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Game Preview: MIL @ WSN, 4:35pm, Monday, August 24, 2009 @Nationals Park

Brewers, 60-63, 4th, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Yovani Gallardo (23, RHP, 11-10, 3.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-10)			159.1	125	64	63	76	171	18	3.56
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		3-3	44.2	39	22	22	21	48	4	4.43	54
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
2009-07-19	@CIN	ND	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	113	49

Last 5 v.WSN		1-0	7.0	5	3	3	1	11	1	3.86	65
2009-07-30	WSN	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	11	1	116	65

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

 Home:   30-29   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  43-48   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:29-25   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
118 Mon, Aug 17  @PIT  L   5-9       58-60  3rd  9.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   HOU  L   5-8       58-59  3rd  8.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   HOU  W   6-2       58-58  3rd  7.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   HOU  W  11-2       57-58  3rd  7.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   SDP  W  12-9       56-58  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Nationals, 44-80, 5th, 28½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (23, RHP, 1-3, 6.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-3)			25.1	29	20	19	11	14	9	6.75
2008 (3-7)			80.0	92	53	49	28	50	12	5.51

Last 7 GS		1-4	27.0	36	27	26	12	15	10	8.67	38
2009-08-19	COL	L	1.1	3	3	3	5	1	0	51	32
2009-08-13	@CIN	L	5.0	5	5	5	2	2	3	73	37
2009-08-07	ARI	ND	4.1	8	5	5	1	3	3	82	29
2009-08-02	@PIT	ND	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	85	52
2009-07-28	@MIL	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	93	57
2009-07-23	STL	L	3.0	3	3	2	1	2	1	54	44
2008-09-26	@PHI	L	1.2	7	7	7	1	1	1	52	13

Last 5 v.MIL		1-1	11.0	10	6	5	1	7	2	4.09	52
2009-07-28	@MIL	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	93	57
2008-08-08	@MIL	L	5.0	5	4	3	1	4	1	78	46

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

 Home:   27-38   Road:   17-42   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  34-62   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:14-22   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 23   MIL  W   8-3       44-80  5th 28.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   MIL  L   9-11      43-80  5th 28.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   MIL  L   3-7       43-79  5th 27.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   COL  L   1-4       43-78  5th 27.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   COL  L   4-5       43-77  5th 26.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   COL  L   3-4       43-76  5th 25.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @CIN  W   5-4       43-75  5th 24.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @CIN  W  10-6       42-75  5th 24.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @CIN  W   2-0       41-75  5th 25.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13  @CIN  L   0-7       40-75  5th 25.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 MIL 11 @WSN  9        W:Chris Narveson (1-0), L: Jay Bergmann (2-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (27)
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 MIL  7 @WSN  3        W:Braden Looper (11-6), L: J.D. Martin (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 MIL  7  WSN  3        W:Yovani Gallardo (10-7), L: J.D. Martin (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 MIL  7  WSN  5        W:Manny Parra (5-8), L: Tyler Clippard (1-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (23)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 WSN  8 @MIL  3        W:Collin Balester (1-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 WSN 14 @MIL  6        W:Jay Bergmann (1-1), L: Jeff Suppan (5-8), S: none

Mon, Aug 11, 2008 MIL  7  WSN  1        W:David Bush (7-9), L: Garrett Mock (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 MIL  5  WSN  4 (13)   W:Guillermo Mota (3-5), L: Luis Ayala (1-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 MIL  6  WSN  0        W:Ben Sheets (11-5), L: Tim Redding (8-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 MIL  5  WSN  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (12-8), L: Collin Balester (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 4-3; 2008 - MIL won 6-2; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - MIL leads 45-41

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 5.75

DET 4.57

SDP 3.82

RA/G

SFG 3.74

NYM 4.64

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .378

O. Hudson .291

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .449

E. Hinske .363

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .661

M. Thames .481

A. Casilla .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.100

B. Abreu .840

A. Casilla .519

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

J. Weaver 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.47

C. Carpenter 6.86

J. Lannan 3.75

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Brewers Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 60.Martin
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .273/.273/.273/.545 .571/.500 .667 11/.545 0/0 0/0

8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.166 4/.750 5/.200 2/no AB 4/.750 1/.000 6/.334 3/1.333 4/.000 5/.400 3/2.667 1/4.000 529/419 .313/.386/.562/.948 1.229/.876 .967 113/.987 12/5 26/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 5/1.000 5/1.000 5/1.933 ··· 7/1.429 5/.400 6/.833 6/1.917 8/1.625 17/.485 2/.000 ··· 486/363 .262/.364/.460/.824 .815/.825 .833 106/.850 6/3 18/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 8/.900 3/.666 3/.000 2/2.000 14/.800 ··· 2/.000 109/100 .309/.385/.404/.790 .222/.845 .539 45/.899 2/0 1/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.834 6/.900 4/.500 12/.555 3/.666 8/.536 379/344 .285/.356/.414/.771 .483/.800 .778 78/.673 3/3 4/5

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 28/20 .320/.370/.360/.730 1.548/.461 .955 28/.730 1/0 1/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.167 8/.250 1/.000 7/.429 1/2.000 6/1.666 7/.929 7/1.071 13/1.162 3/1.667 5/1.850 539/388 .305/.417/.600/1.017 .969/1.036 1.062 109/1.005 2/3 33/6

22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.250 192/171 .203/.245/.322/.567 .738/.545 .743 22/.732 4/1 4/1

9.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/10 .182/.250/.273/.523 .000/.633 .000 10/.633 0/0 0/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.167 6/.167 6/.666 3/1.167 3/.333 4/1.750 2/1.500 19/.888 405/328 .244/.329/.292/.621 .545/.639 .634 67/.705 2/1 1/6

