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Game Preview: LAD @ MIL, 2:10 pm, Thursday, August 18, 2011 @Miller Park

Dodgers, 55-67, 55-67 4th, 13½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Clayton Kershaw (23, LHP, 14-5, 2.72)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (14-5)			175.2	135	58	53	46	193	13	2.72
2010 (13-10)			204.1	160	73	66	81	212	13	2.91
2009 (8-8)			171.0	119	55	53	91	185	7	2.79

Last 7 GS		6-1	53.0	38	13	9	13	55	4	1.53	68
2011-08-13	HOU	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	112	74
2011-08-07	@ARI	L	6.1	5	4	4	3	7	2	113	51
2011-08-01	@SDP	W	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	108	69
2011-07-26	COL	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	6	0	125	54
2011-07-20	@SFG	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	12	0	112	87
2011-07-15	@ARI	W	7.0	5	4	0	2	8	1	111	65
2011-07-07	NYM	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	113	79

Last 5 v.MIL		1-2	17.1	19	12	12	14	19	2	6.23	45
2010-05-04	MIL	L	1.1	5	7	7	2	3	1	57	17
2009-08-03	MIL	L	4.0	4	3	3	6	6	0	92	42
2009-07-12	@MIL	W	6.0	2	1	1	5	4	0	103	63
2008-08-17	MIL	ND	6.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	96	57

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

 Home:   31-34   Road:   24-33   ExtrInn: 6-0 
 vsRHP:  39-50   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest: 24-24 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Wed, Aug 17  @MIL  L   1-3       55-67  4th 13.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16  @MIL  L   1-2       55-66  4th 13.5 gb
120 Mon, Aug 15  @MIL  L   0-3       55-65  4th 12.5 gb
119 Sun, Aug 14   HOU  W   7-0       55-64  3rd 12.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug 13   HOU  W   6-1       54-64  4th 12.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug 12   HOU  W   1-0 (10)  53-64  4th 12.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 10   PHI  L   8-9       52-64  4th 11.5 gb
115 Tue, Aug  9   PHI  L   1-2       52-63  4th 11.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8   PHI  L   3-5       52-62  4th 10.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @ARI  L   3-4       52-61  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Brewers, 73-51, 73-51 1st, 7 up

SP: Marco Estrada (27, RHP, 3-7, 4.46)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-7)			70.2	63	38	35	23	66	8	4.46
2010 (0-0)			11.1	14	13	12	6	13	3	9.53
2009 (0-1)			7.1	6	6	5	4	9	1	6.14

Last 7 GS		2-2	34.2	32	21	21	12	33	4	5.45	49
2011-08-13	PIT	W	5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	64	70
2011-05-04	@ATL	L	5.1	9	7	7	3	5	0	114	24
2011-04-26	CIN	ND	7.0	2	2	2	3	5	1	103	67
2011-04-17	@WSN	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	96	64
2011-04-06	ATL	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	84	43
2010-05-23	@MIN	ND	3.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	44	45
2009-09-12	@FLA	L	2.1	3	5	5	3	4	1	61	32

Has never faced LAD as starter.

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

 Home:   47-15   Road:   26-36   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  59-37   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:36-19   vsWest: 18-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Wed, Aug 17   LAD  W   3-1       73-51  1st  7.0 up
123 Tue, Aug 16   LAD  W   2-1       72-51  1st  7.0 up
122 Mon, Aug 15   LAD  W   3-0       71-51  1st  6.0 up
121 Sun, Aug 14   PIT  W   2-1 (10)  70-51  1st  5.0 up
120 Sat, Aug 13   PIT  W   1-0       69-51  1st  5.0 up
119 Fri, Aug 12   PIT  W   7-2       68-51  1st  4.0 up
118 Thu, Aug 11  @STL  L   2-5       67-51  1st  4.0 up
117 Wed, Aug 10  @STL  W   5-1       67-50  1st  5.0 up
116 Tue, Aug  9  @STL  W   5-3 (10)  66-50  1st  4.0 up
115 Sun, Aug  7  @HOU  W   7-3       65-50  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:18-2    Last 30:24-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 MIL  3  LAD  1        W:Zack Greinke (12-4), L: Nathan Eovaldi (1-1), S: John Axford (36)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 MIL  2  LAD  1        W:Takashi Saito (4-1), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (0-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 MIL  3  LAD  0        W:Randy Wolf (10-8), L: Ted Lilly (7-13), S: John Axford (35)
Tue, May 17, 2011 LAD  3  MIL  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-3), L: Randy Wolf (3-4), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
Mon, May 16, 2011 MIL  2 @LAD  1        W:Shaun Marcum (5-1), L: Jon Garland (1-3), S: John Axford (9)

