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Game Preview: SFG @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, August 5, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Giants, 59-48, 3rd, 7 GB

SP: Joe Martinez (26, RHP, 1-0, 6.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit
2009 (1-0)	2.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	6.75

Last 7 GS

Has never faced HOU.

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

 Home:   37-16   Road:   22-32   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  42-36   vsLHP:  17-12   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest: 19-19 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Aug  4  @HOU  W   8-1       59-48  3rd  7.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @HOU  L   3-4       58-48  3rd  7.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   PHI  W   7-3       58-47  2nd  7.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   PHI  W   2-0       57-47  2nd  7.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   PHI  L   1-5       56-47  2nd  8.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30   PHI  W   7-2       56-46  2nd  7.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29   PIT  W   1-0 (10)  55-46  2nd  7.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   PIT  W   3-2       54-46  2nd  8.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27   PIT  W   4-2       53-46  3rd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26  @COL  L   2-4       52-46  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Astros, 53-54, 3rd, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 7-6, 4.99)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-6)			97.1	114	58	54	30	63	15	4.99
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		3-2	41.1	40	18	14	15	29	3	3.05	52
2009-07-31	@STL	ND	6.2	7	2	2	1	5	1	98	56
2009-07-26	NYM	L	4.2	8	5	5	2	2	0	89	28
2009-07-20	STL	W	6.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	100	56
2009-07-12	WSN	W	6.1	7	0	0	2	2	0	103	59
2009-07-07	PIT	L	6.1	3	4	3	2	4	1	86	55
2009-07-01	@SDP	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	8	1	115	64
2009-06-25	KCR	ND	5.0	5	4	1	2	3	0	92	48

Last 5 v.SFG		1-1	24.1	40	22	22	6	9	4	8.14	33
2008-08-14	SFG	ND	5.1	8	4	4	0	1	1	86	37
2008-05-14	@SFG	ND	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	80	41
2006-06-05	@SFG	L	4.0	10	8	8	2	0	1	73	8
2006-05-30	SFG	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	86	54
2003-04-16	@SFG	ND	4.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	78	26

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

 Home:   29-26   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  42-41   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:22-29   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
104 Sat, Aug  1  @STL  L   1-3       51-53  3rd  5.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @STL  L   3-4       51-52  3rd  4.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @CHC  L   3-12      51-51  3rd  4.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29  @CHC  L   0-12      51-50  3rd  3.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @CHC  W  11-6       51-49  3rd  2.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @CHC  L   1-5 (13)  50-49  3rd  3.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   NYM  L   3-8       50-48  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 03, 2009 HOU  4  SFG  3        W:Mike Hampton (7-8), L: Matt Cain (12-3), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 HOU  7 @SFG  1        W:Roy Oswalt (5-4), L: Randy Johnson (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 SFG  9  HOU  0        W:Tim Lincecum (9-2), L: Russ Ortiz (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 SFG 13  HOU  0        W:Ryan Sadowski (2-0), L: Felipe Paulino  (2-5), S: none

Thu, Aug 14, 2008 HOU  7  SFG  4        W:LaTroy Hawkins (2-1), L: Keiichi Yabu (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 HOU  6  SFG  2        W:Randy Wolf (8-10), L: Barry Zito (6-15), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 HOU 12  SFG  4        W:Roy Oswalt (10-8), L: Tyler Walker (4-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 HOU  3  SFG  1        W:Brandon Backe (7-11), L: Jonathan Sanchez (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Thu, May 15, 2008 HOU  8 @SFG  7        W:Tim Byrdak (2-0), L: Vinnie Chulk (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Wed, May 14, 2008 HOU  6 @SFG  3        W:Oscar Villarreal (1-3), L: Jack Taschner (2-1), S: Jose Valverde (10)
Season Series: 2009 - SFG leads 3-2; 2008 - HOU won 7-1; 2007 - SFG won 4-2; All-Time - SFG leads 356-336

