     6   4   4   4   1  0      96   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  31-37   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @WSN  W   6-4       43-51  6th 14.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @WSN  L   0-10      42-51  6th 14.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @PIT  W   6-4       42-50  6th 13.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @PIT  L   3-4       41-50  6th 13.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @PIT  L   7-10      41-49  6th 12.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @ATL  L   6-7 (17)  41-48  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @ATL  W   6-1       41-47  5th 11.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @ATL  L   2-6       40-47  6th 12.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3   LAD  L   2-5       40-46  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   LAD  L   1-4       40-45  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Washington Nationals, 36-59, 5th, 15 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Odalis Perez (31, LHP, 2-6, 3.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             83.2  89  39  34  32  56 11    3.66      
 2007 (8-11)           137.1 178  90  85  50  64 14    5.57      
 2006 (6-8)            126.1 169  93  87  31  81 18    6.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  32.2  36  17  13  12  17  3    3.58   48 
 2008-07-08    ARI   L   2.2   1   1   0   1   2  0      49   55 
 2008-07-02   @FLA  ND   6.2   5   2   2   0   3  0      77   59 
 2008-06-27    BAL  ND   4     3   0   0   3   3  0      75   56 
 2008-06-03    STL   L   3     5   4   1   2   0  1      49   37 
 2008-05-28   @SDP   W   6.1   6   3   3   3   4  0      99   50 
 2008-05-23    MIL  ND   5     5   1   1   1   3  0      84   55 
 2008-05-17   @BAL   L   5    11   6   6   2   2  2      94   21 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      0-3  22    37  32  30  15  19  5   12.27   25 
 2008-05-07   @HOU  ND   5     5   3   3   2   3  1      84   46 
 2006-04-26   @HOU   L   4.1  11   7   6   1   3  1      94   17 
 2005-07-10   @HOU  ND   5     5   5   4   4   5  1      98   40 
 2003-08-26   @HOU   L   4.2  10  10  10   3   6  2      98    7 
 2001-04-24   @HOU   L   3     6   7   7   5   2  0      73   16 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-29   Road:   16-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  22-37   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 14-21   vsCntrl:11-18   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sat, Jul 12   HOU  L   4-6       36-59  5th 15.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   HOU  W  10-0       36-58  5th 15.0 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   ARI  L   5-7 (11)  35-58  5th 15.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   ARI  W   5-0       35-57  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   ARI  L   0-2       34-57  5th 14.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6  @CIN  L   5-6       34-56  5th 14.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5  @CIN  L   2-3       34-55  5th 14.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4  @CIN  L   0-3       34-54  5th 14.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3  @CIN  L   3-5       34-53  5th 13.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2  @FLA  L   2-4       34-52  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 HOU  6 @WSN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Collin Balester (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 WSN 10  HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (7-3), L: Chad Paronto (0-1), S: Steven Shell (1)
Thu, May 08, 2008 WSN  8 @HOU  3        W:John Lannan (3-3), L: Brandon Backe (2-4), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 HOU  4  WSN  3        W:Jose Valverde (4-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 HOU  6  WSN  5        W:Doug Brocail (2-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (7)

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  6        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Juan Gutierrez (0-1), S: Chad Cordero (28)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 HOU  3  WSN  2        W:Woody Williams (8-12), L: Mike Bacsik (5-7), S: Brad Lidge (12)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 WSN 11 @HOU  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (3-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (3-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 WSN  7  HOU  6        W:Jay Bergmann (2-5), L: Jason Jennings (1-6), S: Chad Cordero (17)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 3-2; 2007 - WSN won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - HOU leads 231-184

