Saturday, August 18, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: ARI @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 18, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

D'backs, 60-59, 60-59 3rd, 5 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Patrick Corbin (22, LHP, 4-4, 3.41)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-4)			58.0	52	24	22	18	49	4	3.41

Last 7 GS		3-3	40.2	36	17	17	11	31	2	3.76	54
2012-08-12	WSN	W	7.0	4	2	2	0	7	0	88	68
2012-08-07	@PIT	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	91	56
2012-08-01	@LAD	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	89	71
2012-05-21	LAD	L	5.1	7	2	2	2	3	1	99	47
2012-05-16	@COL	L	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	92	31
2012-05-11	SFG	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	89	71
2012-05-05	@NYM	L	3.1	5	4	4	2	2	0	83	34

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   31-26   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  36-40   vsLHP:  24-19   1-Run:   9-17
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 23-18 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 17  @HOU  W   3-1       60-59  3rd  5.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16  @STL  W   2-1       59-59  3rd  5.5 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15  @STL  L   2-5       58-59  3rd  6.5 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14  @STL  L   2-8       58-58  3rd  5.5 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12   WSN  W   7-4       58-57  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11   WSN  L   5-6       57-57  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10   WSN  L   1-9       57-56  3rd  4.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9  @PIT  W   6-3       57-55  3rd  4.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8  @PIT  L   6-7       56-55  3rd  5.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7  @PIT  W  10-4       56-54  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Astros, 39-81, 39-81 6th, 33½ GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 2-9, 5.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-9)			98.2	117	74	60	28	66	19	5.47
2011 (2-8)			94.0	107	61	56	26	67	14	5.36

Last 7 GS		0-4	43.2	54	34	27	8	30	10	5.56	43
2012-08-12	MIL	L	7.0	8	4	2	0	5	1	105	54
2012-08-07	WSN	ND	7.0	3	2	2	3	6	1	115	66
2012-08-01	@MIL	L	5.0	9	9	7	2	3	2	98	18
2012-07-27	PIT	ND	6.0	7	4	4	0	8	2	100	50
2012-07-22	@ARI	L	5.2	10	8	5	0	2	2	92	25
2012-07-17	@SDP	L	6.0	11	5	5	2	3	1	118	31
2012-07-08	MIL	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	99	59

Last 5 v.ARI		0-1	10.2	22	15	12	0	4	2	10.13	21
2012-07-22	@ARI	L	5.2	10	8	5	0	2	2	92	25
2011-08-09	@ARI	ND	5.0	12	7	7	0	2	0	90	17

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

 Home:   27-33   Road:   12-48   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  27-62   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:17-32   vsWest:  8-23 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Fri, Aug 17   ARI  L   1-3       39-81  6th 33.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @CHC  L   2-7       39-80  6th 33.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @CHC  W  10-1       39-79  6th 32.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13  @CHC  L   1-7       38-79  6th 32.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12   MIL  L   3-5       38-78  6th 31.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11   MIL  W   6-5 (10)  38-77  6th 30.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10   MIL  W   4-3       37-77  6th 30.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9   WSN  L   0-5       36-77  6th 30.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   WSN  L   3-4       36-76  6th 30.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   WSN  L   2-3 (12)  36-75  6th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-25

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 ARI  3 @HOU  1        W:Wade Miley (13-8), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-5), S: J.J. Putz (24)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 ARI  8  HOU  2        W:Josh Collmenter (2-2), L: Jordan Lyles (2-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 ARI 12  HOU  3        W:Wade Miley (11-5), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 ARI 13  HOU  8        W:Trevor Cahill (8-8), L: Bud Norris (5-8), S: none

Thu, Aug 11, 2011 ARI  8  HOU  5 (10)   W:J.J. Putz (2-2), L: Jeff Fulchino (1-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 ARI  6  HOU  3        W:Josh Collmenter (7-7), L: Henry Sosa (0-1), S: David Hernandez (10)
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 ARI 11  HOU  9        W:Micah Owings (6-0), L: Wilton Lopez (2-5), S: J.J. Putz (27)
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
Season Series: 2012 - ARI over 4-0; 2011 - ARI won 6-1; 2010 - ARI won 4-3; All-Time - ARI leads 62-42

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 2012 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 TEX 5.03 CIN 4.33 CHC 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.40 COL 5.75	BA A. McCutchen .360 C. Johnson .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Pedroia .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 T. Hunter .438 J. Carroll .288	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .775 J. Smoak .574	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

CIN 4.33

CHC 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.40

COL 5.75

A. McCutchen .360

C. Johnson .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Pedroia .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

T. Hunter .438

J. Carroll .288

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .775

J. Smoak .574

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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D'backs Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 28.Fick
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Storey
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/1.250 145/105 .205/.297/.331/.627 .574/.648 .659 83/.679 0/1 2/3

14.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/5 .222/.222/.333/.556 .000/1.000 .625 9/.556 0/0 0/1

44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 421/281 .298/.356/.540/.896 1.195/.749 .899 101/.886 12/2 18/6

2.Hill G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 477/329 .292/.346/.477/.823 .883/.797 .700 95/.603 8/4 14/4

28.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 428/325 .275/.322/.443/.766 .643/.804 .644 91/.983 4/1 13/17

