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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Arizona Diamondbacks, 63-59, 1st, Tied

SP: Yusmeiro Petit (23, RHP, 1-3, 3.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             34.2  25  14  12   6  25  5    3.12      
 2007 (3-4)             57    58  30  29  18  40 12    4.58      
 2006 (1-1)             26.1  46  28  28   9  20  7    9.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  33.2  30  17  17  10  21  8    4.54   49 
 2008-08-07    ATL   L   5     4   2   2   0   6  1      86   57 
 2008-08-02   @LAD   L   5     5   3   3   1   1  2      58   45 
 2008-07-22    CHC   W   5     3   1   1   4   3  0      86   56 
 2008-07-02    MIL  ND   6     2   1   1   0   4  0      77   68 
 2007-09-30   @COL  ND   5     4   0   0   1   4  0      78   62 
 2007-08-26    CHC  ND   4     5   4   4   2   0  2      56   34 
 2007-08-19   @ATL   L   3.2   7   6   6   2   3  3      79   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-26   Road:   30-33   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  37-42   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 31-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 15  @HOU  W  12-2       63-59  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Houston Astros, 62-60, 4th, 13 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 7-11, 5.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-11)           140   159  82  80  65 106 25    5.14      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38.1  43  21  21  19  31  3    4.93   47 
 2008-08-11    SFG   W   7     4   1   1   3   6  0     103   68 
 2008-08-06   @CHC   L   3.1   9  11  11   6   0  2      99   -8 
 2008-08-01    NYM  ND   6    10   3   3   2   4  0      96   42 
 2008-07-26   @MIL  ND   5.1   4   2   2   4   5  0      91   53 
 2008-07-20    CHC   L   6.2   8   4   4   0   8  1      93   50 
 2008-07-13   @WSN   W   7     5   0   0   4   5  0     107   68 
 2008-07-08   @PIT  ND   3     3   0   0   0   3  0      48   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      0-0   5    12   5   5   2   3  0    9.00   24 
 2006-07-28    ARI  ND   5    12   5   5   2   3  0      98   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-27   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-45   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 16-12 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 15   ARI  L   2-12      62-60  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 ARI 12 @HOU  2        W:Brandon Webb (18-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 3-1; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; 2006 - HOU won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 42-33

