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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, September 9, 2011 @Nationals Park

Astros, 48-95, 48-95 6th, 36 GB, 35½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 6-9, 3.83)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-9) 169.1 161 86 72 65 166 22 3.83
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 39.1 44 25 23 17 38 6 5.26 47
2011-09-03 MIL L 5.1 9 6 5 1 5 2 121 32
2011-08-28 @SFG ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 10 0 98 72
2011-08-23 @COL ND 5.0 6 5 4 4 6 1 110 39
2011-08-17 CHC W 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 2 101 45
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
Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 6.2 6 2 2 4 6 0 2.70 56
2010-09-20 @WSN W 6.2 6 2 2 4 6 0 112 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-45   Road:   22-50   ExtrInn: 4-10
 vsRHP:  31-70   vsLHP:  17-25   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:25-44   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep  7  @PIT  L   4-5       48-95  6th 36.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6  @PIT  W   4-1       48-94  6th 36.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5  @PIT  L   1-3       47-94  6th 37.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4   MIL  L   0-4       47-93  6th 36.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  3   MIL  L   2-8       47-92  6th 35.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  2   MIL  L   2-8       47-91  6th 34.5 gb
137 Wed, Aug 31   PIT  W   2-0       47-90  6th 34.0 gb
136 Tue, Aug 30   PIT  W   8-2       46-90  6th 35.0 gb
135 Mon, Aug 29   PIT  W   7-4       45-90  6th 36.0 gb
134 Sun, Aug 28  @SFG  W   4-3 (11)  44-90  6th 36.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Nationals, 65-76, 65-76 4th, 27½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Tom Milone (24, LHP, 0-0, 8.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 8.31
Last 7 GS 0-0 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 8.31 37
2011-09-03 NYM ND 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 74 37
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-32   Road:   26-44   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  49-60   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  22-26
 vsEast: 23-32   vsCntrl:18-18   vsWest: 16-19 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Thu, Sep  8   LAD  L   4-7       65-76  4th 27.5 gb
140 Tue, Sep  6   LAD  L   3-7       65-75  4th 26.0 gb
139 Mon, Sep  5   LAD  W   7-2       65-74  4th 25.0 gb
138 Sun, Sep  4   NYM  L   3-6       64-74  4th 25.0 gb
137 Sat, Sep  3   NYM  W   8-7       64-73  4th 25.0 gb
136 Fri, Sep  2   NYM  L   3-7       63-73  4th 26.0 gb
135 Thu, Sep  1  @ATL  L   2-5       63-72  4th 25.0 gb
134 Wed, Aug 31  @ATL  L   1-3       63-71  4th 24.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 30  @ATL  W   9-2       63-70  4th 23.0 gb
132 Sun, Aug 28  @CIN  L   4-5 (14)  62-70  4th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 HOU  3  WSN  2 (11)   W:Wilton Lopez (2-4), L: Todd Coffey (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 HOU  7  WSN  6        W:J.A. Happ (4-11), L: Jordan Zimmermann (6-8), S: Mark Melancon (8)
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 WSN  5 @HOU  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (0-5), S: Drew Storen (25)

Thu, Sep 23, 2010 WSN  7  HOU  2        W:Ross Detwiler (1-2), L: Nelson Figueroa (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 WSN  4  HOU  3        W:Tyler Clippard (11-6), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-1), S: Sean Burnett (3)
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 WSN  8  HOU  4        W:Tyler Clippard (10-6), L: Felipe Paulino (1-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 HOU  8 @WSN  2        W:Bud Norris (9-8), L: Livan Hernandez (10-12), S: none
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 HOU  6  WSN  4        W:Matt Lindstrom (2-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 HOU  5  WSN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-7), L: John Lannan (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 HOU  8  WSN  7        W:Wilton Lopez (2-0), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 2-1; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 241-192