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 5.73

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.74

RA/G

SFG 3.64

HOU 4.58

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .364

M. Montero .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .438

B. McCann .365

R. Cedeno .217

SLG

A. Pujols .661

C. Ross .472

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

M. Prado .839

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

A. Cook 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

K. Correia 6.73

J. Lannan 3.66

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Giants Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 31.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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Bowker* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.229 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 35/30 .156/.200/.250/.450 .000/.519 .267 35/.450 0/0 1/0

23.Garko G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 296/207 .280/.364/.447/.811 .954/.749 .860 77/.903 0/0 11/4

10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 247/221 .273/.325/.410/.735 .666/.744 .496 53/.751 2/2 7/2

14.Lewis* G/S/vP 6/.834 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.667 6/1.500 ··· 17/1.092 ··· 10/.800 3/.000 2/.000 272/216 .256/.338/.388/.727 .510/.782 .662 39/.813 8/4 4/3

1.Molina G/S/vP 16/.563 2/1.000 15/1.236 2/.000 2/.000 11/.398 ··· 16/.580 ··· 8/.875 6/.000 ··· 373/281 .258/.268/.411/.679 .834/.628 .612 69/.584 0/0 11/3

16.Renteria G/S/vP 17/.294 1/.000 12/1.394 ··· 2/1.000 46/.848 ··· 31/.926 6/2.467 7/1.267 2/.000 ··· 375/281 .255/.311/.320/.631 .646/.626 .651 69/.511 5/2 2/10

33.Rowand G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/1.000 7/1.142 2/2.500 4/1.750 9/.111 ··· 13/.490 ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 369/285 .277/.336/.446/.782 .741/.795 .746 51/.528 4/1 9/1

21.Sanchez G/S/vP 21/1.413 2/.500 2/.000 4/2.000 3/.667 12/.258 ··· 34/.838 26/1.109 8/.625 6/.666 5/.200 391/279 .297/.334/.442/.776 .827/.756 .749 62/.492 5/1 7/3

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 6/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 412/306 .327/.374/.551/.925 .967/.911 .775 97/.861 4/2 17/9

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 7/.572 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 249/192 .280/.305/.427/.732 .454/.814 .659 71/.687 3/1 4/5

8.Velez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 74/52 .309/.347/.397/.744 .568/.818 .616 35/1.079 1/1 1/2

22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/50 .224/.250/.259/.509 .522/.505 .437 24/.382 0/0 0/1

2.Winn# G/S/vP 28/1.423 3/.333 10/.744 2/.000 2/2.000 12/.258 ··· 28/.657 4/2.000 11/1.363 10/.000 1/.000 427/332 .265/.318/.374/.691 .409/.775 .768 95/.589 10/1 2/0

IP 97.1 39.2 8.1 37.1 50.1 105.0 10.0 137.0 136.2 51.2 31.0 28.0 TOTAL .259/.308/.381/.689 .675/.693 .639 .640 56/19 66/60

ERA-K/9

4.99/5.8

2.27/7.9

5.40/7.6

3.38/8.4

3.58/6.3

5.14/6.1

0.90/8.1

3.61/7.0

2.63/8.4

3.83/5.2

2.90/9.9

6.11/9.6

4.31/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.291 173/.224 41/.267 156/.197 205/.230 460/.293 40/.147 558/.249 557/.242 221/.261 126/.214 113/.303 .268

OPS .843 .616 1.106 .686 .665 .818 .426 .706 .693 .708 .681 .845 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.684 69/.599 20/1.550 71/.776 95/.575 105/.719 15/.421 266/.738 114/.577 107/.717 56/.882 42/.756 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/1.017 104/.627 21/.667 85/.613 110/.739 355/.848 25/.430 292/.676 443/.723 114/.699 70/.521 71/.898 .780

Home 231/.862 95/.667 13/.885 69/.738 102/.625 245/.837 / 268/.787 267/.642 114/.533 69/.697 51/.745

Last 28d days 106/.759 69/.778 11/1.343 33/.557 55/.821 123/1.022 40/.426 86/.546 124/.556 30/.919 49/.636 29/.901

