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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, June 27, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Milwaukee Brewers, 43-35, 3rd, 5½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Seth McClung (27, RHP, 5-3, 3.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             54.2  43  23  23  25  44  7    3.79      
 2007 (0-1)             12    11   9   5   5  11  0    3.75      
 2006 (6-12)           103   120  77  72  68  59 14    6.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  39    36  21  21  14  28  6    4.85   49 
 2008-06-21    BAL   W   6.2   3   2   2   5   6  1     103   61 
 2008-06-15    MIN   W   6     4   2   2   0   4  1      78   60 
 2008-06-10   @HOU   L   6     3   2   2   1   5  1      87   62 
 2008-06-03    ARI   W   6     6   1   1   0   4  0      79   60 
 2008-05-29    ATL   L   4.2   8   6   6   6   1  1      85   19 
 2008-05-24   @WSN   W   5     4   2   2   0   4  1      68   55 
 2006-06-18   @PHI   L   4.2   8   6   6   2   4  1      86   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-2  13.1  16  12  12   3  13  3    8.10   43 
 2008-06-15    MIN   W   6     4   2   2   0   4  1      78   60 
 2005-07-02   @MIN   L   6     6   4   4   3   8  1     100   49 
 2003-04-30   @MIN   L   1.1   6   6   6   0   1  1      29   19 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-13   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  28-28   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  17-6 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @ATL  L   2-4       43-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @ATL  W   4-3       43-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 23  @ATL  W   4-1       42-34  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   BAL  W   7-3       41-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   BAL  W   3-2       40-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   BAL  L   5-8       39-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19   TOR  W   8-7       39-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 18   TOR  W   5-4       38-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17   TOR  W   7-0       37-33  3rd  7.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 15   MIN  W   4-2       36-33  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
Minnesota Twins, 43-36, 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 6-4, 3.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-4)             93   109  45  38  15  49  7    3.68      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42.2  47  22  16   5  24  5    3.38   51 
 2008-06-21    ARI   W   7     3   1   1   0   3  0      89   70 
 2008-06-11   @CLE   W   6     7   2   2   1   5  1      94   54 
 2008-06-06   @CHW   L   4     8   7   7   0   0  1      56   18 
 2008-06-01    NYY  ND   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1      71   49 
 2008-05-27   @KCR  ND   8.1   8   2   2   0   4  0      92   63 
 2008-05-21    TEX   L   6    10   7   1   1   4  2      88   39 
 2008-05-16   @COL   W   7     6   2   2   0   5  0      88   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-16   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-24   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL:12-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @SDP  W   4-3       43-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @SDP  W   9-3       42-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @SDP  W   3-1       41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   ARI  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   ARI  W   6-1       39-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   ARI  W   7-2       38-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19   WSN  W   9-3       37-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18   WSN  W  11-2       36-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17   WSN  W   2-1       35-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @MIL  L   2-4       34-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 MIL  4  MIN  2        W:Seth McClung (4-3), L: Scott Baker (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (8)
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 MIN  9 @MIL  4 (12)   W:Brian Bass (3-2), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 MIN 10 @MIL  2        W:Kevin Slowey (3-6), L: David Bush (2-7), S: none

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 MIN 10  MIL  9        W:Joe Nathan (3-1), L: Chris Spurling (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 MIL  5 @MIN  2        W:David Bush (4-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (25)
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 MIL 11 @MIN  3        W:Claudio Vargas (5-1), L: Scott Baker (1-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sun, May 20, 2007 MIL  6  MIN  5        W:Matt Wise (1-1), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Sat, May 19, 2007 MIN  5 @MIL  2        W:Scott Baker (1-0), L: David Bush (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 MIN  8 @MIL  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 MIN  8  MIL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (9-1), L: Zach Jackson (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 2-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 212-202

