LAD @ ARI, Sunday, August 31, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 66-70, 2nd, 3½ GB, 13½ GB in WC	SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 10-11, 3.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-11) 174.2 173 82 74 38 126 14 3.81 2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88 2006 (16-8) 218 221 97 88 55 123 14 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 45.1 44 17 17 5 32 3 3.38 56 2008-08-26 @WSN L 8 6 2 2 1 6 1 112 67 2008-08-21 COL W 6.1 4 1 1 2 7 0 107 66 2008-08-16 MIL ND 7 8 1 1 0 3 0 94 60 2008-08-11 PHI W 6.1 5 3 3 1 3 0 96 53 2008-08-06 @STL L 3.1 13 8 8 0 2 2 65 4 2008-07-31 ARI L 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 0 87 58 2008-07-26 WSN W 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 107 83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 2-2 28.2 25 14 12 6 24 3 3.77 54 2008-07-31 ARI L 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 0 87 58 2008-07-20 @ARI ND 5.1 7 4 4 3 6 0 98 41 2008-04-23 ARI W 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 67 58 2007-09-15 ARI W 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 74 69 2007-08-04 ARI L 5 4 6 4 1 4 1 76 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-30 Road: 27-40 ExtrInn: 5-9 vsRHP: 43-51 vsLHP: 23-19 1-Run: 17-21 vsEast: 16-18 vsCntrl:20-17 vsWest: 25-25 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sat, Aug 30 @ARI W 6-2 66-70 2nd 3.5 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @ARI L 3-9 65-70 2nd 4.5 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Arizona Diamondbacks, 69-66, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Brandon Webb (29, RHP, 19-5, 2.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (19-5) 188.2 166 71 62 46 157 10 2.96 2007 (18-10) 236.1 209 91 79 72 194 12 3.01 2006 (16-8) 235 216 91 81 50 178 15 3.10 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 49.2 41 14 14 10 41 2 2.54 62 2008-08-26 @SDP L 4.2 9 6 6 1 4 1 82 25 2008-08-21 SDP W 7 3 0 0 3 8 0 100 76 2008-08-15 @HOU W 8 4 2 2 1 6 1 82 71 2008-08-10 ATL W 6 6 1 1 2 5 0 96 59 2008-08-05 PIT W 9 9 1 1 0 4 0 103 69 2008-07-31 @LAD W 8 6 1 1 1 6 0 97 71 2008-07-26 @SFG W 7 4 3 3 2 8 0 107 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 4-0 38.1 34 4 4 11 23 0 0.94 66 2008-07-31 @LAD W 8 6 1 1 1 6 0 97 71 2008-07-20 LAD ND 8 6 1 1 3 4 0 109 67 2007-09-22 LAD W 6.1 8 2 2 2 6 0 109 53 2007-08-05 @LAD W 9 7 0 0 0 4 0 102 77 2007-06-27 LAD W 7 7 0 0 5 3 0 115 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-29 Road: 31-37 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 43-49 vsLHP: 26-17 1-Run: 17-18 vsEast: 15-21 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 35-20 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Aug 30 LAD L 2-6 69-66 1st 3.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 29 LAD W 9-3 69-65 1st 4.5 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 30, 2008 LAD 6 @ARI 2 W:Chad Billingsley (13-10), L: Danny Haren (14-7), S: none Fri, Aug 29, 2008 ARI 9 LAD 3 W:Doug Davis (6-8), L: Hiroki Kuroda (7-10), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 8-6; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; 2006 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 95-87

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 5.49

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.82

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.96

A. Pujols .362

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

C. Pena .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .644

R. Howard .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

B. Abreu .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

G. Smith 3.90

N. Robertson 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Webb
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ardoin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 41/19 .237/.293/.342/.635 .887/.328 .768 16/.875 1/0 1/

13.Berroa G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 18/1.096 3/.666 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 162/117 .224/.288/.286/.573 .535/.588 .729 51/.703 0/0 0/

30.Blake G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.000 11/.573 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 505/391 .284/.353/.467/.820 .871/.805 .915 106/.739 2/0 16/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 2/1.500 4/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 316/241 .258/.323/.362/.685 .804/.649 .617 7/.571 3/0 5/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 18/1.223 10/1.467 3/.000 4/1.000 8/.821 ··· 4/.500 ··· 494/378 .276/.339/.471/.809 .667/.852 .839 98/.919 5/2 17/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 20/.100 9/1.083 4/1.500 13/.385 4/1.000 10/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 151/102 .236/.285/.400/.685 .879/.596 .686 56/.419 1/1 6/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 11/.364 5/.400 3/.333 6/.500 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/2.334 ··· 557/397 .292/.340/.471/.811 .963/.751 .785 121/.823 30/9 16/

12.Kent G/S/vP 27/.629 13/.154 2/3.000 14/.940 8/.750 8/.875 7/.286 ··· 466/337 .275/.324/.410/.734 .782/.716 .751 100/.826 0/1 11/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 16/.905 5/1.400 4/1.417 4/1.500 4/1.000 5/.600 4/.750 ··· 550/388 .301/.355/.457/.812 .705/.856 .841 105/.820 6/4 11/

55.Martin G/S/vP 18/1.007 11/.899 3/.000 7/1.000 10/.100 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 545/398 .283/.376/.404/.780 .766/.785 .790 102/.632 12/5 12/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 36/.492 16/.962 2/.000 7/1.167 4/1.500 4/.500 7/.619 ··· 362/252 .275/.324/.314/.638 .787/.573 .672 36/.587 38/9 0/

