Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 38-79, 38-79 6th, 32 GB, 25½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 9-8, 3.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-8)			138.1	134	69	61	53	96	10	3.97
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.2	39	14	14	18	40	2	3.10	55
2012-08-09	WSN	L	5.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	100	52
2012-08-04	@ATL	W	6.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	112	56
2012-07-29	PIT	W	5.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	108	53
2012-07-24	CIN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	3	6	0	121	62
2012-07-19	@SDP	L	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	87	70
2012-07-14	@SFG	ND	5.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	104	53
2012-07-03	@PIT	ND	5.0	9	5	5	0	9	1	100	38

Has never faced CHC as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-32   Road:   11-47   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  26-61   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:16-31   vsWest:  8-22 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 13  @CHC  L   1-7       38-79  6th 32.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12   MIL  L   3-5       38-78  6th 31.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11   MIL  W   6-5 (10)  38-77  6th 30.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10   MIL  W   4-3       37-77  6th 30.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9   WSN  L   0-5       36-77  6th 30.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   WSN  L   3-4       36-76  6th 30.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   WSN  L   2-3 (12)  36-75  6th 30.5 gb
110 Mon, Aug  6   WSN  L   4-5 (11)  36-74  6th 30.5 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5  @ATL  L   1-6       36-73  6th 30.5 gb
108 Sat, Aug  4  @ATL  W   3-2       36-72  6th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 5-25

Cubs, 45-69, 45-69 5th, 23½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (25, RHP, 0-8, 6.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-8)			58.1	70	47	45	20	34	7	6.94
2011 (5-13)			165.2	187	96	90	49	117	23	4.89
2010 (12-9)			175.0	187	94	89	60	102	17	4.58

Last 7 GS		0-5	36.1	46	30	30	16	18	5	7.43	38
2012-08-09	CIN	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	99	50
2012-08-04	@LAD	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	100	59
2012-07-03	@ATL	L	4.1	7	6	6	2	3	1	77	26
2012-05-17	PHI	L	2.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	58	27
2012-05-12	@MIL	L	6.0	9	6	6	2	1	1	99	29
2012-05-05	LAD	L	5.0	4	5	5	3	1	0	81	37
2012-04-30	@PHI	ND	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	84	41

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	30.2	29	15	15	9	19	0	4.40	51
2011-07-10	HOU	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	95	51
2010-08-21	HOU	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	93	57
2010-04-20	@HOU	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	91	49
2009-08-11	HOU	ND	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	0	87	23
2008-09-16	HOU	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	98	74

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-27   Road:   16-42   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-48   vsLHP:  12-21   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:19-30   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Mon, Aug 13   HOU  W   7-1       45-69  5th 23.5 gb
113 Sun, Aug 12   CIN  L   0-3       44-69  5th 24.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug 11   CIN  L   2-4       44-68  5th 23.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug 10   CIN  L   8-10      44-67  5th 22.0 gb
110 Thu, Aug  9   CIN  W   5-3       44-66  5th 21.0 gb
109 Wed, Aug  8  @SDP  L   0-2       43-66  5th 22.0 gb
108 Tue, Aug  7  @SDP  L   4-7       43-65  5th 22.0 gb
107 Mon, Aug  6  @SDP  L   0-2       43-64  5th 22.0 gb
106 Sun, Aug  5  @LAD  L   6-7       43-63  5th 22.0 gb
105 Sat, Aug  4  @LAD  L   1-3       43-62  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 CHC  7  HOU  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (8-10), L: Armando Galarraga (0-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 CHC  3  HOU  0        W:Travis Wood (3-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-6), S: Carlos Marmol (8)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 CHC  3  HOU  2        W:Matt Garza (4-6), L: J.A. Happ (6-8), S: Carlos Marmol (7)
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 CHC  4  HOU  0        W:Paul Maholm (5-6), L: Bud Norris (5-5), S: Carlos Marmol (6)
Wed, May 23, 2012 HOU  5  CHC  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-4), L: Jeff Samardzija (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2012 HOU  2  CHC  1        W:J.A. Happ (4-3), L: Travis Wood (0-1), S: Brett Myers (11)
Mon, May 21, 2012 HOU  8  CHC  4        W:Bud Norris (5-1), L: Matt Garza (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 HOU  3 @CHC  2        W:Brett Myers (6-13), L: Ryan Dempster (10-13), S: Mark Melancon (18)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 CHC  2  HOU  1        W:Rodrigo Lopez (6-6), L: Henry Sosa (2-5), S: Sean Marshall (5)
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 CHC  4  HOU  3 (12)   W:Jeff Samardzija (7-4), L: David Carpenter (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CHC over 4-3; 2011 - CHC won 8-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-7; All-Time - HOU leads 372-325

