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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 12, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 34-31, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 6-1, 2.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-1)             82.1  72  25  24  15  63  9    2.62      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  49.1  55  18  18   4  37  7    3.28   56 
 2008-06-06   @COL  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  0     100   59 
 2008-05-31    HOU   W   8.2   7   1   1   1   5  0     121   70 
 2008-05-26   @WSN  ND   6     7   2   2   0   6  1      86   56 
 2008-05-21   @PIT   W   9    11   1   1   0   6  1     123   67 
 2008-05-15    LAD   L   6.1   9   6   6   0   5  3      88   36 
 2008-05-10    STL  ND   7     9   3   3   1   6  1      94   52 
 2008-05-04   @HOU  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   6  1     112   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-0  28    26  10  10  10  21  2    3.21   55 
 2008-05-31    HOU   W   8.2   7   1   1   1   5  0     121   70 
 2008-05-04   @HOU  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   6  1     112   49 
 2007-09-18   @HOU  ND   1     2   1   1   0   0  0      12   45 
 2007-09-03    HOU  ND   6     5   3   3   6   5  0     118   49 
 2007-06-25    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  1     112   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-10   Road:   15-21   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  21-25   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:  13-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 11  @HOU  W  10-6       34-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-6       33-31  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Houston Astros, 33-33, 4th, 9 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 3-2, 3.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             40.2  43  18  17  10  25  5    3.76      
 2007 (1-4)             59.2  67  29  27  17  36  8    4.07      
 2006 (7-11)           122   164  95  89  38  58 19    6.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  36.1  39  19  18   9  22  5    4.46   48 
 2008-06-06    STL   W   7     2   0   0   2   5  0      93   76 
 2008-05-31   @MIL   L   5     6   3   3   1   6  1      79   48 
 2008-05-24    PHI   W   6     4   3   2   1   3  1      73   56 
 2008-05-19    CHC   L   5     7   3   3   2   1  1      95   40 
 2008-05-14   @SFG  ND   5     8   3   3   0   2  1      80   41 
 2008-05-09   @LAD   W   5     5   0   0   1   5  0      81   61 
 2006-09-29    PHI   L   3.1   7   7   7   2   0  1      65   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-3  28    28  14  12   8  24  5    3.86   52 
 2008-05-31   @MIL   L   5     6   3   3   1   6  1      79   48 
 2005-07-07    MIL   W   5     4   3   3   2   2  2      82   47 
 2000-07-07   @MIL   L   6     8   4   4   0   7  1      85   47 
 1999-07-11    MIL   L   7     6   3   1   3   4  1     114   58 
 1997-08-22   @MIL   W   5     4   1   1   2   5  0      75   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-12   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  25-23   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Wed, Jun 11   MIL  L   6-10      33-33  4th  9.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   MIL  W   6-1       33-32  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 MIL 10 @HOU  6        W:Manny Parra (5-2), L: Brandon Backe (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 HOU  6  MIL  1        W:Roy Oswalt (5-6), L: Seth McClung (3-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 98-69

