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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 21, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 25-15, 1st, 2 up

SP: Jeff Suppan (34, RHP, 3-3, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			44.2	45	25	23	19	23	7	4.63
2008 (10-10)			177.2	207	110	98	67	90	30	4.96
2007 (12-12)			206.2	243	113	106	68	114	18	4.62

Last 7 GS		3-2	40.2	39	19	17	18	22	6	3.76	50
2009-05-16	@STL	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	89	65
2009-05-10	CHC	L	6.0	8	4	3	2	3	1	120	43
2009-05-05	@PIT	W	5.2	5	3	3	3	3	1	108	47
2009-04-30	ARI	ND	6.1	6	1	1	0	3	1	97	60
2009-04-25	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	4	3	4	6	2	98	52
2009-04-19	@NYM	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	99	51
2009-04-12	CHC	L	3.2	2	5	5	6	1	1	78	32

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	29.2	39	22	21	10	25	5	6.37	42
2009-04-25	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	4	3	4	6	2	98	52
2008-07-27	HOU	L	6.0	11	8	8	1	3	2	91	20
2007-08-11	@HOU	ND	5.2	9	4	4	3	7	0	125	39
2007-06-27	HOU	ND	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	98	53
2006-05-31	HOU	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	98	44

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   12-7    Road:   13-8    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  18-11   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:16-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 20  @HOU  L   4-6       25-15  1st  2.0 up
 39 Tue, May 19  @HOU  W   4-2       25-14  1st  3.0 up
 38 Mon, May 18  @STL  W   8-4       24-14  1st  2.0 up
 37 Sun, May 17  @STL  W   8-2       23-14  1st  1.5 up
 36 Sat, May 16  @STL  W   1-0       22-14  1st  0.5 up
 35 Thu, May 14   FLA  W   5-3       21-14  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13   FLA  W   8-6       20-14  1st    Tied
 33 Tue, May 12   FLA  W   6-3       19-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   CHC  L   2-4       18-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   CHC  W  12-6       18-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8

Astros, 18-20, 5th, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			50.0	51	25	25	14	35	10	4.50
2008 (17-10)			208.2	199	89	82	47	165	23	3.54
2007 (14-7)			212.0	221	80	75	60	154	14	3.18

Last 7 GS		1-0	37.0	35	16	16	11	29	7	3.89	53
2009-05-16	@CHC	ND	6.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	108	55
2009-05-10	SDP	W	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	2	104	46
2009-05-05	@WSN	ND	5.0	4	4	4	2	4	1	89	45
2009-05-02	@ATL	ND	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17	54
2009-04-27	@CIN	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	98	61
2009-04-22	LAD	ND	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	3	108	45
2009-04-17	CIN	ND	6.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	108	63

Last 5 v.MIL		2-2	32.2	34	17	16	12	26	4	4.41	50
2008-06-10	MIL	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	10	1	99	73
2008-05-02	MIL	W	6.0	6	4	3	4	6	2	112	48
2007-09-03	@MIL	ND	5.2	10	5	5	2	3	0	113	30
2007-04-27	MIL	L	7.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	109	54
2007-04-22	@MIL	L	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	110	47

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    9-11   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  14-16   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   6-4       18-20  5th  6.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   2-4       17-20  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   6-5       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   4-5       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @COL  W   5-3       16-18  5th  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @COL  W  15-11      15-18  5th  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @COL  L   1-12      14-18  5th  5.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SDP  W  12-5       14-17  5th  5.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SDP  W   5-4       13-17  5th  5.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   SDP  W   2-0       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:15-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2009 MIL  4 @HOU  2        W:David Bush (3-0), L: Russ Ortiz (2-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (10)
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 HOU  3  MIL  2        W:Russ Ortiz (2-0), L: Manny Parra (0-4), S: Jose Valverde (2)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 3-2; 2008 - MIL won 8-7; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; All-Time - HOU leads 103-76

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

PHI 5.70

CHC 4.92

SDP 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.83

TEX 4.82

WSN 6.54

R. Zimmerman .358

G. Sizemore .215

OBP

R. Zimmerman .416

G. Sizemore .295

SLG

R. Zimmerman .624

D. Span .385

OPS

R. Zimmerman 1.040

G. Sizemore .688

ERA

Z. Greinke .60

J. Verlander 4.29

R. Nolasco 7.78

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.35

K. Uehara 6.60

M. Pelfrey 2.41

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Brewers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 10/1.625 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 9/.555 1/.000 164/130 .323/.451/.571/1.023 1.517/.892 1.176 102/1.063 3/3 8/0

25.Cameron G/S/vP 25/.697 1/no AB 2/.000 26/.471 6/1.133 2/.000 154/111 .276/.390/.528/.917 .716/.986 .788 101/.821 2/0 8/0

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 25/.613 3/.333 ··· 7/.143 9/.583 2/1.000 82/73 .324/.413/.456/.868 .347/.937 .896 57/.949 0/0 1/2

16.Duffy* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/34 .125/.222/.156/.378 .000/.415 .000 28/.422 0/0 0/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 29/.351 4/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 10/.875 6/.000 174/122 .273/.431/.545/.976 .995/.968 .953 113/1.169 0/0 9/1

