MIL @ CHC, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @Wrigley Field

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

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

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