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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Wrigley Field

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

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 (4.65 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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