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Game Preview: HOU @ ATL, 3:30pm, Saturday, May 2, 2009 @Turner Field

Astros, 9-14, 6th, 7½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 0-2, 3.94)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 32.0 35 14 14 9 18 6 3.94
2008 (17-10) 208.2 199 89 82 47 165 23 3.54
2007 (14-7) 212.0 221 80 75 60 154 14 3.18
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.0 44 16 16 12 25 7 3.27 54
2009-04-27 @CIN ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 98 61
2009-04-22 LAD ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 3 108 45
2009-04-17 CIN ND 6.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 108 63
2009-04-11 @STL L 6.0 9 6 6 2 4 1 89 32
2009-04-06 CHC L 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 2 93 52
2008-09-25 CIN W 6.0 2 1 1 3 3 1 91 64
2008-09-21 @PIT W 6.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 79 58
Last 5 v.ATL 0-2 26.2 35 21 19 6 22 4 6.41 42
2005-05-06 @ATL L 5.0 10 9 7 0 5 1 83 20
2004-05-08 @ATL ND 7.1 6 3 3 2 7 0 107 59
2003-07-29 @ATL ND 2.0 4 1 1 1 0 1 33 43
2003-04-29 ATL L 7.0 6 3 3 2 7 0 104 58
2001-08-09 @ATL ND 5.1 9 5 5 1 3 2 87 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-8    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-12   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, May  1  @ATL  L   2-7        9-14  6th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @CIN  L   0-3        9-13  6th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @CIN  W   8-3        9-12  6th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @CIN  W   4-1        8-12  6th  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 26   MIL  W   3-2        7-12  6th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 25   MIL  L   8-9 (11)   6-12  6th  7.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24   MIL  L   2-5        6-11  6th  6.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   LAD  L   0-2        6-10  6th  5.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   LAD  W   6-5        6-9   5th  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   LAD  W   8-5        5-9   5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-14
Braves, 11-11, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 2-2, 1.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 31.1 25 7 6 14 16 0 1.72
2008 (13-10) 188.1 188 87 77 70 139 11 3.68
2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.1 35 13 12 20 19 0 2.49 55
2009-04-27 STL L 6.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 99 52
2009-04-22 @WSN ND 7.2 6 0 0 2 4 0 96 69
2009-04-17 @PIT L 6.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 120 67
2009-04-12 WSN W 5.1 5 4 3 5 1 0 98 40
2009-04-07 @PHI W 5.2 4 0 0 3 2 0 96 60
2008-09-22 @PHI ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 92 59
2008-09-17 PHI L 5.0 5 4 4 5 2 0 97 38
Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-5    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, May  1   HOU  W   7-2       11-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29   STL  L   3-5       10-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   STL  W   2-1       10-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   STL  L   2-3        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @CIN  L   2-8        9-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @CIN  W  10-2        9-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @CIN  W   4-3        8-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @WSN  W   1-0        7-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @WSN  L   3-4        6-8   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20  @WSN  L   2-3        6-7   3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 01, 2009 ATL  7  HOU  2        W:Derek Lowe (3-1), L: Mike Hampton (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 HOU  3  ATL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-7), L: Mike Hampton (3-4), S: Jose Valverde (44)
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 ATL 11 @HOU  5        W:Vladimir Nunez (1-2), L: Brandon Backe (9-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 HOU  5  ATL  4        W:Jose Valverde (6-3), L: Julian Tavarez (1-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 ATL  7  HOU  6 (17)   W:Royce Ring (2-1), L: Tim Byrdak (2-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 HOU  6 @ATL  1        W:Chris Sampson (4-3), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 ATL  6  HOU  2        W:Tim Hudson (9-6), L: Brian Moehler (4-4), S: none
Sun, Sep 30, 2007 HOU  3  ATL  0        W:Felipe Paulino  (2-1), L: Buddy Carlyle (8-7), S: Dave Borkowski (1)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 HOU  3  ATL  2        W:Brandon Backe (3-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-1), S: Brad Lidge (19)
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 ATL  7 @HOU  2        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (2-2), L: Matt Albers (4-11), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - ATL leads 363-314

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 2009 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

