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Game Preview: HOU @ LAD, 10:10pm, Friday, August 12, 2011 @Dodger Stadium

Astros, 38-80, 38-80 6th, 29 GB, 31 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 5-8, 3.73)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-8) 140.0 135 70 58 52 132 17 3.73
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 41.0 50 25 21 14 32 7 4.61 46
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
2011-07-01 BOS ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 10 1 106 54
Last 5 v.LAD 1-1 23.1 17 11 9 11 20 2 3.47 55
2011-06-19 @LAD ND 6.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 99 74
2011-05-23 LAD ND 7.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 116 57
2010-09-09 LAD W 6.0 3 2 1 4 7 1 113 63
2010-05-18 @LAD L 4.1 7 6 6 3 3 0 75 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-40   Road:   19-40   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  22-61   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:19-38   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
113 Sat, Aug  6   MIL  L   5-7       37-76  6th 26.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-8       37-75  6th 25.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  3   CIN  W   5-4       37-74  6th 24.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  2   CIN  L   1-5       36-74  6th 24.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  1   CIN  W   4-3 (10)  36-73  6th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Dodgers, 52-64, 52-64 4th, 12 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Nathan Eovaldi (21, RHP, 1-0, 3.60)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-0) 5.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 3.60
Last 7 GS 1-0 5.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 3.60 56
2011-08-06 @ARI W 5.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 77 56
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-34   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  37-48   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:11-16   vsWest: 24-24 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Wed, Aug 10   PHI  L   8-9       52-64  4th 11.5 gb
115 Tue, Aug  9   PHI  L   1-2       52-63  4th 11.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8   PHI  L   3-5       52-62  4th 10.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @ARI  L   3-4       52-61  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  6  @ARI  W   5-3       52-60  3rd  9.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug  5  @ARI  W   7-4       51-60  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Wed, Aug  3  @SDP  L   0-3       50-60  4th 11.5 gb
109 Tue, Aug  2  @SDP  W   1-0       50-59  4th 10.5 gb
108 Mon, Aug  1  @SDP  W   6-2       49-59  4th 11.5 gb
107 Sun, Jul 31   ARI  L   3-6       48-59  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 19, 2011 LAD  1  HOU  0        W:Matt Guerrier (3-3), L: Wilton Lopez (1-3), S: Javy Guerra (2)
Sat, Jun 18, 2011 HOU  7 @LAD  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-3), L: Rubby De La Rosa (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 HOU  7 @LAD  3        W:Brett Myers (3-6), L: Ted Lilly (5-6), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 HOU  2  LAD  1        W:Mark Melancon (4-1), L: Matt Guerrier (2-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 4-2; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 381-318

