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Game Preview: HOU @ COL, 3:10pm, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 @Coors Field

Astros, 42-87, 42-87 6th, 35 GB, 35½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 9-9, 3.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-9) 147.0 137 59 54 49 125 17 3.31
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
Last 7 GS 3-3 44.2 33 19 14 16 43 4 2.82 59
2011-08-19 SFG W 8.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 109 78
2011-08-13 @LAD L 6.0 6 5 2 2 3 1 110 47
2011-08-08 @ARI W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 105 69
2011-08-02 CIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 3 1 78 39
2011-07-28 @STL W 7.0 5 3 1 1 6 0 117 64
2011-07-23 @CHC L 7.0 3 2 2 1 7 2 100 69
2011-07-17 PIT ND 5.2 8 4 4 3 11 0 118 45
Last 5 v.COL 1-2 24.0 30 15 13 7 28 4 4.88 48
2010-06-07 @COL L 7.0 9 3 3 2 2 0 110 47
2009-06-04 COL L 5.0 10 7 7 2 7 4 98 24
2009-05-14 @COL W 7.0 5 3 2 0 11 0 113 68
2008-09-07 @COL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 54
2008-04-19 COL ND 4.0 5 2 1 3 5 0 79 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-42   Road:   19-45   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  25-66   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:21-39   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Tue, Aug 23  @COL  L   6-8       42-87  6th 35.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 22  @COL  L   5-9       42-86  6th 34.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21   SFG  L   4-6 (11)  42-85  6th 33.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20   SFG  W   7-5       42-84  6th 32.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 19   SFG  W   6-0       41-84  6th 32.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17   CHC  W   4-3       40-84  6th 33.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16   CHC  W   6-5       39-84  6th 33.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15   CHC  L   3-4       38-84  6th 33.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14  @LAD  L   0-7       38-83  6th 32.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13  @LAD  L   1-6       38-82  6th 31.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Rockies, 62-68, 62-68 3rd, 8½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (32, RHP, 3-7, 5.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-7) 75.2 95 45 44 28 27 6 5.23
2010 (6-8) 127.2 147 77 72 52 62 11 5.08
2009 (11-6) 158.0 175 76 73 47 78 19 4.16
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.2 49 22 22 14 14 5 4.75 44
2011-08-17 FLA W 7.2 9 3 3 0 3 2 93 52
2011-08-12 @STL L 5.2 9 6 6 3 1 0 89 25
2011-08-07 WSN ND 6.2 4 2 2 3 4 1 79 59
2011-08-02 PHI L 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 63 37
2011-07-27 @LAD W 7.0 6 0 0 2 2 0 97 65
2011-07-22 @ARI W 6.0 8 4 4 2 1 1 87 39
2011-07-17 MIL L 4.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 90 34
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 33.0 32 14 13 6 9 2 3.55 52
2010-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 86 58
2009-06-01 @HOU L 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 1 98 39
2008-04-19 @HOU W 7.0 4 2 1 1 4 1 97 66
2007-06-28 @HOU ND 7.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 102 60
2007-06-06 HOU ND 6.0 7 5 5 2 1 0 102 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-33   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  41-53   vsLHP:  21-15   1-Run:  18-23
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 23-27 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Tue, Aug 23   HOU  W   8-6       62-68  3rd  8.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 22   HOU  W   9-5       61-68  3rd  8.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 21   LAD  W   5-3       60-68  3rd  9.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 20   LAD  W   7-6 (13)  59-68  3rd 10.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 19   LAD  L   2-8       58-68  3rd 11.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 17   FLA  W  12-5       58-67  3rd 12.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 16   FLA  L   5-6       57-67  3rd 13.0 gb
123 Mon, Aug 15   FLA  W   7-4       57-66  3rd 12.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 14  @STL  L   2-6       56-66  4th 12.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 13  @STL  W   6-1       56-65  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 COL  8  HOU  6        W:Matt Belisle (8-4), L: Fernando Rodriguez (2-2), S: Rex Brothers (1)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 COL  9  HOU  5        W:Jhoulys Chacin (10-10), L: Brett Myers (3-13), S: Rafael Betancourt (3)

