Saturday, April 30, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 30, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 13-12, 13-12 2nd, 1½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (34, LHP, 3-2, 2.64)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-2)			30.2	28	13	9	8	29	5	2.64
2010 (13-12)			215.2	213	107	100	87	142	29	4.17
2009 (11-7)			214.1	178	81	77	58	160	24	3.23

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.2	41	18	14	10	36	7	2.82	57
2011-04-24	HOU	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	108	74
2011-04-19	@PHI	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	100	70
2011-04-14	@PIT	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	10	0	107	76
2011-04-08	CHC	L	6.0	9	6	2	1	5	2	100	42
2011-04-03	@CIN	L	4.0	10	6	6	2	5	2	92	21
2010-10-03	@CIN	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	124	49
2010-09-28	@NYM	ND	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	108	64

Last 5 v.HOU		3-1	33.2	28	7	7	5	22	2	1.87	62
2011-04-24	HOU	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	108	74
2010-08-07	HOU	W	6.2	9	2	2	1	4	0	111	51
2010-08-01	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	76	60
2010-05-25	HOU	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	103	70
2009-07-16	HOU	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	94	55

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

 Home:    8-5    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  10-9    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Fri, Apr 29  @HOU  W   5-0       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   CIN  L   6-7 (10)  12-12  3rd  1.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   CIN  W   3-2       12-11  1st    Tied
 22 Mon, Apr 25   CIN  L   5-9       11-11  3rd  1.0 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 24   HOU  W   4-1       11-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 23   HOU  L   6-9 (10)  10-10  3rd  0.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 22   HOU  W  14-7       10-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @PHI  L   3-4        9-9   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @PHI  W   9-0        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @PHI  W   6-3 (12)   8-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-12

Astros, 9-17, 9-17 6th, 6 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 1-3, 5.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-3)			30.0	39	18	18	9	27	4	5.40
2010 (11-12)			195.0	183	95	78	68	178	16	3.60
2009 (14-12)			205.2	192	77	69	63	193	21	3.02

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.1	48	23	22	15	41	5	4.68	49
2011-04-24	@MIL	L	7.0	10	4	4	3	9	2	126	47
2011-04-19	@NYM	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	118	71
2011-04-13	CHC	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	86	31
2011-04-08	FLA	ND	7.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	83	59
2011-04-02	@PHI	L	4.0	9	7	7	1	5	0	83	20
2010-09-28	@CIN	ND	6.0	3	2	1	4	8	0	108	64
2010-09-22	@WSN	ND	6.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	114	53

Last 5 v.MIL		2-2	32.1	40	17	16	10	35	5	4.45	50
2011-04-24	@MIL	L	7.0	10	4	4	3	9	2	126	47
2010-08-06	@MIL	ND	6.1	8	2	1	0	7	0	107	58
2010-07-31	MIL	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	107	80
2010-06-30	@MIL	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	98	64
2009-08-14	@MIL	L	4.0	10	10	10	5	4	3	105	1

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

 Home:    5-9    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-13   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Fri, Apr 29   MIL  L   0-5        9-17  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   STL  L   7-11       9-16  6th  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   STL  L   5-6        9-15  6th  4.0 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   STL  W   6-5        9-14  6th  3.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @MIL  L   1-4        8-14  6th  4.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23  @MIL  W   9-6 (10)   8-13  6th  3.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @MIL  L   7-14       7-13  6th  4.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21  @NYM  L   1-9        7-12  6th  3.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @NYM  W   4-3        7-11  6th  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @NYM  W   6-1        6-11  6th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 MIL  5 @HOU  0        W:Shaun Marcum (3-1), L: Brett Myers (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 MIL  4  HOU  1        W:Randy Wolf (3-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-3), S: John Axford (4)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 HOU  9 @MIL  6 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (1-1), L: Sean Green (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 MIL 14  HOU  7        W:Yovani Gallardo (2-1), L: Nelson Figueroa (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 15, 2010 MIL  8 @HOU  6 (10)   W:John Axford (8-1), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 3-1; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; 2009 - MIL won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 115-93

