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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 9, 2009 @Nationals Park

Astros, 41-42, 4th, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: LaTroy Hawkins (36, RHP, 1-2, 2.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 37.1 33 10 10 11 29 4 2.41
2008 (3-1) 62.0 53 29 27 22 48 3 3.92
2007 (2-5) 55.1 52 21 21 16 29 6 3.42
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.0 46 27 26 13 17 7 6.69 40
1999-09-30 DET ND 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 102 39
1999-09-25 CHW L 1.0 5 5 4 1 0 0 20 24
1999-09-19 @SEA W 7.2 5 1 1 2 5 1 110 68
1999-09-13 ANA L 5.1 10 6 6 2 1 1 99 23
1999-09-08 BAL L 6.1 10 8 8 2 2 3 97 21
1999-09-03 @TBD ND 1.1 0 1 1 4 1 0 34 47
1999-08-29 KCR W 7.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 97 61
Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-22   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  34-33   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 16-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  8   PIT  W   5-0       41-42  4th  3.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   PIT  L   3-6       40-42  5th  4.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   PIT  W   4-1       40-41  4th  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @SFG  W   7-1       39-41  5th  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @SFG  L   0-9       38-41  5th  4.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @SFG  L   0-13      38-40  5th  4.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @SDP  W   7-2       38-39  5th  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @SDP  W   7-1       37-39  5th  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @SDP  L   3-4       36-39  5th  5.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @SDP  W   3-1       36-38  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Nationals, 24-58, 5th, 20 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-26   Road:    9-32   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  18-41   vsLHP:   6-17   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast:  8-31   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  8  @COL  L   4-10      24-58  5th 20.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  7  @COL  L   4-5       24-57  5th 19.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  6  @COL  L   0-1       24-56  5th 19.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   ATL  W   5-3       24-55  5th 18.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  4   ATL  W   5-3       23-55  5th 18.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  3   ATL  L   8-9       22-55  5th 18.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @FLA  L   3-5       22-54  5th 17.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @FLA  L   5-7  (7)  22-53  5th 17.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @FLA  L   2-4       22-52  5th 17.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @BAL  W   5-3       22-51  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 05, 2009 HOU 10 @WSN 10 (11)   W: , L:  , S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 WSN  9  HOU  4        W:John Lannan (1-3), L: Wesley Wright (1-1), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2009 - WSN leads 1-0; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; 2007 - WSN won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 232-185