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  5.59

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.69

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.10

BA

C. Jones  .366

D. Erstad  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

S. Schumaker  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .607

J. Werth  .482

T. Pena  .206

OPS

A. Pujols  1.060

T. Hunter  .834

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Maine  3.97

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
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 2/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 174/78 .204/.308/.286/.594 .615/.566 .621 32/.909 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 2/.000 23/.772 4/.250 ··· ··· 154/102 .248/.370/.357/.727 .844/.662 .804 46/.845 0/0 3/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 11/1.170 ··· 2/1.500 492/344 .284/.322/.485/.807 .745/.834 .766 120/.968 3/1 14/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 15/.200 2/.500 5/.000 5/.400 6/.167 12/.697 5/.650 2/.000 484/325 .234/.374/.522/.896 .754/.963 .948 107/.794 1/1 32/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 4/1.750 6/1.166 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 473/326 .305/.388/.475/.862 1.024/.794 .846 117/.877 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 24/.855 0/0 1/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 170/111 .252/.357/.315/.672 .563/.729 .624 33/.466 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 464/320 .249/.328/.493/.821 .972/.755 .780 109/.810 8/0 24/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/99 .256/.273/.376/.649 .364/.714 .630 62/.700 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 ··· 3/.333 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 306/205 .249/.356/.470/.827 .825/.828 .836 80/.970 0/0 12/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/3.000 ··· ··· 207/176 .285/.324/.466/.790 .945/.762 .720 72/.729 0/0 8/
24.Young G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/1.700 ··· 1/.000 536/374 .238/.303/.426/.729 .923/.647 .694 113/.827 9/5 16/
IP 140.0 53.1 47.1 52.2 45.0 99.0 55.1 43.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.418/.744 .778/.729 .700 .795 46/19 120/81
ERA-K/9 5.14/6.8 4.05/7.9 3.80/7.4 2.39/7.0 5.20/6.4 4.45/4.6 4.23/10.1 4.33/7.8 4.57/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.287 221/.243 204/.230 215/.188 187/.259 406/.276 240/.240 190/.205 .272  Dunn
 Young
 Salazar
 Jackson
 Romero
 Burke
110/0/4/5
0/120/0/3
22/2/12/3
44/0/0/3
10/1/28/1
17/0/9/1
OPS .870 .656 .809 .539 .689 .716 .756 .714 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.889 93/.811 83/.486 91/.600 84/.938 166/.724 112/.631 78/.503 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.854 128/.546 121/1.043 124/.494 103/.497 240/.710 128/.857 112/.869 .802
Home 289/.827 115/.600 107/.844 120/.581 102/.670 188/.876 132/.702 102/.702 .803
Last 28d days 130/.917 39/.722 66/.981 51/.519 27/.499 87/.718 43/.729 35/.419
HR/SB/CS 25/3/6 5/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 6/5/0 162/39/20
Usage ····X··· ··X····· Xo·o·Xo· ·oo···o· ·o··oo·· X··o···X ·o··o·X· oo···X·o
Houston Astros Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Petit
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 ··· ··· 23/11 .190/.217/.381/.598 .795/.382 .884 6/.367 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 2/.000 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 1/.000 15/.673 3/2.667 4/1.250 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 509/369 .332/.432/.607/1.040 .857/1.113 1.068 108/.874 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.357 8/1.125 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 229/190 .235/.271/.423/.693 .566/.714 .709 59/.964 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 407/295 .226/.282/.302/.584 .558/.593 .655 51/.725 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 228/186 .291/.327/.380/.708 .608/.729 .689 71/.628 1/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 229/153 .273/.341/.395/.736 .965/.627 .833 36/.933 0/0 4/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 4/.000 4/3.000 6/.334 3/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 380/273 .285/.348/.415/.763 .791/.752 .763 102/.899 19/4 5/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/42 .209/.261/.302/.563 .000/.619 .703 22/.477 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 493/367 .266/.306/.446/.752 .750/.753 .767 107/.784 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 103/78 .229/.260/.292/.552 .681/.511 .496 62/.562 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 507/375 .284/.318/.422/.739 .775/.727 .785 107/.703 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 309/215 .295/.372/.517/.889 1.080/.808 .985 75/1.082 4/5 14/
IP 34.2 36.1 46.2 54.2 54.0 59.2 21.1 28.2 TOTAL .265/.325/.420/.746 .785/.732 .785 .800 91/39 132/55
ERA-K/9 3.12/6.5 2.97/13.6 4.05/6.7 4.45/5.9 3.50/8.5 3.02/8.7 2.53/5.9 4.40/4.7 3.92/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (10-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.202 153/.180 204/.277 234/.282 231/.243 234/.226 93/.280 127/.252 .251  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Wigginton
 Abercrombie
 Newhan
0/0/118/10
0/100/0/7
35/29/5/2
5/0/0/1
8/4/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .620 .649 .757 .763 .671 .641 .762 .780 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.507 71/.556 89/.684 110/.800 109/.583 121/.576 36/.929 54/.711 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.711 82/.727 115/.812 124/.731 122/.751 113/.714 57/.657 73/.832 .720
Road 51/.657 83/.675 97/.630 112/.719 118/.764 105/.675 45/.498 61/.781 .683
Last 28d days 67/.723 22/.431 47/1.129 43/.934 40/.597 46/.699 38/.661 4/1.250
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 3/5/3 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/0 7/3/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 112/65/20
Usage ········ o·····X· ···X···X ··X···X· ···X·Xo· ·XXX·o·o ·······X ··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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