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Game Preview: LAD @ MIL, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @Miller Park

Dodgers, 64-62, 64-62 4th, 12 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (35, RHP, 8-11, 3.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-11)			147.1	144	68	57	38	118	12	3.48
2009 (8-7)			117.1	110	59	49	24	87	12	3.76
2008 (9-10)			183.1	181	85	76	42	116	13	3.73

Last 7 GS		1-4	45.0	33	14	13	9	36	3	2.60	61
2010-08-18	COL	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	115	63
2010-08-13	@ATL	L	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	98	66
2010-08-07	WSN	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	8	1	88	70
2010-08-02	SDP	L	4.0	7	5	4	1	1	1	75	30
2010-07-28	@SDP	L	6.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	96	55
2010-07-22	NYM	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	112	75
2010-07-17	@STL	L	6.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	101	67

Last 5 v.MIL		1-0	6.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	4.50	48
2009-08-04	MIL	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	99	48

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   39-27   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  48-41   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  21-19
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 29-16 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 24  @MIL  W   5-3       64-62  4th 12.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 22   CIN  L   2-5       63-62  4th 12.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 21   CIN  W   8-5       63-61  3rd 11.0 gb
123 Fri, Aug 20   CIN  L   1-3       62-61  4th 12.0 gb
122 Thu, Aug 19   COL  W   2-0       62-60  4th 12.0 gb
121 Wed, Aug 18   COL  L   2-3 (10)  61-60  4th 12.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 17   COL  W   6-0       61-59  4th 11.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 16  @ATL  L   3-4       60-59  4th 11.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15  @ATL  L   1-13      60-58  4th 10.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14  @ATL  W   2-1       60-57  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Brewers, 59-66, 59-66 3rd, 12½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (33, LHP, 10-9, 4.67)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-9)			162.0	167	91	84	70	107	24	4.67
2009 (11-7)			214.1	178	81	77	58	160	24	3.23
2008 (12-12)			190.1	191	100	91	71	162	21	4.30

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.2	50	25	25	12	33	3	4.93	49
2010-08-18	@STL	W	8.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	102	76
2010-08-12	ARI	W	6.0	7	4	4	4	8	1	118	46
2010-08-07	HOU	W	6.2	9	2	2	1	4	0	111	51
2010-08-01	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	76	60
2010-07-26	CIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	103	63
2010-07-21	@PIT	L	5.2	13	12	12	2	4	2	108	-3
2010-07-16	@ATL	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	81	47

Last 5 v.LAD		1-2	31.0	36	17	16	7	25	7	4.65	49
2008-06-11	LAD	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	96	73
2004-08-06	@LAD	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	104	53
2003-04-29	@LAD	L	6.2	11	6	6	2	6	2	98	32
2002-08-11	@LAD	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	0	2	70	45
2001-04-29	@LAD	L	5.1	8	4	3	2	4	1	89	40

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-33   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-43   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  22-14
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:28-28   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 24   LAD  L   3-5       59-66  3rd 12.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22   SDP  L   3-7       59-65  3rd 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21   SDP  W   6-5       59-64  3rd 12.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20   SDP  W  10-6       58-64  3rd 13.0 gb
121 Wed, Aug 18  @STL  W   3-2       57-64  3rd 12.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 17  @STL  W   3-2       56-64  3rd 12.5 gb
119 Sun, Aug 15  @COL  L   5-6       55-64  3rd 12.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug 14  @COL  W   5-4 (10)  55-63  3rd 11.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug 13  @COL  L   4-5       54-63  3rd 12.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug 12   ARI  W   8-4       54-62  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 LAD  5 @MIL  3        W:Ted Lilly (8-8), L: David Bush (6-11), S: Hong-Chih Kuo (5)
Thu, May 06, 2010 LAD  7  MIL  3        W:Jonathan Broxton (2-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 MIL 11 @LAD  3        W:Doug Davis (1-3), L: Chad Billingsley (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 04, 2010 MIL 11 @LAD  6        W:Chris Narveson (2-0), L: Clayton Kershaw (1-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 05, 2009 MIL  4 @LAD  1        W:Braden Looper (10-5), L: Jason Schmidt (2-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (25)
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 LAD 17  MIL  4        W:Hiroki Kuroda (4-5), L: Yovani Gallardo (10-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 03, 2009 MIL  6 @LAD  5        W:Manny Parra (6-8), L: Clayton Kershaw (8-6), S: Trevor Hoffman (24)
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 LAD  7 @MIL  4        W:Clayton Kershaw (7-5), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-7), S: Ramon Troncoso (5)
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 MIL  6  LAD  3        W:Mike Burns (2-2), L: Jeff Weaver (5-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (20)
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 LAD 12 @MIL  8 (10)   W:Ramon Troncoso (3-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - tied 2-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 53-30

