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Game Preview: HOU @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Astros, 31-35, 5th, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 5-6, 3.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-6) 83.2 83 38 31 30 79 9 3.33
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 2-4 38.2 51 29 22 15 42 9 5.12 44
2009-06-16 @TEX L 4.0 6 6 6 5 4 3 103 25
2009-06-10 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 116 67
2009-06-04 COL L 5.0 10 7 7 2 7 4 98 24
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
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 6.2 6 3 2 3 2 0 2.70 51
2006-06-21 MIN ND 6.2 6 3 2 3 2 0 95 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-18   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-27   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 12-4  IL: 2-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   6-5       31-35  5th  5.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-5       30-35  5th  6.0 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18  @TEX  W   5-3       30-34  5th  6.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @TEX  L   4-5 (10)  29-34  6th  6.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @TEX  L   1-6       29-33  5th  5.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @ARI  W   8-3       29-32  5th  4.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @ARI  W   6-4       28-32  5th  5.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @ARI  L   1-8       27-32  5th  6.0 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11   CHC  W   2-1 (13)  27-31  5th  5.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10   CHC  W   2-1       26-31  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Twins, 35-35, 2nd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (26, LHP, 2-3, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 53.0 57 30 30 13 30 7 5.09
2008 (12-4) 151.0 183 81 74 39 74 25 4.41
2007 (0-0) 28.2 23 10 10 12 20 2 3.14
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.0 45 27 27 10 22 7 6.57 43
2009-06-16 PIT W 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 87 53
2009-05-18 @NYY L 0.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 34 14
2009-05-13 DET ND 5.1 5 5 5 4 4 1 83 38
2009-05-07 @BAL ND 6.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 101 46
2009-05-02 KCR ND 6.0 10 5 5 0 4 1 84 36
2009-04-26 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 2 4 0 92 39
2009-04-19 LAA W 8.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 84 73
Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-14   Road:   11-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-21   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 8-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sat, Jun 20   HOU  L   5-6       35-35  2nd  3.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19   HOU  W   5-2       35-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 18   PIT  W   5-1       34-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 17   PIT  L   2-8       33-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 16   PIT  W   8-2       33-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 14  @CHC  L   2-3       32-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 13  @CHC  W   2-0       32-32  2nd  3.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 12  @CHC  W   7-4       31-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 11  @OAK  L   3-4       30-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 10  @OAK  W   6-3       30-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 HOU  6 @MIN  5        W:Brian Moehler (4-4), L: Sean Henn (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 MIN  5  HOU  2        W:Kevin Slowey (10-2), L: Roy Oswalt (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (16)

Thu, Jun 22, 2006 MIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Francisco Liriano (7-1), L: Roger Clemens (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Wed, Jun 21, 2006 HOU  5  MIN  3        W:Dan Wheeler (1-4), L: Kyle Lohse (2-5), S: Brad Lidge (19)
Tue, Jun 20, 2006 MIN  6 @HOU  5 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (5-0), L: Trever Miller (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 14, 2001 HOU  8 @MIN  3        W:Roy Oswalt (4-1), L: Joe Mays (8-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2001 MIN  3  HOU  1        W:Eric Milton (7-3), L: Shane Reynolds (6-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2001 MIN  7  HOU  0        W:Brad Radke (8-2), L: Scott Elarton (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 07, 2000 MIN  2 @HOU  0        W:Joe Mays (3-7), L: Shane Reynolds (5-3), S: Eddie Guardado (4)
Tue, Jun 06, 2000 MIN  3 @HOU  1        W:Johan Santana (1-2), L: Jose Lima (1-8), S: Eddie Guardado (3)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 11-8

