PIT @ MIL, Saturday, July 5, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 40-45, 4th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 5-5, 4.28) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-5) 103 110 52 49 30 65 14 4.28 2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02 2006 (8-10) 176 202 98 93 81 117 19 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 49.1 46 20 19 10 27 9 3.47 55 2008-06-30 @CIN ND 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 89 62 2008-06-21 TOR W 7 7 3 3 3 1 0 99 49 2008-06-15 @BAL ND 6 4 2 2 3 4 2 94 57 2008-06-10 WSN ND 6.2 10 4 4 0 4 4 88 42 2008-06-05 HOU W 8 8 3 2 0 1 0 86 57 2008-05-31 @STL W 6.2 4 1 1 0 5 1 87 67 2008-05-25 CHC ND 8 8 5 5 2 7 1 121 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-3 30 41 18 18 7 21 4 5.40 44 2008-05-20 MIL L 6.1 9 4 4 2 5 1 111 42 2007-05-04 @MIL L 3.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 78 37 2007-04-18 @MIL L 6 10 5 5 0 3 1 94 35 2006-07-26 @MIL W 7 7 4 4 1 4 1 96 50 2006-06-01 MIL ND 7 8 2 2 1 4 0 83 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-19 Road: 15-26 ExtrInn: 9-3 vsRHP: 29-30 vsLHP: 11-15 1-Run: 16-13 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:17-20 vsWest: 6-4 IL: 5-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 85 Fri, Jul 4 @MIL L 1-9 40-45 4th 11.0 gb 84 Wed, Jul 2 @CIN W 9-5 40-44 4th 10.5 gb 83 Tue, Jul 1 @CIN W 6-5 (11) 39-44 5th 10.5 gb 82 Mon, Jun 30 @CIN L 3-4 38-44 5th 11.5 gb 81 Sun, Jun 29 TBR L 3-4 38-43 5th 10.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 28 TBR W 4-3 (13) 38-42 4th 10.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 TBR L 5-10 37-42 4th 11.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 NYY L 0-10 37-41 4th 12.0 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 NYY W 12-5 37-40 4th 11.0 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 TOR L 5-8 36-40 4th 12.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Milwaukee Brewers, 47-39, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 4-8, 5.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-8) 90.2 90 55 51 26 46 15 5.06 2007 (12-10) 186.1 217 110 106 44 134 27 5.12 2006 (12-11) 210 201 111 103 38 166 26 4.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 44 40 19 17 8 22 5 3.48 54 2008-06-30 @ARI L 5 9 5 4 2 1 0 75 30 2008-06-24 @ATL W 7 4 1 1 1 5 0 98 69 2008-06-19 TOR W 8 2 1 1 1 2 0 106 75 2008-06-13 MIN L 6 10 4 3 1 3 0 88 40 2008-06-07 @COL L 4 5 5 5 2 3 2 69 33 2008-06-01 HOU W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 103 70 2008-05-27 ATL ND 7 6 2 2 1 3 2 91 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-3 27 30 19 18 6 15 6 6.00 44 2008-05-22 @PIT L 5 9 6 6 0 1 2 75 26 2007-09-12 @PIT ND 4 5 4 4 2 2 0 75 36 2007-09-01 PIT W 6 4 1 1 3 5 0 101 62 2007-05-03 PIT L 7 6 4 4 1 5 2 111 53 2006-08-14 @PIT L 5 6 4 3 0 2 2 69 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-13 Road: 21-26 ExtrInn: 6-5 vsRHP: 30-31 vsLHP: 17-8 1-Run: 18-8 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl:20-14 vsWest: 10-6 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Fri, Jul 4 PIT W 9-1 47-39 3rd 4.5 gb 85 Thu, Jul 3 @ARI L 5-6 46-39 3rd 4.5 gb 84 Wed, Jul 2 @ARI W 4-3 46-38 3rd 4.5 gb 83 Tue, Jul 1 @ARI W 8-6 45-38 3rd 4.5 gb 82 Mon, Jun 30 @ARI L 3-6 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sun, Jun 29 @MIN L 0-5 44-37 3rd 4.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 28 @MIN W 5-1 44-36 3rd 4.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 @MIN L 6-7 43-36 3rd 5.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @ATL L 2-4 43-35 3rd 6.0 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @ATL W 4-3 43-34 3rd 5.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 04, 2008 MIL 9 PIT 1 W:Ben Sheets (10-2), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-7), S: Carlos Villanueva (1) Thu, May 22, 2008 PIT 8 MIL 4 W:Tom Gorzelanny (4-4), L: David Bush (1-5), S: none Wed, May 21, 2008 MIL 4 @PIT 1 W:Ben Sheets (5-1), L: Ian Snell (2-3), S: none Tue, May 20, 2008 MIL 7 @PIT 2 W:Manny Parra (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (2-5), S: none Wed, Sep 12, 2007 PIT 7 MIL 4 W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-5), S: Matt Capps (16) Tue, Sep 11, 2007 MIL 6 @PIT 1 W:Yovani Gallardo (8-4), L: Bryan Bullington (0-2), S: none Mon, Sep 10, 2007 PIT 9 MIL 0 W:Tony Armas (4-5), L: Carlos Villanueva (7-4), S: none Sun, Sep 02, 2007 MIL 7 PIT 4 W:Jeff Suppan (9-11), L: Franquelis Osoria (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (39) Sat, Sep 01, 2007 MIL 12 PIT 3 W:David Bush (11-9), L: Shane Youman (3-5), S: none Fri, Aug 31, 2007 MIL 3 PIT 2 W:Yovani Gallardo (6-4), L: Tony Armas (2-5), S: Francisco Cordero (38) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 3-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 83-78

