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Game Preview: MIL @ BOS, 8:35pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Milwaukee Brewers, 20-21, 4th, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 1-4, 6.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-4)             35.2  36  25  24  16  21  7    6.06      
 2007 (12-10)          186.1 217 110 106  44 134 27    5.12      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41.1  45  28  27  17  23  8    5.88   43 
 2008-05-12    STL   W   6     4   1   1   2   1  1      87   59 
 2008-05-07   @FLA   L   6     5   6   6   2   3  2      81   39 
 2008-04-23    PHI  ND   6     8   4   4   2   3  3     107   41 
 2008-04-15   @STL   L   6     6   3   3   2   5  0      92   51 
 2008-04-09    CIN   L   5.1   6   5   4   3   4  0      95   39 
 2008-04-03   @CHC   L   5.1   6   6   6   5   4  1     105   31 
 2007-09-29    SDP  ND   6.2  10   3   3   1   3  1      87   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-3  16    22  16  16   8   9  3    9.00   37 
 2005-09-27   @BOS   L   6     6   3   3   2   5  0     105   51 
 2005-05-24    BOS  ND   3     5   3   3   2   0  0      54   35 
 2005-04-18   @BOS   L   2     7   7   7   2   3  1      69   15 
 2005-04-08    BOS   L   5     4   3   3   2   1  2      84   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  13-17   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 15   LAD  L   2-7       20-21  4th  5.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 14   LAD  L   4-6       20-20  4th  4.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 13   LAD  W   5-3       20-19  4th  3.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   STL  W   8-3       19-19  4th  4.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   STL  W   5-3       18-19  4th  4.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   STL  L   3-5       17-19  4th  5.0 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   STL  W   4-3       17-18  4th  4.0 gb
 34 Thu, May  8  @FLA  L   2-7       16-18  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Wed, May  7  @FLA  L   2-6       16-17  4th  5.0 gb
 32 Tue, May  6  @FLA  L   0-3       16-16  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Boston Red Sox, 24-19, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-2, 4.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             48.2  44  26  23  23  27  6    4.25      
 2007 (17-12)          189   191 104 100  64 110 22    4.76      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42.2  38  23  20  20  23  5    4.22   50 
 2008-05-11   @MIN   L   2.2   7   7   6   2   2  2      74   18 
 2008-05-06   @DET   W   8     2   0   0   0   6  0      98   84 
 2008-05-01    TOR   L   7     6   3   3   4   0  1      97   49 
 2008-04-25   @TBR  ND   6     6   4   3   5   1  0     113   42 
 2008-04-20    TEX   W   8     7   5   5   0   5  2      86   53 
 2008-04-15   @CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   4   4  0     106   50 
 2008-04-10    DET   W   5     3   2   1   5   5  0     108   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      3-0  34    29   9   8  18  30  3    2.12   60 
 2003-06-06   @MIL  ND   2     3   3   3   0   4  2      28   42 
 1997-09-13   @MIL   W   7.1   4   1   1   5   4  0     116   65 
 1997-09-06    MIL   W   8     7   2   2   4   4  0     128   60 
 1997-06-05   @MIL   W   8.2   7   1   0   7  10  0     169   71 
 1997-05-26    MIL  ND   8     8   2   2   2   8  1           64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-5    Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Wed, May 14  @BAL  L   3-6       24-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Tue, May 13  @BAL  L   4-5       24-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 12  @MIN  L   3-7       24-17  1st  0.5 up
 40 Sun, May 11  @MIN  L   8-9       24-16  1st  1.5 up
 39 Sat, May 10  @MIN  W   5-2       24-15  1st  2.5 up
 38 Fri, May  9  @MIN  L   6-7       23-15  1st  2.5 up
 37 Thu, May  8  @DET  W   5-1       23-14  1st  3.5 up
 36 Wed, May  7  @DET  L   9-10      22-14  1st  3.5 up
 35 Tue, May  6  @DET  W   5-0       22-13  1st  3.5 up
 34 Mon, May  5  @DET  W   6-3       21-13  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 BOS  9 @MIL  1        W:Derek Lowe (6-3), L: Glendon Rusch (1-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2003 BOS 11 @MIL 10        W:Brandon Lyon (2-2), L: Mike DeJean (2-4), S: Mike Timlin (1)
Fri, Jun 06, 2003 MIL  9  BOS  3        W:Jayson Durocher (2-0), L: Hector Almonte (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 1997 BOS  2 @MIL  1        W:Butch Henry (7-2), L: Jose Mercedes (6-10), S: Tom Gordon (8)
Sat, Sep 13, 1997 BOS  2 @MIL  1        W:Tim Wakefield (11-15), L: Scott Karl (10-12), S: Tom Gordon (7)
Fri, Sep 12, 1997 BOS  4 @MIL  2        W:Jeff Suppan (7-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (8-6), S: Tom Gordon (6)
Sun, Sep 07, 1997 BOS 11  MIL  2        W:Butch Henry (6-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (8-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 1997 BOS 10  MIL  2        W:Tim Wakefield (10-15), L: Pete Harnisch (0-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 1997 MIL  7 @BOS  1        W:Cal Eldred (12-12), L: Jeff Suppan (6-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 1997 BOS  2 @MIL  1        W:Tim Wakefield (2-4), L: Ben McDonald (6-4), S: Kerry Lacy (1)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 213-184

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  5.83

OAK  4.44

SDP  3.40

RA/G

CLE  3.50

LAA  4.48

TEX  5.51

BA

A. Pujols  .347

  

R. Zimmerman  .244

OBP

A. Pujols  .492

  

