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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Astros, 18-25, 6th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 1-2, 4.47)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 56.1 61 28 28 15 42 10 4.47
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 1-0 37.1 40 19 19 9 32 7 4.58 50
2009-05-21 MIL ND 6.1 10 3 3 1 7 0 106 47
2009-05-16 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 108 55
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
Last 5 v.CIN 3-0 33.0 27 4 4 12 18 1 1.09 62
2009-04-27 @CIN ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 98 61
2009-04-17 CIN ND 6.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 108 63
2008-09-25 CIN W 6.0 2 1 1 3 3 1 91 64
2008-08-27 CIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 90 64
2008-08-07 @CIN W 7.0 9 1 1 2 6 0 91 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-15   Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-20   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 9-18   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 25  @CIN  L   5-8       18-25  6th  8.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   TEX  L   0-5       18-24  6th  7.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   TEX  L   3-6       18-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   TEX  L   5-6 (10)  18-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   MIL  L   3-4       18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   6-4       18-20  5th  6.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   2-4       17-20  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   6-5       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   4-5       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @COL  W   5-3       16-18  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-11   Last 30:13-16
Reds, 24-20, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Micah Owings (26, RHP, 3-5, 4.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-5) 44.0 45 27 23 20 27 6 4.70
2008 (6-9) 104.2 104 73 69 41 87 14 5.93
2007 (8-8) 152.2 146 81 73 50 106 20 4.30
Last 7 GS 3-4 38.1 42 26 22 17 22 5 5.17 44
2009-05-21 PHI L 3.0 6 5 5 3 3 1 71 27
2009-05-12 @ARI W 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 90 67
2009-05-07 MIL W 6.0 7 5 4 1 4 0 100 43
2009-05-02 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 5 2 0 0 99 29
2009-04-26 ATL W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 102 64
2009-04-21 @CHC L 4.2 5 5 2 4 3 1 94 39
2009-04-15 @MIL L 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 89 41
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 9.0 9 1 1 1 8 0 1.00 72
2007-05-24 HOU W 9.0 9 1 1 1 8 0 118 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:   13-8    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  16-13   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 25   HOU  W   8-5       24-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   CLE  W   4-3 (11)  23-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   CLE  L   6-7       22-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   CLE  W   3-1       22-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   PHI  L   5-12      21-19  4th  4.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   PHI  W   5-1       21-18  4th  3.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   PHI  L   3-4       20-18  4th  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @SDP  L   1-3       20-17  4th  3.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @SDP  L   5-6 (16)  20-16  4th  2.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15  @SDP  L   3-5       20-15  4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 25, 2009 CIN  8  HOU  5        W:Aaron Harang (5-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (12)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 CIN  3  HOU  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-2), L: Felipe Paulino  (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 HOU  8 @CIN  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Aaron Harang (2-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 HOU  4 @CIN  1        W:Chris Sampson (2-0), L: Francisco Cordero (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 CIN  4 @HOU  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (3-0), L: Geoff Geary (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 CIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Edinson Volquez (2-1), L: Geoff Geary (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (4)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 HOU  7  CIN  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Jose Valverde (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (3)

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 HOU  8  CIN  6        W:Roy Oswalt (17-10), L: Johnny Cueto (9-14), S: Jose Valverde (43)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 HOU  5  CIN  0        W:Randy Wolf (12-12), L: Ramon Ramirez (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CIN leads 5-3; 2008 - HOU won 12-3; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - CIN leads 403-382

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

TBR  5.81

MIL  4.78

SEA  3.72

 RA/G

LAD  3.93

TEX  4.80

WSN  6.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .378

  

B. Upton  .194

 OBP

C. Beltran  .460

  

A. Beltre  .246

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .726

  

B. Upton  .291

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.135

  

A. Beltre  .563

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

K. Slowey  4.23

S. Kazmir  7.69

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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

