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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 4, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 16-14, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 4-0, 1.64)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-0)             33    17   7   6  11  26  2    1.64      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  37    25  13  12  13  29  3    2.92   57 
 2008-04-29   @CHC   W   5     3   4   3   7   2  1     108   42 
 2008-04-18   @CIN   W   5     2   0   0   0   4  0      60   67 
 2008-04-12   @NYM   W   7.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     116   60 
 2008-04-06    SFG   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     109   85 
 2008-03-31   @CHC  ND   6.1   2   0   0   2   7  0      99   74 
 2007-09-18   @HOU  ND   1     2   1   1   0   0  0      12   45 
 2007-09-14    CIN   L   3     6   5   5   2   3  1      50   28 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0  26.2  26   9   9  12  20  1    3.04   54 
 2007-09-18   @HOU  ND   1     2   1   1   0   0  0      12   45 
 2007-09-03    HOU  ND   6     5   3   3   6   5  0     118   49 
 2007-06-25    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  1     112   60 
 2007-04-20    HOU  ND   7     7   2   2   2   4  0     106   57 
 2006-09-08    HOU  ND   6.2   7   2   2   1   6  0     112   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:   9-12   vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  3  @HOU  L   2-6       16-14  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 15-16, 4th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 1-3, 7.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             22.2  33  18  18   6   9  1    7.15      
 2007 (7-8)            121.2 138  64  62  30  51 20    4.59      
 2006 (2-1)             34    25  10   8   5  15  3    2.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  31.2  50  27  27   6   9  3    7.67   36 
 2008-04-28   @ARI   L   4.1   7   5   5   2   0  0      73   27 
 2008-04-23   @CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   6  1      86   58 
 2008-04-18    COL   L   0.2   6   6   6   2   1  0      34   15 
 2008-04-09    STL   L   4     6   3   3   1   1  0      68   38 
 2008-04-04   @CHC  ND   6.2   6   2   2   0   1  0      71   55 
 2007-07-31   @ATL   L   4     9   5   5   0   0  2      76   24 
 2007-07-23    LAD   L   5     8   4   4   0   0  0      74   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-0   6.1   5   1   1   2   8  0    1.42   65 
 2007-04-28    MIL   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   8  0      84   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-5    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  12-13   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  3   MIL  W   6-2       15-16  4th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2008 HOU  6  MIL  2        W:Brandon Backe (2-3), L: Manny Parra (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 2-0; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 96-65

