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Game Preview: FLA @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Marlins, 64-55, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Sean West (23, LHP, 4-4, 4.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			65.0	65	36	33	30	36	7	4.57

Last 7 GS		2-3	35.0	47	24	23	17	21	3	5.91	40
2009-08-13	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	92	61
2009-08-08	@PHI	ND	4.0	7	3	2	2	4	0	93	40
2009-07-11	@ARI	L	4.2	9	5	5	4	1	0	89	23
2009-07-06	@SFG	L	6.0	4	5	5	3	2	1	72	43
2009-06-30	WSN	ND	4.1	8	5	5	3	2	1	81	26
2009-06-25	BAL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	90	63
2009-06-19	NYY	L	4.0	10	5	5	2	7	1	82	27

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.50	61
2009-08-13	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	92	61

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

 Home:   34-28   Road:   30-27   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  39-39   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  21-14
 vsEast: 24-17   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 16-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 18  @HOU  W   6-2       64-55  2nd  4.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16   COL  L   3-7       63-55  2nd  4.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   COL  W  10-3       63-54  2nd  4.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14   COL  W   6-5       62-54  2nd  4.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13   HOU  W   9-2       61-54  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   HOU  L   6-14      60-54  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   HOU  W   9-8 (11)  60-53  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10   HOU  W   8-6       59-53  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @PHI  W  12-3       58-53  2nd  4.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @PHI  W   6-4       57-53  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Astros, 57-62, 4th, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Yorman Bazardo (24, RHP, 0-0, 5.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			5.1	3	5	3	4	5	0	5.06
2008 (0-0)			3.0	7	8	8	5	3	0	24.00
2007 (2-1)			23.2	19	7	6	5	15	2	2.28

Last 7 GS		1-0	11.2	10	2	2	5	7	0	1.54	58
2007-09-25	MIN	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	98	67
2007-09-15	@MIN	ND	4.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	87	48

Has never faced FLA.

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

 Home:   31-29   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  46-47   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:25-32   vsWest: 19-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 18   FLA  L   2-6       57-62  4th 10.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @MIL  W   8-5       57-61  4th  9.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @MIL  L   2-6       56-61  4th  9.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @MIL  L   2-11      56-60  4th  8.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13  @FLA  L   2-9       56-59  4th  7.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @FLA  W  14-6       56-58  3rd  7.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @FLA  L   8-9 (11)  55-58  4th  7.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @FLA  L   6-8       55-57  4th  7.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   MIL  W   2-0       55-56  3rd  6.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   MIL  L   5-12      54-56  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 FLA  9  HOU  2        W:Sean West (4-4), L: Mike Hampton (7-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 12, 2009 HOU 14 @FLA  6        W:Bud Norris (3-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (8-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 FLA  9  HOU  8 (11)   W:Brian Sanches (3-1), L: Wesley Wright (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 10, 2009 FLA  8  HOU  6        W:Rick VandenHurk (2-1), L: Brian Moehler (7-8), S: Leo Nunez (12)

Thu, Sep 18, 2008 FLA  8  HOU  1        W:Scott Olsen (8-10), L: Alberto Arias (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 17, 2008 FLA 14  HOU  2        W:Ricky Nolasco (15-7), L: Brandon Backe (9-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 16, 2008 FLA  5  HOU  1        W:Chris Volstad (5-3), L: Roy Oswalt (15-10), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 HOU  5  FLA  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 HOU  5  FLA  0        W:Brandon Backe (1-1), L: Andrew Miller (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 FLA 10 @HOU  6        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 4-1; 2008 - FLA won 4-2; 2007 - HOU won 3-2; All-Time - HOU leads 71-62

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 5.81

DET 4.62

SDP 3.88

RA/G

SFG 3.69

NYY 4.67

BAL 5.42

J. Mauer .380

D. Lee .292

A. Casilla .180

OBP

J. Mauer .446

C. McGehee .363

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .683

A. Jones .476

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.127

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .493

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Marlins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 20.Norris
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.334 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 312/279 .281/.352/.446/.798 .636/.816 .790 69/.945 0/0 8/4

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 477/335 .255/.305/.315/.620 .721/.564 .573 72/.624 20/9 1/15

3.Cantu G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 9/1.444 5/.800 6/.900 3/.666 8/1.500 6/.334 4/.000 465/337 .280/.338/.433/.771 .909/.719 .709 103/.750 2/0 13/8

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 3/1.667 ··· ··· 358/266 .289/.366/.419/.785 .712/.810 .915 108/1.016 6/1 7/3

7.Gload* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/149 .272/.353/.404/.757 .382/.821 .665 30/.714 0/0 4/1

18.Helms G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 15/.896 6/.000 ··· ··· 21/1.166 13/.817 1/.000 165/89 .275/.309/.359/.669 .705/.636 .816 31/.903 1/1 2/5

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 14/1.214 7/1.262 4/.500 440/322 .255/.345/.383/.728 .605/.774 .709 80/.752 5/2 12/1

20.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 6/.167 5/1.000 ··· 11/.586 1/.000 23/.780 3/.000 21/.742 9/.000 4/1.750 482/341 .296/.419/.408/.827 .936/.782 .788 93/.784 2/4 7/8

29.Paulino G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 11/.455 9/1.667 5/.000 189/75 .273/.335/.419/.754 .760/.742 .731 31/1.072 1/0 6/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.733 2/.000 4/.500 3/2.667 23/1.342 9/1.556 3/1.334 478/341 .356/.417/.571/.989 .776/1.076 .941 104/1.049 23/7 18/9

