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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05 pm, Friday, August 5, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 62-50, 62-50 1st, 3 up

SP: Yovani Gallardo (25, RHP, 12-7, 3.69)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-7) 141.1 141 67 58 46 124 15 3.69
2010 (14-7) 185.0 178 89 79 75 200 12 3.84
2009 (13-12) 185.2 150 78 77 94 204 21 3.73
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.0 40 19 14 10 36 4 2.80 57
2011-07-30 HOU W 7.0 4 1 0 0 7 0 111 74
2011-07-24 @SFG L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 121 61
2011-07-19 @ARI W 6.0 4 3 1 1 6 1 102 61
2011-07-14 @COL L 4.0 11 6 6 0 2 1 92 18
2011-07-06 ARI W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 123 70
2011-07-01 @MIN L 7.0 5 5 3 4 4 1 111 51
2011-06-25 MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 108 64
Last 5 v.HOU 5-0 30.0 30 13 12 7 33 1 3.60 55
2011-07-30 HOU W 7.0 4 1 0 0 7 0 111 74
2011-04-22 HOU W 6.0 8 4 4 1 7 0 113 46
2010-08-08 HOU W 6.0 8 4 4 1 7 0 106 46
2010-06-29 HOU W 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 109 45
2009-09-20 HOU W 5.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 77 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-15   Road:   21-35   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  51-36   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  24-15
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:28-18   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Wed, Aug  3   STL  W  10-5       62-50  1st  3.5 up
111 Tue, Aug  2   STL  L   7-8 (11)  61-50  1st  2.5 up
110 Mon, Aug  1   STL  W   6-2       61-49  1st  3.5 up
109 Sun, Jul 31   HOU  W   5-4       60-49  1st  2.5 up
108 Sat, Jul 30   HOU  W   6-2       59-49  1st  1.5 up
107 Fri, Jul 29   HOU  W   4-0       58-49  1st  1.5 up
106 Thu, Jul 28   CHC  W   4-2       57-49  1st  1.5 up
105 Wed, Jul 27   CHC  W   2-0       56-49  1st  0.5 up
104 Tue, Jul 26   CHC  W   3-2       55-49  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Sun, Jul 24  @SFG  L   1-2       54-49  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Astros, 37-74, 37-74 6th, 24½ GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (28, LHP, 4-13, 6.01)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-13) 115.1 128 86 77 60 98 17 6.01
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
2009 (12-4) 166.0 149 55 54 56 119 20 2.93
Last 7 GS 1-5 35.1 53 38 33 21 32 7 8.41 33
2011-07-30 @MIL L 5.0 10 5 2 0 6 1 103 39
2011-07-25 @STL L 4.2 7 6 6 3 1 1 112 24
2011-07-19 WSN W 5.2 7 5 5 4 3 2 107 34
2011-07-07 @FLA L 5.2 5 5 5 7 8 1 115 40
2011-07-02 BOS L 6.2 7 5 5 3 3 1 117 40
2011-06-26 TBR ND 5.0 9 5 5 3 8 1 111 34
2011-06-20 @TEX L 2.2 8 7 5 1 3 0 84 20
Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 21.0 25 12 9 8 24 3 3.86 49
2011-07-30 @MIL L 5.0 10 5 2 0 6 1 103 39
2010-09-15 MIL ND 4.1 7 5 5 2 5 2 97 32
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:   19-37   Road:   18-37   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  21-57   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:19-35   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Wed, Aug  3   CIN  W   5-4       37-74  6th 24.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  2   CIN  L   1-5       36-74  6th 24.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  1   CIN  W   4-3 (10)  36-73  6th 24.5 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @MIL  L   4-5       35-73  6th 24.5 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @MIL  L   2-6       35-72  6th 23.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @MIL  L   0-4       35-71  6th 22.5 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28  @STL  W   5-3       35-70  6th 21.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @STL  W   4-2       34-70  6th 21.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @STL  L   1-3       33-70  6th 22.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @STL  L   5-10      33-69  6th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 31, 2011 MIL  5  HOU  4        W:Francisco Rodriguez (4-2), L: Fernando Rodriguez (2-1), S: John Axford (31)
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 MIL  6  HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (12-7), L: J.A. Happ (4-13), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 MIL  4  HOU  0        W:Randy Wolf (7-8), L: Jordan Lyles (0-6), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 HOU  5  MIL  0        W:Bud Norris (2-1), L: Chris Narveson (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 HOU  2  MIL  1        W:Brandon Lyon (3-1), L: Kameron Loe (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 6-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; 2009 - MIL won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 117-96

