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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @Miller Park

Pirates, 11-8, 2nd, 2½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 3-0, 2.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-0) 26.2 22 7 6 7 10 0 2.03
2008 (9-9) 206.1 201 89 85 63 139 21 3.71
2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.2 34 16 14 22 19 0 2.64 57
2009-04-22 FLA W 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 0 98 43
2009-04-17 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 102 68
2009-04-11 @CIN W 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 101 68
2009-04-06 @STL ND 6.2 7 2 1 1 1 0 89 54
2008-09-24 @MIL L 6.0 2 4 3 6 2 0 96 50
2008-09-18 LAD ND 7.0 3 3 3 6 4 0 105 57
2008-09-12 STL W 8.0 7 2 2 3 3 0 99 60
Last 5 v.MIL 0-3 31.2 34 17 16 12 21 4 4.55 48
2008-09-24 @MIL L 6.0 2 4 3 6 2 0 96 50
2008-08-30 MIL L 5.1 7 6 6 1 3 2 91 32
2008-08-24 @MIL ND 6.0 12 2 2 2 5 0 96 43
2008-07-05 @MIL ND 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 102 75
2008-05-20 MIL L 6.1 9 4 4 2 5 1 111 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    5-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @MIL  L   5-10      11-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @SDP  W   8-3       11-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @SDP  W  10-1       10-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @SDP  L   3-4 (11)   9-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   FLA  W   7-4        9-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   FLA  W   3-2        8-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   FLA  W   8-0        7-6   4th  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   ATL  L   1-11       6-6   4th  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   ATL  W  10-0        6-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   ATL  W   3-0        5-5   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:11-8
Brewers, 9-10, 5th, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: David Bush (29, RHP, 1-0, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 21.0 18 9 9 8 13 3 3.86
2008 (9-10) 185.0 163 92 86 48 109 29 4.18
2007 (12-10) 186.1 217 110 106 44 134 27 5.12
Last 7 GS 1-0 44.0 34 17 17 17 24 6 3.48 55
2009-04-23 @PHI W 7.2 2 1 1 3 4 1 113 72
2009-04-17 @NYM ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 94 46
2009-04-11 CHC ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 52
2008-09-23 PIT ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 92 44
2008-09-18 @CHC ND 5.0 2 2 2 2 3 2 63 56
2008-09-14 @PHI ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 81 52
2008-09-08 CIN ND 8.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 99 61
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 31.2 31 14 14 6 14 4 3.98 51
2008-09-23 PIT ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 92 44
2008-08-29 @PIT W 6.2 6 1 1 2 2 1 94 58
2008-08-22 PIT W 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 94 52
2008-07-05 PIT ND 8.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 100 77
2008-05-22 @PIT L 5.0 9 6 6 0 1 2 75 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-4    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 27   PIT  W  10-5        9-10  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @HOU  L   2-3        8-10  5th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 MIL 10  PIT  5        W:Todd Coffey (1-0), L: Tyler Yates (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 MIL  5  PIT  1 (10)   W:Mitch Stetter (3-1), L: Jesse Chavez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 MIL  4  PIT  2        W:C.C. Sabathia (16-10), L: Paul Maholm (9-9), S: Salomon Torres (28)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 MIL  7  PIT  5        W:Salomon Torres (7-5), L: T.J. Beam (2-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 MIL  7 @PIT  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (15-8), L: Jeff Karstens (2-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 1-0; 2008 - MIL won 14-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; All-Time - MIL leads 90-83

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 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.

