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Game Preview: HOU @ ARI, 9:40pm, Tuesday, August 9, 2011 @Chase Field

Astros, 38-77, 38-77 6th, 27 GB, 28½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (20, RHP, 1-6, 4.36)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-6)			74.1	75	39	36	18	52	10	4.36

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.1	46	23	22	12	26	6	4.47	50
2011-08-03	CIN	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	96	56
2011-07-29	@MIL	L	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	78	55
2011-07-24	@CHC	ND	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	102	46
2011-07-18	WSN	L	8.1	5	4	4	1	6	2	113	62
2011-07-08	@FLA	L	6.0	7	5	5	3	3	1	108	38
2011-07-03	BOS	ND	5.0	3	1	0	5	4	0	101	58
2011-06-28	TEX	L	6.0	10	5	5	2	2	1	109	32

Has never faced ARI as starter.

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

 Home:   19-40   Road:   19-37   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  22-59   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:19-38   vsWest:  8-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Mon, Aug  8  @ARI  W   9-1       38-77  6th 27.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug  7   MIL  L   3-7       37-77  6th 27.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug  6   MIL  L   5-7       37-76  6th 26.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-8       37-75  6th 25.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  3   CIN  W   5-4       37-74  6th 24.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  2   CIN  L   1-5       36-74  6th 24.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  1   CIN  W   4-3 (10)  36-73  6th 24.5 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @MIL  L   4-5       35-73  6th 24.5 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @MIL  L   2-6       35-72  6th 23.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @MIL  L   0-4       35-71  6th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

D'backs, 62-53, 62-53 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (32, RHP, 8-6, 4.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-6)			124.2	142	66	60	40	72	8	4.33
2010 (2-9)			58.2	76	47	43	24	31	9	6.60
2009 (15-13)			216.0	218	104	97	80	115	15	4.04

Last 7 GS		1-4	38.1	45	26	23	17	22	2	5.40	44
2011-08-03	@SFG	L	4.0	10	8	7	1	1	0	80	12
2011-07-24	@LAD	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	108	48
2011-07-18	@HOU	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	102	70
2011-07-09	COL	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	1	90	51
2011-07-03	PIT	L	1.1	8	7	6	0	0	0	42	12
2011-06-28	@LAA	ND	5.0	8	4	3	4	5	1	100	38
2011-06-23	SEA	ND	8.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	108	77

Last 5 v.HOU		1-3	29.2	38	20	19	12	22	1	5.76	43
2011-07-18	@HOU	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	102	70
2010-09-22	HOU	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	96	51
2009-06-03	@HOU	L	6.0	10	5	4	4	2	1	94	32
2009-05-13	HOU	L	3.2	10	9	9	3	1	0	86	3
2008-09-01	HOU	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	111	59

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

 Home:   30-26   Road:   32-27   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  45-36   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 23-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Mon, Aug  8   HOU  L   1-9       62-53  2nd  0.5 gb
114 Sun, Aug  7   LAD  W   4-3       62-52  2nd  0.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug  6   LAD  L   3-5       61-52  2nd  0.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug  5   LAD  L   4-7       61-51  2nd  0.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  3  @SFG  L   1-8       61-50  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  2  @SFG  W   6-1       61-49  1st    Tied
109 Mon, Aug  1  @SFG  W   5-2       60-49  2nd  1.0 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @LAD  W   6-3       59-49  2nd  2.0 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @LAD  W   6-4       58-49  2nd  3.0 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @LAD  L   5-9       57-49  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 HOU  9 @ARI  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-8), L: Daniel Hudson (11-8), S: none
Sun, May 29, 2011 ARI  4 @HOU  2        W:Aaron Heilman (4-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (1-3), S: J.J. Putz (16)
Sat, May 28, 2011 ARI 11 @HOU  3        W:Zach Duke (1-0), L: Bud Norris (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2011 ARI  7 @HOU  6        W:Daniel Hudson (6-5), L: Wilton Lopez (1-2), S: J.J. Putz (15)

Sun, Sep 05, 2010 HOU  3 @ARI  2        W:J.A. Happ (6-2), L: Rodrigo Lopez (5-13), S: Brandon Lyon (13)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 HOU  6 @ARI  5        W:Mark Melancon (2-0), L: Aaron Heilman (5-6), S: Brandon Lyon (12)
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 ARI  4  HOU  3        W:Aaron Heilman (5-5), L: Wilton Lopez (5-1), S: Juan Gutierrez (7)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - ARI over 3-1; 2010 - ARI won 4-3; 2009 - ARI won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 55-42

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 2011 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 BOS 5.48 BAL 4.13 SEA 3.30	RA/G PHI 3.26 MIL 4.23 BAL 5.34	BA A. Gonzalez .350 E. Aybar .271 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .450 J. Pierre .334 V. Wells .246	SLG J. Bautista .646 B. Phillips .427 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.096 B. Gardner .765 A. Rios .579	ERA J. Weaver 1.78 C. Carpenter 3.75 J. Happ 6.26	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.45 D. Hudson 6.92 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.48

