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Game Preview: PIT @ MIL, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 10, 2010 @Miller Park

Pirates, 30-56, 30-56 6th, 18 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (27, RHP, 2-3, 4.71)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-3) 72.2 88 41 38 16 36 14 4.71
2009 (4-6) 108.0 115 66 65 45 52 12 5.42
2008 (2-6) 51.1 56 32 23 13 23 7 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.2 50 23 21 6 17 9 4.65 46
2010-07-04 PHI ND 6.0 9 5 5 0 2 1 86 36
2010-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 3 2 1 2 2 79 49
2010-06-24 @TEX ND 5.1 7 3 2 1 5 0 87 48
2010-06-19 CLE W 5.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 68 42
2010-06-13 @DET ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 96 59
2010-06-08 @WSN L 5.0 9 4 4 0 0 3 72 33
2010-06-01 CHC ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 104 52
Last 5 v.MIL 0-1 24.0 21 13 11 8 14 5 4.13 51
2010-04-27 @MIL ND 6.2 6 2 2 4 4 1 101 54
2009-04-27 @MIL ND 5.0 5 5 5 2 4 3 82 39
2008-09-23 @MIL ND 6.0 5 3 1 1 6 0 87 59
2008-08-31 MIL L 6.1 5 3 3 1 0 1 110 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   11-36   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  17-42   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:17-23   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @MIL  L   4-5 (10)  30-56  6th 18.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @HOU  L   0-2       30-55  6th 18.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @HOU  L   3-6       30-54  6th 18.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @HOU  L   2-6       30-53  6th 17.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   PHI  W   8-5       30-52  6th 16.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3   PHI  L   4-12      29-52  6th 16.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2   PHI  W   2-0       29-51  6th 16.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  1   PHI  W   3-2       28-51  6th 16.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 30  @CHC  W   2-0       27-51  6th 16.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 29  @CHC  L   1-3       26-51  6th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 7-23
Brewers, 38-49, 38-49 3rd, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: David Bush (30, RHP, 3-6, 4.23)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-6) 89.1 97 49 42 38 47 10 4.23
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 2-1 42.1 41 16 13 14 22 2 2.76 53
2010-07-05 SFG ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 101 61
2010-06-30 HOU L 6.0 5 2 2 5 3 0 99 52
2010-06-25 SEA W 6.0 7 3 2 0 3 0 98 51
2010-06-15 @LAA W 7.1 7 1 1 0 1 0 96 61
2010-06-10 CHC ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 107 46
2010-06-01 @FLA ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 86 47
2010-05-27 HOU ND 5.0 4 2 0 3 3 0 102 55
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 30.2 27 12 11 11 13 2 3.23 53
2010-04-20 @PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 4 2 0 96 69
2009-04-28 PIT ND 5.0 6 5 4 1 5 0 100 41
2008-09-23 PIT ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 92 44
2008-08-29 @PIT W 6.2 6 1 1 2 2 1 94 58
2008-08-22 PIT W 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 98 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-26   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  25-33   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl:16-20   vsWest:  9-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Fri, Jul  9   PIT  W   5-4 (10)  38-49  3rd 10.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  8   SFG  L   3-9       37-49  4th 11.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7   SFG  L   2-15      37-48  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6   SFG  L   1-6       37-47  3rd 10.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  5   SFG  L   1-6       37-46  3rd 10.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4  @STL  L   1-7       37-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3  @STL  W  12-5       37-44  3rd  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2  @STL  L   0-5       36-44  3rd  9.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  1  @STL  W   4-1       36-43  3rd  8.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 30   HOU  L   1-5       35-43  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 MIL  5  PIT  4 (10)   W:John Axford (4-1), L: Evan Meek (4-3), S: none
Thu, May 20, 2010 MIL  4 @PIT  3        W:Chris Narveson (4-1), L: Paul Maholm (3-4), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Wed, May 19, 2010 PIT  6  MIL  4        W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (3-4), S: Octavio Dotel (9)
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 PIT  6 @MIL  5 (14)   W:D. J. Carrasco (1-0), L: Manny Parra (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIL leads 6-3; 2009 - MIL won 9-5; 2008 - MIL won 14-1; All-Time - MIL leads 104-91

