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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 16-12, 3rd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (24, RHP, 1-2, 4.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             29    32  15  15  11  16  4    4.66      
 2007 (8-5)            114.1 101  52  50  53  99 16    3.94      
 2006 (2-2)             53.2  43  22  22  11  39  8    3.69      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  41    40  19  19  18  23  6    4.17   49 
 2008-04-26    FLA  ND   6     6   2   2   0   5  1     105   57 
 2008-04-21    STL  ND   7     3   2   2   4   1  0      98   60 
 2008-04-16   @STL   L   4.2   8   5   5   2   0  2     109   26 
 2008-04-10    CIN   L   6     7   4   4   3   4  1      95   43 
 2008-04-04    SFG   W   5.1   8   2   2   2   6  0     104   48 
 2007-09-26    STL   L   6     5   3   3   4   3  1      85   49 
 2007-09-21   @ATL  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      75   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0   6     5   1   1   2   6  1    1.50   62 
 2007-09-04    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   2   6  1      95   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    9-6    ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Thu, May  1  @CHC  W   4-3       16-12  3rd  1.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @CHC  L   5-19      15-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @CHC  W  10-7       15-11  3rd  1.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   FLA  L   2-3 (10)  14-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   FLA  W   4-3       14-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   FLA  L   0-3 (10)  13-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   PHI  L   1-3       13-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   PHI  W   5-4       13-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   STL  W   9-8 (12)  12-8   3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   STL  L   3-4       11-8   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-12
Houston Astros, 13-16, 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 2-3, 5.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             36    46  24  23   9  27  7    5.75      
 2007 (14-7)           212   221  80  75  60 154 14    3.18      
 2006 (15-8)           220.2 220  76  73  38 166 18    2.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  43    54  25  23  10  29  7    4.81   46 
 2008-04-26   @STL  ND   6     5   3   3   3   5  0     117   52 
 2008-04-21    SDP   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  2      96   57 
 2008-04-16   @PHI   W   7     5   1   1   2   4  0      92   65 
 2008-04-11    FLA   L   4     9   8   8   0   6  4      85   18 
 2008-04-05   @CHC   L   6.2  10   6   5   1   0  1      92   31 
 2008-03-31   @SDP   L   5.1  11   3   3   1   6  0     114   39 
 2007-09-23   @STL  ND   7     8   1   0   1   2  0     101   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-2  33.2  32  18  18  10  26  2    4.81   51 
 2007-09-03   @MIL  ND   5.2  10   5   5   2   3  0     113   30 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-5    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  11-13   vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, Apr 30  @ARI  L   7-8       13-16  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29  @ARI  W   6-4       13-15  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @ARI  L   3-5       12-15  4th  5.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @STL  L   1-5       12-14  4th  4.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  L   3-4       12-13  4th  4.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  W   3-2       12-12  4th  3.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @CIN  W   5-3       11-12  4th  4.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @CIN  W   9-3       10-12  4th  5.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   SDP  W  11-7        9-12  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   SDP  W  10-3        8-12  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 HOU  5  MIL  4 (10)   W:Brad Lidge (5-2), L: Matt Wise (3-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 MIL  9 @HOU  1        W:Claudio Vargas (11-4), L: Felipe Paulino  (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 MIL  6 @HOU  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (9-4), L: Matt Albers (4-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 MIL 14  HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (7-4), L: Matt Albers (4-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 MIL  5  HOU  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (7-3), L: Brandon Backe (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (40)
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 HOU  9 @MIL  7        W:Dave Borkowski (4-3), L: Greg Aquino (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (4)
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
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 94-65

