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Game Preview: HOU @ LAD, 10:10pm, Saturday, August 13, 2011 @Dodger Stadium

Astros, 38-81, 38-81 6th, 30 GB, 32 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 8-8, 3.52)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-8) 133.0 126 54 52 45 114 16 3.52
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 2-4 42.0 35 24 22 19 41 5 4.71 52
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
2011-07-10 @FLA L 5.1 5 5 5 5 3 1 101 36
2011-07-05 @PIT L 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 1 116 40
Last 5 v.LAD 2-2 31.2 29 8 5 10 27 1 1.42 60
2011-06-18 @LAD W 6.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 103 63
2010-09-11 LAD ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 10 1 111 62
2010-05-17 @LAD L 6.2 7 4 1 2 1 0 99 49
2009-07-16 @LAD W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 108 66
2009-04-23 LAD L 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 105 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-40   Road:   19-41   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  22-62   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:19-38   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Dodgers, 53-64, 53-64 4th, 12 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Clayton Kershaw (23, LHP, 13-5, 2.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (13-5) 167.2 129 57 52 45 184 13 2.79
2010 (13-10) 204.1 160 73 66 81 212 13 2.91
2009 (8-8) 171.0 119 55 53 91 185 7 2.79
Last 7 GS 5-2 51.0 41 19 14 13 56 5 2.47 63
2011-08-07 @ARI L 6.1 5 4 4 3 7 2 113 51
2011-08-01 @SDP W 9.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 108 69
2011-07-26 COL W 6.2 8 2 2 2 6 0 125 54
2011-07-20 @SFG W 8.0 3 0 0 1 12 0 112 87
2011-07-15 @ARI W 7.0 5 4 0 2 8 1 111 65
2011-07-07 NYM W 8.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 113 79
2011-07-02 @LAA L 6.0 9 7 6 1 10 1 106 37
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 23.0 20 10 10 7 19 1 3.91 53
2011-05-23 @HOU ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 84 65
2009-07-18 HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 103 77
2009-04-21 @HOU L 4.1 8 6 6 2 3 1 86 24
2008-07-01 @HOU ND 5.2 6 3 3 2 4 0 90 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-34   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 6-0 
 vsRHP:  38-48   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 24-24 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Fri, Aug 12   HOU  W   1-0 (10)  53-64  4th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 LAD  1  HOU  0 (10)   W:Josh Lindblom (1-0), L: David Carpenter (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 4-3; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; 2009 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 382-318

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  4.17

SEA  3.33

 RA/G

PHI  3.29

TEX  4.21

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .350

R. Theriot  .271

A. Dunn  .161

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

M. Izturis  .336

V. Wells  .241

 SLG

J. Bautista  .627

H. Kendrick  .430

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.071

B. Gardner  .762

A. Rios  .566

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.78

R. Dickey  3.75

J. Happ  6.26

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.09

E. Jackson  6.92

B. Penny  3.56

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

Astros Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
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 21/.722 3/.666 3/.000 5/1.400 8/1.000 2/.000 347/256 .249/.316/.387/.703 .534/.761 .763 89/.734 1/1 8/10
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 65/63 .286/.375/.393/.768 .500/.771 .920 27/1.136 1/1 1/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 172/104 .313/.329/.398/.727 .949/.586 .749 67/.621 22/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/82 .194/.236/.262/.498 .854/.378 .489 38/.554 0/0 0/4
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/119 .242/.329/.469/.798 .459/.879 .639 23/.490 0/0 6/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 11/1.155 ··· 3/.000 5/.933 3/.000 8/.750 479/364 .264/.322/.421/.742 .955/.676 .709 102/.727 3/2 11/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/1.250 136/66 .208/.267/.304/.571 .634/.505 .478 32/.592 1/0 2/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 188/155 .268/.294/.358/.652 .744/.633 .540 59/.805 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 41/.525 3/0 1/7
IP 167.2 20.0 52.2 40.1 14.0 43.1 TOTAL .260/.312/.377/.689 .712/.682 .667 .684 85/26 69/88
ERA-K/9 2.79/9.9 3.15/9.4 3.93/6.7 3.57/7.8 12.21/12.2 2.08/6.0 3.79/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.212 82/.194 222/.239 163/.209 77/.281 184/.250 .246  Lee
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
 Bogusevic
78/0/0/10
25/0/8/1
27/19/9/1
13/0/8/0
OPS .575 .572 .645 .625 .927 .673 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.508 47/.517 95/.661 70/.449 30/.994 72/.693 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 528/.593 35/.648 127/.633 93/.759 47/.880 112/.660 .686
Home 339/.514 42/.667 130/.656 82/.705 49/.923 93/.652
Last 28d days 119/.568 22/.573 45/.686 44/.693 23/1.422 49/.660
HR/SB/CS 13/10/4 0/1/1 4/6/0 5/5/0 2/2/0 2/5/2 100/89/27
Usage ·····X·· ····X·oo o·X·o·Xo ··Xo··X· ··X····· o·o·X··X
Dodgers Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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 2/.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 14/.972 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 208/158 .257/.353/.377/.730 .827/.700 .651 43/.724 1/2 4/6
14.Carroll G/S/vP 12/.398 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 382/276 .296/.366/.364/.730 .727/.731 .643 67/.758 10/0 0/8
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 14/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 474/336 .302/.376/.440/.816 .609/.905 .815 94/.765 0/1 10/0
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 257/207 .250/.306/.326/.632 .454/.676 .615 65/.561 15/3 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP 20/.725 1/.000 3/1.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 492/371 .319/.392/.570/.962 1.015/.945 .883 100/.843 30/5 26/4
7.Loney* G/S/vP 14/.297 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 417/322 .256/.303/.332/.634 .433/.693 .608 62/.537 3/0 5/5
6.Miles# G/S/vP 11/.364 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 341/266 .288/.307/.353/.660 .725/.640 .577 85/.489 4/0 1/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 2/.000 4/2.250 1/2.000 2/.500 180/151 .199/.282/.321/.603 .568/.610 .658 46/.803 0/0 4/6
49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 54/48 .225/.353/.375/.728 .933/.698 .318 7/.167 2/0 1/1
33.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/4.000 358/271 .264/.321/.398/.719 .942/.649 .728 75/.894 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 133.0 23.2 31.0 52.2 54.1 33.0 TOTAL .252/.316/.362/.678 .671/.680 .641 .655 89/21 75/63
ERA-K/9 3.52/7.7 3.04/8.0 5.23/7.8 2.91/7.2 3.31/7.5 2.73/9.8 4.64/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.250 99/.224 140/.261 220/.263 232/.245 143/.233 .271  Ethier
 Gwynn
 Kemp
 Rivera
 Velez
 Oeltjen
 Blake
0/0/108/8
82/9/2/8
0/115/0/6
34/0/6/2
1/0/0/0
6/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .723 .656 .810 .678 .656 .718 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.598 62/.543 63/.768 81/.755 98/.693 58/.637 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 436/.759 37/.843 77/.842 139/.631 134/.629 85/.774 .768
Road 322/.704 41/.836 64/.743 98/.617 113/.685 73/.785
Last 28d days 125/.631 25/.715 14/.747 44/.817 55/.654 62/.700
HR/SB/CS 16/16/2 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·· Xo·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.