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Game Preview: COL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, June 4, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Rockies, 20-32, 5th, 15½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (26, RHP, 1-3, 4.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 41.0 59 30 22 12 27 5 4.83
2008 (4-4) 78.1 83 45 40 35 44 11 4.60
2007 (3-5) 85.0 100 58 58 40 64 12 6.14
Last 7 GS 1-3 34.1 52 28 20 10 22 4 5.24 40
2009-05-30 SDP ND 3.2 8 6 5 0 3 1 65 26
2009-05-24 @DET W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 86 57
2009-05-19 @ATL L 6.0 10 6 3 1 4 0 103 37
2009-05-14 HOU L 5.1 7 4 1 0 4 0 89 48
2009-05-08 FLA L 4.1 8 6 6 1 4 2 80 26
2009-05-03 @SFG ND 6.0 6 0 0 2 1 0 79 59
2009-04-27 SDP ND 3.0 7 5 4 3 2 1 78 26
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 5.1 7 4 1 0 4 0 1.69 48
2009-05-14 HOU L 5.1 7 4 1 0 4 0 89 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   3-10
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 11-17 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @HOU  L   4-6       20-32  5th 15.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @HOU  L   2-3 (11)  20-31  5th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Astros, 23-28, 6th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 5-4, 2.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-4) 67.2 62 24 17 21 62 1 2.26
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 4-2 42.2 46 19 12 11 40 1 2.53 54
2009-05-30 @PIT L 4.2 9 5 5 3 6 0 105 29
2009-05-25 @CIN L 4.0 10 6 0 2 3 0 78 31
2009-05-20 MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 110 65
2009-05-14 @COL W 7.0 5 3 2 0 11 0 113 68
2009-05-08 SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 116 79
2009-05-03 @ATL ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 0 86 43
2009-04-28 @CIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 99 66
Last 5 v.COL 3-0 24.0 19 6 4 6 30 0 1.50 60
2009-05-14 @COL W 7.0 5 3 2 0 11 0 113 68
2008-09-07 @COL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 54
2008-04-19 COL ND 4.0 5 2 1 3 5 0 79 48
2007-07-01 COL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 117 73
2007-06-05 @COL W 5.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 93 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-15   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  18-23   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:11-21   vsWest: 10-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, Jun  3   COL  W   6-4       23-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   COL  W   3-2 (11)  22-28  6th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 HOU  6  COL  4        W:Tim Byrdak (1-1), L: Jason Marquis (7-4), S: Chris Sampson (3)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 HOU  3  COL  2 (11)   W:Russ Ortiz (3-2), L: Josh Fogg (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 5-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 72-66