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 7/1.143 5/.933 5/1.400 2/.500 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 549/434 .326/.421/.577/.997 .836/1.041 1.013 116/1.232 3/0 29/

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 20/.776 7/.971 ··· 7/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 93/79 .139/.258/.177/.435 .214/.476 .431 17/.802 0/0 0/

IP 188.2 41.0 54.1 50.0 61.1 59.2 64.1 32.0 TOTAL .260/.324/.390/.714 .753/.698 .723 .781 108/34 106/88

ERA-K/9

2.96/7.5

3.07/13.4

4.47/8.1

4.86/6.7

3.96/6.8

3.47/8.7

3.78/8.5

2.81/9.3

3.98/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (7-2-1)
Martin (60-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 775/.235 171/.186 249/.245 225/.299 259/.268 253/.247 258/.248 136/.219 .254 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre
Sweeney 0/77/60/14
41/0/86/8
94/0/0/6
73/11/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .610 .653 .747 .801 .721 .662 .718 .635 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 397/.679 79/.523 60/.716 97/.744 121/.753 120/.602 135/.692 58/.803 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.539 92/.764 189/.758 128/.843 138/.694 133/.716 123/.747 78/.513 .719

Home 347/.633 84/.667 155/.742 128/.932 138/.736 125/.550 144/.691 73/.543 .729

Last 28d days 139/.596 35/.532 31/.489 40/1.176 44/.695 46/.607 51/1.167 3/.000

HR/SB/CS 10/20/5 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/0/1 124/74/21

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

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
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/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 191/93 .195/.307/.270/.577 .602/.548 .512 34/.752 5/0 2/

13.Clark# G/S/vP 35/.662 5/.650 6/.333 ··· 15/.871 4/.250 13/.539 3/1.167 2/.000 171/117 .234/.363/.333/.696 .838/.625 .634 38/.805 0/0 3/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 21/1.619 13/.885 9/1.556 ··· 5/1.400 8/.661 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 547/395 .281/.321/.472/.793 .738/.815 .847 112/.877 3/1 15/

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 8/.393 15/1.050 3/.667 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 539/372 .239/.390/.521/.911 .735/.989 .873 108/.790 2/1 34/

34.Jackson G/S/vP 14/.536 5/.933 10/1.125 ··· 4/.750 12/.639 3/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 526/374 .297/.377/.457/.834 .997/.772 .852 107/.578 8/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 167/135 .287/.353/.467/.820 .804/.824 .787 26/1.502 0/0 4/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 6/.400 ··· ··· 212/147 .251/.357/.318/.676 .656/.689 .759 62/.633 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 14/.928 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 518/369 .239/.317/.468/.785 .973/.712 .805 104/.652 9/0 25/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 126/117 .215/.328/.336/.664 .667/.664 .667 9/.819 0/2 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP 12/.586 3/1.167 5/.200 ··· 5/.833 5/.200 5/.933 2/.500 2/.000 339/234 .244/.357/.455/.812 .805/.816 .820 73/.875 0/0 13/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 30/.600 9/.472 7/.453 1/no AB 9/.000 10/1.000 12/.083 ··· 1/.000 246/208 .262/.305/.415/.720 .861/.694 .789 72/.535 0/0 8/

10.Upton G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 331/229 .244/.353/.437/.791 .843/.768 1.008 2/1.500 1/4 11/

24.Young G/S/vP 18/.285 3/.333 7/.000 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 5/.800 4/.500 4/.000 590/425 .245/.308/.438/.746 .908/.685 .799 107/.906 10/5 18/

IP 174.2 39.0 56.2 0.2 27.1 76.1 85.2 33.0 53.2 TOTAL .252/.326/.414/.740 .774/.726 .788 .757 50/19 130/88

ERA-K/9

3.81/6.5

2.31/5.5

3.65/11.4

0.00/25.7

4.61/5.9

2.12/10.7

3.05/7.1

4.36/9.0

2.68/6.2

3.80/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (22-3-0)
Snyder (41-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 716/.260 176/.283 233/.223 3/.000 116/.245 305/.198 369/.260 140/.269 216/.223 .253 Upton
Dunn
Jackson
Young
Salazar
Burke 0/0/81/6
112/0/16/5
56/0/0/3
0/133/0/3
23/2/12/3
17/0/9/1

OPS .677 .707 .609 .333 .791 .554 .748 .704 .671 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.661 83/.665 96/.869 2/.500 50/.789 93/.588 160/.832 55/.573 83/.682 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 387/.690 93/.747 137/.440 1/.000 66/.793 212/.538 209/.685 85/.796 133/.664 .676

Road 319/.823 95/.756 110/.788 3/.333 51/.951 177/.597 195/.850 79/.704 110/.816 .788

Last 28d days 130/.727 40/.775 49/.737 3/.333 68/.917 57/.578 67/.772 58/.698 26/.968

HR/SB/CS 14/13/2 0/5/3 2/7/3 0/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 12/4/0 1/5/0 7/1/0 108/69/17

Usage ····X··· ·oX···XX ···o··X· ·X······ ·Xo···oX X·····X· ·X·X·Xo· ··Xo···o ··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, 8:05pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 10-11, 3.81)

SP: Brandon Webb (29, RHP, 19-5, 2.96)

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