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.47

BAL  4.11

SEA  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.30

MIL  4.26

BAL  5.34

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .356

R. Weeks  .272

A. Dunn  .167

 OBP

J. Bautista  .459

E. Hosmer  .333

V. Wells  .249

 SLG

J. Bautista  .662

I. Kinsler  .427

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.121

S. Castro  .763

A. Rios  .546

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.88

R. Dickey  3.77

J. Happ  6.01

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.69

A. Ogando  6.85

B. Penny  3.57

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

Brewers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 391/303 .257/.276/.378/.655 .582/.676 .603 79/.874 3/3 8/13
8.Braun G/S/vP 13/.487 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 420/322 .324/.395/.582/.977 .910/.995 .913 69/1.049 19/4 21/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 136/131 .145/.235/.179/.414 1.000/.399 .347 20/.000 2/0 0/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/1.045 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 473/336 .296/.412/.550/.962 .819/1.026 .805 92/.791 0/0 24/11
15.Hairston G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 246/161 .267/.339/.385/.723 .767/.701 .697 27/1.010 2/2 4/9
1.Hart G/S/vP 13/1.615 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 344/262 .278/.352/.480/.832 1.035/.773 .718 98/.870 4/6 15/0
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 201/188 .243/.299/.319/.617 1.038/.590 .533 32/.354 3/0 2/3
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/54 .219/.271/.359/.631 .610/.637 .670 24/.455 0/0 2/0
7.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.476 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 123/77 .224/.256/.310/.567 .631/.527 .583 21/.563 1/1 2/3
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 8/.625 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 315/248 .283/.321/.399/.720 .684/.730 .565 66/.614 0/1 7/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP 11/.482 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 429/330 .240/.289/.349/.639 .344/.728 .535 79/.854 0/2 8/15
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 250/215 .328/.358/.463/.821 .638/.851 .885 81/.744 6/3 3/2
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/28 .267/.290/.450/.740 .702/.786 .784 21/.762 1/0 2/2
IP 115.1 45.0 21.1 49.1 52.1 28.2 TOTAL .260/.320/.419/.739 .708/.749 .662 .737 63/22 123/75
ERA-K/9 6.01/7.6 4.40/5.2 2.53/8.0 2.74/7.5 3.10/7.2 2.51/10.3 4.54/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (14-2-2)
 Lucroy (56-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 525/.286 210/.283 88/.213 204/.259 223/.241 121/.240 .270  Braun
 Morgan
 Hart
 Kotsay
 Counsell
 Wilson
 Hairston
98/0/0/5
12/55/14/3
0/0/80/2
16/9/25/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
22/10/0/0
OPS .859 .750 .615 .659 .640 .696 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.874 78/.845 55/.554 79/.776 94/.702 48/.568 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 423/.855 132/.695 33/.715 125/.585 129/.597 73/.786 .765
Home 282/.805 107/.746 51/.499 115/.753 115/.632 66/.666
Last 28d days 77/1.070 29/.614 19/.446 43/.675 52/.502 47/.615
HR/SB/CS 17/7/5 3/8/1 1/5/1 2/1/2 3/3/1 3/3/1 128/95/24
Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· ···o··oo ····oo·· ·X·X···o ·o·oX···
Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Saito
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.666 5/.600 317/234 .253/.321/.389/.710 .589/.751 .621 72/.728 1/0 7/7
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 49/47 .214/.327/.262/.588 .500/.587 .607 15/.817 1/0 0/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 141/82 .346/.364/.434/.798 .958/.687 .816 36/.813 22/5 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/72 .187/.235/.253/.487 .842/.360 .506 29/.705 0/0 0/4
16.Downs G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 138/114 .225/.319/.450/.769 .345/.863 .924 25/.122 0/0 6/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 32/.660 2/.500 ··· ··· 28/.709 8/.804 9/.472 2/.000 449/340 .265/.316/.423/.740 .923/.682 .762 84/.725 3/2 10/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.900 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 128/65 .208/.258/.308/.566 .642/.493 .650 29/.618 1/0 2/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 15/.785 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 168/140 .263/.287/.363/.650 .681/.644 .788 48/.792 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 9/1.069 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 260/193 .257/.311/.309/.619 .622/.618 .596 41/.518 3/0 1/7
IP 141.1 52.1 18.2 65.0 34.1 52.0 51.2 11.2 TOTAL .260/.312/.377/.689 .703/.684 .719 .672 82/20 62/85
ERA-K/9 3.69/7.9 2.41/11.0 4.82/8.7 4.57/8.2 1.83/5.0 4.15/6.6 3.14/10.1 3.09/5.4 3.90/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (26-6-1)
 Quintero (34-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.262 223/.229 80/.236 269/.247 145/.263 213/.241 227/.254 52/.304 .252  Lee
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
 Bogusevic
78/0/0/10
25/0/6/1
27/11/9/1
13/0/3/0
OPS .710 .576 .698 .727 .598 .658 .702 .863 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.680 102/.446 37/.879 133/.743 58/.487 97/.752 131/.819 22/.921 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.738 121/.688 43/.544 136/.711 87/.671 116/.581 96/.539 30/.819 .698
Road 309/.777 96/.679 47/.600 129/.816 60/.747 98/.807 108/.555 27/.799
Last 28d days 99/.648 46/.403 3/.333 40/.846 46/.645 36/.515 40/.586 35/.808
HR/SB/CS 15/7/6 2/5/2 2/1/0 8/5/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 3/9/1 2/0/0 105/77/24
Usage ·····X·· ·XX·o··X ········ ··X··X·· ·o·X···o ·o·o·Xo· ··X·X··X ··o·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.