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Game Preview: SDP @ LAD, 10:10pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

Padres, 11-10, 2nd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Geer (26, RHP, 0-0, 4.91)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 11.0 13 7 6 0 5 1 4.91
2008 (2-1) 27.0 29 8 8 9 16 2 2.67
Last 7 GS 2-1 34.0 35 10 9 9 20 3 2.38 54
2009-04-19 @PHI ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 4 1 86 63
2008-09-26 PIT ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 2 1 63 59
2008-09-17 @COL L 5.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 107 55
2008-09-11 SFG W 7.0 9 2 2 0 2 0 88 53
2008-09-05 @MIL ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 2 0 106 44
2008-08-30 COL W 5.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 105 51
Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-4    Road:    5-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @COL  L   5-7       11-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @COL  W   4-3       11-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @COL  L   7-12      10-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   PIT  L   3-8       10-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   PIT  L   1-10      10-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24   PIT  W   4-3 (11)  10-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @SFG  L   0-1 (10)   9-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @SFG  L   3-8        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 19  @PHI  L   4-5        9-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 18  @PHI  W   8-5        9-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10
Dodgers, 14-8, 1st, 2½ up

SP: James McDonald (24, RHP, 1-1, 7.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 12.2 11 10 10 10 6 2 7.11
2008 (0-0) 6.0 5 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-1 11.2 10 10 10 10 6 2 7.71 41
2009-04-25 @COL W 5.0 4 5 5 4 2 1 92 37
2009-04-19 COL ND 4.1 4 0 0 3 2 0 96 54
2009-04-10 @ARI L 2.1 2 5 5 3 2 1 57 32
Has never faced SDP.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-0    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 13-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @SFG  L   4-9       14-8   1st  2.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @SFG  W   5-3       14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @SFG  L   4-5       13-7   1st  2.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26  @COL  L   4-10      13-6   1st  2.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25  @COL  W   6-5       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @COL  W   6-5       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23  @HOU  W   2-0       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @HOU  L   5-6       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @HOU  L   5-8       10-4   1st  1.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 19   COL  W  14-2       10-3   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 SDP  4  LAD  3        W:Cla Meredith (1-0), L: Cory Wade (0-1), S: Heath Bell (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 LAD  5 @SDP  2        W:Chad Billingsley (1-0), L: Edward Mujica (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 SDP  4  LAD  2        W:Chris Young (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-1), S: Heath Bell (1)
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 LAD  4 @SDP  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (1-0), L: Jake Peavy (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 SDP  7 @LAD  5        W:Jake Peavy (10-11), L: Eric Stults (2-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (29)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 LAD 12  SDP  4        W:Clayton Kershaw (5-5), L: Michael Ekstrom (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 LAD 10  SDP  1        W:Chad Billingsley (16-10), L: Wade LeBlanc (1-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 LAD  7 @SDP  2        W:Derek Lowe (13-11), L: Shawn Estes (2-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 LAD  6 @SDP  2        W:Joe Beimel (5-1), L: Heath Bell (6-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 SDP  4  LAD  0        W:Cha Seung Baek (5-10), L: Greg Maddux (7-12), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - LAD won 11-7; 2007 - SDP won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 349-326

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

BA

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.