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 2012 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 TEX 5.09 CIN 4.30 MIA 3.68	RA/G WSN 3.53 TEX 4.42 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .362 Y. Alonso .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. LaRoche .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG D. Ortiz .609 C. Davis .436 J. Carroll .295	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Santana .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.22 C. Lee 3.85 E. Santana 5.82	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 G. Floyd 7.31 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.30

MIA 3.68

RA/G

WSN 3.53

TEX 4.42

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .362

Y. Alonso .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. LaRoche .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

C. Davis .436

J. Carroll .295

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Santana .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.22

C. Lee 3.85

E. Santana 5.82

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

G. Floyd 7.31

D. Lowe 3.29

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Astros Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Volstad
G/S/vB 16.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 28.Bowden
G/S/vB 55.Cabrera
G/S/vB 54.Camp
G/S/vB 52.Castillo
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/1.000 474/350 .297/.352/.413/.765 .917/.710 .764 110/.772 25/7 5/10

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .222/.222/.556/.778 .286/2.500 5.000 9/.778 0/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 337/276 .211/.300/.311/.611 .421/.654 .648 49/.428 12/3 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 199/158 .254/.328/.376/.704 .376/.795 .655 4/.500 0/0 2/6

3.Francisco G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 5/1.400 109/56 .248/.303/.396/.699 .710/.688 .526 55/.721 0/1 2/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 186/143 .243/.292/.335/.627 .282/.735 .656 101/.522 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP 8/.625 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/1.096 211/107 .228/.278/.383/.661 .703/.621 .569 32/.717 10/2 5/5

21.Martinez* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/25 .107/.107/.143/.250 .000/.280 .000 13/.308 0/1 0/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 236/146 .242/.318/.474/.792 .947/.701 .770 83/.870 5/2 12/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 130/123 .222/.285/.393/.678 .452/.690 .711 76/.628 0/1 5/5

13.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 134/85 .286/.364/.446/.810 .959/.721 .673 54/.910 0/2 3/1

18.Snyder G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 11/1.080 3/2.334 205/139 .177/.298/.297/.595 .612/.587 .574 49/.503 0/0 5/3

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 92/72 .295/.391/.500/.891 .422/1.028 .884 50/.789 0/0 4/2

IP 58.1 9.1 12.2 4.0 58.0 7.2 29.1 36.1 53.2 TOTAL .239/.307/.371/.679 .605/.703 .641 .674 83/32 99/84

ERA-K/9

6.94/5.2

1.93/8.7

6.39/7.8

9.00/13.5

3.72/6.5

7.04/7.0

3.68/4.9

4.46/11.2

3.52/6.9

4.31/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (41-9-5)
Snyder (53-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 266/.294 42/.250 58/.320 20/.250 247/.256 40/.323 122/.243 170/.215 234/.275 .253 Bogusevic
Maxwell
Pearce
Martinez
Barnes
Greene
Wright
Moore
Francisco 0/9/84/5
16/38/13/4
21/0/17/1
4/0/3/1
0/2/0/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/4/0
14/0/11/0