Thu, Aug 26, 2010 LAD  7 @MIL  1        W:Ronald Belisario (2-1), L: Yovani Gallardo (11-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 LAD  5 @MIL  4        W:Hiroki Kuroda (9-11), L: Randy Wolf (10-10), S: Octavio Dotel (22)
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 LAD  5 @MIL  3        W:Ted Lilly (8-8), L: David Bush (6-11), S: Hong-Chih Kuo (5)
Thu, May 06, 2010 LAD  7  MIL  3        W:Jonathan Broxton (2-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 MIL 11 @LAD  3        W:Doug Davis (1-3), L: Chad Billingsley (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 4-1; 2010 - LAD won 4-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 56-34

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 5.39 BAL 4.18 SEA 3.39	RA/G PHI 3.27 BOS 4.20 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .346 E. Hosmer .271 A. Dunn .164	OBP J. Bautista .453 J. Pierre .337 V. Wells .232	SLG J. Bautista .639 A. Ethier .427 C. Getz .284	OPS J. Bautista 1.092 B. Gardner .768 A. Rios .570	ERA J. Cueto 1.89 M. Pineda 3.77 B. Arroyo 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.44 J. Vazquez 6.95 B. Penny 3.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.39

BAL 4.18

SEA 3.39

RA/G

PHI 3.27

BOS 4.20

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .346

E. Hosmer .271

A. Dunn .164

OBP

J. Bautista .453

J. Pierre .337

V. Wells .232

SLG

J. Bautista .639

A. Ethier .427

C. Getz .284

OPS

J. Bautista 1.092

B. Gardner .768

A. Rios .570

ERA

J. Cueto 1.89

M. Pineda 3.77

B. Arroyo 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.44

J. Vazquez 6.95

B. Penny 3.60

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Dodgers Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 63.de la Cruz
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Barajas G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 11/.384 5/.000 248/168 .217/.272/.381/.653 .803/.581 .772 41/.823 0/0 10/2

23.Blake G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 11/.864 11/.182 1/no AB 223/166 .250/.342/.362/.704 .788/.676 .750 58/.625 1/2 4/7

14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 6/.500 1/.000 6/1.167 397/287 .293/.363/.359/.722 .745/.713 .814 72/.737 10/0 0/8

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 494/350 .295/.368/.427/.795 .592/.882 .793 101/.712 0/1 10/0

10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 275/222 .261/.315/.352/.667 .584/.687 .692 70/.699 19/3 1/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/2.047 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 512/385 .319/.393/.574/.966 1.035/.944 1.028 104/.962 32/5 28/4

7.Loney* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 428/330 .256/.307/.330/.637 .431/.697 .653 63/.573 3/0 5/5

6.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 3/.666 356/277 .288/.308/.353/.661 .688/.653 .733 89/.538 4/1 1/4

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 5/1.100 6/.167 2/.000 191/159 .199/.282/.337/.619 .615/.620 .531 53/.749 0/0 5/6

49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/52 .214/.364/.357/.721 .933/.692 .996 10/.300 2/0 1/1

33.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.637 ··· 4/1.250 371/278 .266/.323/.395/.719 .939/.647 .715 76/.915 3/2 8/3

12.Sellers G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/12 .188/.278/.375/.653 .900/.530 .452 18/.653 1/0 1/0

3.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 23/14 .000/.087/.000/.087 .111/.071 .000 16/.125 1/0 0/1

