MIL @ ATL, Friday, August 1, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 60-49, 2nd, 5 GB, tied for WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 5-7, 5.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-7) 114.1 137 75 64 47 61 15 5.04 2007 (12-12) 206.2 243 113 106 68 114 18 4.62 2006 (12-7) 190 207 100 87 69 104 21 4.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 35.2 56 34 31 11 19 6 7.82 35 2008-07-27 HOU L 6 11 8 8 1 3 2 91 20 2008-07-22 @STL ND 7 8 3 3 2 3 1 93 50 2008-07-06 PIT ND 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 75 25 2008-07-01 @ARI W 5 9 5 5 2 0 1 76 27 2008-06-25 @ATL L 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 94 42 2008-06-20 BAL L 1.2 7 6 3 2 1 0 55 22 2008-06-14 MIN ND 7 7 2 2 1 5 0 96 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 1-4 30.1 33 19 18 12 23 0 5.34 47 2008-06-25 @ATL L 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 94 42 2008-05-28 ATL W 8 4 0 0 5 7 0 113 76 2007-09-20 @ATL L 6 7 3 3 2 6 0 86 50 2006-07-05 @ATL L 3.1 9 10 9 2 1 0 78 3 2005-05-01 @ATL L 7 4 2 2 2 4 0 95 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-23 Road: 28-26 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 38-37 vsLHP: 22-12 1-Run: 22-10 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl:28-22 vsWest: 15-8 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 109 Thu, Jul 31 CHC L 4-11 60-49 2nd 5.0 gb 108 Wed, Jul 30 CHC L 2-7 60-48 2nd 4.0 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 CHC L 1-7 60-47 2nd 3.0 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 CHC L 4-6 60-46 2nd 2.0 gb 105 Sun, Jul 27 HOU L 6-11 60-45 2nd 1.0 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 HOU W 6-4 60-44 1st Tied 103 Fri, Jul 25 HOU L 1-3 59-44 2nd 1.0 gb 102 Thu, Jul 24 @STL W 4-3 59-43 2nd 1.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @STL W 3-0 58-43 2nd 1.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @STL W 4-3 57-43 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Atlanta Braves, 50-58, 4th, 9 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Chuck James (26, LHP, 2-3, 8.22) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 23 25 21 21 16 17 7 8.22 2007 (11-10) 161.1 164 77 76 58 116 32 4.24 2006 (11-4) 119 101 54 50 47 91 20 3.78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 33.2 30 25 25 18 29 10 6.68 45 2008-05-15 @PHI L 4 6 5 5 5 0 3 77 25 2008-05-10 @PIT L 6 5 5 5 4 7 1 103 45 2008-04-24 FLA W 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 83 39 2008-04-19 LAD W 5 4 1 1 1 2 1 69 56 2008-04-09 @COL L 3 5 6 6 1 5 1 69 29 2007-09-25 @PHI ND 3.2 3 4 4 1 6 3 67 44 2007-09-19 FLA W 7 2 0 0 1 6 0 100 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-0 6 5 1 1 2 8 1 1.50 64 2007-05-28 @MIL W 6 5 1 1 2 8 1 93 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-23 Road: 18-35 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 36-37 vsLHP: 14-21 1-Run: 6-23 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:10-19 vsWest: 12-8 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 108 Thu, Jul 31 STL W 9-4 50-58 4th 9.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 STL L 2-7 49-58 4th 9.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 STL L 3-8 49-57 4th 8.5 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 STL L 3-12 49-56 4th 7.5 gb 104 Sun, Jul 27 @PHI L 10-12 49-55 4th 7.5 gb 103 Sat, Jul 26 @PHI L 9-10 49-54 4th 6.5 gb 102 Fri, Jul 25 @PHI W 8-2 49-53 4th 6.5 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @FLA W 9-4 48-53 4th 6.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @FLA L 0-4 47-53 4th 7.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @FLA W 4-0 47-52 4th 6.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 25, 2008 ATL 4 MIL 2 W:Jorge Campillo (3-2), L: Jeff Suppan (4-6), S: Mike Gonzalez (2) Tue, Jun 24, 2008 MIL 4 @ATL 3 W:David Bush (4-7), L: Charlie Morton (1-1), S: Salomon Torres (13) 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 4-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 46-28

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 5.60

LAA 4.64

WSN 3.69

RA/G

OAK 3.81

CLE 4.65

TEX 5.91

C. Jones .369

V. Wells .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

A. Huff .359

T. Pena .171

SLG

L. Berkman .621

N. Markakis .478

T. Pena .198

OPS

A. Pujols 1.076

C. Coste .823

T. Pena .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.37

J. Weaver 4.11

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.84

J. Lester 6.20

K. Rogers 3.40

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
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 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.250 141/127 .250/.333/.605/.938 .000/1.052 .696 31/.672 1/0 12/

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 465/343 .302/.340/.592/.932 .966/.920 .796 107/1.222 9/3 29/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 5/1.600 4/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 6/.333 301/229 .227/.316/.462/.778 .936/.729 .888 89/.769 8/4 15/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 7/.286 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 11/.100 166/149 .231/.331/.315/.646 .494/.664 .658 22/.495 2/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 15/.852 323/241 .288/.378/.413/.791 .677/.827 .780 57/.718 6/2 3/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 10/.856 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 464/317 .278/.373/.503/.875 .782/.920 .723 105/1.059 2/0 22/

