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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 2:05pm, Monday, September 3, 2007 @Miller Park

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Houston Astros, 61-76, 5th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (29, RHP, 14-6, 3.21)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-6)           185.1 187  69  66  55 139 13    3.21      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
 2005 (20-12)          241.2 243  85  79  48 184 18    2.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  44.2  35   6   5   9  39  1    1.01   65 
 2007-08-29    STL   W   7     4   0   0   0   9  0     100   78 
 2007-08-18    SDP  ND   4.2   5   2   2   1   4  0      67   49 
 2007-08-13    LAD   W   8     6   1   1   2   3  0     109   67 
 2007-08-08    CHC   W   6     6   0   0   4   4  0     108   60 
 2007-08-03    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   5  1      83   64 
 2007-07-28    SDP   W   7     3   1   0   1  10  0     106   78 
 2007-07-20    PIT   W   6     7   1   1   0   4  0      84   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-2  34.2  30  19  17   8  26  3    4.41   54 
 2007-04-27    MIL   L   7     6   3   3   4   5  0     109   54 
 2007-04-22    MIL   L   7     7   4   4   2   2  1     110   47 
 2006-09-08    MIL   W   7     5   3   3   1   9  1      96   63 
 2006-08-29    MIL  ND   7     4   3   3   1   7  0     111   63 
 2006-04-18    MIL   W   6.2   8   6   4   0   3  1     106   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-33   Road:   25-43   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  40-56   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  20-23
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:25-35   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Sep  2  @CHC  L   5-6       61-76  5th 10.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1  @CHC  L   3-4       61-75  5th  9.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31  @CHC  W   6-1       61-74  5th  8.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30   STL  W   2-1       60-74  5th  9.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29   STL  W   7-0       59-74  6th  9.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28   STL  L   0-7       58-74  6th 10.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 26   PIT  W   5-4       58-73  5th  9.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 25   PIT  L   1-4       57-73  6th 10.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 24   PIT  L   3-8 (15)  57-72  5th 10.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 23   WSN  L   6-7       57-71  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Milwaukee Brewers, 69-67, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (28, RHP, 11-4, 3.30)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-4)           125.1 119  48  46  26  92 15    3.30      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
 2005 (10-9)           156.2 142  66  58  25 141 19    3.33      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44    41  17  17  10  38  5    3.48   56 
 2007-08-29    CHC   W   6     6   1   1   1   2  0      86   57 
 2007-07-14    COL  ND   3.1   2   1   1   0   3  1      64   55 
 2007-07-05    PIT   L   6     8   5   5   1   6  2     101   41 
 2007-06-30    CHC   W   8     6   4   4   1  11  0     124   64 
 2007-06-25    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  1     112   60 
 2007-06-19    SFG   W   9     6   2   2   1   4  1     118   70 
 2007-06-14    DET   W   5.2   8   3   3   3   7  0     119   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-2  29    38  19  19   8  24  3    5.90   44 
 2007-06-25    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  1     112   60 
 2007-04-20    HOU  ND   7     7   2   2   2   4  0     106   57 
 2006-09-08    HOU  ND   6.2   7   2   2   1   6  0     112   57 
 2006-08-17    HOU   L   7    10   7   7   2   6  2     103   33 
 2006-05-02    HOU   L   2.1   9   7   7   0   3  0      60   14 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-25   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  42-46   vsLHP:  27-21   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:32-29   vsWest: 14-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  2   PIT  W   7-4       69-67  2nd  1.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  1   PIT  W  12-3       68-67  2nd  1.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31   PIT  W   3-2       67-67  2nd  1.5 gb
133 Thu, Aug 30  @CHC  L   4-5       66-67  2nd  2.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 29  @CHC  W   6-1       66-66  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 28  @CHC  L   3-5       65-66  3rd  2.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26  @SFG  L   4-5       65-65  2nd  1.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25  @SFG  L   2-6       65-64  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24  @SFG  L   6-11      65-63  2nd  1.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 22  @ARI  L   2-3       65-62  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 HOU  6  MIL  4    W:Mark McLemore (2-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-3), S: Brad Lidge (8)
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 MIL  7 @HOU  4    W:Scott Linebrink (4-3), L: Brad Lidge (3-2), S: Francisco Cordero (36)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 MIL  5 @HOU  4 (11)   W:Chris Spurling (2-1), L: Brian Moehler (1-4), S: Francisco Cordero (35)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 MIL  6  HOU  3 (11)   W:David Bush (6-6), L: Dave Borkowski (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 MIL 11  HOU  5    W:Matt Wise (2-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (4-7), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 MIL  6  HOU  1    W:Ben Sheets (9-3), L: Jason Jennings (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 MIL  3 @HOU  1    W:Claudio Vargas (2-0), L: Woody Williams (0-4), S: Francisco Cordero (10)
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 HOU 10  MIL  1    W:Chris Sampson (3-1), L: David Bush (2-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2007 MIL  4 @HOU  1    W:Chris Capuano (4-0), L: Roy Oswalt (3-2), S: Francisco Cordero (9)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 MIL  4  HOU  3    W:David Bush (2-1), L: Roy Oswalt (3-1), S: Francisco Cordero (7)
Season Series: 2007 - MIL leads 9-3; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; 2005 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 92-61

