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Game Preview: PIT @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, July 26, 2009 @Chase Field

Pirates, 43-54, 6th, 8½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Virgil Vasquez (27, RHP, 1-4, 5.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-4)			26.0	31	16	16	11	16	3	5.54
2007 (0-1)			16.2	27	16	16	5	7	7	8.64

Last 7 GS		1-4	35.0	41	22	22	13	21	8	5.66	44
2009-07-21	MIL	L	6.2	9	2	2	0	4	0	89	52
2009-07-12	@PHI	L	1.1	4	5	5	3	1	1	48	24
2009-07-06	@HOU	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	97	41
2009-07-01	CHC	L	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	2	101	45
2009-06-26	KCR	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	99	61
2007-08-31	@OAK	ND	4.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	69	35
2007-07-24	@CHW	ND	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	94	53

Has never faced ARI.

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

 Home:   26-19   Road:   17-35   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  30-38   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:   7-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest:  7-8  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 25  @ARI  L   0-7       43-54  6th  8.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24  @ARI  W  10-3       43-53  6th  8.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @ARI  L   4-11      42-53  6th  8.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22   MIL  W   8-7       42-52  6th  7.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   MIL  L   0-2       41-52  6th  8.5 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20   MIL  W   8-5       41-51  6th  8.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   SFG  L   3-4       40-51  6th  9.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   SFG  W   2-0       40-50  6th  8.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17   SFG  W   2-1 (14)  39-50  6th  9.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @PHI  L   2-5       38-50  6th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

D'backs, 42-56, 4th, 20½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 5-6, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-6)			100.1	98	51	43	40	103	10	3.86
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.0	40	23	16	13	40	2	3.51	52
2009-07-21	@COL	ND	4.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	95	37
2009-07-08	SDP	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	9	0	108	67
2009-07-03	@COL	L	6.0	6	5	3	1	5	1	101	48
2009-06-28	LAA	L	4.1	4	8	3	3	2	0	89	32
2009-06-23	TEX	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	119	56
2009-06-17	@KCR	W	6.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	109	48
2009-06-11	SFG	W	7.2	3	0	0	1	6	0	116	78

Has never faced PIT.

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

 Home:   22-31   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  33-38   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 18-23 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 25   PIT  W   7-0       42-56  4th 20.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24   PIT  L   3-10      41-56  4th 20.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23   PIT  W  11-4       41-55  4th 20.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @COL  L   3-4       40-55  4th 21.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @COL  W   6-5       40-54  4th 20.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @COL  L   6-10      39-54  4th 20.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @STL  L   1-2       39-53  4th 19.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @STL  W   4-2       39-52  4th 18.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @STL  L   1-6       38-52  4th 18.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   FLA  L   1-8       38-51  4th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 PIT 10 @ARI  3        W:Zach Duke (9-9), L: Yusmeiro Petit (0-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 ARI 11  PIT  4        W:Juan Gutierrez (3-2), L: Evan Meek (1-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 PIT  2 @ARI  0        W:Jeff Karstens (2-0), L: Randy Johnson (9-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 ARI  3  PIT  1        W:Brandon Webb (16-4), L: Zach Duke (4-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 ARI 13  PIT  7        W:Danny Haren (12-5), L: Jason Davis (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 PIT  5  ARI  3        W:Zach Duke (4-4), L: Randy Johnson (4-3), S: Matt Capps (15)
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 PIT  6  ARI  4        W:Phil Dumatrait (3-3), L: Doug Davis (2-3), S: Matt Capps (14)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 ARI  4 @PIT  3        W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: John Grabow (4-2), S: Brandon Lyon (14)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 ARI  3 @PIT  1        W:Brandon Webb (11-2), L: Ian Snell (2-6), S: Brandon Lyon (13)
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 ARI  8 @PIT  0        W:Micah Owings (8-8), L: John Van Benschoten (0-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - ARI leads 2-1; 2008 - ARI won 4-3; 2007 - ARI won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 50-31

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

NYY 5.54

FLA 4.51

SDP 3.67

RA/G

SFG 3.71

FLA 4.64

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .365

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .182

OBP

M. Ramirez .470

M. Cameron .362

R. Cedeno .232

SLG

A. Pujols .706

M. Byrd .465

N. Punto .241

OPS

A. Pujols 1.155

M. Cameron .823

A. Gonzalez .547

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

U. Jimenez 3.85

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

B. Tallet 6.77

J. Lannan 3.74

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Pirates Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
G/S/vB 49.Davis*
G/S/vB 52.Garland
G/S/vB 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 15.Haren
G/S/vB 48.Petit
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
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

36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 9/.583 ··· ··· 9/.778 3/.666 3/1.167 5/.200 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 96/69 .244/.271/.489/.760 .833/.731 .664 48/.782 1/0 5/1

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/141 .255/.327/.389/.717 .556/.744 .614 20/.255 1/0 3/2

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.333 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 83/54 .342/.398/.842/1.240 1.132/1.299 1.175 83/1.240 3/0 10/0

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 361/265 .264/.339/.384/.723 .798/.694 .730 81/.710 2/0 4/8

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/149 .294/.348/.455/.803 .903/.767 .854 99/.756 9/0 3/2

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 258/216 .257/.318/.401/.719 .778/.707 .615 55/.806 0/2 5/1

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.833 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 23/10 .200/.304/.300/.604 .508/.700 .600 16/.804 0/0 0/1

18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 14/13 .077/.143/.077/.220 .000/.237 .393 14/.220 0/0 0/0

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.000 38/1.288 ··· 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 12/.546 8/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 374/271 .303/.341/.452/.794 .831/.780 .795 63/.570 5/1 6/2

