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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 9:40pm, Friday, September 3, 2010 @Chase Field

Astros, 62-71, 62-71 3rd, 16 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (29, RHP, 10-7, 2.97)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-7)			185.0	174	70	61	52	145	15	2.97
2009 (4-3)			70.2	74	38	38	23	50	18	4.84
2008 (10-13)			190.0	197	103	96	65	163	29	4.55

Last 7 GS		3-1	49.0	43	13	12	11	44	4	2.20	62
2010-08-28	@NYM	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	114	70
2010-08-23	@PHI	W	7.0	9	2	2	1	9	1	117	59
2010-08-18	NYM	ND	7.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	111	56
2010-08-13	PIT	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	107	66
2010-08-07	@MIL	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	78	43
2010-08-02	@STL	ND	6.0	3	3	2	4	4	1	90	56
2010-07-27	CHC	W	9.0	4	1	1	1	12	1	124	86

Last 5 v.ARI		2-1	29.0	34	16	15	12	26	4	4.66	48
2010-05-05	ARI	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	124	60
2008-05-08	@ARI	L	5.0	9	7	6	3	5	1	101	25
2005-08-26	@ARI	ND	4.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	84	42
2005-06-04	ARI	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	6	2	110	48
2004-05-09	@ARI	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	94	64

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

 Home:   35-33   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  40-57   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:36-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Sep  1   STL  W   5-2       62-71  3rd 16.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31   STL  W   3-0       61-71  4th 16.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30   STL  W   3-0       60-71  4th 16.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @NYM  L   1-5       59-71  4th 16.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @NYM  W   4-1       59-70  4th 15.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @NYM  L   1-2       58-70  4th 16.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26  @PHI  W   5-1       58-69  4th 15.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25  @PHI  W   3-2       57-69  4th 15.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24  @PHI  W   4-2 (16)  56-69  4th 15.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 23  @PHI  W   3-2       55-69  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

D'backs, 55-79, 55-79 5th, 22 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Hudson (23, RHP, 5-2, 3.03)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-2)			59.1	47	20	20	19	56	6	3.03
2009 (1-1)			18.2	16	9	7	9	14	3	3.38

Last 7 GS		4-2	48.2	36	14	14	12	46	5	2.59	63
2010-08-28	@SFG	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	102	65
2010-08-22	COL	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	108	76
2010-08-17	CIN	L	7.0	9	3	3	0	10	1	106	57
2010-08-11	@MIL	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	9	2	100	63
2010-08-06	SDP	W	7.2	3	1	1	2	4	1	96	71
2010-08-01	@NYM	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	110	75
2010-07-25	@OAK	L	5.0	6	5	5	4	4	0	108	35

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   33-36   Road:   22-43   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  40-56   vsLHP:  15-23   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest: 20-34 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Sep  1   SDP  W   5-2       55-79  5th 22.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 31   SDP  W   7-4       54-79  5th 23.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 30   SDP  W   7-2       53-79  5th 24.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 29  @SFG  L   7-9       52-79  5th 25.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 28  @SFG  W  11-3       52-78  5th 25.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 27  @SFG  W   6-0       51-78  5th 26.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 26  @SDP  W  11-5       50-78  5th 27.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25  @SDP  L   3-9       49-78  5th 28.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24  @SDP  L   0-5       49-77  5th 27.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 22   COL  L   0-1       49-76  5th 26.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 06, 2010 ARI  6 @HOU  3        W:Dan Haren (4-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-4), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 HOU  4  ARI  2        W:Matt Lindstrom (1-0), L: Juan Gutierrez (0-4), S: none
Tue, May 04, 2010 ARI  1 @HOU  0        W:Ian Kennedy (2-1), L: Roy Oswalt (2-4), S: Chad Qualls (6)
Mon, May 03, 2010 ARI  9 @HOU  1        W:Cesar Valdez (1-0), L: Felipe Paulino (0-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 ARI  4  HOU  3        W:Dan Haren (13-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (12-9), S: Chad Qualls (24)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 ARI  9  HOU  0        W:Jon Garland (8-11), L: Bud Norris (3-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 ARI 14  HOU  7        W:Max Scherzer (8-8), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 ARI  7 @HOU  5        W:Jon Garland (7-11), L: Bud Norris (3-2), S: Chad Qualls (23)
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 HOU  4  ARI  2        W:Brian Moehler (8-9), L: Max Scherzer (7-8), S: LaTroy Hawkins (11)
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 HOU  1  ARI  0        W:Roy Oswalt (7-4), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-8), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Season Series: 2010 - ARI over 3-1; 2009 - ARI won 5-4; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 51-39

