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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 64-73, 64-73 3rd, 15 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (36, RHP, 4-2, 2.83)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-2)			60.1	48	21	19	21	42	5	2.83
2009 (3-8)			70.1	80	33	32	24	59	8	4.09
2008 (3-3)			45.1	48	26	23	26	36	3	4.57

Last 7 GS		2-2	43.0	32	11	9	17	30	4	1.88	60
2010-09-01	STL	W	5.0	6	2	2	3	1	1	91	45
2010-08-27	@NYM	L	7.0	3	2	1	5	2	0	114	62
2010-08-22	@FLA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	98	66
2010-08-17	NYM	ND	5.0	4	2	1	3	4	0	89	54
2010-04-24	@ARI	ND	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	100	51
2009-10-04	HOU	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	113	86
2009-09-28	@WSN	L	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	104	54

Last 5 v.CHC		1-4	25.2	31	15	15	15	29	2	5.26	47
2009-09-05	CHC	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	8	2	107	48
2009-08-30	@CHC	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	117	69
2008-04-22	@CHC	L	5.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	92	38
2004-09-23	CHC	L	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	40	30
2002-09-04	@CHC	L	5.2	6	3	3	5	8	0	114	48

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

 Home:   35-33   Road:   29-40   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  41-59   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:36-25   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  6  @CHC  L   4-5       64-73  3rd 15.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5  @ARI  W   3-2       64-72  3rd 15.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4  @ARI  W   6-5       63-72  3rd 16.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  3  @ARI  L   3-4       62-72  3rd 16.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1   STL  W   5-2       62-71  3rd 16.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31   STL  W   3-0       61-71  4th 16.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30   STL  W   3-0       60-71  4th 16.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @NYM  L   1-5       59-71  4th 16.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @NYM  W   4-1       59-70  4th 15.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @NYM  L   1-2       58-70  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Cubs, 60-78, 60-78 5th, 19½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (31, RHP, 10-5, 3.92)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-5)			108.0	111	49	47	23	76	10	3.92
2009 (1-3)			30.1	41	29	29	11	10	5	8.60
2008 (4-15)			153.1	213	114	110	32	69	20	6.46

Last 7 GS		2-3	27.1	38	20	20	9	19	2	6.59	43
2010-08-01	@COL	L	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	15	38
2010-07-26	@HOU	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	56
2010-07-19	HOU	L	1.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	41	17
2010-07-11	@LAD	L	1.1	6	6	6	3	2	1	40	17
2010-07-06	@ARI	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	74	58
2010-07-01	CIN	ND	7.2	11	2	2	0	6	0	105	55
2010-06-26	@CHW	ND	6.0	3	2	2	1	4	0	109	61

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	19.0	22	11	9	4	14	1	4.26	49
2010-07-26	@HOU	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	56
2010-07-19	HOU	L	1.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	41	17
2010-04-16	HOU	W	7.0	5	2	0	0	5	0	91	68
2006-06-21	@HOU	ND	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	76	54

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

 Home:   33-40   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  39-51   vsLHP:  21-27   1-Run:  19-30
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:26-39   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  6   HOU  W   5-4       60-78  5th 19.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  5   NYM  L   5-18      59-78  5th 20.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  4   NYM  W   5-3       59-77  5th 20.5 gb
135 Fri, Sep  3   NYM  W   7-6       58-77  5th 20.5 gb
134 Wed, Sep  1   PIT  W   5-3       57-77  5th 21.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 31   PIT  L   7-14      56-77  5th 21.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 30   PIT  W  14-2       56-76  5th 20.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 29  @CIN  L   5-7       55-76  5th 20.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 28  @CIN  W   3-2       55-75  5th 19.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 27  @CIN  L   1-7       54-75  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Andrew Cashner (2-5), L: Wilton Lopez (5-2), S: Carlos Marmol (28)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 HOU  8  CHC  1        W:Bud Norris (3-7), L: Randy Wells (5-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 HOU  6  CHC  1        W:Brett Myers (8-6), L: Andrew Cashner (1-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 CHC  5 @HOU  2        W:Carlos Silva (10-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 HOU  4 @CHC  3 (12)   W:Brandon Lyon (6-4), L: Bob Howry (1-3), S: Gustavo Chacin (1)
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 CHC 14  HOU  7        W:Andrew Cashner (1-3), L: Brandon Lyon (5-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 HOU 11 @CHC  5        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-11), L: Carlos Silva (9-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 HOU  6  CHC  3        W:Brett Myers (4-3), L: Randy Wells (3-4), S: Matt Lindstrom (13)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 CHC  8 @HOU  5        W:Ryan Dempster (4-5), L: Roy Oswalt (3-8), S: Carlos Marmol (12)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 HOU  3  CHC  1        W:Felipe Paulino (1-7), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-4), S: Matt Lindstrom (12)
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 8-5; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; All-Time - HOU leads 359-311

