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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 8:05pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 46-55, 6th, 13½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 5-3, 3.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             81.2  82  39  30  23  72  9    3.31      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  41    46  21  21  12  37  6    4.61   49 
 2008-07-19    CHC   W   6.2   9   1   1   0   7  1     104   59 
 2008-07-12   @WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   1  1      80   36 
 2008-07-06   @ATL  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   8  1     107   48 
 2008-07-01    LAD  ND   5     6   5   5   4   5  1      93   36 
 2008-06-26    TEX   W   8     5   1   1   0   9  0     105   77 
 2008-06-21   @TBR  ND   5.2   5   2   2   2   6  1     100   55 
 2008-06-14    NYY   L   5     6   5   5   3   1  1      88   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-4  26.2  30  20  20  16  25  4    6.75   43 
 2007-08-11    MIL  ND   7     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   62 
 2007-06-26   @MIL   L   5     7   6   6   4   5  1      92   30 
 2007-04-21   @MIL   L   6     9   6   6   3   7  2     117   34 
 2006-09-10   @MIL   L   5     5   3   3   2   5  1      83   48 
 2006-08-19   @MIL   L   3.2   3   4   4   4   4  0      81   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-25   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-40   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 23   PIT  L   7-8       46-55  6th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   PIT  L   2-8       46-54  5th 12.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   PIT  L   3-9       46-53  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   CHC  L   0-9       46-52  5th 12.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-51  5th 11.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   CHC  W   2-1       45-51  5th 12.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @WSN  W   5-0       44-51  6th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @WSN  W   6-4       43-51  6th 14.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @WSN  L   0-10      42-51  6th 14.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @PIT  W   6-4       42-50  6th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Milwaukee Brewers, 59-43, 2nd, 1 GB, 5 up in WC

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 9-2, 3.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-2)            107.2 106  48  44  52  87  9    3.68      
 2007 (0-1)             26.1  25  13  11  12  26  1    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  44.1  38  15  14  20  34  3    2.84   56 
 2008-07-20   @SFG   W   7.2   7   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-11    CIN  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   6  0      93   48 
 2008-07-03   @ARI  ND   6     4   0   0   3   4  0     100   65 
 2008-06-28   @MIN   W   7     2   0   0   4   6  0     112   75 
 2008-06-22    BAL   W   5     5   3   3   6   1  0      90   40 
 2008-06-17    TOR   W   7     4   0   0   4   5  0     108   70 
 2008-06-11   @HOU   W   5.1  10   5   5   0   3  3      84   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-1  15.1  23  12  11   8  12  5    6.46   38 
 2008-06-11   @HOU   W   5.1  10   5   5   0   3  3      84   31 
 2008-05-30    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   4   6  0      87   62 
 2008-05-03   @HOU   L   4     9   6   5   4   3  2      93   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-17   Road:   28-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  37-34   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:27-16   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 24  @STL  W   4-3       59-43  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @STL  W   3-0       58-43  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   4-3       57-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @STL  W   6-3 (10)  56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @SFG  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @SFG  W   8-5       54-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @SFG  W   9-1       53-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   CIN  W   3-2       52-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   CIN  L   2-8       51-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   CIN  L   5-6       51-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 MIL  9 @HOU  6        W:Ben Sheets (7-1), L: Brian Moehler (3-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 5-4; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 98-70

