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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 @PNC Park

Brewers, 77-53, 77-53 1st, 9 up

SP: Marco Estrada (27, RHP, 3-8, 4.28)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-8) 75.2 66 39 36 25 71 9 4.28
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 37.1 32 17 17 11 34 4 4.10 53
2011-08-18 LAD L 5.0 3 1 1 2 5 1 94 60
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
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 5.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 70
2011-08-13 PIT W 5.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 64 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-16   Road:   30-37   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  62-38   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:37-20   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-9       77-53  1st  9.0 up
129 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  W   8-1       77-52  1st  9.0 up
128 Sun, Aug 21  @NYM  W   6-2       76-52  1st  8.5 up
127 Sat, Aug 20  @NYM  W  11-9       75-52  1st  8.5 up
126 Fri, Aug 19  @NYM  W   6-1       74-52  1st  7.5 up
125 Thu, Aug 18   LAD  L   1-5       73-52  1st  6.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:24-6
Pirates, 60-67, 60-67 4th, 15½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Ross Ohlendorf (28, RHP, 0-0, 7.27)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 8.2 11 7 7 5 6 2 7.27
2010 (1-11) 108.1 106 54 49 44 79 12 4.07
2009 (11-10) 176.2 165 80 77 53 109 25 3.92
Last 7 GS 0-3 34.1 29 17 16 15 28 3 4.19 52
2011-04-08 COL ND 2.2 3 3 3 1 3 1 52 42
2011-04-03 @CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 4 3 1 96 39
2010-08-23 STL L 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 8 39
2010-08-18 FLA L 8.0 4 3 3 2 5 1 103 65
2010-08-13 @HOU ND 6.2 4 0 0 2 7 0 104 71
2010-08-07 COL ND 6.0 4 2 1 1 6 0 98 63
2010-08-02 CIN L 5.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 104 45
Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 24.0 22 8 8 7 19 3 3.00 56
2010-07-22 MIL L 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 103 63
2009-08-30 @MIL L 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 95 50
2009-08-18 MIL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 103 66
2009-07-20 MIL W 5.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 74 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-36   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  40-52   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:29-27   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Mon, Aug 22   MIL  W   9-2       60-67  4th 15.5 gb
126 Mon, Aug 22   MIL  L   1-8       59-67  4th 15.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 21   CIN  L   4-5       59-66  4th 15.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 20   CIN  W   5-3       59-65  4th 14.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 19   CIN  L   8-11      58-65  4th 14.5 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17   STL  L   2-7       58-64  4th 14.0 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16   STL  W   5-4 (11)  58-63  4th 13.0 gb
120 Mon, Aug 15   STL  W   6-2       57-63  4th 13.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 14  @MIL  L   1-2 (10)  56-63  4th 13.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug 13  @MIL  L   0-1       56-62  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 PIT  9  MIL  2        W:Daniel McCutchen (4-3), L: Zack Greinke (12-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 MIL  8 @PIT  1        W:Chris Narveson (9-6), L: Jeff Karstens (9-7), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 MIL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Takashi Saito (3-1), L: Chris Resop (3-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 MIL  1  PIT  0        W:Marco Estrada (3-7), L: Kevin Correia (12-11), S: John Axford (34)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 MIL  7  PIT  2        W:Zack Greinke (11-4), L: Paul Maholm (6-13), S: none
Sun, May 15, 2011 MIL  9  PIT  6        W:Zack Greinke (2-1), L: Kevin Correia (5-4), S: none
Sat, May 14, 2011 MIL  8  PIT  2        W:Chris Narveson (2-3), L: Jeff Karstens (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 MIL  5  PIT  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (4-2), L: James McDonald (2-3), S: John Axford (8)
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 MIL  4 @PIT  1        W:Randy Wolf (1-2), L: Paul Maholm (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 MIL  6 @PIT  0        W:Shaun Marcum (2-1), L: Kevin Correia (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 9-1; 2010 - MIL won 13-5; 2009 - MIL won 9-5; All-Time - MIL leads 120-94

