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Game Preview: ARI @ SFG, 10:15pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 @AT&T Park

D'backs, 67-70, 67-70 3rd, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (24, RHP, 9-11, 4.02)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-11) 165.2 160 82 74 64 125 15 4.02
2011 (12-14) 207.2 214 102 96 82 147 19 4.16
2010 (18-8) 196.2 155 73 65 63 118 19 2.97
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.2 42 20 20 15 34 3 4.54 49
2012-08-31 @LAD ND 5.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 96 51
2012-08-26 SDP L 3.2 8 4 4 3 6 0 88 32
2012-08-21 MIA ND 5.1 7 4 4 1 6 0 96 43
2012-08-16 @STL ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 88 61
2012-08-10 WSN L 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 2 105 45
2012-08-05 @PHI ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 98 57
2012-07-30 @LAD W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 107 57
Last 5 v.SFG 2-2 32.1 26 11 11 9 24 0 3.06 58
2012-05-28 @SFG L 6.0 8 4 4 2 5 0 104 43
2012-05-12 SFG L 5.2 6 4 4 3 2 0 91 40
2011-06-19 SFG W 8.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 118 74
2011-05-20 @SFG ND 6.0 1 1 1 2 6 0 83 70
2010-05-21 SFG W 6.2 6 1 1 1 4 0 96 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-34   Road:   34-36   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  41-46   vsLHP:  26-24   1-Run:  11-23
 vsEast: 14-20   vsCntrl:18-20   vsWest: 26-24 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Tue, Sep  4  @SFG  W   8-6 (11)  67-70  3rd 10.5 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3  @SFG  L   8-9 (10)  66-70  3rd 11.5 gb
135 Sun, Sep  2  @LAD  L   4-5       66-69  3rd 10.5 gb
134 Sat, Sep  1  @LAD  L   1-2       66-68  3rd  9.5 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31  @LAD  W   4-3 (11)  66-67  3rd  8.5 gb
132 Thu, Aug 30  @LAD  W   2-0       65-67  3rd  9.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29   CIN  L   2-6       64-67  3rd  9.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28   CIN  L   2-5       64-66  3rd  8.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 27   CIN  L   2-3       64-65  3rd  7.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26   SDP  L   4-5       64-64  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Giants, 77-59, 77-59 1st, 4½ up

SP: Madison Bumgarner (22, LHP, 14-9, 3.07)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-9) 182.0 151 69 62 38 168 20 3.07
2011 (13-13) 204.2 202 82 73 46 191 12 3.21
2010 (7-6) 111.0 119 40 37 26 86 11 3.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.1 36 16 15 11 47 4 2.98 60
2012-08-31 @CHC L 4.0 6 5 4 2 3 1 85 33
2012-08-25 ATL L 6.1 7 4 4 4 5 1 104 44
2012-08-20 @LAD W 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 123 84
2012-08-14 WSN W 9.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 108 78
2012-08-09 @STL L 6.0 3 3 3 1 7 1 90 60
2012-08-04 @COL W 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 106 64
2012-07-30 NYM ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 9 0 108 59
Last 5 v.ARI 2-2 27.2 34 16 15 7 23 7 4.88 47
2012-05-11 @ARI L 6.0 7 5 4 2 5 2 100 43
2012-04-07 @ARI L 4.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 80 33
2011-06-15 @ARI W 6.0 5 2 2 1 6 2 101 59
2011-04-17 @ARI ND 6.2 8 4 4 1 2 1 101 43
2010-09-30 ARI W 5.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 85 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-29   Road:   39-30   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  47-45   vsLHP:  30-14   1-Run:  26-17
