MIL @ PIT, Thursday, May 22, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 22-24, 4th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 1-4, 6.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 41.2 41 30 28 18 23 8 6.05 2007 (12-10) 186.1 217 110 106 44 134 27 5.12 2006 (12-11) 210 201 111 103 38 166 26 4.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 40.2 40 30 28 18 22 8 6.20 43 2008-05-17 @BOS ND 6 5 5 4 2 2 1 102 44 2008-05-12 STL W 6 4 1 1 2 1 1 87 59 2008-05-07 @FLA L 6 5 6 6 2 3 2 81 39 2008-04-23 PHI ND 6 8 4 4 2 3 3 107 41 2008-04-15 @STL L 6 6 3 3 2 5 0 92 51 2008-04-09 CIN L 5.1 6 5 4 3 4 0 95 39 2008-04-03 @CHC L 5.1 6 6 6 5 4 1 105 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 29 24 15 14 7 18 4 4.34 52 2007-09-12 @PIT ND 4 5 4 4 2 2 0 75 36 2007-09-01 PIT W 6 4 1 1 3 5 0 101 62 2007-05-03 PIT L 7 6 4 4 1 5 2 111 53 2006-08-14 @PIT L 5 6 4 3 0 2 2 69 43 2006-06-01 @PIT ND 7 3 2 2 1 4 0 105 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-9 Road: 11-15 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 14-20 vsLHP: 8-4 1-Run: 8-5 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl:14-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 46 Wed, May 21 @PIT W 4-1 22-24 4th 5.5 gb 45 Tue, May 20 @PIT W 7-2 21-24 4th 6.5 gb 44 Sun, May 18 @BOS L 7-11 20-24 6th 7.0 gb 43 Sat, May 17 @BOS L 6-7 20-23 5th 6.0 gb 42 Sat, May 17 @BOS L 3-5 20-22 5th 6.0 gb 41 Thu, May 15 LAD L 2-7 20-21 4th 5.0 gb 40 Wed, May 14 LAD L 4-6 20-20 4th 4.0 gb 39 Tue, May 13 LAD W 5-3 20-19 4th 3.0 gb 38 Mon, May 12 STL W 8-3 19-19 4th 4.0 gb 37 Sun, May 11 STL W 5-3 18-19 4th 4.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-25, 5th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 3-4, 6.64) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 40.2 39 30 30 31 24 7 6.64 2007 (14-10) 201.2 214 90 87 68 135 18 3.88 2006 (2-5) 61.2 50 29 26 31 40 3 3.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 34.2 33 27 27 28 21 6 7.01 42 2008-05-16 @CHC L 6 7 7 7 2 3 4 97 31 2008-05-10 ATL W 7.1 7 2 2 2 4 1 92 58 2008-04-30 @NYM W 5 1 0 0 5 4 0 84 64 2008-04-24 STL L 5 2 3 3 7 4 0 94 48 2008-04-19 @CHC L 2.2 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 17 2008-04-13 CIN W 6.1 4 1 1 4 1 0 102 58 2008-04-07 CHC ND 2.1 6 7 7 4 2 0 70 15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 2-0 31.2 28 13 11 11 22 4 3.13 55 2007-09-12 MIL ND 6.2 6 2 2 3 4 1 107 55 2007-09-02 @MIL ND 4 6 4 3 3 5 1 105 38 2007-07-05 MIL W 7 4 3 3 2 5 1 100 60 2007-05-03 @MIL W 7 6 2 2 3 3 0 91 57 2006-08-15 MIL ND 7 6 2 1 0 5 1 98 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-10 Road: 9-15 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 14-14 vsLHP: 7-11 1-Run: 8-7 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl: 7-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 46 Wed, May 21 MIL L 1-4 21-25 5th 6.5 gb 45 Tue, May 20 MIL L 2-7 21-24 4th 6.5 gb 44 Sun, May 18 @CHC L 3-4 21-23 4th 6.0 gb 43 Sat, May 17 @CHC W 7-6 21-22 4th 5.0 gb 42 Fri, May 16 @CHC L 4-7 20-22 5th 6.0 gb 41 Thu, May 15 @STL W 11-5 20-21 4th 5.0 gb 40 Wed, May 14 @STL L 1-5 19-21 5th 5.0 gb 39 Tue, May 13 @STL W 8-4 (10) 19-20 5th 4.0 gb 38 Mon, May 12 ATL L 1-8 18-20 5th 5.0 gb 37 Mon, May 12 ATL W 5-0 18-19 5th 5.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 21, 2008 MIL 4 @PIT 1 W:Ben Sheets (5-1), L: Ian Snell (2-3), S: none Tue, May 20, 2008 MIL 7 @PIT 2 W:Manny Parra (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (2-5), S: none Wed, Sep 12, 2007 PIT 7 MIL 4 W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-5), S: Matt Capps (16) Tue, Sep 11, 2007 MIL 6 @PIT 1 W:Yovani Gallardo (8-4), L: Bryan Bullington (0-2), S: none Mon, Sep 10, 2007 PIT 9 MIL 0 W:Tony Armas (4-5), L: Carlos Villanueva (7-4), S: none Sun, Sep 02, 2007 MIL 7 PIT 4 W:Jeff Suppan (9-11), L: Franquelis Osoria (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (39) Sat, Sep 01, 2007 MIL 12 PIT 3 W:David Bush (11-9), L: Shane Youman (3-5), S: none Fri, Aug 31, 2007 MIL 3 PIT 2 W:Yovani Gallardo (6-4), L: Tony Armas (2-5), S: Francisco Cordero (38) Thu, Jul 05, 2007 PIT 6 MIL 3 W:Tom Gorzelanny (9-4), L: Ben Sheets (10-4), S: Matt Capps (9) Wed, Jul 04, 2007 PIT 5 MIL 3 W:Ian Snell (7-5), L: Claudio Vargas (6-2), S: Matt Capps (8) Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 2-0; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 82-77

