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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @Miller Park

Houston Astros, 63-62, 4th, 13½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (36, RHP, 8-4, 3.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            111   118  51  49  26  58 14    3.97      
 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         4-0  41.1  44  18  17   3  17  3    3.70   51 
 2008-08-14    SFG  ND   5.1   8   4   4   0   1  1      86   37 
 2008-08-09   @CIN   W   7     5   1   1   0   3  0      80   66 
 2008-08-04   @CHC   W   5     4   0   0   0   4  0      63   63 
 2008-07-29    CIN   W   8.2   7   2   2   1   3  0     100   64 
 2008-07-23    PIT  ND   2.1   9   6   5   0   0  1      51   17 
 2008-07-18    CHC  ND   7     4   1   1   1   3  1      87   67 
 2008-07-09   @PIT   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  0      91   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-4  27.2  31  20  18   9  20  8    5.86   44 
 2008-06-12    MIL   L   4.2   7   7   7   3   1  3      86   20 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   29-34   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-46   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:26-29   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Mon, Aug 18  @MIL  L   3-9       63-62  4th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Milwaukee Brewers, 72-54, 2nd, 5 GB

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 11-6, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-6)           162   149  59  54  37 133 13    3.00      
 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         1-4  45    45  22  18  11  36  1    3.60   53 
 2008-08-14   @SDP   L   6.2   5   3   3   2   4  0     110   54 
 2008-08-09    WSN   W   9     5   0   0   0   6  0     113   83 
 2008-08-03   @ATL   L   6     6   3   2   3   4  0      97   51 
 2008-07-29    CHC   L   5.1  11   6   6   1   4  0     100   25 
 2008-07-24   @STL  ND   7     4   3   2   2   4  0      96   61 
 2008-07-19   @SFG  ND   5     9   4   2   1   3  0      84   39 
 2008-07-09    COL   L   6     5   3   3   2  11  1     109   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      2-0  29    28  12  12   9  25  3    3.72   54 
 2008-06-12   @HOU   W   7     7   3   3   2   9  2     117   58 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-23   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  47-41   vsLHP:  25-13   1-Run:  24-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:31-23   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Mon, Aug 18   HOU  W   9-3       72-54  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 MIL  9  HOU  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (14-8), L: Randy Wolf (8-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 7-6; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; 2006 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 100-72

