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Game Preview: PHI @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Phillies, 77-56, 1st, 6½ up

SP: Cole Hamels (25, LHP, 8-8, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-8)			156.1	166	76	74	34	135	22	4.26
2008 (14-10)			227.1	193	89	78	53	196	28	3.09
2007 (15-5)			183.1	163	72	69	43	177	25	3.39

Last 7 GS		2-3	46.1	41	18	17	13	39	5	3.30	57
2009-09-01	SFG	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	118	91
2009-08-26	@PIT	ND	8.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	123	73
2009-08-21	@NYM	L	5.0	10	4	4	0	6	1	92	37
2009-08-15	@ATL	ND	6.0	3	2	2	4	2	1	111	56
2009-08-08	FLA	L	5.1	5	4	4	4	4	2	115	42
2009-08-02	@SFG	L	5.0	10	7	6	2	2	0	87	21
2009-07-28	@ARI	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	112	79

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	32.2	30	16	16	5	30	5	4.41	55
2008-05-25	@HOU	ND	4.0	7	6	6	1	0	1	84	23
2007-07-04	@HOU	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	8	1	115	65
2007-04-14	HOU	W	6.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	110	37
2006-09-16	@HOU	W	7.2	3	2	2	4	11	0	116	72
2006-09-04	HOU	ND	8.0	3	2	2	0	8	2	99	76

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

 Home:   36-31   Road:   41-25   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  50-41   vsLHP:  27-15   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 32-21   vsCntrl:19-10   vsWest: 20-13 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sat, Sep  5  @HOU  L   4-5       77-56  1st  6.5 up
132 Fri, Sep  4  @HOU  L   0-7       77-55  1st  7.5 up
131 Thu, Sep  3   SFG  W   2-1       77-54  1st  8.5 up
130 Wed, Sep  2   SFG  L   0-4       76-54  1st  7.5 up
129 Tue, Sep  1   SFG  W   1-0       76-53  1st  7.5 up
128 Sun, Aug 30   ATL  W   3-2       75-53  1st  8.0 up
127 Sat, Aug 29   ATL  L   1-9  (8)  74-53  1st  7.0 up
126 Fri, Aug 28   ATL  W   4-2       74-52  1st  8.0 up
125 Thu, Aug 27  @PIT  L   2-3       73-52  1st  7.0 up
124 Wed, Aug 26  @PIT  W   4-1 (10)  73-51  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Astros, 65-70, 3rd, 15 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (24, RHP, 3-3, 6.61)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			32.2	38	25	24	19	30	6	6.61

Last 7 GS		3-3	29.2	35	24	23	18	26	6	6.98	42
2009-08-29	@ARI	L	5.0	5	6	6	4	3	2	99	32
2009-08-23	ARI	L	1.0	6	6	6	3	1	0	55	15
2009-08-18	FLA	L	5.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	95	34
2009-08-12	@FLA	W	5.0	10	5	4	1	6	1	98	34
2009-08-07	MIL	W	6.0	3	2	2	5	7	1	105	60
2009-08-02	@STL	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	91	74

Has never faced PHI.

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

 Home:   37-30   Road:   28-40   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  52-54   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:27-36   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  5   PHI  W   5-4       65-70  3rd 15.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4   PHI  W   7-0       64-70  4th 15.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2  @CHC  L   0-2       63-70  4th 15.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @CHC  L   1-4       63-69  4th 14.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31  @CHC  W   5-3       63-68  4th 13.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30  @ARI  L   3-4       62-68  4th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @ARI  L   0-9       62-67  4th 13.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @ARI  L   7-14      62-66  3rd 12.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @STL  W   4-3       62-65  3rd 11.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @STL  L   2-3       61-65  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 HOU  7  PHI  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (13-9), L: Cliff Lee (12-11), S: none

Sun, May 25, 2008 PHI 15 @HOU  6        W:Rudy Seanez (3-3), L: Fernando Nieve (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Brian Moehler (2-1), L: Brett Myers (2-6), S: Doug Brocail (2)
Fri, May 23, 2008 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Brandon Backe (4-5), L: Adam Eaton (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (15)
Thu, May 22, 2008 PHI  7 @HOU  5        W:Chad Durbin (1-1), L: Wesley Wright (3-2), S: Brad Lidge (12)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 PHI 10  HOU  2        W:Brett Myers (2-1), L: Brandon Backe (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 HOU  2 @PHI  1        W:Roy Oswalt (1-3), L: Kyle Kendrick (1-2), S: Doug Brocail (1)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 PHI  4  HOU  3        W:Rudy Seanez (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 PHI  8 @HOU  3        W:Cole Hamels (10-4), L: Chris Sampson (6-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 HOU  5  PHI  4 (13)   W:Matt Albers (2-4), L: Jose Mesa (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 2-0; 2008 - PHI won 4-3; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - PHI leads 277-264