BAL 4.13

SEA 3.30

RA/G

PHI 3.26

MIL 4.23

BAL 5.34

A. Gonzalez .350

E. Aybar .271

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .450

J. Pierre .334

V. Wells .246

SLG

J. Bautista .646

B. Phillips .427

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.096

B. Gardner .765

A. Rios .579

ERA

J. Weaver 1.78

C. Carpenter 3.75

J. Happ 6.26

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.45

D. Hudson 6.92

B. Penny 3.57

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Astros Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 15.Owings
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 333/245 .253/.320/.393/.714 .554/.769 .789 82/.743 1/1 8/9

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/52 .217/.321/.261/.582 .500/.580 .550 17/.683 1/0 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 158/94 .314/.331/.392/.723 .880/.621 .746 53/.583 22/5 1/1

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/78 .202/.245/.273/.518 .854/.398 .528 34/.624 0/0 0/4

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 145/118 .244/.331/.472/.803 .459/.887 .649 28/.401 0/0 6/5

45.Lee G/S/vP 49/1.252 1/.000 10/.700 4/.750 ··· 461/349 .266/.319/.428/.746 .945/.684 .716 91/.769 3/2 11/4

4.Michaels G/S/vP 14/1.643 ··· 1/no AB 3/.500 ··· 132/65 .203/.258/.301/.558 .622/.493 .445 31/.550 1/0 2/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/145 .263/.287/.359/.647 .703/.635 .513 52/.808 1/0 2/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 264/197 .252/.306/.303/.609 .622/.604 .642 42/.504 3/0 1/7

IP 124.2 50.0 44.0 39.1 41.2 TOTAL .260/.312/.377/.689 .705/.683 .665 .674 84/22 66/87

ERA-K/9

4.33/5.2

2.88/10.3

2.66/5.3

2.75/8.2

2.38/6.7

4.05/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Corporan (27-6-1)
Quintero (36-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.290 211/.177 178/.218 158/.208 178/.258 .259 Lee
Bourgeois
Michaels
Bogusevic 78/0/0/10
27/15/9/1
25/0/7/1
13/0/5/0

OPS .753 .505 .656 .622 .636 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.794 96/.414 71/.659 81/.598 60/.954 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.719 115/.585 107/.654 77/.649 118/.479 .746

Home 209/.724 101/.429 93/.620 88/.784 86/.655

Last 28d days 82/.675 31/.265 68/.621 18/.513 43/.774

HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 1/2/0 4/2/1 4/6/1 0/4/2 113/44/23

Usage ·····X·· ·oX····· ···X···· ·o·····o o·Xo·o··

D'backs Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/29 .219/.278/.452/.731 .885/.466 1.095 16/.650 0/1 5/0

18.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 248/155 .275/.317/.358/.675 .792/.606 .727 85/.729 11/8 3/2

11.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/57 .246/.242/.279/.521 .500/.523 .583 15/.467 0/0 0/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 444/332 .213/.293/.423/.716 .532/.780 .739 77/.603 11/3 18/6

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 388/299 .268/.339/.447/.785 .522/.865 .772 75/.740 1/0 12/10

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 218/105 .248/.284/.361/.646 .702/.585 .648 43/.666 2/0 4/3

8.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 327/252 .285/.352/.420/.772 .721/.787 .832 54/.775 7/1 7/1

1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/14 .182/.308/.364/.671 .833/.536 .451 26/.671 1/0 1/2

14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 391/274 .260/.357/.448/.805 .963/.741 .729 83/.907 14/7 15/9

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 494/368 .293/.368/.538/.906 .900/.908 1.028 97/1.003 16/7 22/9

24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 489/370 .245/.326/.435/.760 .957/.699 .828 88/.487 16/8 16/2

IP 74.1 22.2 30.2 51.1 53.1 29.2 2.0 TOTAL .247/.317/.413/.730 .729/.731 .760 .708 87/42 130/63

ERA-K/9

4.36/6.3

2.78/7.5

4.70/7.6

2.63/7.4

3.04/7.3

2.43/10.3

4.50/9.0

4.58/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (8-7-1)
Montero (36-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.263 95/.222 137/.250 211/.253 227/.241 125/.234 8/.286 .270 Parra
Upton
Young
Nady
Bloomquist
Roberts 87/2/5/7
0/0/114/5
0/113/0/4
10/0/0/1
24/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .778 .626 .798 .646 .638 .683 1.089 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.703 59/.573 63/.768 80/.765 96/.709 50/.571 2/.000 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.835 36/.711 74/.821 131/.571 131/.588 75/.762 6/1.500 .764

Road 153/.787 37/.780 61/.712 89/.533 108/.649 55/.726 3/.667

Last 28d days 107/.708 26/.530 11/.582 41/.658 53/.533 48/.582 8/1.089

HR/SB/CS 10/2/0 1/5/1 5/6/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 133/98/24

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