OPS .804 .591 .966 .713 .715 .888 .723 .717 .801 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.773 14/.701 28/.638 5/.200 102/.730 15/.872 43/.910 85/.776 84/.750 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.826 28/.536 30/1.248 15/.883 145/.704 25/.889 79/.628 85/.653 150/.830 .737

Home 135/.812 22/.586 23/.941 13/.916 134/.793 21/.538 55/.601 100/.660 124/.782

Last 28d days 54/.729 42/.591 / 20/.713 52/1.029 / 58/.804 36/.587 53/1.005

HR/SB/CS 7/10/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 0/2/0 6/6/2 1/3/0 3/3/2 3/4/0 5/7/1 111/92/23

Usage ····X··· X··X··X· ········ ··XX··o· ·o·Xo··· ········ ·X·oo··o ·o··X··o o·X··oo·

Cubs Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 28.Fick
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Storey
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.300 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 415/297 .271/.312/.392/.704 .659/.722 .872 89/.795 6/1 6/2

45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/39 .220/.256/.341/.597 .750/.581 .235 4/1.000 0/0 0/2

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/47 .270/.303/.476/.779 1.029/.678 .851 29/.966 0/0 3/2

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 9/.666 5/.400 ··· 6/.833 487/353 .272/.304/.412/.716 .734/.709 .733 106/.701 19/10 11/17

51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/130 .231/.261/.313/.574 .174/.647 .929 38/.298 0/1 1/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 418/320 .261/.353/.372/.726 .452/.801 .743 92/.679 5/5 2/1

7.Jackson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/21 .125/.222/.125/.347 .333/.349 .220 27/.347 0/0 0/1

6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 328/276 .259/.341/.455/.797 .304/.890 .731 54/.472 2/2 14/5

21.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 170/83 .217/.266/.344/.610 .632/.586 .744 23/.304 2/1 4/3

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 172/118 .306/.349/.506/.855 .614/.966 .877 106/.768 1/2 9/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 9/.833 431/316 .263/.318/.490/.808 .802/.810 .841 93/.779 5/1 21/0

24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/112 .204/.280/.340/.621 .636/.613 .671 67/.502 0/1 3/5

5.Vitters G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .100/.095/.150/.245 .000/.417 .191 21/.245 1/0 0/1

IP 138.1 18.0 39.1 9.1 51.0 46.0 47.1 7.1 35.2 TOTAL .242/.297/.377/.674 .626/.693 .704 .618 73/33 93/72

ERA-K/9

3.97/6.2

4.00/7.0

7.32/6.9

4.82/4.8

5.29/3.9

2.35/7.8

5.51/8.8

3.68/8.6

3.03/9.3

4.69/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (15-3-2)
Clevenger (30-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.255 77/.250 186/.299 47/.342 225/.294 181/.249 207/.242 27/.167 153/.248 .273 Soriano
DeJesus
Cardenas
LaHair
Mather
Jackson 100/0/0/8
1/36/67/7
2/0/0/0
1/0/29/0
18/18/6/0
0/7/0/0

OPS .693 .695 .866 .896 .831 .624 .753 .606 .702 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.728 30/.779 76/1.033 17/.899 52/.979 64/.495 73/.721 8/.286 96/.609 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 314/.662 47/.642 110/.743 30/.893 173/.785 117/.692 134/.771 19/.734 57/.859 .762

Road 331/.758 56/.867 120/.961 14/.857 93/1.022 79/.732 111/.841 2/.000 65/.670

Last 28d days 127/.594 37/.685 49/.966 38/.857 117/1.006 45/.683 47/.783 27/.606 42/.617

HR/SB/CS 10/15/4 2/2/0 5/3/1 1/0/0 8/6/2 3/1/0 7/18/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 137/103/27

Usage ····X··· X···Xo·o X····o·· ··o·oX·· ··X····X ··Xo··oX ···oo·Xo ·XX·X·Xo ··o·o·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.