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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @PNC Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 77-56, 2nd, 6½ GB, 4½ up in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 8-9, 4.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-9)            146.1 131  75  69  33  92 22    4.24      
 2007 (12-10)          186.1 217 110 106  44 134 27    5.12      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  47.2  37  19  17   7  39  7    3.21   60 
 2008-08-22    PIT   W   7     7   3   3   1   2  1      94   52 
 2008-08-16   @LAD  ND   7     5   2   2   1   3  1      70   61 
 2008-08-11    WSN   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   6  0      98   63 
 2008-08-05   @CIN   W   7     3   1   1   2   7  0      92   72 
 2008-07-31    CHC   L   7.1   5   7   6   1   3  3     106   44 
 2008-07-26    HOU  ND   5     9   4   4   0   5  2      93   38 
 2008-07-10    COL   W   8     3   1   0   0  13  0     124   87 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-1  30    29  15  15   6  17  3    4.50   51 
 2008-08-22    PIT   W   7     7   3   3   1   2  1      94   52 
 2008-07-05    PIT  ND   8     4   1   1   0   7  0     100   77 
 2008-05-22   @PIT   L   5     9   6   6   0   1  2      75   26 
 2007-09-12   @PIT  ND   4     5   4   4   2   2  0      75   36 
 2007-09-01    PIT   W   6     4   1   1   3   5  0     101   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-24   Road:   36-32   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  48-43   vsLHP:  29-13   1-Run:  25-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:36-25   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 27  @STL  L   3-5       77-56  2nd  6.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @STL  W  12-0       77-55  2nd  5.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24   PIT  W   4-3 (12)  76-55  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-76, 6th, 26½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 6-8, 6.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)             92.1 106  71  70  64  56 17    6.82      
 2007 (14-10)          201.2 214  90  87  68 135 18    3.88      
 2006 (2-5)             61.2  50  29  26  31  40  3    3.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40    48  29  28  24  28  8    6.30   41 
 2008-08-23   @MIL   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  1      91   26 
 2008-07-04   @MIL   L   4.2  11   8   7   4   4  2     101   12 
 2008-06-29    TBR  ND   6     8   2   2   2   8  2     110   54 
 2008-06-24    NYY   W   6     6   3   3   5   2  0      99   45 
 2008-06-18   @CHW   L   6     5   4   4   4   4  3     110   46 
 2008-06-12    WSN   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   6  0     107   48 
 2008-06-07    ARI  ND   7     5   3   3   3   1  0     105   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-2  25    38  22  20  17  18  6    7.20   34 
 2008-08-23   @MIL   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  1      91   26 
 2008-07-04   @MIL   L   4.2  11   8   7   4   4  2     101   12 
 2008-05-22    MIL   W   5     8   2   2   4   2  1     100   41 
 2007-09-12    MIL  ND   6.2   6   2   2   3   4  1     107   55 
 2007-09-02   @MIL  ND   4     6   4   3   3   5  1     105   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-34   Road:   23-42   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  43-54   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:26-36   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 27   CHC  L   0-2       57-76  6th 26.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CHC  L   9-14      57-75  6th 25.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   CHC  L   3-12      57-74  5th 24.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @MIL  L   3-4 (12)  57-73  5th 23.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 MIL  4  PIT  3 (12)   W:Guillermo Mota (4-5), L: Jason Davis (1-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 8-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - Tied 83-83

