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Game Preview: PHI @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, September 13, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Phillies, 72-71, 72-71 3rd, 17 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Tyler Cloyd (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			17.0	19	8	8	3	16	3	4.24

Last 7 GS		1-1	17.0	19	8	8	3	16	3	4.24	51
2012-09-09	COL	ND	4.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	76	31
2012-09-03	@CIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	107	74
2012-08-29	NYM	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	102	49

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   38-37   Road:   34-34   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  51-47   vsLHP:  21-24   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 25-32   vsCntrl:23-13   vsWest: 19-16 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep 12   MIA  W   3-1       72-71  3rd 17.0 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   MIA  W   9-7       71-71  3rd 17.0 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10   MIA  W   3-1       70-71  3rd 17.0 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9   COL  W   7-4       69-71  3rd 17.0 gb
139 Sun, Sep  9   COL  W   3-2       68-71  3rd 17.0 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7   COL  W   3-2       67-71  3rd 18.0 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @CIN  W   6-2       66-71  3rd 18.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @CIN  L   1-2       65-71  3rd 18.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @CIN  W   4-2       65-70  3rd 17.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @ATL  L   7-8       64-70  3rd 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Astros, 45-98, 45-98 6th, 41½ GB, 35½ GB in WC

SP: Fernando Abad (26, LHP, 0-4, 5.08)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-4)			39.0	51	23	22	17	30	6	5.08
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		0-4	15.2	23	13	12	12	8	2	6.89	37
2012-09-12	CHC	L	3.1	4	1	1	3	2	0	68	47
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 PHI as starter.

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

 Home:   29-42   Road:   16-56   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  31-75   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  15-25
 vsEast:  9-19   vsCntrl:22-42   vsWest:  8-28 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep 12   CHC  L   1-5       45-98  6th 41.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 15, 2012 PHI  4  HOU  3 (10)   W:Jake Diekman (1-0), L: Brett Myers (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2012 PHI  5  HOU  1        W:Joe Blanton (4-3), L: Lucas Harrell (2-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 14, 2011 PHI  1 @HOU  0        W:Roy Halladay (18-5), L: Bud Norris (6-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 HOU  5  PHI  2        W:J.A. Happ (6-15), L: Cole Hamels (14-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 HOU  5  PHI  1        W:Brett Myers (5-13), L: Roy Oswalt (7-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 PHI  7  HOU  3        W:Roy Oswalt (1-0), L: Bud Norris (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 PHI  9  HOU  4        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 PHI  5  HOU  4        W:Danys Baez (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 HOU  5 @PHI  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (10-12), L: Kyle Kendrick (8-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 HOU  3 @PHI  2        W:J.A. Happ (4-2), L: Roy Halladay (16-9), S: Brandon Lyon (8)
Season Series: 2012 - PHI over 2-0; 2011 - PHI won 4-2; 2010 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - PHI leads 288-274

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 5.11 BAL 4.37 HOU 3.57	RA/G WSN 3.59 TEX 4.27 COL 5.44	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Heyward .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Mauer .414 A. Cabrera .336 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .597 T. Hunter .444 J. Weeks .302	OPS M. Cabrera .983 N. Walker .777 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 L. Harrell 3.83 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 W. Chen 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.11

BAL 4.37

HOU 3.57

RA/G

WSN 3.59

TEX 4.27

COL 5.44

M. Cabrera .346

J. Heyward .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Mauer .414

A. Cabrera .336

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .597

T. Hunter .444

J. Weeks .302

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

N. Walker .777

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

L. Harrell 3.83

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

W. Chen 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Phillies Batters (4.19 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/104 .248/.329/.360/.689 .660/.698 .547 77/.712 0/0 2/0

28.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/102 .341/.393/.403/.796 .906/.753 .657 75/.813 0/0 1/5

6.Howard* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 234/155 .227/.308/.415/.723 .557/.811 .675 108/.689 0/0 10/5

31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/97 .256/.306/.545/.851 1.028/.783 .765 71/.722 0/0 9/1

39.Lerud* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .500 10/.400 0/0 0/0

7.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/58 .156/.198/.240/.438 .533/.355 .511 44/.519 0/0 2/3

15.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 409/254 .255/.311/.426/.736 .864/.655 .702 103/.995 1/0 14/2

19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 118/108 .264/.331/.443/.774 .967/.756 .796 41/.799 0/0 3/3

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/48 .298/.313/.426/.738 .000/.771 .682 5/.800 2/1 0/3

10.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 393/332 .306/.347/.368/.715 .413/.772 .841 63/.678 34/6 1/1

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 624/434 .249/.307/.423/.730 .644/.768 .659 111/.787 26/5 19/12

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 360/262 .340/.406/.563/.968 .995/.959 1.011 7/1.514 3/0 14/5

22.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 246/184 .242/.310/.393/.703 .455/.789 .772 13/.397 3/2 6/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 279/177 .254/.362/.449/.811 .663/.899 .676 110/.815 6/1 10/6

24.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 338/207 .233/.311/.378/.689 .768/.641 .694 34/.852 1/0 11/12

