MIL @ ATL, Monday, June 23, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 41-34, 3rd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 8-1, 2.74) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-1) 95.1 83 30 29 21 77 11 2.74 2007 (12-5) 141.1 138 62 60 37 106 17 3.82 2006 (6-7) 106 105 47 45 11 116 9 3.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 49 50 16 16 9 39 7 2.94 58 2008-06-18 TOR W 6 4 2 2 4 5 0 108 57 2008-06-12 @HOU W 7 7 3 3 2 9 2 117 58 2008-06-06 @COL ND 6 5 1 1 2 3 0 100 59 2008-05-31 HOU W 8.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 121 70 2008-05-26 @WSN ND 6 7 2 2 0 6 1 86 56 2008-05-21 @PIT W 9 11 1 1 0 6 1 123 67 2008-05-15 LAD L 6.1 9 6 6 0 5 3 88 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 5-0 33.2 36 13 13 3 31 1 3.48 56 2007-05-29 ATL W 6 11 3 3 0 2 1 93 40 2006-08-12 @ATL W 7 6 5 5 0 8 0 86 53 2006-04-26 ATL W 6 6 2 2 1 9 0 90 60 2005-08-26 ATL W 7.2 5 1 1 1 8 0 100 72 2005-07-09 @ATL W 7 8 2 2 1 4 0 108 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-13 Road: 16-21 ExtrInn: 6-5 vsRHP: 27-27 vsLHP: 14-7 1-Run: 16-6 vsEast: 8-10 vsCntrl:19-14 vsWest: 8-4 IL: 6-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 75 Sun, Jun 22 BAL W 7-3 41-34 3rd 6.5 gb 74 Sat, Jun 21 BAL W 3-2 40-34 3rd 6.5 gb 73 Fri, Jun 20 BAL L 5-8 39-34 3rd 6.5 gb 72 Thu, Jun 19 TOR W 8-7 39-33 3rd 5.5 gb 71 Wed, Jun 18 TOR W 5-4 38-33 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Tue, Jun 17 TOR W 7-0 37-33 3rd 7.5 gb 69 Sun, Jun 15 MIN W 4-2 36-33 3rd 8.5 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 MIN L 4-9 (12) 35-33 3rd 8.5 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 MIN L 2-10 35-32 3rd 7.5 gb 66 Thu, Jun 12 @HOU W 9-6 35-31 3rd 7.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Atlanta Braves, 38-39, 4th, 4 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 3-4, 4.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 60 58 30 27 22 50 7 4.05 2007 (2-2) 50.2 55 39 35 30 27 9 6.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 45.1 38 22 20 17 39 7 3.97 55 2008-06-18 @TEX ND 7 5 2 1 4 3 0 97 60 2008-06-13 @LAA W 8 5 2 2 2 5 1 104 67 2008-06-07 PHI L 7.1 7 4 4 2 8 2 109 54 2008-06-02 FLA ND 6 5 3 3 1 4 0 74 53 2008-05-28 @MIL L 7 2 1 1 3 9 0 98 75 2008-05-23 ARI L 5 6 8 7 3 4 3 97 26 2008-05-18 OAK W 5 8 2 2 2 6 1 89 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 0-1 12.1 6 5 4 5 11 1 2.92 61 2008-05-28 @MIL L 7 2 1 1 3 9 0 98 75 2007-09-23 MIL ND 5.1 4 4 3 2 2 1 78 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-12 Road: 11-27 ExtrInn: 1-7 vsRHP: 26-23 vsLHP: 12-16 1-Run: 4-19 vsEast: 16-16 vsCntrl: 6-13 vsWest: 9-5 IL: 7-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 77 Sun, Jun 22 SEA W 8-3 38-39 4th 4.0 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 SEA W 5-4 37-39 4th 5.0 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 SEA L 2-10 36-39 4th 6.0 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 @TEX L 4-5 36-38 4th 6.0 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 @TEX W 5-2 36-37 3rd 5.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 @TEX L 5-7 35-37 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Mon, Jun 16 @COL W 7-1 35-36 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 @LAA L 0-2 34-36 3rd 6.5 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 @LAA W 9-4 34-35 3rd 6.5 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 @LAA W 5-2 33-35 3rd 7.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 29, 2008 ATL 8 @MIL 1 W:Jorge Campillo (2-0), L: Seth McClung (2-2), S: none Wed, May 28, 2008 MIL 1 ATL 0 W:Jeff Suppan (3-4), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (2-3), S: Salomon Torres (4) Tue, May 27, 2008 MIL 3 ATL 2 W:Salomon Torres (4-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-3), S: none Sun, Sep 23, 2007 ATL 7 MIL 4 W:Manny Acosta (1-1), L: Claudio Vargas (11-5), S: Rafael Soriano (9) Sat, Sep 22, 2007 ATL 4 MIL 3 (11) W:Joey Devine (1-0), L: Seth McClung (0-1), S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 MIL 4 @ATL 1 W:Scott Linebrink (5-6), L: Tim Hudson (16-9), S: Francisco Cordero (44) Thu, Sep 20, 2007 ATL 3 MIL 1 W:Jeff Bennett (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (10-12), S: Rafael Soriano (8) Wed, May 30, 2007 ATL 9 @MIL 3 W:Tim Hudson (6-3), L: Derrick Turnbow (1-3), S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 MIL 5 ATL 4 W:Ben Sheets (5-3), L: Peter Moylan (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (18) Mon, May 28, 2007 ATL 2 @MIL 1 W:Chuck James (5-4), L: Chris Capuano (5-4), S: Bob Wickman (8) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 2-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 45-26

