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09/05/05 Brewers (Ohka) @ Reds (Claussen) 6:10 CST

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In what could be dubbed:

"the battle of an Ohkra and a Pickle", Milwaukee opens a brief three game road trip at Cincy.

 

Scouting Report:

Ohka has not been as sharp of late, despite going 2-1 in his last four starts. He has surrendered at least eight hits in three of those games and at least four earned runs in each of his last two starts. He's 3-12 lifetime in September despite a 3.33 ERA, his best of any month but May.

 

Claussen will try to get back to his winning ways Monday. Before losing a shutout to the Astros on Tuesday, he had been on a tear, during which he won his last five decisions. The left-hander was 4-1 with a 3.58 ERA during August. A win over Milwaukee would be his first in three starts against the Brewers this season.

 

 

 

Pitching matchup

MIL: RHP Tomo Ohka

? 9-7, 4.06 ERA in 2005

? 0-2, 7.30 ERA vs. CIN in 2005

 

CIN: LHP Brandon Claussen

? 9-9, 4.38 ERA in 2005

? 0-2, 8.56 ERA vs. MIL in 2005

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rluzinski Carolina Mudcats

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Lyle has crushed Claussen in the past but it's only over 13 AB. Not much of a sample size to draw conclusions from.

 

As a whole I've never really understood the logic behind "Player A has batted .600 against team B." Are we supposed to believe that Lyle will crush the Reds no matter the pitcher?

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Lyle has crushed Claussen in the past but it's only over 13 AB. Not much of a sample size to draw conclusions from.

 

Maybe not, but 9-for-13 with 4 HRs cannot be ignored. And I'm sure Claussen is aware of this as well.

 

In even smaller sample sizes, Helms (5-for-8, HR) and Clark (4-for-7) have both had success. The rest of the team has more or less "struggled" in their few ABs vs the lefty.

 

On the flip side, Adam Dunn (6-for-12, 2 HR) has the most success vs Ohka. In very limited ABs, Javier Valentin is 3-for-6 and Wily Mo Pena is 2-for-6 with a HR.

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Ned playing to the pitching matchup:

 Milwaukee Cincinnati --------- ---------- Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG. --- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ---- CF Clark, Brady 10 42 .306 SS Lopez, Felipe 19 66 .277 2B Weeks, Rickie 12 35 .246 2B Aurilia, Rich 13 54 .268 1B Overbay, Lyle 16 64 .273 LF Dunn, Adam 35 87 .248 LF Lee, Carlos 30 100 .267 RF Kearns, Austin 13 53 .251 RF Jenkins, Geoff 20 72 .284 1B Casey, Sean 9 53 .321 3B Helms, Wes 4 22 .300 C LaRue, Jason 11 53 .265 C Miller, Damian 7 36 .262 CF Pena, Wily Mo 16 43 .267 SS Hardy, JJ 5 35 .226 3B Encarnacion, Edwin 5 17 .234 P Ohka, Tomo (9-7, 4.06) P Claussen, Brandon (9-9, 4.38)

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I like JJ in the 8 spot (and even the two spot)... he takes lots of pitches.. and I like his walks in the 8 hole... you gotta like it, at worst it forces the pitcher to throw more pitches and we get to the top of our order quicker.

 

JJ is doing a stand up job.

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