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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, August 30, 2009 @Chase Field

Astros, 62-67, 4th, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 12-8, 2.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-8)			162.2	144	59	51	54	148	18	2.82
2008 (9-7)			137.1	136	65	54	44	131	14	3.54
2007 (9-13)			182.2	179	102	93	62	158	22	4.58

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.0	35	15	14	12	36	6	2.86	59
2009-08-25	@STL	L	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	93	72
2009-08-20	FLA	W	8.0	4	1	0	2	7	0	103	77
2009-08-14	@MIL	L	4.0	10	10	10	5	4	3	105	1
2009-08-09	MIL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	116	68
2009-08-01	@STL	ND	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	53	56
2009-07-27	@CHC	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	101	66
2009-07-21	STL	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	104	70

Last 5 v.ARI		2-3	24.1	25	19	15	12	20	3	5.55	45
2008-08-15	ARI	L	2.1	3	4	4	6	4	0	77	33
2007-05-24	@ARI	L	5.0	9	8	5	0	3	0	82	26
2007-05-13	ARI	W	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	93	56
2006-04-15	@ARI	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	103	76
2005-08-04	@ARI	L	5.0	6	6	5	3	4	2	87	34

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   27-37   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  50-52   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:26-34   vsWest: 21-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 29  @ARI  L   0-9       62-67  4th 13.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @ARI  L   7-14      62-66  3rd 12.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

D'backs, 58-72, 4th, 19 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Danny Haren (28, RHP, 12-8, 2.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-8)			181.0	141	58	55	27	173	22	2.73
2008 (16-8)			216.0	204	86	80	40	206	19	3.33
2007 (15-9)			222.2	214	91	76	55	192	24	3.07

Last 7 GS		2-3	43.0	48	26	25	9	36	10	5.23	48
2009-08-25	@SFG	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	105	62
2009-08-19	@PHI	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	3	90	30
2009-08-14	LAD	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	106	72
2009-08-08	@WSN	L	6.0	7	5	5	0	4	2	89	42
2009-08-03	@NYM	W	7.0	8	5	5	1	3	1	92	43
2009-07-28	PHI	L	5.0	4	3	2	3	5	1	117	51
2009-07-23	PIT	ND	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	98	38

Last 5 v.HOU		2-2	25.1	18	10	10	5	20	1	3.55	58
2009-06-12	HOU	W	9.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	112	84
2008-04-28	HOU	W	7.2	5	3	3	1	5	0	103	61
2004-09-28	@HOU	L	5.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	80	52
2003-09-14	@HOU	L	3.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	65	36

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

 Home:   30-35   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  46-47   vsLHP:  12-25   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest: 21-26 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 29   HOU  W   9-0       58-72  4th 19.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28   HOU  W  14-7       57-72  4th 19.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 ARI 14  HOU  7        W:Max Scherzer (8-8), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; All-Time - ARI leads 47-38

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

DET 4.61

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.78

NYM 4.66

WSN 5.43

J. Mauer .372

A. Callaspo .290

B. Schneider .179

OBP

J. Mauer .441

H. Matsui .362

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .666

J. Dye .479

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

J. Rivera .837

B. Giles .548

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

J. Lannan 3.95

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.68

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Astros Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Haren
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
G/S/vB 49.Davis*
G/S/vB 52.Garland
G/S/vB 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 48.Petit
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB 39.Scherzer
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 12/.788 1/.000 47/.961 12/1.117 2/no AB 7/.858 4/.500 1/.000 7/.619 ··· 2/.000 435/329 .276/.407/.513/.920 .625/1.024 .899 64/.851 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 10/1.267 6/.167 1/.000 7/.143 4/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 353/326 .259/.323/.389/.712 1.047/.685 .614 72/.717 0/1 9/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 ··· 8/1.625 2/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 539/434 .291/.364/.406/.770 .731/.780 .793 93/.821 46/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 193/138 .234/.318/.339/.657 .697/.641 .527 28/.399 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 17/.607 28/.837 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/120 .214/.290/.368/.658 .333/.693 .608 30/1.073 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 280/192 .262/.336/.402/.737 .880/.669 .841 54/.638 0/2 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.083 2/1.000 16/1.163 8/.250 1/.000 3/.333 7/.286 1/.000 7/.486 1/2.000 ··· 527/422 .310/.357/.503/.860 .983/.830 .750 103/.850 3/2 21/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 9/.730 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 7/1.429 1/.000 1/.000 407/327 .245/.295/.341/.636 .778/.604 .618 94/.600 13/3 5/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/51 .305/.349/.390/.739 .619/.776 .940 4/.667 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 13/.718 1/2.000 8/.833 9/1.431 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 123/75 .228/.285/.447/.732 .736/.729 .581 28/1.135 1/1 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 7/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 2/4.000 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 512/415 .280/.342/.472/.814 .852/.804 .799 88/.791 14/8 20/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/4.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 130/106 .240/.292/.380/.672 .900/.619 .581 31/.826 0/0 3/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 25/.613 1/.000 19/.868 30/1.088 3/.000 6/.000 1/3.000 ··· 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 544/433 .303/.333/.432/.765 .759/.767 .710 97/.509 4/2 10/17

