LAD @ ARI, Friday, August 29, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 65-69, 2nd, 3½ GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 7-9, 3.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-9) 151 145 72 65 36 94 12 3.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44 40 20 20 6 31 2 4.09 54 2008-08-24 @PHI ND 6 2 1 1 2 5 0 91 67 2008-08-19 COL L 6 6 4 4 1 3 1 97 46 2008-08-14 PHI W 7 2 1 1 0 7 0 79 76 2008-08-09 @SFG ND 8 8 1 1 2 4 0 96 64 2008-08-02 ARI W 7.1 4 1 1 0 6 1 94 72 2008-07-28 SFG L 3.2 9 7 7 0 2 0 66 17 2008-07-23 @COL L 6 9 5 5 1 4 0 97 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 1-1 15 21 11 8 3 11 1 4.80 44 2008-08-02 ARI W 7.1 4 1 1 0 6 1 94 72 2008-07-18 @ARI ND 2 8 6 5 1 1 0 60 18 2008-04-09 @ARI L 5.2 9 4 2 2 4 0 108 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-30 Road: 26-39 ExtrInn: 5-9 vsRHP: 42-51 vsLHP: 23-18 1-Run: 17-21 vsEast: 16-18 vsCntrl:20-17 vsWest: 24-24 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Thu, Aug 28 @WSN L 2-11 65-69 2nd 3.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @WSN L 4-5 65-68 2nd 3.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @WSN L 1-2 65-67 2nd 3.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @PHI L 0-5 65-66 2nd 3.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @PHI L 2-5 (11) 65-65 2nd 3.0 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @PHI L 2-9 65-64 2nd 3.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @PHI L 1-8 65-63 2nd 2.0 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 COL W 3-1 65-62 2nd 2.0 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 COL L 3-4 64-62 2nd 2.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 COL L 3-8 64-61 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Arizona Diamondbacks, 68-65, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Doug Davis (32, LHP, 5-8, 4.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-8) 112.2 117 63 58 52 96 11 4.63 2007 (13-12) 192.2 211 100 91 95 144 21 4.25 2006 (11-11) 203.1 206 118 111 102 159 19 4.91 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 42 25 24 14 35 4 5.59 47 2008-08-24 FLA L 7 7 3 3 0 8 1 110 59 2008-08-19 SDP W 6 7 2 2 2 6 0 100 54 2008-08-13 @COL ND 5 6 4 3 2 4 2 90 43 2008-08-08 ATL L 4.1 9 7 7 4 2 0 82 15 2008-08-03 @LAD L 1.2 6 5 5 2 1 0 47 22 2008-07-29 @SDP W 7.2 2 0 0 2 8 0 124 81 2008-07-23 CHC L 7 5 4 4 2 6 1 103 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 2-2 23.1 29 18 15 11 20 2 5.79 43 2008-08-03 @LAD L 1.2 6 5 5 2 1 0 47 22 2008-07-18 LAD ND 3 5 5 4 3 3 1 86 31 2008-04-08 LAD W 6 6 2 2 2 7 0 103 57 2007-09-14 @LAD L 4.2 9 6 4 3 5 1 89 28 2007-08-03 @LAD W 8 3 0 0 1 4 0 96 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-28 Road: 31-37 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 42-48 vsLHP: 26-17 1-Run: 17-18 vsEast: 15-21 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 34-19 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 @SDP L 4-5 68-65 1st 3.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 26 @SDP L 2-9 68-64 1st 3.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 25 @SDP L 2-4 68-63 1st 3.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 24 FLA L 2-5 68-62 1st 3.0 up 129 Sat, Aug 23 FLA W 7-1 68-61 1st 3.0 up 128 Fri, Aug 22 FLA L 4-5 67-61 1st 2.0 up 127 Thu, Aug 21 SDP W 4-1 67-60 1st 2.0 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 SDP W 8-6 66-60 1st 2.0 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 SDP W 7-6 65-60 1st 1.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 17 @HOU L 0-3 64-60 1st Tied Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 03, 2008 LAD 9 ARI 3 W:Cory Wade (2-1), L: Doug Davis (4-6), S: none Sat, Aug 02, 2008 LAD 4 ARI 2 W:Hiroki Kuroda (6-8), L: Yusmeiro Petit (1-2), S: Chan Ho Park (2) Fri, Aug 01, 2008 ARI 2 @LAD 1 W:Randy Johnson (9-7), L: Chan Ho Park (4-3), S: Brandon Lyon (24) Thu, Jul 31, 2008 ARI 2 @LAD 1 W:Brandon Webb (15-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-9), S: Brandon Lyon (23) Sun, Jul 20, 2008 LAD 6 @ARI 5 W:Ramon Troncoso (1-1), L: Brandon Lyon (2-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (2) Sat, Jul 19, 2008 ARI 3 LAD 2 W:Danny Haren (9-5), L: Chad Billingsley (9-9), S: Brandon Lyon (20) Fri, Jul 18, 2008 LAD 8 @ARI 7 (11) W:Cory Wade (1-1), L: Doug Slaten (0-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (1) Thu, Apr 24, 2008 ARI 6 @LAD 4 W:Edgar Gonzalez (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-4), S: Brandon Lyon (6) Wed, Apr 23, 2008 LAD 8 ARI 3 W:Derek Lowe (2-1), L: Danny Haren (3-1), S: Takashi Saito (2) Wed, Apr 09, 2008 ARI 4 LAD 3 W:Micah Owings (2-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-1), S: Brandon Lyon (2) Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 7-5; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; 2006 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 94-86

