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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, August 29, 2010 @Citi Field

Astros, 59-70, 59-70 4th, 15 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 6-7, 5.03)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-7)			112.2	113	72	63	48	116	13	5.03
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		4-0	44.2	34	18	17	15	43	6	3.43	58
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
2010-07-28	CHC	W	6.0	4	1	0	3	7	0	86	66
2010-07-23	CIN	ND	6.0	4	4	4	3	5	1	88	50

Last 5 v.NYM		1-0	7.0	2	2	2	2	4	0	2.57	67
2010-08-19	NYM	W	7.0	2	2	2	2	4	0	123	67

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

 Home:   32-33   Road:   27-37   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  37-56   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:33-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 28  @NYM  W   4-1       59-70  4th 15.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @NYM  L   1-2       58-70  4th 16.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26  @PHI  W   5-1       58-69  4th 15.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25  @PHI  W   3-2       57-69  4th 15.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24  @PHI  W   4-2 (16)  56-69  4th 15.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 23  @PHI  W   3-2       55-69  4th 16.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22  @FLA  W   2-1       54-69  4th 17.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21  @FLA  L   3-6       53-69  4th 17.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 20  @FLA  L   0-9       53-68  4th 17.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 19   NYM  W   3-2       53-67  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Mets, 64-65, 64-65 4th, 10 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (35, RHP, 8-5, 2.64)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-5)			126.1	117	43	37	31	85	9	2.64
2009 (1-1)			64.1	74	34	33	30	42	8	4.62
2008 (5-8)			112.1	124	65	65	51	58	15	5.21

Last 7 GS		2-1	47.1	39	15	13	9	31	4	2.47	60
2010-08-24	FLA	ND	7.0	10	5	5	0	8	1	110	45
2010-08-18	@HOU	ND	8.1	9	2	2	1	6	1	119	62
2010-08-13	PHI	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	105	91
2010-08-08	@PHI	L	3.0	8	6	4	1	0	2	60	22
2010-08-03	@ATL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	103	52
2010-07-29	STL	W	8.1	4	0	0	2	2	0	118	75
2010-07-25	@LAD	ND	5.2	2	0	0	0	6	0	70	71

Last 5 v.HOU		0-0	8.1	9	2	2	1	6	1	2.16	62
2010-08-18	@HOU	ND	8.1	9	2	2	1	6	1	119	62

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

 Home:   38-25   Road:   26-40   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  46-50   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  19-26
 vsEast: 23-28   vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest: 14-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 28   HOU  L   1-4       64-65  4th 10.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27   HOU  W   2-1       64-64  4th  9.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26   FLA  L   4-11      63-64  4th 10.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25   FLA  L   4-5       63-63  4th  9.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24   FLA  W   6-5       63-62  3rd  9.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @PIT  L   1-2       62-62  4th 11.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @PIT  W   5-1  (5)  62-61  4th 10.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @PIT  W   7-2       61-61  4th 11.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @HOU  L   2-3       60-61  4th 11.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @HOU  W   3-2 (14)  60-60  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 HOU  4 @NYM  1        W:Brett Myers (10-7), L: Johan Santana (10-9), S: Brandon Lyon (9)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 NYM  2  HOU  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (13-7), L: Nelson Figueroa (3-2), S: Hisanori Takahashi (2)
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 HOU  3  NYM  2        W:Bud Norris (6-7), L: Pat Misch (0-2), S: Brandon Lyon (5)
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 NYM  3 @HOU  2 (14)   W:Elmer Dessens (3-1), L: Gustavo Chacin (1-2), S: Manny Acosta (1)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 HOU  4  NYM  3        W:Mark Melancon (1-0), L: Johan Santana (10-7), S: Wilton Lopez (1)
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 NYM  3 @HOU  1        W:Pedro Feliciano (3-6), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-4), S: Hisanori Takahashi (1)

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 NYM  4  HOU  0        W:Nelson Figueroa (3-8), L: Wilton Lopez (0-2), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 NYM  5  HOU  1        W:Pat Misch (3-4), L: Yorman Bazardo (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35)
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 NYM  7  HOU  1        W:John Maine (7-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (14-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 NYM  8 @HOU  3        W:Livan Hernandez (7-5), L: Brian Moehler (7-6), S: Sean Green (1)
Season Series: 2010 - tied 3-3; 2009 - NYM won 5-1; 2008 - HOU won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 301-252

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 5.39

DET 4.45

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.46

CIN 4.33

ARI 5.39

J. Hamilton .357

J. Reyes .287

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .360

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .646

C. Santana .467

R. Tejada .207

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.082

S. Smith .813

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Hanson 3.76

B. Bergesen 5.55

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

R. Wells 6.98

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Astros Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 36.Acosta
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 18.Igarashi
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 7/1.429 5/.400 16/1.411 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 184/155 .260/.321/.337/.658 .288/.726 .730 33/.832 0/0 1/6

