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Game Preview: ARI @ LAD, 4:10pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

Arizona Diamondbacks, 71-70, 2nd, ½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-2, 2.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             34    27  13  10  14  34  2    2.65      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  15    16   8   5   7  16  0    3.00   51 
 2008-05-17    DET   L   5     3   2   0   4   5  0     102   58 
 2008-05-10   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   0   1   6  0      79   65 
 2008-05-05    PHI   L   4     8   5   5   2   5  0      92   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD    Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-31   Road:   31-39   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  45-53   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:15-17   vsWest: 35-23 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Sat, Sep  6  @LAD  L   2-7       71-70  2nd  0.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  5  @LAD  L   0-7       71-69  1st  0.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  3   STL  W   4-3       71-68  1st  1.5 up
138 Tue, Sep  2   STL  L   2-8       70-68  1st  1.5 up
137 Mon, Sep  1   STL  W   8-6       70-67  1st  2.5 up
136 Sun, Aug 31   LAD  L   1-8       69-67  1st  2.5 up
135 Sat, Aug 30   LAD  L   2-6       69-66  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Los Angeles Dodgers, 72-70, 1st, ½ up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 3-5, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             86    89  43  43  44  77  9    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38.1  36  19  19  16  37  5    4.46   52 
 2008-09-02    SDP   W   7     3   3   3   3   6  0      99   62 
 2008-08-28   @WSN   L   2.1   5   5   5   3   2  2      54   26 
 2008-08-23   @PHI   L   4     7   6   6   2   5  1      91   27 
 2008-08-17    MIL  ND   6     8   1   1   1   6  1      96   57 
 2008-08-12    PHI  ND   6     6   3   3   2   8  1     100   54 
 2008-08-07   @STL   W   7     3   1   1   4   7  0     108   70 
 2008-08-01    ARI  ND   6     4   0   0   1   3  0      89   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      0-0   6     4   0   0   1   3  0    0.00   66 
 2008-08-01    ARI  ND   6     4   0   0   1   3  0      89   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-30   Road:   28-40   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  48-51   vsLHP:  24-19   1-Run:  17-21
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest: 31-25 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sat, Sep  6   ARI  W   7-2       72-70  1st  0.5 up
141 Fri, Sep  5   ARI  W   7-0       71-70  2nd  0.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  3   SDP  W   6-4       70-70  2nd  1.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   SDP  W   8-4       69-70  2nd  1.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1   SDP  W   5-2       68-70  2nd  2.5 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31  @ARI  W   8-1       67-70  2nd  2.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @ARI  W   6-2       66-70  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 LAD  7  ARI  2        W:Chad Billingsley (14-10), L: Brandon Webb (19-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 LAD  7  ARI  0        W:Derek Lowe (12-11), L: Danny Haren (14-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 LAD  8 @ARI  1        W:Derek Lowe (11-11), L: Brandon Webb (19-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 LAD  6 @ARI  2        W:Chad Billingsley (13-10), L: Danny Haren (14-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 9-8; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; 2006 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 98-87

