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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @Nationals Park

Astros, 73-77, 73-77 3rd, 11½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (27, LHP, 6-2, 3.24)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-2)			72.1	58	27	26	37	57	7	3.24
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		4-1	43.2	35	15	15	14	35	5	3.09	57
2010-09-15	MIL	ND	4.1	7	5	5	2	5	2	97	32
2010-09-10	LAD	ND	5.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	102	52
2010-09-05	@ARI	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	2	107	62
2010-08-30	STL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	114	86
2010-08-25	@PHI	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	104	57
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

Last 5 v.WSN		1-0	10.2	6	4	3	9	5	1	2.53	53
2010-04-15	WSN	ND	5.1	3	1	0	6	0	0	97	54
2009-05-29	WSN	W	5.1	3	3	3	3	5	1	96	52

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

 Home:   41-37   Road:   32-40   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  46-63   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  21-16
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:42-27   vsWest: 13-22 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 20  @WSN  W   8-2       73-77  3rd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Nationals, 62-88, 62-88 5th, 27½ GB, 23½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (25, LHP, 8-7, 4.61)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			130.2	162	75	67	47	65	12	4.61
2009 (9-13)			206.1	210	100	89	68	89	22	3.88
2008 (9-15)			182.0	172	89	79	72	117	23	3.91

Last 7 GS		5-2	44.2	46	16	15	9	36	4	3.02	55
2010-09-15	@ATL	W	6.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	99	51
2010-09-10	FLA	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	6	1	109	51
2010-09-04	@PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	109	69
2010-08-29	STL	W	7.2	8	1	1	0	4	0	93	63
2010-08-24	CHC	L	5.0	7	5	4	0	3	2	83	38
2010-08-19	@ATL	W	5.1	7	2	2	1	5	0	105	50
2010-08-13	ARI	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	102	65

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	28.1	40	18	14	11	9	2	4.45	41
2010-06-02	@HOU	L	6.1	8	5	2	2	2	1	99	43
2009-07-09	@HOU	L	5.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	97	26
2009-05-04	HOU	W	6.0	9	4	3	2	0	0	92	38
2008-05-08	@HOU	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	93	56
2007-08-23	@HOU	W	5.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	85	42

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

 Home:   35-37   Road:   27-51   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  47-67   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  17-27
 vsEast: 26-37   vsCntrl:16-20   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 20   HOU  L   2-8       62-88  5th 27.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 HOU  8 @WSN  2        W:Bud Norris (9-8), L: Livan Hernandez (10-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 4-1; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 239-188

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 5.33

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.40

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

O. Vizquel .285

B. Wood .159

OBP

J. Morneau .437

D. Murphy .360

B. Wood .190

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

B. Butler .469

B. Wood .227

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

N. Walker .821

B. Wood .417

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

S. Marcum 3.77

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.69

C. Carpenter 7.05

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Astros Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
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 3/1.667 14/.559 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 209/178 .259/.316/.352/.668 .374/.717 .722 26/.709 0/0 2/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .286/.286/.429/.714 /.714 .889 15/.714 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/41 .222/.308/.296/.604 .583/.631 .527 22/.523 7/3 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 13/.641 ··· ··· 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.000 605/472 .265/.341/.346/.686 .555/.723 .681 102/.887 52/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/157 .210/.291/.295/.586 .265/.668 .613 51/.695 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 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 106/85 .220/.264/.260/.524 .396/.555 .626 21/.296 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 315/230 .321/.349/.507/.856 .742/.897 .910 86/.808 2/0 10/15

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 16/.900 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 529/390 .290/.355/.392/.747 .816/.722 .716 71/.771 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 15/1.604 16/.321 1/.000 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 601/466 .250/.291/.425/.716 .804/.690 .669 102/.774 3/3 23/7

12.Manzella G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/201 .220/.261/.256/.517 .713/.451 .551 44/.552 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 176/92 .238/.301/.438/.739 .847/.636 .717 26/.498 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 15/.708 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 616/478 .281/.326/.466/.792 .826/.783 .700 108/.765 18/8 24/6

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 256/182 .233/.263/.318/.581 .315/.691 .626 37/.703 0/0 4/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/172 .275/.305/.349/.655 .647/.658 .818 62/.745 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/110 .207/.294/.298/.592 .599/.590 .479 63/.677 0/0 2/3

