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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 3, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 82-57, 82-57 1st, 8½ up

SP: Chris Narveson (29, LHP, 9-6, 4.28)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-6)			138.2	140	67	66	51	112	13	4.28
2010 (12-9)			167.2	172	96	93	59	137	21	4.99
2009 (2-0)			47.0	45	22	20	16	46	7	3.83

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.1	38	14	14	12	28	4	3.05	55
2011-08-22	@PIT	W	5.1	5	0	0	1	3	0	83	60
2011-08-06	@HOU	W	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	2	84	44
2011-07-31	HOU	ND	6.2	4	3	3	3	4	1	86	55
2011-07-26	CHC	W	5.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	85	45
2011-07-20	@ARI	ND	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	87	73
2011-07-15	@COL	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	98	52
2011-07-07	CIN	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	96	53

Last 5 v.HOU		1-2	28.0	30	16	16	9	24	4	5.14	48
2011-08-06	@HOU	W	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	2	84	44
2011-07-31	HOU	ND	6.2	4	3	3	3	4	1	86	55
2011-05-01	@HOU	L	6.0	7	4	4	0	7	1	94	49
2010-09-13	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	88	61
2010-05-26	HOU	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	89	30

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

 Home:   50-19   Road:   32-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  67-41   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  28-16
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:42-24   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Fri, Sep  2  @HOU  W   8-2       82-57  1st  8.5 up
138 Thu, Sep  1   STL  L   4-8       81-57  1st  7.5 up
137 Wed, Aug 31   STL  L   3-8       81-56  1st  8.5 up
136 Tue, Aug 30   STL  L   1-2       81-55  1st  9.5 up
135 Sun, Aug 28   CHC  W   3-2       81-54  1st 10.5 up
134 Sat, Aug 27   CHC  W   6-4       80-54  1st 10.5 up
133 Fri, Aug 26   CHC  W   5-2       79-54  1st  9.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 24  @PIT  L   0-2       78-54  1st 10.0 up
131 Tue, Aug 23  @PIT  W  11-4       78-53  1st 10.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-9       77-53  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Astros, 47-91, 47-91 6th, 34½ GB, 34½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 6-8, 3.68)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-8)			164.0	152	80	67	64	161	20	3.68
2010 (9-10)			153.2	151	94	84	77	158	18	4.92
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		1-1	40.0	39	21	19	18	38	4	4.28	51
2011-08-28	@SFG	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	10	0	98	72
2011-08-23	@COL	ND	5.0	6	5	4	4	6	1	110	39
2011-08-17	CHC	W	5.0	6	3	3	3	5	2	101	45
2011-08-12	@LAD	ND	7.0	2	0	0	4	8	0	102	77
2011-08-07	MIL	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	1	94	28
2011-08-01	CIN	ND	5.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	102	34
2011-07-27	@STL	ND	6.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	94	61

Last 5 v.MIL		2-1	30.0	26	13	12	13	34	3	3.60	55
2011-08-07	MIL	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	1	94	28
2011-05-01	MIL	W	7.2	3	0	0	3	11	0	116	81
2010-09-14	MIL	W	7.1	3	1	1	5	7	1	105	70
2010-06-28	@MIL	ND	5.0	9	5	4	1	6	1	97	36
2009-09-18	@MIL	ND	5.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	96	62

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

 Home:   26-43   Road:   21-48   ExtrInn: 4-10
 vsRHP:  30-68   vsLHP:  17-23   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:24-40   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Fri, Sep  2   MIL  L   2-8       47-91  6th 34.5 gb
137 Wed, Aug 31   PIT  W   2-0       47-90  6th 34.0 gb
136 Tue, Aug 30   PIT  W   8-2       46-90  6th 35.0 gb
135 Mon, Aug 29   PIT  W   7-4       45-90  6th 36.0 gb
134 Sun, Aug 28  @SFG  W   4-3 (11)  44-90  6th 36.5 gb
133 Sat, Aug 27  @SFG  L   1-2 (10)  43-90  6th 36.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 26  @SFG  L   1-2       43-89  6th 35.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 25  @SFG  W   3-1       43-88  6th 34.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 24  @COL  L   6-7 (10)  42-88  6th 35.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 23  @COL  L   6-8       42-87  6th 35.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 MIL  8 @HOU  2        W:Zack Greinke (14-5), L: Aneury Rodriguez (1-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 MIL  7 @HOU  3        W:Zack Greinke (10-4), L: Bud Norris (5-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 MIL  7 @HOU  5        W:Chris Narveson (8-6), L: Brett Myers (3-12), S: John Axford (32)
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 MIL  8 @HOU  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (13-7), L: J.A. Happ (4-14), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 10-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; 2009 - MIL won 10-5; All-Time - HOU leads 117-100

