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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 16, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 16-18, 5th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 44.0 45 22 22 14 28 9 4.50
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 1-1 37.0 38 19 19 13 26 7 4.62 49
2009-05-10 SDP W 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 104 46
2009-05-05 @WSN ND 5.0 4 4 4 2 4 1 89 45
2009-05-02 @ATL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 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
Last 5 v.CHC 2-3 33.1 37 18 16 8 15 4 4.32 48
2009-04-06 CHC L 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 2 93 52
2008-09-01 @CHC W 8.1 4 0 0 0 3 0 106 78
2008-04-05 @CHC L 6.2 10 6 5 1 0 1 92 31
2007-08-08 CHC W 6.0 6 0 0 4 4 0 108 60
2007-07-14 @CHC L 5.1 10 9 8 2 6 1 106 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-14   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-14   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Thu, May 14  @COL  W   5-3       16-18  5th  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @COL  W  15-11      15-18  5th  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @COL  L   1-12      14-18  5th  5.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SDP  W  12-5       14-17  5th  5.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SDP  W   5-4       13-17  5th  5.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   SDP  W   2-0       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  7   CHC  L   5-8       11-17  6th  7.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6   CHC  L   3-6       11-16  6th  6.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @WSN  -  10-10(11)  11-15  6th  5.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4  @WSN  L   4-9       11-15  6th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:15-14
Cubs, 20-14, 3rd, ½ GB

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 0.00
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 0-0 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 0.00 60
2009-05-08 @MIL ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 84 60
Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-6    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Thu, May 14   SDP  W  11-3       20-14  3rd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   SDP  W   6-4  (8)  19-14  4th  0.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12   SDP  W   6-2       18-14  4th  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @MIL  W   4-2       17-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @MIL  L   6-12      16-14  4th  2.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @MIL  L   2-3       16-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @HOU  W   8-5       16-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @HOU  W   6-3       15-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   SFG  L   2-6       14-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   SFG  W   4-2       14-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 07, 2009 CHC  8 @HOU  5        W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Russ Ortiz (2-1), S: none
Wed, May 06, 2009 CHC  6 @HOU  3        W:Rich Harden (3-1), L: Mike Hampton (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (5)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 CHC 11 @HOU  6        W:Ted Lilly (1-0), L: Brian Moehler (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 HOU  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Doug Brocail (1-0), L: Neal Cotts (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 CHC  4 @HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-1), S: Kevin Gregg (1)

Mon, Sep 15, 2008 CHC  6 @HOU  1        W:Ted Lilly (15-9), L: Brian Moehler (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 CHC  5 @HOU  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (14-5), L: Randy Wolf (10-12), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 HOU  4 @CHC  0        W:Randy Wolf (9-11), L: Ryan Dempster (15-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 HOU  9 @CHC  7 (11)   W:Wesley Wright (4-3), L: Kerry Wood (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 HOU  3 @CHC  0        W:Roy Oswalt (13-9), L: Jason Marquis (9-8), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 4-1; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 346-299

