Saturday, April 21, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 21, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 11-3, 11-3 1st, 3½ up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (24, LHP, 0-0, 2.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-0)			15.1	14	5	4	4	13	0	2.35
2011 (21-5)			233.1	174	66	59	54	248	15	2.28
2010 (13-10)			204.1	160	73	66	81	212	13	2.91

Last 7 GS		4-0	43.0	28	9	7	8	39	2	1.47	65
2012-04-15	SDP	ND	5.1	8	4	3	3	3	0	89	38
2012-04-10	PIT	ND	7.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	88	72
2012-04-05	@SDP	ND	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	39	57
2011-09-25	@SDP	W	7.1	4	2	2	1	6	1	93	67
2011-09-20	SFG	W	7.1	6	1	1	2	6	1	115	66
2011-09-14	ARI	W	5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	63	70
2011-09-09	@SFG	W	8.0	3	1	0	1	9	0	111	82

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	31.0	26	11	11	8	28	1	3.19	57
2011-08-13	HOU	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	112	74
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:    6-0    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  6-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @HOU  W   3-1       11-3   1st  3.5 up
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @MIL  W   4-3       10-3   1st  3.0 up
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @MIL  L   2-3 (10)   9-3   1st  2.0 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @MIL  L   4-5        9-2   1st  2.0 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15   SDP  W   5-4        9-1   1st  2.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14   SDP  W   6-1        8-1   1st  2.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13   SDP  W   9-8        7-1   1st  1.5 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   PIT  W   3-2        6-1   1st  0.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11   PIT  W   4-1        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   PIT  W   2-1        4-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-3    Last 30:11-3

Astros, 5-9, 5-9 5th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Weiland (25, RHP, 0-2, 8.44)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			10.2	18	10	10	6	7	3	8.44
2011 (0-3)			24.2	29	22	21	12	13	5	7.66

Last 7 GS		0-5	32.1	46	32	31	18	18	8	8.63	34
2012-04-16	@WSN	L	5.2	10	6	6	4	2	1	99	23
2012-04-10	ATL	L	5.0	8	4	4	2	5	2	99	38
2011-09-19	BAL	L	4.2	5	6	5	2	5	3	85	35
2011-09-15	TBR	L	3.0	3	4	4	2	1	1	61	36
2011-09-10	@TBR	ND	4.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	82	36
2011-07-19	@BAL	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	100	47
2011-07-10	BAL	ND	4.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	78	22

Has never faced LAD as starter.

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

 Home:    3-4    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Fri, Apr 20   LAD  L   1-3        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @WSN  W  11-4        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @WSN  L   2-3        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @WSN  L   0-1        4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @WSN  L   3-6        4-6   2nd  3.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   4-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @MIA  W   5-4        4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11   ATL  L   3-6        3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10   ATL  L   4-6        3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 LAD  3 @HOU  1        W:Ted Lilly (2-0), L: J.A. Happ (1-1), S: Javy Guerra (7)

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 LAD  7  HOU  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (8-14), L: Jordan Lyles (1-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 LAD  6  HOU  1        W:Clayton Kershaw (14-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - LAD over 1-0; 2011 - LAD won 5-4; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 385-318

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 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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 J. Vazquez 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

J. Vazquez 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Dodgers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Weiland
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 103/75 .271/.392/.376/.769 1.069/.645 .946 44/.843 0/1 2/0

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 519/389 .248/.288/.346/.634 .693/.614 .559 59/.699 14/5 7/3

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 4/1.000 12/.705 1/no AB 2/.000 551/400 .292/.368/.421/.789 .563/.878 .739 59/1.004 0/1 11/0

9.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 233/161 .304/.325/.362/.686 .595/.727 .700 57/.494 24/7 0/10

10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 340/264 .256/.308/.353/.660 .536/.696 .663 20/.485 22/6 2/1

6.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 7/.857 10/.311 1/.000 1/.000 376/256 .270/.344/.383/.727 .706/.735 .683 28/.690 3/2 5/11