2.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.333 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 5/1.150 339/225 .230/.293/.424/.717 1.055/.550 .558 76/.948 4/6 14/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 3/.666 4/.333 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 404/296 .288/.349/.477/.826 .932/.789 .908 103/.885 2/1 15/

1.Hart G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 436/317 .283/.323/.494/.817 .792/.827 .916 89/.674 16/4 16/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 176/107 .303/.337/.497/.834 .954/.754 .795 31/.774 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 34/.418 386/286 .246/.329/.322/.651 .650/.652 .714 89/.462 6/3 1/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/42 .314/.352/.451/.803 .697/.832 .833 8/.536 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.250 5/1.600 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 402/289 .223/.329/.378/.707 .767/.684 .804 87/.762 15/4 9/

IP 23.0 65.1 57.1 33.2 15.0 45.0 21.1 13.0 26.2 TOTAL .255/.324/.441/.765 .818/.746 .751 .813 74/27 142/70

ERA-K/9

8.22/6.7

4.13/6.5

4.55/7.5

4.28/9.1

3.00/11.4

2.80/8.2

8.02/6.3

1.38/11.1

6.41/7.1

4.06/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (37-28-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 110/.284 289/.254 243/.248 144/.236 63/.207 183/.198 105/.333 52/.140 136/.327 .251 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler 104/0/0/7
0/0/104/4
0/71/0/2
6/30/13/0

OPS .998 .728 .708 .700 .616 .562 .914 .498 .815 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.643 96/.842 97/.714 56/1.033 15/.800 88/.478 60/.749 23/.627 59/1.036 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/1.112 193/.667 146/.703 88/.493 48/.550 95/.642 45/1.139 29/.399 77/.644 .727

Home 43/.852 175/.617 131/.650 89/.673 41/.678 101/.556 64/.898 37/.531 66/.806 .734

Last 28d days / 25/.558 44/.761 59/.930 43/.647 35/.465 33/1.305 14/.536 31/.701

HR/SB/CS 7/5/0 5/5/2 6/7/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/3/0 0/1/1 1/4/0 95/73/25

Usage X··X···· ·oo·XX·· ···oX··· o·X····· ·o··ooX· ·o·XXo·· X·o··X·· ·X·ooo··

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
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 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 370/277 .267/.366/.327/.693 .690/.694 .660 108/.645 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 416/294 .283/.357/.378/.735 .676/.759 .781 73/.598 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 3/1.167 441/305 .235/.293/.366/.659 .613/.679 .666 79/.645 0/1 9/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 94/67 .220/.304/.317/.621 .390/.713 .713 11/.545 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP 12/.697 3/.000 2/1.000 10/.522 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 161/94 .306/.352/.476/.828 .834/.824 .853 38/1.053 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 10/.708 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 409/300 .270/.346/.430/.776 .770/.778 .857 78/.670 9/2 9/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 407/317 .280/.319/.437/.757 .948/.702 .696 92/.693 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.539 12/.258 11/.282 1/.000 8/.625 ··· ··· 271/186 .290/.333/.397/.730 .554/.813 .731 79/.693 2/3 4/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 392/265 .302/.385/.564/.949 .923/.962 .977 70/1.186 3/0 20/

27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 60/35 .093/.169/.148/.318 .330/.308 .204 16/.205 0/0 1/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 7/.000 10/.700 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 165/115 .253/.339/.390/.730 .598/.787 .819 33/.733 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 84/41 .264/.349/.431/.780 .857/.703 .866 34/.767 1/0 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .500/.500/.875/1.375 2.000/1.286 1.375 8/1.375 0/0 1/

IP 114.1 27.1 39.0 34.1 36.2 56.2 83.0 TOTAL .267/.343/.413/.756 .729/.769 .791 .738 36/17 102/67

ERA-K/9

5.04/4.8

6.59/7.6

5.31/7.8

4.46/6.0

2.70/6.1

2.86/6.2

4.55/6.9

4.14/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (66-20-4)
Miller (5-5-4)
Sammons (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 508/.304 128/.280 174/.288 148/.258 149/.225 238/.243 360/.273 .261 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/102/7
44/53/1/5
0/67/0/3
24/0/2/0
12/3/0/0

OPS .832 .898 .836 .774 .637 .653 .788 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.741 67/.805 76/1.003 64/.934 71/.465 107/.660 169/.614 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.928 61/1.003 98/.705 84/.657 78/.805 131/.646 191/.941 .749

Road 280/.889 59/.969 81/.695 71/.557 67/.806 131/.728 147/.987 .769

Last 28d days 75/1.015 29/.883 32/1.085 40/.875 34/.761 40/.561 54/.439

HR/SB/CS 15/2/5 7/0/0 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/5/2 119/53/32

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

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, 7:30pm, Friday, August 1, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 5-7, 5.04)

SP: Chuck James (26, LHP, 2-3, 8.22)

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