Friday, September 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: PHI @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, September 14, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Phillies, 72-72, 72-72 3rd, 17½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Cole Hamels (28, LHP, 14-6, 3.03)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (14-6)			190.1	165	70	64	48	184	21	3.03
2011 (14-9)			216.0	169	68	67	44	194	19	2.79
2010 (12-11)			208.2	185	74	71	61	211	26	3.06

Last 7 GS		3-1	51.2	44	14	13	9	46	3	2.26	64
2012-09-09	COL	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	102	64
2012-09-02	@ATL	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	105	52
2012-08-23	CIN	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	109	49
2012-08-18	@MIL	W	7.2	8	3	3	1	10	2	107	60
2012-08-13	@MIA	W	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	113	77
2012-08-07	ATL	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	111	83
2012-08-02	@WSN	L	7.0	7	3	2	1	9	1	101	61

Last 5 v.HOU		0-3	28.2	38	23	22	8	25	3	6.91	41
2011-09-13	@HOU	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	6	1	100	36
2010-08-24	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	101	66
2009-09-28	HOU	L	6.2	9	6	6	3	5	0	103	34
2009-09-06	@HOU	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	114	44
2008-05-25	@HOU	ND	4.0	7	6	6	1	0	1	84	23

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

 Home:   38-37   Road:   34-35   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  51-48   vsLHP:  21-24   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 25-32   vsCntrl:23-14   vsWest: 19-16 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Thu, Sep 13  @HOU  L   4-6       72-72  3rd 17.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Astros, 46-98, 46-98 6th, 41 GB, 35 GB in WC

SP: Edgar Gonzalez (29, RHP, 2-0, 1.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-0)			10.1	7	2	2	2	11	0	1.74
2011 (0-0)			2.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	9.00
2009 (0-4)			65.1	76	41	40	28	39	4	5.51

Last 7 GS		2-3	32.2	38	20	19	11	25	3	5.23	45
2012-09-09	@CIN	W	5.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	79	64
2012-09-03	@PIT	W	5.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	82	58
2009-09-27	@LAA	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	1	2	88	33
2009-09-21	TEX	L	3.1	9	6	5	2	3	0	73	21
2009-09-15	@TEX	ND	4.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	71	49
2009-09-01	KCR	ND	5.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	69	61
2009-05-29	@TEX	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	0	97	32

Has never faced PHI as starter.

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

 Home:   30-42   Road:   16-56   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  32-75   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  15-25
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:22-42   vsWest:  8-28 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Thu, Sep 13   PHI  W   6-4       46-98  6th 41.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 13, 2012 HOU  6  PHI  4        W:Wesley Wright (1-2), L: Phillippe Aumont (0-1), S: Wilton Lopez (5)
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
Season Series: 2012 - PHI over 2-1; 2011 - PHI won 4-2; 2010 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - PHI leads 288-275

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 5.10 BAL 4.36 HOU 3.58	RA/G WSN 3.59 LAA 4.27 COL 5.44	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Lee .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Mauer .414 J. Bruce .337 J. Smoak .260	SLG G. Stanton .597 S. Choo .445 J. Carroll .305	OPS M. Cabrera .983 M. Prado .780 J. Smoak .572	ERA D. Price 2.54 J. Vargas 3.85 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 J. Niese 7.37 H. Alvarez 3.31

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

BAL 4.36

HOU 3.58

RA/G

WSN 3.59

LAA 4.27

COL 5.44

M. Cabrera .346

C. Lee .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Mauer .414

J. Bruce .337

J. Smoak .260

SLG

G. Stanton .597

S. Choo .445

J. Carroll .305

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

M. Prado .780

J. Smoak .572

ERA

D. Price 2.54

J. Vargas 3.85

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

J. Niese 7.37

H. Alvarez 3.31

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

Phillies Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/108 .242/.331/.352/.683 .641/.697 .540 78/.712 0/0 2/0

28.Frandsen G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/106 .338/.389/.398/.787 .906/.743 .648 75/.813 0/0 1/5

6.Howard* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 239/159 .227/.305/.412/.718 .549/.806 .664 109/.675 0/0 10/5

31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/101 .256/.304/.544/.848 1.028/.782 .764 75/.724 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/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 414/258 .255/.312/.424/.735 .868/.653 .701 108/.980 1/0 14/2

19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 118/108 .264/.331/.443/.774 .967/.756 .796 37/.803 0/0 3/3

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/49 .313/.327/.438/.764 .000/.797 .739 6/1.000 3/1 0/3

10.Pierre* G/S/vP 11/1.045 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 397/336 .309/.352/.370/.722 .413/.779 .852 63/.774 34/6 1/1

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 629/438 .248/.308/.421/.728 .648/.764 .657 112/.807 27/5 19/12

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 361/262 .342/.407/.564/.971 1.006/.959 1.017 8/1.583 3/0 14/5

22.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 247/184 .241/.309/.391/.700 .448/.789 .764 14/.368 3/2 6/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 284/180 .254/.363/.446/.809 .650/.903 .675 111/.783 6/1 10/6

24.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 338/207 .233/.311/.378/.689 .768/.641 .694 34/.852 1/0 11/12

