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Game Preview: HOU @ PHI, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @Citizens Bank Park

Astros, 55-69, 55-69 4th, 16½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 6-7, 5.23)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-7)			106.2	108	71	62	45	112	13	5.23
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.1	38	24	20	14	43	6	4.15	53
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
2010-07-17	@PIT	L	4.2	9	7	4	2	4	0	98	26

Last 5 v.PHI		1-1	8.2	12	5	5	4	9	2	5.19	46
2010-04-09	PHI	L	2.2	6	3	3	4	3	0	82	33
2009-09-06	PHI	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	2	80	58

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

 Home:   32-33   Road:   23-36   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  35-55   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:33-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
119 Wed, Aug 18   NYM  L   2-3 (14)  52-67  4th 16.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 17   NYM  W   4-3       52-66  4th 15.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 16   NYM  L   1-3       51-66  4th 15.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 15   PIT  W   8-2       51-65  4th 15.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 14   PIT  W   3-2       50-65  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Phillies, 70-54, 70-54 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Cole Hamels (26, LHP, 7-10, 3.51)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-10)			159.0	149	65	62	49	162	23	3.51
2009 (10-11)			193.2	206	95	93	43	168	24	4.32
2008 (14-10)			227.1	193	89	78	53	196	28	3.09

Last 7 GS		0-3	47.0	39	15	15	10	55	4	2.87	62
2010-08-19	SFG	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	1	86	37
2010-08-13	@NYM	L	8.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	105	74
2010-08-07	NYM	L	7.0	6	1	1	0	11	1	99	72
2010-08-01	@WSN	ND	7.0	6	4	4	0	10	1	107	59
2010-07-27	ARI	ND	5.0	6	3	3	4	8	1	108	47
2010-07-22	@STL	ND	8.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	97	86
2010-07-17	@CHC	ND	7.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	111	61

Last 5 v.HOU		2-2	29.2	41	22	22	6	22	3	6.67	41
2009-09-28	HOU	L	6.2	9	6	6	3	5	0	103	34
2009-09-06	@HOU	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	114	44
2008-05-25	@HOU	ND	4.0	7	6	6	1	0	1	84	23
2007-07-04	@HOU	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	8	1	115	65
2007-04-14	HOU	W	6.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	110	37

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

 Home:   42-23   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  51-38   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 25-22   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 16-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Mon, Aug 23   HOU  L   2-3       70-54  2nd  2.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22   WSN  W   6-0       70-53  2nd  2.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21   WSN  L   1-8       69-53  2nd  2.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 20   WSN  W   1-0       69-52  2nd  2.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 19   SFG  L   2-5       68-52  2nd  2.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 18   SFG  W   8-2       68-51  2nd  2.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 17   SFG  W   9-3       67-51  2nd  2.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 15  @NYM  W   3-1       66-51  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14  @NYM  W   4-0       65-51  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13  @NYM  L   0-1       64-51  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 HOU  3 @PHI  2        W:Brett Myers (9-7), L: Ryan Madson (4-2), S: Brandon Lyon (7)
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 PHI  2 @HOU  1        W:Roy Halladay (2-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 PHI  9 @HOU  6        W:Jamie Moyer (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 PHI  8 @HOU  0        W:J.A. Happ (1-0), L: Bud Norris (0-1), S: none

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 HOU  5 @PHI  3        W:Felipe Paulino (3-11), L: Cliff Lee (14-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 PHI 10  HOU  3        W:Kyle Kendrick (3-1), L: Brian Moehler (8-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 PHI  7  HOU  4        W:J.A. Happ (12-4), L: Wilton Lopez (0-1), S: Ryan Madson (10)
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 HOU  8 @PHI  2        W:Yorman Bazardo (1-2), L: Cole Hamels (10-10), S: none
Mon, Sep 07, 2009 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Wesley Wright (3-2), L: Chan Ho Park (3-3), S: Jose Valverde (22)
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 HOU  4  PHI  3        W:Bud Norris (4-3), L: Cole Hamels (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Season Series: 2010 - PHI over 3-1; 2009 - HOU won 6-2; 2008 - PHI won 4-3; All-Time - PHI leads 282-269

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 5.32

SDP 4.44

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.44

TOR 4.31

ARI 5.43

J. Jay .363

J. Buck .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

L. Scott .359

B. Wood .180

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

G. Sanchez .465

B. Wood .219

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.080

R. Hernandez .817

B. Wood .399

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.06

M. Scherzer 3.73

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

R. Wells 7.01

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Astros Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
G/S/vB 55.Baez
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 57.Herndon
G/S/vB 38.Kendrick
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 16.Romero*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.750 3/.333 5/.600 3/2.000 182/154 .263/.324/.341/.665 .299/.731 .748 31/.887 0/0 1/6

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/29 .233/.324/.317/.640 .613/.678 .569 23/.685 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/1.571 3/.666 3/1.667 4/.500 496/392 .252/.328/.324/.652 .515/.688 .647 95/.638 42/10 1/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/105 .190/.277/.278/.554 .288/.648 .572 59/.607 0/0 2/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 6/1.333 4/1.500 8/.875 ··· 84/66 .238/.274/.288/.561 .284/.636 .745 16/.732 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 222/160 .330/.356/.502/.858 .681/.924 .959 98/.878 2/0 6/10

