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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 8:15pm, Thursday, July 24, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Milwaukee Brewers, 58-43, 2nd, 1 GB

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 10-3, 2.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-3)           128   118  44  41  29 111 13    2.88      
 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         4-2  45.2  46  19  17  14  48  4    3.35   56 
 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 
 2008-07-04    PIT   W   5.2   8   1   1   3   6  0     120   52 
 2008-06-29   @MIN   L   7     9   5   5   2   7  1     115   44 
 2008-06-23   @ATL   W   9     4   1   1   0   7  0     106   82 
 2008-06-18    TOR   W   6     4   2   2   4   5  0     108   57 
 2008-06-12   @HOU   W   7     7   3   3   2   9  2     117   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-2  30    40  17  16   7  26  5    4.80   47 
 2008-05-10    STL  ND   7     9   3   3   1   6  1      94   52 
 2007-05-01    STL   W   6     6   2   2   1   3  1      97   54 
 2007-04-15   @STL   L   5     8   8   7   3   2  2      95   20 
 2006-09-30   @STL  ND   6     7   0   0   1   7  0     100   64 
 2006-09-19    STL   L   6    10   4   4   1   8  1     114   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-17   Road:   27-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  36-34   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  21-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:26-16   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 23  @STL  W   3-0       58-43  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   4-3       57-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @STL  W   6-3 (10)  56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @SFG  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @SFG  W   8-5       54-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @SFG  W   9-1       53-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   CIN  W   3-2       52-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   CIN  L   2-8       51-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   CIN  L   5-6       51-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   COL  W  11-1       51-41  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
St. Louis Cardinals, 57-46, 3rd, 3 GB

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 8-4, 4.22)

   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   107  54  52  34  77 14    4.22      
 2007 (3-3)             79.1  77  50  40  40  60 11    4.54      
 2006 (1-4)             78.1  68  38  36  50  54  6    4.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37    47  26  26  10  20  6    6.32   42 
 2008-07-19    SDP   W   6.1   5   5   5   3   2  1      84   42 
 2008-07-12   @PIT  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   2  2      94   50 
 2008-07-06    CHC   L   5     9   3   3   0   3  0      76   40 
 2008-07-01    NYM   L   5    12   6   6   2   2  0      96   19 
 2008-06-26   @DET  ND   5     4   0   0   0   3  0      76   62 
 2008-06-13    PHI   L   3.1   8   8   8   3   3  3      90   12 
 2008-06-05   @WSN   W   6     5   0   0   1   5  0      79   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-0   6     6   2   0   0   2  0    0.00   58 
 2008-05-09   @MIL  ND   6     6   2   0   0   2  0     102   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-24   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 4-9 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl:25-23   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Wed, Jul 23   MIL  L   0-3       57-46  3rd  3.0 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22   MIL  L   3-4       57-45  3rd  2.0 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21   MIL  L   3-6 (10)  57-44  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20   SDP  W   9-5       57-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19   SDP  W   6-5       56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18   SDP  W  11-7       55-43  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 17   SDP  W   4-3       54-43  2nd  4.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13  @PIT  W  11-6       53-43  2nd  4.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12  @PIT  L  11-12(10)  52-43  2nd  5.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @PIT  W   6-0       52-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 MIL  3 @STL  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (10-8), L: Braden Looper (9-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 MIL  4 @STL  3        W:Brian Shouse (4-1), L: Kyle McClellan (2-5), S: Salomon Torres (18)
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 MIL  6 @STL  3 (10)   W:Salomon Torres (5-2), L: Ryan Franklin (3-3), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 MIL  8  STL  3        W:David Bush (1-4), L: Adam Wainwright (3-2), S: Guillermo Mota (1)
Sun, May 11, 2008 MIL  5  STL  3        W:Jeff Suppan (2-2), L: Braden Looper (5-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sat, May 10, 2008 STL  5 @MIL  3        W:Russ Springer (1-0), L: Eric Gagne (1-2), S: Ryan Franklin (2)
Fri, May 09, 2008 MIL  4  STL  3        W:Brian Shouse (3-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 MIL  9  STL  8 (12)   W:Seth McClung (1-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 STL  4 @MIL  3        W:Ryan Franklin (1-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (7)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 MIL  5 @STL  3 (10)   W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Brad Thompson (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (4)
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 8-4; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 95-70

