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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 22-28, 22-28 4th, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (35, LHP, 3-4, 4.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 57.1 64 30 30 11 39 9 4.71
2010 (10-12) 193.2 165 83 78 44 166 32 3.62
2009 (12-9) 177.0 151 66 61 36 151 22 3.10
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 44 20 20 8 31 7 4.25 51
2011-05-20 @CHW ND 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 102 56
2011-05-15 ARI L 6.0 5 4 4 2 5 2 89 49
2011-05-10 @PIT W 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 97 59
2011-05-04 CHC L 6.0 8 5 5 1 4 3 84 39
2011-04-29 SDP W 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 93 61
2011-04-23 @CHC ND 4.1 11 5 5 1 3 0 89 23
2011-04-18 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 97 73
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 33.2 26 4 4 8 29 2 1.07 66
2010-09-09 @HOU L 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 107 50
2010-07-27 @HOU ND 5.2 5 0 0 3 8 0 113 64
2010-07-21 HOU ND 7.1 7 1 1 1 6 1 109 65
2009-09-02 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 105 79
2009-06-09 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 114 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-14   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  12-23   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest:  8-12 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Tue, May 24  @HOU  W   5-4       22-28  4th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 18-31, 18-31 6th, 11½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Aneury Rodriguez (23, RHP, 0-2, 5.72)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 28.1 31 23 18 11 18 5 5.72
Last 7 GS 0-2 20.1 22 14 12 7 11 3 5.31 44
2011-05-20 @TOR ND 5.1 8 2 2 1 3 0 82 46
2011-05-15 NYM L 5.0 5 7 5 4 2 1 91 31
2011-05-09 CIN L 5.0 8 5 5 1 3 2 81 33
2011-05-04 @CIN ND 5.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 83 67
Has never faced LAD as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-14   Road:    8-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-24   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Tue, May 24   LAD  L   4-5       18-31  6th 11.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 24, 2011 LAD  5 @HOU  4        W:Chad Billingsley (3-4), L: J.A. Happ (3-6), S: Javy Guerra (1)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 380-315

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

BAL  4.04

SDP  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.23

NYY  4.17

MIN  5.30

 BA

M. Joyce  .367

C. Headley  .263

J. Gomes  .171

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

B. Upton  .337

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .804

A. Gonzalez  .400

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.296

D. Barney  .739

M. Tejada  .522

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

R. Wolf  3.70

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

C. Carpenter  6.75

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Dodgers Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 147/101 .221/.260/.404/.665 .952/.532 .715 62/.736 0/0 7/1
14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/138 .311/.371/.373/.744 .678/.771 .843 99/.773 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 201/140 .311/.383/.433/.816 .501/.962 .915 88/.570 0/1 4/0
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/25 .150/.190/.175/.365 .607/.203 .205 14/.143 1/1 0/2
31.Gibbons* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 42/33 .216/.286/.351/.637 1.333/.421 .748 42/.637 0/0 1/0
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 80/73 .197/.238/.289/.527 .000/.579 .553 27/.268 5/1 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 211/157 .308/.389/.535/.924 1.072/.874 .913 98/.754 13/3 11/3
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/144 .242/.286/.292/.579 .426/.631 .660 85/.708 1/0 1/1
6.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 139/108 .284/.299/.321/.620 .903/.536 .662 77/.658 1/0 0/1
46.Mitchell G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/17 .115/.258/.269/.527 .377/.635 .606 31/.527 0/0 1/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 37/32 .147/.216/.265/.481 .000/.560 .641 36/.495 0/0 1/2
IP 28.1 20.0 3.2 20.2 17.2 23.1 TOTAL .247/.312/.358/.670 .691/.662 .723 .631 30/10 35/23
ERA-K/9 5.72/5.7 3.60/5.0 2.45/12.2 3.48/8.3 2.55/8.1 1.93/7.0 /0.0 4.63/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.277 90/.304 13/.182 89/.234 76/.227 95/.241 / .278  Ethier
 Gwynn
 Kemp
 Gibbons
 Mitchell
0/0/46/3
32/4/2/3
0/50/0/2
5/0/3/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .844 .762 .490 .737 .584 .608 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.664 30/.746 7/.286 41/.676 23/.820 33/.661 / .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.938 60/.769 6/.667 48/.786 53/.475 62/.582 / .766
Home 64/.952 44/.665 8/.542 46/.783 42/.826 43/.523 /
Last 28d days 93/.832 31/.576 13/.490 38/.731 53/.456 41/.627 /
HR/SB/CS 5/5/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 // 56/40/11
Usage X···X·o· oo·oo·o· ·X···X·X X·X·oo·· ··X·o··o
Astros Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Lilly*
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 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 10/.000 92/66 .218/.337/.321/.657 .451/.734 .574 92/.657 0/0 1/2
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 31/29 .222/.323/.222/.545 .500/.541 .582 29/.510 1/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 11/.182 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 213/156 .266/.344/.346/.690 .514/.755 .722 115/.634 18/2 0/1
16.Downs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 61/47 .259/.328/.519/.846 .368/.996 1.130 30/.893 0/0 3/2
22.Hall G/S/vP 19/.329 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 150/112 .237/.287/.360/.646 .880/.567 .760 70/.655 1/1 2/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/1.357 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 164/124 .216/.256/.373/.629 .441/.689 .580 80/.748 1/2 5/6
45.Lee G/S/vP 48/.728 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.750 3/.000 189/145 .242/.275/.376/.652 .830/.598 .623 88/.745 2/0 4/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP 15/.718 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 32/.438 1/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.666 217/163 .302/.346/.475/.821 .743/.846 .870 111/.813 2/0 6/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP 18/.572 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 114/98 .245/.283/.321/.604 .971/.548 .625 57/.433 1/0 0/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 158/121 .268/.327/.333/.660 .656/.660 .687 51/.509 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/45 .197/.293/.333/.627 .651/.611 .669 40/.261 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/3.000 175/142 .316/.391/.461/.851 .667/.896 1.053 87/.773 1/0 3/2
IP 57.1 3.1 24.2 20.0 17.0 6.2 TOTAL .258/.315/.374/.689 .669/.696 .734 .660 41/7 27/41
ERA-K/9 4.71/6.1 0.00/13.6 3.28/7.3 6.30/14.8 1.59/6.9 8.10/1.3 4.11/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.290 12/.091 107/.258 92/.241 68/.232 31/.483 .258  Pence
 Lee
 Michaels
 Bourn
 Bogusevic
0/0/49/5
36/0/0/4
7/0/0/1
0/46/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .800 .258 .605 .740 .647 1.121 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.782 7/.452 49/.533 39/.791 23/.581 12/.750 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.805 5/.000 58/.660 53/.704 45/.680 19/1.376 .731
Road 123/.850 4/.250 50/.525 54/.554 36/.576 11/.473
Last 28d days 122/.789 12/.258 53/.694 35/.619 34/.685 14/.368
HR/SB/CS 9/10/2 0/0/0 0/4/0 3/7/0 1/3/2 1/1/0 47/32/8
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·X· ·X··oo·o ·X··X··o oo··o·X· ··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.