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 77/32 .246/.325/.319/.644 .621/.677 .587 31/.566 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.500 3/.000 1/.000 9/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 521/407 .254/.329/.330/.659 .534/.694 .662 102/.706 44/11 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 152/115 .191/.276/.279/.556 .280/.646 .572 61/.570 0/0 2/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 98/79 .234/.265/.277/.542 .377/.581 .661 25/.624 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 245/177 .335/.363/.500/.863 .680/.932 .952 105/.812 2/0 6/10

45.Lee G/S/vP 11/1.818 3/.000 9/1.127 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 515/396 .249/.293/.422/.715 .818/.685 .685 104/.867 3/3 19/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 233/177 .218/.263/.256/.519 .838/.419 .527 24/.577 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 5/.200 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 151/80 .257/.305/.479/.783 .869/.703 .720 35/.576 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.500 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 525/402 .284/.326/.467/.793 .902/.760 .684 114/.885 16/7 20/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 226/166 .228/.262/.307/.569 .288/.672 .593 38/.506 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 195/130 .265/.296/.331/.628 .597/.644 .730 102/.626 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 83/63 .187/.265/.213/.478 .683/.414 .491 77/.490 0/0 0/1

IP 126.1 26.1 31.0 46.1 21.2 27.1 105.0 TOTAL .246/.302/.361/.663 .661/.663 .643 .676 82/29 87/96

ERA-K/9

2.64/6.1

2.73/9.6

2.32/3.5

3.30/8.6

7.48/7.1

2.96/9.6

4.03/8.5

3.69/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (18-11-4)
Quintero (30-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 517/.245 102/.218 130/.259 218/.309 98/.265 114/.271 450/.258 .261 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/0/124/9
0/118/0/8
113/0/0/6
29/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
14/8/1/0

OPS .640 .662 .754 .786 .803 .599 .731 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.622 25/.544 38/.828 100/.618 36/.681 42/.658 109/.551 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.653 77/.701 92/.721 118/.933 62/.877 72/.564 341/.791 .730

Home 202/.573 53/.829 64/.728 101/.660 45/.554 51/.577 214/.673

Last 28d days 140/.698 37/.738 15/1.038 27/.935 9/.667 37/.541 43/.429

HR/SB/CS 9/9/2 3/0/3 2/0/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 12/3/3 108/44/22

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

Mets Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.60 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 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.400 3/.666 42/.881 160/127 .218/.331/.323/.655 .889/.589 .766 95/.645 1/1 2/0

4.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.258 123/86 .241/.293/.339/.632 .446/.714 .744 25/.408 1/0 2/1

23.Carter* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 120/120 .263/.300/.395/.695 /.695 .649 30/.831 0/2 3/0

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 5/.800 ··· 45/.415 267/189 .239/.337/.275/.612 .602/.615 .584 46/.653 7/2 0/1

29.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 6/.733 464/361 .250/.334/.422/.756 .769/.752 .834 86/.729 2/1 15/6

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 5/.200 5/.600 2/.000 45/.639 438/330 .234/.292/.369/.661 .782/.622 .628 74/.676 8/2 11/3

3.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

19.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 36/16 .167/.306/.367/.672 .829/.466 .679 23/.661 0/0 1/0

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· 9/.000 505/373 .294/.349/.450/.798 .656/.846 .875 102/.558 31/7 10/4

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/1.800 ··· 48/.886 510/367 .287/.323/.423/.747 .743/.762 .801 97/.782 28/7 8/12

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.100 172/130 .172/.274/.207/.481 .599/.439 .518 50/.318 1/2 0/4

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 124/111 .297/.371/.360/.731 .490/.758 .616 68/.682 1/0 1/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/.625 2/2.500 42/.933 545/423 .297/.367/.507/.874 1.130/.802 .947 96/.767 18/9 21/16

IP 112.2 5.0 33.1 33.1 40.1 63.0 12.0 185.0 TOTAL .248/.314/.379/.692 .702/.690 .726 .633 114/35 96/74

ERA-K/9

5.03/9.3

3.60/7.2

3.51/5.7

5.13/7.8

6.02/8.7

3.29/6.3

4.50/8.2

2.97/7.1

4.15/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (11-11-2)
Thole (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.261 22/.286 148/.281 160/.307 188/.288 271/.235 53/.277 764/.248 .266 Francoeur
Pagan
Beltran
Carter 0/0/115/10
25/82/14/8
0/37/0/1
11/0/6/0

OPS .754 .890 .795 .794 .822 .630 .786 .674 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.786 6/.533 68/.613 58/.771 81/.792 121/.640 24/.492 339/.678 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.730 16/1.000 80/.952 102/.807 107/.839 150/.621 29/1.009 425/.671 .742

Road 222/.767 17/.941 74/.771 83/.824 104/.874 129/.707 23/.611 413/.665

Last 28d days 134/.655 17/.941 33/.593 35/.923 50/.646 64/.444 34/.668 163/.684

HR/SB/CS 13/11/4 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/3/0 6/1/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 106/71/37

Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· o··oXX·· ····o··X ··o·X··· o··X·oX· ·o·oX··X 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.