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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 1, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 30-27, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Shawn Chacon (30, RHP, 2-0, 3.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             68.1  65  34  30  28  47 12    3.95      
 2007 (5-4)             96    95  42  42  48  79  9    3.94      
 2006 (7-6)            109   124  86  77  63  62 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  42.1  45  26  22  17  33 10    4.68   48 
 2008-05-27   @STL   W   7     7   2   2   0   7  2     102   62 
 2008-05-21    CHC   W   7     5   3   3   1   5  1      95   59 
 2008-05-16   @TEX  ND   3.1   6   8   5   4   0  3      75   18 
 2008-05-11   @LAD  ND   6     7   2   2   1   3  1      93   52 
 2008-05-06    WSN  ND   7     8   4   4   4   8  2     115   49 
 2008-04-30   @ARI  ND   5     7   5   5   1   7  1      96   39 
 2008-04-25   @STL  ND   7     5   2   1   6   3  0     111   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-2  17.2  14   9   9   7  11  5    4.58   51 
 2006-09-13    MIL   L   7     5   2   2   1   3  2     104   61 
 2005-05-23   @MIL   L   4     3   2   2   2   2  0      68   48 
 2002-07-19    MIL   W   6.2   6   5   5   4   6  3     117   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   15-18   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  23-20   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Milwaukee Brewers, 28-28, 4th, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 1-5, 6.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-5)             53.2  56  38  36  19  27 12    6.04      
 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         1-3  42    43  27  26  11  18 11    5.57   46 
 2008-05-27    ATL  ND   7     6   2   2   1   3  2      91   59 
 2008-05-22   @PIT   L   5     9   6   6   0   1  2      75   26 
 2008-05-17   @BOS  ND   6     5   5   4   2   2  1     102   44 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-1  34.1  35  16  15   4  27  2    3.93   54 
 2007-09-19   @HOU  ND   6     4   1   1   0   3  1      78   63 
 2007-08-10   @HOU  ND   6    11   4   4   1   3  1     110   36 
 2007-04-28   @HOU   L   5.1  10   8   7   2   4  0      98   20 
 2007-04-22    HOU   W   8     5   3   3   1   7  0     108   66 
 2006-09-10    HOU   W   9     5   0   0   0  10  0     116   87 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-10   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  18-22   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:  11-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 MIL  5  HOU  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (7-3), L: Brandon Backe (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (40)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 3-2; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 97-67