Padres Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.McDonald
G/S/vB
54.Belisario
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
57.Elbert*
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
43.Ohman*
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 128/66 .292/.325/.392/.717 .771/.668 .644 26/.772 0/0 3/2
8.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 199/98 .194/.310/.273/.582 .642/.517 .624 15/.830 5/0 2/1
3.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 6/1.000 4/.500 ··· 376/268 .265/.343/.349/.692 .831/.634 .670 88/.824 2/1 2/9
33.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 356/288 .296/.351/.494/.845 .923/.826 .909 66/.729 6/4 14/2
24.Giles* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.111 2/1.000 9/.476 6/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 653/424 .306/.398/.456/.854 .800/.883 .891 89/.417 2/2 12/7
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 10/.686 2/.000 10/.633 3/.666 8/1.250 2/5.000 700/439 .279/.361/.510/.871 .675/.991 .946 91/1.150 0/0 36/6
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 353/211 .274/.329/.385/.713 .761/.682 .726 26/.632 1/3 7/5
12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 362/210 .248/.312/.479/.791 .896/.708 .723 45/1.201 3/1 17/2
7.Headley# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 368/245 .269/.337/.420/.757 .757/.756 .831 89/.701 4/1 9/6
4.Hundley G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 216/153 .237/.278/.359/.636 .597/.652 .614 59/.792 0/0 5/4
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.182 1/no AB 9/.958 3/1.000 3/.000 4/1.000 668/468 .260/.299/.433/.732 .661/.762 .803 85/.624 0/0 23/11
15.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/3.000 225/157 .287/.326/.351/.677 .554/.732 .692 61/.788 1/1 0/3
IP 6.0 69.0 6.0 80.0 57.0 58.2 38.0 TOTAL .258/.329/.426/.755 .662/.816 .791 .755 9/3 23/10
ERA-K/9 0.00/3.0 /0.0 3.13/11.5 12.00/12.0 2.14/10.8 4.11/7.9 3.68/8.1 4.26/9.0 4.26/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (12-10-3)
 Hundley (42-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.227 / 285/.217 31/.346 323/.204 244/.245 248/.230 160/.268 .234  Hairston
 Giles
 Headley
 Gerut
 Gonzalez
 Burke
49/51/0/4
0/2/144/3
82/0/0/2
0/80/9/2
2/0/3/1
18/0/9/1
OPS .534 .595 1.067 .566 .725 .640 .717 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.284 / 126/.800 14/1.000 98/.557 105/.850 114/.571 65/.704 .642
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.400 / 159/.445 17/1.126 225/.569 139/.635 134/.700 95/.726 .726
Home 13/.641 / 154/.495 13/.825 141/.482 129/.849 129/.622 76/.729
Last 28d days 60/.779 64/.665 37/.287 30/1.165 27/.836 39/.867 26/.671 49/.464
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 // 2/10/3 2/2/0 4/2/0 7/4/1 3/1/2 2/5/0 16/11/5
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·X ·X···XX· X··X···· o····X·· X··o···· ·o·o···· X···X···

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 (5.59 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Geer
G/S/vB
21.Bell
G/S/vB
29.Correia
G/S/vB
49.Gaudin
G/S/vB
57.Gregerson
G/S/vB
43.Meredith
G/S/vB
46.Moreno
G/S/vB
45.Mujica
G/S/vB
59.Perdomo
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 250/174 .218/.303/.296/.600 .780/.522 .623 14/1.038 0/2 3/3
23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 9/.555 14/.715 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .727 82/.803 3/0 21/16
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 177/116 .193/.246/.267/.513 .538/.499 .492 9/.472 0/0 2/5
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 421/319 .264/.344/.383/.728 .854/.689 .796 18/.399 3/0 9/10
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 10/.533 15/1.584 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .888 100/.976 6/3 20/2
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 9/.819 12/.432 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 .961 94/.643 8/3 5/4
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.089 12/.258 5/1.350 1/.000 5/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 455/312 .305/.367/.450/.817 .720/.862 .939 103/.913 4/1 8/9
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 13/.539 1/no AB 1/no AB 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .822 88/.977 35/11 18/3
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 12/.705 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .735 93/.825 7/4 13/13
5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/.400 10/.550 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 297/180 .280/.350/.383/.733 .903/.629 .775 20/1.000 0/0 4/4
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 11/.455 14/.297 ··· ··· 11/1.091 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .775 85/.588 18/6 13/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.000 18/.971 3/1.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .618 22/.905 40/12 1/3
99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/.762 14/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.047 94/1.089 3/0 37/3
IP 27.0 78.0 110.0 90.0 70.1 38.2 58.1 TOTAL .285/.380/.436/.816 .761/.832 1.052 .816 15/5 20/8
ERA-K/9 2.67/5.3 3.58/8.2 6.05/5.4 4.40/7.1 /0.0 4.09/6.3 /0.0 6.75/6.3 /0.0 4.32/6.8 4.77/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.269 324/.229 514/.310 382/.265 / 302/.290 / 168/.301 / 254/.238 .270  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1
OPS .704 .639 .857 .734 .736 .849 .681 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.462 174/.545 220/.829 180/.690 / 107/.839 / 75/.883 / 113/.622 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.899 150/.741 294/.877 202/.774 / 195/.681 / 93/.823 / 141/.727 .701
Road 46/.866 177/.712 259/.873 181/.744 / 160/.726 / 75/.814 / 122/.653
Last 28d days 45/.801 30/.450 92/.716 21/.510 51/.635 36/.889 60/.744 40/.782 35/.766 32/1.012
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 5/10/2 15/4/7 11/1/3 // 6/12/1 // 5/0/1 // 6/4/0 19/25/4
Usage ····X··· ·X···o·· X····X·· ·X······ ·oo··o·X o··X·X·· X·X··X·X ·o·X·o·· o·XXo··· ·XX·····

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.