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 5.54

FLA 4.62

WSN 3.76

RA/G

TOR 3.88

SFG 4.60

TEX 6.00

C. Jones .359

N. Punto .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

J. Hardy .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

E. Hinske .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Davis*
G/S/vB 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 41/19 .237/.293/.342/.635 .887/.328 .768 16/.875 1/0 1/

13.Berroa G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 158/113 .215/.276/.278/.553 .535/.561 .695 53/.675 0/0 0/

30.Blake G/S/vP 4/.833 7/1.142 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 497/385 .283/.353/.468/.821 .869/.807 .921 106/.761 2/0 16/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 310/235 .256/.323/.363/.686 .804/.649 .615 1/.000 3/0 5/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 14/.793 ··· 8/2.190 3/1.333 8/.821 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 484/371 .278/.342/.475/.816 .638/.869 .852 89/.977 3/2 17/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 27/.973 ··· 9/1.083 13/.385 4/1.000 10/1.000 1/.000 ··· 147/101 .235/.286/.404/.690 .895/.602 .697 52/.412 1/1 6/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 16/1.363 1/.000 4/.500 5/.600 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.334 2/2.500 548/391 .290/.338/.465/.804 .968/.738 .770 120/.762 29/9 15/

12.Kent G/S/vP 33/.703 2/1.000 13/.154 14/.940 8/.750 8/.875 7/.286 2/1.000 463/337 .277/.324/.412/.736 .790/.716 .755 105/.811 0/1 11/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 9/1.181 2/.500 4/1.833 3/1.334 4/1.000 4/.750 4/.750 1/2.000 541/382 .300/.356/.459/.815 .706/.859 .847 103/.836 6/4 11/

55.Martin G/S/vP 16/.646 1/.000 10/1.000 7/1.000 9/.111 1/no AB 4/.000 2/1.000 535/391 .287/.381/.410/.792 .769/.800 .814 100/.667 12/5 12/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 33/1.009 1/2.000 15/1.033 7/1.167 4/1.500 4/.500 7/.619 1/.000 361/251 .276/.325/.315/.640 .787/.576 .676 40/.578 38/9 0/

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 17/.971 1/5.000 5/.000 4/1.750 2/.500 2/.000 2/3.500 1/2.000 539/427 .315/.412/.551/.963 .808/1.005 .948 114/1.100 2/0 27/

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 7/.971 7/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 92/78 .141/.261/.179/.440 .214/.482 .440 17/.802 0/0 0/

IP 112.2 9.0 38.2 49.0 60.1 59.0 64.1 24.2 TOTAL .259/.324/.387/.711 .751/.695 .718 .767 104/34 103/86

ERA-K/9

4.63/7.7

4.00/7.0

2.79/13.5

4.96/6.6

4.03/6.6

3.51/8.8

3.78/8.5

4.01/5.5

3.97/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (7-2-1)
Martin (60-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 492/.273 38/.333 161/.177 221/.300 254/.265 251/.244 258/.248 109/.289 .253 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre
Sweeney 0/75/60/14
41/0/84/8
92/0/0/6
73/11/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .771 .980 .626 .807 .720 .659 .718 .795 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.805 14/.896 74/.531 95/.738 120/.742 119/.608 135/.692 42/.924 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.759 24/1.027 87/.706 126/.857 134/.700 132/.706 123/.747 67/.711 .712