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  5.54

FLA  4.62

WSN  3.76

RA/G

TOR  3.88

SFG  4.60

TEX  6.00

BA

C. Jones  .359

N. Punto  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .636

J. Hardy  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

E. Hinske  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
35.Davis
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 18/1.611 3/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 534/389 .300/.341/.592/.932 .948/.927 .831 69/.935 11/3 33/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 18/.694 1/5.000 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 4/.000 5/.650 397/295 .260/.350/.529/.879 1.043/.824 .987 96/1.202 15/5 23/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/1.142 5/.400 235/211 .233/.332/.317/.649 .542/.661 .705 69/.655 3/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 4/.750 2/no AB 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.417 1/no AB 367/279 .285/.376/.414/.790 .681/.823 .730 44/.785 8/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 21/.683 2/.500 3/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 11/1.091 1/2.000 572/386 .270/.367/.496/.863 .719/.934 .774 108/.809 2/1 28/
2.Hall G/S/vP 20/1.011 1/.000 7/1.404 6/.666 ··· ··· 8/.000 2/2.000 387/243 .227/.295/.411/.706 .995/.541 .590 48/.620 4/6 15/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 21/1.108 3/2.667 2/3.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 3/.000 508/369 .288/.350/.481/.832 .938/.794 .870 104/.856 2/1 20/
1.Hart G/S/vP 22/.852 2/1.500 3/.333 6/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/1.167 538/390 .283/.318/.495/.813 .823/.809 .869 102/.794 22/5 19/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 226/144 .300/.333/.488/.822 .968/.737 .807 50/.778 3/1 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 476/352 .251/.332/.322/.654 .655/.654 .682 90/.665 6/3 1/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/10 .100/.182/.100/.282 .000/.311 .000 11/.282 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/45 .316/.381/.456/.837 .600/.924 .833 9/1.056 2/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 22/.381 3/2.334 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.800 5/.750 480/341 .226/.334/.376/.710 .788/.679 .784 78/.723 17/4 10/
IP 92.1 48.1 46.1 42.1 1.0 26.0 64.0 60.1 TOTAL .256/.328/.441/.768 .821/.749 .754 .783 95/32 173/82
ERA-K/9 6.82/5.5 4.10/6.9 4.86/6.8 2.98/6.6 0.00/9.0 5.54/4.2 3.09/7.2 5.07/6.4 5.19/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (45-34-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.296 208/.266 213/.277 166/.241 3/.000 118/.320 272/.217 280/.261 .288  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Nix
120/0/0/8
0/0/128/5
0/94/0/2
17/31/13/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .916 .802 .853 .673 .000 .802 .660 .780 .827
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.756 69/.661 64/.507 81/.652 1/.000 63/.798 66/.618 110/.886 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 359/.947 139/.863 149/1.016 85/.694 2/.000 55/.805 206/.674 170/.710 .824
Home 231/.789 105/.615 116/.834 102/.498 3/.000 45/.745 137/.698 163/.705 .793
Last 28d days 22/1.066 51/1.102 47/1.002 6/.000 3/.000 114/.806 41/.505 38/1.104
HR/SB/CS 17/14/4 5/6/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 8/3/2 6/4/1 153/90/35
Usage ·····X·· ··XXX·o· ··XX··X· ··X·o··· ·o······ ···Xo··· ··X·oo·· ··X·oo··
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Chavez G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 99/79 .266/.293/.340/.633 .616/.638 .743 19/.737 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 369/283 .328/.366/.523/.889 .915/.881 .974 87/.755 2/2 13/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 179/113 .287/.331/.335/.667 .619/.692 .733 36/.677 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/1.167 4/1.417 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/1.400 450/335 .265/.340/.470/.810 .685/.854 .804 53/.790 1/0 18/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 144/95 .159/.264/.278/.542 .548/.538 .544 75/.452 0/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 16/.938 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 8/.625 563/407 .272/.351/.497/.848 .653/.923 .833 83/.589 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 5/.800 1/.000 5/.650 3/.333 267/184 .230/.294/.381/.675 .488/.763 .692 64/.723 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 4/.750 7/.453 9/1.413 9/.777 2/.500 3/1.167 293/244 .282/.372/.389/.761 .779/.757 .770 66/.760 0/0 2/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 81/67 .250/.325/.306/.631 .845/.586 .520 35/.937 4/4 0/
39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 182/133 .264/.330/.448/.778 .782/.775 .766 96/.758 1/1 6/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 7/.572 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 207/154 .229/.273/.328/.601 .869/.509 .685 57/.398 3/2 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 24/.846 2/1.500 ··· 7/.453 4/1.750 3/1.334 ··· 6/.000 509/397 .256/.278/.363/.641 .801/.595 .584 83/.831 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 20/.380 10/.000 2/.000 10/.956 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 7/.000 313/251 .277/.316/.356/.672 .578/.694 .817 77/.689 2/2 1/
IP 146.1 34.0 88.0 46.0 41.0 45.1 66.1 93.0 TOTAL .261/.323/.409/.732 .724/.734 .740 .664 36/15 131/87
ERA-K/9 4.24/5.7 6.35/7.4 4.50/7.2 4.50/8.0 4.61/5.7 2.38/6.4 2.58/6.0 4.35/7.5 3.88/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (11-10-2)
 Doumit (56-18-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.236 157/.281 384/.253 200/.266 180/.268 186/.229 275/.232 402/.268 .257  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Mientkiewicz
 Morgan
4/121/2/5
32/0/16/5
25/8/41/4
0/0/10/1
5/14/4/0
OPS .715 .904 .749 .766 .783 .636 .619 .775 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.755 80/.681 181/.837 86/.915 74/.875 91/.509 125/.642 186/.636 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.682 77/1.136 203/.670 114/.655 106/.720 95/.766 150/.599 216/.895 .728
Road 256/.775 72/.853 188/.709 95/.625 89/.610 90/.785 146/.689 168/.980 .748
Last 28d days 107/.565 29/.917 20/.857 26/.317 32/.823 37/.627 37/.390 42/.670
HR/SB/CS 22/14/8 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/1 5/2/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 138/61/38
Usage ······X· ··o···o· ······X· ·o··o··· ·oo·X··· ·oX·Xo·· ····Xo·· ·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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