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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 16-20, 16-20 4th, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (35, LHP, 2-3, 5.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 38.1 51 24 24 15 24 4 5.63
2011 (13-10) 212.1 214 95 87 66 134 23 3.69
2010 (13-12) 215.2 213 107 100 87 142 29 4.17
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.1 51 24 24 15 24 4 5.63 42
2012-05-11 CHC ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 98 66
2012-05-05 @SFG L 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 0 102 41
2012-04-30 @SDP W 5.0 9 3 3 3 3 0 89 37
2012-04-24 HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 1 111 56
2012-04-19 LAD L 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 1 99 42
2012-04-13 @ATL ND 4.1 9 8 8 3 1 2 98 11
2012-04-08 STL L 5.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 108 43
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 34.2 25 6 6 10 21 2 1.56 64
2012-04-24 HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 1 111 56
2011-07-29 HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 117 71
2011-04-30 @HOU ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 96 67
2011-04-24 HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 0 4 1 108 74
2010-08-07 HOU W 6.2 9 2 2 1 4 0 111 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 15  @NYM  W   8-0       16-20  4th  5.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @NYM  L   1-3       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   CHC  L   2-8       15-19  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   CHC  W   8-2       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11   CHC  W   8-7 (13)  14-18  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9   CIN  L   1-2       13-18  5th  7.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   CIN  W   8-3       13-17  5th  6.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   CIN  L   1-6       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6  @SFG  L   3-4 (11)  12-16  4th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5  @SFG  L   2-5       12-15  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 15-21, 15-21 5th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (27, RHP, 3-1, 3.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-1) 43.1 42 21 19 13 41 5 3.95
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 3-1 43.1 42 21 19 13 41 5 3.95 53
2012-05-11 @PIT W 6.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 94 74
2012-05-05 STL W 6.0 3 1 0 4 4 0 91 64
2012-04-30 NYM ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 7 0 108 54
2012-04-24 @MIL L 5.2 9 7 7 2 6 3 102 27
2012-04-19 @WSN W 6.0 10 4 4 2 6 1 108 40
2012-04-14 @MIA ND 6.0 6 4 3 1 2 0 82 47
2012-04-08 COL ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 105 66
Last 5 v.MIL 2-3 31.0 32 20 19 12 31 7 5.52 48
2012-04-24 @MIL L 5.2 9 7 7 2 6 3 102 27
2011-09-03 MIL L 5.1 9 6 5 1 5 2 121 32
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-8    Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 15  @PHI  L   3-4 (10)  15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @PHI  L   1-5       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @PIT  L   2-3 (12)  15-19  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @PIT  L   2-5       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @PIT  W   1-0       15-17  3rd  5.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9   MIA  L   3-5 (12)  14-17  4th  6.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   MIA  W   3-2       14-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   MIA  L   0-4       13-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   STL  L   1-8       13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   STL  W   8-2       13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 HOU  7 @MIL  5        W:Wilton Lopez (2-0), L: Jose Veras (2-1), S: Brett Myers (3)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 MIL  9  HOU  6        W:Randy Wolf (1-2), L: Bud Norris (1-1), S: John Axford (4)
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 MIL  6  HOU  5        W:Zack Greinke (2-1), L: Lucas Harrell (1-1), S: John Axford (3)

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 MIL  4 @HOU  0        W:Shaun Marcum (12-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (10-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 MIL  8 @HOU  2        W:Chris Narveson (10-6), L: Bud Norris (6-9), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - MIL over 2-1; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 118-104

