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Game Preview: HOU @ SFG, 4:05pm, Sunday, July 15, 2012 @AT&T Park

Astros, 33-55, 33-55 6th, 16½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (27, RHP, 5-6, 4.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-6) 86.0 88 47 45 32 88 13 4.71
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 1-5 35.2 42 25 25 17 38 7 6.31 45
2012-07-05 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 108 62
2012-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 3 87 42
2012-06-12 @SFG L 3.1 3 3 3 3 5 1 77 44
2012-06-06 STL L 6.0 7 4 4 0 12 2 96 54
2012-05-31 @COL L 1.2 7 9 9 3 2 1 52 4
2012-05-26 @LAD ND 4.2 8 3 3 4 4 0 116 36
2012-05-21 CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 109 72
Last 5 v.SFG 0-1 10.1 6 5 5 4 15 1 4.35 58
2012-06-12 @SFG L 3.1 3 3 3 3 5 1 77 44
2011-08-28 @SFG ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 10 0 98 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-21   Road:    9-34   ExtrInn: 0-9 
 vsRHP:  22-42   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @SFG  L   2-3 (12)  33-55  6th 16.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @SFG  L   1-5       33-54  6th 15.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   MIL  L   3-5 (10)  33-53  6th 15.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   MIL  W   6-3       33-52  5th 14.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   MIL  L   1-7       32-52  6th 14.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5  @PIT  L   0-2       32-51  5th 14.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @PIT  L   4-6       32-50  5th 13.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @PIT  L   7-8       32-49  5th 12.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2  @PIT  L   2-11      32-48  5th 12.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  1  @CHC  L   0-3       32-47  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Giants, 48-40, 48-40 1st, ½ up

SP: Matt Cain (27, RHP, 9-3, 2.62)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-3) 120.1 91 39 35 24 118 12 2.62
2011 (12-11) 221.2 177 82 71 63 179 9 2.88
2010 (13-11) 223.1 181 84 78 61 177 22 3.14
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.1 38 16 13 11 52 6 2.37 64
2012-07-05 @WSN ND 6.2 6 3 3 1 4 2 103 53
2012-06-29 CIN L 6.2 11 5 5 1 7 2 105 38
2012-06-24 @OAK ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 112 72
2012-06-18 @LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 4 4 1 100 43
2012-06-13 HOU W 9.0 0 0 0 0 14 0 125 101
2012-06-07 @SDP W 7.0 7 3 0 1 9 0 116 65
2012-06-02 CHC W 8.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 117 73
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 34.1 28 17 16 3 32 4 4.19 58
2012-06-13 HOU W 9.0 0 0 0 0 14 0 125 101
2011-08-28 HOU ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 6 0 116 69
2010-06-24 @HOU L 2.2 9 7 7 2 2 2 72 12
2010-04-07 @HOU ND 6.2 6 4 3 0 5 0 98 53
2009-08-03 @HOU L 8.0 8 4 4 0 5 2 115 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-16   Road:   20-24   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  30-31   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:  19-13
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul 14   HOU  W   3-2 (12)  48-40  1st  0.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul 13   HOU  W   5-1       47-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8  @PIT  L   2-13      46-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7  @PIT  L   1-3       46-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6  @PIT  W   6-5       46-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5  @WSN  L   5-6       45-38  2nd  1.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @WSN  L   4-9       45-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @WSN  L   3-9       45-36  1st  0.5 up
 80 Sun, Jul  1   CIN  W   4-3       45-35  1st  1.0 up
 79 Sat, Jun 30   CIN  L   1-2       44-35  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 SFG  3  HOU  2 (12)   W:Jeremy Affeldt (1-1), L: Brett Myers (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 SFG  5  HOU  1        W:Madison Bumgarner (11-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-7), S: Santiago Casilla (22)
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 HOU  6 @SFG  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Barry Zito (5-4), S: Brett Myers (16)
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 SFG 10  HOU  0        W:Matt Cain (8-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 SFG  6  HOU  3        W:Madison Bumgarner (8-4), L: Bud Norris (5-4), S: Santiago Casilla (17)

Sun, Aug 28, 2011 HOU  4 @SFG  3 (11)   W:Mark Melancon (7-4), L: Ramon Ramirez (2-3), S: David Carpenter (1)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 SFG  2  HOU  1 (10)   W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-2), L: Fernando Rodriguez (2-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 SFG  2  HOU  1        W:Madison Bumgarner (8-12), L: J.A. Happ (4-15), S: Santiago Casilla (2)
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 HOU  3 @SFG  1        W:Henry Sosa (1-2), L: Ryan Vogelsong (10-4), S: Mark Melancon (14)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 SFG  6 @HOU  4 (11)   W:Jeremy Affeldt (2-2), L: Mark Melancon (6-4), S: Ramon Ramirez (3)
Season Series: 2012 - SFG over 4-1; 2011 - HOU won 4-3; 2010 - SFG won 7-2; All-Time - SFG leads 371-343

