PHI @ MIL, Sunday, October 5, 2008 Game Preview

Philadelphia Phillies, 92-70, 1st, 3 up	SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 9-12, 4.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-12) 197.2 211 110 103 66 111 22 4.69 2007 (14-10) 230 240 106 101 40 140 16 3.95 2006 (16-12) 194.1 241 111 104 58 107 17 4.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 3-0 55.2 51 28 25 25 42 7 4.04 51 2008-09-26 WSN W 6 5 4 1 1 2 1 89 53 2008-09-20 FLA W 5 4 2 2 2 9 0 96 58 2008-09-14 MIL ND 7 5 3 3 2 4 2 99 57 2008-09-08 FLA W 5 5 4 4 3 1 1 97 39 2008-09-03 WSN ND 4 6 4 4 3 2 0 84 33 2008-08-29 CHC ND 5.2 2 2 2 5 4 0 114 56 2008-08-24 LAD ND 6 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 57 2008-08-19 WSN ND 5 8 4 4 1 3 1 91 37 2008-08-13 LAD ND 5 9 4 4 3 6 2 97 36 2008-08-08 PIT ND 7 1 0 0 2 7 0 105 80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.MIL 0-0 7 5 3 3 2 4 2 3.86 57 2008-09-14 MIL ND 7 5 3 3 2 4 2 99 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-33 Road: 44-37 ExtrInn: 6-7 vsRHP: 60-48 vsLHP: 32-22 1-Run: 27-23 vsEast: 41-31 vsCntrl:27-16 vsWest: 20-12 IL: 4-11 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Thu, Oct 2 MIL W 5-2 - 1 Wed, Oct 1 MIL W 3-1 - 162 Sun, Sep 28 WSN W 8-3 92-70 1st 3.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 27 WSN W 4-3 91-70 1st 2.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 WSN W 8-4 90-70 1st 2.0 up 159 Wed, Sep 24 ATL L 4-10 89-70 1st 1.5 up 158 Tue, Sep 23 ATL L 2-3 89-69 1st 1.5 up 157 Mon, Sep 22 ATL W 6-2 89-68 1st 2.5 up 156 Sun, Sep 21 @FLA W 5-2 88-68 1st 1.5 up 155 Sat, Sep 20 @FLA W 3-2 87-68 1st 0.5 up 154 Fri, Sep 19 @FLA L 8-14 86-68 2nd 0.5 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 @ATL W 4-3 86-67 1st 0.5 up 152 Wed, Sep 17 @ATL W 6-1 85-67 1st 0.5 up 151 Tue, Sep 16 @ATL W 8-7 84-67 1st 0.5 up 150 Sun, Sep 14 MIL W 6-1 83-67 2nd 1.0 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 MIL W 7-3 82-67 2nd 1.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 MIL W 7-3 81-67 2nd 2.5 gb 147 Thu, Sep 11 MIL W 6-3 80-67 2nd 3.0 gb 146 Wed, Sep 10 FLA L 3-7 79-67 2nd 3.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 9 FLA L 8-10 79-66 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:21-9
Milwaukee Brewers, 90-72, 2nd, 7½ GB, 1 up in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 10-10, 4.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-10) 177.2 207 110 98 67 90 30 4.96 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 10 GS 4-3 56.1 65 35 34 17 28 15 5.43 45 2008-09-26 CHC ND 5 8 1 1 1 5 1 91 51 2008-09-19 CIN L 2 5 5 5 0 2 2 38 28 2008-09-14 PHI L 3.2 8 6 6 4 1 1 66 18 2008-09-09 CIN ND 5.1 6 4 4 2 2 2 97 40 2008-09-04 SDP L 5.1 7 5 4 4 3 1 106 35 2008-08-30 PIT W 7 3 2 2 2 2 1 102 63 2008-08-23 PIT W 7 8 3 3 0 3 1 98 52 2008-08-17 LAD ND 6 9 4 4 2 4 3 90 40 2008-08-12 SDP W 8 4 2 2 2 3 2 98 67 2008-08-06 CIN W 7 7 3 3 0 3 1 92 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.PHI 1-5 41.1 60 36 30 18 22 12 6.53 37 2008-09-14 PHI L 3.2 8 6 6 4 1 1 66 18 2008-04-24 PHI ND 7 5 1 1 3 3 1 92 63 2007-08-05 PHI ND 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 83 57 2007-05-16 PHI L 7 9 6 4 2 4 1 100 41 2006-08-01 PHI L 5 9 5 4 3 4 2 87 32 2005-05-17 PHI L 3 8 7 5 1 2 3 69 20 2005-04-09 PHI L 4 10 6 5 2 1 2 80 19 2004-05-06 PHI W 6 6 4 4 2 4 2 101 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-32 Road: 41-40 ExtrInn:12-8 vsRHP: 57-52 vsLHP: 33-20 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 16-19 vsCntrl:47-32 vsWest: 20-13 IL: 7-8 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Thu, Oct 2 @PHI L 2-5 - 1 Wed, Oct 1 @PHI L 1-3 - 162 Sun, Sep 28 CHC W 3-1 90-72 2nd 7.5 gb 161 Sat, Sep 27 CHC L 3-7 89-72 2nd 8.5 gb 160 Fri, Sep 26 CHC W 5-1 89-71 2nd 7.5 gb 159 Thu, Sep 25 PIT W 5-1 (10) 88-71 2nd 8.5 gb 158 Wed, Sep 24 PIT W 4-2 87-71 2nd 9.5 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 PIT W 7-5 86-71 2nd 9.5 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 @CIN W 8-1 85-71 2nd 10.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 @CIN L 3-4 84-71 2nd 10.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 @CIN L 2-11 84-70 2nd 9.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 @CHC L 6-7 (12) 84-69 2nd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 @CHC W 6-2 84-68 2nd 8.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 @CHC L 4-5 83-68 2nd 9.0 gb 150 Sun, Sep 14 @PHI L 1-6 83-67 2nd 7.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 @PHI L 3-7 83-66 2nd 7.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @PHI L 3-7 83-65 2nd 6.0 gb 147 Thu, Sep 11 @PHI L 3-6 83-64 2nd 5.5 gb 146 Wed, Sep 10 CIN W 4-3 83-63 2nd 4.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 9 CIN L 4-5 (11) 82-63 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Oct 02, 2008 PHI 5 MIL 2 W:Brett Myers , L: C.C. Sabathia , S: Brad Lidge Wed, Oct 01, 2008 PHI 3 MIL 1 W:Cole Hamels , L: Yovani Gallardo , S: Brad Lidge Sun, Sep 14, 2008 PHI 6 MIL 1 W:Brett Myers , L: Jeff Suppan , S: none Sun, Sep 14, 2008 PHI 7 MIL 3 W:Scott Eyre , L: Guillermo Mota , S: none Sat, Sep 13, 2008 PHI 7 MIL 3 W:Cole Hamels , L: Manny Parra , S: none Thu, Sep 11, 2008 PHI 6 MIL 3 W:Jamie Moyer , L: Ben Sheets , S: Brad Lidge Thu, Apr 24, 2008 PHI 3 @MIL 1 W:Tom Gordon , L: David Riske , S: Brad Lidge Wed, Apr 23, 2008 MIL 5 PHI 4 W:Mitch Stetter , L: Cole Hamels , S: Derrick Turnbow Sun, Aug 05, 2007 PHI 8 @MIL 6 (11) W:Brett Myers (2-3), L: Manny Parra (0-1), S: Jose Mesa (1) Sat, Aug 04, 2007 MIL 6 PHI 5 W:Derrick Turnbow (3-4), L: Tom Gordon (1-2), S: Francisco Cordero (34) Season Series: 2008 - PHI leads 5-1; 2007 - PHI won 4-3; 2006 - MIL won 5-1; All-Time - PHI leads 45-32 Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

