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Game Preview: HOU @ MIL, 8:10pm, Monday, July 30, 2012 @Miller Park

Astros, 35-68, 35-68 6th, 27 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (27, RHP, 5-8, 5.05)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-8) 103.1 104 60 58 44 108 14 5.05
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 0-6 39.2 38 26 26 19 44 7 5.90 48
2012-07-25 CIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 99 69
2012-07-20 @ARI L 4.1 6 9 9 5 7 1 103 17
2012-07-15 @SFG L 6.0 5 3 3 6 6 0 105 50
2012-07-05 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 108 62
2012-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 3 87 42
2012-06-12 @SFG L 3.1 3 3 3 3 5 1 77 44
2012-06-06 STL L 6.0 7 4 4 0 12 2 96 54
Last 5 v.MIL 2-3 30.2 33 20 19 9 33 7 5.58 48
2012-05-16 MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 117 72
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-27   Road:   10-41   ExtrInn: 0-9 
 vsRHP:  24-52   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:  10-19
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest:  8-22 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sun, Jul 29   PIT  W   9-5       35-68  6th 27.0 gb
102 Sat, Jul 28   PIT  L   3-4       34-68  6th 27.0 gb
101 Fri, Jul 27   PIT  L   5-6       34-67  6th 26.0 gb
100 Thu, Jul 26   PIT  L   3-5       34-66  6th 25.0 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25   CIN  L   3-5       34-65  6th 24.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24   CIN  L   2-4       34-64  6th 23.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23   CIN  L   3-8       34-63  6th 22.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 22  @ARI  L   2-8       34-62  6th 21.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21  @ARI  L   3-12      34-61  6th 20.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 20  @ARI  L   8-13      34-60  6th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 5-25
Brewers, 45-56, 45-56 4th, 16 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Marco Estrada (28, RHP, 0-4, 4.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-4) 67.2 63 35 34 14 75 15 4.52
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 0-2 34.2 36 20 20 7 45 7 5.19 51
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
2012-07-14 PIT ND 5.2 6 3 3 1 11 1 114 55
2012-07-03 MIA ND 6.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 90 62
2012-06-26 @CIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 12 1 95 60
2012-05-23 SFG ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 55
2012-05-18 MIN L 5.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 104 43
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-26   Road:   18-30   ExtrInn: 6-9 
 vsRHP:  32-42   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl:20-22   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Sun, Jul 29   WSN  L  10-11(11)  45-56  4th 16.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   WSN  L   1-4       45-55  4th 15.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   WSN  W   6-0       45-54  4th 14.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26   WSN  L   2-8       44-54  4th 14.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @PHI  L   6-7 (10)  44-53  4th 13.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @PHI  L   6-7       44-52  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23  @PHI  L   6-7       44-51  4th 11.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 22  @CIN  L   1-2       44-50  4th 10.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 21  @CIN  L   2-6       44-49  4th  9.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 20  @CIN  L   1-3       44-48  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 MIL  5 @HOU  3 (10)   W:Manny Parra (1-3), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-8), S: John Axford (15)
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 HOU  6  MIL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-6), L: Zack Greinke (9-3), S: Brett Myers (18)
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 MIL  7 @HOU  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (7-6), L: J.A. Happ (6-9), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2012 HOU  4  MIL  0        W:J.A. Happ (3-3), L: Shaun Marcum (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 4-4; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - HOU won 8-7; All-Time - HOU leads 121-106

