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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 16-13, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 1-1, 4.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             23.2  29  13  13  13  19  1    4.94      
 2007 (0-1)             26.1  25  13  11  12  26  1    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  32.2  38  19  17  18  25  1    4.68   45 
 2008-04-27    FLA  ND   5.1   6   2   2   3   3  0      97   48 
 2008-04-22    STL  ND   5     9   3   3   2   2  0     106   37 
 2008-04-17   @STL  ND   4     5   3   3   5   3  1      81   38 
 2008-04-11   @NYM   L   4     6   3   3   1   4  0      72   41 
 2008-04-05    SFG   W   5.1   3   2   2   2   7  0      95   59 
 2007-08-30   @CHC  ND   3     3   3   3   3   3  0      59   41 
 2007-07-28   @STL  ND   6     6   3   1   2   3  0      92   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  2  @HOU  L   4-7       16-13  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-13
Houston Astros, 14-16, 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 1-3, 4.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             31    35  17  16  20  22  5    4.65      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37    39  18  17  20  26  5    4.14   48 
 2008-04-27   @STL   L   5     5   4   4   5   4  1      83   40 
 2008-04-22    SDP  ND   7     4   3   3   2   4  1      93   59 
 2008-04-17   @PHI   L   3    10   6   5   2   2  1      61   17 
 2008-04-12    FLA   W   5     5   0   0   5   2  0     105   54 
 2008-04-06   @CHC  ND   6     6   2   2   3   7  1     100   56 
 2008-04-01   @SDP   L   5     5   2   2   3   3  1      82   49 
 2007-09-29    ATL   W   6     4   1   1   0   4  0      88   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-1  18.2  18   6   5   6   7  2    2.41   53 
 2007-09-04   @MIL   L   5.2   8   4   3   3   0  1      91   36 
 2006-08-18   @MIL  ND   6.1   4   2   2   2   2  1      90   57 
 2005-09-17    MIL   W   6.2   6   0   0   1   5  0      98   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-5    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  12-13   vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Fri, May  2   MIL  W   7-4       14-16  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 02, 2008 HOU  7  MIL  4        W:Roy Oswalt (3-3), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (6)

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)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 1-0; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 95-65