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

CHC  5.49

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.60

TEX  5.64

BA

C. Jones  .394

T. Hunter  .282

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

Y. Molina  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .705

B. Abreu  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.154

T. Hunter  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  2.08

T. Redding  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

J. Francis  6.22

L. Hernandez  2.96

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 89/78 .286/.371/.740/1.111 .000/1.287 .697 72/1.097 0/0 10/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 334/254 .287/.323/.557/.881 .824/.898 .708 103/.904 8/3 20/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 188/147 .220/.293/.476/.769 .786/.764 .916 64/.824 5/1 12/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 7/.310 16/1.458 138/121 .242/.341/.342/.682 .494/.709 .702 64/.752 2/1 1/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/41 .245/.375/.302/.677 1.194/.393 .869 30/.658 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.777 1/.000 2/2.500 4/1.500 5/1.400 5/1.200 333/231 .279/.366/.505/.872 .713/.944 .716 101/1.062 1/0 16/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.536 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.334 5/.400 248/172 .218/.283/.396/.679 1.033/.526 .563 48/.525 3/5 10/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 268/198 .256/.331/.378/.709 .638/.730 .701 67/.891 1/0 5/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 318/239 .289/.333/.500/.833 .815/.840 .941 99/.851 10/3 12/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 132/78 .309/.348/.504/.853 .883/.830 .872 47/.928 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.533 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 10/1.278 11/.788 270/203 .268/.348/.357/.706 .684/.713 .716 80/.758 4/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/37 .325/.357/.450/.807 .400/.864 .769 13/.801 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 290/214 .217/.329/.373/.702 .854/.649 .791 44/.788 11/3 7/
IP 93.0 49.1 76.0 18.1 33.1 41.2 32.2 23.1 TOTAL .252/.323/.430/.753 .758/.751 .726 .829 54/19 100/51
ERA-K/9 3.68/4.7 4.74/3.8 6.39/6.6 1.47/8.4 2.70/7.0 3.02/5.8 1.38/9.9 2.31/4.6 4.29/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (25-21-4)
 Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 389/.299 220/.296 346/.291 74/.194 140/.256 180/.245 123/.205 92/.244 .286  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
75/0/0/5
0/0/76/3
0/43/0/0
4/25/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .763 .857 .772 .524 .737 .694 .543 .660 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.707 81/.750 164/.790 29/.609 52/.668 67/.644 70/.611 54/.486 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.807 139/.917 182/.755 45/.467 88/.774 113/.723 53/.457 38/.916 .793
Home 187/.737 109/.854 242/.746 48/.612 75/.592 98/.550 79/.454 51/.626 .736
Last 28d days 87/.785 70/.729 74/.890 34/.241 54/.526 50/.664 37/.384 30/.536
HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 87/39/18
Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ·X······ oo·····X o·X·X··· o·X··o·· X·o·o·o· o·o··X··
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 73.McClung
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 49/41 .386/.408/.500/.908 .250/1.047 .802 40/.953 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 164/125 .298/.348/.411/.759 .718/.773 .758 113/.701 4/1 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/.000 1/4.000 2/1.500 9/1.319 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 255/190 .250/.318/.375/.693 .675/.697 .772 97/.855 5/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 331/250 .268/.301/.373/.674 .770/.642 .672 123/.532 20/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 284/212 .251/.313/.359/.672 .477/.740 .719 90/.686 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 259/208 .260/.317/.447/.763 .413/.847 .797 87/.901 0/1 10/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.500 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 10/.600 2/2.500 214/187 .223/.262/.301/.562 .303/.601 .416 46/.353 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 298/215 .323/.407/.429/.837 .898/.810 .952 96/.900 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 3/1.334 13/.490 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 136/77 .214/.272/.437/.709 .353/.977 .788 31/.538 0/0 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 7/.453 ··· 3/1.667 4/1.250 340/240 .310/.371/.493/.864 .779/.901 .858 114/.851 0/1 12/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 9/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 5/.600 68/44 .283/.343/.383/.727 .812/.673 .770 14/1.062 4/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/31 .286/.328/.357/.685 .704/.667 .717 27/.847 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 298/230 .275/.326/.366/.691 .669/.698 .626 82/.803 9/4 1/
IP 54.2 13.2 30.0 22.0 27.1 14.1 44.2 64.1 TOTAL .272/.327/.396/.723 .665/.744 .734 .756 51/23 51/55
ERA-K/9 3.79/7.2 3.95/10.5 3.90/9.3 5.32/6.1 1.98/6.3 2.51/12.6 2.62/6.0 5.46/6.6 4.09/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.217 55/.236 131/.250 97/.267 107/.204 61/.163 187/.241 284/.290 .258  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
72/0/0/8
0/1/57/7
0/73/0/6
10/0/16/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .673 .727 .722 .757 .598 .593 .647 .849 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.743 19/1.474 57/.914 48/.954 52/.442 24/.397 90/.675 141/.648 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.614 36/.333 74/.573 49/.572 55/.755 37/.718 97/.620 143/1.045 .754
Road 102/.506 21/.952 66/.611 52/.589 51/.825 35/.570 100/.732 120/1.050 .793
Last 28d days 95/.570 42/.643 37/.940 7/1.571 32/.550 10/.422 49/.661 50/.613
HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 4/1/0 3/4/0 3/1/1 4/1/1 1/0/1 3/1/2 13/3/2 91/38/25
Usage ·····X·· ····o·X· ·o··X··· ····X··o ··o··X·· ·X····o· ··X·oo·o ······X·

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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