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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 33-30, 3rd, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Seth McClung (27, RHP, 3-2, 4.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             36    33  17  17  19  29  4    4.25      
 2007 (0-1)             12    11   9   5   5  11  0    3.75      
 2006 (6-12)           103   120  77  72  68  59 14    6.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  34.2  44  30  28  17  17  7    7.27   37 
 2008-06-03    ARI   W   6     6   1   1   0   4  0      79   60 
 2008-05-29    ATL   L   4.2   8   6   6   6   1  1      85   19 
 2008-05-24   @WSN   W   5     4   2   2   0   4  1      68   55 
 2006-06-18   @PHI   L   4.2   8   6   6   2   4  1      86   26 
 2006-06-13   @DET   L   4     7   6   5   3   2  0      96   25 
 2006-06-07    LAA   L   5.1   6   5   4   3   1  2      74   36 
 2006-06-02    TOR   L   5     5   4   4   3   1  2     102   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-10   Road:   14-20   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  20-24   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:  13-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @COL  W   3-2       33-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @COL  L   2-7       32-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @COL  L   4-6       32-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   ARI  W  10-1       32-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   ARI  W   7-1       31-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   ARI  W   4-3       30-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  1   HOU  W  10-1       29-28  4th  7.0 gb
 56 Sat, May 31   HOU  W   4-1       28-28  4th  7.0 gb
 55 Fri, May 30   HOU  W   5-1       27-28  4th  7.0 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   ATL  L   1-8       26-28  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Houston Astros, 32-32, 4th, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (30, RHP, 4-6, 5.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-6)             82    99  52  49  21  59 16    5.38      
 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  46    53  28  26  12  32  9    5.09   47 
 2008-06-04   @PIT   L   6     9   4   3   1   4  0     105   43 
 2008-05-29   @STL   L   7     5   3   3   2   2  1      91   55 
 2008-05-22    PHI  ND   6    11   5   5   2   4  1      95   32 
 2008-05-17   @TEX   L   6    11   6   6   1   1  2     109   26 
 2008-05-12   @SFG   W   8     5   3   3   0   6  1     111   66 
 2008-05-07    WSN  ND   7     6   3   3   2   9  2      97   60 
 2008-05-02    MIL   W   6     6   4   3   4   6  2     112   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-2  32.2  34  19  18  13  25  4    4.96   48 
 2008-05-02    MIL   W   6     6   4   3   4   6  2     112   48 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-11   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  24-23   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sun, Jun  8   STL  L   4-5       32-32  4th  8.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7   STL  L   4-8       32-31  4th  7.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6   STL  W   6-1       32-30  4th  7.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  5  @PIT  L   3-4       31-30  4th  8.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4  @PIT  L   2-5       31-29  4th  7.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3  @PIT  W   2-0       31-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  1  @MIL  L   1-10      30-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 57 Sat, May 31  @MIL  L   1-4       30-27  3rd  5.5 gb
 56 Fri, May 30  @MIL  L   1-5       30-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 55 Thu, May 29  @STL  L   2-3       30-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 MIL 10  HOU  1        W:David Bush (2-5), L: Shawn Chacon (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 MIL  4  HOU  1        W:Ben Sheets (6-1), L: Brian Moehler (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (5)
Fri, May 30, 2008 MIL  5  HOU  1        W:Manny Parra (3-2), L: Brandon Backe (4-6), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 HOU  8  MIL  6 (12)   W:Tim Byrdak (1-0), L: Mitch Stetter (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2008 HOU  6  MIL  2        W:Brandon Backe (2-3), L: Manny Parra (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2008 HOU  7  MIL  4        W:Roy Oswalt (3-3), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (6)

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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 97-68

