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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 8:05pm, Monday, August 18, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 63-61, 4th, 13 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (31, LHP, 8-10, 4.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-10)           142   149  79  72  57 124 16    4.56      
 2007 (9-6)            102.2 110  55  54  39  94 10    4.73      
 2006 (4-0)             56.2  63  37  35  33  44 13    5.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40    45  23  20  16  31  3    4.50   47 
 2008-08-13    SFG   W   7     6   2   2   2   3  0     110   58 
 2008-08-08   @CIN  ND   6     7   4   4   2   6  1      93   46 
 2008-08-03    NYM   W   5     6   0   0   3   7  0      92   59 
 2008-07-27   @MIL  ND   4.1   7   4   3   3   3  1     105   35 
 2008-07-19   @STL   L   5.2   8   6   4   2   4  0      98   35 
 2008-07-13    ATL   L   5     6   6   6   3   1  0      96   29 
 2008-07-08    FLA   W   7     5   1   1   1   7  1     109   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-1  30.1  27  15  14  12  19  6    4.15   51 
 2008-07-27   @MIL  ND   4.1   7   4   3   3   3  1     105   35 
 2007-05-22    MIL   W   7     3   2   2   3   4  0      99   64 
 2007-04-03   @MIL   L   6     7   4   4   1   5  2      89   46 
 2005-06-11    MIL  ND   6     5   3   3   3   3  2     100   50 
 2005-05-09   @MIL   W   7     5   2   2   2   4  1     106   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-46   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17   ARI  W   3-0       63-61  4th 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   ARI  L   5-11      62-61  4th 13.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   ARI  L   2-12      62-60  4th 13.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   SFG  W   7-4       62-59  4th 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   SFG  W   6-2       61-59  4th 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   SFG  W  12-4       60-59  4th 11.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   SFG  W   3-1       59-59  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @CIN  W  13-4       58-59  4th 12.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @CIN  W   3-1       57-59  4th 12.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @CIN  W   9-5 (10)  56-59  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Milwaukee Brewers, 71-54, 2nd, 5½ GB

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 13-8, 3.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-8)           186.1 166  67  63  47 183 15    3.04      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  58    44  10   9   8  55  2    1.40   72 
 2008-08-13   @SDP   W   7     9   1   1   1   8  0     114   62 
 2008-08-08    WSN   W   9     5   0   0   1   9  0     103   85 
 2008-08-02   @ATL   W   8.1   6   2   2   1   9  0     109   71 
 2008-07-28    CHC  ND   6.2   9   4   3   2   3  1     124   43 
 2008-07-23   @STL   W   9     3   0   0   2   7  0     106   86 
 2008-07-18   @SFG   W   9     4   1   1   0  10  1     110   85 
 2008-07-13    CIN   W   9     8   2   2   1   9  0     122   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  47-41   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  24-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:30-23   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sun, Aug 17  @LAD  L   5-7       71-54  2nd  5.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16  @LAD  W   4-3 (10)  71-53  2nd  4.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15  @LAD  L   3-5       70-53  2nd  5.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @SDP  L   2-3       70-52  2nd  4.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @SDP  W   7-1       70-51  2nd  3.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @SDP  W   5-2       69-51  2nd  3.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11   WSN  W   7-1       68-51  2nd  3.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   WSN  W   5-4 (13)  67-51  2nd  4.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   WSN  W   6-0       66-51  2nd  4.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   WSN  W   5-0       65-51  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 HOU 11 @MIL  6        W:Chris Sampson (5-3), L: Jeff Suppan (5-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 MIL  6  HOU  4        W:Eric Gagne (4-2), L: Doug Brocail (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (20)
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 HOU  3 @MIL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-3), L: Manny Parra (9-3), S: Jose Valverde (26)
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 6-6; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 100-71

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  5.56

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

CLE  4.65

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Martin  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

