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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Milwaukee Brewers, 57-43, 2nd, 1 GB, 4 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 9-8, 3.51)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-8)            146.1 134  60  57  40 147 14    3.51      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  55    39  15  13  12  60  4    2.13   69 
 2008-07-18   @SFG   W   9     4   1   1   0  10  1     110   85 
 2008-07-13    CIN   W   9     8   2   2   1   9  0     122   71 
 2008-07-08    COL   W   6     5   3   2   5   5  0      97   52 
 2008-07-02   @CHW  ND   8     7   5   4   2   5  2     123   53 
 2008-06-27    CIN   W   8     4   0   0   2  11  0     116   83 
 2008-06-21   @LAD  ND   7     5   1   1   1  10  1     116   72 
 2008-06-15    SDP   W   8     6   3   3   1  10  0     112   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-0  11.2  11   6   6   3   8  0    4.63   51 
 2006-06-27   @STL   W   8     5   1   1   0   4  0     104   72 
 2001-07-07    STL  ND   3.2   6   5   5   3   4  0      77   30 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-17   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  35-34   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  21-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   4-3       57-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @STL  W   6-3 (10)  56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @SFG  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @SFG  W   8-5       54-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @SFG  W   9-1       53-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   CIN  W   3-2       52-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   CIN  L   2-8       51-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   CIN  L   5-6       51-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   COL  W  11-1       51-41  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   COL  L   3-8       50-41  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
St. Louis Cardinals, 57-45, 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 9-7, 4.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            115.1 134  64  59  28  53 16    4.60      
 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         2-2  41.1  42  20  19   7  18  9    4.14   50 
 2008-07-18    SDP  ND   3     8   6   6   0   2  2      68   21 
 2008-07-10   @PHI   L   6     7   4   4   1   2  2     112   43 
 2008-07-04    CHC   L   7     6   2   2   1   5  2     117   61 
 2008-06-29   @KCR  ND   3.1   6   3   2   4   2  0      78   36 
 2008-06-24   @DET   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  3      95   44 
 2008-06-18    KCR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   0  0      92   63 
 2008-06-11   @CIN   W   9     3   0   0   0   4  0      98   85 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-3  27    33  20  19  13  14  5    6.33   40 
 2008-05-11   @MIL   L   6     7   4   4   1   1  2      94   42 
 2008-04-15    MIL   W   5     3   1   1   5   4  0      91   56 
 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:   30-23   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 4-9 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl:25-22   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Tue, Jul 22   MIL  L   3-4       57-45  3rd  2.0 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21   MIL  L   3-6 (10)  57-44  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20   SDP  W   9-5       57-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19   SDP  W   6-5       56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18   SDP  W  11-7       55-43  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 17   SDP  W   4-3       54-43  2nd  4.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13  @PIT  W  11-6       53-43  2nd  4.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12  @PIT  L  11-12(10)  52-43  2nd  5.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @PIT  W   6-0       52-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10  @PHI  L   1-4       51-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 MIL  4 @STL  3        W:Brian Shouse (4-1), L: Kyle McClellan (2-5), S: Salomon Torres (18)
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 MIL  6 @STL  3 (10)   W:Salomon Torres (5-2), L: Ryan Franklin (3-3), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 MIL  8  STL  3        W:David Bush (1-4), L: Adam Wainwright (3-2), S: Guillermo Mota (1)
Sun, May 11, 2008 MIL  5  STL  3        W:Jeff Suppan (2-2), L: Braden Looper (5-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sat, May 10, 2008 STL  5 @MIL  3        W:Russ Springer (1-0), L: Eric Gagne (1-2), S: Ryan Franklin (2)
Fri, May 09, 2008 MIL  4  STL  3        W:Brian Shouse (3-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 MIL  9  STL  8 (12)   W:Seth McClung (1-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 STL  4 @MIL  3        W:Ryan Franklin (1-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (7)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 MIL  5 @STL  3 (10)   W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Brad Thompson (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (4)
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 STL  5  MIL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (6)
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 7-4; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 95-69

