MIL @ LAD, Sunday, August 17, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 71-53, 2nd, 4½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 8-7, 4.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 136.1 153 80 69 52 68 18 4.56 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 4-1 43 49 27 27 12 15 9 5.65 44 2008-08-12 @SDP W 8 4 2 2 2 3 2 98 67 2008-08-06 @CIN W 7 7 3 3 0 3 1 92 54 2008-08-01 @ATL W 7 5 0 0 3 1 0 100 65 2008-07-27 HOU L 6 11 8 8 1 3 2 91 20 2008-07-22 @STL ND 7 8 3 3 2 3 1 93 50 2008-07-06 PIT ND 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 75 25 2008-07-01 @ARI W 5 9 5 5 2 0 1 76 27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 3-1 32 30 11 11 13 12 3 3.09 53 2007-05-21 @LAD W 6 6 4 4 3 2 1 110 43 2007-04-04 LAD L 7 7 2 2 3 2 0 90 54 2006-07-21 @LAD W 7 5 0 0 3 2 0 96 66 2006-07-15 LAD ND 7 5 1 1 2 6 0 98 67 2005-07-30 @LAD W 5 7 4 4 2 0 2 84 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-23 Road: 35-30 ExtrInn: 9-5 vsRHP: 47-41 vsLHP: 24-12 1-Run: 24-11 vsEast: 16-12 vsCntrl:30-23 vsWest: 18-10 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 124 Sat, Aug 16 @LAD W 4-3 (10) 71-53 2nd 4.5 gb 123 Fri, Aug 15 @LAD L 3-5 70-53 2nd 5.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 @SDP L 2-3 70-52 2nd 4.5 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 @SDP W 7-1 70-51 2nd 3.5 gb 120 Tue, Aug 12 @SDP W 5-2 69-51 2nd 3.0 gb 119 Mon, Aug 11 WSN W 7-1 68-51 2nd 3.5 gb 118 Sun, Aug 10 WSN W 5-4 (13) 67-51 2nd 4.0 gb 117 Sat, Aug 9 WSN W 6-0 66-51 2nd 4.0 gb 116 Fri, Aug 8 WSN W 5-0 65-51 2nd 5.0 gb 115 Wed, Aug 6 @CIN W 6-3 64-51 2nd 5.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:20-10
Los Angeles Dodgers, 63-60, 2nd, 1 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 2-3, 3.78) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 66.2 66 28 28 35 58 5 3.78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 39 14 14 17 32 2 3.35 52 2008-08-12 PHI ND 6 6 3 3 2 8 1 100 54 2008-08-07 @STL W 7 3 1 1 4 7 0 108 70 2008-08-01 ARI ND 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 89 66 2008-07-27 WSN W 6 4 0 0 1 5 0 86 68 2008-07-22 @COL L 3 10 5 5 3 2 1 74 18 2008-07-01 @HOU ND 5.2 6 3 3 2 4 0 90 47 2008-06-26 CHW L 4 6 2 2 4 3 0 69 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-28 Road: 26-32 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 41-45 vsLHP: 22-15 1-Run: 17-18 vsEast: 16-11 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 23-22 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 123 Sat, Aug 16 MIL L 3-4 (10) 63-60 2nd 1.0 gb 122 Fri, Aug 15 MIL W 5-3 63-59 1st Tied 121 Thu, Aug 14 PHI W 3-1 62-59 1st Tied 120 Wed, Aug 13 PHI W 7-6 61-59 1st Tied 119 Tue, Aug 12 PHI W 4-3 60-59 2nd 1.0 gb 118 Mon, Aug 11 PHI W 8-6 59-59 2nd 1.0 gb 117 Sun, Aug 10 @SFG L 4-5 58-59 2nd 1.5 gb 116 Sat, Aug 9 @SFG L 2-3 (10) 58-58 2nd 0.5 gb 115 Fri, Aug 8 @SFG W 6-2 58-57 2nd 0.5 gb 114 Thu, Aug 7 @STL W 4-1 57-57 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 16, 2008 MIL 4 @LAD 3 (10) W:Salomon Torres (6-3), L: Jonathan Broxton (3-4), S: David Riske (2) Fri, Aug 15, 2008 LAD 5 MIL 3 W:Chad Billingsley (12-9), L: Manny Parra (9-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (9) Thu, May 15, 2008 LAD 7 @MIL 2 W:Chad Billingsley (3-5), L: Ben Sheets (4-1), S: none Wed, May 14, 2008 LAD 6 @MIL 4 W:Jonathan Broxton (2-1), L: Guillermo Mota (1-2), S: Takashi Saito (6) Tue, May 13, 2008 MIL 5 LAD 3 W:Carlos Villanueva (2-4), L: Brad Penny (5-4), S: Eric Gagne (10) Wed, May 23, 2007 LAD 5 MIL 1 W:Brad Penny (6-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-3), S: none Tue, May 22, 2007 LAD 3 MIL 2 W:Randy Wolf (6-3), L: Ben Sheets (4-3), S: Takashi Saito (14) Mon, May 21, 2007 MIL 9 @LAD 5 W:Jeff Suppan (6-4), L: Brett Tomko (1-5), S: none Wed, Apr 04, 2007 LAD 5 @MIL 4 W:Jason Schmidt (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (0-1), S: Takashi Saito (1) Tue, Apr 03, 2007 MIL 4 LAD 3 W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (1) Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 47-25

