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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Arizona Diamondbacks, 62-59, 1st, Tied

SP: Brandon Webb (29, RHP, 17-4, 2.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (17-4)           169   150  63  54  41 139  8    2.88      
 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         5-0  51    44   9   9  10  39  0    1.59   65 
 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 
 2008-07-20    LAD  ND   8     6   1   1   3   4  0     109   67 
 2008-07-13   @PHI  ND   7     7   2   2   0   6  0     108   61 
 2008-07-08   @WSN   W   6     6   0   0   2   6  0     112   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-1  38.1  32   7   7  11  31  2    1.64   66 
 2007-05-26    HOU   W   7     7   2   2   1   8  0      96   62 
 2007-05-11   @HOU   W   9     6   1   1   1  10  0     118   80 
 2006-04-14    HOU   W   8     7   1   1   0   3  0     105   67 
 2004-07-26   @HOU   W   7.1   6   1   1   4   5  0     124   63 
 2004-07-21    HOU   L   7     6   2   2   5   5  2     121   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-26   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  37-42   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest: 31-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14  @COL  W   6-2       62-59  1st    Tied
120 Wed, Aug 13  @COL  L   5-6       61-59  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12  @COL  W   4-2       61-58  1st  1.0 up
118 Sun, Aug 10   ATL  W   6-1       60-58  1st  1.5 up
117 Sat, Aug  9   ATL  L   4-11      59-58  1st  0.5 up
116 Fri, Aug  8   ATL  L   6-11      59-57  1st  0.5 up
115 Thu, Aug  7   ATL  L   4-6       59-56  1st  1.5 up
114 Wed, Aug  6   PIT  L   0-2       59-55  1st  2.5 up
113 Tue, Aug  5   PIT  W   3-1       59-54  1st  2.5 up
112 Mon, Aug  4   PIT  W  13-7       58-54  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Houston Astros, 62-59, 4th, 12 GB

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 7-4, 3.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-4)            104   108  54  45  30  91 14    3.89      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  39.2  50  23  23  10  35  8    5.22   46 
 2008-08-10   @CIN   W   6.2   5   2   2   1   7  2     107   62 
 2008-08-05   @CHC  ND   5     9   6   6   2   1  0      81   24 
 2008-07-30    CIN   L   4.2   9   6   6   1   4  3      87   25 
 2008-07-25   @MIL   W   6     3   1   1   3   7  0     100   66 
 2008-07-19    CHC   W   6.2   9   1   1   0   7  1     104   59 
 2008-07-12   @WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   1  1      80   36 
 2008-07-06   @ATL  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   8  1     107   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      2-2  22    22  15  11   6  16  3    4.50   48 
 2007-05-24   @ARI   L   5     9   8   5   0   3  0      82   26 
 2007-05-13    ARI   W   5     4   1   1   2   3  1      93   56 
 2006-04-15   @ARI   W   7     3   0   0   1   6  0     103   76 
 2005-08-04   @ARI   L   5     6   6   5   3   4  2      87   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-26   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-44   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14   SFG  W   7-4       62-59  4th 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   SFG  W   6-2       61-59  4th 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   SFG  W  12-4       60-59  4th 11.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   SFG  W   3-1       59-59  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @CIN  W  13-4       58-59  4th 12.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @CIN  W   3-1       57-59  4th 12.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @CIN  W   9-5 (10)  56-59  4th 13.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CIN  W   7-4       55-59  4th 13.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHC  L   4-11      54-59  4th 14.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHC  L   7-11      54-58  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 ARI  8  HOU  7        W:Brandon Medders (1-0), L: Dave Borkowski (0-2), S: Brandon Lyon (9)
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 HOU  6 @ARI  4        W:Doug Brocail (1-0), L: Edgar Gonzalez (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (5)
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 ARI  5  HOU  3        W:Danny Haren (4-1), L: Chris Sampson (1-3), S: Brandon Lyon (8)

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
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 2-1; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; 2006 - HOU won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 41-33

