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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, September 9, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 69-71, 69-71 4th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (34, LHP, 8-9, 3.55)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-9)			162.1	135	69	64	37	132	27	3.55
2009 (12-9)			177.0	151	66	61	36	151	22	3.10
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09

Last 7 GS		5-1	45.1	31	16	16	8	43	8	3.18	61
2010-09-04	SFG	ND	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	2	93	68
2010-08-29	@COL	L	4.0	9	7	7	1	8	2	86	23
2010-08-24	@MIL	W	6.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	85	48
2010-08-19	COL	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	110	92
2010-08-14	@ATL	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	90	68
2010-08-08	WSN	W	6.0	5	3	3	0	6	2	87	56
2010-08-03	SDP	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	87	74

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	33.2	23	3	3	9	28	2	0.80	67
2010-07-27	@HOU	ND	5.2	5	0	0	3	8	0	113	64
2010-07-21	HOU	ND	7.1	7	1	1	1	6	1	109	65
2009-09-02	HOU	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	105	79
2009-06-09	@HOU	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	4	0	114	70
2009-05-07	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	88	58

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

 Home:   41-31   Road:   28-40   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  51-48   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  22-21
 vsEast: 13-20   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 31-23 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  8  @SDP  L   0-4       69-71  4th 11.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @SDP  L   1-2       69-70  4th 10.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @SDP  L   2-4       69-69  4th  9.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  5   SFG  L   0-3       69-68  4th  8.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  4   SFG  L   4-5       69-67  4th  8.0 gb
135 Fri, Sep  3   SFG  W   4-2       69-66  4th  8.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  1   PHI  L   1-5       68-66  4th  9.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 31   PHI  L   4-8       68-65  4th  9.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 30   PHI  W   3-0       68-64  4th  9.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 29  @COL  L   5-10      67-64  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Astros, 66-73, 66-73 3rd, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 6-8, 5.34)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-8)			123.0	129	82	73	54	126	15	5.34
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.0	42	23	23	15	41	7	4.81	51
2010-09-04	@ARI	ND	4.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	102	30
2010-08-29	@NYM	L	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	104	35
2010-08-24	@PHI	ND	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	108	59
2010-08-19	NYM	W	7.0	2	2	2	2	4	0	123	67
2010-08-14	PIT	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	14	1	110	72
2010-08-09	ATL	ND	6.2	7	4	4	2	3	2	104	45
2010-08-03	@STL	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	97	47

Last 5 v.LAD		0-1	4.1	7	6	6	3	3	0	12.46	25
2010-05-18	@LAD	L	4.1	7	6	6	3	3	0	75	25

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

 Home:   35-33   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  43-59   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:38-25   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  8  @CHC  W   4-0       66-73  3rd 13.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @CHC  W   7-3       65-73  3rd 14.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 18, 2010 LAD  7  HOU  3        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-1), L: Bud Norris (2-5), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 LAD  6  HOU  2        W:John Ely (2-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 19, 2009 LAD  4  HOU  3        W:Ramon Troncoso (4-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (22)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 LAD  5  HOU  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (8-5), L: Mike Hampton (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 HOU  8 @LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (6-4), L: Chad Billingsley (9-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 HOU  3 @LAD  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-6), L: Randy Wolf (4-4), S: Jose Valverde (9)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 LAD  2 @HOU  0        W:Chad Billingsley (4-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (5)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 HOU  6  LAD  5        W:Chris Sampson (1-0), L: Ronald Belisario (0-1), S: LaTroy Hawkins (2)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 HOU  8  LAD  5        W:Russ Ortiz (1-0), L: Clayton Kershaw (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 LAD  5 @HOU  2        W:Chad Billingsley (8-7), L: Brandon Backe (5-9), S: Takashi Saito (14)
Season Series: 2010 - LAD over 2-0; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 377-312

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 5.36

STL 4.48

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.51

CIN 4.34

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

S. Castro .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

J. Jay .470

B. Wood .216

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

Y. Gallardo 3.80

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

C. Richard 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Dodgers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 15/.829 ··· 63/49 .218/.317/.236/.554 .536/.559 .592 30/.564 0/0 0/1

28.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 308/236 .232/.280/.447/.727 .569/.775 .756 44/.995 0/0 16/3

23.Blake G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 502/369 .259/.335/.417/.751 .931/.688 .713 93/.818 0/4 14/15

14.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.629 ··· 10/.311 ··· 381/276 .291/.383/.341/.724 .679/.740 .711 78/.797 11/4 0/6

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/67 .208/.266/.236/.502 .500/.500 .323 14/.571 0/0 0/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 507/359 .287/.349/.487/.836 .613/.929 .815 96/.634 2/0 20/1

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 9/.666 ··· 33/.563 ··· 365/265 .315/.379/.480/.859 .745/.903 .882 22/.664 21/4 8/17

31.Gibbons* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 17/1.529 ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 35/32 .323/.400/.613/1.013 .000/1.116 .794 25/.884 0/0 3/0

60.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 164/78 .282/.302/.385/.687 .841/.517 .618 24/.542 1/2 1/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 7/.429 ··· 11/1.355 3/1.167 587/447 .252/.312/.436/.747 .785/.736 .737 98/.597 18/14 22/5

