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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 8:10pm, Monday, April 23, 2012 @Miller Park

Astros, 6-10, 6-10 5th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 1-0, 2.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-0)			17.2	14	5	5	7	10	0	2.55
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		1-1	34.1	41	19	17	15	21	2	4.46	46
2012-04-18	@WSN	ND	6.2	4	1	1	3	4	0	97	63
2012-04-13	@MIA	ND	4.0	7	4	4	4	2	0	85	30
2012-04-07	COL	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	93	75
2011-09-25	COL	L	3.0	7	5	3	1	1	0	67	29
2011-09-02	MIL	ND	5.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	114	64
2010-09-18	DET	ND	5.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	88	42
2010-09-12	KCR	ND	3.1	9	6	6	3	1	2	86	16

Last 5 v.MIL		0-0	5.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0.00	64
2011-09-02	MIL	ND	5.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	114	64

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

 Home:    4-5    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Sun, Apr 22   LAD  W  12-0        6-10  5th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-5        5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   LAD  L   1-3        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @WSN  W  11-4        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @WSN  L   2-3        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @WSN  L   0-1        4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @WSN  L   3-6        4-6   2nd  3.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   4-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @MIA  W   5-4        4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-10   Last 30: 6-10

Brewers, 7-9, 7-9 2nd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (28, RHP, 1-1, 5.09)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			17.2	17	10	10	3	19	0	5.09
2011 (16-6)			171.2	161	82	73	45	201	19	3.83
2010 (10-14)			220.0	219	114	102	55	181	18	4.17

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.2	38	18	18	14	48	2	3.98	55
2012-04-18	LAD	ND	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	109	66
2012-04-12	@CHC	L	3.2	9	8	8	1	5	0	84	15
2012-04-07	STL	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	91	76
2011-09-28	PIT	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	74	57
2011-09-24	FLA	ND	5.0	9	4	4	5	6	2	108	34
2011-09-18	@CIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	10	0	115	76
2011-09-13	COL	ND	5.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	116	60

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	21.0	21	4	4	5	17	0	1.71	62
2011-09-02	@HOU	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	95	50
2011-08-07	@HOU	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	101	68
2009-06-23	@HOU	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	107	67

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

 Home:    4-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Sun, Apr 22   COL  L   1-4        7-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   COL  W   9-4        7-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   COL  L   3-4        6-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19   LAD  L   3-4        6-7   2nd  3.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   LAD  W   3-2 (10)   6-6   2nd  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   LAD  W   5-4        5-6   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @ATL  L   4-7        4-6   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @ATL  L   1-2        4-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @ATL  L   8-10       4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12  @CHC  L   0-8        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-9    Last 30: 7-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 MIL  6  HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (12-7), L: J.A. Happ (4-13), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 MIL  4  HOU  0        W:Randy Wolf (7-8), L: Jordan Lyles (0-6), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 HOU  5  MIL  0        W:Bud Norris (2-1), L: Chris Narveson (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 117-102

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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 13.Greinke
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 41.Estrada
G/S/vB 58.McClendon
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 40.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .657 63/.845 7/3 2/2

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/3.000 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .799 55/.679 4/2 4/2

6.Buck* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .574 23/.804 1/1 2/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB / /// / 42/.668 / /

16.Downs G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .781 17/.794 0/0 10/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 37/.604 / /

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .737 63/.662 2/2 7/15

45.Lee G/S/vP 19/.616 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 24/1.242 10/.422 9/1.111 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .779 71/.669 4/3 18/7

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .593 42/.614 1/1 6/15

14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .728 66/.952 0/1 6/1

22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· / /// / 18/.804 / /

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .586 69/.742 22/4 2/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .938 23/.221 0/1 3/0

IP 171.2 73.2 28.2 92.2 13.2 71.2 71.0 TOTAL .250/.329/.369/.698 .646/.742 .655 .698 12/4 9/12

ERA-K/9

3.83/10.5

1.95/10.5

4.08/8.5

2.63/6.6

/0.0

2.64/9.9

3.80/10.0

4.85/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.245 305/.212 117/.241 381/.243 59/.273 / 307/.243 305/.206 .272 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Schafer
Buck
Wright
Downs 80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
0/79/0/1
25/1/14/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .708 .557 .658 .700 .686 .663 .636 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.738 138/.481 44/.874 181/.661 27/.546 / 173/.776 123/.690 .864

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.679 167/.621 73/.530 200/.733 32/.795 / 134/.515 182/.600 .715

Home 385/.684 187/.497 45/.843 207/.614 37/.847 / 163/.730 151/.492

Last 28d days 69/.633 27/.726 38/.868 42/.597 3/1.167 40/.869 38/.782 27/.569

HR/SB/CS 19/8/6 4/6/2 3/2/2 11/8/2 1/0/0 // 4/11/1 6/5/1 18/15/6

Usage ····X··· ··o·o··X ·X·o···o ·X·····X ·X······ ·X·X···X X·o·XX·· ·oX··o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 18/1.012 / /

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 13/.539 29/.862 1/3.000 7/.971 629/488 .332/.397/.597/.994 1.049/.979 1.068 65/.811 33/6 33/1

24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 27/21 .115/.148/.154/.302 .000/.390 .125 59/.746 0/0 0/1

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.000 13/.606 ··· ··· 258/163 .225/.276/.403/.679 .857/.566 .761 31/.884 16/2 8/0

11.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 32/.689 2/.500 1/.000 593/443 .241/.270/.372/.642 .725/.614 .679 50/.769 2/0 15/12

1.Hart G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.572 7/.715 28/.715 1/2.000 8/1.518 551/429 .285/.356/.510/.866 1.057/.814 .984 59/.973 7/6 26/2

45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB / /// / 12/.417 / /

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.142 20/.200 ··· 2/.000 33/24 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.360 .369 14/.429 0/0 0/1

9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .648 21/1.617 0/1 5/0

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 18/1.243 2/.000 2/2.500 468/378 .265/.313/.391/.703 .869/.662 .804 47/.835 2/1 12/7

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.500 1/no AB 5/.200 429/382 .304/.357/.421/.778 .540/.808 .672 44/.238 13/4 4/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/1.667 11/1.031 48/.663 3/.000 10/2.300 626/488 .306/.361/.510/.871 .824/.884 .951 63/.485 1/1 26/14

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 6/.000 19/.760 ··· 6/.533 515/403 .269/.350/.468/.818 .832/.814 .902 71/.703 9/2 20/15

IP 18.0 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .224/.295/.409/.704 .764/.685 .710 .704 15/5 19/14

ERA-K/9

4.50/7.5

2.93/9.4

/0.0

2.79/7.1

11.48/4.1

4.46/6.7

3.96/9.8

1.50/8.2

3.39/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (18-3-2)
Lucroy (77-30-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 86/.307 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .253 Braun
Morgan
Gomez
Hart
Gamel 147/0/0/8
17/95/20/5
0/87/0/5
0/0/126/3
2/0/0/0

OPS .710 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.897 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.647 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .688

Road 38/.815 55/.977 / 143/.688 33/1.112 493/.727 105/.755 22/.282

Last 28d days 71/.608 33/.634 26/.580 38/.500 26/.945 11/.382 31/.693 18/.789

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 13/13/4

Usage ····X··· ·Xoo···X ·X··oX·· ·ooo···X o·o···X· ···o···· o···X··o ··o·o·oo

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.