IP 10.1 39.0 9.2 26.0 49.2 16.0 18.1 70.2 58.2 59.0 24.0 5.0 46.0 TOTAL .256/.317/.398/.715 .694/.723 .703 .751 104/21 140/88

ERA-K/9

1.74/9.6

5.08/6.9

5.59/11.1

4.50/9.7

6.52/7.1

7.31/5.1

4.42/7.4

5.35/3.9

2.30/7.8

5.80/9.6

3.00/9.4

0.00/7.2

3.33/9.0

4.64/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (16-15-3)
Lerud (0-0-0)
Ruiz (55-32-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 40/.184 180/.323 42/.188 120/.284 232/.303 77/.343 89/.314 311/.284 232/.257 264/.250 92/.183 21/.222 198/.243 .272 Brown
Mayberry
Martinez
Pierre
Schierholtz
Nix
Wigginton 20/0/22/6
70/42/2/6
1/2/4/1
96/0/0/1
0/3/70/0
16/3/10/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .567 .912 .631 .778 .879 .938 .973 .803 .643 .761 .597 .611 .670 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.818 63/.742 11/.200 58/.693 92/.970 34/.963 33/1.242 68/.803 84/.535 88/.687 33/.336 8/.661 121/.583 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.278 117/1.009 31/.775 62/.858 140/.816 43/.914 56/.818 243/.802 148/.704 176/.798 59/.733 13/.580 77/.809 .768

Home / 83/.911 28/.571 41/.549 94/.803 39/.910 55/.993 199/.702 131/.580 136/.685 46/.633 11/.573 111/.755

Last 28d days 40/.567 80/.993 42/.631 42/.942 42/.984 4/.750 33/1.091 59/.832 48/.754 51/.759 59/.579 21/.611 42/.553

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 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 4/3/1 159/118/29

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

Astros Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Hamels*
G/S/vB 48.Aumont
G/S/vB 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB 50.Cloyd
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 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 568/416 .290/.341/.394/.735 .888/.679 .707 80/.464 30/7 5/11

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/37 .222/.258/.302/.559 .667/.473 .538 47/.562 1/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 390/323 .205/.292/.295/.587 .431/.621 .548 45/.376 14/4 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 258/204 .261/.344/.369/.713 .381/.807 .792 52/.827 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 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 56/45 .283/.321/.566/.887 .964/.869 .741 48/.956 0/0 4/0

16.Downs G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 178/85 .204/.249/.365/.614 .597/.632 .505 14/.445 2/4 7/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 215/162 .234/.280/.328/.609 .308/.710 .605 22/.513 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 304/179 .228/.272/.399/.670 .823/.565 .768 83/.696 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 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 332/247 .253/.343/.457/.800 .644/.854 .894 5/.900 2/0 14/8

21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 96/84 .241/.302/.437/.739 .167/.827 .700 63/.952 0/1 3/0

14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 422/309 .238/.311/.370/.682 .729/.664 .700 18/.701 0/2 11/1

44.Maxwell G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 290/182 .239/.314/.459/.773 .843/.733 .804 48/.710 8/3 14/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/170 .233/.306/.409/.714 .473/.731 .690 41/.456 0/1 7/6

38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 58/47 .204/.224/.259/.483 .191/.551 .487 58/.483 2/1 0/5

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .649 8/.000 26/9 4/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 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/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 194/146 .264/.335/.437/.772 .683/.802 .704 95/.644 0/0 7/5

IP 190.1 9.0 46.1 20.0 3.0 22.2 22.2 64.1 62.2 15.0 TOTAL .237/.303/.368/.671 .618/.689 .703 .620 97/39 121/104

ERA-K/9

3.03/8.7

3.00/9.0

4.47/13.8

4.95/9.0

0.00/9.0

4.76/11.9

1.19/9.9

3.36/9.1

2.44/11.5

9.60/10.2

3.89/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (52-10-8)
Corporan (10-5-2)
Snyder (56-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 763/.234 38/.133 198/.208 88/.293 11/.111 109/.247 93/.213 272/.226 253/.210 70/.246 .253 Martinez
Bogusevic
Maxwell
Schafer
Barnes
Paredes
Martinez
Downs
Moore
Greene
Wright 95/0/0/8
1/16/94/5
24/48/14/5
0/87/0/4
1/18/5/2
1/0/9/1
22/0/5/1
0/0/8/1
1/0/5/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .660 .464 .658 .809 .384 .728 .615 .743 .617 .894 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.619 10/.756 86/.534 33/1.075 2/1.000 48/.625 40/.550 120/.821 126/.685 23/.812 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 549/.676 28/.374 112/.754 55/.655 9/.222 61/.805 53/.668 152/.683 127/.551 47/.906 .700

Road 401/.678 14/.792 82/.458 40/.660 5/.400 53/1.138 33/.671 119/.852 101/.488 30/1.131

Last 28d days 110/.631 38/.464 38/.508 88/.809 11/.384 8/1.071 23/.769 49/.530 56/.581 32/.808

HR/SB/CS 21/19/11 0/1/1 7/6/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/4/1 1/0/3 12/4/5 7/8/3 4/1/0 157/88/55

Usage ····X··· XoX·o·o· X··oo··· X···X··· ···oX··· o··oo·o· ··o····· X·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.