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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, April 26, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 8-9, 5th, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Manny Parra (26, LHP, 0-3, 8.16)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 14.1 16 13 13 9 11 2 8.16
2008 (10-8) 166.0 181 91 81 75 147 18 4.39
2007 (0-1) 26.1 25 13 11 12 26 1 3.76
Last 7 GS 0-5 31.2 41 30 24 17 32 5 6.82 40
2009-04-21 @PHI L 4.0 7 5 5 3 4 1 77 29
2009-04-14 CIN L 6.0 3 3 3 4 4 1 103 54
2009-04-09 @SFG L 4.1 6 5 5 2 3 0 85 32
2008-09-13 @PHI L 1.1 7 5 5 3 3 0 42 20
2008-09-07 SDP L 5.0 6 6 1 3 5 1 83 43
2008-09-02 NYM ND 5.0 6 5 4 2 6 1 85 41
2008-08-27 @STL ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 7 1 98 63
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 26.1 37 17 16 14 19 5 5.47 41
2008-08-20 HOU W 5.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 94 45
2008-07-25 HOU L 6.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 96 47
2008-06-11 @HOU W 5.1 10 5 5 0 3 3 84 31
2008-05-30 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 4 6 0 87 62
2008-05-03 @HOU L 4.0 9 6 5 4 3 2 93 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @HOU  W   9-8 (11)   8-9   5th  4.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @HOU  W   5-2        7-9   5th  4.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @PHI  W   6-1        6-9   5th  4.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @PHI  W   3-1        5-9   6th  4.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @PHI  L   4-11       4-9   6th  4.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @NYM  W   4-2        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @NYM  L   0-1        3-8   6th  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @NYM  L   4-5        3-7   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CIN  W   9-3        3-6   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   CIN  L   1-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-9    Last 30: 8-9
Astros, 6-12, 6th, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Russ Ortiz (35, RHP, 1-0, 5.93)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 13.2 13 9 9 11 11 1 5.93
2007 (2-3) 49.0 57 32 30 20 27 4 5.51
2006 (0-8) 63.0 86 60 57 40 44 18 8.14
Last 7 GS 1-2 32.1 38 28 26 19 16 3 7.24 38
2009-04-21 LAD W 5.0 3 3 3 5 2 0 116 46
2009-04-16 @PIT ND 4.2 5 3 3 2 2 0 99 42
2007-08-20 @FLA ND 4.0 6 5 4 2 0 1 62 30
2007-08-15 @ATL L 5.0 3 4 3 5 4 0 95 46
2007-08-10 PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 1 1 61 50
2007-05-01 COL L 3.1 9 8 8 2 4 1 83 12
2007-04-26 @LAD ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 3 0 87 42
Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 30.0 18 11 11 24 21 2 3.30 56
2006-04-07 @MIL L 6.0 3 3 3 4 3 1 91 53
2004-05-15 @MIL ND 1.1 3 4 4 7 1 0 64 26
2003-04-27 MIL W 8.2 5 1 1 6 5 0 128 69
2002-04-14 MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 4 1 118 54
2001-04-20 MIL W 8.0 2 1 1 3 8 0 119 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-11   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sat, Apr 25   MIL  L   8-9 (11)   6-12  6th  7.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24   MIL  L   2-5        6-11  6th  6.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   LAD  L   0-2        6-10  6th  5.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   LAD  W   6-5        6-9   5th  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   LAD  W   8-5        5-9   5th  4.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   CIN  L   3-4        4-9   6th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   CIN  L   2-4        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   CIN  W   7-0        4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   CIN  L   1-2        3-7   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @PIT  W   6-3        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-12   Last 30: 6-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 MIL  9 @HOU  8 (11)   W:Mark DiFelice (1-0), L: Geoff Geary (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 MIL  5 @HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (2-1), L: Felipe Paulino  (0-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 20, 2008 MIL  5  HOU  2        W:Manny Parra (10-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-6), S: Salomon Torres (24)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 HOU  5 @MIL  2        W:Brian Moehler (9-4), L: Ben Sheets (11-7), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 MIL  9  HOU  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (14-8), L: Randy Wolf (8-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 HOU 11 @MIL  6        W:Chris Sampson (5-3), L: Jeff Suppan (5-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 MIL  6  HOU  4        W:Eric Gagne (4-2), L: Doug Brocail (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (20)
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 HOU  3 @MIL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-3), L: Manny Parra (9-3), S: Jose Valverde (26)
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 MIL  9 @HOU  6        W:Ben Sheets (7-1), L: Brian Moehler (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 MIL 10 @HOU  6        W:Manny Parra (5-2), L: Brandon Backe (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 2-0; 2008 - MIL won 8-7; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; All-Time - HOU leads 101-75

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 2009 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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Ortiz
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 29.Geary
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.500 9/.555 2/1.000 1/.000 663/478 .285/.335/.553/.888 .873/.894 .795 77/1.061 14/4 37/0
