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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 8:10 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Miller Park

Pirates, 72-89, 72-89 4th, 23 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Locke (23, LHP, 0-2, 4.97)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 12.2 16 7 7 8 2 0 4.97
Last 7 GS 0-2 12.2 16 7 7 8 2 0 4.97 41
2011-09-23 CIN ND 4.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 80 47
2011-09-16 @LAD L 3.0 5 3 3 2 0 0 68 35
2011-09-10 FLA L 5.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 82 42
Has never faced MIL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-45   Road:   36-44   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  49-67   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:39-40   vsWest: 13-20 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @MIL  L   4-6       72-89  4th 23.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @MIL  W   9-8       72-88  4th 22.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   CIN  L   4-5       71-88  4th 23.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   CIN  W   4-3       71-87  4th 22.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23   CIN  W   4-3       70-87  4th 22.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 21  @ARI  L   5-8       69-87  4th 22.0 gb
155 Tue, Sep 20  @ARI  W   5-3       69-86  4th 22.0 gb
154 Mon, Sep 19  @ARI  L   0-1       68-86  4th 22.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18  @LAD  L   1-15      68-85  4th 22.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17  @LAD  L   1-6       68-84  4th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Brewers, 95-66, 95-66 1st, 6 up

SP: Zack Greinke (27, RHP, 15-6, 3.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (15-6) 165.2 156 80 71 44 197 19 3.86
2010 (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
2009 (16-8) 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 11 2.16
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 44 18 18 15 46 4 3.68 55
2011-09-24 FLA ND 5.0 9 4 4 5 6 2 108 34
2011-09-18 @CIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 10 0 115 76
2011-09-13 COL ND 5.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 116 60
2011-09-07 @STL L 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 87 57
2011-09-02 @HOU W 6.0 9 2 2 2 6 0 95 50
2011-08-28 CHC W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 113 72
2011-08-22 @PIT L 6.1 7 7 7 1 4 1 97 34
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 25.1 26 16 16 3 21 2 5.68 49
2011-08-22 @PIT L 6.1 7 7 7 1 4 1 97 34
2011-08-12 PIT W 7.2 6 2 2 1 9 0 112 67
2011-05-15 PIT W 5.0 6 5 5 1 5 1 96 39
2009-06-28 @PIT W 6.1 7 2 2 0 3 0 80 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   56-24   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  78-48   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  30-18
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:50-29   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   PIT  W   6-4       95-66  1st  6.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26   PIT  L   8-9       94-66  1st  6.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   FLA  W   9-5       94-65  1st  6.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   FLA  W   6-4       93-65  1st  6.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 23   FLA  W   4-1       92-65  1st  6.0 up
156 Wed, Sep 21  @CHC  L   1-7       91-65  1st  4.5 up
155 Tue, Sep 20  @CHC  W   5-1       91-64  1st  5.5 up
154 Mon, Sep 19  @CHC  L   2-5       90-64  1st  5.5 up
153 Sun, Sep 18  @CIN  W   8-1       90-63  1st  6.5 up
152 Sat, Sep 17  @CIN  W  10-1       89-63  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 MIL  6  PIT  4        W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-1), L: Jared Hughes (0-1), S: John Axford (46)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 PIT  9 @MIL  8        W:Daniel McCutchen (5-3), L: Takashi Saito (4-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (40)
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 PIT  2  MIL  0        W:Jason Grilli (1-0), L: Shaun Marcum (11-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (32)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 MIL 11 @PIT  4        W:Marco Estrada (4-8), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 PIT  9  MIL  2        W:Daniel McCutchen (4-3), L: Zack Greinke (12-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 MIL  8 @PIT  1        W:Chris Narveson (9-6), L: Jeff Karstens (9-7), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 MIL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Takashi Saito (3-1), L: Chris Resop (3-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 MIL  1  PIT  0        W:Marco Estrada (3-7), L: Kevin Correia (12-11), S: John Axford (34)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 MIL  7  PIT  2        W:Zack Greinke (11-4), L: Paul Maholm (6-13), S: none
