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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Milwaukee Brewers, 14-11, 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 3-0, 0.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             28    14   3   3   4  24  1    0.96      
 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  38    28  14  14   9  33  3    3.32   57 
 2008-04-18   @CIN   W   5     2   0   0   0   4  0      60   67 
 2008-04-12   @NYM   W   7.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     116   60 
 2008-04-06    SFG   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     109   85 
 2008-03-31   @CHC  ND   6.1   2   0   0   2   7  0      99   74 
 2007-09-18   @HOU  ND   1     2   1   1   0   0  0      12   45 
 2007-09-14    CIN   L   3     6   5   5   2   3  1      50   28 
 2007-09-09   @CIN   W   6     6   5   5   3   6  1      94   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      2-1  29.1  27  10  10   4  24  1    3.07   57 
 2008-03-31   @CHC  ND   6.1   2   0   0   2   7  0      99   74 
 2007-08-29   @CHC   W   6     6   1   1   1   2  0      86   57 
 2007-06-30   @CHC   W   8     6   4   4   1  11  0     124   64 
 2007-04-25   @CHC  ND   3     4   0   0   0   1  0      40   52 
 2007-04-07    CHC   L   6     9   5   5   0   3  1     100   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:   7-9    vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, Apr 27   FLA  L   2-3 (10)  14-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   FLA  W   4-3       14-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   FLA  L   0-3 (10)  13-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   PHI  L   1-3       13-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   PHI  W   5-4       13-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   STL  W   9-8 (12)  12-8   3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   STL  L   3-4       11-8   3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @CIN  L   3-4 (10)  11-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @CIN  W   5-3 (10)  11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @CIN  W   5-2       10-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-11
Chicago Cubs, 16-9, 1st, 1 up

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 1-0, 3.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             23.1  26  10   9   9  15  3    3.47      
 2007 (12-9)           191.2 190 111  98  76 109 22    4.60      
 2006 (14-16)          194.1 221 136 130  75  96 35    6.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  37.1  48  23  21  15  24  3    5.06   44 
 2008-04-24   @COL  ND   7     8   2   2   2   4  1      98   55 
 2008-04-19    PIT   W   6     6   1   1   1   7  0     102   62 
 2008-04-13   @PHI  ND   5     4   2   2   5   2  1      86   48 
 2008-04-05    HOU  ND   5.1   8   5   4   1   2  1      81   35 
 2007-09-26   @FLA   L   5     9   5   4   2   4  0      77   33 
 2007-09-21    PIT  ND   2.2   8   7   7   2   1  0      54   13 
 2007-09-16   @STL   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   4  0      88   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-1  26.1  28  14  13  12  17  4    4.44   48 
 2007-07-01    MIL   W   7     4   1   1   1   5  1      77   69 
 2007-06-04   @MIL  ND   5.1   7   2   1   3   3  1     112   48 
 2006-09-28    MIL   L   2     5   6   6   3   2  1      43   21 
 2006-06-10   @MIL  ND   6     5   2   2   5   2  0     103   51 
 2006-04-12    MIL   W   6     7   3   3   0   5  1      95   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-4    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:   9-6    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:11-4    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @WSN  L   0-2       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @WSN  W   7-0       16-8   1st  1.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @WSN  L   3-5       15-8   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @COL  L   2-4       15-7   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @COL  W   7-6 (10)  15-6   1st  2.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 22   NYM  W   8-1       14-6   1st  1.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21   NYM  W   7-1       13-6   1st  0.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   PIT  W  13-6       12-6   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   PIT  W  13-1       11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   PIT  W   3-2       10-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CHC  6  MIL  3        W:Ryan Dempster (1-0), L: David Bush (0-1), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 MIL  8 @CHC  2        W:Jeff Suppan (1-0), L: Ted Lilly (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 MIL  4 @CHC  3 (10)   W:Eric Gagne (1-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-1), S: David Riske (1)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 CHC  5  MIL  4        W:Carlos Marmol (4-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-12), S: Ryan Dempster (23)
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 MIL  6 @CHC  1        W:Ben Sheets (11-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 CHC  5  MIL  3        W:Rich Hill (8-7), L: Scott Linebrink (4-6), S: Ryan Dempster (22)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CHC  5  MIL  1        W:Jason Marquis (6-4), L: David Bush (6-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 MIL 13 @CHC  4        W:Ben Sheets (10-3), L: Sean Marshall (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2007 CHC  6  MIL  5        W:Bobby Howry (5-4), L: Francisco Cordero (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 CHC  6 @MIL  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-5), L: Jeff Suppan (7-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 2-1; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; 2006 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - CHC leads 80-77

