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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, July 27, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 47-56, 6th, 12½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (31, LHP, 6-10, 4.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-10)           119.2 123  69  63  47 105 14    4.74      
 2007 (9-6)            102.2 110  55  54  39  94 10    4.73      
 2006 (4-0)             56.2  63  37  35  33  44 13    5.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-6  35    45  33  27  21  30  7    6.94   38 
 2008-07-19   @STL   L   5.2   8   6   4   2   4  0      98   35 
 2008-07-13    ATL   L   5     6   6   6   3   1  0      96   29 
 2008-07-08    FLA   W   7     5   1   1   1   7  1     109   69 
 2008-07-02   @COL   L   4     6   7   7   4   4  2      80   22 
 2008-06-27    SEA   L   3.1   8   3   2   5   2  0      97   31 
 2008-06-22    DET   L   6     6   3   2   4  10  1     103   56 
 2008-06-17   @NYY   L   4     6   7   5   2   2  3      89   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-1  29    25  14  14  11  17  6    4.34   51 
 2007-05-22    MIL   W   7     3   2   2   3   4  0      99   64 
 2007-04-03   @MIL   L   6     7   4   4   1   5  2      89   46 
 2005-06-11    MIL  ND   6     5   3   3   3   3  2     100   50 
 2005-05-09   @MIL   W   7     5   2   2   2   4  1     106   61 
 2004-08-28    MIL  ND   3     5   3   3   2   1  1      58   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-25   Road:   23-31   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-41   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:18-25   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sat, Jul 26  @MIL  L   4-6       47-56  6th 12.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @MIL  W   3-1       47-55  6th 12.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23   PIT  L   7-8       46-55  6th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   PIT  L   2-8       46-54  5th 12.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   PIT  L   3-9       46-53  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   CHC  L   0-9       46-52  5th 12.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-51  5th 11.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   CHC  W   2-1       45-51  5th 12.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @WSN  W   5-0       44-51  6th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @WSN  W   6-4       43-51  6th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Milwaukee Brewers, 60-44, 1st, Tied

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 5-6, 4.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-6)            108.1 126  67  56  46  58 13    4.65      
 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         2-2  35    49  28  24  15  19  4    6.17   40 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      0-2  28.1  43  23  18   9  22  3    5.72   39 
 2007-08-11   @HOU  ND   5.2   9   4   4   3   7  0     125   39 
 2007-06-27    HOU  ND   6     7   3   3   0   7  1      98   53 
 2006-05-31    HOU  ND   6     8   3   3   2   2  0      98   44 
 2004-09-29   @HOU   L   7     9   6   6   2   4  2     102   37 
 2004-09-14    HOU   L   3.2  10   7   2   2   2  0      61   23 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-18   Road:   28-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  38-34   vsLHP:  22-10   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:28-17   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Jul 26   HOU  W   6-4       60-44  1st    Tied
103 Fri, Jul 25   HOU  L   1-3       59-44  2nd  1.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @STL  W   4-3       59-43  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @STL  W   3-0       58-43  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   4-3       57-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @STL  W   6-3 (10)  56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @SFG  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @SFG  W   8-5       54-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @SFG  W   9-1       53-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   CIN  W   3-2       52-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 MIL  6  HOU  4        W:Eric Gagne (4-2), L: Doug Brocail (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (20)
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 HOU  3 @MIL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-3), L: Manny Parra (9-3), S: Jose Valverde (26)
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 MIL  9 @HOU  6        W:Ben Sheets (7-1), L: Brian Moehler (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 MIL 10 @HOU  6        W:Manny Parra (5-2), L: Brandon Backe (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 HOU  6  MIL  1        W:Roy Oswalt (5-6), L: Seth McClung (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 MIL 10  HOU  1        W:David Bush (2-5), L: Shawn Chacon (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 MIL  4  HOU  1        W:Ben Sheets (6-1), L: Brian Moehler (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (5)
Fri, May 30, 2008 MIL  5  HOU  1        W:Manny Parra (3-2), L: Brandon Backe (4-6), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 HOU  8  MIL  6 (12)   W:Tim Byrdak (1-0), L: Mitch Stetter (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2008 HOU  6  MIL  2        W:Brandon Backe (2-3), L: Manny Parra (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 6-5; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 99-71