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 NYY 5.43 CLE 4.22 SFG 3.38	RA/G PHI 3.25 PIT 4.23 BAL 5.26	BA A. Gonzalez .342 E. Encarnacion .273 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .449 C. Lee .337 A. Rios .252	SLG J. Bautista .638 M. Wieters .441 A. Dunn .288	OPS J. Bautista 1.087 G. Sanchez .776 A. Rios .570	ERA J. Weaver 2.28 C. Morton 3.74 A. Burnett 5.25	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.67 T. Lilly 6.94 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.43

CLE 4.22

SFG 3.38

RA/G

PHI 3.25

PIT 4.23

BAL 5.26

A. Gonzalez .342

E. Encarnacion .273

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .449

C. Lee .337

A. Rios .252

SLG

J. Bautista .638

M. Wieters .441

A. Dunn .288

OPS

J. Bautista 1.087

G. Sanchez .776

A. Rios .570

ERA

J. Weaver 2.28

C. Morton 3.74

A. Burnett 5.25

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.67

T. Lilly 6.94

B. Penny 3.74

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Brewers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 68.Abreu
G/S/vB 67.Carpenter
G/S/vB 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Sosa
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.000 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 502/395 .250/.271/.374/.645 .592/.659 .640 102/.555 4/4 10/16

8.Braun G/S/vP 18/1.039 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.971 533/412 .332/.402/.586/.987 1.042/.971 .907 103/1.001 31/5 25/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 164/156 .168/.275/.197/.472 .833/.456 .492 25/.718 2/1 0/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 17/.794 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/2.000 2/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 15/.967 593/427 .298/.410/.555/.965 .814/1.027 .887 110/.909 0/1 31/13

27.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/151 .220/.270/.378/.648 .800/.558 .593 0/ 15/1 6/0

5.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2.000 2/2.000 0/0 0/

15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 326/220 .275/.342/.380/.721 .747/.709 .668 74/.747 2/2 4/11

1.Hart G/S/vP 9/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 6/.666 4/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· 8/1.518 456/353 .285/.358/.509/.866 .953/.842 .747 102/.964 6/6 23/1

25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 229/214 .257/.314/.333/.648 1.033/.622 .620 27/.903 3/0 2/3

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 92/70 .241/.297/.410/.706 .561/.754 .715 21/.960 0/1 3/0

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 402/323 .275/.314/.398/.712 .823/.684 .591 77/.601 1/1 10/7

14.McGehee G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 8/.375 535/415 .239/.295/.365/.660 .426/.728 .573 96/.798 0/3 12/18

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 351/310 .307/.351/.425/.776 .591/.801 .858 95/.678 10/3 3/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 87/36 .235/.271/.370/.641 .650/.629 .691 24/.325 1/0 2/2

IP 164.0 0.2 18.1 46.0 10.1 61.2 90.2 64.0 78.0 42.0 29.0 6.2 TOTAL .262/.324/.420/.744 .722/.751 .687 .753 84/28 152/93

ERA-K/9

3.68/8.8

13.50/25.7

3.44/7.9

4.50/5.1

3.48/7.9

2.77/7.0

5.26/6.3

3.23/7.5

5.08/6.9

3.21/9.9

4.34/7.1

1.35/8.1

4.53/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (16-2-2)
Lucroy (66-23-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.246 4/.333 83/.300 217/.286 47/.318 259/.264 397/.285 274/.253 333/.238 184/.263 118/.225 25/.136 .267 Gomez
Braun
Morgan
Hart
Kotsay
Hairston
Wilson
Counsell 0/76/0/5
124/0/0/5
14/78/16/4
0/0/105/2
18/9/28/2
23/18/0/2
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .724 1.500 .866 .757 .725 .679 .823 .680 .759 .762 .667 .513 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.826 2/.500 32/.730 82/.845 10/1.200 94/.769 180/.803 119/.745 131/.864 71/.711 47/.606 15/.277 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.619 2/2.000 51/.942 135/.704 37/.591 165/.627 217/.840 155/.632 202/.694 113/.794 71/.706 10/.856 .755

