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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, October 2, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 74-86, 74-86 5th, 15 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (29, RHP, 10-6, 3.36)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-6)			123.1	116	52	46	66	112	7	3.36
2009 (9-7)			169.1	155	78	71	78	152	10	3.77
2008 (14-6)			188.2	172	85	82	72	130	18	3.91

Last 7 GS		6-0	47.1	26	6	4	22	48	1	0.76	69
2010-09-27	@SDP	W	7.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	106	72
2010-09-21	SFG	ND	6.0	3	0	0	5	8	0	116	69
2010-09-15	@STL	W	6.0	4	2	1	3	3	0	104	58
2010-09-10	@MIL	W	8.2	3	0	0	3	9	0	119	84
2010-09-04	NYM	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	8	1	102	67
2010-08-30	PIT	W	5.1	4	1	0	4	7	0	112	61
2010-08-24	@WSN	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	8	0	108	71

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	34.1	17	6	6	13	26	1	1.57	67
2010-06-04	@HOU	L	4.1	6	3	3	3	3	0	84	39
2009-07-27	HOU	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	103	67
2009-06-10	@HOU	ND	8.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	104	73
2009-04-06	@HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	97	61
2008-09-14	@HOU	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	10	0	110	96

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

 Home:   35-46   Road:   39-40   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  49-58   vsLHP:  25-28   1-Run:  22-32
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:33-44   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Oct  1  @HOU  W   2-0       74-86  5th 15.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 30  @SDP  W   1-0       73-86  5th 16.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 29  @SDP  L   0-3       72-86  5th 16.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 28  @SDP  W   5-2       72-85  5th 16.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 27  @SDP  W   1-0       71-85  5th 16.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   STL  L   7-8       70-85  5th 16.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   STL  W   7-3       70-84  5th 15.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   STL  L   1-7       69-84  5th 16.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23   SFG  L   0-13      69-83  5th 16.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22   SFG  W   2-0       69-82  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Astros, 75-85, 75-85 4th, 14 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (27, LHP, 6-3, 2.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-3)			84.1	65	29	26	42	67	7	2.77
2009 (12-4)			166.0	149	55	54	56	119	20	2.93
2008 (1-0)			31.2	28	13	13	14	26	3	3.69

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.2	34	12	10	13	34	5	2.06	60
2010-09-26	@PIT	L	6.0	4	2	0	2	4	0	101	62
2010-09-21	@WSN	ND	6.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	111	69
2010-09-15	MIL	ND	4.1	7	5	5	2	5	2	97	32
2010-09-10	LAD	ND	5.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	102	52
2010-09-05	@ARI	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	2	107	62
2010-08-30	STL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	114	86
2010-08-25	@PHI	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	104	57

Last 5 v.CHC		0-0	6.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	3.00	49
2009-08-11	@CHC	ND	6.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	100	49

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

 Home:   41-38   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  48-67   vsLHP:  27-18   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:44-32   vsWest: 13-22 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Oct  1   CHC  L   0-2       75-85  4th 14.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 30  @CIN  L   1-9       75-84  4th 14.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 29  @CIN  W   2-0       75-83  3rd 13.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 28  @CIN  L   2-3       74-83  3rd 14.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 26  @PIT  L   3-9       74-82  3rd 13.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 25  @PIT  L   4-6       74-81  3rd 12.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 24  @PIT  W  10-7       74-80  3rd 12.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 23  @WSN  L   2-7       73-80  3rd 13.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22  @WSN  L   3-4       73-79  3rd 12.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21  @WSN  L   4-8       73-78  3rd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 CHC  2 @HOU  0        W:Casey Coleman (4-2), L: Bud Norris (9-10), S: Carlos Marmol (38)
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 HOU  4 @CHC  0        W:Brett Myers (11-7), L: Randy Wells (6-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 HOU  7 @CHC  3        W:Nelson Figueroa (5-2), L: Carlos Silva (10-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 CHC  5  HOU  4        W:Andrew Cashner (2-5), L: Wilton Lopez (5-2), S: Carlos Marmol (28)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 HOU  8  CHC  1        W:Bud Norris (3-7), L: Randy Wells (5-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 HOU  6  CHC  1        W:Brett Myers (8-6), L: Andrew Cashner (1-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 CHC  5 @HOU  2        W:Carlos Silva (10-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 HOU  4 @CHC  3 (12)   W:Brandon Lyon (6-4), L: Bob Howry (1-3), S: Gustavo Chacin (1)
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 CHC 14  HOU  7        W:Andrew Cashner (1-3), L: Brandon Lyon (5-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 HOU 11 @CHC  5        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-11), L: Carlos Silva (9-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 10-6; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; 2008 - HOU won 9-8; All-Time - HOU leads 361-312

