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Game Preview: LAD @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, April 22, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Dodgers, 12-3, 12-3 1st, 4½ up

SP: Chad Billingsley (27, RHP, 2-0, 1.33)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 20.1 13 3 3 1 17 2 1.33
2011 (11-11) 188.0 189 98 88 84 152 14 4.21
2010 (12-11) 191.2 176 82 76 69 171 8 3.57
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 30 14 13 12 29 4 3.00 56
2012-04-17 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 83 56
2012-04-11 PIT W 6.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 77 62
2012-04-06 @SDP W 8.1 3 0 0 1 11 0 108 87
2011-09-24 @SDP L 5.0 4 3 2 3 3 0 78 49
2011-09-18 PIT W 5.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 98 58
2011-09-13 ARI ND 6.1 4 3 3 3 2 1 102 52
2011-09-08 @WSN ND 2.1 5 4 4 3 2 1 74 30
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 28.0 29 17 14 8 23 1 4.50 50
2011-05-24 @HOU W 6.0 5 4 4 3 9 0 100 52
2009-07-17 HOU L 1.2 9 6 6 0 0 1 52 13
2009-04-23 @HOU W 7.1 3 0 0 2 5 0 105 75
2008-07-03 @HOU W 8.0 6 2 0 1 5 0 92 70
2008-05-10 HOU L 5.0 6 5 4 2 4 0 96 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-0    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-2    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  6-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @HOU  W   5-1       12-3   1st  4.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-3    Last 30:12-3
Astros, 5-10, 5-10 5th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 0-2, 1.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 18.1 17 8 4 3 10 0 1.96
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.1 42 18 14 12 28 3 2.91 54
2012-04-17 @WSN L 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 87 66
2012-04-11 ATL L 5.0 6 4 3 1 5 0 82 45
2012-04-06 COL ND 6.1 6 3 0 2 2 0 97 55
2011-09-26 STL ND 6.1 8 2 2 3 2 0 102 48
2011-09-21 @CIN L 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 95 63
2011-09-16 @CHC ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 5 1 107 46
2011-09-10 @WSN W 6.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 108 53
Last 5 v.LAD 2-2 31.2 30 12 6 10 26 2 1.71 57
2011-08-13 @LAD L 6.0 6 5 2 2 3 1 110 47
2011-06-18 @LAD W 6.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 103 63
2010-09-11 LAD ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 10 1 111 62
2010-05-17 @LAD L 6.2 7 4 1 2 1 0 99 49
2009-07-16 @LAD W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 108 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-5        5-10  5th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-10   Last 30: 5-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 LAD  5 @HOU  1        W:Clayton Kershaw (1-0), L: Kyle Weiland (0-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - LAD over 2-0; 2011 - LAD won 5-4; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 386-318

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

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

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 (4.53 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 103/75 .271/.392/.376/.769 1.069/.645 .946 48/.793 0/1 2/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 519/389 .248/.288/.346/.634 .693/.614 .559 60/.687 14/5 7/3
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 17/.411 3/1.167 ··· 3/2.000 4/1.000 12/.705 1/no AB 2/.000 551/400 .292/.368/.421/.789 .563/.878 .739 63/.970 0/1 11/0
9.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 233/161 .304/.325/.362/.686 .595/.727 .700 61/.581 24/7 0/10
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP 5/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 340/264 .256/.308/.353/.660 .536/.696 .663 21/.522 22/6 2/1
6.Hairston G/S/vP 20/.894 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 23/.947 2/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 8/.625 15/1.025 1/.000 3/1.167 689/524 .324/.399/.586/.986 1.142/.939 .990 65/1.541 40/11 39/5
3.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 12/1.117 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 409/334 .234/.277/.355/.632 .464/.669 .618 17/.312 8/2 7/5
7.Loney* G/S/vP 14/.297 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.583 11/.864 1/no AB 2/1.000 582/442 .288/.339/.416/.755 .561/.816 .756 52/.663 4/0 12/5
21.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.000 1/4.000 ··· 521/392 .258/.319/.382/.701 .805/.667 .720 53/.635 5/3 11/3
12.Sellers G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/105 .203/.283/.301/.583 .782/.519 .605 18/.508 1/0 1/1
18.Treanor G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 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 11/.773 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 20/.500 ··· 1/.000 295/216 .204/.264/.293/.557 .485/.582 .432 36/.522 2/0 4/3
IP 191.0 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .252/.335/.413/.748 .802/.723 .721 .748 10/9 15/7
ERA-K/9 3.49/7.8 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 3.62/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 808/.251 125/.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 .739 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.628 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 646/.768 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .703
Home 350/.739 70/.692 / 155/.684 38/1.146 424/.779 126/.801 22/.897
Last 28d days 79/.561 33/.634 26/.580 38/.500 23/.982 11/.382 26/.626 18/.789
HR/SB/CS 25/20/3 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 13/12/4
Usage ····X··· Xoo···X· X··oX··X ooo···X· ·o···X·· ··o····X ···X··o· ·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 (3.93 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .651 58/.860 7/3 2/2
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .811 50/.657 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .948 16/.717 0/0 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 35/.581 / /
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .601 58/.627 2/2 7/15
45.Lee G/S/vP 21/.602 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 8/.750 21/.675 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .796 67/.630 4/3 18/7
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .778 37/.609 1/1 6/15
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .755 61/1.039 0/1 6/1
22.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· / /// / 17/.732 / /
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .662 65/.702 22/4 2/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 24/.617 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 12/1.283 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .523 23/.221 0/1 3/0
IP 188.0 33.1 46.2 66.1 53.2 29.2 57.0 68.1 TOTAL .246/.324/.356/.679 .640/.714 .703 .679 12/4 7/12
ERA-K/9 4.21/7.3 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 2.85/9.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 829/.264 139/.220 195/.218 282/.233 218/.159 116/.212 247/.257 286/.246 .204  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 .729 .611 .608 .633 .494 .572 .691 .713 .607
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 388/.797 75/.517 86/.490 120/.631 93/.494 35/1.019 94/.743 138/.700 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 441/.670 64/.726 109/.698 162/.634 125/.493 81/.394 153/.658 148/.725 .589
Road 428/.788 73/.600 106/.748 126/.585 104/.438 59/.556 132/.733 142/.803
Last 28d days 73/.572 14/1.471 29/.450 27/.458 41/.544 33/.380 19/.707 19/.211
HR/SB/CS 14/9/4 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··· ········ ·oo·X·o· ···XX·X· XX·oo·o· ·o·X··X· X······o X·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.