Sun, May 15, 2011 MIL  9  PIT  6        W:Zack Greinke (2-1), L: Kevin Correia (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 11-3; 2010 - MIL won 13-5; 2009 - MIL won 9-5; All-Time - MIL leads 122-96

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 2011 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
Pirates Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Greinke
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
63.de la Cruz
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
41.Estrada
G/S/vB
64.Fiers
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
50.Loe
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
40.Saito
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 258/215 .195/.276/.294/.571 .545/.576 .633 45/.685 1/0 4/14
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 8/.875 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 5/.000 451/346 .251/.299/.341/.640 .577/.659 .704 51/.510 2/5 2/13
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/24 .313/.333/.438/.771 .444/.897 .829 21/.881 2/1 0/1
12.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 151/102 .217/.242/.287/.528 .669/.460 .447 33/.658 12/2 0/9
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/1.133 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 7/1.071 3/1.667 2/.500 3/1.666 235/173 .304/.355/.479/.834 .912/.807 .711 60/1.075 0/1 8/6
62.Harrison G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 204/141 .272/.281/.374/.656 .593/.685 .641 59/.596 4/1 1/8
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/29 .333/.366/.410/.776 .962/.702 .488 26/.786 1/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.533 2/no AB 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 4/1.500 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 474/402 .243/.321/.434/.756 .460/.811 .727 51/.636 6/3 16/4
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/1.538 4/.500 2/.500 4/.000 473/360 .266/.323/.444/.768 .729/.779 .783 90/.961 2/1 19/7
36.Ludwick G/S/vP 13/.083 5/.200 1/.000 1/5.000 4/.500 ··· 10/.500 4/.750 6/.750 5/.200 558/417 .237/.310/.363/.674 .763/.644 .692 56/.601 1/1 13/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 11/.773 6/.333 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 6/.833 6/.167 3/.333 4/.000 675/508 .260/.366/.459/.824 .945/.785 .875 92/.696 23/10 23/7
55.McKenry G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 201/149 .222/.276/.322/.598 .498/.629 .597 23/.379 0/1 2/5
48.Pagnozzi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/23 .286/.333/.286/.619 .750/.568 .600 8/.571 0/0 0/0
38.Paul* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 4/1.750 4/.000 258/229 .255/.292/.347/.640 .175/.701 .763 24/.714 16/6 2/1
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 231/161 .298/.339/.465/.804 .599/.893 .806 110/.841 9/3 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 7/1.238 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 8/.125 ··· 1/2.000 382/292 .266/.349/.362/.711 .819/.679 .584 16/.450 16/7 4/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 5/.400 6/.533 2/1.000 4/.250 658/476 .272/.333/.404/.737 .672/.766 .749 99/.702 9/6 12/6
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 272/178 .216/.270/.340/.610 .677/.575 .541 19/.705 0/0 7/5
IP 165.2 72.2 13.0 28.2 92.2 2.0 48.1 72.0 70.2 25.2 TOTAL .245/.309/.368/.677 .666/.681 .684 .721 108/52 107/110
ERA-K/9 3.86/10.7 1.98/10.5 2.77/6.2 4.08/8.5 4.08/8.5 0.00/9.0 2.42/5.2 3.50/7.6 2.67/9.9 2.10/7.7 3.65/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Jaramillo (2-1-0)
 McKenry (39-13-1)
 Pagnozzi (11-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.245 302/.215 55/.213 117/.241 381/.243 10/.286 204/.260 291/.240 302/.244 105/.223 .246  Ludwick
 McCutchen
 Tabata
 Paul
 Presley
 Jones
 Ciriaco
117/0/14/10
0/155/0/9
77/2/15/4
26/8/72/3
49/5/0/2
0/0/89/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .713 .563 .543 .658 .700 .786 .624 .638 .664 .639 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.742 135/.492 32/.466 44/.874 181/.661 4/1.250 90/.584 123/.690 170/.772 45/.721 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.685 167/.621 23/.648 73/.530 200/.733 6/.533 114/.655 168/.601 132/.523 60/.575 .685
Home 362/.691 184/.506 27/.514 45/.843 207/.614 5/1.100 116/.559 155/.531 158/.734 55/.664
Last 28d days 132/.788 36/.310 28/.618 15/.533 32/.526 10/.786 28/.566 44/.668 42/.496 24/.554
HR/SB/CS 19/8/6 4/6/2 0/1/0 3/2/2 11/8/2 0/1/1 1/2/1 4/2/0 4/11/1 2/1/0 147/102/37
