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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 9:40pm, Friday, August 28, 2009 @Chase Field

Astros, 62-65, 3rd, 11 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Yorman Bazardo (24, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			10.0	9	7	5	8	6	0	4.50
2008 (0-0)			3.0	7	8	8	5	3	0	24.00
2007 (2-1)			23.2	19	7	6	5	15	2	2.28

Last 7 GS		1-0	16.1	16	4	4	9	8	0	2.20	52
2009-08-19	FLA	ND	4.2	6	2	2	4	1	0	95	41
2007-09-25	MIN	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	98	67
2007-09-15	@MIN	ND	4.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	87	48

Has never faced ARI.

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   27-35   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  50-50   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:26-34   vsWest: 21-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 27  @STL  W   4-3       62-65  3rd 11.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @STL  L   2-3       61-65  3rd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @STL  L   0-1       61-64  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   ARI  L   5-7       61-63  3rd 10.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   ARI  W   4-2       61-62  3rd  9.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   ARI  W   1-0       60-62  3rd  9.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   FLA  W   4-1       59-62  3rd 10.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   FLA  W   6-3       58-62  3rd 10.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   FLA  L   2-6       57-62  4th 10.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @MIL  W   8-5       57-61  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

D'backs, 56-72, 4th, 20 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 7-8, 4.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			133.1	137	75	61	49	142	13	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		2-2	37.0	46	28	22	10	45	4	5.35	46
2009-08-22	@HOU	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	7	0	101	42
2009-08-17	@ATL	L	5.0	6	9	3	1	7	2	93	37
2009-08-11	NYM	W	6.2	8	2	2	0	8	1	118	58
2009-08-06	@PIT	ND	5.1	7	5	5	4	5	0	100	35
2009-08-01	@NYM	ND	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	86	36
2009-07-26	PIT	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	109	75
2009-07-21	@COL	ND	4.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	95	37

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	5.0	7	4	4	2	7	0	7.20	42
2009-08-22	@HOU	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	7	0	101	42

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

 Home:   28-35   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  44-47   vsLHP:  12-25   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:15-17   vsWest: 21-26 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 27  @SFG  W  11-0       56-72  4th 20.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @SFG  L   3-4       55-72  4th 20.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @SFG  L   4-5       55-71  4th 19.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 23  @HOU  W   7-5       55-70  4th 19.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 22  @HOU  L   2-4       54-70  4th 20.0 gb
123 Fri, Aug 21  @HOU  L   0-1       54-69  4th 19.0 gb
122 Thu, Aug 20  @PHI  L   3-12      54-68  4th 18.0 gb
121 Wed, Aug 19  @PHI  L   1-8       54-67  4th 17.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 18  @PHI  L   1-5       54-66  4th 17.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 17  @ATL  L   4-9       54-65  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 ARI  7 @HOU  5        W:Jon Garland (7-11), L: Bud Norris (3-2), S: Chad Qualls (23)
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 HOU  4  ARI  2        W:Brian Moehler (8-9), L: Max Scherzer (7-8), S: LaTroy Hawkins (11)
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 HOU  1  ARI  0        W:Roy Oswalt (7-4), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-8), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 HOU  8 @ARI  3        W:Brian Moehler (3-4), L: Billy Buckner (2-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 4-2; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; All-Time - ARI leads 45-38

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

LAA 5.70

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.76

NYM 4.67

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .373

C. Gonzalez .290

B. Schneider .179

OBP

J. Mauer .442

G. Beckham .363

R. Cedeno .237

SLG

A. Pujols .666

J. Dye .479

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.107

C. McGehee .838

R. Andino .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

C. Lee 6.84

J. Lannan 3.75

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Astros Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.79 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 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 4/.250 1/.000 47/.961 12/1.117 2/no AB 12/.788 7/.858 4/.500 10/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 426/321 .281/.413/.520/.934 .631/1.042 .926 55/.943 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 10/1.267 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 7/.143 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 353/326 .259/.323/.389/.712 1.047/.685 .614 81/.677 0/1 9/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 8/1.625 1/no AB 8/.536 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 529/424 .292/.366/.409/.775 .731/.786 .803 91/.848 46/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 189/134 .226/.309/.333/.642 .697/.619 .492 31/.295 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 17/.607 28/.837 1/2.000 10/.400 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/115 .214/.294/.366/.660 .333/.697 .608 25/1.180 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 4/.000 6/1.167 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 270/182 .264/.337/.383/.720 .880/.639 .814 44/.517 0/2 4/6

45.Lee G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.000 16/1.163 8/.250 1/.000 9/1.083 3/.333 7/.286 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 519/414 .313/.360/.510/.870 .983/.841 .766 104/.943 3/2 21/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 9/.730 3/.666 ··· 8/.250 4/.000 3/.000 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 399/319 .238/.289/.325/.614 .778/.575 .572 95/.510 13/3 5/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/48 .316/.361/.404/.764 .619/.811 1.005 1/2.000 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 8/.833 9/1.431 1/3.000 13/.718 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 123/75 .228/.285/.447/.732 .736/.729 .581 29/1.095 1/1 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 507/410 .279/.341/.464/.805 .852/.794 .781 91/.723 14/8 19/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/4.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 126/102 .248/.302/.393/.695 .900/.644 .619 30/1.067 0/0 3/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 19/.868 30/1.088 3/.000 25/.613 6/.000 1/3.000 8/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 537/426 .305/.333/.436/.769 .759/.772 .716 99/.506 4/2 10/17

