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Game Preview: ARI @ SEA, 10:10pm, Saturday, June 20, 2009 @Safeco Field

D'backs, 29-39, 5th, 15 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (25, RHP, 2-3, 7.36)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 33.0 41 27 27 12 26 8 7.36
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 2-4 40.0 48 29 29 11 28 8 6.52 42
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
2007-09-27 @CHW L 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 1 89 36
2007-09-21 @DET ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 1 1 77 41
Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-23   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:   7-13   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 19  @SEA  L   3-4       29-39  5th 15.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 18  @KCR  W  12-5       29-38  5th 15.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17  @KCR  W  12-5       28-38  5th 15.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 16  @KCR  L   0-5       27-38  5th 16.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14   HOU  L   3-8       27-37  5th 15.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13   HOU  L   4-6       27-36  5th 14.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12   HOU  W   8-1       27-35  5th 13.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   SFG  W   2-1       26-35  5th 14.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10   SFG  L   4-6       25-35  5th 14.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9   SFG  L   4-9       25-34  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Mariners, 33-34, 3rd, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (26, LHP, 2-2, 3.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 43.0 48 18 17 12 27 6 3.56
2007 (0-1) 10.1 17 14 14 2 4 4 12.19
2006 (1-2) 43.0 50 39 35 30 25 9 7.33
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.1 45 18 17 11 23 6 3.89 48
2009-06-14 @COL L 4.2 12 7 7 2 4 0 99 14
2009-06-09 @BAL L 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 1 92 46
2009-06-03 BAL ND 5.1 8 2 2 0 2 1 85 46
2009-05-29 @LAA W 6.1 4 2 2 2 2 1 96 57
2009-05-22 SFG ND 7.0 2 1 1 1 7 1 106 75
2009-05-17 BOS ND 5.1 7 2 1 3 1 1 98 46
2009-05-12 @TEX ND 5.0 5 1 1 2 3 1 73 54
Last 5 v.ARI 1-0 10.0 8 4 3 6 8 0 2.70 53
2005-08-10 ARI W 5.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 111 58
2005-07-18 @ARI ND 5.0 4 3 2 4 3 0 93 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-14   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 19   ARI  W   4-3       33-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @SDP  L   3-4 (10)  32-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @SDP  W   4-3       32-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @SDP  W   5-0       31-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 14  @COL  L   1-7       30-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 13  @COL  L   3-5       30-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 12  @COL  L   4-6       30-31  3rd  5.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @BAL  W   6-3       30-30  2nd  4.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10  @BAL  W   4-1       29-30  3rd  4.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9  @BAL  L   1-3       28-30  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 SEA  4  ARI  3        W:Miguel Batista (4-2), L: Tony Pena (5-3), S: David Aardsma (13)

Thu, Jun 29, 2006 SEA  3 @ARI  2        W:Eddie Guardado (1-3), L: Jorge Julio (1-3), S: J.J. Putz (14)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 SEA 10 @ARI  3        W:Felix Hernandez (8-7), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 SEA 11 @ARI  7        W:Jake Woods (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (1-2), S: J.J. Putz (13)
Tue, Jul 17, 2001 SEA  6  ARI  1        W:Paul Abbott (8-2), L: Brian Anderson (2-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2001 ARI  5 @SEA  3        W:Miguel Batista (5-5), L: John Halama (6-6), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (7)
Sun, Jul 15, 2001 SEA  8  ARI  0        W:Aaron Sele (11-1), L: Robert Ellis (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 SEA  5 @ARI  2        W:Arthur Rhodes (3-3), L: Vicente Padilla (2-1), S: Kazuhiro Sasaki (22)
Mon, Jul 17, 2000 ARI  7  SEA  0        W:Geraldo Guzman (2-0), L: John Halama (8-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 16, 2000 SEA  6 @ARI  3        W:Jose Mesa (3-5), L: Russ Springer (2-3), S: Kazuhiro Sasaki (21)
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - SEA leads 11-5