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  5.82

LAA  5.06

ARI  3.67

 RA/G

LAD  3.81

COL  4.85

WSN  6.24

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Peavy  4.30

J. Moyer  8.15

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

J. Pineiro  2.78

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 5/.650 3/.000 7/1.914 14/1.167 17/.753 1/.000 140/99 .209/.343/.417/.760 .704/.782 .796 93/.756 0/1 7/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 112/102 .268/.339/.320/.659 1.000/.621 .537 75/.606 0/1 0/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 139/113 .317/.382/.439/.821 .680/.854 .918 98/.883 13/3 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 45/40 .171/.205/.244/.448 .000/.509 .305 38/.446 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.000 6/.333 6/.334 1/.000 60/32 .327/.407/.500/.907 1.167/.680 1.027 43/.681 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 10/1.056 13/.481 5/.650 ··· 144/108 .328/.368/.565/.933 1.222/.838 .802 101/1.032 1/1 7/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.917 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 129/99 .248/.310/.327/.637 1.048/.518 .618 98/.622 5/3 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 5/1.400 ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· ··· 34/15 .214/.353/.357/.710 .806/.583 .432 23/.935 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.167 9/.333 3/2.667 1/5.000 145/113 .333/.407/.508/.915 .777/.954 .859 99/.923 5/2 4/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/9 .133/.133/.200/.333 .500/.222 .455 11/.455 0/0 0/1
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.850 7/.714 4/.500 8/1.083 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 115/95 .283/.325/.491/.815 1.350/.692 .722 74/.923 0/2 4/0
31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 26/24 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 11/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.572 9/1.238 ··· 3/.666 7/.429 ··· ··· 149/112 .314/.342/.436/.778 1.005/.702 .717 103/.760 1/1 2/5
IP 5.0 2.0 6.2 16.1 18.0 16.0 17.0 31.0 12.1 TOTAL .269/.332/.405/.736 .896/.686 .710 .756 26/15 27/17
ERA-K/9 0.00/9.0 4.50/13.5 6.75/6.7 3.86/10.5 3.50/9.0 5.06/7.9 4.24/10.1 4.06/5.8 8.03/8.0 4.48/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.263 7/.143 35/.346 74/.242 72/.188 70/.236 80/.207 132/.271 60/.260 .246
OPS .649 .714 1.014 .725 .597 .786 .755 .769 .773 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 2/.000 4/1.250 20/1.088 34/.673 29/.538 25/.781 30/.877 28/.644 25/.622 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 19/.721 3/.000 15/.928 40/.769 43/.640 45/.790 50/.685 104/.800 35/.853 .713
Home / 7/.714 20/1.033 34/.456 39/.731 31/.905 40/.829 80/.782 25/.520
Last 28d days 21/.649 7/.714 19/1.074 44/.660 44/.569 42/.769 52/.831 104/.735 40/.804
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 2/0/1 2/1/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 2/3/0 42/19/7
Usage ·······X ·X······ ······o· ···o·X·· ··o··X·X ···X··XX ··XX·X·· ·····X·· ······X·
Cubs Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
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
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 10/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 88/69 .194/.341/.375/.716 .551/.766 .698 62/.789 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 11/.819 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/.833 2/.000 119/101 .218/.319/.406/.725 .178/.822 .633 75/.724 1/1 5/2
4.Freel G/S/vP 34/.732 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 25/19 .150/.320/.150/.470 .000/.635 .300 9/.444 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/.222 3/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.536 3/1.667 132/128 .340/.462/.557/1.019 1.250/1.008 .850 82/.891 4/4 4/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 42/35 .306/.405/.444/.849 .714/.877 .639 18/.764 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 73/65 .292/.356/.508/.864 .750/.878 .912 58/.882 0/0 3/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 62/44 .241/.323/.296/.619 .746/.570 .667 44/.555 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 57/.889 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 12/1.000 1/.000 111/96 .194/.270/.337/.607 1.000/.548 .761 58/.586 0/0 3/0
7.Miles# G/S/vP 17/.411 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 6/.367 2/.000 89/73 .220/.273/.293/.565 .908/.489 .535 72/.610 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/18 .444/.474/.833/1.307 .000/1.382 1.500 19/1.307 0/0 1/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 36/.694 5/1.400 ··· 7/.714 14/.445 2/.000 156/136 .271/.340/.571/.911 .639/.951 .828 100/.843 4/2 11/2
18.Soto G/S/vP 9/.889 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 2/.000 102/85 .188/.314/.247/.561 .721/.529 .655 78/.608 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP 12/.633 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 13/.308 2/.500 146/126 .297/.372/.484/.857 .712/.879 .943 98/.792 7/2 5/4
IP 44.0 13.0 10.2 16.1 22.0 11.1 TOTAL .255/.340/.425/.765 .720/.773 .751 .749 20/11 43/19
ERA-K/9 4.50/5.7 3.46/6.9 5.91/5.9 2.20/7.7 1.64/3.7 7.15/9.6 4.68/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.273 56/.208 45/.244 69/.246 86/.208 55/.392 .277
OPS .816 .720 .775 .663 .617 .966 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.835 30/.944 16/.688 31/.601 40/.566 22/1.072 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.799 26/.458 29/.793 38/.717 46/.663 33/.895 .776
Road 78/.762 40/.586 19/1.036 29/.468 42/.774 34/1.133
Last 28d days 104/.802 38/.905 42/.833 47/.529 58/.566 36/.843
HR/SB/CS 9/0/1 3/1/1 2/0/0 1/2/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 37/13/6
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· ········ ·Xo···Xo ·o···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.