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 8/.625 15/1.025 1/.000 3/1.167 689/524 .324/.399/.586/.986 1.142/.939 .990 61/1.525 40/11 39/5

3.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.117 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 409/334 .234/.277/.355/.632 .464/.669 .618 13/.331 8/2 7/5

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.583 11/.864 1/no AB 2/1.000 582/442 .288/.339/.416/.755 .561/.816 .756 48/.577 4/0 12/5

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.000 1/4.000 ··· 521/392 .258/.319/.382/.701 .805/.667 .720 50/.611 5/3 11/3

12.Sellers G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/105 .203/.283/.301/.583 .782/.519 .605 14/.685 1/0 1/1

18.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.182 ··· 1/.000 242/186 .214/.338/.291/.628 .601/.636 .554 11/.515 2/2 3/4

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 20/.500 ··· 1/.000 295/216 .204/.264/.293/.557 .485/.582 .432 36/.522 2/0 4/3

IP 24.2 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .251/.333/.406/.739 .802/.707 .703 .739 10/8 13/7

ERA-K/9

7.66/4.7

2.93/9.4

/0.0

2.79/7.1

11.48/4.1

4.46/6.7

3.96/9.8

1.50/8.2

3.52/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ellis (11-4-2)
Treanor (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.287 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .256 Kemp
Ethier
Gwynn
Rivera
Hairston 0/159/0/11
0/0/126/8
110/12/2/8
56/0/17/3
23/20/0/2

OPS .886 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.505 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/1.194 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .705

Home 60/1.123 70/.692 / 155/.684 38/1.146 424/.779 126/.801 22/.897

Last 28d days 54/1.069 29/.561 22/.427 35/.543 23/.982 11/.382 26/.626 18/.789

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 11/12/3

Usage ····X··· oo···X·X ··oX··X· oo···X·X o···X··o ·o····X· ··X··o·X o·o·oo··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 54.Guerra
G/S/vB 55.Guerrier
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 52.Lindblom
G/S/vB 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB 28.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .651 54/.899 7/3 2/2

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .811 49/.672 4/2 4/2

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .662 23/.804 1/1 2/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / 37/.551 / /

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .948 13/.647 0/0 10/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 34/.598 / /

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .601 54/.674 2/2 7/15

45.Lee G/S/vP 15/.938 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 8/.750 21/.675 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .796 63/.673 4/3 18/7

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .778 33/.623 1/1 6/15

14.Martinez G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .755 57/1.022 0/1 6/1

22.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.650 / /

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .662 61/.730 22/4 2/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP 9/1.556 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/1.283 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .523 20/.200 0/1 3/0

IP 233.1 33.1 46.2 66.1 53.2 29.2 57.0 68.1 TOTAL .253/.328/.368/.695 .697/.718 .739 .695 12/4 7/11

ERA-K/9

2.28/9.6

2.43/9.2

2.31/7.3

4.07/6.8

2.85/16.1

2.73/8.5

2.05/6.5

3.16/6.3

2.98/9.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 912/.207 139/.220 195/.218 282/.233 218/.159 116/.212 247/.257 286/.246 .209 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Schafer
Buck
Wright
Downs 80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
0/79/0/1
25/1/14/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .554 .611 .608 .633 .494 .572 .691 .713 .620

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.512 75/.517 86/.490 120/.631 93/.494 35/1.019 94/.743 138/.700 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 753/.563 64/.726 109/.698 162/.634 125/.493 81/.394 153/.658 148/.725 .593

Road 463/.597 73/.600 106/.748 126/.585 104/.438 59/.556 132/.733 142/.803

Last 28d days 62/.628 14/1.471 29/.450 27/.458 38/.553 33/.380 15/.583 16/.250

HR/SB/CS 15/14/9 1/1/1 2/0/1 4/7/0 3/7/0 0/1/5 3/5/2 6/8/3 9/12/5

Usage ·····X·· ·······X oo·X·o·· ··XX·X·· X·oo·o·X o·X··X·o ······o· ·X····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.