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Game Preview: MIL @ WSN, 1:35pm, Monday, May 26, 2008 @Nationals Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 23-27, 5th, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 5-1, 2.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             61.2  53  21  20  12  49  8    2.92      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  46.1  46  21  20  10  34  8    3.88   53 
 2008-05-21   @PIT   W   9    11   1   1   0   6  1     123   67 
 2008-05-15    LAD   L   6.1   9   6   6   0   5  3      88   36 
 2008-05-10    STL  ND   7     9   3   3   1   6  1      94   52 
 2008-05-04   @HOU  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   6  1     112   49 
 2008-04-29   @CHC   W   5     3   4   3   7   2  1     108   42 
 2008-04-18   @CIN   W   5     2   0   0   0   4  0      60   67 
 2008-04-12   @NYM   W   7.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     116   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-2  35    38  18  15   3  24  5    3.86   53 
 2005-07-15    WSN  ND   7    10   3   3   0   3  1      94   48 
 2004-05-11    MON  ND   8     7   3   2   1   4  1     105   61 
 2003-08-03   @MON   L   6     6   2   2   1   6  0      86   57 
 2003-04-30    MON   L   6    10   8   6   0   4  2      92   28 
 2002-08-11    MON   W   8     5   2   2   1   7  1     126   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-9    Road:   12-18   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25  @WSN  L   6-7       23-27  5th  6.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @WSN  W   5-2       23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @WSN  L   1-5       22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @PIT  L   4-8       22-25  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @PIT  W   4-1       22-24  4th  5.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @PIT  W   7-2       21-24  4th  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @BOS  L   7-11      20-24  6th  7.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @BOS  L   6-7       20-23  5th  6.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @BOS  L   3-5       20-22  5th  6.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 15   LAD  L   2-7       20-21  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Washington Nationals, 22-29, 5th, 8 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jay Bergmann (26, RHP, 1-1, 5.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             26.1  28  16  16   7  26  5    5.47      
 2007 (6-6)            115.1  99  59  57  42  86 18    4.45      
 2006 (0-2)             64.2  81  49  48  27  54 12    6.68      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39    38  20  20  13  36  5    4.62   51 
 2008-05-20    PHI  ND   7     5   0   0   3   5  0      95   69 
 2008-05-15   @NYM   W   7     3   0   0   2   9  0     103   78 
 2008-04-09    FLA   L   5     9   7   7   1   4  2      78   24 
 2008-04-03   @PHI  ND   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  1      91   39 
 2007-09-30   @PHI   L   3     3   3   3   1   2  0      64   42 
 2007-09-25   @NYM   W   5.2   7   3   3   3   3  1     111   43 
 2007-09-20    PHI  ND   6     4   2   2   2   7  1     104   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-0   6     2   1   1   2   2  1    1.50   64 
 2007-05-09   @MIL  ND   6     2   1   1   2   2  1      79   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-14   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-16   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sun, May 25   MIL  W   7-6       22-29  5th  8.0 gb
 50 Sat, May 24   MIL  L   2-5       21-29  5th  7.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23   MIL  W   5-1       21-28  5th  7.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   PHI  L   2-12      20-28  5th  7.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   PHI  L   0-1       20-27  5th  6.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 19   PHI  W   4-0       20-26  5th  5.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @BAL  W   2-1       19-26  5th  6.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @BAL  L   5-6       18-26  5th  7.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @BAL  L   3-5       18-25  5th  6.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @NYM  W   1-0       18-24  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 25, 2008 WSN  7  MIL  6        W:Jon Rauch (3-1), L: Guillermo Mota (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 MIL  5 @WSN  2        W:Seth McClung (2-1), L: John Lannan (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (2)
Fri, May 23, 2008 WSN  5  MIL  1        W:Brian Sanches (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (2-4), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 WSN  7  MIL  2        W:Tim Redding (1-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 WSN  5  MIL  4        W:Jason Simontacchi (6-6), L: Jeff Suppan (8-8), S: Chad Cordero (15)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIL  6 @WSN  2        W:David Bush (7-7), L: Mike Bacsik (2-6), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 MIL  3  WSN  1        W:Derrick Turnbow (1-0), L: Micah Bowie (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (15)
Tue, May 08, 2007 MIL  6  WSN  4        W:David Bush (3-3), L: Jason Simontacchi (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (14)
Mon, May 07, 2007 MIL  3  WSN  0        W:Chris Capuano (5-0), L: Matt Chico (2-4), S: Francisco Cordero (13)
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 WSN  6  MIL  1        W:Saul Rivera (3-0), L: Doug Davis (10-11), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 2-1; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; 2006 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - WSN leads 38-36

