8/14/08 Brewers (Sheets) at Padres (Peavy): 2:35 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

Ben Sheets (11-5, 2.95 ERA, 35 BB/129 SO)

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Ben-Sheets---2005-Pitching-Action-Photograph-C12044492.jpeg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/9	WAS	W 6-0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	6	12	10	32	114	W(11-5)	--	2.95
8/3	@ATL	L 0-5	6.0	6	3	2	0	3	4	7	6	25	97	L(10-5)	--	3.14
7/29	CHC	L 1-7	5.1	11	6	6	0	1	4	6	8	28	100	L(10-4)	--	3.14
7/24	@STL	W 4-3	7.0	4	3	2	0	2	4	4	12	27	96	--	--	2.87
7/19	@SF	W 8-5	5.0	9	4	2	0	1	3	11	3	25	84	--	--	2.88
7/9	COL	L 3-8	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	11	3	5	24	110	L(10-3)	--	2.85
7/4	PIT	W 9-1	5.2	8	1	1	0	3	6	6	7	28	120	W(10-2)	--	2.77
6/29	@MIN	L 0-5	7.0	9	5	5	1	2	7	10	5	30	115	L(9-2)	--	2.83
6/23	@ATL	W 4-1	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	7	13	9	31	106	W(9-1)	--	2.59

Versus

 

Jake Peavy (8-8, 2.68 ERA, 38 BB/125 SO)

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2008/05/20/peavy-jake-ap-080509-392.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/8	@COL	L 3-6	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	3	7	5	26	97	L(8-8)	--	2.68
8/2	SF	L 0-2	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	7	7	7	25	107	L(8-7)	--	2.59
7/27	@PIT	W 3-1	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	10	5	8	28	127	W(8-6)	--	2.67
7/22	@CIN	L 3-4	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	5	10	5	28	108	--	--	2.76
7/17	@STL	L 3-4	7.0	8	4	4	4	0	7	7	11	29	113	L(7-6)	--	2.66
7/11	ATL	W 4-0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	7	7	7	26	104	W(7-5)	--	2.47
7/5	@ARI	W 4-2	7.0	3	0	0	0	2	6	8	7	26	105	W(6-5)	--	2.67
6/29	SEA	L 2-9	6.0	10	3	3	1	1	6	5	3	27	92	L(5-5)	--	2.90
6/24	MIN	L 1-3	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	6	5	5	25	106	--	--	2.77
6/18	@NYY	L 5-8	4.0	6	4	3	1	2	4	4	5	20	93	L(5-4)	--	2.88

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	73	47	.608	-	45-17	28-30	11-6	33-22	23-10	8-2	W 3
Milwaukee (39)	70	51	.579	3½	36-23	34-28	16-12	30-23	17-8	8-2	W 8
St. Louis (34)	67	56	.545	7½	33-28	34-28	17-12	26-26	17-10	5-5	W 1
Houston (31)	61	59	.508	12	32-26	29-33	13-9	26-28	15-11	8-2	W 7
Pittsburgh (25)	55	65	.458	18	33-27	22-38	14-14	25-28	10-14	4-6	W 1
Cincinnati (22)	53	68	.438	20½	31-31	22-37	18-17	17-30	9-15	2-8	L 1

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	70	51	.579	-
St. Louis	67	56	.545	4
Philadelphia	64	56	.533	5½
Florida	63	58	.521	7
Arizona	61	59	.508	8½
Houston	61	59	.508	8½
Atlanta	55	65	.458	14½
Pittsburgh	55	65	.458	14½
Colorado	54	68	.443	16½
Cincinnati	53	68	.438	17
San Francisco	50	69	.420	19
San Diego	46	74	.383	23½
Washington	44	77	.364	26

[owbc]

Best pitching matchup of the series. I like Sheets' chances as a fly ball pitcher in Petco.

 

Make it 9, guys!!!

[ninja33]

catching a plane in two and a half hours to see this game....please please dont be delayed american airlines.

[RightFieldCoder]

Sheets stats vs Peavy
ERA, walks, and strikeouts
Very similar

Sheets with best record
What makes Ben so much better?
Knows "how to win games"

Both pitchers are good
Playing in a pitchers park
Expect many runs

[RobDeer 45]

This will be a battle of 2 good hurlers. Hopefully we find a way to score a few more runs today again and sheets locks em down. I'll be on the road during the game so that is perfect. A little Ueck in the afternoon.

[Menotti80]

of course it will be a battle. look who's our manager http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[rluzinski]

Wow. Vegas says that the Brewers are the slight dogs this afternoon. 51% chance of losing.

 

home field adv + Peavy being slighly better than Sheets > Brewer off. advantage

[Oldcity]

Hm, I would have figured the Brewers would have been bigger dogs than that, actually.

[MillerParkSouth]

somewhat off-topic, but what do the numbers in parenthesis mean in the division standings?

 

more on topic, hopefully we can continue our trend of playing reasonably well against top notch pitchers. Hopefully Sheets can build from his start against Washington and really get on a roll. I'm pretty nervous about the LA series, so it'd be nice to get this game today.

[And That]

somewhat off-topic, but what do the numbers in parenthesis mean in the division standings?

Elimination numbers, the opposite of magic numbers.

[olliegjw]

20 games over .500 sounds really nice.

[joepepsi]

Wow, two pitchers having identical great seasons.

 

It's Glavine vs. Lilly in Atlanta.

[sargennm]

Wow, two pitchers having identical great seasons.

 

It's Glavine vs. Lilly in Atlanta.

I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. I hope the Brewers continue to show (what I perceive to be) better patience at the plate, at least keep it close and are able to get into the bullpen by the seventh.

 

[GormanHarvey]

20 games over .500 sounds really nice.

 

Man, it sure does!! GO BENNY and GO BATS! Get Ben a couple early runs!

[jhart05]

Complete the sweep today boys.

 

GO CREW!!!

[sgtcluels]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2008/SDN200808140.shtml

 

Looks like Counsell will get the start. .955 OPS, he's raking.

[naivin]

[Bring Back the Stein]

Talk about having turned a corner. I expect to return to Miller with a winning road trip to the West Coast. How times have changed.

[Menotti80]

so true stein, so true.

 

and just looking at the brewers road record makes me smile everytime...

[sargennm]

Hey Naivin, that video better not jinx us. I swear I saw that chick sitting in the Wriggly bleachers a couple days ago wearing a Mark Prior jersey. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[naivin]

Hey Naivin, that video better not jinx us.

 

 

Well, at least we'll know who to blame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ned Yost of course.

[datrain711]

where is the lineup?

 

Or should I just cut and paste yesterday's lineup in here?

[GormanHarvey]

Less than an hour to go til game time - anyone seen a lineup yet??

[cooprules]

wow. lineup is on usatoday website. can't copy and past correctly. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores108/108227/MLB798087.htm

[fondybrewfan]

Holy crap Nix batting 3rd? Wow are we going to need Ben to pitch a good game today.