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  5.46

COL  4.58

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.63

CLE  4.53

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

T. Wigginton  .360

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .625

R. Vazquez  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.063

C. Delgado  .824

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

Z. Greinke  4.06

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

T. Wellemeyer  6.24

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/5.000 3/.333 133/119 .248/.331/.598/.929 .000/1.049 .707 44/.575 1/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 8/.821 3/2.334 3/.833 2/.000 3/.000 7/2.524 ··· 431/320 .294/.332/.573/.905 .885/.911 .757 97/.987 9/3 25/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 7/.143 17/.627 4/.500 2/.500 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· 275/208 .229/.320/.479/.799 .930/.758 .889 87/.865 8/4 15/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 8/.625 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 4/1.167 7/.619 156/139 .246/.346/.336/.682 .494/.705 .658 18/.675 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 9/.555 7/1.171 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.000 12/.250 305/223 .292/.384/.413/.796 .677/.838 .805 62/.878 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 4/1.000 9/1.444 9/.222 7/.453 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.250 13/1.549 3/2.667 430/295 .275/.365/.496/.861 .758/.909 .704 97/.825 2/0 20/
2.Hall G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.821 11/1.845 15/.000 3/2.000 3/1.666 8/.661 14/.665 7/1.262 313/209 .234/.295/.441/.735 1.075/.571 .567 65/.945 4/5 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 7/1.167 12/.417 3/.666 3/.000 8/.750 10/.200 ··· 374/275 .296/.361/.490/.851 .968/.810 .900 106/1.201 2/1 14/
1.Hart G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/1.250 4/1.000 6/.666 3/1.167 1/no AB 6/.000 11/.091 1/2.000 407/298 .284/.324/.503/.827 .787/.842 .938 89/.804 15/3 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 12/.750 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 165/99 .305/.341/.500/.841 .968/.754 .795 33/.796 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 19/.498 25/.638 4/.500 3/1.167 10/.400 1/2.000 18/.818 359/264 .257/.337/.337/.674 .686/.669 .715 89/.578 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 50/40 .319/.360/.447/.807 .522/.875 .833 8/.804 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.500 10/.856 9/.985 2/.000 5/.400 5/.800 10/.675 1/2.000 381/278 .226/.332/.384/.715 .799/.685 .804 91/.758 14/3 9/
IP 111.0 20.0 46.1 35.0 12.0 54.2 31.0 35.0 36.1 TOTAL .256/.326/.443/.769 .813/.753 .750 .822 72/23 134/65
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.2 4.95/6.3 3.69/5.8 6.17/6.9 5.25/4.5 2.96/7.2 2.03/7.8 4.11/5.7 4.71/9.4 4.21/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (29-25-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 467/.253 101/.272 209/.281 164/.282 55/.277 224/.254 129/.231 147/.282 161/.248 .271  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
96/0/0/6
0/0/97/3
0/64/0/1
6/28/11/0
OPS .728 .791 .845 .844 .926 .685 .627 .789 .708 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.719 49/.835 80/.714 58/.668 19/.669 94/.595 47/.782 61/.770 70/.553 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.735 52/.753 129/.923 106/.933 36/1.071 130/.749 82/.537 86/.802 91/.825 .771
Home 249/.784 50/.947 111/.905 87/.832 43/.913 114/.611 65/.833 93/.726 97/.729 .761
Last 28d days 120/.819 5/.650 49/1.111 48/.843 26/.520 51/.664 33/.771 52/.752 30/.459
HR/SB/CS 14/3/5 1/4/0 6/1/1 5/5/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/0/0 101/35/20
Usage ····X··· ···oo··· ··X·X·X· X··o·X·· X·XX···· ·o·o·oo· ··X·oo·· ···X·X·· ·oo·ooo·
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
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
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 3/.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.333 11/.489 370/257 .276/.343/.544/.887 .769/.940 .864 97/1.019 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 9/1.127 11/.955 1/2.000 4/2.083 6/1.100 420/293 .281/.381/.513/.893 .811/.929 .831 101/1.174 0/1 18/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 22/.182 4/.833 6/.834 2/.000 4/1.000 9/.111 6/.000 261/161 .225/.296/.284/.580 .717/.509 .593 44/.351 10/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 15/.666 8/.393 8/.946 10/.819 11/.191 7/.143 6/.666 248/188 .271/.319/.341/.659 .610/.675 .737 51/.697 5/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/.599 9/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 12/1.334 2/1.000 114/82 .250/.342/.400/.742 .725/.732 .546 22/1.030 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 5/2.600 3/.000 5/.000 5/.900 363/226 .292/.367/.601/.968 .882/1.019 .912 88/.983 4/1 23/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/24 .224/.309/.388/.697 .406/1.057 .708 14/.714 0/0 2/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 15/.666 6/.533 6/1.867 6/1.167 3/1.334 11/1.363 11/.182 263/174 .321/.359/.403/.762 .735/.775 .794 77/.882 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 23/.577 1/no AB 7/.143 2/.000 5/.400 13/1.000 11/.282 328/219 .304/.357/.391/.748 .942/.655 .760 79/.764 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 68/1.064 7/.821 10/.929 6/.333 4/.500 29/1.043 22/1.255 382/258 .352/.463/.597/1.060 1.287/.949 1.056 104/.944 4/1 18/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.333 183/98 .246/.300/.287/.587 .654/.529 .453 53/.333 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.667 3/.333 8/.458 12/1.000 378/280 .292/.357/.419/.776 .402/.905 .724 88/.642 7/1 6/
IP 128.0 24.1 35.1 31.0 34.2 53.2 77.2 TOTAL .275/.349/.429/.778 .754/.789 .753 .804 44/18 111/53
ERA-K/9 2.88/7.8 7.03/8.5 5.60/7.9 4.35/6.4 2.34/5.7 2.68/5.7 4.87/6.9 3.99/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (9-7-1)
 Molina (26-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.242 116/.296 158/.277 133/.239 138/.217 224/.241 339/.281 .256  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Mather
 Miles
53/26/33/8
0/86/0/4
20/5/76/4
4/2/13/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .680 .941 .824 .724 .610 .644 .813 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.669 57/.829 70/1.035 58/.865 67/.448 103/.682 159/.641 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.689 59/1.049 88/.654 75/.617 71/.771 121/.612 180/.963 .737
Road 327/.663 55/.978 81/.695 71/.557 67/.806 128/.747 147/.987 .775
Last 28d days 107/.894 20/.950 27/1.284 36/.633 31/.645 37/.631 55/.631
HR/SB/CS 13/6/5 7/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/4/2 110/45/29
Usage ····X··· ··o····· ··X····· ··o·o··· ·o·o···· ·oXoo··· ···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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