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Game Preview: COL @ LAD, 3:40pm, Saturday, April 18, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Thursday, April 16, 2009. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Rockies, 4-5, 3rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (30, RHP, 0-0, 9.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			8.1	14	9	9	2	4	2	9.72
2008 (16-9)			211.1	236	102	93	48	96	13	3.96
2007 (8-7)			166.0	178	87	76	44	61	15	4.12

Last 7 GS		1-1	37.2	48	24	23	9	16	2	5.50	43
2009-04-12	PHI	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	87	47
2009-04-06	@ARI	ND	2.1	7	6	6	1	2	2	55	20
2008-09-20	ARI	ND	6.1	5	3	2	3	4	0	114	54
2008-09-14	LAD	ND	8.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	102	68
2008-09-09	@ATL	ND	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	91	44
2008-09-03	SFG	L	3.0	10	6	6	0	1	0	52	16
2008-08-29	@SDP	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	95	55

Last 5 v.LAD		2-2	36.1	40	14	12	6	18	2	2.97	54
2008-09-14	LAD	ND	8.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	102	68
2008-06-04	@LAD	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	114	71
2008-05-04	LAD	W	7.2	9	2	2	0	2	1	109	55
2007-04-19	LAD	L	6.0	6	5	3	4	4	0	105	44
2006-09-27	LAD	L	6.2	11	6	6	1	4	1	98	31

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @LAD  L   3-4        4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @CHC  W   5-2        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @CHC  L   0-4        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   PHI  L   5-7        3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   PHI  L   4-8        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   PHI  W  10-3        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @ARI  W   9-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  7  @ARI  W   3-0        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @ARI  L   8-9        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 4-5    Last 30: 4-5

Dodgers, 8-3, 1st, Tied

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 2-0, 2.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			13.0	7	3	3	4	15	0	2.08
2008 (16-10)			200.2	188	76	70	80	201	14	3.14
2007 (12-5)			147.0	131	56	54	64	141	15	3.31

Last 7 GS		6-0	43.0	43	15	14	14	43	3	2.93	56
2009-04-13	SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	11	0	106	74
2009-04-08	@SDP	W	6.0	2	2	2	4	4	0	94	60
2008-09-23	SDP	W	6.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	104	53
2008-09-17	@PIT	ND	4.2	8	7	6	2	5	2	90	25
2008-09-12	@COL	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	96	52
2008-09-06	ARI	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	9	0	97	73
2008-08-30	@ARI	W	7.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	112	55

Last 5 v.COL		1-2	26.2	28	13	13	14	23	5	4.39	49
2008-09-12	@COL	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	96	52
2008-08-20	COL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	4	6	1	114	56
2007-09-18	@COL	L	5.1	4	2	2	3	6	0	102	55
2007-08-18	COL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	84	42
2007-07-29	@COL	L	4.1	5	4	4	3	4	2	114	38

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

 Home:    4-0    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Fri, Apr 17   COL  W   4-3        8-3   1st    Tied
 10 Thu, Apr 16   SFG  W   7-2        7-3   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr 15   SFG  W   5-4        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13   SFG  W  11-1        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 12  @ARI  W   3-1        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 11  @ARI  W  11-2        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr 10  @ARI  L   4-9        2-3   5th  1.5 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  9  @SDP  L   3-4        2-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @SDP  W   5-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  7  @SDP  L   2-4        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-3    Last 30: 8-3

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 COL  1  LAD  0 (10)   W:Manuel Corpas (3-3), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 LAD  5 @COL  1        W:Clayton Kershaw (4-5), L: Jorge de la Rosa (8-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 LAD  7 @COL  2        W:Chad Billingsley (15-10), L: Jeff Francis (4-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 LAD  3  COL  1        W:Derek Lowe (10-10), L: Jorge de la Rosa (6-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (10)
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 COL  4 @LAD  3        W:Taylor Buchholz (6-3), L: Jonathan Broxton (3-5), S: Brian Fuentes (24)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 COL  8 @LAD  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11), L: Hiroki Kuroda (7-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 COL  5  LAD  3        W:Glendon Rusch (4-3), L: Hiroki Kuroda (5-7), S: Brian Fuentes (17)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 COL 10  LAD  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (6-9), L: Clayton Kershaw (0-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 LAD 16 @COL 10        W:Brian Falkenborg (2-2), L: Kip Wells (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 COL  2 @LAD  1        W:Aaron Cook (8-3), L: Clayton Kershaw (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (8)
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 1-0; 2008 - LAD won 10-8; 2007 - COL won 12-6; All-Time - LAD leads 141-109

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Rockies Batters (5.22 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 52.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 43.Ohman*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP 18/.289 ··· 17/.423 6/1.100 ··· 6/3.233 ··· 2/1.000 6/.500 664/507 .286/.328/.452/.780 1.014/.709 .661 35/.564 1/1 21/15

10.Baker G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 333/220 .268/.322/.468/.791 .926/.722 .647 9/.222 4/0 12/5

12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 417/296 .290/.322/.468/.790 .947/.726 .643 25/.820 13/4 11/10

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 27/16 .154/.185/.154/.339 .727/.063 .267 21/1.122 0/1 0/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 15/.929 ··· 13/1.524 8/1.089 ··· 1/2.000 8/.125 2/2.000 4/.750 569/432 .283/.381/.498/.879 .826/.897 .864 28/.815 2/2 25/9

17.Helton* G/S/vP 14/.929 ··· 8/1.232 4/1.167 ··· 12/1.283 7/.286 ··· 3/.666 361/276 .264/.391/.388/.779 .678/.809 .731 28/.490 0/0 7/3

