HOU @ ARI, Monday, April 28, 2008 Game Preview

Houston Astros, 12-14, 4th, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 1-2, 6.38) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 18.1 26 13 13 4 9 1 6.38 2007 (7-8) 121.2 138 64 62 30 51 20 4.59 2006 (2-1) 34 25 10 8 5 15 3 2.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 34 49 24 24 4 12 5 6.35 40 2008-04-23 @CIN W 7 8 2 2 1 6 1 86 58 2008-04-18 COL L 0.2 6 6 6 2 1 0 34 15 2008-04-09 STL L 4 6 3 3 1 1 0 68 38 2008-04-04 @CHC ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 1 0 71 55 2007-07-31 @ATL L 4 9 5 5 0 0 2 76 24 2007-07-23 LAD L 5 8 4 4 0 0 0 74 35 2007-07-17 @WSN W 6.2 6 2 2 0 3 2 93 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 0-2 13 12 6 6 7 4 2 4.15 49 2007-05-26 @ARI L 6 4 3 3 3 2 0 69 51 2007-05-11 ARI L 7 8 3 3 4 2 2 96 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-5 Road: 6-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 10-12 vsLHP: 2-2 1-Run: 3-6 vsEast: 3-3 vsCntrl: 5-6 vsWest: 4-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 26 Sun, Apr 27 @STL L 1-5 12-14 4th 4.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @STL L 3-4 12-13 4th 4.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @STL W 3-2 12-12 4th 3.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 @CIN W 5-3 11-12 4th 4.5 gb 22 Wed, Apr 23 @CIN W 9-3 10-12 4th 5.5 gb 21 Tue, Apr 22 SDP W 11-7 9-12 4th 5.5 gb 20 Mon, Apr 21 SDP W 10-3 8-12 4th 5.5 gb 19 Sun, Apr 20 COL W 6-4 7-12 6th 5.5 gb 18 Sat, Apr 19 COL L 2-3 6-12 6th 6.0 gb 17 Fri, Apr 18 COL L 5-11 6-11 6th 6.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-14
Arizona Diamondbacks, 18-7, 1st, 6 up	SP: Danny Haren (27, RHP, 3-1, 3.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 29.2 27 13 10 6 24 3 3.03 2007 (15-9) 222.2 214 91 76 55 192 24 3.07 2006 (14-13) 223 224 109 102 45 176 31 4.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 41.2 37 17 13 9 36 5 2.81 56 2008-04-23 @LAD L 4.2 9 6 5 2 5 0 106 27 2008-04-18 SDP W 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 100 73 2008-04-12 COL W 6 5 1 1 2 7 0 94 63 2008-04-07 LAD W 6 6 3 1 0 5 1 93 57 2008-04-02 @CIN ND 6 4 3 3 1 4 2 90 55 2007-09-28 LAA L 6 3 2 1 2 6 1 102 64 2007-09-22 @CLE W 6 7 2 2 1 6 1 106 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 0-2 8.2 11 6 6 2 8 0 6.23 44 2004-09-28 @HOU L 5 6 2 2 1 6 0 80 52 2003-09-14 @HOU L 3.2 5 4 4 1 2 0 65 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-2 Road: 9-5 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 10-5 vsLHP: 8-2 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 1-2 vsWest: 17-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 25 Sun, Apr 27 @SDP W 2-1 18-7 1st 6.0 up 24 Sat, Apr 26 @SDP L 7-8 (13) 17-7 1st 6.0 up 23 Fri, Apr 25 @SDP W 5-1 17-6 1st 6.5 up 22 Thu, Apr 24 @LAD W 6-4 16-6 1st 6.0 up 21 Wed, Apr 23 @LAD L 3-8 15-6 1st 6.0 up 20 Tue, Apr 22 SFG W 5-4 15-5 1st 6.0 up 19 Mon, Apr 21 SFG W 4-2 14-5 1st 5.0 up 18 Sun, Apr 20 SDP L 4-9 13-5 1st 4.0 up 17 Sat, Apr 19 SDP W 10-3 13-4 1st 4.0 up 16 Fri, Apr 18 SDP W 9-0 12-4 1st 4.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:18-7
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, May 27, 2007 ARI 8 HOU 4 W:Livan Hernandez (5-2), L: Roy Oswalt (6-4), S: none Sat, May 26, 2007 ARI 5 HOU 4 W:Brandon Webb (4-3), L: Chris Sampson (4-5), S: Jose Valverde (18) Fri, May 25, 2007 ARI 13 HOU 3 W:Edgar Gonzalez (2-2), L: Woody Williams (1-7), S: none Thu, May 24, 2007 ARI 9 HOU 1 W:Micah Owings (3-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-4), S: none Sun, May 13, 2007 HOU 5 ARI 2 W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-3), L: Doug Davis (2-4), S: none Sat, May 12, 2007 HOU 10 ARI 4 W:Roy Oswalt (6-2), L: Livan Hernandez (3-2), S: none Fri, May 11, 2007 ARI 3 @HOU 1 W:Brandon Webb (3-2), L: Chris Sampson (3-3), S: none Sun, Aug 06, 2006 ARI 4 HOU 3 W:Claudio Vargas (9-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-12), S: Jorge Julio (14) Sat, Aug 05, 2006 HOU 9 @ARI 3 W:Roger Clemens (3-4), L: Dustin Nippert (0-2), S: none Fri, Aug 04, 2006 HOU 8 @ARI 7 W:Trever Miller (1-3), L: Tony Pena (3-1), S: Dan Wheeler (3) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; 2006 - HOU won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 39-32

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

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.

