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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, August 23, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

D'backs, 54-70, 4th, 20 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Garland (29, RHP, 6-11, 4.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-11)			154.2	173	86	76	50	74	17	4.42
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		1-3	45.1	49	26	21	10	30	7	4.17	50
2009-08-18	@PHI	L	5.1	11	5	5	2	3	2	89	27
2009-08-12	NYM	ND	6.0	6	3	2	2	7	0	107	55
2009-08-07	@WSN	ND	6.0	8	5	4	1	5	1	111	42
2009-08-02	@NYM	W	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	106	67
2009-07-27	PHI	L	6.0	5	6	3	2	2	1	106	44
2009-07-22	@COL	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	102	58
2009-07-17	@STL	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	2	101	55

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	19.0	22	9	9	7	8	2	4.26	47
2009-06-13	HOU	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	98	54
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:   28-35   Road:   26-35   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  42-46   vsLHP:  12-24   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 20-24 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
118 Sun, Aug 16   LAD  L   3-9       54-64  4th 16.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15   LAD  W   4-3 (10)  54-63  4th 15.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14   LAD  W   4-1       53-63  4th 16.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug 12   NYM  L   4-6       52-63  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Astros, 61-62, 3rd, 9 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (24, RHP, 3-1, 4.05)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-1)			26.2	27	13	12	12	26	4	4.05

Last 7 GS		3-1	23.2	24	12	11	11	22	4	4.18	51
2009-08-18	FLA	L	5.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	95	34
2009-08-12	@FLA	W	5.0	10	5	4	1	6	1	98	34
2009-08-07	MIL	W	6.0	3	2	2	5	7	1	105	60
2009-08-02	@STL	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	91	74

Has never faced ARI.

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

 Home:   35-29   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  49-47   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:25-32   vsWest: 21-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
117 Sat, Aug 15  @MIL  L   2-6       56-61  4th  9.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @MIL  L   2-11      56-60  4th  8.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13  @FLA  L   2-9       56-59  4th  7.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @FLA  W  14-6       56-58  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - HOU leads 4-1; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 5-2; All-Time - ARI leads 44-38

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 5.74

DET 4.60

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.66

NYM 4.65

WSN 5.39

J. Mauer .378

G. Beckham .292

A. Casilla .187

OBP

J. Mauer .448

E. Cabrera .363

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .664

P. Konerko .479

A. Casilla .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.104

B. Butler .842

A. Casilla .509

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.27

D. Braden 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.47

D. Davis 6.84

J. Lannan 3.79

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D'backs Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 50.Arias
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 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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/1.666 21/.881 ··· 7/1.143 1/2.000 439/326 .262/.324/.449/.773 .623/.826 .688 110/.657 4/1 11/8

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 12/.523 ··· ··· 2/.000 330/273 .291/.345/.490/.835 .737/.855 .893 80/.800 1/2 12/8

16.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .278/.286/.537/.823 .389/1.037 .767 57/.823 2/1 3/1

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 243/174 .232/.338/.320/.658 .527/.707 .573 53/.785 2/1 1/6

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 368/278 .284/.319/.412/.731 .450/.823 .645 104/.791 5/5 5/5

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 12/.450 ··· 5/1.267 2/.000 514/393 .282/.372/.596/.967 .916/.978 .990 104/1.174 21/7 38/21

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 218/124 .274/.359/.421/.780 .952/.648 .717 84/.889 6/1 5/5

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 115/94 .274/.330/.358/.689 .538/.723 .720 62/.734 2/0 0/1

4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/5 .333/.429/.722/1.151 1.207/1.000 .250 21/1.151 0/0 1/0

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.166 8/1.232 ··· 8/.393 ··· 199/124 .202/.333/.356/.689 .713/.673 .687 34/.477 0/0 6/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 10/1.000 26/.523 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 244/194 .240/.295/.380/.675 .531/.712 .542 63/.639 1/0 6/2

29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 133/104 .194/.346/.287/.633 .553/.656 .608 45/.583 0/0 1/1

IP 26.2 44.2 10.0 46.0 59.1 5.1 48.2 119.0 155.0 59.1 155.2 39.0 TOTAL .252/.325/.419/.744 .730/.748 .693 .772 88/30 133/123

ERA-K/9

4.05/8.8

3.43/7.4

4.50/5.4

3.13/8.6

3.64/6.5

1.69/10.2

2.03/6.5

5.29/5.7

3.83/6.7

7.28/8.0

2.89/8.2

2.31/10.2

4.49/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.262 204/.269 49/.231 186/.178 244/.240 18/.188 193/.241 508/.299 636/.253 282/.340 642/.244 160/.220 .273