S. Victorino .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

J. Votto .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Note: That all pitcher-batter matchups contain both regular and postseason meetings.

Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 43.Parra*
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 SB/CS HR/E

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 238/155 .217/.297/.297/.594 .742/.517 .603 9/2 2/

5.Burrell G/S/vP 28/1.523 3/.000 3/.333 13/.322 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.476 3/.333 645/453 .250/.367/.507/.875 .952/.843 .964 0/0 33/

27.Coste G/S/vP 7/1.964 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 305/213 .263/.325/.423/.748 .881/.691 .642 0/1 9/

19.Dobbs* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 240/230 .301/.333/.491/.824 .311/.846 .798 3/1 9/

7.Feliz G/S/vP 22/.773 12/.531 3/.000 10/1.200 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/.167 5/2.417 463/311 .249/.302/.402/.705 .845/.636 .695 0/0 14/

6.Howard* G/S/vP 10/1.200 1/.000 5/1.400 5/2.600 4/2.000 2/2.000 3/.000 6/.000 2/.000 700/435 .251/.339/.543/.881 .746/.966 .832 1/1 48/

10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 53/.443 8/.393 ··· 8/.946 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· 322/297 .246/.301/.392/.694 .290/.728 .658 1/1 9/

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 26/.927 7/.453 5/.650 16/.650 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 12/1.183 4/1.833 625/448 .277/.349/.437/.786 .776/.790 .708 47/3 11/

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 373/292 .219/.320/.300/.620 .679/.604 .680 1/2 4/

12.Stairs* G/S/vP 21/.686 8/.542 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 387/352 .252/.341/.409/.751 .639/.762 .743 1/1 13/

99.Taguchi G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 10/.844 4/.500 103/49 .220/.283/.297/.580 .455/.721 .415 3/0 0/

26.Utley* G/S/vP 20/1.132 ··· 5/.800 5/1.600 3/1.667 5/.750 2/1.000 4/1.167 3/.000 707/437 .292/.380/.535/.915 .888/.932 .907 14/2 33/

