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Game Preview: SFG @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Giants, 2-0, 2-01st, 1 up

SP: Matt Cain (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (14-8) 217.2 184 73 70 73 171 22 2.89
2008 (8-14) 217.2 206 95 91 91 186 19 3.76
2007 (7-16) 200.0 173 84 81 79 163 14 3.65
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 41 23 23 12 38 5 5.13 50
2009-10-03 @SDP L 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 107 51
2009-09-27 CHC W 8.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 112 82
2009-09-22 @ARI L 2.1 8 7 7 0 3 0 53 16
2009-09-16 COL L 6.0 5 4 4 2 4 2 90 48
2009-09-11 LAD L 6.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 109 44
2009-09-05 @MIL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 108 64
2009-08-30 COL ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 8 2 113 46
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 21.0 20 9 9 6 18 4 3.86 56
2009-08-03 @HOU L 8.0 8 4 4 0 5 2 115 55
2008-05-13 HOU W 8.0 7 2 2 4 5 1 114 61
2006-04-13 HOU L 5.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 96 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Tue, Apr  6  @HOU  W   3-0        2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @HOU  W   5-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0
Astros, 0-2, 0-26th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 70.2 74 38 38 23 50 18 4.84
2008 (10-13) 190.0 197 103 96 65 163 29 4.55
2007 (5-7) 68.2 61 33 33 27 83 9 4.33
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 48 22 22 14 28 10 4.50 49
2009-05-27 FLA L 5.2 7 5 5 1 3 2 94 37
2009-05-22 @NYY W 8.0 8 3 3 0 5 3 107 59
2009-05-16 @WSN W 7.0 3 2 2 2 8 2 108 69
2009-05-10 ATL ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 92 59
2009-05-05 @STL W 5.1 9 5 5 0 1 2 87 31
2009-04-29 WSN L 6.0 8 3 3 3 3 0 109 44
2009-04-24 @FLA ND 6.0 8 3 3 6 5 1 119 43
Last 5 v.SFG 1-3 24.0 29 21 20 13 24 6 7.50 41
2008-05-03 SFG ND 7.0 6 2 2 3 10 1 121 64
2006-07-16 @SFG W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 2 101 65
2004-08-13 SFG L 3.0 4 6 6 5 1 2 66 23
2003-08-10 @SFG L 4.0 8 5 5 3 6 0 82 29
2002-07-30 SFG L 3.0 6 6 5 1 0 1 57 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Tue, Apr  6   SFG  L   0-3        0-2   6th  1.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   SFG  L   2-5        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 SFG  3 @HOU  0        W:Barry Zito (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (2)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 SFG  5 @HOU  2        W:Tim Lincecum (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (1)

Wed, Aug 05, 2009 SFG 10 @HOU  6        W:Joe Martinez (2-0), L: Brian Moehler (7-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 SFG  8 @HOU  1        W:Jonathan Sanchez (5-9), L: Felipe Paulino (2-6), S: none
Mon, Aug 03, 2009 HOU  4  SFG  3        W:Mike Hampton (7-8), L: Matt Cain (12-3), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 HOU  7 @SFG  1        W:Roy Oswalt (5-4), L: Randy Johnson (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 SFG  9  HOU  0        W:Tim Lincecum (9-2), L: Russ Ortiz (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 SFG 13  HOU  0        W:Ryan Sadowski (2-0), L: Felipe Paulino (2-5), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 HOU  7  SFG  4        W:LaTroy Hawkins (2-1), L: Keiichi Yabu (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 HOU  6  SFG  2        W:Randy Wolf (8-10), L: Barry Zito (6-15), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - SFG leads 2-0; 2009 - SFG won 4-2; 2008 - HOU won 7-1; All-Time - SFG leads 359-336