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  5.48

CLE  4.18

SFG  3.38

 RA/G

PHI  3.26

TEX  4.30

BAL  5.31

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

D. Fowler  .271

A. Dunn  .161

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

N. Walker  .338

V. Wells  .252

 SLG

J. Bautista  .625

A. Lind  .442

A. Dunn  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.069

B. Phillips  .777

O. Cabrera  .568

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.36

M. Latos  3.77

B. Duensing  5.34

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.41

J. Zimmermann  6.92

B. Penny  3.74

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

Astros Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Milone*
G/S/vB		 23.Balester
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 59.Severino*
G/S/vB		 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/130 .287/.301/.386/.687 .816/.641 .718 89/.613 5/2 2/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 6/.834 7/.367 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 ··· 427/313 .250/.325/.389/.714 .565/.766 .764 80/.765 2/1 10/12
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 135/127 .292/.358/.500/.858 .393/.887 .878 70/.937 3/2 4/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 218/125 .286/.316/.354/.671 .877/.523 .694 46/.442 25/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 157/116 .187/.260/.259/.519 .692/.462 .502 45/.568 0/0 0/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/149 .281/.353/.515/.868 .828/.878 .788 41/1.106 0/0 8/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 367/278 .245/.286/.373/.659 .605/.676 .704 0/ 2/2 6/12
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 5/.600 4/.750 20/.461 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/1.000 571/434 .275/.336/.444/.780 1.009/.709 .767 92/.981 4/3 15/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/106 .274/.310/.459/.770 1.153/.634 .749 93/.703 0/1 5/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 165/74 .197/.256/.296/.552 .603/.491 .463 29/.466 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/101 .290/.326/.419/.745 .572/.802 .787 91/.726 3/3 2/2
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 232/184 .257/.277/.342/.619 .806/.572 .603 44/.484 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 293/224 .243/.300/.290/.590 .621/.579 .592 24/.411 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/210 .249/.322/.325/.648 .502/.698 .589 61/.736 18/4 2/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/55 .212/.328/.250/.578 .667/.566 .268 39/.572 1/0 0/0
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/97 .178/.262/.295/.557 .527/.572 .515 1/.000 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 366/304 .262/.338/.367/.705 .537/.741 .603 7/.000 1/1 4/6
IP 4.1 30.0 51.0 76.0 55.0 1.1 57.1 0.1 13.2 2.0 64.1 TOTAL .259/.313/.378/.690 .724/.679 .670 .695 101/31 85/101
ERA-K/9 8.31/4.2 3.60/7.8 4.24/5.6 2.01/10.8 3.60/6.9 6.75/0.0 3.92/9.7 0.00/30.0 3.29/7.2 4.50/9.0 3.22/8.1 3.76/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (41-9-2)
 Quintero (42-14-3)
 Towles (33-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 19/.333 132/.271 221/.258 286/.169 231/.234 8/.571 263/.226 1/.000 69/.367 9/.250 262/.218 .261  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Bourgeois
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Wright
78/0/0/10
13/0/27/6
34/0/0/3
0/64/0/1
30/28/10/1
5/5/11/1
26/0/15/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .889 .802 .725 .559 .641 1.196 .618 .000 1.041 .583 .637 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 2/.000 54/.756 100/.603 133/.574 83/.857 4/1.500 111/.612 1/.000 33/.924 3/.667 107/.623 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/1.000 78/.832 121/.829 153/.545 148/.519 4/.833 152/.621 / 36/1.148 6/.533 155/.647 .725
Home 19/.889 62/.645 116/.752 148/.547 102/.601 8/1.196 120/.585 1/.000 27/1.023 / 144/.690
Last 28d days 19/.889 55/.643 39/.712 42/.685 29/.146 8/1.196 64/.535 1/.000 8/1.000 / 31/.887