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

TBR  5.62

FLA  4.54

SEA  3.73

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

TBR  4.61

WSN  5.58

 BA

J. Mauer  .421

J. Loney  .281

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .490

R. Martin  .353

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

J. Mauer  .738

C. Hart  .457

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.227

P. Konerko  .811

W. Taveras  .545

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

S. Feldman  4.02

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.45

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D'backs Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 43.Batista
G/S/vB		 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB		 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 9/1.190 ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/135 .229/.271/.385/.656 .800/.594 .492 62/.685 7/3 5/3
31.Clark# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 14/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/21 .161/.257/.387/.644 .929/.476 .495 4/.250 0/0 2/1
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/151 .246/.308/.408/.716 .598/.756 .675 111/.786 1/1 4/5
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 10/.786 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 275/206 .299/.353/.414/.767 .857/.737 .658 91/.571 4/2 4/7
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/123 .244/.345/.387/.732 .761/.727 .838 65/.741 1/0 3/5
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/112 .236/.321/.309/.630 .474/.674 .466 50/.449 2/1 1/3
9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/112 .276/.326/.449/.775 .382/.871 .681 97/.753 0/2 3/2
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/218 .271/.359/.559/.918 1.001/.895 .792 107/.913 13/3 18/10
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/66 .289/.375/.367/.742 .932/.632 .529 65/.654 4/0 0/2
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/109 .229/.360/.389/.750 .812/.718 .842 56/.665 0/0 5/0
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/209 .313/.395/.571/.966 1.126/.924 1.052 104/.915 9/2 12/4
24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/180 .204/.272/.380/.652 .757/.615 .550 95/.852 11/2 6/0
IP 43.0 32.1 33.0 10.2 56.2 31.2 33.1 TOTAL .246/.321/.407/.728 .745/.722 .672 .749 58/16 68/56
ERA-K/9 3.56/5.7 1.67/10.9 3.27/7.4 5.91/3.4 5.40/4.0 3.69/6.5 1.89/4.1 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.284 133/.170 155/.277 54/.375 240/.252 141/.260 138/.195 .250
OPS .766 .528 .729 .909 .735 .707 .567 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.982 69/.543 77/.755 25/.827 122/.951 67/.863 66/.524 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.693 64/.511 78/.703 29/.944 118/.523 74/.565 72/.604 .658
Home 80/.678 66/.508 78/.670 23/.920 125/.721 75/.719 75/.465
Last 28d days 98/.878 48/.577 45/.771 9/.889 60/.683 40/.406 48/.517
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 1/2/2 1/6/0 0/1/1 6/2/2 2/2/2 2/3/2 58/36/24
Usage ·····X·· X·X····· oo···X·X ·X···X·· ·X····X· ·Xo···X· ·oX···X·
Mariners Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Buckner
G/S/vB		 55.Boyer
G/S/vB		 56.Pena
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 57.Rauch
G/S/vB		 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 123/71 .223/.276/.339/.616 .610/.620 .567 28/.414 1/0 1/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 285/209 .259/.291/.378/.669 .687/.662 .533 102/.878 9/2 5/8
7.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/175 .233/.258/.310/.567 .681/.533 .574 82/.409 3/0 2/9
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/2.000 6/1.666 9/.555 ··· ··· 249/173 .306/.407/.603/1.010 .965/1.030 1.148 89/.999 2/0 16/6
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/38 .105/.150/.184/.334 .500/.321 .700 26/.394 0/0 1/3
59.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .333/.667/.333/1.000 /1.000 6/1.000 0/0 0/0
3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/68 .132/.185/.250/.435 .393/.443 .701 30/.105 1/2 2/1
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 182/148 .273/.328/.342/.669 .539/.699 .641 49/.722 9/1 2/1
24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/1.833 9/.444 3/2.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 211/171 .220/.336/.395/.732 1.031/.665 .907 84/.706 0/0 7/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/175 .254/.324/.381/.705 .748/.693 .813 75/.725 3/3 6/2
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/87 .206/.261/.324/.585 .157/.720 .606 44/.680 0/1 0/2
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 21/.701 ··· ··· 274/206 .347/.381/.467/.848 .754/.880 .832 104/.973 12/4 5/1
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/1.017 ··· ··· 103/48 .235/.272/.388/.660 .678/.639 .600 20/.750 0/0 3/2
6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 4/1.000 1/0 0/0
IP 33.0 20.2 30.1 26.2 30.1 12.0 23.1 12.1 TOTAL .255/.309/.393/.702 .711/.699 .708 .749 43/15 63/54
ERA-K/9 7.36/7.1 6.10/5.2 3.86/7.4 4.39/8.8 5.04/6.2 3.00/4.5 4.63/7.7 0.00/9.5 4.49/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.315 94/.256 134/.287 114/.296 136/.262 54/.245 106/.275 49/.205 .264
OPS .960 .672 .740 .753 .741 .764 .778 .515 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.168 39/.539 61/.859 59/.861 69/.706 32/.715 47/.570 22/.679 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.826 55/.766 73/.644 55/.638 67/.773 22/.837 59/.947 27/.385 .738
Road 51/.553 28/.229 72/.872 55/.889 46/.704 19/1.512 52/.569 28/.530
Last 28d days 94/.975 48/.573 44/1.019 36/.889 44/.445 6/1.133 42/.726 45/.564
HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 1/4/0 2/1/2 2/0/0 3/4/0 3/3/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 71/45/13
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· X··o···· ·o···o·· ··o··Xo· o·o···o· ···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.