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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 8:10pm, Saturday, June 13, 2009 @Chase Field

Astros, 27-32, 5th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 2-3, 4.66)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 75.1 83 39 39 20 58 12 4.66
2008 (17-10) 208.2 199 89 82 47 165 23 3.54
2007 (14-7) 212.0 221 80 75 60 154 14 3.18
Last 7 GS 2-1 42.1 48 25 25 10 38 6 5.31 48
2009-06-06 PIT L 6.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 105 32
2009-06-01 COL W 7.0 6 1 1 2 8 1 102 67
2009-05-26 @CIN ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 94 45
2009-05-21 MIL ND 6.1 10 3 3 1 7 0 106 47
2009-05-16 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 108 55
2009-05-10 SDP W 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 104 46
2009-05-05 @WSN ND 5.0 4 4 4 2 4 1 89 45
Last 5 v.ARI 3-1 34.0 37 14 13 7 31 2 3.44 55
2008-08-17 ARI W 8.0 1 0 0 2 10 0 105 88
2007-05-27 @ARI L 6.0 10 6 5 2 2 1 101 30
2007-05-12 ARI W 6.0 8 3 3 2 7 0 111 49
2006-08-04 @ARI ND 6.0 12 4 4 1 4 0 108 35
2006-07-29 ARI W 8.0 6 1 1 0 8 1 98 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-18   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-25   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 10-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @ARI  L   1-8       27-32  5th  6.0 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11   CHC  W   2-1 (13)  27-31  5th  5.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10   CHC  W   2-1       26-31  5th  6.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  9   CHC  L   1-7       25-31  5th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7   PIT  W   6-4       25-30  6th  7.0 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6   PIT  L   4-6       24-30  6th  8.0 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5   PIT  W   9-1       24-29  6th  7.0 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   COL  L   3-10      23-29  6th  7.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   COL  W   6-4       23-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   COL  W   3-2 (11)  22-28  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
D'backs, 27-35, 5th, 13 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jon Garland (29, RHP, 4-6, 5.61)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-6) 69.0 82 46 43 32 28 8 5.61
2008 (14-8) 196.2 237 116 107 59 90 23 4.90
2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23
Last 7 GS 2-5 38.0 47 28 26 20 14 5 6.16 40
2009-06-08 @SDP L 6.2 7 6 6 5 1 0 115 32
2009-06-03 @LAD L 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 98 63
2009-05-29 ATL L 2.2 9 9 8 3 1 1 78 4
2009-05-24 @OAK L 6.0 7 3 3 4 1 1 105 43
2009-05-19 @FLA W 6.0 7 2 1 1 3 1 80 54
2009-05-11 CIN L 3.2 10 7 7 1 0 2 77 12
2009-05-06 @SDP W 7.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 102 70
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 12.0 16 6 6 6 6 1 4.50 44
2007-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 8 1 1 1 4 1 113 60
2006-06-24 HOU ND 5.0 8 5 5 5 2 0 106 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-21   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  20-23   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest: 12-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Fri, Jun 12   HOU  W   8-1       27-35  5th 13.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   SFG  W   2-1       26-35  5th 14.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10   SFG  L   4-6       25-35  5th 14.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9   SFG  L   4-9       25-34  5th 14.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  8  @SDP  L   3-6       25-33  5th 13.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @SDP  W   9-6 (18)  25-32  4th 13.0 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  6  @SDP  L   4-6       24-32  4th 14.0 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  5  @SDP  W   8-0       24-31  4th 13.0 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  3  @LAD  L   0-1       23-31  4th 13.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  2  @LAD  L   5-6       23-30  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 ARI  8  HOU  1        W:Danny Haren (5-4), L: Mike Hampton (4-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 HOU  3  ARI  0        W:Roy Oswalt (11-8), L: Randy Johnson (10-9), S: Jose Valverde (31)
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
Season Series: 2009 - ARI leads 1-0; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; All-Time - ARI leads 44-34