8.Victorino# G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 5/1.350 6/.334 2/1.000 3/3.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 627/431 .293/.352/.447/.799 .882/.762 .721 36/11 14/

28.Werth G/S/vP 11/1.858 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 482/311 .273/.363/.498/.861 1.020/.767 .887 20/1 24/

IP 177.2 46.1 105.1 57.0 166.0 51.1 25.1 80.0 108.1 TOTAL .255/.332/.438/.770 .801/.757 .753 136/25 214/90

ERA-K/9

4.96/4.6

5.44/7.4

4.02/7.4

4.11/7.9

4.39/8.0

2.81/5.8

3.20/11.0

3.49/5.7

4.07/7.7

3.87/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Coste (44-13-1)
Ruiz (65-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 780/.298 203/.258 456/.243 244/.245 741/.278 212/.238 109/.165 344/.253 464/.266 .256 Burrell
Werth
Victorino
Jenkins
Stairs
Dobbs
Bruntlett
Taguchi 155/0/0/12
28/31/88/9
0/139/5/7
0/0/90/7
9/0/10/0
3/0/4/0
29/0/7/0
38/1/11/0

OPS .844 .841 .714 .725 .766 .656 .613 .680 .763 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 397/.821 100/.816 212/.789 105/.850 135/.680 104/.486 47/.568 161/.712 217/.654 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.869 103/.865 244/.649 139/.635 606/.785 108/.829 62/.648 183/.653 247/.860 .713

Home 330/.811 116/.933 226/.750 129/.849 418/.680 111/.471 51/.600 177/.627 257/.614 .707

HR/SB/CS 30/4/7 11/0/0 10/5/4 7/4/1 18/8/5 5/1/1 2/2/2 6/1/2 18/5/2 175/71/45

Usage ········ ··o····· ··X····· ···o···· ···o···X ········ ··oo···o ··o····o ···X····

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB 55.Condrey
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 63.Madson
G/S/vB 16.Romero*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 4/2.167 2/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 663/478 .285/.335/.553/.888 .873/.894 .987 14/4 37/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 6/2.667 ··· 3/.333 7/.858 11/.000 15/.729 4/2.417 508/376 .243/.331/.477/.809 .951/.761 .700 17/5 25/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.000 9/1.334 11/.364 5/.000 2/1.500 302/275 .226/.355/.302/.658 .571/.666 .623 3/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP 14/1.358 3/1.167 23/.797 2/.000 8/1.339 5/.650 11/.788 426/330 .289/.380/.432/.813 .727/.837 .876 8/4 6/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/1.000 12/.650 9/1.806 3/1.667 4/.250 694/461 .276/.372/.507/.879 .733/.955 .894 3/2 34/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 49/46 .190/.271/.214/.485 2.000/.397 .333 3/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.158 19/.325 5/.400 2/.000 448/270 .225/.293/.396/.689 .893/.557 .763 5/6 15/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 3/2.167 11/.573 3/.000 ··· 629/454 .283/.343/.478/.821 .977/.764 .761 2/1 24/

1.Hart G/S/vP 3/1.333 2/1.500 6/.334 3/1.334 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 657/474 .268/.300/.459/.759 .797/.745 .684 23/7 20/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.750 3/.333 13/.350 2/1.000 6/.000 587/432 .246/.327/.324/.651 .681/.640 .634 8/3 2/

40.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.571/.946 .000/1.095 .750 0/0 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 69/48 .306/.377/.435/.812 .569/.907 .808 2/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 9/1.413 6/.666 ··· 560/386 .234/.342/.398/.740 .805/.711 .650 19/5 14/

IP 197.2 69.0 87.2 25.2 69.1 82.2 59.0 TOTAL .253/.325/.431/.757 .806/.738 .758 108/38 198/101

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.1

3.26/4.4

2.87/6.5

4.21/11.2

1.95/11.9

3.05/7.3

2.75/7.9

3.89/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (55-41-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 855/.271 303/.302 365/.254 106/.242 292/.198 340/.254 255/.197 .260 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Gwynn 149/0/0/9
0/0/156/8
0/119/0/3
1/7/2/0

OPS .758 .792 .675 .733 .565 .675 .647 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 425/.717 136/.818 153/.795 53/.664 159/.700 155/.728 111/.346 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.799 167/.771 212/.588 53/.806 133/.403 185/.632 144/.898 .717

Road 310/.801 151/.869 152/.735 51/1.006 138/.472 155/.665 119/.674 .757

HR/SB/CS 22/4/1 6/3/3 5/3/4 2/4/0 2/8/1 6/7/1 5/10/2 160/109/34

Usage ········ ······X· ·······o ········ ··oX···X ··o····X ··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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Game Preview: PHI @ MIL, 1:07pm, Sunday, October 5, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 9-12, 4.69)

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 10-10, 4.96)

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