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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 2:05pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 64-62, 4th, 13½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 7-5, 4.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-5)            106.1 111  58  49  36  95 14    4.15      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  36.2  46  24  24  14  31  7    5.89   44 
 2008-08-15    ARI   L   2.1   3   4   4   6   4  0      77   33 
 2008-08-10   @CIN   W   6.2   5   2   2   1   7  2     107   62 
 2008-08-05   @CHC  ND   5     9   6   6   2   1  0      81   24 
 2008-07-30    CIN   L   4.2   9   6   6   1   4  3      87   25 
 2008-07-25   @MIL   W   6     3   1   1   3   7  0     100   66 
 2008-07-19    CHC   W   6.2   9   1   1   0   7  1     104   59 
 2008-07-12   @WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   1  1      80   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-3  29    30  17  17  15  28  4    5.28   48 
 2008-07-25   @MIL   W   6     3   1   1   3   7  0     100   66 
 2007-08-11    MIL  ND   7     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   62 
 2007-06-26   @MIL   L   5     7   6   6   4   5  1      92   30 
 2007-04-21   @MIL   L   6     9   6   6   3   7  2     117   34 
 2006-09-10   @MIL   L   5     5   3   3   2   5  1      83   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  44-46   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:27-29   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 19  @MIL  W   5-2       64-62  4th 13.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @MIL  L   3-9       63-62  4th 13.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   ARI  W   3-0       63-61  4th 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   ARI  L   5-11      62-61  4th 13.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   ARI  L   2-12      62-60  4th 13.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   SFG  W   7-4       62-59  4th 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   SFG  W   6-2       61-59  4th 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   SFG  W  12-4       60-59  4th 11.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   SFG  W   3-1       59-59  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @CIN  W  13-4       58-59  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Milwaukee Brewers, 72-55, 2nd, 6 GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 9-6, 4.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            137.2 142  67  63  63 118 11    4.12      
 2007 (0-1)             26.1  25  13  11  12  26  1    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  44    49  26  25  14  46  2    5.11   49 
 2008-08-15   @LAD   L   5.2  10   4   4   1   6  1      93   38 
 2008-08-10    WSN  ND   7     6   1   1   0   9  0      92   70 
 2008-08-04   @CIN   L   6     4   6   6   4   6  1     105   42 
 2008-07-30    CHC   L   5.1   8   5   5   4   5  0      96   33 
 2008-07-25    HOU   L   6     8   3   3   2   5  0      96   47 
 2008-07-20   @SFG   W   7.2   7   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-11    CIN  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   6  0      93   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-2  21.1  31  15  14  10  17  5    5.91   40 
 2008-07-25    HOU   L   6     8   3   3   2   5  0      96   47 
 2008-06-11   @HOU   W   5.1  10   5   5   0   3  3      84   31 
 2008-05-30    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   4   6  0      87   62 
 2008-05-03   @HOU   L   4     9   6   5   4   3  2      93   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-24   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  47-42   vsLHP:  25-13   1-Run:  24-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:31-24   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Tue, Aug 19   HOU  L   2-5       72-55  2nd  6.0 gb
126 Mon, Aug 18   HOU  W   9-3       72-54  2nd  5.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17  @LAD  L   5-7       71-54  2nd  5.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16  @LAD  W   4-3 (10)  71-53  2nd  4.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15  @LAD  L   3-5       70-53  2nd  5.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @SDP  L   2-3       70-52  2nd  4.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @SDP  W   7-1       70-51  2nd  3.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @SDP  W   5-2       69-51  2nd  3.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11   WSN  W   7-1       68-51  2nd  3.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   WSN  W   5-4 (13)  67-51  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 HOU  5 @MIL  2        W:Brian Moehler (9-4), L: Ben Sheets (11-7), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 MIL  9  HOU  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (14-8), L: Randy Wolf (8-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 HOU 11 @MIL  6        W:Chris Sampson (5-3), L: Jeff Suppan (5-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 7-7; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 101-72

