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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 54-69, 54-69 5th, 18 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Casey Coleman (23, RHP, 2-4, 7.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-4)			42.1	54	35	34	28	31	5	7.23
2010 (4-2)			57.0	56	27	26	25	27	3	4.11

Last 7 GS		1-4	30.1	39	27	26	23	25	2	7.71	38
2011-07-04	@WSN	ND	5.1	5	3	2	1	5	0	79	52
2011-05-25	NYM	L	1.1	7	6	6	1	0	0	41	15
2011-05-19	@FLA	W	5.2	4	0	0	5	7	0	109	63
2011-05-12	STL	L	4.1	9	6	6	4	0	1	82	17
2011-05-07	CIN	ND	6.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	98	59
2011-05-01	@ARI	L	5.0	4	4	4	5	3	1	94	41
2011-04-22	LAD	L	2.2	6	6	6	4	4	0	90	22

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	13.0	14	4	4	6	4	1	2.77	52
2010-10-01	@HOU	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	99	66
2010-09-06	HOU	ND	6.0	8	4	4	5	2	1	117	37

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   25-36   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  41-50   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:23-31   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  L   5-6       54-69  5th 18.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-3       54-68  5th 17.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14  @ATL  W   6-5       53-68  5th 17.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-4       52-68  5th 17.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 12  @ATL  L   4-10      51-68  5th 17.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11   WSN  W   4-3       51-67  5th 16.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10   WSN  W   4-2       50-67  5th 17.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9   WSN  L   1-3       49-67  5th 17.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug  7   CIN  L   7-8       49-66  5th 16.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug  6   CIN  W  11-4       49-65  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Astros, 39-84, 39-84 6th, 33 GB, 33 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 5-8, 3.55)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-8)			147.0	137	70	58	56	140	17	3.55
2010 (9-10)			153.2	151	94	84	77	158	18	4.92
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		1-2	42.0	48	21	17	14	30	6	3.64	49
2011-08-12	@LAD	ND	7.0	2	0	0	4	8	0	102	77
2011-08-07	MIL	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	1	94	28
2011-08-01	CIN	ND	5.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	102	34
2011-07-27	@STL	ND	6.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	94	61
2011-07-22	@CHC	L	6.1	8	4	1	0	5	2	92	52
2011-07-16	PIT	ND	5.2	9	4	4	2	5	3	111	38
2011-07-06	@PIT	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	101	56

Last 5 v.CHC		1-2	18.1	15	7	3	10	18	2	1.47	58
2011-07-22	@CHC	L	6.1	8	4	1	0	5	2	92	52
2010-10-01	CHC	L	6.0	3	2	2	7	6	0	117	57
2010-07-28	CHC	W	6.0	4	1	0	3	7	0	86	66

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

 Home:   20-41   Road:   19-43   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  23-64   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:20-39   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
119 Fri, Aug 12  @LAD  L   0-1 (10)  38-81  6th 30.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11  @ARI  L   5-8 (10)  38-80  6th 29.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10  @ARI  L   3-6       38-79  6th 29.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9  @ARI  L   9-11      38-78  6th 28.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug  8  @ARI  W   9-1       38-77  6th 27.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug  7   MIL  L   3-7       37-77  6th 27.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 HOU  6  CHC  5        W:Aneury Rodriguez (1-4), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 CHC  4 @HOU  3        W:Rodrigo Lopez (4-3), L: Henry Sosa (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  4 (10)   W:John Grabow (2-0), L: David Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  1        W:Randy Wells (2-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 CHC  4  HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-5), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Sean Marshall (3)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 HOU  3 @CHC  1        W:Brett Myers (2-4), L: Doug Davis (0-4), S: Mark Melancon (4)
Tue, May 31, 2011 HOU  7 @CHC  3        W:Fernando Rodriguez (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2011 HOU 12 @CHC  7        W:Sergio Escalona (1-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 CHC  9 @HOU  5        W:Carlos Zambrano (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 HOU 11  CHC  2        W:Brett Myers (1-0), L: James Russell (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - CHC over 6-5; 2010 - HOU won 11-7; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; All-Time - HOU leads 367-319

