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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Monday, May 4, 2009 @Nationals Park

Astros, 11-14, 6th, 6 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 0-2, 27.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 4.0 15 12 12 2 1 1 27.00
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 1-5 26.1 41 31 31 8 11 5 10.59 33
2009-04-13 @PIT L 2.1 7 5 5 1 0 1 45 22
2009-04-08 CHC L 1.2 8 7 7 1 1 0 37 11
2008-09-26 ATL ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 2 0 75 53
2008-09-20 @PIT L 1.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 32 23
2008-09-15 CHC L 5.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 88 38
2008-09-10 PIT W 6.0 5 2 2 0 0 1 82 54
2008-09-05 @COL L 4.2 6 5 5 3 4 1 87 33
Last 5 v.WSN 1-2 21.2 33 16 16 15 14 3 6.65 37
2006-05-03 @WSN ND 4.0 9 3 3 4 1 0 101 29
2005-09-28 WSN L 3.1 6 7 7 2 3 1 69 21
2005-07-31 WSN L 4.2 9 3 3 4 3 0 109 33
2005-04-19 @WSN W 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 80 53
2005-04-09 WSN ND 4.2 3 2 2 3 3 2 69 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-8    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, May  3  @ATL  W   7-5       11-14  6th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  2  @ATL  W   5-1       10-14  6th  6.5 gb
 23 Fri, May  1  @ATL  L   2-7        9-14  6th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @CIN  L   0-3        9-13  6th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @CIN  W   8-3        9-12  6th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @CIN  W   4-1        8-12  6th  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 26   MIL  W   3-2        7-12  6th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 25   MIL  L   8-9 (11)   6-12  6th  7.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24   MIL  L   2-5        6-11  6th  6.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   LAD  L   0-2        6-10  6th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-14
Nationals, 6-17, 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (24, LHP, 0-3, 4.61)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 27.1 32 17 14 7 18 7 4.61
2008 (9-15) 182.0 172 89 79 72 117 23 3.91
2007 (2-2) 34.2 36 17 16 17 10 3 4.15
Last 7 GS 0-5 39.1 43 24 18 13 28 10 4.12 48
2009-04-28 @PHI L 5.0 9 6 3 1 2 3 83 32
2009-04-22 ATL ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 95 69
2009-04-17 FLA ND 6.1 3 1 1 1 8 1 99 70
2009-04-11 @ATL L 6.0 9 4 4 3 3 1 97 38
2009-04-06 @FLA L 3.0 6 6 6 0 1 2 58 24
2008-09-27 @PHI L 5.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 100 43
2008-09-20 SDP L 7.0 4 4 1 3 5 2 105 61
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 11.0 12 4 4 6 5 1 3.27 49
2008-05-08 @HOU W 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 93 56
2007-08-23 @HOU W 5.0 5 3 3 5 2 1 85 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-7    Road:    2-10   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:   5-14   vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-15   vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, May  2   STL  W   6-1        6-17  5th  7.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   STL  L   2-6        5-17  5th  8.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 30   STL  L   4-9        5-16  5th  8.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 29  @PHI  W   4-1        5-15  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @PHI  L   1-7        4-15  5th  7.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27  @PHI  L  11-13       4-14  5th  6.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @NYM  W   8-1        4-13  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @NYM  L   2-8        3-13  5th  7.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @NYM  L   3-4        3-12  5th  7.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22   ATL  L   0-1        3-11  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 HOU  5 @WSN  0        W:Brandon Backe (6-9), L: Odalis Perez (2-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 HOU  6 @WSN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Collin Balester (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 WSN 10  HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (7-3), L: Chad Paronto (0-1), S: Steven Shell (1)
Thu, May 08, 2008 WSN  8 @HOU  3        W:John Lannan (3-3), L: Brandon Backe (2-4), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 HOU  4  WSN  3        W:Jose Valverde (4-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 HOU  6  WSN  5        W:Doug Brocail (2-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  6        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Juan Gutierrez (0-1), S: Chad Cordero (28)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 HOU  3  WSN  2        W:Woody Williams (8-12), L: Mike Bacsik (5-7), S: Brad Lidge (12)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 WSN 11 @HOU  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (3-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (3-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-9), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; 2007 - WSN won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 232-184