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Giants Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB		 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Bowker* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.666 3/1.333 73/67 .194/.247/.373/.620 .000/.672 .468 5/.800 1/0 2/0
2.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 220/170 .238/.292/.267/.560 .722/.510 .633 / 11/4 0/7
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 13/.924 4/1.833 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.091 576/438 .250/.319/.433/.752 .928/.695 .804 8/1.333 3/2 23/9
34.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/49 .170/.250/.264/.514 .282/.568 .397 / 1/0 1/0
17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/no AB 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/.000 17/.669 1/.000 597/400 .241/.310/.384/.694 .650/.716 .603 8/.750 0/6 15/4
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 363/325 .261/.329/.387/.715 .594/.730 .471 0/ 2/2 9/3
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 4/1.833 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 10/.800 336/271 .258/.348/.390/.738 .492/.795 .674 / 8/4 4/3
1.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 11/1.090 8/.875 520/393 .265/.285/.442/.727 .878/.678 .610 8/.536 0/0 20/5
28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/12 .118/.118/.118/.235 .000/.333 .444 / 0/0 0/0
16.Renteria G/S/vP 35/.977 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 6/.533 8/1.547 510/379 .250/.307/.328/.635 .629/.637 .655 8/1.292 7/2 5/14
29.Rohlinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/11 .158/.200/.211/.411 .111/.636 .250 / 0/0 0/0
33.Rowand G/S/vP 6/.900 3/1.666 5/1.350 1/.000 4/.250 10/1.000 8/.875 546/415 .261/.319/.419/.738 .636/.770 .754 10/.000 4/1 15/3
21.Sanchez G/S/vP 15/.134 5/2.000 3/.667 ··· 4/.750 6/2.000 8/.625 489/353 .293/.326/.416/.742 .807/.716 .744 / 5/1 7/5
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 633/474 .330/.387/.556/.943 1.028/.914 .877 8/.661 5/5 25/14
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 308/250 .267/.302/.400/.702 1.026/.626 .720 1/.000 3/1 5/2
13.Torres# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 170/92 .270/.343/.533/.876 1.116/.667 .783 4/.250 6/1 6/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 432/327 .289/.329/.495/.824 .760/.843 .701 8/.804 3/1 16/9
8.Velez# G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/2.000 307/237 .267/.308/.400/.708 .503/.769 .704 / 11/5 5/9
22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/109 .228/.269/.339/.607 .203/.701 .442 / 0/0 2/5
IP 70.2 61.1 82.0 21.0 47.1 78.2 55.1 TOTAL .286/.338/.349/.687 .840/.582 .687 .687 0/0 1/0
ERA-K/9 4.84/6.4 3.23/8.5 3.40/7.8 2.14/10.7 5.89/7.4 2.86/6.5 5.04/5.4 4.00/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (85-25-4)
 Posey (1-1-0)
 Sandoval (1-1-0)
 Whiteside (20-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.272 261/.178 336/.233 83/.219 219/.281 314/.205 248/.293 .286  Schierholtz
 Rowand
 Lewis
 Torres
 Velez
 Bowker
 DeRosa
0/0/86/10
0/137/0/5
83/0/0/3
33/37/5/2
42/12/5/2
13/0/5/1
18/0/10/1
OPS .872 .669 .680 .620 .804 .629 .779 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.674 125/.700 157/.712 26/.850 114/.850 136/.617 119/.770 .609
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/1.118 136/.640 179/.652 57/.527 105/.757 178/.635 129/.787 .729
Home 152/.919 126/.709 160/.665 34/.620 136/.886 141/.554 121/.586
Last 28d days / 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/.000 5/1.250
HR/SB/CS 18/3/3 10/2/4 7/4/2 1/3/1 5/5/2 7/3/2 2/1/0 1/0/0
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (1.00 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (1.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Cain
G/S/vB		 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB		 43.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB		 60.Joaquin
G/S/vB		 49.Martinez
G/S/vB		 52.Medders
G/S/vB		 54.Romo
G/S/vB		 45.Runzler*
G/S/vB		 38.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Blum# G/S/vP 24/.614 4/.250 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 427/394 .247/.314/.367/.681 .907/.663 .757 5/.600 0/1 10/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 8/.946 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 678/525 .285/.354/.384/.738 .723/.742 .710 8/.250 61/12 3/3
77.Feliz G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.125 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 625/481 .266/.308/.386/.694 .662/.704 .733 8/.250 0/1 12/15
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 23/15 .091/.130/.091/.221 .125/.267 .133 4/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 344/232 .256/.320/.387/.707 .802/.660 .585 5/2.133 0/2 7/8
45.Lee G/S/vP 8/1.750 19/.566 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 4/2.417 2/.000 ··· ··· 662/524 .300/.343/.489/.831 .892/.816 .915 8/.500 5/3 26/2
12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 1.000 7/.452 0/0 0/0
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 26/.770 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 533/411 .250/.302/.357/.659 .756/.630 .681 4/1.000 19/3 9/6
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 12/.258 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 152/92 .237/.322/.430/.752 .763/.744 .954 1/.000 1/2 4/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 8/1.089 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 647/518 .282/.346/.472/.818 .895/.798 .841 8/.000 14/11 25/5
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 168/134 .236/.286/.376/.662 .840/.614 .779 4/.500 0/0 4/5
46.Towles G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 53/37 .188/.250/.354/.604 .804/.518 .217 4/.750 0/0 2/0
IP 217.2 62.1 6.0 10.2 30.0 68.2 34.0 8.2 72.1 TOTAL .194/.229/.254/.482 .417/.517 .482 .482 0/0 0/1
ERA-K/9 2.89/7.1 1.73/7.9 12.00/3.0 4.22/10.1 7.50/5.7 3.01/7.6 3.97/10.9 1.04/11.4 2.74/10.3 1.00/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (14-12-5)
 Towles (10-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 886/.232 248/.197 33/.385 51/.238 148/.351 300/.248 143/.233 38/.188 303/.223 .194  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Keppinger
 Michaels
0/0/157/16
0/154/0/11
154/0/0/9
2/0/0/1
31/14/3/0
OPS .670 .583 1.169 .754 .954 .698 .631 .597 .595 .482
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.649 111/.683 17/1.071 21/.568 70/1.171 122/.775 53/.542 20/.259 150/.532 .529
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 435/.693 137/.507 16/1.290 30/.867 78/.752 178/.647 90/.684 18/.978 153/.657 .466
Road 430/.685 130/.482 16/.875 20/.644 78/.870 169/.661 82/.624 16/.837 145/.635
Last 28d days / / / 4/.833 / 4/2.000 7/.571 3/.333 5/.000
HR/SB/CS 22/11/9 3/4/1 2/0/1 1/2/0 4/5/0 6/2/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 3/5/1 0/0/0
Usage

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.