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 4.18 SEA 3.41	RA/G PHI 3.28 BOS 4.20 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .348 R. Weeks .272 A. Dunn .162	OBP J. Bautista .453 H. Matsui .336 V. Wells .234	SLG J. Bautista .642 C. Young .425 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.094 Y. Molina .768 A. Rios .570	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 J. Saunders 3.76 B. Arroyo 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.09 J. Vazquez 6.95 B. Penny 3.56

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.40

BAL 4.18

SEA 3.41

RA/G

PHI 3.28

BOS 4.20

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .348

R. Weeks .272

A. Dunn .162

OBP

J. Bautista .453

H. Matsui .336

V. Wells .234

SLG

J. Bautista .642

C. Young .425

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.094

Y. Molina .768

A. Rios .570

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

J. Saunders 3.76

B. Arroyo 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.09

J. Vazquez 6.95

B. Penny 3.56

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Cubs Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 67.Carpenter
G/S/vB 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Sosa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 5/.600 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 170/76 .288/.312/.399/.711 .872/.511 .830 26/.656 0/0 2/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.600 6/.833 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.333 428/347 .291/.326/.362/.688 .748/.674 .722 92/.652 5/2 1/9

24.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 ··· 4/.500 7/.286 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/1.167 341/265 .302/.346/.431/.777 .707/.797 .797 96/.837 2/1 6/3

41.Campana* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 111/89 .282/.315/.340/.655 .438/.707 .622 24/.937 14/1 1/1

13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/1.000 6/.667 2/1.500 5/.400 3/.666 3/.666 540/417 .309/.335/.435/.770 .823/.754 .746 110/.817 12/5 7/20

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 153/121 .135/.191/.298/.489 .191/.571 .511 49/.703 0/0 5/1

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 1/4.000 2/.500 ··· 194/167 .262/.289/.396/.684 .793/.667 .679 29/.883 1/0 4/6

55.Hill# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 121/98 .210/.288/.314/.602 .282/.677 .723 16/.606 1/0 2/6

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 190/117 .349/.386/.554/.941 .991/.908 .756 44/.944 2/1 5/1

22.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.000 5/.200 2/2.500 2/.500 3/1.000 465/354 .227/.347/.462/.809 .591/.877 .846 97/.851 0/2 23/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/1.286 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.738 6/1.667 6/1.167 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 481/381 .295/.337/.507/.844 .701/.882 .787 93/.778 0/1 22/9

12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/2.167 ··· ··· 4/.250 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 381/290 .244/.283/.467/.750 .910/.700 .754 82/.800 1/1 20/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 5/1.850 6/1.333 3/.000 4/.500 3/1.334 3/2.000 359/273 .235/.320/.414/.734 .963/.666 .795 83/.755 0/0 12/11

IP 147.0 12.0 24.1 32.0 54.1 84.2 55.1 73.1 34.1 12.0 TOTAL .263/.315/.409/.724 .742/.718 .716 .773 40/16 116/103

ERA-K/9

3.55/8.6

3.75/9.0

2.96/7.8

5.34/8.2

2.98/7.3

5.31/6.1

3.25/7.6

4.66/6.6

2.62/9.4

6.00/7.5

4.65/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (16-6-2)
Soto (67-28-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.248 54/.313 103/.239 147/.272 227/.263 366/.281 236/.245 310/.242 149/.234 54/.271 .271 Byrd
Soriano
Johnson
Colvin
DeWitt
Campana
Baker 0/82/0/6
97/0/0/6
22/22/25/3
10/8/27/1
20/0/0/1
17/24/1/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .723 .868 .678 .823 .694 .819 .653 .769 .720 .810 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 314/.849 19/.753 65/.558 65/.776 83/.775 162/.771 99/.685 121/.868 60/.637 15/.433 .802

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.591 35/.929 38/.876 82/.858 144/.646 204/.855 137/.630 189/.709 89/.777 39/.940 .768