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

BOS  5.50

NYM  4.57

PIT  3.21

 RA/G

SDP  3.41

CIN  4.43

ARI  5.72

 BA

J. Hamilton  .349

A. Callaspo  .279

L. Valbuena  .166

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

M. Teixeira  .353

B. Wood  .186

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .644

J. Guillen  .453

B. Wood  .228

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.065

J. Loney  .800

B. Wood  .414

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.70

J. Pineiro  3.95

C. Narveson  6.02

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.26

A. Harang  6.73

N. Blackburn  3.19

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Pirates Batters (3.21 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.33 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		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 54.Riske
G/S/vB		 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/42 .197/.262/.329/.591 .532/.647 .493 84/.591 0/0 2/3
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 19/.491 ··· ··· 15/.333 6/.000 6/.834 1/.000 2/.000 9/.708 253/187 .220/.260/.318/.578 .500/.605 .574 41/.355 8/1 4/6
19.Church* G/S/vP 12/.973 ··· ··· 7/.310 7/1.571 5/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.000 163/130 .190/.239/.327/.566 .463/.593 .393 48/.568 1/0 3/0
2.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 14/1.371 3/.666 1/2.000 162/92 .234/.306/.310/.617 .589/.637 .660 55/.616 0/2 1/8
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 22/.139 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 7/.453 7/1.429 3/1.667 1/.000 12/.432 288/182 .261/.337/.409/.745 .566/.851 .783 85/.639 1/0 7/5
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 76/51 .164/.250/.239/.489 .741/.370 .382 11/.384 0/0 1/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/.750 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/3.083 357/224 .276/.342/.429/.771 .702/.813 .773 100/.717 6/3 10/5
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 11/.830 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.666 6/.334 ··· ··· 6/1.166 220/140 .230/.294/.310/.604 .767/.513 .635 32/.433 1/1 3/11
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 361/254 .292/.372/.443/.816 1.000/.738 .752 99/.731 20/6 8/4
85.Milledge G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 8/.500 275/177 .271/.341/.377/.717 .894/.624 .680 61/.911 4/3 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/79 .236/.306/.318/.624 .658/.606 .648 107/.586 7/3 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/109 .289/.329/.444/.773 .711/.794 .699 74/.732 2/2 3/5
24.Young# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 121/108 .228/.264/.404/.668 .538/.684 .592 29/.511 1/0 3/3
IP 89.1 24.0 15.2 10.1 33.2 27.0 22.0 11.2 44.1 TOTAL .235/.301/.353/.654 .668/.648 .645 .621 54/22 55/74
ERA-K/9 4.23/4.7 2.63/11.2 4.60/12.6 4.35/7.0 4.54/6.7 8.33/5.7 1.64/7.4 2.31/5.4 4.26/11.2 4.88/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (64-7-6)
 Jaramillo (13-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.282 99/.216 73/.299 49/.356 148/.281 126/.306 84/.160 45/.171 193/.232 .278  Church
 Milledge
 McCutchen
 Jones
 Young
 Tabata
12/4/28/5
52/0/16/5
0/85/0/4
1/0/45/4
0/0/8/2
27/2/0/1
OPS .813 .564 .735 .929 .762 1.019 .451 .513 .690 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.810 52/.616 23/.741 16/.785 46/.836 54/1.024 31/.527 10/.200 100/.769 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.812 47/.509 50/.731 33/.988 102/.730 72/1.013 53/.410 35/.608 93/.611 .785
Home 228/.842 49/.579 42/.831 26/.885 83/.700 82/1.077 46/.385 31/.512 87/.798
Last 28d days 105/.624 40/.504 36/.558 25/.838 41/.782 29/.646 51/.482 39/.596 52/.860
