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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 23, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Brewers, 26-16, 1st, 1 up

SP: Braden Looper (34, RHP, 4-2, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 44.1 47 24 21 16 27 8 4.26
2008 (12-14) 199.0 216 101 92 45 108 25 4.16
2007 (12-12) 175.0 183 100 96 51 87 22 4.94
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.1 42 23 20 12 23 7 4.58 48
2009-05-18 @STL W 6.0 3 3 1 2 0 1 100 56
2009-05-13 FLA W 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 100 41
2009-05-07 @CIN L 3.1 8 5 5 2 2 2 75 24
2009-05-02 ARI L 7.0 6 4 4 0 3 1 95 52
2009-04-27 PIT ND 5.0 6 3 2 4 7 0 101 48
2009-04-22 @PHI W 6.0 5 0 0 2 0 0 107 60
2009-04-15 CIN W 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 93 52
Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-7    Road:   14-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  19-12   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:17-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 22  @MIN  L   3-11      26-16  1st  1.0 up
 41 Thu, May 21  @HOU  W   4-3       26-15  1st  2.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8
Twins, 20-23, 3rd, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-9    Road:    5-14   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  14-15   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  3-12   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 22   MIL  W  11-3       20-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 21  @CHW  W  20-1       19-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20  @CHW  L   4-7       18-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 19  @CHW  L   2-6       18-22  3rd  4.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 18  @NYY  L   6-7       18-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @NYY  L   2-3 (10)  18-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @NYY  L   4-6 (11)  18-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @NYY  L   4-5       18-18  3rd  1.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   DET  W   6-5       18-17  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13   DET  W  14-10(13)  17-17  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2009 MIN 11  MIL  3        W:Kevin Slowey (6-1), L: Manny Parra (3-5), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 MIN  5  MIL  0        W:Kevin Slowey (5-6), L: Ben Sheets (9-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 MIL  5 @MIN  1        W:Manny Parra (8-2), L: Livan Hernandez (8-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 MIN  7  MIL  6        W:Matt Guerrier (4-2), L: Guillermo Mota (2-5), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 MIL  4  MIN  2        W:Seth McClung (4-3), L: Scott Baker (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (8)
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 MIN  9 @MIL  4 (12)   W:Brian Bass (3-2), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 MIN 10 @MIL  2        W:Kevin Slowey (3-6), L: David Bush (2-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 MIN 10  MIL  9        W:Joe Nathan (3-1), L: Chris Spurling (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 MIL  5 @MIN  2        W:David Bush (4-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (25)
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 MIL 11 @MIN  3        W:Claudio Vargas (5-1), L: Scott Baker (1-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 1-0; 2008 - MIN won 4-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 215-203

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  5.78

LAA  4.80

SDP  3.71

 RA/G

LAD  3.74

LAA  4.71

WSN  6.31

 BA

V. Martinez  .391

  

G. Sizemore  .220

 OBP

V. Martinez  .464

  

J. Rollins  .284

 SLG

J. Morneau  .640

  

E. Bonifacio  .318

 OPS

V. Martinez  1.074

  

