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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, August 27, 2012 @Wrigley Field

Brewers, 59-67, 59-67 4th, 16½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Marco Estrada (28, RHP, 1-5, 4.23)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-5) 95.2 93 47 45 20 96 16 4.23
2011 (4-8) 92.2 83 45 42 29 88 11 4.08
2010 (0-0) 11.1 14 13 12 6 13 3 9.53
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.0 45 20 19 9 30 4 4.38 49
2012-08-21 CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 97 76
2012-08-16 PHI ND 5.0 8 4 4 3 1 0 108 33
2012-08-11 @HOU ND 4.0 7 4 4 0 3 0 66 35
2012-08-05 @STL L 6.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 84 55
2012-07-30 HOU ND 7.0 6 3 2 1 6 1 97 60
2012-07-25 @PHI ND 4.0 8 5 5 3 4 0 83 27
2012-07-20 @CIN L 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 3 113 56
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 12.0 7 2 2 2 13 2 1.50 67
2012-08-21 CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 97 76
2012-05-13 CHC ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 2 83 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-28   Road:   21-39   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  40-50   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast:  6-14   vsCntrl:32-28   vsWest: 15-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Sun, Aug 26  @PIT  W   7-0       59-67  4th 16.5 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25  @PIT  L   0-4       58-67  4th 17.5 gb
124 Fri, Aug 24  @PIT  W   6-5       58-66  4th 16.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22   CHC  W   3-2       57-66  4th 18.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   CHC  W   5-2       56-66  4th 18.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20   CHC  W   9-5       55-66  4th 18.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19   PHI  L   0-8       54-66  4th 19.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18   PHI  L   3-4       54-65  4th 18.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17   PHI  W   6-2       54-64  4th 17.5 gb
117 Thu, Aug 16   PHI  W   7-4       53-64  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 49-77, 49-77 5th, 26½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Justin Germano (29, RHP, 2-3, 4.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 35.2 37 20 18 8 25 3 4.54
2011 (0-1) 12.2 15 8 8 5 5 1 5.68
2010 (0-3) 35.1 27 15 13 8 29 6 3.31
Last 7 GS 2-4 34.2 43 30 27 6 22 7 7.01 40
2012-08-20 @MIL L 4.2 8 7 7 1 3 1 91 22
2012-08-15 HOU W 6.1 5 2 2 1 6 1 93 60
2012-08-10 CIN L 5.2 7 6 4 2 2 1 91 35
2012-08-05 @LAD ND 5.1 3 2 2 0 3 0 77 57
2012-07-30 PIT W 5.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 65 52
2010-10-03 @CHW L 2.0 7 5 5 0 2 1 34 24
2008-05-02 @FLA L 5.2 9 6 5 0 3 3 98 32
Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 16.1 21 13 13 3 15 4 7.16 41
2012-08-20 @MIL L 4.2 8 7 7 1 3 1 91 22
2007-05-26 MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 0 4 2 82 58
2006-07-29 @MIL L 5.2 8 4 4 2 8 1 96 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-29   Road:   17-48   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  36-56   vsLHP:  13-21   1-Run:  11-22
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:21-37   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Sun, Aug 26   COL  W   5-0  (8)  49-77  5th 26.5 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25   COL  L   3-4       48-77  5th 27.5 gb
124 Fri, Aug 24   COL  W   5-3       48-76  5th 26.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22  @MIL  L   2-3       47-76  5th 28.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21  @MIL  L   2-5       47-75  5th 27.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20  @MIL  L   5-9       47-74  5th 26.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19  @CIN  L   4-5       47-73  5th 26.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18  @CIN  W   9-7       47-72  5th 25.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug 18  @CIN  L   3-5       46-72  5th 25.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug 17  @CIN  L   3-7       46-71  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 MIL  3  CHC  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (13-8), L: Travis Wood (4-10), S: John Axford (20)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 MIL  5  CHC  2        W:Marco Estrada (1-5), L: Chris Rusin (0-1), S: John Axford (19)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 MIL  9  CHC  5        W:Mark Rogers (1-1), L: Justin Germano (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 MIL  4  CHC  3 (10)   W:John Axford (1-2), L: Casey Coleman (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 MIL  8  CHC  0        W:Zack Greinke (7-2), L: Paul Maholm (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 CHC 10 @MIL  0        W:Ryan Dempster (1-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (4-5), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 CHC  8 @MIL  2        W:Shawn Camp (1-1), L: Kameron Loe (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 MIL  8  CHC  2        W:Shaun Marcum (2-1), L: Chris Volstad (0-5), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2012 MIL  8  CHC  7 (13)   W:Vinnie Chulk (1-0), L: Lendy Castillo (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 CHC  8  MIL  0        W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIL over 10-3; 2011 - MIL won 10-6; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 116-115