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 2010 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

NYY 5.37

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.41

COL 4.32

ARI 5.43

J. Jay .361

O. Hudson .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

D. Freese .361

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .642

M. Montero .467

R. Tejada .206

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.079

M. Byrd .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

R. Halladay 2.16

M. Scherzer 3.73

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

C. Carpenter 6.98

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Dodgers Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 13.Braddock*
G/S/vB 39.Capuano*
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 58.McClendon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 14/1.460 5/.600 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 51/38 .196/.275/.217/.492 .481/.495 .487 43/.463 0/0 0/1

28.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 271/209 .233/.270/.439/.709 .482/.778 .747 7/1.571 0/0 13/3

3.Belliard G/S/vP 22/.186 ··· ··· 13/.385 6/.000 8/.625 ··· ··· 174/102 .217/.301/.329/.630 .563/.676 .703 28/.606 2/2 2/4

23.Blake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 11/.864 ··· 446/324 .249/.327/.399/.727 .916/.657 .684 85/.728 0/4 12/14

14.Carroll G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 16/.333 7/.143 5/.450 5/.600 ··· 339/241 .292/.389/.338/.727 .698/.739 .737 86/.788 10/3 0/6

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 5/.650 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· 452/320 .300/.363/.507/.870 .614/.978 .838 96/.830 2/0 19/1

31.Gibbons* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 23/20 .381/.435/.667/1.101 .000/1.278 .846 23/1.101 0/0 2/0

5.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 149/72 .305/.327/.418/.745 .943/.533 .656 14/1.143 1/2 1/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 3/.333 5/.400 ··· ··· 531/405 .255/.315/.454/.768 .790/.762 .744 91/.693 17/14 22/5

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.933 7/1.143 ··· ··· 516/371 .278/.331/.403/.734 .557/.805 .728 98/.598 9/5 8/3

21.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/.550 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 9/.000 ··· 540/401 .302/.349/.385/.734 .667/.759 .802 105/.656 34/14 5/5

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 13/.840 ··· 227/183 .306/.396/.497/.894 .775/.921 .882 7/.000 1/1 8/3

13.Theriot G/S/vP 21/.438 3/.667 1/2.000 6/.000 11/.818 4/1.750 5/.200 ··· 509/368 .283/.323/.330/.653 .668/.647 .670 99/.667 18/9 2/9

IP 162.0 44.1 26.0 29.0 50.2 40.0 41.0 6.0 TOTAL .259/.328/.386/.713 .674/.728 .699 .670 78/45 92/100

ERA-K/9

4.67/5.9

2.64/11.0

3.12/11.1

3.72/8.7

4.26/8.0

6.53/6.5

3.07/6.8

0.00/7.5

4.92/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (9-0-0)
Barajas (23-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 720/.265 183/.222 116/.238 120/.255 219/.257 178/.277 169/.237 22/.053 .275 Ethier
Ramirez
Kemp
Gibbons
Carroll
Podsednik
Johnson 0/0/101/5
47/0/0/2
0/124/0/2
3/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
115/5/0/0
49/6/15/0