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  5.44

CLE  4.55

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.63

NYM  4.54

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .371

A. Huff  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

M. Grudzielanek  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .628

R. Vazquez  .470

O. Vizquel  .200

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

B. Giles  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.46 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
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 8/.625 5/.400 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/5.000 3/.333 133/119 .248/.331/.598/.929 .000/1.049 .707 47/.536 1/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/2.000 2/.500 8/.821 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 7/2.524 ··· 426/315 .288/.326/.558/.884 .885/.883 .714 96/.878 9/3 24/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 7/.143 16/.670 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· 270/203 .226/.319/.477/.795 .930/.752 .885 85/.848 8/4 15/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 6/.167 8/.625 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 4/1.167 7/.619 156/139 .246/.346/.336/.682 .494/.705 .658 22/.540 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 12/.583 2/.500 9/.555 7/1.171 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.000 12/.250 305/223 .292/.384/.413/.796 .677/.838 .805 67/.862 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 16/1.625 9/1.444 9/.222 6/.334 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/.250 13/1.549 3/2.667 425/290 .277/.362/.499/.861 .758/.910 .702 96/.787 2/0 20/
2.Hall G/S/vP 20/.826 8/.821 11/1.845 14/.000 2/2.000 3/1.666 8/.661 14/.665 7/1.262 308/204 .238/.296/.447/.743 1.075/.579 .576 61/.982 4/5 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/1.115 2/2.500 7/1.167 11/.455 2/1.000 3/.000 8/.750 10/.200 ··· 369/270 .294/.361/.482/.842 .968/.798 .887 101/1.190 2/1 13/
1.Hart G/S/vP 13/1.045 4/1.250 4/1.000 5/.800 2/2.000 1/no AB 6/.000 11/.091 1/2.000 402/293 .287/.326/.508/.834 .787/.851 .954 88/.830 14/3 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.750 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 165/99 .305/.341/.500/.841 .968/.754 .795 34/.772 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 21/.929 2/.000 19/.498 24/.669 3/.333 3/1.167 10/.400 1/2.000 18/.818 355/260 .260/.338/.340/.678 .686/.675 .724 85/.592 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 50/40 .319/.360/.447/.807 .522/.875 .833 11/.864 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 21/1.182 2/.500 10/.856 8/.833 1/.000 5/.400 5/.800 10/.675 1/2.000 376/273 .219/.328/.376/.704 .799/.669 .786 90/.764 14/3 9/
IP 115.1 20.0 46.1 33.0 10.0 54.2 31.0 35.0 36.1 TOTAL .255/.325/.442/.767 .813/.750 .745 .804 71/23 132/65
ERA-K/9 4.60/4.1 4.95/6.3 3.69/5.8 6.27/6.8 5.40/4.5 2.96/7.2 2.03/7.8 4.11/5.7 4.71/9.4 4.22/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (29-25-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.291 101/.272 209/.281 155/.284 45/.275 224/.254 129/.231 147/.282 161/.248 .270  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
95/0/0/6
0/0/96/3
0/63/0/1
6/28/11/0
OPS .799 .791 .845 .837 .966 .685 .627 .789 .708 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.816 49/.835 80/.714 56/.669 17/.753 94/.595 47/.782 61/.770 70/.553 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.786 52/.753 129/.923 99/.927 28/1.093 130/.749 82/.537 86/.802 91/.825 .766
Home 270/.810 50/.947 111/.905 78/.817 33/.964 114/.611 65/.833 93/.726 97/.729 .756
Last 28d days 91/.968 6/.900 49/1.111 44/.848 16/.421 57/.720 33/.771 52/.752 30/.459
HR/SB/CS 16/1/0 1/4/0 6/1/1 4/4/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/0/0 99/34/20
Usage ····X··· ··oo···· ·X·X·X·· ··o·X··· ·XX····· o·o·oo·· ·X·oo··· ··X·X··· oo·ooo··
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
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
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.333 11/.489 370/257 .276/.343/.544/.887 .769/.940 .864 102/1.095 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 27/1.140 2/.500 9/1.127 11/.955 1/2.000 4/2.083 6/1.100 416/293 .284/.382/.517/.899 .827/.929 .840 102/1.186 0/1 18/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.833 6/.834 2/.000 4/1.000 9/.111 6/.000 259/159 .226/.298/.286/.585 .733/.516 .602 42/.368 10/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 10/.522 8/.393 8/.946 10/.819 11/.191 7/.143 6/.666 247/188 .272/.320/.342/.662 .621/.675 .743 54/.741 5/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 8/.875 9/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 12/1.334 2/1.000 114/82 .250/.342/.400/.742 .725/.732 .546 22/1.030 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 5/2.600 3/.000 5/.000 5/.900 359/226 .292/.368/.603/.971 .887/1.019 .917 84/.996 4/1 23/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/24 .239/.327/.413/.740 .452/1.057 .810 11/.909 0/0 2/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.533 6/1.867 6/1.167 3/1.334 11/1.363 11/.182 261/174 .320/.358/.402/.760 .728/.775 .790 80/.847 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 7/.143 2/.000 5/.400 13/1.000 11/.282 325/219 .307/.360/.395/.755 .970/.655 .775 81/.788 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.821 10/.929 6/.333 4/.500 29/1.043 22/1.255 378/258 .356/.468/.605/1.073 1.336/.949 1.080 100/.986 4/1 18/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.333 179/98 .244/.295/.287/.582 .645/.529 .438 53/.293 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.667 3/.333 8/.458 12/1.000 375/280 .295/.360/.423/.783 .415/.905 .736 90/.728 7/1 6/
IP 146.1 24.1 35.1 31.0 34.2 53.2 77.2 TOTAL .276/.350/.432/.782 .766/.789 .760 .827 44/18 111/53
ERA-K/9 3.51/9.0 7.03/8.5 5.60/7.9 4.35/6.4 2.34/5.7 2.68/5.7 4.87/6.9 4.03/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (9-7-1)
 Molina (25-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.245 116/.296 158/.277 133/.239 138/.217 224/.241 339/.281 .257  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Mather
53/25/33/8
0/86/0/4
20/5/75/4
3/2/13/0
OPS .676 .941 .824 .724 .610 .644 .813 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.611 60/.846 71/1.019 60/.833 67/.448 105/.682 164/.621 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.702 56/1.042 87/.662 73/.635 71/.771 119/.611 175/.992 .746
Road 230/.672 55/.978 81/.695 71/.557 67/.806 128/.747 147/.987 .783
Last 28d days 158/.555 20/.950 28/1.236 36/.633 31/.645 37/.631 55/.631
HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 7/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/4/2 110/45/29
Usage ····X··· ·o······ ·X······ ·o·o···· o·o····· oXoo···· ··oo····

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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