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Game Preview: LAD @ ARI, 8:10pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Chase Field

Los Angeles Dodgers, 65-70, 2nd, 4½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 12-10, 3.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-10)          168.2 150  64  59  70 171 11    3.15      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  46.2  42  14  14  17  38  2    2.70   58 
 2008-08-25   @PHI   L   6     7   3   3   5   3  0     107   44 
 2008-08-20    COL  ND   6     5   2   2   4   6  1     114   56 
 2008-08-15    MIL   W   7     5   3   3   2   5  1     110   58 
 2008-08-10   @SFG  ND   6     9   3   3   3   6  0     116   45 
 2008-08-05   @STL  ND   5     6   1   1   0   6  0      74   57 
 2008-07-30    SFG   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     118   85 
 2008-07-25    WSN   W   7.2   5   2   2   3   4  0     106   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      1-4  27.1  28  15  14  14  32  4    4.61   50 
 2008-07-19   @ARI   L   5.2   7   3   3   3   5  1     114   45 
 2008-04-24    ARI   L   6     6   5   5   2  12  1     109   50 
 2008-04-08   @ARI   L   2.1   5   5   4   3   1  1      70   27 
 2007-09-23   @ARI   W   5.2   5   1   1   4   6  0      95   57 
 2007-08-03    ARI   L   7.2   5   1   1   2   8  1     108   71 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   26-40   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  42-51   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:  17-21
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest: 24-25 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Aug 29  @ARI  L   3-9       65-70  2nd  4.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28  @WSN  L   2-11      65-69  2nd  3.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27  @WSN  L   4-5       65-68  2nd  3.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @WSN  L   1-2       65-67  2nd  3.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25  @PHI  L   0-5       65-66  2nd  3.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @PHI  L   2-5 (11)  65-65  2nd  3.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @PHI  L   2-9       65-64  2nd  3.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @PHI  L   1-8       65-63  2nd  2.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   COL  W   3-1       65-62  2nd  2.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   COL  L   3-4       64-62  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Arizona Diamondbacks, 69-65, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Danny Haren (27, RHP, 14-6, 3.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-6)           180   163  67  62  30 171 15    3.10      
 2007 (15-9)           222.2 214  91  76  55 192 24    3.07      
 2006 (14-13)          223   224 109 102  45 176 31    4.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  47.1  61  24  24   6  52  5    4.56   51 
 2008-08-25   @SDP  ND   7     9   2   2   1  11  0     101   61 
 2008-08-20    SDP   W   6    11   5   5   0   4  1      82   34 
 2008-08-14   @COL   W   8     7   2   2   2   9  1     118   67 
 2008-08-09    ATL   L   5.1  10   6   6   3   5  1     113   26 
 2008-08-04    PIT   W   6     8   4   4   0   8  1      97   48 
 2008-07-30   @SDP   W   7     7   3   3   0   6  1     104   57 
 2008-07-25   @SFG   W   8     9   2   2   0   9  0     100   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      3-1  23.2  25  10   7   6  20  2    2.66   54 
 2008-07-19    LAD   W   7     4   0   0   2   7  0     103   74 
 2008-04-23   @LAD   L   4.2   9   6   5   2   5  0     106   27 
 2008-04-07    LAD   W   6     6   3   1   0   5  1      93   57 
 2003-07-19   @LAD   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  1      98   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-28   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  43-48   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 35-19 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 29   LAD  W   9-3       69-65  1st  4.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 27  @SDP  L   4-5       68-65  1st  3.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @SDP  L   2-9       68-64  1st  3.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 25  @SDP  L   2-4       68-63  1st  3.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 24   FLA  L   2-5       68-62  1st  3.0 up
129 Sat, Aug 23   FLA  W   7-1       68-61  1st  3.0 up
128 Fri, Aug 22   FLA  L   4-5       67-61  1st  2.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 21   SDP  W   4-1       67-60  1st  2.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 20   SDP  W   8-6       66-60  1st  2.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 19   SDP  W   7-6       65-60  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 ARI  9  LAD  3        W:Doug Davis (6-8), L: Hiroki Kuroda (7-10), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 LAD  9  ARI  3        W:Cory Wade (2-1), L: Doug Davis (4-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 LAD  4  ARI  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (6-8), L: Yusmeiro Petit (1-2), S: Chan Ho Park (2)
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 ARI  2 @LAD  1        W:Randy Johnson (9-7), L: Chan Ho Park (4-3), S: Brandon Lyon (24)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 ARI  2 @LAD  1        W:Brandon Webb (15-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-9), S: Brandon Lyon (23)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 LAD  6 @ARI  5        W:Ramon Troncoso (1-1), L: Brandon Lyon (2-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 ARI  3  LAD  2        W:Danny Haren (9-5), L: Chad Billingsley (9-9), S: Brandon Lyon (20)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 LAD  8 @ARI  7 (11)   W:Cory Wade (1-1), L: Doug Slaten (0-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 ARI  6 @LAD  4        W:Edgar Gonzalez (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-4), S: Brandon Lyon (6)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 LAD  8  ARI  3        W:Derek Lowe (2-1), L: Danny Haren (3-1), S: Takashi Saito (2)
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 8-5; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; 2006 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 94-87

