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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros, at Miller Park, April 8, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, April 8, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Miller Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
69° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
5
On This Date:
15-23
Brewers
Manager:
Craig Counsell
Game #:
4
On This Date:
18-10
Season Series

Fri, Apr 08, 2016 HOU    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 HOU    @MIL  7:10pm
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 HOU    @MIL  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
1-2, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Thu, Apr  7  @NYY  L   5-8        1-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  6  @NYY  L   6-16       1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  5  @NYY  W   5-3        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2
Milwaukee Brewers
1-2, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  6   SFG  W   4-3        1-2   4th  2.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  5   SFG  L   1-2        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  4   SFG  L   3-12       0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 HOU  7  MIL  4 (10)   W:Hector Ambriz (2-4), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 MIL  3 @HOU  1        W:John Axford (3-3), L: Hector Ambriz (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5)
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 HOU 10  MIL  1        W:Jordan Lyles (4-1), L: Alfredo Figaro (1-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 HOU  7 @MIL  0        W:Jordan Lyles (5-12), L: Mike Fiers (9-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 MIL  9  HOU  5        W:Marco Estrada (5-7), L: Dallas Keuchel (3-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 HOU  7 @MIL  6        W:Edgar Gonzalez (3-1), L: Yovani Gallardo (16-9), S: Wilton Lopez (9)
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 MIL  5 @HOU  3        W:Yovani Gallardo (11-8), L: Jordan Lyles (2-9), S: Kameron Loe (1)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 HOU  6  MIL  5 (10)   W:Wilton Lopez (5-1), L: Jim Henderson (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 HOU  4  MIL  3        W:Wilton Lopez (4-1), L: John Axford (4-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 MIL 13  HOU  4        W:Mike Fiers (5-4), L: Jordan Lyles (2-8), S: none
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 127-112

SP: Scott Feldman (33, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-5) 108.1 115 49 47 27 61 13 3.90
2014 (8-12) 180.1 185 86 75 50 107 16 3.74
2013 (12-12) 181.2 159 87 78 56 132 19 3.86
Last 7 GS 1-0 42.2 38 11 11 11 22 4 2.32 57
2015-09-01 SEA ND 2.2 3 3 3 5 2 1 84 37
2015-08-24 @NYY ND 8.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 110 76
2015-08-18 TBR ND 7.0 9 2 2 2 2 1 106 51
2015-08-12 @SFG W 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 85 67
2015-08-06 @OAK ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 2 113 55
2015-07-31 ARI ND 5.1 7 3 3 0 3 0 98 45
2015-07-25 @KCR ND 7.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 90 68
Last 5 v.MIL 2-1 17.0 13 7 4 6 15 2 2.12 57
2013-06-26 @MIL W 6.0 6 3 3 0 3 1 81 51
2013-04-21 @MIL L 5.0 3 4 1 3 6 1 90 54
2010-06-12 @MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 105 67

SP: Chase Anderson (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-6) 152.2 158 75 73 40 111 18 4.30
2014 (9-7) 114.1 117 56 51 40 105 16 4.01
Last 7 GS 1-1 35.2 37 19 17 12 32 5 4.29 50
2015-09-30 COL ND 5.1 4 1 1 3 4 0 92 57
2015-09-23 @LAD ND 6.0 1 1 1 2 10 1 92 74
2015-09-08 SFG L 2.0 5 5 5 1 3 2 42 28
2015-09-02 @COL ND 5.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 81 44
2015-08-28 OAK ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 101 56
2015-08-23 @CIN W 6.2 5 0 0 3 2 0 91 63
2015-08-18 @PIT ND 4.2 9 7 5 2 5 1 97 25
Has never faced HOU as starter.