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:27-14   vsWest: 28-18 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Tue, Sep  4   ARI  L   6-8 (11)  77-59  1st  4.5 up
135 Mon, Sep  3   ARI  W   9-8 (10)  77-58  1st  4.5 up
134 Sun, Sep  2  @CHC  W   7-5       76-58  1st  4.5 up
133 Sat, Sep  1  @CHC  W   5-2       75-58  1st  4.5 up
132 Fri, Aug 31  @CHC  L   4-6       74-58  1st  4.5 up
131 Thu, Aug 30  @HOU  W   8-4       74-57  1st  4.5 up
130 Wed, Aug 29  @HOU  W   6-4       73-57  1st  3.5 up
129 Tue, Aug 28  @HOU  W   3-2       72-57  1st  3.5 up
128 Sun, Aug 26   ATL  L   1-7       71-57  1st  2.0 up
127 Sat, Aug 25   ATL  L   3-7       71-56  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 ARI  8 @SFG  6 (11)   W:Josh Collmenter (4-3), L: George Kontos (1-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 SFG  9  ARI  8 (10)   W:Sergio Romo (4-2), L: Bryan Shaw (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2012 ARI  4 @SFG  1        W:Ian Kennedy (4-5), L: Tim Lincecum (2-6), S: David Hernandez (1)
Tue, May 29, 2012 SFG  3  ARI  1        W:Clay Hensley (2-3), L: Bryan Shaw (1-3), S: Santiago Casilla (14)
Mon, May 28, 2012 SFG  4  ARI  2        W:Barry Zito (4-2), L: Trevor Cahill (2-5), S: Santiago Casilla (13)
Sun, May 13, 2012 SFG  7 @ARI  3        W:Barry Zito (2-1), L: Joe Saunders (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 SFG  5 @ARI  2        W:Matt Cain (2-2), L: Trevor Cahill (2-4), S: Santiago Casilla (7)
Fri, May 11, 2012 ARI  5  SFG  1        W:Patrick Corbin (2-1), L: Madison Bumgarner (5-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 ARI  7  SFG  6        W:Wade Miley (1-0), L: Jeremy Affeldt (0-1), S: Bryan Shaw (1)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 ARI  5  SFG  4        W:Daniel Hudson (1-0), L: Madison Bumgarner (0-1), S: J.J. Putz (2)
Season Series: 2012 - ARI over 6-5; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - SFG won 13-5; All-Time - SFG leads 142-109

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
D'backs Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Bumgarner*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
70.Kontos
G/S/vB
49.Lopez*
G/S/vB
61.Loux
G/S/vB
63.Machi
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
43.Otero
G/S/vB
31.Penny
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
45.Runzler*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bloomquist G/S/vP 11/1.273 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 8/.929 ··· 9/.888 4/.000 1/.000 338/228 .302/.325/.398/.724 .797/.689 .704 1/2.000 7/10 0/6
14.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/35 .174/.224/.217/.442 .368/.471 .411 49/.442 0/0 0/2
44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 5/1.850 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.333 ··· 494/330 .287/.358/.506/.864 1.140/.728 .894 106/.661 14/2 18/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 6/1.666 7/.286 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 18/.444 2/.000 1/no AB 556/385 .302/.359/.513/.871 .842/.884 .813 113/1.065 12/5 21/4
28.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 466/346 .270/.314/.441/.755 .662/.787 .676 62/.507 4/1 14/17
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 9/1.431 ··· 4/2.417 8/.536 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 21/1.129 ··· ··· 508/333 .262/.335/.519/.853 .814/.874 .722 87/.663 1/1 27/1
16.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 12/1.084 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 134/88 .244/.301/.423/.724 .907/.625 .786 33/.655 0/1 5/1
26.Montero* G/S/vP 12/.417 17/.306 5/.933 ··· 9/.583 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.000 2/1.000 13/.616 4/.000 3/.000 478/336 .282/.383/.449/.831 .726/.877 .862 89/.807 0/0 15/8
