MIL @ ATL, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 42-34, 3rd, 6 GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 3-7, 5.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-7) 78.2 77 49 46 23 40 15 5.26 2007 (12-10) 186.1 217 110 106 44 134 27 5.12 2006 (12-11) 210 201 111 103 38 166 26 4.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 43 41 24 22 7 19 8 4.60 50 2008-06-19 TOR W 8 2 1 1 1 2 0 106 75 2008-06-13 MIN L 6 10 4 3 1 3 0 88 40 2008-06-07 @COL L 4 5 5 5 2 3 2 69 33 2008-06-01 HOU W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 103 70 2008-05-27 ATL ND 7 6 2 2 1 3 2 91 59 2008-05-22 @PIT L 5 9 6 6 0 1 2 75 26 2008-05-17 @BOS ND 6 5 5 4 2 2 1 102 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 14 12 3 3 1 9 3 1.93 63 2008-05-27 ATL ND 7 6 2 2 1 3 2 91 59 2007-05-30 ATL ND 7 6 1 1 0 6 1 87 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-13 Road: 17-21 ExtrInn: 6-5 vsRHP: 27-27 vsLHP: 15-7 1-Run: 16-6 vsEast: 9-10 vsCntrl:19-14 vsWest: 8-4 IL: 6-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 76 Mon, Jun 23 @ATL W 4-1 42-34 3rd 6.0 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Atlanta Braves, 38-40, 4th, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 1-0, 4.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 11 10 6 6 5 7 0 4.91 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 11 10 6 6 5 7 0 4.91 49 2008-06-19 @TEX ND 5 5 3 3 4 3 0 91 44 2008-06-14 @LAA W 6 5 3 3 1 4 0 104 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-13 Road: 11-27 ExtrInn: 1-7 vsRHP: 26-24 vsLHP: 12-16 1-Run: 4-19 vsEast: 16-16 vsCntrl: 6-14 vsWest: 9-5 IL: 7-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 78 Mon, Jun 23 MIL L 1-4 38-40 4th 4.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jun 23, 2008 MIL 4 @ATL 1 W:Ben Sheets (9-1), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-5), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 3-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 45-27

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 3.64

RA/G

OAK 3.72

BAL 4.57

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .393

C. Quentin .280

T. Pena .157

OBP

C. Jones .485

J. Thome .353

T. Pena .180

SLG

L. Berkman .683

M. Cabrera .453

T. Pena .193

OPS

L. Berkman 1.121

J. Rollins .802

T. Pena .373

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

R. Wolf 4.09

I. Snell 5.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

N. Robertson 6.10

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 50.Morton
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 73/1.252 0/0 10/

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 326/247 .288/.325/.565/.891 .809/.916 .719 106/.942 8/3 20/

25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/140 .224/.298/.491/.789 .786/.790 .959 70/.755 5/1 12/

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 61/.792 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 31/.635 1/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 10/.856 2/.500 325/224 .287/.375/.520/.895 .720/.977 .753 104/1.090 1/0 16/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.500 4/.500 ··· 247/172 .219/.285/.397/.682 1.048/.526 .567 51/.574 3/5 10/

7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 4/.333 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 264/194 .251/.324/.370/.695 .638/.711 .673 74/.836 1/0 5/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 310/232 .290/.336/.500/.836 .826/.839 .951 101/.854 10/3 12/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/77 .311/.351/.508/.859 .883/.841 .889 47/.962 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 266/199 .263/.342/.353/.696 .684/.700 .696 87/.635 3/2 1/

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

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/1.250 3/1.333 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 281/205 .216/.332/.364/.697 .854/.640 .787 48/.700 11/3 7/

IP 11.0 37.1 57.0 41.2 18.0 2.0 31.2 16.0 TOTAL .253/.325/.433/.758 .760/.758 .735 .826 53/19 100/49

ERA-K/9

4.91/5.7

4.34/5.3

4.26/6.8

3.89/7.8

2.00/8.0

9.00/9.0

3.41/7.9

3.38/6.8

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 49/.238 164/.264 254/.256 176/.231 75/.206 10/.300 133/.214 66/.233 .247 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Dillon 73/0/0/5
0/0/74/3
0/41/0/0
4/24/8/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .684 .829 .743 .672 .562 .900 .611 .699 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.819 73/.944 85/.816 79/.719 27/.718 3/1.667 63/.471 43/.679 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/.485 91/.731 169/.701 97/.634 48/.473 7/.571 70/.738 23/.737 .719

Home / 94/.837 145/.620 97/.548 41/.615 7/1.286 83/.613 34/.711 .710

Last 28d days 49/.684 57/1.070 77/.903 58/.822 40/.434 10/.900 45/.422 31/.500

HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 7/6/0 5/5/2 3/5/1 0/3/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 67/55/20

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

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
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 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 226/173 .247/.356/.311/.666 .533/.707 .640 106/.544 6/0 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 332/229 .295/.371/.397/.768 .668/.814 .815 123/.719 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.167 330/220 .243/.297/.398/.695 .657/.714 .681 112/.630 0/1 8/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/43 .235/.350/.314/.664 .476/.736 .762 22/.623 1/0 1/

4.Infante G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 10/.522 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 112/54 .283/.351/.424/.776 .825/.717 .799 65/.824 0/0 1/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 301/212 .284/.358/.460/.818 .756/.845 .887 121/.779 7/2 7/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/31 .333/.368/.500/.868 1.000/.838 .250 38/.868 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 13/.885 ··· 2/.500 ··· 16/.771 3/.000 301/192 .393/.485/.631/1.116 .944/1.215 1.256 93/1.000 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 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 290/192 .306/.379/.562/.941 .987/.918 1.056 97/.827 1/0 14/

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

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/83 .243/.328/.379/.706 .846/.651 .802 68/.659 0/0 2/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 334/215 .271/.365/.462/.827 .709/.892 .884 122/.920 0/0 13/

IP 78.2 13.2 29.2 22.0 26.1 12.2 43.2 64.1 TOTAL .272/.348/.421/.768 .716/.796 .819 .744 28/10 77/48

ERA-K/9

5.26/4.6

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

4.13/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (51-17-1)
Miller (4-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.254 55/.236 130/.261 97/.267 104/.200 54/.163 180/.234 284/.290 .258 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Norton
Infante 0/0/76/5
23/41/1/3
9/0/2/0
18/0/1/0
9/3/0/0

OPS .793 .727 .745 .757 .596 .589 .612 .849 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.822 19/1.474 56/.970 48/.954 51/.451 21/.458 86/.586 141/.648 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.767 36/.333 74/.573 49/.572 53/.745 33/.667 94/.634 143/1.045 .753

Road 152/.887 21/.952 65/.653 52/.589 48/.835 28/.558 93/.669 120/1.050 .799

Last 28d days 127/.709 42/.643 36/1.025 7/1.571 39/.547 3/.000 48/.488 50/.613

HR/SB/CS 15/8/3 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·· ·X··o··· ··X··o·· ···o···· ·oo·oX·· ···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, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 3-7, 5.26)

SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 1-0, 4.91)

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