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 5.43

ARI 4.46

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .390

R. Aurilia .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

T. Wigginton .360

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .677

J. Bowker .462

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.118

D. Pedroia .817

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
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 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 10/1.025 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 279/200 .259/.330/.440/.770 .955/.702 .919 81/.909 1/1 10/

38.Bay G/S/vP 13/1.112 4/1.750 6/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 362/273 .285/.390/.521/.911 .779/.951 .826 101/.824 6/0 16/

37.Chavez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/54 .222/.254/.317/.571 .846/.502 .444 33/.573 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 190/147 .337/.384/.594/.978 .957/.985 .805 76/1.070 0/0 10/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 120/77 .313/.345/.348/.693 .732/.671 .641 24/.711 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 8/1.214 3/2.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 321/235 .236/.315/.387/.702 .719/.695 .741 85/.888 1/0 8/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 12/1.283 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 8/.625 375/265 .281/.362/.523/.885 .702/.963 .975 100/.666 9/3 15/

18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 170/113 .229/.284/.353/.637 .496/.710 .621 58/.502 1/1 3/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 7/.453 9/1.413 8/.875 ··· ··· 2/1.000 170/144 .268/.371/.352/.723 .584/.747 .631 61/.917 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP 9/.722 5/.650 6/.733 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/1.000 298/218 .326/.386/.547/.933 .976/.916 1.021 49/1.040 1/0 12/

51.Pearce G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 117/84 .239/.270/.376/.646 .961/.523 .680 23/.558 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 18/1.034 ··· 7/.453 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 356/277 .229/.257/.313/.570 .682/.538 .607 92/.525 0/1 5/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 14/.321 10/.000 10/.956 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 153/119 .319/.358/.377/.735 .768/.726 .717 102/.766 2/2 0/

IP 90.2 20.1 32.0 25.0 29.1 18.1 46.2 72.2 TOTAL .260/.325/.410/.736 .760/.727 .749 .755 23/10 86/63

ERA-K/9

5.06/4.6

6.64/8.4

5.06/8.7

5.04/5.8

2.15/5.8

2.45/12.8

2.89/5.8

5.08/6.7

4.13/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (9-6-2)
Doumit (19-9-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 387/.256 99/.284 142/.270 108/.250 115/.208 77/.161 198/.251 318/.286 .262 Nady
Michaels
Bay
McLouth
Mientkiewicz
Pearce 0/0/67/9
20/6/23/3
82/0/0/2
4/79/2/2
0/0/7/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .787 .902 .773 .740 .600 .615 .672 .829 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.802 51/.856 63/.976 53/.885 56/.500 31/.530 94/.718 157/.641 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.773 48/.950 79/.606 55/.603 59/.699 46/.672 104/.630 161/1.011 .753

