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Game Preview: MIA @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Marlins, 15-15, 15-15 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Johnson (28, RHP, 0-3, 6.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 31.1 47 23 23 12 26 0 6.61
2011 (3-1) 60.1 39 13 11 20 56 2 1.64
2010 (11-6) 183.2 155 51 47 48 186 7 2.30
Last 7 GS 0-3 36.1 54 24 24 14 29 0 5.94 41
2012-05-04 @SDP ND 2.2 6 6 6 3 1 0 67 20
2012-04-29 ARI L 5.1 10 5 5 2 8 0 102 34
2012-04-24 @NYM ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 9 0 102 72
2012-04-17 CHC ND 7.0 7 2 2 3 3 0 107 55
2012-04-11 @PHI L 3.2 11 6 6 1 1 0 83 15
2012-04-04 STL L 6.0 10 3 3 2 4 0 91 42
2011-05-16 @NYM ND 5.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 85 50
Last 5 v.HOU 0-2 15.1 17 11 10 8 10 4 5.87 43
2010-04-21 @HOU ND 6.0 4 3 2 3 2 1 96 53
2009-08-20 @HOU L 4.1 7 4 4 1 2 2 89 34
2006-07-15 HOU L 5.0 6 4 4 4 6 1 85 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-5    Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  10-9    vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  1-7    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Tue, May  8  @HOU  L   2-3       15-15  4th  3.5 gb
 29 Mon, May  7  @HOU  W   4-0       15-14  4th  3.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  6  @SDP  W   6-3       14-14  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5  @SDP  W   4-1       13-14  4th  5.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4  @SDP  W   9-8 (12)  12-14  5th  5.0 gb
 25 Thu, May  3  @SFG  W   3-2       11-14  5th  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2  @SFG  W   3-2 (10)  10-14  5th  5.0 gb
 23 Tue, May  1  @SFG  W   2-1        9-14  5th  5.0 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   ARI  L   5-9        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29   ARI  L   4-8        8-13  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 14-16, 14-16 3rd, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 2-2, 4.76)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 34.0 35 20 18 13 15 2 4.76
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 2-3 37.0 42 25 21 14 16 2 5.11 44
2012-05-04 STL W 5.1 7 4 3 2 3 0 105 41
2012-04-28 @CIN L 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 1 86 32
2012-04-23 @MIL L 5.0 5 5 5 3 1 1 86 35
2012-04-18 @WSN ND 6.2 4 1 1 3 4 0 97 63
2012-04-13 @MIA ND 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 85 30
2012-04-07 COL W 7.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 93 75
2011-09-25 COL L 3.0 7 5 3 1 1 0 67 29
Last 5 v.MIA 0-0 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 9.00 30
2012-04-13 @MIA ND 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 85 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-7    Road:    4-9    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-12   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Tue, May  8   MIA  W   3-2       14-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   MIA  L   0-4       13-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   STL  L   1-8       13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   STL  W   8-2       13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4   STL  W   5-4       12-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   NYM  W   8-1       11-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 24 Tue, May  1   NYM  W   6-3       10-14  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30   NYM  W   4-3        9-14  5th  5.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @CIN  L   5-6        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @CIN  L   0-6        8-13  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 08, 2012 HOU  3  MIA  2        W:Wilton Lopez (3-0), L: Ryan Webb (1-1), S: Brett Myers (8)
Mon, May 07, 2012 MIA  4 @HOU  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 MIA  5  HOU  4 (11)   W:Chad Gaudin (1-0), L: David Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 HOU  5 @MIA  4        W:Rhiner Cruz (1-0), L: Heath Bell (0-2), S: Brett Myers (2)
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 MIA  5  HOU  4 (11)   W:Ryan Webb (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 10, 2011 FLA  5  HOU  4        W:Chris Volstad (5-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-6), S: Juan Oviedo (25)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 FLA  6  HOU  1        W:Ricky Nolasco (6-5), L: Brett Myers (3-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 FLA  6  HOU  3        W:Javier Vazquez (5-8), L: Jordan Lyles (0-4), S: Juan Oviedo (24)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 FLA  5  HOU  0        W:Brad Hand (1-3), L: J.A. Happ (3-11), S: none
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 HOU  7  FLA  1        W:J.A. Happ (1-1), L: Anibal Sanchez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIA over 3-2; 2011 - MIA won 6-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 79-74

