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San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, May 7, 2010 7:05 PM CDT

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3 game series vs Padres @ Minute Maid Park

San Diego Padres
@ Houston Astros

Friday, May 7, 2010, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Mat Latos vs Bud Norris

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

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The Astros host the surprising San Diego Padres for a three-game weekend series starting Friday. Righthander Mat Latos will face off with Bud Norris in the first game. Latos and Norris were both highly-regarded prospects who made their debuts last season. Latos has been volatile this season, with both good and bad outings. His 5.47 ERA is the worst out of the five Padres starters, but his xFIP is not only a full run lower than his ERA, but it's also lower than free agent addition Jon Garland.

Garland will face Felipe Paulino on Saturday. Garland is currently sporting a 2.06 ERA thanks to team-low BABiP of .248. Garland is the highest-paid member of the Padres' staff, but has the second-lowest K rate. He's also giving up a high percentage of line drives and seems to be escaping by getting a ton of infield fly balls (12.9 percent).

Opening Day starter Kevin Correia will face Roy Oswalt on Sunday. Correia already has four victories and boasts the highest ground ball rate on the staff. His walk rate is pretty high, but a low BABiP and an xFIP that's lower than his ERA suggest his numbers could change in the coming months. Correia primarily works off his fastball for success with average secondary pitches.

Offensively, the Padres are led by someone you may have heard of before, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. He's been mentioned in more trade rumors than, well, I don't know anyone who's been in more. He currently leads the team with a wOBA of .389. The next three players on the wOBA list are all batting over .370 and are big reasons why the Padres are 17-11. Yorvit Torrealba, Scott Hairston and Chase Headley are giving the Padres plenty of pop in the lineup. The only offense players to struggle out of the gate are second baseman David Eckstein and shortstop Everth Cabrera (sound familiar?)

The bullpen is backed by Heath Bell, who already has seven saves. Mike Adams and Cesar Ramos are the next two guys called out of the bullpen, while Luke Gregorson has been one of the more 'clutch' members of the 'pen, with a WPA per Leverage Index of 1.18.

Bud Norris

#20 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

6-0

230

R

R

Mar 02, 1985

Mat Latos

#38 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres

6-6

225

R

R

Dec 09, 1987



Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Felipe Paulino 5 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .500 .571
Wandy Rodriguez 6 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .364 .364 .364
Geoff Blum 22 52 4 17 2 1 0 5 1 5 0 0 .327 .340 .404
Michael Bourn 27 96 15 30 9 0 0 3 13 23 11 3 .313 .400 .406
Jeff Keppinger 25 85 7 22 8 0 0 9 8 4 0 0 .259 .323 .353
Jason Michaels 15 21 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 4 0 0 .238 .238 .571
Pedro Feliz 25 95 6 22 6 0 1 10 1 12 1 1 .232 .242 .326
Chris Johnson 8 22 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 0 .227 .227 .318
Humberto Quintero 16 45 4 10 0 0 1 3 2 10 0 0 .222 .255 .289
Roy Oswalt 6 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .300 .222
Tommy Manzella 22 71 3 15 2 0 1 5 2 22 0 0 .211 .253 .282
Hunter Pence 26 100 11 21 2 0 2 7 3 13 2 2 .210 .233 .290
Carlos Lee 27 104 11 21 3 1 1 9 5 18 1 2 .202 .245 .279
Lance Berkman 15 51 4 10 3 0 2 7 8 15 0 1 .196 .305 .373
J.R. Towles 17 47 3 9 3 0 1 8 2 12 0 0 .191 .235 .319
Kazuo Matsui 19 47 2 9 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 1 .191 .255 .191
Cory Sullivan 22 27 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 .148 .207 .222
Bud Norris 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .143 .143 .143
Brett Myers 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .083 .083 .083
Kevin Cash 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jeff Fulchino 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Matt Lindstrom 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brandon Lyon 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Tim Byrdak 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Samuel Gervacio 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Chris Sampson 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brian Moehler 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Wilton Lopez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Chris Sampson 0-0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 10 2 2 0 4 6 1.50 1.17
Matt Lindstrom 1-0 12 0 0 0 6 0 12.0 13 3 3 1 3 11 2.25 1.33
Roy Oswalt 2-4 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.0 34 12 11 5 12 36 2.48 1.15
Brett Myers 1-2 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.0 47 18 16 4 11 29 3.60 1.45
Brian Moehler 0-0 9 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 7 7 0 3 6 4.02 1.34
Jeff Fulchino 0-0 11 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 5 2 1 13 4.35 .87
Brandon Lyon 1-1 14 0 0 0 0 1 12.1 11 6 6 1 1 8 4.38 .97
Wandy Rodriguez 1-4 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.1 44 21 17 3 10 23 4.59 1.62
Wilton Lopez 1-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 10 4 4 1 1 6 4.91 1.50
Tim Byrdak 1-0 13 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 7 6 6 2 6 7 5.23 1.26
Felipe Paulino 0-4 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.2 27 24 17 1 18 23 5.53 1.63
Bud Norris 1-3 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 27 20 18 0 17 26 7.25 1.97
Samuel Gervacio 0-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 6 5 1 5 3 12.27 2.45

