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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 6, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

D'backs, 13-15, 13-154th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Dan Haren (29, RHP, 3-1, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-1) 40.0 42 21 20 10 41 6 4.50
2009 (14-10) 229.1 192 83 80 38 223 27 3.14
2008 (16-8) 216.0 204 86 80 40 206 19 3.33
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 51 26 25 11 48 7 4.89 51
2010-05-01 @CHC ND 6.0 10 3 3 2 3 0 112 41
2010-04-26 @COL W 8.0 5 2 2 2 10 1 115 72
2010-04-20 STL W 6.0 9 7 7 2 8 3 104 32
2010-04-15 @LAD ND 6.1 6 2 2 2 7 0 121 58
2010-04-10 PIT L 6.2 9 6 5 2 9 2 108 41
2010-04-05 SDP W 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 92 71
2009-10-01 @SFG L 6.0 9 5 5 1 7 1 101 40
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 32.1 24 13 13 7 27 1 3.62 58
2009-08-30 HOU W 7.0 6 3 3 2 7 0 107 58
2009-06-12 HOU W 9.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 112 84
2008-04-28 HOU W 7.2 5 3 3 1 5 0 103 61
2004-09-28 @HOU L 5.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 80 52
2003-09-14 @HOU L 3.2 5 4 4 1 2 0 65 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, May  5  @HOU  L   2-4       13-15  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4  @HOU  W   1-0       13-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3  @HOU  W   9-1       12-14  4th  4.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @CHC  L   5-10      11-14  4th  5.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @CHC  L   5-7       11-13  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @CHC  L   5-11      11-12  3rd  4.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @CHC  W  13-5       11-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @COL  W  12-11(10)  10-11  4th  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @COL  L   1-12       9-11  4th  3.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26  @COL  W   5-3        9-10  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-15
Astros, 9-18, 9-186th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (31, LHP, 1-3, 3.64)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-3) 29.2 35 16 12 9 19 2 3.64
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
2008 (9-7) 137.1 136 65 54 44 131 14 3.54
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 52 21 17 11 31 3 3.67 49
2010-05-01 @ATL L 5.0 10 5 2 1 5 0 86 37
2010-04-24 PIT W 7.1 5 2 1 1 7 1 96 68
2010-04-18 @CHC ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 105 59
2010-04-12 @STL L 4.1 7 4 4 2 0 1 65 31
2010-04-06 SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 4 4 0 96 46
2009-10-02 @NYM L 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 109 46
2009-09-27 CIN W 6.0 9 2 2 1 9 0 107 54
Last 5 v.ARI 2-3 25.1 26 17 14 12 23 2 4.97 47
2009-08-30 @ARI L 6.0 7 4 4 3 7 1 109 46
2008-08-15 ARI L 2.1 3 4 4 6 4 0 77 33
2007-05-24 @ARI L 5.0 9 8 5 0 3 0 82 26
2007-05-13 ARI W 5.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 93 56
2006-04-15 @ARI W 7.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 103 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-12   Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-15   vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  1-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, May  5   ARI  W   4-2        9-18  6th  8.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   ARI  L   0-1        8-18  6th  9.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  3   ARI  L   1-9        8-17  6th  9.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  2  @ATL  L   1-7        8-16  6th  8.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  1  @ATL  L   1-10       8-15  6th  7.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 30  @ATL  L   2-4        8-14  6th  6.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 29   CIN  L   2-4        8-13  6th  6.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 28   CIN  L   4-6        8-12  6th  5.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 27   CIN  L   2-6        8-11  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25   PIT  W  10-3        8-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 HOU  8 @ARI  3        W:Brian Moehler (3-4), L: Billy Buckner (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - ARI leads 2-1; 2009 - ARI won 5-4; 2008 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 50-39

