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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 29, 2009 @Miller Park

Pirates, 53-73, 6th, 20 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Hart (26, RHP, 4-3, 4.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-3)			50.0	55	23	23	25	30	7	4.14
2008 (2-2)			27.2	39	24	20	18	23	2	6.51
2007 (0-0)			11.0	7	1	1	4	13	0	0.82

Last 7 GS		4-2	39.1	48	21	21	15	26	6	4.81	46
2009-08-23	CIN	L	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	99	44
2009-08-17	MIL	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	97	40
2009-08-12	@COL	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	106	35
2009-08-06	ARI	ND	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	102	46
2009-07-30	HOU	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	102	50
2009-07-25	CIN	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	94	61
2009-07-19	@WSN	W	5.0	5	2	2	5	1	0	83	45

Last 5 v.MIL		1-0	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	6.00	40
2009-08-17	MIL	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	97	40

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

 Home:   35-29   Road:   18-44   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  37-52   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:   9-18
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:19-33   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Fri, Aug 28  @MIL  L   6-8       53-73  6th 20.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 27   PHI  W   3-2       53-72  6th 19.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 26   PHI  L   1-4 (10)  52-72  6th 20.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 25   PHI  W   6-4       52-71  6th 19.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23   CIN  L   1-4       51-71  6th 19.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22   CIN  W  12-2       51-70  5th 18.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21   CIN  W   5-2       50-70  6th 18.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   MIL  W   3-1       49-70  6th 18.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   MIL  W   5-2       48-70  6th 18.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 17   MIL  W   9-5       47-70  6th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Brewers, 62-66, 3rd, 12 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Yovani Gallardo (23, RHP, 12-10, 3.51)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-10)			164.1	129	65	64	80	179	18	3.51
2008 (0-0)			24.0	22	5	5	8	20	3	1.88
2007 (9-5)			110.1	103	48	45	37	101	8	3.67

Last 7 GS		4-3	43.2	36	20	20	21	49	4	4.12	55
2009-08-24	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	8	0	108	59
2009-08-19	@PIT	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	116	55
2009-08-14	HOU	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	7	0	105	62
2009-08-09	@HOU	L	7.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	110	57
2009-08-04	@LAD	L	5.1	10	9	9	2	7	1	97	17
2009-07-30	WSN	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	11	1	116	65
2009-07-25	ATL	W	7.1	4	0	0	4	6	0	118	72

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	31.0	22	7	7	12	36	3	2.03	63
2009-08-19	@PIT	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	116	55
2009-05-04	@PIT	ND	7.0	7	3	3	3	5	1	108	53
2009-04-29	PIT	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	11	0	116	88
2008-09-25	PIT	ND	4.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	67	57
2007-09-11	@PIT	W	6.0	6	0	0	3	7	0	105	64

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

 Home:   31-32   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  44-51   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:30-28   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 28   PIT  W   8-6       62-66  3rd 12.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   CIN  L   5-8       61-66  4th 12.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   CIN  L   3-4 (10)  61-65  3rd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   CIN  L   6-8 (13)  61-64  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @WSN  W   7-1       61-63  3rd 10.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @WSN  L   3-8       60-63  4th 10.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22  @WSN  W  11-9       60-62  4th  9.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21  @WSN  W   7-3       59-62  4th  9.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @PIT  L   1-3       58-62  3rd 10.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @PIT  L   2-5       58-61  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 PIT  3  MIL  1        W:Paul Maholm (7-7), L: Yovani Gallardo (11-10), S: Matt Capps (22)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 PIT  5  MIL  2        W:Ross Ohlendorf (11-8), L: Manny Parra (8-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 PIT  9  MIL  5        W:Kevin Hart (4-2), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 PIT  8  MIL  7        W:Matt Capps (2-5), L: Mitch Stetter (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 MIL  2 @PIT  0        W:Braden Looper (9-4), L: Virgil Vasquez (1-4), S: Trevor Hoffman (22)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 PIT  8  MIL  5        W:Ross Ohlendorf (8-7), L: Mike Burns (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 MIL  8 @PIT  5        W:Jeff Suppan (2-2), L: Ian Snell (1-4), S: Carlos Villanueva (3)
Mon, May 04, 2009 MIL  7 @PIT  4        W:Mark DiFelice (3-0), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (4)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 MIL  1  PIT  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (3-1), L: Ian Snell (1-3), S: Carlos Villanueva (2)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 MIL  6  PIT  5        W:Jorge Julio (1-0), L: Jesse Chavez (0-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (1)
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 7-5; 2008 - MIL won 14-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; All-Time - MIL leads 96-88

