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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 29, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Milwaukee Brewers, 44-36, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 9-1, 2.59)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-1)            104.1  87  31  30  21  84 11    2.59      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  51.2  45  11  11   9  41  4    1.92   64 
 2008-06-23   @ATL   W   9     4   1   1   0   7  0     106   82 
 2008-06-18    TOR   W   6     4   2   2   4   5  0     108   57 
 2008-06-12   @HOU   W   7     7   3   3   2   9  2     117   58 
 2008-06-06   @COL  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  0     100   59 
 2008-05-31    HOU   W   8.2   7   1   1   1   5  0     121   70 
 2008-05-26   @WSN  ND   6     7   2   2   0   6  1      86   56 
 2008-05-21   @PIT   W   9    11   1   1   0   6  1     123   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-1  20.2  15   7   5   5  15  2    2.18   61 
 2004-06-18    MIN   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     102   64 
 2003-06-20    MIN  ND   8     3   2   0   1   8  0      96   79 
 2002-06-28   @MIN   L   6.2   8   4   4   2   1  2     102   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-13   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  17-7 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @MIN  W   5-1       44-36  3rd  4.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @MIN  L   6-7       43-36  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:21-9 
Minnesota Twins, 44-37, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 4-6, 3.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-6)             63.2  63  28  28   9  46 10    3.96      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44    43  16  16   6  30  4    3.27   56 
 2008-06-24   @SDP  ND   6     4   0   0   0   7  0      92   71 
 2008-06-18    WSN   W   6     7   1   1   2   4  1      90   56 
 2008-06-13   @MIL   W   8     5   2   2   0   5  0      99   69 
 2008-06-08   @CHW   L   3    10   8   8   1   4  1      68   10 
 2008-06-03    BAL   L   6     7   4   4   0   2  2      94   44 
 2008-05-29   @KCR   W   9     6   1   1   0   6  0     101   77 
 2008-05-23   @DET   W   6     4   0   0   3   2  0     104   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-0  13.1  13   6   6   4   9  3    4.05   53 
 2008-06-13   @MIL   W   8     5   2   2   0   5  0      99   69 
 2007-06-17    MIL  ND   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  3      97   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-17   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-24   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jun 28   MIL  L   1-5       44-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   MIL  W   7-6       44-36  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 MIL  5 @MIN  1        W:Manny Parra (8-2), L: Livan Hernandez (8-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 MIN  7  MIL  6        W:Matt Guerrier (4-2), L: Guillermo Mota (2-5), S: Joe Nathan (22)
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
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 213-203