Thu, Jun 10, 2010 HOU  5 @COL  4        W:Roy Oswalt (4-8), L: Jhoulys Chacin (3-5), S: Brandon Lyon (1)
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 HOU  6 @COL  2 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (5-1), L: Matt Belisle (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 HOU  4 @COL  3        W:Wilton Lopez (3-0), L: Matt Belisle (1-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (14)
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 COL  5  HOU  1        W:Jason Hammel (3-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-8), S: Manuel Corpas (7)
Thu, May 20, 2010 COL  4 @HOU  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (8-1), L: Roy Oswalt (2-6), S: none
Wed, May 19, 2010 HOU  7  COL  3        W:Brandon Lyon (3-1), L: Esmil Rogers (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 COL 10 @HOU  3        W:Jason Hammel (2-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 HOU  6  COL  4        W:Tim Byrdak (1-1), L: Jason Marquis (7-4), S: Chris Sampson (3)
Season Series: 2011 - COL over 2-0; 2010 - HOU won 4-2; 2009 - HOU won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 76-71

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 2011 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  5.40

BAL  4.21

SFG  3.44

 RA/G

PHI  3.26

TEX  4.22

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .346

C. Hart  .272

A. Dunn  .167

 OBP

J. Bautista  .456

P. Bourjos  .337

V. Wells  .236

 SLG

J. Bautista  .645

B. Phillips  .429

C. Getz  .283

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.101

B. Phillips  .771

A. Rios  .577

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.03

B. Norris  3.73

J. Lackey  5.98

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.42

E. Jackson  6.95

B. Penny  3.57

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 56.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 32.Romero*
G/S/vB		 43.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 131/95 .312/.326/.392/.718 .974/.628 .780 104/.658 2/1 1/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 384/280 .248/.319/.376/.695 .511/.762 .746 91/.610 2/1 8/11
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 88/84 .308/.379/.538/.918 .833/.920 1.053 47/1.266 1/1 4/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 197/117 .290/.320/.366/.685 .903/.542 .733 81/.485 22/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/94 .193/.248/.261/.509 .716/.432 .453 42/.580 0/0 0/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 160/129 .270/.350/.518/.868 .736/.901 .715 29/1.152 0/0 7/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 18/.690 19/.452 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 9/1.015 3/1.666 516/390 .261/.322/.415/.737 .922/.678 .720 95/.600 3/2 12/6
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 94/66 .295/.340/.557/.897 1.277/.738 .917 94/.897 0/1 5/0
4.Michaels G/S/vP 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 152/70 .201/.265/.302/.567 .608/.520 .473 36/.590 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 80/58 .293/.325/.480/.805 .745/.829 .871 80/.805 2/2 2/2
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 208/168 .253/.275/.333/.609 .659/.597 .537 54/.586 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 280/211 .247/.306/.296/.602 .621/.594 .628 30/.564 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 6/1.333 3/1.334 2/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 228/165 .240/.305/.314/.619 .495/.667 .551 8/.500 16/4 1/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/39 .275/.356/.325/.681 .667/.683 .328 45/.681 1/0 0/0
IP 75.2 59.2 51.0 29.0 44.1 7.1 20.0 21.0 TOTAL .260/.313/.379/.692 .718/.683 .671 .684 89/27 77/96
ERA-K/9 5.23/3.2 3.47/7.4 3.35/10.6 3.72/12.4 3.86/8.3 0.00/8.6 4.05/5.0 4.71/7.3 4.32/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (34-6-2)