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

TEX  5.55

NYY  4.58

WSN  3.62

RA/G

CHW  3.67

SFG  4.53

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .420

C. Quentin  .277

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .504

J. Dye  .348

R. Hernandez  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .723

B. Giles  .443

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

L. Overbay  .793

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

Z. Duke  4.10

J. Washburn  6.09

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
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
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 41/38 .333/.463/.848/1.312 .000/1.433 1.053 41/1.312 0/0 5/
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/1.262 5/1.600 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 270/202 .293/.326/.566/.892 .768/.933 .680 105/.933 4/3 16/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 22/.702 7/.286 ··· 10/1.083 3/1.666 9/.958 3/.666 ··· 144/112 .214/.278/.427/.705 .692/.709 .871 88/.729 3/1 7/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 25/.613 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.000 6/.167 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 87/77 .224/.322/.303/.624 .311/.666 .763 35/.593 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 50/32 .282/.429/.359/.788 1.556/.406 .901 28/.820 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 26/.392 3/.333 2/.000 3/1.334 7/.971 3/.333 2/4.000 2/.000 269/186 .280/.372/.467/.838 .740/.883 .766 107/.975 1/0 10/
2.Hall G/S/vP 42/.931 1/.000 1/no AB 11/.495 7/1.238 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 217/152 .223/.287/.401/.688 1.027/.547 .582 60/.692 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 17/.751 2/2.500 1/.000 6/1.000 4/.666 5/.400 5/.200 1/3.000 229/166 .246/.325/.350/.674 .625/.688 .668 85/.726 1/0 4/
1.Hart G/S/vP 12/1.683 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/.929 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 257/193 .297/.343/.470/.813 .739/.838 .892 104/.865 10/3 7/
26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .333/.333/.500/.833 .000/1.000 .833 / 0/0 0/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 106/59 .330/.358/.530/.888 .941/.844 .807 40/.964 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 42/.899 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 6/2.633 3/.000 5/.800 2/.000 219/162 .246/.324/.330/.654 .653/.654 .661 85/.494 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 34/29 .344/.382/.469/.851 .400/.932 .789 14/.813 1/0 1/
IP 82.0 33.1 17.1 20.1 56.2 31.0 29.2 21.0 TOTAL .252/.323/.413/.736 .752/.730 .716 .781 44/17 70/39
ERA-K/9 5.38/6.5 2.43/8.1 0.52/4.7 1.77/8.9 5.56/4.3 3.48/11.0 4.85/5.5 4.29/7.7 4.40/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (22-21-4)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.297 129/.213 73/.186 86/.187 246/.303 135/.240 128/.270 94/.215 .270  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Cameron
 Iribarren
 Dillon
60/0/0/4
0/0/62/3
4/20/6/0
0/32/0/0
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .848 .560 .612 .544 .792 .733 .936 .738 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.906 51/.823 31/.480 33/.614 97/.776 61/.592 51/.919 35/.661 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.796 78/.384 42/.719 53/.501 149/.802 74/.839 77/.946 59/.788 .763
Home 137/1.019 65/.628 31/.563 41/.599 101/1.031 72/.568 58/.872 43/.708 .800
Last 28d days 115/.841 44/.304 43/.518 14/.665 99/.678 47/.625 43/.997 40/.830
HR/SB/CS 16/0/0 2/1/1 0/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/0 4/3/0 11/0/1 2/1/0 86/19/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·o· ··X··o·· ···X·X·· ··o·o·o· ·o·o··o· ··o··o·· ··o·····
Houston Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 73.McClung
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
60.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.311 ··· 23/.680 23/.225 2/.000 95/67 .222/.237/.300/.537 .704/.466 .549 48/.529 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.583 5/.933 14/.900 18/1.325 11/1.364 271/205 .372/.458/.723/1.181 1.091/1.212 1.306 107/1.044 10/1 18/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 9/.444 6/.334 2/.500 110/96 .248/.273/.390/.663 .305/.707 .884 28/.802 0/0 4/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 5/.200 244/180 .224/.281/.309/.590 .484/.627 .684 99/.625 24/4 3/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 13/.308 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 87/80 .298/.322/.452/.774 1.143/.741 .628 32/.877 1/2 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.714 ··· 10/1.067 8/.268 11/1.091 259/200 .259/.301/.469/.770 .635/.810 .769 100/.675 3/0 12/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 9/.888 1/2.000 13/.725 11/1.000 6/.000 122/90 .278/.352/.370/.723 1.171/.578 .882 29/1.221 0/0 1/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 207/148 .280/.353/.352/.705 .788/.672 .683 107/.686 13/3 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/1.125 251/190 .297/.339/.478/.817 .783/.828 .966 104/.897 5/5 8/
Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/8 .375/.375/.500/.875 /.875 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 13/1.238 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 18/.889 2/.500 4/1.750 269/205 .300/.335/.466/.801 .728/.824 .932 101/.628 5/3 7/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.962 7/.714 7/.572 133/94 .284/.368/.448/.817 1.068/.719 .934 72/.972 3/1 3/
IP 36.0 5.2 6.2 23.2 22.1 17.2 36.0 57.2 TOTAL .264/.322/.416/.738 .778/.726 .824 .731 64/20 64/38
ERA-K/9 4.25/7.2 6.35/7.9 1.35/4.0 4.56/9.9 2.42/5.7 5.60/6.6 2.50/6.5 5.46/6.9 4.20/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.246 24/.292 25/.136 105/.258 88/.210 86/.319 151/.229 255/.292 .260  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
0/58/0/5
0/0/61/5
61/0/0/4
17/7/3/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .731 .833 .422 .694 .632 .759 .620 .852 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.844 8/1.750 11/.182 47/.938 41/.512 37/.955 71/.579 126/.629 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.646 16/.375 14/.593 58/.489 47/.740 49/.604 80/.654 129/1.070 .769
Road 78/.514 21/.952 16/.464 54/.655 43/.850 46/.681 88/.661 112/1.054 .804
Last 28d days 86/.723 24/.833 25/.422 33/.815 40/.628 22/.568 51/.510 76/.660
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 4/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 75/32/25
Usage ······X· ··X····· ··X···X· ···X···o ·o·o··X· ··o··X·· ·X·····X ·X·o·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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