IP 70.2 58.1 1.0 20.2 38.2 55.1 56.0 16.1 TOTAL .251/.316/.362/.677 .674/.678 .708 .686 96/22 80/67

ERA-K/9

4.46/8.4

2.31/11.0

0.00/9.0

4.35/8.3

1.63/4.7

3.90/7.2

2.89/10.3

2.20/6.1

3.70/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (46-15-2)
Navarro (36-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.243 248/.232 4/.250 87/.228 162/.248 225/.233 244/.252 69/.233 .247 Ethier
Gwynn
Kemp
Rivera
Velez
Oeltjen
Blake 0/0/113/8
86/10/2/8
0/120/0/7
35/0/6/2
2/0/0/0
6/0/4/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .703 .603 .500 .662 .567 .636 .685 .690 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.702 111/.506 3/.000 37/.879 68/.461 102/.733 139/.785 28/.762 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.703 137/.684 1/2.000 50/.506 94/.641 123/.558 105/.550 41/.639 .684

Home 156/.594 144/.516 / 33/.833 93/.469 118/.516 124/.821 37/.712

Last 28d days 37/.556 51/.548 4/.500 7/.286 41/.327 31/.369 42/.493 33/.397

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 3/6/2 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 3/9/1 2/0/0 111/83/27

Usage ····X··· X·oXX··· ······o· ······o· X··oo··· ·····oo· ····oo·o ·o·Xo···

Brewers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 50.Eovaldi
G/S/vB 54.Guerra
G/S/vB 55.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 52.Lindblom
G/S/vB 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 19/.594 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 440/344 .264/.284/.387/.671 .575/.698 .692 96/.799 4/4 9/15

8.Braun G/S/vP 11/.819 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 10/.800 10/.522 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 469/360 .329/.399/.577/.976 1.027/.960 1.076 95/1.020 23/4 23/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.111 4/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 149/142 .151/.255/.183/.438 .600/.431 .466 25/.335 2/1 0/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 11/.920 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 8/1.425 6/.750 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 525/375 .304/.415/.562/.977 .850/1.032 1.099 102/1.050 0/1 27/12

15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/.666 274/178 .257/.322/.361/.684 .717/.666 .693 51/.521 2/2 4/9

1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 390/299 .267/.349/.474/.823 .956/.784 .889 99/.877 4/6 18/1

25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 216/202 .261/.315/.342/.657 1.117/.627 .702 29/.667 3/0 2/3

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 79/60 .225/.282/.366/.648 .544/.682 .589 18/.753 0/0 2/0

7.Lopez# G/S/vP 15/.276 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 151/101 .209/.250/.281/.531 .586/.502 .522 49/.446 1/1 2/4

20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 356/283 .289/.330/.413/.743 .822/.721 .907 76/.814 0/1 9/6

14.McGehee G/S/vP 7/.629 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 7/1.571 ··· ··· 4/.500 474/365 .236/.289/.345/.634 .410/.701 .746 87/.833 0/2 8/16

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 293/256 .312/.347/.440/.787 .601/.814 .711 84/.639 6/3 3/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 72/31 .254/.286/.418/.704 .680/.733 .601 18/.321 1/0 2/2

IP 175.2 22.0 17.0 28.2 53.2 41.1 15.0 17.1 44.0 TOTAL .261/.322/.417/.740 .721/.745 .805 .757 68/25 134/83

ERA-K/9

2.72/9.9

3.27/8.6

2.12/6.4

1.57/7.2

3.86/6.5

3.48/7.6

12.00/12.0

2.08/5.7

2.25/6.3

3.72/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (14-2-2)
Lucroy (62-21-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.212 89/.190 68/.196 118/.226 225/.235 166/.205 81/.267 66/.204 192/.270 .245 Braun
Morgan
Hart
Kotsay
Hairston
Counsell
Wilson 109/0/0/5
13/65/15/4
0/0/90/2
17/9/27/2
22/14/0/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .572 .586 .532 .573 .636 .613 .893 .570 .725 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.508 48/.506 22/.687 51/.465 96/.653 72/.436 31/1.013 23/.978 74/.731 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 560/.587 41/.682 46/.457 67/.651 129/.622 94/.751 50/.818 43/.357 118/.721 .681

Road 327/.640 44/.552 45/.604 53/.727 95/.609 81/.544 29/.955 28/.432 99/.797

Last 28d days 122/.629 26/.686 68/.532 28/.220 45/.641 43/.661 20/1.000 23/.471 51/.869

HR/SB/CS 13/11/4 1/1/1 0/0/1 0/0/1 4/6/0 5/5/0 2/2/0 0/1/4 3/5/2 103/91/29

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