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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 66-78, 66-78 4th, 15½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: David Bush (30, RHP, 7-12, 4.59)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-12) 158.2 182 98 81 59 101 27 4.59
2009 (5-9) 114.1 131 84 81 37 89 19 6.38
2008 (9-10) 185.0 163 92 86 48 109 29 4.18
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.0 47 26 22 14 30 12 4.71 47
2010-09-10 CHC L 5.2 5 3 1 4 6 0 113 53
2010-09-04 @PHI ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 99 52
2010-08-29 PIT W 7.0 7 4 3 2 4 3 111 51
2010-08-24 LAD L 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 2 111 34
2010-08-17 @STL W 6.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 91 62
2010-08-11 ARI L 5.1 8 7 7 2 4 4 99 26
2010-08-06 HOU ND 6.0 7 3 2 3 5 0 119 50
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 28.0 33 15 12 13 18 1 3.86 47
2010-08-06 HOU ND 6.0 7 3 2 3 5 0 119 50
2010-07-31 @HOU L 5.0 10 6 6 1 5 0 92 27
2010-06-30 HOU L 6.0 5 2 2 5 3 0 99 52
2010-05-27 HOU ND 5.0 4 2 0 3 3 0 102 55
2009-05-19 @HOU W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 84 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-38   Road:   30-40   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  46-54   vsLHP:  20-24   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:34-36   vsWest: 13-20 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 14  @HOU  L   2-3       66-78  4th 15.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13  @HOU  L   2-4       66-77  4th 15.5 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12   CHC  W   2-0       66-76  4th 14.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11   CHC  L   0-1       65-76  4th 15.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10   CHC  L   0-4       65-75  4th 14.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8   STL  W   8-1       65-74  4th 14.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7   STL  W   4-2       64-74  4th 15.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6   STL  L   6-8       63-74  4th 16.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5  @PHI  W   6-2       63-73  4th 16.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4  @PHI  L   4-5       62-73  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Astros, 70-75, 70-75 3rd, 12 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (27, LHP, 6-2, 2.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-2) 68.0 51 22 21 35 52 5 2.78
2009 (12-4) 166.0 149 55 54 56 119 20 2.93
2008 (1-0) 31.2 28 13 13 14 26 3 3.69
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.2 30 11 11 16 36 3 2.17 62
2010-09-10 LAD ND 5.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 102 52
2010-09-05 @ARI W 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 107 62
2010-08-30 STL W 9.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 114 86
2010-08-25 @PHI W 6.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 104 57
2010-08-20 @FLA L 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 0 101 54
2010-08-15 PIT W 6.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 100 59
2010-08-10 ATL ND 6.1 2 1 1 4 6 0 111 67
Last 5 v.MIL 2-0 11.2 8 2 2 6 13 0 1.54 62
2010-07-30 MIL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 98 70
2009-09-24 @MIL W 5.2 6 2 2 2 7 0 91 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-35   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  44-61   vsLHP:  26-14   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:40-25   vsWest: 13-22 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Tue, Sep 14   MIL  W   3-2       70-75  3rd 12.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13   MIL  W   4-2       69-75  3rd 13.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   LAD  W   7-4       68-75  3rd 13.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   LAD  L   3-6       67-75  3rd 14.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   LAD  L   2-4 (11)  67-74  3rd 13.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  9   LAD  W   3-2       67-73  3rd 12.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8  @CHC  W   4-0       66-73  3rd 13.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @CHC  W   7-3       65-73  3rd 14.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @CHC  L   4-5       64-73  3rd 15.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5  @ARI  W   3-2       64-72  3rd 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 HOU  3  MIL  2        W:Bud Norris (8-8), L: Chris Capuano (3-4), S: Brandon Lyon (16)
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 HOU  4  MIL  2        W:Brett Myers (12-7), L: Brandon Kintzler (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (23)
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 MIL 11  HOU  6        W:Yovani Gallardo (11-5), L: Wesley Wright (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 MIL  5  HOU  2        W:Randy Wolf (8-9), L: Brett Myers (8-7), S: Trevor Hoffman (6)
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 MIL  6  HOU  5        W:Kameron Loe (2-2), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 01, 2010 HOU  5  MIL  2        W:Wesley Wright (1-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-2), S: Brandon Lyon (2)
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 HOU  6  MIL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-11), L: David Bush (5-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 HOU  5  MIL  0        W:J.A. Happ (2-0), L: Manny Parra (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 HOU  5 @MIL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-10), L: David Bush (3-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 MIL  7  HOU  5        W:Yovani Gallardo (8-3), L: Brett Myers (5-6), S: John Axford (8)
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 8-6; 2009 - MIL won 10-5; 2008 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 114-89

