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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @PNC Park

Brewers, 47-46, 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Braden Looper (34, RHP, 8-4, 4.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-4) 107.1 117 65 59 36 63 23 4.95
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 3-1 39.1 45 27 25 15 21 11 5.72 43
2009-07-16 @CIN W 5.1 7 3 3 5 4 1 109 41
2009-07-10 LAD ND 6.0 5 5 5 1 2 4 98 43
2009-07-04 @CHC W 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 112 52
2009-06-29 NYM W 6.1 7 3 1 2 2 0 100 51
2009-06-24 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 104 50
2009-06-19 @DET L 3.2 8 7 7 0 4 3 66 21
2009-06-14 CHW ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 1 105 44
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 27.2 28 15 14 12 12 3 4.55 47
2009-04-27 PIT ND 5.0 6 3 2 4 7 0 101 48
2008-08-19 PIT L 7.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 99 67
2008-06-01 PIT W 5.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 92 39
2007-08-01 @PIT L 4.0 8 7 7 1 0 2 74 17
2007-05-24 PIT W 6.0 3 1 1 2 2 1 85 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-22   Road:   23-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  34-36   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @PIT  L   5-8       47-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CIN  L   3-5       47-45  3rd  3.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @CIN  W   5-1       47-44  2nd  2.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @CIN  L   0-4       46-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @CIN  W   9-6       46-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   LAD  L   4-7       45-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   LAD  W   6-3       45-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   LAD  L   8-12(10)  44-42  2nd  3.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   STL  L   1-5       44-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   STL  W   5-4       44-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 41-51, 6th, 8½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Virgil Vasquez (27, RHP, 1-3, 6.52)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 19.1 22 14 14 11 12 3 6.52
2007 (0-1) 16.2 27 16 16 5 7 7 8.64
Last 7 GS 1-4 31.0 41 26 26 15 18 9 7.55 39
2009-07-12 @PHI L 1.1 4 5 5 3 1 1 48 24
2009-07-06 @HOU L 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 97 41
2009-07-01 CHC L 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 2 101 45
2009-06-26 KCR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 99 61
2007-08-31 @OAK ND 4.0 6 4 4 0 1 3 69 35
2007-07-24 @CHW ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 2 94 53
2007-05-13 @MIN L 2.2 9 6 6 2 1 1 73 15
Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-18   Road:   16-33   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:   6-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:13-25   vsWest:  6-6  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Mon, Jul 20   MIL  W   8-5       41-51  6th  8.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   SFG  L   3-4       40-51  6th  9.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   SFG  W   2-0       40-50  6th  8.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17   SFG  W   2-1 (14)  39-50  6th  9.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @PHI  L   2-5       38-50  6th  9.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11  @PHI  L   7-8       38-49  6th  9.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @PHI  L   2-3       38-48  6th  9.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8  @HOU  L   0-5       38-47  6th  7.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7  @HOU  W   6-3       38-46  6th  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @HOU  L   1-4       37-46  6th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 5-1; 2008 - MIL won 14-1; 2007 - MIL won 10-6; All-Time - MIL leads 94-84

