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Game Preview: HOU @ LAD, 10:10pm, Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @Dodger Stadium

Astros, 13-25, 13-256th, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 2-4, 6.03)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			34.1	38	26	23	20	41	2	6.03
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		2-4	34.1	38	26	23	20	41	2	6.03	45
2010-05-13	@STL	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	99	74
2010-05-07	SDP	L	4.0	5	5	4	3	7	2	94	38
2010-05-02	@ATL	L	4.2	8	7	7	4	3	0	96	19
2010-04-27	CIN	L	5.0	6	5	5	4	6	0	95	37
2010-04-21	FLA	ND	5.0	3	4	3	2	5	0	86	50
2010-04-15	@STL	W	5.0	4	1	0	3	9	0	106	63
2010-04-09	PHI	L	2.2	6	3	3	4	3	0	82	33

Has never faced LAD as starter.

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

 Home:    7-15   Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  11-21   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  2-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 17  @LAD  L   2-6       13-25  6th  9.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 16  @SFG  L   3-4       13-24  6th  8.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15  @SFG  L   1-2       13-23  6th  7.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 14  @SFG  L   2-8       13-22  6th  7.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 13  @STL  W   4-1       13-21  6th  6.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 12  @STL  W   9-6       12-21  6th  7.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 11  @STL  W   6-3       11-21  6th  8.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  9   SDP  W   4-3 (11)  10-21  6th  9.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  8   SDP  L   1-2        9-21  6th  9.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  7   SDP  L   0-7        9-20  6th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:13-17

Dodgers, 21-17, 21-173rd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (35, RHP, 4-1, 2.66)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-1)			47.1	47	21	14	13	37	3	2.66
2009 (8-7)			117.1	110	59	49	24	87	12	3.76
2008 (9-10)			183.1	181	85	76	42	116	13	3.73

Last 7 GS		4-1	47.1	47	21	14	13	37	3	2.66	55
2010-05-12	@ARI	W	7.1	6	3	2	1	9	0	105	64
2010-05-07	COL	ND	5.1	9	5	4	5	3	0	96	30
2010-05-02	PIT	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	96	70
2010-04-27	@NYM	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	87	55
2010-04-21	@CIN	W	5.2	7	6	3	2	4	2	103	39
2010-04-15	ARI	ND	7.0	10	3	2	0	7	0	106	54
2010-04-09	@FLA	W	8.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	100	76

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	18.2	13	4	4	6	7	1	1.93	59
2009-07-19	HOU	ND	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	92	40
2008-07-02	@HOU	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	83	67
2008-05-11	HOU	ND	6.2	1	1	1	3	5	0	96	70

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

 Home:   11-6    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-10   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest: 12-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 17   HOU  W   6-2       21-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 16  @SDP  W   1-0       20-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15  @SDP  W   4-1       19-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 14  @SDP  W   4-3       18-17  3rd  4.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 12  @ARI  W   6-3       17-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 11  @ARI  W  13-3       16-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 10  @ARI  W   7-3       15-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  9   COL  W   2-0       14-17  4th  5.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  8   COL  L   0-8       13-17  5th  6.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  7   COL  W   6-5       13-16  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 LAD  4 @HOU  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (4-6), L: Runelvys Hernandez (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - LAD leads 1-0; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 376-312

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 5.76

ATL 4.50

HOU 2.95

RA/G

SDP 2.92

DET 4.53

PIT 6.21

D. Pedroia .290

R. Weeks .250

OBP

D. Pedroia .367

R. Weeks .355

SLG

D. Pedroia .535

M. Scutaro .346

OPS

D. Pedroia .902

M. Scutaro .709

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

C. Sabathia 3.71

R. Rowland-Smith 7.62

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.85

M. Latos 6.65

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Astros Batters (2.95 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 48.Ely
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 37.Monasterios
G/S/vB 35.Ortiz
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/5.000 5/.933 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 15/1.012 1/.000 2/.000 22/.662 100/89 .244/.350/.453/.803 .473/.846 1.031 96/.805 0/1 4/0

27.Blum# G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/no AB 10/.933 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 14/.665 67/59 .308/.328/.369/.698 .393/.736 .655 37/.740 0/0 0/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 152/129 .286/.367/.353/.720 .586/.741 .731 104/.700 14/4 0/1

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 15/12 .067/.067/.133/.200 1.000/.000 .375 15/.200 0/0 0/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.167 10/.400 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 22/.656 134/110 .224/.246/.304/.550 .746/.508 .417 82/.572 1/1 1/4

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 123/93 .261/.322/.342/.665 .880/.599 .784 79/.557 1/0 0/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 5/2.400 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 25/.280 2/1.000 2/.000 24/.555 150/124 .193/.240/.293/.533 .591/.520 .386 97/.685 1/2 3/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/82 .178/.242/.233/.476 .610/.444 .343 66/.500 0/1 1/6

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/1.429 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.167 74/71 .149/.208/.164/.373 .000/.389 .229 51/.451 1/1 0/1