27.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 73/57 .299/.333/.418/.751 1.324/.600 .879 22/.783 0/0 2/2
8.Parra* G/S/vP 7/.000 9/.250 3/1.167 ··· 8/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 10/.500 7/.400 ··· 376/302 .274/.332/.397/.729 .591/.762 .617 66/.615 13/9 6/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 257/172 .215/.311/.399/.710 .823/.652 .706 31/.670 0/1 10/6
33.Schmidt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
10.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.584 8/2.150 8/2.083 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.829 2/.000 16/.563 8/.250 3/1.167 520/369 .271/.350/.405/.755 .823/.728 .668 90/.746 13/8 12/4
21.Wheeler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/65 .217/.276/.319/.595 .182/.670 .553 54/.625 1/0 1/2
24.Young G/S/vP 18/1.413 7/.821 8/.393 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 15/.287 1/3.000 21/.400 13/.413 5/.650 355/226 .226/.307/.434/.741 .799/.708 .771 88/.777 8/3 14/2
IP 182.0 52.2 51.0 37.1 33.1 22.2 1.1 50.0 13.2 10.0 22.0 44.2 TOTAL .257/.324/.418/.742 .774/.727 .713 .681 77/45 143/77
ERA-K/9 3.07/8.3 2.73/7.9 2.82/8.5 2.41/8.7 2.43/7.0 5.56/3.6 0.00/0.0 2.88/8.6 6.59/8.5 7.20/4.5 6.55/2.5 1.81/10.3 /0.0 3.74/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (39-31-4)
 Nieves (17-3-1)
 Schmidt (0-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.223 225/.242 221/.221 154/.224 143/.276 100/.326 5/.000 217/.246 61/.302 45/.366 105/.340 174/.170 / .247  Kubel
 Parra
 Upton
 Young
 Bloomquist
 Johnson
110/0/2/12
35/47/17/8
0/0/124/5
0/86/0/4
1/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .637 .650 .663 .630 .723 .895 .200 .698 .905 .886 .890 .516 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.571 98/.582 94/.747 54/.447 88/.578 39/.910 1/.000 124/.614 22/.830 17/.812 44/1.053 47/.494 / .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 574/.654 127/.703 127/.602 100/.726 55/.959 61/.884 4/.250 93/.815 39/.947 28/.929 61/.771 127/.521 / .718
Home 342/.552 85/.492 115/.687 73/.735 49/.507 55/.770 5/.200 109/.716 22/.730 17/.665 65/.885 80/.557 /
Last 28d days 131/.587 37/.799 41/.487 56/.626 33/.615 10/.733 5/.200 44/.694 15/.764 6/.333 30/1.096 32/.344 /
HR/SB/CS 20/22/8 1/3/1 7/1/1 3/3/2 1/1/0 3/0/2 0/0/0 3/6/1 2/2/1 0/1/1 3/1/0 4/7/0 // 122/105/39
Usage ····X··· o·X·o·o· o·o···oo oo··X·X· X·oo·Xo· oX······ oo······ X·ooo·o· oX·o·oX· X······· ·X······ Xo·o·o·o
Giants Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Cahill
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
52.Bergesen
G/S/vB
55.Collmenter
G/S/vB
46.Corbin*
G/S/vB
30.Hernandez
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
40.Putz
G/S/vB
48.Saito
G/S/vB
39.Shaw
G/S/vB
37.Skaggs*
G/S/vB
49.Zagurski*
G/S/vB
29.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Arias G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 293/158 .277/.313/.402/.715 .799/.643 .499 52/1.133 4/1 4/7
9.Belt* G/S/vP 6/.667 1/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 1/no AB 389/282 .275/.365/.418/.783 .751/.795 .923 86/.943 10/1 5/4
7.Blanco* G/S/vP 9/1.015 ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 397/265 .234/.328/.333/.662 .659/.663 .663 56/.554 20/3 5/2
2.Burriss# G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 145/111 .220/.278/.227/.505 .315/.561 .473 1/2.000 5/2 0/4
35.Crawford* G/S/vP 9/.125 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 415/310 .249/.303/.352/.654 .658/.653 .622 64/.800 1/4 4/13