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  5.51

ARI  4.63

WSN  3.79

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.98

BA

C. Jones  .358

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .464

K. Fukudome  .366

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .632

R. Howard  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.096

H. Matsui  .835

T. Pena  .393

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

O. Perez  3.90

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

V. Padilla  6.37

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Haren
G/S/vB
33.Buckner
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
57.Rauch
G/S/vB
39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Ardoin G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 41/19 .237/.293/.342/.635 .887/.328 .768 16/.875 1/0 1/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 18/1.096 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 158/113 .215/.276/.278/.553 .535/.561 .695 51/.662 0/0 0/
30.Blake G/S/vP 18/.945 7/1.142 2/.000 11/.573 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 501/387 .283/.352/.466/.818 .871/.803 .914 106/.781 2/0 16/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 312/237 .258/.324/.364/.688 .804/.652 .620 3/.667 3/0 5/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 9/1.750 3/.000 3/1.333 8/.821 ··· 4/.500 ··· 489/373 .279/.342/.476/.818 .667/.864 .855 93/.971 5/2 17/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 9/1.083 4/1.500 13/.385 4/1.000 10/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 151/102 .236/.285/.400/.685 .879/.596 .686 56/.419 1/1 6/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 4/.500 3/.333 5/.600 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/2.334 ··· 552/392 .291/.339/.466/.805 .963/.742 .773 120/.770 29/9 15/
12.Kent G/S/vP 11/1.064 2/1.000 13/.154 2/3.000 14/.940 8/.750 8/.875 7/.286 ··· 466/337 .275/.324/.410/.734 .782/.716 .751 104/.833 0/1 11/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.500 4/1.833 4/1.417 3/1.334 4/1.000 5/.600 4/.750 ··· 545/383 .300/.355/.457/.812 .705/.857 .842 104/.828 6/4 11/
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/.730 2/.000 11/.899 3/.000 7/1.000 9/.111 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 540/393 .286/.380/.408/.788 .766/.796 .805 101/.660 12/5 12/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 16/.962 2/.000 7/1.167 4/1.500 4/.500 7/.619 ··· 362/252 .275/.324/.314/.638 .787/.573 .672 40/.578 38/9 0/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.286 2/4.000 6/.500 5/.933 4/1.750 2/.500 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 544/429 .320/.417/.559/.976 .836/1.015 .974 115/1.164 3/0 27/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 9/.619 ··· 7/.971 ··· 7/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 93/79 .139/.258/.177/.435 .214/.476 .431 17/.802 0/0 0/
IP 180.0 10.0 40.0 54.1 49.0 60.1 59.2 64.1 32.0 TOTAL .260/.324/.388/.712 .753/.695 .719 .778 107/34 103/88
ERA-K/9 3.10/8.6 3.60/7.2 2.93/13.5 4.47/8.1 4.96/6.6 4.03/6.6 3.47/8.7 3.78/8.5 2.81/9.3 3.96/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (7-2-1)
 Martin (60-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 727/.239 42/.325 167/.184 249/.245 221/.300 254/.265 253/.247 258/.248 136/.219 .253  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
 Sweeney
0/76/60/14
41/0/85/8
93/0/0/6
73/11/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .640 .957 .635 .747 .807 .720 .662 .718 .635 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 365/.628 16/.779 77/.537 60/.716 95/.738 120/.742 120/.602 135/.692 58/.803 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 362/.652 26/1.065 90/.718 189/.758 126/.857 134/.700 133/.716 123/.747 78/.513 .713
Home 369/.647 26/.923 80/.630 155/.742 124/.947 133/.733 125/.550 144/.691 73/.543 .725