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 33/15 .188/.212/.406/.618 .556/.695 .445 20/.255 0/0 2/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.583 1/3.000 4/.500 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 140/118 .248/.264/.416/.680 .794/.659 .663 91/.791 2/3 6/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 69/61 .239/.261/.299/.559 .000/.634 .418 50/.627 0/0 1/0

18.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.700 ··· 2/no AB ··· 11/1.100 ··· ··· 19/1.062 37/35 .200/.243/.257/.500 .000/.530 .667 24/.606 0/0 0/0

IP 47.1 10.1 15.2 25.2 7.1 20.2 26.2 13.0 19.2 8.2 TOTAL .227/.274/.320/.594 .621/.589 .557 .618 20/13 19/30

ERA-K/9

2.66/7.0

6.10/5.2

1.15/13.2

3.51/8.8

2.45/9.9

2.18/4.8

5.40/6.7

6.92/6.9

3.66/5.9

4.15/6.2

4.35/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (6-0-1)
Quintero (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.257 46/.231 60/.207 101/.219 28/.120 87/.250 116/.270 68/.288 83/.230 36/.200 .249 Bourn
Lee
Pence
Sullivan
Michaels 0/35/0/7
37/0/0/3
0/0/35/2
7/1/2/0
6/4/1/0

OPS .658 .641 .457 .521 .339 .686 .821 .937 .611 .619 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.674 17/.855 34/.353 43/.518 10/.100 43/.693 55/1.111 28/.467 31/.469 10/.443 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.646 29/.519 26/.599 58/.522 18/.458 44/.680 61/.576 40/1.297 52/.696 26/.671 .685

Home 88/.725 16/.350 33/.485 49/.367 9/.000 49/.904 58/.797 34/.838 35/.791 15/.702

Last 28d days 139/.693 46/.641 41/.568 101/.521 28/.339 65/.607 76/.771 41/.823 53/.612 13/.237

HR/SB/CS 3/5/0 0/0/0 0/3/1 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 27/21/8

Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·X ·ooo·X·· X·····X· ·o·X·o·o ······X· ···X··o· o··o··o· X·o····o o··o··o·

Dodgers Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 9/.111 1/.000 1/.000 9/2.223 13/.840 ··· 62/42 .136/.161/.237/.399 .100/.524 .161 35/.371 0/0 1/0

3.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.500 3/.666 19/.485 5/1.400 62/41 .296/.371/.463/.834 .638/.939 .563 40/.600 0/1 1/3

23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 139/104 .233/.321/.400/.721 .576/.772 .651 92/.593 0/1 3/6

14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 10/.311 ··· 103/75 .282/.388/.318/.706 .549/.763 .692 83/.711 2/0 0/3

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 116/93 .275/.362/.373/.735 .824/.711 .855 73/.755 0/0 0/2

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .250/.333/.333/.667 .667/.667 1.100 8/.250 0/0 0/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/1.000 8/.393 5/.400 140/104 .392/.457/.744/1.201 1.007/1.268 1.383 95/1.263 0/0 11/0

21.Green G/S/vP ··· 5/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.715 66/28 .242/.250/.355/.605 .714/.454 .379 42/.577 1/1 0/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.429 11/1.355 5/.400 175/130 .277/.349/.497/.845 .675/.906 .951 111/.701 6/7 8/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.550 7/.786 7/1.714 165/117 .307/.345/.464/.810 .649/.876 .962 106/.890 5/1 4/1

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 10/.733 8/.250 152/114 .265/.351/.379/.730 .558/.787 .541 104/.662 2/1 4/4

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 17/.567 1/5.000 ··· 6/1.667 24/.713 1/.000 86/76 .358/.477/.537/1.014 .929/1.024 1.279 42/.870 0/1 2/0

IP 34.1 3.1 12.2 17.1 16.1 54.0 16.0 TOTAL .272/.344/.425/.768 .635/.817 .796 .722 27/14 34/30

ERA-K/9

6.03/10.8

0.00/5.5

4.97/11.3

1.56/7.3

4.41/5.5

3.67/6.5

1.13/4.5

4.11/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ellis (6-0-1)
Martin (15-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.284 16/.333 54/.265 70/.262 67/.222 229/.287 63/.211 .268 Ethier
Anderson
Kemp
Ramirez
Johnson 0/0/30/1
8/0/5/1
0/38/0/0
19/0/0/0
19/1/8/0

OPS .797 .708 .771 .643 .650 .768 .572 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.830 3/1.333 24/.833 30/.466 27/.713 95/.892 25/.345 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.776 13/.558 30/.720 40/.770 40/.609 134/.681 38/.716 .722

Road 75/.724 6/.667 20/1.067 22/.465 26/1.025 114/.664 34/.555

Last 28d days 120/.779 16/.708 35/.493 44/.633 37/.395 144/.773 33/.563

HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 6/4/3 0/0/0 27/24/9

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ···X··o· ····Xoo· X·····o· ·X····X· o·o··Xo·

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.