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
Astros Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
34.Hensley
G/S/vB
70.Kontos
G/S/vB
49.Lopez*
G/S/vB
31.Penny
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 351/258 .298/.338/.429/.768 .966/.695 .790 69/.547 15/5 5/8
12.Bixler G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 77/41 .225/.286/.380/.666 .816/.535 .599 46/.648 3/0 2/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 275/219 .220/.302/.337/.639 .404/.702 .663 69/.626 9/3 6/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 195/155 .254/.330/.379/.709 .386/.798 .662 48/.790 0/0 2/5
16.Downs G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 118/64 .171/.220/.342/.563 .564/.562 .594 27/.502 2/3 5/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 314/247 .270/.315/.396/.711 .582/.746 .528 76/.686 4/0 6/12
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 327/246 .253/.343/.456/.799 .637/.851 .713 82/.611 2/0 14/8
14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 327/242 .240/.316/.394/.710 .747/.697 .684 86/.795 0/1 11/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 147/84 .227/.320/.461/.781 .722/.817 .641 21/.804 1/2 8/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/39 .275/.293/.550/.843 .000/.887 .820 41/.843 0/0 3/2
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 296/245 .235/.310/.319/.630 .354/.688 .592 72/.585 20/6 3/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 14/.572 4/.000 4/.250 11/.955 ··· 1/.000 15/.515 6/.000 152/104 .192/.309/.323/.632 .706/.598 .649 39/.718 0/0 4/3
IP 120.1 31.1 33.1 32.0 14.0 18.2 8.0 26.2 TOTAL .242/.308/.377/.685 .608/.711 .643 .650 56/20 77/59
ERA-K/9 2.62/8.8 2.87/7.5 2.97/9.5 3.66/7.6 2.57/10.3 3.86/7.7 2.25/4.5 0.68/10.8 3.56/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (39-9-5)
 Snyder (32-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.209 136/.264 151/.234 145/.235 57/.264 89/.308 33/.188 102/.132 .242  Bogusevic
 Schafer
 Martinez
 Maxwell
 Downs
 Bixler
 Johnson
 Moore
0/7/68/4
0/70/0/3
72/0/0/3
12/24/7/2
0/0/6/1
3/0/8/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .612 .711 .680 .681 .658 .818 .400 .397 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.682 55/.633 64/.648 54/.564 18/.528 56/.730 10/.400 26/.492 .649
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.550 81/.764 87/.698 91/.748 39/.714 33/.968 23/.399 76/.367 .717
Home 231/.490 46/.360 85/.646 54/.630 16/.775 28/.474 13/.154 44/.363
Last 28d days 109/.805 29/.797 39/1.039 32/.819 45/.657 21/1.017 33/.400 32/.259
HR/SB/CS 12/15/3 1/3/0 5/0/0 2/4/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/5/0 74/62/21
Usage ········ o·····X· Xo······ ······oo ······X· oo······ X·····X· oX······
Giants Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 192/106 .244/.284/.324/.608 .709/.526 .460 30/.752 4/0 1/5
9.Belt* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 232/177 .253/.358/.412/.770 1.102/.664 .858 67/.757 5/1 4/2
7.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 287/190 .252/.340/.372/.712 .746/.694 .692 81/.508 15/3 4/2
2.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/99 .208/.273/.217/.489 .315/.547 .451 8/.393 4/2 0/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.933 10/.522 3/.667 1/.000 374/267 .353/.391/.514/.906 1.178/.799 .842 90/.822 10/5 8/3
51.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/8 .250/.318/.300/.618 .536/.750 .000 19/.721 1/1 0/1
35.Crawford* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 279/201 .236/.282/.328/.610 .513/.646 .563 57/.638 1/2 1/12
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 9/.347 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.286 5/.800 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.500 354/241 .288/.332/.411/.743 .712/.759 .824 80/.563 16/2 5/5
28.Posey G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 320/233 .290/.366/.466/.832 1.023/.757 .854 81/.843 1/0 11/8
29.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 131/76 .278/.282/.381/.663 .688/.646 .618 39/.728 0/0 2/3
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.500 15/.733 1/2.000 3/1.666 220/169 .308/.364/.502/.866 .801/.887 .855 84/.883 0/0 8/8
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 151/116 .250/.311/.404/.716 .336/.829 .729 25/.553 2/2 3/1
5.Theriot G/S/vP 18/.583 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 4/1.500 7/.572 18/.444 5/2.100 11/1.170 238/151 .274/.314/.320/.633 .624/.639 .622 90/.655 9/3 0/4
IP 86.0 19.1 29.1 9.0 34.1 34.1 29.2 33.2 24.0 TOTAL .262/.319/.380/.699 .712/.692 .688 .687 69/21 52/70
ERA-K/9 4.71/9.2 3.26/7.9 6.14/7.4 7.00/5.0 2.36/7.1 3.15/9.2 3.64/5.8 6.42/9.3 4.13/9.0 4.46/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Posey (43-14-1)
 Sanchez (19-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 376/.262 80/.276 134/.287 39/.306 132/.238 146/.267 130/.286 154/.244 106/.247 .269  Cabrera
 Blanco
 Pagan
 Theriot
 Schierholtz
 Christian
78/0/11/6
11/13/48/2
0/82/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/41/0
2/0/4/0
OPS .765 .799 .851 .750 .608 .685 .771 .751 .753 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.760 39/.572 55/1.112 23/.824 46/.511 46/.729 70/.820 54/.900 66/.558 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.770 41/1.024 79/.660 16/.646 86/.657 100/.665 60/.712 100/.672 40/1.064 .747
Road 215/.900 44/.865 80/.973 19/.616 69/.763 73/.774 48/.760 89/.814 40/.816
Last 28d days 53/.853 38/.759 25/.620 11/.682 8/.500 38/.742 45/1.112 37/.765 20/.576
HR/SB/CS 13/7/5 4/0/0 5/3/1 0/4/0 3/0/0 3/7/1 4/0/0 5/13/0 4/1/0 105/71/19
Usage ········ X······o ·X······ oX·····o X······· X·····oX o·····Xo X·····Xo ······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.