IP 130.2 79.0 3.0 56.0 83.2 15.2 43.2 37.2 49.1 TOTAL .248/.303/.364/.668 .656/.671 .653 .698 93/33 103/109

ERA-K/9

4.61/4.5

3.87/6.0

3.00/0.0

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 593/.304 337/.237 14/.250 237/.234 346/.212 71/.258 168/.173 163/.239 211/.256 .268 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois
Bogusevic 0/0/145/9
0/138/0/8
127/0/0/6
35/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
25/12/1/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .800 .704 .857 .617 .637 .739 .548 .654 .675 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.786 130/.775 4/.250 101/.750 157/.696 35/.805 65/.599 74/.407 80/.675 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.804 207/.661 10/1.067 136/.519 189/.589 36/.677 103/.516 89/.869 131/.676 .728

Home 279/.798 216/.709 8/.661 127/.565 157/.637 21/.807 89/.547 63/.490 119/.582

Last 28d days 114/.694 42/.563 14/.857 41/.752 47/.589 71/.739 34/.218 19/1.074 50/1.031

HR/SB/CS 12/17/2 9/8/3 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/3/1 1/1/0 5/3/0 2/3/1 2/2/0 135/69/32

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

Nationals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.44 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 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/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 417/368 .253/.311/.394/.704 .845/.686 .740 95/.581 15/2 10/4

6.Desmond G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 98/.747 16/4 10/33

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 4/.750 9/.347 ··· 31/.690 ··· 2/.000 606/432 .262/.358/.540/.898 .733/.966 .888 90/.884 0/1 35/11

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/52 .226/.250/.484/.734 .833/.710 .689 64/.734 0/1 4/1

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/97 .270/.306/.331/.637 .696/.599 .717 28/.561 0/0 0/4

22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 4/1.500 3/1.167 ··· 19/.263 ··· 1/.000 244/225 .186/.288/.362/.650 .786/.638 .695 40/.839 4/2 9/3

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 8/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/1.117 ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 373/332 .251/.323/.332/.655 .751/.643 .649 59/.543 12/2 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/43 .140/.283/.279/.562 .711/.366 .490 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 3/2.000 ··· 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 76/.589 33/17 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 250/167 .296/.348/.504/.852 .921/.819 .853 85/.958 0/1 11/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 169/134 .205/.242/.314/.557 .599/.545 .546 15/.795 0/0 3/5

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/48 .276/.300/.414/.714 1.333/.555 .719 28/.803 0/0 1/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 16/.867 ··· ··· 395/304 .269/.293/.347/.639 .775/.599 .694 58/.681 2/3 3/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 12/.639 4/3.000 ··· 46/1.160 ··· 1/2.000 594/452 .306/.389/.510/.899 .953/.881 .870 104/.788 4/1 25/17

IP 72.1 14.2 37.2 38.0 9.2 44.2 51.0 74.0 18.2 212.0 2.0 30.0 TOTAL .255/.320/.396/.716 .754/.704 .742 .727 104/39 137/133

ERA-K/9

3.24/7.1

2.45/6.7

3.11/6.4

4.50/7.1

4.66/3.7

5.44/8.9

4.41/7.4

3.28/6.3

3.38/8.7

2.76/7.3

9.00/13.5

6.00/7.8

4.01/7.5

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 302/.226 58/.200 164/.266 182/.304 49/.415 204/.275 230/.297 318/.236 76/.209 876/.244 14/.400 135/.297 .261 Bernadina
Maxwell
Morgan
Morse
Mench
Harris
Desmond
Gonzalez 33/25/77/9
3/15/26/3
0/127/0/2
0/0/61/2
1/0/0/0
43/2/37/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .678 .623 .760 .779 .993 .781 .781 .640 .618 .662 .900 .919 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.582 22/.468 80/.596 71/.752 21/1.113 85/.768 103/.762 143/.589 29/.401 380/.682 3/.333 34/.565 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.703 36/.719 84/.922 111/.795 28/.905 119/.785 127/.797 175/.676 47/.748 496/.646 11/1.045 101/1.040 .724

Road 111/.796 35/.611 83/.679 91/.793 17/1.167 111/.848 83/.614 137/.708 30/.500 468/.653 / 69/1.079

Last 28d days 124/.714 41/.502 18/.402 22/.659 7/1.286 20/.311 33/.722 57/.601 26/.197 140/.575 14/.900 4/.250

HR/SB/CS 7/0/3 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·· X····o·o o····oo· ··oo·o·· ··X····· o··o··o· ·o·X·o·o ·X·o·oX· ·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.