MIL @ PIT, Saturday, August 30, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 78-56, 2nd, 6½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 9-7, 4.58) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-7) 149.1 170 87 76 54 75 22 4.58 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 7 GS 4-1 48 52 23 23 10 20 10 4.31 50 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 2008-08-01 @ATL W 7 5 0 0 3 1 0 100 65 2008-07-27 HOU L 6 11 8 8 1 3 2 91 20 2008-07-22 @STL ND 7 8 3 3 2 3 1 93 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 25.2 35 18 16 6 17 4 5.61 42 2008-08-23 PIT W 7 8 3 3 0 3 1 98 52 2008-07-06 PIT ND 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 75 25 2007-09-02 PIT W 5 9 4 2 0 4 1 89 41 2007-07-02 @PIT ND 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 106 46 2007-05-05 PIT W 5.2 8 2 2 2 5 0 98 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-24 Road: 37-32 ExtrInn:10-5 vsRHP: 48-43 vsLHP: 30-13 1-Run: 25-11 vsEast: 16-12 vsCntrl:37-25 vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 @PIT W 3-1 78-56 2nd 6.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @STL L 3-5 77-56 2nd 6.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @STL W 12-0 77-55 2nd 5.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 PIT W 4-3 (12) 76-55 2nd 4.5 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 PIT W 6-3 75-55 2nd 4.5 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 PIT W 10-4 74-55 2nd 4.5 gb 128 Wed, Aug 20 HOU W 5-2 73-55 2nd 5.0 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-77, 6th, 27½ GB, 21 GB in WC	SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 8-7, 3.62) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 174 175 73 70 46 122 18 3.62 2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02 2006 (8-10) 176 202 98 93 81 117 19 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 49 46 13 13 14 40 2 2.39 60 2008-08-24 @MIL ND 6 12 2 2 2 5 0 96 43 2008-08-18 NYM ND 7 5 2 2 3 4 0 96 60 2008-08-13 CIN W 8 7 2 2 0 5 2 97 65 2008-08-08 @PHI ND 7 5 0 0 3 10 0 116 74 2008-08-02 @CHC L 6 8 5 5 2 2 0 84 36 2008-07-27 SDP ND 7 4 1 1 3 9 0 115 71 2008-07-22 @HOU W 8 5 1 1 1 5 0 108 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 0-3 30 42 15 15 8 24 4 4.50 46 2008-08-24 @MIL ND 6 12 2 2 2 5 0 96 43 2008-07-05 @MIL ND 8 4 1 1 1 6 1 102 75 2008-05-20 MIL L 6.1 9 4 4 2 5 1 111 42 2007-05-04 @MIL L 3.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 78 37 2007-04-18 @MIL L 6 10 5 5 0 3 1 94 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-35 Road: 23-42 ExtrInn:11-4 vsRHP: 43-55 vsLHP: 14-22 1-Run: 19-17 vsEast: 15-17 vsCntrl:26-37 vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 MIL L 1-3 57-77 6th 27.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CHC L 0-2 57-76 6th 26.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHC L 9-14 57-75 6th 25.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 CHC L 3-12 57-74 5th 24.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @MIL L 3-4 (12) 57-73 5th 23.0 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @MIL L 3-6 57-72 5th 22.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @MIL L 4-10 57-71 5th 21.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @STL L 2-11 57-70 5th 20.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @STL W 4-1 57-69 5th 20.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 NYM W 5-2 56-69 5th 20.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 29, 2008 MIL 3 @PIT 1 W:David Bush (9-9), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-9), S: Salomon Torres (26) Sun, Aug 24, 2008 MIL 4 PIT 3 (12) W:Guillermo Mota (4-5), L: Jason Davis (1-4), S: none Sat, Aug 23, 2008 MIL 6 PIT 3 W:Jeff Suppan (9-7), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-8), S: Salomon Torres (25) Fri, Aug 22, 2008 MIL 10 PIT 4 W:David Bush (8-9), L: Zach Duke (4-12), S: none Sun, Jul 06, 2008 MIL 11 PIT 6 W:Mitch Stetter (2-1), L: Denny Bautista (1-2), S: none Sat, Jul 05, 2008 MIL 2 PIT 1 W:Eric Gagne (2-2), L: Tyler Yates (3-2), S: none Fri, Jul 04, 2008 MIL 9 PIT 1 W:Ben Sheets (10-2), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-7), S: Carlos Villanueva (1) Thu, May 22, 2008 PIT 8 MIL 4 W:Tom Gorzelanny (4-4), L: David Bush (1-5), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 9-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - MIL leads 84-83

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 5.51

ARI 4.63

WSN 3.79

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.98

C. Jones .358

J. Bay .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .464

K. Fukudome .366

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .632

R. Howard .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.096

H. Matsui .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

V. Padilla 6.37

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
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/.666 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 538/390 .301/.342/.599/.941 .963/.932 .849 68/1.029 11/3 34/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/2.036 2/2.500 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 4/.000 5/.650 401/296 .258/.349/.524/.873 1.026/.821 .976 95/1.137 16/5 23/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/1.142 5/.400 235/211 .233/.332/.317/.649 .542/.661 .705 69/.655 3/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP 7/1.596 2/no AB 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.417 1/no AB 367/279 .285/.376/.414/.790 .681/.823 .730 44/.785 8/3 4/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 18/.230 3/.667 3/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 11/1.091 1/2.000 576/387 .268/.366/.493/.859 .707/.936 .767 107/.778 2/1 28/