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 2010 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  5.32

ARI  4.46

SEA  3.21

RA/G

SDP  3.53

COL  4.32

PIT  5.38

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

A. Ethier  .286

B. Wood  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

B. Roberts  .359

B. Wood  .185

SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

C. Santana  .467

B. Wood  .213

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

J. Edmonds  .818

B. Wood  .397

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

J. Guthrie  3.74

P. Maholm  5.37

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.95

J. Vazquez  7.14

K. Kendrick  4.13

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

Brewers Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
73.Chacin*
G/S/vB
47.Fulchino
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
37.Lyon
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
39.Myers
G/S/vB
56.Villar
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 9/.222 3/.000 10/.200 1/no AB 15/.600 ··· 7/.971 615/460 .305/.362/.488/.849 .736/.886 .927 103/1.072 14/3 21/3
36.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 103/71 .266/.320/.340/.661 .713/.636 .958 62/.449 6/1 0/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 5/.250 2/1.500 ··· 12/.444 ··· 3/1.334 205/169 .246/.315/.301/.616 .556/.629 .701 17/.544 1/1 1/5
10.Cruz G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 100/92 .217/.255/.283/.538 .000/.584 .508 37/.587 4/0 0/0
21.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 6/.666 ··· ··· 13/.490 ··· 4/.000 509/374 .244/.294/.338/.632 .642/.628 .641 80/.588 10/4 4/20
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· 13/.853 2/.500 5/.400 4/.500 11/.000 ··· 14/1.357 ··· 14/.929 634/431 .271/.404/.493/.897 .697/.996 .848 98/.958 1/0 30/2
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/8 .000/.125/.000/.125 /.125 .000 8/.125 0/0 0/0
27.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 288/186 .229/.284/.344/.627 .589/.648 .674 17/.500 13/2 5/5
1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 5/.000 5/1.750 5/.400 1/.000 18/.778 ··· 8/1.518 529/387 .277/.335/.528/.863 .983/.819 .787 84/.823 6/3 28/2
2.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 147/126 .254/.333/.392/.726 .405/.778 .830 22/.473 1/0 1/2
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 225/166 .201/.308/.413/.721 .803/.691 .802 19/.556 2/0 9/4
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/1.867 1/.000 1/.000 247/184 .267/.312/.358/.669 .825/.614 .630 68/.741 4/2 4/5
14.McGehee G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 2/2.500 5/.400 2/1.000 9/1.413 1/2.000 12/.666 ··· 7/.429 589/434 .283/.338/.471/.809 .964/.755 .738 95/.760 1/1 22/16
23.Weeks G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 4/1.750 7/.821 4/.000 ··· 16/.780 ··· 6/.533 672/511 .261/.356/.458/.814 .939/.775 .818 101/.590 10/4 26/13
IP 68.0 12.2 37.0 36.2 43.1 49.1 71.0 17.0 205.0 1.0 28.2 TOTAL .261/.333/.426/.758 .749/.762 .762 .712 73/22 167/107
ERA-K/9 2.78/6.9 2.84/5.7 3.16/6.3 4.66/7.4 5.61/8.9 3.65/7.5 3.30/6.2 3.71/9.0 2.85/7.3 0.00/18.0 6.28/7.2 4.00/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (40-8-4)
 Lucroy (32-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 280/.215 52/.224 162/.270 177/.305 200/.282 217/.279 305/.232 71/.226 848/.245 5/.200 131/.304 .260  Hart
 Braun
 Cain
 Inglett
 Gomez
 Escobar
 Dickerson
 Kottaras
0/0/123/7
137/0/0/5
1/26/1/3
8/0/14/2
1/69/2/2
2/1/2/0
8/19/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .633 .698 .770 .785 .798 .730 .634 .665 .667 .400 .937 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.555 21/.490 78/.612 69/.733 83/.788 98/.693 138/.613 29/.401 373/.678 2/.000 31/.579 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.655 31/.840 84/.922 108/.818 117/.799 119/.761 167/.647 42/.844 475/.658 3/.667 100/1.052 .724
Home 169/.518 20/.744 80/.852 86/.775 92/.708 134/.801 168/.575 41/.777 380/.684 5/.400 62/.786
Last 28d days 125/.607 47/.700 26/.574 25/.646 31/.624 20/.153 56/.506 41/.469 141/.639 5/.400 /
HR/SB/CS 5/0/3 3/0/0 3/0/1 2/4/0 6/1/1 4/5/1 2/5/0 2/0/0 16/8/7 0/0/0 6/1/0 120/79/40