R. Zimmerman  .277

SLG

C. Utley  .655

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

  

C. Crawford  .680

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Mussina  3.99

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

J. Weaver  6.20

J. Garland  2.01

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/135 .286/.316/.560/.876 .821/.893 .647 111/.996 1/3 10/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 20/.618 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 64/55 .190/.266/.379/.645 .111/.731 .776 64/.645 1/0 3/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 57/51 .235/.316/.314/.630 .000/.708 .900 35/.424 0/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/17 .250/.400/.300/.700 1.333/.393 .917 14/.800 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/122 .255/.362/.411/.773 .829/.743 .700 105/.818 0/0 5/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/33 .250/.353/.286/.639 2.000/.572 .899 26/.451 2/1 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 165/127 .195/.268/.416/.684 1.088/.567 .520 101/.623 1/3 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/120 .246/.323/.312/.634 .648/.627 .652 94/.700 0/0 1/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/129 .302/.356/.409/.765 .824/.749 .782 98/.786 6/3 1/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 18/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 70/31 .284/.300/.522/.822 .888/.734 .878 39/.462 1/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 9/.222 146/116 .283/.366/.378/.743 .727/.748 .656 92/.685 1/1 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .316/.350/.526/.876 .500/.975 .900 11/.773 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/140 .187/.315/.335/.651 .798/.607 .704 113/.626 7/1 5/
IP 48.2 20.1 14.2 5.1 15.2 19.1 18.2 10.0 TOTAL .241/.316/.387/.704 .766/.685 .671 .701 23/12 39/22
ERA-K/9 4.25/5.0 2.21/7.5 6.14/8.6 8.44/6.8 3.45/4.6 0.93/7.5 2.41/11.1 9.00/1.8 4.25/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (17-15-3)
 Rivera (6-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.242 89/.194 68/.288 24/.238 67/.271 74/.191 72/.221 47/.405 .249  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Gwynn
 Cameron
 Dillon
40/0/0/3
0/0/40/2
2/16/5/0
1/6/0/0
0/14/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .726 .633 .865 .714 .716 .539 .566 1.159 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.766 38/.645 24/.726 10/.856 34/.583 27/.454 41/.609 22/1.264 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.709 51/.623 44/.946 14/.607 33/.832 47/.589 31/.509 25/1.054 .737
Home 87/.717 47/.725 32/.992 8/.875 43/.781 36/.684 34/.353 19/1.471 .737
Last 28d days 136/.731 40/.683 30/1.027 24/.714 38/.687 49/.649 41/.468 27/.865
HR/SB/CS 6/11/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/2 2/0/1 1/2/0 3/2/0 37/32/7
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·o ···X···· ··o·o··· ··o·Xo·· ··X···oo ······XX ····oX··
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
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
22.Casey* G/S/vP 4/.500 12/.650 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.583 7/.572 65/56 .345/.415/.448/.864 1.069/.831 .966 24/.871 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/34 .375/.435/.475/.910 1.467/.720 .741 36/1.033 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 8/.625 21/17 .474/.524/.526/1.050 1.417/.971 2.000 16/.813 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 11/.384 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 96/74 .315/.340/.472/.812 1.165/.715 .917 52/.884 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/2.667 4/.750 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 8/.500 136/110 .296/.397/.426/.823 .842/.818 .688 78/.708 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/116 .282/.390/.393/.783 .599/.828 1.091 94/.772 15/0 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 ··· 4/.000 9/.888 1/5.000 5/1.400 106/86 .273/.311/.465/.776 .644/.802 .596 72/.899 0/1 4/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 18/.247 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 136/111 .285/.348/.341/.690 .624/.705 .782 74/.759 5/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.000 ··· 12/2.583 2/.500 14/.967 ··· 182/148 .234/.335/.418/.753 .590/.791 .926 105/.960 0/0 7/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/157 .306/.342/.400/.742 .650/.766 .856 111/.680 4/0 1/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/2.178 2/.000 ··· 7/2.257 2/5.000 3/.667 7/1.429 176/151 .308/.386/.551/.938 .769/.965 .905 98/.825 1/0 8/
30.Van Every* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 3/.667 0/0 0/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/1.000 ··· 8/.542 4/1.000 4/1.833 ··· 126/104 .263/.333/.439/.772 .838/.758 .653 65/.711 0/0 4/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.933 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 178/152 .318/.393/.591/.984 1.427/.920 .889 102/.986 2/1 8/
IP 35.2 18.2 17.1 17.1 13.0 26.0 TOTAL .294/.364/.453/.817 .851/.809 .843 .824 34/5 43/23
ERA-K/9 6.06/5.3 6.27/8.7 /0.0 3.63/10.4 3.63/10.9 2.77/3.5 2.77/6.9 4.56/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (18-3-6)
 Varitek (14-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.267 90/.284 / 76/.226 78/.238 50/.217 108/.255 .270  Drew
 Ramirez
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Van Every
 Lugo
 Youkilis
0/0/32/3
37/0/0/3
0/29/0/2
15/20/7/2
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .828 .877 .713 .668 .608 .654 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.854 49/.863 / 25/1.080 35/.946 27/.407 51/.666 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.803 41/.894 / 51/.536 43/.433 23/.865 57/.643 .788
Road 82/.807 43/1.019 / 47/.498 34/.491 21/.836 58/.706 .821
Last 28d days 81/.874 61/.897 / 45/.554 52/.552 27/.816 59/.677
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 4/0/0 // 2/2/1 1/2/0 2/0/1 1/1/1 51/23/17
Usage ····X··· ···XX·X· ·X······ ··X·o·X· ·oo··o·o ··oX·X·X

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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