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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 28-26, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 6-4, 3.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			71.1	59	28	26	18	59	11	3.28
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09
2007 (15-8)			207.0	181	91	88	55	174	28	3.83

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.2	39	17	16	12	43	6	3.02	60
2009-06-03	@ATL	ND	7.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	108	65
2009-05-29	LAD	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	102	67
2009-05-24	@SDP	L	6.1	8	5	5	2	4	0	95	39
2009-05-19	@STL	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	104	59
2009-05-13	SDP	W	6.1	8	3	3	0	7	2	86	52
2009-05-07	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	88	58
2009-05-02	FLA	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	10	1	104	78

Last 5 v.HOU		4-0	30.1	23	10	10	8	29	6	2.97	59
2009-05-07	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	88	58
2009-04-08	@HOU	W	5.0	8	5	5	0	3	4	73	34
2008-09-15	@HOU	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	88	83
2008-07-18	@HOU	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	104	65
2008-05-19	@HOU	W	5.1	4	2	2	2	6	0	96	56

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

 Home:   16-10   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  23-20   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Sun, Jun  7  @CIN  W   6-3 (14)  28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6  @CIN  L   3-4 (11)  27-26  4th  4.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5  @CIN  W   2-1       27-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @ATL  W   3-2 (11)  26-25  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   LAD  W   2-1       24-23  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 28   LAD  L   1-2       23-23  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 27   PIT  W   5-2       23-22  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Astros, 25-30, 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 2-3, 6.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-3)			41.0	56	29	29	10	26	6	6.37
2008 (11-8)			150.0	166	79	76	36	82	20	4.56
2007 (1-4)			59.2	67	29	27	17	36	8	4.07

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.1	48	22	22	9	25	6	5.03	47
2009-06-03	COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	74	43
2009-05-29	@PIT	W	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	123	71
2009-05-23	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	3	68	29
2009-05-17	@CHC	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	47
2009-05-09	SDP	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	91	68
2009-05-04	@WSN	ND	5.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	94	46
2009-04-13	@PIT	L	2.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	45	22

Last 5 v.CHC		2-2	23.2	27	16	16	5	16	4	6.08	45
2009-05-17	@CHC	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	47
2009-04-08	CHC	L	1.2	8	7	7	1	1	0	37	11
2008-09-15	CHC	L	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	2	88	38
2008-08-04	@CHC	W	5.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	63	63
2008-07-18	CHC	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	87	67

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

 Home:   14-17   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-24   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:13-22   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7   PIT  W   6-4       25-30  6th  7.0 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6   PIT  L   4-6       24-30  6th  8.0 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5   PIT  W   9-1       24-29  6th  7.0 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   COL  L   3-10      23-29  6th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 17, 2009 HOU  6 @CHC  5        W:Brian Moehler (1-2), L: Rich Harden (4-2), S: Chris Sampson (1)
Sat, May 16, 2009 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Sean Marshall (2-2), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 CHC  8 @HOU  5        W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Russ Ortiz (2-1), S: none
Wed, May 06, 2009 CHC  6 @HOU  3        W:Rich Harden (3-1), L: Mike Hampton (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (5)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 CHC 11 @HOU  6        W:Ted Lilly (1-0), L: Brian Moehler (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 HOU  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Doug Brocail (1-0), L: Neal Cotts (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 CHC  4 @HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-1), S: Kevin Gregg (1)

Mon, Sep 15, 2008 CHC  6 @HOU  1        W:Ted Lilly (15-9), L: Brian Moehler (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 CHC  5 @HOU  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (14-5), L: Randy Wolf (10-12), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 HOU  4 @CHC  0        W:Randy Wolf (9-11), L: Ryan Dempster (15-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 5-2; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 347-300

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 5.72

FLA 4.58

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.78

KCR 4.71

WSN 5.96

J. Bartlett .373

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .178

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

N. Markakis .349

D. Navarro .231

SLG

R. Ibanez .676

C. Crawford .449

J. Kendall .265

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

H. Matsui .795

D. Navarro .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Beckett 4.09

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

B. Myers 6.50

J. Garland 3.65

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Cubs Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .208/.269/.292/.561 .600/.578 .686 28/.561 0/1 0/0

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.476 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 141/103 .218/.340/.387/.727 .880/.669 .619 56/.765 0/0 5/0

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 12/.817 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 8/.625 188/154 .232/.314/.384/.698 .410/.762 .727 72/.644 2/1 5/4

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .364/.385/.455/.839 .733/.929 .583 13/.839 0/0 0/0

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 13/.718 3/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.708 194/186 .290/.420/.471/.891 1.232/.874 .904 71/.661 4/4 5/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 64/56 .259/.375/.407/.782 .625/.806 .756 23/.681 0/0 2/0