IP 39.0 9.0 25.0 49.2 16.0 18.1 70.2 57.2 59.0 24.0 5.0 45.1 TOTAL .256/.316/.399/.715 .695/.724 .703 .745 102/21 140/88

ERA-K/9

5.08/6.9

6.00/11.0

4.68/9.7

6.52/7.1

7.31/5.1

4.42/7.4

5.35/3.9

2.34/7.8

5.80/9.6

3.00/9.4

0.00/7.2

3.38/8.9

4.66/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (14-14-3)
Lerud (0-0-0)
Ruiz (55-32-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.323 40/.200 116/.293 232/.303 77/.343 89/.314 311/.284 229/.256 264/.250 92/.183 21/.222 194/.241 .272 Brown
Mayberry
Martinez
Pierre
Schierholtz
Nix
Wigginton 19/0/21/6
70/41/2/6
1/2/4/1
95/0/0/1
0/3/69/0
16/3/10/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .912 .668 .794 .879 .938 .973 .803 .643 .761 .597 .611 .667 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.742 11/.200 55/.735 92/.970 34/.963 33/1.242 68/.803 82/.523 88/.687 33/.336 8/.661 119/.594 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/1.009 29/.838 61/.847 140/.816 43/.914 56/.818 243/.802 147/.709 176/.798 59/.733 13/.580 75/.784 .768

Home 83/.911 26/.623 37/.577 94/.803 39/.910 55/.993 199/.702 128/.577 136/.685 46/.633 11/.573 107/.752

Last 28d days 80/.993 40/.668 38/1.006 42/.984 4/.750 33/1.091 86/.726 48/.711 57/.788 59/.579 21/.611 38/.525

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 7/5/1 1/6/0 4/0/0 10/6/2 4/1/0 8/19/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 4/2/1 159/116/29

Usage X······X ··X··o·o ·oo·o··X X·o····· o······· X·X····· ··X····· ·X·X·o·X o·X·X··· oo·X·X·X Xo··X··· ·o·X·o··

Astros Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Cloyd
G/S/vB 48.Aumont
G/S/vB 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB 79.De Fratus
G/S/vB 63.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Horst*
G/S/vB 43.Lindblom
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 53.Rosenberg
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 563/413 .289/.340/.394/.735 .886/.679 .705 80/.464 29/7 5/11

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/37 .197/.234/.279/.513 .567/.473 .459 49/.494 0/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 389/323 .206/.293/.296/.589 .438/.621 .551 45/.376 14/4 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/200 .259/.337/.368/.705 .381/.799 .778 52/.728 0/0 2/6

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/56 .270/.309/.444/.753 .523/.802 .813 12/.583 0/0 3/1

30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/41 .280/.308/.520/.828 .964/.793 .630 44/.890 0/0 3/0

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/85 .205/.250/.367/.617 .604/.632 .513 13/.481 2/4 7/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 215/162 .234/.280/.328/.609 .308/.710 .605 25/.573 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/176 .227/.271/.396/.667 .823/.557 .763 84/.680 10/4 10/10

13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/3 .222/.222/.556/.778 .333/1.667 .000 9/.778 0/0 1/0

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 331/247 .250/.341/.451/.793 .613/.854 .880 4/.250 2/0 14/8

21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/81 .247/.301/.447/.748 .167/.840 .712 60/.977 0/1 3/0

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 422/309 .238/.311/.370/.682 .729/.664 .700 18/.701 0/2 11/1

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/178 .239/.315/.463/.777 .843/.738 .813 48/.741 8/3 14/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 180/169 .233/.302/.409/.710 .473/.726 .681 41/.482 0/1 7/6

38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 55/44 .196/.218/.255/.473 .191/.543 .469 55/.473 2/1 0/4

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .649 8/.000 26/8 4/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 240/159 .190/.308/.332/.640 .729/.595 .648 31/.964 0/0 7/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 190/143 .271/.342/.447/.789 .698/.821 .742 93/.680 0/0 7/5

IP 17.0 8.1 45.1 3.0 22.1 22.2 63.1 62.2 13.0 TOTAL .237/.302/.368/.670 .615/.689 .700 .611 95/38 120/103

ERA-K/9

4.24/8.5

1.08/9.8

4.57/13.9

0.00/9.0

4.43/11.7

1.19/9.9

3.41/9.0

2.44/11.5

11.08/10.4

3.87/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (50-10-8)
Corporan (10-5-2)
Snyder (56-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 73/.279 34/.138 194/.207 11/.111 105/.224 93/.213 268/.228 253/.210 63/.260 .252 Martinez
Bogusevic
Maxwell
Schafer
Barnes
Paredes
Martinez
Downs
Moore
Greene
Wright 95/0/0/8
1/16/93/5
23/47/14/5
0/87/0/4
1/17/4/2
1/0/8/1
21/0/5/1
0/0/8/1
1/0/5/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .775 .415 .661 .384 .683 .615 .749 .617 .953 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.207 8/.629 85/.541 2/1.000 47/.640 40/.550 118/.823 126/.685 19/1.033 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/.560 26/.359 109/.757 9/.222 58/.716 53/.668 150/.693 127/.551 44/.899 .697

Road 25/.480 10/.700 78/.456 5/.400 49/1.076 33/.671 115/.871 101/.488 23/1.373

Last 28d days 73/.775 34/.415 34/.509 11/.384 4/.250 28/.748 45/.552 56/.581 31/.963

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/1/0 7/5/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 1/0/3 12/4/5 7/8/3 4/1/0 156/86/54

Usage ···X···· oX·o·o·· ··oo···o ··oX···· ··oo·o·· ·o······ ·o·X·o·· Xo·X·X·X ·o·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.