Home 281/.780 22/.955 74/.609 124/.947 133/.733 123/.542 144/.691 52/.928 .724

Last 28d days 113/.936 19/.924 30/.381 39/1.207 43/.713 47/.550 55/1.110 36/.688

HR/SB/CS 11/5/3 3/0/0 3/5/3 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/1/0 121/70/21

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

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 190/92 .196/.309/.272/.581 .602/.555 .519 37/.833 5/0 2/

13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 6/.333 14/.824 4/.250 13/.539 3/1.167 2/.000 170/116 .234/.359/.333/.692 .838/.619 .626 41/.852 0/0 3/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 5/.400 13/.885 9/1.556 4/1.750 8/.661 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 538/386 .279/.321/.472/.793 .738/.814 .848 111/.861 3/1 15/

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/3.000 14/.974 3/.667 ··· 4/1.250 4/.750 ··· ··· 530/366 .238/.387/.521/.908 .736/.984 .867 107/.730 2/1 34/

34.Jackson G/S/vP 7/1.071 5/.933 10/1.125 3/.000 11/.705 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 517/366 .298/.380/.459/.839 1.004/.775 .863 106/.597 8/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 6/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 167/135 .287/.353/.467/.820 .804/.824 .787 29/1.520 0/0 4/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.500 ··· ··· 204/141 .251/.361/.316/.677 .624/.706 .770 55/.619 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 509/363 .241/.319/.474/.793 .980/.721 .822 103/.645 9/0 25/

28.Romero* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 133/108 .244/.260/.362/.622 .348/.682 .615 38/.526 4/0 1/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 124/115 .210/.325/.333/.659 .667/.658 .657 7/.762 0/2 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.833 4/.250 4/.833 2/.500 2/.000 331/228 .245/.357/.462/.818 .822/.817 .834 69/.910 0/0 13/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 5/1.000 8/.536 7/.453 9/.000 9/1.127 12/.083 ··· 1/.000 238/203 .266/.307/.423/.730 .892/.702 .818 69/.529 0/0 8/

24.Young G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.333 7/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 4/.500 4/.500 4/.000 581/416 .240/.304/.430/.734 .908/.667 .777 106/.786 10/5 18/

IP 151.0 38.0 56.2 26.1 74.1 85.1 33.0 53.2 TOTAL .251/.326/.414/.740 .777/.725 .789 .741 50/19 130/87

ERA-K/9

3.87/5.6

2.37/5.7

3.65/11.4

4.44/5.5

2.18/10.4

2.74/7.2

4.36/9.0

2.68/6.2

3.79/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (22-3-0)
Snyder (37-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 637/.247 171/.279 233/.223 109/.245 298/.199 363/.255 140/.269 216/.223 .253 Dunn
Jackson
Young
Salazar
Burke
Romero 112/0/14/5
54/0/0/3
0/131/0/3
23/2/12/3
17/0/9/1
10/2/31/1

OPS .649 .704 .609 .774 .557 .736 .704 .671 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.691 81/.656 96/.869 47/.778 91/.601 158/.830 55/.573 83/.682 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.610 90/.749 137/.440 62/.771 207/.536 205/.667 85/.796 133/.664 .674

Road 327/.741 90/.753 110/.788 44/.928 170/.604 189/.830 79/.704 110/.816 .788

Last 28d days 132/.488 36/.845 52/.691 61/.897 56/.595 66/.799 58/.698 31/.805

HR/SB/CS 12/7/1 0/5/3 2/7/3 5/1/0 4/2/0 12/4/0 1/5/0 7/1/0 108/69/17

Usage ····X··· X···XX·· ·o··X··X o···oX·· ····X··X ·X·Xo··· Xo···oX· o·······

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: LAD @ ARI, 9:40pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 7-9, 3.87)

SP: Doug Davis (32, LHP, 5-8, 4.63)

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