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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Arizona Diamondbacks, 64-59, 1st, 1 up

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 10-8, 4.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           131.1 138  70  61  30 121 17    4.18      
 2007 (4-3)             56.2  52  26  24  13  72  7    3.81      
 2006 (17-11)          205   194 125 114  60 172 28    5.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-1  45.2  36  10   9   3  39  5    1.77   64 
 2008-08-12   @COL   W   6     5   2   2   1   7  1      93   60 
 2008-08-06    PIT   L   7.1   7   2   2   0   7  1     111   63 
 2008-08-01   @LAD   W   6     5   1   0   0   6  0      75   66 
 2008-07-27   @SFG   W   7     9   0   0   0   2  0      93   61 
 2008-07-21    CHC   W   7     2   0   0   1   4  0      86   76 
 2008-07-12   @PHI   W   6     5   4   4   1   3  2      84   48 
 2008-07-06    SDP   W   6.1   3   1   1   0  10  1     103   73 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-0  32    26  15  15   8  42  5    4.22   58 
 2008-04-30    HOU  ND   4     9   6   6   0   2  1      73   22 
 2002-06-26   @HOU   W   8     3   0   0   3   8  0     103   81 
 2002-06-05    HOU  ND   8     6   3   3   0  11  1     131   69 
 2001-07-04   @HOU   W   6     4   2   2   2  13  1     103   67 
 2000-07-04   @HOU   W   6     4   4   4   3   8  2     106   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-26   Road:   31-33   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  38-42   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 31-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 16  @HOU  W  11-5       64-59  1st  1.0 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Houston Astros, 62-61, 4th, 13 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 10-8, 4.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           141.1 165  78  71  37 116 20    4.52      
 2007 (14-7)           212   221  80  75  60 154 14    3.18      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  39    46  16  16  10  36  3    3.69   52 
 2008-08-12    SFG   W   7    10   3   3   3   4  0     112   46 
 2008-08-07   @CIN   W   7     9   1   1   2   6  0      91   59 
 2008-08-02    NYM  ND   6     6   4   4   3   7  1     100   48 
 2008-07-28    CIN   W   5     7   4   4   1   5  1      74   41 
 2008-07-11   @WSN  ND   1     1   0   0   1   0  0      17   50 
 2008-06-30    LAD   W   6     6   1   1   0   9  0      79   65 
 2008-06-25    TEX   L   7     7   3   3   0   5  1     108   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      3-1  34    41  14  13   6  29  2    3.44   53 
 2007-05-27   @ARI   L   6    10   6   5   2   2  1     101   30 
 2007-05-12    ARI   W   6     8   3   3   2   7  0     111   49 
 2006-08-04   @ARI  ND   6    12   4   4   1   4  0     108   35 
 2006-07-29    ARI   W   8     6   1   1   0   8  1      98   74 
 2005-05-17    ARI   W   8     5   0   0   1   8  0     112   79 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-46   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 16   ARI  L   5-11      62-61  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 ARI 11 @HOU  5        W:Yusmeiro Petit (2-3), L: Brandon Backe (7-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 4-1; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; 2006 - HOU won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 43-33

