LAD @ MIL, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 20-19, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 2-5, 4.89) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-5) 38.2 38 23 21 23 48 2 4.89 2007 (12-5) 147 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31 2006 (7-4) 90 92 43 38 58 59 7 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-5 36.1 35 22 20 22 46 2 4.95 50 2008-05-10 HOU L 5 6 5 4 2 4 0 96 39 2008-05-05 NYM W 6 5 1 1 4 4 0 96 58 2008-04-30 @FLA W 7 3 1 1 4 8 0 107 71 2008-04-24 ARI L 6 6 5 5 2 12 1 109 50 2008-04-19 @ATL L 5 6 4 4 5 9 0 99 43 2008-04-13 SDP L 5 4 1 1 2 8 0 90 61 2008-04-08 @ARI L 2.1 5 5 4 3 1 1 70 27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-9 Road: 9-10 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 10-16 vsLHP: 10-3 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 4-6 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Wed, May 14 @MIL W 6-4 20-19 2nd 4.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Milwaukee Brewers, 20-20, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.53) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-0) 46.1 33 14 13 12 38 4 2.53 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 4-0 46.1 33 14 13 12 38 4 2.53 61 2008-05-10 STL ND 7 9 3 3 1 6 1 94 52 2008-05-04 @HOU ND 6.1 7 4 4 0 6 1 112 49 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 3-2 34.1 21 13 12 3 28 7 3.15 63 2007-05-22 @LAD L 6.1 4 3 2 1 5 1 87 59 2007-04-02 LAD W 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 104 82 2005-06-02 @LAD L 5 6 5 5 1 5 3 83 39 2004-05-27 LAD W 7 4 1 1 0 8 1 109 73 2003-05-30 @LAD W 7 5 3 3 1 7 1 89 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-8 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 13-16 vsLHP: 7-4 1-Run: 8-4 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl:12-12 vsWest: 4-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 40 Wed, May 14 LAD L 4-6 20-20 4th 4.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 45-24

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 5.85

CHW 4.53

SDP 3.41

RA/G

CLE 3.53

MIN 4.54

TEX 5.45

D. Pedroia .306

I. Suzuki .271

OBP

J. Hamilton .347

I. Suzuki .321

SLG

J. Hamilton .539

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

J. Hamilton .886

I. Suzuki .688

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

M. Chico 6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.78 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bennett G/S/vP 3/.000 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/77 .320/.397/.495/.892 1.184/.751 .750 61/1.024 1/0 3/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 136/102 .301/.378/.451/.829 .416/.965 .860 75/.799 2/0 3/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/44 .204/.283/.222/.506 .773/.414 .382 47/.483 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP 34/1.000 18/1.750 ··· 17/.309 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/.599 136/89 .179/.287/.274/.560 .746/.465 .524 78/.611 0/0 1/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 146/93 .309/.338/.471/.809 1.045/.667 .847 104/.818 9/3 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP 31/.842 25/.410 ··· 12/.350 ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/.957 129/84 .242/.287/.383/.670 .903/.545 .631 76/.535 0/0 3/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 164/107 .284/.335/.453/.788 .635/.864 .570 100/.688 1/3 4/

55.Martin G/S/vP 7/.953 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 161/116 .302/.435/.419/.853 .877/.844 .888 100/1.010 3/3 3/

Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 29/.654 21/.476 3/1.167 11/1.250 ··· 10/.522 ··· 11/.900 113/81 .293/.364/.343/.707 .961/.609 .793 79/.733 14/2 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 11/.727 4/.000 ··· 7/.453 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.607 33/27 .143/.273/.179/.451 .500/.433 .548 21/.569 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/18 .292/.346/.333/.679 .661/.686 .730 20/.764 0/0 0/

IP 46.1 18.2 15.2 17.1 21.0 12.1 11.1 26.0 TOTAL .276/.350/.403/.753 .857/.704 .730 .745 40/13 26/24

ERA-K/9

2.53/7.4

6.27/8.7

4.02/9.7

3.63/10.9

4.71/6.0

2.92/3.7

2.38/11.9

2.77/6.9

4.50/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (27-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.195 90/.284 69/.232 78/.238 90/.268 49/.222 46/.158 108/.255 .269 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/9/29/5
21/0/16/2
26/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/35/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .570 .877 .741 .668 .711 .621 .541 .654 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.633 49/.863 22/1.066 35/.946 45/.829 26/.423 19/.511 51/.666 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.505 41/.894 47/.587 43/.433 45/.594 23/.865 27/.551 57/.643 .777

Home 61/.579 47/.750 22/1.330 44/.825 38/.890 28/.450 18/.472 50/.595 .721

Last 28d days 99/.697 69/.886 49/.550 60/.587 53/.800 27/.816 46/.541 65/.611

HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 4/0/0 2/2/1 1/2/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 48/23/17

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

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
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/.000 ··· 1/4.000 173/131 .287/.318/.549/.867 .821/.881 1.099 116/.979 1/3 9/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 18/.170 1/2.000 ··· 13/.648 5/.600 25/.940 3/.000 5/.200 1/.000 64/55 .190/.266/.379/.645 .111/.731 .390 64/.645 1/0 3/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 2/2.000 7/.286 6/.750 3/.667 3/1.000 29/.526 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 56/50 .240/.321/.320/.641 .000/.724 .322 43/.615 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 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/2.667 1/no AB 170/118 .252/.353/.410/.763 .829/.728 .829 110/.832 0/0 5/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/3.000 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 2/1.000 5/.800 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 165/127 .195/.268/.416/.684 1.088/.567 .870 106/.658 1/3 9/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/no AB 152/116 .254/.331/.321/.652 .648/.649 .651 100/.706 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 161/126 .308/.363/.418/.780 .824/.768 .777 104/.787 6/3 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 68/29 .277/.294/.523/.817 .888/.715 .774 39/.410 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 39/.916 8/.629 3/.000 1/.000 142/112 .285/.369/.366/.735 .727/.737 .823 92/.675 1/1 0/

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

23.Weeks G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 7/1.071 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 180/136 .190/.311/.340/.651 .798/.606 .589 115/.621 7/1 5/

IP 38.2 13.2 1.0 16.0 26.0 25.0 18.2 16.1 9.2 TOTAL .242/.317/.388/.706 .766/.687 .745 .708 23/12 38/22

ERA-K/9

4.89/11.2

0.66/6.6

0.00/0.0

5.06/12.4

2.77/11.8

2.16/3.2

5.79/8.7

1.65/9.9

1.86/4.6

4.11/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (17-15-3)
Rivera (6-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.259 56/.220 5/.333 69/.242 110/.232 103/.250 86/.260 66/.213 40/.229 .262 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 39/0/0/3
0/0/39/2
2/16/4/0
1/5/0/0
0/14/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .746 .544 .933 .641 .687 .726 .875 .601 .679 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.903 24/.375 1/.000 25/1.244 28/.950 45/.981 29/1.153 33/.639 16/1.082 .872

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.577 32/.675 4/1.250 44/.345 82/.588 58/.539 57/.732 33/.563 24/.436 .616

Road 79/.758 22/.473 / 25/.697 58/.852 53/.962 42/1.137 17/.243 20/.879 .797

Last 28d days 128/.694 34/.557 5/.933 40/.711 64/.806 77/.698 61/.881 43/.592 40/.679

HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 0/3/1 0/0/0 0/3/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 28/29/7

Usage ····X··· o··oo··· ·····X·· o··X···· ···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, 1:05pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 2-5, 4.89)

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.53)

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