TOR  6.00

NYM  4.68

HOU  3.48

 RA/G

PIT  3.59

ARI  4.65

BAL  6.61

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

A. Sanchez  4.13

C. Pavano  7.46

 K/9IP

R. Harden  13.48

J. Chamberlain  6.65

J. Pineiro  2.05

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Astros Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 58.Moylan
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Soriano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 9/2.167 6/1.133 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 97/72 .165/.320/.380/.699 .617/.725 .675 97/.699 0/0 5/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.542 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 77/74 .294/.364/.338/.702 .667/.703 .434 77/.702 0/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 86/73 .284/.369/.419/.788 .385/.867 .806 86/.788 6/1 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 25/21 .167/.200/.167/.367 .000/.438 .347 25/.367 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/.000 32/17 .407/.484/.704/1.188 1.252/1.115 1.434 32/1.188 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 7/.572 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 91/73 .265/.308/.518/.826 1.069/.767 .742 91/.826 0/1 5/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 77/59 .239/.307/.328/.635 .694/.618 .528 77/.635 4/2 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 23/8 .263/.391/.474/.865 .938/.708 .393 23/.865 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 4/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/77 .288/.359/.475/.834 .508/.897 .678 92/.834 4/1 4/0
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 78/67 .236/.286/.403/.688 1.545/.536 .583 78/.688 0/2 3/0
31.Smith* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/20 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 22/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.125 98/77 .301/.337/.366/.702 1.003/.623 .717 98/.702 1/1 0/3
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.400/.250/.650 /.650 .500 5/.650 0/0 0/0
IP 31.1 11.0 7.1 8.2 21.2 8.1 5.2 10.0 TOTAL .245/.316/.380/.696 .783/.673 .623 .696 15/9 20/8
ERA-K/9 1.72/4.6 0.82/9.8 7.36/6.2 4.15/16.6 7.06/7.5 7.56/11.9 4.76/6.3 0.90/12.6 3.96/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.219 54/.396 34/.323 36/.212 99/.286 39/.161 23/.200 38/.100 .252
OPS .594 .851 .866 .641 .961 .527 .504 .443 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.640 23/.741 15/.883 10/.967 40/.989 15/.582 13/.657 14/.857 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.538 31/.931 19/.842 26/.519 59/.938 24/.492 10/.311 24/.174 .725
Home 51/.668 35/.967 20/.628 14/.593 52/.732 22/.540 9/.730 20/.261
Last 28d days 132/.594 54/.851 34/.866 36/.641 99/.961 39/.527 23/.504 38/.443
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 10/8/5
Usage ····X··· X···o·X· ····oX·· o··o···o ·····X·· o··oX··X ····o·o· ··o·o··X
Braves Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.30 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		 53.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 29.Geary
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 5/.450 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 64/37 .218/.313/.382/.694 .606/.752 .519 64/.694 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 84/60 .286/.337/.429/.766 .564/.847 .813 84/.766 1/0 2/1
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.128 4/.500 4/2.250 ··· 92/60 .287/.315/.460/.775 1.019/.642 .868 92/.775 0/0 3/0
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 49/28 .364/.396/.432/.828 .702/.924 .903 49/.828 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 4/1.750 2/.000 80/49 .203/.295/.391/.686 1.094/.452 1.113 80/.686 0/1 3/2
28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .286/.444/.286/.730 /.730 .200 9/.730 0/0 0/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 14/.594 6/.900 3/1.167 1/.000 12/.667 5/.000 7/.572 2/2.000 73/45 .306/.411/.484/.895 .851/.922 .622 73/.895 0/0 2/2
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 89/58 .288/.360/.400/.760 .734/.774 .819 89/.760 0/0 0/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.536 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 14/.368 ··· ··· 18/15 .067/.222/.133/.356 .000/.433 .222 18/.356 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 23/7 .350/.435/.600/1.035 1.080/.929 .714 23/1.035 0/1 1/1
8.Ross G/S/vP 5/.650 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 8/1.214 ··· 35/30 .321/.457/.643/1.100 .900/1.133 .641 35/1.100 0/0 2/0
5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 86/55 .261/.407/.420/.827 .762/.865 .683 86/.827 1/0 2/0
IP 32.0 4.1 6.1 7.0 14.2 10.0 13.2 8.0 TOTAL .257/.342/.408/.750 .739/.756 .726 .750 4/2 19/15
ERA-K/9 3.94/5.1 6.23/6.3 2.84/11.4 5.14/3.9 4.91/5.5 3.60/5.4 1.32/3.3 5.63/5.6 4.24/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.289 25/.250 25/.182 28/.192 65/.316 44/.325 54/.240 37/.400 .277
OPS .832 1.105 .507 .673 .917 .789 .698 1.004 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.779 10/1.700 15/.690 8/.542 24/1.131 20/.718 25/.655 15/1.138 .801
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.878 15/.733 10/.200 20/.700 41/.792 24/.851 29/.737 22/.909 .767
Road 54/.824 12/1.417 19/.440 5/.650 23/1.106 14/.714 26/.846 24/1.227
Last 28d days 133/.832 25/1.105 25/.507 28/.673 65/.917 44/.789 54/.698 37/1.004
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 23/8/4
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ··o·o··· X······X X··X··X· ·····oX· ··X·XoX· X··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.