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Game Preview: CHC @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Cubs, 55-87, 55-87 5th, 30½ GB, 25½ GB in WC

SP: Travis Wood (25, LHP, 5-11, 4.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-11) 126.1 111 67 62 42 91 23 4.42
2011 (6-6) 106.0 118 57 57 40 76 10 4.84
2010 (5-4) 102.2 85 45 40 26 86 9 3.51
Last 7 GS 1-4 43.2 38 20 17 9 31 5 3.50 55
2012-09-07 @PIT W 6.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 83 72
2012-09-02 SFG ND 5.2 7 4 2 1 2 0 103 44
2012-08-28 MIL L 7.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 95 59
2012-08-22 @MIL L 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 99 58
2012-08-17 @CIN L 5.0 9 7 6 0 3 3 97 26
2012-08-11 CIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 99 70
2012-08-06 @SDP L 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 96 54
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 31.0 20 4 4 9 22 1 1.16 64
2012-07-01 HOU W 7.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 104 77
2012-05-22 @HOU L 5.2 2 2 2 2 3 1 97 58
2011-09-19 HOU ND 5.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 69 59
2011-05-09 @HOU W 6.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 106 67
2011-05-04 HOU ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 7 0 104 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-34   Road:   21-53   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  39-64   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  13-24
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:26-41   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Tue, Sep 11  @HOU  L   0-1       55-87  5th 30.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10  @HOU  W   4-1       55-86  5th 29.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9  @PIT  W   4-2       54-86  5th 29.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8  @PIT  W   4-3       53-86  5th 30.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7  @PIT  W  12-2       52-86  5th 30.5 gb
137 Thu, Sep  6  @WSN  L   2-9       51-86  5th 31.5 gb
136 Wed, Sep  5  @WSN  L   1-9       51-85  5th 31.0 gb
135 Tue, Sep  4  @WSN  L   5-11      51-84  5th 31.0 gb
134 Mon, Sep  3  @WSN  L   1-2       51-83  5th 30.0 gb
133 Sun, Sep  2   SFG  L   5-7       51-82  5th 30.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Astros, 45-97, 45-97 6th, 40½ GB, 35½ GB in WC

SP: Fernando Abad (26, LHP, 0-3, 5.30)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 35.2 47 22 21 14 28 6 5.30
2011 (1-4) 19.2 28 18 16 9 15 5 7.32
2010 (0-1) 19.0 14 6 6 5 12 3 2.84
Last 7 GS 0-3 12.1 19 12 11 9 6 2 8.03 33
2012-09-05 @PIT L 4.0 6 5 4 3 3 0 87 32
2012-08-31 CIN L 4.1 9 6 6 2 1 2 84 20
2012-08-25 @NYM L 4.0 4 1 1 4 2 0 71 48
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-41   Road:   16-56   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  31-75   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:  15-25
 vsEast:  9-19   vsCntrl:22-41   vsWest:  8-28 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Tue, Sep 11   CHC  W   1-0       45-97  6th 40.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10   CHC  L   1-4       44-97  6th 40.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9  @CIN  W   5-1       44-96  6th 39.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8  @CIN  L   1-5       43-96  6th 40.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7  @CIN  W   5-3       43-95  6th 39.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @PIT  L   3-6       42-95  6th 40.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @PIT  L   2-6       42-94  6th 40.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @PIT  W   5-1       42-93  6th 39.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2   CIN  L   3-5       41-93  6th 40.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1   CIN  W   2-1       41-92  6th 39.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 HOU  1  CHC  0        W:Jordan Lyles (4-11), L: Justin Germano (2-7), S: Wilton Lopez (4)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 CHC  4 @HOU  1        W:Chris Volstad (3-10), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-10), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 CHC  7  HOU  2        W:Justin Germano (2-2), L: Bud Norris (5-10), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 HOU 10 @CHC  1        W:Lucas Harrell (10-8), L: Chris Volstad (0-9), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CHC over 6-5; 2011 - CHC won 8-7; 2010 - HOU won 11-7; All-Time - HOU leads 374-327