2.Hall G/S/vP 23/1.796 2/.000 7/1.404 6/.666 ··· ··· 8/.000 2/2.000 391/244 .224/.292/.406/.699 .973/.538 .577 47/.533 4/6 15/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 18/.804 4/2.000 2/3.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 3/.000 512/370 .286/.350/.478/.828 .928/.791 .862 103/.865 2/1 20/

1.Hart G/S/vP 23/.757 3/1.000 3/.333 6/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/1.167 542/391 .283/.317/.493/.810 .820/.807 .864 101/.818 22/5 19/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 226/144 .300/.333/.488/.822 .968/.737 .807 49/.753 3/1 7/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 9/.111 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 480/353 .251/.331/.322/.653 .638/.658 .679 90/.650 6/3 1/

20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 12/11 .091/.167/.091/.258 .000/.282 .000 12/.258 0/0 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/45 .316/.381/.456/.837 .600/.924 .833 9/1.056 2/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 24/.530 4/1.750 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.800 5/.750 484/342 .226/.333/.375/.708 .785/.676 .779 77/.656 17/4 10/

IP 174.0 50.1 46.1 42.1 1.0 26.0 64.0 60.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.440/.767 .815/.749 .751 .770 96/32 174/84

ERA-K/9

3.62/6.3

3.93/7.2

4.86/6.8

2.98/6.6

0.00/9.0

5.54/4.2

3.09/7.2

5.07/6.4

5.17/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (45-34-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.268 217/.265 213/.277 166/.241 3/.000 118/.320 272/.217 280/.261 .287 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Nix 121/0/0/8
0/0/129/5
0/95/0/2
17/31/13/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .725 .798 .853 .673 .000 .802 .660 .780 .825

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.509 71/.659 64/.507 81/.652 1/.000 63/.798 66/.618 110/.886 .830

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 595/.769 146/.856 149/1.016 85/.694 2/.000 55/.805 206/.674 170/.710 .823

Home 366/.677 114/.622 116/.834 102/.498 3/.000 45/.745 137/.698 163/.705 .790

Last 28d days 134/.777 54/1.104 46/1.025 6/.000 3/.000 114/.806 38/.516 38/1.104

HR/SB/CS 18/5/7 5/6/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 8/3/2 6/4/1 154/91/35

Usage ·····X·· X··XXX·o ···XX··X ···X·o·· ··o····· ····Xo·· ···X·oo· ···X·oo·

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.21 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 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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Chavez G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 99/79 .266/.293/.340/.633 .616/.638 .743 19/.737 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/1.417 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 374/288 .324/.361/.516/.877 .915/.865 .948 88/.707 2/2 13/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 179/113 .287/.331/.335/.667 .619/.692 .733 36/.677 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 22/1.333 4/1.417 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 5/1.400 2/1.000 5/1.400 454/338 .262/.337/.465/.802 .678/.846 .789 57/.732 1/0 18/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 148/99 .163/.270/.287/.557 .548/.561 .575 75/.484 0/0 4/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 12/1.750 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 8/.625 568/412 .274/.353/.503/.856 .653/.934 .849 84/.689 14/3 23/

18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 5/.800 1/.000 5/.650 3/.333 267/184 .230/.294/.381/.675 .488/.763 .692 60/.623 1/1 8/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 36/.540 ··· 4/.750 7/.453 9/1.413 9/.777 3/.333 3/1.167 294/245 .281/.371/.387/.758 .779/.754 .764 62/.811 0/0 2/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 86/72 .247/.318/.299/.616 .845/.573 .505 40/.864 4/4 0/

39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 186/136 .263/.328/.449/.777 .765/.780 .766 96/.776 1/1 6/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 18/.708 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 7/.572 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 207/154 .229/.273/.328/.601 .869/.509 .685 52/.357 3/2 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 24/.641 2/1.500 ··· 7/.453 4/1.750 4/1.500 ··· 6/.000 513/400 .258/.280/.366/.646 .812/.598 .594 87/.851 0/1 8/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 44/.565 11/.000 2/.000 10/.956 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 7/.000 317/255 .276/.315/.355/.670 .578/.691 .809 77/.623 2/2 1/

IP 149.1 34.2 88.0 46.0 41.0 46.0 67.1 93.0 TOTAL .261/.322/.409/.731 .723/.733 .739 .661 36/15 132/87

ERA-K/9

4.58/4.5

6.23/7.3

4.50/7.2

4.50/8.0

4.61/5.7

2.35/6.3

2.54/5.9

4.35/7.5

3.86/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (11-10-2)
Doumit (57-18-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 649/.292 159/.277 384/.253 200/.266 180/.268 189/.231 279/.232 402/.268 .257 McLouth
Moss
Michaels
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 4/122/2/5
33/0/16/5
25/8/41/4
0/0/10/1
5/14/5/0

OPS .817 .892 .749 .766 .783 .636 .617 .775 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.738 80/.681 181/.837 86/.915 74/.875 93/.498 129/.638 186/.636 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.897 79/1.105 203/.670 114/.655 106/.720 96/.780 150/.599 216/.895 .729

Road 394/.842 74/.828 188/.709 95/.625 89/.610 93/.781 150/.684 168/.980 .747

Last 28d days 113/.827 31/.857 20/.857 23/.360 32/.823 37/.687 41/.402 42/.670

HR/SB/CS 22/3/6 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/1 5/2/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 139/61/38

Usage ······X· o··o···o ·······X ··o··o·· ··oo·X·· o·oX·Xo· o····Xo· ··X··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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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 9-7, 4.58)

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 8-7, 3.62)

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