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB
22.Hart
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/3.000 1/2.000 4/2.750 492/364 .324/.370/.634/1.004 1.480/.845 .966 / 15/5 34/26
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 29/1.014 ··· 2/1.500 17/.651 2/.500 ··· 17/.820 7/.971 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .688 / 4/2 3/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/.731 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 12/.633 5/1.200 1/no AB 6/.334 681/464 .288/.395/.618/1.013 .834/1.100 .942 / 2/2 50/14
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 135/115 .260/.326/.317/.643 .666/.639 .650 / 8/1 0/1
2.Hall G/S/vP 15/1.043 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 12/.531 5/2.550 14/1.203 8/.125 503/339 .254/.315/.425/.740 .795/.713 .694 / 4/5 14/9
7.Hardy G/S/vP 17/.728 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 6/.500 2/1.000 7/.286 10/.200 638/471 .277/.323/.463/.786 .950/.729 .769 / 2/3 26/13
1.Hart G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/no AB 6/.750 ··· 4/.000 5/.933 2/1.500 6/.533 566/380 .295/.353/.539/.892 1.032/.824 .832 / 23/7 24/3
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.181 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / / / /
18.Kendall G/S/vP 19/.757 1/no AB 7/.500 28/.619 2/.000 ··· 40/.402 4/1.500 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .665 / 3/4 3/9
11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 15/13 .231/.286/.692/.978 2.500/.705 1.167 / 0/0 2/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP 10/1.071 1/.000 10/.200 4/.500 9/.873 1/.000 5/.400 7/1.133 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .853 / 25/2 16/13
IP 191.2 11.0 81.1 78.0 69.1 103.1 24.1 72.1 TOTAL .240/.312/.385/.697 .842/.635 .652 .701 17/7 23/12
ERA-K/9 4.60/5.1 0.82/10.6 3.32/8.0 4.73/6.2 1.43/12.5 3.92/5.8 3.33/8.9 3.48/9.8 3.68/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (111-20-12)
 Rivera (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 846/.256 42/.189 336/.245 342/.293 285/.169 446/.267 101/.207 312/.234 .236  Hall
 Hart
 Gwynn
 Kendall
0/130/0/5
0/34/113/4
4/27/10/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .744 .566 .670 .785 .508 .750 .609 .712 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.828 14/.071 144/.566 161/.836 106/.616 75/.600 32/.443 93/.707 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.679 28/.829 192/.746 181/.741 179/.445 371/.781 69/.683 219/.714 .664
Home 442/.713 21/.460 180/.706 177/.866 143/.503 209/.796 47/.410 187/.742 .677
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 22/20/2 0/1/0 8/2/0 7/2/0 3/9/0 13/5/2 0/0/1 8/7/1 24/16/7
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ···o·oo· ··o··X·· ···X·XXo ·o···o·· ·o···X·o ·oX··o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.80 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 1/3.000 58/36 .167/.193/.222/.415 .145/.574 .422 / 0/0 0/0
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 80/46 .203/.231/.392/.623 .382/.823 .622 / 2/1 4/2
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 19/.737 5/1.000 4/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 6/1.100 574/410 .293/.371/.420/.792 .745/.810 .815 / 1/2 10/11
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 260/201 .278/.336/.402/.738 .586/.781 .861 / 5/4 3/8
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.133 ··· 6/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 307/222 .236/.305/.320/.625 .913/.513 .618 / 4/2 2/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 48/.994 8/.500 1/.000 14/.453 5/1.400 2/1.500 ··· 19/.812 13/.749 650/509 .317/.400/.513/.913 1.015/.885 1.081 / 6/5 22/7
19.Murton G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/1.056 3/.333 261/160 .281/.352/.438/.791 .892/.727 .655 / 1/0 8/4
20.Pie* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 194/156 .215/.271/.333/.604 .269/.689 .556 / 8/1 2/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 58/.551 16/1.071 2/.000 9/.555 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/.713 9/.958 558/431 .310/.366/.549/.915 1.220/.826 1.046 / 0/0 26/10
18.Soto G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 60/30 .389/.433/.667/1.100 1.096/1.104 .962 / 0/0 3/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 3/.666 597/456 .266/.326/.346/.672 .797/.634 .729 / 28/4 3/11
33.Ward* G/S/vP 36/.574 6/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 133/123 .327/.436/.527/.963 .775/.978 1.026 / 0/0 3/1
IP 141.1 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 5.0 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .280/.367/.443/.810 .807/.811 .889 .821 20/10 27/17
ERA-K/9 3.82/6.8 3.81/8.8 3.75/8.2 5.76/7.1 2.45/6.7 3.02/6.0 3.60/7.2 5.47/7.7 4.63/11.1 3.91/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (8-3-2)
 Soto (10-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.253 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 20/.133 231/.277 292/.183 .252  Johnson
 Murton
 DeRosa
 Ward
 Pie
 Theriot
70/1/8/3
28/1/41/3
1/0/22/1
1/0/10/1
2/80/0/1
4/0/2/0
OPS .707 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .567 .761 .582 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.582 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 11/.808 91/.814 111/.597 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.815 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 9/.222 140/.728 181/.572 .712
Road 283/.722 97/.617 32/.875 134/.779 144/.777 106/.677 11/.091 106/.639 137/.581 .723
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/21/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/9/0 8/4/1 0/6/2 0/0/0 7/2/1 4/3/3 25/17/10
Usage ········ ·oXX··X· ·X····o· ·X·X··XX ·o··X·X· ···oo·oo ·o···Xo· ··X·o·X· ·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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