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Anderson
G/S/vB		 54.Blazek
G/S/vB		 48.Boyer
G/S/vB		 39.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 45.Cravy
G/S/vB		 51.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 7/1.571 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 689/479 .313/.353/.459/.812 .973/.743 .724 13/.580 38/13 15/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 375/264 .211/.283/.365/.648 .512/.707 .621 8/.000 0/0 11/1
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 432/292 .279/.345/.512/.857 .899/.836 .773 13/1.462 14/4 22/13
19.Duffy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .375/.444/.500/.944 .929/1.000 .650 2/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 6/1.167 11/.727 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.873 477/370 .255/.314/.409/.724 .646/.745 .761 12/.417 17/9 12/7
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 370/217 .279/.317/.442/.759 .843/.701 .775 6/.000 4/5 12/8
23.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 28/13 .192/.214/.269/.484 .600/.336 .625 5/.000 0/0 0/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 372/217 .236/.281/.383/.665 .669/.662 .730 1/.000 24/9 9/3
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 13/1.171 ··· 5/5.000 3/.667 3/1.666 ··· 485/345 .238/.314/.475/.789 .835/.770 .803 12/.817 2/1 25/5
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 451/291 .276/.367/.459/.826 .936/.767 .880 14/.599 16/4 16/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 323/255 .243/.297/.437/.734 .466/.807 .695 7/1.571 0/2 13/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 3/1.666 7/.286 9/1.196 493/361 .224/.310/.438/.748 .581/.808 .758 11/.818 1/0 25/7
13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/1.811 / /
IP 152.2 55.2 65.0 40.2 42.2 38.1 68.0 34.1 57.2 TOTAL .250/.289/.481/.771 .462/.813 .771 .771 3/0 6/2
ERA-K/9 4.30/6.5 2.43/7.6 2.49/4.6 7.97/8.4 5.70/7.4 3.05/9.4 2.65/8.9 3.67/8.9 4.68/7.5 5.00/3.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (42-24-7)
 Kratz (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 640/.272 222/.200 268/.254 196/.310 193/.281 171/.218 285/.249 151/.231 243/.276 .272  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Springer
 Gomez
 Tucker
 Gonzalez
72/43/43/9
16/99/13/8
0/10/93/6
0/111/0/5
79/0/14/2
15/0/0/1
OPS .754 .557 .691 .891 .851 .683 .666 .723 .743 .851
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.746 96/.551 92/.436 75/.888 97/.829 82/.911 104/.752 64/.741 90/.750 .931
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.761 126/.561 176/.823 121/.893 96/.868 89/.488 181/.617 87/.709 153/.739 .747
Home 299/.751 141/.609 132/.582 98/.744 96/.987 96/.728 141/.661 83/.841 144/.795
Last 28d days / 7/.286 10/.900 5/.800 / / 7/.714 4/.500 6/1.500
HR/SB/CS 18/5/3 3/2/4 5/8/4 6/1/1 5/0/2 4/3/1 5/2/0 7/3/0 5/2/1 6/2/2
Usage ·Xo····· ·X·X···· ·o·o···· ·oo····· ·o······ ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (2.67 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (9.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 54.Fiers
G/S/vB		 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 6/1.167 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 568/427 .285/.356/.498/.854 .957/.821 .765 12/.750 24/4 25/2
23.Broxton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 2/.000 1/1 0/0
33.Carter G/S/vP 3/3.500 ··· ··· 11/1.000 ··· 5/2.800 1/.000 2/3.500 1/no AB 460/270 .199/.307/.427/.734 .736/.733 .854 12/.889 1/2 24/8
18.Flores* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/29 .219/.219/.250/.469 .500/.464 .611 9/.222 0/0 0/0
2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 391/355 .264/.294/.381/.675 .310/.713 .709 13/1.238 1/3 6/7
9.Hill G/S/vP 26/.564 1/no AB 9/.708 13/.923 ··· 8/.536 1/.000 6/.334 5/.000 353/234 .230/.295/.345/.640 .595/.663 .730 11/.473 7/2 6/6
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 415/311 .264/.326/.391/.717 .639/.743 .627 12/.606 1/0 7/8
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 256/194 .210/.282/.293/.575 .810/.503 .713 / 0/1 4/9
10.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 141/130 .195/.270/.375/.645 .182/.680 .747 2/1.000 2/2 4/0
29.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .071/.071/.071/.143 .000/.182 / 0/0 0/1
16.Santana G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/128 .238/.337/.431/.768 .950/.681 .792 14/.607 4/1 8/3
5.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/61 .284/.339/.414/.752 .761/.742 .770 11/1.205 7/2 2/9
7.Walsh# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/.000 / /
IP 108.1 50.2 180.1 103.0 70.0 61.0 71.0 54.2 54.1 TOTAL .247/.330/.366/.696 .878/.631 .696 .696 0/0 3/3
ERA-K/9 3.90/5.1 3.55/11.9 3.69/9.0 4.19/5.5 1.80/11.2 3.10/8.7 1.90/8.6 3.62/8.4 1.99/10.3 9.36/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (70-27-3)
 Maldonado (29-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.275 209/.210 761/.238 449/.295 298/.219 239/.213 276/.168 223/.240 216/.208 .314  Braun
 Flores
 Nieuwenhuis
 Santana
 Villar
 Broxton
0/0/130/5
11/0/1/2
34/16/7/2
14/24/25/1
5/2/0/0
1/1/1/0
OPS .739 .602 .713 .796 .569 .573 .525 .709 .606 .962
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.664 86/.705 347/.664 233/.738 130/.574 127/.606 127/.455 86/.768 108/.599 .898
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.824 123/.530 414/.756 216/.860 168/.565 112/.537 149/.586 137/.673 108/.613 1.080
Road 207/.582 109/.628 381/.735 197/.829 116/.515 89/.530 146/.552 103/.653 123/.669
Last 28d days / 8/1.250 23/1.164 / 8/1.500 3/.000 6/.333 3/.000 11/1.232
HR/SB/CS 13/11/2 2/3/2 24/12/5 14/1/3 2/2/0 5/3/0 8/7/0 8/0/1 5/2/3 7/4/0
Usage ·X······ X······· o·X····· ··o····· X······· ·o······ oX······

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 2016 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 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.50

CHC  4.25

ATL  3.54

 RA/G

STL  3.24

NYY  4.31

COL  5.21

 BA

M. Cabrera  .338

E. Longoria  .270

J. Pederson  .210

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

M. Duffy  .334

W. Ramos  .258

 SLG

B. Harper  .649

E. Longoria  .435

A. Escobar  .320

 OPS

B. Harper  1.109

J. Pederson  .763

C. Owings  .587

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.66

J. Zimmermann  3.66

A. Simon  5.05

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.82

J. Teheran  7.67

M. Buehrle  4.12

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.