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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 5, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 24-30, 24-303rd, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (33, RHP, 3-5, 3.72)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-5)			77.1	60	32	32	25	72	10	3.72
2009 (11-9)			200.0	196	94	81	65	172	22	3.65
2008 (17-6)			206.2	174	75	68	76	187	14	2.96

Last 7 GS		1-5	49.2	39	24	24	16	46	9	4.35	57
2010-05-30	STL	L	6.2	9	6	6	3	7	2	125	36
2010-05-25	LAD	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	104	82
2010-05-20	@PHI	ND	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	89	47
2010-05-15	PIT	L	7.0	4	3	3	5	9	0	123	61
2010-05-09	@CIN	L	7.0	6	5	5	3	7	1	113	49
2010-05-04	@PIT	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	2	107	55
2010-04-28	WSN	L	8.0	4	3	3	1	6	2	98	67

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	32.2	34	13	12	8	27	3	3.31	55
2010-04-18	HOU	ND	7.2	4	1	1	2	8	0	120	73
2009-07-28	HOU	ND	5.0	9	6	5	0	3	1	85	30
2009-06-11	@HOU	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	102	63
2009-04-07	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	95	54
2008-09-03	HOU	L	7.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	110	53

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

 Home:   14-13   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-22   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  4  @HOU  L   1-3       24-30  3rd  7.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @PIT  L   2-3       24-29  3rd  7.0 gb
 52 Mon, May 31  @PIT  L   1-2       24-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 30   STL  L   1-9       24-27  3rd  6.0 gb
 50 Sat, May 29   STL  W   5-0       24-26  3rd  6.0 gb
 49 Fri, May 28   STL  L   1-7       23-26  3rd  6.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 27   LAD  W   1-0       23-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 26   LAD  L   5-8       22-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 25   LAD  W   3-0       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 23  @TEX  W   5-4       21-24  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Astros, 21-34, 21-346th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (32, RHP, 3-7, 2.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-7)			71.1	57	24	22	20	72	7	2.78
2009 (8-6)			181.1	183	83	83	42	138	19	4.12
2008 (17-10)			208.2	199	89	82	47	165	23	3.54

Last 7 GS		1-5	45.1	36	16	15	14	51	4	2.98	61
2010-05-31	WSN	L	2.1	4	4	4	2	3	0	53	34
2010-05-26	@MIL	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	109	82
2010-05-20	COL	L	6.0	3	3	2	3	8	1	106	61
2010-05-15	@SFG	L	7.0	6	2	2	0	7	1	101	64
2010-05-09	SDP	ND	8.0	6	3	3	1	9	0	117	66
2010-05-04	ARI	L	7.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	114	68
2010-04-29	CIN	L	7.0	8	3	3	4	7	1	119	52

Last 5 v.CHC		2-1	28.2	25	8	8	2	20	3	2.51	59
2010-04-17	@CHC	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	101	73
2009-08-31	@CHC	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	92	59
2009-07-28	@CHC	ND	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	20	55
2009-05-16	@CHC	ND	6.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	108	55
2009-04-06	CHC	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	2	93	52

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

 Home:   13-19   Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-28   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest:  3-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, Jun  4   CHC  W   3-1       21-34  6th 11.0 gb
 54 Thu, Jun  3   WSN  W   6-4       20-34  6th 11.0 gb
 53 Wed, Jun  2   WSN  W   5-1       19-34  6th 11.5 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  1   WSN  W   8-7       18-34  6th 12.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 31   WSN  L   4-14      17-34  6th 12.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 30  @CIN  W   2-0 (10)  17-33  6th 12.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 29  @CIN  L   2-12      16-33  6th 13.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 28  @CIN  L   6-15      16-32  6th 12.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 27  @MIL  L   3-4 (10)  16-31  6th 11.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 26  @MIL  W   5-0       16-30  6th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 HOU  3  CHC  1        W:Felipe Paulino (1-7), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-4), S: Matt Lindstrom (12)
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 HOU  3 @CHC  2 (10)   W:Tim Byrdak (1-0), L: Sean Marshall (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (2)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 HOU  4 @CHC  3        W:Roy Oswalt (1-2), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (1)
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 CHC  7  HOU  2        W:Carlos Silva (1-0), L: Felipe Paulino (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 02, 2009 CHC  2  HOU  0        W:Ted Lilly (10-8), L: Felipe Paulino (2-7), S: Carlos Marmol (8)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 CHC  4  HOU  1        W:Randy Wells (10-7), L: Brian Moehler (8-10), S: Carlos Marmol (7)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 HOU  5 @CHC  3        W:Roy Oswalt (8-5), L: Rich Harden (8-8), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 CHC 12  HOU  3        W:Kevin Hart (3-1), L: Russ Ortiz (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 CHC 12  HOU  0        W:Randy Wells (7-4), L: Mike Hampton (6-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 HOU 11 @CHC  6        W:Jeff Fulchino (4-3), L: Angel Guzman (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - HOU leads 3-1; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; All-Time - HOU leads 354-307