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

TBR  5.59

STL  4.55

SEA  3.78

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

TEX  4.63

WSN  5.54

 BA

J. Mauer  .417

J. Damon  .280

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .485

M. Reynolds  .354

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

J. Mauer  .744

O. Hudson  .462

N. Punto  .248

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.229

B. Abreu  .810

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

B. Zito  6.49

S. Martis  3.45

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 60.Henn*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 10/1.986 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.661 278/209 .241/.378/.487/.864 .683/.929 .893 104/.953 3/2 14/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 285/233 .298/.377/.423/.801 .742/.813 .904 109/.906 23/7 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 14/.676 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 8/.804 78/72 .141/.195/.197/.392 .000/.427 .328 26/.314 0/1 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 22/19 .190/.227/.238/.465 .000/.541 .641 22/.465 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 142/93 .260/.333/.415/.748 .867/.682 .942 72/.708 0/2 3/2
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 8/1.375 7/2.285 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.777 273/214 .305/.359/.508/.867 1.161/.789 .800 96/.825 2/2 12/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 9/.661 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 180/140 .233/.295/.308/.604 .980/.505 .606 18/.728 6/3 1/2
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/45 .315/.356/.407/.763 .619/.814 1.026 57/.806 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 7/.286 1/.000 6/.334 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 66/35 .200/.273/.333/.606 .751/.479 .555 28/.571 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 277/223 .324/.401/.531/.932 1.076/.896 .841 100/.917 8/4 10/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/39 .300/.314/.380/.694 .697/.692 .607 30/.883 0/0 0/4
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.444 4/.500 7/.762 18/1.055 2/1.000 ··· 14/.671 206/170 .253/.283/.407/.690 .861/.651 .744 65/.543 0/2 6/2
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 5/.200 8/1.750 4/.500 ··· 13/.564 287/226 .331/.359/.482/.841 .894/.826 .732 106/.755 2/2 6/8
IP 53.0 32.1 37.2 30.2 11.0 21.0 26.2 TOTAL .267/.331/.409/.740 .833/.715 .734 .755 45/27 57/32
ERA-K/9 5.09/5.1 4.18/5.9 2.63/6.9 2.93/6.4 7.36/6.5 2.57/7.3 1.69/10.1 4.44/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.273 138/.306 164/.246 117/.187 47/.231 92/.238 101/.181 .264
OPS .754 .842 .740 .550 .828 .717 .517 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/1.048 48/1.207 66/.576 39/.406 23/1.235 37/.345 49/.678 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.688 90/.647 98/.848 78/.621 24/.408 55/.968 52/.373 .739
Home 167/.646 90/.979 88/.834 64/.731 26/1.035 46/.759 60/.342
Last 28d days 25/.820 50/.715 60/.511 30/.395 34/.824 34/.918 36/.290
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 4/4/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 2/1/1 3/1/0 2/2/0 85/46/19
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· o···X··· ·X·····o o··X···· ·o··o··· ·o·····X
Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.73 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		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 103/89 .200/.330/.318/.648 .619/.652 .664 35/.614 0/0 2/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/143 .227/.301/.449/.750 .638/.804 .775 71/.662 0/0 10/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.500 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 262/187 .276/.355/.509/.864 .907/.845 1.042 73/.816 4/1 10/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 164/102 .223/.284/.318/.602 .670/.560 .549 68/.586 7/4 1/0
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 213/130 .296/.347/.413/.761 .704/.797 .915 104/.883 0/0 4/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 243/178 .314/.374/.555/.929 .531/1.075 .986 93/.964 0/0 12/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.250 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 198/119 .417/.485/.744/1.229 1.010/1.374 1.447 99/1.069 1/1 14/1
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 60/47 .370/.433/.444/.878 1.084/.823 .609 1/3.000 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 ··· 308/192 .320/.393/.575/.968 1.036/.920 1.062 108/.766 0/0 16/1
11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 177/129 .221/.312/.248/.560 .556/.549 .546 37/.778 6/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 81/52 .257/.321/.311/.632 .814/.535 .541 25/.668 0/0 0/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 117/80 .173/.268/.235/.503 .594/.458 .459 50/.442 4/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 172/112 .258/.285/.319/.604 .560/.627 .514 78/.585 2/2 2/2
IP 83.2 23.2 28.1 30.2 40.0 12.1 16.1 TOTAL .275/.347/.432/.778 .757/.789 .823 .758 38/13 76/24
ERA-K/9 3.33/8.5 3.42/6.8 2.54/6.4 2.93/7.9 2.25/5.0 3.65/13.2 6.06/9.9 4.43/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.262 102/.207 114/.204 131/.263 164/.233 50/.217 76/.338 .276
OPS .735 .682 .591 .737 .659 .744 .893 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.651 49/.891 48/.553 64/.605 78/.660 22/.983 30/.940 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.756 53/.486 66/.613 67/.856 86/.659 28/.560 46/.859 .793
Road 171/.824 60/.598 44/.792 57/.659 73/.847 24/.708 46/.957
Last 28d days 126/1.068 39/.703 51/.539 50/.758 52/.662 16/.500 9/.222
HR/SB/CS 9/1/1 4/1/2 2/2/0 4/4/3 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 82/27/10
Usage ····X··· ····o··o ···X··X· X·Xo···X o··o···o X·oo··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.