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  5.70

TBR  4.52

KCR  3.59

RA/G

TOR  3.55

KCR  4.63

COL  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .413

M. Teixeira  .271

N. Swisher  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .498

J. Thome  .337

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .751

J. Loney  .425

J. Bartlett  .282

OPS

L. Berkman  1.222

E. Longoria  .765

M. Bourn  .569

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

P. Byrd  4.10

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

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Houston Astros Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
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 10/.733 ··· ··· 10/.311 ··· 22/.714 23/.225 2/.000 76/57 .181/.189/.264/.453 .722/.364 .495 43/.402 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 27/.793 ··· ··· 9/.583 5/.933 14/.900 18/1.325 11/1.364 242/189 .385/.471/.751/1.222 1.159/1.241 1.116 115/1.430 10/1 17/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 10/1.278 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.200 223/169 .208/.271/.297/.569 .460/.602 .498 114/.530 24/3 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 17/.527 ··· ··· 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 7/.286 ··· ··· 8/.750 13/.308 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 75/70 .315/.333/.466/.799 1.000/.784 .895 30/.953 1/2 1/
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· ··· 7/.714 ··· 10/1.067 8/.268 11/1.091 234/187 .269/.308/.500/.808 .686/.839 .823 112/.742 3/0 12/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.888 1/2.000 12/.788 11/1.000 6/.000 109/79 .253/.339/.316/.655 1.142/.488 .584 23/.978 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 181/134 .259/.344/.335/.680 .803/.638 .708 117/.656 12/2 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 7/1.381 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/1.125 221/170 .299/.344/.475/.819 .790/.828 .721 107/.933 5/4 7/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 16/.599 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 18/.889 2/.500 4/1.750 243/191 .317/.346/.483/.828 .786/.840 .750 114/.656 4/3 6/
46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/112 .149/.276/.289/.566 .984/.488 .479 56/.337 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.962 7/.714 7/.572 111/82 .278/.360/.443/.804 1.004/.736 .676 80/.866 3/1 2/
IP 53.2 2.2 4.2 22.2 19.0 14.2 33.1 54.0 TOTAL .262/.322/.418/.740 .795/.725 .683 .752 62/17 58/31
ERA-K/9 6.04/4.5 10.13/6.7 0.00/3.8 3.18/9.9 2.37/5.7 6.75/4.3 2.70/6.8 5.83/6.5 4.36/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (7-1-2)
 Towles (11-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.269 13/.385 15/.071 98/.232 75/.206 74/.333 139/.238 242/.303 .264  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Erstad
 Cruz
0/52/0/5
55/0/0/4
0/0/54/4
13/6/3/1
10/4/3/0
OPS .844 1.000 .205 .623 .620 .805 .638 .885 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.859 3/2.333 6/.167 43/.905 36/.389 32/.981 64/.648 118/.662 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.830 10/.600 9/.222 55/.393 39/.853 42/.663 75/.627 124/1.099 .778
Home 101/.844 / 5/.400 48/.793 39/.464 31/.907 57/.555 140/.710 .720
Last 28d days 127/.847 13/1.000 15/.205 35/.536 36/.553 25/.858 57/.538 90/.888
HR/SB/CS 12/8/3 1/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 3/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 69/31/24
Usage ····X··· ······o· ··X··oX· ·o····XX ··X··X·· ··X·o··· o··ooo·X ·X···X·o
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Chacon
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 7/.429 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 25/23 .300/.440/.700/1.140 .000/1.256 1.417 25/1.140 0/0 2/
8.Braun G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.600 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 239/181 .298/.326/.570/.897 .743/.943 1.132 110/1.015 2/3 14/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 7/1.571 7/.286 ··· 9/.958 3/.666 ··· 132/106 .223/.280/.455/.735 .724/.738 .368 108/.729 3/1 7/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 23/.716 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 74/67 .219/.324/.297/.621 .000/.692 .287 29/.528 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 4/1.833 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 2/4.000 2/.000 240/168 .274/.363/.448/.810 .704/.857 .865 109/.822 0/0 8/
2.Hall G/S/vP 12/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 200/146 .227/.296/.420/.716 1.162/.556 .876 77/.656 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 4/.833 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.400 5/.200 1/3.000 209/156 .249/.327/.324/.651 .689/.637 .648 94/.720 1/0 2/
1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 227/173 .300/.348/.473/.822 .822/.821 .753 103/.843 9/3 6/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/43 .296/.318/.494/.811 .920/.699 .801 28/.618 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 17/1.163 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 5/.800 2/.000 197/151 .256/.338/.337/.676 .745/.655 .704 88/.624 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .321/.345/.464/.809 .500/.860 .844 13/.615 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 2/.500 5/1.000 ··· 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 254/190 .207/.328/.362/.690 .831/.644 .597 115/.698 9/3 7/
IP 68.1 30.0 14.0 28.0 28.1 19.1 TOTAL .250/.321/.405/.726 .770/.712 .735 .742 38/17 60/35
ERA-K/9 3.95/6.2 2.70/7.8 0.00/3.9 3.86/10.9 5.08/5.7 4.66/7.0 4.48/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (21-20-3)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.255 117/.234 58/.204 124/.259 122/.277 86/.219 .274  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
53/0/0/3
0/0/55/3
0/29/0/0
4/16/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .790 .607 .642 .779 .952 .754 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.841 49/.858 25/.501 58/.602 50/.938 33/.639 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.747 68/.425 33/.760 66/.920 72/.961 53/.831 .776
Road 179/.781 58/.544 32/.693 60/.948 68/1.000 46/.744 .793
Last 28d days 129/.912 53/.591 42/.626 52/.590 47/1.097 46/.851
HR/SB/CS 12/1/2 2/1/1 0/2/1 4/3/0 11/0/1 2/1/0 81/18/6
Usage ····X··· o·o····X ····X··X o··o···· Xo··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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