Home 367/.739 32/.557 62/.573 76/.866 126/.769 161/.770 123/.623 148/.855 76/.657 27/.733

Last 28d days 130/.799 35/1.072 27/.846 21/.855 40/.896 129/.872 41/.748 46/.613 60/.752 54/.810

HR/SB/CS 17/10/6 1/0/0 2/5/1 5/7/0 4/1/2 13/4/0 4/3/1 13/13/0 3/3/1 1/0/0 143/104/24

Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o··o oo···ooo ···X·oo· X··o··oX ··X····X ·X···X·· o·X···X· ·X··Xo·X ·X····X·

Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 50.Lopez
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 32.Ortiz
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 106/80 .317/.333/.376/.710 .878/.659 .499 101/.725 2/0 0/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 12/1.117 ··· 9/.476 5/1.200 6/.667 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 358/262 .254/.320/.390/.710 .527/.776 .656 86/.728 1/1 8/11

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/69 .290/.371/.435/.807 .500/.810 .706 30/1.214 1/1 2/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 184/112 .299/.319/.379/.697 .923/.555 .628 79/.567 22/6 1/1

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 119/85 .183/.231/.248/.478 .743/.379 .506 38/.445 0/0 0/5

16.Downs G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 4/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 152/124 .248/.336/.481/.817 .442/.906 .980 28/.670 0/0 6/5

45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.000 15/.481 29/.484 1/3.000 22/.372 10/.733 25/.280 2/.000 6/1.133 30/1.040 494/374 .260/.320/.412/.731 .926/.670 .759 99/.640 3/2 11/5

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 68/47 .254/.309/.524/.833 1.018/.752 .765 68/.833 0/1 4/0

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· 9/.222 5/.600 3/2.000 3/.000 6/.533 3/.000 143/67 .197/.254/.288/.541 .581/.497 .625 31/.427 1/0 2/0

38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 54/38 .294/.333/.490/.824 .775/.844 .798 54/.824 1/2 1/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 5/.650 4/.000 195/162 .259/.284/.346/.629 .744/.607 .718 56/.601 1/0 2/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/2.167 1/.000 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 275/207 .250/.305/.299/.604 .612/.600 .578 35/.564 3/0 1/7

8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .231/.333/.269/.603 .000/.649 1.000 30/.603 1/0 0/0

IP 42.1 50.1 58.0 7.0 57.1 58.0 20.1 58.0 67.2 39.1 TOTAL .258/.310/.374/.685 .699/.680 .709 .652 86/26 70/92

ERA-K/9

7.23/6.6

5.01/5.5

4.66/4.5

10.29/6.4

4.08/11.5

2.79/8.8

7.08/7.1

4.19/5.7

3.46/9.2

3.43/9.8

4.61/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Corporan (31-6-2)
Quintero (38-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.312 233/.281 253/.291 37/.344 256/.227 238/.245 93/.294 246/.272 298/.197 175/.233 .267 Lee
Martinez
Bourgeois
Michaels
Shuck
Bogusevic 78/0/0/10
16/0/0/1
27/22/9/1
26/0/10/1
1/3/7/0
13/0/11/0

OPS .904 .832 .817 1.276 .676 .591 .885 .782 .627 .737 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.953 84/.675 112/.671 9/.472 114/.632 86/.582 48/1.121 95/.603 116/.667 61/.785 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.860 149/.919 141/.940 28/1.542 142/.712 152/.595 45/.633 151/.897 182/.600 114/.713 .767

Road 130/.842 108/.759 117/.892 10/1.933 120/.663 121/.488 74/.880 137/.682 166/.605 86/.749

Last 28d days / 38/.740 89/.857 / 63/.708 50/.515 26/.911 27/.696 55/.585 28/.643

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 7/3/2 7/2/3 4/0/0 3/10/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/0 4/2/1 120/84/36

Usage ··X·X··· ·X····X· ········ X·oo·XXo ·ooo·oX· ···oo··· ·o·Xo··o ·ooo·oo· oo···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.