LAD @ MIL, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 19-19, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 2-3, 4.43) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 44.2 51 28 22 13 30 4 4.43 2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88 2006 (16-8) 218 221 97 88 55 123 14 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 38.2 42 26 20 13 26 4 4.66 46 2008-05-09 HOU L 5.1 8 6 6 2 5 1 76 31 2008-05-04 @COL L 5 6 5 5 4 3 0 112 34 2008-04-29 @FLA ND 5 8 6 3 1 2 1 90 34 2008-04-23 ARI W 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 67 58 2008-04-18 @ATL L 4.1 8 5 3 4 2 1 101 29 2008-04-12 SDP W 8 4 1 1 0 6 0 93 76 2008-04-06 @SDP ND 6 5 2 1 1 6 0 88 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 25.1 23 10 9 8 16 1 3.20 55 2007-04-02 @MIL L 4 8 6 6 5 4 0 84 21 2006-09-06 @MIL W 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 79 74 2006-05-05 MIL ND 7.1 7 2 2 1 6 1 103 61 2003-06-08 @MIL W 6 5 1 1 1 5 0 74 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-9 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 10-16 vsLHP: 9-3 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 3-6 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Tue, May 13 @MIL L 3-5 19-19 2nd 4.5 gb 37 Sun, May 11 HOU L 5-8 19-18 2nd 3.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 HOU L 0-5 19-17 2nd 3.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 HOU L 1-7 19-16 2nd 3.5 gb 34 Wed, May 7 NYM L 1-12 19-15 2nd 3.0 gb 33 Tue, May 6 NYM W 5-4 19-14 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Mon, May 5 NYM W 5-1 18-14 2nd 3.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @COL L 2-7 17-14 2nd 4.0 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @COL W 12-7 17-13 2nd 4.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @COL W 11-6 16-13 2nd 4.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:15-15
Milwaukee Brewers, 20-19, 4th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 1-2, 5.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 32.2 41 22 21 20 26 4 5.79 2007 (0-1) 26.1 25 13 11 12 26 1 3.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 32.2 41 22 21 20 26 4 5.79 42 2008-05-09 STL ND 5 3 3 3 3 4 1 83 50 2008-05-03 @HOU L 4 9 6 5 4 3 2 93 21 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-7 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 13-15 vsLHP: 7-4 1-Run: 8-4 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl:12-12 vsWest: 4-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Tue, May 13 LAD W 5-3 20-19 4th 3.0 gb 38 Mon, May 12 STL W 8-3 19-19 4th 4.0 gb 37 Sun, May 11 STL W 5-3 18-19 4th 4.0 gb 36 Sat, May 10 STL L 3-5 17-19 4th 5.0 gb 35 Fri, May 9 STL W 4-3 17-18 4th 4.0 gb 34 Thu, May 8 @FLA L 2-7 16-18 4th 5.0 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @FLA L 2-6 16-17 4th 5.0 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @FLA L 0-3 16-16 4th 5.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @HOU L 6-8 (12) 16-15 3rd 3.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @HOU L 2-6 16-14 3rd 2.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Mon, Apr 02, 2007 MIL 7 LAD 1 W:Ben Sheets (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (0-1), S: none Wed, Sep 06, 2006 LAD 2 @MIL 1 W:Derek Lowe (14-8), L: Chris Capuano (11-10), S: Takashi Saito (18) Tue, Sep 05, 2006 MIL 9 LAD 0 W:Doug Davis (10-9), L: Mark Hendrickson (5-15), S: none Mon, Sep 04, 2006 MIL 6 LAD 3 W:David Bush (10-10), L: Greg Maddux (12-12), S: Francisco Cordero (17) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 44-24

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 5.79

STL 4.49

SDP 3.38

RA/G

CLE 3.62

MIN 4.50

TEX 5.49

D. Pedroia .307

OBP

D. Pedroia .344

SLG

D. Pedroia .403

OPS

D. Pedroia .747

ERA

C. Lee .67

Z. Duke 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

Z. Greinke 6.11

J. Garland 2.07

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.74 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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bennett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 14/.774 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/1.334 16/6 .133/.188/.133/.321 .311/.333 .237 13/.397 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/76 .320/.393/.470/.863 1.085/.761 .673 57/.978 1/0 2/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 135/101 .295/.373/.446/.820 .416/.954 .842 74/.781 2/0 3/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/44 .196/.281/.216/.496 .788/.414 .340 45/.459 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 18/1.750 ··· 16/.331 ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/.599 131/87 .170/.282/.268/.550 .702/.477 .499 77/.591 0/0 1/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 141/91 .321/.350/.489/.839 1.109/.683 .913 104/.858 9/3 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP ··· 25/.410 ··· 12/.350 ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/1.000 125/83 .250/.296/.397/.693 .971/.552 .675 76/.589 0/0 3/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 160/107 .285/.338/.458/.796 .647/.864 .574 101/.689 1/3 4/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 157/115 .302/.433/.421/.854 .910/.833 .891 101/1.021 3/3 3/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 21/.476 3/1.167 10/1.015 ··· 10/.522 ··· 11/.900 108/80 .277/.352/.319/.672 .953/.577 .730 78/.715 13/1 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 7/.453 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.607 32/27 .148/.281/.185/.466 .600/.433 .584 21/.569 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 27/17 .292/.320/.333/.653 .661/.647 .661 19/.728 0/0 0/

