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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 1:10pm, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @Miller Park

Pirates, 8-12, 8-126th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (28, LHP, 1-2, 4.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			24.2	25	13	13	8	14	2	4.74
2009 (8-9)			194.2	221	102	96	60	119	14	4.44
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.2	47	19	18	16	20	2	3.55	51
2010-04-23	@HOU	L	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	98	48
2010-04-18	CIN	W	6.2	4	2	2	1	5	1	100	62
2010-04-13	@SFG	ND	5.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	97	39
2010-04-08	LAD	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	90	45
2009-09-26	LAD	ND	7.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	99	49
2009-09-20	SDP	L	6.0	9	3	2	3	3	0	101	44
2009-09-13	@HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	95	70

Last 5 v.MIL		1-1	31.0	30	19	18	17	21	3	5.23	46
2009-08-19	MIL	W	7.2	8	1	1	2	5	0	110	62
2009-07-22	MIL	ND	4.2	7	7	7	3	5	2	90	24
2009-05-04	MIL	ND	7.1	6	2	2	1	7	0	98	64
2009-04-28	@MIL	ND	5.1	7	5	5	5	2	1	112	31
2008-09-24	@MIL	L	6.0	2	4	3	6	2	0	96	50

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

 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-8    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @MIL  W   7-3        8-12  6th  5.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26  @MIL  L   3-17       7-12  6th  5.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @HOU  L   3-10       7-11  6th  4.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @HOU  L   2-5        7-10  4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @HOU  L   3-4        7-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22   MIL  L   0-20       7-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21   MIL  L   0-8        7-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20   MIL  L   1-8        7-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18   CIN  W   5-3        7-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   CIN  W   5-4        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-12

Brewers, 9-11, 9-113rd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Narveson (28, LHP, 1-0, 7.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			10.0	17	9	8	7	6	1	7.20
2009 (2-0)			47.0	45	22	20	16	46	7	3.83
2006 (0-0)			9.1	6	5	5	5	12	1	4.82

Last 7 GS		1-0	22.2	18	9	9	8	25	4	3.57	54
2009-09-29	@COL	ND	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	73	48
2009-09-23	CHC	W	5.2	4	1	1	0	10	1	70	67
2009-09-18	HOU	ND	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	86	56
2009-09-13	@ARI	ND	3.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	68	44
2006-09-22	@HOU	ND	4.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	71	54

Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

 Home:    4-7    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 27   PIT  L   3-7        9-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26   PIT  W  17-3        9-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25   CHC  L   2-12       8-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24   CHC  L   1-5        8-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23   CHC  L   1-8        8-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @PIT  W  20-0        8-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @PIT  W   8-0        7-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @PIT  W   8-1        6-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @WSN  W  11-7        5-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @WSN  L   0-8        4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 PIT  7 @MIL  3        W:Brendan Donnelly (2-0), L: Trevor Hoffman (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 MIL 17  PIT  3        W:Yovani Gallardo (2-2), L: Zach Duke (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 MIL 20 @PIT  0        W:Randy Wolf (2-1), L: Daniel McCutchen (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 MIL  8 @PIT  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-2), L: Zach Duke (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 MIL  8 @PIT  1        W:David Bush (1-0), L: Charlie Morton (0-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 MIL  4  PIT  1        W:Jeff Suppan (6-8), L: Ross Ohlendorf (11-9), S: Trevor Hoffman (29)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 MIL  7  PIT  3        W:Claudio Vargas (1-0), L: Kevin Hart (4-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 MIL  8  PIT  6        W:Manny Parra (9-10), L: Zach Duke (10-12), S: Trevor Hoffman (28)
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
Season Series: 2010 - MIL leads 4-1; 2009 - MIL won 9-5; 2008 - MIL won 14-1; All-Time - MIL leads 102-89

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (3.60 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 74.Estrada
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 46.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/.804 376/280 .208/.256/.337/.593 .548/.609 .561 68/.643 5/2 10/10

19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 399/306 .273/.338/.384/.722 .609/.755 .810 33/.753 6/2 4/2

6.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 59/.661 / /

2.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 272/146 .223/.295/.357/.652 .794/.525 .623 28/.838 2/1 6/8

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 5/1.200 6/.834 1/no AB 8/.821 11/.364 304/219 .250/.299/.414/.714 .686/.725 .705 72/.788 4/0 10/6

3.Iwamura* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 260/183 .290/.355/.390/.745 .942/.660 .771 85/.595 9/1 1/6

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 224/191 .252/.309/.364/.673 .510/.701 .598 14/.857 1/0 3/4

46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.667 1/3.000 6/3.083 358/251 .293/.372/.567/.938 .698/1.046 .856 87/.748 10/2 21/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 5/.500 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.166 590/444 .258/.330/.401/.731 .855/.690 .680 51/.959 3/1 12/14

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 493/378 .286/.365/.471/.836 .921/.811 .757 90/.710 22/5 12/2

85.Milledge G/S/vP 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 7/.715 7/.572 265/204 .279/.323/.373/.696 .820/.660 .635 78/.557 7/4 4/0

