MIL @ HOU, Saturday, May 3, 2008 Game Preview

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

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

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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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/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 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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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

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

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

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