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
Cubs Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Abad*
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB
55.Cruz
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
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
67.Valdez
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/1.404 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 509/374 .258/.300/.365/.665 .653/.669 .535 91/.509 6/1 6/2
1.Campana* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 186/147 .262/.307/.298/.605 .569/.613 .575 12/.817 27/3 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/51 .216/.273/.333/.606 .750/.594 .806 11/.697 0/0 0/2
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/93 .284/.346/.466/.812 1.292/.641 .775 57/.857 0/0 4/4
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 5/.800 2/.500 2/.000 9/.666 5/.400 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.833 606/451 .282/.318/.426/.745 .756/.740 .740 111/.815 24/13 12/24
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 201/172 .211/.274/.292/.566 .138/.641 .341 44/.518 0/1 1/4
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 513/404 .264/.352/.399/.751 .423/.833 .691 87/.696 7/8 7/1
7.Jackson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/94 .191/.309/.404/.713 .583/.737 .533 75/.801 0/2 4/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 359/305 .257/.337/.448/.785 .292/.873 .832 30/.693 4/2 15/5
21.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 217/106 .213/.255/.312/.567 .576/.555 .473 44/.442 4/2 4/3
20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/29 .139/.244/.250/.494 .594/.450 .581 5/1.000 0/0 1/0
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 286/200 .293/.346/.464/.810 .521/.936 .809 105/.787 3/2 12/4
17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/5 .235/.316/.412/.728 .774/.600 .771 19/.728 0/0 0/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.833 536/400 .256/.312/.492/.803 .835/.793 .778 99/.784 5/2 28/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 243/183 .217/.309/.354/.662 .670/.660 .647 75/.731 0/2 4/7
5.Vitters G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 81/46 .093/.148/.200/.348 .362/.338 .524 51/.416 1/0 2/2
IP 35.2 9.0 25.0 48.2 15.0 16.2 70.2 57.2 58.0 23.2 4.1 45.1 TOTAL .240/.300/.380/.679 .629/.698 .653 .686 87/44 120/92
ERA-K/9 5.30/7.1 6.00/11.0 4.68/9.7 6.66/7.0 7.80/4.8 4.32/6.5 5.35/3.9 2.34/7.8 5.74/9.8 2.66/9.5 0.00/6.3 3.38/8.9 4.66/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (23-6-3)
 Clevenger (42-5-3)
 Recker (7-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 163/.326 40/.200 116/.293 228/.304 73/.349 83/.328 311/.284 229/.256 259/.247 90/.175 17/.200 194/.241 .272  Soriano
 DeJesus
 Campana
 Sappelt
 LaHair
 Mather
 Jackson
 Cardenas
126/0/0/10
3/40/89/7
9/51/4/1
1/0/5/0
1/0/33/0
24/23/14/0
0/30/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .933 .668 .794 .881 .948 .981 .803 .643 .760 .588 .494 .667 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.742 11/.200 55/.735 91/.982 34/.963 33/1.242 68/.803 82/.523 87/.670 32/.348 7/.571 119/.594 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/1.061 29/.838 61/.847 137/.811 39/.930 50/.812 243/.802 147/.709 172/.806 58/.710 10/.425 75/.784 .768
Home 66/.959 26/.623 37/.577 90/.804 35/.929 49/1.011 199/.702 128/.577 131/.680 44/.615 7/.286 107/.752
Last 28d days 63/1.075 40/.668 38/1.006 38/1.009 / 27/1.148 86/.726 48/.711 52/.788 57/.564 17/.494 38/.525
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 7/4/1 1/6/0 3/0/0 10/6/2 4/1/0 8/19/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 4/2/1 158/115/29
Usage ······X· ·X··o·o· oo·o··X· ·o·····X ········ ·X·····X ·X······ X·X·o·X· ·X·X···X o·X·X·X· o··X···X o·X·o···
Astros Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Wood*
G/S/vB
16.Beliveau*
G/S/vB
57.Berken
G/S/vB
28.Bowden
