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Game Preview: ARI @ LAD, 10:10pm, Thursday, September 3, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

D'backs, 61-73, 4th, 18 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (25, RHP, 2-5, 8.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			40.2	57	39	39	15	33	10	8.63
2008 (1-0)			14.0	16	5	5	4	11	3	3.21
2007 (1-2)			34.0	37	20	20	16	17	5	5.29

Last 7 GS		2-5	36.2	50	32	32	11	30	8	7.85	39
2009-06-26	LAA	L	1.2	7	8	8	1	0	1	48	8
2009-06-20	@SEA	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	7	1	100	43
2009-06-14	HOU	L	5.0	5	6	6	3	5	2	84	35
2009-06-09	SFG	L	5.2	13	8	8	0	5	2	93	16
2009-06-01	@LAD	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	92	67
2009-05-27	SDP	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	1	95	37
2009-05-22	@OAK	W	7.1	5	1	1	2	3	1	94	65

Last 5 v.LAD		1-0	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0.00	67
2009-06-01	@LAD	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	92	67

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

 Home:   31-35   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  47-48   vsLHP:  14-25   1-Run:  19-23
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 23-27 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Sep  2  @LAD  W   4-1       61-73  4th 18.0 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1  @LAD  L   3-4       60-73  4th 19.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31  @LAD  W   5-3 (10)  60-72  4th 18.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30   HOU  W   4-3       59-72  4th 19.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Dodgers, 79-55, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Jon Garland (29, RHP, 8-11, 4.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-11)			167.2	188	90	80	52	83	19	4.29
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		3-2	45.1	52	25	20	9	28	7	3.97	49
2009-08-29	HOU	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	106	71
2009-08-23	@HOU	W	6.0	10	4	4	1	4	2	107	39
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

Last 5 v.ARI		1-1	10.0	16	13	13	4	6	5	11.70	26
2005-06-15	ARI	W	6.0	6	6	6	3	4	3	94	37
2003-06-04	@ARI	L	4.0	10	7	7	1	2	2	86	15

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

 Home:   41-27   Road:   38-28   ExtrInn:11-9 
 vsRHP:  56-41   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  25-17
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 36-18 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Sep  2   ARI  L   1-4       79-55  1st  4.5 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   ARI  W   4-3       79-54  1st  5.5 up
132 Mon, Aug 31   ARI  L   3-5 (10)  78-54  1st  5.5 up
131 Sun, Aug 30  @CIN  W   3-2 (12)  78-53  1st  6.0 up
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CIN  W  11-4       77-53  1st  5.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CIN  L   2-4       76-53  1st  4.0 up
128 Thu, Aug 27  @COL  W   3-2       76-52  1st  4.0 up
127 Wed, Aug 26  @COL  W   6-1       75-52  1st  3.0 up
126 Tue, Aug 25  @COL  L   4-5 (10)  74-52  1st  2.0 up
125 Sun, Aug 23   CHC  L   1-3       74-51  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 LAD  4  ARI  3        W:Ronald Belisario (3-3), L: Leo Rosales (1-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (30)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 ARI  5 @LAD  3 (10)   W:Esmerling Vasquez (3-2), L: James McDonald (4-4), S: Juan Gutierrez (2)
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 LAD  9 @ARI  3        W:Randy Wolf (7-6), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 ARI  4  LAD  3 (10)   W:Chad Qualls (2-1), L: Ramon Troncoso (4-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 ARI  4  LAD  1        W:Danny Haren (12-7), L: Clayton Kershaw (8-7), S: Chad Qualls (22)
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 LAD  1  ARI  0        W:Chad Billingsley (7-3), L: Jon Garland (4-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (13)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 LAD  6  ARI  5        W:Jeff Weaver (3-1), L: Daniel Schlereth (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (12)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 ARI  3 @LAD  2        W:Billy Buckner (2-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-1), S: Tony Pena (1)
Tue, May 05, 2009 LAD  3  ARI  1        W:Jeff Weaver (1-0), L: Max Scherzer (0-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (8)
Mon, May 04, 2009 LAD  7  ARI  2        W:Eric Stults (3-1), L: Doug Davis (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 8-6; 2008 - LAD won 10-8; 2007 - LAD won 10-8; All-Time - LAD leads 107-93