12.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 2/1.500 2/.000 3/1.334 6/.500 5/1.200 4/.750 460/335 .271/.328/.482/.810 .949/.760 .782 101/.827 4/1 20/3

6.Uggla G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 8/1.000 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.666 18/.478 10/.956 5/.650 483/360 .240/.355/.447/.802 .782/.808 .697 98/.951 1/0 22/10

IP 5.1 44.2 44.1 57.0 4.2 112.0 45.2 113.1 26.2 148.0 147.2 36.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.413/.750 .729/.759 .728 .866 64/25 118/83

ERA-K/9

5.06/8.5

3.43/7.4

3.25/8.5

3.63/6.6

1.93/7.7

5.30/5.9

2.17/6.3

5.40/5.8

4.05/8.8

4.01/6.9

3.05/8.2

2.50/9.5

4.57/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.158 200/.269 184/.179 235/.230 10/.222 494/.298 186/.246 508/.299 92/.228 610/.260 613/.249 147/.229 .275

OPS .568 .711 .641 .667 .522 .827 .664 .848 .657 .735 .718 .691 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.542 84/.780 82/.756 107/.643 3/1.167 111/.684 88/.549 263/.737 40/.371 290/.765 120/.547 67/.894 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 15/.574 116/.662 102/.550 128/.686 7/.286 383/.869 98/.764 245/.966 52/.865 320/.706 493/.761 80/.521 .791

Home 10/1.500 107/.733 85/.731 114/.605 / 258/.848 100/.703 259/.864 25/.670 268/.787 296/.629 78/.684

Last 28d days 24/.568 60/1.156 48/.501 64/.648 10/.522 113/1.015 19/.328 129/.870 92/.657 84/.903 99/.866 53/.714

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/3/0 7/1/3 5/4/0 0/0/0 13/5/2 5/5/3 16/8/3 2/0/0 17/2/1 18/1/1 5/4/3 133/49/19

Usage ···X·X·· o··X··Xo o·oo··Xo ··o·o··X X··oX··· ··o·X·o· ···X···· X·····X· ··X····X ····X··· ··X····X

Astros Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.West*
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 48.Donnelly
G/S/vB 55.Johnson
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 51.Martinez
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 56.VandenHurk
G/S/vB 41.Volstad
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 5/1.267 ··· ··· 10/1.850 2/1.000 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 393/293 .272/.410/.521/.930 .612/1.051 .923 23/.949 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 11/.773 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 6/.000 331/304 .269/.335/.405/.740 1.047/.714 .866 87/.737 0/1 9/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 9/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.100 496/395 .288/.364/.404/.768 .699/.786 .732 97/.797 44/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.500 4/.250 ··· ··· 9/.889 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 177/123 .237/.324/.353/.676 .711/.661 .856 45/.604 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 7/.629 122/110 .215/.298/.374/.671 .333/.712 .716 20/1.417 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 259/174 .268/.344/.388/.732 .888/.653 .620 56/.705 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 6/.666 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.000 487/385 .313/.361/.507/.868 .993/.836 .976 106/.940 3/2 20/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/.650 4/.500 375/298 .243/.296/.329/.625 .811/.580 .678 103/.593 12/3 5/4

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· ··· 116/69 .224/.284/.421/.705 .686/.718 .837 28/1.134 1/1 3/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/2.214 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 6/.666 481/386 .287/.349/.476/.825 .871/.813 .850 99/.792 11/8 18/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/91 .238/.292/.324/.616 .749/.582 .587 24/.792 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 344/277 .250/.280/.381/.661 .813/.623 .645 71/.514 0/2 8/4

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.000 19/.474 ··· 3/2.500 ··· ··· 12/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 7/.286 505/397 .313/.343/.448/.791 .752/.801 .844 103/.656 4/2 10/14

IP 65.0 42.2 17.1 161.1 33.2 9.2 45.2 136.1 52.1 44.2 35.2 31.2 146.1 TOTAL .267/.328/.408/.736 .765/.729 .760 .743 82/35 102/68

ERA-K/9

4.57/5.0

1.90/11.0

2.08/8.3

2.85/7.8

6.15/7.5

6.52/10.2

2.76/8.5

5.22/9.0

4.13/8.3

2.42/8.9

1.01/8.6

5.12/9.4

4.61/6.2

4.33/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.256 173/.177 72/.215 650/.224 161/.295 45/.302 182/.202 548/.272 224/.228 196/.203 151/.203 137/.254 615/.265 .256

OPS .758 .485 .615 .591 .834 .752 .610 .774 .735 .636 .584 .901 .781 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.993 69/.679 34/.663 350/.608 86/.842 19/.368 90/.688 304/.769 125/.747 92/.688 69/.527 81/.965 326/.814 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.698 104/.364 38/.570 300/.571 75/.825 26/1.045 92/.537 244/.780 99/.719 104/.592 82/.629 56/.812 289/.744 .711

Road 124/.809 82/.429 30/.372 324/.630 57/.589 5/1.000 76/.464 268/.773 92/.592 77/.532 52/.761 66/1.042 307/.760

Last 28d days 45/.683 34/.544 50/.628 128/.574 21/.857 7/.286 34/.998 125/.639 45/1.024 51/.621 50/.510 113/.905 121/.917

HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 0/6/0 1/2/0 10/10/5 3/3/1 1/0/0 6/3/0 16/12/2 9/8/1 2/2/2 2/3/2 9/3/1 24/17/9 117/101/29

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