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 2012 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

TEX  5.19

SFG  4.28

HOU  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

DET  4.31

COL  5.55

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

K. Morales  .275

C. Pena  .190

 OBP

D. Wright  .410

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .264

 SLG

G. Stanton  .601

N. Walker  .435

J. Carroll  .291

 OPS

M. Trout  .986

A. Pagan  .769

J. Smoak  .591

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

J. Guthrie  5.71

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.34

D. Haren  7.24

H. Alvarez  3.43

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

Brewers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Germano
G/S/vB		 28.Bowden
G/S/vB		 55.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 59.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 43.Raley*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.833 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 429/279 .277/.344/.398/.742 .657/.789 .732 93/.644 19/6 6/2
14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .167/.167/.222/.389 .000/.467 .700 6/1.167 0/0 0/1
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/1.286 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 2/2.000 8/.000 1/4.000 16/.464 ··· 5/.800 518/388 .302/.382/.590/.973 1.240/.885 .880 100/.918 20/6 34/6
27.Gomez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/.500 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 323/191 .247/.296/.454/.750 .762/.741 .707 91/.724 26/5 13/5
1.Hart G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 2/1.000 8/2.321 3/.667 15/.343 ··· 2/2.500 519/395 .273/.331/.500/.831 .861/.821 .683 94/.867 4/0 23/4
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 119/102 .260/.328/.442/.770 .767/.770 .750 18/.778 0/0 4/2
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/1.500 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 229/162 .333/.386/.551/.937 1.199/.832 .888 62/.880 2/1 8/4
12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 212/160 .281/.337/.438/.774 .642/.814 .623 37/1.120 1/1 7/6
2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.384 ··· 4/.500 288/268 .240/.302/.306/.609 .620/.608 .416 36/.722 10/5 3/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 1/no AB 6/2.067 2/1.000 4/2.750 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 495/375 .291/.356/.516/.871 .970/.839 .774 89/.988 6/2 18/6
21.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 246/165 .205/.296/.377/.673 .794/.610 .634 36/.410 0/1 9/6
9.Segura G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 61/40 .193/.230/.228/.458 .195/.591 .733 58/.482 1/0 0/2
23.Weeks G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.500 8/.375 ··· 21/.462 ··· 3/.666 518/395 .212/.320/.367/.688 .659/.695 .702 97/.677 8/0 13/12
IP 35.2 19.1 8.1 63.0 10.1 34.2 28.1 40.1 20.1 56.1 TOTAL .252/.320/.425/.745 .777/.734 .681 .764 103/30 150/76
ERA-K/9 4.54/6.3 4.66/6.1 8.64/11.9 3.57/6.4 7.84/8.7 4.15/5.4 4.45/11.4 4.02/11.2 6.64/6.2 3.51/6.7 4.36/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (48-16-1)
 Maldonado (29-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.264 82/.278 40/.226 267/.259 58/.375 145/.248 130/.215 187/.219 93/.277 243/.269 .254  Braun
 Gomez
 Aoki
 Morgan
 Hart
 Ishikawa
115/0/0/6
0/93/0/6
13/18/72/5
16/51/23/1
0/0/53/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .668 .846 .730 .734 1.019 .753 .741 .707 .830 .784 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.556 34/.792 11/.482 106/.741 21/1.318 49/.817 57/.652 88/.772 13/.762 88/.755 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.728 48/.879 29/.829 161/.729 37/.824 96/.721 73/.811 99/.646 80/.841 155/.801 .744