HR/SB/CS 10/13/3 0/1/0 0/3/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 8/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 5/8/1 93/65/19
Usage ····X··· o·o····· ·X··Xo·· o·X·X·X· X·XX··oX ·XX····X o·X·XX·· ·o·oo·Xo ·Xo··X··
Brewers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 77.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 53.Donnelly
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 43.Gallagher
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 65.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 13/1.280 8/.804 1/no AB 5/1.000 ··· 9/.347 ··· 3/.333 7/.572 ··· 374/266 .287/.340/.456/.797 .656/.853 .613 101/.621 11/1 11/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.808 4/.000 2/.000 10/.900 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 142/115 .242/.307/.313/.620 .594/.625 .531 44/.431 1/0 1/5
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 8/1.950 3/.667 ··· 20/1.950 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 189/153 .269/.333/.439/.772 .730/.782 .697 56/.701 2/0 4/1
21.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 308/219 .240/.298/.323/.621 .661/.605 .568 85/.541 6/2 2/14
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/.504 5/.400 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 7/1.771 ··· 6/1.917 5/1.300 ··· 389/257 .266/.396/.488/.883 .683/.992 .937 109/1.032 1/0 19/1
27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 3/1.167 9/.444 3/1.666 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 217/139 .227/.278/.359/.637 .648/.631 .605 60/.543 10/1 5/3
1.Hart G/S/vP 14/.445 3/2.167 2/.000 4/2.750 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 7/.453 ··· 328/226 .287/.351/.568/.918 1.115/.830 .981 111/.884 4/3 20/2
2.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 75/64 .338/.427/.523/.950 .273/1.050 .884 23/1.034 1/0 0/1
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/5.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 158/113 .197/.329/.425/.754 .816/.728 .563 39/.584 2/0 6/4
20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/66 .267/.300/.372/.672 .940/.574 .647 63/.676 2/2 2/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 4/.250 4/1.000 2/2.500 6/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 355/254 .274/.341/.459/.800 .941/.745 .799 97/.777 1/1 13/8
23.Weeks G/S/vP 12/.834 3/1.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 8/.375 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 412/300 .268/.369/.452/.821 .941/.777 .888 116/.863 6/3 15/8
IP 72.2 43.2 26.1 34.2 23.1 36.2 36.0 31.2 48.2 5.0 TOTAL .259/.335/.429/.763 .758/.765 .742 .745 47/14 105/68
ERA-K/9 4.71/4.5 3.92/7.0 5.47/6.8 4.41/10.9 5.40/8.1 3.93/12.5 5.25/3.5 2.84/4.8 1.11/8.3 10.80/3.6 5.09/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (32-6-1)
 Lucroy (14-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.302 185/.255 124/.258 151/.230 110/.276 150/.194 159/.284 135/.250 191/.184 23/.333 .282  Hart
 Braun
 Edmonds
 Gomez
 Inglett
 Escobar
0/0/78/5
83/0/0/4
0/35/11/3
1/50/1/2
6/0/5/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .873 .711 .839 .749 .922 .631 .805 .694 .506 1.110 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/1.042 59/.834 46/1.065 66/1.066 53/.590 57/.812 79/.853 50/.681 83/.505 5/1.000 .893
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.726 126/.651 78/.706 85/.528 57/1.209 93/.526 80/.758 85/.701 108/.506 18/1.146 .778
Road 191/.918 105/.702 65/1.091 57/.931 63/.959 77/.513 104/.770 63/.815 99/.576 11/1.232
Last 28d days 125/.796 47/.740 38/.775 44/.595 27/.995 32/.510 132/.794 38/.740 51/.627 23/1.110
HR/SB/CS 14/2/2 3/7/3 5/5/0 4/4/1 5/1/1 4/5/1 4/2/1 1/1/1 2/9/0 2/0/0 98/77/15
Usage ·····X·· ··oX··o· ·o·o··X· X····X·o ········ X·X··o·o ···X···· ·o·X··o· 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.