IP 32.2 18.2 15.2 16.1 20.1 12.0 11.1 25.2 TOTAL .276/.350/.404/.754 .868/.703 .731 .757 39/12 25/24

ERA-K/9

5.79/7.2

6.27/8.7

4.02/9.7

2.20/11.0

4.87/5.8

3.00/3.8

2.38/11.9

2.81/7.0

4.52/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (26-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.311 90/.284 69/.232 72/.224 88/.275 48/.227 46/.158 106/.250 .269 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/9/28/5
20/0/16/2
25/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/34/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .857 .877 .741 .631 .728 .634 .541 .647 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.747 49/.863 22/1.066 31/.849 45/.829 25/.440 19/.511 51/.666 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.876 41/.894 47/.587 41/.456 43/.623 23/.865 27/.551 55/.629 .788

Home 94/.710 47/.750 22/1.330 38/.776 36/.944 27/.468 18/.472 48/.577 .721

Last 28d days 114/.939 69/.886 49/.550 54/.529 55/.807 29/.757 46/.541 68/.614

HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 4/0/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 47/22/16

Usage ····X··· XX·X···· ·····XX· ·o·X···· ··X·X··o ··o·o··o ·X·o·o·o X·X·X··o

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 43.Brazoban
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 169/127 .294/.325/.563/.888 .821/.910 1.156 116/.997 1/3 9/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 30/.529 1/2.000 ··· 13/.648 5/.600 25/.940 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 60/51 .204/.283/.407/.691 .111/.792 .485 60/.691 1/0 3/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 26/.873 7/.286 6/.750 3/.667 3/1.000 29/.526 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 52/46 .250/.308/.333/.641 .000/.729 .282 40/.676 0/0 0/

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .250/.429/.313/.741 1.333/.350 .200 11/.831 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/.889 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/2.667 1/no AB 166/115 .250/.349/.412/.761 .847/.717 .828 110/.818 0/0 5/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 31/29 .292/.400/.333/.733 2.000/.661 .539 22/.540 2/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.800 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 161/123 .200/.275/.428/.703 1.088/.587 .921 106/.678 1/3 9/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/.762 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 148/112 .254/.333/.323/.656 .648/.655 .661 100/.717 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 157/122 .303/.359/.415/.774 .824/.760 .764 104/.767 5/3 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 67/28 .281/.299/.531/.830 .888/.742 .794 38/.421 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 10/.844 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 39/.916 7/.533 2/.000 1/.000 138/108 .283/.365/.367/.732 .727/.733 .821 92/.637 1/1 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .316/.350/.526/.876 .500/.975 .844 16/.650 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 7/1.071 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 180/136 .190/.311/.340/.651 .798/.606 .589 120/.622 7/1 5/

IP 44.2 13.1 1.0 15.1 26.0 25.0 17.2 15.1 9.2 TOTAL .243/.318/.393/.711 .768/.693 .759 .710 22/12 38/21

ERA-K/9

4.43/6.0

0.68/6.8

0.00/0.0

5.28/12.9

2.77/11.8

2.16/3.2

6.11/8.1

1.76/9.4

1.86/4.6

4.11/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (16-14-3)
Rivera (6-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.291 55/.224 5/.333 67/.250 110/.232 103/.250 82/.271 63/.224 40/.229 .264 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 38/0/0/3
0/0/38/2
2/16/3/0
1/5/0/0
0/13/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .773 .554 .933 .662 .687 .726 .903 .631 .679 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.903 23/.391 1/.000 25/1.244 28/.950 45/.981 29/1.153 32/.661 16/1.082 .875

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.659 32/.675 4/1.250 42/.361 82/.588 58/.539 53/.765 31/.601 24/.436 .623

Road 95/.877 21/.496 / 23/.759 58/.852 53/.962 38/1.220 14/.297 20/.879 .814

Last 28d days 115/.931 35/.540 5/.933 42/.708 64/.806 77/.698 61/.881 44/.652 40/.679

HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 0/3/1 0/0/0 0/3/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 28/28/7

Usage ····X··· ··oo···· ····X··· ··X····o ··X····X ···X··X· ····X·X· ·······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: LAD @ MIL, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 2-3, 4.43)

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 1-2, 5.79)

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