D. Pedroia  .363

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

R. Howard  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

G. Kapler  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Houston Astros Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
73.McClung
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
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 23/11 .190/.217/.381/.598 .795/.382 .000 6/.367 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.500 11/.282 4/.500 1/no AB 23/.225 3/1.000 196/139 .235/.314/.300/.614 .762/.556 .613 29/.918 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 10/.400 6/1.867 10/.733 2/1.000 5/.933 19/1.240 12/1.250 516/373 .331/.430/.602/1.033 .853/1.106 1.012 107/.869 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.500 6/.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/.500 237/194 .232/.270/.414/.684 .521/.706 .675 63/.925 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.167 5/.200 408/296 .226/.281/.301/.582 .558/.591 .512 52/.710 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 32/.790 6/.666 1/2.000 8/.750 2/.500 15/.266 4/1.000 1/.000 237/191 .288/.323/.378/.702 .598/.726 .723 72/.691 1/2 2/
59.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 11/.873 8/.946 6/1.167 10/1.300 3/.333 1/2.000 12/1.084 6/.000 237/157 .270/.342/.389/.730 .960/.619 .653 44/.869 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 47/43 .205/.255/.295/.551 .000/.604 .310 21/.296 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 5/.900 7/.429 1/5.000 2/.000 3/.000 10/.900 501/372 .264/.303/.443/.746 .732/.751 .738 108/.786 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 107/82 .220/.250/.280/.530 .681/.485 .622 66/.525 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 29/.952 7/1.771 18/1.115 3/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.500 515/379 .283/.317/.421/.737 .790/.719 .694 107/.693 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 9/.708 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.625 8/.500 317/220 .308/.382/.548/.930 1.124/.847 .799 79/1.284 4/5 15/
IP 186.1 31.0 87.0 43.2 37.2 41.0 62.1 89.0 TOTAL .265/.325/.420/.745 .785/.731 .710 .812 91/39 133/55
ERA-K/9 3.04/8.8 6.68/7.8 4.55/7.2 4.74/7.8 4.06/6.2 2.41/6.1 2.60/6.1 4.55/7.2 3.94/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (11-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.239 143/.279 381/.255 191/.272 164/.255 167/.227 260/.232 384/.269 .256  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/120/11
0/102/0/7
36/31/5/2
8/4/0/1
7/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .642 .921 .751 .786 .759 .639 .624 .784 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.585 74/.721 180/.834 81/.957 69/.914 83/.498 117/.635 179/.619 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 556/.663 69/1.139 201/.677 110/.661 95/.650 84/.786 143/.615 205/.928 .731
Home 433/.664 75/.961 193/.795 97/.945 82/.972 84/.477 114/.541 221/.634 .707
Last 28d days 156/.512 30/.748 56/.903 37/.585 35/.844 32/.701 49/.584 45/.571
HR/SB/CS 15/11/2 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 132/58/35
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···X X·····o· o···X··o ·Xo·X·X· ·o·o··o· ·X···o·X o·X····X
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Wolf*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
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
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/3.000 6/1.333 2/.500 3/1.666 2/.500 8/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 505/374 .301/.341/.592/.933 .961/.923 1.062 89/1.086 10/3 31/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/.702 7/.286 1/no AB 12/1.031 24/.425 5/1.400 11/.773 1/.000 364/277 .245/.335/.513/.848 1.017/.796 .640 103/.904 12/5 21/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/no AB 3/.333 6/.000 6/.167 8/.393 5/.600 2/1.000 219/196 .230/.333/.310/.643 .511/.659 .627 63/.547 3/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 14/.143 12/.878 2/.000 4/2.000 41/.979 6/.334 13/.581 1/no AB 352/268 .278/.369/.405/.775 .660/.809 .838 48/.620 7/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/1.047 3/.333 4/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 9/.985 4/.500 5/.000 536/370 .274/.373/.515/.889 .741/.957 1.011 120/.985 2/0 28/
2.Hall G/S/vP 21/.631 2/1.000 1/no AB 13/.607 3/.666 10/.844 6/.500 1/.000 365/237 .229/.299/.415/.714 1.018/.555 .891 66/.697 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/.767 3/1.666 1/.000 6/1.000 4/.500 6/1.400 5/.400 1/3.000 468/346 .276/.338/.460/.798 .906/.761 .735 109/.707 2/1 18/
1.Hart G/S/vP 9/.730 3/1.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 10/1.278 6/1.166 2/.000 504/372 .286/.321/.495/.816 .768/.833 .744 107/.728 22/5 18/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 12/.583 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 215/137 .305/.336/.498/.834 .933/.776 .849 54/.749 3/0 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 13/.885 6/.533 2/2.500 4/.500 14/.220 8/1.911 4/.000 2/.000 447/335 .242/.324/.316/.640 .638/.641 .595 100/.560 6/3 1/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 6/.000 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 60/45 .333/.400/.481/.881 .733/.924 .925 10/1.314 2/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 12/.444 6/.834 ··· 7/.858 ··· 9/.347 7/.000 ··· 454/329 .229/.331/.381/.713 .803/.679 .597 88/.801 15/4 10/
IP 142.0 54.1 47.1 54.0 46.0 99.0 56.1 43.2 TOTAL .254/.325/.439/.764 .811/.748 .782 .757 88/30 165/79
ERA-K/9 4.56/7.9 3.98/7.8 3.80/7.4 2.33/7.2 5.09/6.7 4.45/4.6 4.15/9.9 4.33/7.8 4.59/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (42-31-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.273 227/.243 204/.230 221/.188 192/.259 406/.276 244/.240 190/.205 .272  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Nix
 Kapler
114/0/0/8
0/0/120/4
0/86/0/2
1/0/0/0
14/31/13/0
OPS .770 .660 .809 .539 .695 .716 .751 .714 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.827 96/.800 83/.486 94/.617 88/.929 166/.724 114/.638 78/.503 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 484/.754 131/.559 121/1.043 127/.481 104/.504 240/.710 130/.843 112/.869 .798
Road 296/.882 106/.719 97/.771 95/.486 85/.713 218/.580 108/.816 88/.728 .792
Last 28d days 101/.828 42/.786 65/.949 57/.521 32/.557 78/.696 44/.759 34/.432
HR/SB/CS 16/8/5 5/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 6/5/0 165/40/20
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ··Xo·o·X ·X·oo··· ·X·o··oo ··X··o·· o··o··o· ··oo···X

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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