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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 28, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

D'backs, 27-24, 27-24 2nd, 1½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (28, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (8-15) 159.0 212 115 101 51 96 25 5.72
2009 (11-16) 213.0 231 101 96 49 106 23 4.06
2008 (5-14) 185.0 230 111 99 47 87 19 4.82
Last 7 GS 2-3 32.0 50 35 29 12 17 7 8.16 34
2010-09-30 @FLA L 4.0 8 9 4 3 1 1 89 18
2010-09-25 HOU W 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 87 48
2010-09-19 ARI ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 3 1 99 56
2010-09-14 @NYM L 3.1 9 8 7 1 4 2 61 15
2010-09-08 ATL L 1.0 6 4 4 2 0 0 45 23
2010-09-03 WSN W 5.0 5 4 4 3 5 1 97 43
2010-08-28 @MIL ND 5.1 9 4 4 1 1 2 100 34
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 32.1 29 13 9 5 16 1 2.51 56
2010-09-25 HOU W 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 87 48
2010-07-16 HOU L 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 0 78 54
2009-04-13 HOU W 9.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 119 82
2008-09-11 @HOU L 4.2 6 6 2 0 1 0 71 37
2008-06-04 HOU W 7.2 7 2 2 2 2 1 108 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  20-16   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 11-12 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, May 27  @HOU  W   7-6       27-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Thu, May 26  @COL  W   6-3       26-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Wed, May 25  @COL  W   2-1       25-24  2nd  2.5 gb
 48 Tue, May 24  @COL  W   5-2       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24  @COL  L   4-12      23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   MIN  W   3-2       23-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   MIN  W   9-6       22-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   MIN  W   8-7       21-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19   ATL  W   2-1       20-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18   ATL  W   5-4 (11)  19-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Astros, 19-32, 19-32 6th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 2-3, 3.77)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 62.0 58 30 26 23 69 8 3.77
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
2009 (6-3) 55.2 59 29 28 25 54 9 4.53
Last 7 GS 1-2 46.0 45 21 17 17 49 5 3.33 55
2011-05-23 LAD ND 7.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 116 57
2011-05-18 @STL L 5.0 7 5 5 3 4 0 91 34
2011-05-13 NYM ND 7.1 5 4 4 3 8 2 111 57
2011-05-07 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 9 1 97 58
2011-05-01 MIL W 7.2 3 0 0 3 11 0 116 81
2011-04-26 STL ND 6.0 7 3 0 2 6 0 110 56
2011-04-20 @NYM ND 6.0 10 3 3 1 6 1 106 45
Last 5 v.ARI 0-2 10.2 19 17 17 10 9 3 14.34 26
2010-09-04 @ARI ND 4.2 8 5 5 3 5 1 102 30
2009-08-29 @ARI L 5.0 5 6 6 4 3 2 99 32
2009-08-23 ARI L 1.0 6 6 6 3 1 0 55 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-15   Road:    8-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-25   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  4-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, May 27   ARI  L   6-7       19-32  6th 11.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 25   LAD  W   2-1       19-31  6th 10.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 24   LAD  L   4-5       18-31  6th 11.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 23   LAD  W   4-3       18-30  6th 10.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 22  @TOR  W   3-2       17-30  6th 10.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 21  @TOR  L   5-7       16-30  6th 10.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 20  @TOR  W   5-2       16-29  6th  9.5 gb
 44 Thu, May 19  @STL  L   2-4       15-29  6th 10.5 gb
 43 Wed, May 18  @STL  L   1-5       15-28  6th 10.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 17  @ATL  L   1-3 (11)  15-27  6th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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
Season Series: 2011 - ARI over 1-0; 2010 - ARI won 4-3; 2009 - ARI won 5-4; All-Time - ARI leads 53-41