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.715 186/123 .206/.296/.370/.665 .867/.562 .591 / 1/0 4/2

58.Raynor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 11/.473 / /

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 239/200 .230/.335/.279/.614 .726/.592 .542 / 1/0 1/2

24.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 388/262 .266/.326/.381/.707 .621/.749 .714 39/.653 2/0 7/6

IP 47.0 83.2 7.1 63.1 54.0 45.0 41.1 96.0 TOTAL .240/.316/.364/.680 .647/.693 .680 .680 18/3 17/19

ERA-K/9

3.83/8.8

2.90/7.0

6.14/11.1

2.13/6.4

1.83/8.0

3.60/8.8

1.74/6.5

5.34/7.8

5.16/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (44-20-2)
Jaramillo (36-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 205/.247 336/.247 33/.214 259/.253 210/.183 203/.216 159/.177 422/.268 .294 McCutchen
Church
Milledge
Jones
Young
Pearce
Crosby
Cedeno
Lopez
Doumit 0/108/0/10
0/23/86/6
56/5/0/6
15/0/39/4
4/0/26/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
7/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .750 .670 .741 .679 .481 .685 .534 .776 .849

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.850 138/.807 14/1.000 130/.529 102/.556 105/.595 68/.599 200/.765 .839

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.714 198/.575 19/.556 129/.828 108/.413 98/.783 91/.486 222/.786 .854

Home 90/.714 171/.721 17/.583 143/.744 124/.468 109/.607 78/.512 193/.846

Last 28d days 54/1.075 41/.735 / 38/.722 40/1.347 2/.000 34/1.080 41/.355

HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 8/3/1 1/0/0 7/5/3 2/1/0 4/1/1 3/3/2 13/5/1 28/15/6

Usage ···X···X ··ooX·o· ··X·o·o· X·X··o·· ········ ··o·oX·· ·Xo···X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (6.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (7.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB 53.Donnelly
G/S/vB 29.Dotel
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB Penn
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 24/1.077 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 8/.393 2/.500 6/.334 2/.500 708/567 .320/.386/.551/.937 1.198/.875 .895 92/1.011 20/6 32/2

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 2/.000 10/.900 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 459/414 .285/.357/.408/.766 .698/.773 .756 33/.930 3/4 4/5

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 19/2.101 5/1.600 5/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 64/.873 / /

21.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/3.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 134/107 .304/.333/.368/.701 1.020/.622 .569 71/.787 4/2 1/6

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 36/.258 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 6/1.000 5/1.933 4/1.250 2/2.500 719/521 .299/.412/.602/1.014 .943/1.042 .982 91/.812 2/3 46/7

22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 298/266 .230/.279/.376/.654 .606/.660 .575 17/.761 6/2 9/1

27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.334 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 349/227 .229/.287/.337/.623 .608/.631 .541 62/.740 14/7 3/1

1.Hart G/S/vP 39/.914 ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 4/.500 3/1.000 5/.650 2/2.500 472/358 .260/.335/.418/.753 .690/.773 .835 59/.807 11/6 12/5

2.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 99/94 .281/.347/.348/.695 .400/.705 .718 13/1.295 3/1 0/2

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 107/85 .237/.308/.387/.696 .394/.769 .862 26/.925 0/0 1/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 9/.958 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 394/290 .301/.360/.499/.859 .865/.856 .780 84/.997 0/2 16/15

13.Salome G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

23.Weeks G/S/vP 36/.628 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 162/132 .272/.340/.517/.857 .783/.874 1.014 98/.890 2/2 9/6

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 296/242 .260/.345/.416/.761 .572/.801 .689 61/.570 0/2 8/6

IP 194.2 18.0 25.1 62.1 64.0 11.2 47.0 22.0 TOTAL .284/.366/.476/.842 .839/.843 .758 .842 16/1 24/20

ERA-K/9

4.44/5.5

4.00/10.0

1.78/8.9

3.32/10.8

4.78/10.1

9.26/3.8

3.45/8.0

7.77/11.0

7.49/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (26-5-8)
Zaun (43-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 836/.290 86/.314 104/.239 268/.239 297/.282 64/.392 195/.209 120/.319 .307 Braun
Hart
Gerut
Gomez
Inglett
McGehee 158/0/0/8
0/0/112/3
3/42/37/3
0/132/0/3
14/1/11/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .773 .819 .662 .764 .780 1.080 .670 .927 .926

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.510 28/1.354 49/.711 90/1.000 141/.795 26/1.110 84/.724 57/.998 1.058

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 672/.836 58/.555 55/.618 178/.652 156/.766 38/1.059 111/.628 63/.863 .864

Road 400/.829 36/.862 52/.571 132/.854 105/.765 27/.890 94/.787 43/.523

Last 28d days 105/.749 / 43/.880 39/1.234 27/.998 35/.844 53/.528 16/1.534

HR/SB/CS 14/15/6 1/3/1 1/2/0 7/14/5 3/6/3 1/1/0 2/4/2 3/4/1 29/20/1

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