Houston Astros Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Haren
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 52.Medders
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 5/.650 16/.393 5/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 397/296 .235/.318/.324/.642 .666/.633 .581 / 6/1 3/4

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/1.000 14/.729 2/2.500 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 668/510 .278/.386/.510/.896 .800/.926 .970 / 7/3 34/12

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 8/1.125 7/.143 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 370/280 .252/.319/.367/.685 .616/.708 .616 / 0/0 5/5

14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 133/103 .277/.348/.378/.727 .434/.809 .664 / 18/1 1/0

22.Cruz# G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 6/.334 2/no AB 2/2.500 3/.333 2/1.500 293/193 .234/.316/.375/.691 .695/.689 .730 / 6/1 6/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· ··· ··· 347/254 .248/.310/.335/.645 .433/.721 .600 / 7/2 4/2

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 7/1.429 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/2.500 5/.400 ··· 697/528 .303/.354/.528/.882 .956/.859 .789 / 10/5 32/4

8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/.944 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 511/391 .287/.352/.372/.724 .818/.696 .700 / 1/2 4/7

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/3.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 453/376 .288/.342/.405/.746 .697/.757 .638 / 32/4 4/4

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 484/376 .322/.360/.539/.899 .993/.872 .886 / 11/5 17/6

10.Tejada G/S/vP 17/.728 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 569/428 .296/.357/.442/.799 .912/.762 .734 / 2/1 18/15

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .375/.432/.575/1.007 .733/1.086 1.310 / 0/1 1/0

IP 222.2 61.0 74.0 29.1 85.1 82.2 36.1 TOTAL .243/.302/.410/.712 .747/.704 .638 .712 24/7 29/9

ERA-K/9

3.07/7.8

3.10/12.8

2.68/4.9

4.30/7.1

3.27/6.6

3.05/8.5

2.72/6.9

3.04/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (47-17-2)
Towles (3-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 935/.247 262/.205 307/.251 128/.273 344/.207 345/.272 163/.275 .218 Lee
Pence
Cruz
Erstad
Berkman
Blum
Bourn 157/0/0/8
0/95/14/6
49/3/23/5
12/45/9/2
0/1/31/1
9/0/0/0
79/12/6/0

OPS .687 .680 .661 .916 .631 .732 .760 .639

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 474/.664 137/.865 139/.572 54/.770 155/.762 141/.590 90/.711 .621

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.710 125/.488 168/.736 74/1.010 189/.521 204/.833 73/.820 .653

Home 478/.638 104/.626 174/.603 66/.718 181/.613 196/.792 89/.784 .706

Last 28d days / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 24/20/6 7/2/2 2/5/1 9/0/5 8/1/0 10/7/5 4/3/0 18/16/3

Usage ····X··· o·ooo··· o·oo·Xo· ·X··o··o o··o·Xoo ·X·X·oo· ·XX·X··X

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 (5.92 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 56.Villarreal
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 363/240 .229/.304/.357/.662 .804/.590 .763 / 9/3 6/5

22.Byrnes G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.500 15/.414 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 699/536 .286/.353/.460/.813 .786/.821 .853 / 50/7 21/5

6.Drew* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 619/464 .238/.313/.370/.683 .673/.686 .661 / 9/0 12/17

7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/27 .244/.306/.289/.595 .652/.546 .483 / 0/0 0/1

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 7/.786 9/1.111 10/.100 2/.000 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 601/451 .294/.376/.441/.817 .767/.833 .893 / 10/2 10/10

34.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 477/335 .284/.368/.467/.836 .958/.785 .876 / 2/2 15/11

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 244/220 .224/.292/.397/.689 .590/.700 .789 / 0/0 10/6

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/78 .274/.354/.354/.708 .648/.751 .613 / 1/0 1/0

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/.667 3/2.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 414/293 .279/.349/.495/.843 .819/.853 .868 / 0/1 17/11

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 103/93 .277/.340/.394/.733 .700/.737 .767 / 2/0 1/0

19.Snyder G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 380/245 .252/.342/.433/.775 .912/.698 .772 / 0/1 13/1

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/108 .221/.283/.364/.647 .698/.627 .760 / 2/0 2/5

24.Young G/S/vP 7/2.571 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 624/470 .237/.295/.467/.763 .757/.764 .786 / 27/6 32/6

IP 121.2 71.2 76.2 45.0 67.1 59.2 64.1 76.1 TOTAL .267/.344/.465/.809 .861/.781 .920 .809 13/2 33/16

ERA-K/9

4.59/3.8

5.15/7.9

3.05/5.0

3.20/9.8

4.41/5.1

4.07/5.4

2.66/10.9

4.24/6.8

/0.0

4.39/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hammock (1-3-1)
Montero (35-10-5)
Snyder (52-29-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.292 325/.273 319/.228 199/.230 296/.283 257/.282 265/.196 336/.260 / .278 Byrnes
Young
Salazar
Burke
Upton
Jackson
Snyder
Reynolds
Hammock 123/23/35/12
0/146/0/6
6/1/27/3
3/26/20/3
0/0/42/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
5/0/2/0

OPS .819 .796 .652 .700 .797 .757 .611 .722 .801

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.836 134/.885 155/.561 83/.678 127/.684 101/.871 140/.624 148/.896 / .817

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.804 191/.735 164/.735 116/.716 169/.878 156/.686 125/.595 188/.589 / .790

Road 293/.845 141/.886 179/.527 98/.715 151/.638 116/.715 119/.582 166/.724 / .799

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 20/3/1 8/2/0 8/3/0 3/2/1 8/2/2 8/3/0 7/4/2 6/3/0 // 33/7/4

Usage ····X··· oo·····X ·X·X·X·· ·o·X··X· ·o··o··· o······· ··Xo·X·X o·····X· ·oX·o··X

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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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 9:40pm, Monday, April 28, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 1-2, 6.38)

SP: Danny Haren (27, RHP, 3-1, 3.03)

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