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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Monday, September 20, 2010 @Nationals Park

Astros, 72-77, 72-77 3rd, 11½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 8-8, 4.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-8)			136.1	135	85	75	63	140	17	4.95
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.2	34	18	17	21	46	5	3.50	57
2010-09-14	MIL	W	7.1	3	1	1	5	7	1	105	70
2010-09-09	LAD	W	6.0	3	2	1	4	7	1	113	63
2010-09-04	@ARI	ND	4.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	102	30
2010-08-29	@NYM	L	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	104	35
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

Has never faced WSN as starter.

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

 Home:   41-37   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  45-63   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  21-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:42-27   vsWest: 13-22 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sun, Sep 19   CIN  W   4-3       72-77  3rd 11.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18   CIN  L   1-11      71-77  3rd 12.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17   CIN  W   5-3       71-76  3rd 11.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15   MIL  L   6-8 (10)  70-76  3rd 13.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14   MIL  W   3-2       70-75  3rd 12.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13   MIL  W   4-2       69-75  3rd 13.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   LAD  W   7-4       68-75  3rd 13.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   LAD  L   3-6       67-75  3rd 14.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   LAD  L   2-4 (11)  67-74  3rd 13.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  9   LAD  W   3-2       67-73  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Nationals, 62-87, 62-87 5th, 26½ GB, 23½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (35, RHP, 10-11, 3.66)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-11)			194.0	195	82	79	61	105	13	3.66
2009 (9-12)			183.2	220	112	111	67	102	19	5.44
2008 (13-11)			180.0	257	129	121	43	67	25	6.05

Last 7 GS		2-4	42.2	53	28	28	17	25	4	5.91	42
2010-09-14	@ATL	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	118	76
2010-09-08	NYM	L	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	95	51
2010-09-03	@PIT	L	4.1	8	8	8	2	4	1	91	17
2010-08-28	STL	W	6.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	86	38
2010-08-23	CHC	L	4.1	10	7	7	4	5	1	121	16
2010-08-18	@ATL	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	94	50
2010-08-12	FLA	L	6.1	7	3	3	4	3	1	116	46

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	32.0	52	28	23	7	21	4	6.47	36
2009-07-26	@HOU	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	107	55
2007-05-27	HOU	W	9.0	11	4	3	0	2	1	114	53
2007-05-12	@HOU	L	4.0	11	8	8	1	3	2	93	10
2006-04-08	@HOU	W	6.0	12	6	4	1	4	1	110	31
2005-08-10	@HOU	L	6.0	10	7	5	4	5	0	118	29

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

 Home:   35-36   Road:   27-51   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  47-66   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  17-27
 vsEast: 26-37   vsCntrl:16-19   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sun, Sep 19  @PHI  L   6-7       62-87  5th 26.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @PHI  L   2-5       62-86  5th 25.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @PHI  L   1-9       62-85  5th 24.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15  @ATL  W   4-2       62-84  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14  @ATL  W   6-0       61-84  5th 23.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13  @ATL  L   0-4       60-84  5th 23.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   FLA  L   5-6       60-83  5th 22.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   FLA  L   1-4       60-82  5th 21.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   FLA  L   1-3       60-81  5th 21.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8   NYM  L   2-3       60-80  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 HOU  6  WSN  4        W:Matt Lindstrom (2-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 HOU  5  WSN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-7), L: John Lannan (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 HOU  8  WSN  7        W:Wilton Lopez (2-0), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 31, 2010 WSN 14 @HOU  4        W:Luis Atilano (5-1), L: Roy Oswalt (3-7), S: none

Sun, Jul 12, 2009 HOU  5  WSN  0        W:Brian Moehler (6-5), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-4), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 WSN 13 @HOU  2        W:Craig Stammen (2-4), L: Mike Hampton (5-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 HOU  6  WSN  5        W:Jeff Fulchino (3-3), L: Joe Beimel (0-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 HOU  9  WSN  4        W:Alberto Arias (2-0), L: John Lannan (6-6), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 WSN 11  HOU 10 (11)   W:Joel Hanrahan (1-1), L: LaTroy Hawkins (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 WSN  9  HOU  4        W:John Lannan (1-3), L: Wesley Wright (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 3-1; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 238-188

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

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.41

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .285

B. Wood .157

OBP

J. Morneau .437

H. Matsui .359

B. Wood .184

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

H. Pence .467

B. Wood .225

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Joyce .819

B. Wood .409

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

I. Kennedy 3.79

Z. Duke 5.68

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.69

A. Sanchez 7.02

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 46.Bisenius
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 29.Maya
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 27/.852 14/.559 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 205/174 .259/.317/.339/.656 .374/.704 .699 23/.579 0/0 1/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .200/.200/.300/.500 /.500 .600 11/.500 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/36 .237/.326/.316/.641 .583/.728 .576 18/.646 7/3 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.000 605/472 .265/.341/.346/.686 .555/.723 .681 109/.845 52/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/157 .210/.291/.295/.586 .265/.668 .613 55/.667 0/0 2/1

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/61 .226/.298/.333/.631 .717/.564 .789 16/.321 0/0 1/1

41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP 10/.200 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 105/84 .222/.267/.263/.529 .396/.561 .637 21/.396 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 311/226 .322/.350/.507/.857 .742/.900 .914 89/.855 2/0 10/15

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 524/385 .288/.353/.391/.744 .816/.717 .708 66/.747 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 17/.953 16/.321 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 596/461 .249/.290/.425/.715 .804/.689 .667 101/.793 3/3 23/7