Usage ····X··· ·oX·X·oo o·ooo·oX ··o··X·· o·Xoo··o ·oooo·X· X·ooXX·· ·X··oo·o ·X····X· ·o··o··· ········
Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
13.Braddock*
G/S/vB
39.Capuano*
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
41.Jeffress
G/S/vB
61.Kintzler
G/S/vB
50.Loe
G/S/vB
58.McClendon
G/S/vB
37.Rogers
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Blum# G/S/vP 24/1.049 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 9/.756 204/174 .255/.314/.335/.649 .315/.704 .601 26/.481 0/0 1/6
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .125/.125/.250/.375 /.375 .000 9/.375 1/1 0/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/34 .230/.313/.297/.611 .568/.674 .683 17/.544 7/3 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 22/.955 2/2.500 4/.833 7/.453 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 11/.573 589/460 .263/.340/.346/.686 .540/.726 .690 114/.839 50/12 2/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 188/149 .219/.298/.308/.606 .265/.696 .597 56/.763 0/0 2/0
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/57 .239/.313/.352/.665 .735/.607 .546 11/.473 0/0 1/1
41.Esposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/82 .227/.265/.268/.533 .358/.575 .403 25/.497 2/0 0/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/1.667 ··· ··· 4/1.833 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.500 296/214 .320/.351/.496/.848 .706/.901 .771 92/.730 2/0 9/14
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 27/.674 2/1.000 1/.000 15/.800 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 16/1.033 511/376 .292/.358/.398/.756 .826/.730 .802 53/.865 4/1 5/7
45.Lee G/S/vP 27/.645 1/no AB ··· 9/.444 20/.461 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· 20/.929 580/448 .245/.286/.413/.699 .808/.667 .729 103/.707 3/3 21/6
12.Manzella G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/200 .222/.264/.259/.524 .736/.454 .494 57/.563 0/1 1/8
4.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.567 2/.000 2/2.500 8/.804 4/.500 6/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 172/91 .242/.302/.446/.748 .860/.644 .784 36/.506 0/0 7/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 27/.945 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 15/.734 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 19/.790 594/459 .286/.330/.477/.807 .845/.796 .921 114/.857 18/8 24/5
55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 248/176 .228/.259/.304/.563 .296/.674 .531 41/.593 0/0 3/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/161 .281/.313/.359/.672 .628/.692 .557 78/.659 0/0 0/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 124/99 .227/.315/.327/.642 .624/.646 .817 69/.675 0/0 2/3
IP 158.2 51.1 31.0 50.1 55.2 44.1 4.0 2.0 49.1 12.1 1.0 50.1 TOTAL .248/.305/.365/.669 .655/.674 .689 .679 91/33 98/104
ERA-K/9 4.59/5.7 2.28/11.2 2.90/10.7 4.11/7.5 4.69/7.9 6.09/5.9 4.50/2.2 13.50/13.5 2.74/7.1 3.65/6.6 0.00/9.0 4.83/11.6 4.75/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (24-14-6)
 Quintero (32-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 711/.289 210/.200 140/.229 211/.245 245/.271 195/.270 17/.313 13/.444 206/.237 49/.163 3/.000 222/.238 .270  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Michaels
 Hernandez
 Bourgeois
 Bogusevic
0/0/140/9
0/134/0/8
124/0/0/6
34/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
22/10/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .845 .565 .660 .739 .786 .842 .790 1.028 .642 .614 .000 .713 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.881 109/.632 55/.465 65/.648 74/.900 90/.890 5/.900 5/.833 78/.737 19/.711 1/.000 113/.798 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.813 101/.495 85/.786 146/.777 171/.738 105/.800 12/.750 8/1.125 128/.582 30/.540 2/.000 109/.629 .764
Road 292/.835 101/.498 66/.672 105/.716 106/.919 69/.852 7/1.000 8/1.607 93/.682 17/.569 / 118/.585
Last 28d days 108/.857 33/.319 31/.531 105/.638 41/.822 20/.417 17/.790 13/1.028 44/.684 40/.766 3/.000 6/.667
HR/SB/CS 27/20/6 1/2/0 1/3/0 7/1/0 7/3/1 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 7/8/1 159/91/30
Usage ····X··· ··X····o ·o······ X·····X· ·o······ ·······o o··o··X· ·X··X··· o·X·o··· ·o······ ····o··· ·······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.