Home 97/.632 32/.879 17/.686 145/.766 29/.970 63/.675 50/.847 108/.659 46/.799 131/.749
Last 28d days 96/.703 24/.568 40/.730 54/1.035 18/1.265 54/.892 22/.675 33/.603 93/.830 38/.841
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 4/2/0 0/2/0 6/6/2 2/3/0 5/3/2 5/2/0 3/4/0 5/1/0 5/7/1 131/96/25
Usage ······X· ······oX ·o···X·· ooo·o··o ······X· oX···X·· ·o······ ··X··X·· ·X······ ·oo·o···
Cubs Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 51.Henderson
G/S/vB		 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 26.Parra*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 37.Rogers
G/S/vB		 40.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.200 ··· 4/1.250 6/.334 2/.500 8/.536 2/.500 4/1.500 451/330 .258/.301/.372/.673 .643/.684 .834 84/.544 6/1 6/2
53.Castillo G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 89/67 .265/.315/.470/.784 1.214/.641 .857 52/.897 0/0 4/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.833 6/.666 2/.000 6/.334 8/.000 7/1.881 4/.250 3/.000 9/.347 535/396 .276/.310/.419/.730 .741/.725 .766 103/.673 20/11 12/19
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 178/152 .218/.275/.297/.572 .154/.647 .868 44/.438 0/1 1/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.333 1/no AB 7/.572 11/1.205 6/.167 7/.429 3/1.333 2/.000 461/359 .269/.357/.407/.764 .455/.845 .798 94/.820 6/6 6/1
7.Jackson* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 72/62 .206/.306/.429/.734 .633/.751 .984 72/.734 0/1 3/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.167 343/289 .254/.338/.452/.790 .292/.884 .726 38/.596 4/2 15/5
21.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 187/96 .214/.258/.329/.588 .603/.572 .717 29/.281 2/2 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 220/156 .289/.336/.451/.787 .536/.891 .808 104/.593 2/2 9/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 7/.619 7/.453 1/2.000 24/.791 10/1.000 13/.917 16/.393 3/.000 4/.750 470/350 .260/.315/.485/.800 .830/.790 .826 90/.678 5/2 23/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 195/142 .224/.303/.379/.682 .623/.704 .679 63/.869 0/1 4/6
5.Vitters G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 51/35 .102/.118/.204/.322 .196/.378 .184 51/.322 1/0 1/2
IP 95.2 52.0 11.2 57.1 55.1 49.2 54.2 33.2 53.0 TOTAL .241/.298/.380/.678 .623/.698 .709 .637 78/38 107/80
ERA-K/9 4.23/9.0 5.37/11.8 3.86/13.8 5.02/6.3 3.42/7.5 4.53/10.3 4.94/8.9 4.28/9.6 4.42/10.7 4.27/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (16-5-3)
 Clevenger (33-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 392/.255 238/.255 55/.300 245/.312 236/.252 222/.251 238/.262 142/.244 245/.256 .263  Soriano
 DeJesus
 Mather
 Jackson
 LaHair
110/0/0/9
2/37/78/7
21/18/9/0
0/19/0/0
1/0/31/0
OPS .747 .757 .704 .842 .686 .687 .773 .714 .751 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.811 126/.685 23/.863 121/.860 95/.690 103/.501 118/.781 78/.755 117/.777 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.692 112/.833 32/.588 124/.824 141/.682 119/.848 120/.757 64/.664 128/.728 .752
Road 167/.836 99/.723 21/1.103 129/.774 113/.614 89/.595 107/.702 95/.635 114/.797
Last 28d days 90/.731 39/.780 47/.785 43/.755 37/.445 25/.572 33/.377 117/.695 41/.598
HR/SB/CS 16/8/4 7/4/2 0/2/0 10/1/1 5/5/2 2/12/3 7/10/0 4/3/0 5/8/1 130/98/31
Usage ·····X·· ··X·Xo·X ··o·Xo·· ·X····X· X·o··oo· X····oo· ··o··o·· X·····X· XX····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.