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 2008 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 5.57

OAK 4.56

WSN 3.66

RA/G

OAK 3.72

MIL 4.60

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .393

C. Quentin .280

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .485

B. Francisco .353

C. Patterson .222

SLG

L. Berkman .683

J. Bowker .454

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.121

T. Hunter .802

W. Pena .512

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

J. Moyer 4.09

I. Snell 5.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

V. Padilla 6.20

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 34.Ring*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 8/1.208 ··· ··· 82/71 .300/.390/.800/1.190 .000/1.400 .810 78/1.163 0/0 10/

8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 322/245 .285/.323/.563/.886 .789/.916 .705 107/.913 7/3 20/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/138 .222/.294/.475/.768 .651/.802 .931 71/.710 5/1 11/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 7/.286 5/1.400 1/.000 133/116 .252/.353/.357/.710 .494/.742 .766 63/.788 2/1 1/

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 65/41 .245/.375/.302/.677 1.194/.393 .869 32/.613 1/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 10/.856 1/no AB 321/223 .292/.380/.528/.908 .744/.982 .774 105/1.138 1/0 16/

2.Hall G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.500 4/.500 ··· 243/169 .223/.289/.405/.694 1.063/.536 .585 47/.625 3/5 10/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 259/191 .251/.326/.368/.694 .607/.719 .671 73/.814 1/0 5/

1.Hart G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 306/230 .290/.333/.502/.835 .801/.847 .953 102/.858 10/3 12/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/77 .311/.351/.508/.859 .883/.841 .889 48/.985 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/196 .263/.344/.355/.699 .695/.700 .702 88/.659 3/2 1/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 39/34 .324/.359/.432/.791 .400/.851 .739 10/.733 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.333 4/1.666 3/1.333 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 276/202 .207/.324/.353/.677 .802/.633 .755 49/.545 10/3 7/