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  5.92

KCR  4.76

SFG  3.57

RA/G

PIT  3.75

CHW  4.79

BAL  6.44

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

G. Meche  4.14

J. Contreras  8.31

K/9IP

R. Harden  13.48

K. Slowey  6.61

J. Saunders  2.56

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

Astros Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
58.Hinckley*
G/S/vB
26.Kensing
G/S/vB
49.Mock
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
G/S/vB
32.Wells
G/S/vB
27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/1.167 6/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 15/1.169 42/1.138 ··· 107/77 .184/.327/.414/.741 .662/.770 .765 103/.722 0/0 6/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.444 12/.174 ··· 82/78 .296/.366/.338/.704 .500/.715 .466 78/.697 0/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 96/78 .301/.376/.446/.822 .529/.893 .871 92/.814 8/2 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/2.750 7/.929 ··· 27/23 .167/.192/.167/.359 .000/.427 .325 27/.359 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 37/19 .367/.472/.633/1.106 1.233/.978 1.167 37/1.106 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 6/1.166 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 11/.964 26/.973 ··· 100/77 .275/.310/.505/.815 .915/.786 .736 96/.852 0/1 5/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 8/.500 ··· 87/65 .250/.310/.342/.652 .807/.600 .581 83/.642 4/2 1/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 ··· 23/8 .263/.391/.474/.865 .938/.708 .393 22/.909 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.900 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 9/.944 ··· 100/81 .310/.380/.494/.874 .753/.902 .786 96/.908 4/2 4/0
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 21/1.095 20/.826 ··· 86/72 .253/.294/.430/.724 1.214/.620 .680 82/.762 0/2 3/0
31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 23/21 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 22/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 19/.839 11/1.264 ··· 106/82 .297/.330/.356/.687 .958/.609 .681 102/.654 1/1 0/3
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.400/.250/.650 /.650 .500 5/.650 0/0 0/0
IP 27.1 10.0 9.2 9.1 5.0 10.2 10.0 6.1 17.0 TOTAL .254/.320/.388/.708 .783/.686 .662 .712 17/11 21/8
ERA-K/9 4.61/5.9 7.20/11.7 2.79/2.8 8.68/7.7 7.20/5.4 9.28/6.7 4.50/11.7 1.42/4.3 4.24/7.4 5.01/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.286 47/.250 42/.233 49/.390 21/.235 53/.378 45/.211 28/.095 71/.299 .273
OPS .866 .890 .806 1.068 .627 1.150 .713 .417 .920 .828
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/1.280 27/1.116 17/.327 26/1.262 13/.608 27/1.688 19/.931 13/.681 42/.771 .918
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.613 20/.563 25/1.148 23/.859 8/.661 26/.653 26/.553 15/.205 29/1.129 .749
Home 52/.527 30/.856 25/1.056 27/1.010 8/.393 25/1.370 19/.781 9/.333 47/.993
Last 28d days 106/.794 47/.890 37/.852 44/1.104 21/.627 53/1.150 40/.565 28/.417 71/.920
HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 3/1/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 31/14/4
Usage ·····X·· ··oo··o· ···o··oo ··Xo···· ····X·Xo ··o··X·· ···XX·o· ···XX·oo ··X····X
Nationals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
39.Fulchino
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 5/.800 5/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 ··· 26/15 .167/.200/.167/.367 .473/.286 .286 23/.418 0/0 0/1
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/2.000 ··· ··· 13/13 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 13/.000 0/0 0/0
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/63 .278/.350/.500/.850 1.086/.788 .853 79/.861 1/4 3/1
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 20/.771 3/.667 5/.000 ··· 6/.500 6/.167 12/.697 2/.000 100/75 .299/.460/.610/1.070 .964/1.110 .978 96/1.020 0/1 7/1
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 78/56 .294/.364/.471/.834 .837/.833 .783 74/.825 0/0 2/1
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 17/1.280 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 52/43 .373/.373/.412/.784 1.222/.690 .667 48/.766 1/0 0/0
22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 22/21 .211/.318/.368/.687 2.000/.619 .556 20/.762 1/0 1/0
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/52 .298/.385/.386/.771 .885/.740 .561 65/.771 2/0 0/3
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 14/.824 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 94/72 .341/.415/.451/.866 .968/.832 .932 90/.884 0/0 2/2
25.Kearns G/S/vP 12/1.483 3/2.667 ··· ··· 6/.900 5/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 71/55 .250/.408/.536/.944 .983/.933 1.100 67/.956 0/0 3/0
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .100/.182/.100/.282 .000/.311 .500 11/.282 0/0 0/2
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 43/33 .143/.302/.257/.559 .300/.624 1.053 43/.559 0/0 1/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 7/1.071 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 12/.500 2/.500 3/1.666 1/2.000 107/82 .306/.364/.551/.916 .750/.956 .931 103/.922 0/0 5/3
IP 4.0 5.2 8.2 7.1 16.0 12.1 15.1 8.1 TOTAL .266/.352/.419/.771 .887/.738 .766 .776 11/5 25/22
ERA-K/9 27.00/2.2 4.76/6.3 2.08/8.3 6.14/4.9 5.06/6.2 2.92/8.0 1.17/3.5 5.40/6.5 4.14/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 29/.600 30/.238 35/.200 30/.214 73/.328 52/.277 60/.232 39/.405 .276
OPS 1.483 1.005 .548 .767 .918 .689 .677 1.003 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/1.222 12/1.667 21/.749 8/.542 27/1.140 22/.652 28/.693 16/1.063 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.900 18/.585 14/.214 22/.818 46/.792 30/.718 32/.664 23/.957 .764
Road 15/1.495 17/1.107 29/.510 7/1.095 31/1.062 22/.511 32/.779 26/1.208
Last 28d days 29/1.483 30/1.005 35/.548 30/.767 64/.966 52/.689 60/.677 39/1.003
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 23/8/5
Usage oo··X··X ·X··o·o· o·X····· X·X··X·· XX·····o ·X··X·Xo o·X··X·o

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.