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Game Preview: MIL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, August 24, 2012 @PNC Park

Brewers, 57-66, 57-66 4th, 17½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Mike Fiers (27, RHP, 6-6, 2.90)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-6) 87.0 79 29 28 20 86 5 2.90
2011 (0-0) 2.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.1 38 17 16 11 36 3 3.57 55
2012-08-18 PHI L 5.0 5 4 4 4 5 2 100 42
2012-08-13 @COL L 2.0 9 8 8 0 1 0 48 7
2012-08-07 CIN W 8.0 3 1 1 0 7 0 113 79
2012-08-01 HOU W 6.0 8 2 2 0 6 1 102 54
2012-07-27 WSN W 6.1 4 0 0 3 9 0 108 71
2012-07-22 @CIN L 6.0 5 2 1 0 4 0 92 60
2012-07-16 STL ND 7.0 4 0 0 4 4 0 112 69
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 2 7.20 42
2012-06-03 PIT L 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 2 101 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-28   Road:   19-38   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  40-49   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  20-27
 vsEast:  6-14   vsCntrl:30-27   vsWest: 15-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
116 Wed, Aug 15  @COL  L   6-7       52-64  4th 18.5 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14  @COL  L   6-8       52-63  4th 17.5 gb
114 Mon, Aug 13  @COL  L   6-9       52-62  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 67-57, 67-57 3rd, 8 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 8-12, 4.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-12) 157.1 165 81 70 41 104 17 4.00
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 0-6 40.2 48 27 27 15 26 5 5.98 43
2012-08-15 LAD L 5.2 10 5 5 1 1 0 106 29
2012-08-09 ARI L 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 2 93 42
2012-08-03 @CIN L 7.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 88 55
2012-07-28 @HOU ND 6.0 6 3 3 5 5 0 103 48
2012-07-23 CIN L 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 102 49
2012-07-18 @SDP L 4.0 4 5 5 2 4 0 66 36
2012-07-13 @SFG L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 103 44
Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 32.2 35 11 8 8 35 4 2.20 58
2012-07-07 MIL W 5.1 4 2 0 2 5 0 99 59
2011-09-04 MIL L 6.0 6 3 3 3 8 2 106 53
2011-04-30 MIL ND 8.0 7 0 0 0 6 0 114 74
2011-04-24 @MIL L 7.0 10 4 4 3 9 2 126 47
2010-08-06 @MIL ND 6.1 8 2 1 0 7 0 107 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-23   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  48-42   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Wed, Aug 22  @SDP  L   2-4       67-57  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @SDP  L   5-7 (10)  67-56  2nd  7.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 20  @SDP  L   1-3       67-55  2nd  6.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19  @STL  W   6-3 (19)  67-54  2nd  6.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18  @STL  L   4-5       66-54  2nd  6.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17  @STL  W   2-1       66-53  2nd  6.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   LAD  W  10-6       65-53  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   LAD  L   3-9       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   LAD  L   0-11      64-52  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   LAD  L   4-5       64-51  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 MIL  4  PIT  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (8-6), L: A.J. Burnett (10-3), S: John Axford (16)
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 PIT  6 @MIL  4        W:Kevin Correia (6-6), L: Kameron Loe (4-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (24)
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 MIL 10  PIT  7        W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-4), L: Tony Watson (4-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 PIT  6 @MIL  5        W:James McDonald (5-2), L: Mike Fiers (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (14)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 MIL  5  PIT  1        W:Shaun Marcum (4-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 PIT  8 @MIL  2        W:Kevin Correia (2-5), L: Randy Wolf (2-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 MIL  7  PIT  3        W:Zack Greinke (16-6), L: Jeff Locke (0-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 MIL  6  PIT  4        W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-1), L: Jared Hughes (0-1), S: John Axford (46)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 PIT  9 @MIL  8        W:Daniel McCutchen (5-3), L: Takashi Saito (4-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (40)
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 PIT  2  MIL  0        W:Jason Grilli (1-0), L: Shaun Marcum (11-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (32)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - MIL won 12-3; 2010 - MIL won 13-5; All-Time - MIL leads 126-99