IP 181.0 45.2 163.0 167.2 56.2 77.1 50.2 31.2 139.1 44.0 39.2 TOTAL .264/.324/.407/.731 .768/.722 .706 .711 88/35 111/73

ERA-K/9

2.73/8.6

4.14/4.9

3.75/6.8

4.29/4.5

4.29/8.7

5.59/7.5

3.73/7.8

5.12/7.1

4.26/9.7

3.48/7.6

2.72/9.1

4.34/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 710/.210 197/.256 701/.250 702/.290 248/.259 349/.273 212/.261 129/.212 614/.261 194/.246 168/.234 .262

OPS .607 .672 .736 .799 .689 .827 .693 .622 .761 .707 .633 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 360/.629 94/.646 163/.778 363/.753 121/.789 179/.823 107/.729 64/.468 339/.790 89/.589 72/.733 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.585 103/.694 538/.723 339/.849 127/.595 170/.830 105/.657 65/.780 275/.726 105/.807 96/.559 .734

Home 334/.525 116/.767 369/.724 319/.854 127/.704 189/.984 112/.675 68/.630 301/.762 103/.898 62/.460

Last 28d days 140/.858 32/.623 136/.649 142/.905 30/.811 120/.702 31/.909 34/.550 129/.881 39/.459 38/.405

HR/SB/CS 22/13/2 1/6/0 18/9/6 19/8/2 2/9/1 16/6/1 5/2/0 4/0/0 14/8/5 3/6/1 2/0/1 133/84/23

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

D'backs Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 58.Bazardo
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 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 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 23/21 .333/.391/.571/.963 .000/1.060 1.800 23/.963 0/0 1/1

6.Drew* G/S/vP 7/1.143 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/1.666 ··· 21/.881 ··· 1/2.000 458/341 .265/.328/.455/.783 .600/.846 .862 106/.740 4/1 11/10

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 12/.523 2/.000 2/.000 355/292 .293/.348/.494/.842 .709/.871 .798 88/.900 1/2 13/8

16.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 71/52 .250/.257/.471/.728 .368/.866 .856 71/.728 3/1 3/1

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 261/187 .236/.335/.327/.662 .535/.711 .739 63/.778 3/1 1/8

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 394/300 .288/.323/.414/.737 .475/.820 .842 107/.750 5/5 5/5

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 5/1.267 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.700 ··· 12/.450 ··· 2/.000 527/406 .282/.372/.594/.966 .916/.977 .939 90/1.092 21/7 40/21

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 247/148 .294/.382/.444/.826 .956/.736 .854 88/.990 6/2 6/5

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/no AB 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 137/112 .270/.328/.373/.701 .532/.740 .692 81/.754 2/0 1/1

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 8/.393 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.958 ··· 8/1.232 ··· ··· 202/127 .200/.333/.352/.685 .713/.667 .691 27/.353 0/0 6/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 10/1.000 2/2.000 26/.523 1/.000 1/2.000 256/205 .237/.293/.371/.664 .520/.699 .800 64/.661 1/0 6/2

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 455/354 .304/.378/.542/.920 1.291/.817 .964 34/.845 16/4 21/8

IP 162.2 12.0 47.2 63.1 8.1 50.2 125.0 32.2 161.0 64.2 41.0 TOTAL .254/.327/.422/.749 .726/.756 .801 .786 91/31 139/130

ERA-K/9

2.82/8.2

9.75/4.5

3.02/8.5

3.55/6.8

1.08/8.7

1.95/6.6

5.26/5.5

6.61/8.3

3.86/6.7

6.96/8.1

2.20/10.1

4.53/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.239 64/.340 197/.175 259/.245 30/.143 203/.234 556/.296 132/.295 666/.259 295/.332 168/.216 .274

OPS .687 .888 .633 .699 .450 .626 .834 .820 .723 .934 .658 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.523 28/.910 92/.697 122/.714 9/.958 103/.485 280/.731 62/.543 319/.730 128/1.136 75/.841 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 538/.727 36/.871 105/.578 137/.685 21/.243 100/.769 276/.938 70/1.049 347/.717 167/.781 93/.508 .789

Road 342/.767 29/.845 102/.560 126/.707 18/.399 92/.575 273/.823 67/.652 372/.709 105/1.162 77/.666

Last 28d days 110/.657 64/.888 41/.425 54/.831 30/.450 27/.188 125/.807 119/.837 108/.813 37/.775 52/.594

HR/SB/CS 18/1/2 0/0/0 7/2/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/3 17/9/3 4/1/0 17/2/1 13/1/0 5/5/3 140/53/21

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

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.