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Game Preview: COL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Rockies, 20-30, 5th, 13½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (25, RHP, 3-6, 4.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-6) 59.2 60 30 29 26 53 2 4.37
2008 (12-12) 198.2 182 97 88 103 172 11 3.99
2007 (4-4) 82.0 70 46 39 37 68 10 4.28
Last 7 GS 2-4 44.2 45 20 19 13 37 2 3.83 53
2009-05-27 LAD L 6.2 9 5 4 2 5 0 109 41
2009-05-22 @DET L 7.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 104 59
2009-05-17 @PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 7 1 115 62
2009-05-12 HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 101 63
2009-05-06 SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 68
2009-05-01 @SFG L 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 109 58
2009-04-25 LAD L 4.0 8 6 6 4 3 0 91 21
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 18.2 17 7 7 6 16 0 3.38 55
2009-05-12 HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 101 63
2008-09-05 HOU W 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 95 55
2008-04-20 @HOU ND 5.2 5 3 3 5 6 0 95 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:   11-16   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  14-19   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 11-17 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Mon, Jun  1  @HOU  L   1-4       20-30  5th 13.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   SDP  L   2-5       20-29  5th 13.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   SDP  W   8-7       20-28  5th 12.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   SDP  W   3-0       19-28  5th 13.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   LAD  L   6-8       18-28  5th 14.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26   LAD  L   1-7       18-27  5th 13.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25   LAD  L   6-16      18-26  5th 12.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24  @DET  W   3-1       18-25  5th 11.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23  @DET  W   4-3       17-25  5th 12.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22  @DET  L   3-4       16-25  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 21-28, 6th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (25, RHP, 1-4, 6.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 36.0 50 30 27 16 26 7 6.75
2007 (2-1) 19.0 22 15 15 7 11 5 7.11
Last 7 GS 1-4 39.0 42 23 20 13 25 6 4.62 47
2009-05-27 @CIN L 6.0 7 5 4 0 4 3 84 44
2009-05-22 TEX ND 5.1 7 4 4 2 3 1 102 39
2009-05-12 @COL L 4.0 7 8 7 4 2 2 96 16
2009-04-29 @CIN L 5.2 6 2 1 2 3 0 88 52
2009-04-24 MIL L 6.0 10 4 4 0 4 0 91 40
2009-04-19 CIN ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 97 70
2007-09-30 ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 78 68
Last 5 v.COL 0-1 4.0 7 8 7 4 2 2 15.75 16
2009-05-12 @COL L 4.0 7 8 7 4 2 2 96 16
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-15   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-23   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:11-21   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Mon, Jun  1   COL  W   4-1       21-28  6th  8.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @PIT  W   2-1       20-28  6th  9.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @PIT  L   4-7       19-28  6th  9.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @PIT  W   6-1       19-27  6th  8.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @CIN  L   1-6       18-27  6th  9.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @CIN  L   4-6       18-26  6th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 HOU  4  COL  1        W:Roy Oswalt (2-2), L: Aaron Cook (3-3), S: LaTroy Hawkins (7)
Thu, May 14, 2009 HOU  5 @COL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-2), L: Jason Hammel (0-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (5)
Wed, May 13, 2009 HOU 15 @COL 11        W:Mike Hampton (2-3), L: Jason Marquis (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 COL 12  HOU  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-4), L: Felipe Paulino  (1-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 HOU  7 @COL  5        W:Doug Brocail (7-5), L: Taylor Buchholz (6-5), S: Jose Valverde (40)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 HOU  2 @COL  0        W:Roy Oswalt (14-9), L: Jeff Francis (4-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 COL  5  HOU  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (10-12), L: Brian Moehler (10-6), S: Brian Fuentes (27)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 HOU  6  COL  4        W:Wesley Wright (2-0), L: Brian Fuentes (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 COL  3 @HOU  2        W:Aaron Cook (2-1), L: Oscar Villarreal (0-3), S: Manuel Corpas (4)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 COL 11 @HOU  5        W:Franklin Morales (1-1), L: Chris Sampson (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 3-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 70-66

