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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 21-28, 21-28 4th, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (26, RHP, 2-4, 3.47)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-4) 62.1 51 26 24 25 54 3 3.47
2010 (12-11) 191.2 176 82 76 69 171 8 3.57
2009 (12-11) 196.1 173 94 88 86 179 17 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-3 48.1 33 14 12 19 41 1 2.23 63
2011-05-19 SFG L 6.0 6 3 3 4 4 0 108 48
2011-05-14 ARI L 8.0 1 1 0 2 8 0 119 84
2011-05-09 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 101 52
2011-05-03 CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 101 71
2011-04-27 @FLA ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 3 0 84 46
2011-04-22 @CHC W 6.1 7 2 1 3 3 0 108 53
2011-04-17 STL ND 8.0 3 0 0 2 11 0 118 85
Last 5 v.HOU 2-3 27.0 30 17 14 9 21 2 4.67 48
2009-07-17 HOU L 1.2 9 6 6 0 0 1 52 13
2009-04-23 @HOU W 7.1 3 0 0 2 5 0 105 75
2008-07-03 @HOU W 8.0 6 2 0 1 5 0 92 70
2008-05-10 HOU L 5.0 6 5 4 2 4 0 96 39
2007-08-13 HOU L 5.0 6 4 4 4 7 1 116 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-14   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  12-23   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  8-12 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Mon, May 23  @HOU  L   3-4       21-28  4th  7.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 22  @CHW  L   3-8       21-27  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 21  @CHW  L   2-9       21-26  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 20  @CHW  W   6-4 (10)  21-25  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Thu, May 19   SFG  L   1-3       20-25  4th  5.0 gb
 44 Wed, May 18   SFG  L   5-8       20-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 17   MIL  W   3-0       20-23  3rd  3.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 16   MIL  L   1-2       19-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 15   ARI  L   1-4       19-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 14   ARI  L   0-1       19-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 18-30, 18-30 6th, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (28, LHP, 3-5, 5.30)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-5) 52.2 52 31 31 25 40 7 5.30
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
2009 (12-4) 166.0 149 55 54 56 119 20 2.93
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.0 41 23 23 16 33 7 5.05 49
2011-05-19 @STL L 6.0 4 3 3 3 8 1 119 57
2011-05-14 NYM W 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 110 55
2011-05-08 @PIT ND 6.0 6 2 2 4 3 0 98 51
2011-05-03 @CIN W 6.1 8 4 4 1 5 0 113 45
2011-04-27 STL L 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 2 101 52
2011-04-21 @NYM L 4.2 6 6 6 1 5 2 109 32
2011-04-15 SDP L 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 86 48
Last 5 v.LAD 0-0 5.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 1.80 52
2010-09-10 LAD ND 5.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 102 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-13   Road:    8-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-23   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  3-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Mon, May 23   LAD  W   4-3       18-30  6th 10.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 22  @TOR  W   3-2       17-30  6th 10.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 21  @TOR  L   5-7       16-30  6th 10.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 20  @TOR  W   5-2       16-29  6th  9.5 gb
 44 Thu, May 19  @STL  L   2-4       15-29  6th 10.5 gb
 43 Wed, May 18  @STL  L   1-5       15-28  6th 10.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 17  @ATL  L   1-3 (11)  15-27  6th 10.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 16  @ATL  L   2-3       15-26  6th  9.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 15   NYM  L   4-7       15-25  6th  8.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 14   NYM  W   7-3       15-24  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 23, 2011 HOU  4  LAD  3        W:Jeff Fulchino (1-2), L: Kenley Jansen (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 12, 2010 HOU  7  LAD  4        W:Gustavo Chacin (2-2), L: Ramon Troncoso (1-3), S: Brandon Lyon (15)
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 LAD  6 @HOU  3        W:Kenley Jansen (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (6-6), S: Hong-Chih Kuo (9)
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 LAD  4 @HOU  2 (11)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Fernando Abad (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 HOU  3  LAD  2        W:Bud Norris (7-8), L: Ted Lilly (8-10), S: Brandon Lyon (14)
Tue, May 18, 2010 LAD  7  HOU  3        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-1), L: Bud Norris (2-5), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 LAD  6  HOU  2        W:John Ely (2-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 LAD  4  HOU  3        W:Ramon Troncoso (4-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (22)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 LAD  5  HOU  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (8-5), L: Mike Hampton (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 HOU  8 @LAD  1        W:Roy Oswalt (6-4), L: Chad Billingsley (9-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 1-0; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 379-315