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  5.63

CHW  4.52

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.65

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.57

 BA

J. Mauer  .384

R. Church  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

A. Pujols  .462

J. Kubel  .360

D. Navarro  .244

 SLG

A. Pujols  .735

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

A. Rowand  .824

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.00

B. Bannister  3.87

B. Arroyo  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

D. Davis  6.75

J. Garland  3.46

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Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB		 41.Villone*
G/S/vB		 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 17/1.196 4/1.250 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 16/1.199 10/1.167 ··· 340/258 .270/.400/.522/.922 .634/1.023 .953 101/1.080 6/2 17/6
27.Blum# G/S/vP 8/1.550 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 14/1.346 ··· 205/192 .267/.337/.344/.681 .769/.674 .556 40/.742 0/1 2/2
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.600 2/2.000 7/1.238 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 3/.666 ··· 353/288 .282/.355/.388/.743 .770/.736 .800 109/.712 28/7 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.750 16/.480 ··· 95/88 .165/.234/.282/.516 .000/.561 .340 35/.723 0/2 1/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.171 ··· 34/31 .188/.206/.219/.425 .000/.467 .446 26/.561 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 183/123 .263/.348/.397/.746 .892/.667 1.002 67/.717 0/2 3/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/1.053 4/1.750 ··· 335/264 .297/.346/.464/.810 1.010/.758 .731 92/.608 2/2 12/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/.650 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 ··· 236/188 .231/.291/.308/.599 .913/.526 .531 70/.637 8/3 2/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 7/.629 ··· 81/42 .178/.259/.329/.588 .726/.454 .578 31/.571 1/1 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 336/272 .301/.369/.488/.857 1.098/.800 .804 94/.662 9/5 11/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/58 .239/.250/.296/.546 .593/.534 .447 28/.286 0/0 0/5
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 21/1.095 9/1.194 ··· 246/201 .250/.282/.401/.682 .857/.642 .709 69/.610 0/2 7/2
10.Tejada G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 19/.839 11/1.136 ··· 352/278 .329/.358/.480/.838 .944/.811 .740 106/.693 2/2 7/11
IP 33.1 15.1 36.1 52.0 20.0 51.2 34.1 24.0 79.2 TOTAL .263/.326/.399/.725 .813/.702 .709 .676 53/29 67/46
ERA-K/9 3.24/5.4 6.46/5.3 2.97/6.2 6.40/5.7 3.60/4.5 4.88/4.4 4.46/8.4 3.75/4.9 4.52/8.8 5.13/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.254 68/.271 148/.192 221/.308 92/.264 216/.265 150/.208 108/.253 340/.275 .278
OPS .739 .825 .636 .809 .719 .723 .666 .764 .751 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.772 28/.877 68/.599 53/.720 42/.823 128/.720 59/.842 47/.715 186/.770 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.716 40/.787 80/.666 168/.837 50/.631 88/.729 91/.554 61/.804 154/.728 .757
Home 73/.521 18/.764 55/.522 148/.704 51/.589 98/.802 75/.619 59/.571 173/.688
Last 28d days 39/.506 8/2.054 38/.615 99/.911 39/.592 117/.702 52/.502 39/1.456 119/.652
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 3/4/1 0/4/1 5/10/1 1/4/1 1/0/1 8/8/5 74/58/21
Usage ·oX··X·· ·o······ ·X···o·X X····X·· ···oX··o ··X····· Xo···o·o X····o·· ·X·····X
Nationals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bard# G/S/vP 8/.714 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 122/98 .282/.352/.400/.752 .610/.788 .787 56/.878 0/0 1/3
10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 105/63 .177/.231/.281/.512 .637/.431 .521 18/.528 0/0 2/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/.167 6/.000 1/no AB 13/.641 5/.650 352/243 .262/.398/.538/.936 .775/1.016 .827 101/.936 0/1 22/10
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/66 .309/.365/.404/.770 .950/.667 .744 36/.733 1/0 1/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 308/224 .310/.325/.418/.742 .757/.736 .814 107/.603 1/3 3/12
22.Harris* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.400 1/2.000 185/153 .247/.364/.429/.793 .667/.816 .922 78/.837 9/1 4/1
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 222/172 .255/.318/.320/.638 .799/.593 .584 59/.651 5/3 1/6
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 348/240 .297/.408/.407/.815 .976/.743 .910 99/.701 1/1 5/7
25.Kearns G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 8/.875 184/131 .201/.332/.325/.656 .634/.661 .696 30/.421 1/1 3/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/.367 2/1.000 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 344/256 .275/.349/.356/.705 .427/.801 .728 90/.769 21/10 2/1
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/80 .229/.278/.257/.535 .388/.600 .495 34/.373 0/0 0/4
16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 206/152 .289/.403/.538/.940 1.164/.867 .861 67/1.014 3/1 10/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/1.750 4/.500 373/270 .294/.362/.486/.848 .675/.911 .843 106/.667 0/0 14/12
IP 37.1 27.2 37.1 46.0 18.2 TOTAL .260/.342/.402/.745 .749/.743 .744 .702 33/18 76/89
ERA-K/9 2.41/7.0 3.90/7.8 3.13/6.3 2.74/4.9 3.86/11.1 4.21/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.241 123/.214 150/.204 191/.250 77/.214 .264
OPS .660 .722 .609 .675 .706 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.550 58/.858 65/.604 91/.672 33/.861 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.766 65/.601 85/.610 100/.678 44/.586 .758
Road 64/.616 71/.663 72/.714 89/.863 32/.638
Last 28d days 50/.655 27/.779 58/.610 40/.728 43/.583
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 5/1/2 3/2/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 96/33/11
Usage ··oo···o ·o···XX· ·····X·X ·o··X··· ··X·o·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.