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Game Preview: HOU @ PHI, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @Citizens Bank Park

Astros, 56-69, 56-69 4th, 15½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (27, LHP, 3-2, 3.54)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			40.2	31	17	16	29	33	2	3.54
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		2-2	35.2	25	17	16	27	28	2	4.04	52
2010-08-20	@FLA	L	6.0	5	3	3	2	6	0	101	54
2010-08-15	PIT	W	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	0	100	59
2010-08-10	ATL	ND	6.1	2	1	1	4	6	0	111	67
2010-08-04	@STL	L	1.0	6	7	7	3	1	1	49	11
2010-07-30	MIL	W	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	98	70
2010-07-25	COL	ND	5.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	92	47
2010-04-15	WSN	ND	5.1	3	1	0	6	0	0	97	54

Has never faced PHI as starter.

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

 Home:   32-33   Road:   24-36   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  35-55   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:33-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Phillies, 70-55, 70-55 2nd, 2½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Roy Halladay (33, RHP, 16-8, 2.16)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (16-8)			200.0	181	54	48	25	180	14	2.16
2009 (17-10)			239.0	234	82	74	35	208	22	2.79
2008 (20-11)			246.0	220	88	76	39	206	18	2.78

Last 7 GS		6-1	52.0	44	13	12	6	52	3	2.08	66
2010-08-20	WSN	W	7.0	8	0	0	3	5	0	116	63
2010-08-14	@NYM	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	113	81
2010-08-08	NYM	W	7.0	9	5	5	1	10	0	111	48
2010-08-03	@FLA	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	108	71
2010-07-28	ARI	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	9	0	114	80
2010-07-23	COL	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	116	80
2010-07-18	@CHC	L	6.0	7	6	5	0	3	2	87	39

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	9.0	7	1	0	0	8	0	0.00	79
2010-04-11	@HOU	W	9.0	7	1	0	0	8	0	111	79

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

 Home:   42-24   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  51-39   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 25-22   vsCntrl:19-16   vsWest: 16-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 24   HOU  L   2-4 (16)  70-55  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 HOU  4 @PHI  2 (16)   W:Jeff Fulchino (1-0), L: David Herndon (1-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - PHI over 3-2; 2009 - HOU won 6-2; 2008 - PHI won 4-3; All-Time - PHI leads 282-270

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 5.37

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.41

COL 4.32

ARI 5.43

J. Jay .361

O. Hudson .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

D. Freese .361

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .642

M. Montero .467

R. Tejada .206

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.079

M. Byrd .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

R. Halladay 2.16

M. Scherzer 3.73

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

C. Carpenter 6.98

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 34.Halladay
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 11/1.000 3/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.750 4/.250 5/.600 3/2.000 183/155 .262/.322/.339/.662 .299/.726 .739 32/.859 0/0 1/6

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 69/29 .230/.319/.311/.630 .597/.678 .556 23/.499 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.571 4/.500 4/1.250 5/.800 503/395 .250/.325/.321/.647 .514/.683 .636 97/.618 42/10 1/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 145/109 .186/.276/.271/.547 .288/.635 .557 58/.568 0/0 2/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 6/1.333 4/1.500 9/1.000 ··· 85/67 .247/.282/.296/.579 .284/.657 .776 13/.916 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 229/164 .340/.367/.507/.874 .713/.935 .984 100/.923 2/0 6/10

45.Lee G/S/vP 25/1.099 23/.920 7/.429 24/.568 1/.000 8/.536 5/1.400 16/1.113 9/1.015 499/384 .247/.293/.411/.703 .782/.680 .658 96/.794 3/3 17/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 225/173 .212/.259/.251/.510 .825/.417 .511 16/.481 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 8/.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 6/.167 5/1.600 4/1.167 150/80 .252/.300/.475/.775 .852/.703 .704 43/.872 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.453 2/1.000 7/.453 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 508/391 .285/.329/.469/.798 .932/.758 .686 106/.926 16/7 19/4

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 219/162 .221/.257/.303/.560 .303/.651 .576 37/.356 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 183/122 .265/.294/.329/.623 .615/.627 .734 103/.576 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 73/53 .200/.288/.231/.518 .683/.456 .574 73/.518 0/0 0/1

