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Game Preview: HOU @ ATL, 1:30pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Turner Field

Houston Astros, 41-47, 5th, 11 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 3-3, 3.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             64.1  58  31  22  20  56  6    3.08      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41    37  24  16  15  32  3    3.51   51 
 2008-07-01    LAD  ND   5     6   5   5   4   5  1      93   36 
 2008-06-26    TEX   W   8     5   1   1   0   9  0     105   77 
 2008-06-21   @TBR  ND   5.2   5   2   2   2   6  1     100   55 
 2008-06-14    NYY   L   5     6   5   5   3   1  1      88   33 
 2008-06-08    STL   L   6.2   4   5   0   1   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-03   @PIT   W   6     5   0   0   1   3  0      91   64 
 2008-05-28   @STL   L   4.2   6   6   3   4   1  0      92   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-1  10    13  12  12   8   9  4   10.80   31 
 2007-08-01   @ATL   L   4     6   8   8   5   4  1     104   17 
 2006-06-11    ATL   W   6     7   4   4   3   5  3      96   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   19-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  29-34   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast:  8-7    vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @ATL  W   6-1       41-47  5th 11.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @ATL  L   2-6       40-47  6th 12.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3   LAD  L   2-5       40-46  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   LAD  L   1-4       40-45  5th 11.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   LAD  L   6-7 (11)  40-44  4th 10.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30   LAD  W   4-1       40-43  4th 10.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   BOS  W   3-2       39-43  4th 10.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   BOS  W  11-10      38-43  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   BOS  L   1-6       37-43  5th 12.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26   TEX  W   7-2       37-42  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Atlanta Braves, 41-47, 4th, 7 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 1-2, 6.16)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             19    25  15  13   7  12  2    6.16      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  19    25  15  13   7  12  2    6.16   42 
 2008-07-01    PHI   L   2     8   5   5   1   1  2      57   20 
 2008-06-24    MIL   L   6     7   4   2   1   4  0     100   49 
 2008-06-19   @TEX  ND   5     5   3   3   4   3  0      91   44 
 2008-06-14   @LAA   W   6     5   3   3   1   4  0     104   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-18   Road:   12-29   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:   4-21
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl: 8-16   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  5   HOU  L   1-6       41-47  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4   HOU  W   6-2       41-46  4th  7.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3   PHI  L   1-4       40-46  4th  7.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   PHI  L   3-7       40-45  4th  6.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   PHI  L   3-8       40-44  4th  5.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @TOR  L   0-1       40-43  4th  4.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @TOR  L   5-9       40-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @TOR  W   4-0       40-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 25   MIL  W   4-2       39-41  4th  4.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 24   MIL  L   3-4       38-41  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 HOU  6 @ATL  1        W:Chris Sampson (4-3), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 ATL  6  HOU  2        W:Tim Hudson (9-6), L: Brian Moehler (4-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 HOU  3  ATL  0        W:Felipe Paulino  (2-1), L: Buddy Carlyle (8-7), S: Dave Borkowski (1)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 HOU  3  ATL  2        W:Brandon Backe (3-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-1), S: Brad Lidge (19)
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 ATL  7 @HOU  2        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (2-2), L: Matt Albers (4-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 02, 2007 HOU 12 @ATL 11 (14)   W:Mark McLemore (1-0), L: Oscar Villarreal (1-1), S: Brian Moehler (1)
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 ATL 12  HOU  3        W:Buddy Carlyle (6-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-10), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 ATL 12  HOU  4        W:Chuck James (9-8), L: Chris Sampson (7-8), S: none
Sun, Oct 01, 2006 ATL  3  HOU  1        W:John Smoltz (16-9), L: Chris Sampson (2-1), S: Bob Wickman (33)
Sat, Sep 30, 2006 HOU  5 @ATL  4        W:Trever Miller (2-3), L: Bob Wickman (1-6), S: Dan Wheeler (9)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - ATL leads 360-312

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 2008 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  5.42