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 2007 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  5.85

BAL  4.59

WSN  3.95

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.77

TBD  5.91

BA

J. Keppinger  .361

M. Lamb  .292

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .635

C. Young  .470

N. Punto  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.058

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

M. Belisle  6.37

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Houston Astros Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB
41.Aquino
G/S/vB
39.Capuano*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
52.McClung
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Spurling
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
38.Wise
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 37/.657 1/no AB 14/1.460 11/.091 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 6/1.100 373/275 .229/.314/.315/.629 .666/.616 .546 68/.690 6/1 3/4
41.Backe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 58/.993 2/1.000 21/1.032 11/.273 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 3/1.334 ··· 7/.286 4/1.250 5/1.100 568/426 .278/.387/.497/.884 .849/.896 .938 117/1.118 6/3 27/9
7.Biggio G/S/vP 61/.743 4/2.500 20/.617 9/.555 2/.500 ··· 3/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 6/1.300 481/356 .253/.286/.394/.680 .852/.620 .528 82/.725 4/3 10/9
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 7/2.381 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 152/85 .240/.333/.279/.612 .577/.641 .620 48/.461 6/2 0/7
2.Burke G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 7/1.171 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 297/191 .221/.306/.337/.643 .787/.565 .576 60/.501 8/3 4/5
26.Lamb* G/S/vP 26/.846 3/.000 9/1.158 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/.000 2/2.500 8/.542 323/267 .292/.370/.458/.827 1.077/.778 .751 56/.661 0/0 11/10
45.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.319 2/.000 6/.334 7/.453 7/.572 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.200 4/.500 2/.000 597/444 .301/.357/.529/.886 .986/.852 .774 108/.900 8/5 27/3
8.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 8/1.339 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 448/346 .274/.344/.354/.698 .734/.688 .710 88/.562 1/2 2/6
13.Munson* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 131/97 .248/.313/.385/.698 .669/.708 .560 31/.404 0/0 4/2
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 22/.377 ··· 2/1.500 12/.444 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 110/103 .234/.333/.266/.599 .750/.590 .671 16/.466 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 381/290 .322/.360/.553/.912 1.025/.878 .859 57/.865 9/4 14/3
30.Scott* G/S/vP 13/.648 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/5.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 371/316 .255/.350/.500/.850 .810/.857 .967 75/.896 2/1 16/3
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 21/1.404 1/.000 6/.533 3/2.334 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 525/374 .276/.335/.452/.787 .944/.728 .764 80/.750 3/4 19/8
IP 125.1 7.2 134.0 53.2 59.2 4.1 43.1 40.1 1.0 60.1 82.2 50.1 TOTAL .255/.326/.406/.732 .781/.716 .708 57/29 140/84
ERA-K/9 3.30/6.6 5.87/7.0 5.37/7.9 3.02/11.9 3.92/5.7 6.23/6.3 2.28/6.4 4.91/5.6 9.00/0.0 3.88/11.8 4.68/8.3 3.75/7.0 4.51/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (44-15-2)
 Munson (24-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 517/.245 36/.267 600/.286 223/.214 252/.257 18/.333 174/.213 187/.312 5/.000 253/.178 359/.239 217/.270 .269  Scott
 Lee
 Pence
 Burke
 Palmeiro
 Berkman
 Lamb
 Bruntlett
 Wigginton
1/3/90/8
133/0/0/8
0/85/1/5
3/26/17/3
11/0/16/2