Last 28d days 144/.864 23/.893 36/.462 31/.489 36/1.255 43/.713 46/.607 51/1.167 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 15/6/1 3/0/0 3/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/0/1 121/73/21
Usage ····X··· X······· X··X·o·· ·····X·· ·····X·· ····X·o· o·X···X· ···Xo··o o·······
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
57.Elbert*
G/S/vB
54.Johnson
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 191/93 .195/.307/.270/.577 .602/.548 .512 34/.752 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 5/.650 5/.650 6/.333 ··· 15/.871 4/.250 13/.539 3/1.167 2/.000 171/117 .234/.363/.333/.696 .838/.625 .634 38/.805 0/0 3/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 22/.909 13/.885 9/1.556 ··· 5/1.400 8/.661 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 543/391 .279/.320/.470/.790 .738/.810 .841 112/.848 3/1 15/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 9/.756 15/1.050 3/.667 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 4/.750 ··· ··· 535/369 .241/.389/.524/.912 .740/.989 .875 108/.763 2/1 34/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 18/.461 5/.933 10/1.125 ··· 4/.750 11/.705 3/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 522/371 .297/.378/.459/.837 1.004/.773 .857 107/.591 8/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP 9/.833 ··· 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 167/135 .287/.353/.467/.820 .804/.824 .787 29/1.520 0/0 4/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.400 ··· ··· 208/144 .246/.354/.309/.663 .613/.690 .739 59/.572 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 12/1.500 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 514/366 .241/.320/.472/.792 .980/.718 .819 104/.652 9/0 25/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP 7/1.571 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 125/116 .217/.331/.340/.670 .667/.671 .678 8/.929 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 11/.717 3/1.167 5/.200 ··· 5/.833 4/.250 5/.933 2/.500 2/.000 335/231 .244/.358/.458/.817 .813/.818 .830 69/.901 0/0 13/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 15/.690 9/.472 7/.453 1/no AB 9/.000 9/1.127 12/.083 ··· 1/.000 242/205 .267/.310/.422/.732 .886/.705 .819 72/.535 0/0 8/
10.Upton G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 330/229 .245/.355/.439/.793 .852/.768 1.014 1/3.000 1/4 11/
24.Young G/S/vP 17/.945 3/.333 7/.000 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 5/.800 4/.500 4/.000 586/421 .242/.305/.430/.735 .908/.669 .777 107/.817 10/5 18/
IP 168.2 39.0 56.2 0.2 27.1 74.1 85.2 33.0 53.2 TOTAL .251/.326/.413/.740 .776/.725 .788 .743 50/19 130/87
ERA-K/9 3.15/9.1 2.31/5.5 3.65/11.4 0.00/25.7 4.61/5.9 2.18/10.4 3.05/7.1 4.36/9.0 2.68/6.2 3.81/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (22-3-0)
 Snyder (40-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.237 176/.283 233/.223 3/.000 116/.245 298/.199 369/.260 140/.269 216/.223 .253  Upton
 Dunn
 Jackson
 Young
 Salazar
 Burke
0/0/81/6
112/0/15/5
55/0/0/3
0/132/0/3
23/2/12/3
17/0/9/1
OPS .667 .707 .609 .333 .791 .557 .748 .704 .671 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 339/.742 83/.665 96/.869 2/.500 50/.789 91/.601 160/.832 55/.573 83/.682 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.601 93/.747 137/.440 1/.000 66/.793 207/.536 209/.685 85/.796 133/.664 .674
Road 352/.692 95/.756 110/.788 3/.333 51/.951 170/.604 195/.850 79/.704 110/.816 .788
Last 28d days 135/.758 40/.775 49/.737 3/.333 68/.917 56/.595 68/.760 58/.698 26/.968
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 0/5/3 2/7/3 0/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 12/4/0 1/5/0 7/1/0 108/69/17
Usage ····X··· oX···XX· ··o··X·· X······· Xo···oX· ·····X·· X·X·Xo·· ·Xo···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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