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

BOS  5.44

ATL  4.12

SEA  3.33

 RA/G

PHI  3.28

TEX  4.24

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .348

J. Francoeur  .271

A. Dunn  .161

 OBP

J. Bautista  .446

A. Pierzynski  .334

V. Wells  .241

 SLG

J. Bautista  .632

D. Uggla  .428

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.077

A. Soriano  .764

A. Rios  .571

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.78

J. Saunders  3.76

J. Happ  6.26

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.45

D. Hudson  6.92

B. Penny  3.57

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

Astros Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB		 55.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 36.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB		 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 5/1.400 8/1.000 2/.000 343/252 .252/.320/.392/.711 .534/.773 .781 89/.757 1/1 8/10
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 64/62 .273/.365/.382/.747 .500/.750 .884 26/1.099 1/1 1/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 168/100 .313/.329/.399/.728 .949/.583 .751 63/.619 22/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 108/78 .202/.245/.273/.518 .854/.398 .528 34/.624 0/0 0/4
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/119 .242/.329/.469/.798 .459/.879 .639 25/.450 0/0 6/5
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.933 3/.000 8/.750 475/360 .266/.320/.423/.743 .955/.676 .710 102/.751 3/2 11/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/1.250 136/66 .208/.267/.304/.571 .634/.505 .478 35/.599 1/0 2/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 188/155 .268/.294/.358/.652 .744/.633 .540 63/.817 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 269/202 .251/.304/.301/.605 .622/.599 .632 46/.504 3/0 1/7
IP 5.0 20.0 51.2 40.1 14.0 42.1 TOTAL .261/.313/.379/.692 .712/.685 .673 .703 85/26 69/88
ERA-K/9 3.60/12.6 3.15/9.4 4.01/6.3 3.57/7.8 12.21/12.2 2.13/6.0 3.83/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (27-6-1)
 Quintero (38-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.222 82/.194 219/.242 163/.209 77/.281 181/.248 .248  Lee
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
 Bogusevic
78/0/0/10
25/0/8/1
27/18/9/1
13/0/8/0
OPS .522 .572 .654 .625 .927 .673 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.819 47/.517 93/.676 70/.449 30/.994 70/.683 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.282 35/.648 126/.638 93/.759 47/.880 111/.666 .690
Home / 42/.667 127/.672 82/.705 49/.923 90/.651
Last 28d days 20/.522 28/.445 42/.737 44/.693 23/1.422 46/.659
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 0/1/1 4/6/0 5/5/0 2/2/0 2/5/2 100/89/27
Usage ···X·oo· ·X·o·Xo· ·Xo··X·· ·X······ ·o·X··X·
Dodgers Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 241/164 .223/.276/.391/.667 .836/.587 .533 44/.762 0/0 10/1
23.Blake G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 203/153 .259/.357/.376/.733 .827/.703 .653 38/.739 1/2 4/6
14.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 380/274 .298/.368/.366/.734 .727/.737 .650 65/.783 10/0 0/8
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.917 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· ··· 469/331 .304/.373/.443/.816 .609/.905 .814 93/.728 0/1 10/0
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 256/206 .251/.307/.328/.635 .454/.679 .620 68/.617 15/3 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP 7/1.738 1/.000 3/1.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 487/366 .320/.394/.574/.968 1.015/.953 .894 99/.885 30/5 26/4
7.Loney* G/S/vP 10/.844 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 413/318 .252/.296/.328/.624 .433/.680 .588 59/.449 3/0 5/5
6.Miles# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 336/261 .292/.311/.358/.670 .725/.653 .594 84/.534 4/0 1/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/2.250 1/2.000 1/.000 176/147 .200/.272/.323/.594 .568/.599 .643 46/.753 0/0 4/6
49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 54/48 .225/.353/.375/.728 .933/.698 .318 8/.143 2/0 1/1
33.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 354/267 .264/.322/.393/.715 .942/.643 .720 75/.836 3/2 8/2
3.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 23/14 .000/.087/.000/.087 .111/.071 .105 16/.125 1/0 0/1
IP 140.0 23.2 31.0 52.2 54.1 31.0 TOTAL .253/.316/.363/.678 .671/.681 .642 .652 89/21 75/63
ERA-K/9 3.73/8.5 3.04/8.0 5.23/7.8 2.91/7.2 3.31/7.5 2.90/10.2 4.67/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (45-14-2)
 Navarro (35-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.255 99/.224 140/.261 220/.263 232/.245 133/.239 .272  Gwynn
 Ethier
 Kemp
 Rivera
 Velez
 Oeltjen
 Blake
81/9/2/8
0/0/107/8
0/114/0/6
33/0/6/2
1/0/0/0
6/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .741 .656 .810 .678 .656 .710 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.851 62/.543 63/.768 81/.755 98/.693 52/.636 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.624 37/.843 77/.842 139/.631 134/.629 81/.760 .771
Road 226/.744 41/.836 64/.743 98/.617 113/.685 63/.779
Last 28d days 132/.960 28/.635 14/.747 50/.797 58/.617 52/.677
HR/SB/CS 17/10/6 2/5/1 5/7/0 3/1/2 4/3/1 3/3/1 137/100/24
Usage ····X··· ooo·Xo·· oo·X·o·· ·oX·o·X· X···o··· o·X·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.