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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @PNC Park

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

BA

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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