IP 60.0 37.1 55.0 41.2 13.2 2.0 31.2 15.2 TOTAL .253/.325/.433/.758 .747/.762 .734 .818 51/19 99/48

ERA-K/9

4.05/7.5

4.34/5.3

4.42/7.0

3.89/7.8

2.63/7.9

9.00/9.0

3.41/7.9

3.45/6.9

3.73/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (25-21-4)
Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.261 164/.264 247/.259 176/.231 60/.220 10/.300 133/.214 65/.237 .246 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Dillon 72/0/0/5
0/0/73/3
0/40/0/0
4/24/8/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .751 .829 .755 .672 .610 .900 .611 .711 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.768 73/.944 85/.816 79/.719 26/.748 3/1.667 63/.471 42/.696 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.745 91/.731 162/.717 97/.634 34/.502 7/.571 70/.738 23/.737 .716

Home 140/.881 94/.837 138/.634 97/.548 26/.756 7/1.286 83/.613 33/.734 .708

Last 28d days 134/.633 63/.956 71/.944 65/.791 25/.470 10/.900 45/.422 30/.517

HR/SB/CS 7/6/4 7/6/0 5/5/2 3/5/1 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 66/53/20

Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ··ooo·X· ·X·X·X·· ··o····· X···o··· X·Xo··o· ··Xo·o··

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 16.Torres
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 222/169 .253/.362/.317/.679 .533/.725 .665 106/.617 6/0 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 328/225 .299/.375/.403/.778 .668/.830 .837 124/.747 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.167 327/217 .246/.300/.402/.702 .657/.724 .694 113/.642 0/1 8/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/43 .235/.350/.314/.664 .476/.736 .762 23/.685 1/0 1/

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 10/.522 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 109/51 .281/.352/.427/.779 .825/.721 .806 62/.832 0/0 1/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 297/208 .280/.356/.459/.815 .756/.842 .883 122/.761 7/2 7/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/28 .364/.400/.545/.945 1.000/.931 .400 35/.945 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 24/1.114 ··· 13/.885 ··· 2/.500 ··· 16/.771 3/.000 301/192 .393/.485/.631/1.116 .944/1.215 1.256 98/.999 2/0 16/

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 0/ 0/0 0/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 287/189 .310/.383/.569/.952 .987/.934 1.080 99/.865 1/0 14/

27.Miller G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .103/.186/.179/.366 .347/.377 .195 18/.535 0/0 1/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 115/82 .245/.330/.382/.713 .846/.660 .820 70/.660 0/0 2/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 330/211 .271/.367/.465/.831 .709/.900 .894 123/.953 0/0 13/

IP 95.1 13.2 29.2 22.0 26.1 12.2 43.2 64.1 TOTAL .273/.350/.424/.774 .716/.805 .831 .766 28/10 77/48

ERA-K/9

2.74/7.3

3.95/10.5

4.55/9.1

5.32/6.1

2.05/6.5

2.84/12.8

2.27/6.2

5.46/6.6

4.17/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (49-17-1)
Miller (4-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.230 55/.236 130/.261 97/.267 104/.200 54/.163 180/.234 284/.290 .260 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Norton
Infante 0/0/75/5
23/40/1/3
8/0/1/0
17/0/1/0
9/3/0/0

OPS .658 .727 .745 .757 .596 .589 .612 .849 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.660 19/1.474 56/.970 48/.954 51/.451 21/.458 86/.586 141/.648 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.656 36/.333 74/.573 49/.572 53/.745 33/.667 94/.634 143/1.045 .757

Road 241/.651 21/.952 65/.653 52/.589 48/.835 28/.558 93/.669 120/1.050 .811

Last 28d days 138/.655 42/.643 36/1.025 7/1.571 45/.592 3/.000 51/.457 56/.544

HR/SB/CS 11/4/4 4/1/0 3/4/0 3/1/1 4/1/1 1/0/1 2/1/2 13/3/2 90/38/25

Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· X···X··o X··o···· ·X··o··o ··o····· oo·oX··o ··X·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.

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Game Preview: MIL @ ATL, 7:00pm, Monday, June 23, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 8-1, 2.74)

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 3-4, 4.05)

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