MIL @ HOU, Friday, May 2, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 16-12, 3rd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Carlos Villanueva (24, RHP, 1-2, 4.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 29 32 15 15 11 16 4 4.66 2007 (8-5) 114.1 101 52 50 53 99 16 3.94 2006 (2-2) 53.2 43 22 22 11 39 8 3.69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 41 40 19 19 18 23 6 4.17 49 2008-04-26 FLA ND 6 6 2 2 0 5 1 105 57 2008-04-21 STL ND 7 3 2 2 4 1 0 98 60 2008-04-16 @STL L 4.2 8 5 5 2 0 2 109 26 2008-04-10 CIN L 6 7 4 4 3 4 1 95 43 2008-04-04 SFG W 5.1 8 2 2 2 6 0 104 48 2007-09-26 STL L 6 5 3 3 4 3 1 85 49 2007-09-21 @ATL ND 6 3 1 1 3 4 1 75 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 6 5 1 1 2 6 1 1.50 62 2007-09-04 HOU W 6 5 1 1 2 6 1 95 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 9-6 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 9-10 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 7-4 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl: 9-8 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 28 Thu, May 1 @CHC W 4-3 16-12 3rd 1.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @CHC L 5-19 15-12 3rd 2.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-12
Houston Astros, 13-16, 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 2-3, 5.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 36 46 24 23 9 27 7 5.75 2007 (14-7) 212 221 80 75 60 154 14 3.18 2006 (15-8) 220.2 220 76 73 38 166 18 2.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 43 54 25 23 10 29 7 4.81 46 2008-04-26 @STL ND 6 5 3 3 3 5 0 117 52 2008-04-21 SDP W 7 6 3 3 2 6 2 96 57 2008-04-16 @PHI W 7 5 1 1 2 4 0 92 65 2008-04-11 FLA L 4 9 8 8 0 6 4 85 18 2008-04-05 @CHC L 6.2 10 6 5 1 0 1 92 31 2008-03-31 @SDP L 5.1 11 3 3 1 6 0 114 39 2007-09-23 @STL ND 7 8 1 0 1 2 0 101 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 33.2 32 18 18 10 26 2 4.81 51 2007-09-03 @MIL ND 5.2 10 5 5 2 3 0 113 30 2007-04-27 MIL L 7 6 3 3 4 5 0 109 54 2007-04-22 @MIL L 7 7 4 4 2 2 1 110 47 2006-09-08 @MIL W 7 5 3 3 1 9 1 96 63 2006-08-29 MIL ND 7 4 3 3 1 7 0 111 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-5 Road: 7-11 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 11-13 vsLHP: 2-3 1-Run: 3-7 vsEast: 3-3 vsCntrl: 5-6 vsWest: 5-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 29 Wed, Apr 30 @ARI L 7-8 13-16 4th 5.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 @ARI W 6-4 13-15 4th 4.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @ARI L 3-5 12-15 4th 5.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @STL L 1-5 12-14 4th 4.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @STL L 3-4 12-13 4th 4.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @STL W 3-2 12-12 4th 3.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 @CIN W 5-3 11-12 4th 4.5 gb 22 Wed, Apr 23 @CIN W 9-3 10-12 4th 5.5 gb 21 Tue, Apr 22 SDP W 11-7 9-12 4th 5.5 gb 20 Mon, Apr 21 SDP W 10-3 8-12 4th 5.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 19, 2007 HOU 5 MIL 4 (10) W:Brad Lidge (5-2), L: Matt Wise (3-2), S: none Tue, Sep 18, 2007 MIL 9 @HOU 1 W:Claudio Vargas (11-4), L: Felipe Paulino (0-1), S: none Mon, Sep 17, 2007 MIL 6 @HOU 0 W:Yovani Gallardo (9-4), L: Matt Albers (4-9), S: none Wed, Sep 05, 2007 MIL 14 HOU 2 W:Yovani Gallardo (7-4), L: Matt Albers (4-7), S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 MIL 5 HOU 3 W:Carlos Villanueva (7-3), L: Brandon Backe (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (40) Mon, Sep 03, 2007 HOU 9 @MIL 7 W:Dave Borkowski (4-3), L: Greg Aquino (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (4) Sun, Aug 12, 2007 HOU 6 MIL 4 W:Mark McLemore (2-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-3), S: Brad Lidge (8) Sat, Aug 11, 2007 MIL 7 @HOU 4 W:Scott Linebrink (4-3), L: Brad Lidge (3-2), S: Francisco Cordero (36) Fri, Aug 10, 2007 MIL 5 @HOU 4 (11) W:Chris Spurling (2-1), L: Brian Moehler (1-4), S: Francisco Cordero (35) Wed, Jun 27, 2007 MIL 6 HOU 3 (11) W:David Bush (6-6), L: Dave Borkowski (1-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 94-65

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

CHC 6.21

BOS 4.53

SFG 3.21

RA/G

STL 3.59

SFG 4.52

TEX 6.14

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Bonser 3.75

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez 10.68

I. Snell 5.97

J. Garland 2.23

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 56.Villarreal
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/88 .287/.308/.478/.787 .942/.731 .713 106/.806 1/3 4/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 18/.572 4/1.250 4/.250 ··· 9/1.232 29/.646 8/1.089 2/1.000 ··· 15/15 .231/.333/.308/.641 /.641 .641 15/.641 0/0 0/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 25/.613 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 11/.586 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 44/39 .275/.341/.350/.691 .000/.785 1.050 41/.582 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 23/.221 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 122/79 .240/.361/.427/.788 .839/.753 .708 108/.794 0/0 4/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .375/.450/.438/.888 2.000/.789 1.007 12/.639 2/0 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 39/.926 5/1.933 1/.000 ··· 9/.472 7/.143 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 114/84 .236/.283/.481/.764 1.274/.592 .544 102/.808 1/2 7/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 14/.770 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.200 5/1.200 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 106/78 .234/.305/.298/.603 .643/.584 .639 93/.670 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP 9/1.555 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 115/86 .301/.360/.427/.787 1.001/.712 .835 102/.801 4/1 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/22 .296/.316/.593/.908 .992/.764 1.083 51/.979 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 39/.934 4/.750 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 101/75 .303/.370/.393/.763 .737/.772 .666 88/.719 1/1 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .333/.375/.600/.975 1.000/.973 1.167 16/.975 0/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 17/.509 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/1.000 7/2.171 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 130/94 .204/.338/.352/.690 .917/.609 .757 115/.653 5/1 3/

