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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, August 24, 2008 @Miller Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-72, 5th, 22 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 8-7, 3.64)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-7)            168   163  71  68  44 117 18    3.64      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  49    42  16  16  12  42  3    2.94   60 
 2008-08-18    NYM  ND   7     5   2   2   3   4  0      96   60 
 2008-08-13    CIN   W   8     7   2   2   0   5  2      97   65 
 2008-08-08   @PHI  ND   7     5   0   0   3  10  0     116   74 
 2008-08-02   @CHC   L   6     8   5   5   2   2  0      84   36 
 2008-07-27    SDP  ND   7     4   1   1   3   9  0     115   71 
 2008-07-22   @HOU   W   8     5   1   1   1   5  0     108   72 
 2008-07-17   @COL   L   6     8   5   5   0   7  1      85   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-3  31    37  17  17   7  23  5    4.94   48 
 2008-07-05   @MIL  ND   8     4   1   1   1   6  1     102   75 
 2008-05-20    MIL   L   6.1   9   4   4   2   5  1     111   42 
 2007-05-04   @MIL   L   3.2   7   3   3   3   5  1      78   37 
 2007-04-18   @MIL   L   6    10   5   5   0   3  1      94   35 
 2006-07-26   @MIL   W   7     7   4   4   1   4  1      96   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   23-41   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  43-52   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:26-32   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 23  @MIL  L   3-6       57-72  5th 22.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @MIL  L   4-10      57-71  5th 21.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @STL  L   2-11      57-70  5th 20.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @STL  W   4-1       57-69  5th 20.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18   NYM  W   5-2       56-69  5th 20.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   NYM  L   0-4       55-69  5th 21.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   NYM  L   4-7       55-68  5th 20.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   NYM  L   1-2       55-67  5th 20.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   CIN  L   1-3       55-66  5th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   CIN  W   5-2       55-65  5th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Milwaukee Brewers, 75-55, 2nd, 4½ GB, 5 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 14-8, 2.99)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-8)           195.1 177  70  65  49 192 17    2.99      
 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    47  11   9   9  55  4    1.40   71 
 2008-08-18    HOU   W   9    11   3   2   2   9  2     130   62 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-0  22    11   4   4   6  21  1    1.64   71 
 2006-05-19    PIT   W   9     3   1   1   1   9  1     102   85 
 2003-06-22   @PIT   W   6     7   3   3   4   4  0     120   46 
 2001-06-17   @PIT  ND   7     1   0   0   1   8  0     104   82 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-24   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  47-42   vsLHP:  28-13   1-Run:  24-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:34-24   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 23   PIT  W   6-3       75-55  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22   PIT  W  10-4       74-55  2nd  4.5 gb
128 Wed, Aug 20   HOU  W   5-2       73-55  2nd  5.0 gb
127 Tue, Aug 19   HOU  L   2-5       72-55  2nd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 MIL  6  PIT  3        W:Jeff Suppan (9-7), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-8), S: Salomon Torres (25)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 MIL 10  PIT  4        W:David Bush (8-9), L: Zach Duke (4-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 MIL 11  PIT  6        W:Mitch Stetter (2-1), L: Denny Bautista (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 MIL  2  PIT  1        W:Eric Gagne (2-2), L: Tyler Yates (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 MIL  9  PIT  1        W:Ben Sheets (10-2), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-7), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Thu, May 22, 2008 PIT  8  MIL  4        W:Tom Gorzelanny (4-4), L: David Bush (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 21, 2008 MIL  4 @PIT  1        W:Ben Sheets (5-1), L: Ian Snell (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 MIL  7 @PIT  2        W:Manny Parra (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (2-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 PIT  7  MIL  4        W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-5), S: Matt Capps (16)
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 MIL  6 @PIT  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (8-4), L: Bryan Bullington (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 7-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 83-82

