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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Milwaukee Brewers, 8-5, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (24, RHP, 1-1, 4.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             11.1  15   6   6   5  10  1    4.76      
 2007 (8-5)            114.1 101  52  50  53  99 16    3.94      
 2006 (2-2)             53.2  43  22  22  11  39  8    3.69      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41.1  39  13  13  20  31  5    2.83   54 
 2008-04-10    CIN   L   6     7   4   4   3   4  1      95   43 
 2008-04-04    SFG   W   5.1   8   2   2   2   6  0     104   48 
 2007-09-26    STL   L   6     5   3   3   4   3  1      85   49 
 2007-09-21    ATL  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      75   63 
 2007-09-16    CIN   W   7     6   0   0   3   4  0     106   66 
 2007-09-10    PIT   L   5     5   2   2   3   4  1      82   50 
 2007-09-04    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   2   6  1      95   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-1  21.1  13   5   5   6  12  3    2.11   64 
 2007-09-26    STL   L   6     5   3   3   4   3  1      85   49 
 2006-10-01    STL   W   8.1   5   2   2   1   4  2     103   68 
 2006-09-20    STL  ND   7     3   0   0   1   5  0     104   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-5    vsLHP:   5-0    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @STL  L   1-6        8-5   2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5 
St. Louis Cardinals, 10-4, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             15    16   6   6   1  10  1    3.60      
 2007 (14-12)          202   212  93  83  70 136 13    3.70      
 2006 (2-1)             75    64  26  26  22  72  6    3.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  48    45  24  18  12  30  3    3.38   54 
 2008-04-10    SFG   L   7     8   4   4   0   6  0      92   51 
 2008-04-05    WSN   W   8     8   2   2   1   4  1     107   61 
 2007-09-29    PIT   W   7     6   3   3   1   2  0      88   54 
 2007-09-24    MIL   L   5     8   9   4   2   7  1      95   30 
 2007-09-19    PHI  ND   8     4   1   1   4   7  0     116   73 
 2007-09-14    CHC   L   7     5   2   2   2   3  1      96   60 
 2007-09-07    ARI   L   6     6   3   2   2   1  0      98   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-1  12    10   9   4   5  15  1    3.00   54 
 2007-09-24    MIL   L   5     8   9   4   2   7  1      95   30 
 2007-08-16    MIL   W   7     2   0   0   3   8  0      98   78 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-1    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   MIL  W   6-1       10-4   1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-4    Last 30:10-4 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 STL  6  MIL  1        W:Braden Looper (3-0), L: David Bush (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 STL  7 @MIL  3        W:Brad Thompson (8-6), L: Carlos Villanueva (8-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 MIL  9  STL  1        W:Jeff Suppan (11-12), L: Braden Looper (12-12), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIL 13  STL  5        W:David Bush (12-10), L: Adam Wainwright (13-12), S: none
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 STL  8 @MIL  0        W:Adam Wainwright (11-9), L: David Bush (9-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 STL  8 @MIL  3        W:Joel Pineiro (3-2), L: Yovani Gallardo (4-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 STL 12 @MIL  4        W:Kip Wells (6-13), L: Chris Capuano (5-10), S: none
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 STL  9  MIL  5        W:Ryan Franklin (4-0), L: Derrick Turnbow (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 STL  5  MIL  2        W:Anthony Reyes (1-10), L: Chris Capuano (5-7), S: Jason Isringhausen (20)
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 STL  7  MIL  6        W:Russ Springer (5-1), L: Francisco Cordero (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 1-0; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 92-62

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

BA

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 (5.00 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 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 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.250 7/.286 ··· 3/.000 7/.619 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .688 / 4/2 3/2
27.Dillon G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/60 .342/.390/.500/.890 1.414/.714 .993 / 0/0 0/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/1.413 6/1.500 5/.200 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 6/.733 2/.000 2/1.000 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 9/.508 8/.821 9/1.681 10/.000 1/.000 15/.696 7/1.262 503/339 .254/.315/.425/.740 .795/.713 .694 / 4/5 14/9
7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/1.238 2/2.500 4/1.250 7/.000 1/.000 9/.365 ··· 638/471 .277/.323/.463/.786 .950/.729 .769 / 2/3 26/13
1.Hart G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 10/1.289 1/2.000 566/380 .295/.353/.539/.892 1.032/.824 .832 / 23/7 24/3
26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.829 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 / /// / / / /
18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 17/.368 21/.714 1/.000 5/.900 18/.818 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .665 / 3/4 3/9
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/13 .231/.286/.692/.978 2.500/.705 1.167 / 0/0 2/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/no AB 6/.834 5/.933 1/.000 8/.125 1/2.000 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .853 / 25/2 16/13
IP 202.0 55.0 80.0 65.1 107.1 42.1 TOTAL .244/.306/.406/.713 .906/.621 .648 .713 11/2 15/7
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.1 4.25/7.7 3.04/5.0 2.48/7.4 /0.0 6.04/6.2 4.25/5.3 3.12/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.269 253/.310 317/.234 267/.179 / 474/.261 176/.234 .246  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 .721 .772 .635 .543 .802 .668 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.687 106/.816 135/.646 111/.555 / 211/.775 74/.654 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 503/.747 147/.741 182/.626 156/.534 / 263/.824 102/.678 .675
Home 468/.747 138/.762 149/.550 145/.552 / 243/.832 90/.463 .633
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 13/6/8 2/2/0 8/2/2 4/1/0 // 16/4/2 5/0/0 11/7/3
Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· X··oX·oo ···X··Xo X·o·X·o· X··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 (4.71 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Villanueva
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 10/.856 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 10/1.067 6/1.467 8/.708 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 456/353 .262/.366/.473/.839 1.235/.728 .883 / 0/1 20/9
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.000 3/.666 337/245 .258/.302/.315/.618 .428/.689 .485 / 3/3 0/8
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 1/2.000 6/.533 4/.500 5/1.400 8/.762 8/.268 5/.200 2/1.000 306/261 .219/.282/.290/.572 .395/.603 .535 / 6/2 3/7
21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 339/200 .267/.339/.479/.818 .684/.909 .915 / 4/4 14/1
12.Miles# G/S/vP 11/.182 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 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.777 8/1.025 396/274 .275/.340/.368/.708 .812/.664 .730 / 1/1 6/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 16/1.305 5/.933 1/no AB 8/1.000 3/.667 2/.500 26/1.027 8/.536 679/485 .327/.429/.568/.997 1.140/.942 .886 / 2/6 32/8
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/.700 5/.800 188/159 .333/.358/.458/.816 .839/.810 .892 / 1/1 2/2
59.Washington* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB / /// / / / /
IP 114.1 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .273/.360/.432/.792 .774/.801 .805 .792 5/2 12/9
ERA-K/9 3.94/7.8 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 4.34/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 489/.236 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 231/.277 292/.183 .258  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 .740 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .761 .582 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.793 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 91/.814 111/.597 .847
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.704 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 140/.728 181/.572 .632
Road 242/.770 97/.617 32/.875 134/.779 144/.777 106/.677 106/.639 137/.581 .738
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 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·X· o·Xo·o·o ··X·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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