MIL @ ATL, Saturday, August 2, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 61-49, 2nd, 4 GB, tied for WC	SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 10-8, 3.33) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-8) 162 146 64 60 44 157 15 3.33 2007 (19-7) 241 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21 2006 (12-11) 192.2 182 83 69 44 172 17 3.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 55.2 40 15 12 14 50 4 1.94 68 2008-07-28 CHC ND 6.2 9 4 3 2 3 1 124 43 2008-07-23 @STL W 9 3 0 0 2 7 0 106 86 2008-07-18 @SFG W 9 4 1 1 0 10 1 110 85 2008-07-13 CIN W 9 8 2 2 1 9 0 122 71 2008-07-08 COL W 6 5 3 2 5 5 0 97 52 2008-07-02 @CHW ND 8 7 5 4 2 5 2 123 53 2008-06-27 CIN W 8 4 0 0 2 11 0 116 83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 8.1 12 5 4 1 7 0 4.32 47 2007-06-15 ATL L 8.1 12 5 4 1 7 0 116 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-23 Road: 29-26 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 38-37 vsLHP: 23-12 1-Run: 22-10 vsEast: 11-11 vsCntrl:28-22 vsWest: 15-8 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 110 Fri, Aug 1 @ATL W 9-0 61-49 2nd 4.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Atlanta Braves, 50-59, 4th, 9 GB, 10½ GB in WC	SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 2-4, 7.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 39.2 46 34 32 20 24 5 7.26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 33.2 41 31 29 19 20 5 7.75 38 2008-07-28 STL L 3.2 7 8 8 4 1 1 81 12 2008-07-22 @FLA L 5.2 2 4 4 4 5 1 102 50 2008-07-12 @SDP W 5.1 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 57 2008-07-06 HOU ND 6 8 6 6 2 2 1 100 32 2008-07-01 PHI L 2 8 5 5 1 1 2 57 20 2008-06-24 MIL L 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 100 49 2008-06-19 @TEX ND 5 5 3 3 4 3 0 91 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 0-1 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 3.00 49 2008-06-24 MIL L 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 100 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-24 Road: 18-35 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 36-38 vsLHP: 14-21 1-Run: 6-23 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:10-20 vsWest: 12-8 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 109 Fri, Aug 1 MIL L 0-9 50-59 4th 9.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 01, 2008 MIL 9 @ATL 0 W:Jeff Suppan (6-7), L: Chuck James (2-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 46-29

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 5.63

COL 4.66

WSN 3.70

RA/G

OAK 3.80

MIN 4.65

TEX 5.93

C. Jones .369

J. Drew .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. Pedroia .358

T. Pena .171

SLG

L. Berkman .620

C. Tracy .475

T. Pena .198

OPS

A. Pujols 1.065

C. Coste .818

T. Pena .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

S. Olsen 4.04

N. Robertson 6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

J. Lester 6.20

K. Rogers 3.40

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
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 3/.666 ··· 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/.666 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 470/345 .301/.338/.590/.928 .967/.914 .792 107/1.197 9/3 29/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 7/.429 306/230 .228/.320/.472/.792 .979/.732 .910 90/.779 8/4 16/

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 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 15/.852 323/241 .288/.378/.413/.791 .677/.827 .780 52/.710 6/2 3/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 10/.856 3/.333 3/1.666 ··· 469/319 .277/.371/.506/.877 .802/.913 .731 105/1.050 2/0 23/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.333 5/.400 1/3.000 2/.000 6/.933 344/226 .230/.294/.425/.719 1.058/.547 .566 77/.858 4/6 14/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 3/.666 5/.250 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 4/.750 409/298 .285/.347/.472/.819 .919/.783 .893 103/.787 2/1 15/

1.Hart G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 441/319 .280/.320/.489/.809 .776/.821 .898 90/.648 16/4 16/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 177/107 .307/.341/.500/.841 .969/.754 .812 32/.813 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.666 4/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 35/.406 390/287 .246/.331/.323/.653 .663/.650 .716 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 4/.000 5/1.250 5/1.600 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 407/291 .226/.333/.386/.718 .817/.679 .821 87/.857 15/4 9/