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 2010 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

NYY 5.42

DET 4.50

SEA 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.54

FLA 4.38

PIT 5.44

J. Hamilton .361

N. Markakis .287

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .637

C. Crawford .472

R. Tejada .211

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.066

C. Crawford .819

B. Wood .404

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

C. Billingsley 3.73

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

B. Myers 7.05

M. Buehrle 4.00

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Astros Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Hudson
G/S/vB 55.Boyer
G/S/vB 77.Carrasco
G/S/vB 38.Demel
G/S/vB 54.Enright
G/S/vB 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 22.Heilman
G/S/vB 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 13.Lopez
G/S/vB 39.Norberto*
G/S/vB 49.Rosa
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.500 ··· 3/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 191/162 .261/.319/.341/.660 .288/.726 .754 32/.637 0/0 1/6

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 1/0 0/

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/32 .243/.321/.314/.635 .607/.677 .576 23/.522 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 10/.425 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 537/423 .257/.331/.331/.661 .534/.695 .659 104/.698 44/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/128 .208/.289/.302/.591 .272/.688 .606 61/.582 0/0 2/0

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/49 .244/.318/.372/.690 .740/.644 .737 / 0/0 1/1

41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 100/81 .232/.270/.274/.544 .377/.583 .661 23/.542 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/190 .328/.355/.484/.839 .669/.899 .923 101/.692 2/0 6/11

8.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 6/.667 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 462/341 .283/.347/.392/.739 .783/.724 .699 39/.521 4/1 5/7

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 11/.739 ··· ··· 4/1.750 12/.872 3/1.167 20/.438 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 530/411 .247/.291/.417/.708 .818/.676 .682 99/.783 3/3 19/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 243/187 .222/.265/.258/.523 .838/.429 .543 34/.584 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.833 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/85 .252/.308/.469/.776 .869/.693 .719 36/.568 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 6/2.433 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.393 3/.666 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/4.000 1/.000 541/418 .288/.331/.476/.807 .902/.779 .673 110/1.002 17/7 21/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 226/166 .228/.262/.307/.569 .288/.672 .593 33/.584 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/138 .263/.293/.326/.619 .619/.620 .744 100/.524 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/74 .207/.309/.244/.552 .683/.516 .480 73/.489 0/0 0/2

IP 59.1 48.2 71.0 29.2 73.1 45.1 61.1 165.0 165.0 15.0 13.1 10.0 48.0 TOTAL .247/.303/.360/.663 .660/.664 .643 .643 84/30 88/98

ERA-K/9

3.03/8.5

4.07/4.3

3.68/7.4

5.76/7.6

2.45/5.0

5.96/7.2

3.67/6.6

4.20/7.9

5.24/5.0

6.00/7.2

6.75/5.4

8.10/8.1

4.50/9.2

4.98/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (19-12-4)
Quintero (30-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.222 217/.277 300/.238 136/.296 298/.242 196/.259 265/.247 700/.237 728/.287 73/.222 63/.327 49/.357 207/.236 .276 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/0/128/9
0/122/0/8
116/0/0/6
30/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
17/9/1/0

OPS .637 .722 .661 .842 .686 .862 .718 .727 .837 .731 .825 .976 .743 .796

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.605 105/.810 102/.747 53/.802 144/.566 90/1.000 129/.639 324/.715 341/.859 37/.785 26/1.214 21/1.254 102/.690 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.668 112/.638 198/.616 83/.867 154/.796 106/.751 136/.796 376/.736 387/.816 36/.669 37/.539 28/.768 105/.797 .806

