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Game Preview: LAD @ ARI, 3:40pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @Chase Field

Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-4, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 1-0, 1.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              7     3   1   1   0   4  1    1.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0   7     3   1   1   0   4  1    1.29   71 
 2008-04-04    SDP   W   7     3   1   1   0   4  1      77   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-1    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @ARI  L   5-10       4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @ARI  L   3-9        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @SDP  W   3-2        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @SDP  L   1-4        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @SDP  W   7-1        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2   SFG  L   1-2        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1   SFG  W   3-2        2-0   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   SFG  W   5-0        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-4    Last 20: 4-4    Last 30: 4-4 
Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-2, 1st, ½ up

SP: Micah Owings (25, RHP, 1-0, 1.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              6.2   2   1   1   2   9  1    1.35      
 2007 (8-8)            152.2 146  81  73  50 106 20    4.30      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40.2  26  17  12   8  30  7    2.66   59 
 2008-04-04    COL   W   6.2   2   1   1   2   9  1      97   73 
 2007-09-27    PIT   W   6.1   4   0   0   0   4  0      83   69 
 2007-09-18    SFG   W   9     2   0   0   1   4  0     101   86 
 2007-09-08    STL  ND   2.2   4   7   2   2   1  1      65   31 
 2007-09-03    SDP   L   3     4   5   5   1   4  4      44   34 
 2007-08-29    SDP  ND   7     3   1   1   1   6  1      94   72 
 2007-08-24    CHC   L   6     7   3   3   1   2  0      95   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      0-1  10    10   7   4   3   5  0    3.60   47 
 2007-06-25    LAD   L   6     6   4   1   1   2  0      98   51 
 2007-04-17    LAD  ND   4     4   3   3   2   3  0      75   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-0    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  5-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr  8   LAD  W  10-5        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr  7   LAD  W   9-3        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @COL  W   5-2 (10)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @COL  W   7-2        3-2   1st  0.5 up
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @COL  W   8-1        2-2   1st  0.5 up
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CIN  L   2-3        1-2   1st  0.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CIN  L   5-6        1-1   1st  0.5 up
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CIN  W   4-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-2    Last 20: 6-2    Last 30: 6-2 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 ARI 10  LAD  5        W:Doug Davis (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 ARI  9  LAD  3        W:Danny Haren (1-0), L: Esteban Loaiza (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 LAD  7 @ARI  1        W:Chad Billingsley , L: Edgar Gonzalez , S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 ARI  6  LAD  2        W:Brandon Webb , L: David Wells , S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 ARI 12  LAD  3        W:Livan Hernandez , L: Esteban Loaiza , S: none
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 ARI  6 @LAD  1        W:Edgar Gonzalez , L: Esteban Loaiza , S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 LAD  6  ARI  2        W:Derek Lowe , L: Livan Hernandez , S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 LAD  7  ARI  4        W:Brad Penny , L: Doug Davis , S: Takashi Saito 
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 ARI  3 @LAD  0        W:Brandon Webb , L: Brad Penny , S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 ARI  8 @LAD  7        W:Livan Hernandez , L: Derek Lowe , S: Jose Valverde 
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 2-0; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; 2006 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 89-81