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  5.70

NYM  4.71

SEA  3.85

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

KCR  4.73

WSN  6.16

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

N. Morgan  .275

C. Young  .172

 OBP

A. Pujols  .469

N. McLouth  .349

C. Young  .216

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .703

B. Francisco  .443

J. Kendall  .260

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.149

M. Byrd  .792

C. Young  .515

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

J. Peavy  4.10

A. Sonnanstine  7.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.69

C. Sabathia  6.46

J. Pineiro  3.45

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Rockies Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.77 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		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 21/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/1.715 197/135 .188/.264/.273/.537 .560/.526 .467 89/.390 0/0 3/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 168/123 .260/.317/.455/.772 1.041/.678 .650 88/.833 5/2 5/3
15.Bellorin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 195/138 .255/.342/.388/.730 .810/.697 .728 95/.735 11/4 2/1
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 19/.600 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 6/1.867 176/127 .353/.432/.620/1.052 .977/1.081 .919 85/1.086 0/1 7/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 22/1.229 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 5/2.000 203/138 .311/.369/.506/.875 .735/.949 .884 97/.836 0/0 7/1
14.Murton G/S/vP 21/1.013 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.250 44/18 .275/.341/.475/.816 .828/.789 1.033 34/.786 2/0 1/0
39.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 17/14 .231/.375/.308/.683 .333/.748 .452 17/.683 0/0 0/0
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 27/23 .227/.346/.273/.619 1.250/.523 .538 18/.643 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 122/109 .273/.410/.465/.874 1.413/.823 .721 61/.805 2/0 4/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 182/121 .258/.326/.417/.743 .897/.672 .675 73/.646 6/3 4/2
9.Stewart* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 135/99 .188/.289/.427/.716 .896/.649 .760 65/.604 2/1 8/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.929 194/136 .218/.309/.382/.691 .645/.707 .581 93/.692 4/4 5/2
IP 67.2 20.0 20.0 22.2 33.0 TOTAL .248/.329/.416/.746 .783/.730 .693 .700 33/16 56/33
ERA-K/9 2.26/8.2 3.15/6.3 3.60/7.2 2.38/8.7 1.91/4.1 4.44/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.249 82/.194 81/.203 95/.229 136/.236 .275
OPS .627 .655 .609 .646 .684 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.466 42/.925 28/.530 44/.516 64/.745 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.671 40/.371 53/.645 51/.756 72/.627 .767
Home 128/.494 27/.738 49/.502 56/.750 73/.545
Last 28d days 131/.676 34/.749 36/.404 41/.589 60/.752
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 4/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 58/16/7
Usage ····X··· oo··o··· ·X··X··· ·Xoo···· X·Xo···X
Astros Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Hammel
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 41.Embree*
G/S/vB		 53.Flores*
G/S/vB		 49.Grilli
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 3/.000 4/.250 6/.834 14/.381 1/.000 2/1.500 2/no AB 215/160 .240/.367/.463/.830 .704/.876 .740 89/.955 0/2 10/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 3/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 149/138 .277/.349/.338/.687 .909/.667 .800 54/.766 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/2.333 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 216/179 .295/.368/.389/.757 .762/.756 .693 105/.712 18/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.625 3/1.667 6/.666 1/3.000 3/.333 57/52 .137/.196/.196/.393 .000/.433 .461 25/.290 0/0 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 98/62 .276/.351/.448/.799 .889/.746 .556 48/.626 0/1 2/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 5/1.850 6/.900 3/2.667 1/.000 3/1.667 218/171 .316/.372/.520/.892 1.164/.820 .972 101/.944 1/1 9/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/27 .367/.424/.533/.958 1.071/.926 .368 34/.958 0/0 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 7/1.371 2/.000 11/.182 4/.833 3/.000 47/24 .171/.277/.293/.569 .798/.351 .697 18/.167 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 216/173 .346/.421/.516/.937 .747/.985 1.086 98/1.039 5/4 6/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .242/.242/.273/.515 .636/.455 .333 25/.680 0/0 0/3
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 6/.334 10/.700 2/2.000 165/142 .266/.305/.435/.740 1.261/.650 .721 65/.781 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 14/.869 4/.000 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.334 4/1.750 5/.800 224/175 .358/.384/.538/.922 .941/.916 1.028 99/1.140 2/2 6/8
IP 41.0 24.2 15.0 4.1 18.1 7.1 22.1 TOTAL .273/.337/.411/.748 .844/.722 .761 .787 33/21 43/24
ERA-K/9 4.83/5.9 6.20/6.2 6.60/4.8 0.00/10.5 5.89/10.3 2.45/8.6 3.22/9.7 4.83/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.335 109/.350 72/.306 18/.278 93/.342 32/.241 93/.226 .286
OPS .883 .823 .862 .667 .905 .588 .702 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.967 48/.993 28/.850 11/.727 38/1.081 17/.728 38/.604 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.786 61/.701 44/.869 7/.571 55/.787 15/.421 55/.767 .767
Road 91/.659 57/.847 30/.807 16/.563 39/.830 16/.598 42/.654
Last 28d days 120/.875 58/.746 40/.946 18/.667 51/1.101 32/.588 44/.519
HR/SB/CS 5/6/1 1/1/1 2/2/2 0/0/0 2/3/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 46/41/12
Usage ····X··· XX··o··o ··X·X··X oo·····o ···X···· oo·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.