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 113/97 .269/.319/.452/.771 .583/.802 .619 45/.600 0/0 4/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 109/70 .283/.339/.455/.794 .965/.701 .647 52/1.005 1/0 3/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 16/1.438 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 13/1.077 187/153 .262/.342/.427/.769 .833/.750 .669 80/.954 0/0 6/1

24.Scales# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 61/47 .226/.328/.472/.800 .830/.787 .756 47/.657 0/0 3/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 22/.809 5/1.400 ··· 8/.875 15/.767 246/204 .241/.305/.487/.791 .586/.832 .811 99/.615 6/2 14/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 13/.648 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 11/1.000 163/128 .204/.325/.277/.603 .693/.579 .474 68/.739 0/0 2/2

2.Theriot G/S/vP 11/.864 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 14/.286 231/189 .291/.355/.451/.807 .942/.778 .652 94/.847 8/5 6/5

IP 41.0 21.0 23.0 24.2 35.0 TOTAL .248/.327/.405/.732 .748/.729 .690 .705 25/15 61/35

ERA-K/9

6.37/5.7

3.86/6.4

3.13/6.7

2.55/8.4

1.80/4.4

4.49/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 186/.329 90/.208 92/.205 104/.242 143/.231 .277

OPS .895 .688 .608 .662 .671 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.696 46/.920 35/.576 49/.533 68/.699 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/1.174 44/.439 57/.623 55/.774 75/.644 .773

Home 87/.988 35/.807 60/.519 65/.762 80/.535

Last 28d days 106/.844 34/.634 47/.446 40/.606 60/.711

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 2/3/3 1/0/0 62/17/10

Usage ·····X·· ·oX··oo· ·X·X··X· ·XX···Xo ·oo··X·X

Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 24/.352 2/1.000 6/1.500 3/.000 7/1.914 14/1.167 18/.708 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 231/172 .246/.377/.471/.847 .679/.909 .785 101/.996 1/2 10/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 14/.690 2/.000 5/.650 3/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 161/150 .264/.342/.329/.670 .909/.650 .756 55/.733 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 236/194 .298/.371/.399/.770 .717/.781 .726 108/.749 19/4 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 27/.268 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/54 .135/.207/.192/.399 .000/.439 .468 15/.200 0/0 0/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 22/.931 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.000 6/.333 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/71 .276/.345/.439/.784 .847/.748 .582 56/.658 0/1 2/1

45.Lee G/S/vP 33/.781 2/.000 10/.900 1/2.000 10/1.056 13/.481 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/1.334 235/184 .321/.374/.528/.903 1.172/.830 .981 101/.881 1/2 10/1

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/33 .366/.422/.488/.910 .718/.989 .558 46/.910 0/0 1/1

4.Michaels G/S/vP 9/.873 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/.833 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/25 .182/.280/.318/.598 .729/.467 .733 19/.316 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 17/.352 3/1.000 2/1.500 2/.000 6/.167 9/.333 3/2.667 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 234/187 .342/.419/.525/.944 .923/.949 1.078 99/1.031 6/4 7/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/29 .325/.341/.425/.766 .697/.793 .926 32/.986 0/0 0/3

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 23/1.031 1/.000 7/.714 5/.400 9/1.190 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 173/146 .265/.302/.426/.728 1.148/.645 .702 62/.591 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 43/.687 2/.500 10/1.325 ··· 3/.666 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 238/184 .354/.378/.527/.905 .947/.892 .986 98/1.105 2/2 6/8

IP 71.1 10.2 25.1 27.2 25.0 27.0 47.0 16.1 1.1 38.2 TOTAL .275/.340/.415/.755 .835/.732 .772 .803 36/22 45/26

ERA-K/9

3.28/7.4

2.53/10.1

4.62/10.0

2.28/8.1

4.68/7.2

3.67/9.7

4.79/6.1

6.06/8.3

0.00/13.8

1.86/7.2

3.99/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.226 47/.250 117/.248 106/.179 114/.256 124/.157 207/.269 79/.262 5/.200 151/.221 .239

OPS .681 .723 .769 .525 .806 .647 .784 .746 .400 .550 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.661 17/1.244 51/.638 45/.452 47/.773 57/.572 52/.692 33/.530 3/.000 63/.620 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.686 30/.434 66/.870 61/.577 67/.830 67/.713 155/.813 46/.874 2/1.000 88/.498 .697

Road 155/.826 20/.669 64/.788 57/.448 65/.759 67/.614 82/.788 40/.936 1/.000 100/.530

Last 28d days 137/.688 47/.723 43/.838 37/.399 44/.838 49/.544 75/.811 19/.656 5/.400 130/.534

HR/SB/CS 11/7/1 1/1/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 7/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 57/30/10

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·o·X·oX· ·oXo·XX· ·Xo···X· ·oXX·oX· ··X····· ·X······ ·o······ ·X····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.