7.Loney* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.550 ··· 7/.786 2/1.000 570/412 .274/.333/.402/.735 .564/.802 .711 94/.597 9/5 9/3

49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

21.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 590/441 .297/.341/.381/.723 .634/.754 .808 90/.626 35/15 6/5

13.Theriot G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 7/.786 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.750 5/.800 ··· 15/.534 9/.889 559/402 .283/.329/.331/.660 .688/.649 .681 96/.723 18/9 2/9

IP 123.0 10.0 36.0 35.2 41.0 46.0 67.0 14.2 198.0 28.2 TOTAL .257/.326/.383/.709 .670/.723 .699 .653 84/47 101/105

ERA-K/9

5.34/9.2

1.80/6.3

3.25/6.2

4.79/7.6

5.93/8.6

3.91/7.6

3.09/6.4

3.68/8.6

2.91/7.1

6.28/7.2

4.05/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (13-0-0)
Barajas (31-4-3)
Ellis (21-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 547/.269 40/.211 157/.265 170/.307 192/.289 207/.294 287/.234 62/.236 819/.245 131/.304 .263 Ethier
Kemp
Johnson
Gibbons
Carroll
Podsednik 0/0/114/5
0/138/0/3
51/6/17/0
5/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
128/6/0/0

OPS .778 .618 .755 .782 .823 .768 .630 .688 .667 .937 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.833 16/.321 75/.552 64/.728 83/.788 96/.709 131/.628 28/.417 367/.687 31/.579 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.733 24/.813 82/.946 106/.815 109/.842 111/.818 156/.630 34/.901 452/.650 100/1.052 .731

Home 273/.743 8/.393 75/.826 79/.767 84/.756 124/.869 150/.561 32/.846 351/.685 62/.786

Last 28d days 133/.700 35/.611 28/.417 26/.623 39/.609 15/.862 55/.484 43/.549 169/.644 /

HR/SB/CS 15/12/5 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/4/0 6/1/1 4/5/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 6/1/0 113/75/39

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

Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Lilly*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 48.Ely
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 50.Link
G/S/vB 37.Monasterios
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 14/.690 1/no AB 10/.933 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.665 198/169 .251/.308/.328/.636 .288/.694 .572 34/.539 0/0 1/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 .000 7/.500 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/32 .243/.321/.314/.635 .607/.677 .783 15/.667 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 11/.182 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 566/446 .259/.335/.337/.672 .519/.713 .663 113/.715 47/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/140 .213/.296/.300/.596 .265/.691 .575 60/.708 0/0 2/0

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/52 .259/.337/.383/.720 .772/.672 .640 4/1.417 0/0 1/1

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

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 102/82 .227/.265/.268/.533 .358/.575 .403 25/.497 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/207 .324/.355/.485/.840 .640/.907 .741 101/.672 2/0 7/13

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 34/.733 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 489/363 .288/.349/.393/.742 .775/.730 .777 43/.685 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 45/.701 1/.000 5/2.400 6/.733 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 24/.555 554/432 .243/.285/.413/.698 .814/.666 .732 103/.707 3/3 20/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/194 .224/.265/.263/.528 .779/.451 .500 45/.598 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 12/.633 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 161/87 .252/.311/.463/.773 .881/.675 .848 36/.630 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 29/.413 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 567/441 .289/.332/.484/.816 .879/.797 .950 113/1.038 17/8 23/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 15/.414 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 235/173 .228/.261/.308/.569 .278/.674 .541 38/.640 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/149 .275/.306/.355/.661 .619/.680 .516 88/.636 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/89 .196/.284/.258/.542 .683/.510 .630 74/.439 0/0 1/2

IP 162.1 47.1 57.0 53.2 79.2 16.2 51.0 5.2 78.1 32.1 42.2 39.2 TOTAL .247/.303/.363/.666 .651/.671 .684 .670 87/32 93/100

ERA-K/9

3.55/7.3

5.32/6.3

3.79/11.2

4.19/10.4

4.63/6.7

1.08/14.6

1.41/10.1

3.18/4.7

4.02/5.1

6.40/5.3

4.64/5.9

4.99/5.4

3.98/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (21-13-6)
Quintero (31-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 655/.224 202/.257 242/.258 232/.215 335/.264 69/.158 196/.146 26/.304 349/.275 160/.305 184/.247 171/.262 .243 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois
Bogusevic 0/0/134/9
0/128/0/8
120/0/0/6
31/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
19/9/1/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .686 .717 .672 .733 .725 .505 .418 .732 .783 .881 .721 .748 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.791 74/.732 109/.572 103/.995 116/.640 30/.679 61/.289 10/1.000 164/.740 73/.552 75/.786 66/.906 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 533/.661 128/.708 133/.755 129/.535 219/.771 39/.360 135/.477 16/.579 185/.820 87/1.173 109/.677 105/.656 .681

Road 276/.749 98/.925 94/.678 97/.903 155/.692 35/.483 104/.518 19/.849 149/.748 83/.902 96/.596 83/.866

Last 28d days 128/.701 48/.863 45/.730 44/.581 / 40/.519 40/.384 / 63/.871 20/.476 14/.676 11/.300

HR/SB/CS 27/16/1 5/2/0 3/6/1 7/8/1 7/2/1 0/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 13/8/1 3/0/0 7/4/0 3/6/2 114/85/32

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

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.