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Game Preview: HOU @ CHW, 8:10pm, Monday, August 26, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Astros, 43-86, 43-86 5th, 31½ GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (23, LHP, 3-1, 2.91)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-1) 34.0 32 11 11 5 22 3 2.91
Last 7 GS 3-1 26.2 21 5 5 5 18 1 1.69 63
2013-08-18 @LAA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 97 49
2013-08-12 TEX L 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 98 56
2013-08-05 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 101 69
2013-07-31 @BAL W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 87 77
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-44   Road:   22-42   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  32-63   vsLHP:  11-23   1-Run:  16-26
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl: 7-16   vsWest: 19-40 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 25   TOR  L   1-2       43-86  5th 31.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24   TOR  W   8-5       43-85  5th 31.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23   TOR  W  12-4       42-85  5th 32.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 21  @TEX  L   4-5       41-85  5th 32.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 20  @TEX  L   2-4       41-84  5th 31.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 19  @TEX  L   5-16      41-83  5th 30.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @LAA  W   7-5       41-82  5th 29.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  40-82  5th 30.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @LAA  W   8-2       40-81  5th 29.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15  @OAK  L   0-5       39-81  5th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
WhiteSox, 54-75, 54-75 5th, 22½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Andre Rienzo (25, RHP, 1-0, 3.56)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 30.1 26 13 12 14 21 3 3.56
Last 7 GS 1-0 30.1 26 13 12 14 21 3 3.56 53
2013-08-21 @KCR W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 101 56
2013-08-15 @MIN ND 6.0 4 2 1 0 2 1 93 60
2013-08-10 MIN ND 5.1 7 4 4 5 5 2 112 38
2013-08-04 @DET ND 6.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 84 56
2013-07-30 @CLE ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 99 56
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-33   Road:   24-42   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  42-56   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  20-27
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 25   TEX  W   5-2       54-75  5th 22.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24   TEX  W   3-2       53-75  5th 22.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23   TEX  L   5-11      52-75  5th 22.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3 (12)  52-74  5th 21.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 21  @KCR  W   5-2       51-74  5th 22.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 20  @KCR  W   2-0       50-74  5th 22.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @MIN  W   5-2       49-74  5th 23.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @MIN  W   8-5       48-74  5th 23.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @MIN  W   5-2       47-74  5th 23.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15  @MIN  L   3-4       46-74  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 CHW  4 @HOU  2        W:Nate Jones (3-4), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Addison Reed (20)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 HOU  5  CHW  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (4-3), L: Hector Santiago (2-5), S: Jose Veras (14)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 HOU  4  CHW  3        W:Lucas Harrell (5-7), L: John Danks (1-3), S: Jose Veras (13)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 HOU  2  CHW  1        W:Erik Bedard (2-3), L: Chris Sale (5-5), S: Jose Veras (12)

Sun, Jun 10, 2012 HOU 11 @CHW  9        W:Lucas Harrell (6-4), L: Philip Humber (2-4), S: Brett Myers (15)
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 CHW 10  HOU  1        W:Chris Sale (8-2), L: Jordan Lyles (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 HOU  8 @CHW  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-4), L: Gavin Floyd (4-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 CHW  6  HOU  3        W:Mark Buehrle (3-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (17)
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 HOU  3 @CHW  2        W:Chad Qualls (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 HOU  5 @CHW  2        W:Chris Sampson (6-5), L: John Danks (3-6), S: Dan Wheeler (11)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 3-1; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 13-12

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 2013 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