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

NYY  5.65

MIL  4.69

SEA  3.79

 RA/G

LAD  3.83

BOS  4.63

WSN  6.16

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

V. Wells  .266

C. Young  .174

 OBP

A. Pujols  .468

B. Francisco  .343

C. Young  .215

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .682

S. Schumaker  .424

B. Giles  .284

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.147

S. Schumaker  .768

C. Young  .520

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

A. Harang  4.19

J. Moyer  6.75

 K/9IP

J. Santana  11.73

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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Rockies Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Paulino
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/2.000 189/128 .196/.275/.286/.561 .570/.557 .506 85/.409 0/0 3/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 159/114 .262/.323/.469/.792 1.041/.698 .674 87/.850 5/2 5/3
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 184/127 .258/.346/.394/.740 .810/.708 .747 93/.745 11/4 2/1
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 167/119 .345/.413/.614/1.027 .964/1.052 .866 80/1.048 0/1 7/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/1.250 4/1.750 194/130 .312/.371/.503/.874 .746/.944 .883 96/.889 0/0 7/1
14.Murton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 42/16 .256/.310/.462/.771 .828/.670 .938 37/.768 1/0 1/0
39.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/7 .286/.444/.429/.873 .500/.929 9/.873 0/0 0/0
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 24/20 .211/.348/.263/.611 1.250/.498 .500 15/.629 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 113/101 .278/.425/.489/.914 1.583/.852 .767 53/.946 2/0 4/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 180/119 .261/.330/.422/.752 .897/.683 .689 80/.647 6/3 4/2
9.Stewart* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 129/94 .180/.287/.405/.692 .924/.603 .720 63/.613 2/1 7/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 70/49 .230/.304/.344/.649 .707/.622 .747 43/.634 0/0 2/0
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.929 192/134 .221/.313/.387/.699 .645/.718 .593 100/.686 4/4 5/2
IP 36.0 18.0 19.0 21.2 31.0 TOTAL .248/.330/.420/.750 .791/.733 .698 .727 32/16 55/31
ERA-K/9 6.75/6.5 3.50/6.5 3.79/7.1 2.49/8.7 2.03/4.1 4.51/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.336 75/.212 76/.188 91/.238 126/.235 .277
OPS .948 .702 .596 .661 .676 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/1.098 37/1.015 26/.573 41/.525 58/.710 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.857 38/.392 50/.603 50/.772 68/.646 .778
Home 83/.873 20/.947 44/.468 52/.783 63/.510
Last 28d days 81/1.133 33/.906 34/.306 37/.622 59/.628
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 57/15/7
Usage ·····X·· ··o···Xo ··X····X oo····o· Xo···X··
Astros Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 41.Embree*
G/S/vB		 53.Flores*
G/S/vB		 49.Grilli
G/S/vB		 46.Hammel
G/S/vB		 52.Peralta
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/.583 3/.333 6/.834 13/.245 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 206/152 .232/.359/.464/.824 .679/.878 .716 89/.928 0/2 10/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 15/.896 3/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 141/130 .266/.333/.331/.664 .909/.641 .767 51/.662 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.333 ··· 1/.000 205/169 .286/.356/.379/.736 .784/.724 .640 99/.647 16/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 8/1.625 3/1.667 6/.666 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 56/51 .140/.200/.200/.400 .000/.442 .473 26/.442 0/0 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 96/60 .282/.358/.459/.817 .889/.773 .584 50/.600 0/1 2/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.750 2/.500 5/1.850 6/.900 3/2.667 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 208/161 .319/.370/.532/.902 1.164/.829 1.001 99/.965 1/1 9/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .391/.440/.609/1.049 1.071/1.036 .000 25/1.049 0/0 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.371 2/.000 11/.182 5/.800 4/.833 3/.000 45/22 .179/.289/.308/.597 .798/.385 .760 21/.248 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.944 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 206/163 .341/.417/.492/.909 .747/.952 1.043 96/.975 5/4 5/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/20 .258/.258/.290/.548 .636/.500 .400 23/.739 0/0 0/3
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 6/.334 7/1.000 9/.777 1/2.000 158/135 .265/.306/.442/.748 1.261/.654 .734 66/.770 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 8/.661 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.334 14/.869 3/2.500 4/.500 213/164 .353/.380/.527/.908 .941/.898 1.011 97/1.166 2/2 5/8
IP 59.2 22.2 15.0 4.0 18.1 41.0 5.2 21.1 TOTAL .270/.334/.409/.743 .844/.714 .751 .774 31/21 41/23
ERA-K/9 4.37/8.0 6.35/4.8 6.60/4.8 0.00/11.2 5.89/10.3 4.83/5.9 3.18/7.9 3.38/10.1 4.88/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.267 99/.344 72/.306 16/.250 93/.342 192/.335 27/.292 86/.213 .284
OPS .708 .826 .862 .625 .905 .883 .704 .671 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.813 45/.968 28/.850 10/.800 38/1.081 102/.967 16/.775 35/.601 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.587 54/.718 44/.869 6/.333 55/.787 90/.786 11/.586 51/.718 .764
Road 155/.708 47/.858 30/.807 14/.500 39/.830 91/.659 11/.899 35/.572
Last 28d days 137/.624 51/.688 40/.946 16/.625 54/1.034 120/.875 27/.704 37/.424
HR/SB/CS 2/5/2 1/0/1 2/2/2 0/0/0 2/3/1 5/6/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 44/39/12
Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·X X·X··X·X ·····o·· ·X····XX ··X····· ·X·····X ··oo·X··

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.