OPS .789 .601 .677 .747 .745 .875 .659 .234 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.900 95/.690 44/.485 42/.734 68/.933 82/.912 65/.764 9/.111 .817

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 569/.758 88/.507 72/.790 78/.754 151/.664 96/.842 104/.593 13/.322 .773

Home 367/.829 93/.664 65/.683 63/.714 121/.633 114/.900 95/.613 13/.408

Last 28d days 111/.621 49/.651 24/.754 35/.484 44/.731 32/.701 40/.928 22/.234

HR/SB/CS 24/10/2 1/2/0 1/3/0 3/1/0 5/3/1 8/1/0 4/2/0 0/0/0 140/89/26

Usage ······X· ···X··XX ···oX··· o···X··· X·X·X··· ··o···o· o··o···X ···X····

Brewers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 37.Monasterios
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 4/1.750 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 531/386 .296/.353/.478/.831 .703/.878 .721 88/1.036 13/3 18/2

36.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/36 .314/.368/.431/.800 .754/.826 .623 52/.737 3/1 0/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 7/.821 10/.900 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 24/.764 194/160 .243/.313/.301/.613 .527/.631 .501 29/.641 1/1 1/5

7.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 72/66 .239/.268/.328/.596 .000/.647 .579 27/.781 4/0 0/0

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 443/318 .250/.305/.339/.644 .663/.636 .646 79/.645 9/4 3/17

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 4/1.417 2/3.000 6/1.000 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.393 555/374 .271/.405/.483/.889 .656/1.006 .947 99/.842 1/0 25/2

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.400 ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 275/177 .228/.285/.348/.633 .593/.655 .589 14/.377 10/2 5/4

1.Hart G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 5/3.300 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 5/1.400 450/319 .288/.342/.537/.879 1.026/.819 .983 80/.704 6/3 23/2

2.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 128/107 .274/.352/.434/.785 .405/.858 .670 22/.914 1/0 1/1

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 206/149 .199/.316/.421/.737 .795/.714 .617 23/.561 2/0 9/4

20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 195/142 .265/.303/.351/.654 .810/.595 .642 66/.568 4/2 3/4

14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 510/366 .291/.347/.491/.838 1.014/.771 .925 93/1.055 1/1 20/13

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 591/441 .273/.367/.482/.850 .930/.823 .856 104/.769 7/4 24/12

IP 147.1 41.0 51.0 48.2 9.2 46.0 72.0 29.1 37.0 TOTAL .265/.337/.434/.771 .752/.779 .769 .762 61/22 148/93

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.2

5.27/6.4

3.53/11.3

4.07/10.5

0.93/12.1

1.37/10.8

3.63/5.0

6.44/4.9

5.35/5.8

3.99/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (40-8-4)
Lucroy (30-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.254 173/.258 216/.250 209/.215 41/.206 180/.148 317/.275 147/.322 160/.276 .247 Hart
Braun
Cain
Inglett
Gomez
Dickerson
Kottaras
Escobar 0/0/105/5
118/0/0/4
1/14/1/2
8/0/13/2
1/66/2/2
8/12/4/0
0/0/1/0
2/1/2/0

OPS .670 .678 .652 .721 .590 .427 .765 .921 .772 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 284/.716 63/.648 100/.573 93/.991 18/.708 56/.259 154/.685 64/.582 61/.939 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.632 110/.694 116/.721 116/.517 23/.485 124/.504 163/.836 83/1.193 99/.677 .686

Road 274/.669 77/.881 80/.691 82/.949 13/.885 100/.540 129/.760 75/.980 76/.913

Last 28d days 101/.604 27/1.044 38/.840 36/.519 35/.704 49/.490 70/.808 26/.612 21/1.476

HR/SB/CS 12/12/6 3/0/0 2/5/1 6/6/1 0/2/0 1/1/0 11/8/1 3/0/0 3/6/2 97/72/32

Usage ······X· o·o·o··· ··XX··oo ··o·X·X· ····X··o X··X··o· ····X··· ·······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.