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 407/308 .264/.390/.505/.895 .948/.878 .897 23/.540 0/0 18/0

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 234/185 .238/.288/.348/.635 .493/.672 .470 2/.000 0/0 2/4

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 123/111 .259/.350/.435/.785 .083/.863 .828 22/.864 1/0 4/1

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 275/178 .313/.407/.468/.875 .914/.852 .831 37/.697 7/4 6/2

9.Stewart* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 304/244 .259/.349/.455/.804 1.137/.719 .778 17/1.244 1/1 10/11

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 10/1.278 ··· 9/.222 3/1.000 ··· 5/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 261/196 .246/.293/.394/.687 .739/.669 .633 7/1.000 0/4 6/2

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 16/.946 ··· 7/.000 5/1.100 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 421/318 .263/.332/.401/.732 .946/.666 .758 32/1.029 1/6 8/8

IP 200.2 69.0 80.0 6.0 57.0 58.2 38.0 71.1 TOTAL .236/.319/.452/.771 .893/.721 .732 .771 2/3 13/2

ERA-K/9

3.14/9.0

/0.0

3.13/11.5

2.14/10.8

0.00/3.0

4.11/7.9

3.68/8.1

4.26/9.0

2.27/6.4

3.10/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (41-12-6)
Torrealba (45-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 859/.248 / 285/.217 323/.204 24/.227 244/.245 248/.230 160/.268 275/.202 .195 Hawpe
Smith
Fowler
Baker
Spilborghs
Barmes 0/0/133/9
8/9/14/1
0/9/1/1
0/0/3/0
22/17/22/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .687 .595 .566 .534 .725 .640 .717 .584 .574

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.761 / 126/.800 98/.557 18/.284 105/.850 114/.571 65/.704 116/.555 .556

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.621 / 159/.445 225/.569 6/1.400 139/.635 134/.700 95/.726 159/.606 .585

Home 421/.640 / 154/.495 141/.482 13/.641 129/.849 129/.622 76/.729 130/.451

Last 28d days 48/.415 30/.544 16/.263 14/.539 17/.873 16/.700 15/.833 17/.753 16/.938

HR/SB/CS 14/8/4 // 2/10/3 4/2/0 0/0/0 7/4/1 3/1/2 2/5/0 7/2/0 4/3/0

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Dodgers Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 46.Hammel
G/S/vB 32.Rusch*
G/S/vB 37.Speier
G/S/vB 16.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 17/.294 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 29/.731 ··· ··· 250/174 .218/.303/.296/.600 .780/.522 .623 4/1.000 0/2 3/3

23.Blake G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.416 8/.679 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .727 41/.754 3/0 21/16

Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 7/.629 ··· ··· 177/116 .193/.246/.267/.513 .538/.499 .492 0/ 0/0 2/5

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 16/1.214 12/.523 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .888 45/.915 6/3 20/2

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 29/.426 5/1.100 7/.334 8/.762 ··· 23/.685 ··· 2/no AB 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 .961 44/.661 8/3 5/4

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 35/.884 12/.781 14/.428 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 1/.000 455/312 .305/.367/.450/.817 .720/.862 .939 46/1.093 4/1 8/9

27.Kemp G/S/vP 16/1.001 7/.500 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 5/1.850 6/.334 ··· 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .822 39/1.010 35/11 18/3

7.Loney* G/S/vP 9/.444 9/1.556 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 5/.900 4/1.000 ··· 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .735 44/.760 7/4 13/13

5.Loretta G/S/vP 28/1.038 3/1.167 3/.333 2/.000 3/.333 23/.768 4/.250 2/1.000 297/180 .280/.350/.383/.733 .903/.629 .775 5/1.100 0/0 4/4

55.Martin G/S/vP 21/.199 10/.311 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 5/.800 1/.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .775 41/.603 18/6 13/14

26.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 334/281 .277/.374/.379/.753 .717/.760 .769 5/1.000 0/0 2/7

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 22/.838 8/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 14/.879 ··· ··· 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .618 6/.667 40/12 1/3

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.347 2/2.000 4/.500 4/1.417 6/.167 20/.544 ··· 5/.600 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.047 44/.832 3/0 37/3

IP 211.1 79.2 61.2 75.0 78.1 83.2 51.0 70.0 TOTAL .274/.372/.423/.795 1.015/.752 1.008 .795 10/2 9/3

ERA-K/9

3.96/4.1

4.52/5.6

4.96/8.3

3.00/8.3

4.60/5.1

5.16/5.9

4.06/5.8

3.73/8.9

4.50/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (19-5-4)
Martin (70-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 886/.287 346/.296 270/.253 323/.240 346/.272 367/.283 217/.272 287/.229 .277 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre 0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1

OPS .739 .777 .769 .673 .791 .784 .714 .670 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 474/.768 178/.734 92/.719 143/.742 158/.828 112/.637 95/.774 123/.709 .888

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.705 168/.820 178/.795 180/.621 188/.761 255/.852 122/.669 164/.643 .747

Road 440/.771 156/.799 127/.857 157/.690 203/.825 160/.840 115/.660 131/.668

Last 28d days 39/1.049 15/.733 7/.452 16/.783 15/1.250 17/1.223 16/.967 17/1.629

HR/SB/CS 13/5/8 7/2/0 8/6/1 2/4/2 11/11/1 10/3/0 3/6/2 6/6/3 11/2/3

Usage ·····X·· ··o··Xo· o····o·o X·o··oo· ······X· o···X··· ····X·o· o·o··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.