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Game Preview: ARI @ LAD, 10:10pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

D'backs, 60-73, 4th, 19 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 8-8, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-8) 139.1 142 81 66 51 150 14 4.26
2008 (0-4) 56.0 48 24 19 21 66 5 3.05
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.0 44 30 23 11 47 4 5.31 47
2009-08-28 HOU W 6.0 5 6 5 2 8 1 107 46
2009-08-22 @HOU L 5.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 101 42
2009-08-17 @ATL L 5.0 6 9 3 1 7 2 93 37
2009-08-11 NYM W 6.2 8 2 2 0 8 1 118 58
2009-08-06 @PIT ND 5.1 7 5 5 4 5 0 100 35
2009-08-01 @NYM ND 4.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 86 36
2009-07-26 PIT W 7.0 5 0 0 0 8 0 109 75
Last 5 v.LAD 0-1 11.0 9 6 5 3 15 0 4.09 56
2009-05-05 @LAD L 6.0 4 3 2 2 4 0 99 56
2008-09-07 @LAD ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 11 0 94 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-35   Road:   29-38   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  46-48   vsLHP:  14-25   1-Run:  19-23
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 22-27 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1  @LAD  L   3-4       60-73  4th 19.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31  @LAD  W   5-3 (10)  60-72  4th 18.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30   HOU  W   4-3       59-72  4th 19.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29   HOU  W   9-0       58-72  4th 19.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28   HOU  W  14-7       57-72  4th 19.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @SFG  W  11-0       56-72  4th 20.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @SFG  L   3-4       55-72  4th 20.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @SFG  L   4-5       55-71  4th 19.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 23  @HOU  W   7-5       55-70  4th 19.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 22  @HOU  L   2-4       54-70  4th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Dodgers, 79-54, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 12-8, 3.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (12-8) 166.2 144 76 71 71 150 12 3.83
2008 (16-10) 200.2 188 76 70 80 201 14 3.14
2007 (12-5) 147.0 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 36 19 18 16 31 2 4.08 51
2009-08-28 @CIN L 5.0 7 4 4 4 1 1 99 34
2009-08-23 CHC L 6.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 94 46
2009-08-18 STL W 6.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 77 59
2009-08-07 ATL ND 6.0 4 2 1 3 3 0 78 58
2009-08-02 @ATL W 5.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 83 71
2009-07-28 @STL L 5.2 4 6 6 6 5 0 94 36
2009-07-22 CIN W 6.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 93 56
Last 5 v.ARI 3-2 31.0 30 10 10 12 41 2 2.90 58
2009-06-03 ARI W 6.0 4 0 0 4 9 0 111 69
2008-09-06 ARI W 6.1 4 0 0 1 9 0 97 73
2008-08-30 @ARI W 7.0 9 2 2 2 6 0 112 55
2008-07-19 @ARI L 5.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 114 45
2008-04-24 ARI L 6.0 6 5 5 2 12 1 109 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-26   Road:   38-28   ExtrInn:11-9 
 vsRHP:  56-40   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  25-17
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 36-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1   ARI  W   4-3       79-54  1st  5.5 up
132 Mon, Aug 31   ARI  L   3-5 (10)  78-54  1st  5.5 up
131 Sun, Aug 30  @CIN  W   3-2 (12)  78-53  1st  6.0 up
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CIN  W  11-4       77-53  1st  5.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CIN  L   2-4       76-53  1st  4.0 up
128 Thu, Aug 27  @COL  W   3-2       76-52  1st  4.0 up
127 Wed, Aug 26  @COL  W   6-1       75-52  1st  3.0 up
126 Tue, Aug 25  @COL  L   4-5 (10)  74-52  1st  2.0 up
125 Sun, Aug 23   CHC  L   1-3       74-51  1st  3.5 up
124 Sat, Aug 22   CHC  W   2-0       74-50  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 ARI  5 @LAD  3 (10)   W:Esmerling Vasquez (3-2), L: James McDonald (4-4), S: Juan Gutierrez (2)
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 LAD  9 @ARI  3        W:Randy Wolf (7-6), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 ARI  4  LAD  3 (10)   W:Chad Qualls (2-1), L: Ramon Troncoso (4-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 ARI  4  LAD  1        W:Danny Haren (12-7), L: Clayton Kershaw (8-7), S: Chad Qualls (22)
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 LAD  1  ARI  0        W:Chad Billingsley (7-3), L: Jon Garland (4-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (13)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 LAD  6  ARI  5        W:Jeff Weaver (3-1), L: Daniel Schlereth (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (12)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 ARI  3 @LAD  2        W:Billy Buckner (2-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-1), S: Tony Pena (1)
Tue, May 05, 2009 LAD  3  ARI  1        W:Jeff Weaver (1-0), L: Max Scherzer (0-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (8)
Mon, May 04, 2009 LAD  7  ARI  2        W:Eric Stults (3-1), L: Doug Davis (2-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 LAD  3 @ARI  1        W:Randy Wolf (1-1), L: Danny Haren (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (3)
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 8-5; 2008 - LAD won 10-8; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 107-92