 Quintero (41-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.317 250/.284 201/.230 127/.234 179/.238 27/.125 94/.291 91/.266 .263  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Bourgeois
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Wright
78/0/0/10
13/0/15/3
22/0/0/2
0/53/0/1
27/25/9/1
2/5/10/1
26/0/12/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .843 .730 .625 .691 .754 .347 .803 .876 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.928 102/.658 91/.622 52/.638 92/.813 10/.425 34/.575 31/.784 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.766 148/.778 110/.625 75/.727 87/.691 17/.301 60/.933 60/.923 .741
Home 177/.781 141/.782 108/.523 71/.634 102/.837 19/.273 62/.858 65/.879
Last 28d days 102/.831 55/.655 38/.213 42/.874 32/.864 27/.347 19/1.032 25/.945
HR/SB/CS 6/1/3 4/0/4 6/5/0 3/3/0 7/4/3 0/1/0 1/1/1 5/1/1 137/84/39
Usage ······X· X·oo···· ·oXo···· X·oo···· ·X·X··X· ·X·XX··o ·X·oX··X X·······
Rockies Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 67.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 65.Sosa
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Alfonzo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/44 .259/.298/.333/.632 .615/.637 .515 39/.686 0/0 1/5
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 402/312 .237/.275/.331/.606 .671/.586 .697 72/.595 10/3 4/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 420/314 .264/.365/.396/.761 .780/.754 .776 116/.787 8/9 0/5
23.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 122/95 .276/.369/.667/1.036 1.089/1.021 1.172 10/1.611 0/0 12/1
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 463/320 .288/.359/.517/.876 .675/.968 .995 77/1.011 17/4 22/1
17.Helton* G/S/vP 28/1.100 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 453/307 .310/.393/.486/.879 .788/.923 .906 88/.833 0/1 14/3
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 297/225 .239/.314/.301/.615 .643/.605 .487 25/.446 4/4 3/3
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 369/273 .238/.376/.419/.795 .948/.745 1.012 64/.872 5/2 12/1
10.Nelson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 163/115 .231/.258/.340/.597 .696/.555 .654 78/.563 3/1 2/6
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 426/351 .287/.345/.509/.854 .627/.902 .895 72/.964 7/1 15/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 537/394 .303/.369/.539/.908 1.000/.874 .918 106/1.129 9/3 25/4
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 373/276 .253/.323/.440/.763 .920/.710 .806 59/.676 7/1 14/6
1.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/90 .238/.333/.270/.604 .718/.537 .751 81/.678 15/2 0/2
IP 147.0 14.1 27.0 57.1 59.0 75.2 38.2 17.0 3.2 TOTAL .258/.331/.412/.742 .729/.747 .804 .789 90/35 130/70
ERA-K/9 3.31/7.7 3.14/8.8 3.00/8.3 2.98/7.1 3.36/7.3 4.76/6.9 3.26/9.5 6.35/6.9 2.45/12.2 4.65/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Alfonzo (6-4-1)
 Iannetta (64-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 617/.247 65/.310 114/.232 240/.263 252/.251 319/.236 172/.264 75/.258 14/.167 .271  Gonzalez
 Fowler
 Young
 Smith
 Wigginton
61/30/16/9
0/92/0/3
20/3/3/2
12/0/95/1
16/0/2/1
OPS .715 .833 .675 .686 .674 .755 .783 .788 .702 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.612 23/.673 74/.590 86/.795 105/.750 125/.850 67/.758 27/.847 8/.125 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.747 42/.916 40/.829 154/.624 147/.623 194/.698 105/.798 48/.757 6/1.500 .765
Road 349/.713 28/1.244 41/.836 106/.607 113/.685 171/.668 79/.859 27/.892 5/.400
Last 28d days 129/.594 38/.728 34/.710 44/.795 45/.771 49/.631 63/.926 75/.788 14/.702
HR/SB/CS 17/18/2 1/1/0 3/5/1 4/1/2 5/4/1 13/13/0 4/3/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 151/110/24
Usage ····X··· oX····X· ··XX··oo o·Xo···X ··Xo··X· ·X·····o X·Xo··X· ··X····· 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.