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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 3:40pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Chase Field

Houston Astros, 13-15, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Shawn Chacon (30, RHP, 0-0, 2.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             33    25  10   9  17  17  2    2.45      
 2007 (5-4)             96    95  42  42  48  79  9    3.94      
 2006 (7-6)            109   124  86  77  63  62 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  41.2  41  21  20  23  22  2    4.32   48 
 2008-04-25   @STL  ND   7     5   2   1   6   3  0     111   58 
 2008-04-20    COL  ND   6     7   3   3   1   3  1      93   48 
 2008-04-15   @PHI  ND   8     4   0   0   2   5  0     109   77 
 2008-04-08    STL  ND   6     4   3   3   4   2  0      86   50 
 2008-04-03   @SDP  ND   6     5   2   2   4   4  1      94   54 
 2007-06-10   @NYY   L   3.1   8   7   7   3   2  0      96   15 
 2007-06-05   @WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   3   3  0      97   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      2-1  34    23   7   6   5  22  4    1.59   65 
 2005-05-12    ARI   L   8     6   3   3   2   3  2      98   59 
 2005-04-18    ARI  ND   6     5   1   1   1   5  1     101   62 
 2005-04-12   @ARI  ND   6     6   1   1   0   4  0      88   60 
 2003-04-15   @ARI   W   7     4   1   0   2   2  0     100   67 
 2003-04-04    ARI   W   7     2   1   1   0   8  1      87   77 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-5    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  11-13   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Tue, Apr 29  @ARI  W   6-4       13-15  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @ARI  L   3-5       12-15  4th  5.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @STL  L   1-5       12-14  4th  4.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  L   3-4       12-13  4th  4.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  W   3-2       12-12  4th  3.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @CIN  W   5-3       11-12  4th  4.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @CIN  W   9-3       10-12  4th  5.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   SDP  W  11-7        9-12  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   SDP  W  10-3        8-12  4th  5.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   COL  W   6-4        7-12  6th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-15
Arizona Diamondbacks, 19-8, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 1-1, 2.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             16.2  12  10   5   9  20  1    2.70      
 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         3-2  37.2  30  17  11  15  45  3    2.63   57 
 2008-04-25   @SDP   W   6     3   1   1   2   7  0      94   67 
 2008-04-20    SDP   L   5.2   6   6   4   3   6  1     104   40 
 2008-04-14   @SFG  ND   5     3   3   0   4   7  0      90   58 
 2007-06-28    LAD   L   3     6   4   3   2   2  1      70   33 
 2007-06-10    BOS   W   6     4   1   1   3   9  0     113   66 
 2007-06-05    SFG  ND   6     7   2   2   1   8  1      95   57 
 2007-05-30   @PHI   W   6     1   0   0   0   6  0      61   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-0  36    22  10  10  12  53  4    2.50   69 
 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 
 2000-06-29    HOU   W   8     5   1   1   4  13  0     124   77 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-3    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   8-2    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest: 17-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, Apr 29   HOU  L   4-6       19-8   1st  5.5 up
 26 Mon, Apr 28   HOU  W   5-3       19-7   1st  6.5 up
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @SDP  W   2-1       18-7   1st  6.0 up
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @SDP  L   7-8 (13)  17-7   1st  6.0 up
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @SDP  W   5-1       17-6   1st  6.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @LAD  W   6-4       16-6   1st  6.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @LAD  L   3-8       15-6   1st  6.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 22   SFG  W   5-4       15-5   1st  6.0 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21   SFG  W   4-2       14-5   1st  5.0 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   SDP  L   4-9       13-5   1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sun, Aug 06, 2006 ARI  4  HOU  3        W:Claudio Vargas (9-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-12), S: Jorge Julio (14)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; 2006 - HOU won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 40-33

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Houston Astros Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (3.78 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
52.Medders
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 5/.200 16/.393 5/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 397/296 .235/.318/.324/.642 .666/.633 .581 / 6/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/.472 14/.729 2/2.500 1/3.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 668/510 .278/.386/.510/.896 .800/.926 .970 / 7/3 34/12
27.Blum# G/S/vP 20/.550 8/1.357 8/1.125 7/.143 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 370/280 .252/.319/.367/.685 .616/.708 .616 / 0/0 5/5