0/1/31/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .677 .738 .818 .554 .756 .889 .532 .826 .600 .559 .753 .753 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.571 16/.661 119/.687 102/.552 123/.745 6/1.500 81/.436 83/.923 2/ 97/.626 150/.763 75/.794 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.774 20/.806 481/.850 121/.553 129/.767 12/.583 93/.615 104/.751 3/.333 156/.518 209/.745 142/.731 .766
Home 265/.651 17/.875 321/.751 137/.354 122/.588 3/.000 83/.456 84/.929 5/.600 143/.549 162/.718 107/.745 .710
Last 28d days 24/.610 / 114/1.020 29/.491 51/.955 18/.889 45/.689 23/1.101 5/.600 43/.407 47/.943 34/1.033
HR/SB/CS 15/14/0 1/0/0 20/6/0 1/3/0 11/6/2 0/0/0 0/5/2 5/1/0 0/0/0 4/1/3 12/6/2 5/9/0 140/85/19
Usage ····X··· ········ ···X···· o·o·X··· X··X·X·o ·o··oo·· o···oo·o ········ ·o······ o·X·o··· ········ ·X······
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
62.McLemore*
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 387/275 .330/.375/.634/1.008 1.455/.838 1.022 100/.878 14/4 26/21
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 22/.417 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/1.500 9/.583 4/.500 294/241 .219/.323/.308/.631 .612/.635 .515 31/.233 4/2 3/1
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/28 .410/.425/.564/.989 1.333/.839 .929 37/.961 0/0 0/0
33.Estrada# G/S/vP 12/.750 1/no AB 9/.889 ··· 3/.666 12/.334 4/1.250 412/280 .280/.299/.402/.701 .774/.666 .636 67/.504 0/0 8/6
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 20/.153 2/2.500 7/2.381 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 9/.111 574/382 .284/.382/.604/.986 .880/1.041 1.028 94/1.029 0/2 40/13
18.Gross* G/S/vP 10/1.725 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.500 149/136 .244/.329/.481/.810 .408/.843 .869 43/1.039 3/0 7/2
2.Hall G/S/vP 38/.951 4/2.083 18/.343 ··· 2/3.000 7/.143 4/.500 448/296 .258/.320/.432/.752 .838/.707 .780 79/.756 3/5 12/9
7.Hardy G/S/vP 11/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.500 6/.334 541/388 .279/.327/.468/.795 .920/.746 .834 96/.864 0/3 23/12
1.Hart G/S/vP 6/1.833 3/2.667 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/1.200 6/.667 459/293 .285/.349/.516/.865 1.051/.761 .929 77/.894 21/6 19/2
5.Jenkins* G/S/vP 50/1.007 3/.333 19/.774 ··· 7/.143 10/1.000 7/.929 390/326 .261/.326/.490/.816 .745/.830 .911 70/.780 1/2 19/2
24.Mench G/S/vP 15/.486 1/.000 9/.777 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 6/.334 288/133 .270/.306/.441/.746 .910/.554 .865 42/.733 3/1 7/2
26.Miller G/S/vP 14/.884 2/2.500 9/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.334 1/.000 169/114 .235/.296/.333/.629 .564/.657 .608 29/.249 1/0 3/2
10.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
52.Stocker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP 17/.509 1/2.000 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.500 4/1.167 389/247 .228/.358/.381/.739 .800/.704 .681 80/.922 16/2 7/8
IP 185.1 61.2 56.2 25.2 42.0 47.2 71.2 TOTAL .263/.328/.451/.779 .858/.744 .805 74/29 186/94
ERA-K/9 3.21/6.8 5.11/8.0 3.02/12.1 3.51/9.5 4.93/9.4 4.53/5.7 3.14/8.9 4.64/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (62-11-3)
 Miller (23-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 791/.259 285/.290 237/.215 120/.286 195/.263 210/.301 297/.278 .274  Jenkins
 Mench
 Hall
 Hart
 Gross
 Dillon
 Stocker
 Rottino
96/0/0/7
46/0/31/6
0/110/0/5
0/19/93/3
2/5/29/2
2/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .698 .826 .702 .805 .802 .791 .745 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.693 122/.907 102/.700 37/1.153 98/.688 82/.904 121/.630 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.703 163/.766 135/.702 83/.647 97/.923 128/.722 176/.826 .783
Road 336/.805 121/.867 98/.664 48/.661 89/.821 98/.712 128/.720 .812
Last 28d days 102/.557 58/.808 41/.712 50/.608 46/.965 38/.714 62/.706
HR/SB/CS 13/3/0 7/1/0 8/3/0 3/0/0 5/3/0 6/3/0 9/6/5 171/73/22
Usage ····X··· X·X····o ···o···X o····o·X o·X·o··· ·····o·· o··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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