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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 8, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 54-55, 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Manny Parra (26, LHP, 6-8, 6.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-8)			96.2	118	71	68	54	82	10	6.33
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		3-1	39.1	49	25	25	18	31	3	5.72	44
2009-08-03	@LAD	W	8.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	102	53
2009-07-29	WSN	W	6.0	9	5	5	5	7	0	113	36
2009-07-24	ATL	ND	5.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	106	31
2009-07-18	@CIN	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	124	61
2009-07-09	STL	ND	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	110	77
2009-06-13	CHW	L	1.2	6	6	6	3	0	0	56	16
2009-06-07	@ATL	ND	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	2	93	35

Last 5 v.HOU		3-2	27.1	33	14	12	13	20	4	3.95	47
2009-04-26	@HOU	L	5.0	5	3	1	3	4	1	97	50
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

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

 Home:   27-26   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  40-43   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:26-20   vsWest:  9-13 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  7  @HOU  L   3-6       54-55  3rd  5.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5  @LAD  W   4-1       54-54  3rd  4.0 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4  @LAD  L   4-17      53-54  3rd  5.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @LAD  W   6-5       53-53  3rd  4.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @SDP  W   6-1       52-53  3rd  4.5 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @SDP  L   2-4       51-53  3rd  5.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @SDP  L   7-11      51-52  3rd  4.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30   WSN  W   7-3       51-51  3rd  4.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29   WSN  W   7-5       50-51  4th  4.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   WSN  L   3-8       49-51  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Astros, 54-55, 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 7-8, 5.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			105.0	117	65	60	44	71	11	5.14
2008 (3-4)			78.0	83	45	42	28	38	10	4.85
2005 (5-3)			69.1	74	28	27	18	27	5	3.50

Last 7 GS		3-3	38.0	47	27	25	17	28	3	5.92	42
2009-08-03	SFG	W	6.0	8	2	1	2	6	0	103	54
2009-07-29	@CHC	L	4.0	8	9	9	4	1	2	79	7
2009-07-24	NYM	W	5.2	8	4	4	4	7	1	101	40
2009-07-18	@LAD	L	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	0	92	39
2009-07-11	WSN	L	3.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	70	23
2009-07-06	PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	98	67
2009-06-30	@SDP	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	97	65

Last 5 v.MIL		2-1	30.0	34	13	13	11	14	3	3.90	49
2009-05-19	MIL	ND	4.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	60	49
2009-04-25	MIL	ND	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	2	101	41
2004-08-11	MIL	W	5.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	86	45
2003-08-07	@MIL	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	105	76
2002-07-28	@MIL	L	6.0	9	5	5	3	1	1	104	32

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

 Home:   30-27   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  43-42   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:23-29   vsWest: 19-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  7   MIL  W   6-3       54-55  3rd  5.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   SFG  L   6-10      53-55  4th  5.0 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   SFG  L   1-8       53-54  3rd  5.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3   SFG  W   4-3       53-53  3rd  4.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @STL  W   2-0       52-53  3rd  4.5 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @STL  L   1-3       51-53  3rd  5.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @STL  L   3-4       51-52  3rd  4.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @CHC  L   3-12      51-51  3rd  4.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29  @CHC  L   0-12      51-50  3rd  3.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @CHC  W  11-6       51-49  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 MIL  4 @HOU  3        W:Seth McClung (1-1), L: Jeff Fulchino (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (11)
Wed, May 20, 2009 HOU  6  MIL  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-2), L: Yovani Gallardo (4-2), S: Chris Sampson (2)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 4-3; 2008 - MIL won 8-7; 2007 - MIL won 13-5; All-Time - HOU leads 104-77

