MIL @ PIT, Sunday, August 31, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 79-56, 2nd, 5½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 14-8, 2.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-8) 201.1 185 71 66 49 197 17 2.95 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 5-0 55 51 11 9 9 50 3 1.47 67 2008-08-24 PIT ND 6 8 1 1 0 5 0 96 57 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-0 28 19 5 5 6 26 1 1.61 68 2008-08-24 PIT ND 6 8 1 1 0 5 0 96 57 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: 41-24 Road: 38-32 ExtrInn:10-5 vsRHP: 48-43 vsLHP: 31-13 1-Run: 25-11 vsEast: 16-12 vsCntrl:38-25 vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Aug 30 @PIT W 11-3 79-56 2nd 5.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @PIT W 3-1 78-56 2nd 6.5 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:19-11
Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-78, 6th, 27½ GB, 22 GB in WC	SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 2-3, 3.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 31 29 13 12 9 12 5 3.48 2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05 2006 (2-1) 42.2 40 20 18 11 16 6 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 34 36 18 17 13 13 6 4.50 48 2008-08-25 CHC L 3 6 5 5 1 1 1 68 27 2008-08-17 NYM L 6 9 4 4 1 3 2 95 40 2008-08-12 CIN L 7 7 4 3 2 2 2 99 49 2008-08-06 @ARI W 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 113 86 2008-08-01 @CHC W 6 5 0 0 4 2 0 101 60 2007-08-14 BAL L 3 5 5 5 4 1 1 74 26 2007-04-28 BOS ND 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-36 Road: 23-42 ExtrInn:11-4 vsRHP: 43-56 vsLHP: 14-22 1-Run: 19-17 vsEast: 15-17 vsCntrl:26-38 vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Aug 30 MIL L 3-11 57-78 6th 27.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 MIL L 1-3 57-77 6th 27.5 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 Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 30, 2008 MIL 11 @PIT 3 W:Jeff Suppan (10-7), L: Paul Maholm (8-8), S: none Fri, Aug 29, 2008 MIL 3 @PIT 1 W:David Bush (9-9), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-9), S: Salomon Torres (26) 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 Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 10-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; 2006 - PIT won 9-7; All-Time - MIL leads 85-83

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 5.49

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.82

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.96

A. Pujols .362

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

C. Pena .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .644

R. Howard .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

B. Abreu .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

G. Smith 3.90

N. Robertson 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Karstens
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 543/392 .299/.341/.594/.935 .954/.927 .839 69/1.013 11/3 34/

25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/1.666 3/1.000 1/no AB 6/.900 4/.000 5/.650 406/298 .261/.350/.535/.885 1.048/.828 .994 96/1.227 16/5 24/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/1.142 5/.400 236/212 .232/.331/.315/.646 .542/.657 .699 66/.655 3/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 11/1.091 1/2.000 581/389 .266/.367/.490/.856 .702/.935 .763 108/.674 2/1 28/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/1.404 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 2/2.000 396/246 .227/.294/.409/.703 .973/.542 .588 52/.584 4/6 15/

7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 2/3.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.334 4/.666 517/372 .289/.352/.484/.836 .953/.793 .876 104/.938 2/1 20/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 3/.333 7/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.167 547/393 .286/.320/.500/.820 .838/.813 .880 102/.881 22/5 20/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 226/144 .300/.333/.488/.822 .968/.737 .807 49/.753 3/1 7/

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/1.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 485/356 .255/.334/.329/.663 .644/.670 .698 91/.701 6/3 1/

20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .000 13/.237 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 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 7/.453 1/3.000 1/no AB 5/1.800 6/.600 490/345 .228/.333/.376/.710 .783/.680 .781 79/.690 17/4 10/

IP 31.0 50.1 46.1 43.1 2.2 26.0 64.0 61.1 TOTAL .257/.328/.442/.770 .820/.751 .757 .793 96/32 176/84

ERA-K/9

3.48/3.5

3.93/7.2

4.86/6.8

3.53/6.7

6.75/10.0

5.54/4.2

3.09/7.2

4.99/6.5

5.22/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.250 217/.265 213/.277 173/.255 13/.364 118/.320 272/.217 284/.261 .288 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Nix 122/0/0/8
0/0/130/5
0/96/0/2
17/31/13/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .724 .798 .853 .705 .930 .802 .660 .775 .827