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.350 1/3.000 7/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 21/.453 3/1.334 5/.600 517/397 .315/.376/.433/.809 .815/.807 .712 114/.907 6/5 7/14

14.McGehee G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 251/175 .300/.359/.502/.861 .905/.841 .849 68/.766 0/0 10/10

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· 90/63 .253/.367/.413/.780 .689/.818 .664 32/1.094 1/0 2/0

IP 25.1 34.1 53.1 34.2 160.2 38.0 34.0 47.2 22.1 15.2 101.0 37.0 TOTAL .263/.344/.430/.774 .791/.769 .758 .826 43/25 139/82

ERA-K/9

6.75/5.0

4.98/7.3

3.04/6.6

2.34/10.9

4.03/3.8

3.32/4.5

4.76/3.4

5.10/7.5

5.64/6.5

4.60/5.7

5.08/3.9

3.89/5.8

5.05/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.287 147/.269 217/.190 129/.155 687/.280 167/.243 150/.300 225/.318 99/.282 66/.300 400/.278 175/.273 .279

OPS .991 .811 .626 .611 .780 .696 .864 .866 .889 .898 .779 .814 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/1.017 56/1.075 100/.615 68/.364 169/.937 79/.724 74/1.046 108/.846 48/1.116 28/1.009 223/.808 82/.786 .857

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.964 91/.658 117/.634 61/.893 518/.729 88/.666 76/.679 117/.884 51/.690 38/.829 177/.744 93/.838 .775

Home 47/1.247 65/.758 92/.537 82/.528 378/.695 93/.610 99/.917 130/.843 60/.885 46/.790 185/.782 107/.733

Last 28d days 99/.993 55/.656 49/.740 54/.678 122/.981 44/.513 122/.854 118/.797 43/.637 66/.898 95/1.055 44/.886

HR/SB/CS 9/0/2 5/3/1 6/4/1 5/1/1 17/6/6 2/4/1 7/0/1 5/1/1 4/1/1 4/0/0 12/15/2 3/0/1 132/71/32

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

Nationals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 47.Burns
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 50.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB 20.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/1.333 222/190 .234/.306/.343/.650 .723/.637 .738 57/.517 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/4.000 5/.000 ··· 8/.625 14/1.045 1/2.000 6/.833 ··· 2/1.500 7/.000 10/.222 186/127 .238/.286/.378/.664 .628/.681 .706 55/1.004 2/0 5/5

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 284/222 .233/.292/.388/.680 .728/.666 .701 73/.554 2/8 7/5

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 9/.619 3/.333 ··· ··· 12/.833 25/1.150 1/no AB 3/.000 6/1.300 10/.543 16/.650 3/5.000 515/383 .286/.419/.579/.999 .801/1.073 .914 97/1.211 0/1 33/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 229/174 .265/.298/.360/.658 .921/.579 .619 74/.509 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 11/.444 ··· 10/1.167 ··· 8/.393 6/.666 6/.533 447/344 .306/.326/.416/.742 .763/.735 .791 95/.854 4/5 6/15

22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 5/.000 257/222 .222/.349/.382/.731 .641/.743 .818 42/.619 9/2 5/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 15/.762 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 9/.873 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 8/1.750 1/.000 523/402 .310/.372/.393/.764 .497/.841 .802 115/.848 40/17 3/4

Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 179/134 .262/.302/.317/.619 .442/.678 .488 45/.622 0/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .083/.083/.083/.167 .667/.000 .250 12/.167 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 17/.723 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 8/.000 7/.858 4/.250 364/290 .299/.404/.568/.972 1.159/.928 .828 96/.972 3/3 19/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 8/1.125 ··· 5/1.000 8/.625 1/.000 10/1.325 1/.000 10/.500 8/.750 4/.000 533/404 .299/.368/.524/.892 .789/.922 .911 103/1.192 1/0 26/13

IP 159.1 46.2 64.2 47.0 37.0 149.0 13.1 117.0 36.2 21.0 70.1 44.1 TOTAL .266/.344/.414/.758 .755/.759 .749 .806 59/33 118/131

ERA-K/9

3.56/9.7

6.17/6.9

2.51/7.5

3.45/8.6

1.95/7.5

4.95/4.9

6.75/7.4

6.54/7.4

3.93/9.6

2.57/6.9

6.01/6.8

3.65/5.9

4.91/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.214 208/.299 256/.250 192/.227 147/.212 654/.274 65/.315 543/.306 161/.203 83/.200 304/.288 187/.214 .268

OPS .680 .907 .655 .674 .534 .829 .912 .858 .657 .585 .843 .724 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.639 96/.962 111/.857 58/.966 75/.664 318/.933 24/.918 117/.811 92/.566 37/.845 160/.802 75/.780 .833

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.724 112/.860 145/.503 134/.556 72/.404 336/.733 41/.909 426/.870 69/.784 46/.396 144/.888 112/.686 .773

Road 335/.722 104/1.028 134/.571 98/.707 60/.593 291/.858 48/.951 309/.883 70/.729 40/.717 167/.751 98/.563

Last 28d days 131/.765 71/.885 55/.524 37/1.116 36/.608 127/.879 11/.606 151/.862 29/.996 48/.634 108/.944 43/.937

HR/SB/CS 18/15/2 10/0/0 4/2/1 6/2/0 1/1/0 31/4/3 2/1/0 14/6/2 4/1/1 2/2/0 12/3/0 8/1/0 166/62/17

Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·XX···o· oo···ooo ·oo····· ··X····X ·X······ X····X·· ·······o ·o···X·o X·····X· o···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.