24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .200/.333/.800/1.133 /1.133 1.400 6/1.133 0/0 1/1

2.Hall G/S/vP 45/.937 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.800 12/.697 3/.666 120/88 .259/.333/.444/.778 1.147/.633 .670 77/.823 1/0 4/3

7.Hardy G/S/vP 20/.631 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 8/1.000 1/3.000 151/113 .229/.318/.397/.715 .509/.779 .719 97/.817 0/0 5/3

1.Hart G/S/vP 15/1.533 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 12/1.053 3/1.666 166/131 .241/.327/.400/.727 .658/.747 .622 104/.652 3/3 4/2

Iribarren* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

18.Kendall G/S/vP 45/.883 2/2.500 1/.000 17/.309 8/1.911 3/.000 133/107 .234/.326/.279/.605 .558/.616 .531 87/.710 0/1 0/4

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 20/9 .167/.200/.167/.367 .282/.472 .330 12/.267 0/0 0/0

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 21/14 .350/.333/.450/.783 .286/1.044 .564 12/.500 0/0 0/0

IP 50.0 14.0 13.2 16.2 25.1 11.2 TOTAL .252/.351/.431/.782 .793/.779 .746 .815 11/9 50/24

ERA-K/9

4.50/6.3

3.21/6.4

4.61/4.6

2.70/7.5

2.13/3.6

7.71/9.2

4.69/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.270 59/.196 54/.200 72/.258 98/.236 58/.385 .275

OPS .803 .680 .639 .693 .678 .968 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.813 31/.910 18/.603 33/.623 46/.579 23/1.092 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.795 28/.423 36/.639 39/.753 52/.771 35/.887 .776

Home 105/.855 16/1.082 35/.437 40/.807 44/.473 21/.714

Last 28d days 102/.716 38/.774 41/.586 38/.651 58/.633 36/.868

HR/SB/CS 10/0/1 3/1/1 2/0/0 1/2/2 1/0/0 2/0/0 40/13/6

Usage ····X··· ···o···· ·X······ ····o·Xo o··Xo·o· ····o··X

Astros Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 50.Julio
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 42/1.318 11/1.261 ··· 10/.800 7/1.047 7/1.571 18/1.000 3/.666 15/1.246 154/111 .224/.364/.448/.812 .704/.855 .692 90/.774 0/2 8/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 28/1.494 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/.000 7/.286 5/1.200 ··· 3/.667 124/114 .259/.331/.306/.636 1.000/.600 .737 78/.536 0/1 0/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/.333 12/.909 2/1.000 7/.619 153/126 .304/.373/.422/.796 .654/.826 .745 102/.863 13/3 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 35/.589 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.250 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 47/42 .163/.196/.233/.428 .000/.483 .484 36/.473 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 17/.669 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 9/.536 1/.000 11/.650 61/32 .321/.400/.491/.891 1.123/.680 .789 36/.605 0/0 1/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 73/.781 12/.781 1/.000 3/1.000 9/1.083 8/.393 15/1.667 1/.000 13/.923 157/120 .324/.369/.563/.933 1.187/.855 1.029 97/.976 1/1 8/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 19/.421 2/1.500 ··· 5/.600 ··· 4/.000 13/.826 2/2.000 9/.222 144/113 .236/.298/.315/.613 1.010/.509 .654 99/.581 6/3 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 36/17 .200/.333/.333/.667 .806/.508 .836 16/.396 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.476 7/.286 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/.500 5/.900 16/.517 2/2.500 12/.750 157/125 .336/.408/.496/.904 .777/.937 1.003 94/.887 5/2 4/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 15/9 .133/.133/.200/.333 .500/.222 .000 8/.625 0/0 0/1

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 18/.977 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 6/.334 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.400 127/107 .276/.325/.491/.817 1.350/.707 .840 73/.956 0/2 5/0

31.Smith* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 27/25 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 8/.000 0/0 0/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 30/.714 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.467 19/1.045 18/.778 1/.000 7/1.286 161/124 .318/.348/.437/.785 1.005/.719 .834 97/.766 1/1 3/6

IP 44.2 20.1 19.0 11.0 13.2 19.0 43.1 12.1 20.0 TOTAL .266/.331/.404/.735 .883/.692 .758 .734 27/16 31/18

ERA-K/9

4.63/4.6

3.10/6.2

1.42/8.5

0.00/7.4

7.24/7.2

2.84/7.1

4.57/8.1

2.92/8.0

4.50/8.1

3.84/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.266 83/.282 73/.188 35/.086 58/.234 82/.215 197/.254 53/.178 87/.213 .236

OPS .818 .723 .552 .171 .784 .653 .748 .613 .618 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.839 40/.914 23/.781 17/.353 24/1.237 44/1.015 41/.800 29/.327 48/.511 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.794 43/.548 50/.450 18/.000 34/.473 38/.256 156/.734 24/.967 39/.758 .677

Road 126/.791 48/.704 33/.703 10/.200 29/.936 43/.576 123/.821 30/.791 43/.415

Last 28d days 130/.738 41/.766 42/.507 35/.171 28/.646 38/.464 130/.691 35/.361 52/.519

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 4/3/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 41/22/5

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···X ··X·o·o· ·o··o·oo X······· X··o···· ···X···· ··o·o··o ·oX····o

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.