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 2009 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

LAA  5.74

ARI  4.56

SDP  3.89

 RA/G

SFG  3.79

NYY  4.69

WSN  5.42

 BA

J. Mauer  .368

C. Gonzalez  .290

A. Miles  .176

 OBP

A. Pujols  .443

F. Lewis  .360

A. Miles  .218

 SLG

A. Pujols  .669

T. Hafner  .482

A. Miles  .236

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

V. Guerrero  .838

A. Miles  .454

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.20

C. Zambrano  3.91

B. Penny  5.61

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.34

R. Wolf  6.89

J. Lannan  3.68

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D'backs Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 37.Haeger
G/S/vB		 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB		 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB		 31.McDonald
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 35/26 .250/.314/.438/.752 .333/.906 .608 35/.752 0/0 1/1
6.Drew* G/S/vP 32/.971 ··· 12/1.167 ··· 9/.347 9/.583 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 7/.143 2/.500 11/.391 468/347 .262/.325/.447/.773 .579/.841 .699 100/.713 4/1 11/10
31.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .600/.600/1.400/2.000 1.250/5.000 .000 5/2.000 0/0 1/0
26.Montero* G/S/vP 12/.917 3/.000 10/.800 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 5/1.200 364/296 .296/.354/.495/.849 .763/.869 .886 87/.862 1/2 13/9
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.250 14/.643 267/190 .244/.342/.338/.680 .615/.706 .634 64/.735 3/1 1/8
9.Parra* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 399/304 .285/.322/.409/.731 .470/.814 .659 97/.697 5/5 5/5
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 18/1.056 3/2.000 6/1.500 ··· 8/.929 6/.167 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 4/.000 20/.466 540/412 .277/.367/.588/.954 .871/.975 .979 93/.942 22/7 40/21
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.985 260/154 .296/.390/.448/.838 .954/.757 .792 86/.902 6/3 6/5
28.Romero* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 138/113 .268/.326/.370/.696 .532/.733 .705 77/.708 2/0 1/1
4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.834 36/10 .290/.389/.613/1.002 .930/1.178 .613 36/1.002 0/0 2/0
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 18/.572 ··· 9/.708 ··· ··· 11/.899 1/.000 7/.971 1/2.000 2/.000 26/1.037 12/.583 257/206 .236/.292/.369/.661 .520/.696 .532 55/.617 1/0 6/2
10.Upton G/S/vP 13/.331 2/.000 7/.429 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 3/.666 1/5.000 3/.666 3/.666 11/.773 468/360 .312/.382/.566/.948 1.323/.839 .902 32/1.367 18/4 23/9
24.Young G/S/vP 27/1.053 1/.000 9/.000 ··· 5/.000 6/.500 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.285 6/.334 19/.833 379/273 .191/.297/.351/.648 .831/.581 .625 26/.504 11/2 7/2
IP 166.2 59.0 63.1 16.1 153.0 19.2 52.1 118.1 56.2 73.1 71.2 183.0 TOTAL .254/.328/.423/.750 .731/.757 .700 .766 93/32 144/131
ERA-K/9 3.83/8.1 2.14/7.9 2.70/13.5 3.86/6.6 2.94/9.6 3.20/12.3 4.13/6.5 4.72/5.2 1.91/7.9 2.58/5.6 3.52/6.9 3.25/6.9 3.51/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.241 242/.201 247/.161 68/.200 631/.202 84/.197 230/.253 496/.286 236/.218 306/.265 319/.271 739/.230 .233
OPS .685 .573 .495 .700 .600 .665 .729 .777 .625 .658 .802 .661 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.690 100/.730 117/.408 22/.675 135/.521 33/.442 92/.674 282/.849 73/.316 136/.686 140/.916 161/.397 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.678 142/.468 130/.573 46/.711 496/.622 51/.797 138/.763 214/.686 163/.766 170/.636 179/.712 578/.735 .688
Home 353/.700 109/.511 127/.251 55/.526 317/.563 28/.899 123/.704 263/.850 123/.641 145/.740 182/.686 360/.681
Last 28d days 96/.744 36/.563 60/.680 68/.700 115/.603 41/.750 69/.810 48/.959 60/.668 40/.702 65/.691 164/.545
HR/SB/CS 12/6/8 3/6/1 4/6/1 4/3/0 7/6/6 2/1/0 5/3/2 12/3/4 4/4/0 3/5/2 7/7/2 20/6/4 104/78/33
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··o XoX··Xo· ···X···· ··X····X ·oo··o·o ·XX·o··o X····X·· ·XX··Xo· X·oo·o·X ···X···· ·X····X·
Dodgers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 55.Boyer
G/S/vB		 33.Buckner
