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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 11, 2011 @Nationals Park

Astros, 49-96, 49-96 6th, 35 GB, 34½ GB in WC

SP: Henry Sosa (25, RHP, 2-3, 4.11)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 35.0 29 16 16 13 26 2 4.11
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.0 29 16 16 13 26 2 4.11 53
2011-09-05 @PIT L 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 107 52
2011-08-30 PIT W 6.0 2 1 1 1 7 0 89 70
2011-08-25 @SFG W 6.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 78 60
2011-08-21 SFG ND 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 1 75 45
2011-08-15 CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 0 94 46
2011-08-10 @ARI L 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 100 45
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-45   Road:   23-51   ExtrInn: 4-11
 vsRHP:  31-70   vsLHP:  18-26   1-Run:  17-25
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:25-44   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Sat, Sep 10  @WSN  W   9-3       49-96  6th 35.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @WSN  L   3-4 (11)  48-96  6th 36.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Nationals, 66-77, 66-77 4th, 28½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Stephen Strasburg (22, RHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 5.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0.00
2010 (5-3) 68.0 56 25 22 17 92 5 2.91
Last 7 GS 3-1 36.1 29 14 12 7 43 3 2.97 57
2011-09-06 LAD ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 56 67
2010-08-21 @PHI ND 4.1 2 1 1 0 6 0 53 61
2010-08-15 ARI ND 5.0 5 3 1 0 7 1 85 56
2010-08-10 FLA L 4.1 6 6 6 2 4 1 84 29
2010-07-21 @CIN W 5.2 7 3 3 1 7 0 97 49
2010-07-16 @FLA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 99 68
2010-07-09 SFG W 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 95 69
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-33   Road:   26-44   ExtrInn:11-7 
 vsRHP:  50-60   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  23-26
 vsEast: 23-32   vsCntrl:19-19   vsWest: 16-19 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Sat, Sep 10   HOU  L   3-9       66-77  4th 28.5 gb
142 Fri, Sep  9   HOU  W   4-3 (11)  66-76  4th 27.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 HOU  9 @WSN  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-10), L: John Lannan (9-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 WSN  4  HOU  3 (11)   W:Tyler Clippard (3-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - HOU over 3-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 242-193

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  5.41

CLE  4.20

SFG  3.34

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

STL  4.31

BAL  5.27

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .340

R. Theriot  .271

K. Johnson  .212

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

N. Walker  .338

V. Wells  .252

 SLG

J. Bautista  .629

P. Bourjos  .440

O. Cabrera  .302

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.073

C. Santana  .776

O. Cabrera  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.36

M. Latos  3.72

B. Duensing  5.34

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.41

E. Santana  6.95

B. Penny  3.68

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

Astros Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 23.Balester
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 46.Milone*
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/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 189/135 .283/.301/.378/.679 .803/.632 .701 91/.604 5/2 2/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 7/.714 7/.367 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 1/.000 432/315 .252/.326/.392/.718 .596/.761 .770 81/.797 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 67/.950 3/2 4/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 228/129 .301/.329/.366/.695 .906/.538 .732 52/.594 26/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 162/118 .196/.264/.266/.530 .690/.474 .525 43/.681 0/0 0/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/149 .280/.351/.512/.863 .806/.878 .779 41/1.106 0/0 8/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 377/283 .247/.286/.372/.659 .598/.679 .700 10/.633 2/2 6/13
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 5/.600 5/.600 21/.438 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/1.000 581/439 .276/.336/.445/.780 1.031/.700 .768 95/.999 4/3 15/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 155/110 .264/.303/.438/.741 1.075/.610 .695 95/.669 0/1 5/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 166/74 .203/.261/.301/.561 .619/.491 .484 25/.628 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/101 .290/.326/.419/.745 .572/.802 .787 84/.723 3/3 2/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.800 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 236/186 .252/.272/.336/.609 .772/.566 .584 48/.443 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 298/227 .247/.306/.293/.598 .634/.587 .608 25/.533 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 291/214 .247/.318/.328/.646 .544/.684 .590 71/.717 18/4 2/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/55 .212/.328/.250/.578 .667/.566 .268 35/.643 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 367/305 .262/.337/.366/.703 .537/.738 .600 8/.000 1/1 4/6
IP 5.0 32.0 51.0 78.0 55.2 10.0 1.1 58.1 1.1 14.0 3.1 65.1 TOTAL .260/.313/.378/.691 .731/.677 .672 .718 102/31 85/104
ERA-K/9 0.00/7.2 3.38/7.9 4.24/5.6 1.96/10.7 3.72/6.8 6.30/4.5 6.75/0.0 3.86/9.7 0.00/20.8 3.21/7.1 2.70/10.9 3.17/8.3 3.77/6.4