Usage ···X···· o··Xo··· ·X······ ········ ·Xo····· ······X· o·oX···· o·X···X· X··Xo··X ·X·o····
Brewers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Locke*
G/S/vB
71.Burres*
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
70.Hughes
G/S/vB
63.Leroux
G/S/vB
34.McCutchen
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
57.Moskos*
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
60.Thompson*
G/S/vB
43.Veras
G/S/vB
65.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 7/1.428 13/.385 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 580/462 .254/.272/.384/.656 .596/.672 .689 86/.718 4/4 13/20
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 3/.333 17/.620 1/no AB 2/1.500 4/2.750 9/.666 2/.500 5/1.350 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 625/487 .335/.400/.601/1.001 1.075/.981 1.084 102/1.028 32/6 33/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 186/178 .173/.276/.218/.494 .833/.481 .465 24/.594 2/1 1/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 2/.000 12/1.250 1/5.000 1/.000 6/2.167 5/1.300 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 688/499 .299/.414/.565/.980 .815/1.046 1.096 105/1.163 1/1 38/14
27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/2.334 7/.453 ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 254/162 .223/.268/.389/.657 .812/.561 .719 21/.750 16/2 7/0
5.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/37 .270/.270/.351/.622 /.622 .500 36/.583 0/0 0/0
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 373/255 .266/.339/.379/.718 .689/.730 .753 55/.650 3/2 5/11
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 4/1.250 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/.542 1/.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 546/427 .285/.357/.506/.863 1.032/.818 .981 100/.855 6/6 25/2
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.417 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 255/239 .270/.329/.373/.703 .962/.686 .678 28/1.109 3/0 3/5
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .648 31/.962 0/1 5/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 464/377 .265/.311/.384/.695 .822/.664 .788 70/.583 1/1 11/7
12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/0
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 7/.715 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.533 3/.000 1/.000 7/.786 2/2.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 599/464 .224/.280/.347/.627 .417/.689 .706 73/.504 0/3 13/20
2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/2.250 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 429/382 .304/.357/.421/.778 .540/.808 .672 88/.789 13/4 4/2
22.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .333/.500/.333/.833 /.833 5/.833 0/0 0/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· 11/.546 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 7/.714 2/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 511/403 .271/.351/.471/.822 .852/.814 .911 42/.787 9/2 20/15
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 91/38 .224/.258/.353/.611 .623/.595 .541 4/.000 1/0 2/2
IP 12.2 12.0 32.2 68.2 11.0 24.2 83.2 20.2 23.2 69.2 7.2 71.0 41.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.424/.749 .728/.755 .803 .790 91/31 182/109
ERA-K/9 4.97/1.4 3.75/6.0 2.48/10.2 1.83/8.0 4.09/8.2 2.92/8.7 3.76/4.9 3.48/7.4 3.04/4.2 4.39/10.2 7.04/1.2 3.80/10.0 3.95/8.1 4.03/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (18-3-2)
 Lucroy (77-30-1)
 Maldonado (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.327 51/.250 140/.200 274/.220 46/.220 107/.255 360/.271 100/.310 107/.309 309/.269 41/.382 305/.206 174/.228 .271  Braun
 Gomez
 Morgan
 Kotsay
 Hairston
 Hart
 Schafer
 Counsell
 Wilson
146/0/0/8
0/86/0/5
17/95/20/5
19/10/30/2
23/20/0/2
0/0/125/2
0/1/1/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .832 .780 .601 .543 .630 .597 .740 .762 .732 .756 1.122 .636 .711 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/.775 8/.952 52/.766 123/.528 18/.782 40/.795 138/.831 41/.699 48/.888 117/.716 10/1.400 123/.690 69/.708 .812
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.843 43/.755 88/.508 151/.555 28/.546 67/.474 222/.685 59/.807 59/.602 192/.775 31/1.008 182/.600 105/.713 .704
Road 16/.938 28/.511 66/.703 106/.448 26/.969 60/.789 166/.691 54/.802 41/.667 147/.634 10/1.600 154/.775 83/.817
Last 28d days 60/.832 51/.780 41/.377 44/.600 46/.630 48/.564 52/.942 30/.641 26/.695 43/.701 23/1.513 36/.684 37/.471
HR/SB/CS 0/3/1 4/0/0 2/0/0 1/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 7/9/3 1/0/0 0/2/0 8/9/3 2/3/0 6/5/1 6/8/1 149/120/40
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·X·XX··X ·o··X··X XX·X··X· ·oo·X··o ·XX···X· o·o···o· ··o·o·o· X···o·o· ········ ···X···o oo·oo··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.