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Wade LeBlanc 4 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .625 .625 .625
Chase Headley 28 110 18 36 6 0 1 9 10 23 8 0 .327 .380 .409
Yorvit Torrealba 11 38 5 12 2 0 1 9 6 11 0 0 .316 .409 .447
Adrian Gonzalez 28 96 15 27 4 0 6 17 20 20 0 0 .281 .407 .510
Nick Hundley 18 60 9 16 2 0 2 9 8 16 0 1 .267 .353 .400
Scott Hairston 25 56 8 14 2 0 4 10 7 21 3 1 .250 .348 .500
David Eckstein 24 98 8 24 5 0 1 6 4 2 1 1 .245 .295 .327
Will Venable 25 86 17 20 3 3 4 12 9 28 7 0 .233 .302 .477
Clayton Richard 6 9 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 .222 .364 .444
Jerry Hairston Jr. 25 87 8 19 2 1 0 9 2 15 2 1 .218 .233 .264
Everth Cabrera 18 67 4 14 3 1 0 11 5 19 4 2 .209 .274 .284
Tony Gwynn Jr. 23 68 8 14 2 1 1 6 12 14 6 1 .206 .333 .309
Kyle Blanks 24 79 13 16 6 1 3 13 11 35 0 0 .203 .315 .418
Lance Zawadzki 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .200 .500 .200
Kevin Correia 6 11 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 .182 .308 .182
Matt Stairs 16 18 2 3 2 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 .167 .238 .278
Mat Latos 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .167
Oscar Salazar 19 28 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 .143 .200 .179
Jon Garland 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .143 .400 .143
Tim Stauffer 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Chris Young 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .333 .000
Sean Gallagher 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Edward Mujica 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Mike Adams 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Luke Gregerson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Heath Bell 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Cesar Ramos 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Adam Russell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Joe Thatcher 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Adam Russell 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00 .23
Chris Young 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0.00 .67
Tim Stauffer 2-1 9 0 0 0 0 0 18.1 12 1 1 1 4 18 0.49 .87
Wade LeBlanc 2-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 25 3 3 0 6 20 1.16 1.33
Heath Bell 2-0 12 0 0 0 7 1 12.0 12 2 2 1 4 18 1.50 1.33
Luke Gregerson 0-0 14 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 6 4 3 0 2 16 1.65 .49
Jon Garland 3-2 6 6 0 0 0 0 35.0 28 15 8 3 20 23 2.06 1.37
Edward Mujica 1-0 14 0 0 0 0 1 14.2 11 5 5 3 3 14 3.07 .95
Clayton Richard 1-2 6 6 0 0 0 0 35.0 37 13 13 1 17 28 3.34 1.54
Mike Adams 0-1 12 0 0 0 0 1 12.0 8 5 5 0 4 16 3.75 1.00
Cesar Ramos 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 3 3.86 .86
Kevin Correia 4-2 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.0 29 15 15 4 12 30 3.97 1.21
Mat Latos 1-3 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 16 16 7 9 17 5.47 1.48
Sean Gallagher 0-0 9 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 10 10 3 13 12 6.92 2.08
Joe Thatcher 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 2 0 2 3 7.71 1.71

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