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.827 71/.659 64/.507 83/.636 2/.500 63/.798 66/.618 111/.877 .828

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.602 146/.856 149/1.016 90/.768 11/.964 55/.805 206/.674 173/.709 .827

Home 73/.973 114/.622 116/.834 109/.560 13/.930 45/.745 137/.698 167/.700 .796

Last 28d days 102/.750 54/1.104 46/1.025 13/.769 13/.930 107/.830 38/.516 42/1.040

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 5/6/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 8/3/2 6/4/1 156/91/35

Usage ·····X·· ·X··XXX· ····XX·· X···X·o· X··o···· ·····Xo· ····X·oo o···X·oo

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.20 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/80 .263/.290/.337/.627 .616/.630 .730 20/.700 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 378/292 .323/.360/.513/.873 .915/.860 .939 88/.637 2/2 13/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 15/.800 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 182/116 .289/.337/.337/.674 .619/.703 .747 36/.776 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.417 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 5/1.400 2/1.000 5/1.400 458/342 .260/.334/.461/.795 .678/.835 .776 61/.682 1/0 18/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 149/100 .162/.268/.285/.553 .548/.555 .567 72/.488 0/0 4/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 8/.625 572/415 .272/.352/.500/.852 .648/.931 .842 84/.680 14/3 23/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 5/.800 1/.000 5/.650 3/.333 268/185 .233/.297/.383/.680 .488/.770 .703 60/.635 1/1 8/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 26/.619 ··· 4/.750 7/.453 9/1.413 9/.777 3/.333 3/1.167 297/248 .277/.367/.383/.750 .779/.744 .747 64/.784 0/0 2/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 91/77 .235/.311/.284/.595 .845/.550 .475 45/.794 4/4 0/

39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 190/140 .271/.337/.476/.813 .765/.829 .836 96/.829 1/1 7/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 39/.755 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 7/.572 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 209/156 .228/.275/.326/.602 .869/.511 .685 49/.404 3/2 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 7/.453 4/1.750 4/1.500 ··· 6/.000 513/400 .258/.280/.366/.646 .812/.598 .594 87/.851 0/1 8/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 14/.453 11/.000 3/.833 11/.864 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 7/.000 321/259 .276/.314/.354/.668 .578/.688 .801 77/.623 2/2 1/

IP 201.1 34.2 89.0 46.2 41.0 46.1 67.1 93.0 TOTAL .260/.322/.408/.730 .723/.733 .737 .660 36/15 133/87

ERA-K/9

2.95/8.8

6.23/7.3

4.55/7.1

4.44/8.1

4.61/5.7

2.33/6.2

2.54/5.9

4.35/7.5

3.85/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (11-10-2)
Doumit (57-18-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.245 159/.277 391/.258 204/.263 180/.268 190/.230 279/.232 402/.268 .256 McLouth
Moss
Michaels
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 4/123/2/5
34/0/16/5
25/8/41/4
0/0/10/1
5/14/6/0

OPS .650 .892 .754 .764 .783 .632 .617 .775 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.585 80/.681 184/.834 88/.929 74/.875 94/.493 129/.638 186/.636 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 604/.674 79/1.105 207/.684 116/.643 106/.720 96/.780 150/.599 216/.895 .729

Road 324/.612 74/.828 195/.722 99/.626 89/.610 94/.773 150/.684 168/.980 .745

Last 28d days 128/.622 31/.857 27/.919 27/.390 32/.823 38/.667 38/.378 42/.670

HR/SB/CS 17/11/2 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/1 5/2/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 140/61/38

Usage ······X· ·o··o··· X······· X··o··o· ···oo·X· oo·oX·Xo ·o····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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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 14-8, 2.95)

SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 2-3, 3.48)

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