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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 15-28, 15-28 6th, 9 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (27, RHP, 4-2, 3.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-2) 51.0 43 19 17 16 53 4 3.00
2011 (8-4) 88.0 64 35 29 50 87 5 2.97
2010 (2-2) 19.1 21 22 18 20 9 4 8.38
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 39 16 16 16 45 3 3.40 56
2012-05-18 CHW L 7.1 6 3 3 2 8 2 113 60
2012-05-13 @MIL ND 5.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 91 61
2012-05-07 ATL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 105 68
2012-05-02 @CIN W 7.2 3 1 1 2 7 0 95 74
2012-04-24 STL ND 6.2 4 0 0 2 9 0 90 73
2012-04-19 @MIA L 3.2 8 5 5 5 3 0 88 23
2012-04-13 @STL W 5.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 103 31
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-15   Road:    6-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   1-7    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 8-14   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22  @HOU  L   1-2       15-28  6th  9.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21  @HOU  L   4-8       15-27  6th  8.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   CHW  L   0-6       15-26  6th  7.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   CHW  L   4-7       15-25  6th  7.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   CHW  L   2-3       15-24  6th  7.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   PHI  L   7-8       15-23  6th  7.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   PHI  L   2-9       15-22  6th  7.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @STL  L   6-7       15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @STL  W   6-4       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @MIL  W   8-2       14-20  6th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 20-23, 20-23 3rd, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 3-4, 2.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-4) 60.1 51 19 15 15 40 3 2.24
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 3-3 49.0 39 12 12 12 33 3 2.20 62
2012-05-18 TEX L 6.0 10 3 3 2 4 0 95 42
2012-05-13 @PIT ND 8.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 94 78
2012-05-07 MIA L 8.0 6 4 4 2 2 3 97 54
2012-05-02 NYM W 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 90 64
2012-04-27 @CIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 102 56
2012-04-22 LAD W 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 107 74
2012-04-17 @WSN L 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 87 66
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 30.2 33 19 16 9 24 7 4.70 48
2011-09-16 @CHC ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 5 1 107 46
2011-07-23 @CHC L 7.0 3 2 2 1 7 2 100 69
2011-04-13 CHC L 5.0 9 5 5 2 4 1 86 31
2010-09-06 @CHC ND 7.0 7 4 1 1 6 1 97 58
2010-07-19 @CHC W 6.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 89 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-10   Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:  14-18   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22   CHC  W   2-1       20-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21   CHC  W   8-4       19-23  4th  4.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   TEX  L   1-6       18-23  4th  4.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   TEX  W   6-5       18-22  4th  4.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   TEX  L   1-4       17-22  4th  5.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   MIL  W   4-0       17-21  4th  5.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   MIL  W   8-3       16-21  4th  6.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @PHI  L   3-4 (10)  15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @PHI  L   1-5       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @PIT  L   2-3 (12)  15-19  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 HOU  4  CHC  3        W:Bud Norris (6-8), L: Casey Coleman (2-5), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 HOU  6  CHC  5        W:Aneury Rodriguez (1-4), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 CHC  4 @HOU  3        W:Rodrigo Lopez (4-3), L: Henry Sosa (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  4 (10)   W:John Grabow (2-0), L: David Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  1        W:Randy Wells (2-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 2-0; 2011 - CHC won 8-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-7; All-Time - HOU leads 371-321

