HOU @ MIL, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 2:05pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Miller Park

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

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

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