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/201 .220/.261/.256/.517 .713/.451 .551 51/.515 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 176/92 .238/.301/.438/.739 .847/.636 .717 33/.526 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 10/1.200 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 611/473 .281/.326/.467/.793 .826/.784 .701 110/.788 18/8 24/6

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 252/178 .228/.259/.303/.562 .315/.666 .590 36/.528 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/172 .275/.305/.349/.655 .647/.658 .818 69/.668 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/110 .207/.294/.298/.592 .599/.590 .479 66/.697 0/0 2/3

IP 194.0 79.0 2.0 56.0 83.2 15.2 43.2 37.2 49.1 TOTAL .247/.303/.363/.666 .656/.670 .650 .684 93/33 101/109

ERA-K/9

3.66/4.9

3.87/6.0

4.50/0.0

2.41/9.0

2.90/10.5

6.32/4.0

2.06/8.4

3.11/7.9

3.83/7.8

4.19/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (26-15-7)
Esposito (0-0-0)
Quintero (32-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 820/.267 337/.237 10/.222 237/.234 346/.212 71/.258 168/.173 163/.239 211/.256 .267 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois
Bogusevic 0/0/144/9
0/138/0/8
127/0/0/6
35/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
25/11/1/0
2/0/1/0

OPS .705 .704 .856 .617 .637 .739 .548 .654 .675 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 382/.789 130/.775 4/.250 101/.750 157/.696 35/.805 65/.599 74/.407 80/.675 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.632 207/.661 6/1.167 136/.519 189/.589 36/.677 103/.516 89/.869 131/.676 .727

Home 430/.728 216/.709 4/.500 127/.565 157/.637 21/.807 89/.547 63/.490 119/.582

Last 28d days 106/.794 48/.491 10/.856 41/.752 47/.589 71/.739 34/.218 19/1.074 50/1.031

HR/SB/CS 13/4/8 9/8/3 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/3/1 1/1/0 5/3/0 2/3/1 2/2/0 133/69/32

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

Nationals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.46 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 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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 413/364 .255/.311/.397/.708 .845/.690 .748 94/.573 15/2 10/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 521/387 .279/.316/.416/.732 .840/.695 .728 99/.739 16/4 10/33

44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.200 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 4/.750 9/.347 ··· 31/.690 ··· 2/.000 602/429 .263/.359/.541/.899 .738/.965 .890 90/.882 0/1 35/10

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/48 .246/.271/.526/.798 .909/.771 .865 59/.798 0/1 4/1

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/96 .272/.308/.333/.641 .696/.606 .729 31/.641 0/0 0/4

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.833 4/1.500 3/1.167 ··· 19/.263 ··· 1/.000 240/221 .189/.293/.369/.662 .786/.651 .720 38/.931 4/2 9/2

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 8/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/1.117 ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 369/328 .249/.318/.331/.649 .751/.637 .637 60/.544 12/2 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/43 .141/.286/.282/.568 .724/.366 .502 30/.674 5/1 3/0

32.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .150/.227/.150/.377 .533/.321 .476 10/.650 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.971 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.250 546/404 .258/.318/.318/.636 .558/.664 .672 81/.576 33/17 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 246/163 .300/.350/.511/.861 .921/.830 .872 85/.984 0/1 11/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 168/133 .206/.244/.316/.560 .599/.549 .553 14/.857 0/0 3/5

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/45 .278/.304/.426/.729 1.455/.548 .748 24/.855 0/0 1/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 16/.867 ··· ··· 395/304 .269/.293/.347/.639 .775/.599 .694 62/.635 2/3 3/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 12/.639 4/3.000 ··· 46/1.160 ··· 1/2.000 590/448 .305/.388/.510/.898 .953/.880 .869 105/.773 4/1 25/17

IP 136.1 13.2 37.1 38.0 9.2 43.2 51.0 74.0 18.2 212.0 2.0 30.0 TOTAL .255/.321/.397/.718 .756/.705 .746 .730 104/39 137/128

ERA-K/9

4.95/9.2

2.63/5.9

3.13/6.3

4.50/7.1

4.66/3.7

5.56/8.9

4.41/7.4

3.28/6.3

3.38/8.7

2.76/7.3

9.00/13.5

6.00/7.8

4.02/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (31-10-1)
Ramos (6-1-1)
Rodriguez (36-19-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 602/.258 55/.212 163/.268 182/.304 49/.415 201/.280 230/.297 318/.236 76/.209 876/.244 14/.400 135/.297 .261 Bernadina
Maxwell
Morgan
Morse
Harris
Desmond
Gonzalez
Mench 33/24/77/9
3/15/26/3
0/127/0/2
0/0/60/2
42/2/37/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .762 .658 .765 .779 .993 .794 .781 .640 .618 .662 .900 .919 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.821 22/.468 79/.604 71/.752 21/1.113 83/.788 103/.762 143/.589 29/.401 380/.682 3/.333 34/.565 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.713 33/.787 84/.922 111/.795 28/.905 118/.792 127/.797 175/.676 47/.748 496/.646 11/1.045 101/1.040 .725

Road 274/.813 32/.669 82/.689 91/.793 17/1.167 108/.873 83/.614 137/.708 30/.500 468/.653 / 69/1.079

Last 28d days 133/.753 45/.501 21/.460 25/.708 7/1.286 26/.364 33/.722 57/.601 39/.293 140/.575 14/.900 4/.250

HR/SB/CS 17/12/5 3/0/0 3/0/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 6/2/1 5/6/1 2/5/0 2/0/0 16/8/7 0/0/0 6/1/1 127/81/41

Usage ·····X·· ····o·oX ····oo·o ·oo·o··o ·X······ ··o··o·X o·X·o·oo X·o·oX·o o·o·o·X· X·····X· ·X··o·o· ·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.