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 6/4/1 6/2/0 10/3/4 4/2/1 0/0/0 1/11/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 8/3/0 121/68/37
Usage ·····X·· o··o··X· ···o·o·X o··X·X·o o···o·oo ··X····· ··X·ooX· ··o····· ··o·X··· ········ X···o···
Nationals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 68.Abreu
G/S/vB		 67.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 64.Harrell
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		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 353/270 .245/.303/.373/.676 .598/.699 .744 70/.571 10/3 8/1
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 303/232 .246/.311/.362/.674 .467/.738 .875 10/.967 16/2 6/0
43.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/32 .221/.286/.286/.571 .475/.756 .551 23/.764 4/2 0/1
10.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 165/154 .221/.287/.262/.548 .764/.533 .559 20/.472 2/0 0/4
6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 552/425 .244/.290/.349/.640 .633/.641 .672 107/.812 22/10 7/22
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 581/445 .229/.316/.407/.723 .858/.689 .773 87/.689 14/4 19/13
26.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/56 .239/.292/.358/.650 .517/.688 .755 33/.703 0/0 1/1
30.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 352/259 .207/.327/.391/.718 .874/.662 .668 49/.521 7/3 14/2
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.167/.000/.167 /.167 .167 6/.167 0/0 0/0
14.Marrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/36 .282/.333/.308/.641 .833/.606 .681 42/.641 0/0 0/2
38.Morse G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/2.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 499/381 .312/.369/.558/.926 .852/.949 .882 93/.939 2/3 26/6
19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 330/299 .256/.303/.469/.772 .411/.807 .777 38/.830 2/2 16/2
3.Ramos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 383/291 .259/.322/.430/.752 .746/.753 .915 61/.920 0/2 12/4
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/107 .212/.273/.322/.595 .638/.586 .681 1/.000 0/0 2/3
28.Werth G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 580/456 .230/.334/.397/.732 .661/.750 .760 90/.847 16/3 19/6
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 361/301 .291/.352/.450/.801 .887/.785 .821 97/.777 3/1 10/9
IP 169.1 1.2 20.1 47.1 27.2 10.1 64.0 90.2 65.0 79.0 44.0 35.0 8.1 TOTAL .242/.311/.385/.696 .658/.706 .730 .736 96/34 138/92
ERA-K/9 3.83/8.8 5.40/15.9 3.10/8.4 4.56/5.3 2.93/8.1 3.48/7.9 2.95/6.9 5.26/6.3 3.18/7.5 5.24/6.9 3.07/9.6 4.11/6.7 1.08/8.7 4.52/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (15-4-2)
 Ramos (41-22-1)
 Rodriguez (12-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 726/.250 9/.167 90/.286 223/.284 115/.240 47/.318 270/.268 397/.285 278/.253 339/.243 192/.265 144/.234 31/.111 .267  Werth
 Ankiel
 Nix
 Bernadina
 Morse
 Bixler
 Gomes
0/8/125/10
0/91/5/8
72/4/11/7
29/55/4/5
37/0/0/4
22/4/5/1
73/0/5/1
OPS .736 .944 .830 .751 .687 .725 .697 .823 .677 .770 .762 .682 .448 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.847 4/.500 37/.713 82/.845 74/.590 10/1.200 99/.802 180/.803 121/.732 136/.895 73/.720 59/.669 21/.246 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.618 5/1.150 53/.904 141/.697 41/.859 37/.591 171/.635 217/.840 157/.637 203/.690 119/.789 85/.690 10/.856 .754
Road 306/.686 / 39/1.053 103/.754 42/.866 21/1.026 131/.649 205/.857 134/.706 180/.668 93/.812 75/.757 16/.321
Last 28d days 106/.818 9/.944 43/.783 6/.533 16/.867 21/.396 50/.778 57/.973 46/.784 39/.707 49/.890 117/.634 23/.224
HR/SB/CS 22/16/6 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/9/1 3/5/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/1 13/13/0 4/4/1 2/1/2 1/0/0 165/118/28
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ·o···oX· ····Xo·· ·o······ ······X· ·o·oo·o· ······X· ··X····· ·····XX· ·X··o··· ···X···· ··ooo·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.