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  6.20

TEX  4.58

SFG  3.26

RA/G

TOR  3.68

HOU  4.45

TEX  5.94

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

K. Lohse  3.79

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

J. Washburn  5.95

J. Garland  2.03

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Sampson
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 1/3.000 2/.500 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 ··· 129/97 .279/.310/.484/.794 .942/.745 .734 106/.816 1/3 5/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 ··· 9/1.232 29/.646 8/1.089 3/.666 ··· 24/24 .238/.333/.429/.762 /.762 .762 24/.762 0/0 1/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 11/.586 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 45/40 .268/.333/.341/.675 .000/.764 1.004 39/.613 0/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .200/.273/.300/.573 1.000/.393 .804 9/.393 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/.650 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/4.000 1/.000 131/87 .250/.366/.433/.799 .818/.785 .739 109/.779 0/0 4/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/21 .353/.455/.412/.866 2.000/.775 .967 14/.629 2/0 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP 4/1.417 5/1.933 1/.000 ··· 10/.550 7/.143 4/.750 4/.000 1/.000 123/92 .225/.295/.459/.755 1.229/.599 .548 102/.705 1/2 7/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 4/.666 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/1.000 5/1.200 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 115/87 .228/.307/.287/.594 .643/.575 .621 98/.684 0/0 1/
1.Hart G/S/vP 5/.650 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 124/94 .309/.374/.427/.801 .967/.747 .854 102/.819 4/1 1/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/22 .296/.316/.593/.908 .992/.764 1.083 45/.860 1/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 4/2.417 4/.750 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.667 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 109/83 .281/.352/.365/.716 .737/.710 .598 93/.621 1/1 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .333/.375/.600/.975 1.000/.973 1.167 12/.705 0/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 6/1.000 7/2.171 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 139/103 .197/.324/.359/.683 .917/.606 .734 115/.641 5/1 4/
IP 22.2 12.2 16.2 3.2 12.0 7.2 15.0 18.2 10.0 TOTAL .245/.321/.391/.712 .835/.670 .691 .691 17/8 28/16
ERA-K/9 7.15/3.6 4.26/7.8 2.70/7.5 0.00/4.9 2.25/9.8 7.04/3.5 6.00/12.0 4.82/6.3 3.60/9.9 4.42/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (14-10-2)
 Rivera (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.347 59/.333 64/.242 16/.231 54/.200 38/.314 72/.290 75/.257 40/.171 .272  Braun
 Kapler
 Gwynn
 Cameron
 Hart
 Dillon
29/0/0/3
2/16/1/0
1/4/0/0
0/5/0/0
0/0/30/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .887 .894 .620 .683 .644 .883 .926 .864 .646 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.946 20/.425 24/1.125 10/.550 20/.538 13/.916 34/.738 34/.765 16/.670 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.858 39/1.117 40/.307 6/.900 34/.703 25/.862 38/1.063 41/.947 24/.631 .776
Home 28/1.176 24/.733 31/.725 5/.650 30/.692 29/.789 36/.671 34/.904 20/.675 .784
Last 28d days 78/1.013 49/.838 50/.527 16/.683 46/.694 33/.849 59/.933 58/.886 37/.614
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 39/8/4
Usage ·····X·· ···o·Xoo ·o·oo··X ···oo··o ·X·o·X·o ······o· oo··o··· X···Xoo· o··o·o·o
Houston Astros Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 40/.745 3/.333 1/.000 10/.311 4/.500 ··· ··· 22/.236 33/24 .212/.212/.303/.515 1.222/.250 .750 27/.630 0/1 0/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 62/.987 9/.333 1/.000 8/.661 1/.000 5/.933 1/.000 18/1.325 127/101 .303/.386/.651/1.037 .968/1.057 1.286 103/1.097 4/1 9/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 18/.631 7/.286 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 75/63 .205/.213/.370/.583 .083/.667 .749 68/.509 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 109/90 .202/.275/.333/.609 .898/.548 .623 85/.601 13/0 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 7/.821 4/.500 ··· 9/.904 3/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 39/24 .063/.231/.094/.325 .497/.208 .515 32/.228 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.858 2/.500 13/.308 ··· 2/1.000 45/42 .295/.311/.386/.697 .667/.700 .615 40/.659 1/1 0/
45.Lee G/S/vP 13/1.280 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.834 15/.762 ··· 1/.000 7/.310 122/100 .274/.328/.540/.868 .959/.848 .765 97/.852 0/0 7/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.334 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 65/.555 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 5/.600 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 64/49 .286/.349/.375/.724 1.071/.634 .876 64/.724 4/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/1.467 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 114/87 .259/.289/.426/.715 .604/.751 .976 87/.816 1/3 3/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/1.700 13/1.238 1/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 129/105 .355/.388/.595/.983 .853/1.013 1.241 105/1.055 2/2 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/65 .185/.321/.415/.736 1.205/.652 .941 63/.691 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 24/1.292 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.834 31/23 .250/.290/.357/.647 .661/.642 .500 8/.500 1/0 1/
IP 33.0 13.2 11.2 14.0 16.1 9.2 8.1 19.1 TOTAL .250/.306/.423/.730 .835/.704 .855 .744 26/9 37/12
ERA-K/9 1.64/7.1 5.27/11.2 5.40/10.0 2.57/10.9 5.51/5.5 3.72/3.7 0.00/10.8 3.26/7.5 4.53/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.150 61/.250 53/.238 63/.240 73/.292 39/.229 30/.148 82/.282 .270  Bourn
 Lee
 Cruz
 Pence
 Erstad
0/27/0/3
30/0/0/1
6/3/3/0
0/0/29/0
4/5/2/0
OPS .459 .869 .811 .675 .754 .682 .381 .708 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.368 32/.878 16/1.250 28/.950 35/.963 20/.450 13/.490 41/.724 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.560 29/.859 37/.631 35/.442 38/.570 19/.954 17/.301 41/.693 .783
Road 96/.483 35/1.005 31/.483 30/.489 49/.626 17/.919 19/.440 49/.803 .815
Last 28d days 104/.492 51/.828 47/.855 56/.661 56/.844 37/.722 30/.381 64/.690
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 4/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/1 36/19/12
Usage ····X··· ··o·X·oX ···X··X· o···X·X· ·XX·o·o· ···o···· X··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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