45.Lee G/S/vP 18/.634 23/.920 7/.429 23/.594 1/.000 8/.536 5/1.400 16/1.113 9/1.015 495/383 .247/.293/.406/.699 .756/.682 .647 96/.849 3/3 16/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/169 .214/.263/.255/.518 .879/.415 .526 9/.661 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.572 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 5/1.600 4/1.167 143/76 .254/.294/.485/.779 .861/.704 .705 37/.883 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 7/.453 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 501/387 .283/.325/.469/.794 .926/.756 .675 104/.939 15/7 19/4

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 216/162 .224/.260/.307/.568 .321/.651 .592 34/.388 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 176/118 .276/.306/.344/.649 .649/.650 .810 101/.609 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/50 .190/.271/.222/.494 .683/.418 .527 70/.494 0/0 0/1

IP 159.0 41.0 42.0 51.2 40.1 143.1 29.1 32.2 27.2 TOTAL .246/.302/.360/.663 .663/.663 .641 .716 79/28 82/91

ERA-K/9

3.51/9.2

5.27/4.8

3.43/9.9

3.83/8.4

4.46/4.5

4.58/4.5

3.99/11.1

3.58/11.8

3.90/7.1

3.88/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (16-11-4)
Quintero (29-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 665/.247 188/.312 177/.258 220/.254 176/.323 609/.278 126/.227 138/.234 130/.198 .258 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/0/119/8
0/113/0/8
110/0/0/6
27/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
12/8/1/0

OPS .732 .887 .710 .743 .797 .809 .733 .644 .674 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.640 73/1.005 74/.860 91/.901 55/.851 296/.946 63/.778 62/.630 73/.534 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.756 115/.813 103/.614 129/.631 121/.773 313/.682 63/.688 76/.656 57/.875 .692

Home 355/.736 101/.894 87/.640 112/.676 75/.690 281/.854 83/.742 68/.500 77/.639

Last 28d days 107/.689 21/.879 34/.600 49/.932 24/.572 124/.803 36/.494 62/.478 27/1.044

HR/SB/CS 23/9/5 5/4/1 3/5/1 6/2/1 1/2/1 22/3/4 5/5/0 3/4/0 3/1/0 131/73/23

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

Phillies Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.72 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

9.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 50/36 .239/.240/.413/.653 .148/.851 .916 50/.653 1/1 2/1

10.Francisco G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 164/84 .253/.325/.418/.743 .838/.651 .858 37/.847 6/0 4/0

6.Howard* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 ··· 3/.000 464/301 .289/.351/.518/.869 .829/.891 .868 27/.228 1/1 23/11

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 6/1.133 10/1.375 1/.000 5/1.467 ··· 6/.334 484/342 .263/.347/.425/.772 .606/.845 .796 102/.840 3/3 12/1

27.Polanco G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.476 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 438/311 .317/.349/.420/.769 .657/.814 .745 105/.717 3/0 6/4

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 6/.933 ··· 4/1.000 299/207 .252/.338/.382/.719 .743/.709 .791 105/.705 15/0 5/5

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 316/223 .297/.389/.443/.832 .979/.773 .841 88/1.001 0/1 6/6

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 45/.619 111/98 .219/.312/.365/.677 .258/.730 .630 12/.258 0/0 3/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 147/80 .258/.327/.424/.751 .607/.875 .743 37/.597 2/0 6/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 9/.873 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 341/236 .273/.378/.451/.829 .957/.775 .984 25/.593 5/1 11/10

21.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 283/204 .245/.278/.351/.629 .564/.653 .606 73/.652 4/0 4/3

8.Victorino# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 2/.000 8/1.125 ··· 7/.143 481/342 .253/.312/.437/.749 .976/.666 .753 40/.746 23/3 15/2

28.Werth G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.666 504/356 .301/.393/.522/.915 .807/.959 1.028 102/.982 8/3 16/2

IP 106.2 2.0 31.2 32.2 37.1 60.0 7.2 178.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.412/.740 .731/.744 .769 .726 72/15 122/76

ERA-K/9

5.23/9.4

9.00/4.5

3.69/6.0

5.23/7.7

6.51/8.7

3.45/6.2

7.04/8.2

3.08/7.0

4.29/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ruiz (47-15-4)
Schneider (22-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.263 10/.333 142/.290 157/.307 175/.305 261/.241 37/.333 736/.249 .269 Victorino
Werth
Ibanez
Francisco
Brown 0/107/0/6
0/19/102/4
110/0/0/4
19/1/16/3
0/0/11/1

OPS .764 1.400 .810 .789 .853 .648 .954 .678 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.806 1/ 65/.643 56/.742 73/.828 113/.670 13/.580 323/.684 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.735 9/1.333 77/.951 101/.816 102/.867 148/.630 24/1.144 413/.673 .749

Road 196/.793 5/2.000 68/.801 80/.816 91/.938 119/.754 7/1.171 385/.672

Last 28d days 133/.639 10/1.400 31/.707 32/.910 37/.736 64/.478 18/.922 135/.708

HR/SB/CS 13/10/4 2/0/0 3/0/0 2/3/0 6/1/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 104/68/36

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