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  5.55

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.90

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.11

BA

C. Jones  .365

D. Lee  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

C. Utley  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

T. Hunter  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

M. Kemp  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Houston Astros Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.30 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
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 24/11 .227/.250/.545/.795 1.141/.382 .625 7/1.119 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.500 11/.282 4/.500 1/no AB 23/.225 3/1.000 197/139 .234/.313/.298/.611 .747/.556 .607 26/.756 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 12/1.000 10/.400 6/1.867 11/.788 2/1.000 5/.933 19/1.240 12/1.250 525/377 .327/.427/.594/1.020 .836/1.097 .989 107/.854 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 6/.000 6/.334 2/.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/.500 245/199 .229/.269/.419/.688 .499/.724 .684 69/.917 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 2/.500 3/.000 3/1.167 5/.200 413/300 .226/.283/.306/.588 .553/.601 .526 48/.700 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 8/.750 3/.333 16/.250 4/1.000 1/.000 247/195 .297/.331/.384/.714 .647/.732 .744 81/.714 2/2 2/
59.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.946 6/1.167 10/1.300 3/.333 2/2.000 12/1.084 6/.000 243/157 .274/.346/.391/.736 .963/.619 .667 47/.947 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 51/46 .208/.255/.313/.567 .600/.563 .401 24/.390 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 11/.637 3/1.000 5/.900 8/.625 1/5.000 2/.000 3/.000 10/.900 509/376 .262/.303/.438/.741 .709/.752 .728 107/.789 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 115/85 .243/.270/.308/.579 .765/.516 .715 70/.642 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 12/1.000 7/1.771 18/1.115 3/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.500 520/379 .283/.317/.420/.737 .786/.719 .694 103/.754 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 11/1.259 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.625 8/.500 325/224 .303/.375/.547/.922 1.132/.831 .792 80/1.285 4/5 16/
IP 137.2 31.0 87.0 44.2 38.2 42.0 62.1 89.0 TOTAL .265/.325/.421/.746 .787/.731 .712 .829 92/39 136/56
ERA-K/9 4.12/7.7 6.68/7.8 4.55/7.2 4.63/8.1 3.96/6.0 2.36/6.4 2.60/6.1 4.55/7.2 3.93/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (11-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 607/.268 143/.279 381/.255 196/.272 168/.255 172/.229 260/.232 384/.269 .256  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/122/13
0/103/0/7
37/32/5/2
8/4/0/1
8/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .732 .921 .751 .783 .752 .650 .624 .784 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.630 74/.721 180/.834 84/.939 71/.885 86/.515 117/.635 179/.619 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 498/.754 69/1.139 201/.677 112/.667 97/.658 86/.793 143/.615 205/.928 .731
Home 340/.660 75/.961 193/.795 102/.931 86/.947 89/.505 114/.541 221/.634 .710
Last 28d days 136/.755 27/.838 34/1.106 38/.623 35/.864 34/.823 36/.493 45/.571
HR/SB/CS 11/8/4 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 135/59/35
Usage ····X··· ···o·o·· ··X····· X·o···X· X··Xo·X· X··o·o·· ···X···o ··o·X···
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
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
8.Braun G/S/vP 9/1.083 7/1.143 2/.500 3/1.666 2/.500 8/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 509/375 .300/.340/.589/.928 .950/.921 1.051 83/1.166 10/3 31/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 8/.750 8/.250 1/no AB 12/1.031 25/.408 5/1.400 11/.773 2/.000 372/282 .245/.333/.509/.843 .979/.800 .639 102/.966 12/5 21/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.333 6/.000 7/.143 8/.393 5/.600 2/1.000 223/200 .225/.327/.304/.631 .511/.645 .602 67/.512 3/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 3/.666 13/.968 2/.000 5/2.333 41/.979 7/.286 14/.536 1/no AB 362/275 .285/.373/.415/.787 .674/.822 .863 57/.739 7/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 18/.801 3/.333 4/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 10/.875 4/.500 6/.000 544/375 .273/.373/.511/.884 .745/.949 .998 119/.971 2/0 28/
2.Hall G/S/vP 29/.720 2/1.000 1/no AB 13/.607 3/.666 11/.764 7/.429 2/.000 370/239 .225/.295/.408/.704 .992/.550 .863 62/.486 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 16/1.232 4/1.250 1/.000 7/.858 4/.500 7/1.167 6/.334 1/3.000 478/353 .275/.339/.458/.797 .899/.763 .737 109/.648 2/1 18/
1.Hart G/S/vP 23/1.022 3/1.000 3/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 11/1.155 6/1.166 3/1.666 512/377 .287/.322/.501/.823 .829/.821 .762 110/.784 22/5 19/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.000 12/.583 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 220/142 .298/.329/.486/.814 .933/.748 .813 55/.735 3/0 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 5/.200 7/.762 2/2.500 5/.800 15/.204 8/1.911 4/.000 2/.000 455/341 .250/.332/.323/.654 .638/.660 .627 100/.571 6/3 1/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 2.000 7/.286 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 60/45 .333/.400/.481/.881 .733/.924 .925 10/1.314 2/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 19/.874 6/.834 ··· 7/.858 ··· 9/.347 7/.000 ··· 454/329 .229/.331/.381/.713 .803/.679 .597 78/.752 15/4 10/
IP 106.1 55.1 47.1 56.0 47.0 100.2 57.1 44.2 TOTAL .254/.325/.439/.764 .813/.747 .781 .754 88/30 166/80
ERA-K/9 4.15/8.0 4.07/8.0 3.80/7.4 2.41/6.9 4.98/6.7 4.38/4.6 4.08/10.1 4.43/8.3 4.60/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (43-31-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 466/.264 233/.250 204/.230 229/.192 195/.254 412/.274 247/.237 194/.206 .272  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Nix
 Kapler
115/0/0/8
0/0/122/4
0/88/0/2
1/0/0/0
16/31/13/0
OPS .764 .669 .809 .545 .683 .710 .742 .727 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.850 98/.826 83/.486 97/.638 89/.918 169/.723 115/.632 79/.496 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.738 135/.557 121/1.043 132/.478 106/.494 243/.701 132/.830 115/.895 .797
Road 220/.818 112/.734 97/.771 103/.503 88/.687 224/.573 111/.793 92/.756 .792
Last 28d days 116/.889 43/.816 52/.870 57/.528 28/.526 84/.669 40/.386 35/.572
HR/SB/CS 14/2/2 5/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 166/40/20
Usage ····X··· ·X·X··X· ····Xo·o Xo·X·oo· o··X·o·· oo··X··o o·o··o·· ·X··oo··

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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