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  5.58

LAA  4.65

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.91

SFG  4.62

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .360

M. Cabrera  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .462

C. Snyder  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .630

D. Ortiz  .480

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.092

D. Pedroia  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Lannan  3.95

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

M. Garza  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.27 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
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/75 .244/.274/.322/.596 .616/.591 .494 19/.684 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 354/276 .330/.367/.533/.901 .960/.884 .804 87/.826 2/2 13/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.833 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 170/109 .297/.343/.348/.692 .638/.718 .632 34/.775 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/1.400 434/326 .268/.346/.471/.817 .662/.869 .819 40/.847 1/0 17/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 135/89 .171/.281/.299/.581 .586/.577 .546 66/.518 0/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 8/.625 549/398 .275/.354/.506/.860 .662/.937 .860 88/.725 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 5/.800 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 256/180 .231/.295/.389/.684 .480/.773 .647 62/.713 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 26/.619 ··· 4/.750 7/.453 9/1.413 8/.875 1/no AB 2/1.000 284/237 .282/.370/.384/.753 .721/.760 .759 74/.739 0/0 2/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 64/55 .193/.281/.263/.544 .873/.495 .657 18/.911 2/3 0/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 163/122 .255/.325/.434/.760 .636/.797 .799 77/.715 1/1 5/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 37/.803 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 6/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 198/149 .224/.270/.328/.598 .901/.499 .545 60/.472 2/2 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 7/.453 3/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 6/.000 495/388 .250/.270/.346/.616 .777/.571 .686 70/.686 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 11/.182 10/.000 2/.000 10/.956 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 296/239 .276/.317/.353/.670 .556/.696 .523 76/.751 2/2 1/
IP 195.1 33.0 88.0 44.2 38.2 43.0 64.1 91.0 TOTAL .260/.323/.410/.732 .721/.736 .724 .666 33/14 129/87
ERA-K/9 2.99/8.8 6.55/7.6 4.50/7.2 4.63/8.1 3.96/6.0 2.30/6.5 2.52/5.9 4.45/7.3 3.91/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (11-9-2)
 Doumit (50-17-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 797/.242 153/.282 384/.253 196/.272 168/.255 175/.225 266/.227 390/.265 .256  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Mientkiewicz
 Morgan
4/118/2/5
29/0/15/4
25/8/39/4
0/0/10/1
4/12/3/0
OPS .650 .916 .749 .783 .752 .638 .614 .771 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/.597 79/.690 181/.837 84/.939 71/.885 88/.504 120/.629 180/.616 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 590/.669 74/1.158 203/.670 112/.667 97/.658 87/.783 146/.602 210/.904 .729
Home 473/.677 85/.947 196/.789 102/.931 86/.947 92/.487 120/.522 227/.617 .709
Last 28d days 165/.626 30/.926 37/1.049 30/.483 30/.862 37/.748 36/.464 44/.584
HR/SB/CS 17/11/2 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 137/60/37
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o···o ·X····X· ····X·o· ····X··X o···X··o o··o···X ···X··o·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
38.Hansen
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 518/378 .302/.342/.596/.938 .983/.921 1.066 74/1.017 11/3 32/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 11/2.060 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 383/284 .246/.337/.512/.849 1.012/.794 .666 97/1.023 13/5 22/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/1.142 1/3.000 5/.400 224/201 .224/.326/.302/.628 .511/.641 .596 63/.526 3/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 7/1.596 2/no AB 3/1.167 2/.000 4/1.417 ··· 1/no AB 363/275 .285/.375/.415/.789 .681/.822 .866 49/.736 7/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 15/.277 1/.000 3/.000 5/.200 10/1.200 1/2.000 1/2.000 556/376 .272/.371/.505/.876 .733/.946 .976 113/.926 2/1 28/
2.Hall G/S/vP 20/1.768 ··· 7/1.404 6/.666 8/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 382/242 .219/.289/.397/.685 .939/.543 .815 56/.464 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/.600 2/4.000 2/3.000 5/1.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 491/357 .279/.342/.473/.815 .920/.778 .778 108/.679 2/1 20/
1.Hart G/S/vP 20/.718 1/3.000 3/.333 6/.833 4/1.250 2/.000 2/2.000 524/379 .285/.321/.497/.817 .819/.817 .753 104/.772 22/5 19/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 224/143 .299/.332/.488/.820 .955/.742 .823 57/.789 3/0 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.000 1/.000 462/342 .251/.333/.323/.656 .639/.662 .632 91/.599 6/3 1/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/8 .125/.222/.125/.347 .000/.393 1.167 9/.347 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/45 .316/.381/.456/.837 .600/.924 .832 13/.962 2/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 21/.508 2/3.500 2/1.000 5/.650 5/1.800 1/.000 5/.750 467/332 .230/.337/.384/.721 .798/.690 .621 81/.749 16/4 10/
IP 168.0 43.1 43.1 40.1 62.0 40.2 58.1 TOTAL .254/.326/.440/.765 .814/.747 .784 .755 91/31 170/81
ERA-K/9 3.64/6.3 4.15/6.7 4.36/6.9 3.12/6.5 3.05/7.1 5.31/6.2 5.09/6.5 5.11/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (44-33-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.260 189/.265 196/.261 160/.250 263/.219 191/.231 271/.261 .287  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Nix
117/0/0/8
0/0/125/4
0/91/0/2
17/31/13/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .713 .800 .823 .700 .666 .703 .773 .824
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.515 64/.662 58/.452 80/.661 63/.616 83/.729 108/.890 .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 573/.752 125/.863 138/.996 80/.739 200/.681 108/.683 163/.694 .821
Road 322/.753 96/1.010 97/.876 61/.999 132/.637 100/.693 113/.904 .864
Last 28d days 133/.678 40/1.056 31/.878 / 46/.747 51/.745 32/1.030
HR/SB/CS 18/5/6 4/5/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 8/3/2 3/2/0 5/3/1 150/84/33
Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··o ·X··ooo· ········ o···XX·· X··X··X· o····X·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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