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 2011 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 2010 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G NYY 5.30 ARI 4.40 SEA 3.17	RA/G SDP 3.59 CHW 4.35 PIT 5.35	BA J. Hamilton .359 M. Mora .285 B. Wood .146	OBP J. Morneau .437 O. Infante .359 B. Wood .174	SLG J. Hamilton .633 C. Granderson .468 B. Wood .208	OPS J. Morneau 1.055 A. Torres .823 B. Wood .382	ERA F. Hernandez 2.27 C. Pavano 3.75 J. Bonderman 5.53	K/9IP T. Lincecum 9.79 M. Cain 7.13 K. Kendrick 4.18

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.30

ARI 4.40

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.59

CHW 4.35

PIT 5.35

J. Hamilton .359

M. Mora .285

B. Wood .146

OBP

J. Morneau .437

O. Infante .359

B. Wood .174

SLG

J. Hamilton .633

C. Granderson .468

B. Wood .208

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

A. Torres .823

B. Wood .382

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

C. Pavano 3.75

J. Bonderman 5.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.79

M. Cain 7.13

K. Kendrick 4.18

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/2.500 588/448 .259/.288/.405/.692 .778/.666 .706 90/.741 2/3 16/18

12.Boggs# G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/2 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.500 .125 9/.556 0/0 0/0

8.Braun G/S/vP 31/1.146 ··· 1/2.000 9/.222 12/.583 2/2.000 685/512 .304/.365/.501/.866 .786/.893 .926 103/1.148 14/3 25/3

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 230/190 .250/.322/.319/.640 .543/.660 .692 31/.492 1/1 2/6

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 43/.653 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 13/.231 1/.000 714/482 .261/.401/.471/.871 .668/.975 .806 101/1.041 1/0 32/4

27.Gomez G/S/vP 13/.462 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 6/.000 3/.000 318/209 .247/.298/.357/.655 .580/.694 .732 98/.558 18/3 5/5

1.Hart G/S/vP 41/.860 ··· ··· 6/.000 6/.833 1/.000 614/450 .283/.340/.525/.865 .973/.827 .789 10/.400 7/6 31/2

25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 359/332 .239/.306/.376/.683 .074/.733 .725 54/.693 1/3 8/1

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 297/221 .253/.300/.329/.628 .735/.589 .579 50/.844 4/2 4/5

14.McGehee G/S/vP 22/.929 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.715 11/1.122 2/1.000 670/494 .285/.337/.464/.801 .947/.750 .728 94/.752 1/1 23/17

33.Nieves G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/136 .203/.244/.310/.554 .621/.537 .576 20/.566 0/0 3/5

23.Weeks G/S/vP 37/1.053 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.000 1/no AB 754/570 .269/.366/.464/.830 1.025/.769 .825 103/.949 11/4 29/15

IP 195.0 19.0 10.0 47.1 78.0 21.1 TOTAL .275/.341/.434/.775 .687/.802 .701 .779 15/5 30/8

ERA-K/9

3.60/8.2

2.84/5.7

4.50/3.6

5.51/8.8

3.12/6.2

4.22/9.3

5.23/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (37-17-1)
Nieves (31-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.250 76/.200 51/.405 217/.279 333/.231 90/.238 .298 Hart
Braun
Kotsay
Gomez
Boggs 0/0/141/7
153/0/0/6
0/0/8/2
5/75/2/2
1/0/3/0

OPS .700 .636 .982 .793 .622 .674 .825

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.642 31/.619 21/1.113 87/.817 153/.576 35/.457 .863

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 651/.715 45/.648 30/.893 130/.775 180/.657 55/.805 .807