25.Cameron G/S/vP 15/.498 1/no AB 1/.000 13/1.084 26/.471 6/1.133 12/.705 2/.000 508/376 .243/.331/.477/.809 .951/.761 .895 68/1.015 17/5 25/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 29/1.062 3/.333 ··· 6/.000 7/.143 9/.583 5/.600 2/1.000 302/275 .226/.355/.302/.658 .571/.666 .686 26/.723 3/1 1/3
16.Duffy* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 9/.222 / /
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 6/.900 3/2.000 10/.875 5/1.933 6/.000 694/461 .276/.372/.507/.879 .733/.955 .864 76/.818 3/2 34/17
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 15/.515 4/1.000 12/.697 7/.429 2/.000 448/270 .225/.293/.396/.689 .893/.557 .614 57/.779 5/6 15/19
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.750 5/.650 7/1.167 7/.286 1/3.000 629/454 .283/.343/.478/.821 .977/.764 .878 68/.574 2/1 24/15
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 12/1.053 7/1.429 3/1.666 657/474 .268/.300/.459/.759 .797/.745 .829 77/.868 23/7 20/5
18.Kendall G/S/vP 30/.661 2/2.500 1/.000 6/.666 16/.196 8/1.911 4/.000 2/.000 587/432 .246/.327/.324/.651 .681/.640 .666 55/.415 8/3 2/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 25/17 .167/.160/.208/.368 .375/.364 .313 8/.500 0/0 0/0
27.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.571/.946 .000/1.095 1.167 9/.111 0/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 69/48 .306/.377/.435/.812 .569/.907 .806 13/.808 2/0 1/3
23.Weeks G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/.750 1/.000 10/.311 7/.000 1/no AB 560/386 .234/.342/.398/.740 .805/.711 .817 73/.736 19/5 14/15
IP 55.1 14.0 64.0 62.0 117.1 72.0 55.2 TOTAL .252/.333/.426/.759 .776/.753 .737 .759 7/5 23/10
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.90/7.6 9.00/7.7 2.53/6.3 3.92/7.0 4.22/4.7 3.38/10.4 5.01/9.2 4.58/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (55-41-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 237/.222 72/.339 262/.197 252/.235 478/.266 303/.225 250/.214 .285  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
149/0/0/9
0/0/156/8
0/119/0/3
OPS .777 .981 .570 .626 .697 .686 .733 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 99/.469 38/1.053 110/.612 115/.839 192/.746 140/.648 105/.621 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 138/1.011 34/.900 152/.539 137/.456 286/.665 163/.714 145/.819 .772
Home / 123/.763 31/1.156 144/.626 145/.631 218/.846 174/.639 120/.687
Last 28d days 65/.833 21/.508 23/.672 56/.939 41/.798 44/.720 30/.907 25/1.063
HR/SB/CS // 10/4/1 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/2/2 8/2/2 10/8/0 8/5/0 20/5/2
Usage ····X··· ·····oo· ·X··X·Xo X·X··oX· X··XoX·· X··X··oo X···Xo·· ··o·o···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Parra*
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB		 50.Julio
G/S/vB		 73.McClung
G/S/vB		 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB		 43.Swindle*
G/S/vB		 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 15/1.236 11/1.261 ··· 7/1.047 6/1.867 3/.666 ··· 14/1.346 665/487 .312/.420/.567/.986 .803/1.057 1.046 78/.749 18/4 29/5
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 9/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 356/297 .240/.287/.418/.705 .614/.720 .708 58/.794 1/2 14/4
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.733 514/383 .229/.288/.300/.588 .508/.614 .635 64/.789 41/10 5/5
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 342/267 .276/.309/.363/.672 .599/.693 .618 19/.377 2/3 4/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 11/.650 502/347 .266/.310/.346/.657 .901/.550 .602 28/1.258 3/1 3/8
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/1.767 11/.855 1/.000 9/1.083 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 13/.923 481/366 .314/.368/.569/.937 .959/.930 .943 71/.872 4/1 28/1
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 13/.826 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 8/.250 422/306 .293/.354/.427/.781 .753/.791 .812 59/.638 20/5 6/12
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 321/220 .224/.292/.360/.652 .509/.718 .665 22/.837 2/1 8/4
9.Pence G/S/vP 13/.539 6/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.900 2/2.500 ··· 12/.750 642/479 .269/.318/.466/.783 .722/.804 .775 73/.872 11/10 25/1
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/1.400 429/324 .276/.319/.394/.714 .724/.710 .813 62/.594 10/1 7/5
31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/22 .214/.214/.286/.500 .333/.545 .727 20/.000 0/1 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 15/.933 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.467 18/1.115 1/.000 ··· 7/1.286 666/491 .283/.314/.415/.729 .743/.724 .757 77/.739 7/7 13/11
46.Towles G/S/vP 5/.650 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 171/137 .137/.250/.253/.503 .714/.455 .620 3/.667 0/0 4/2
IP 166.0 26.2 19.0 30.0 105.1 25.1 4.2 108.1 TOTAL .250/.323/.390/.714 .815/.685 .759 .714 11/7 17/4
ERA-K/9 4.39/8.0 4.39/5.1 2.84/9.5 3.60/10.2 4.02/7.4 3.20/11.0 7.71/7.7 4.07/7.7 4.78/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (52-25-6)
 Towles (13-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 741/.278 116/.298 78/.230 132/.245 456/.243 109/.165 24/.409 464/.266 .251  Pence
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Lee
 Erstad
 Smith
0/0/156/16
0/130/0/9
34/8/43/4
110/0/0/4
56/40/6/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .766 .822 .688 .756 .714 .613 1.140 .763 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.680 36/.759 28/1.135 68/.819 212/.789 47/.568 9/.667 217/.654 .817
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 606/.785 80/.849 50/.433 64/.692 244/.649 62/.648 15/1.456 247/.860 .730
Road 323/.874 50/.933 37/.766 58/.682 230/.681 58/.613 / 207/.952
Last 28d days 67/.856 49/.791 36/.583 30/.921 45/.800 25/.850 7/.929 46/.789
HR/SB/CS 18/8/5 4/2/1 4/1/0 3/3/0 10/5/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 18/5/2 20/13/2
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· o··o··o· ····X··· o···X··· o·o···o· ····X··· X··oX··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.