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

NYY  5.16

BAL  4.14

SDP  3.37

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

NYY  4.14

MIN  5.27

 BA

M. Joyce  .377

G. Parra  .261

J. Gomes  .168

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

J. Francoeur  .332

P. Janish  .239

 SLG

J. Bautista  .776

B. McCann  .404

P. Janish  .248

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.269

M. Brantley  .741

P. Janish  .487

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

R. Wolf  3.70

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

H. Kuroda  6.88

C. Pavano  3.38

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

D'backs Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/11 .267/.313/.700/1.013 1.479/.091 .500 21/1.479 0/0 4/0
18.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/58 .280/.302/.378/.680 .728/.658 .677 21/.488 7/3 1/0
21.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/.500 .571 10/.400 0/0 0/0
6.Drew* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 178/124 .261/.348/.420/.769 .650/.821 .873 88/.609 3/2 3/5
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 210/158 .211/.275/.379/.654 .501/.706 .742 98/.743 8/0 7/4
46.Miranda* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/86 .270/.387/.539/.926 1.461/.805 .699 60/1.077 0/1 5/2
26.Montero* G/S/vP 7/.971 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 176/130 .266/.354/.435/.789 .694/.823 .790 81/.715 0/0 5/8
4.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/73 .272/.286/.326/.612 .838/.536 .531 46/.601 0/1 0/1
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 88/39 .275/.330/.363/.692 .670/.720 .646 54/.695 2/0 1/1
8.Parra* G/S/vP 5/2.133 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 159/115 .261/.340/.338/.678 .626/.697 .573 89/.608 4/0 2/1
14.Roberts G/S/vP 8/1.750 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 1/no AB ··· 162/111 .281/.391/.481/.873 .906/.857 .915 87/.752 7/2 7/4
10.Upton G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 220/165 .241/.323/.446/.769 .777/.765 .576 106/.658 9/4 9/6
24.Young G/S/vP 6/.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 226/173 .234/.289/.459/.747 .876/.709 .553 110/.693 5/4 9/0
IP 62.0 21.0 4.0 22.2 19.2 24.1 TOTAL .246/.318/.406/.724 .745/.715 .647 .696 45/17 55/35
ERA-K/9 3.77/10.0 3.43/5.1 4.50/11.2 3.18/7.9 2.75/7.8 1.85/7.4 /0.0 4.58/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (3-3-0)
 Montero (17-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.248 95/.301 15/.231 98/.235 88/.250 98/.233 / .277  Parra
 Upton
 Young
 Roberts
 Nady
 Bloomquist
39/1/2/4
0/0/51/2
0/50/0/2
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
10/0/0/0
OPS .745 .756 .564 .735 .627 .589 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.900 33/.715 8/.250 47/.657 31/.827 35/.620 / .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.579 62/.777 7/.857 51/.800 57/.515 63/.573 / .766
Home 160/.626 49/.664 10/.650 55/.771 54/.843 46/.486 /
Last 28d days 137/.702 35/.605 15/.564 39/.627 65/.540 39/.573 /
HR/SB/CS 8/5/3 1/3/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 // 59/42/11
Usage ····X··· X··X···X o··oo·oo o·X·X··· X·XX·X·o ··o··X·o
Astros Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Duke*
G/S/vB		 44.Heilman
G/S/vB		 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 43.Kroenke*
G/S/vB		 45.Mickolio
G/S/vB		 40.Putz
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 16/1.456 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 96/70 .213/.344/.313/.656 .451/.730 .576 89/.713 0/0 1/2
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.286 11/.384 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 222/162 .274/.348/.371/.719 .578/.772 .775 109/.703 18/2 1/1
Cancel G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/48 .255/.323/.509/.832 .368/.973 1.091 30/.838 0/0 3/2
22.Hall G/S/vP 34/1.124 10/.733 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 154/114 .231/.279/.350/.629 .834/.557 .723 65/.676 1/1 2/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/128 .214/.257/.365/.622 .438/.682 .571 74/.745 1/2 5/6
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 8/.536 8/.750 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/5 .400/.400/.400/.800 /.800 .800 5/.800 0/0 0/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 31/.568 14/1.121 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 3/.666 198/151 .246/.278/.380/.657 .886/.587 .637 84/.789 2/0 4/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP 15/.904 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 3/.500 1/.000 35/17 .156/.229/.219/.447 .631/.243 .604 15/.624 0/0 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 15/.757 9/.708 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 226/169 .301/.350/.474/.823 .739/.851 .871 107/.816 3/0 6/3
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 164/124 .264/.321/.326/.647 .657/.642 .659 48/.472 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/48 .229/.325/.371/.696 .710/.687 .804 41/.357 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/147 .313/.385/.456/.841 .609/.900 1.011 86/.676 1/0 3/2
IP 15.2 23.1 6.2 22.0 19.0 TOTAL .259/.316/.376/.692 .675/.697 .735 .674 42/7 28/42
ERA-K/9 /0.0 8.62/9.2 1.93/9.3 /0.0 6.75/9.4 1.64/8.2 3.32/8.1 3.96/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Towles (17-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 76/.375 103/.198 / 32/.357 86/.169 81/.206 .255  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
0/0/51/5
38/0/0/4
0/48/0/1
7/0/0/1
OPS 1.047 .573 .871 .482 .691 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 33/1.295 46/.502 / 10/1.125 39/.450 35/.671 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 43/.859 57/.634 / 22/.764 47/.508 46/.707 .717
Road / 31/.888 50/.622 / 18/.800 32/.305 40/.730
Last 28d days / 41/.954 52/.597 / 9/.944 45/.395 46/.605
HR/SB/CS // 4/1/0 1/2/0 // 0/1/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 54/20/9
Usage ·o·X··Xo XX·····X X··o···· X·oo·oX· ·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.