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 5.60

FLA 4.54

HOU 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.26

CHC 4.44

ARI 5.98

J. Morneau .372

I. Stewart .274

A. Ramirez .158

OBP

J. Morneau .483

J. Uribe .344

A. Ramirez .222

SLG

J. Morneau .691

P. Sandoval .429

G. Beckham .241

OPS

J. Morneau 1.174

H. Matsui .783

A. Ramirez .485

ERA

U. Jimenez .78

D. Braden 3.77

G. Floyd 6.64

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

M. Cain 6.61

N. Blackburn 2.36

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Cubs Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 41.Daigle
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 77/29 .211/.273/.380/.653 .966/.140 .538 23/.594 0/0 2/0

24.Byrd G/S/vP 20/.618 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 10/.925 1/.000 214/153 .302/.341/.497/.839 1.040/.758 .798 87/.629 4/0 7/1

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/77 .301/.350/.398/.748 .716/.756 .865 91/.685 1/0 2/7

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/70 .293/.360/.600/.960 .650/1.036 1.018 31/1.054 1/0 5/0

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 18/.611 6/.567 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 123/117 .310/.358/.460/.818 .833/.817 .669 43/.924 1/1 1/5

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 19/.210 8/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.350 5/.400 2/1.000 7/.286 5/1.350 181/165 .285/.383/.483/.867 .679/.885 .954 77/.673 3/3 6/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 53/44 .224/.255/.265/.520 .250/.572 .387 25/.448 0/0 0/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 67/.803 4/.250 3/1.167 5/.400 5/2.550 7/.000 4/1.750 32/1.597 3/.667 231/173 .234/.342/.365/.707 .570/.754 .640 93/.747 1/2 6/1

22.Nady G/S/vP 20/.411 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.666 6/1.500 12/.878 ··· 87/38 .260/.333/.429/.762 .621/.952 .843 39/.912 0/0 3/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 72/.665 3/.333 3/.000 5/.600 5/2.100 3/.666 7/1.429 28/.857 4/2.000 189/141 .158/.222/.263/.485 .470/.490 .293 60/.485 0/0 4/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP 42/.690 8/1.089 7/.971 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 16/.464 25/.823 4/.250 190/137 .298/.363/.579/.942 1.211/.841 .921 81/.832 3/0 9/4

18.Soto G/S/vP 15/1.067 4/.917 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 157/105 .254/.401/.405/.806 .818/.800 .817 62/.447 0/0 5/1

2.Theriot G/S/vP 23/.764 7/.786 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.334 4/.500 8/.750 4/.500 223/162 .280/.308/.308/.616 .558/.637 .636 81/.379 9/1 0/5

IP 71.1 13.0 10.2 1.2 21.1 24.1 23.1 74.0 4.0 TOTAL .256/.325/.403/.728 .748/.721 .692 .642 23/7 50/44

ERA-K/9

2.78/9.1

6.23/7.6

1.69/5.9

0.00/0.0

7.17/9.7

3.33/7.8

3.47/6.2

3.04/7.2

6.75/4.5

4.45/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (7-2-1)
Soto (32-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.217 57/.224 49/.250 8/.375 95/.289 109/.306 102/.250 316/.272 18/.412 .275 Soriano
Byrd
Nady
Colvin
Fukudome
Baker 47/0/0/4
0/53/0/2
3/0/15/1
26/7/11/1
0/0/47/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .624 .744 .599 .750 .868 .752 .682 .734 1.268 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.684 27/.527 17/.728 2/1.000 39/.830 49/.625 44/.692 133/.853 2/1.500 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.563 30/.938 32/.527 6/.667 56/.885 60/.852 58/.674 183/.646 16/1.238 .760

