Thursday, August 13, 2009 Game Previews

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Game Preview: HOU @ FLA, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 13, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Astros, 56-58, 3rd, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 7-9, 5.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-9)			107.0	122	68	63	46	71	11	5.30
2008 (3-4)			78.0	83	45	42	28	38	10	4.85
2005 (5-3)			69.1	74	28	27	18	27	5	3.50

Last 7 GS		3-4	34.0	48	29	27	18	22	3	7.15	37
2009-08-08	MIL	L	2.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	48	32
2009-08-03	SFG	W	6.0	8	2	1	2	6	0	103	54
2009-07-29	@CHC	L	4.0	8	9	9	4	1	2	79	7
2009-07-24	NYM	W	5.2	8	4	4	4	7	1	101	40
2009-07-18	@LAD	L	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	0	92	39
2009-07-11	WSN	L	3.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	70	23
2009-07-06	PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	98	67

Last 5 v.FLA		1-2	33.0	32	13	12	9	14	2	3.27	53
2008-09-01	@FLA	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	103	47
2008-08-27	FLA	L	8.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	97	57
2005-05-03	FLA	L	6.0	8	6	5	1	2	1	103	35
2005-04-06	@FLA	ND	6.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	93	53
2004-09-25	FLA	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	75	74

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-28   Road:   25-30   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  45-44   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl:24-30   vsWest: 19-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 12  @FLA  W  14-6       56-58  3rd  7.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @FLA  L   8-9 (11)  55-58  4th  7.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @FLA  L   6-8       55-57  4th  7.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   MIL  W   2-0       55-56  3rd  6.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   MIL  L   5-12      54-56  4th  6.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   MIL  W   6-3       54-55  3rd  5.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   SFG  L   6-10      53-55  4th  5.0 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   SFG  L   1-8       53-54  3rd  5.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3   SFG  W   4-3       53-53  3rd  4.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @STL  W   2-0       52-53  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Marlins, 60-54, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Sean West (23, LHP, 3-4, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			59.0	60	35	32	30	33	7	4.88

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.2	46	27	26	21	18	5	6.75	38
2009-08-08	@PHI	ND	4.0	7	3	2	2	4	0	93	40
2009-07-11	@ARI	L	4.2	9	5	5	4	1	0	89	23
2009-07-06	@SFG	L	6.0	4	5	5	3	2	1	72	43
2009-06-30	WSN	ND	4.1	8	5	5	3	2	1	81	26
2009-06-25	BAL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	90	63
2009-06-19	NYY	L	4.0	10	5	5	2	7	1	82	27
2009-06-13	@TOR	W	5.2	4	4	4	4	0	2	98	41

Has never faced HOU.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-27   Road:   29-27   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  36-39   vsLHP:  24-15   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 24-17   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 14-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 12   HOU  L   6-14      60-54  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   HOU  W   9-8 (11)  60-53  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10   HOU  W   8-6       59-53  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @PHI  W  12-3       58-53  2nd  4.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @PHI  W   6-4       57-53  2nd  5.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @PHI  W   3-2       56-53  2nd  6.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6  @WSN  L   8-12      55-53  2nd  7.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @WSN  L   4-5       55-52  2nd  6.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @WSN  L   4-6       55-51  2nd  5.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   CHC  W   3-2       55-50  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 FLA  9  HOU  8 (11)   W:Brian Sanches (3-1), L: Wesley Wright (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 10, 2009 FLA  8  HOU  6        W:Rick VandenHurk (2-1), L: Brian Moehler (7-8), S: Leo Nunez (12)

Thu, Sep 18, 2008 FLA  8  HOU  1        W:Scott Olsen (8-10), L: Alberto Arias (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 17, 2008 FLA 14  HOU  2        W:Ricky Nolasco (15-7), L: Brandon Backe (9-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 16, 2008 FLA  5  HOU  1        W:Chris Volstad (5-3), L: Roy Oswalt (15-10), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 HOU  5  FLA  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 HOU  5  FLA  0        W:Brandon Backe (1-1), L: Andrew Miller (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 FLA 10 @HOU  6        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 FLA  6  HOU  5        W:Scott Olsen (9-9), L: Matt Albers (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (23)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 FLA  6  HOU  5 (12)   W:Lee Gardner (3-2), L: Stephen Randolph (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 2-1; 2008 - FLA won 4-2; 2007 - HOU won 3-2; All-Time - HOU leads 71-60