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 5.30

ARI 4.44

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.60

CHW 4.36

PIT 5.37

J. Hamilton .359

L. Scott .285

B. Wood .146

OBP

J. Morneau .437

G. Blanco .359

B. Wood .174

SLG

J. Hamilton .631

H. Pence .467

B. Wood .208

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

T. Hunter .824

B. Wood .382

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

M. Pelfrey 3.75

J. Bonderman 5.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.79

B. Matusz 7.11

K. Kendrick 4.18

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Cubs Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 66.Del Rosario
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 56.Villar
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 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 219/71 .271/.320/.414/.733 .936/.306 .600 28/1.041 1/0 4/7

15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 80/52 .230/.288/.270/.558 .726/.471 .497 53/.536 0/0 0/2

24.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 23/.848 ··· 8/.542 621/442 .294/.348/.433/.780 .909/.727 .825 79/.582 5/1 12/3

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .300/.333/.650/.983 .708/1.167 1.326 15/1.186 0/0 1/0

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.500 ··· 13/.404 ··· 6/.833 501/363 .298/.342/.404/.746 .868/.701 .620 73/.398 10/8 3/27

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 6/.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 492/408 .263/.337/.375/.712 .668/.721 .633 86/.615 3/2 5/14

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 9/.844 1/no AB ··· 5/1.350 7/.858 3/.666 ··· 15/.343 ··· 5/1.350 429/379 .263/.371/.439/.809 .850/.804 .785 62/.643 7/8 13/1

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/27 .148/.233/.185/.419 .667/.389 .523 28/.450 0/0 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.300 ··· 3/.333 222/185 .216/.251/.298/.549 .648/.529 .604 40/.520 1/0 1/3

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 52/45 .170/.250/.234/.484 1.171/.390 .295 33/.451 0/0 0/1

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.572 7/1.262 ··· 15/.696 ··· 1/.000 338/202 .253/.306/.354/.660 .659/.660 .702 77/.504 0/0 6/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 6/2.067 4/1.000 10/1.150 ··· 38/.669 ··· 10/2.300 500/379 .242/.294/.449/.743 .780/.730 .624 63/.752 0/0 24/16

19.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/17 .273/.556/.273/.828 2.000/.729 .933 18/.828 1/0 0/2

56.Snyder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .227/.261/.273/.534 .000/.649 .343 23/.534 0/0 0/0

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.089 7/.971 ··· 3/.333 6/.500 18/.528 1/2.000 31/.726 ··· 9/.833 539/375 .254/.318/.494/.812 .927/.762 .845 78/.661 5/1 24/7

IP 84.1 18.1 38.2 38.1 10.0 46.1 52.1 77.0 21.1 223.2 4.0 33.0 TOTAL .257/.319/.402/.721 .798/.692 .699 .614 55/31 148/142

ERA-K/9

2.77/7.2

2.95/5.9

3.49/6.7

4.70/7.3

4.50/3.6

5.63/8.7

4.47/7.2

3.16/6.2

4.22/9.3

3.14/7.2

6.75/6.8

5.73/7.9

4.10/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (3-2-0)
Hill (36-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.217 73/.206 170/.272 187/.315 51/.405 213/.283 238/.304 330/.233 90/.238 936/.248 21/.250 148/.287 .261 Byrd
Soriano
Fukudome
Nady
Fuld
Snyder
Hoffpauir
Baker 0/149/0/6
132/0/0/6
0/0/110/4
6/0/23/2
8/6/0/0
3/0/5/0
3/0/1/0
0/0/4/0

OPS .645 .644 .795 .817 .982 .802 .789 .628 .674 .683 .631 .890 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.567 30/.641 85/.644 73/.790 21/1.113 87/.817 105/.766 150/.588 35/.457 403/.688 3/.333 40/.678 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.666 43/.646 85/.949 114/.834 30/.893 126/.789 133/.806 180/.657 55/.805 533/.678 18/.675 108/.967 .726

Home 191/.605 26/.617 81/.841 91/.762 32/.920 93/.699 147/.873 185/.577 48/.701 408/.672 14/.900 66/.759

Last 28d days 121/.740 38/.637 20/.806 17/1.229 9/1.181 22/.682 38/.841 47/.625 31/.576 143/.703 21/.631 17/.508