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 5.68

TBR 4.51

SDP 3.29

RA/G

CLE 3.65

NYY 4.54

TEX 5.48

C. Jones .410

C. Pena .206

R. Howard .195

OBP

C. Jones .482

M. Bourn .272

K. Greene .264

SLG

L. Berkman .763

M. Bourn .298

O. Cabrera .290

OPS

L. Berkman 1.226

M. Bourn .569

O. Cabrera .565

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

P. Byrd 4.10

J. Washburn 6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.28

D. Lowe 6.30

J. Garland 1.96

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 52.Osoria
G/S/vB 56.Salas
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 9/1.413 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 201/154 .297/.323/.594/.917 .818/.947 .770 112/1.104 1/3 13/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 10/.567 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 88/73 .228/.307/.468/.775 .795/.771 .903 88/.775 2/1 5/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/1.142 7/1.200 4/.250 ··· 5/.400 65/58 .228/.323/.316/.639 .000/.722 .865 34/.479 1/0 0/

27.Dillon G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/21 .250/.379/.292/.671 1.333/.417 .825 18/.730 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 5/.200 8/1.250 8/.250 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 198/140 .258/.359/.429/.788 .790/.786 .743 106/.737 0/0 6/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 39/37 .219/.316/.250/.566 2.000/.504 .703 29/.361 2/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 12/.350 5/1.000 6/.666 6/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 183/141 .207/.286/.415/.700 1.190/.562 .574 96/.773 1/3 9/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/.872 1/no AB 5/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 173/133 .250/.331/.329/.660 .667/.655 .695 91/.709 0/0 2/

1.Hart G/S/vP 14/.676 1/.000 6/.833 2/2.500 1/2.000 4/.500 1/5.000 2/2.000 187/147 .306/.357/.441/.798 .770/.806 .837 101/.854 7/3 3/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 76/36 .274/.289/.493/.783 .865/.686 .780 35/.400 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 162/127 .268/.348/.352/.700 .738/.689 .595 87/.589 1/1 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .292/.320/.458/.778 .500/.833 .733 16/.650 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 13/.308 1/2.000 5/.650 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 208/158 .206/.332/.354/.686 .810/.648 .754 112/.680 8/3 6/

