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Game Preview: SFG @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Giants, 39-30, 39-30 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Barry Zito (32, LHP, 7-3, 3.13)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-3) 95.0 77 34 33 35 63 7 3.13
2009 (10-13) 192.0 179 89 86 81 154 21 4.03
2008 (10-17) 180.0 186 115 103 102 120 16 5.15
Last 7 GS 2-2 47.2 44 24 23 16 33 7 4.34 52
2010-06-18 @TOR L 8.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 109 66
2010-06-12 OAK W 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 2 110 61
2010-06-07 @CIN ND 5.2 8 5 5 3 4 1 96 34
2010-06-01 COL ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 8 0 106 70
2010-05-27 WSN ND 6.1 7 4 3 5 3 2 102 43
2010-05-21 @OAK L 6.2 9 6 6 1 3 0 102 34
2010-05-16 HOU W 7.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 97 56
Last 5 v.HOU 3-1 31.2 24 13 13 10 19 3 3.69 55
2010-05-16 HOU W 7.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 97 56
2010-04-06 @HOU W 6.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 90 70
2008-08-13 @HOU L 5.2 4 6 6 5 6 0 100 38
2008-05-12 HOU ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 103 47
2007-05-23 HOU W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 1 104 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-12   Road:   15-18   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-20   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @HOU  W   3-1       39-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20  @TOR  W   9-6       38-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19  @TOR  L   0-3       37-30  3rd  1.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18  @TOR  L   2-3       37-29  3rd  1.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 16   BAL  W   6-3       37-28  3rd  1.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 15   BAL  L   1-4       36-28  3rd  1.5 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 14   BAL  W  10-2       36-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 13   OAK  W   6-2       35-27  3rd  1.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 12   OAK  W   5-4       34-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 11   OAK  W   6-2       33-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Astros, 26-45, 26-45 5th, 13½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (29, RHP, 4-5, 3.34)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-5) 94.1 97 41 35 32 73 7 3.34
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 2-3 48.1 42 21 17 19 41 3 3.17 56
2010-06-17 @KCR L 6.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 114 45
2010-06-11 @NYY L 7.0 5 4 4 3 5 0 115 53
2010-06-06 CHC W 6.2 8 2 2 1 6 0 103 55
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
Last 5 v.SFG 1-2 31.0 32 18 18 13 28 8 5.23 49
2010-05-16 @SFG L 8.0 5 4 4 3 7 2 104 60
2010-04-07 SFG ND 6.0 12 4 4 1 3 1 100 34
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-24   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  19-37   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  6-16 IL: 2-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Tue, Jun 22   SFG  L   1-3       26-45  5th 13.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 20   TEX  L   4-5 (10)  26-44  5th 12.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 19   TEX  L   1-5       26-43  5th 12.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 18   TEX  L   3-9       26-42  5th 11.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 17  @KCR  L   2-5       26-41  5th 11.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 16  @KCR  W   4-2       26-40  5th 10.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 15  @KCR  L   7-15      25-40  5th 11.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @NYY  L   5-9       25-39  5th 11.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @NYY  L   3-9       25-38  5th 11.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @NYY  L   3-4       25-37  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 SFG  3 @HOU  1        W:Tim Lincecum (8-2), L: Roy Oswalt (5-9), S: Brian Wilson (20)
Sun, May 16, 2010 SFG  4  HOU  3        W:Barry Zito (6-1), L: Brett Myers (2-3), S: Brian Wilson (9)
Sat, May 15, 2010 SFG  2  HOU  1        W:Tim Lincecum (5-0), L: Roy Oswalt (2-5), S: Brian Wilson (8)
Fri, May 14, 2010 SFG  8  HOU  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-3), L: Felipe Paulino (0-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 SFG 10 @HOU  4        W:Jeremy Affeldt (1-0), L: Samuel Gervacio (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - SFG leads 7-0; 2009 - SFG won 4-2; 2008 - HOU won 7-1; All-Time - SFG leads 364-336