G/S/vB		 49.Davis*
G/S/vB		 52.Garland
G/S/vB		 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 15.Haren
G/S/vB		 48.Petit
G/S/vB		 47.Rosales
G/S/vB		 46.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 36/.944 9/.393 1/.000 7/.453 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/71 .291/.337/.372/.709 .791/.679 .579 21/.316 1/0 1/0
3.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 11/1.259 29/.829 4/1.750 11/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 208/141 .245/.295/.385/.680 .735/.655 .753 63/.974 2/0 6/5
23.Blake G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 9/1.292 14/.929 49/.918 4/.000 32/.782 6/1.833 3/.333 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 507/390 .272/.351/.459/.810 .985/.760 .810 97/.685 3/4 16/9
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 19/.527 12/.432 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/85 .299/.337/.371/.708 .736/.700 .575 15/.467 0/0 1/3
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 7/.971 6/.733 4/.750 25/1.011 6/.334 ··· 25/1.223 9/.847 2/1.500 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 565/410 .283/.368/.530/.899 .591/1.017 1.008 108/1.003 6/3 27/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 29/.799 6/.000 4/.500 23/.451 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 555/428 .255/.321/.349/.670 .761/.644 .637 109/.556 6/5 7/16
13.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 3/1.667 10/.300 27/1.059 4/.750 16/.583 7/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 550/413 .291/.357/.425/.782 .902/.743 .824 86/.735 7/1 9/6
27.Kemp G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.400 5/1.067 27/1.220 5/.600 1/2.000 16/1.108 12/.417 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 543/417 .314/.372/.518/.890 1.188/.802 .819 102/.878 29/7 23/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.000 7/1.171 14/.891 6/1.300 3/.000 23/.488 10/.311 2/1.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 535/417 .274/.350/.387/.737 .860/.703 .619 85/.598 7/2 9/5
5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.000 19/.911 11/1.045 2/.000 12/.872 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/134 .228/.315/.265/.581 .680/.545 .424 39/.456 1/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 7/.000 4/.000 6/.167 24/.697 3/.666 1/.000 23/.461 10/.844 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 484/378 .258/.357/.325/.682 .737/.667 .723 83/.549 9/6 4/7
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/1.200 4/1.500 33/1.009 10/1.000 4/.500 12/.500 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 361/261 .322/.377/.402/.779 .859/.750 .672 42/.866 23/10 0/1
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 4/2.750 28/1.231 37/1.649 1/.000 29/1.579 6/1.133 3/1.667 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 332/269 .310/.428/.555/.982 .874/1.009 .979 102/.872 0/1 15/3
IP 139.1 48.1 40.2 169.0 167.2 58.1 188.0 82.1 33.0 9.0 45.1 39.2 TOTAL .274/.347/.413/.761 .807/.747 .741 .710 92/41 117/70
ERA-K/9 4.26/9.7 3.91/4.8 8.63/7.3 3.78/6.7 4.29/4.5 4.17/8.5 2.78/8.6 5.47/7.2 5.18/7.1 7.00/12.0 3.38/7.5 2.72/9.1 4.28/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.261 203/.247 185/.339 726/.249 728/.286 254/.257 738/.211 349/.273 129/.212 44/.235 198/.240 173/.240 .260
OPS .761 .650 .996 .743 .787 .680 .604 .827 .622 .748 .692 .638 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 339/.790 96/.632 73/1.169 168/.752 372/.745 124/.768 374/.629 179/.823 64/.468 19/1.115 90/.581 73/.722 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.726 107/.666 112/.887 558/.741 356/.831 130/.597 364/.578 170/.830 65/.780 25/.510 108/.783 100/.578 .731
Road 313/.759 84/.517 79/.660 357/.764 383/.754 124/.655 376/.679 160/.640 61/.612 25/.850 95/.476 106/.737
Last 28d days 129/.881 38/.520 / 161/.696 135/.876 36/.727 139/.799 91/.864 31/.605 22/.866 43/.414 43/.452
HR/SB/CS 14/8/5 1/6/0 10/2/1 21/9/6 19/8/2 2/10/1 22/14/2 16/6/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 3/6/1 2/0/1 136/87/23
Usage ····X··· Xo·o·o·· ········ ·X····X· ···X···· ·oo·o··· ··X····X X····X·· X···X··· ·o······ ·o···X·· 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.