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Game Preview: MIL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 17, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Brewers, 16-21, 16-21 4th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (30, RHP, 2-1, 3.07)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 44.0 35 16 15 16 39 3 3.07
2011 (13-7) 200.2 175 84 79 57 158 22 3.54
2010 (13-8) 195.1 181 84 79 43 165 24 3.64
Last 7 GS 2-1 44.0 35 16 15 16 39 3 3.07 58
2012-05-12 CHC W 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 105 71
2012-05-06 @SFG ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 82 51
2012-05-01 @SDP ND 7.0 3 0 0 4 6 0 102 73
2012-04-25 HOU ND 5.0 8 4 3 4 7 0 99 40
2012-04-20 COL ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 5 1 105 47
2012-04-14 @ATL L 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 105 67
2012-04-09 @CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 2 89 56
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 25.0 19 8 7 8 29 2 2.52 62
2012-04-25 HOU ND 5.0 8 4 3 4 7 0 99 40
2011-09-04 @HOU W 7.0 1 0 0 1 8 0 99 82
2011-04-29 @HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 97 75
2011-04-23 HOU ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 8 2 96 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-17   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Wed, May 16  @HOU  L   3-8       16-21  4th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 16-21, 16-21 4th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (29, LHP, 2-3, 5.72)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 39.1 44 26 25 17 38 8 5.72
2011 (6-15) 156.1 157 103 93 83 134 21 5.35
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.1 44 26 25 17 38 8 5.72 46
2012-05-12 @PIT L 5.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 95 38
2012-05-06 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 4 3 2 92 32
2012-05-01 NYM W 6.1 6 3 3 3 7 0 110 53
2012-04-25 @MIL ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 8 2 103 43
2012-04-20 LAD L 6.0 8 3 3 4 3 1 115 43
2012-04-15 @MIA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 8 1 102 60
2012-04-09 ATL W 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 92 52
Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 24.1 33 20 17 11 27 5 6.29 41
2012-04-25 @MIL ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 8 2 103 43
2011-08-05 MIL L 4.0 7 6 6 3 2 0 100 23
2011-07-30 @MIL L 5.0 10 5 2 0 6 1 103 39
2010-09-15 MIL ND 4.1 7 5 5 2 5 2 97 32
2010-07-30 MIL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 98 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-8    Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Wed, May 16   MIL  W   8-3       16-21  4th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 16, 2012 HOU  8  MIL  3        W:Bud Norris (4-1), L: Randy Wolf (2-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 119-104