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  6.21

BOS  4.53

SFG  3.21

RA/G

STL  3.59

SFG  4.52

TEX  6.14

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

B. Bonser  3.75

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez  10.68

I. Snell  5.97

J. Garland  2.23

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/88 .287/.308/.478/.787 .942/.731 .713 106/.806 1/3 4/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 18/.572 4/1.250 4/.250 ··· 9/1.232 29/.646 8/1.089 2/1.000 ··· 15/15 .231/.333/.308/.641 /.641 .641 15/.641 0/0 0/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 25/.613 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 11/.586 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 44/39 .275/.341/.350/.691 .000/.785 1.050 41/.582 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 23/.221 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 122/79 .240/.361/.427/.788 .839/.753 .708 108/.794 0/0 4/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .375/.450/.438/.888 2.000/.789 1.007 12/.639 2/0 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP 39/.926 5/1.933 1/.000 ··· 9/.472 7/.143 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 114/84 .236/.283/.481/.764 1.274/.592 .544 102/.808 1/2 7/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 14/.770 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.200 5/1.200 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 106/78 .234/.305/.298/.603 .643/.584 .639 93/.670 0/0 1/
1.Hart G/S/vP 9/1.555 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 115/86 .301/.360/.427/.787 1.001/.712 .835 102/.801 4/1 1/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/22 .296/.316/.593/.908 .992/.764 1.083 51/.979 1/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 39/.934 4/.750 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 101/75 .303/.370/.393/.763 .737/.772 .666 88/.719 1/1 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .333/.375/.600/.975 1.000/.973 1.167 16/.975 0/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 17/.509 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/1.000 7/2.171 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 130/94 .204/.338/.352/.690 .917/.609 .757 115/.653 5/1 3/
IP 36.0 12.2 15.2 3.2 11.0 7.2 13.0 17.1 9.0 TOTAL .249/.320/.395/.715 .844/.668 .694 .718 17/8 25/15
ERA-K/9 5.75/6.8 4.26/7.8 2.87/8.0 0.00/4.9 2.45/9.8 7.04/3.5 6.92/12.5 5.19/5.7 4.00/11.0 4.56/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (13-9-1)
 Rivera (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.311 59/.333 61/.254 16/.231 48/.195 38/.314 65/.321 70/.273 37/.188 .278  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Gwynn
27/0/0/3
0/0/28/0
0/3/0/0
2/16/1/0
1/4/0/0
OPS .902 .894 .652 .683 .630 .883 1.010 .905 .704 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/1.068 20/.425 24/1.125 10/.550 18/.411 13/.916 32/.744 33/.789 15/.718 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.770 39/1.117 37/.332 6/.900 30/.756 25/.862 33/1.231 37/1.008 22/.694 .786
Home 49/1.173 24/.733 28/.804 5/.650 24/.675 29/.789 29/.805 29/1.011 17/.814 .804
Last 28d days 134/.881 49/.838 56/.614 16/.683 42/.729 33/.849 56/1.060 54/.955 36/.725
HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 36/8/4
Usage ·····X·· ·o·Xoo·· ·oo··X·X ·oo··o·X ·o·X·o·· ····o··· ··o···Xo ··Xoo··· ·o·o·oX·
Houston Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 10/.311 3/.000 ··· ··· 21/.148 6/1.100 29/20 .172/.172/.276/.448 1.222/.100 .625 27/.481 0/1 0/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/1.143 9/.333 1/.000 8/.661 ··· 5/.933 ··· 18/1.325 8/.250 119/97 .297/.387/.644/1.030 .964/1.046 1.316 101/1.043 4/0 8/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 75/63 .205/.213/.370/.583 .083/.667 .749 69/.531 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 100/85 .200/.280/.311/.591 .641/.582 .587 86/.597 13/0 2/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 9/.904 3/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 38/23 .063/.211/.094/.304 .497/.174 .468 32/.194 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 13/.308 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 44/41 .302/.318/.395/.714 .667/.717 .667 42/.748 1/1 0/
45.Lee G/S/vP 7/.286 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.834 14/.819 ··· ··· 7/.310 6/.533 114/96 .262/.307/.505/.812 .889/.796 .606 97/.852 0/0 6/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.946 6/1.167 9/.888 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 11/1.000 2/.000 85/66 .216/.306/.270/.576 1.007/.461 .754 72/.546 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 56/45 .260/.309/.360/.669 .775/.646 .798 56/.669 3/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 5/.800 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 106/82 .250/.283/.370/.653 .681/.645 .864 88/.686 1/3 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 6/1.700 13/1.238 1/2.000 10/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.850 121/101 .345/.380/.566/.947 .771/.982 1.194 105/1.022 2/2 4/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/63 .197/.338/.443/.780 1.494/.675 1.080 63/.809 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 23/18 .250/.304/.400/.704 .650/.715 7/.829 1/0 1/
IP 29.0 13.2 11.2 13.0 14.1 9.2 6.1 18.1 6.1 TOTAL .243/.300/.405/.705 .780/.688 .812 .716 25/8 30/9
ERA-K/9 4.66/5.0 5.27/11.2 5.40/10.0 2.77/11.1 5.65/5.0 3.72/3.7 0.00/14.3 3.44/7.4 15.63/7.1 4.39/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (1-1-2)
 Towles (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.276 61/.250 53/.238 60/.255 65/.298 39/.229 23/.100 77/.284 44/.414 .264  Bourn
 Lee
 Cruz
 Pence
 Erstad
0/25/0/3
28/0/0/1
6/3/3/0
0/0/27/0
2/5/2/0
OPS .793 .869 .811 .713 .735 .682 .317 .712 1.260 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.600 32/.878 16/1.250 26/1.033 33/1.027 20/.450 12/.350 39/.728 19/1.583 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/1.001 29/.859 37/.631 34/.457 32/.452 19/.954 11/.282 38/.695 25/1.031 .746
Road 23/1.149 35/1.005 31/.483 27/.546 41/.575 17/.919 12/.350 44/.820 21/1.429 .779
Last 28d days 129/.793 54/.777 47/.855 57/.756 55/.853 39/.682 23/.317 70/.687 39/1.362
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 4/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/1 1/2/0 29/18/11
Usage ·····X·· o·X·oXX· ·X··X··· ··X·X·X· X·o·o··X ·o····oo ·o··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.

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