Home 405/.604 29/.596 32/.920 97/.683 188/.567 48/.701

Last 28d days 114/.799 53/.940 56/.874 54/.805 40/.591 55/.604

HR/SB/CS 16/13/11 3/0/0 0/1/0 7/2/1 2/6/0 2/0/0 29/28/6

Usage ·····X·· ·X·o··oX ·oX··o·X Xo·X··oo o··X··X· X·o···oX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 21.Braddock*
G/S/vB 54.Green
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 61.Kintzler
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 52.Mitre
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Barmes G/S/vP 16/.464 2/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 432/291 .235/.305/.351/.656 .748/.612 .675 4/.000 3/2 8/10

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .179/.258/.286/.544 .000/.584 .237 4/.500 1/1 0/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/72 .220/.294/.268/.562 .580/.546 .670 26/.615 12/4 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/.222 5/1.350 4/.833 1/2.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 605/472 .265/.341/.346/.686 .555/.723 .691 98/.781 52/12 2/3

16.Downs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/63 .216/.294/.320/.613 .700/.545 .499 32/.827 0/0 1/1

22.Hall G/S/vP 26/.498 ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 382/219 .247/.316/.456/.772 .680/.841 .778 81/.656 9/1 18/12

23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 5/.900 ··· ··· 362/264 .308/.337/.481/.818 .735/.848 .767 85/.569 3/0 11/18

45.Lee G/S/vP 29/.584 2/.500 ··· 8/1.250 27/.682 3/.666 6/1.100 5/1.000 2/1.000 649/502 .246/.291/.417/.708 .771/.689 .766 102/.504 3/3 24/7

9.Pence G/S/vP 22/.702 5/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 4/.500 3/1.334 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 658/510 .282/.325/.461/.786 .820/.776 .864 107/.859 18/9 25/6

55.Quintero G/S/vP 15/1.043 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/195 .234/.262/.317/.579 .375/.665 .525 61/.726 0/0 4/5

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 10/.819 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 272/192 .277/.312/.344/.656 .631/.666 .525 103/.693 0/1 0/5

46.Towles G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/41 .191/.235/.319/.554 .311/.612 .487 31/1.138 0/0 1/1

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 159/132 .222/.296/.319/.615 .576/.623 .714 88/1.054 0/0 2/3

IP 215.2 58.0 33.2 9.1 16.0 7.1 58.1 54.0 3.2 TOTAL .270/.322/.391/.713 .733/.707 .755 .721 21/3 14/27

ERA-K/9

4.17/5.9

2.48/11.8

2.94/10.9

3.86/11.6

8.44/10.1

7.36/11.1

2.78/7.1

3.33/4.8

14.73/7.3

3.68/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Quintero (35-19-4)
Towles (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 936/.258 238/.204 151/.228 48/.200 74/.323 33/.357 240/.245 213/.223 22/.389 .246 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Hall
Bogusevic
Bourgeois 0/0/156/9
0/138/0/8
133/0/0/6
55/7/9/3
7/3/2/0
25/24/1/0

OPS .764 .588 .656 .719 .890 1.045 .661 .666 1.056 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.889 122/.692 63/.440 12/.970 28/.783 12/.964 90/.740 111/.629 16/1.009 .661

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 733/.728 116/.483 88/.812 36/.644 46/.957 21/1.087 150/.612 102/.708 6/1.167 .724

Road 492/.729 124/.517 72/.666 11/.786 43/1.242 22/1.357 112/.635 93/.467 7/1.214

Last 28d days 127/.710 40/.514 34/.541 44/.856 13/.615 52/.749 49/.579 27/.656 20/.599

HR/SB/CS 29/11/2 1/2/0 1/3/0 1/2/0 2/2/2 2/0/0 6/2/0 7/9/0 1/0/0 27/18/6

Usage ·····X·· ··oo·Xo· ····X·o· ··o···XX ··o·o··X o···X·X· ··oX··o· ··X·X··· 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.