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  5.67

KCR  3.97

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

HOU  4.13

BOS  5.76

 BA

J. Hamilton  .406

R. Cano  .263

C. Barmes  .159

 OBP

M. Kemp  .488

E. Bonifacio  .331

C. Barmes  .196

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .840

T. Hunter  .418

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.305

I. Suzuki  .752

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

J. Williams  3.38

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.35

C. Lewis  7.10

D. Lowe  2.39

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

Marlins Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
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
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 16/.688 2/1.000 1/no AB 135/87 .233/.331/.233/.564 .389/.682 .550 109/.493 15/0 0/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 82/55 .200/.317/.386/.703 .713/.697 .655 65/.765 0/0 3/1
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 38/35 .286/.342/.371/.714 .000/.778 .664 35/.678 1/1 0/0
9.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/25 .300/.344/.400/.744 .286/.878 .683 28/.780 1/0 0/2
12.Infante G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 5/.000 7/.929 12/.417 3/.000 ··· 100/65 .309/.340/.638/.978 .933/1.003 1.034 78/.881 1/0 6/3
26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 30/.727 ··· 1/.000 30/7 .222/.300/.519/.819 .754/1.000 .906 24/.810 0/0 2/1
5.Morrison* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/2.333 1/.000 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 91/69 .273/.363/.390/.752 .558/.820 .715 75/.804 0/0 2/2
22.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.286/.588/.874 .722/1.000 .000 20/.925 1/0 2/0
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.400 7/1.143 39/.895 2/.500 1/.000 132/92 .220/.303/.424/.727 .807/.692 .613 107/.749 6/1 6/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 6/1.833 48/.886 2/.000 1/no AB 131/89 .226/.308/.322/.629 .466/.713 .550 105/.609 8/4 0/6
15.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.800 4/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 104/73 .196/.240/.309/.550 .855/.431 .502 84/.587 1/0 1/1
27.Stanton G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 7/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 112/78 .262/.321/.495/.817 .947/.758 .879 91/.866 0/0 6/3
IP 34.0 4.2 11.2 8.2 2.0 17.0 11.1 9.2 12.0 6.2 TOTAL .227/.297/.374/.671 .634/.688 .638 .673 34/6 28/22
ERA-K/9 4.76/4.0 7.71/3.8 2.31/6.9 2.08/8.3 4.50/4.5 2.12/5.3 2.38/9.6 0.93/5.6 3.75/9.0 4.05/6.7 3.80/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (16-3-1)
 Hayes (2-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.269 21/.300 53/.277 33/.214 9/.250 60/.200 46/.279 34/.152 54/.234 30/.231 .250  Bonifacio
 Morrison
 Stanton
 Dobbs
 Kearns
0/29/0/1
21/0/0/1
0/0/27/1
2/0/2/0
8/0/1/0
OPS .775 1.233 .750 .589 .583 .450 .721 .510 .716 .641 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.776 9/.778 15/.785 12/.523 3/1.333 14/.429 11/.764 14/.220 16/1.563 19/.328 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.726 12/1.598 24/.600 15/.606 6/.167 25/.240 27/.733 13/.923 28/.516 10/1.167 .751
Home 49/.583 18/.866 24/.577 13/.748 9/.583 30/.333 26/.500 18/.458 22/.768 22/.699
Last 28d days 125/.861 16/1.308 45/.861 24/.649 9/.583 49/.429 37/.704 29/.448 42/.667 16/.466
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 4/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 34/25/7
Usage ····X··· ··Xo··o· ···X··X· ········ ··X····· o··oo··X ooX····· o···o··o ····o··· ···oo··o
Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Johnson
G/S/vB		 21.Bell
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 31.Cishek
G/S/vB		 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB		 39.Hatcher
G/S/vB		 34.Mujica
G/S/vB		 53.Rosario
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 126/76 .348/.392/.513/.905 1.021/.922 .748 103/.903 5/1 2/4
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 102/64 .230/.343/.356/.699 .585/.705 .655 83/.745 4/3 1/0
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 48/35 .302/.375/.442/.817 .500/.855 .969 37/.742 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/49 .231/.286/.292/.578 .444/.602 .483 57/.655 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 40/25 .184/.225/.447/.672 .564/.720 .568 35/.772 0/0 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .238/.256/.310/.565 .742/.480 .667 21/.429 0/0 0/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 113/73 .294/.319/.450/.768 .771/.864 .833 89/.762 2/0 3/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/1.850 13/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 13/.885 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 4/.000 114/67 .272/.342/.369/.711 .399/.925 .777 88/.628 0/0 2/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 101/56 .307/.396/.489/.885 .997/1.005 .878 101/.885 1/0 4/0
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 118/68 .232/.356/.364/.720 .784/.636 .640 95/.620 0/0 3/0
22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 36/17 .313/.361/.469/.830 1.042/.610 1.184 32/.723 0/1 1/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 119/77 .235/.333/.304/.637 .521/.730 .703 92/.561 11/3 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 5/.400 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 48/24 .143/.250/.214/.464 .651/.482 .530 38/.539 0/0 1/0
IP 31.1 8.2 7.1 14.1 11.0 13.1 14.2 TOTAL .258/.330/.380/.711 .710/.749 .719 .696 23/8 21/18
ERA-K/9 6.61/7.5 11.42/6.2 1.23/8.6 0.63/9.4 0.82/6.5 /0.0 3.38/5.4 /0.0 3.07/6.7 3.20/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-2-2)
 Snyder (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.359 53/.385 30/.080 55/.149 45/.275 / 56/.235 / 56/.204 .244  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Maxwell
 Buck
 Downs
0/27/0/2
0/2/23/1
27/0/0/1
2/8/2/1
5/0/8/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .844 1.074 .353 .472 .716 .678 .547 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.732 17/1.167 17/.176 12/.944 14/1.175 / 14/1.167 / 15/1.038 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.758 32/1.076 11/.712 29/.258 23/.668 / 34/.590 / 32/.351 .638
Road 64/.855 28/1.354 17/.584 38/.547 20/.700 / 41/.671 / 26/.577
Last 28d days 95/.776 45/.995 25/.430 40/.433 36/.759 / 43/.629 / 47/.435
HR/SB/CS 0/7/2 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 // 2/0/0 // 1/1/0 17/18/6
Usage ····X··· ····X·oo o·o·oo·· ····X·X· ····X··· ··X··ooo 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.