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Game Preview: ARI @ MIL, 8:05pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Miller Park

D'backs, 9-12, 4th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 0-2, 4.91)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-2)			14.2	13	8	8	8	13	1	4.91
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		0-4	36.2	34	19	17	15	45	4	4.17	52
2009-04-25	SFG	L	4.2	5	4	4	2	6	1	98	42
2009-04-19	@SFG	L	5.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	104	59
2009-04-14	STL	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	83	44
2008-09-24	@STL	L	5.0	7	4	2	2	4	0	85	43
2008-09-19	@COL	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	8	2	99	53
2008-09-14	CIN	ND	6.0	2	1	1	3	9	1	102	70
2008-09-07	@LAD	ND	5.0	5	3	3	1	11	0	94	55

Has never faced MIL.

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

 Home:    8-10   Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29   CHC  W  10-0        9-12  4th  4.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   CHC  L   3-11       8-12  4th  5.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   CHC  W   7-2        8-11  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   SFG  W   5-4 (12)   7-11  4th  5.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   SFG  L   3-5        6-11  4th  6.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24   SFG  L   1-5        6-10  4th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   COL  W   2-0        6-9   4th  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   COL  L   6-9        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   COL  W   6-3        5-8   3rd  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @SFG  L   0-2        4-8   4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-12

Brewers, 11-10, 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (34, RHP, 1-2, 7.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			19.2	20	17	16	12	12	4	7.32
2008 (10-10)			177.2	207	110	98	67	90	30	4.96
2007 (12-12)			206.2	243	113	106	68	114	18	4.62

Last 7 GS		1-4	30.1	41	29	28	17	20	8	8.31	37
2009-04-25	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	4	3	4	6	2	98	52
2009-04-19	@NYM	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	99	51
2009-04-12	CHC	L	3.2	2	5	5	6	1	1	78	32
2009-04-07	@SFG	L	4.0	6	6	6	1	1	1	62	26
2008-09-26	CHC	ND	5.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	91	51
2008-09-19	@CIN	L	2.0	5	5	5	0	2	2	38	28
2008-09-14	@PHI	L	3.2	8	6	6	4	1	1	66	18

Last 5 v.ARI		2-1	31.1	34	17	13	6	15	4	3.73	49
2008-07-01	@ARI	W	5.0	9	5	5	2	0	1	76	27
2008-06-02	ARI	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	96	55
2007-08-22	@ARI	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	87	51
2006-09-10	@ARI	ND	5.1	6	4	0	1	1	0	86	48
2005-08-16	ARI	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	99	66

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

 Home:    5-4    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29   PIT  W   1-0       11-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   PIT  W   6-5       10-10  4th  3.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   PIT  W  10-5        9-10  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @HOU  L   2-3        8-10  5th  4.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @HOU  W   9-8 (11)   8-9   5th  4.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @HOU  W   5-2        7-9   5th  4.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @PHI  W   6-1        6-9   5th  4.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @PHI  W   3-1        5-9   6th  4.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @PHI  L   4-11       4-9   6th  4.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @NYM  W   4-2        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 ARI  6  MIL  5        W:Leo Rosales (1-0), L: Salomon Torres (4-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 MIL  4 @ARI  3        W:David Riske (1-1), L: Brandon Lyon (2-3), S: Salomon Torres (15)
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 MIL  8 @ARI  6        W:Jeff Suppan (5-6), L: Randy Johnson (4-7), S: Salomon Torres (14)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 ARI  6  MIL  3        W:Doug Davis (3-3), L: David Bush (4-8), S: Brandon Lyon (17)
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 MIL 10  ARI  1        W:Manny Parra (4-2), L: Micah Owings (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 MIL  7  ARI  1        W:Seth McClung (3-2), L: Randy Johnson (4-2), S: Brian Shouse (2)
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 MIL  4  ARI  3        W:Guillermo Mota (2-3), L: Doug Slaten (0-2), S: Salomon Torres (6)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 ARI  3  MIL  2        W:Brandon Webb (14-8), L: Jeff Suppan (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 MIL  7 @ARI  4        W:David Bush (10-9), L: Livan Hernandez (9-8), S: Francisco Cordero (37)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 MIL  9 @ARI  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (5-3), L: Doug Davis (10-11), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - MIL won 5-2; 2007 - MIL won 5-2; All-Time - MIL leads 40-37

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.

D'backs Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 50.Julio
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Byrnes G/S/vP 9/.347 7/1.262 ··· 8/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 224/155 .209/.272/.369/.641 .817/.565 .579 60/.683 4/4 6/1

31.Clark# G/S/vP 36/.909 ··· ··· 6/.833 8/.708 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 184/127 .225/.359/.318/.677 .828/.602 .725 28/.650 0/0 3/2

34.Jackson G/S/vP 7/1.286 3/.667 ··· 6/1.166 1/no AB 4/.750 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 612/446 .300/.376/.446/.823 .938/.782 .815 72/.539 10/2 12/7

2.Lopez# G/S/vP 22/.642 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 8/1.404 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 13/1.098 532/348 .283/.343/.387/.730 .736/.727 .810 90/.859 8/8 6/14

26.Montero* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 207/174 .255/.330/.435/.765 .804/.758 .814 30/.679 0/0 5/4

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 272/202 .242/.343/.299/.642 .657/.637 .528 48/.804 0/0 0/3