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

NYY  5.54

FLA  4.52

SDP  3.72

RA/G

SFG  3.64

CIN  4.64

WSN  5.66

BA

I. Suzuki  .363

P. Feliz  .287

R. Cedeno  .185

OBP

M. Ramirez  .465

N. Swisher  .362

R. Cedeno  .238

SLG

A. Pujols  .730

R. Zimmerman  .467

N. Punto  .258

OPS

A. Pujols  1.186

J. Drew  .821

B. Giles  .548

ERA

D. Haren  1.96

U. Jimenez  3.82

J. Geer  6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.79

B. Zito  6.73

J. Pineiro  3.75

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

Brewers Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
56.Veal*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 5/.900 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 389/310 .306/.388/.522/.910 1.195/.840 1.009 97/.697 9/3 17/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 4/.917 6/.167 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 359/268 .264/.370/.472/.842 .740/.869 .852 92/.894 4/3 14/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 57/50 .255/.298/.373/.671 .000/.772 .184 31/.767 0/0 1/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 8/1.196 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 276/250 .280/.350/.407/.758 .580/.776 .796 86/.694 3/2 3/4
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 1/no AB 15/1.200 3/.833 2/no AB 1/no AB 404/288 .314/.441/.621/1.062 1.059/1.061 1.132 100/1.208 1/2 24/4
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/109 .239/.336/.407/.743 .842/.720 .796 39/.778 1/0 4/4
22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/144 .190/.224/.307/.531 .738/.500 .760 13/.160 4/1 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 2/.500 9/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 209/139 .198/.258/.333/.592 .616/.578 .438 24/.469 1/0 5/4
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 6/.967 3/1.334 9/.583 2/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 351/276 .229/.296/.379/.675 .499/.721 .648 94/.792 0/0 11/6
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 8/1.071 3/1.334 8/1.143 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 357/272 .261/.331/.425/.756 .764/.753 .697 82/.678 7/4 9/3
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 6/1.750 3/2.667 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 313/249 .244/.331/.285/.616 .611/.618 .596 86/.678 1/1 0/5
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 173/123 .321/.376/.519/.895 .908/.889 .890 74/.867 0/0 6/7
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 58/43 .235/.310/.314/.624 .414/.700 .605 11/.495 1/0 0/0
IP 19.1 31.0 38.1 42.2 37.1 35.1 7.2 TOTAL .256/.339/.421/.760 .770/.757 .760 .768 31/18 104/61
ERA-K/9 6.52/5.6 5.81/6.7 3.76/6.3 3.16/7.8 7.47/9.7 2.55/7.1 3.52/8.2 4.20/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 87/.297 142/.315 153/.239 188/.247 186/.343 146/.192 40/.214 .262
OPS .965 .880 .698 .696 .921 .668 .782 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.977 71/1.011 66/.606 52/.588 95/.933 58/.691 12/.542 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.949 71/.736 87/.768 136/.739 91/.908 88/.653 28/.879 .741
Home 50/.872 91/.835 68/.447 80/.641 123/.864 70/.601 27/.671
Last 28d days 87/.965 43/1.011 30/.426 44/.507 33/1.071 43/.624 5/.400
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 6/5/0 4/1/0 3/3/1 3/2/1 2/4/1 1/0/0 76/64/19
Usage ········ ··oX···· o··o···· ··Xo···· ·X·X···· ·o·o···· ·o······
Pirates Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB
47.Burns
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
26.Parra*
G/S/vB
52.Smith
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .333/.333/.333/.667 1.000/.000 1.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/1.467 4/1.167 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 73/48 .232/.247/.406/.652 .715/.620 .763 25/.492 0/0 2/1
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 166/141 .255/.327/.389/.717 .556/.744 .831 31/.579 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/34 .286/.333/.750/1.083 1.148/1.030 1.087 60/1.083 3/0 8/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 21/.708 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/.875 360/250 .244/.328/.437/.764 .632/.827 .994 85/.577 2/2 12/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 341/247 .266/.340/.385/.726 .816/.690 .719 82/.675 2/0 4/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/125 .289/.344/.440/.784 .903/.735 .657 98/.679 9/0 2/2
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 246/206 .256/.313/.392/.705 .631/.719 .821 56/.770 0/2 4/0
18.Salazar* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/8 .000/.125/.000/.125 /.125 .000 8/.125 0/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 18/.478 3/.666 12/1.136 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.300 356/253 .313/.353/.471/.824 .831/.821 .834 66/.706 5/1 6/2
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 133/108 .241/.353/.277/.630 .888/.573 .654 34/.674 1/0 1/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 15/.142 2/4.000 8/.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 2/no AB 7/.000 272/197 .267/.297/.392/.690 .663/.699 .696 84/.700 2/1 4/7
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 153/80 .307/.379/.409/.788 .711/.860 .788 46/.678 2/0 4/3
IP 107.1 29.0 47.2 37.0 27.1 56.1 77.2 25.1 30.1 42.2 TOTAL .259/.323/.393/.716 .692/.726 .763 .672 52/17 65/44
ERA-K/9 4.95/5.3 6.21/6.8 2.64/8.1 1.70/8.8 1.98/6.9 4.79/5.4 6.37/7.9 2.84/6.4 2.67/10.7 6.12/8.2 4.54/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 472/.274 112/.291 190/.261 146/.193 108/.224 249/.268 365/.290 97/.207 123/.159 178/.264 .258
OPS .828 .864 .688 .559 .526 .830 .837 .760 .549 .759 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 217/.918 51/.822 74/.884 44/.838 53/.644 122/.863 77/.792 44/.867 70/.408 95/.647 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.753 61/.897 116/.564 102/.445 55/.416 127/.798 288/.848 53/.674 53/.740 83/.891 .762
Road 190/.921 41/.985 96/.571 73/.636 35/.522 123/.924 222/.938 27/.816 55/.650 88/.553
Last 28d days 134/.834 94/.916 47/.625 39/.639 31/.850 74/1.075 52/.448 65/.898 32/.670 38/1.238
HR/SB/CS 23/2/2 6/0/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 11/5/1 9/6/2 6/0/0 3/1/1 4/2/0 118/49/16
Usage ····X··· X······· ··X·o··· ··X·X··· ····o··· ·X··X··· ··X····· X··X···· ···o···· X··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.