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  5.57

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.05

BA

C. Jones  .365

J. Bay  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

D. Ortiz  .363

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .621

K. Shoppach  .480

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.080

D. Pedroia  .833

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
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 5/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 179/83 .207/.316/.287/.603 .615/.587 .637 37/.924 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 5/.600 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 12/.833 5/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 6/.167 11/1.170 ··· 2/1.500 498/350 .281/.323/.481/.803 .745/.828 .759 122/.948 3/1 14/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 74/.982 3/.667 5/.000 6/.500 6/.167 12/.697 5/.650 2/.000 489/330 .238/.380/.524/.905 .754/.975 .965 108/.834 2/1 32/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 9/.873 7/1.262 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 478/331 .302/.386/.470/.856 1.024/.786 .834 118/.818 7/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.500 1/3.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 153/122 .277/.346/.423/.770 .651/.799 .878 25/1.233 0/0 3/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 170/111 .252/.357/.315/.672 .563/.729 .624 33/.466 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.500 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 469/325 .249/.329/.490/.819 .972/.754 .778 110/.835 8/0 24/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/101 .261/.276/.387/.663 .364/.730 .658 61/.712 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 5/1.600 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 20/.689 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 3/3.000 ··· ··· 212/181 .283/.321/.460/.780 .945/.752 .707 73/.703 0/0 8/
24.Young G/S/vP 8/1.339 7/.715 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/1.700 ··· 1/.000 541/379 .241/.306/.434/.740 .923/.663 .714 114/.876 9/5 17/
IP 141.1 54.1 47.1 54.0 46.0 99.0 55.1 43.2 TOTAL .254/.327/.420/.747 .778/.734 .707 .807 47/19 123/81
ERA-K/9 4.52/7.4 3.98/7.8 3.80/7.4 2.33/7.2 5.09/6.7 4.45/4.6 4.23/10.1 4.33/7.8 4.63/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.292 227/.243 204/.230 221/.188 192/.259 406/.276 240/.240 190/.205 .273  Dunn
 Salazar
 Jackson
 Young
 Romero
 Burke
111/0/5/5
23/2/12/3
45/0/0/3
0/121/0/3
10/1/29/1
17/0/9/1
OPS .799 .660 .809 .539 .695 .716 .756 .714 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.822 96/.800 83/.486 94/.617 88/.929 166/.724 112/.631 78/.503 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.775 131/.559 121/1.043 127/.481 104/.504 240/.710 128/.857 112/.869 .802
Home 330/.869 121/.608 107/.844 126/.579 107/.680 188/.876 132/.702 102/.702 .808
Last 28d days 113/.819 42/.786 66/.981 57/.521 32/.557 86/.727 40/.786 35/.419
HR/SB/CS 20/0/1 5/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 6/5/0 165/40/20
Usage ····X··· X··X···· ·Xo·o·Xo X·oo···o X·o··oo· ·X··o··· ··o··o·X ·oo···X·
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 51.Johnson*
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 7/1.096 16/.393 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 193/139 .232/.309/.298/.606 .740/.556 .598 26/.890 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 11/.573 15/.673 3/2.667 4/1.250 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 512/372 .332/.432/.606/1.037 .857/1.109 1.063 107/.869 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 20/.550 8/1.357 8/1.125 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 233/193 .236/.275/.421/.696 .566/.710 .714 63/.958 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 408/296 .226/.281/.301/.582 .558/.591 .652 52/.710 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 25/.800 1/.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 233/191 .289/.325/.381/.705 .608/.726 .685 72/.662 1/2 2/
59.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 57/.354 1/no AB 5/.400 5/.200 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 233/157 .269/.339/.389/.728 .965/.619 .815 40/.871 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/43 .205/.255/.295/.551 .000/.604 .679 22/.282 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 497/371 .266/.306/.446/.752 .750/.753 .767 107/.813 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 107/82 .220/.250/.280/.530 .681/.485 .462 66/.525 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 44/.906 2/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 511/379 .282/.315/.418/.733 .775/.719 .772 107/.665 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 25/1.120 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 313/219 .302/.377/.535/.912 1.080/.842 1.029 75/1.228 4/5 14/
IP 131.1 36.1 46.2 55.2 54.0 59.2 22.1 28.2 TOTAL .265/.325/.420/.745 .785/.731 .782 .799 91/39 132/55
ERA-K/9 4.18/8.3 2.97/13.6 4.05/6.7 4.37/6.1 3.50/8.5 3.02/8.7 3.63/6.1 4.40/4.7 3.93/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (11-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.268 153/.180 204/.277 238/.279 231/.243 234/.226 99/.295 127/.252 .251  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/119/10
0/101/0/7
35/30/5/2
8/4/0/1
6/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .749 .649 .757 .756 .671 .641 .812 .780 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.593 71/.556 89/.684 112/.785 109/.583 121/.576 37/.900 54/.711 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 463/.780 82/.727 115/.812 126/.730 122/.751 113/.714 62/.753 73/.832 .720
Road 283/.690 83/.675 97/.630 116/.706 118/.764 105/.675 51/.626 61/.781 .682
Last 28d days 128/.561 22/.431 40/1.030 43/.924 40/.597 42/.645 44/.782 4/1.250
HR/SB/CS 17/14/2 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 ····X··· ·o·····X ····X··· X··X···X ····X·Xo ··XXX·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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