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  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 169/76 .197/.305/.261/.566 .576/.553 .574 28/.776 5/0 1/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 23/.772 3/.000 ··· ··· 149/101 .230/.349/.333/.682 .731/.655 .723 42/.680 0/0 3/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 5/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 9/.873 ··· 2/1.500 487/342 .282/.320/.480/.800 .739/.825 .751 121/.912 3/1 14/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 19/1.356 2/.500 3/.000 5/.400 6/.167 11/.473 5/.650 2/.000 479/324 .234/.374/.522/.896 .766/.955 .949 106/.800 1/1 32/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 9/.873 6/1.166 ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 467/324 .306/.388/.478/.866 1.045/.793 .854 117/.926 7/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 148/117 .265/.338/.364/.701 .651/.714 .726 30/.748 0/0 1/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/111 .254/.359/.317/.676 .574/.729 .632 34/.451 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.267 ··· ··· 459/319 .248/.325/.491/.817 .955/.758 .771 108/.779 8/0 24/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/99 .256/.273/.376/.649 .364/.714 .630 67/.699 4/0 1/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 119/111 .198/.314/.327/.640 .500/.652 .633 2/.000 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 301/204 .245/.352/.458/.810 .764/.832 .806 75/.909 0/0 11/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/3.000 ··· ··· 207/176 .285/.324/.466/.790 .945/.762 .720 78/.738 0/0 8/
24.Young G/S/vP 5/.800 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 10/1.875 ··· ··· 530/372 .236/.303/.421/.724 .913/.645 .683 112/.825 9/4 15/
IP 104.0 53.1 44.1 52.2 45.0 96.1 55.1 42.2 TOTAL .252/.325/.415/.740 .769/.727 .691 .776 46/18 117/81
ERA-K/9 3.89/7.9 4.05/7.9 2.84/6.9 2.39/7.0 5.20/6.4 4.39/4.6 4.23/10.1 4.43/7.8 4.51/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (17-3-0)
 Snyder (37-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.263 221/.243 189/.214 215/.188 187/.259 392/.270 240/.240 187/.209 .272  Dunn
 Salazar
 Jackson
 Young
 Burke
 Romero
110/0/3/5
21/2/12/3
43/0/0/3
0/119/0/3
17/0/9/1
10/1/28/1
OPS .756 .656 .741 .539 .689 .701 .756 .727 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.838 93/.811 80/.505 91/.600 84/.938 162/.685 112/.631 78/.503 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.732 128/.546 109/.927 124/.494 103/.497 230/.712 128/.857 109/.896 .797
Home 230/.698 115/.600 92/.710 120/.581 102/.670 174/.855 132/.702 99/.725 .796
Last 28d days 128/.852 39/.722 51/.808 57/.461 30/.448 73/.641 43/.729 32/.460
HR/SB/CS 14/2/2 5/3/1 7/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/1 10/6/0 6/5/0 159/39/19
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o·o·Xo·· oo···o·· o··oo··X ··o···X· o··o·X·X o···X·oX
Houston Astros Batters (4.59 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
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
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 22/10 .200/.227/.400/.627 .795/.422 .949 5/.450 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 20/.206 16/.393 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 193/139 .232/.309/.298/.606 .740/.556 .598 30/.808 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 24/.350 14/.729 3/2.667 4/1.250 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 505/365 .333/.434/.608/1.042 .857/1.117 1.074 108/.843 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 33/.419 8/1.357 8/1.125 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 226/187 .238/.274/.429/.703 .566/.725 .728 57/1.031 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 406/294 .227/.283/.303/.585 .558/.595 .659 50/.741 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 224/182 .292/.329/.383/.712 .608/.735 .697 71/.617 1/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 25/.880 1/no AB 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 229/153 .273/.341/.395/.736 .965/.627 .833 37/.905 0/0 4/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 29/1.060 4/3.000 6/.334 3/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 380/273 .285/.348/.415/.763 .791/.752 .763 106/.904 19/4 5/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/39 .220/.256/.317/.573 .000/.633 .731 19/.488 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 490/364 .268/.308/.449/.757 .750/.759 .777 108/.844 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 100/75 .237/.268/.301/.569 .681/.532 .525 59/.593 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 503/371 .286/.320/.425/.745 .775/.735 .798 107/.769 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 12/.717 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 305/211 .288/.367/.502/.869 1.080/.779 .946 74/.965 4/5 13/
IP 169.0 35.1 46.2 54.2 54.0 59.2 21.1 28.2 TOTAL .266/.326/.421/.748 .785/.735 .789 .810 91/39 131/55
ERA-K/9 2.88/7.4 3.06/13.8 4.05/6.7 4.45/5.9 3.50/8.5 3.02/8.7 2.53/5.9 4.40/4.7 3.94/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (10-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.238 150/.176 204/.277 234/.282 231/.243 234/.226 93/.280 127/.252 .252  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/117/10
0/99/0/7
35/28/5/2
8/4/0/1
4/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .611 .648 .757 .763 .671 .641 .762 .780 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.676 70/.565 89/.684 110/.800 109/.583 121/.576 36/.929 54/.711 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.547 80/.720 115/.812 124/.731 122/.751 113/.714 57/.657 73/.832 .721
Road 375/.573 80/.676 97/.630 112/.719 118/.764 105/.675 45/.498 61/.781 .686
Last 28d days 146/.526 19/.388 50/1.058 48/.834 40/.597 46/.699 41/.817 11/1.273
HR/SB/CS 8/20/5 3/5/3 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/0 7/3/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 111/65/20
Usage ····X··· ·····X·o ··X···X· ·X···X·X ··X·Xo·o XXX·o·o· ······Xo ·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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