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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, April 23, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 10-5, 1st, 1 up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 3-0, 2.84)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-0)			19.0	11	6	6	7	21	0	2.84
2008 (16-10)			200.2	188	76	70	80	201	14	3.14
2007 (12-5)			147.0	131	56	54	64	141	15	3.31

Last 7 GS		6-0	42.0	38	16	15	15	43	3	3.21	56
2009-04-18	COL	W	6.0	4	3	3	3	6	0	111	55
2009-04-13	SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	11	0	106	74
2009-04-08	@SDP	W	6.0	2	2	2	4	4	0	94	60
2008-09-23	SDP	W	6.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	104	53
2008-09-17	@PIT	ND	4.2	8	7	6	2	5	2	90	25
2008-09-12	@COL	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	96	52
2008-09-06	ARI	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	9	0	97	73

Last 5 v.HOU		2-2	27.0	23	13	10	10	22	2	3.33	56
2008-07-03	@HOU	W	8.0	6	2	0	1	5	0	92	70
2008-05-10	HOU	L	5.0	6	5	4	2	4	0	96	39
2007-08-13	HOU	L	5.0	6	4	4	4	7	1	116	42
2007-07-23	@HOU	W	9.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	110	72

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

 Home:    6-0    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @HOU  L   5-6       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @HOU  L   5-8       10-4   1st  1.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 19   COL  W  14-2       10-3   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sat, Apr 18   COL  W   9-5        9-3   1st    Tied
 11 Fri, Apr 17   COL  W   4-3        8-3   1st    Tied
 10 Thu, Apr 16   SFG  W   7-2        7-3   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr 15   SFG  W   5-4        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13   SFG  W  11-1        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 12  @ARI  W   3-1        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 11  @ARI  W  11-2        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5

Astros, 6-9, 5th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 1-1, 1.89)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			19.0	11	4	4	8	18	0	1.89
2008 (9-7)			137.1	136	65	54	44	131	14	3.54
2007 (9-13)			182.2	179	102	93	62	158	22	4.58

Last 7 GS		3-2	37.2	30	7	6	10	38	0	1.43	61
2009-04-18	CIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	10	0	105	81
2009-04-12	@STL	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	91	51
2009-04-07	CHC	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	89	61
2008-09-28	ATL	W	7.0	4	1	0	0	6	0	85	73
2008-09-23	CIN	L	5.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	99	50
2008-09-07	@COL	ND	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	54
2008-08-31	STL	W	5.2	7	0	0	0	4	0	93	59

Last 5 v.LAD		2-1	23.2	20	12	10	11	18	3	3.80	52
2008-07-01	LAD	ND	5.0	6	5	5	4	5	1	93	36
2007-08-16	@LAD	L	5.0	5	4	2	1	2	0	76	46
2006-05-11	@LAD	W	6.2	4	1	1	4	5	1	101	63
2006-04-26	LAD	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	122	63

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

 Home:    4-5    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 13 Mon, Apr 20   CIN  L   3-4        4-9   6th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   CIN  L   2-4        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   CIN  W   7-0        4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   CIN  L   1-2        3-7   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @PIT  W   6-3        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @PIT  W   4-1        2-6   6th  4.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @PIT  L   0-7        1-6   6th  4.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @STL  L   0-3        1-5   6th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-9    Last 30: 6-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 HOU  6  LAD  5        W:Chris Sampson (1-0), L: Ronald Belisario (0-1), S: LaTroy Hawkins (2)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 HOU  8  LAD  5        W:Russ Ortiz (1-0), L: Clayton Kershaw (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

Thu, Jul 03, 2008 LAD  5 @HOU  2        W:Chad Billingsley (8-7), L: Brandon Backe (5-9), S: Takashi Saito (14)
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 LAD  4 @HOU  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (4-6), L: Runelvys Hernandez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 LAD  7 @HOU  6 (11)   W:Chan Ho Park (4-2), L: Wesley Wright (3-3), S: Takashi Saito (13)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 HOU  4  LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (7-8), L: Eric Stults (2-1), S: Jose Valverde (22)
Sun, May 11, 2008 HOU  8 @LAD  5        W:Geoff Geary (1-1), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Sat, May 10, 2008 HOU  5 @LAD  0        W:Chris Sampson (2-3), L: Chad Billingsley (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 HOU  7 @LAD  1        W:Brian Moehler (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (2-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAD  6  HOU  2        W:Derek Lowe (9-11), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-11), S: Takashi Saito (31)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 2-0; 2008 - HOU won 4-3; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 372-310

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Dodgers Batters (6.13 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 21/.449 ··· 2/.000 ··· 250/174 .218/.303/.296/.600 .780/.522 .578 8/.929 0/2 3/3

23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .887 55/.871 3/0 21/16

14.Castro G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/116 .193/.246/.267/.513 .538/.499 .532 5/.900 0/0 2/5

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 421/319 .264/.344/.383/.728 .854/.689 .665 12/.432 3/0 9/10

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 5/.400 5/.400 1/.000 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .882 68/1.135 6/3 20/2

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 4/.250 4/1.000 6/.334 ··· 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 1.060 65/.658 8/3 5/4