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 5.66

BAL 4.60

SDP 3.83

RA/G

LAD 3.80

NYM 4.66

WSN 5.45

J. Mauer .373

R. Roberts .290

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .442

W. Harris .361

R. Cedeno .240

SLG

A. Pujols .663

B. Butler .478

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.104

T. Hafner .833

B. Giles .548

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.75

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Pirates Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 31.Bush
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 41.Looper
G/S/vB 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 50.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB 20.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Bixler G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 31/28 .207/.258/.345/.603 1.167/.548 .654 5/.900 0/0 0/2

13.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/2.500 16/.588 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 11/1.323 1/5.000 5/.400 4/.000 281/198 .198/.240/.339/.578 .517/.604 .497 71/.792 4/2 9/8

36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/11 .208/.286/.208/.494 .567/.382 .550 20/.368 0/0 0/0

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.333 19/.106 6/.334 ··· 5/.000 9/.944 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 11/1.767 7/.953 10/.200 5/.200 197/139 .223/.259/.413/.672 .645/.683 .622 80/.615 3/0 8/1

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 184/156 .251/.317/.383/.700 .493/.737 .628 14/.571 1/0 3/3

46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 2/5.000 1/3.000 5/3.050 1/.000 207/141 .291/.353/.608/.961 .796/1.041 .925 99/.849 8/1 15/0

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 11/.873 11/.830 4/.666 2/.000 2/.000 9/.708 ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 12/.350 1/2.000 6/1.166 4/.000 467/344 .251/.329/.370/.699 .826/.652 .692 83/.695 3/1 6/12

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 327/244 .290/.361/.486/.847 .987/.801 .762 97/1.025 15/3 10/2

85.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 8/1.500 ··· 6/.000 4/.750 5/.800 3/3.000 120/90 .241/.286/.339/.625 .861/.550 .358 90/.673 4/3 2/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP 9/.444 9/1.111 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 11/1.233 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 319/270 .242/.304/.369/.673 .690/.669 .590 44/.518 0/3 6/2

51.Pearce G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/.858 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.715 1/.000 112/72 .238/.313/.416/.728 .929/.622 .561 65/.747 1/0 3/2

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 7/1.096 ··· ··· 1/no AB 14/.226 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 183/150 .247/.355/.299/.654 .805/.621 .547 26/.878 1/0 1/2

48.Young# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 284/180 .304/.359/.431/.790 .682/.853 .787 92/.780 2/0 6/4

IP 164.1 85.2 68.0 49.0 40.0 155.0 17.1 123.0 37.2 118.2 24.1 72.1 47.2 TOTAL .255/.319/.395/.714 .698/.720 .656 .721 73/26 102/61

ERA-K/9

3.51/9.8

5.88/6.5

2.65/7.7

3.67/8.4

1.80/7.7

4.88/4.9

5.71/7.3

6.66/7.2

3.82/9.3

5.38/4.6

2.59/7.0

6.10/7.1

3.40/6.0

4.90/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 696/.213 369/.269 268/.250 205/.235 154/.209 680/.273 82/.300 564/.311 166/.206 556/.314 98/.193 324/.284 197/.204 .267

OPS .678 .872 .672 .682 .522 .824 .872 .880 .666 .913 .561 .833 .698 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.648 197/.826 115/.920 60/.931 77/.645 324/.941 27/1.105 122/.847 93/.574 268/.925 42/.733 167/.833 80/.744 .839

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.711 172/.922 153/.489 145/.585 77/.404 356/.719 55/.765 442/.889 73/.787 288/.901 56/.441 157/.833 117/.666 .769

Home 336/.637 194/.837 134/.771 104/.679 94/.475 389/.799 34/.772 234/.824 92/.610 254/1.002 51/.477 145/.949 92/.885

Last 28d days 131/.757 21/.722 57/.688 46/1.019 35/.548 128/.769 28/.686 140/.951 24/1.015 26/1.210 55/.575 108/.842 44/.646

