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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 30-26, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 2-1, 4.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             28.2  35  15  14   7  14  4    4.40      
 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         2-4  32.2  44  23  22   7  16  6    6.06   42 
 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 
 2006-09-23   @PHI   L   3.1   8   4   4   1   1  0      65   28 
 2006-09-18   @NYM   L   5     5   3   3   0   4  2      66   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-3  26.2  32  17  15   9  20  5    5.06   45 
 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 
 1997-07-27    MIL   L   3.2  10   6   6   2   2  1      82   17 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  23-19   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 54 Wed, May 28  @STL  L   1-6       30-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27  @STL  W   8-2       30-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 25   PHI  L   6-15      29-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 24   PHI  W   4-3       29-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23   PHI  W   4-3       28-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 22   PHI  L   5-7       27-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   CHC  W   5-3       27-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   CHC  W   4-2       26-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Milwaukee Brewers, 27-28, 4th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 5-1, 2.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             67.2  60  23  22  12  55  9    2.93      
 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         3-1  44.2  48  20  19   8  35  8    3.83   53 
 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 
 2008-04-29   @CHC   W   5     3   4   3   7   2  1     108   42 
 2008-04-18   @CIN   W   5     2   0   0   0   4  0      60   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0  26.1  26  11  11  11  20  2    3.76   52 
 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 
 2007-04-20    HOU  ND   7     7   2   2   2   4  0     106   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-10   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:  11-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 53 Wed, May 28   ATL  W   1-0       26-27  4th  6.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   ATL  W   3-2       25-27  4th  6.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @WSN  W   4-3 (11)  24-27  5th  6.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @WSN  L   6-7       23-27  5th  6.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @WSN  W   5-2       23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @WSN  L   1-5       22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @PIT  L   4-8       22-25  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @PIT  W   4-1       22-24  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 3-1; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 97-66

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  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Houston Astros Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.73 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 40/.745 ··· ··· 10/.311 ··· 22/.714 23/.225 2/.000 73/54 .188/.197/.275/.473 .722/.385 .531 40/.434 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 65/1.118 ··· ··· 9/.583 5/.933 14/.900 18/1.325 11/1.364 238/185 .386/.471/.757/1.228 1.159/1.249 1.123 115/1.431 10/1 17/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 18/.631 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 9/.444 6/.334 2/.500 103/89 .235/.262/.357/.619 .305/.660 .424 28/.713 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.200 222/168 .209/.273/.299/.571 .460/.606 .503 118/.575 24/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· ··· 9/.904 ··· 5/.600 3/.333 2/.000 54/33 .116/.296/.140/.436 .521/.384 .329 15/.739 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.750 13/.308 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 71/66 .304/.324/.464/.788 1.000/.771 .886 27/.910 1/1 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 16/1.018 ··· ··· 7/.714 ··· 10/1.067 7/.310 11/1.091 230/183 .269/.309/.505/.813 .686/.847 .833 112/.769 3/0 12/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 9/.888 1/2.000 12/.788 11/1.000 6/.000 108/78 .255/.343/.319/.662 1.142/.495 .593 22/1.026 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 177/130 .260/.347/.338/.684 .803/.643 .718 117/.698 11/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/1.125 218/167 .303/.349/.483/.831 .790/.844 .739 108/.943 5/4 7/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 18/.889 2/.500 4/1.750 239/187 .323/.351/.491/.843 .786/.859 .773 114/.701 4/3 6/
46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/112 .149/.276/.289/.566 .984/.488 .479 60/.313 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 27/1.258 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.962 7/.714 7/.572 108/79 .266/.352/.426/.777 1.004/.698 .624 81/.813 3/0 2/
IP 67.2 2.2 4.2 22.2 19.0 14.2 33.0 54.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.420/.744 .795/.729 .688 .769 61/14 58/31
ERA-K/9 2.93/7.3 10.13/6.7 0.00/3.8 3.18/9.9 2.37/5.7 6.75/4.3 2.73/6.8 5.83/6.5 4.42/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (6-1-2)
 Towles (11-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 272/.233 13/.385 15/.071 98/.232 75/.206 74/.333 138/.240 242/.303 .265  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Erstad
 Cruz
0/52/0/5
54/0/0/4
0/0/53/4
13/5/3/1
10/4/3/0
OPS .673 1.000 .205 .623 .620 .805 .643 .885 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.684 3/2.333 6/.167 43/.905 36/.389 32/.981 64/.648 118/.662 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.664 10/.600 9/.222 55/.393 39/.853 42/.663 74/.636 124/1.099 .784
Home 87/.741 / 5/.400 48/.793 39/.464 31/.907 56/.566 140/.710 .727
Last 28d days 145/.845 13/1.000 15/.205 38/.492 36/.553 25/.858 56/.548 90/.888
HR/SB/CS 9/0/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 3/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 69/30/21
Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ·X··oX·o o····XX· ·X··X··X ·X·o···· ··ooo·X· X···X·o·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.73 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
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 10/1.025 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 21/19 .250/.429/.563/.991 .000/1.117 1.250 21/.991 0/0 1/
8.Braun G/S/vP 4/.833 4/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 235/177 .299/.328/.576/.904 .743/.953 1.157 110/1.028 1/3 14/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 29/.646 6/.333 ··· 9/.958 3/.666 ··· 128/102 .231/.289/.470/.759 .724/.768 .408 108/.762 3/1 7/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.586 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 74/67 .219/.324/.297/.621 .000/.692 .287 30/.508 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 36/26 .267/.371/.300/.671 1.414/.414 .282 24/.717 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/4.000 2/.000 236/164 .273/.360/.434/.795 .704/.835 .831 109/.758 0/0 7/
2.Hall G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 200/146 .227/.296/.420/.716 1.162/.556 .876 81/.639 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 1/3.000 205/152 .254/.333/.331/.665 .689/.654 .679 94/.750 1/0 2/
1.Hart G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 223/169 .296/.345/.463/.809 .822/.804 .720 103/.822 9/3 6/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/43 .296/.318/.494/.811 .920/.699 .801 28/.618 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 9/1.667 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 194/148 .259/.339/.341/.680 .745/.660 .714 89/.602 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .321/.345/.464/.809 .500/.860 .844 13/.615 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 7/2.171 4/1.250 ··· 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 250/186 .201/.325/.354/.679 .831/.630 .568 115/.700 9/3 7/
IP 28.2 29.0 14.0 27.0 27.1 19.1 TOTAL .250/.321/.403/.724 .770/.709 .731 .733 37/17 58/35
ERA-K/9 4.40/4.4 2.79/7.8 0.00/3.9 4.00/11.0 4.94/5.6 4.66/7.0 4.48/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (20-17-3)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.292 114/.241 58/.204 120/.259 118/.278 86/.219 .275  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
52/0/0/3
0/0/54/3
0/28/0/0
4/16/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .786 .624 .642 .770 .941 .754 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.883 49/.858 25/.501 56/.626 49/.851 33/.639 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.718 65/.445 33/.760 64/.885 69/1.006 53/.831 .781
Road 53/.843 55/.575 32/.693 56/.944 64/.984 46/.744 .792
Last 28d days 93/.746 50/.628 42/.626 51/.521 48/.994 49/.793
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 2/1/1 0/2/1 4/3/0 10/0/1 2/1/0 79/17/6
Usage ······X· ·o····Xo ···X··X· ··o····X o··o·Xo· X····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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