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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 28, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Milwaukee Brewers, 43-36, 3rd, 5½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 7-2, 4.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-2)             79.2  86  41  38  42  62  9    4.29      
 2007 (0-1)             26.1  25  13  11  12  26  1    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  40.1  38  16  16  20  32  4    3.57   52 
 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 
 2008-06-04    ARI   W   7     4   1   1   2   8  0     101   71 
 2008-05-30    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   4   6  0      87   62 
 2008-05-25   @WSN  ND   4.1   7   6   6   3   3  1      86   25 
 2008-05-20   @PIT   W   5.2   4   0   0   1   6  0     116   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-13   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  28-29   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  17-7 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @MIN  L   6-7       43-36  3rd  5.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @ATL  L   2-4       43-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @ATL  W   4-3       43-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 23  @ATL  W   4-1       42-34  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   BAL  W   7-3       41-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   BAL  W   3-2       40-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   BAL  L   5-8       39-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19   TOR  W   8-7       39-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 18   TOR  W   5-4       38-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17   TOR  W   7-0       37-33  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Minnesota Twins, 44-36, 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 8-4, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            103.1 150  67  60  16  34 13    5.23      
 2007 (11-11)          204.1 247 116 112  79  90 34    4.93      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38.1  70  37  32   5  13  4    7.51   31 
 2008-06-22    ARI   W   7     9   3   1   1   5  0     104   55 
 2008-06-17    WSN   W   7     5   1   1   0   1  0      77   64 
 2008-06-12   @CLE   L   3    12   7   7   0   1  2      70    8 
 2008-06-07   @CHW   L   4     8   7   7   1   2  1      60   19 
 2008-06-02    NYY  ND   6    13   5   5   1   1  1     107   26 
 2008-05-28   @KCR  ND   6    13   8   6   0   2  0     101   20 
 2008-05-22    TEX  ND   5.1  10   6   5   2   1  0      94   25 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-2  34    38  18  16  11  25  3    4.24   50 
 2007-08-21    MIL   L   6     7   5   5   1   1  0      91   38 
 2007-07-19   @MIL   L   5.1   8   6   5   5   3  1     103   28 
 2005-07-15   @MIL  ND   8     9   3   2   2   7  1     134   59 
 2005-05-19    MIL   W   6     7   1   1   2   5  0     113   57 
 2004-05-11   @MIL  ND   8.2   7   3   3   1   9  1     128   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-16   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-24   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL:13-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 27   MIL  W   7-6       44-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @SDP  W   4-3       43-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @SDP  W   9-3       42-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @SDP  W   3-1       41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   ARI  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   ARI  W   6-1       39-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   ARI  W   7-2       38-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19   WSN  W   9-3       37-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18   WSN  W  11-2       36-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17   WSN  W   2-1       35-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 MIN  7  MIL  6        W:Matt Guerrier (4-2), L: Guillermo Mota (2-5), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 MIL  4  MIN  2        W:Seth McClung (4-3), L: Scott Baker (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (8)
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 MIN  9 @MIL  4 (12)   W:Brian Bass (3-2), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 MIN 10 @MIL  2        W:Kevin Slowey (3-6), L: David Bush (2-7), S: none

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 MIN 10  MIL  9        W:Joe Nathan (3-1), L: Chris Spurling (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 MIL  5 @MIN  2        W:David Bush (4-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (25)
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 MIL 11 @MIN  3        W:Claudio Vargas (5-1), L: Scott Baker (1-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sun, May 20, 2007 MIL  6  MIN  5        W:Matt Wise (1-1), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Sat, May 19, 2007 MIN  5 @MIL  2        W:Scott Baker (1-0), L: David Bush (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 MIN  8 @MIL  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 213-202