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/2.500 6/.533 ··· 2/2.500 613/448 .239/.320/.458/.779 .982/.706 .764 80/.906 11/2 28/35

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 16/.688 0/0 0/

19.Snyder G/S/vP 10/1.178 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 404/284 .237/.348/.452/.800 .878/.767 .801 49/.549 0/0 16/0

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 16/.580 2/.000 ··· 10/.800 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 292/252 .267/.308/.414/.722 .816/.708 .680 65/.799 0/0 8/4

10.Upton G/S/vP 9/.730 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 417/296 .250/.353/.463/.816 .845/.804 .562 64/.749 1/4 15/11

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/.667 / /

24.Young G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 7/.858 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 699/518 .248/.315/.443/.758 .886/.714 .726 86/.676 14/5 22/3

IP 177.2 26.2 19.0 45.1 30.0 105.1 166.0 25.1 108.1 TOTAL .231/.311/.396/.707 .685/.717 .372 .707 13/6 22/11

ERA-K/9

4.96/4.6

4.39/5.1

2.84/9.5

3.77/9.1

3.60/10.2

4.02/7.4

4.39/8.0

3.20/11.0

4.07/7.7

4.31/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (27-7-0)
Snyder (49-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 780/.298 116/.298 78/.230 180/.224 132/.245 456/.243 741/.278 109/.165 464/.266 .243 Upton
Jackson
Young
Lopez
Byrnes 0/0/101/6
77/0/0/5
0/159/0/5
16/0/1/2
51/1/0/1

OPS .844 .822 .688 .657 .756 .714 .766 .613 .763 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 400/.814 36/.759 28/1.135 86/.873 68/.819 212/.789 135/.680 47/.568 217/.654 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.877 80/.849 50/.433 94/.466 64/.692 244/.649 606/.785 62/.648 247/.860 .711

Home 330/.811 66/.743 41/.620 116/.656 74/.814 226/.750 418/.680 51/.600 257/.614

Last 28d days 93/.909 53/.729 43/.581 6/.333 33/.824 53/.735 91/.831 32/.751 55/.788

HR/SB/CS 30/4/7 4/2/1 4/1/0 8/3/0 3/3/0 10/5/4 18/8/5 2/2/2 18/5/2 21/13/3

Usage ····X··· ·oo·X··X ··ooo··o ·oo····· ·o······ ···Xo··· ···X···· ·oooo·o· o·X·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.

Brewers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB 36.Gordon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 48.Petit
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 663/478 .285/.335/.553/.888 .873/.894 .987 96/1.035 14/4 37/0

25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 3/.000 6/.334 10/.844 5/1.000 23/.980 ··· 508/376 .243/.331/.477/.809 .951/.761 .700 82/1.047 17/5 25/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 4/.500 4/.833 2/.500 ··· 302/275 .226/.355/.302/.658 .571/.666 .623 34/.714 3/1 1/3

16.Duffy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· / /// / 13/.508 / /

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 1/5.000 3/2.334 3/1.000 5/1.350 11/.182 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 694/461 .276/.372/.507/.879 .733/.955 .894 95/.849 3/2 34/17

2.Hall G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 448/270 .225/.293/.396/.689 .893/.557 .763 73/.885 5/6 15/19

7.Hardy G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/2.000 3/.666 6/.666 7/.715 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 629/454 .283/.343/.478/.821 .977/.764 .761 81/.536 2/1 24/15

1.Hart G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.000 9/.500 2/.000 1/4.000 ··· 657/474 .268/.300/.459/.759 .797/.745 .684 92/.897 23/7 20/5

18.Kendall G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.900 2/1.000 4/.833 7/1.350 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 587/432 .246/.327/.324/.651 .681/.640 .634 69/.476 8/3 2/6

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/17 .167/.160/.208/.368 .375/.364 .472 8/.500 0/0 0/0

27.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.571/.946 .000/1.095 .750 15/.067 0/0 0/0

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 6/.733 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 560/386 .234/.342/.398/.740 .805/.711 .650 92/.786 19/5 14/15

IP 56.0 29.2 72.2 56.1 73.2 71.2 56.2 TOTAL .251/.347/.436/.783 .810/.774 .853 .783 8/8 29/15

ERA-K/9

3.05/10.6

5.16/7.9

4.33/6.4

4.31/6.7

2.81/8.7

4.14/8.3

3.34/5.4

/0.0

4.52/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (55-41-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.234 139/.256 313/.281 229/.216 300/.224 295/.256 243/.259 / .259 Braun
Hart
Cameron 149/0/0/9
0/0/156/8
0/119/0/3

OPS .649 .783 .748 .704 .601 .742 .751 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.814 66/.684 150/.807 101/.621 146/.559 150/.750 113/.520 / .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.515 73/.872 163/.695 128/.769 154/.640 145/.734 130/.955 / .753

Road 134/.743 80/.602 150/.766 104/.788 150/.736 134/.785 130/.849 /

Last 28d days 65/.710 3/.000 43/.611 79/.982 32/.476 49/.954 31/.626 14/1.095

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 3/1/0 5/2/0 12/2/1 4/3/0 11/3/1 7/2/2 // 24/13/6

Usage ····X··· ·o······ o··oX··o ·X······ ···X···X ·X··oo·· ·o··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.