COL  4.51

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.69

BA

C. Jones  .385

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .162

OBP

C. Jones  .477

N. McLouth  .358

T. Pena  .184

SLG

L. Berkman  .669

A. Ramirez  .463

T. Pena  .214

OPS

L. Berkman  1.106

F. Thomas  .816

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

J. Contreras  4.02

T. Gorzelanny  6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

D. Eveland  6.05

L. Hernandez  3.33

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

Houston Astros Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/8 .200/.250/.467/.717 .875/.536 .000 15/.767 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.667 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 140/99 .213/.257/.283/.541 .745/.455 .505 49/.566 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/2.225 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.500 7/1.262 ··· 368/275 .350/.438/.669/1.106 .957/1.161 1.028 101/.916 12/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 153/132 .219/.248/.349/.598 .302/.640 .464 43/.430 1/0 5/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 339/247 .223/.280/.300/.580 .541/.594 .494 99/.550 31/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 126/116 .305/.349/.449/.798 .800/.798 .777 40/.911 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 6/.666 5/.600 4/.250 ··· 358/274 .293/.341/.543/.883 .934/.868 .824 103/1.195 4/1 19/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 7/.286 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 173/122 .276/.341/.404/.745 1.098/.605 .705 53/.762 0/0 3/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .313/.353/.375/.728 .000/.775 .500 16/.775 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 348/261 .262/.302/.422/.723 .702/.730 .689 102/.492 5/6 10/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 370/279 .282/.319/.437/.756 .839/.729 .681 105/.623 6/3 10/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/125 .148/.264/.281/.545 .935/.477 .435 11/.455 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 202/142 .264/.361/.443/.804 1.013/.721 .687 72/.773 4/2 6/
IP 19.0 44.0 61.0 46.2 23.0 6.0 35.1 17.1 TOTAL .259/.319/.411/.731 .799/.709 .666 .712 79/28 89/46
ERA-K/9 6.16/5.7 4.30/5.1 4.28/6.6 4.44/7.7 1.57/9.0 3.00/10.5 3.06/8.4 3.63/6.8 3.79/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Towles (13-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 92/.313 189/.259 274/.262 202/.247 91/.177 23/.174 148/.203 72/.246 .248  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Abercrombie
 Erstad
0/80/0/6
0/0/84/6
82/0/0/4
6/3/0/1
24/9/4/1
OPS .842 .804 .757 .704 .493 .478 .586 .747 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.912 82/.885 92/.859 87/.738 34/.657 6/.833 71/.415 46/.710 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.769 107/.735 182/.700 115/.678 57/.393 17/.353 77/.752 26/.811 .727
Home 43/1.020 113/.750 160/.653 119/.620 57/.488 17/.647 94/.578 40/.796 .717
Last 28d days 92/.842 60/.751 63/1.049 59/.945 48/.351 23/.478 40/.443 20/.516
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 7/6/0 5/5/2 3/7/1 0/3/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 76/61/20
Usage ····X··· o···X··X Xo·X···X ·o·oX·X· X···X··· ·oo····· ··ooX··X ···Xo···
Atlanta Braves Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 270/202 .271/.372/.336/.708 .668/.721 .647 105/.689 8/1 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 351/242 .289/.362/.389/.751 .658/.794 .778 81/.688 2/4 6/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 83/57 .211/.309/.324/.633 .406/.735 .739 38/.643 1/1 2/
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/61 .275/.339/.413/.752 .803/.695 .759 55/.809 0/0 1/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 338/239 .276/.352/.447/.800 .733/.829 .861 103/.704 7/2 8/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/1.917 2/.500 6/.900 1/.000 10/.686 7/.572 6/.333 1/2.000 325/207 .385/.477/.623/1.100 .993/1.161 1.206 65/.758 2/0 17/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 7/.167 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 199/129 .277/.323/.408/.731 .529/.843 .751 15/.138 2/1 4/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.000 6/1.666 3/1.500 1/.000 329/216 .298/.368/.542/.910 .919/.906 1.016 92/.786 1/0 15/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/26 .100/.182/.175/.357 .347/.362 .188 11/.636 0/0 1/
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 6/.733 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/93 .248/.338/.385/.723 .725/.722 .849 54/.728 0/0 2/
26.Perry* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/6 .143/.143/.429/.571 .000/.667 .571 7/.571 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 52/29 .250/.346/.409/.755 .822/.705 .923 5/.000 1/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 9/.111 8/.536 ··· 6/.900 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 374/241 .272/.380/.484/.864 .741/.931 .880 107/.971 0/0 16/
IP 64.1 23.0 42.2 29.0 31.2 72.1 41.1 31.1 TOTAL .267/.342/.415/.758 .710/.782 .794 .700 30/12 84/54
ERA-K/9 3.08/7.8 6.26/7.0 2.95/7.6 1.55/5.0 2.84/7.4 4.85/4.4 4.14/11.1 5.17/8.1 4.47/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (57-17-3)
 Miller (4-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 274/.233 106/.357 170/.223 122/.190 135/.219 303/.286 183/.250 144/.227 .269  Blanco
 Kotsay
 Norton
 Infante
 Perry
27/47/1/4
0/50/0/2
19/0/1/0
10/3/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .670 .986 .597 .675 .622 .750 .793 .794 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.748 42/.855 75/.745 53/.657 55/.762 129/.695 85/.700 59/.540 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.649 64/1.070 95/.482 69/.689 80/.523 174/.789 98/.864 85/.984 .790
Road 95/.797 50/.875 82/.573 58/.761 57/.510 168/.595 81/.893 64/.754 .784
Last 28d days 129/.708 8/.500 47/.651 49/.766 49/.768 57/.573 53/.924 50/.900
HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 5/0/0 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 6/2/1 8/6/0 5/5/0 122/35/11
Usage ····X··· ···X···· o·o···Xo X·ooo··X ··X·X··X X··o·X·· X····Xoo ·X··Xoo·

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.

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