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

TOR  4.97

CIN  4.28

SDP  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

ARI  4.25

COL  5.64

 BA

A. McCutchen  .368

J. Willingham  .271

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

G. Blanco  .341

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .629

M. Bourn  .432

J. Carroll  .282

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

D. Murphy  .773

D. Gordon  .562

 ERA

R. Vogelsong  2.22

V. Worley  3.88

E. Santana  6.00

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.59

D. Haren  7.39

D. Lowe  3.08

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

Astros Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.65 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 414/306 .297/.345/.423/.767 .914/.714 .775 99/.689 18/6 5/9
12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 96/49 .193/.253/.330/.582 .731/.445 .491 31/.240 3/0 2/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/3.333 315/255 .211/.298/.318/.616 .428/.662 .652 62/.494 11/3 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/18 .409/.458/.727/1.186 1.000/1.257 1.000 24/1.186 0/0 2/0
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 145/76 .206/.250/.397/.647 .678/.619 .731 35/.884 2/4 7/5
3.Francisco G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 17/.761 10/.533 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 5/.600 78/35 .260/.308/.411/.719 .629/.828 .532 31/.907 0/1 1/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/103 .266/.311/.363/.674 .421/.746 .717 60/.715 2/3 1/3
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/.400 376/279 .245/.320/.391/.711 .744/.700 .672 83/.669 0/1 11/1
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 194/117 .227/.309/.453/.763 .776/.751 .662 55/.684 2/2 10/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 94/87 .235/.287/.435/.723 .452/.743 .747 83/.669 0/0 4/3
13.Pearce G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· 87/49 .253/.318/.440/.758 .960/.591 .653 18/.863 0/1 3/0
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.453 4/.833 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/1.000 333/277 .225/.310/.315/.625 .363/.678 .591 65/.575 25/8 4/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 9/.819 3/1.667 7/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 184/127 .181/.310/.297/.607 .694/.567 .567 52/.665 0/0 4/3
IP 67.2 44.0 2.1 45.0 46.0 44.0 45.1 5.2 43.0 TOTAL .242/.310/.377/.687 .611/.712 .642 .661 69/28 88/70
ERA-K/9 4.52/10.0 5.11/11.9 0.00/11.7 4.80/6.0 3.72/6.8 4.70/10.4 5.36/8.7 3.18/11.1 5.02/9.8 4.30/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (1-4-2)
 Snyder (47-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.243 196/.240 8/.125 193/.312 197/.264 197/.251 205/.291 25/.261 204/.269 .263  Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Maxwell
 Pearce
 Downs
 Wright
 Bixler
 Francisco
 Moore
0/7/79/5
83/0/0/5
0/79/0/4
15/30/10/2
20/0/9/1
0/0/6/1
0/0/1/0
3/0/9/0
8/0/7/0
0/0/4/0
OPS .757 .754 .250 .845 .717 .702 .840 .798 .783 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.893 103/.640 2/1.000 91/.950 79/.708 91/.487 100/.841 14/.747 98/.727 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.663 93/.879 6/.000 102/.753 118/.721 106/.889 105/.831 11/.864 106/.834 .759
Home 151/.696 116/.835 8/.250 95/.906 108/.800 125/.728 115/.894 25/.798 112/.784
Last 28d days 105/.763 54/.819 8/.250 47/.733 47/.902 36/.619 50/1.119 25/.798 46/.979
HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 7/2/2 0/0/0 8/1/1 5/5/1 2/12/3 6/9/0 1/0/0 4/7/0 110/81/23
Usage ····X··· X···X·Xo oX·o···· X·o·X··· oo·X·X·X ·····XXo o···o·X· X······· X·o··o··
Brewers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 37.Cordero
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 28.Fick
G/S/vB		 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 331/221 .279/.352/.424/.776 .740/.794 .784 100/.705 12/3 6/1
8.Braun G/S/vP 27/.893 ··· 14/.702 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 7/.971 418/317 .309/.390/.596/.986 1.105/.947 .993 95/.973 18/6 28/5
27.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.167 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 227/126 .248/.296/.466/.762 .713/.803 .807 68/.838 18/4 9/2
1.Hart G/S/vP 15/1.450 ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.500 3/2.000 8/1.518 421/324 .267/.325/.503/.827 .876/.813 .962 95/.924 4/0 19/2
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 101/85 .247/.306/.461/.767 .676/.782 .806 18/.631 0/0 4/2
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 153/106 .212/.228/.281/.509 .329/.589 .545 44/.525 1/1 1/3
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 7/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.533 2/.000 3/3.000 163/118 .342/.389/.564/.953 1.348/.807 .935 12/.717 2/1 5/3
12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 175/131 .269/.316/.388/.703 .582/.742 .837 75/.616 1/1 5/3
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 13/.917 ··· 10/.956 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/2.000 6/.200 248/230 .227/.298/.273/.570 .527/.573 .697 39/.524 8/4 2/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.304 ··· 17/.732 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/1.738 5/.200 10/2.300 401/309 .286/.352/.494/.846 .905/.828 .939 93/.989 4/2 12/6
21.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 208/143 .206/.306/.394/.700 .842/.633 .794 46/.664 0/1 8/4
23.Weeks G/S/vP 14/.812 ··· 11/.964 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 1/2.000 6/.533 417/318 .209/.324/.370/.694 .704/.689 .696 93/.932 7/0 11/12
IP 103.1 11.1 37.1 34.0 2.2 35.0 39.1 40.2 31.1 TOTAL .247/.318/.420/.738 .767/.729 .792 .766 80/25 120/58
ERA-K/9 5.05/9.4 2.38/6.4 6.75/7.2 7.41/7.1 13.50/0.0 4.63/3.3 2.52/7.1 5.98/8.8 3.16/9.2 4.66/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (34-11-1)
 Maldonado (26-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.258 47/.250 177/.342 160/.304 18/.571 153/.252 155/.250 183/.253 134/.242 .273  Braun
 Aoki
 Gomez
 Morgan
 Hart
 Ishikawa
92/0/0/6
13/18/51/4
0/68/0/2
12/47/19/0
0/0/53/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .756 .654 .965 .880 1.268 .792 .630 .769 .707 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.753 19/.950 89/.942 65/1.053 10/1.267 40/1.067 53/.503 64/.798 85/.602 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.758 28/.440 88/.985 95/.756 8/1.267 113/.694 102/.692 119/.753 49/.890 .754
Road 268/.886 35/.816 77/.764 97/.973 / 71/.929 77/.733 103/.824 57/.745
Last 28d days 108/.712 7/.343 28/1.064 38/.921 9/1.464 72/1.053 31/.689 49/.764 35/.681
HR/SB/CS 14/8/5 1/2/0 8/5/0 5/3/1 0/0/0 7/3/2 3/1/0 5/18/0 4/1/1 121/87/25
Usage ····X··· o·ooo··· o···XX·· ··XX··o· oX······ ···X···· ooo··oo· Xoo·oo·· ooo···oX

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.