G/S/vB
55.Cabrera
G/S/vB
54.Camp
G/S/vB
52.Castillo
G/S/vB
37.Chapman
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
48.Dolis
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
18.Rusin*
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
47.Socolovich
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 9/.875 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 559/412 .290/.341/.395/.736 .905/.676 .708 76/.462 29/7 5/11
39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 62/37 .172/.213/.241/.454 .426/.473 .352 46/.413 0/0 1/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 388/322 .206/.294/.297/.590 .438/.623 .554 44/.385 14/4 6/4
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 253/199 .260/.339/.370/.709 .381/.803 .785 51/.744 0/0 2/6
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 68/56 .270/.309/.444/.753 .523/.802 .813 12/.583 0/0 3/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/41 .298/.327/.553/.880 1.357/.793 .695 41/.957 0/0 3/0
16.Downs G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.800 ··· 2/.500 ··· 176/85 .206/.251/.370/.621 .611/.632 .520 12/.523 2/4 7/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/162 .234/.280/.328/.609 .308/.710 .605 25/.573 3/3 2/5
23.Greene G/S/vP 7/.476 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/1.096 1/no AB 301/176 .227/.271/.396/.667 .823/.557 .763 84/.680 10/4 10/10
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.833/1.167 .667/1.667 .000 6/1.167 0/0 1/0
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.450 ··· 327/246 .253/.343/.456/.799 .637/.851 .894 / 2/0 14/8
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/80 .238/.293/.440/.734 .167/.825 .689 59/.958 0/1 3/0
14.Martinez G/S/vP 7/.715 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 418/308 .238/.312/.372/.683 .731/.667 .704 14/.762 0/2 11/1
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 282/177 .238/.312/.464/.776 .849/.734 .812 44/.731 8/3 14/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 179/168 .234/.303/.411/.715 .473/.731 .691 40/.495 0/1 7/6
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 55/44 .196/.218/.255/.473 .191/.543 .469 55/.473 2/1 0/4
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .649 8/.000 26/8 4/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 11/1.080 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 237/159 .192/.308/.335/.643 .741/.595 .655 28/1.018 0/0 7/3
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 190/143 .271/.342/.447/.789 .698/.821 .742 93/.680 0/0 7/5
IP 126.1 14.1 1.0 28.2 13.1 69.2 12.1 4.0 39.0 30.1 46.1 11.0 62.0 14.0 TOTAL .237/.303/.369/.671 .620/.688 .703 .616 95/38 120/101
ERA-K/9 4.42/6.5 4.40/8.2 18.00/0.0 4.08/6.6 6.75/12.2 3.62/6.3 10.22/8.8 0.00/13.5 4.38/5.5 7.12/4.5 3.88/11.5 5.73/7.4 3.48/7.0 5.79/5.1 4.47/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (50-10-8)
 Corporan (10-5-2)
 Snyder (55-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 526/.237 68/.276 10/.667 122/.259 61/.224 291/.259 73/.390 16/.071 167/.252 140/.272 214/.214 52/.318 264/.261 62/.255 .257  Martinez
 Bogusevic
 Maxwell
 Schafer
 Barnes
 Paredes
 Martinez
 Downs
 Moore
 Greene
 Wright
94/0/0/7
1/16/93/5
23/46/14/5
0/87/0/4
1/17/3/2
1/0/8/1
20/0/5/1
0/0/8/1
1/0/5/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .768 .890 2.256 .794 .708 .722 1.028 .259 .800 .856 .682 .991 .754 .811 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.622 23/1.066 2/2.500 50/.731 19/.675 110/.732 24/1.310 8/.250 58/.950 61/.574 103/.741 14/.813 96/.710 36/.905 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.809 45/.802 8/2.179 72/.833 42/.717 181/.716 49/.874 8/.250 109/.726 79/1.084 111/.625 38/1.066 168/.779 26/.686 .752
Road 247/.765 44/1.080 / 67/.814 38/.652 128/.672 37/1.020 16/.259 88/.821 82/1.059 93/.738 52/.991 122/.832 26/.868
Last 28d days 124/.765 26/1.378 / 55/.631 38/.768 41/.768 25/.920 16/.259 45/1.006 6/2.167 40/.560 52/.991 28/.371 15/.695
HR/SB/CS 23/6/1 4/0/0 2/0/0 5/6/0 0/3/0 6/7/3 2/5/0 0/1/0 6/3/2 4/0/0 3/5/0 3/1/0 5/7/1 3/3/0 156/112/27
Usage ····X··· o····o·X ········ X····XX· o···X·Xo ·oo····· ·····X·· ·oX···oo o·o····· ·······X ·XX·X··· ··X····X ·oo·X··· ·o···X·X

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.