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  5.40

BAL  4.18

SEA  3.38

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

BOS  4.17

BAL  5.35

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

A. McCutchen  .271

A. Dunn  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .459

E. Encarnacion  .339

V. Wells  .236

 SLG

J. Bautista  .652

B. Phillips  .429

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.111

G. Sanchez  .772

A. Rios  .575

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.73

B. Arroyo  5.28

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.90

E. Jackson  6.95

B. Penny  3.60

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

Brewers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 63.Leroux
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 65.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 11/.455 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/3.000 466/362 .258/.277/.385/.661 .609/.677 .642 107/.721 4/4 10/15
8.Braun G/S/vP 12/.166 4/4.000 1/.000 16/.527 1/.000 8/.821 3/2.667 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 494/377 .326/.395/.581/.976 1.063/.949 .889 108/.926 26/4 25/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 12/1.045 9/.250 3/1.666 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 159/151 .173/.284/.203/.487 .833/.471 .509 33/.625 2/1 0/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/1.050 14/.857 ··· 11/1.205 1/.000 8/.700 5/1.933 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 553/393 .300/.410/.551/.962 .827/1.021 .852 114/1.030 0/1 28/12
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· 291/188 .267/.338/.378/.716 .771/.687 .713 62/.656 2/2 4/9
1.Hart G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 8/.250 ··· 8/.875 2/1.500 5/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 415/315 .271/.347/.474/.821 .904/.796 .763 108/.845 4/6 19/1
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 7/1.417 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 224/209 .259/.317/.337/.654 1.033/.628 .613 32/.754 3/0 2/3
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.666 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 85/63 .234/.286/.377/.662 .561/.699 .715 22/.855 0/0 2/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.500 2/2.500 2/2.000 1/3.000 375/298 .282/.323/.406/.730 .818/.705 .590 84/.776 0/1 9/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 8/.250 5/.650 6/.833 3/1.000 1/no AB 498/382 .240/.293/.350/.643 .413/.714 .544 98/.847 0/2 9/17
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.000 ··· 5/.900 1/no AB 6/.334 1/2.000 2/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 313/274 .306/.347/.431/.777 .569/.807 .835 93/.679 8/3 3/2
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 83/36 .244/.272/.385/.656 .678/.629 .690 24/.418 1/0 2/2
IP 8.2 25.1 17.1 56.1 8.0 17.2 66.2 55.2 60.0 28.1 TOTAL .261/.322/.416/.738 .724/.743 .680 .763 73/25 140/85
ERA-K/9 7.27/6.2 5.33/6.0 3.63/10.9 1.76/7.5 1.13/11.2 4.58/5.1 2.84/5.0 4.20/10.2 3.00/9.4 3.81/7.6 3.77/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-2-2)
 Lucroy (63-22-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 41/.324 117/.321 80/.231 221/.217 36/.303 76/.221 280/.250 244/.260 252/.194 123/.226 .265  Braun
 Morgan
 Hart
 Kotsay
 Hairston
 Counsell
 Wilson
115/0/0/5
13/70/15/4
0/0/96/2
18/9/28/2
23/16/0/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS 1.047 .936 .752 .539 .676 .661 .704 .750 .593 .725 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/1.065 46/.798 29/1.154 94/.490 13/1.282 26/.832 110/.850 89/.622 103/.625 54/.674 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/1.037 71/1.027 51/.536 127/.575 23/.325 50/.572 170/.613 155/.815 149/.571 69/.766 .691
Home 12/.879 58/.686 45/.734 133/.553 19/.399 47/.746 168/.761 130/.853 132/.475 76/.701
Last 28d days / 41/1.245 52/.778 49/.659 12/.717 51/.713 47/.829 46/1.098 59/.659 41/.973
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 6/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 6/7/2 7/7/2 4/5/1 5/5/0 123/83/27
Usage X··o·o·· ·X·o··Xo ·XXX··oX X······· X··o·X·· Xo···X·X ··oo··X· ·oXo··XX X·X·····
Pirates Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.05 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.000 373/281 .253/.299/.341/.640 .626/.644 .601 73/.588 2/5 2/11
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 2/.000 225/114 .264/.302/.330/.632 .699/.568 .638 39/.565 4/2 0/2
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.133 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.267 3/1.667 2/.500 3/1.666 152/116 .290/.351/.471/.822 .986/.777 .842 49/.921 0/1 7/5
62.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 112/81 .266/.273/.330/.603 .581/.612 .635 15/.786 2/1 0/5
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.650 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 392/333 .246/.325/.448/.773 .531/.817 .794 104/.906 6/3 15/2
36.Ludwick G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.200 1/.000 1/5.000 9/.555 4/.750 6/.750 5/.200 502/380 .242/.311/.370/.681 .725/.667 .670 89/.694 1/1 12/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.167 3/.333 4/.000 547/411 .271/.372/.469/.841 .962/.801 .775 109/.787 20/7 18/7
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 166/122 .238/.280/.338/.617 .532/.645 .605 49/.534 0/1 2/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 221/194 .263/.296/.351/.648 .188/.714 .506 66/.726 14/6 2/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 105/50 .202/.260/.255/.515 .589/.437 .623 31/.233 0/0 1/4
31.Tabata G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 ··· 1/2.000 329/250 .280/.363/.385/.747 .927/.693 .843 32/1.124 15/6 4/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 4/.250 525/374 .277/.341/.400/.741 .659/.780 .711 106/.747 7/4 10/6
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 247/169 .217/.273/.345/.619 .670/.595 .685 63/.593 0/0 7/4
IP 75.2 59.1 4.2 23.2 39.2 59.0 58.0 18.0 TOTAL .244/.310/.363/.673 .674/.673 .665 .690 87/42 86/94
ERA-K/9 4.28/8.4 2.28/10.9 3.86/5.7 4.94/9.1 1.59/4.8 3.81/7.2 3.26/10.1 2.50/6.0 3.73/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (26-5-2)
 McKenry (24-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.239 251/.229 21/.278 100/.242 165/.244 241/.234 253/.252 77/.239 .247  Ludwick
 McCutchen
 Tabata
 Paul
 Diaz
 Jones
 Pearce
115/0/1/10
0/123/0/8
73/2/6/4
24/8/61/3
15/0/44/3
0/0/80/2
0/0/5/0
OPS .701 .596 .611 .692 .556 .640 .699 .702 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.676 112/.501 13/.685 41/.891 70/.447 109/.712 143/.822 31/.790 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.723 139/.674 8/.500 59/.556 95/.635 132/.582 110/.536 46/.642 .685
Road 134/.831 107/.708 17/.639 61/.577 72/.667 114/.775 129/.585 40/.693
Last 28d days 54/.617 46/.520 21/.611 20/.671 36/.258 41/.426 45/.677 36/.424
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 3/6/2 0/0/0 3/2/0 1/2/0 4/2/0 4/9/1 2/1/0 116/85/28
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·o X··XX··· X···X··· ·X···X·· o··XX··· ·oX····· 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.