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Game Preview: HOU @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Astros, 44-87, 44-87 5th, 32½ GB, 30½ GB in WC

SP: Jarred Cosart (23, RHP, 1-1, 1.60)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 45.0 32 9 8 21 21 1 1.60
Last 7 GS 1-1 45.0 32 9 8 21 21 1 1.60 60
2013-08-20 @TEX L 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 112 52
2013-08-14 @OAK ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 99 69
2013-08-07 BOS ND 5.0 7 2 2 5 3 0 100 43
2013-08-02 @MIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 99 66
2013-07-28 @TOR ND 6.0 4 1 1 5 1 0 109 56
2013-07-23 OAK ND 7.0 7 2 1 3 4 0 115 58
2013-07-12 @TBR W 8.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 96 77
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-44   Road:   23-43   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  33-63   vsLHP:  11-24   1-Run:  16-27
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl: 8-17   vsWest: 19-40 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 27  @CHW  L   3-4       44-87  5th 32.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26  @CHW  W  10-8       44-86  5th 31.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
WhiteSox, 55-76, 55-76 5th, 21½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 9-12, 3.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-12) 172.1 149 66 59 37 181 18 3.08
2012 (17-8) 192.0 167 66 65 51 192 19 3.05
2011 (2-2) 71.0 52 22 22 27 79 6 2.79
Last 7 GS 3-4 52.1 55 24 21 10 50 7 3.61 56
2013-08-23 TEX L 7.0 8 8 8 1 6 4 108 34
2013-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 113 54
2013-08-12 DET W 9.0 9 2 2 0 6 1 109 67
2013-08-06 NYY W 7.1 5 1 0 4 6 0 108 68
2013-08-01 @CLE L 5.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 79 33
2013-07-27 KCR L 9.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 115 75
2013-07-22 DET L 8.0 7 4 2 3 11 1 119 64
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 16.0 10 2 0 1 21 0 0.00 80
2013-06-14 @HOU L 8.0 6 2 0 1 14 0 124 79
2012-06-09 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 101 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-34   Road:   24-42   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  43-56   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 27   HOU  W   4-3       55-76  5th 21.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26   HOU  L   8-10      54-76  5th 22.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 CHW  4  HOU  3        W:Donnie Veal (2-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-10), S: Addison Reed (36)
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 HOU 10 @CHW  8        W:David Martinez (1-0), L: Addison Reed (5-2), S: Jordan Lyles (1)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 4-2; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 14-13