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  5.73

HOU  4.08

PIT  2.83

 RA/G

WSN  3.25

TOR  4.11

COL  5.37

 BA

D. Wright  .408

D. Jennings  .265

B. Ryan  .140

 OBP

D. Wright  .497

F. Freeman  .333

C. Barmes  .189

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .848

K. Johnson  .417

B. Morel  .196

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.305

J. Mauer  .756

B. Morel  .411

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.60

H. Kuroda  3.56

C. Buchholz  8.31

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  10.79

N. Feliz  7.34

D. Lowe  2.22

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

Brewers Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/45 .255/.321/.373/.694 .462/.770 .614 46/.670 0/1 1/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 24/.857 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 13/.539 31/.806 2/1.500 7/.971 148/120 .305/.385/.617/1.002 .806/1.050 .932 99/1.102 6/2 10/2
14.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .000/.063/.000/.063 .000/.100 .111 16/.063 0/0 0/0
5.Green* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/19 .278/.300/.389/.689 .000/.728 .708 20/.689 0/0 0/0
1.Hart G/S/vP 12/1.361 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 8/.804 28/.715 2/2.000 8/1.518 143/117 .244/.312/.504/.816 1.180/.743 .555 100/.672 1/0 7/0
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 57/48 .260/.315/.600/.915 1.000/.901 .802 50/1.059 0/0 4/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.142 20/.200 ··· 3/.000 55/43 .212/.255/.269/.524 .083/.644 .415 41/.558 1/1 1/0
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP 6/1.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 4/.250 46/39 .290/.511/.613/1.124 .750/1.179 1.069 29/.693 0/0 3/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 6/.334 18/1.243 2/.000 2/2.500 113/88 .330/.375/.485/.860 1.197/.765 1.007 78/.796 0/0 2/1
29.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .375/.444/.750/1.194 .000/1.357 .000 9/1.194 0/0 1/1
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 10/1.225 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.167 9/.444 2/2.000 5/.200 94/89 .200/.261/.212/.473 .400/.472 .398 60/.597 3/1 0/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.644 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.667 11/1.031 48/.663 4/.000 10/2.300 147/120 .235/.299/.394/.693 .713/.689 .602 100/.811 2/0 2/5
23.Weeks G/S/vP 11/1.080 ··· ··· 7/.286 7/.000 21/.686 ··· 6/.533 152/118 .159/.303/.310/.612 .613/.610 .570 99/.530 2/0 4/4
IP 43.1 6.2 10.1 21.2 14.1 13.0 13.1 8.2 TOTAL .237/.310/.408/.718 .737/.713 .639 .713 24/9 41/23
ERA-K/9 3.95/8.5 5.40/5.4 1.74/7.0 1.66/6.6 1.88/8.8 2.08/5.5 4.05/8.1 3.12/9.3 3.62/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (6-1-0)
 Lucroy (29-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.251 28/.259 41/.212 76/.203 57/.259 50/.174 61/.245 36/.188 .247  Braun
 Aoki
 Ishikawa
 Morgan
 Hart
34/0/0/3
3/11/2/0
0/0/2/0
4/19/8/0
0/0/35/0
OPS .692 .989 .590 .457 .650 .611 .740 .528 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.645 13/.538 18/.458 26/.538 16/.646 26/.321 24/.975 24/.258 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.749 15/1.400 23/.704 50/.413 41/.652 24/.928 37/.597 12/1.100 .740
Home 81/.536 18/.866 17/.686 35/.318 26/.500 23/.445 25/.671 23/.668
Last 28d days 131/.743 23/.986 19/.806 47/.329 37/.443 42/.625 35/.823 19/.269
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 4/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 40/27/8
Usage ····X··· Xo·o···· ···X··o· ·oX·X·oo X··o···o o·X·o·oo o·o···o· ··o·o·o·
Astros Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 54.Chulk
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 26.Parra*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 148/113 .309/.354/.449/.802 .901/.770 .695 103/.785 6/1 2/5
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/3.333 123/97 .234/.333/.336/.670 .525/.709 .632 83/.753 5/3 1/0
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 60/54 .255/.317/.364/.680 .667/.682 .799 37/.597 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 84/67 .234/.289/.299/.588 .235/.683 .469 52/.674 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 51/34 .188/.235/.458/.694 .827/.630 .515 44/.774 0/0 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .231/.245/.346/.591 .686/.543 .667 25/.520 0/0 1/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.071 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 134/109 .289/.321/.445/.766 .544/.816 .893 84/.808 2/0 4/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 38/.523 4/1.417 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 9/.708 24/1.242 10/.422 10/1.200 139/111 .291/.353/.394/.746 .414/.829 .814 85/.800 0/0 2/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 124/96 .273/.355/.427/.782 .835/.768 .827 95/.797 1/0 4/3
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 127/96 .231/.346/.352/.698 .772/.675 .628 79/.498 0/0 3/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 49/28 .227/.286/.341/.627 .899/.438 1.128 37/.543 0/2 1/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 142/122 .248/.329/.336/.665 .505/.690 .813 88/.613 11/4 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 21/.629 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 59/42 .154/.254/.231/.485 .651/.422 .476 43/.631 0/0 1/0
IP 38.1 11.1 5.0 16.1 30.0 15.2 17.1 16.1 16.0 TOTAL .247/.314/.363/.677 .646/.686 .711 .676 25/10 24/23
ERA-K/9 5.63/5.6 5.56/17.5 10.80/9.0 4.41/6.6 4.20/8.1 2.30/4.6 3.12/9.9 4.96/7.7 6.75/10.7 4.50/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-3-3)
 Snyder (9-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.317 59/.288 29/.423 70/.258 120/.239 61/.228 73/.266 71/.238 79/.294 .268  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Buck
 Maxwell
 Downs
0/33/0/2
0/2/29/1
29/0/0/1
8/0/8/1
5/10/2/1
0/0/2/1
OPS .883 .738 1.060 .753 .773 .618 .686 .705 .863 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.830 30/.933 11/.664 28/1.201 50/.759 26/.826 32/.557 36/.719 42/.952 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.898 29/.541 18/1.306 42/.454 70/.783 35/.456 41/.790 35/.682 37/.766 .713
Road 77/1.077 25/.646 6/1.100 34/.685 40/.861 31/.305 33/.406 40/.732 36/.728
Last 28d days 129/.804 38/.785 29/1.060 42/.671 95/.793 42/.587 43/.580 42/.637 60/.917
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 8/0/1 2/4/0 0/4/2 2/4/0 1/3/0 29/35/11
Usage ····X··· X···X·X· ··X·X··· X··oo··o ··X····· ··X·o··o ··X·X··· ·X··o··· ·o·XX··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.