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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 6, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 25-30, 25-303rd, 7½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (27, RHP, 3-3, 4.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-3)			61.1	69	31	30	14	48	5	4.40
2009 (12-10)			165.1	165	67	56	46	104	14	3.05
2008 (0-0)			5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.0	40	24	23	9	29	5	5.75	47
2010-05-31	@PIT	ND	5.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	90	61
2010-05-28	STL	L	0.0	6	5	5	0	0	0	16	18
2010-05-22	@TEX	ND	8.1	7	3	3	1	6	2	105	62
2010-05-17	COL	ND	6.2	7	1	1	1	3	0	116	58
2010-05-11	FLA	L	8.0	4	3	3	1	8	2	106	69
2010-05-06	@PIT	L	2.0	5	7	6	3	1	0	47	18
2010-04-30	ARI	W	6.0	8	5	5	0	8	1	94	44

Last 5 v.HOU		2-0	20.2	17	1	0	7	9	0	0.00	65
2009-09-01	HOU	W	6.2	7	1	0	2	4	0	94	60
2009-07-29	HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	110	69
2009-05-16	HOU	ND	6.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	97	65

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

 Home:   14-13   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:11-17   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sat, Jun  5  @HOU  W   8-5       25-30  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Astros, 21-35, 21-356th, 12 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (29, RHP, 3-3, 3.04)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-3)			74.0	77	31	25	26	59	6	3.04
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

Last 7 GS		2-2	48.0	42	19	14	22	41	4	2.63	58
2010-06-01	WSN	ND	7.0	4	4	1	3	10	0	110	66
2010-05-27	@MIL	ND	6.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	111	50
2010-05-21	TBR	W	7.0	6	1	0	4	7	0	122	66
2010-05-16	@SFG	L	8.0	5	4	4	3	7	2	104	60
2010-05-11	@STL	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	103	49
2010-05-05	ARI	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	124	60
2010-04-30	@ATL	L	7.0	6	4	3	4	5	2	107	52

Last 5 v.CHC		5-0	38.1	36	12	12	6	38	4	2.82	63
2008-08-30	@CHC	W	7.0	11	2	2	0	8	0	107	55
2008-04-11	CHC	W	8.0	5	3	3	0	5	3	115	65
2006-09-20	CHC	W	9.0	6	2	2	3	12	0	119	76
2006-08-23	@CHC	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	109	78
2005-08-04	CHC	W	6.1	10	4	4	2	4	0	101	39

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

 Home:   13-20   Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-29   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  3-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sat, Jun  5   CHC  L   5-8       21-35  6th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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
Season Series: 2010 - HOU leads 3-2; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; All-Time - HOU leads 354-308

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 5.54

FLA 4.47

BAL 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.31

CHC 4.45

ARI 5.93

J. Morneau .372

J. Uribe .273

C. Pena .169

OBP

J. Morneau .485

D. Pedroia .344

A. Ramirez .233

SLG

M. Cabrera .691

B. Abreu .433

G. Beckham .242

OPS

J. Morneau 1.176

P. Polanco .788

A. Ramirez .525

ERA

U. Jimenez .78

R. Dempster 3.76

G. Floyd 6.64

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

M. Cain 6.61

N. Blackburn 2.36

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Cubs Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Myers
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 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 ··· 77/29 .211/.273/.380/.653 .966/.140 .538 23/.594 0/0 2/0

24.Byrd G/S/vP 10/.925 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 219/157 .309/.347/.510/.857 1.023/.791 .837 88/.682 4/0 7/1

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/81 .289/.337/.381/.718 .716/.718 .791 92/.655 1/0 2/7

21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 92/74 .300/.363/.638/1.000 .610/1.095 1.083 33/1.084 1/0 6/0

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.567 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 123/117 .310/.358/.460/.818 .833/.817 .669 42/.947 1/1 1/5

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 7/.286 8/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.350 5/.400 2/1.000 5/1.350 181/165 .285/.383/.483/.867 .679/.885 .954 73/.694 3/3 6/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.650 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 57/47 .250/.291/.308/.599 .556/.607 .522 26/.679 0/0 0/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 32/1.597 4/.250 3/1.167 5/.400 5/2.550 7/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 236/177 .238/.343/.371/.715 .560/.767 .658 94/.795 1/2 6/1

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

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/.857 3/.333 3/.000 5/.600 6/2.067 3/.666 7/1.429 4/2.000 193/145 .171/.233/.291/.525 .470/.543 .376 60/.607 0/0 5/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP 25/.823 8/1.089 7/.971 ··· 3/.333 5/.600 16/.464 4/.250 194/141 .295/.361/.572/.933 1.211/.831 .905 85/.814 3/0 9/4

