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Game Preview: HOU @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Astros, 33-69, 33-69 6th, 21 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (30, RHP, 3-10, 4.74)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-10) 133.0 140 75 70 42 99 24 4.74
2010 (14-8) 223.2 212 88 78 66 180 20 3.14
2009 (4-3) 70.2 74 38 38 23 50 18 4.84
Last 7 GS 1-4 45.1 46 24 21 13 36 6 4.17 52
2011-07-20 WSN ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 4 1 100 55
2011-07-15 PIT L 6.0 5 3 3 3 11 0 111 58
2011-07-09 @FLA L 4.1 4 6 5 4 4 1 100 33
2011-07-04 @PIT L 6.0 13 5 4 0 1 0 109 29
2011-06-29 TEX L 7.0 6 3 3 1 4 2 104 56
2011-06-22 @TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 6 1 101 56
2011-06-17 @LAD W 9.0 4 3 2 1 6 1 98 74
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 33.0 26 13 11 9 23 2 3.00 58
2011-06-07 STL L 6.0 6 5 5 1 4 1 83 43
2010-08-02 @STL ND 6.0 3 3 2 4 4 1 90 56
2010-07-10 STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 94 73
2010-05-11 @STL W 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 103 49
2010-04-14 @STL L 7.0 4 2 1 2 7 0 111 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-36   Road:   16-33   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  19-54   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:15-30   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Mon, Jul 25  @STL  L   5-12      33-69  6th 21.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24  @CHC  L   4-5 (10)  33-68  6th 20.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 23  @CHC  L   1-5       33-67  6th 20.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @CHC  L   2-4       33-66  6th 20.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 20   WSN  W   3-2 (11)  33-65  6th 19.5 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 19   WSN  W   7-6       32-65  6th 20.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 18   WSN  L   2-5       31-65  6th 20.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17   PIT  L   5-7 (11)  31-64  6th 19.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16   PIT  W   6-4       31-63  6th 19.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15   PIT  L   0-4       30-63  6th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24
Cardinals, 54-48, 54-48 1st, Tied

SP: Jake Westbrook (33, RHP, 8-4, 5.04)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-4) 110.2 126 66 62 41 60 12 5.04
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-1 40.2 45 23 23 8 22 8 5.09 47
2011-07-21 @NYM W 8.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 90 68
2011-07-15 @CIN ND 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 2 82 54
2011-07-06 CIN ND 4.1 8 7 7 1 0 3 70 18
2011-07-01 @TBR W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 112 77
2011-06-24 TOR ND 4.1 10 4 4 1 3 0 100 29
2011-06-18 KCR ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 121 48
2011-06-12 @MIL L 5.0 8 4 4 1 0 1 78 34
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 22.2 26 12 11 9 20 1 4.37 48
2011-06-07 @HOU W 5.1 8 3 2 3 3 1 100 42
2010-08-30 @HOU L 7.0 9 3 3 1 3 0 89 49
2010-08-02 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 100 62
2001-07-15 @HOU L 4.1 5 4 4 4 7 0 95 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  38-35   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 14-13 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Mon, Jul 25   HOU  W  12-5       54-48  1st    Tied
101 Sun, Jul 24  @PIT  L   3-4 (10)  53-48  1st    Tied
100 Sat, Jul 23  @PIT  W   9-1       53-47  1st    Tied
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @PIT  W   6-4       52-47  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21  @NYM  W   6-2       51-47  3rd  1.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 20  @NYM  L   5-6 (10)  50-47  3rd  2.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 19  @NYM  L   2-4       50-46  3rd  1.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17  @CIN  L   1-3       50-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16  @CIN  W   4-1       50-44  1st  0.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 15  @CIN  L   5-6       49-44  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 STL 12  HOU  5        W:Kyle McClellan (7-6), L: J.A. Happ (4-12), S: Mitchell Boggs (4)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 STL  9 @HOU  2        W:Lance Lynn (1-1), L: J.A. Happ (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 HOU  4  STL  1        W:Bud Norris (4-4), L: Jaime Garcia (6-2), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 STL  7 @HOU  4        W:Jake Westbrook (6-3), L: Brett Myers (2-5), S: Fernando Salas (11)
Thu, May 19, 2011 STL  4  HOU  2        W:Kyle McClellan (6-1), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: Fernando Salas (5)
Wed, May 18, 2011 STL  5  HOU  1        W:Kyle Lohse (5-2), L: Bud Norris (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 STL 11 @HOU  7        W:Kyle McClellan (4-0), L: Fernando Abad (1-2), S: Fernando Salas (1)
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 STL  6 @HOU  5        W:Kyle Lohse (4-1), L: J.A. Happ (1-4), S: Eduardo Sanchez (1)
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 HOU  6  STL  5        W:Brandon Lyon (2-1), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 01, 2010 HOU  5  STL  2        W:Nelson Figueroa (4-2), L: Jeff Suppan (1-7), S: Brandon Lyon (11)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 7-2; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; 2009 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 360-319