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.48

PHI  4.56

BAL  3.27

RA/G

SDP  3.29

TOR  4.44

ARI  5.81

BA

R. Cano  .363

D. Span  .278

A. Ramirez  .168

OBP

J. Morneau  .447

R. Weeks  .353

A. Ramirez  .232

SLG

B. Boesch  .635

A. Torres  .451

C. Izturis  .238

OPS

J. Morneau  1.068

B. McCann  .806

C. Izturis  .508

ERA

U. Jimenez  1.15

B. Cecil  4.06

K. Davies  6.15

K/9IP

J. Weaver  10.17

C. Wilson  6.62

N. Blackburn  2.84

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Giants Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.07 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
47.Fulchino
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
9.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.971 2/.000 10/.944 146/116 .250/.329/.430/.758 .656/.785 .726 50/1.014 0/0 5/1
17.Huff* G/S/vP 9/.756 7/1.000 17/.309 1/.000 1/.000 17/.669 3/.666 277/199 .311/.401/.549/.950 .832/.998 .879 98/1.287 3/0 12/3
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 33/31 .276/.364/.517/.881 .000/.943 1.162 10/1.167 0/0 1/0
1.Molina G/S/vP 10/.800 3/.000 7/.286 3/.000 2/1.500 11/1.090 9/.777 203/145 .263/.315/.344/.659 .993/.533 .520 61/.518 0/0 3/1
28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/66 .303/.338/.421/.759 .857/.737 .813 80/.759 0/0 1/1
16.Renteria G/S/vP 39/1.085 1/no AB 9/1.667 4/.500 4/.500 6/.533 9/1.583 107/78 .326/.381/.411/.791 1.142/.667 .817 11/1.010 3/0 1/2
33.Rowand G/S/vP 14/1.333 3/1.666 4/1.000 7/1.238 4/.250 10/1.000 9/.777 203/152 .220/.261/.382/.643 .554/.673 .707 56/.469 1/2 6/0
21.Sanchez G/S/vP 15/.134 5/2.000 ··· 3/.667 4/.750 6/2.000 8/.625 133/111 .322/.382/.409/.790 1.214/.698 .659 104/.882 0/1 1/0
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 293/216 .280/.341/.432/.773 .600/.835 .637 98/.785 2/2 6/5
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 145/105 .268/.347/.370/.717 .818/.680 .798 26/.412 4/3 1/1
56.Torres# G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 242/171 .279/.382/.451/.833 .665/.902 .704 111/.771 11/3 3/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 13/.539 3/.333 3/1.666 3/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 262/201 .276/.347/.478/.826 .900/.803 .777 100/.899 1/2 11/4
22.Whiteside G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/69 .270/.325/.527/.852 .808/.861 .783 30/.819 1/2 4/0
IP 94.1 16.0 14.2 26.0 28.1 30.0 20.0 TOTAL .263/.330/.409/.739 .760/.732 .714 .788 26/17 60/32
ERA-K/9 3.34/7.0 6.19/8.4 2.45/7.3 7.62/9.0 3.18/7.0 3.30/6.3 6.30/4.5 4.68/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (41-11-2)
 Posey (0-1-0)
 Whiteside (21-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.269 73/.281 69/.262 123/.311 127/.310 129/.241 92/.313 .279  Schierholtz
 Torres
 Rowand
 Huff
 Burrell
0/0/54/6
24/26/24/4
0/47/0/4
18/0/9/2
11/0/0/1
OPS .716 .827 .643 .903 .757 .645 .928 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.796 35/.624 27/.625 53/.824 58/.644 58/.695 41/.718 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.651 38/1.009 42/.654 70/.947 69/.847 71/.605 51/1.081 .764
Home 203/.773 44/.757 48/.652 64/.758 82/.827 75/.564 52/1.030
Last 28d days 142/.615 29/1.043 43/.599 49/1.061 49/.950 48/.606 6/2.333
HR/SB/CS 7/6/5 3/0/0 0/1/0 5/1/1 1/4/1 1/1/0 4/0/0 57/46/23
Usage ·····X·· ··oX·o·X ··o·X··· ····X··X ··X···o· ··XX··o· ········
Astros Batters (3.34 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
53.Bautista
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
49.Martinez
G/S/vB
59.Mota
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
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/1.194 7/.572 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 12/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 233/188 .239/.343/.383/.726 .511/.780 .767 103/.652 2/1 6/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 123/109 .226/.276/.278/.555 .298/.585 .577 46/.408 0/0 0/3
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 288/236 .255/.333/.322/.655 .396/.710 .724 106/.593 21/6 0/1
77.Feliz G/S/vP 19/.579 4/.000 4/1.500 4/.500 ··· 12/1.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 241/188 .220/.245/.295/.540 .710/.493 .669 80/.561 1/1 2/9
23.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 26/18 .231/.231/.308/.538 .500/.556 .571 4/.500 0/0 0/1
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 11/1.212 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.143 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 268/204 .280/.328/.370/.698 .841/.654 .691 110/.671 1/1 1/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 42/.871 21/.508 7/.686 2/.000 3/1.000 11/.582 2/.000 ··· ··· 282/228 .223/.262/.379/.641 .833/.597 .685 100/.794 1/3 10/3
12.Manzella G/S/vP 5/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 209/164 .212/.259/.254/.513 .882/.413 .510 82/.456 0/1 1/8
4.Michaels G/S/vP 10/.650 13/.237 3/.666 4/.000 2/1.500 8/.875 ··· ··· 2/.000 75/37 .233/.253/.411/.664 .605/.726 .707 34/.689 0/0 3/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 15/.641 4/.250 5/.900 2/1.000 3/.666 10/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 274/222 .268/.314/.436/.750 .833/.730 .735 101/.822 8/4 10/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 145/123 .252/.278/.367/.645 .232/.719 .587 53/.788 0/0 3/3
IP 95.0 22.1 18.2 10.2 6.1 25.1 27.0 23.2 30.2 TOTAL .233/.283/.333/.616 .644/.609 .639 .642 35/18 40/52
ERA-K/9 3.13/6.0 5.64/7.3 2.89/12.0 0.84/15.1 5.68/2.9 2.84/4.3 2.67/8.3 3.80/8.0 2.05/12.3 3.28/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (23-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 387/.226 109/.314 82/.194 44/.216 27/.308 99/.242 106/.198 105/.238 128/.222 .230  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Michaels
0/67/0/7
0/0/68/6
65/0/0/4
13/8/1/0
OPS .646 .898 .590 .561 .795 .645 .623 .700 .571 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.689 34/.909 33/.543 16/.188 15/.552 42/.599 36/.471 41/.633 59/.616 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.636 75/.892 49/.619 28/.768 12/1.083 57/.678 70/.693 64/.743 69/.534 .643
Road 162/.627 58/.969 52/.725 21/.496 / 52/.677 57/.902 51/.894 50/.538
Last 28d days 143/.756 31/1.158 46/.486 37/.642 27/.795 41/.741 25/.738 25/.558 51/.521
HR/SB/CS 7/8/4 3/1/1 1/5/0 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 4/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 49/62/19
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ··X····o ···o··X· ·······X ··X····o ··X····· ·······X o·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.