IP 36.0 12.2 15.2 3.2 11.0 7.2 13.0 17.1 9.0 TOTAL .249/.320/.395/.715 .844/.668 .694 .718 17/8 25/15

ERA-K/9

5.75/6.8

4.26/7.8

2.87/8.0

0.00/4.9

2.45/9.8

7.04/3.5

6.92/12.5

5.19/5.7

4.00/11.0

4.56/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (13-9-1)
Rivera (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.311 59/.333 61/.254 16/.231 48/.195 38/.314 65/.321 70/.273 37/.188 .278 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Gwynn 27/0/0/3
0/0/28/0
0/3/0/0
2/16/1/0
1/4/0/0

OPS .902 .894 .652 .683 .630 .883 1.010 .905 .704 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/1.068 20/.425 24/1.125 10/.550 18/.411 13/.916 32/.744 33/.789 15/.718 .835

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.770 39/1.117 37/.332 6/.900 30/.756 25/.862 33/1.231 37/1.008 22/.694 .786

Home 49/1.173 24/.733 28/.804 5/.650 24/.675 29/.789 29/.805 29/1.011 17/.814 .804

Last 28d days 134/.881 49/.838 56/.614 16/.683 42/.729 33/.849 56/1.060 54/.955 36/.725

HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 36/8/4

Usage ·····X·· ·o·Xoo·· ·oo··X·X ·oo··o·X ·o·X·o·· ····o··· ··o···Xo ··Xoo··· ·o·o·oX·

Houston Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 12.Villanueva
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

11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 10/.311 3/.000 ··· ··· 21/.148 6/1.100 29/20 .172/.172/.276/.448 1.222/.100 .625 27/.481 0/1 0/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/1.143 9/.333 1/.000 8/.661 ··· 5/.933 ··· 18/1.325 8/.250 119/97 .297/.387/.644/1.030 .964/1.046 1.316 101/1.043 4/0 8/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 75/63 .205/.213/.370/.583 .083/.667 .749 69/.531 0/0 3/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 100/85 .200/.280/.311/.591 .641/.582 .587 86/.597 13/0 2/

22.Cruz# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 9/.904 3/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 38/23 .063/.211/.094/.304 .497/.174 .468 32/.194 0/0 0/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 13/.308 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 44/41 .302/.318/.395/.714 .667/.717 .667 42/.748 1/1 0/

45.Lee G/S/vP 7/.286 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.834 14/.819 ··· ··· 7/.310 6/.533 114/96 .262/.307/.505/.812 .889/.796 .606 97/.852 0/0 6/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.946 6/1.167 9/.888 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 11/1.000 2/.000 85/66 .216/.306/.270/.576 1.007/.461 .754 72/.546 0/0 0/

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 56/45 .260/.309/.360/.669 .775/.646 .798 56/.669 3/1 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP 5/.800 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 106/82 .250/.283/.370/.653 .681/.645 .864 88/.686 1/3 1/

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 6/1.700 13/1.238 1/2.000 10/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.850 121/101 .345/.380/.566/.947 .771/.982 1.194 105/1.022 2/2 4/

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/63 .197/.338/.443/.780 1.494/.675 1.080 63/.809 0/0 4/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 23/18 .250/.304/.400/.704 .650/.715 7/.829 1/0 1/

IP 29.0 13.2 11.2 13.0 14.1 9.2 6.1 18.1 6.1 TOTAL .243/.300/.405/.705 .780/.688 .812 .716 25/8 30/9

ERA-K/9

4.66/5.0

5.27/11.2

5.40/10.0

2.77/11.1

5.65/5.0

3.72/3.7

0.00/14.3

3.44/7.4

15.63/7.1

4.39/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (1-1-2)
Towles (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.276 61/.250 53/.238 60/.255 65/.298 39/.229 23/.100 77/.284 44/.414 .264 Bourn
Lee
Cruz
Pence
Erstad 0/25/0/3
28/0/0/1
6/3/3/0
0/0/27/0
2/5/2/0

OPS .793 .869 .811 .713 .735 .682 .317 .712 1.260 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.600 32/.878 16/1.250 26/1.033 33/1.027 20/.450 12/.350 39/.728 19/1.583 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/1.001 29/.859 37/.631 34/.457 32/.452 19/.954 11/.282 38/.695 25/1.031 .746

Road 23/1.149 35/1.005 31/.483 27/.546 41/.575 17/.919 12/.350 44/.820 21/1.429 .779

Last 28d days 129/.793 54/.777 47/.855 57/.756 55/.853 39/.682 23/.317 70/.687 39/1.362

HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 4/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/1 1/2/0 29/18/11

Usage ·····X·· o·X·oXX· ·X··X··· ··X·X·X· X·o·o··X ·o····oo ·o··o··· ··X··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 @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

SP: Carlos Villanueva (24, RHP, 1-2, 4.66)

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 2-3, 5.75)

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