MIL @ STL, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 8-4, 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 0-2, 8.44) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-2) 10.2 12 11 10 8 8 1 8.44 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 1-3 35 49 32 29 13 21 5 7.46 37 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 2007-09-29 SDP ND 6.2 10 3 3 1 3 1 87 44 2007-09-24 STL W 6.2 9 5 3 2 4 1 107 42 2007-09-19 HOU ND 6 4 1 1 0 3 1 78 63 2007-09-12 PIT ND 4 5 4 4 2 2 0 75 36 2007-09-07 CIN L 1 9 8 8 0 1 1 40 4 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-3 23.2 30 23 20 8 13 4 7.61 36 2007-09-24 STL W 6.2 9 5 3 2 4 1 107 42 2007-08-16 STL L 7 7 3 3 1 4 2 127 54 2006-06-11 STL L 4 7 7 7 3 3 1 80 20 2006-04-12 STL L 6 7 8 7 2 2 0 83 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 4-2 Road: 4-2 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 3-4 vsLHP: 5-0 1-Run: 3-0 vsEast: 2-1 vsCntrl: 3-3 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 12 Sun, Apr 13 @NYM W 9-7 8-4 2nd 0.5 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 @NYM W 5-3 7-4 2nd 1.5 gb 10 Fri, Apr 11 @NYM L 2-4 6-4 2nd 1.5 gb 9 Thu, Apr 10 CIN L 1-4 6-3 2nd 0.5 gb 8 Wed, Apr 9 CIN L 4-12 6-2 2nd 0.5 gb 7 Tue, Apr 8 CIN W 3-2 (10) 6-1 1st 0.5 up 6 Sun, Apr 6 SFG W 7-0 5-1 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 SFG W 5-4 4-1 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 SFG W 13-4 3-1 1st Tied 3 Thu, Apr 3 @CHC L 3-6 2-1 1st Tied Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 8-4 Last 30: 8-4
St. Louis Cardinals, 9-4, 1st, ½ up	SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 2-0, 3.09) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 11.2 10 4 4 2 7 0 3.09 2007 (12-12) 175 183 100 96 51 87 22 4.94 2006 (9-3) 73.1 76 30 29 20 41 3 3.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 39.2 41 24 23 11 19 5 5.22 46 2008-04-09 HOU W 5.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 86 51 2008-04-04 WSN W 6 5 1 1 2 3 0 95 59 2007-09-25 MIL L 5 7 7 7 3 1 3 102 23 2007-09-20 HOU L 5.2 9 5 5 3 1 0 98 29 2007-09-15 CHC ND 7 3 1 1 2 5 0 114 70 2007-09-08 ARI ND 3.1 8 7 6 1 2 2 71 19 2007-09-02 CIN W 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 93 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 16 23 15 14 7 9 3 7.88 35 2007-09-25 MIL L 5 7 7 7 3 1 3 102 23 2007-05-01 MIL L 5 11 6 5 2 5 0 94 26 2007-04-15 MIL W 6 5 2 2 2 3 0 93 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-1 Road: 4-3 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 5-3 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 3-1 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl: 2-1 vsWest: 4-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 13 Sun, Apr 13 @SFG L 4-7 9-4 1st 0.5 up 12 Sat, Apr 12 @SFG W 8-7 (10) 9-3 1st 1.5 up 11 Fri, Apr 11 @SFG W 8-2 8-3 1st 1.5 up 10 Thu, Apr 10 @SFG L 1-5 7-3 1st 0.5 up 9 Wed, Apr 9 @HOU W 6-4 7-2 1st 0.5 up 8 Tue, Apr 8 @HOU W 5-3 6-2 2nd 0.5 gb 7 Mon, Apr 7 @HOU L 3-5 5-2 2nd 0.5 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 WSN W 3-0 5-1 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 WSN W 5-4 4-1 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 WSN W 5-4 3-1 1st Tied Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 9-4 Last 30: 9-4
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 26, 2007 STL 7 @MIL 3 W:Brad Thompson , L: Carlos Villanueva , S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 MIL 9 STL 1 W:Jeff Suppan , L: Braden Looper , S: none Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIL 13 STL 5 W:David Bush , L: Adam Wainwright , S: none Thu, Aug 16, 2007 STL 8 @MIL 0 W:Adam Wainwright , L: David Bush , S: none Wed, Aug 15, 2007 STL 8 @MIL 3 W:Joel Pineiro , L: Yovani Gallardo , S: none Tue, Aug 14, 2007 STL 12 @MIL 4 W:Kip Wells , L: Chris Capuano , S: none Sun, Jul 29, 2007 STL 9 MIL 5 W:Ryan Franklin , L: Derrick Turnbow , S: none Sat, Jul 28, 2007 STL 5 MIL 2 W:Anthony Reyes , L: Chris Capuano , S: Jason Isringhausen Sat, Jul 28, 2007 STL 7 MIL 6 W:Russ Springer , L: Francisco Cordero , S: none Fri, Jul 27, 2007 MIL 12 @STL 2 W:Claudio Vargas , L: Mike Maroth , S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 91-62

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 23.Reyes
G/S/vB 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 492/364 .324/.370/.634/1.004 1.480/.845 .966 / 15/5 34/26

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 4/.250 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 7/.619 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .688 / 4/2 3/2