IP 39.2 65.1 58.1 35.0 15.0 46.0 22.1 13.0 28.2 TOTAL .254/.325/.442/.766 .830/.743 .753 .801 74/27 144/70

ERA-K/9

7.26/5.4

4.13/6.5

4.47/7.6

4.11/9.3

3.00/11.4

2.74/8.2

8.46/6.5

1.38/11.1

5.97/7.2

4.10/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (37-29-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.288 289/.254 246/.244 148/.229 63/.207 186/.194 113/.333 52/.140 143/.311 .250 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler 105/0/0/7
0/0/105/4
0/72/0/2
6/30/13/0

OPS .814 .728 .699 .679 .616 .552 .921 .498 .781 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.895 96/.842 98/.706 57/1.013 15/.800 88/.478 61/.735 23/.627 59/1.036 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.756 193/.667 148/.693 91/.476 48/.550 98/.621 52/1.145 29/.399 84/.601 .729

Home 92/1.010 175/.617 134/.635 93/.642 41/.678 104/.539 72/.910 37/.531 73/.741 .737

Last 28d days 95/.787 23/.554 44/.669 63/.868 40/.700 38/.427 41/1.245 14/.536 38/.597

HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 5/5/2 6/7/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/3/0 0/1/1 1/4/0 97/73/25

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

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 73.McClung
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 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 374/281 .266/.365/.326/.691 .690/.691 .657 108/.640 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 420/297 .282/.356/.376/.732 .670/.758 .776 73/.627 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 3/1.167 445/309 .233/.292/.364/.656 .613/.674 .659 83/.628 0/1 9/

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

4.Infante G/S/vP 23/.733 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 10/.522 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 165/98 .298/.344/.464/.807 .834/.788 .818 42/.952 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 413/304 .267/.342/.425/.767 .770/.767 .838 78/.600 9/2 9/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 2/5.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 411/320 .281/.321/.436/.758 .938/.706 .699 91/.706 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.742 12/.258 4/1.417 11/.282 1/.000 9/.555 ··· ··· 275/189 .289/.332/.395/.727 .547/.810 .724 79/.688 2/3 4/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 392/265 .302/.385/.564/.949 .923/.962 .977 66/1.200 3/0 20/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 166/116 .252/.337/.388/.725 .598/.780 .808 34/.711 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 85/42 .260/.345/.425/.770 .857/.685 .848 34/.767 1/0 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .500/.545/.800/1.345 2.000/1.278 1.345 11/1.345 0/0 1/

IP 162.0 27.1 83.2 40.0 34.1 37.2 56.2 83.0 TOTAL .266/.342/.411/.753 .727/.765 .785 .722 36/18 102/68

ERA-K/9

3.33/8.7

6.59/7.6

4.41/7.5

5.18/7.7

4.46/6.0

2.63/6.0

2.86/6.2

4.55/6.9

4.11/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (66-20-4)
Sammons (2-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 662/.242 128/.280 364/.252 177/.282 148/.258 152/.220 238/.243 360/.273 .260 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/103/7
45/53/1/5
0/68/0/3
24/0/2/0
12/3/0/0

OPS .665 .898 .742 .820 .774 .624 .653 .788 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.597 67/.805 170/.831 77/.989 64/.934 73/.452 107/.660 169/.614 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 486/.690 61/1.003 194/.663 100/.689 84/.657 79/.794 131/.646 191/.941 .747

Road 261/.626 59/.969 175/.677 84/.669 71/.557 70/.771 131/.728 147/.987 .763

Last 28d days 155/.556 29/.883 85/.738 35/.990 40/.875 37/.697 40/.561 42/.489

HR/SB/CS 15/10/2 7/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/5/2 119/53/33

Usage ····X··· ·o··o·o· ·X···X·· o·oX··X· ·XX·o·oX o·XX·o·· ····X·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, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 2, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 10-8, 3.33)

SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 2-4, 7.26)

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