Home 204/.682 39/.699 35/.596 8/.750 55/.707 71/.802 62/.545 175/.784 /

Last 28d days 125/.572 13/.968 39/.565 8/.750 51/1.066 56/.884 47/.733 143/.676 18/1.268

HR/SB/CS 7/9/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 4/1/1 1/3/1 1/1/0 6/5/4 2/0/0 46/40/16

Usage ····X··· ·oo·X··X ··o·X··X ·oX····· ·o··X·Xo oX·X·o·· ·o·X·X·· ···X···· ······X·

Astros Batters (3.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 48.Cashner
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 52.Silva
G/S/vB 44.Stevens
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 63/.907 1/2.000 8/.661 15/1.200 19/.956 ··· 5/2.600 ··· 172/144 .260/.372/.445/.817 .629/.857 .794 106/.941 1/1 6/1

27.Blum# G/S/vP 56/.671 ··· 6/.666 8/.375 3/.000 ··· 11/.586 ··· 100/86 .245/.290/.298/.588 .298/.632 .600 45/.372 0/0 0/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 20/.862 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 224/185 .281/.365/.352/.717 .528/.755 .757 104/.682 18/6 0/1

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/32 .206/.270/.324/.594 .833/.544 .721 32/.741 0/0 1/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 11/.920 ··· 9/.666 8/.250 16/1.038 1/.000 7/.929 2/.000 188/149 .223/.250/.314/.564 .833/.494 .688 83/.560 1/1 2/6

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 21/1.047 1/.000 7/1.167 8/.542 8/.393 ··· 3/.000 ··· 201/153 .299/.348/.386/.734 .917/.679 .692 104/.775 1/1 0/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 30/.781 1/.000 12/1.083 16/.517 7/.453 1/.000 31/.690 1/no AB 218/176 .216/.257/.368/.625 .786/.587 .696 100/.769 1/2 7/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 158/125 .200/.260/.250/.510 .933/.401 .547 78/.504 0/1 1/7

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 10/.500 1/4.000 49/23 .191/.224/.340/.565 .462/.685 .626 24/.432 0/0 2/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 26/.961 1/.000 7/2.000 14/.594 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 210/171 .275/.310/.455/.765 .927/.729 .736 104/1.013 5/4 9/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 112/94 .224/.259/.290/.549 .284/.599 .540 65/.552 0/0 1/1

18.Sullivan* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 55/53 .184/.273/.245/.518 .000/.538 .481 24/.675 0/0 0/0

IP 77.1 1.1 18.1 25.2 25.1 20.0 60.2 6.2 TOTAL .236/.289/.338/.628 .691/.613 .656 .684 28/17 31/41

ERA-K/9

3.72/8.4

0.00/6.9

8.35/3.4

1.40/17.9

2.13/11.0

2.70/6.3

3.12/6.2

0.00/8.1

4.10/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (11-1-1)
Quintero (21-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.213 5/.200 85/.289 106/.148 103/.209 85/.244 245/.245 22/.048 .249 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Sullivan
Michaels 0/51/0/7
0/0/52/3
53/0/0/3
9/1/3/0
9/6/1/0

OPS .653 .400 .964 .497 .538 .726 .658 .186 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.686 1/2.000 35/.844 49/.509 37/.572 28/.835 88/.459 5/.600 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.625 4/.000 50/1.058 57/.486 66/.518 57/.672 157/.770 17/.059 .704

Road 139/.715 5/.400 42/.952 42/.350 48/.610 39/.635 91/.686 8/.000

Last 28d days 143/.664 5/.400 31/1.113 49/.486 40/.611 41/.749 95/.582 22/.186

HR/SB/CS 10/6/2 0/1/0 6/0/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 7/2/2 0/0/0 51/39/10

Usage ·····X·· X···o··· o···oo·o o··o···· ····X·o· ····o··X ······X· X···o·XX

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.