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Owings
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
52.Medders
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
48.Petit
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bennett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.334 ··· 170/123 .252/.286/.335/.621 .484/.675 .754 / 1/1 2/1
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 5/.000 7/2.166 2/.000 6/1.000 6/1.133 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 507/388 .284/.350/.452/.802 .716/.830 .817 / 0/4 13/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 5/.800 11/.473 8/.750 5/.650 5/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 4/.833 643/468 .270/.333/.355/.687 .744/.666 .608 / 25/6 6/19
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .241/.241/.517/.759 .600/.842 .333 / 0/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.666 10/.400 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.167 7/.429 3/.666 ··· 659/441 .222/.311/.413/.724 .785/.694 .745 / 5/2 26/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 311/200 .342/.373/.521/.894 1.002/.835 .851 / 10/5 10/4
12.Kent G/S/vP 5/1.350 12/.166 12/.633 7/.929 6/.666 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 562/437 .302/.375/.500/.875 .950/.855 .824 / 1/3 20/14
7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 375/269 .331/.381/.538/.919 .866/.939 1.076 / 0/1 15/9
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/1.600 8/1.000 5/1.000 3/.833 6/.167 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 620/467 .293/.374/.469/.843 1.062/.773 .932 / 21/9 19/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 5/.000 14/1.116 6/1.400 6/1.267 4/1.500 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 729/519 .293/.331/.353/.685 .621/.710 .665 / 64/15 0/5
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 6/.000 4/.833 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 141/129 .260/.350/.382/.732 .500/.756 .633 / 2/0 2/0
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 36/20 .382/.417/.647/1.064 .908/1.187 1.364 / 1/0 2/0
IP 152.2 61.0 74.0 29.1 85.1 57.0 82.2 36.1 TOTAL .240/.322/.344/.666 .777/.626 .621 .666 6/1 3/6
ERA-K/9 4.30/6.2 3.10/12.8 2.68/4.9 4.30/7.1 3.27/6.6 4.58/6.3 3.05/8.5 2.72/6.9 2.54/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (24-4-2)
 Martin (82-41-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.253 262/.205 307/.251 128/.273 344/.207 243/.260 345/.272 163/.275 .212  Ethier
 Pierre
 Jones
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
60/0/102/10
0/162/0/4
0/154/0/3
0/6/88/2
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .765 .680 .661 .916 .631 .830 .732 .760 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 339/.837 137/.865 139/.572 54/.770 155/.762 111/.973 141/.590 90/.711 .606
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.686 125/.488 168/.736 74/1.010 189/.521 132/.718 204/.833 73/.820 .698
Home 369/.762 104/.626 174/.603 66/.718 181/.613 62/.787 196/.792 89/.784 .725
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/4/3 7/2/2 2/5/1 9/0/5 8/1/0 12/4/0 10/7/5 4/3/0 8/3/0
Usage ····X··· X·X·oo·· ··oo··o· X·X··X·· oX·X··o· X····o·· ·XX·X·X· oo···o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (6.25 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
21.Loaiza
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 363/240 .229/.304/.357/.662 .804/.590 .763 / 9/3 6/5
22.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· 7/1.572 19/.888 10/.900 6/.500 17/.813 14/.594 7/.286 8/1.339 2/.500 699/536 .286/.353/.460/.813 .786/.821 .853 / 50/7 21/5
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 9/.944 16/.751 8/1.500 5/.650 6/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.167 ··· 619/464 .238/.313/.370/.683 .673/.686 .661 / 9/0 12/17
7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/27 .244/.306/.289/.595 .652/.546 .483 / 0/0 0/1
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 17/.812 7/1.914 5/.000 27/.963 11/.673 9/1.194 8/1.071 1/no AB 601/451 .294/.376/.441/.817 .767/.833 .893 / 10/2 10/10
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 12/.083 8/1.214 7/.762 9/.476 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.933 1/4.000 477/335 .284/.368/.467/.836 .958/.785 .876 / 2/2 15/11
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/78 .274/.354/.354/.708 .648/.751 .613 / 1/0 1/0
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 7/1.229 1/5.000 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 414/293 .279/.349/.495/.843 .819/.853 .868 / 0/1 17/11
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 103/93 .277/.340/.394/.733 .700/.737 .767 / 2/0 1/0
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.717 3/.333 4/.250 4/1.250 3/.333 2/.500 4/.000 1/no AB 380/245 .252/.342/.433/.775 .912/.698 .772 / 0/1 13/1
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/.400 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 152/108 .221/.283/.364/.647 .698/.627 .760 / 2/0 2/5
24.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 11/.818 5/.000 2/.000 7/1.229 1/.000 3/2.667 4/.000 2/1.000 624/470 .237/.295/.467/.763 .757/.764 .786 / 27/6 32/6
IP 67.1 147.0 82.0 30.1 37.1 4.0 86.1 64.1 TOTAL .267/.348/.512/.860 .843/.872 1.141 .860 4/0 17/5
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.88/5.2 3.31/8.6 2.85/10.9 7.42/8.0 5.79/4.8 15.75/9.0 3.65/6.7 1.40/10.9 /0.0 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (1-3-1)
 Snyder (52-29-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 281/.253 623/.241 334/.225 140/.285 164/.259 20/.333 382/.242 234/.151 / .255  Byrnes
 Young
 Burke
 Salazar
 Upton
 Jackson
 Snyder
 Reynolds
 Hammock
123/23/35/12
0/146/0/6
3/26/20/3
6/1/27/3
0/0/42/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
5/0/2/0
OPS .648 .701 .617 .791 .872 1.122 .738 .448 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 108/.490 290/.748 167/.589 28/.601 64/.997 8/1.250 163/.766 121/.558 / .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 173/.745 333/.660 167/.640 112/.839 100/.795 12/1.017 219/.717 113/.329 / .690
Road / 131/.587 346/.652 159/.766 89/.735 77/.788 / 188/.725 104/.550 / .796
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/3 15/5/6 6/6/3 3/3/0 10/1/0 2/0/0 12/9/4 5/2/0 // 6/4/2
Usage ····X··· ·ooo···o X···X·X· X·X····X X·····X· ·X····X· ·X······ ·Xo···X· ··o····o Xo·o··Xo

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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