Home 184/.718 47/.750 65/.846 45/.972 56/.375 26/.600 87/.552 176/.670 .699

Last 28d days 127/.748 3/.000 37/.984 18/.905 29/.535 26/.587 53/.765 70/.706

HR/SB/CS 15/8/4 5/0/0 4/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 2/0/1 3/1/2 14/3/2 99/38/26

Usage ····X··· ·o······ ·o·o···X ··Xo··o· ·oo··o·o ·X·oX·o· ·ooo···· X·X·X··X

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 48.Beam
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 58.Sanchez
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 110/98 .263/.355/.663/1.018 .000/1.157 1.390 72/.868 1/0 11/

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 363/273 .279/.317/.534/.851 .768/.877 1.066 102/.713 8/3 20/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 8/2.208 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/3.000 4/.250 216/169 .230/.310/.487/.797 .819/.790 .581 76/.933 6/1 13/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.142 7/1.200 ··· 5/.400 144/127 .238/.333/.333/.667 .494/.690 .664 61/.680 2/1 1/

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 75/48 .226/.351/.323/.674 1.343/.332 .496 31/.598 1/0 1/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/.167 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 9/1.334 9/.444 2/1.000 ··· 364/255 .266/.352/.478/.829 .727/.874 1.049 104/.797 1/0 16/

2.Hall G/S/vP 17/1.780 ··· ··· 5/1.000 6/.000 3/1.167 3/.833 2/2.000 267/183 .217/.278/.402/.680 1.057/.510 .894 57/.598 3/5 11/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 306/226 .292/.359/.471/.829 .913/.801 .781 85/1.188 2/1 10/

1.Hart G/S/vP 17/.850 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 351/262 .297/.336/.514/.850 .789/.871 .711 103/.966 12/3 14/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 145/89 .306/.347/.500/.847 .887/.820 .838 45/.718 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 301/226 .275/.356/.355/.711 .748/.698 .699 89/.837 6/2 1/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/39 .341/.370/.477/.847 .571/.898 .866 12/.833 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 18/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/2.250 1/.000 3/.000 3/no AB 320/238 .210/.317/.364/.681 .845/.626 .559 48/.666 11/3 8/

IP 103.0 23.1 5.2 24.1 42.2 40.2 3.0 41.2 TOTAL .253/.323/.434/.757 .790/.745 .793 .798 61/20 112/55

ERA-K/9

4.28/5.7

2.70/4.6

9.53/3.2

5.18/6.7

3.38/7.2

3.54/9.7

3.00/0.0

3.67/5.6

5.12/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (25-22-4)
Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.277 98/.215 27/.200 115/.293 183/.235 165/.227 14/.308 189/.221 .288 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Dillon 81/0/0/6
0/0/84/3
0/50/0/1
6/26/8/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .760 .642 .935 .902 .666 .597 .742 .674 .818

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.485 38/.530 11/1.750 36/.575 46/.698 54/.675 3/.667 67/.684 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.816 60/.703 16/.396 79/1.073 137/.655 111/.559 11/.764 122/.669 .832

Road 186/.836 46/.592 6/.733 57/.752 92/.672 75/.599 14/.742 82/.741 .873

Last 28d days 111/.825 33/.385 27/.935 53/.801 62/.877 53/.681 14/.742 60/.665

HR/SB/CS 14/1/4 1/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 6/3/2 4/1/1 0/0/0 2/3/1 97/51/22

Usage ····X··· ··Xo···o X·····X· ··oo·o·X ··XX···X ···XX·X· X··X···· ··oo·Xo·

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: PIT @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 5, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 5-5, 4.28)

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 4-8, 5.06)

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