13.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/3.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 448/295 .276/.346/.541/.887 .841/.911 .718 97/.724 1/1 25/1

16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/71 .250/.286/.440/.726 .903/.635 .719 14/.286 0/1 4/0

26.Montero* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 411/293 .286/.394/.465/.859 .710/.921 .848 84/1.182 0/0 14/7

27.Nieves G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 60/48 .309/.339/.455/.794 1.645/.603 .871 9/1.125 0/0 2/1

8.Parra* G/S/vP 6/1.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 327/267 .276/.343/.399/.742 .558/.784 .615 59/.635 12/8 6/3

10.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/1.500 3/1.333 ··· ··· 461/326 .268/.354/.395/.749 .796/.729 .681 92/.666 13/8 9/4

21.Wheeler* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/30 .188/.257/.250/.507 .000/.596 .321 30/.526 0/0 0/1

24.Young G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.200 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 287/180 .211/.310/.426/.736 .823/.685 .704 65/.723 6/2 12/2

IP 98.2 18.1 40.1 11.2 57.2 47.0 48.2 8.2 36.1 TOTAL .260/.327/.422/.749 .786/.732 .693 .702 67/41 125/71

ERA-K/9

5.47/6.0

3.93/7.4

7.14/6.9

3.86/5.4

4.99/3.9

2.30/7.7

5.55/8.9

3.12/10.3

2.97/9.2

4.66/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (35-28-3)
Nieves (16-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 444/.289 78/.246 190/.294 56/.326 252/.281 184/.244 213/.245 33/.172 156/.250 .272 Kubel
Parra
Upton
Young
Johnson 97/0/2/11
31/45/12/7
0/0/110/4
0/70/0/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .826 .685 .854 .899 .792 .614 .761 .629 .701 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/1.037 31/.751 77/1.019 22/.971 58/.924 66/.479 73/.721 11/.311 98/.617 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.679 47/.642 113/.734 34/.849 194/.752 118/.686 140/.782 22/.773 58/.843 .759

Home 217/.680 21/.254 66/.691 33/.913 159/.670 105/.528 102/.676 25/.659 88/.726

Last 28d days 136/.834 38/.664 39/.792 47/.867 123/.820 44/.653 45/.750 33/.629 38/.685

HR/SB/CS 19/9/4 2/2/0 5/3/1 1/0/0 8/6/2 3/1/0 7/19/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 140/104/28

Usage ·····X·· ··o·X··· ···XX··· ··X···o· X·····X· o·····Xo X······o ··X··XX· ··o···o·

Astros Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Corbin*
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 52.Bergesen
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 39.Shaw
G/S/vB 49.Zagurski*
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 488/361 .306/.358/.422/.780 .927/.728 .766 111/.879 25/7 5/10

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/9 .200/.200/.350/.550 .364/.778 .333 20/.550 0/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 345/284 .215/.301/.313/.614 .421/.657 .567 50/.480 12/3 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/161 .246/.322/.363/.685 .368/.779 .724 11/.282 0/0 2/6

3.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 117/61 .250/.308/.389/.697 .707/.686 .817 58/.743 0/1 2/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 193/147 .239/.286/.333/.620 .330/.714 .612 94/.526 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 221/114 .233/.279/.381/.660 .706/.617 .745 41/.716 10/3 5/6

21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/30 .121/.121/.242/.364 .000/.400 .280 18/.500 0/1 1/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/149 .241/.318/.468/.786 .936/.696 .815 77/.846 5/3 12/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 140/133 .252/.307/.472/.780 .452/.796 .663 78/.818 0/1 7/5

13.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 143/91 .267/.348/.417/.764 .899/.684 .857 60/.771 0/2 3/1

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 209/143 .179/.297/.296/.593 .612/.584 .616 42/.615 0/0 5/3

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 99/79 .294/.384/.518/.901 .422/1.027 .905 57/.820 0/0 5/2

IP 58.0 45.0 7.2 52.0 39.2 40.0 27.2 48.1 TOTAL .241/.308/.373/.681 .607/.706 .715 .687 83/34 103/86

ERA-K/9

3.41/7.6

2.00/6.0

1.17/5.8

2.42/13.0

3.18/10.4

4.73/7.4

6.18/8.4

2.42/5.6

3.92/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (42-10-7)
Snyder (53-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 243/.237 179/.204 30/.222 213/.180 157/.211 175/.286 120/.270 186/.217 .259 Bogusevic
Maxwell
Pearce
Martinez
Barnes
Greene
Wright
Moore
Francisco 0/10/85/5
18/38/13/4
22/0/17/1
6/0/3/1
0/5/0/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/4/0
14/0/13/0

OPS .639 .618 .559 .527 .594 .788 .843 .553 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.790 74/.751 15/.600 102/.619 81/.652 88/.896 51/.715 53/.714 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.595 105/.531 15/.500 111/.444 76/.533 87/.676 69/.938 133/.493 .717

Road 138/.689 84/.589 5/.650 114/.607 72/.513 81/.564 46/.791 103/.604

Last 28d days 74/.486 33/.536 30/.559 47/.460 33/.215 10/.844 25/1.353 34/.277

HR/SB/CS 4/2/2 6/6/2 0/1/0 3/2/0 4/0/0 4/2/2 5/0/3 0/1/0 116/38/32

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