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

LAA 5.71

FLA 4.56

SDP 3.75

RA/G

SFG 3.64

NYM 4.62

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

S. Schumaker .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .446

C. Counsell .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .687

S. Rolen .476

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

C. Blake .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

D. Braden 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

J. Happ 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Brewers Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 20.Norris
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
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 5/1.550 2/.000 8/1.000 2/.500 3/.333 10/.733 ··· 13/1.720 6/1.300 12/.969 9/.555 3/.666 1/.000 460/368 .319/.391/.569/.961 1.223/.897 1.008 93/1.014 9/4 22/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 38/.885 1/2.000 9/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 38/.802 ··· 28/.765 3/1.667 13/.975 7/.953 12/.705 2/.000 422/319 .253/.360/.449/.810 .732/.827 .805 88/.694 6/3 15/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.250 ··· 9/1.413 ··· 20/.600 ··· 2/.500 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 78/69 .279/.346/.368/.714 .222/.784 .443 30/.840 2/0 1/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 29/.727 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 17/.494 ··· 29/.667 2/1.500 3/.666 9/.583 6/.600 3/1.334 335/304 .293/.364/.425/.790 .550/.814 .815 87/.902 3/3 4/4

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 5/.200 5/.400 2/.000 12/1.694 ··· 32/.317 6/.900 24/.708 10/.875 6/1.500 6/.000 475/344 .302/.417/.577/.994 1.002/.989 1.058 96/.796 2/2 26/6

22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 175/154 .204/.240/.327/.567 .738/.543 .756 13/.930 4/1 4/1

2.Hall G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 48/.875 4/1.250 34/.604 13/.641 7/.429 3/.666 222/145 .197/.261/.330/.591 .662/.553 .462 18/.590 1/0 5/4

7.Hardy G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.000 5/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/1.225 ··· 24/.668 5/1.200 22/.968 8/1.000 7/.286 1/3.000 402/319 .226/.297/.366/.663 .514/.697 .610 71/.665 0/1 11/6

9.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 44/.817 ··· 7/.762 2/2.500 1/.000 14/1.632 ··· 48/.893 3/.666 8/.250 10/1.500 4/.000 3/.000 368/298 .229/.314/.270/.584 .554/.591 .563 78/.525 2/1 1/5

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 12/.697 ··· 31/.702 ··· 14/.297 8/.500 3/.000 1/.000 449/350 .302/.362/.405/.767 .706/.784 .666 89/.729 6/4 6/10

14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 208/149 .316/.365/.526/.892 .953/.867 .908 50/.809 0/0 9/7

11.Rivera G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 68/51 .203/.294/.271/.565 .435/.609 .548 14/.286 1/0 0/0

IP 105.0 40.2 8.1 38.0 52.2 103.1 16.0 137.0 59.1 136.2 52.2 32.0 28.0 TOTAL .257/.338/.420/.758 .762/.757 .749 .755 40/22 119/71

ERA-K/9

5.14/6.1

2.66/8.0

5.40/7.6

3.55/8.5

3.42/6.5

5.23/5.9

1.69/9.0

3.61/7.0

7.28/8.0

2.63/8.4

3.93/5.6

2.81/9.8

6.11/9.6

4.39/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.293 179/.230 45/.294 163/.196 208/.226 459/.294 40/.147 558/.249 282/.340 557/.242 223/.263 126/.214 127/.313 .270

OPS .818 .639 1.121 .676 .655 .845 .426 .706 .962 .693 .720 .681 .904 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.719 73/.675 22/1.487 72/.764 96/.568 241/.684 15/.421 266/.738 117/1.216 114/.577 107/.717 56/.882 43/.737 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.848 106/.614 23/.760 91/.608 112/.725 218/1.019 25/.430 292/.676 165/.786 443/.723 116/.724 70/.521 84/.989 .785

Home 245/.837 101/.704 17/.983 76/.711 105/.606 259/.864 / 268/.787 177/.849 267/.642 116/.559 69/.697 65/.870

Last 28d days 123/1.022 64/.859 15/1.313 35/.624 50/.748 134/.784 40/.426 63/.517 38/1.322 93/.622 23/1.041 44/.634 43/1.062