HR/SB/CS 15/7/1 1/3/0 3/2/0 6/1/3 5/3/0 11/5/2 0/0/0 15/2/1 15/1/1 2/0/0 5/3/3 5/4/0 120/44/17

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· o····XX· X····X·o ···X···X ·X····X· ··X···X· ·······X ···X···· ·oo··X·· ·XXX···X X·o·o··X

Astros Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 18.Cain
G/S/vB 46.Howry
G/S/vB 55.Lincecum
G/S/vB 52.Medders
G/S/vB 45.Miller
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 57.Sanchez*
G/S/vB 47.Valdez
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB 75.Zito*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 24/.614 5/.800 12/.258 7/.143 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.167 288/265 .265/.330/.381/.711 .937/.690 .825 83/.781 0/1 6/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.946 3/.666 8/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 454/362 .288/.360/.407/.767 .721/.779 .734 101/.849 39/10 3/2

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 166/118 .241/.333/.366/.699 .762/.673 .910 49/.624 0/0 2/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/40 .209/.222/.233/.455 .400/.462 .500 11/.545 1/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.500 6/1.100 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/1.100 233/157 .264/.339/.398/.737 .896/.656 .597 50/.706 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 19/.566 8/1.750 11/.909 12/.349 3/2.667 6/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.167 ··· 36/.818 432/341 .311/.359/.504/.863 1.021/.821 .963 97/1.043 3/2 18/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 26/.770 3/1.167 10/.522 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.200 ··· 4/.500 ··· 321/253 .254/.309/.349/.657 .865/.606 .723 85/.819 11/3 5/4

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 11/.282 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.629 95/53 .195/.263/.345/.608 .672/.556 .589 14/.714 1/1 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 8/1.089 6/1.500 12/.523 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.730 432/346 .292/.359/.463/.821 .924/.794 .873 96/.698 10/8 13/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.533 99/81 .247/.293/.333/.626 .748/.599 .624 27/.862 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 12/.500 3/.000 13/1.077 6/1.867 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 29/.826 310/248 .247/.278/.390/.668 .798/.635 .650 64/.620 0/2 8/4

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 8/.250 17/.485 5/.000 2/.000 12/1.750 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 18/.675 455/357 .324/.354/.465/.819 .831/.815 .878 103/.750 3/2 9/13

IP 2.2 41.1 148.0 40.2 156.2 42.1 48.0 17.0 102.1 37.0 47.1 131.0 TOTAL .267/.328/.407/.735 .786/.721 .762 .771 73/34 89/62

ERA-K/9

6.75/6.7

1.52/7.0

2.25/7.1

3.54/6.0

2.18/11.0

2.76/8.1

2.06/5.6

5.29/10.1

4.49/9.4

4.62/6.8

3.04/9.7

4.47/6.9

3.47/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 13/.364 161/.209 594/.224 171/.226 629/.214 188/.244 188/.228 76/.275 427/.230 160/.270 197/.206 562/.259 .237

OPS .916 .584 .654 .631 .562 .693 .663 .739 .748 .747 .575 .738 .686

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/.667 73/.692 301/.610 71/.797 362/.560 75/.729 81/.615 28/.656 109/.682 69/.614 95/.462 135/.648 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.000 88/.499 293/.700 100/.521 267/.565 113/.669 107/.698 48/.786 318/.772 91/.839 102/.680 427/.767 .717

Road / 81/.500 305/.700 97/.638 308/.600 97/.755 98/.672 40/.900 224/.861 79/.777 84/.734 278/.740

Last 28d days / 35/.521 125/.609 45/.533 142/.537 36/.416 45/.679 28/.909 97/.523 50/.923 33/.218 123/.775

HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 1/4/0 14/7/6 3/4/0 6/15/3 3/2/1 5/2/1 1/1/0 11/16/2 3/3/2 2/4/1 15/5/6 87/74/26

Usage ··o·X··X ·X····X· ··o·Xo·· ···X···· ··o·o··o o····o·· ··X·o··o X····X·· ····Xo·· ···o··XX ··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.