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  6.10

HOU  4.60

SDP  3.27

RA/G

STL  3.57

CHC  4.45

TEX  6.03

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

J. Lannan  3.74

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

Z. Greinke  5.86

J. Garland  2.23

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 125/93 .283/.304/.492/.796 .942/.746 .736 106/.855 1/3 5/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/.800 4/1.250 5/.200 ··· 9/1.232 29/.646 8/1.089 2/1.000 ··· 20/20 .222/.300/.444/.744 /.744 .744 20/.744 0/0 1/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 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/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .200/.273/.300/.573 1.000/.393 .804 10/.347 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· 127/84 .260/.378/.450/.828 .839/.817 .788 109/.800 0/0 4/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/20 .375/.476/.438/.914 2.000/.821 1.045 13/.684 2/0 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP 9/.778 5/1.933 1/.000 ··· 10/.550 7/.143 4/.750 4/.000 ··· 119/89 .231/.297/.472/.769 1.274/.604 .563 102/.726 1/2 7/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/1.000 5/1.200 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 111/83 .232/.300/.293/.593 .643/.572 .620 94/.686 0/0 1/
1.Hart G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 120/91 .302/.370/.425/.794 1.001/.726 .845 102/.810 4/1 1/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/22 .296/.316/.593/.908 .992/.764 1.083 46/.956 1/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/1.300 4/.750 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 105/79 .293/.365/.380/.746 .737/.749 .641 89/.651 1/1 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .333/.375/.600/.975 1.000/.973 1.167 15/.905 0/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 8/.375 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 6/1.000 7/2.171 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 135/99 .195/.326/.336/.662 .917/.575 .701 115/.603 5/1 3/
IP 31.0 12.2 16.2 3.2 12.0 7.2 14.0 17.1 9.0 TOTAL .247/.321/.395/.716 .844/.672 .698 .704 17/8 27/16
ERA-K/9 4.65/6.4 4.26/7.8 2.70/7.5 0.00/4.9 2.25/9.8 7.04/3.5 6.43/12.9 5.19/5.7 4.00/11.0 4.51/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.280 59/.333 64/.242 16/.231 54/.200 38/.314 69/.305 70/.273 37/.188 .275  Braun
 Kapler
 Gwynn
 Cameron
 Hart
 Dillon
28/0/0/3
2/16/1/0
1/4/0/0
0/4/0/0
0/0/29/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .851 .894 .620 .683 .644 .883 .970 .905 .704 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.852 20/.425 24/1.125 10/.550 20/.538 13/.916 33/.764 33/.789 15/.718 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.850 39/1.117 40/.307 6/.900 34/.703 25/.862 36/1.124 37/1.008 22/.694 .779
Home 50/.692 24/.733 31/.725 5/.650 30/.692 29/.789 33/.740 29/1.011 17/.814 .799
Last 28d days 124/.854 49/.838 54/.562 16/.683 48/.734 33/.849 56/.989 54/.955 35/.748
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 38/8/4
Usage ·····X·· ··o·Xoo· o·oo··X· ··oo··o· X·o·X·o· ·····o·· o··o···X ···Xoo·· ··o·o·oX
Houston Astros Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Parra*
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 10/.311 4/.500 ··· ··· 22/.236 33/24 .212/.212/.303/.515 1.222/.250 .750 31/.548 0/1 0/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 1/.000 8/.661 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 18/1.325 123/101 .295/.382/.657/1.039 .964/1.057 1.313 101/1.078 4/0 9/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 75/63 .205/.213/.370/.583 .083/.667 .749 69/.531 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 104/89 .191/.269/.298/.567 .641/.555 .534 85/.588 13/0 2/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 9/.904 3/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 39/24 .063/.231/.094/.325 .497/.208 .515 33/.220 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 41/.766 1/1 0/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.834 15/.762 ··· ··· 7/.310 118/100 .270/.314/.541/.854 .889/.848 .728 97/.918 0/0 7/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 8/.946 6/1.167 9/.888 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 11/1.000 86/67 .213/.302/.267/.569 1.007/.454 .727 69/.552 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 60/49 .259/.305/.352/.657 .775/.634 .753 60/.657 3/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 110/86 .260/.291/.433/.724 .681/.736 1.022 88/.806 1/3 3/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 6/1.700 13/1.238 1/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 125/105 .350/.384/.590/.974 .771/1.013 1.240 105/1.022 2/2 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/63 .197/.338/.443/.780 1.494/.675 1.080 59/.744 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.834 27/22 .250/.296/.375/.671 .650/.673 .500 7/.857 1/0 1/
IP 23.2 13.2 11.2 13.0 16.1 9.2 6.1 19.1 TOTAL .246/.302/.418/.720 .780/.708 .842 .740 25/8 35/12
ERA-K/9 4.94/7.2 5.27/11.2 5.40/10.0 2.77/11.1 5.51/5.5 3.72/3.7 0.00/14.3 3.26/7.5 4.49/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.302 61/.250 53/.238 60/.255 73/.292 39/.229 23/.100 82/.282 .267  Bourn
 Lee
 Cruz
 Pence
 Erstad
0/26/0/3
29/0/0/1
6/3/3/0
0/0/28/0
3/5/2/0
OPS .778 .869 .811 .713 .754 .682 .317 .708 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/.665 32/.878 16/1.250 26/1.033 35/.963 20/.450 12/.350 41/.724 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.795 29/.859 37/.631 34/.457 38/.570 19/.954 11/.282 41/.693 .774
Road 39/.899 35/1.005 31/.483 27/.546 49/.626 17/.919 12/.350 49/.803 .803
Last 28d days 112/.778 54/.777 47/.855 57/.756 63/.859 37/.722 23/.317 64/.690
HR/SB/CS 1/5/1 4/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/1 34/18/11
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X·oXX ··X··X·· ···X·X·X XX·o·o·· ··o····o ··o··o·· X··X··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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