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

2.Theriot G/S/vP 8/.750 7/.786 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.334 4/.500 5/.600 228/166 .274/.305/.302/.608 .570/.621 .619 82/.364 9/1 0/6

IP 74.0 13.0 11.0 1.2 22.0 24.1 23.1 5.0 TOTAL .258/.327/.407/.734 .748/.729 .705 .666 23/7 52/45

ERA-K/9

3.04/7.2

6.23/7.6

1.64/6.5

0.00/0.0

7.77/9.4

3.33/7.8

3.47/6.2

5.40/5.4

4.51/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 316/.272 57/.224 51/.261 8/.375 99/.302 109/.306 102/.250 22/.350 .276 Soriano
Byrd
Nady
Colvin
Fukudome
Baker 48/0/0/4
0/54/0/2
3/0/15/1
26/7/12/1
0/0/47/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .734 .744 .638 .750 .889 .752 .682 1.109 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.853 27/.527 18/.686 2/1.000 39/.830 49/.625 44/.692 3/1.000 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.646 30/.938 33/.609 6/.667 60/.920 60/.852 58/.674 19/1.127 .764

Home 175/.784 39/.699 37/.648 8/.750 59/.754 71/.802 62/.545 4/.250

Last 28d days 143/.676 13/.968 41/.614 8/.750 55/1.091 49/.890 44/.787 22/1.109

HR/SB/CS 6/5/4 3/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 4/1/1 1/3/1 1/1/0 2/0/0 48/40/16

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

Astros Batters (3.25 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wells
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 6/.533 1/2.000 8/.661 15/1.200 20/.906 ··· 5/2.600 ··· 176/147 .260/.369/.440/.809 .607/.852 .783 105/.919 1/1 6/1

27.Blum# G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 6/.666 9/.333 3/.000 ··· 11/.586 ··· 101/87 .242/.287/.295/.582 .298/.624 .589 45/.372 0/0 0/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 10/.944 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 4/.666 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 229/189 .280/.366/.350/.716 .514/.757 .753 104/.695 19/6 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 ··· ··· 9/.666 8/.250 16/1.038 1/.000 7/.929 3/.666 192/153 .229/.255/.318/.574 .833/.508 .699 83/.606 1/1 2/7

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.167 8/.542 9/.347 ··· 3/.000 ··· 205/156 .298/.347/.399/.745 .897/.699 .712 103/.835 1/1 1/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 12/1.083 16/.517 7/.453 1/.000 31/.690 2/.500 222/180 .216/.257/.365/.622 .786/.585 .689 100/.716 1/2 7/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 162/129 .194/.253/.243/.496 .933/.388 .522 79/.497 0/1 1/7

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 10/.500 1/4.000 49/23 .191/.224/.340/.565 .462/.685 .626 23/.451 0/0 2/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 8/.700 1/.000 7/2.000 14/.594 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 214/175 .271/.308/.448/.757 .927/.720 .723 103/.937 5/4 9/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 116/98 .234/.267/.333/.601 .284/.658 .635 65/.616 0/0 2/1

18.Sullivan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/53 .180/.268/.240/.508 .000/.538 .468 24/.675 0/0 0/0

IP 61.1 1.1 18.1 26.1 26.2 20.0 60.2 7.1 TOTAL .236/.289/.340/.629 .683/.617 .657 .683 29/17 33/42

ERA-K/9

4.40/7.0

0.00/6.9

8.35/3.4

1.37/17.5

2.03/11.1

2.70/6.3

3.12/6.2

0.00/7.4

4.08/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.280 5/.200 85/.289 108/.144 107/.200 85/.244 245/.245 27/.115 .248 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Sullivan
Michaels 0/52/0/7
0/0/53/4
54/0/0/3
9/1/3/0
9/6/1/0

OPS .736 .400 .964 .487 .517 .726 .658 .340 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.686 1/2.000 35/.844 51/.487 39/.541 28/.835 88/.459 5/.600 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.775 4/.000 50/1.058 57/.486 68/.502 57/.672 157/.770 22/.279 .706

Road 145/.676 5/.400 42/.952 44/.333 52/.561 39/.635 91/.686 13/.385

Last 28d days 115/.672 5/.400 31/1.113 51/.465 44/.552 37/.792 95/.582 27/.340

HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 0/1/0 6/0/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 7/2/2 0/0/0 53/40/10

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