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/60 .342/.390/.500/.890 1.414/.714 .993 / 0/0 0/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/2.033 6/1.500 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 12/1.117 ··· 681/464 .288/.395/.618/1.013 .834/1.100 .942 / 2/2 50/14

14.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 210/195 .235/.329/.437/.766 .424/.788 .663 / 3/1 7/2

2.Hall G/S/vP 15/1.114 8/.821 8/1.911 10/.000 ··· 15/.696 7/1.262 503/339 .254/.315/.425/.740 .795/.713 .694 / 4/5 14/9

7.Hardy G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/2.500 4/1.250 7/.000 ··· 8/.417 ··· 638/471 .277/.323/.463/.786 .950/.729 .769 / 2/3 26/13

1.Hart G/S/vP 8/.661 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/1.444 1/2.000 566/380 .295/.353/.539/.892 1.032/.824 .832 / 23/7 24/3

26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.829 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 / /// / / / /

18.Kendall G/S/vP 16/1.100 2/.000 17/.368 21/.714 ··· 5/.900 18/.818 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .665 / 3/4 3/9

11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/13 .231/.286/.692/.978 2.500/.705 1.167 / 0/0 2/0

23.Weeks G/S/vP 15/1.450 1/no AB 6/.834 5/.933 ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .853 / 25/2 16/13

IP 175.0 55.0 80.0 65.1 107.1 42.1 TOTAL .254/.308/.424/.732 .906/.641 .677 .732 11/2 15/6

ERA-K/9

4.94/4.5

4.25/7.7

3.04/5.0

2.48/7.4

/0.0

6.04/6.2

4.25/5.3

3.29/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (111-20-12)
Rivera (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 746/.269 253/.310 317/.234 267/.179 / 474/.261 176/.234 .255 Hall
Hart
Gross
Dillon
Kendall 0/130/0/5
0/34/113/4
3/5/45/3
8/0/1/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .752 .772 .635 .543 .802 .668 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 327/.783 106/.816 135/.646 111/.555 / 211/.775 74/.654 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 419/.729 147/.741 182/.626 156/.534 / 263/.824 102/.678 .696

Home 381/.664 138/.762 149/.550 145/.552 / 243/.832 90/.463 .661

Last 28d days / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 22/5/1 2/2/0 8/2/2 4/1/0 // 16/4/2 5/0/0 11/7/3

Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·· ··oX·oo· ··X··Xo· ·o·X·o·o ··o···X· ·X··X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
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 59.Turnbow
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 190/139 .285/.328/.535/.863 1.183/.747 1.056 / 1/0 11/2

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 4/.000 7/1.771 1/.000 432/342 .259/.354/.480/.834 .601/.897 .789 / 2/1 21/2

8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 10/1.067 6/1.467 8/.708 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 456/353 .262/.366/.473/.839 1.235/.728 .883 / 0/1 20/9

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.000 2/.000 337/245 .258/.302/.315/.618 .428/.689 .485 / 3/3 0/8

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.533 4/.500 5/1.400 7/.533 8/.268 5/.200 1/.000 306/261 .219/.282/.290/.572 .395/.603 .535 / 6/2 3/7

21.LaRue G/S/vP 11/.586 8/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 10/1.400 4/.500 195/138 .148/.240/.272/.512 .610/.471 .663 / 1/0 4/5

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 339/200 .267/.339/.479/.818 .684/.909 .915 / 4/4 14/1

12.Miles# G/S/vP 9/.111 3/1.167 1/2.000 4/1.500 5/1.400 2/1.000 7/1.571 5/.200 449/312 .290/.328/.348/.676 .704/.663 .767 / 2/1 2/14

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/2.482 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.777 7/.821 396/274 .275/.340/.368/.708 .812/.664 .730 / 1/1 6/6

5.Pujols G/S/vP 10/.425 5/.933 1/no AB 8/1.000 3/.667 1/no AB 26/1.027 8/.536 679/485 .327/.429/.568/.997 1.140/.942 .886 / 2/6 32/8

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.700 4/1.000 188/159 .333/.358/.458/.816 .839/.810 .892 / 1/1 2/2

59.Washington* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 186.1 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .267/.357/.436/.793 .789/.795 .808 .793 5/2 12/8

ERA-K/9

5.12/6.5

3.81/8.8

3.75/8.2

5.76/7.1

2.45/6.7

3.02/6.0

5.47/7.7

4.63/11.1

4.17/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (26-14-2)
Molina (23-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 810/.290 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 231/.277 292/.183 .249 Duncan
Ankiel
Schumaker
Ludwick
Miles
Kennedy 99/0/0/5
2/22/27/3
23/15/26/1
49/6/41/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .815 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .761 .582 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.712 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 91/.814 111/.597 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 456/.893 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 140/.728 181/.572 .645

Road 385/.848 97/.617 32/.875 134/.779 144/.777 106/.677 106/.639 137/.581 .730

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 27/15/7 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/9/0 8/4/1 0/6/2 7/2/1 4/3/3 12/12/5

Usage ·····X·· ·oo···X· ·····X·· ·X····X· ···X·X·· ·Xo·o·o· ·X·X··X· ····oX··

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 @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 0-2, 8.44)

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 2-0, 3.09)

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