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  5.49

LAA  4.64

SDP  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.85

NYY  4.56

TEX  5.96

BA

R. Furcal  .366

B. Hawpe  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

J. Thome  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .646

A. Ramirez  .484

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

P. Fielder  .842

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

H. Kuroda  3.96

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

M. Mussina  6.42

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
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
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 195/96 .191/.306/.265/.571 .609/.529 .624 34/.731 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.650 6/.333 1/.000 15/.871 4/.250 13/.539 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 176/121 .226/.352/.322/.674 .822/.602 .745 28/.595 0/0 3/
21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/7 .231/.333/.231/.564 .661/.452 .667 5/.933 0/0 0/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.885 9/1.556 ··· 5/1.400 8/.661 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.833 572/420 .286/.325/.488/.812 .738/.839 .729 104/.857 3/2 16/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 15/1.050 3/.667 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 561/389 .239/.390/.519/.910 .736/.984 .936 101/.938 2/1 35/
4.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 5/.400 ··· 28/.944 ··· 28/.820 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 324/230 .273/.349/.349/.698 .874/.623 .735 44/.649 2/1 1/
7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 47/26 .171/.277/.195/.472 .449/.490 .421 / 0/0 0/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.933 10/1.125 ··· 5/.600 12/.639 3/.000 5/1.200 2/2.000 2/1.000 549/397 .294/.374/.449/.823 .997/.761 .808 101/.551 8/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 180/148 .273/.344/.447/.792 .804/.789 .845 32/1.203 0/0 4/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 7/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 222/156 .245/.350/.314/.664 .645/.676 .544 66/.609 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 2/2.500 4/.250 5/.000 3/2.667 6/.167 2/.000 4/.500 536/386 .238/.316/.473/.788 1.004/.707 .758 94/.662 9/0 27/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 136/111 .238/.254/.354/.608 .348/.663 .619 13/.231 4/0 1/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 133/124 .219/.326/.351/.677 .667/.678 .648 16/.842 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.167 5/.200 1/.000 5/.833 5/.200 5/.933 2/.500 2/.500 2/.000 348/242 .236/.348/.441/.789 .796/.786 .785 63/.805 0/0 13/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 7/.453 1/no AB 9/.000 10/1.000 12/.083 ··· ··· 1/.000 254/216 .267/.311/.415/.726 .861/.703 .647 61/.612 0/0 8/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 4/2.250 3/.833 1/.000 1/.000 340/238 .247/.356/.436/.791 .843/.770 .562 11/.955 1/4 11/
29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/
24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 8/.000 ··· 6/.933 4/.000 5/.800 4/1.833 4/.500 4/.000 613/448 .244/.308/.436/.744 .908/.685 .701 102/.894 11/5 19/
IP 86.0 41.0 60.0 2.2 27.2 78.1 86.2 32.0 33.0 58.1 TOTAL .250/.325/.412/.737 .777/.722 .685 .738 51/20 135/95
ERA-K/9 4.50/8.1 2.20/5.5 3.45/11.7 10.13/16.7 4.55/6.2 2.07/10.8 3.01/7.3 6.75/10.1 4.64/9.0 2.47/6.3 3.73/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (11-2-0)
 Montero (24-3-0)
 Snyder (44-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.269 183/.278 244/.217 13/.200 119/.250 311/.194 372/.257 158/.273 142/.281 230/.213 .251  Upton
 Dunn
 Young
 Salazar
 Jackson
 Burke
 Romero
0/0/83/6
112/0/20/5
0/139/0/4
25/2/13/3
62/0/0/3
17/0/9/1
10/2/34/1
OPS .759 .697 .588 .885 .801 .543 .741 .876 .733 .637 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.671 85/.665 101/.821 4/.250 50/.789 95/.575 161/.827 57/.964 56/.619 92/.635 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 314/.778 98/.727 143/.435 9/1.159 69/.809 216/.527 211/.678 101/.827 86/.812 138/.638 .670
Home 213/.676 88/.636 131/.439 6/.750 68/.696 134/.465 177/.626 73/.692 63/.771 117/.486 .605
Last 28d days 116/.849 39/.703 47/.521 13/.885 48/.857 53/.625 52/.806 2/.500 42/.905 18/.389
HR/SB/CS 9/3/1 0/5/3 2/7/3 1/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 12/4/0 6/1/1 1/5/0 7/1/0 110/70/18