HR/SB/CS 11/5/2 1/3/0 3/2/0 6/1/3 5/3/0 16/7/2 0/0/0 15/2/1 13/1/0 15/1/1 2/0/0 5/3/3 7/4/0 123/44/18

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

Astros Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 47.Burns
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 41.Looper
G/S/vB 52.Smith
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 43.Swindle*
G/S/vB 50.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/.500 21/1.033 ··· ··· ··· 13/.077 3/.667 293/268 .265/.334/.381/.715 .985/.690 .829 75/.720 0/1 6/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.909 ··· 3/.666 ··· 7/.900 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.536 457/362 .286/.360/.405/.765 .712/.779 .730 89/.723 39/10 3/2

41.Coste G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 171/120 .233/.324/.353/.677 .714/.661 .849 53/.575 0/0 2/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 48/42 .217/.229/.239/.468 .333/.488 .522 13/.615 1/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/.536 ··· ··· ··· 7/.857 1/.000 12/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 12/.586 242/163 .268/.343/.397/.740 .914/.652 .614 54/.668 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 15/1.667 3/.000 13/.718 1/.000 12/.916 3/1.000 29/.455 ··· 1/.000 ··· 21/1.159 13/.923 441/347 .313/.361/.509/.869 1.004/.834 .972 92/.983 3/2 18/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 13/.826 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 11/.955 6/.500 12/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/1.400 9/.222 330/259 .253/.306/.345/.651 .856/.599 .706 85/.732 12/3 5/4

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 11/.664 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 4/.250 100/57 .196/.260/.348/.608 .656/.571 .592 18/.722 1/1 3/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 16/.517 ··· 8/.250 2/2.000 13/.770 2/2.000 23/1.205 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 8/.661 12/.750 441/352 .293/.358/.467/.825 .915/.802 .879 91/.719 10/8 14/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 101/81 .242/.287/.326/.613 .671/.599 .597 25/.741 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/.833 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 5/1.400 314/251 .247/.278/.388/.666 .785/.635 .646 58/.609 0/2 8/4

10.Tejada G/S/vP 18/.778 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 2/.000 12/1.060 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.286 464/363 .322/.351/.460/.811 .805/.813 .861 97/.720 3/2 10/14

IP 96.2 35.2 56.2 41.2 140.1 33.0 132.0 31.1 35.2 6.2 13.1 58.0 TOTAL .267/.328/.406/.734 .775/.722 .758 .722 75/35 90/63

ERA-K/9

6.33/7.6

6.06/6.6

2.22/7.8

2.81/8.4

3.59/9.9

1.91/7.4

4.84/5.0

3.73/6.3

3.28/9.8

16.20/10.7

2.70/6.8

6.05/7.1

4.83/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.298 164/.318 223/.250 167/.214 593/.216 134/.227 578/.273 133/.214 148/.172 37/.375 51/.222 235/.273 .265

OPS .839 .940 .661 .641 .683 .548 .822 .778 .596 1.209 .647 .801 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.774 78/.973 94/.858 49/.902 308/.624 67/.751 279/.904 63/.896 86/.505 17/1.299 24/1.132 129/.778 .826

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.857 86/.911 129/.520 118/.537 285/.745 67/.357 299/.746 70/.678 62/.727 20/1.137 27/.264 106/.830 .771

Road 254/.898 86/1.043 117/.595 85/.699 281/.719 53/.574 268/.870 45/.689 70/.729 30/1.333 23/.791 121/.590

Last 28d days 117/.802 73/1.034 44/.363 36/.967 134/.790 33/.563 132/.822 44/.958 33/.899 22/1.244 44/.677 58/.917

HR/SB/CS 10/6/2 8/0/0 3/2/1 5/1/0 16/13/2 0/1/0 27/4/3 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 8/3/0 144/57/17

Usage ····X··· ······X· ··o··X·· o··X··o· ···X···· ··o·oX·· ··X····X ···X···o ···o·ooX o····XX· 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.