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 12/.633 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 148/123 .244/.358/.285/.643 .888/.594 .603 47/.704 1/0 1/2

2.Wilson G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.000 52/.814 3/1.667 ··· 12/.166 1/3.000 15/.846 5/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 276/201 .267/.300/.391/.692 .663/.702 .684 70/.524 2/1 4/7

48.Young# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 174/99 .318/.385/.433/.818 .719/.896 .784 60/.762 2/0 4/3

IP 100.1 33.0 124.1 122.1 46.2 143.0 43.1 40.2 43.1 22.0 17.1 32.2 25.1 TOTAL .261/.325/.400/.725 .701/.734 .683 .685 53/17 74/44

ERA-K/9

3.86/9.2

5.18/4.6

3.76/7.2

4.41/4.0

4.63/9.3

2.14/8.9

7.68/7.5

3.54/7.3

4.15/5.4

5.73/6.1

6.75/6.2

4.41/7.7

2.13/9.6

4.45/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.252 150/.268 514/.268 533/.286 203/.276 546/.194 206/.303 164/.261 183/.255 92/.241 85/.293 148/.276 113/.250 .266

OPS .745 .707 .755 .776 .720 .539 .946 .671 .723 .670 .896 .800 .661 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.763 67/.717 131/.793 268/.795 104/.804 259/.540 105/.883 83/.697 88/.676 46/.540 50/.788 67/.674 49/.803 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.722 83/.699 383/.743 265/.756 99/.634 287/.539 101/1.012 81/.644 95/.761 46/.808 35/1.064 81/.904 64/.554 .739

Home 221/.790 98/.798 290/.743 266/.894 107/.819 279/.493 145/1.018 83/.648 118/.712 50/.720 51/.650 88/1.001 46/.428

Last 28d days 94/.785 35/.706 99/.927 133/.668 38/.681 138/.548 88/.895 38/.427 33/.757 29/.831 26/1.227 27/.557 47/.918

HR/SB/CS 10/6/4 1/5/0 13/8/5 12/7/1 1/8/1 13/9/1 12/2/1 3/0/0 4/4/0 2/0/0 5/4/0 3/4/1 1/0/1 96/62/19

Usage ····X··· ·oX··X·· X····X·· ···X···· o·X·X·o· ··X····X ·X····X· X···o··o X·o·o·o· ·X···X·· ·X·o···· ·X···o·· ··o·X···

D'backs Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 27.Karstens
G/S/vB 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 37.Morton
G/S/vB 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 56.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

38.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/9 .176/.222/.176/.399 .222/.583 .473 13/.558 0/0 0/0

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 10/.900 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 325/249 .274/.343/.460/.802 .756/.816 .898 93/.988 3/1 7/5

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 246/207 .291/.357/.477/.834 .744/.851 .677 80/1.128 1/2 9/7

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 187/139 .215/.313/.285/.598 .425/.656 .733 32/.483 2/1 1/6

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 260/201 .263/.307/.400/.707 .377/.803 .845 90/.711 2/4 4/4

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 9/2.096 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/1.000 1/3.000 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 406/319 .276/.365/.549/.914 1.065/.875 .969 95/.902 18/7 25/16

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/78 .261/.353/.357/.710 .918/.561 .862 16/.905 4/0 1/3

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 50/42 .244/.320/.356/.676 .250/.763 .725 46/.661 1/0 0/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 9/.666 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.071 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 177/145 .234/.294/.411/.705 .679/.711 .874 47/.908 1/0 6/1

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/5.000 390/308 .290/.362/.526/.887 1.235/.798 .901 94/.615 13/3 18/7

29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 87/76 .211/.356/.310/.666 .384/.707 .633 18/.600 0/0 0/1

24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 4/.750 3/1.167 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 320/238 .200/.289/.368/.657 .865/.590 .695 69/.693 11/2 6/1

IP 26.0 32.0 40.1 139.1 44.1 40.1 82.1 122.1 39.2 32.2 117.2 9.0 TOTAL .249/.324/.410/.734 .753/.728 .788 .778 74/25 98/96

ERA-K/9

5.54/5.5

5.63/7.0

3.57/6.3

3.42/4.8

3.65/7.9

6.92/9.6

4.26/3.9

4.63/5.7

3.63/7.5

3.86/6.3

4.51/4.9

5.00/7.0

4.28/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.304 147/.313 166/.245 570/.266 197/.253 197/.333 348/.249 531/.282 157/.206 137/.270 471/.274 45/.226 .265

OPS .903 .889 .717 .719 .720 .887 .766 .735 .688 .741 .777 .896 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/1.013 72/1.020 76/.619 147/.727 57/.704 98/.924 163/.723 111/.519 61/.747 80/.838 235/.895 14/.540 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.811 75/.754 90/.801 423/.716 140/.726 99/.852 185/.801 420/.791 96/.651 57/.593 236/.658 31/1.043 .744

Road 37/1.093 51/.963 92/.848 280/.796 112/.794 65/1.000 195/.846 290/.807 80/.780 91/.814 232/.867 18/1.250

Last 28d days 94/.982 35/1.157 36/.672 144/.760 40/.693 34/.708 60/.515 101/.751 47/.679 112/.748 99/.742 10/1.025

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 6/5/0 5/1/0 13/5/4 4/3/1 3/3/1 10/8/1 7/12/2 2/4/2 2/3/1 14/8/6 2/0/0 83/67/22

Usage ····X··· ···X···o ·X···o·· ·X····X· ··ooo··X ·o·X··X· ··X··X·· ···X···· X·o·X·o· ··X····X X····X·· o·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.