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 2010 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 5.41

DET 4.51

SEA 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.55

FLA 4.34

PIT 5.45

J. Hamilton .361

F. Sanchez .285

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Tabata .361

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

A. Gonzalez .472

B. Wood .216

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.055

A. Rios .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.25

Y. Gallardo 3.80

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

A. Sanchez 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 48.Cashner
G/S/vB 27.Coleman
G/S/vB 20.Diamond
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 62.Mateo
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 11/.586 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 198/169 .251/.308/.328/.636 .288/.694 .699 35/.524 0/0 1/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 .600 6/.500 1/0 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/32 .243/.321/.314/.635 .607/.677 .576 16/.625 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.333 4/2.500 ··· ··· 7/.000 6/.400 ··· 2/.000 556/438 .258/.334/.331/.665 .526/.702 .666 108/.661 46/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/137 .212/.297/.301/.598 .272/.691 .619 58/.698 0/0 2/0

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/52 .250/.330/.375/.705 .740/.672 .762 3/1.167 0/0 1/1

41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 101/82 .229/.267/.271/.538 .377/.575 .649 24/.519 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 3/3.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 271/199 .325/.354/.486/.841 .640/.911 .920 97/.651 2/0 7/11

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.250 4/.666 ··· ··· 10/.425 10/.311 ··· ··· 479/355 .285/.348/.393/.741 .788/.723 .704 38/.588 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 34/.718 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 19/.433 7/.453 1/3.000 1/.000 546/424 .247/.289/.420/.709 .814/.679 .687 99/.757 3/3 20/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 246/187 .219/.261/.254/.516 .793/.429 .530 37/.535 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· ··· 161/87 .252/.311/.463/.773 .881/.675 .717 37/.647 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 17/.669 4/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 558/432 .290/.332/.480/.811 .879/.792 .690 108/1.033 17/8 22/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 231/169 .223/.257/.300/.557 .278/.660 .569 35/.550 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.486 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 215/149 .275/.306/.355/.661 .619/.680 .818 92/.607 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/81 .202/.297/.236/.533 .683/.495 .455 69/.393 0/0 0/2

IP 108.0 43.1 31.0 21.2 4.2 66.1 68.2 12.1 42.2 TOTAL .247/.303/.361/.665 .654/.668 .647 .648 86/31 91/98

ERA-K/9

3.92/6.3

5.82/7.3

5.81/3.8

7.89/11.2

1.93/7.7

2.98/16.0

2.88/10.7

9.49/14.6

5.48/8.0

4.51/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (20-13-5)
Quintero (31-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.266 201/.273 142/.292 104/.293 21/.278 288/.165 288/.222 59/.346 198/.294 .262 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Bogusevic
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/0/132/9
0/126/0/8
118/0/0/6
31/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
18/9/1/0

OPS .712 .829 .788 .829 .881 .536 .601 1.063 .858 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.642 77/.991 63/.869 42/.857 6/2.167 130/.534 104/.583 25/1.304 80/.736 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.753 124/.725 79/.724 62/.809 15/.481 158/.538 184/.611 34/.886 118/.942 .735

Home 253/.716 104/.811 80/1.005 76/.793 16/.732 169/.519 133/.546 34/1.024 107/1.117