IP 40.2 5.2 20.2 20.1 21.2 31.1 3.2 20.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.401/.721 .775/.704 .707 .728 27/15 49/29

ERA-K/9

6.64/5.3

6.35/9.5

2.61/5.2

1.33/8.9

4.15/10.0

4.88/3.2

4.91/9.7

3.05/4.8

4.94/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (18-16-3)
Rivera (8-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.258 30/.304 82/.244 83/.205 86/.210 138/.323 19/.333 92/.192 .286 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 44/0/0/3
0/0/45/3
3/16/5/0
1/6/0/0
0/19/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .846 .927 .592 .509 .503 .865 .978 .642 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.698 6/.000 36/.871 22/.325 30/.412 48/.883 5/.400 34/.561 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.881 24/1.212 46/.377 61/.577 56/.551 90/.856 14/1.128 58/.678 .825

Home 94/.729 18/1.069 48/.517 35/.445 39/.493 67/.843 5/1.400 42/.766 .751

Last 28d days 99/.764 30/.927 41/.668 37/.707 41/.244 60/.616 19/.978 45/.658

HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 41/28/11

Usage ·····X·· ·X····XX o···X·X· o··o··o· ····o·o· o····Xo· ·X·o···X ···Xo···

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 47.Jackson*
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
G/S/vB 16.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 10/1.025 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 151/106 .221/.293/.374/.667 .958/.549 .515 73/.790 1/1 4/

38.Bay G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 194/139 .259/.392/.487/.879 .868/.881 .997 106/.895 4/0 10/

10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 88/71 .175/.241/.200/.441 .620/.399 .459 51/.494 0/0 0/

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/ 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 3.000/ 1/3.000 0/0 0/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 75/44 .310/.333/.352/.685 .667/.698 .750 43/.690 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 4/1.750 1/2.000 172/119 .211/.302/.355/.658 .572/.694 .675 102/.835 1/0 5/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 9/1.015 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 209/138 .298/.382/.602/.984 .852/1.051 .857 110/.950 4/3 12/

18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 4/.833 87/52 .224/.279/.276/.555 .451/.627 .652 40/.776 1/1 0/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 7/.453 8/.875 ··· 84/73 .233/.333/.342/.676 .282/.737 .686 46/.716 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 3/1.666 192/135 .318/.380/.506/.886 .996/.841 .850 102/.837 1/0 6/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 95/64 .221/.284/.279/.563 .587/.552 .622 60/.470 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 67/48 .219/.242/.250/.492 .541/.473 .491 18/.627 2/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 15/1.263 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 2/2.000 ··· 194/140 .258/.286/.341/.627 .744/.581 .573 116/.683 0/0 1/

IP 41.2 1.0 19.1 1.2 20.1 18.1 14.0 29.0 TOTAL .249/.321/.391/.712 .756/.694 .711 .742 14/6 44/42

ERA-K/9

6.05/5.0

27.00/9.0

6.98/8.4

0.00/0.0

3.54/8.9

3.44/11.3

2.57/3.9

3.10/6.8

4.58/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Paulino (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.258 8/.625 96/.295 8/.167 88/.205 81/.227 55/.235 124/.262 .272 Nady
Michaels
Bay
Mientkiewicz
McLouth 0/0/44/5
16/1/7/3
44/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
4/43/2/0

OPS .813 1.625 .934 .542 .661 .641 .645 .704 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.771 3/2.333 51/.856 2/.000 30/1.050 35/.946 30/.467 58/.684 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.854 5/1.200 45/1.022 6/.750 58/.466 46/.402 25/.876 66/.717 .794

Road 109/.788 8/1.625 49/1.116 8/.542 59/.467 37/.449 26/.868 74/.778 .827

Last 28d days 80/.761 8/1.625 55/.868 8/.542 54/.541 39/.606 22/.636 66/.743

HR/SB/CS 8/7/2 1/0/0 5/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 1/2/0 2/1/1 2/1/2 59/26/19

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·X······ ···X···· ·X··X·X· ·o·····X ···oo·oo ·o·oX··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: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, May 22, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 1-4, 6.05)

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 3-4, 6.64)

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