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 8/1.167 3/.333 2/1.000 3/1.334 6/1.083 11/.606 1/2.000 ··· 455/312 .305/.367/.450/.817 .720/.862 .718 70/1.047 4/1 8/9

27.Kemp G/S/vP 6/.933 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .775 61/1.101 35/11 18/3

7.Loney* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.667 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 7/1.714 3/.000 1/.000 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .807 65/.637 7/4 13/13

5.Loretta G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 15/1.104 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 297/180 .280/.350/.383/.733 .903/.629 .700 12/.955 0/0 4/4

55.Martin G/S/vP 8/1.825 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 8/.250 7/.286 2/.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .786 59/.679 18/6 13/14

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· 10/.844 4/.250 9/.250 5/.400 1/.000 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .695 11/.664 40/12 1/3

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 1/5.000 3/.333 29/.752 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.017 66/1.112 3/0 37/3

IP 137.1 55.1 14.0 64.0 62.0 117.1 72.0 55.2 TOTAL .296/.386/.475/.860 .944/.842 .727 .860 12/3 19/5

ERA-K/9

3.54/8.6

3.90/7.6

9.00/7.7

2.53/6.3

3.92/7.0

4.22/4.7

3.38/10.4

5.01/9.2

4.50/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (19-5-4)
Martin (70-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.256 237/.222 72/.339 262/.197 252/.235 478/.266 303/.225 250/.214 .277 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre 0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1

OPS .717 .777 .981 .570 .626 .697 .686 .733 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.811 99/.469 38/1.053 110/.612 115/.839 192/.746 140/.648 105/.621 .838

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 454/.689 138/1.011 34/.900 152/.539 137/.456 286/.665 163/.714 145/.819 .753

Home 340/.661 123/.763 31/1.156 144/.626 145/.631 218/.846 174/.639 120/.687

Last 28d days 72/.491 21/.508 13/.808 38/.995 34/.730 40/.744 25/.758 22/1.119

HR/SB/CS 14/4/3 10/4/1 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/2/2 8/2/2 10/8/0 8/5/0 16/4/2

Usage ····X··· ··oo··X· ·X·Xo··· ··oX·o·X XoX··oXX X··oo·X· ·Xo··X·X ·o····o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 52.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 43.Ohman*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 14/.619 1/5.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 11/.788 7/1.262 1/.000 665/487 .312/.420/.567/.986 .803/1.057 1.046 64/.865 18/4 29/5

27.Blum# G/S/vP 17/.437 1/no AB 9/.889 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· 356/297 .240/.287/.418/.705 .614/.720 .708 46/.803 1/2 14/4

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 514/383 .229/.288/.300/.588 .508/.614 .635 51/.658 41/10 5/5

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 9/.666 2/2.000 ··· 342/267 .276/.309/.363/.672 .599/.693 .618 11/.282 2/3 4/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 502/347 .266/.310/.346/.657 .901/.550 .602 25/1.293 3/1 3/8

45.Lee G/S/vP 13/.564 1/.000 3/3.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 4/.250 1/.000 481/366 .314/.368/.569/.937 .959/.930 .943 60/.862 4/1 28/1

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 9/.944 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.661 2/.000 ··· 422/306 .293/.354/.427/.781 .753/.791 .812 45/.687 20/5 6/12

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 321/220 .224/.292/.360/.652 .509/.718 .665 20/.850 2/1 8/4

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· 1/.000 642/479 .269/.318/.466/.783 .722/.804 .775 63/.929 11/10 25/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 183/147 .226/.270/.298/.567 .627/.553 .564 7/.000 0/0 2/1

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 429/324 .276/.319/.394/.714 .724/.710 .813 54/.636 10/1 7/5

31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/22 .214/.214/.286/.500 .333/.545 .727 19/.000 0/1 0/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 666/491 .283/.314/.415/.729 .743/.724 .757 64/.813 7/7 13/11

IP 200.2 69.0 6.0 80.0 6.0 57.0 58.2 38.0 TOTAL .263/.332/.405/.737 .823/.707 .814 .737 8/6 14/4

ERA-K/9

3.14/9.0

/0.0

3.13/11.5

12.00/12.0

2.14/10.8

0.00/3.0

4.11/7.9

3.68/8.1

4.26/9.0

3.74/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Quintero (15-9-1)
Rodriguez (52-25-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 859/.248 / 285/.217 31/.346 323/.204 24/.227 244/.245 248/.230 160/.268 .220 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Erstad
Smith 0/0/156/16
0/130/0/9
110/0/0/4
34/8/43/4
56/40/6/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .687 .595 1.067 .566 .534 .725 .640 .717 .660

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.761 / 126/.800 14/1.000 98/.557 18/.284 105/.850 114/.571 65/.704 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.621 / 159/.445 17/1.126 225/.569 6/1.400 139/.635 134/.700 95/.726 .646

Road 438/.733 / 131/.716 18/1.244 182/.625 11/.400 115/.595 119/.659 84/.707

Last 28d days 74/.474 46/.761 21/.198 11/1.091 18/.752 37/.819 29/.865 20/.879 31/.576

HR/SB/CS 14/8/4 // 2/10/3 2/2/0 4/2/0 0/0/0 7/4/1 3/1/2 2/5/0 11/7/1

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

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.