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  5.14

SFG  4.31

HOU  3.70

 RA/G

WSN  3.53

DET  4.36

COL  5.58

 BA

A. McCutchen  .349

J. Upton  .273

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .414

D. Pedroia  .336

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

R. Braun  .602

C. Rasmus  .434

J. Carroll  .285

 OPS

M. Trout  1.011

I. Kinsler  .770

J. Smoak  .579

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.34

V. Worley  7.20

D. Lowe  3.42

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

Brewers Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 25.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 32.Qualls
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 415/274 .281/.350/.404/.755 .679/.795 .759 94/.701 18/6 6/2
14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 40/1.311 5/.400 17/.620 1/no AB 4/2.750 8/.875 5/1.350 2/1.000 505/381 .308/.384/.602/.986 1.260/.899 .905 97/.920 20/6 34/6
27.Gomez G/S/vP 23/.391 3/2.334 7/.453 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 312/185 .254/.303/.458/.761 .751/.767 .726 95/.777 24/5 12/4
1.Hart G/S/vP 50/.811 6/1.166 9/.222 3/.000 5/.600 11/.600 8/.875 2/1.000 507/388 .270/.329/.500/.829 .837/.826 .670 96/.893 4/0 23/3
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 116/99 .255/.319/.441/.760 .767/.758 .727 15/.708 0/0 4/2
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· 3/1.666 1/3.000 220/158 .325/.374/.550/.924 1.204/.818 .855 62/.864 2/1 8/4
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 207/155 .283/.340/.444/.784 .642/.828 .636 38/1.077 1/1 7/6
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 9/.730 1/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/2.250 1/.000 285/265 .239/.302/.306/.608 .620/.607 .410 38/.824 10/5 3/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 48/.875 4/.500 6/.500 ··· 6/1.167 16/.558 6/.500 4/.833 483/369 .286/.352/.505/.857 .959/.824 .739 87/.908 6/2 17/6
21.Ransom G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/5.000 245/165 .206/.298/.379/.676 .805/.610 .639 46/.535 0/1 9/5
9.Segura G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/38 .200/.226/.200/.426 .205/.513 .757 50/.453 1/0 0/1
23.Weeks G/S/vP 44/.918 2/.500 11/.546 1/.000 6/.000 8/.536 5/1.200 1/no AB 504/387 .215/.321/.374/.696 .665/.703 .719 97/.782 8/0 13/12
IP 157.1 46.1 47.2 62.0 0.0 45.1 62.2 40.0 TOTAL .252/.320/.425/.745 .778/.734 .678 .778 100/30 148/71
ERA-K/9 4.00/6.0 2.33/13.8 2.45/10.6 2.47/5.1 /0.0 5.36/4.8 3.73/5.9 4.05/9.0 3.78/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (48-15-1)
 Maldonado (29-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 678/.264 187/.186 196/.172 253/.216 2/1.000 202/.308 279/.261 163/.228 .245  Braun
 Gomez
 Aoki
 Morgan
 Hart
 Ishikawa
112/0/0/6
0/90/0/6
13/18/69/5
15/50/23/1
0/0/53/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .723 .575 .596 .650 5.000 .847 .687 .703 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.747 94/.421 104/.506 121/.673 2/5.000 85/1.075 117/.696 75/.652 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 542/.717 93/.725 92/.698 132/.628 / 117/.687 162/.680 88/.749 .725
Home 390/.742 87/.533 102/.466 119/.739 / 120/.896 128/.684 64/.599
Last 28d days 120/.789 34/.588 29/.750 56/.691 2/5.000 31/.635 61/.642 39/.619
HR/SB/CS 17/12/4 5/1/0 6/7/0 5/12/0 1/1/0 7/9/1 6/4/0 5/9/0 115/104/11
Usage ····X··· ··o·X·XX ····X·Xo ·o··XX·· ··o····· ··o····· ·X··X·o· ··oo···o
Pirates Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Fiers
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 51.Henderson
G/S/vB		 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 58.McClendon
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 ··· 6/.733 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 433/316 .236/.319/.463/.782 .660/.828 .755 94/.786 1/0 23/20
26.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/2.667 1/.000 5/.400 13/.408 ··· 7/.619 290/216 .195/.276/.328/.604 .453/.653 .551 54/.433 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/4.333 ··· 18/.513 5/.400 ··· 6/.000 6/.334 ··· 7/.286 382/293 .223/.251/.318/.568 .711/.524 .583 80/.729 0/2 6/11
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 194/110 .231/.282/.376/.658 .603/.699 .535 46/.664 5/3 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.666 9/.583 ··· 12/1.318 5/.000 2/.500 13/.847 2/.000 ··· ··· 369/317 .287/.320/.551/.871 .606/.914 .881 98/1.098 2/0 21/7
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/2.334 9/1.277 ··· 15/.800 8/.250 1/no AB 13/1.231 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 514/388 .349/.414/.580/.995 1.216/.922 1.038 112/.754 15/9 24/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 196/150 .249/.321/.497/.819 .959/.777 .723 58/.615 0/0 11/1
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/25 .160/.232/.220/.452 .624/.247 .361 5/.000 0/2 1/0
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 ··· 15/1.366 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 246/162 .217/.264/.326/.590 .704/.533 .630 50/.724 1/0 4/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/79 .286/.345/.459/.805 1.219/.625 .887 81/.707 1/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.900 ··· 12/1.200 10/.100 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 304/221 .234/.299/.344/.643 .647/.642 .603 24/.729 8/11 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.334 ··· 13/.508 8/.929 2/3.500 2/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 488/354 .286/.349/.446/.795 .604/.863 .756 81/.844 7/5 14/8
IP 87.0 51.1 11.1 55.1 54.0 14.0 47.2 53.2 28.2 51.0 TOTAL .246/.304/.405/.708 .708/.708 .691 .720 56/42 138/78
ERA-K/9 2.90/8.9 5.08/11.6 3.97/14.3 5.20/6.0 3.50/7.3 6.43/2.6 4.72/10.4 5.03/9.1 5.02/9.7 4.59/10.2 4.33/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (63-5-7)
 McKenry (41-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.238 232/.250 54/.306 239/.321 230/.258 69/.345 213/.253 235/.266 121/.257 236/.256 .265  Tabata
 Jones
 Harrison
 Navarro
 Snider
 McCutchen
23/0/64/6
0/0/50/3
1/0/12/1
8/0/2/1
10/0/18/1
0/119/0/1
OPS .620 .747 .717 .865 .699 .907 .698 .784 .748 .758 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.668 122/.680 23/.863 118/.884 93/.690 35/1.006 100/.496 117/.788 64/.835 112/.763 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.574 110/.816 31/.608 121/.846 137/.703 34/.808 113/.878 118/.771 57/.651 124/.753 .755
Road 120/.591 93/.696 20/1.161 123/.815 107/.638 39/.864 80/.613 104/.725 74/.669 105/.817
Last 28d days 93/.820 44/.803 51/.762 51/.963 39/.554 29/.837 16/.646 34/.622 121/.748 41/.713
HR/SB/CS 5/8/1 7/4/2 0/2/0 10/1/1 5/5/2 1/4/0 2/12/3 7/10/0 4/3/0 5/8/1 129/98/29
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·X··· ·Xo··X·o ···X··Xo ··oo·X·· ···oX··· ··oo···o ··o··Xo· ···X···· ···o···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.