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  5.64

TBR  4.53

WSN  3.63

RA/G

TOR  3.71

SDP  4.55

TEX  5.82

BA

C. Jones  .419

K. Matsui  .277

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .504

B. Molina  .348

R. Hernandez  .254

SLG

L. Berkman  .735

J. Castillo  .441

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.194

J. Upton  .798

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

D. Lowe  4.15

B. Bonser  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
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 12/1.017 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 49/44 .300/.429/.800/1.229 .000/1.392 .975 49/1.229 0/0 6/
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/.762 6/1.333 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 279/211 .292/.326/.572/.898 .768/.939 .702 106/.950 4/3 17/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 32/.583 7/.286 1/no AB 11/1.150 4/1.833 9/.958 3/.666 1/.000 153/119 .219/.294/.445/.739 .690/.753 .910 89/.808 3/1 8/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.586 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.000 7/.453 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 91/80 .225/.319/.300/.619 .282/.666 .741 35/.581 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 51/32 .275/.420/.350/.770 1.453/.406 .869 29/.789 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.333 3/.000 3/1.334 8/1.125 3/.333 2/4.000 4/.000 278/192 .274/.363/.453/.816 .712/.864 .732 108/.895 1/0 10/
2.Hall G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 1/no AB 11/.495 8/1.071 5/.600 5/.200 1/.000 222/157 .224/.290/.403/.693 1.027/.557 .593 57/.716 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/.858 3/1.666 1/.000 6/1.000 4/.666 5/.400 5/.200 1/3.000 236/173 .248/.323/.352/.676 .625/.689 .671 84/.717 1/0 4/
1.Hart G/S/vP 10/.889 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 9/1.431 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 266/201 .302/.346/.502/.848 .775/.873 .950 105/.947 10/3 9/
26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .250/.250/.375/.625 .000/.714 .625 2/.000 0/0 0/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 106/59 .330/.358/.530/.888 .941/.844 .807 38/1.017 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/1.527 5/.650 2/2.500 3/.666 7/2.214 3/.000 5/.800 2/.000 227/169 .251/.326/.352/.678 .737/.657 .702 85/.582 3/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 34/29 .344/.382/.469/.851 .400/.932 .789 14/.813 1/0 1/
IP 40.2 34.1 18.2 21.1 58.0 31.0 30.1 22.2 TOTAL .252/.323/.418/.741 .753/.737 .726 .798 45/17 76/41
ERA-K/9 3.76/5.5 2.36/7.9 1.45/4.3 1.69/8.5 5.74/4.3 3.48/11.0 4.75/5.3 3.97/8.3 4.42/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (23-21-4)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.265 132/.208 80/.200 89/.182 254/.306 135/.240 130/.267 99/.202 .269  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Cameron
 Iribarren
 Dillon
62/0/0/5
0/0/64/3
4/20/6/0
0/34/0/0
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .723 .546 .687 .539 .809 .733 .933 .697 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.940 51/.823 35/.422 34/.594 100/.793 61/.592 51/.919 38/.606 .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.600 81/.369 45/.919 55/.505 154/.819 74/.839 79/.941 61/.758 .777
Home 102/.638 68/.599 38/.729 44/.584 109/1.055 72/.568 60/.867 48/.628 .807
Last 28d days 96/.636 43/.263 43/.671 15/.708 107/.727 43/.612 42/1.014 41/.770
HR/SB/CS 5/6/0 2/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 5/2/0 4/3/0 11/0/1 2/1/0 92/20/7
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X··o· X···X··o o····X·X X···o·o· ···o·o·· o···o··o oo··o···
Houston Astros Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 5/3 .400/.400/.600/1.000 1.000/1.000 1.000 5/1.000 0/0 0/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 43/.692 ··· ··· 10/.311 1/no AB 24/.680 23/.225 3/1.000 102/71 .232/.253/.316/.568 .747/.490 .621 51/.532 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 69/1.105 ··· ··· 9/.583 5/.933 15/1.169 18/1.325 12/1.250 279/210 .374/.459/.735/1.194 1.066/1.240 1.329 106/1.081 10/1 19/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 18/.631 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 9/.444 6/.334 2/.500 114/99 .248/.272/.385/.657 .433/.685 .857 27/.832 0/0 4/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 3/1.167 5/.200 249/184 .224/.279/.307/.586 .476/.624 .671 94/.660 24/4 3/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 7/1.428 ··· ··· 8/.750 14/.286 3/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 90/82 .299/.322/.448/.770 1.000/.747 .631 34/.884 1/2 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 19/.956 1/.000 ··· 7/.714 ··· 11/.964 8/.268 12/1.000 267/205 .268/.311/.492/.803 .789/.807 .846 99/.739 4/0 13/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 9/.888 1/2.000 13/.725 11/1.000 6/.000 123/90 .275/.350/.367/.717 1.131/.578 .859 26/1.288 0/0 1/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 12/.916 ··· ··· 6/.666 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 6/.334 216/154 .277/.347/.346/.693 .782/.658 .661 106/.669 13/3 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.000 261/196 .285/.326/.459/.784 .733/.802 .882 105/.789 5/5 8/
Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/9 .333/.333/.444/.778 /.778 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 19/.839 2/.500 5/1.800 277/210 .304/.339/.477/.816 .804/.820 .959 100/.659 5/3 8/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 30/1.302 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 12/.962 7/.714 7/.572 137/95 .283/.365/.467/.832 1.123/.711 .960 76/.990 3/1 4/
IP 82.1 5.2 6.2 25.2 23.1 18.2 36.0 59.1 TOTAL .265/.322/.421/.743 .802/.724 .829 .744 65/20 68/39
ERA-K/9 2.62/6.9 6.35/7.9 1.35/4.0 4.21/9.5 2.31/5.8 5.79/6.7 2.50/6.5 5.46/6.8 4.22/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (8-2-3)
 Quintero (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.232 24/.292 25/.136 111/.242 93/.212 94/.342 151/.229 263/.295 .261  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Abercrombie
 Erstad
0/59/0/5
0/0/63/5
63/0/0/4
0/2/0/1
18/7/3/1
OPS .649 .833 .422 .654 .634 .816 .620 .857 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.677 8/1.750 11/.182 49/.897 43/.488 41/1.120 71/.579 129/.613 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.627 16/.375 14/.593 62/.455 50/.765 53/.566 80/.654 134/1.091 .776
Road 210/.628 21/.952 16/.464 60/.587 48/.835 54/.789 88/.661 120/1.050 .809
Last 28d days 144/.746 24/.833 25/.422 33/.616 44/.648 30/.787 43/.532 58/.665
HR/SB/CS 9/2/4 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 4/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 79/33/25
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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