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 5.73

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .366

C. Counsell .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Posada .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .672

H. Pence .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. LaRoche .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

D. Braden 3.89

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.92

J. Lannan 3.73

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Phillies Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
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

23.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 22/.859 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 77/67 .200/.273/.329/.601 .200/.655 .489 22/.739 0/0 2/2

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 109/56 .167/.224/.240/.464 .621/.311 .468 13/.846 1/0 0/4

9.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 16/.583 ··· 24/.625 15/.838 ··· 6/1.467 ··· ··· 21/19 .100/.143/.100/.243 .500/.211 .311 4/.250 0/0 0/0

7.Feliz G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· 8/.250 32/1.275 ··· 6/.334 16/1.267 2/.000 515/385 .270/.316/.384/.700 .711/.696 .657 96/.564 0/0 9/13

10.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 405/301 .246/.327/.424/.750 .781/.740 .754 30/.545 13/3 12/1

24.Hoover G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

6.Howard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 19/1.526 20/1.491 ··· 7/1.262 6/.000 3/.000 577/358 .273/.350/.565/.915 .622/1.095 .915 104/1.110 5/0 37/10

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.715 2/.500 ··· ··· 13/.000 ··· 11/.455 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 458/312 .272/.343/.551/.894 .967/.861 .912 83/.460 4/0 27/1

11.Rollins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.514 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 25/.822 28/.643 ··· 9/1.222 5/.900 1/.000 591/422 .244/.289/.412/.700 .692/.704 .665 105/.723 25/8 17/3

51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 6/.533 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 323/236 .253/.348/.419/.767 .886/.721 .582 68/1.014 3/2 8/3

12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.453 3/1.167 ··· ··· 25/.768 ··· 18/.911 28/.706 ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/105 .193/.349/.352/.701 .250/.717 .670 14/.214 0/0 4/0

26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.417 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 21/1.289 22/.477 ··· 8/.393 5/1.100 2/.000 572/363 .298/.418/.540/.958 .994/.938 1.022 99/1.020 17/0 29/10

8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.219 10/.900 ··· 8/.875 3/.333 1/3.000 582/405 .299/.367/.456/.823 .873/.801 .804 106/.714 22/7 9/1

28.Werth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 16/.867 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 555/384 .270/.373/.519/.892 1.078/.814 .886 91/1.039 13/3 30/6

IP 32.2 12.0 9.1 50.0 66.2 9.0 53.2 4.0 130.1 174.1 70.2 175.2 44.0 31.2 TOTAL .257/.334/.447/.781 .791/.777 .761 .772 92/20 186/69

ERA-K/9

6.61/8.3

9.75/4.5

4.82/6.8

2.88/8.5

3.51/6.7

1.00/10.0

2.35/6.7

13.50/6.8

5.11/5.5

3.77/6.7

6.62/8.3

2.82/8.3

2.05/10.2

5.97/9.9

4.48/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.290 64/.340 48/.297 209/.170 273/.241 33/.133 210/.230 22/.400 579/.295 694/.258 325/.322 723/.242 174/.208 145/.296 .272

OPS .862 .888 1.086 .622 .695 .445 .629 1.355 .828 .714 .908 .689 .633 .874 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.530 28/.910 22/1.487 99/.691 130/.703 9/.958 107/.466 13/1.462 288/.743 331/.718 146/1.071 143/.506 78/.806 49/.794 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/1.115 36/.871 26/.746 110/.562 143/.687 24/.258 103/.797 9/1.194 291/.912 363/.710 179/.776 580/.736 96/.491 96/.912 .788

Home 65/1.004 35/.923 20/.929 99/.695 133/.691 12/.530 111/.667 / 283/.846 294/.740 190/.814 354/.600 91/.650 78/.828

Last 28d days 91/1.105 54/.798 3/.667 37/.318 60/.867 33/.445 34/.299 22/1.355 120/.766 136/.747 43/.552 166/.678 45/.494 5/.600

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 6/5/3 3/0/0 18/9/3 17/2/1 14/1/1 19/1/3 5/5/3 7/5/0 146/53/23

