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Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, May 17, 2009 1:20 PM CDT

By Stephen Higdon

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Houston Astros
@ Chicago Cubs

Sunday, May 17, 2009, 1:20 PM CDT
Wrigley Field

Brian Moehler vs Rich Harden

Sunny. Game time temperature around 60.

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Brian Moehler

#38 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

6-3

235

R

R

Dec 31, 1971

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2009 - Brian Moehler 0-2 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 28 15 15 1 5 12 8.44 2.06

Rich Harden

#40 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs

6-1

195

L

R

Nov 30, 1981

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2009 - Rich Harden 4-1 8 7 0 0 0 0 37.2 33 20 19 7 18 46 4.54 1.35

A mismatch in the pitching department when we look at the raw numbers, the FIP to FIP favors Moehler at a 3.65 FIP to a 4.78 FIP for Harden. Whether or not that translates into a success is likely obscured by the limited sample size on which those FIPs are based on, especially for Moehler, but it's something to draw some hope from nonetheless.

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

05/17/09 1:20 PM CDT

Houston Astros Chicago Cubs
Kazuo Matsui - 2B Alfonso Soriano - LF
Michael Bourn - CF Ryan Theriot - SS
Lance Berkman - 1B Kosuke Fukudome - CF
Carlos Lee - LF Derrek Lee - 1B
Miguel Tejada - SS Milton Bradley - RF
Hunter Pence - RF Geovany Soto - C
Geoff Blum - 3B Mike Fontenot - 3B
Ivan Rodriguez - C Bobby Scales - 2B
Brian Moehler - P Rich Harden - P

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