Home 392/.753 4/1.500 47/.670 114/.759 26/.478 135/.742 192/.787 144/.650 153/.863 96/.718 69/.603 14/.649

Last 28d days 130/.713 4/1.500 42/.950 / 21/.396 51/.771 83/.994 51/.851 38/.644 63/.890 118/.667 20/.311

HR/SB/CS 20/14/6 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/8/1 0/0/0 4/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/1 13/13/0 4/4/1 2/1/2 1/0/0 157/115/26

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· X···oo·o ········ X······· o····oo· X······· ··o·oX·· X······X ··o··oX· ···X···· o··X·ooo

Astros Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 63.de la Cruz
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 165/120 .304/.319/.399/.718 .895/.656 .692 103/.720 5/2 2/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP 8/.125 3/4.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/.500 6/.500 413/303 .247/.319/.382/.701 .492/.774 .669 89/.648 2/1 9/12

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 122/115 .296/.364/.509/.873 .452/.898 .841 70/1.088 3/2 4/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 9/.778 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 209/122 .284/.316/.355/.671 .893/.519 .625 60/.449 24/6 1/1

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 151/112 .194/.264/.269/.532 .695/.479 .562 51/.622 0/0 0/5

16.Downs G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 177/142 .280/.356/.510/.865 .749/.895 .993 38/1.222 0/0 7/6

23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 6/.733 ··· ··· 367/278 .245/.286/.373/.659 .605/.676 .613 / 2/2 6/12

45.Lee G/S/vP 16/1.125 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 29/.683 8/.804 10/.422 2/.000 555/423 .275/.337/.437/.774 .967/.715 .779 98/.927 3/3 13/6

14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 129/95 .292/.326/.500/.826 1.157/.710 .833 104/.796 0/1 5/1

4.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 159/72 .199/.259/.301/.561 .608/.505 .625 28/.551 1/0 2/0

38.Paredes# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 113/86 .308/.348/.452/.800 .679/.840 .802 97/.788 3/3 2/2

55.Quintero G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 222/176 .255/.276/.340/.616 .797/.569 .637 47/.501 1/0 2/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 290/221 .246/.304/.293/.597 .621/.588 .588 26/.462 3/0 1/7

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 267/198 .252/.321/.332/.653 .499/.708 .701 47/.788 18/4 2/2

8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 51/45 .250/.353/.295/.648 .667/.645 .960 47/.587 1/0 0/0

46.Towles G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 145/96 .180/.264/.297/.561 .527/.578 .590 / 0/0 3/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 360/298 .267/.344/.374/.718 .537/.757 .848 1/.000 1/1 4/6

IP 138.2 63.2 7.2 84.2 42.0 63.1 61.0 20.1 TOTAL .261/.315/.381/.695 .718/.688 .720 .732 99/31 81/99

ERA-K/9

4.28/7.3

2.26/10.6

2.35/3.5

4.25/8.0

2.57/4.7

3.55/7.8

3.10/10.0

2.21/7.1

3.71/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Corporan (38-8-2)
Quintero (42-13-3)
Towles (33-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 599/.260 269/.222 30/.185 349/.249 179/.265 255/.229 263/.250 84/.216 .247 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Shuck
Michaels
Schafer
Bourgeois
Wright 78/0/0/10
13/0/23/4
30/0/0/3
3/5/10/1
26/0/13/1
0/61/0/1
30/26/10/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .727 .591 .419 .716 .622 .620 .691 .639 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.674 117/.524 18/.478 171/.686 76/.577 113/.686 146/.818 34/.716 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 487/.738 152/.645 12/.333 178/.743 103/.654 142/.568 117/.529 50/.586 .687

Road 320/.748 111/.680 17/.639 162/.809 81/.706 117/.772 132/.587 43/.641

Last 28d days 26/.603 42/.554 30/.419 80/.678 30/.767 42/.434 33/.679 30/.288

HR/SB/CS 13/10/7 4/6/2 0/0/0 10/6/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 4/10/1 2/1/0 126/89/29

Usage ··o····· X····XoX ·oX····· ··XX···· o·····X· ·X·o···· o····ooo ·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.