Scouting report: Arizona Diamondbacks

By Jack Etkin, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published September 18, 2008 at 8:56 p.m.

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* Series history: The Diamondbacks lead 103-78 overall and 10-2 this season. The Rockies are 1-5 at Coors Field this year but lead there 46-45 overall.

* Roster: Second baseman Orlando Hudson, outfielder Eric

Byrnes and pitcher Edgar Gonzalez are on the 60-day disabled list.

* Quickly: Stephen Drew has 38 doubles, 11 triples and 17 home runs and is bidding to become the fifth shortstop in National League history with at least 40 doubles, 10 triples and 10 homers in a season. Drew would join Arky Vaughn (Pittsburgh, 1934), Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia, 2004), Jack Wilson (Pittsburgh, 2004) and Hanley Ramirez (Florida, 2006). . . . The Diamondbacks are 31-43 on the road, where they have lost 10 straight games and previously won Aug. 16 at Houston. . . . Arizona was 69-65 and leading the National League West by 4 1/2 games Aug. 29 but has since gone 6-11. . . . Reliever Jon Rausch has been scored upon in 10 of his past 14 outings, going 0-6 in that span with a 9.75 ERA and allowing 16 hits and 14 runs, 13 earned, in 12 innings. . . . The Diamondbacks have struck out 1,198 times, more than any team in the National League except Florida. They have five players with at least 100 strikeouts: Mark Reynolds (191), Chris Young (156), Adam Dunn (151), Justin Upton (110) and Drew (101).