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
Astros Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
37.Valdes*
G/S/vB
40.Walters
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 285/216 .250/.318/.387/.705 .648/.722 .791 78/.844 1/0 6/5
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 111/65 .355/.373/.430/.803 .887/.745 .745 6/1.000 17/5 0/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/.444 9/1.125 9/.944 5/.650 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 450/333 .300/.357/.400/.757 .722/.770 .716 103/.781 37/6 1/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/63 .190/.217/.266/.483 .855/.361 .465 36/.552 0/0 0/4
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 129/106 .241/.333/.482/.815 .360/.919 .650 31/.328 0/0 6/4
23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.500 3/1.667 ··· 5/.400 3/2.000 ··· ··· 347/265 .249/.291/.385/.676 .630/.690 .742 64/.633 2/2 6/10
45.Lee G/S/vP 40/1.169 7/1.143 ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 ··· 2/5.000 412/316 .277/.328/.441/.769 .978/.708 .742 89/.964 3/2 9/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 115/59 .211/.252/.312/.564 .607/.523 .469 35/.651 0/0 2/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/1.292 6/1.167 1/2.000 8/.875 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 421/320 .308/.356/.470/.827 .751/.850 .762 94/.756 7/1 11/4
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 151/129 .252/.280/.336/.616 .783/.588 .494 34/.647 1/0 1/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 248/184 .251/.305/.306/.611 .619/.607 .640 57/.590 3/0 1/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 9/1.635 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 347/285 .278/.354/.389/.743 .537/.789 .642 61/.471 1/1 4/6
IP 110.2 39.0 15.2 38.2 48.0 5.1 4.0 TOTAL .261/.313/.380/.693 .704/.690 .667 .679 74/19 57/75
ERA-K/9 5.04/4.9 2.77/8.1 4.02/5.2 2.33/8.4 2.63/8.8 3.38/11.9 9.00/6.8 3.90/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (24-4-1)
 Quintero (33-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.290 159/.231 76/.295 160/.246 188/.190 27/.273 18/.188 .260  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Bourgeois
 Michaels
0/0/96/9
75/0/0/8
0/98/0/3
24/8/6/1
25/0/3/1
OPS .802 .627 .875 .660 .568 .771 .653 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.709 54/.660 51/.662 56/.880 84/.562 13/.862 7/.286 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.889 105/.610 25/1.342 104/.543 104/.573 14/.690 11/.919 .728
Home 219/.858 74/.731 32/.799 73/.708 88/.394 15/.733 12/.879
Last 28d days 95/.716 45/.583 11/1.445 28/.802 44/.530 22/.798 18/.653
HR/SB/CS 12/7/3 2/1/2 1/1/0 1/2/1 5/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 87/40/16
Usage ····X··· XX··o·o· ······o· ·oo··oX· ···o·o·· ······o· X·o·····
Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Myers
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
52.Escalona*
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
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 28/.869 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 365/280 .288/.400/.599/.999 .853/1.047 .868 83/1.077 0/3 27/5
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 271/215 .263/.341/.366/.707 .481/.766 .724 47/.904 2/2 1/6
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 181/134 .315/.365/.430/.795 1.139/.681 .585 83/.704 0/0 4/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 23/1.185 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 320/239 .310/.406/.540/.946 .873/.968 .965 93/.826 0/1 14/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP 8/.500 4/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 285/211 .313/.364/.441/.806 .741/.828 .744 81/.851 5/4 7/1
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/49 .236/.306/.382/.688 .673/.686 .528 15/.670 0/1 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 29/.562 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 330/245 .288/.333/.444/.777 .848/.753 .818 67/.858 2/5 8/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 46/.984 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 385/299 .275/.345/.509/.854 .915/.837 .946 67/.847 5/0 22/9
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 123/70 .275/.370/.402/.772 .782/.763 .559 40/.748 1/1 0/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 15/.343 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 383/283 .245/.332/.421/.753 .825/.729 .733 66/.630 5/2 11/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 28/1.008 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 221/186 .284/.330/.373/.703 .743/.696 .737 69/.863 0/1 2/3
3.Theriot G/S/vP 18/.444 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 2/4.000 375/274 .269/.315/.327/.641 .736/.606 .619 69/.424 4/4 1/16
IP 133.0 43.1 19.0 47.1 47.1 23.2 TOTAL .269/.341/.420/.761 .760/.761 .736 .788 36/25 102/70
ERA-K/9 4.74/6.7 4.15/5.2 2.84/8.1 2.85/7.8 3.23/7.4 2.66/10.6 4.69/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (8-3-1)
 Molina (30-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.271 199/.279 80/.224 196/.258 202/.242 100/.241 .270  Jay
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Schumaker
17/21/56/4
0/91/0/4
68/0/0/4
12/0/62/1
4/0/11/0
OPS .796 .740 .655 .662 .649 .701 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.881 73/.867 48/.598 76/.797 86/.681 40/.601 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.739 126/.668 32/.740 120/.575 116/.626 60/.770 .769
Road 297/.763 97/.730 33/.819 81/.530 100/.662 40/.650
Last 28d days 136/.851 38/.612 27/.689 51/.575 42/.480 36/.656
HR/SB/CS 24/13/4 3/7/1 1/5/1 2/1/2 3/3/1 3/3/1 121/92/21
Usage ·····X·· ·oo··o·· ·ooo··o· ·X···XoX X····oX· ··XX··oo

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.