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  5.08

LAD  4.03

MIA  3.20

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

CLE  4.24

HOU  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .357

R. Zimmerman  .271

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .449

C. Gomez  .336

J. Arencibia  .246

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .685

J. Loney  .427

A. Escobar  .300

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.134

A. Ethier  .765

A. Escobar  .563

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

W. Miley  3.60

E. Volquez  6.01

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.05

E. Volquez  7.34

B. Colon  4.84

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

Astros Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
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		 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 8/.929 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 535/387 .271/.308/.345/.653 .722/.626 .616 99/.519 30/9 4/9
2.Barnes G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 361/242 .239/.292/.348/.641 .808/.560 .533 88/.597 10/7 6/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.667 ··· 473/332 .216/.315/.446/.761 .699/.787 .903 87/.786 1/0 25/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 467/362 .282/.358/.498/.855 .712/.897 .800 90/1.131 2/1 18/5
39.Clark G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/1.167 ··· 476/345 .240/.278/.415/.693 .676/.700 .673 103/.779 0/0 19/12
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/78 .241/.308/.333/.642 .660/.631 .654 39/.669 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.750 ··· 257/195 .278/.345/.388/.733 .818/.703 .751 114/.838 6/6 4/3
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 101/69 .284/.327/.400/.727 .509/.830 .701 93/.792 7/1 1/3
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.500 ··· 112/86 .266/.349/.351/.700 .571/.737 .516 71/.734 11/5 0/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 219/165 .228/.288/.455/.743 .478/.832 .795 90/.816 1/1 11/3
IP 172.1 69.1 52.1 1.1 13.1 63.1 36.1 21.0 TOTAL .241/.300/.386/.687 .691/.685 .690 .745 92/44 132/96
ERA-K/9 3.08/9.5 3.76/10.4 3.10/6.5 6.75/6.9 2.03/8.1 3.27/9.0 4.21/6.2 5.57/9.0 3.86/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (56-19-10)
 Clark (0-2-0)
 Elmore (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 700/.231 283/.246 222/.264 6/.400 61/.205 257/.209 160/.252 94/.250 .251  Barnes
 Grossman
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/89/13/6
39/28/2/2
42/0/2/0
1/2/23/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .636 .649 .657 .900 .702 .571 .767 .762 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.368 123/.708 80/.786 1/ 33/.713 144/.518 101/.725 59/.787 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 557/.703 160/.608 142/.586 5/.800 28/.675 113/.635 59/.839 35/.716 .700
Home 368/.581 146/.699 118/.735 5/1.100 31/.698 140/.572 57/1.237 47/.715
Last 28d days 152/.793 67/.715 47/.579 6/.900 26/1.009 67/.494 131/.810 24/.304
HR/SB/CS 18/15/0 4/6/1 1/9/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/9/0 6/0/0 3/2/0 147/80/28
Usage ····X··· ·ooo·XX· ··oo·oo· oX···o·· ····oo·· oXo··Xoo ·X····X· oo·o·oo·
WhiteSox Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 65.Oberholtzer*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 306/241 .288/.338/.396/.733 .486/.803 .719 105/.703 5/1 4/7
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/87 .261/.316/.420/.736 .804/.730 .792 54/.938 6/1 3/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 ··· 1/.000 571/444 .271/.329/.416/.745 .889/.704 .724 121/.705 16/7 14/7
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 519/391 .233/.333/.465/.799 .714/.826 .836 109/.846 1/1 30/7
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 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 159/102 .280/.314/.387/.701 .543/.790 .684 71/.769 1/1 2/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .196/.237/.232/.469 .485/.462 .399 4/.500 1/0 0/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 370/323 .243/.305/.378/.684 .326/.738 .729 70/.617 0/1 11/10
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 401/301 .247/.276/.308/.584 .596/.580 .606 57/.864 0/1 4/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/3.000 415/325 .241/.308/.351/.660 .932/.586 .583 94/.654 0/0 9/2
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 137/107 .220/.230/.348/.578 .885/.491 .679 72/.537 0/0 4/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.083 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 564/449 .287/.312/.377/.689 .650/.699 .690 117/.814 26/8 4/21
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 380/281 .254/.295/.412/.707 .678/.717 .682 60/.646 0/0 11/4
IP 45.0 6.1 52.2 27.2 10.1 39.1 54.0 12.0 TOTAL .252/.305/.382/.687 .668/.692 .692 .717 84/33 120/91
ERA-K/9 1.60/4.2 0.00/2.9 5.81/6.7 6.18/9.7 2.61/6.1 3.43/5.7 5.67/8.0 6.75/6.0 4.86/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (50-16-7)
 Phegley (15-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.208 22/.053 231/.268 119/.255 46/.216 162/.260 240/.243 55/.292 .276  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
87/0/0/10
68/91/0/5
0/39/7/1
3/25/23/0
0/1/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .566 .392 .851 .878 .564 .725 .847 .829 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.518 11/.091 100/.883 48/1.013 23/.514 50/1.017 131/.996 22/.496 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.650 11/.717 131/.828 71/.786 23/.611 112/.596 109/.673 33/1.045 .784
Road 124/.470 13/.154 139/.825 41/1.029 26/.584 87/.698 149/.798 31/.811
Last 28d days 97/.590 22/.392 23/.547 42/.804 41/.529 104/.751 102/.648 52/.851
HR/SB/CS 1/5/2 1/0/0 13/4/0 7/1/2 0/0/1 5/0/4 13/7/1 2/3/0 163/77/31
Usage ·······X ·ooo···o X······· o·ooX··· ··Xo··X· ·X······ ···X···· ·o·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.