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

TBR  5.62

WSN  4.50

SEA  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.81

TBR  4.65

WSN  5.78

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

J. Hermida  .277

C. Young  .191

OBP

K. Youkilis  .468

A. Hill  .348

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Ibanez  .675

M. Holliday  .450

J. Kendall  .276

OPS

A. Pujols  1.105

C. Figgins  .800

D. Navarro  .550

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

C. Volstad  4.07

A. Sonnanstine  7.00

K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

B. Myers  6.50

J. Karstens  3.54

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Astros Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Garland
G/S/vB
55.Boyer
G/S/vB
33.Buckner
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
57.Rauch
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
32.Vasquez
G/S/vB
35.Zavada*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 9/.444 5/.200 ··· ··· 248/185 .254/.383/.483/.866 .751/.906 .903 103/.964 1/2 11/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 173/162 .270/.341/.329/.670 .909/.652 .535 57/.679 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 254/209 .286/.360/.384/.744 .668/.761 .803 110/.669 19/4 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 24/.980 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 61/56 .130/.200/.185/.385 .000/.422 .233 15/.200 0/0 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.250 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 124/80 .257/.333/.404/.737 .800/.702 .972 64/.581 0/2 2/1
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/.334 4/1.250 14/.486 ··· ··· 249/194 .316/.365/.524/.890 1.080/.837 .836 101/.769 2/2 11/1
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .341/.396/.455/.850 .619/.958 1.402 49/.850 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 5/1.550 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/28 .170/.264/.298/.562 .729/.414 .411 18/.333 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 252/202 .323/.405/.498/.902 .928/.896 .754 103/.887 7/4 7/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/35 .283/.298/.370/.667 .697/.657 .542 32/.827 0/0 0/3
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 45/.438 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/.889 ··· ··· 182/151 .251/.287/.404/.691 1.000/.623 .763 63/.464 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 24/1.197 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 33/.864 ··· ··· 256/199 .344/.367/.504/.871 .931/.854 .774 103/1.018 2/2 6/8
IP 69.0 19.2 28.0 28.1 24.2 27.2 10.2 22.0 10.1 TOTAL .268/.333/.403/.736 .815/.714 .721 .731 38/23 47/27
ERA-K/9 5.61/3.7 6.41/5.5 6.75/6.8 2.86/7.3 4.01/9.1 4.88/6.5 2.53/5.0 4.91/7.8 0.00/8.7 4.40/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.299 91/.250 122/.324 122/.264 105/.293 126/.268 48/.250 100/.271 41/.189 .260
OPS .836 .668 .945 .659 .741 .770 .722 .786 .487 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.859 38/.555 50/1.145 56/.745 51/.838 64/.733 27/.656 46/.584 20/.578 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.812 53/.748 72/.811 66/.587 54/.650 62/.804 21/.807 54/.963 21/.401 .747
Home 150/1.024 63/.860 71/1.230 62/.590 56/.668 84/.766 33/.432 54/.990 18/.575
Last 28d days 130/.855 51/.739 100/.845 51/.786 49/.897 49/.599 / 45/.683 41/.487
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 1/2/0 6/1/1 1/0/2 2/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 66/35/13
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ···X···· ·oo··X·· ·XX··o·X ··X··oX· ········ ··Xo·X·o ···o·Xo·
D'backs Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
39.Fulchino
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 15/.534 ··· ··· 10/.800 9/.347 ··· 177/122 .215/.257/.362/.619 .725/.572 .787 67/.543 7/3 4/3
6.Drew* G/S/vP 15/.900 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 11/1.170 2/1.500 173/127 .243/.312/.388/.700 .559/.752 .693 109/.696 1/1 3/4
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 27/.733 2/.000 ··· 8/.375 8/.500 1/.000 247/181 .304/.360/.429/.789 .881/.749 .889 87/.662 4/2 4/7
26.Montero* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 118/107 .235/.350/.367/.718 .697/.720 .649 62/.669 0/0 2/4
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 137/107 .239/.328/.316/.645 .508/.681 .789 54/.419 2/1 1/3
9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/93 .298/.351/.462/.812 .473/.893 .973 102/.736 0/2 2/2
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 256/196 .277/.367/.558/.925 1.029/.895 .995 111/1.055 13/3 16/9
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/62 .298/.381/.381/.762 .973/.641 .888 66/.753 4/0 0/2
19.Snyder G/S/vP 8/1.232 2/2.500 ··· ··· 8/.875 1/.000 154/101 .218/.359/.387/.747 .812/.711 .672 64/.770 0/0 5/0
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 238/185 .316/.395/.589/.983 1.181/.930 .919 106/.977 9/2 12/3
29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/49 .217/.357/.326/.683 .143/.763 .604 25/1.030 0/0 0/1
24.Young G/S/vP 11/.955 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 12/1.700 1/.000 224/161 .191/.252/.348/.600 .688/.567 .727 90/.689 10/2 5/0
IP 75.1 22.1 26.0 26.2 38.0 13.2 TOTAL .244/.321/.402/.723 .745/.716 .776 .744 56/16 61/52
ERA-K/9 4.66/6.9 3.63/6.9 2.77/6.6 2.70/8.1 1.66/4.7 7.24/9.9 4.45/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 322/.281 97/.207 102/.194 113/.245 154/.227 67/.377 .277
OPS .795 .698 .566 .693 .647 .974 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.827 48/.912 42/.526 55/.519 73/.650 27/.997 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.768 49/.485 60/.590 58/.852 81/.645 40/.954 .783
Road 131/.758 55/.617 32/.782 39/.495 63/.847 37/1.126
Last 28d days 114/.779 41/.665 57/.401 41/.692 65/.686 9/1.000
HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/3/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 68/19/10
Usage ······X· ·o·X·oX· ·X···X·X ·X···XX· ·oX··oo· ········

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.