Home 102/.660 118/.648 137/.717 81/.788 177/.726 104/.680 145/.679 337/.735 385/.817 33/.593 34/1.006 18/.826 104/.748

Last 28d days 109/.690 48/.442 54/.407 46/1.020 127/.621 24/.492 45/.892 135/.634 114/1.039 29/.631 / / 33/.636

HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 1/4/0 4/10/3 3/0/0 8/3/1 13/7/0 7/4/1 24/10/5 32/21/1 1/1/1 1/1/0 1/2/1 6/3/4 175/103/30

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

D'backs Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Myers
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 138/87 .235/.254/.295/.549 .561/.542 .637 1/.000 1/1 0/9

29.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .667/.667/1.667/2.333 /2.333 2.333 3/2.333 0/0 1/0

19.Church* G/S/vP 22/.540 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 8/.542 3/.333 ··· ··· 213/170 .192/.249/.318/.567 .382/.615 .823 22/.636 1/0 3/0

6.Drew* G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 520/381 .273/.346/.449/.795 .817/.787 .761 106/.967 6/3 12/9

28.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/48 .200/.291/.300/.591 .553/.612 .506 17/.561 1/0 1/0

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 28/.522 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/.933 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 563/405 .272/.363/.474/.837 .907/.809 .947 104/.663 11/6 19/6

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 36/.553 ··· 11/.830 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 9/.333 ··· 3/2.500 509/362 .271/.336/.492/.828 .884/.805 .838 88/.854 0/1 23/11

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 254/189 .282/.346/.458/.805 .736/.828 .736 82/.772 0/1 8/2

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/49 .203/.263/.232/.495 .725/.354 .535 11/.900 0/0 0/0

18.Parra* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 308/275 .252/.300/.357/.656 .688/.652 .714 71/.697 0/0 3/3

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 525/386 .217/.337/.484/.821 1.092/.731 .952 95/.831 7/3 32/17

14.Roberts G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .185/.214/.222/.437 .258/.563 .875 12/.473 0/0 0/0

4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/108 .277/.330/.373/.703 .814/.614 .680 35/.544 0/3 3/7

10.Upton G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 563/412 .275/.359/.447/.806 .770/.817 .807 99/.679 15/8 17/4

24.Young G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 558/422 .269/.345/.473/.817 .877/.798 .926 105/.968 26/5 23/5

IP 185.0 7.1 33.1 34.0 41.0 44.1 65.0 12.2 28.2 TOTAL .253/.329/.423/.752 .792/.737 .791 .765 71/34 156/110

ERA-K/9

2.97/7.1

2.45/8.6

3.51/5.7

5.03/7.7

5.93/8.6

4.06/7.7

3.18/6.5

4.26/8.5

6.28/7.2

4.08/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hester (18-2-4)
Montero (38-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 764/.248 30/.241 149/.281 164/.313 191/.285 200/.298 279/.233 55/.265 131/.304 .264 Young
Parra
Church
Ryal
Upton
Roberts
Allen 0/131/0/9
74/6/13/8
19/4/33/5
27/0/0/2
0/0/126/1
4/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .674 .715 .799 .799 .816 .778 .627 .756 .937 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 339/.678 10/.311 68/.613 59/.757 83/.788 94/.725 125/.628 25/.470 31/.579 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.671 20/.900 81/.959 105/.823 108/.831 106/.825 154/.625 30/.974 100/1.052 .734

Road 413/.665 22/.818 74/.771 85/.828 107/.862 76/.629 129/.707 23/.611 69/1.079

Last 28d days 139/.698 25/.720 30/.628 28/.944 48/.630 16/1.371 62/.478 36/.628 15/1.300

HR/SB/CS 15/7/7 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/3/0 6/1/1 4/4/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 6/1/0 108/72/38

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