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

TBR  5.93

STL  4.43

HOU  2.85

 RA/G

SFG  3.00

DET  4.66

PIT  6.63

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .87

J. Lester  3.93

D. Davis  8.13

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.91

J. Beckett  6.55

N. Blackburn  2.48

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D'backs Batters (5.57 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB		 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/23 .316/.325/.421/.746 .824/.685 .704 38/.732 1/0 0/2
6.Drew* G/S/vP 10/.800 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 8/1.500 12/1.250 116/89 .286/.353/.476/.830 .571/.895 .859 103/.868 1/0 2/3
28.Hester G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/14 .238/.333/.333/.667 .775/.593 .528 24/.667 0/0 0/0
34.Jackson G/S/vP 11/.830 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/1.125 51/39 .267/.353/.289/.642 .639/.639 .753 42/.654 1/1 0/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/.933 2/.000 28/.522 4/1.750 113/84 .286/.372/.643/1.015 1.231/.932 .654 101/.980 2/0 9/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 18/.666 11/.830 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.333 36/.553 4/.750 100/78 .271/.380/.518/.898 1.505/.713 1.070 88/1.035 0/0 4/2
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .500/.538/.583/1.122 .000/1.220 5/1.000 0/0 0/0
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.833 ··· 13/10 .100/.167/.100/.267 1.000/.100 .268 12/.191 0/0 0/0
18.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 70/68 .265/.286/.382/.668 .000/.688 .589 66/.663 0/0 0/0
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 8/.708 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.334 7/1.371 119/93 .242/.361/.545/.907 .930/.900 .767 107/.920 1/0 9/3
14.Roberts G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
4.Ryal G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .400/.455/.550/1.005 1.025/1.000 1.110 20/1.006 0/0 1/1
19.Snyder G/S/vP 8/.393 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.171 8/.875 82/64 .269/.402/.537/.940 1.244/.852 .925 79/.952 0/0 5/0
10.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 7/.143 3/.333 125/99 .218/.312/.391/.703 .535/.745 .749 112/.652 4/2 5/1
24.Young G/S/vP 10/.522 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 7/1.143 12/1.700 118/92 .299/.356/.486/.842 .710/.876 .796 107/.833 3/1 4/2
IP 29.2 10.1 9.1 3.2 12.0 12.1 40.0 11.0 TOTAL .271/.347/.467/.814 .877/.796 .764 .820 13/4 40/23
ERA-K/9 3.64/5.8 5.23/6.1 4.82/10.6 12.27/7.3 2.25/8.2 4.38/5.9 3.60/6.5 1.64/4.9 4.20/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hester (7-0-2)
 Montero (5-0-0)
 Snyder (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.304 44/.189 37/.235 21/.267 50/.277 49/.229 173/.297 44/.231 .270  Parra
 Young
 Upton
 Ryal
 Jackson
16/0/2/2
0/27/0/2
0/0/28/0
4/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .731 .674 .721 .983 .660 .620 .780 .636 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.693 22/.561 15/.557 8/.821 24/.568 20/.618 72/.972 18/.243 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.740 22/.785 22/.836 13/1.083 26/.745 29/.621 101/.643 26/.885 .727
Home 55/.627 31/.755 27/.686 18/.639 38/.768 32/.382 115/.870 22/.702
Last 28d days 102/.723 36/.639 28/.456 14/1.056 46/.675 46/.661 144/.708 36/.581
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 4/3/3 0/0/0 20/15/7
Usage ····X··· ··X··oo· ···X·o·· ··o·X··X oo····X· oo·o··o· X····X·· ···oX··o
Astros Batters (2.85 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (5.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Haren
G/S/vB		 55.Boyer
G/S/vB		 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 22.Heilman
G/S/vB		 46.Howry
G/S/vB		 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB		 65.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 47.Rosales
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 49/41 .313/.327/.396/.722 .393/.780 .700 40/.760 0/0 0/2
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.817 2/1.000 2/2.000 10/.425 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 108/87 .312/.396/.398/.794 .650/.824 .796 96/.858 11/3 0/1
77.Feliz G/S/vP 28/.250 7/.286 4/.000 12/.432 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 99/78 .232/.242/.326/.569 .759/.520 .698 87/.555 1/1 1/4
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/14 .227/.227/.318/.545 .500/.571 .600 18/.667 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 6/.000 6/.667 7/1.167 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 90/64 .259/.326/.346/.672 1.033/.537 .590 81/.611 0/0 0/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.795 2/1.000 4/1.750 12/.872 12/1.083 3/1.167 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 106/84 .200/.245/.280/.525 .372/.566 .629 94/.551 1/2 1/2
12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/58 .224/.268/.299/.566 .690/.533 .676 66/.577 0/0 1/5
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 11/.282 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 52/49 .196/.260/.196/.456 .000/.486 .510 44/.446 0/1 0/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP 14/.814 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 20/8 .200/.200/.550/.750 .667/.875 .923 19/.789 0/0 2/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 10/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.393 7/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/4.000 1/.000 ··· 99/80 .219/.242/.302/.545 .760/.494 .637 87/.621 2/2 2/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 44/37 .214/.250/.286/.536 .000/.640 .656 40/.539 0/0 1/0
46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/41 .191/.235/.319/.554 .311/.612 .487 43/.589 0/0 1/1
IP 40.0 9.1 12.1 11.2 10.2 37.0 3.0 11.0 10.0 8.2 TOTAL .232/.279/.322/.601 .639/.592 .655 .615 15/10 11/26
ERA-K/9 4.50/9.2 6.75/4.8 7.30/8.0 4.63/6.9 7.59/5.0 3.65/7.3 9.00/6.0 7.36/9.0 8.10/8.1 3.12/10.3 /0.0 5.47/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (7-4-0)
 Towles (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.268 50/.342 53/.200 48/.209 45/.295 154/.232 17/.182 51/.326 49/.357 36/.194 / .283  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Michaels
0/25/0/5
0/0/25/1
26/0/0/1
3/3/0/0
OPS .757 .894 .752 .664 .948 .733 .652 .902 .976 .628 .825
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.828 23/.921 25/.670 28/.368 18/1.000 65/.677 9/.476 25/.758 21/1.254 21/.807 / .837
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.700 27/.873 28/.816 20/1.106 27/.913 89/.775 8/.875 26/1.045 28/.768 15/.350 / .815
Road 86/.693 37/1.081 32/1.019 35/.827 29/.634 103/.762 13/.901 26/.832 31/1.067 24/.673 /
Last 28d days 146/.831 45/.961 49/.789 42/.766 40/.813 132/.726 14/.821 44/.883 43/.895 31/.624 /
HR/SB/CS 6/7/4 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 5/0/0 7/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 1/1/0 // 43/27/6
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· oo··X··o o·o··o·o ····X··X ·X····X· ········ ·o·o···· ·······X ··X····X

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.