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  5.17

NYM  4.04

LAD  3.45

 RA/G

PHI  3.17

NYY  4.17

MIN  5.37

 BA

M. Joyce  .357

N. Markakis  .260

J. Gomes  .171

 OBP

J. Bautista  .503

N. McLouth  .332

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .827

B. Boesch  .396

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.330

C. Patterson  .733

M. Ellis  .524

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.64

J. Lester  3.68

R. Dempster  6.91

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

C. Carpenter  6.75

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Dodgers Batters (3.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Barajas G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 147/101 .221/.260/.404/.665 .952/.532 .715 67/.757 0/0 7/1
14.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 192/138 .316/.374/.379/.753 .706/.771 .864 100/.765 5/0 0/3
3.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .250/.308/.250/.558 .762/.333 1.000 13/.558 0/0 0/0
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 200/139 .311/.380/.433/.813 .501/.958 .909 92/.611 0/1 4/0
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/23 .171/.216/.200/.416 .742/.221 .247 9/.222 1/1 0/2
31.Gibbons* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 39/32 .206/.282/.265/.547 1.000/.435 .623 39/.547 0/0 0/0
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 79/72 .200/.241/.293/.534 .000/.587 .566 31/.232 5/1 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 207/155 .315/.396/.547/.943 1.119/.886 .951 99/.798 13/3 11/3
7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 188/144 .240/.282/.291/.573 .391/.631 .653 86/.699 1/0 1/1
6.Miles# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/106 .285/.301/.323/.624 .966/.527 .672 77/.676 1/0 0/1
46.Mitchell G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/16 .080/.233/.200/.433 .377/.473 .473 30/.433 0/0 1/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 33/30 .133/.212/.267/.479 .000/.530 .678 32/.495 0/0 1/2
IP 52.2 18.0 3.0 20.2 16.1 23.1 TOTAL .249/.314/.357/.671 .693/.663 .727 .636 30/10 33/23
ERA-K/9 5.30/6.8 4.00/4.5 3.00/9.0 3.48/8.3 2.76/7.2 1.93/7.0 /0.0 4.71/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (26-6-0)
 Navarro (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.265 83/.319 11/.222 89/.234 69/.217 95/.241 / .280  Ethier
 Gwynn
 Kemp
 Gibbons
 Mitchell
0/0/46/3
31/4/2/3
0/49/0/2
4/0/3/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .787 .791 .586 .737 .565 .608 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/1.034 26/.871 6/.333 41/.676 18/.745 33/.661 / .827
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.739 57/.755 5/.800 48/.786 51/.495 62/.582 / .773
Home 104/.743 37/.711 6/.750 46/.783 35/.838 43/.523 /
Last 28d days 124/.753 33/.763 11/.586 38/.731 46/.408 45/.646 /
HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 1/3/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 // 54/40/11
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· o·oo·o·· X···X·X· ·X·oo··o ·X·o··o·
Astros Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB		 37.Cormier
G/S/vB		 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB		 55.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 9/.944 6/.167 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 10/.000 88/62 .216/.341/.324/.665 .451/.751 .583 88/.665 0/0 1/2
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/28 .231/.333/.231/.564 .500/.561 .629 29/.510 1/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 209/152 .270/.346/.351/.698 .514/.767 .738 116/.632 18/2 0/1
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 60/46 .264/.333/.528/.862 .368/1.020 1.172 30/.893 0/0 3/2
22.Hall G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 146/108 .244/.295/.370/.665 .880/.589 .801 66/.696 1/1 2/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 160/120 .220/.263/.380/.643 .441/.709 .607 79/.751 1/2 5/6
45.Lee G/S/vP 18/.516 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.750 3/.000 185/141 .240/.270/.377/.647 .830/.591 .614 88/.705 2/0 4/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 34/16 .156/.206/.219/.425 .631/.192 .573 14/.571 0/0 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.666 213/159 .298/.343/.465/.807 .743/.829 .845 112/.768 2/0 6/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 111/95 .252/.291/.330/.621 .971/.566 .662 54/.458 1/0 0/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 157/120 .270/.329/.336/.665 .656/.665 .697 55/.570 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/45 .197/.293/.333/.627 .651/.611 .669 44/.284 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/3.000 171/138 .315/.388/.456/.845 .667/.889 1.047 87/.806 1/0 3/2
IP 62.1 13.2 3.1 24.2 20.0 16.0 6.2 TOTAL .260/.317/.377/.693 .669/.701 .744 .671 41/7 27/40
ERA-K/9 3.47/7.8 9.88/4.6 0.00/13.6 3.28/7.3 6.30/14.8 1.69/6.2 8.10/1.3 4.11/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (24-10-1)
 Towles (16-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.223 70/.338 12/.091 107/.258 92/.241 65/.245 31/.483 .260  Pence
 Lee
 Michaels
 Bourn
 Bogusevic
0/0/48/5
35/0/0/4
7/0/0/1
0/45/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .641 1.063 .258 .605 .740 .680 1.121 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.750 30/.519 7/.452 49/.533 39/.791 21/.644 12/.750 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.558 40/1.473 5/.000 58/.660 53/.704 44/.697 19/1.376 .737
Road 129/.760 29/1.049 4/.250 50/.525 54/.554 33/.634 11/.473
Last 28d days 140/.579 27/1.178 12/.258 58/.719 35/.619 31/.760 14/.368
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/4/0 3/7/0 1/3/2 1/1/0 47/32/8
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·o·o·X·o X··oo·oX X··X··oo o··o·X·o ·oX·o···

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.