 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 17/.118 138/.258 221/.258 293/.168 236/.239 44/.350 8/.571 267/.226 6/.333 70/.361 13/.167 265/.215 .262  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Bourgeois
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Schafer
 Wright
78/0/0/10
13/0/27/6
36/0/0/4
30/28/12/1
5/5/11/1
26/0/15/1
0/66/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .294 .765 .725 .552 .651 .874 1.196 .616 .667 1.025 .397 .630 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.333 54/.756 100/.603 134/.569 84/.871 5/.600 4/1.500 111/.612 2/.000 33/.924 4/.500 108/.617 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 8/.250 84/.769 121/.829 159/.536 152/.527 39/.911 4/.833 156/.618 4/1.000 37/1.114 9/.347 157/.638 .725
Home 17/.294 68/.584 116/.752 155/.535 107/.624 44/.874 8/1.196 124/.582 6/.667 28/.984 4/.000 147/.675
Last 28d days 17/.294 49/.683 39/.712 49/.622 34/.282 44/.874 8/1.196 62/.498 6/.667 9/.889 4/.000 34/.805
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 6/4/1 6/2/0 10/3/4 4/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/12/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 8/3/0 121/69/37
Usage ····X··· X·o··o·· ·····o·o ·Xo··X·X X·o···o· ·X·····X ····X··· ·X··X·oo X···o··· o···o·X· ·o······ ·oX···o·
Nationals Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Sosa
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		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 358/275 .245/.304/.371/.675 .598/.698 .742 71/.610 10/3 8/1
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/32 .218/.282/.282/.564 .466/.756 .535 24/.729 4/2 0/1
10.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 165/154 .221/.287/.262/.548 .764/.533 .559 19/.498 2/0 0/4
6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 558/428 .241/.287/.345/.632 .617/.637 .656 109/.743 22/10 7/22
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 589/450 .226/.313/.402/.715 .837/.684 .755 91/.672 14/4 19/13
26.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 76/58 .254/.303/.380/.683 .631/.699 .807 37/.766 0/0 1/1
30.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 356/260 .212/.331/.394/.725 .890/.665 .683 52/.597 7/3 14/2
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/12 .000/.083/.000/.083 /.083 .083 12/.083 0/0 0/0
14.Marrero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/41 .277/.320/.319/.639 .778/.607 .667 50/.639 0/0 0/2
38.Morse G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 3/2.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 508/387 .313/.370/.561/.931 .892/.943 .893 98/.949 2/3 27/7
19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 332/301 .254/.301/.466/.767 .411/.802 .766 36/.790 2/2 16/2
3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 387/295 .259/.324/.429/.753 .746/.755 .914 61/.981 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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.833 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 589/462 .230/.333/.394/.727 .644/.749 .749 95/.805 16/3 19/6
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 370/307 .290/.351/.454/.805 .876/.791 .827 102/.803 3/1 11/9
IP 35.0 2.2 21.1 48.1 27.2 11.2 64.0 90.2 65.0 80.0 45.0 8.1 TOTAL .242/.310/.384/.694 .660/.704 .726 .732 96/34 140/94
ERA-K/9 4.11/6.7 3.38/20.0 2.95/8.9 4.47/5.2 2.93/8.1 3.09/9.2 2.95/6.9 5.26/6.3 3.18/7.5 5.18/7.0 3.00/9.4 1.08/8.7 4.48/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (15-4-2)
 Ramos (42-22-1)
 Rodriguez (12-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.234 13/.111 94/.272 226/.280 115/.240 54/.292 271/.271 397/.285 278/.253 344/.246 195/.261 31/.111 .266  Werth
 Ankiel
 Nix
 Bernadina
 Morse
 Bixler
 Gomes
0/10/125/10
0/91/6/8
72/4/11/7
29/55/4/5
39/0/0/4
22/4/5/1
73/0/6/1
OPS .682 .718 .791 .740 .687 .704 .702 .823 .677 .770 .749 .448 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.669 5/.400 39/.671 83/.833 74/.590 12/1.000 99/.802 180/.803 121/.732 137/.888 75/.698 21/.246 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.690 8/.875 55/.869 143/.687 41/.859 42/.611 172/.644 217/.840 157/.637 207/.696 120/.781 10/.856 .753
Road 75/.757 4/.250 43/.939 106/.731 42/.866 28/.923 132/.660 205/.857 134/.706 185/.672 96/.783 16/.321
Last 28d days 117/.634 13/.718 43/.678 9/.347 16/.867 28/.416 48/.854 31/.881 46/.784 36/.722 52/.834 23/.224
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 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 1/0/0 167/118/28
Usage ·····X·· X······o X··o···o ·o····Xo ···o···· ·X······ ·o·o·oo· ········ ····X··· X······X ·o·X··o· ····ooo·

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.