DET  5.09

KCR  3.98

MIA  3.22

 RA/G

ATL  3.44

CLE  4.26

HOU  5.29

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

B. Zobrist  .271

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .450

C. Crisp  .333

J. Arencibia  .249

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .685

J. Hamilton  .424

A. Escobar  .303

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.135

B. Zobrist  .761

A. Escobar  .565

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

C. Hamels  3.62

E. Volquez  6.01

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.05

D. Price  7.28

B. Colon  4.84

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

Astros Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 68.Petricka
G/S/vB		 41.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 526/382 .274/.311/.350/.661 .743/.630 .631 99/.595 30/9 4/9
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 353/237 .236/.290/.345/.635 .830/.541 .517 86/.587 10/7 6/2
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 464/326 .210/.310/.430/.740 .715/.750 .868 87/.617 0/0 23/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 458/357 .278/.352/.490/.842 .693/.884 .771 90/1.138 2/1 17/5
39.Clark G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 467/340 .233/.271/.402/.673 .641/.685 .633 103/.754 0/0 18/12
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/78 .241/.308/.333/.642 .660/.631 .654 41/.633 0/3 2/7
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/173 .225/.244/.330/.573 .624/.564 .587 17/.412 6/2 4/9
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/189 .272/.343/.378/.721 .805/.692 .729 112/.900 6/6 4/3
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/63 .318/.363/.447/.810 .583/.913 .842 88/.838 7/1 1/2
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/81 .267/.340/.356/.696 .496/.749 .496 73/.682 11/5 0/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/161 .228/.290/.451/.741 .487/.820 .796 87/.783 1/1 10/3
IP 30.1 68.1 52.1 0.2 13.1 61.1 20.1 TOTAL .239/.299/.383/.682 .693/.678 .681 .731 91/44 127/95
ERA-K/9 3.56/6.2 3.82/10.4 3.10/6.5 0.00/0.0 2.03/8.1 3.08/8.8 5.75/8.4 3.83/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (54-18-10)
 Clark (0-2-0)
 Elmore (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.228 279/.245 222/.264 1/.000 61/.205 248/.204 92/.256 .250  Barnes
 Grossman
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/87/13/6
37/28/2/2
42/0/2/0
1/2/21/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .666 .649 .657 .000 .702 .536 .780 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.629 121/.715 80/.786 / 33/.713 140/.511 57/.817 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.744 158/.603 142/.586 1/.000 28/.675 108/.568 35/.716 .696
Home 28/1.243 142/.700 118/.735 / 31/.698 131/.509 45/.750
Last 28d days 131/.666 66/.682 51/.675 1/.000 32/.828 65/.420 26/.443
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 4/6/1 1/9/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/9/0 3/1/0 142/79/28
Usage ····X··· oo·XX··· oo·oo··X ···o···· ··oo···· o··Xoo·X ·o·oo···
WhiteSox Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 54.Martinez
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/239 .292/.340/.401/.741 .510/.804 .734 108/.762 5/1 4/7
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/85 .238/.297/.381/.678 .167/.711 .706 50/.849 5/1 3/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 562/439 .268/.326/.413/.738 .859/.704 .710 122/.643 16/7 14/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 510/387 .235/.335/.465/.800 .688/.836 .841 109/.879 1/1 29/7
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/198 .190/.244/.341/.585 .381/.661 .665 26/.279 0/1 9/4
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/98 .270/.307/.383/.690 .518/.781 .661 62/.751 1/1 2/1
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/38 .208/.250/.245/.495 .513/.487 .461 1/2.000 1/0 0/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 367/320 .245/.308/.382/.690 .326/.746 .744 72/.629 0/1 11/10
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 396/299 .244/.271/.297/.568 .547/.575 .573 57/.725 0/1 3/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 406/320 .236/.303/.345/.648 .910/.579 .556 94/.604 0/0 9/2
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/102 .218/.228/.355/.583 .910/.496 .704 70/.553 0/0 4/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 555/444 .288/.312/.377/.688 .655/.697 .689 117/.810 25/7 4/21
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 376/279 .254/.295/.411/.707 .692/.712 .680 64/.620 0/0 11/4
IP 34.0 6.1 45.0 27.1 10.1 2.2 54.0 11.1 TOTAL .251/.304/.380/.683 .654/.692 .685 .700 82/32 118/88
ERA-K/9 2.91/5.8 0.00/2.9 1.60/4.2 6.26/9.6 2.61/6.1 0.00/3.3 5.67/8.0 7.15/6.4 4.85/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (50-16-7)
 Phegley (14-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.244 21/.053 177/.208 118/.257 46/.216 9/.143 240/.243 51/.289 .275  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
86/0/0/10
67/90/0/5
0/38/7/1
3/25/21/0
0/1/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .672 .353 .566 .886 .564 .286 .847 .804 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.876 10/.000 112/.518 48/1.013 23/.514 3/.000 131/.996 21/.522 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.578 11/.717 65/.650 70/.798 23/.611 6/.400 109/.673 30/.993 .782
Road 63/.571 12/.083 124/.470 40/1.057 26/.584 9/.286 149/.798 27/.763
Last 28d days 104/.566 21/.353 97/.590 43/.820 46/.564 9/.286 102/.648 51/.804
HR/SB/CS 3/0/3 1/0/0 1/5/2 7/0/2 0/0/1 0/1/0 13/7/1 2/3/0 161/75/30
Usage ·······X oo···o·o ·····X·· ooX····· Xo··X··· ····X··· ·X······ ·Xo··o··

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.