Astros Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Owings
G/S/vB		 51.Burton
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 46.Fisher
G/S/vB		 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB		 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 25.Weathers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.250 15/.267 ··· 3/.333 8/.542 4/.000 20/.603 179/131 .231/.363/.476/.839 .737/.877 .953 88/.952 0/2 10/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 6/.834 2/1.500 10/1.278 ··· 2/2.500 6/.334 3/1.000 7/.453 141/130 .266/.333/.331/.664 .909/.641 .552 71/.553 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 181/150 .288/.360/.388/.747 .767/.742 .852 104/.728 15/3 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 16/1.081 ··· ··· 5/.800 27/.296 3/.000 53/48 .149/.212/.213/.424 .000/.472 .264 32/.416 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 74/43 .313/.397/.484/.882 1.044/.763 1.169 42/.658 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/1.000 4/1.167 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 8/1.375 5/1.933 12/.349 182/141 .319/.363/.536/.899 1.166/.822 .866 98/.953 1/1 8/1
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 4/1.333 166/129 .219/.288/.295/.583 .916/.497 .563 98/.521 6/3 1/2
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 12/.583 39/20 .182/.308/.303/.611 .806/.426 .368 17/.307 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/.666 8/1.232 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.267 1/.000 4/.500 182/146 .358/.429/.528/.957 .802/.995 .854 97/1.054 5/4 5/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 24/16 .208/.208/.250/.458 .375/.500 .500 16/.688 0/0 0/2
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 7/.858 ··· ··· 8/.804 31/.970 7/.857 142/121 .260/.305/.450/.755 1.286/.655 .779 68/.816 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.833 2/1.000 27/.788 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.015 22/.473 3/2.000 186/146 .341/.366/.511/.877 .928/.863 .713 96/1.012 2/1 5/8
IP 44.0 20.2 20.0 3.0 17.0 15.2 16.0 15.2 TOTAL .268/.332/.408/.740 .859/.708 .730 .760 30/18 38/22
ERA-K/9 4.70/5.5 6.10/7.0 1.80/9.4 0.00/3.0 2.12/7.9 9.19/3.4 0.56/6.8 2.87/6.3 4.03/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.266 98/.301 78/.235 12/.111 76/.273 79/.328 62/.167 69/.218 .246
OPS .761 .838 .578 .444 .721 1.081 .450 .715 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.938 45/.720 45/.510 4/.500 32/.595 35/1.364 22/.390 25/.555 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.617 53/.937 33/.667 8/.375 44/.814 44/.859 40/.474 44/.802 .716
Home 71/.819 48/.838 47/.547 12/.444 46/.791 48/1.218 34/.182 28/.950
Last 28d days 119/.730 49/.827 43/.469 12/.444 45/.865 30/.852 32/.429 44/.852
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 4/0/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 46/22/14
Usage ····X··· X·X·X··· oX·o·oo· Xo······ ··X·o··· ··o·o··· ·oo··oo· ·Xo·X···
Reds Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 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
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 19/.649 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 176/124 .228/.307/.487/.794 .619/.864 .877 106/.731 3/1 12/1
26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 99/88 .228/.374/.354/.728 .489/.755 .533 46/.806 1/2 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 15/5 .429/.467/.500/.967 1.100/.650 .967 15/.967 1/0 0/0
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 21/1.143 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 7/.000 1/.000 115/81 .215/.254/.318/.572 .353/.671 .657 56/.681 0/0 2/2
15.Hairston G/S/vP 7/.715 2/no AB 3/.666 7/1.547 9/.888 ··· 137/88 .260/.313/.463/.777 .899/.704 .794 98/.849 4/0 5/3
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 64/45 .309/.381/.382/.763 1.036/.649 .791 48/.728 0/0 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 8/.833 2/.000 2/.000 8/1.196 2/3.000 1/.000 159/124 .295/.363/.388/.752 .752/.751 .804 96/.807 0/0 2/3
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 46/34 .300/.378/.375/.753 .871/.708 .644 29/.691 0/0 0/1
17.Nix* G/S/vP 7/1.429 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 83/72 .276/.325/.553/.878 .273/.976 .752 56/.899 0/0 3/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 31/.838 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 12/1.083 4/2.750 170/118 .275/.337/.490/.827 .889/.801 1.035 89/1.005 4/3 7/3
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 92/74 .269/.356/.397/.753 .789/.744 .769 92/.753 0/2 2/2
3.Taveras G/S/vP 18/.820 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 8/1.750 1/.000 188/141 .274/.335/.348/.683 .503/.739 .721 112/.712 12/2 1/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP 18/.627 6/.833 2/.000 1/3.000 6/.666 2/.000 142/95 .368/.479/.632/1.111 1.116/1.105 1.159 56/1.254 2/1 7/3
IP 56.1 16.0 17.2 18.2 28.0 13.2 TOTAL .257/.332/.409/.741 .728/.746 .781 .783 28/12 46/33
ERA-K/9 4.47/6.7 2.81/6.2 4.08/7.1 2.89/8.7 1.93/3.9 7.24/9.9 4.62/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.281 67/.203 70/.200 81/.257 112/.225 67/.377 .280
OPS .808 .656 .611 .723 .658 .974 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.788 33/.915 25/.598 38/.570 51/.608 27/.997 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.826 34/.406 45/.609 43/.859 61/.702 40/.954 .799
Road 103/.750 47/.539 26/.863 32/.545 54/.850 37/1.126
Last 28d days 104/.779 43/.726 47/.579 37/.639 62/.630 34/.878
HR/SB/CS 10/0/1 3/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 50/15/7
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··· X·X·o·X· ···Xo··· ···Xoo·· ··Xoo···

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.