Usage ····X··· ····Xo·· o··o·XX· o··X··X· o······· ·····X·X ·X······ ···o···· ····o··· o··X·oo·
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
33.Buckner
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
36.Peguero
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
28.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 42/20 .231/.286/.333/.619 .887/.311 .485 9/.444 1/0 1/
13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 20/1.062 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 187/136 .240/.310/.329/.639 .664/.630 .567 54/.824 0/0 1/
30.Blake G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.196 2/.000 13/.581 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 530/411 .285/.355/.478/.833 .863/.824 .746 105/.813 3/0 19/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 341/260 .257/.326/.375/.700 .873/.648 .777 32/.825 3/0 7/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.500 5/.000 4/1.000 3/1.667 8/.821 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 5/.800 522/399 .291/.357/.509/.866 .688/.920 .880 111/1.198 6/2 20/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 9/1.083 5/1.550 13/.385 1/.000 4/1.000 10/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 153/102 .234/.288/.397/.685 .873/.596 .684 58/.425 1/1 6/
60.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 119/94 .157/.222/.204/.426 .542/.394 .517 1/.000 1/0 0/
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.400 3/.333 8/.393 ··· 3/1.167 5/.400 9/.889 ··· ··· 234/151 .161/.261/.254/.514 .656/.439 .514 / 0/1 3/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 4/.250 6/.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 4/.750 578/415 .289/.338/.462/.799 .957/.739 .819 113/.800 32/9 16/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/1.133 5/1.550 4/1.500 2/2.000 4/1.000 5/.600 4/.750 1/2.000 7/1.229 577/409 .301/.354/.450/.804 .699/.845 .760 109/.807 6/4 11/
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 11/.899 5/.000 7/1.000 3/.667 10/.100 1/no AB 4/.000 2/1.000 5/.800 573/419 .282/.380/.400/.780 .752/.790 .773 105/.731 15/6 12/
14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 87/60 .256/.282/.317/.599 .832/.491 .858 5/.400 1/2 0/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 16/.962 2/.000 7/1.167 1/2.000 4/1.500 4/.500 7/.619 1/.000 4/.000 368/257 .274/.322/.313/.635 .779/.572 .600 30/.541 38/9 0/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 8/1.375 6/.750 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/3.500 1/2.000 ··· 573/454 .324/.424/.583/1.007 .831/1.054 .997 112/1.189 3/0 31/
17.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 10/6 .200/.200/.300/.500 1.250/.000 1.667 3/1.667 1/0 0/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· 7/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 96/82 .134/.250/.171/.421 .214/.457 .414 16/.619 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 127/83 .248/.315/.336/.651 .758/.600 .763 / 0/0 1/
IP 34.0 11.0 43.1 58.0 51.0 7.1 63.1 62.2 67.1 25.2 30.2 TOTAL .262/.328/.395/.724 .758/.710 .720 .807 116/35 117/89
ERA-K/9 2.65/9.0 4.09/7.4 2.91/12.7 4.19/8.2 4.76/6.7 3.68/3.7 3.84/6.8 3.30/8.5 3.74/8.3 4.21/5.3 4.40/5.3 4.07/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (7-2-1)
 Martin (61-16-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.223 49/.318 182/.188 265/.239 229/.302 28/.217 267/.268 262/.242 272/.245 116/.290 138/.264 .255  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Young
 Jones
 Pierre
 Repko
 Sweeney
 Ozuna
0/83/60/14
41/0/92/8
100/0/0/6
13/0/9/3
0/65/0/1
74/12/0/1
6/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .632 .956 .656 .730 .805 .638 .720 .646 .715 .824 .798 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.817 18/.804 84/.530 65/.723 99/.749 8/.804 127/.748 123/.604 139/.687 46/.900 58/.695 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.492 31/1.049 98/.762 200/.733 130/.846 20/.566 140/.694 139/.683 133/.746 70/.767 80/.874 .730
Road 63/.745 23/.978 90/.671 98/.736 97/.630 7/.829 121/.704 128/.773 118/.738 57/.674 66/.800 .697
Last 28d days 10/.400 11/.830 32/.681 46/.467 28/1.057 15/.583 36/.374 42/.469 53/1.099 23/1.089 15/1.071
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 3/0/0 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 0/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 136/79/22
Usage ······X· ·X······ X··Xo··o X·····X· ·····o·o ·X··Xo·· ···X·X·X ···o·oo· X···oX·· ····X··· ·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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