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

ARI 4.55

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.70

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .367

D. Young .290

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .444

R. Hanigan .362

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .673

T. Hafner .482

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.117

J. Rivera .839

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

D. Braden 3.89

R. Nolasco 5.30

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

R. Wolf 6.89

J. Lannan 3.68

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D'backs Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Garland
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 37.Haeger
G/S/vB 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 31.McDonald
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 36/27 .242/.306/.424/.730 .333/.870 .581 36/.730 0/0 2/1

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 32/.971 13/1.077 ··· ··· 9/.347 9/.583 4/.833 6/.167 1/.000 7/.143 2/.500 11/.391 473/352 .260/.326/.444/.770 .579/.837 .695 100/.722 4/1 11/10

31.Hester G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .667/.667/1.333/2.000 1.250/3.500 1.000 6/2.000 0/0 1/0

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 12/.917 10/.800 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 5/1.200 368/299 .296/.352/.493/.845 .782/.860 .877 87/.886 1/2 13/9

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 8/.500 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.250 14/.643 267/190 .244/.342/.338/.680 .615/.706 .634 64/.735 3/1 1/8

9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 403/307 .288/.326/.411/.737 .478/.819 .671 96/.696 5/5 5/5

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 18/1.056 7/1.286 2/2.500 ··· 8/.929 6/.167 3/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 4/.000 20/.466 545/417 .274/.363/.582/.945 .871/.962 .960 93/.924 22/8 40/21

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.985 264/158 .292/.388/.442/.830 .954/.745 .778 86/.818 6/3 6/5

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 139/114 .266/.324/.367/.691 .532/.727 .697 77/.682 2/0 1/1

4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.834 38/11 .313/.421/.625/1.046 .973/1.232 .717 38/1.046 0/0 2/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 18/.572 9/.708 1/no AB ··· ··· 11/.899 1/.000 9/.730 1/2.000 2/.000 26/1.037 12/.583 259/208 .234/.290/.366/.656 .520/.689 .523 53/.577 1/0 6/2

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 13/.331 8/.625 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 6/1.167 1/5.000 3/.666 3/.666 11/.773 473/365 .315/.385/.569/.953 1.323/.847 .913 32/1.465 18/4 23/9

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 27/1.053 9/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 6/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 1/no AB 8/1.125 6/.334 19/.833 383/276 .188/.294/.347/.640 .822/.574 .609 27/.396 11/2 7/2

IP 167.2 59.0 172.2 63.1 16.1 17.1 153.0 19.2 53.1 118.1 56.2 73.1 71.2 183.0 TOTAL .254/.328/.422/.749 .733/.755 .699 .760 94/32 144/133

ERA-K/9

4.29/4.5

2.14/7.9

3.86/8.1

2.70/13.5

5.51/9.4

3.63/6.8

2.94/9.6

3.20/12.3

4.05/6.8

4.72/5.2

1.91/7.9

2.58/5.6

3.52/6.9

3.25/6.9

3.50/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 728/.286 248/.201 693/.241 251/.163 65/.283 68/.200 631/.202 84/.197 230/.253 518/.283 236/.218 310/.262 319/.271 739/.230 .233

OPS .787 .572 .685 .495 .861 .700 .600 .665 .729 .766 .625 .653 .802 .661 .677

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.745 102/.728 361/.690 119/.401 28/.776 22/.675 135/.521 33/.442 92/.674 291/.840 73/.316 138/.675 140/.916 161/.397 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.831 146/.469 332/.678 132/.579 37/.923 46/.711 496/.622 51/.797 138/.763 227/.674 163/.766 172/.637 179/.712 578/.735 .687

Home 345/.823 115/.512 353/.700 131/.259 29/.988 55/.526 317/.563 28/.899 123/.704 285/.825 123/.641 149/.728 182/.686 360/.681

Last 28d days 135/.876 42/.559 96/.744 59/.667 9/1.431 68/.700 115/.603 41/.750 60/.815 43/.627 57/.707 41/.718 65/.691 164/.545

HR/SB/CS 19/8/2 3/6/1 12/6/8 4/7/1 4/1/1 4/3/0 7/6/6 2/1/0 5/3/2 12/3/4 4/4/0 3/5/2 7/7/2 20/6/4 104/79/33

Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·· X····X·· ·XoX··Xo XX······ X···X··· ···X···· ··oo··o· X·XX·o·· ·X····X· ··XX··Xo ·X·oo·o· ····X··· ··X····X