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

LAA 5.66

OAK 4.58

SDP 3.82

RA/G

SFG 3.74

NYM 4.62

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .369

S. Schumaker .292

A. Casilla .172

OBP

A. Pujols .445

H. Matsui .364

J. Gerut .239

SLG

A. Pujols .683

G. Beckham .479

A. Casilla .219

OPS

A. Pujols 1.128

S. Victorino .838

A. Casilla .485

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

D. Braden 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

B. Tallet 6.67

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Astros Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.West*
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 48.Donnelly
G/S/vB 55.Johnson
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 56.VandenHurk
G/S/vB 41.Volstad
G/S/vB 64.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.778 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 313/287 .266/.335/.385/.720 .985/.695 .557 87/.742 0/1 8/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 6/1.100 1/2.000 472/376 .285/.361/.400/.762 .705/.776 .792 96/.741 44/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/1.500 4/.250 ··· 9/.889 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 176/122 .239/.326/.355/.681 .711/.667 .515 56/.617 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 7/.629 ··· 118/106 .202/.282/.356/.638 .333/.676 .560 23/1.162 0/2 2/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/45 .200/.212/.220/.432 .333/.455 .401 17/.471 1/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 247/164 .268/.344/.394/.739 .911/.647 .867 58/.643 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 4/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.000 1/.000 464/367 .314/.362/.514/.876 .992/.846 .769 107/1.007 3/2 19/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.650 4/.500 1/.000 354/280 .244/.297/.330/.627 .847/.572 .574 102/.567 12/3 5/4

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 112/65 .223/.286/.427/.713 .686/.733 .597 30/1.056 1/1 3/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/2.100 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 6/.666 ··· 460/368 .290/.354/.457/.811 .901/.788 .768 102/.714 11/8 16/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/84 .237/.288/.320/.608 .671/.592 .628 25/.710 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 331/264 .253/.282/.389/.671 .813/.634 .700 71/.681 0/2 8/4

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 19/.474 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 9/.888 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 7/.286 1/no AB 488/384 .323/.350/.463/.813 .781/.822 .780 113/.756 4/2 10/14

IP 59.0 41.2 16.0 154.0 33.1 43.2 127.1 51.2 43.0 33.2 26.0 141.1 12.1 TOTAL .268/.328/.407/.735 .770/.726 .709 .737 80/35 96/67

ERA-K/9

4.88/5.0

1.94/11.2

1.13/7.3

2.92/7.5

6.21/7.6

2.47/8.4

5.44/8.9

4.01/8.2

2.51/8.4

1.07/8.5

4.15/8.3

4.71/6.1

2.19/5.1

4.27/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.260 165/.179 60/.200 624/.231 155/.293 174/.197 527/.265 221/.227 185/.208 145/.213 113/.257 593/.267 41/.189 .256

OPS .776 .482 .558 .602 .811 .599 .756 .720 .644 .610 .881 .780 .409 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.992 66/.659 30/.641 337/.629 84/.755 86/.717 294/.737 123/.760 86/.684 67/.544 67/.962 313/.805 19/.663 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.718 99/.372 30/.476 287/.570 71/.875 88/.488 233/.781 98/.669 99/.611 78/.663 46/.769 280/.752 22/.191 .709

Home 144/.747 83/.536 30/.756 300/.571 98/.939 98/.708 259/.739 129/.817 108/.721 93/.530 47/.655 286/.801 24/.351

Last 28d days 22/.809 34/.473 48/.573 102/.635 15/.667 37/.924 130/.586 60/.886 45/.606 50/.579 113/.881 151/.881 11/.404

HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 0/6/0 1/1/0 9/10/5 2/3/1 6/3/0 15/10/2 8/8/1 2/2/2 2/3/2 6/3/1 23/17/9 0/1/0 108/98/29

Usage ····X··· Xo·o···· X·X·o·oo ···X···· X·o·o··o ·X·XX··· X····X·· ·oo·Xo·· Xo·o·X·o ·Xo·X·XX ··X····X ·X····X· XX·o··o·

Marlins Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 20.Norris
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/3.000 298/267 .278/.351/.444/.795 .683/.807 .801 65/.948 0/0 8/4

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 467/333 .249/.301/.311/.611 .688/.568 .649 87/.536 19/8 1/15

3.Cantu G/S/vP 7/1.143 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 6/.900 ··· 8/1.500 6/.334 2/1.500 4/.000 3/.333 442/322 .276/.337/.430/.767 .875/.728 .825 102/.694 2/0 11/8

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 333/250 .288/.369/.418/.786 .760/.795 .662 100/1.028 6/1 6/3

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 165/142 .269/.352/.407/.758 .399/.820 .875 27/.704 0/0 4/1

18.Helms G/S/vP 13/1.038 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 21/1.166 13/.817 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 153/83 .270/.307/.355/.662 .739/.595 .451 22/1.045 1/1 2/4

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 14/1.214 7/1.262 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 426/309 .255/.345/.383/.728 .611/.773 .748 87/.665 5/2 11/1

20.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/.586 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 5/1.000 23/.780 ··· 21/.742 9/.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 3/.667 471/332 .299/.423/.411/.834 .947/.787 .877 103/.812 2/4 7/8

29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 11/.455 9/1.667 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 181/72 .267/.328/.400/.728 .710/.755 .724 35/.929 1/0 5/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 23/1.342 9/1.556 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 454/327 .351/.413/.556/.968 .770/1.047 .991 103/.934 22/7 17/9

12.Ross G/S/vP 6/.833 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 5/1.200 2/.500 4/.750 1/.000 439/320 .259/.317/.480/.797 .951/.740 .811 101/.667 4/1 20/3

6.Uggla G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 18/.478 10/.956 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 461/345 .240/.354/.450/.804 .789/.809 .909 95/.942 1/0 20/10

IP 107.0 43.2 1.0 43.1 55.1 108.1 21.0 142.0 143.2 54.2 35.0 31.2 TOTAL .262/.334/.409/.743 .726/.750 .758 .798 63/24 112/81

ERA-K/9

5.30/6.0

2.89/7.6

27.00/18.0

3.53/8.5

3.58/6.5

5.32/5.9

3.00/9.4

3.87/6.9

2.51/8.2

4.28/5.4

2.57/9.8

5.97/9.9

4.45/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.298 191/.245 10/.500 176/.188 227/.228 482/.292 65/.148 582/.256 586/.240 239/.280 142/.222 145/.296 .272

OPS .825 .672 1.500 .670 .663 .837 .518 .718 .683 .749 .679 .874 .780

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.705 79/.723 3/2.000 78/.812 104/.631 251/.688 27/.350 277/.746 117/.561 116/.755 64/.888 49/.794 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 365/.861 112/.637 7/1.371 98/.561 123/.686 231/.996 38/.633 305/.692 469/.714 123/.743 78/.508 96/.912 .782

Road 215/.798 84/.593 / 91/.615 113/.721 223/.805 40/.426 314/.657 290/.740 118/.925 64/.672 67/.918

Last 28d days 116/1.003 68/.901 10/1.500 41/.621 61/.571 130/.778 65/.518 87/.649 122/.596 39/1.093 55/.665 61/.944

HR/SB/CS 11/5/2 1/3/0 0/0/0 7/1/3 5/3/0 16/8/2 1/0/0 15/2/1 15/1/1 2/0/0 5/4/3 7/5/0 125/47/18

Usage ····X··· XoX·X··o ····X··· Xo··Xo·o ·X·o·X·o ··X····X X····X·· ·X······ ···X···· ··X··X·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.