IP 133.1 44.2 163.0 160.2 55.2 181.0 77.1 50.2 54.1 29.2 44.0 38.2 TOTAL .265/.325/.406/.731 .769/.721 .704 .705 88/35 108/72

ERA-K/9

4.12/9.6

4.23/4.8

3.75/6.8

4.48/4.4

4.37/8.9

2.73/8.6

5.59/7.5

3.73/7.8

4.14/5.8

5.16/6.7

3.48/7.6

2.79/9.1

4.36/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.262 194/.260 701/.250 702/.290 244/.259 710/.210 324/.280 212/.261 235/.266 121/.218 190/.245 165/.239 .263

OPS .756 .683 .736 .799 .692 .607 .855 .693 .736 .620 .712 .645 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.775 93/.654 163/.778 363/.753 120/.777 360/.629 165/.843 107/.729 117/.762 60/.500 87/.603 70/.756 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.733 101/.709 538/.723 339/.849 124/.610 350/.585 159/.869 105/.657 118/.710 61/.744 103/.803 95/.565 .737

Home 275/.752 116/.767 369/.724 319/.854 123/.712 334/.525 189/.984 112/.675 138/.761 60/.629 103/.898 62/.460

Last 28d days 123/.882 38/.714 163/.687 142/.905 29/.768 140/.858 95/.766 34/.825 42/.779 26/.522 39/.434 42/.619

HR/SB/CS 13/8/5 1/6/0 18/9/6 19/8/2 2/9/1 22/13/2 16/6/1 5/2/0 5/5/0 3/0/0 3/6/1 2/0/1 131/84/23

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

D'backs Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 20.Norris
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 13/11 .167/.231/.167/.397 .000/.473 13/.397 0/0 1/1

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/1.666 ··· 21/.881 ··· 7/1.143 1/2.000 448/331 .261/.324/.447/.772 .600/.833 .856 101/.649 4/1 11/8

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/2.000 12/.523 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 345/282 .289/.344/.479/.823 .709/.849 .770 83/.838 1/2 12/8

16.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 65/46 .258/.266/.500/.766 .368/.939 .891 65/.766 3/1 3/1

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 260/186 .237/.336/.329/.665 .535/.715 .739 66/.818 3/1 1/8

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· 385/291 .283/.320/.406/.726 .475/.809 .844 107/.706 5/5 5/5

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.700 ··· 12/.450 ··· 5/1.267 2/.000 518/397 .280/.371/.592/.962 .916/.972 .944 90/1.164 21/7 39/21

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 237/138 .296/.381/.451/.833 .956/.741 .843 87/.997 6/2 6/5

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/no AB 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 132/107 .273/.333/.355/.689 .532/.726 .636 79/.724 2/0 0/1

4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/9 .304/.429/.609/1.037 1.207/.708 1.622 28/1.037 0/0 1/0

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.958 ··· 8/1.232 ··· 8/.393 ··· 202/127 .200/.333/.352/.685 .713/.667 .691 32/.365 0/0 6/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 10/1.000 2/2.000 26/.523 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 255/204 .238/.294/.372/.666 .520/.703 .800 69/.631 1/0 6/2

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 445/344 .301/.375/.542/.917 1.291/.810 .961 33/.877 16/4 20/8

IP 10.0 45.2 47.0 62.1 7.1 49.2 125.0 27.2 161.0 63.1 162.2 41.0 TOTAL .252/.325/.416/.742 .726/.747 .793 .753 90/31 134/126

ERA-K/9

4.50/5.4

3.35/7.7

3.06/8.6

3.61/6.6

1.23/7.4

1.99/6.5

5.26/5.5

5.86/8.8

3.86/6.7

6.82/8.0

2.82/8.2

2.20/10.1

4.46/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 49/.231 209/.272 196/.176 258/.246 24/.136 200/.238 532/.298 132/.295 666/.259 295/.332 667/.239 160/.220 .273

OPS .657 .715 .636 .702 .481 .635 .839 .820 .723 .934 .687 .671 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.635 89/.770 91/.705 121/.721 9/.958 100/.500 274/.741 62/.543 319/.730 128/1.136 129/.523 73/.866 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.665 120/.674 105/.578 137/.685 15/.205 100/.769 258/.944 70/1.049 347/.717 167/.781 538/.727 87/.506 .786

Road 14/.071 93/.686 101/.566 125/.713 12/.432 89/.595 249/.832 67/.652 372/.709 105/1.162 342/.767 69/.698

Last 28d days 49/.657 46/1.131 40/.437 66/.823 24/.481 24/.212 128/.818 119/.837 108/.813 37/.775 126/.654 49/.719

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/3/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/3 16/9/3 4/1/0 17/2/1 13/1/0 18/1/2 5/4/3 136/52/21

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

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.