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  5.49

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.62

BAL  4.59

TEX  5.65

BA

C. Jones  .394

C. Crawford  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

L. Gonzalez  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .698

R. Howard  .454

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.146

K. Johnson  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  2.08

D. Lowe  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

V. Padilla  6.20

L. Hernandez  2.96

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 19/.868 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 3/.000 93/82 .300/.387/.775/1.162 .000/1.338 .854 72/1.203 0/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 339/259 .292/.327/.564/.892 .824/.912 .734 104/.864 8/3 20/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 47/.854 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 192/151 .215/.286/.465/.752 .786/.742 .884 64/.736 5/1 12/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 50/.942 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 7/.310 16/1.458 138/121 .242/.341/.342/.682 .494/.709 .702 64/.752 2/1 1/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/45 .228/.353/.281/.634 1.194/.355 .761 33/.593 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 9/.777 1/.000 2/2.500 4/1.500 6/1.166 5/1.200 338/236 .274/.361/.497/.857 .713/.922 .694 102/.996 1/0 16/
2.Hall G/S/vP 12/1.017 1/.000 9/.536 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.334 5/.400 248/172 .218/.283/.396/.679 1.033/.526 .563 48/.525 3/5 10/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 4/2.333 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 273/203 .259/.332/.391/.723 .638/.748 .727 68/.893 1/0 6/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 322/243 .292/.335/.520/.856 .815/.869 .981 99/.955 10/3 14/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 10/.600 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 132/78 .309/.348/.504/.853 .883/.830 .872 47/.928 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 33/.846 2/.000 6/.533 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 11/1.155 11/.788 274/207 .268/.347/.356/.703 .684/.708 .709 80/.758 4/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/37 .325/.357/.450/.807 .400/.864 .769 13/.801 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 7/.857 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.333 2/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 295/219 .221/.330/.373/.703 .854/.653 .791 45/.831 11/3 7/
IP 103.1 51.2 76.0 18.1 33.1 42.2 33.2 23.1 TOTAL .253/.323/.433/.757 .758/.756 .734 .833 54/19 104/51
ERA-K/9 5.23/3.0 4.53/4.0 6.39/6.6 1.47/8.4 2.70/7.0 2.95/5.9 1.34/9.9 2.31/4.6 4.31/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (25-21-4)
 Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.348 228/.290 346/.291 74/.194 140/.256 184/.241 128/.213 92/.244 .286  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
76/0/0/6
0/0/77/3
0/44/0/0
4/25/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .881 .834 .772 .524 .737 .686 .553 .660 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 215/.869 83/.756 164/.790 29/.609 52/.668 68/.654 71/.602 54/.486 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.890 145/.877 182/.755 45/.467 88/.774 116/.703 57/.496 38/.916 .797
Home 247/.846 117/.810 242/.746 48/.612 75/.592 102/.540 84/.475 51/.626 .742
Last 28d days 123/.970 69/.628 74/.890 34/.241 54/.526 48/.625 42/.434 24/.500
HR/SB/CS 13/1/3 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 91/39/18
Usage ·····X·· X·X····X ··X····· ·oo····· ·o·X·X·· oo·X··o· XX·o·o·o ·o·o··X·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Parra*
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 53/44 .375/.396/.479/.875 .444/.970 .756 44/.909 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 166/127 .308/.356/.441/.797 .718/.824 .836 111/.735 4/1 4/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 2/1.500 9/1.319 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 259/194 .252/.324/.376/.700 .675/.708 .785 97/.887 5/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 336/255 .266/.299/.370/.669 .770/.637 .664 123/.549 20/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 288/215 .251/.312/.357/.669 .470/.739 .711 90/.678 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 263/212 .265/.319/.462/.782 .413/.868 .833 87/.974 0/1 11/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.500 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 10/.600 2/2.500 214/187 .223/.262/.301/.562 .303/.601 .416 42/.390 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.800 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 5/.400 303/220 .326/.411/.446/.856 .898/.839 .987 97/.984 0/1 3/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.334 13/.490 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 136/77 .214/.272/.437/.709 .353/.977 .788 30/.557 0/0 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 7/.453 ··· 3/1.667 5/1.000 345/245 .309/.368/.489/.857 .779/.889 .844 115/.797 0/1 12/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 9/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 6/.733 71/47 .274/.343/.371/.714 .812/.656 .746 17/.938 4/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/31 .286/.328/.357/.685 .704/.667 .717 27/.847 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 302/234 .282/.331/.371/.703 .669/.712 .647 82/.853 9/4 1/
IP 79.2 13.2 31.0 22.0 27.2 14.1 44.2 66.1 TOTAL .274/.329/.400/.728 .666/.750 .744 .778 51/23 54/55
ERA-K/9 4.29/7.0 3.95/10.5 4.06/9.0 5.32/6.1 1.95/6.2 2.51/12.6 2.62/6.0 5.43/6.5 4.14/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.281 55/.236 135/.250 97/.267 109/.210 61/.163 187/.241 293/.292 .260  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
73/0/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/74/0/6
10/0/16/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .798 .727 .741 .757 .606 .593 .647 .848 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.727 19/1.474 60/.958 48/.954 53/.472 24/.397 90/.675 146/.649 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.812 36/.333 75/.565 49/.572 56/.740 37/.718 97/.620 147/1.044 .755
Road 129/1.063 21/.952 70/.650 52/.589 53/.831 35/.570 100/.732 129/1.035 .801
Last 28d days 103/.769 42/.643 37/1.028 7/1.571 34/.577 10/.422 49/.661 51/.670
HR/SB/CS 9/7/3 4/1/0 4/4/0 3/1/1 4/1/1 1/0/1 3/1/2 13/3/2 94/38/25
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·X X·o··X·· ·····X·· o··o··X· ··X····o ···X·oo· X······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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