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  5.58

COL  4.61

WSN  3.73

RA/G

OAK  3.79

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

M. Lowell  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

Y. Escobar  .357

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .624

J. Werth  .472

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.065

C. Guillen  .821

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

Z. Greinke  4.06

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

M. Mussina  6.01

K. Rogers  3.48

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Houston Astros Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.36 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
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 40/.421 3/.333 11/.282 4/.500 1/no AB 23/.225 3/1.000 174/128 .229/.296/.301/.597 .786/.529 .563 46/.756 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 36/1.453 10/.400 10/.733 2/1.000 5/.933 19/1.240 12/1.250 431/314 .343/.441/.624/1.065 .899/1.131 1.025 93/.753 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 22/1.259 8/.500 5/.400 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 2/.500 180/153 .219/.261/.349/.610 .354/.647 .496 44/.654 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.167 5/.200 377/274 .231/.288/.304/.593 .598/.591 .502 60/.508 33/8 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 32/.581 6/.666 8/.750 2/.500 14/.286 4/1.000 1/.000 168/141 .274/.317/.389/.706 .589/.728 .709 51/.490 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 67/.774 4/.750 8/.625 16/.713 ··· 9/.236 13/.923 426/320 .306/.354/.548/.902 .975/.878 .871 98/1.051 4/1 23/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 19/1.278 8/.946 10/1.300 3/.333 1/2.000 12/1.084 6/.000 203/140 .268/.330/.377/.707 .957/.601 .653 53/.707 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 12/.500 2/1.000 7/.572 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.286 310/219 .278/.346/.374/.720 .798/.688 .729 56/.914 17/4 2/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 30/27 .241/.267/.379/.646 .000/.719 .382 20/.618 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 7/.429 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 10/.900 415/308 .267/.304/.431/.734 .730/.736 .742 96/.690 7/8 13/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 52/38 .216/.216/.255/.471 .308/.526 .524 15/.286 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 24/.811 7/1.771 3/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.500 426/315 .279/.317/.419/.736 .745/.733 .671 85/.579 7/4 10/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 11/.455 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.625 8/.500 256/176 .265/.355/.439/.795 .991/.711 .749 71/.732 4/4 8/
IP 108.1 26.1 37.0 32.1 34.2 55.2 79.2 TOTAL .260/.322/.405/.727 .779/.710 .682 .688 89/35 100/49
ERA-K/9 4.65/4.8 6.49/7.9 5.35/7.5 4.18/6.1 2.34/5.7 2.59/6.0 4.74/6.9 3.96/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Quintero (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 480/.296 123/.288 166/.290 138/.244 138/.217 230/.239 346/.274 .257  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Erstad
0/0/99/8
0/91/0/7
97/0/0/4
30/17/4/2
OPS .816 .913 .839 .728 .610 .636 .796 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.729 62/.791 74/1.032 61/.888 67/.448 103/.661 161/.633 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.902 61/1.039 92/.683 77/.605 71/.771 127/.615 185/.936 .736
Home 200/.711 64/.863 85/.988 67/.927 71/.413 99/.515 199/.654 .699
Last 28d days 72/.978 27/.835 31/1.242 38/.716 29/.621 43/.587 53/.512
HR/SB/CS 13/2/5 7/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/4/2 112/46/31
Usage ····X··· o·o··o·· X····X·· oX···o·o ····o·o· o·o·oXoo ·X····oo
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Wolf*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 135/121 .244/.326/.588/.914 .000/1.030 1.145 38/.406 1/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 6/1.333 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 7/.715 1/2.000 1/.000 444/330 .300/.338/.587/.925 .875/.942 1.068 100/1.069 9/3 27/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/.702 7/.286 1/no AB 12/1.031 2/.000 5/1.400 11/.773 1/.000 286/217 .228/.318/.472/.790 .950/.741 .638 90/.858 8/4 15/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/no AB 3/.333 6/.000 1/.000 8/.393 5/.600 2/1.000 161/144 .239/.342/.326/.668 .494/.689 .673 23/.570 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 14/.143 12/.878 2/.000 4/2.000 5/.200 6/.334 13/.581 1/no AB 314/232 .290/.382/.415/.798 .677/.838 .821 63/.915 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.333 4/.000 4/1.000 ··· 8/1.125 4/.500 5/.000 443/304 .275/.370/.493/.864 .757/.914 1.021 100/.894 2/0 20/
2.Hall G/S/vP 19/.516 2/1.000 1/no AB 13/.607 1/2.000 8/1.071 6/.500 1/.000 326/219 .229/.292/.428/.720 1.043/.566 .918 74/.854 4/5 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/.969 3/1.666 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 5/1.250 5/.400 1/3.000 383/281 .299/.363/.491/.854 .937/.826 .787 105/1.195 2/1 14/
1.Hart G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/1.431 6/1.166 2/.000 420/308 .286/.326/.503/.829 .784/.845 .728 94/.742 15/4 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 167/101 .301/.337/.494/.831 .968/.739 .858 35/.749 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 13/.885 6/.533 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 8/1.911 4/.000 2/.000 371/274 .253/.337/.333/.670 .671/.670 .623 93/.560 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 50/40 .319/.360/.447/.807 .522/.875 .753 8/.804 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 9/.476 6/.834 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 8/.393 7/.000 ··· 386/280 .226/.332/.382/.715 .809/.679 .599 86/.781 14/4 9/
IP 119.2 48.1 34.1 45.2 8.1 84.0 47.1 36.2 TOTAL .255/.326/.442/.768 .805/.755 .788 .811 72/25 136/67
ERA-K/9 4.74/7.9 3.91/7.6 2.88/6.0 2.76/7.7 3.24/2.2 4.50/4.4 4.75/10.5 4.66/7.8 4.58/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (30-27-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.268 200/.240 152/.226 190/.202 32/.276 343/.268 211/.258 163/.213 .272  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
99/0/0/7
0/0/100/4
0/67/0/1
6/29/11/0
OPS .759 .646 .779 .579 .805 .707 .812 .751 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.907 85/.850 65/.632 80/.674 13/.481 144/.666 92/.727 66/.549 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 408/.719 115/.498 87/.897 110/.510 19/1.036 199/.736 119/.872 97/.898 .792
Road 248/.866 99/.682 74/.810 88/.488 26/.925 190/.547 99/.814 76/.731 .790
Last 28d days 101/.850 40/.721 48/.904 68/.463 32/.805 68/.449 39/.752 41/.636
HR/SB/CS 14/7/3 4/1/1 5/3/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 142/35/14
Usage ·······X X··X·X·o ····Xoo· X··X·X·· ····o·o· ·X·X··Xo ·X···X·X ·o·oo·o·

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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