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  5.57

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .363

D. Wright  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .460

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

J. Kubel  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

C. Beltran  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

J. Campillo  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Houston Astros Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 24/11 .227/.250/.545/.795 1.141/.382 .625 7/1.119 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 43/.692 3/.333 4/.500 11/.282 4/.500 1/no AB 23/.225 3/1.000 197/139 .234/.313/.298/.611 .747/.556 .607 26/.756 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 73/1.042 10/.400 6/1.867 10/.733 2/1.000 5/.933 19/1.240 12/1.250 521/373 .330/.428/.598/1.026 .836/1.106 .999 107/.860 15/3 25/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 19/.596 8/.500 6/.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/.500 241/194 .229/.270/.408/.678 .499/.706 .662 66/.904 1/1 11/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.286 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 47/.683 33/8 5/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 11/1.545 6/.666 1/2.000 8/.750 2/.500 15/.266 4/1.000 1/.000 242/191 .295/.329/.383/.712 .660/.726 .742 76/.708 1/2 2/
59.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 8/.250 8/.946 6/1.167 10/1.300 3/.333 1/2.000 12/1.084 6/.000 242/157 .274/.343/.391/.734 .956/.619 .662 47/.913 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 47/43 .205/.255/.295/.551 .000/.604 .310 20/.311 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 13/.641 3/1.000 5/.900 7/.429 1/5.000 2/.000 3/.000 10/.900 505/372 .262/.301/.439/.740 .709/.751 .726 107/.775 7/8 17/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 111/82 .231/.259/.298/.557 .765/.485 .676 70/.570 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 14/.599 7/1.771 18/1.115 3/2.000 11/1.364 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.500 520/379 .283/.317/.420/.737 .786/.719 .694 107/.726 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 33/1.229 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.625 8/.500 321/220 .307/.380/.555/.935 1.132/.847 .812 80/1.311 4/5 16/
IP 162.0 31.0 87.0 43.2 37.2 41.0 62.1 89.0 TOTAL .265/.325/.421/.746 .786/.731 .711 .817 91/39 135/55
ERA-K/9 3.00/7.4 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 3.93/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (11-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 663/.243 143/.279 381/.255 191/.272 164/.255 167/.227 260/.232 384/.269 .256  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/121/11
0/102/0/7
36/32/5/2
8/4/0/1
8/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .667 .921 .751 .786 .759 .639 .624 .784 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 323/.689 74/.721 180/.834 81/.957 69/.914 83/.498 117/.635 179/.619 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 340/.646 69/1.139 201/.677 110/.661 95/.650 84/.786 143/.615 205/.928 .732
Home 256/.698 75/.961 193/.795 97/.945 82/.972 84/.477 114/.541 221/.634 .709
Last 28d days 140/.619 27/.838 34/1.106 33/.616 31/.919 32/.701 39/.451 45/.571
HR/SB/CS 13/10/6 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 134/58/35
Usage ····X··· ··o·o··· ·X·····o ·o···X·· ··Xo·X·X ··o·o··o ··X···o· ·o·X····
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.86 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
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 10/.733 7/1.143 2/.500 3/1.666 2/.500 8/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 509/375 .300/.340/.589/.928 .950/.921 1.051 87/1.133 10/3 31/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 35/.724 8/.250 1/no AB 12/1.031 24/.425 5/1.400 11/.773 2/.000 368/278 .242/.332/.506/.838 .979/.793 .621 102/.913 12/5 21/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 14/.607 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 49/.719 13/.968 2/.000 5/2.333 41/.979 6/.334 13/.581 1/no AB 357/270 .283/.373/.415/.787 .674/.823 .865 52/.733 7/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/2.167 3/.333 4/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 10/.875 4/.500 6/.000 540/371 .273/.374/.513/.887 .745/.955 1.007 119/.990 2/0 28/
2.Hall G/S/vP 9/.111 2/1.000 1/no AB 13/.607 3/.666 11/.764 6/.500 2/.000 369/238 .226/.296/.410/.706 .992/.553 .868 65/.552 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/.858 4/1.250 1/.000 7/.858 4/.500 6/1.400 5/.400 1/3.000 473/348 .275/.336/.457/.793 .899/.757 .727 108/.648 2/1 18/
1.Hart G/S/vP 13/1.083 3/1.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 11/1.155 6/1.166 3/1.666 508/373 .290/.325/.505/.830 .829/.830 .776 106/.816 22/5 19/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 12/.583 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 216/138 .304/.335/.495/.830 .933/.770 .842 55/.735 3/0 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/1.527 7/.762 2/2.500 5/.800 14/.220 8/1.911 4/.000 2/.000 451/337 .245/.328/.318/.646 .638/.649 .609 99/.534 6/3 1/
20.Nix* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 6/.000 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 5/1.100 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 10/1.975 6/.834 ··· 7/.858 ··· 9/.347 7/.000 ··· 454/329 .229/.331/.381/.713 .803/.679 .597 82/.752 15/4 10/
IP 111.0 55.1 47.1 55.0 46.0 100.0 56.1 44.2 TOTAL .254/.325/.440/.765 .813/.748 .784 .753 88/30 166/80
ERA-K/9 3.97/4.7 4.07/8.0 3.80/7.4 2.45/7.0 5.09/6.7 4.41/4.6 4.15/9.9 4.43/8.3 4.63/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.270 233/.250 204/.230 226/.195 192/.259 409/.274 244/.240 194/.206 .272  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Nix
 Kapler
115/0/0/8
0/0/121/4
0/87/0/2
1/0/0/0
15/31/13/0
OPS .752 .669 .809 .553 .695 .711 .751 .727 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 219/.859 98/.826 83/.486 96/.645 88/.929 167/.719 114/.638 79/.496 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.664 135/.557 121/1.043 130/.486 104/.504 242/.704 130/.843 115/.895 .798
Road 198/.739 112/.734 97/.771 100/.519 85/.713 221/.572 108/.816 92/.756 .794
Last 28d days 118/.729 43/.816 62/.912 54/.560 25/.593 81/.669 37/.418 38/.525
HR/SB/CS 14/8/0 5/3/1 10/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 7/5/0 166/40/20
Usage ····X··· X·X··X·· ···Xo·o· o·X·oo·· ··X·o··o o··X··o· ·o··o··o 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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