Usage ·······X ········ ·o······ oo·X··oo o···X·oo ····o·o· X··o·o·· ········ ····X··· X····X·· ···X···X ·X····X· o····oo· ········

Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
G/S/vB 56.Blanton
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 43.Happ*
G/S/vB 34.Lee*
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 45.Martinez
G/S/vB 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 57.Taschner*
G/S/vB 52.Walker
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 16/.708 ··· 5/1.000 10/.422 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 7/1.000 13/.539 8/.375 23/.642 24/.810 3/3.334 2/1.000 457/343 .272/.400/.496/.896 .616/.999 .932 86/.750 6/3 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 5/.600 9/.889 8/.000 10/.100 26/1.066 3/1.667 6/.533 364/337 .261/.324/.387/.711 1.047/.685 .800 65/.649 0/1 9/3

8.Boone G/S/vP 5/.600 5/1.850 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 7/.715 21/.580 6/.800 8/1.371 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/ 4/.250 0/0 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 7/.929 1/2.000 4/1.167 1/.000 562/449 .295/.369/.408/.777 .709/.794 .745 105/.829 50/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 205/150 .227/.314/.326/.640 .697/.618 .792 30/.381 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 21/.636 17/.485 13/1.062 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 1/2.000 45/.690 82/.591 6/.000 49/.642 2/2.000 1/5.000 134/122 .210/.286/.361/.647 .333/.681 .713 28/.976 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.500 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 300/204 .259/.330/.388/.718 .824/.665 .627 54/.612 0/2 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.622 9/1.111 21/.654 7/1.071 ··· 18/1.000 5/1.400 14/1.132 27/.893 28/.786 11/1.727 12/.955 1/2.000 5/1.400 551/439 .309/.354/.505/.859 1.004/.822 .982 101/.768 4/2 23/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 10/.200 3/2.667 2/.000 24/.651 2/1.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 428/339 .245/.295/.339/.634 .778/.598 .665 89/.587 14/3 5/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/55 .286/.328/.365/.693 .619/.715 .515 8/.286 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/1.000 15/.900 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 7/1.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 130/78 .233/.292/.442/.734 .717/.746 .892 23/.872 1/1 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 5/1.850 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 536/433 .284/.349/.476/.825 .918/.802 .850 86/.895 14/9 22/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 139/109 .238/.288/.377/.665 .886/.601 .755 38/.804 0/0 3/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 5/1.400 13/.930 22/.823 5/.200 ··· 15/.762 1/2.000 6/.334 42/.722 90/.737 11/1.747 19/.369 1/2.000 3/.000 564/446 .298/.328/.425/.753 .742/.755 .813 91/.452 4/2 10/18

46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 13/10 .182/.250/.182/.432 .667/.347 .333 / 0/0 0/0

IP 156.1 166.0 56.0 27.1 149.2 200.0 50.1 65.0 23.0 136.2 64.2 80.0 28.1 25.0 TOTAL .263/.323/.403/.727 .764/.717 .760 .682 93/36 114/79

ERA-K/9

4.26/7.8

3.80/7.4

4.98/8.4

1.65/6.3

2.77/6.3

3.06/6.9

7.15/9.3

3.18/9.0

3.52/9.0

5.07/5.3

4.59/6.4

4.39/8.2

5.08/5.7

1.80/6.5

4.12/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 653/.273 677/.262 256/.228 117/.214 610/.231 833/.269 234/.289 272/.244 93/.247 599/.287 274/.268 339/.260 138/.313 101/.200 .262

OPS .768 .752 .747 .680 .676 .683 .910 .658 .741 .813 .872 .705 .884 .582 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.663 328/.726 112/.782 63/.632 154/.636 223/.570 117/.941 132/.708 52/.877 160/.666 159/.652 164/.756 45/.867 36/.504 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 493/.802 349/.776 144/.720 54/.740 456/.689 610/.725 117/.876 140/.613 41/.560 439/.864 115/1.168 175/.656 93/.890 65/.623 .771

Road 331/.829 290/.755 129/.739 60/.514 341/.624 430/.683 114/.957 147/.617 49/.870 258/.780 139/.871 174/.680 45/1.038 57/.601

Last 28d days 111/.628 114/.701 32/.701 16/.343 144/.773 132/.712 47/.853 48/.750 93/.741 77/.601 / 26/.157 3/1.333 30/.322

HR/SB/CS 22/12/10 25/4/4 7/4/1 3/1/0 17/3/3 14/7/3 11/10/1 6/4/0 4/1/0 23/13/4 17/3/2 5/2/2 3/4/2 2/3/0 163/75/32

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