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 133/103 .277/.348/.378/.727 .434/.809 .664 / 18/1 1/0
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 11/1.253 1/.000 6/.334 3/.667 2/2.500 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.500 293/193 .234/.316/.375/.691 .695/.689 .730 / 6/1 6/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 25/.800 1/.000 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 347/254 .248/.310/.335/.645 .433/.721 .600 / 7/2 4/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/2.000 7/1.429 3/.666 2/2.500 2/2.500 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 697/528 .303/.354/.528/.882 .956/.859 .789 / 10/5 32/4
8.Loretta G/S/vP 55/.368 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 511/391 .287/.352/.372/.724 .818/.696 .700 / 1/2 4/7
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/3.000 5/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 453/376 .288/.342/.405/.746 .697/.757 .638 / 32/4 4/4
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 484/376 .322/.360/.539/.899 .993/.872 .886 / 11/5 17/6
10.Tejada G/S/vP 41/.872 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 569/428 .296/.357/.442/.799 .912/.762 .734 / 2/1 18/15
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/34 .375/.432/.575/1.007 .733/1.086 1.310 / 0/1 1/0
IP 56.2 61.0 74.0 29.1 85.1 82.2 36.1 TOTAL .240/.298/.403/.702 .733/.695 .629 .719 24/8 29/9
ERA-K/9 3.81/11.4 3.10/12.8 2.68/4.9 4.30/7.1 3.27/6.6 3.05/8.5 /0.0 2.72/6.9 3.14/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (47-17-2)
 Towles (3-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.245 262/.205 307/.251 128/.273 344/.207 345/.272 / 163/.275 .217  Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
 Berkman
 Blum
 Bourn
157/0/0/8
0/95/14/6
49/3/23/5
12/45/9/2
0/1/31/1
9/0/0/0
79/12/6/0
OPS .669 .680 .661 .916 .631 .732 .760 .634
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.543 137/.865 139/.572 54/.770 155/.762 141/.590 / 90/.711 .608
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.693 125/.488 168/.736 74/1.010 189/.521 204/.833 / 73/.820 .654
Home 171/.806 104/.626 174/.603 66/.718 181/.613 196/.792 / 89/.784 .686
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 7/4/4 7/2/2 2/5/1 9/0/5 8/1/0 10/7/5 // 4/3/0 18/16/4
Usage ····X··· ··o·ooo· ·oo·oo·X o··X··o· ··o··o·X ·o·X·X·o X······· o··XX·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (5.81 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Chacon
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP 8/.453 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.333 ··· 363/240 .229/.304/.357/.662 .804/.590 .763 / 9/3 6/5
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 15/.414 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 699/536 .286/.353/.460/.813 .786/.821 .853 / 50/7 21/5
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 619/464 .238/.313/.370/.683 .673/.686 .661 / 9/0 12/17
7.Hammock G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/27 .244/.306/.289/.595 .652/.546 .483 / 0/0 0/1
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 4/1.500 9/1.111 11/.091 3/.333 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 601/451 .294/.376/.441/.817 .767/.833 .893 / 10/2 10/10
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.166 ··· 2/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· 477/335 .284/.368/.467/.836 .958/.785 .876 / 2/2 15/11
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 244/220 .224/.292/.397/.689 .590/.700 .789 / 0/0 10/6
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/78 .274/.354/.354/.708 .648/.751 .613 / 1/0 1/0
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 414/293 .279/.349/.495/.843 .819/.853 .868 / 0/1 17/11
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/2.500 ··· 103/93 .277/.340/.394/.733 .700/.737 .767 / 2/0 1/0
19.Snyder G/S/vP 8/1.583 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 380/245 .252/.342/.433/.775 .912/.698 .772 / 0/1 13/1
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 152/108 .221/.283/.364/.647 .698/.627 .760 / 2/0 2/5
24.Young G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 624/470 .237/.295/.467/.763 .757/.764 .786 / 27/6 32/6
IP 96.0 71.2 76.2 45.0 67.1 59.2 64.1 76.1 TOTAL .265/.344/.460/.804 .855/.778 .893 .810 14/2 34/16
ERA-K/9 3.94/7.4 5.15/7.9 3.05/5.0 3.20/9.8 4.41/5.1 4.07/5.4 2.66/10.9 4.24/6.8 /0.0 4.41/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (1-3-1)
 Montero (35-10-5)
 Snyder (52-29-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.265 325/.273 319/.228 199/.230 296/.283 257/.282 265/.196 336/.260 / .275  Byrnes
 Young
 Burke
 Salazar
 Upton
 Jackson
 Snyder
 Reynolds
 Hammock
123/23/35/12
0/146/0/6
3/26/20/3
6/1/27/3
0/0/42/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
5/0/2/0
OPS .771 .796 .652 .700 .797 .757 .611 .722 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.930 134/.885 155/.561 83/.678 127/.684 101/.871 140/.624 148/.896 / .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.682 191/.735 164/.735 116/.716 169/.878 156/.686 125/.595 188/.589 / .779
Road 221/.863 141/.886 179/.527 98/.715 151/.638 116/.715 119/.582 166/.724 / .791
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 8/2/0 8/3/0 3/2/1 8/2/2 8/3/0 7/4/2 6/3/0 // 34/8/4
Usage ····X··· ·Xoo···· o··X·X·X o··o·X·· ·X·o··o· ··o····· o···Xo·X Xoo····· ·o·oX·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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