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  5.54

CLE  4.53

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIL  4.52

TEX  5.77

BA

C. Jones  .378

R. Winn  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .473

J. Hardy  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .656

J. Crede  .466

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.098

L. Scott  .815

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.63

M. Garza  6.07

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Houston Astros Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Perez*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 4/.000 2/.000 163/119 .222/.285/.285/.570 .742/.506 .563 53/.524 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 14/1.964 9/1.500 3/1.334 6/.500 ··· 9/.444 3/2.000 1/.000 393/293 .347/.443/.656/1.098 .967/1.146 1.022 101/.942 14/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 169/144 .213/.249/.350/.599 .295/.645 .489 52/.503 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/.000 356/262 .218/.273/.291/.564 .551/.569 .471 95/.478 32/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 17/.588 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 148/130 .295/.338/.424/.762 .667/.776 .726 52/.651 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 8/.250 7/1.571 9/.476 5/.650 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.334 1/.000 389/298 .299/.350/.548/.898 .976/.874 .858 109/1.072 4/1 21/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 18/.516 4/.833 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 192/134 .260/.328/.376/.704 1.049/.565 .643 67/.622 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/1.133 9/.661 1/.000 6/1.833 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 1/3.000 269/195 .280/.343/.364/.707 .800/.674 .747 40/.811 15/3 1/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .261/.292/.348/.639 .000/.699 .472 23/.668 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 378/286 .263/.304/.428/.732 .685/.747 .711 108/.641 5/7 12/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.222 3/1.334 17/.794 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 1/.000 392/296 .275/.316/.425/.741 .824/.715 .662 102/.531 7/3 10/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 155/128 .152/.263/.280/.543 .940/.469 .438 17/.467 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 13/.826 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 227/161 .276/.361/.452/.813 .995/.743 .729 78/.823 4/4 7/
IP 83.2 45.1 42.1 58.1 18.2 46.1 55.2 15.1 TOTAL .259/.321/.408/.729 .795/.708 .672 .694 83/31 95/47
ERA-K/9 3.66/6.0 5.56/6.2 5.53/8.3 4.01/9.9 4.34/11.1 2.91/8.2 3.40/5.8 2.35/6.5 4.39/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Towles (13-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.273 205/.287 199/.272 250/.225 82/.194 184/.236 241/.246 64/.241 .271  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Erstad
0/84/0/7
0/0/90/7
88/0/0/4
26/12/4/1
OPS .801 .785 .730 .676 .692 .633 .623 .730 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.508 97/.853 93/.697 109/.636 34/.528 93/.628 124/.580 30/.751 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.889 108/.726 106/.756 141/.704 48/.814 91/.639 117/.672 34/.710 .781
Home 157/.668 124/.730 118/.781 136/.631 46/.527 112/.679 135/.549 47/.682 .752
Last 28d days 53/.490 43/.871 59/.758 66/.520 34/.609 47/.715 61/.538 64/.730
HR/SB/CS 11/7/7 5/0/1 1/4/1 5/10/0 3/2/0 4/3/0 2/9/0 1/0/1 98/70/19
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···o o·X···o· X··oX··X ··o···oo ··Xo··X· X···X··o ·X··X···
Washington Nationals Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
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
10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 4/.000 3/3.667 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· 183/126 .233/.333/.478/.811 1.051/.702 .857 81/.815 1/0 9/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/59 .210/.310/.323/.632 .350/.687 .666 40/.636 1/0 1/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 196/148 .270/.327/.433/.759 .822/.738 .666 81/.456 0/1 5/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 6/.334 3/3.000 5/.800 2/1.000 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 420/286 .315/.341/.428/.769 .892/.711 .795 112/.754 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 5/.800 2/.500 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 167/134 .224/.331/.385/.716 .667/.727 .831 68/.922 6/1 5/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 9/.222 4/1.833 3/2.667 ··· 6/.900 6/.733 5/.400 8/.875 1/.000 211/154 .204/.318/.298/.616 .510/.654 .638 38/.873 1/2 4/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 37/29 .194/.306/.194/.499 .000/.654 .376 4/.250 2/0 0/
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 13/.331 ··· 1/.000 11/.969 ··· 104/75 .228/.317/.283/.600 .562/.615 .622 48/.636 0/0 0/
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 12/.958 6/.500 1/.000 2/.000 9/.833 6/1.333 7/.286 3/.000 1/.000 327/207 .233/.308/.312/.619 .661/.594 .492 75/.572 4/4 2/
53.Nieves G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 90/56 .247/.295/.321/.616 .678/.580 .751 13/.154 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/15 .200/.200/.267/.467 .000/.500 .467 16/.467 0/0 0/
26.Pena G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 206/120 .205/.243/.267/.509 .545/.483 .617 48/.464 0/1 2/
21.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 180/127 .280/.394/.400/.794 1.003/.692 .696 90/.792 0/0 4/
IP 104.2 29.0 44.1 31.2 38.1 6.1 76.0 45.0 34.0 TOTAL .240/.314/.359/.673 .703/.660 .656 .675 41/20 70/68
ERA-K/9 5.07/6.7 7.45/6.2 3.86/7.7 1.71/5.1 2.35/7.3 4.26/2.9 4.62/4.4 3.80/10.4 5.03/8.5 4.58/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (30-8-7)
 Lo Duca (13-2-1)
 Nieves (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.283 138/.360 182/.235 138/.214 158/.200 26/.304 314/.276 197/.243 155/.225 .272  Pena
 Harris
 Kearns
 Casto
 Lopez
 Langerhans
 Lo Duca
54/0/0/3
39/9/0/2
0/0/51/2
6/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
12/0/3/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .875 1.031 .642 .710 .568 .925 .727 .762 .785 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.889 59/.860 82/.812 60/.633 68/.678 11/.573 134/.668 90/.698 62/.565 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.863 79/1.155 100/.503 78/.772 90/.484 15/1.198 180/.770 107/.808 93/.943 .800
Road 264/.894 82/.994 94/.664 74/.810 80/.439 26/.925 179/.565 95/.817 75/.742 .799
Last 28d days 124/.857 40/1.039 46/.877 53/.764 53/.508 26/.925 58/.404 50/.715 49/1.008
HR/SB/CS 22/3/2 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 8/6/0 5/5/0 131/35/11
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ····X·Xo ·o····XX oo··X·X· ·X···X·· o··X···X o··Xo·XX ·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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