PIT @ MIL, Sunday, July 6, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 40-46, 5th, 11 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-5, 3.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 102 124 49 44 29 39 5 3.88 2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53 2006 (10-15) 215.1 255 116 107 68 117 17 4.47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 45 16 14 10 18 3 2.95 52 2008-07-01 @CIN ND 5 6 1 1 2 3 0 77 52 2008-06-25 NYY L 5 7 4 3 2 0 0 79 37 2008-06-20 TOR ND 7 6 0 0 1 4 0 97 68 2008-06-14 @BAL ND 6 9 4 4 0 2 0 89 40 2008-06-09 ARI W 6 5 2 2 2 5 1 92 57 2008-06-04 HOU W 7.2 7 2 2 2 2 1 107 57 2008-05-30 @STL L 6 5 3 2 1 2 1 97 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-3 26 39 22 18 5 13 3 6.23 38 2007-05-05 @MIL L 5 6 3 1 1 1 0 68 47 2007-04-19 @MIL L 4 11 7 7 1 0 1 80 11 2006-09-11 MIL W 8 5 2 2 2 7 1 94 69 2006-08-16 MIL ND 6.2 9 2 2 0 3 0 83 51 2006-07-24 @MIL L 2.1 8 8 6 1 2 1 60 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-19 Road: 15-27 ExtrInn: 9-3 vsRHP: 29-31 vsLHP: 11-15 1-Run: 16-14 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:17-21 vsWest: 6-4 IL: 5-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Sat, Jul 5 @MIL L 1-2 40-46 5th 11.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Milwaukee Brewers, 48-39, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 5-6, 4.30) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 98.1 113 58 47 42 53 10 4.30 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 3-2 40 47 22 18 18 27 2 4.05 48 2008-07-01 @ARI W 5 9 5 5 2 0 1 76 27 2008-06-25 @ATL L 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 94 42 2008-06-20 BAL L 1.2 7 6 3 2 1 0 55 22 2008-06-14 MIN ND 7 7 2 2 1 5 0 96 59 2008-06-08 @COL W 5.1 4 2 1 5 3 0 99 52 2008-06-02 ARI ND 7 7 3 3 2 6 1 96 55 2008-05-28 ATL W 8 4 0 0 5 7 0 113 76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 27 36 17 15 6 18 3 5.00 44 2007-09-02 PIT W 5 9 4 2 0 4 1 89 41 2007-07-02 @PIT ND 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 106 46 2007-05-05 PIT W 5.2 8 2 2 2 5 0 98 48 2007-04-19 PIT W 6 6 3 3 1 3 1 95 50 2006-08-11 @PIT L 5.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 85 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-13 Road: 21-26 ExtrInn: 6-5 vsRHP: 30-31 vsLHP: 18-8 1-Run: 19-8 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl:21-14 vsWest: 10-6 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Sat, Jul 5 PIT W 2-1 48-39 3rd 3.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 05, 2008 MIL 2 PIT 1 W:Eric Gagne (2-2), L: Tyler Yates (3-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 4-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 83-79

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 5.42

COL 4.51

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

SFG 4.58

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .385

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .477

N. McLouth .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .669

A. Ramirez .463

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.106

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

D. Eveland 6.05

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
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 16/.775 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 282/203 .260/.330/.443/.773 .955/.707 .921 84/.913 1/1 10/

38.Bay G/S/vP 34/.434 5/1.800 6/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 366/277 .285/.388/.518/.906 .779/.944 .818 101/.790 6/0 16/

37.Chavez G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/54 .222/.254/.317/.571 .846/.502 .444 33/.573 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/1.417 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 194/151 .330/.376/.581/.957 .957/.957 .769 76/1.042 0/0 10/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 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 17/.841 3/2.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 324/238 .237/.315/.390/.705 .719/.700 .746 84/.881 1/0 8/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/1.800 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 8/.625 379/269 .278/.358/.517/.875 .702/.947 .951 100/.580 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 54/.541 1/1 3/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 33/.594 ··· 7/.453 9/1.413 8/.875 ··· ··· 2/1.000 170/144 .268/.371/.352/.723 .584/.747 .631 57/.901 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP 17/.886 6/.533 6/.733 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/1.000 302/222 .325/.384/.542/.927 .976/.909 1.007 52/1.017 1/0 12/