Last 28d days / 55/.775 112/.738 60/.848 21/.881 62/.563 49/.724 51/1.005 39/1.114

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 7/4/1 3/1/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/9/1 3/2/0 5/1/0 10/3/0 139/103/25

Usage o·XX·X·· X······· ·X···X·X ·X···o·o o·XX·Xo· ·o·o·Xo· Xo····X· ·X·o··XX

Cubs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Figueroa
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 198/62 .266/.313/.408/.721 .961/.198 .935 40/.884 1/0 4/6

15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/17 .290/.290/.355/.645 .786/.529 .741 31/.645 0/0 0/2

24.Byrd G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 3/.666 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 20/.988 8/.542 550/384 .305/.362/.452/.814 .971/.745 .778 96/.730 5/1 12/2

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .286/.286/.429/.714 .714/ .500 7/.714 0/0 0/0

13.Castro G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 10/.533 6/.833 432/304 .317/.360/.438/.798 .890/.760 .895 103/.795 8/6 3/22

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 1/4.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 11/.909 7/.143 365/254 .252/.309/.498/.807 .853/.787 .764 66/.716 5/1 19/6

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/1.667 412/337 .274/.349/.386/.735 .706/.742 .817 87/.744 3/2 5/13

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/.985 1/no AB 8/1.000 1/no AB 5/1.350 7/.858 3/.666 ··· 15/.343 5/1.350 367/330 .276/.379/.458/.837 .956/.824 .824 70/.993 6/6 12/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.300 3/.333 182/151 .222/.251/.304/.555 .610/.544 .544 54/.693 0/0 1/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 20/18 .200/.200/.300/.500 2.500/.278 1.143 15/.667 0/0 0/1

22.Nady G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 6/.666 7/1.262 ··· 12/.878 1/.000 269/147 .257/.320/.373/.693 .649/.731 .685 92/.787 0/0 5/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/1.257 ··· 4/.250 4/.000 6/2.067 4/1.000 10/1.150 ··· 38/.669 10/2.300 441/329 .243/.297/.454/.751 .799/.734 .873 84/.928 0/0 22/15

12.Soriano G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.089 7/.971 3/.333 6/.500 17/.561 ··· 28/.733 9/.833 468/316 .261/.319/.512/.831 .924/.787 .800 78/.821 5/1 22/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/.917 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 6/.833 353/226 .284/.399/.521/.920 1.080/.831 .930 36/.925 0/1 17/4

IP 60.1 8.2 33.2 35.2 41.0 45.1 67.0 13.2 191.0 28.2 TOTAL .264/.324/.418/.742 .820/.709 .765 .786 49/27 140/129

ERA-K/9

2.83/6.3

2.08/7.2

3.48/5.9

4.79/7.6

5.93/8.6

3.97/7.5

3.09/6.4

3.95/8.5

3.02/7.0

6.28/7.2

4.09/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (2-1-0)
Hill (30-4-4)
Soto (71-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.223 35/.212 150/.279 170/.307 191/.285 204/.293 287/.234 59/.250 793/.249 131/.304 .264 Soriano
Byrd
Colvin
Fukudome
Nady
Baker
Hoffpauir 114/0/0/6
0/132/0/5
53/17/54/4
0/0/94/3
6/0/23/2
0/0/4/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .649 .651 .793 .782 .816 .769 .630 .726 .679 .937 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.787 13/.237 69/.603 64/.728 83/.788 96/.709 131/.628 27/.433 359/.695 31/.579 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.545 22/.890 81/.959 106/.815 108/.831 108/.822 156/.630 32/.961 434/.666 100/1.052 .736

Road 122/.727 27/.721 75/.759 91/.793 107/.862 80/.612 137/.708 27/.561 442/.674 69/1.079

Last 28d days 96/.644 30/.647 21/.569 26/.623 42/.729 12/.917 64/.556 40/.594 143/.706 /

HR/SB/CS 5/7/4 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/4/0 6/1/1 4/5/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 6/1/0 113/74/39

Usage ·····X·· ··oo·o·· ···o··o· ··X··o·· ········ ·X···o·· ·oo··oX· ··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.