17.Huff* G/S/vP 18/.513 1/no AB ··· 7/.629 ··· 5/.000 5/.000 7/1.000 4/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/1.334 77/67 .156/.286/.250/.536 .422/.553 .557 3/.667 0/0 1/1
68.Nady G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 8/.500 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 123/63 .179/.252/.304/.556 .672/.446 .577 14/1.171 1/0 3/1
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 6/1.833 1/.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 6/.334 3/.666 5/1.200 3/.000 5/1.200 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 558/377 .286/.338/.433/.771 .755/.779 .738 117/.864 23/7 8/5
57.Peguero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
8.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.833 ··· 10/.700 3/1.333 2/1.000 3/.333 2/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 584/437 .262/.327/.430/.757 .682/.782 .713 107/.756 5/2 19/7
6.Pill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 109/31 .218/.269/.366/.635 .603/.715 .524 7/.667 1/0 4/2
28.Posey G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.500 6/.333 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 511/367 .326/.401/.527/.928 1.170/.827 .927 97/.875 1/1 19/10
29.Sanchez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 5/.800 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 184/120 .266/.277/.367/.644 .621/.657 .618 40/.533 0/0 2/3
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.522 3/1.334 7/.310 3/.000 6/.833 5/.400 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 345/247 .290/.342/.448/.790 .739/.812 .823 89/.630 0/0 8/11
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 13/1.015 13/1.280 27/.683 4/.250 7/.286 10/.100 2/.000 16/.823 5/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 7/.715 581/411 .286/.330/.384/.714 .622/.753 .787 112/.746 8/4 6/11
5.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.750 2/2.000 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 363/237 .266/.315/.314/.629 .637/.625 .590 30/.655 12/4 0/8
22.Whiteside G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/9 .125/.300/.250/.550 .000/.619 .200 / 0/0 0/0
IP 165.2 52.1 19.1 76.1 80.2 60.0 39.1 47.0 7.1 49.0 17.1 33.1 56.0 TOTAL .266/.325/.390/.715 .710/.717 .687 .742 97/32 82/94
ERA-K/9 4.02/6.8 2.58/6.9 2.79/6.5 4.13/8.3 4.13/7.8 2.40/12.9 2.97/7.6 3.26/10.3 6.14/4.9 4.22/7.2 2.60/6.2 5.40/8.6 2.57/5.8 4.00/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Posey (79-29-1)
 Sanchez (25-9-2)
 Whiteside (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 704/.259 209/.211 76/.265 323/.277 340/.260 245/.183 167/.253 192/.229 35/.300 209/.277 74/.203 142/.256 220/.230 .260  Pence
 Pagan
 Blanco
 Nady
 Theriot
 Huff
 Pill
 Peguero
0/0/134/11
0/127/0/6
33/23/54/2
28/0/15/1
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .740 .656 .752 .774 .715 .526 .657 .633 .949 .752 .686 .804 .569 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 401/.711 85/.765 31/.831 162/.870 70/.841 120/.656 69/.781 97/.641 15/.536 108/.876 8/.250 61/.756 66/.721 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.779 124/.586 45/.698 161/.679 270/.683 125/.402 98/.572 95/.625 20/1.228 101/.616 66/.744 81/.842 154/.507 .727
Road 358/.635 96/.604 21/.535 115/.725 189/.726 131/.616 74/.409 92/.632 14/1.538 92/.559 21/.686 58/.739 113/.585
Last 28d days 122/.776 43/.715 58/.812 9/.667 121/.795 47/.461 33/.649 48/.653 7/1.143 44/.633 74/.686 30/.901 48/.554
HR/SB/CS 15/12/7 9/6/2 2/1/0 13/3/4 9/4/2 3/2/0 2/6/0 4/0/0 1/1/0 4/3/3 3/0/1 5/0/3 0/1/0 136/43/36
Usage ····X··· oo·X··X· X···X··o X······· ·X····X· ·Xo·oo·· o··o···X ·XX·XX·· ········ ·X·oo·o· ···X···· X···o··· ·oo·ooo·

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.