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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 @Chase Field

Astros, 28-32, 5th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 2-4, 6.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			44.0	64	34	34	12	29	7	6.95
2008 (11-8)			150.0	166	79	76	36	82	20	4.56
2007 (1-4)			59.2	67	29	27	17	36	8	4.07

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.0	49	22	22	10	28	6	4.95	47
2009-06-09	CHC	L	3.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	70	24
2009-06-03	COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	74	43
2009-05-29	@PIT	W	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	123	71
2009-05-23	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	3	68	29
2009-05-17	@CHC	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	47
2009-05-09	SDP	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	91	68
2009-05-04	@WSN	ND	5.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	94	46

Last 5 v.ARI		1-1	20.2	30	13	13	5	12	2	5.66	42
2006-09-04	ARI	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	75	32
2005-08-11	ARI	ND	6.2	6	0	0	2	5	0	111	65
2005-07-20	@ARI	W	7.0	10	2	2	0	5	0	106	54
2002-08-21	@ARI	L	2.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	59	18

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   16-18   Road:   12-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-25   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @ARI  W   6-4       28-32  5th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

D'backs, 27-36, 5th, 14 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (25, RHP, 2-2, 6.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-2)			28.0	36	21	21	9	21	6	6.75
2008 (1-0)			14.0	16	5	5	4	11	3	3.21
2007 (1-2)			34.0	37	20	20	16	17	5	5.29

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.0	48	24	24	9	26	7	5.27	46
2009-06-09	SFG	L	5.2	13	8	8	0	5	2	93	16
2009-06-01	@LAD	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	92	67
2009-05-27	SDP	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	1	95	37
2009-05-22	@OAK	W	7.1	5	1	1	2	3	1	94	65
2007-09-27	@CHW	L	6.0	7	6	6	2	4	1	89	36
2007-09-21	@DET	ND	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	77	41
2007-09-16	@CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	98	60

Has never faced HOU.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   14-22   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  20-24   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest: 12-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sat, Jun 13   HOU  L   4-6       27-36  5th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 HOU  6 @ARI  4        W:Roy Oswalt (3-3), L: Jon Garland (4-7), S: LaTroy Hawkins (9)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; All-Time - ARI leads 44-35

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 5.66

WSN 4.48

SEA 3.76

RA/G

LAD 3.76

TBR 4.63

WSN 5.82

J. Mauer .408

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .192

OBP

J. Mauer .483

P. Konerko .348

D. Navarro .232

SLG

J. Mauer .748

A. Rios .448

E. Burriss .277

OPS

J. Mauer 1.231

D. Lee .800

D. Navarro .550

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.72

J. Pineiro 3.99

M. Parra 7.52

K/9IP

J. Vazquez 11.21

E. Jackson 6.63

J. Garland 3.55

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Astros Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 9/.444 5/.200 ··· ··· 252/189 .255/.385/.495/.880 .751/.925 .932 102/.961 1/2 12/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 173/162 .270/.341/.329/.670 .909/.652 .535 53/.694 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 259/213 .289/.365/.395/.759 .653/.783 .835 110/.729 20/4 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 66/60 .119/.185/.169/.354 .000/.392 .180 20/.150 0/0 0/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .231/.286/.308/.593 .000/.697 1.350 14/.593 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 124/80 .257/.333/.404/.737 .800/.702 .972 63/.591 0/2 2/1

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 6/.334 4/1.250 14/.486 ··· ··· 251/196 .313/.363/.520/.882 1.080/.828 .821 98/.779 2/2 11/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/38 .340/.385/.447/.831 .619/.921 1.272 53/.831 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 55/30 .184/.273/.327/.599 .729/.493 .513 20/.450 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 99/.926 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 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/.889 ··· ··· 186/155 .251/.286/.400/.686 1.000/.619 .749 63/.397 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.000 33/.864 ··· ··· 261/204 .341/.364/.498/.862 .931/.842 .758 104/.978 2/2 6/8

IP 28.0 19.2 28.1 24.2 28.0 11.1 22.0 10.1 TOTAL .268/.332/.404/.736 .811/.716 .724 .736 39/23 48/28

ERA-K/9

6.75/6.8

6.41/5.5

2.86/7.3

4.01/9.1

4.82/6.4

2.38/4.8

4.91/7.8

0.00/8.7

4.43/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.324 91/.250 122/.264 105/.293 127/.265 50/.239 100/.271 41/.189 .260

OPS .945 .668 .659 .741 .763 .691 .786 .487 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/1.145 38/.555 56/.745 51/.838 64/.733 29/.609 46/.584 20/.578 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.811 53/.748 66/.587 54/.650 63/.791 21/.807 54/.963 21/.401 .742

Home 71/1.230 63/.860 62/.590 56/.668 85/.757 35/.407 54/.990 18/.575

Last 28d days 100/.845 47/.579 51/.786 49/.897 50/.586 2/.000 45/.683 41/.487

HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 1/2/0 1/0/2 2/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 67/36/13

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ··oo··X· ··XX··o· o··X··oX o······· ···Xo·X· ····o·Xo

D'backs Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Byrnes G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 10/.800 9/.347 2/.000 178/123 .213/.256/.360/.615 .725/.567 .779 68/.535 7/3 4/3

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.143 12/1.250 1/2.000 178/132 .255/.320/.401/.721 .559/.778 .729 114/.729 1/1 3/4

2.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.708 2/.000 ··· 9/.555 8/.500 3/.000 252/186 .306/.361/.428/.789 .881/.750 .885 92/.670 4/2 4/7

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 122/110 .228/.347/.356/.704 .633/.711 .627 66/.644 0/0 2/4

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/108 .237/.326/.314/.639 .508/.674 .777 55/.411 2/1 1/3

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 121/98 .296/.353/.454/.807 .473/.882 .945 107/.732 0/2 2/2

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 7/1.371 ··· 260/200 .278/.369/.559/.929 1.029/.900 .999 115/1.059 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 4/1.250 2/2.500 ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 154/101 .218/.359/.387/.747 .812/.711 .672 64/.770 0/0 5/0

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 243/190 .310/.391/.577/.968 1.181/.913 .892 111/.944 9/2 12/3

29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/53 .224/.367/.347/.714 .143/.792 .681 29/1.048 0/0 0/1

24.Young G/S/vP 3/.667 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 12/1.700 1/.000 228/165 .192/.252/.361/.613 .688/.585 .744 94/.716 10/2 6/0

IP 44.0 22.2 26.0 27.2 38.0 8.1 TOTAL .244/.321/.403/.724 .743/.717 .776 .745 56/16 62/52

ERA-K/9

6.95/5.9

3.57/7.1

2.77/6.6

2.60/8.1

2.37/4.7

5.40/11.9

4.45/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.344 98/.205 102/.194 117/.248 157/.238 35/.226 .277

OPS .947 .690 .566 .698 .677 .843 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.778 49/.891 42/.526 58/.551 74/.669 15/1.126 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/1.187 49/.485 60/.590 59/.837 83/.685 20/.639 .781

Road 99/.813 56/.606 32/.782 43/.526 66/.911 9/1.000

Last 28d days 100/.966 39/.703 57/.401 45/.706 59/.675 1/.000

HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/3/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 69/19/10

Usage ····X··· o·o·X·oX ··X···X· X·X···XX o·oX··oo 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.