OPS .754 .707 .657 .641 .695 .653 .649 .848 .714 .962 .701 .671 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.446 86/.760 20/.635 84/.754 112/.713 5/1.850 93/.518 263/.737 308/.732 117/1.216 127/.532 73/.866 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.987 118/.668 29/.665 102/.550 132/.680 13/.237 100/.769 245/.966 328/.697 165/.786 515/.744 87/.506 .787

Home 53/.888 111/.724 35/.923 87/.729 123/.664 8/.821 107/.674 259/.864 294/.740 177/.849 325/.604 91/.650

Last 28d days 120/.754 59/1.076 49/.657 45/.438 72/.755 18/.653 20/.206 129/.870 83/.752 24/1.022 128/.747 60/.693

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 7/1/3 5/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/3 16/8/3 17/2/1 13/1/0 18/1/2 5/4/3 136/50/21

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

Astros Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Garland
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
G/S/vB 49.Davis*
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 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB 46.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/1.158 1/.000 47/.961 1/no AB 12/.788 7/.858 3/.000 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 409/306 .280/.413/.527/.941 .644/1.051 .944 38/1.022 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 10/1.267 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 341/314 .260/.326/.391/.717 1.047/.689 .813 91/.703 0/1 9/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/2.083 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/.536 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 512/408 .290/.366/.407/.773 .739/.782 .745 99/.824 46/10 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/129 .235/.319/.346/.664 .711/.645 .819 39/.397 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 28/.837 1/2.000 17/.607 1/2.000 10/.400 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/112 .220/.301/.376/.677 .333/.717 .726 22/1.369 0/2 2/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 4/.000 6/1.167 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 266/178 .268/.342/.390/.732 .880/.655 .626 54/.681 0/2 3/6

45.Lee G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 16/1.163 ··· 9/1.083 3/.333 6/.334 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 502/397 .310/.359/.511/.869 .983/.840 .972 109/.977 3/2 21/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.730 ··· 8/.250 4/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 385/306 .235/.288/.320/.608 .788/.564 .639 99/.526 12/3 5/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/47 .304/.350/.393/.743 .619/.784 .481 0/ 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/2.000 8/.833 1/3.000 13/.718 ··· 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 118/70 .229/.288/.431/.719 .736/.708 .863 29/1.129 1/1 3/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 7/.000 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 494/397 .285/.348/.475/.824 .852/.816 .846 100/.815 14/8 19/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/96 .241/.292/.357/.649 .900/.584 .658 30/.933 0/0 2/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 27/1.136 1/.000 19/.868 2/.000 25/.613 6/.000 ··· 8/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 521/411 .307/.336/.440/.776 .766/.778 .812 106/.595 4/2 10/16

IP 154.2 43.2 155.1 54.2 174.0 71.1 49.1 52.1 29.2 133.1 8.1 43.0 37.2 TOTAL .266/.326/.408/.734 .775/.723 .755 .729 87/35 106/72

ERA-K/9

4.42/4.3

4.33/4.7

3.77/6.8

4.45/8.9

2.74/8.6

6.06/7.4

3.47/7.8

3.78/5.5

5.16/6.7

4.12/9.6

7.56/11.9

3.56/7.5

2.87/9.3

4.34/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 674/.286 194/.260 671/.255 240/.263 681/.209 324/.280 205/.255 225/.267 121/.218 564/.259 42/.250 186/.245 159/.250 .263

OPS .786 .683 .745 .699 .603 .855 .667 .720 .620 .754 .790 .717 .672 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 350/.752 93/.654 160/.780 118/.780 343/.639 165/.843 104/.730 111/.701 60/.500 319/.765 18/1.196 85/.619 68/.781 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.823 101/.709 511/.734 122/.621 338/.567 159/.869 101/.602 114/.736 61/.744 245/.740 24/.533 101/.798 91/.592 .735

Road 355/.725 78/.560 302/.771 117/.685 347/.678 135/.674 93/.658 87/.654 61/.612 289/.756 23/.935 83/.497 97/.812

Last 28d days 141/.822 44/.613 133/.722 34/.649 135/.869 118/.703 36/.690 37/.694 29/.466 125/.785 20/.974 38/.388 46/.698

HR/SB/CS 17/7/2 1/6/0 17/9/6 2/9/1 21/13/2 16/6/1 4/2/0 4/5/0 3/0/0 13/8/5 1/0/0 3/6/1 2/0/1 125/83/23

Usage ····X··· ···o·XX· ··X····X ·X·o···o ···X···· ·X····X· ··o····X ·o··o··· ··X·o·X· X····X·· ··X·o·X· X·X··X·X X··X·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.