Dodgers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
G/S/vB 49.Davis*
G/S/vB 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 15.Haren
G/S/vB 57.Mulvey
G/S/vB 48.Petit
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

12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 36/.944 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/71 .291/.337/.372/.709 .791/.679 .579 21/.316 1/0 1/0

3.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 11/1.259 4/1.750 11/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 209/142 .244/.293/.383/.677 .735/.650 .745 60/.937 2/0 6/5

23.Blake G/S/vP 9/1.292 1/.000 14/.929 4/.000 32/.782 ··· 8/1.375 4/.250 6/.334 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 511/394 .269/.348/.455/.803 .985/.751 .795 97/.662 3/4 16/9

14.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 19/.527 ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/85 .299/.337/.371/.708 .736/.700 .575 15/.467 0/0 1/3

49.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 4/.750 6/.733 25/1.011 ··· 25/1.223 ··· 12/.622 2/1.500 7/.971 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.333 569/413 .281/.367/.527/.895 .595/1.009 .998 108/1.019 6/3 27/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 29/.799 4/.500 23/.451 ··· 8/.625 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 559/432 .255/.320/.350/.671 .761/.645 .639 109/.536 6/5 7/17

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.000 10/.300 4/.750 16/.583 ··· 9/1.889 2/2.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 554/417 .292/.358/.427/.786 .902/.748 .831 87/.763 7/1 9/6

27.Kemp G/S/vP 5/1.067 5/.400 27/1.220 1/2.000 16/1.108 ··· 15/.800 4/1.833 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 547/421 .316/.375/.525/.900 1.188/.816 .840 102/.967 29/7 23/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 7/1.171 5/.400 14/.891 3/.000 23/.488 ··· 12/.432 3/.666 6/.666 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 539/421 .276/.351/.388/.739 .860/.706 .625 85/.607 7/2 9/5

5.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 19/.911 2/.000 12/.872 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/134 .228/.315/.265/.581 .680/.545 .424 38/.469 1/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.000 24/.697 1/.000 23/.461 ··· 12/.872 4/.500 7/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 488/382 .258/.356/.325/.681 .737/.665 .718 83/.558 9/6 4/7

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 4/1.500 5/1.200 33/1.009 4/.500 12/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 362/262 .322/.379/.402/.781 .859/.752 .676 40/.897 23/10 0/1

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 28/1.231 1/.000 29/1.579 ··· 8/.821 4/1.250 6/1.100 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 336/273 .306/.423/.547/.969 .874/.992 .949 105/.844 0/1 15/3

17.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 21/.586 ··· 13/1.715 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 417/315 .249/.372/.493/.864 .767/.897 .917 77/.706 0/0 23/

IP 40.2 48.1 169.0 59.1 188.0 1.1 82.1 33.0 147.0 9.0 45.2 39.2 TOTAL .274/.347/.413/.761 .807/.747 .741 .721 93/41 118/70

ERA-K/9

8.63/7.3

3.91/4.8

3.78/6.7

4.10/8.3

2.78/8.6

27.00/0.0

5.47/7.2

5.18/7.1

4.10/9.4

7.00/12.0

3.35/7.5

2.72/9.1

4.28/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.339 209/.245 726/.249 254/.257 738/.211 10/.600 370/.274 137/.218 614/.261 44/.235 198/.240 174/.240 .260

OPS .996 .640 .743 .680 .604 1.200 .823 .642 .761 .748 .692 .642 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/1.169 98/.640 168/.752 124/.768 374/.629 4/1.500 189/.805 68/.535 339/.790 19/1.115 90/.581 74/.730 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.887 111/.640 558/.741 130/.597 364/.578 6/1.000 181/.841 69/.753 275/.726 25/.510 108/.783 100/.578 .731

Road 79/.660 90/.504 357/.764 124/.655 376/.679 10/1.200 181/.655 69/.655 313/.759 25/.850 95/.476 107/.742

Last 28d days / 44/.494 135/.725 36/.727 139/.799 / 112/.844 39/.682 129/.881 22/.866 43/.414 44/.470

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 1/6/0 21/9/6 2/10/1 22/14/2 0/0/0 17/7/1 4/0/0 14/8/5 1/0/0 3/6/1 2/0/1 137/88/23

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