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  5.43

CHW  4.09

PIT  2.91

 RA/G

WSN  3.26

CHW  4.05

COL  5.52

 BA

D. Wright  .403

D. Uggla  .262

I. Davis  .156

 OBP

D. Wright  .503

E. Encarnacion  .330

C. Barmes  .195

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .758

A. Escobar  .413

M. Byrd  .242

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.186

C. Johnson  .750

C. Barmes  .473

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

R. Romero  3.64

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

D. Haren  7.27

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Cubs Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
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
3.Baker G/S/vP 21/1.029 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 45/22 .211/.311/.263/.574 .527/.618 .844 20/.644 1/1 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 11/.664 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.300 2/.000 15/.266 1/.000 1/.000 155/124 .266/.314/.385/.698 .426/.770 .653 82/.648 1/0 1/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 99/84 .306/.359/.353/.712 .897/.676 .721 83/.693 12/2 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 20/19 .150/.150/.300/.450 .000/.474 1.000 20/.450 0/0 0/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 12/.258 1/2.000 ··· 5/.800 9/.666 4/1.500 28/.558 5/.400 6/.833 185/148 .309/.319/.411/.730 .947/.676 .737 104/.678 12/5 2/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 173/143 .281/.364/.392/.756 .452/.821 .654 100/.785 0/4 1/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 16/.188 ··· 3/.333 12/8 .333/.333/.333/.667 1.000/.500 1.000 12/.667 0/0 0/1
5.Johnson G/S/vP 26/.486 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 67/43 .230/.299/.393/.692 .428/.846 .876 40/.779 0/0 1/0
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.583 1/.000 2/.000 151/125 .313/.411/.617/1.028 .507/1.132 1.111 97/.941 1/1 10/3
47.Lalli* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/3 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.667 .400 6/.333 0/0 0/0
16.Mather G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 58/33 .260/.362/.500/.862 .756/.916 .739 33/.954 1/1 3/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 38/.384 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 18/.528 37/.606 2/.000 9/.833 154/127 .264/.299/.403/.701 .699/.702 .655 86/.862 1/1 4/0
2.Stewart* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 154/130 .197/.286/.336/.621 .426/.660 .728 85/.710 0/1 4/3
IP 60.1 8.2 14.0 3.0 25.2 15.1 15.0 16.1 12.1 TOTAL .244/.304/.373/.678 .588/.700 .693 .715 29/17 30/32
ERA-K/9 2.24/6.0 5.19/6.2 2.57/7.7 12.00/3.0 1.75/7.4 1.76/8.2 1.80/6.6 3.86/8.8 2.19/9.5 3.49/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (2-1-0)
 Lalli (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.227 36/.257 58/.213 16/.400 93/.213 60/.246 56/.173 71/.222 51/.217 .249  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Campana
 Mather
 Johnson
 Cardenas
 Baker
 LaHair
0/0/40/3
38/0/0/1
0/25/0/1
8/3/0/0
9/11/3/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .619 .878 .583 .904 .498 .617 .580 .707 .598 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.589 18/.611 22/.465 7/1.286 29/.562 16/.646 28/.297 26/.892 31/.233 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.629 18/1.157 36/.658 9/.583 64/.469 44/.606 28/.863 45/.606 20/1.167 .733
Home 167/.681 26/.749 34/.629 16/.904 52/.436 29/.448 29/.421 35/.623 38/.705
Last 28d days 139/.699 31/.857 25/.571 16/.904 51/.537 28/.214 37/.510 33/.687 31/.492
HR/SB/CS 3/5/2 4/0/0 0/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 3/6/0 0/1/0 45/33/9
Usage ····X··· ·o·ooo·X ··X·X·X· ·X······ oo·X·X·· ···o···X o··o···o ··o·X··o o·Xo·oo·
Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 43.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 27.Coleman
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 177/131 .315/.364/.463/.827 .982/.769 .768 100/.711 9/1 3/5
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 141/112 .218/.312/.306/.619 .468/.658 .548 71/.539 6/3 1/1
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/64 .246/.310/.354/.664 .571/.675 .739 46/.573 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· 99/78 .213/.286/.303/.589 .243/.687 .505 52/.521 0/0 1/2
16.Downs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.267 ··· ··· 1/no AB 57/37 .167/.211/.407/.618 .694/.578 .402 39/.558 0/0 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/38 .218/.232/.327/.559 .686/.500 .604 16/.563 0/0 1/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 156/125 .282/.314/.436/.750 .502/.811 .833 81/.860 2/0 5/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 10/.644 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 168/130 .294/.357/.425/.782 .635/.825 .856 82/.826 0/0 4/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 4/.583 152/116 .289/.368/.496/.865 .922/.848 .970 95/.972 2/0 7/4
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 151/112 .219/.331/.328/.659 .682/.651 .580 70/.345 0/0 3/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/34 .211/.292/.351/.643 .939/.395 .956 44/.611 1/2 2/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 159/131 .248/.325/.333/.658 .425/.707 .769 75/.598 13/4 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 70/49 .177/.271/.306/.578 .786/.493 .630 37/.752 0/0 2/0
IP 51.0 11.1 23.1 8.0 24.0 2.0 19.0 TOTAL .244/.312/.369/.681 .666/.686 .708 .649 33/10 34/26
ERA-K/9 3.00/9.4 5.56/8.8 3.09/7.7 3.38/4.5 3.75/3.4 0.00/13.5 1.89/7.1 4.23/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (22-3-3)
 Snyder (11-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.232 50/.289 98/.247 34/.267 96/.210 10/.250 86/.240 .239  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Buck
 Maxwell
 Downs
0/38/0/3
0/3/33/1
35/0/0/1
10/0/9/1
5/12/5/1
0/0/2/1
OPS .638 .938 .689 .667 .654 .650 .823 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.733 23/.648 40/.689 15/.955 41/.258 5/.400 23/1.032 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.563 27/1.170 58/.689 19/.474 55/.971 5/.800 63/.741 .723
Road 95/.731 27/.933 43/.629 11/1.056 48/.790 / 36/.754
Last 28d days 103/.583 33/.977 48/.625 34/.667 53/.601 10/.650 57/.937
HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 3/2/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 38/38/9
Usage ····X··· ···o·XX· X·oX··o· ··oo·X·· ··X····o ···o·X·· X··Xo·oX

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.