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  5.46

COL  4.58

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.63

CLE  4.53

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

G. Laird  .360

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .625

C. Coste  .469

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.063

J. Loney  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Houston Astros Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Parra*
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
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 2/1.000 3/.333 11/.282 4/.500 1/no AB 23/.225 3/1.000 174/128 .229/.296/.301/.597 .786/.529 .563 47/.756 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/.944 10/.400 9/.583 1/.000 5/.933 19/1.240 12/1.250 423/309 .338/.437/.625/1.063 .892/1.130 1.019 94/.718 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 4/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 2/.500 177/150 .217/.260/.349/.609 .354/.646 .489 45/.592 1/0 6/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.834 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 5/.200 370/270 .226/.282/.297/.579 .578/.579 .471 62/.450 33/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 8/.750 2/.500 14/.286 4/1.000 1/.000 167/140 .276/.319/.391/.710 .589/.733 .717 52/.520 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.953 4/.750 8/.625 15/.762 ··· 9/.236 12/1.000 418/315 .304/.354/.543/.897 .965/.875 .861 99/1.040 4/1 22/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.946 10/1.300 2/.500 1/2.000 11/1.000 6/.000 201/138 .264/.328/.374/.702 .957/.593 .643 56/.718 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 10/.875 2/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 6/.334 300/212 .280/.351/.379/.730 .803/.700 .748 46/1.025 17/4 2/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 28/25 .259/.286/.407/.693 .000/.778 .472 22/.561 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 8/.375 2/1.500 6/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.000 407/303 .262/.300/.419/.719 .712/.721 .711 97/.604 7/8 12/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 45/34 .222/.222/.267/.489 .182/.588 .600 14/.286 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.333 7/1.771 2/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 3/.333 5/1.800 418/310 .275/.313/.417/.731 .767/.718 .658 85/.530 7/3 10/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 8/1.625 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 7/.714 7/.572 250/173 .271/.360/.450/.810 1.013/.724 .774 69/.857 4/4 8/
IP 107.2 25.1 35.1 31.0 34.2 54.2 77.2 TOTAL .259/.321/.404/.726 .778/.708 .676 .686 89/33 98/49
ERA-K/9 3.68/7.3 6.75/8.2 5.60/7.9 4.35/6.4 2.34/5.7 2.63/6.1 4.87/6.9 3.97/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (14-4-3)
 Quintero (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.260 120/.297 158/.277 133/.239 138/.217 227/.237 339/.281 .255  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Erstad
0/0/97/8
0/89/0/7
95/0/0/4
29/16/4/2
OPS .725 .938 .824 .724 .610 .635 .813 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.633 60/.820 70/1.035 58/.865 67/.448 103/.682 159/.641 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 390/.744 60/1.059 88/.654 75/.617 71/.771 124/.596 180/.963 .733
Home 258/.644 61/.909 77/.972 62/.929 71/.413 96/.510 192/.679 .693
Last 28d days 115/.501 24/.942 27/1.284 36/.633 31/.645 40/.581 55/.631
HR/SB/CS 9/7/3 7/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/4/2 110/46/29
Usage ····X··· o··o···· ···X···· ···o·o·· ··o·o··· o·oXoo·· ····oo··
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 134/120 .246/.328/.593/.922 .000/1.040 1.164 45/.562 1/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.333 6/1.333 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 436/325 .301/.339/.584/.924 .885/.937 1.070 102/1.066 9/3 26/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 6/.500 7/.286 1/no AB 11/1.150 2/.000 4/1.833 10/.856 1/.000 279/212 .230/.323/.477/.800 .930/.760 .652 91/.865 8/4 15/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 7/.453 5/.600 2/1.000 156/139 .246/.346/.336/.682 .494/.705 .701 18/.675 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.878 2/.000 3/2.000 5/.200 6/.334 13/.581 1/no AB 310/228 .286/.377/.405/.783 .677/.819 .786 67/.806 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 15/.785 3/.333 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· 8/1.125 4/.500 4/.000 435/300 .278/.370/.500/.870 .758/.922 1.040 102/.865 2/0 20/
2.Hall G/S/vP 26/.814 1/.000 1/no AB 12/.555 1/2.000 8/1.071 5/.600 1/.000 318/214 .231/.293/.434/.728 1.075/.563 .947 70/.898 4/5 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 13/1.553 3/1.666 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 4/.666 5/.400 1/3.000 379/280 .300/.364/.491/.856 .968/.817 .788 111/1.200 2/1 14/
1.Hart G/S/vP 20/1.079 2/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/1.431 5/.800 2/.000 412/303 .281/.320/.496/.816 .787/.827 .697 94/.760 15/3 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 165/99 .305/.341/.500/.841 .968/.754 .877 33/.796 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.650 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 7/2.214 3/.000 2/.000 363/268 .256/.339/.334/.673 .686/.669 .627 93/.580 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 50/40 .319/.360/.447/.807 .522/.875 .753 8/.804 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 16/.823 5/1.000 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 7/.453 7/.000 ··· 381/278 .226/.332/.384/.715 .799/.685 .597 91/.758 14/3 9/
IP 81.2 47.1 34.1 44.0 8.1 82.1 46.1 36.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.443/.770 .813/.754 .792 .822 72/23 135/66
ERA-K/9 3.31/7.9 3.61/7.8 2.88/6.0 2.45/7.6 3.24/2.2 4.59/4.4 4.86/10.5 4.71/7.9 4.60/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (30-25-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.255 195/.236 152/.226 182/.204 32/.276 337/.270 207/.258 162/.215 .273  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
97/0/0/6
0/0/98/3
0/65/0/1
6/28/11/0
OPS .724 .637 .779 .561 .805 .711 .813 .756 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.794 85/.850 65/.632 77/.684 13/.481 143/.671 92/.727 65/.558 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.706 110/.474 87/.897 105/.471 19/1.036 194/.740 115/.876 97/.898 .793
Road 143/.861 94/.664 74/.810 80/.439 26/.925 184/.549 95/.817 75/.742 .794
Last 28d days 101/.935 40/.693 53/.838 65/.501 32/.805 69/.457 39/.808 44/.702
HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 4/1/1 5/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 141/35/12
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·o·· ··Xoo··· ·X·X··X· ··o·o··· ·X··Xo·· ···X·X·· ·oo·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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