MIL @ CHC, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 15-11, 3rd, 1 GB, ½ up in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 1-0, 3.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 31 29 12 12 10 11 4 3.48 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 3-0 45 46 17 17 16 20 6 3.40 52 2008-04-24 PHI ND 7 5 1 1 3 3 1 92 63 2008-04-19 @CIN ND 6.2 3 2 2 1 3 0 87 62 2008-04-13 @NYM ND 4 9 6 6 2 2 1 79 20 2008-04-08 CIN ND 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 93 60 2008-04-02 @CHC W 6.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 109 53 2007-09-30 SDP W 6 8 4 4 3 5 2 104 42 2007-09-25 STL W 8 9 1 1 3 4 0 109 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 3-1 33 32 9 8 9 12 3 2.18 56 2008-04-02 @CHC W 6.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 109 53 2007-08-28 @CHC ND 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 82 56 2007-06-06 CHC L 5 7 5 4 3 1 1 103 33 2007-04-24 @CHC W 8 8 0 0 1 3 0 115 68 2006-08-25 CHC W 7.2 5 0 0 3 2 0 99 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 8-5 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 8-9 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 6-4 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl: 8-7 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 26 Tue, Apr 29 @CHC W 10-7 15-11 3rd 1.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-11
Chicago Cubs, 16-10, 1st, Tied	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 3-0, 2.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-0) 31 18 12 10 14 21 2 2.90 2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73 2006 (1-9) 75 77 47 40 36 67 5 4.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 43 32 21 19 24 34 4 3.98 53 2008-04-25 @WSN ND 7 4 3 2 3 5 1 108 61 2008-04-20 PIT W 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 94 46 2008-04-15 CIN W 6 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 44 2008-04-09 @PIT ND 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 78 2008-04-03 MIL W 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 63 2005-05-04 @MIL ND 6.2 6 3 3 5 6 1 107 51 2005-04-27 CIN ND 5.1 8 6 6 5 7 1 97 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 32.1 31 15 13 14 32 3 3.62 54 2008-04-03 MIL W 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 63 2005-05-04 @MIL ND 6.2 6 3 3 5 6 1 107 51 2003-07-11 @MIL W 7 8 1 1 2 7 0 107 62 2003-05-16 @MIL L 5 7 5 4 3 5 0 91 37 2002-08-30 MIL ND 7.2 7 4 4 2 9 2 122 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-5 Road: 6-5 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 9-7 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-2 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:11-5 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 26 Tue, Apr 29 MIL L 7-10 16-10 1st Tied 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIL 10 @CHC 7 W:Ben Sheets (4-0), L: Jason Marquis (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (8) 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 Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 3-1; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; 2006 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - CHC leads 80-78

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 (4.65 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/3.000 1/2.000 5/2.200 492/364 .324/.370/.634/1.004 1.480/.845 .966 / 15/5 34/26

25.Cameron G/S/vP 8/.750 1/no AB 6/1.133 22/.500 ··· 6/1.000 3/.667 5/1.100 651/468 .242/.328/.431/.759 .914/.700 .789 / 18/5 21/5

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 2/1.500 18/.611 2/.500 ··· 17/.820 7/.971 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .688 / 4/2 3/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 6/1.000 1/3.000 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 3/1.000 ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 135/115 .260/.326/.317/.643 .666/.639 .650 / 8/1 0/1

2.Hall G/S/vP 12/.500 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 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 9/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 4/.500 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 6/.333 2/.500 6/.750 1/.000 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 36/1.119 2/2.000 7/.500 29/.597 2/.000 ··· 40/.402 5/1.600 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .665 / 3/4 3/9

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 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 11/.507 2/1.000 10/.200 5/.400 9/.873 1/.000 5/.400 8/.953 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .853 / 25/2 16/13

IP 66.2 11.0 81.1 78.0 69.1 103.1 24.1 72.1 TOTAL .249/.319/.394/.712 .844/.659 .686 .717 17/7 23/14

ERA-K/9

4.73/7.4

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

3.92/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.240 42/.189 336/.245 342/.293 285/.169 446/.267 101/.207 312/.234 .244 Cameron
Hall
Hart
Gwynn
Kendall 0/150/0/7
0/130/0/5
0/34/113/4
4/27/10/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .717 .566 .670 .785 .508 .750 .609 .712 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.813 14/.071 144/.566 161/.836 106/.616 75/.600 32/.443 93/.707 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.636 28/.829 192/.746 181/.741 179/.445 371/.781 69/.683 219/.714 .690

Home 148/.716 21/.460 180/.706 177/.866 143/.503 209/.796 47/.410 187/.742 .705

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 8/9/0 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·X ····o·oo X··o··X· ····X·XX o·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 (5.85 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
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 12/.705 ··· ··· 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 11/1.323 ··· ··· ··· 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 10/.633 6/.834 4/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/1.100 574/410 .293/.371/.420/.792 .745/.810 .815 / 1/2 10/11

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 260/201 .278/.336/.402/.738 .586/.781 .861 / 5/4 3/8

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· / /// / / / /

9.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 307/222 .236/.305/.320/.625 .913/.513 .618 / 4/2 2/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 48/1.486 8/.500 1/.000 15/.421 6/1.166 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 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 10/1.156 3/.333 261/160 .281/.352/.438/.791 .892/.727 .655 / 1/0 8/4

20.Pie* G/S/vP 9/1.111 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 38/.783 16/1.071 2/.000 10/.700 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 21/.675 9/.958 558/431 .310/.366/.549/.915 1.220/.826 1.046 / 0/0 26/10

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 60/30 .389/.433/.667/1.100 1.096/1.104 .962 / 0/0 3/0

2.Theriot G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 2/1.000 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 19/.652 7/.858 ··· 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 206.2 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 5.0 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .281/.369/.443/.812 .807/.814 .887 .823 20/10 28/18

ERA-K/9

4.62/5.0

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

3.99/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 919/.298 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 20/.133 231/.277 292/.183 .254 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 .801 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .567 .761 .582 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.887 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 11/.808 91/.814 111/.597 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 525/.737 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 9/.222 140/.728 181/.572 .723

Road 449/.810 97/.617 32/.875 134/.779 144/.777 106/.677 11/.091 106/.639 137/.581 .735

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 18/7/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/9/0 8/4/1 0/6/2 0/0/0 7/2/1 4/3/3 26/17/10

Usage ·····X·· X·oXX··X ··X····o X·X·X··X o·o··X·X ····oo·o ··o···Xo X··X·o·X ··o···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 @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 1-0, 3.48)

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 3-0, 2.90)

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