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

TEX 5.57

MIL 4.67

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.93

MIN 4.63

TEX 6.05

C. Jones .365

J. Bay .290

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .464

D. Ortiz .363

T. Pena .178

SLG

A. Pujols .621

K. Shoppach .480

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.080

D. Pedroia .833

T. Pena .382

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

U. Jimenez 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.11

P. Maholm 6.32

L. Hernandez 3.46

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 37.Sturtze
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 500/372 .300/.340/.588/.928 .968/.914 .808 89/1.098 10/3 30/

25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 14/.599 18/.487 5/.600 26/.899 22/.136 ··· 360/276 .242/.333/.503/.837 .962/.799 .966 103/.830 12/5 20/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/.400 10/.844 3/1.000 30/.507 ··· ··· 218/195 .231/.335/.312/.647 .511/.663 .664 62/.556 3/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.278 10/1.457 23/.707 6/.500 23/1.041 10/.786 1/.000 350/266 .276/.369/.405/.773 .660/.808 .725 46/.602 7/3 4/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 531/369 .277/.377/.521/.898 .761/.960 .799 120/1.018 2/0 28/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 361/236 .228/.300/.417/.717 1.027/.558 .567 62/.711 4/6 14/

7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 463/344 .276/.337/.462/.799 .899/.766 .853 109/.726 2/1 18/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 500/371 .284/.320/.492/.812 .771/.827 .870 108/.721 22/5 18/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/1.069 1/.000 ··· 12/.944 1/2.000 215/137 .305/.336/.498/.834 .933/.776 .815 54/.749 3/0 7/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 39/.916 4/1.417 ··· 443/334 .242/.325/.316/.641 .657/.636 .681 100/.538 6/3 1/

20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 60/45 .333/.400/.481/.881 .733/.924 .833 10/1.314 2/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 7/1.071 ··· 1/.000 451/329 .229/.331/.379/.710 .797/.679 .799 90/.795 15/4 10/

IP 66.2 34.0 52.2 20.1 71.2 80.0 25.1 TOTAL .253/.325/.439/.763 .811/.747 .747 .754 88/30 163/79

ERA-K/9

3.78/7.8

1.85/5.6

3.59/11.1

3.10/5.3

1.88/10.4

2.59/7.3

/0.0

4.26/9.6

3.66/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (42-31-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.263 153/.280 216/.219 82/.240 285/.196 335/.250 / 109/.272 .251 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Nix 113/0/0/7
0/0/119/4
0/85/0/2
13/31/13/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .725 .679 .600 .732 .537 .719 .677 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.740 77/.657 89/.838 38/.856 86/.561 147/.825 / 40/.392 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.722 76/.700 127/.446 44/.623 199/.525 188/.640 / 69/.856 .661