Pirates Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 120/95 .157/.229/.194/.423 .462/.413 .396 8/.536 1/0 0/8
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .300/.300/.300/.600 2.000/.000 .600 4/.667 1/0 0/0
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/1.089 11/1.344 ··· 1/.000 ··· 432/375 .247/.333/.465/.798 .488/.844 .871 37/.745 10/3 20/3
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 29/.914 / /
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 17/.945 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 6/1.166 554/403 .270/.341/.500/.841 .765/.870 .865 80/1.016 1/1 25/8
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 252/181 .166/.252/.256/.508 .446/.532 .512 64/.681 2/0 5/10
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 23/1.128 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 9/.778 685/499 .276/.356/.497/.853 .710/.908 .847 66/.875 23/3 26/1
18.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.821 8/.250 5/.600 2/.000 5/1.000 179/83 .202/.274/.405/.679 .449/.943 .577 30/.869 0/1 8/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/1.400 175/147 .294/.345/.375/.720 .641/.735 .745 92/.819 9/5 0/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 263/192 .246/.304/.436/.741 .771/.729 .718 55/.567 1/2 8/1
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 30/.843 12/1.136 2/.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 8/.375 608/477 .271/.298/.371/.669 .788/.637 .742 82/1.006 0/1 9/7
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/1.000 347/291 .290/.365/.430/.795 .468/.858 .749 40/.511 0/1 6/13
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/94 .246/.321/.341/.663 .732/.630 .626 5/1.000 0/0 1/0
IP 185.0 26.2 19.0 45.1 30.0 105.1 166.0 25.1 108.1 TOTAL .275/.346/.432/.778 .695/.795 .725 .778 12/3 15/9
ERA-K/9 4.18/5.3 4.39/5.1 2.84/9.5 3.77/9.1 3.60/10.2 4.02/7.4 4.39/8.0 3.20/11.0 4.07/7.7 4.56/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Diaz (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 763/.234 116/.298 78/.230 180/.224 132/.245 456/.243 741/.278 109/.165 464/.266 .252  Moss
 McLouth
 Hinske
 Young
 Monroe
 Morgan
36/0/32/8
4/149/2/5
40/0/49/4
15/0/11/4
1/7/3/1
23/17/6/0
OPS .715 .822 .688 .657 .756 .714 .766 .613 .763 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 371/.781 36/.759 28/1.135 86/.873 68/.819 212/.789 135/.680 47/.568 217/.654 .812
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.654 80/.849 50/.433 94/.466 64/.692 244/.649 606/.785 62/.648 247/.860 .719
Home 434/.677 66/.743 41/.620 116/.656 74/.814 226/.750 418/.680 51/.600 257/.614
Last 28d days 88/.730 50/.775 43/.581 3/.000 30/.921 53/.735 91/.831 29/.838 52/.840
HR/SB/CS 29/17/9 4/2/1 4/1/0 8/3/0 3/3/0 10/5/4 18/8/5 2/2/2 18/5/2 21/13/3
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· ooo··o·· o······· ······X· ·Xo···X· ·X····X· ooo·o··· X·X··oX·

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 (4.63 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 56.Veal*
G/S/vB		 30.Yates
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 15/.481 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 663/478 .285/.335/.553/.888 .873/.894 .987 87/1.071 14/4 37/0
25.Cameron G/S/vP 20/1.761 3/1.666 3/1.000 4/.917 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 508/376 .243/.331/.477/.809 .951/.761 .700 77/1.100 17/5 25/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 1/no AB 8/1.196 ··· ··· 7/.750 302/275 .226/.355/.302/.658 .571/.666 .623 32/.692 3/1 1/3
16.Duffy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 9/.222 / /
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 24/.303 5/.400 6/.167 1/no AB 14/1.143 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 694/461 .276/.372/.507/.879 .733/.955 .894 86/.846 3/2 34/17
2.Hall G/S/vP 29/1.581 9/1.270 7/.858 2/.500 9/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 448/270 .225/.293/.396/.689 .893/.557 .763 66/.815 5/6 15/19
7.Hardy G/S/vP 24/.962 2/3.000 5/1.000 2/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 5/.500 629/454 .283/.343/.478/.821 .977/.764 .761 74/.572 2/1 24/15
1.Hart G/S/vP 29/.791 4/.500 7/1.000 1/2.000 8/1.143 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 657/474 .268/.300/.459/.759 .797/.745 .684 83/.840 23/7 20/5
18.Kendall G/S/vP 14/.297 3/1.167 2/1.500 5/1.667 3/2.667 ··· ··· 5/.200 587/432 .246/.327/.324/.651 .681/.640 .634 63/.506 8/3 2/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/17 .167/.160/.208/.368 .375/.364 .472 8/.500 0/0 0/0
27.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.571/.946 .000/1.095 .750 14/.071 0/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/48 .306/.377/.435/.812 .569/.907 .808 13/.808 2/0 1/3
23.Weeks G/S/vP 30/.617 2/1.000 7/.453 3/1.667 6/1.500 ··· ··· 9/.375 560/386 .234/.342/.398/.740 .805/.711 .650 83/.768 19/5 14/15
IP 206.1 56.2 53.2 15.0 76.0 13.0 73.1 TOTAL .252/.343/.433/.776 .796/.770 .852 .776 7/7 26/13
ERA-K/9 3.71/6.1 4.76/6.7 3.02/6.5 6.60/9.6 2.84/7.3 6.92/4.8 /0.0 4.66/7.7 3.36/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 853/.263 253/.271 211/.234 74/.328 322/.215 61/.239 / 331/.254 .235  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
149/0/0/9
0/0/156/8
0/119/0/3
OPS .724 .816 .633 .900 .651 .922 .737 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.515 84/.514 103/.589 29/.727 82/.617 28/.570 / 126/.837 .642
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 709/.767 169/.980 108/.676 45/1.008 240/.663 33/1.293 / 205/.675 .753
Road 400/.765 117/.824 81/.774 38/1.204 166/.631 31/1.203 / 137/.784
Last 28d days 109/.594 28/.494 25/.462 33/.416 45/.649 7/.286 18/1.100 29/1.002
HR/SB/CS 21/5/7 7/5/3 5/4/1 2/3/0 9/3/2 3/2/0 // 6/4/1 16/10/3
Usage ·····X·· o··X·o·· ···X·Xo· X··o·o·o XX·o·oX· X·o····· ········ o··o··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.