HR/SB/CS 18/17/2 18/9/4 6/2/1 6/2/0 1/1/0 32/4/3 3/1/0 17/6/2 4/1/1 18/6/3 2/3/0 13/3/0 8/1/0 174/65/17

Usage ····X··· ·X······ o··X··XX ·X·o·oo· X·oo··oo ··X····X ·X·X··X· X····X·· ··o·o··· ···X···· ··X·X·o· ···X·X·· X·o·oo··

Brewers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.Hart
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 34.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 58.Jackson
G/S/vB 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 37.Morton
G/S/vB 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 13/6 .250/.308/.250/.558 .571/.533 .333 13/.558 0/0 1/0

8.Braun G/S/vP 5/.650 5/1.800 ··· 5/.400 6/2.167 8/.875 1/5.000 5/.200 ··· 24/1.077 6/.533 6/.334 553/441 .313/.383/.558/.942 1.235/.870 .917 115/.889 12/5 28/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/2.667 1/no AB 5/1.400 6/.567 15/1.145 ··· 3/.333 ··· 33/1.252 6/.000 6/.334 509/385 .258/.360/.461/.820 .847/.811 .823 108/.815 6/3 19/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 123/112 .280/.358/.374/.732 .182/.790 .895 56/.768 2/0 1/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 6/.666 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.858 3/.666 6/1.267 395/357 .282/.355/.409/.764 .532/.788 .766 75/.625 3/3 4/5

21.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 45/34 .238/.273/.333/.606 1.267/.419 .352 45/.606 1/0 1/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/.750 ··· 9/.222 4/.833 28/.913 1/2.000 4/1.167 ··· 36/.258 6/1.133 6/.967 563/409 .305/.416/.598/1.014 .960/1.035 .978 111/.988 2/3 36/6

22.Gerut* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 208/183 .215/.260/.356/.616 .780/.592 .441 36/.905 4/1 6/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.667 7/1.350 8/1.250 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 21/.295 6/1.467 2/no AB 419/341 .242/.330/.292/.622 .537/.641 .610 67/.760 3/1 1/6

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 4/2.083 ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/.666 13/.462 6/1.467 1/no AB ··· 31/.591 1/.000 6/1.333 537/413 .319/.379/.442/.821 .804/.826 .935 112/.983 6/5 8/14

14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.958 ··· 3/.333 272/195 .290/.353/.478/.830 .893/.806 .821 81/.673 0/2 10/12

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/1.167 99/72 .241/.354/.386/.739 .689/.757 .874 36/1.016 1/0 2/0

IP 50.0 4.0 7.0 43.1 54.2 176.0 2.2 53.1 29.2 162.2 63.0 149.1 TOTAL .262/.342/.430/.771 .791/.766 .789 .801 45/26 147/88

ERA-K/9

4.14/5.4

0.00/9.0

15.43/9.0

6.23/7.7

3.79/6.6

3.68/4.2

3.38/3.3

5.74/10.3

3.94/4.2

4.59/5.6

5.00/6.1

4.10/5.1

4.47/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.293 9/.000 30/.391 204/.331 227/.254 712/.271 12/.273 253/.313 132/.265 696/.289 279/.284 622/.267 .274

OPS .850 .000 1.039 .926 .721 .719 .970 .843 .730 .767 .794 .791 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.951 6/.000 9/.917 105/1.047 111/.619 167/.706 6/1.333 128/.848 62/.592 141/.496 154/.965 324/.880 .810

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.751 3/.000 21/1.029 99/.789 116/.820 545/.723 6/.533 125/.837 70/.850 555/.835 125/.581 298/.693 .765

Road 66/.894 / 19/1.089 68/1.140 106/.847 338/.769 / 75/.906 58/.507 345/.833 131/.931 279/.895

Last 28d days 101/.977 9/.000 30/1.039 41/.931 53/.695 115/.767 12/.970 46/.656 50/.837 139/.876 115/.870 105/.803

HR/SB/CS 7/10/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 8/6/0 6/3/0 17/6/5 1/0/0 3/6/2 2/4/0 13/12/6 6/6/2 22/10/7 116/85/31

Usage ·····X·· oX····o· X····X·· ·o·X···X ··oo·o·o X·····X· ··oo··o· o·Xo·X·X o·o··X·· ··X····· ·X·····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.