Home 159/.704 80/.660 115/.428 52/.648 119/.431 159/.610 / 57/.674 .602

Last 28d days 119/.693 24/.912 51/.516 70/.727 64/.521 57/.606 / 47/.621

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 0/5/2 2/6/2 3/1/0 3/2/0 10/4/0 // 0/4/0 92/64/15

Usage ····X··· ·o·ooX·· XX·o·X·X ···X···· X·X·X·Xo o··X·o·· ·o····X·

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.28 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 16.Torres
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Ardoin G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/18 .233/.303/.367/.670 1.043/.347 .481 13/.930 0/0 1/

13.Berroa G/S/vP 10/1.056 2/.000 3/1.334 2/4.000 12/.533 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 142/102 .202/.264/.264/.528 .572/.510 .394 60/.588 0/0 0/

30.Blake G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.000 7/.929 1/.000 7/1.429 2/.500 4/1.500 1/.000 454/354 .289/.355/.477/.832 .911/.810 .738 104/.863 2/0 15/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.333 4/1.833 4/.500 437/337 .278/.344/.459/.803 .657/.846 .747 78/.798 3/2 13/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 36/.710 1/.000 3/2.334 4/.833 3/1.000 3/1.667 11/.920 1/.000 114/79 .260/.316/.481/.797 1.147/.653 .720 38/.720 1/1 6/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 497/356 .299/.349/.474/.823 1.048/.735 .823 117/.935 28/8 14/

12.Kent G/S/vP 44/1.101 25/.410 ··· 12/.350 1/.000 1/.000 24/.917 6/1.467 419/304 .276/.327/.424/.751 .820/.725 .690 101/.859 0/1 11/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.000 499/351 .293/.349/.443/.793 .687/.837 .773 102/.752 6/4 9/

55.Martin G/S/vP 10/.844 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 5/2.300 497/364 .288/.386/.412/.798 .737/.821 .769 102/.689 12/5 11/

14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/59 .263/.289/.325/.614 .865/.500 .858 16/.500 1/2 0/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 28/.641 22/.454 4/.833 11/1.250 ··· 10/.522 11/.900 7/.572 351/248 .278/.326/.318/.644 .788/.583 .618 54/.641 37/8 0/

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/1.247 2/.000 8/1.917 2/5.000 6/1.133 3/.667 9/1.190 3/.000 493/393 .314/.414/.557/.971 .778/1.022 .979 104/1.144 1/0 25/

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.453 2/.000 1/2.000 8/1.625 1/.000 83/71 .125/.229/.167/.396 .250/.420 .472 11/1.045 0/0 0/

IP 136.1 31.0 86.0 42.2 37.2 41.0 62.1 89.0 TOTAL .259/.325/.386/.711 .768/.689 .699 .765 100/32 92/75

ERA-K/9

4.56/4.5

6.68/7.8

4.50/7.3

4.85/7.6

4.06/6.2

2.41/6.1

2.60/6.1

4.35/7.2

3.91/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (4-1-1)
Martin (58-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.288 143/.279 377/.252 187/.273 164/.255 167/.227 260/.232 382/.265 .255 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre
Sweeney 0/65/59/12
41/0/74/8
81/0/0/6
73/10/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .796 .921 .745 .793 .759 .639 .624 .769 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.722 74/.721 178/.825 81/.957 69/.914 83/.498 117/.635 178/.593 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.874 69/1.139 199/.673 106/.668 95/.650 84/.786 143/.615 204/.922 .727

Road 366/.817 68/.876 184/.696 90/.638 82/.562 83/.794 146/.689 161/.953 .742

Last 28d days 145/.730 30/.748 52/.871 33/.595 35/.844 37/.803 50/.571 44/.420

HR/SB/CS 18/3/6 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 16/5/2 128/58/35

Usage ····X··· o·o···X· ·····o·· ···X··o· Xo·X·X·· o·o··o·· X···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 @ LAD, 4:10pm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 8-7, 4.56)

SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 2-3, 3.78)

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