HR/SB/CS 7/1/3 3/0/0 4/0/1 3/4/0 0/1/0 7/2/1 5/6/1 2/6/0 2/0/0 20/10/7 0/0/0 6/1/1 139/89/44

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

Astros Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 64.Berg
G/S/vB 48.Cashner
G/S/vB 27.Coleman
G/S/vB 20.Diamond
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 62.Mateo
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 52.Silva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 40/.392 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 10/.300 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.586 218/185 .267/.321/.356/.678 .415/.722 .629 25/.860 0/0 2/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .227/.292/.364/.655 .000/.718 .333 23/.573 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/71 .221/.296/.270/.567 .580/.554 .692 57/.475 11/4 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 21/.962 3/.666 3/.333 4/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 6/.400 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 12/1.492 605/472 .265/.341/.346/.686 .555/.723 .691 58/.959 52/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 215/169 .202/.284/.285/.569 .223/.665 .555 47/.488 0/0 2/2

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/62 .219/.290/.323/.613 .684/.554 .494 19/.269 0/0 1/1

41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/92 .226/.287/.274/.561 .411/.596 .436 15/.673 3/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/.000 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.833 354/256 .309/.339/.486/.825 .735/.860 .782 87/.841 3/0 11/17

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 31/.499 4/1.417 5/.200 7/.334 ··· 1/.000 10/.425 10/.311 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.666 570/419 .289/.352/.395/.747 .816/.722 .764 100/.757 4/1 6/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 62/1.220 4/.500 4/.250 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/.411 7/.453 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 37/.658 641/494 .245/.287/.412/.699 .771/.677 .749 103/.639 3/3 23/7

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 279/204 .219/.259/.258/.517 .686/.455 .482 33/.524 0/1 1/9

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 10/.500 201/104 .255/.313/.473/.786 .885/.692 .799 40/.839 0/0 8/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 25/.638 6/.334 4/.500 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 17/.669 4/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 9/.555 650/502 .285/.329/.467/.796 .820/.789 .888 101/.732 18/9 25/6

55.Quintero G/S/vP 12/.349 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 271/191 .235/.263/.319/.582 .380/.668 .530 40/.725 0/0 4/5

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.486 269/189 .280/.316/.348/.664 .631/.677 .537 58/.721 0/1 0/5

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 151/125 .221/.298/.301/.599 .599/.600 .692 53/.683 0/0 2/3

IP 123.1 39.1 54.1 57.0 28.0 12.2 77.2 74.0 20.1 48.1 19.1 113.0 TOTAL .248/.303/.363/.666 .654/.670 .680 .676 99/36 107/117

ERA-K/9

3.36/8.2

5.26/3.0

4.80/8.3

4.11/4.3

7.07/11.2

2.13/7.8

2.55/16.0

2.68/10.8

6.20/11.1

5.03/7.8

8.38/4.2

4.22/6.4

4.26/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (31-18-7)
Esposito (0-0-0)
Quintero (35-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.251 184/.283 248/.267 248/.260 135/.303 53/.191 332/.147 305/.212 88/.260 216/.282 100/.269 480/.273 .256 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois
Bogusevic 0/0/154/9
0/138/0/8
131/0/0/6
41/11/5/1
1/0/0/0
25/22/1/0
6/1/2/0

OPS .689 .743 .795 .705 .897 .583 .500 .572 .862 .827 .930 .734 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.792 65/.694 94/.904 95/.807 49/.771 13/1.185 150/.490 111/.544 36/.927 88/.726 37/.470 180/.708 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 307/.610 119/.764 154/.726 153/.643 86/.970 40/.414 182/.508 194/.589 52/.816 128/.896 63/1.202 300/.749 .727

Road 318/.702 93/.747 132/.756 140/.588 34/.971 18/.715 153/.490 164/.609 36/.978 98/.560 61/.868 203/.707

Last 28d days 110/.435 24/.693 50/.615 135/.676 41/1.151 39/.488 47/.239 18/.111 37/.580 26/.986 77/.858 24/1.162

HR/SB/CS 7/9/3 3/0/1 8/5/2 3/1/2 5/1/0 1/0/0 1/10/1 3/2/0 6/1/0 11/3/1 4/4/1 11/7/3 153/113/31

Usage ····X··· ·····X·X XX·o·X·· X·····X· ·····o·· ··o··X·X oX·XX·X· ·o··o·X· ·····X·o ·····o·X ·····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.