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

CHC  5.76

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .417

B. Butler  .261

J. Thome  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .488

K. Millar  .328

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Lopez  .403

M. Bourn  .303

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

P. Feliz  .735

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

D. Lowe  6.32

J. Garland  1.96

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
22.Sanches
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/4 .667/.750/1.000/1.750 /1.750 1.750 4/1.750 0/0 0/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 215/160 .283/.312/.561/.873 .759/.910 .711 108/1.051 1/3 13/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 5/2.100 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 5/1.600 3/.667 106/83 .247/.311/.495/.806 .824/.801 .913 106/.806 2/1 6/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.500 ··· 70/63 .230/.329/.311/.640 .000/.717 .843 31/.490 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/23 .296/.406/.333/.740 1.414/.473 .899 21/.829 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 1/2.000 216/149 .268/.366/.425/.790 .762/.802 .753 107/.764 0/0 6/
2.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 196/145 .220/.292/.418/.710 1.195/.546 .606 95/.641 2/3 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 186/137 .248/.324/.321/.646 .624/.650 .666 89/.730 1/0 2/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 204/155 .297/.351/.470/.822 .867/.807 .872 101/.908 8/3 6/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 83/41 .288/.301/.488/.789 .920/.650 .793 28/.607 2/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 6/.334 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/131 .275/.353/.366/.719 .801/.692 .639 86/.657 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 29/25 .321/.345/.464/.809 .500/.860 .789 14/.929 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 227/166 .207/.339/.367/.706 .840/.660 .779 113/.739 8/3 7/
IP 26.1 28.2 22.2 31.0 1.0 24.2 29.2 1.0 TOTAL .251/.324/.406/.729 .797/.706 .723 .760 32/16 54/33
ERA-K/9 5.47/8.9 4.71/5.6 5.96/9.9 3.77/10.7 0.00/18.0 2.55/7.3 4.25/5.2 0.00/27.0 4.47/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (19-16-3)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 114/.267 125/.275 107/.287 136/.200 4/.250 99/.245 131/.246 4/.250 .271  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
47/0/0/3
0/0/49/3
0/23/0/0
4/16/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .770 .763 .797 .659 .500 .627 .674 .500 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.718 56/.686 52/.845 60/.600 / 57/.662 73/.586 1/2.000 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 46/.838 69/.822 55/.750 76/.698 4/.500 42/.577 58/.794 3/.000 .821
Home 63/.975 70/.679 58/.894 71/.691 4/.500 68/.742 68/.565 4/.500 .782
Last 28d days 56/.416 65/.776 37/1.020 64/.547 4/.500 48/.478 62/.723 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 3/0/1 1/1/1 2/5/0 0/1/0 2/3/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 55/43/11
Usage ·····X·· X·X···oo ·X··X··· ·X··X·o· ·X······ X·X··X·X o·o··Xo· ··X·····
Washington Nationals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
47.Jackson*
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Boone G/S/vP 22/.279 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.300 80/40 .324/.400/.563/.963 1.107/.822 .891 51/1.142 0/1 4/
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 46/28 .105/.239/.132/.371 .167/.494 .361 44/.389 2/0 0/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 57/37 .327/.421/.551/.972 .926/.999 .669 45/.896 0/0 1/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 14/.142 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 7/.572 4/1.500 220/144 .295/.320/.438/.758 .883/.692 .813 104/.711 3/1 4/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 65/49 .170/.313/.321/.633 .188/.779 .624 25/.733 1/0 1/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 3/.000 9/.347 3/.666 14/.500 188/115 .250/.324/.321/.646 .556/.704 .603 109/.641 4/3 1/
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 39/.788 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 7/1.571 1/.000 1/.000 51/49 .163/.275/.256/.530 .000/.554 .439 32/.683 0/0 1/
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 205/135 .243/.308/.348/.657 .593/.692 .696 95/.562 5/3 2/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 57/37 .320/.382/.420/.802 .833/.785 1.121 31/.715 0/0 1/
26.Pena G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/1.083 110/63 .218/.273/.287/.560 .683/.466 .697 60/.706 0/1 1/
21.Young# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 34/21 .222/.353/.259/.612 .397/.762 .488 32/.544 0/0 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.873 ··· 3/1.667 220/146 .257/.291/.427/.718 .640/.759 .588 103/.871 0/0 8/
IP 61.2 2.2 3.0 3.2 25.1 21.2 15.1 30.0 TOTAL .234/.314/.352/.665 .653/.672 .651 .688 16/11 34/26
ERA-K/9 2.92/7.1 10.13/6.7 0.00/3.0 4.91/2.4 3.55/8.5 3.32/10.4 2.35/4.1 3.00/7.2 4.60/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (8-3-2)
 Nieves (16-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.228 13/.385 9/.000 18/.313 107/.207 94/.231 59/.218 129/.250 .269  Pena
 Milledge
 Lopez
 Harris
 Dukes
 Mackowiak
 Langerhans
30/0/0/2
0/48/0/1
8/0/0/1
25/3/0/1
5/1/10/0
10/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .660 1.000 .111 .701 .658 .628 .600 .674 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.676 3/2.333 3/.333 6/.333 39/.783 39/.951 32/.438 59/.671 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.646 10/.600 6/.000 12/.900 68/.587 55/.393 27/.805 70/.674 .796
Road 160/.612 13/1.000 9/.111 18/.701 78/.514 50/.477 30/.749 79/.725 .811
Last 28d days 146/.844 13/1.000 9/.111 18/.701 68/.515 38/.492 22/.636 59/.704
HR/SB/CS 8/0/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 3/2/1 1/3/0 2/1/1 2/1/2 64/29/20
Usage ····X··· o··o···X X·o····· ···X···X ·X···X·· XX···o·· ··X····o ·X···o·o

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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