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  5.50

BAL  4.53

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.59

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.68

BA

C. Jones  .394

K. Johnson  .282

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

J. Reyes  .355

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .697

K. Johnson  .451

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.143

J. Guillen  .802

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Garland  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
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 3/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 3/.000 97/86 .289/.381/.747/1.128 .000/1.291 .805 72/1.123 0/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 344/264 .290/.326/.559/.884 .824/.902 .725 105/.855 8/3 20/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 196/155 .217/.291/.469/.759 .786/.752 .892 64/.813 5/1 12/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 6/.933 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/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/45 .228/.353/.281/.634 1.194/.355 .761 33/.593 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 10/.700 1/.000 2/2.500 4/1.500 6/1.166 5/1.200 343/241 .274/.362/.493/.855 .713/.917 .693 103/.953 1/0 16/
2.Hall G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 10/.472 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.334 5/.400 252/176 .218/.283/.397/.680 1.033/.531 .569 52/.543 3/5 10/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 7/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 278/208 .259/.333/.389/.722 .638/.746 .725 69/.934 1/0 6/
1.Hart G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 326/247 .291/.334/.520/.854 .815/.867 .975 99/.924 10/3 14/
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 5/.000 2/.000 7/.762 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 11/1.155 11/.788 278/211 .272/.349/.358/.707 .684/.714 .718 81/.783 5/2 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/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.333 2/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 300/224 .217/.328/.368/.695 .854/.643 .775 46/.726 11/3 7/
IP 63.2 51.2 78.0 18.1 33.1 42.2 33.2 23.1 TOTAL .253/.323/.432/.755 .758/.754 .731 .825 55/19 104/52
ERA-K/9 3.96/6.5 4.53/4.0 6.23/6.6 1.47/8.4 2.70/7.0 2.95/5.9 1.34/9.9 2.31/4.6 4.30/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 256/.260 228/.290 354/.287 74/.194 140/.256 184/.241 128/.213 92/.244 .285  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
77/0/0/6
0/0/78/3
0/45/0/0
4/25/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .768 .834 .763 .524 .737 .686 .553 .660 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.819 83/.756 166/.780 29/.609 52/.668 68/.654 71/.602 54/.486 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.729 145/.877 188/.749 45/.467 88/.774 116/.703 57/.496 38/.916 .795
Home 88/.867 117/.810 250/.736 48/.612 75/.592 102/.540 84/.475 51/.626 .740
Last 28d days 120/.813 68/.638 58/.913 29/.284 49/.469 47/.639 39/.416 21/.516
HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 91/40/18
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· X··X···· ··oo···· ··o·X·X· ·oo·X··o ·XX·o·o· ··o·o··X
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 56/44 .353/.375/.451/.826 .333/.970 .679 47/.848 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 166/127 .308/.356/.441/.797 .718/.824 .836 105/.718 4/1 4/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 2/1.500 9/1.319 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 259/194 .252/.324/.376/.700 .675/.708 .785 91/.866 5/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 340/256 .263/.296/.365/.661 .742/.634 .649 121/.541 20/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 291/215 .252/.312/.357/.669 .479/.739 .710 93/.677 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/1.667 267/212 .267/.326/.475/.801 .528/.868 .871 85/1.109 0/1 12/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 26/.846 1/.000 3/1.500 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 10/.600 2/2.500 214/187 .223/.262/.301/.562 .303/.601 .416 36/.173 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.800 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 5/.400 307/221 .322/.408/.441/.849 .883/.834 .970 95/.984 0/1 3/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 13/.490 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.000 140/77 .208/.264/.423/.687 .330/.977 .738 34/.489 0/0 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.667 5/1.000 349/245 .306/.367/.484/.851 .763/.889 .833 113/.807 0/1 12/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 10/.873 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 6/.733 75/48 .258/.324/.348/.673 .719/.640 .680 15/.774 4/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 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 1/.000 1/2.000 306/234 .282/.330/.370/.700 .659/.712 .644 80/.811 9/4 1/
IP 104.1 13.2 31.0 23.0 27.2 15.1 44.2 66.1 TOTAL .272/.327/.397/.725 .658/.749 .737 .767 51/23 55/56
ERA-K/9 2.59/7.2 3.95/10.5 4.06/9.0 5.09/5.9 1.95/6.2 2.93/12.9 2.62/6.0 5.43/6.5 4.10/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (30-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.222 55/.236 135/.250 100/.258 109/.210 65/.170 187/.241 293/.292 .258  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
74/0/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/75/0/6
10/0/17/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .627 .727 .741 .733 .606 .644 .647 .848 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.619 19/1.474 60/.958 50/.912 53/.472 26/.593 90/.675 146/.649 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.634 36/.333 75/.565 50/.560 56/.740 39/.677 97/.620 147/1.044 .749
Road 272/.604 21/.952 70/.650 55/.556 53/.831 39/.645 100/.732 129/1.035 .793
Last 28d days 113/.543 42/.643 37/1.028 10/.971 34/.577 14/.676 48/.676 51/.670
HR/SB/CS 11/4/4 4/1/0 4/4/0 3/1/1 4/1/1 2/0/1 3/1/2 13/3/2 95/38/25
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ·X·o··X· o·····X· ·o··o··X o··X···· ····X·oo ·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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