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

31.Rivas G/S/vP 18/.708 ··· 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 19/.652 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 360/281 .229/.257/.313/.570 .682/.538 .604 92/.547 0/1 5/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 39/.624 10/.000 10/.956 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 156/122 .312/.351/.369/.720 .768/.707 .689 102/.766 2/2 0/

IP 98.1 21.1 32.0 25.0 29.1 18.1 46.2 72.2 TOTAL .259/.324/.408/.732 .760/.723 .741 .742 23/10 86/63

ERA-K/9

4.30/4.9

6.33/8.5

5.06/8.7

5.04/5.8

2.15/5.8

2.45/12.8

2.89/5.8

5.08/6.7

4.09/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.295 103/.282 142/.270 108/.250 115/.208 77/.161 198/.251 318/.286 .261 Nady
Michaels
Bay
McLouth
Mientkiewicz
Pearce 0/0/68/9
20/6/23/3
83/0/0/2
4/80/2/2
0/0/7/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .799 .884 .773 .740 .600 .615 .672 .829 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.681 52/.838 63/.976 53/.885 56/.500 31/.530 94/.718 157/.641 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.931 51/.931 79/.606 55/.603 59/.699 46/.672 104/.630 161/1.011 .751

Home 184/.659 51/.729 65/.846 45/.972 56/.375 26/.600 87/.552 176/.670 .692

Last 28d days 118/.834 7/.286 37/.984 18/.905 29/.535 26/.587 53/.765 70/.706

HR/SB/CS 10/2/5 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·o··· ···Xo··o ··oo··o· ··X·oX·o ··ooo··· ·X·X·X··

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
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 70/.865 1/0 11/

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 367/274 .279/.319/.532/.851 .764/.880 1.062 102/.734 8/3 20/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 7/1.514 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/3.000 4/.250 219/169 .232/.311/.500/.811 .880/.790 .628 75/1.024 6/1 14/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.142 7/1.200 ··· 5/.400 144/127 .238/.333/.333/.667 .494/.690 .664 57/.731 2/1 1/

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 75/48 .226/.351/.323/.674 1.343/.332 .496 30/.620 1/0 1/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 20/.850 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 9/1.334 9/.444 2/1.000 1/2.000 368/256 .269/.353/.478/.831 .725/.879 1.047 104/.823 1/0 16/

2.Hall G/S/vP 26/1.054 ··· ··· 5/1.000 6/.000 3/1.167 3/.833 2/2.000 270/183 .220/.283/.407/.689 1.075/.510 .911 58/.666 3/5 11/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/1.797 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 310/227 .289/.355/.466/.821 .876/.801 .762 86/1.151 2/1 10/

1.Hart G/S/vP 11/1.011 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 354/262 .294/.333/.509/.842 .763/.871 .697 102/.920 12/3 14/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 146/89 .304/.345/.496/.841 .871/.820 .827 45/.718 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 304/226 .272/.352/.351/.703 .717/.698 .683 89/.813 6/2 1/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/39 .341/.370/.477/.847 .571/.898 .866 12/.833 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 21/.855 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/2.250 1/.000 3/.000 4/no AB 324/239 .207/.316/.360/.676 .811/.629 .551 52/.639 11/3 8/

IP 102.0 23.1 5.2 24.1 42.2 40.2 3.0 42.0 TOTAL .253/.322/.433/.755 .780/.747 .789 .805 61/20 113/56

ERA-K/9

3.88/3.4

2.70/4.6

9.53/3.2

5.18/6.7

3.38/7.2

3.54/9.7

3.00/0.0

3.86/5.6

5.09/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.300 98/.215 27/.200 115/.293 183/.235 165/.227 14/.308 193/.226 .287 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Dillon 82/0/0/6
0/0/85/3
0/51/0/1
6/26/8/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .776 .642 .935 .902 .666 .597 .742 .689 .816

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.560 38/.530 11/1.750 36/.575 46/.698 54/.675 3/.667 68/.706 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.816 60/.703 16/.396 79/1.073 137/.655 111/.559 11/.764 125/.680 .829

Road 207/.801 46/.592 6/.733 57/.752 92/.672 75/.599 14/.742 86/.774 .868

Last 28d days 125/.780 33/.385 27/.935 53/.801 55/.895 53/.681 14/.742 64/.710

HR/SB/CS 5/3/3 1/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 6/3/2 4/1/1 0/0/0 2/3/1 98/51/22

Usage ····X··· ···Xo··· ·X·····X ···oo·o· ···XX··· ····XX·X ·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, 2:05pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-5, 3.88)

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 5-6, 4.30)

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