IP 200.0 42.0 43.0 53.1 43.1 143.1 30.1 33.2 28.0 TOTAL .245/.302/.359/.662 .661/.662 .640 .692 80/28 83/93

ERA-K/9

2.16/8.1

5.14/4.9

3.35/9.6

3.71/8.1

4.57/4.6

4.58/4.5

3.86/11.3

3.48/11.8

3.86/7.4

3.86/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (16-11-4)
Quintero (30-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 794/.241 191/.306 181/.264 226/.249 190/.320 609/.278 129/.221 143/.241 132/.204 .257 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/114/0/8
0/0/120/8
110/0/0/6
28/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
12/8/1/0

OPS .620 .872 .717 .734 .791 .809 .714 .650 .680 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 381/.693 74/.990 75/.878 91/.901 60/.826 296/.946 66/.738 65/.632 74/.555 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.551 117/.797 106/.616 135/.621 130/.776 313/.682 63/.688 78/.665 58/.856 .691

Home 468/.598 104/.865 91/.657 118/.663 89/.693 281/.854 86/.714 73/.521 79/.649

Last 28d days 115/.606 24/.766 38/.645 55/.878 38/.623 124/.803 39/.454 67/.503 29/1.039

HR/SB/CS 14/9/4 5/4/1 3/5/1 6/2/1 1/2/1 22/3/4 5/5/0 3/4/0 3/1/0 132/74/23

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

Phillies Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.70 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 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 46/.589 1/1 2/1

10.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/84 .252/.323/.415/.738 .826/.651 .844 38/.823 6/0 4/0

6.Howard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.347 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 2/.000 3/.000 471/306 .284/.346/.509/.855 .818/.876 .841 29/.175 1/1 23/11

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.133 11/1.545 2/.000 5/1.467 1/no AB 6/.334 491/347 .264/.348/.428/.777 .619/.845 .804 104/.819 3/3 12/1

27.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 9/.476 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 446/318 .317/.352/.419/.771 .662/.813 .749 108/.742 3/0 6/4

11.Rollins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 6/.933 2/.000 4/1.000 307/214 .249/.336/.387/.722 .750/.710 .792 113/.713 15/1 6/5

51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 322/228 .291/.385/.435/.820 .968/.761 .817 90/.903 0/1 6/6

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 45/.619 113/100 .214/.306/.357/.663 .258/.714 .608 14/.220 0/0 3/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 148/81 .256/.324/.421/.745 .607/.863 .735 38/.580 2/0 6/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.775 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.666 349/242 .274/.381/.449/.830 .937/.785 .978 33/.649 5/1 11/10

21.Valdez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 284/204 .244/.277/.350/.627 .557/.653 .600 70/.662 4/0 4/3

8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 3/.333 8/1.125 1/.000 7/.143 488/348 .253/.316/.435/.751 .968/.672 .757 47/.766 24/3 15/2

28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 9/.666 511/361 .301/.391/.519/.910 .810/.950 1.014 105/.910 8/3 16/2

IP 40.2 4.0 32.2 33.1 39.1 60.0 10.2 178.0 TOTAL .258/.327/.411/.738 .729/.741 .764 .708 73/16 123/76

ERA-K/9

3.54/7.3

4.50/9.0

3.58/5.8

5.13/7.8

6.18/8.7

3.45/6.2

5.06/8.4

3.08/7.0

4.24/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ruiz (48-15-4)
Schneider (22-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.215 17/.250 146/.286 160/.307 184/.294 261/.241 50/.295 736/.249 .268 Victorino
Ibanez
Werth
Francisco
Brown
Oswalt 0/108/0/6
111/0/0/4
0/19/103/4
19/1/16/3
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .646 .919 .806 .794 .833 .648 .837 .678 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.506 4/.250 66/.633 58/.771 78/.807 113/.670 22/.540 323/.684 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.682 13/1.077 80/.952 102/.807 106/.847 148/.630 28/1.047 413/.673 .746

Road 59/.858 12/1.000 72/.794 83/.824 100/.896 119/.754 20/.713 385/.672

Last 28d days 108/.611 12/1.000 35/.696 35/.923 46/.676 61/.467 31/.739 135/.708

HR/SB/CS 2/0/3 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/3/0 6/1/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 105/69/37

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