E. Bonifacio  .621

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

B. Looper  4.26

R. Nolasco  9.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

R. Oswalt  6.71

J. Pineiro  3.15

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Brewers Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 60.Henn*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 177/140 .331/.452/.572/1.024 1.439/.913 1.158 100/.996 3/3 8/0
25.Cameron G/S/vP 11/.455 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 166/120 .295/.398/.554/.952 .798/1.004 .867 98/.906 2/0 8/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 7/.310 91/81 .338/.416/.455/.870 .522/.916 .895 65/.921 0/0 1/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 187/130 .262/.412/.510/.922 .974/.897 .862 111/.994 0/0 9/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 12/11 .444/.583/1.000/1.583 3.000/1.420 1.761 12/1.583 0/0 1/1
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 122/104 .219/.246/.377/.623 .778/.594 .904 70/.544 2/0 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.334 130/95 .237/.308/.407/.714 1.047/.583 .565 73/.661 1/0 4/3
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 162/121 .234/.321/.397/.718 .469/.798 .724 94/.826 0/0 5/3
1.Hart G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 180/140 .245/.324/.396/.720 .624/.749 .625 103/.614 3/3 4/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.333 6/.533 10/.800 1/.000 ··· 11/1.155 145/115 .221/.313/.270/.583 .517/.599 .504 90/.685 0/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 28/13 .261/.321/.348/.669 .641/.708 .702 20/.750 0/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/14 .333/.318/.429/.747 .250/1.044 .522 9/.667 0/0 0/0
IP 20.1 13.0 22.1 21.1 3.0 13.0 15.2 TOTAL .255/.349/.429/.778 .783/.777 .745 .792 11/9 51/25
ERA-K/9 4.87/5.3 7.62/5.5 3.63/6.5 3.80/5.9 6.00/3.0 2.08/8.3 2.87/9.2 5.09/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 88/.333 57/.250 104/.307 82/.184 13/.273 53/.229 63/.224 .275
OPS .915 .860 .877 .587 .839 .580 .665 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/1.352 18/1.822 45/.578 29/.422 6/1.333 20/.478 31/.923 .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.684 39/.419 59/1.106 53/.681 7/.286 33/.644 32/.421 .765
Home 58/1.052 37/.830 52/1.090 50/.822 6/.733 24/.481 42/.396
Last 28d days 47/.841 31/1.152 57/.813 46/.529 13/.839 46/.628 41/.747
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 3/1/0 3/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 57/33/11
Usage ··X·X··· ··o·oo·X ····X··· ···o··X· X··X···· ·X···X·X ·X·····X
Twins Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
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		 43.Swindle*
G/S/vB		 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 60/53 .224/.350/.367/.717 1.095/.665 .822 42/.739 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/93 .218/.282/.429/.711 .783/.682 .675 73/.724 0/0 6/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 3/3.000 6/.333 2/4.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 181/135 .291/.376/.519/.895 1.045/.844 .996 109/1.109 4/1 7/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 88/55 .218/.287/.295/.582 .549/.602 .529 47/.608 4/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 4/1.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 101/59 .277/.317/.383/.700 .683/.712 .980 69/.622 0/0 2/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/2.400 3/.667 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.667 150/117 .336/.373/.536/.909 .500/1.025 .936 87/.793 0/0 5/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/1.371 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 91/60 .405/.495/.797/1.292 .970/1.462 1.501 91/1.292 0/0 8/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 9/1.000 6/1.300 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.000 192/127 .335/.417/.640/1.057 1.151/1.004 1.069 114/1.159 0/0 12/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.250 1/.000 1/.000 6/.733 137/100 .189/.295/.207/.503 .380/.524 .507 79/.415 4/1 0/3
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/35 .255/.321/.294/.616 .714/.558 .676 21/.683 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 198/140 .304/.393/.411/.804 1.017/.715 .808 121/.822 9/3 3/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 62/43 .212/.288/.308/.596 .660/.567 .562 62/.596 1/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 90/63 .277/.322/.325/.648 .542/.693 .518 44/.641 2/2 1/2
IP 44.1 21.1 20.0 12.0 14.2 21.0 46.2 13.0 2.1 21.0 TOTAL .277/.352/.432/.784 .790/.781 .799 .831 26/10 46/17
ERA-K/9 4.26/5.5 2.95/5.9 1.35/8.6 0.00/7.5 6.75/6.7 2.57/6.9 5.79/7.7 2.77/7.6 11.57/15.7 4.29/8.6 4.04/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 194/.270 86/.272 77/.192 40/.125 71/.211 92/.203 218/.276 55/.170 12/.364 90/.205 .241
OPS .803 .697 .549 .250 .752 .613 .807 .589 1.144 .595 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.857 40/.914 23/.781 20/.400 29/1.119 50/.954 50/.896 29/.327 7/1.262 50/.489 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.761 46/.512 54/.454 20/.100 42/.514 42/.230 168/.782 26/.885 5/1.000 40/.736 .697
Road 69/.787 51/.661 37/.680 15/.400 42/.835 53/.522 144/.902 32/.735 12/1.144 46/.385
Last 28d days 124/.843 37/.576 41/.520 40/.250 41/.636 47/.440 151/.785 30/.385 5/1.400 44/.419
HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 5/4/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 46/23/5
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·X·· X···X·o· ·X·o··o· o·X····· XoX··o·· X····X·· o···o·o· X······· ·o·oX···

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.