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  5.68

KCR  4.06

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.27

CHW  4.16

MIN  5.38

 BA

J. Hamilton  .404

R. Doumit  .264

B. Ryan  .137

 OBP

D. Wright  .497

R. Andino  .331

C. Barmes  .183

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .838

J. Bautista  .419

B. Morel  .189

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.296

M. Ellis  .756

B. Morel  .396

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.60

G. Floyd  3.44

C. Buchholz  7.77

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.09

R. Halladay  7.35

D. Lowe  2.22

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Brewers Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
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 59/45 .250/.316/.365/.681 .429/.770 .593 46/.670 0/1 1/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 19/1.074 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 13/.539 31/.806 2/1.500 7/.971 152/124 .305/.388/.611/.999 .806/1.044 .929 99/1.142 6/2 10/2
14.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .000/.059/.000/.059 .000/.091 .100 17/.059 0/0 0/0
5.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/20 .263/.286/.368/.654 .000/.689 .633 21/.654 0/0 0/0
1.Hart G/S/vP 19/1.446 ··· 2/.500 7/.572 8/.804 28/.715 2/2.000 8/1.518 147/121 .246/.317/.523/.840 1.180/.774 .616 100/.741 1/0 8/1
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 60/51 .250/.316/.577/.893 1.000/.876 .766 49/1.006 0/0 4/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.142 20/.200 ··· 4/.000 59/46 .214/.254/.268/.522 .077/.645 .426 45/.552 1/1 1/0
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 4/.250 49/42 .265/.479/.559/1.038 .750/1.076 .931 28/.586 0/0 3/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 6/.334 18/1.243 2/.000 3/3.000 114/88 .337/.381/.510/.890 1.313/.765 1.065 79/.838 0/0 2/1
29.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/8 .333/.400/.667/1.067 .000/1.357 .000 10/1.067 0/0 1/1
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.167 9/.444 2/2.000 5/.200 98/93 .191/.250/.202/.452 .400/.451 .364 60/.562 3/1 0/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/2.167 1/no AB 2/.500 6/1.667 11/1.031 48/.663 4/.000 10/2.300 151/124 .230/.298/.385/.683 .713/.677 .587 100/.768 2/0 2/5
23.Weeks G/S/vP 10/1.950 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 7/.000 21/.686 ··· 6/.533 156/122 .154/.295/.300/.595 .613/.588 .539 98/.536 2/0 4/4
IP 39.1 6.2 11.1 21.2 14.1 13.0 13.1 9.2 TOTAL .235/.308/.406/.714 .741/.707 .635 .714 24/9 42/24
ERA-K/9 5.72/8.7 5.40/5.4 3.18/7.2 1.66/6.6 1.88/8.8 2.08/5.5 4.05/8.1 2.79/8.4 3.60/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (8-1-0)
 Lucroy (29-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.282 28/.259 46/.194 76/.203 57/.259 50/.174 61/.245 40/.194 .244  Braun
 Aoki
 Ishikawa
 Morgan
 Hart
35/0/0/3
3/11/2/0
0/0/2/0
4/20/8/0
0/0/36/0
OPS .876 .989 .576 .457 .650 .611 .740 .581 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.710 13/.538 19/.433 26/.538 16/.646 26/.321 24/.975 25/.247 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.933 15/1.400 27/.685 50/.413 41/.652 24/.928 37/.597 15/1.159 .741
Home 105/.811 18/.866 22/.641 35/.318 26/.500 23/.445 25/.671 27/.719
Last 28d days 126/.958 23/.986 24/.729 44/.353 37/.443 39/.675 35/.823 23/.401
HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 4/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 41/27/8
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o··· X···X··o ··oX·X·o ·X··o··· ·o·X·o·o ·o·o···o o··o·o·o
Astros Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Marcum
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 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 152/114 .309/.358/.446/.804 .923/.763 .702 102/.755 7/1 2/5
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 7/.453 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/3.333 123/97 .234/.333/.336/.670 .525/.709 .632 78/.694 5/3 1/0
6.Buck* G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/no AB 88/68 .225/.287/.288/.575 .255/.673 .450 51/.592 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 51/34 .188/.235/.458/.694 .827/.630 .515 39/.690 0/0 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .231/.245/.346/.591 .686/.543 .667 20/.550 0/0 1/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.071 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 138/111 .280/.312/.432/.743 .502/.801 .841 88/.769 2/0 4/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.158 4/1.417 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/2.000 9/.708 24/1.242 10/.422 10/1.200 143/112 .305/.364/.427/.791 .508/.869 .900 84/.873 0/0 3/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 13/.490 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 128/98 .272/.352/.430/.781 .887/.751 .821 99/.795 1/0 4/3
14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 131/97 .227/.344/.345/.689 .753/.667 .614 78/.467 0/0 3/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 53/30 .229/.283/.333/.616 .908/.408 1.028 40/.553 0/2 1/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 146/123 .248/.326/.333/.660 .527/.684 .793 87/.621 12/4 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 5/.650 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 44.0 11.1 7.0 18.0 30.0 15.2 17.2 16.1 16.0 TOTAL .248/.314/.364/.679 .663/.683 .712 .663 27/10 25/23
ERA-K/9 3.07/8.0 5.56/17.5 7.71/10.3 4.50/6.5 4.20/8.1 2.30/4.6 3.06/9.7 4.96/7.7 6.75/10.7 4.58/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.217 59/.288 35/.344 76/.250 120/.239 61/.228 74/.262 71/.238 79/.294 .268  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Buck
 Maxwell
 Downs
0/34/0/2
0/2/29/1
30/0/0/1
8/0/8/1
5/10/3/1
0/0/2/1
OPS .630 .738 .869 .761 .773 .618 .676 .705 .863 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.662 30/.933 14/.516 29/1.157 50/.759 26/.826 33/.539 36/.719 42/.952 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.599 29/.541 21/1.108 47/.520 70/.783 35/.456 41/.790 35/.682 37/.766 .719
Road 100/.537 25/.646 12/.523 40/.716 40/.861 31/.305 34/.393 40/.732 36/.728
Last 28d days 132/.650 38/.785 35/.869 46/.695 95/.793 38/.615 38/.482 42/.637 60/.917
HR/SB/CS 3/5/2 0/2/1 0/1/0 2/0/1 8/0/1 2/4/0 0/4/2 2/4/0 1/3/0 30/37/11
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·X X··X·X·· XX··oo·· ···X···· ···X·o·· o··X·X·· ··X··o·· ··o·XX··

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.