Capuano comes back for his first start since June 8th into a park that he struggled with last year. I realize this is a new year, but the pirates had no problems against him in 2006...In 5 starts he went 1-3 w/ a 6.59 ERA, 1.71 Whip, .333 BAA. I haven't seen the lineups yet and Im definitely gonna wait for that to come out first. Pirates called up Youman to replace the injured Duke which has been struggling so far this year with a 4.70 ERA in Triple A. Brewers have hit leftys really good in their last 10 games (.344) and I think they could put another explosion today like last night. Im no pro at this handicapping thing, but I dont think it hurts to relay some stats to the public and hopefully take a little from the bookies. What I do know is Im a die hard LSU fan (baseball too) and it says this Youman guy went to LSU...but I dont remember that at all. This is the scouting report on him, "Youman throws a fastball in the mid- to upper-80s, changes speeds fairly well and has a good curve" -found that here--http://users.rcn.com/wtmiller/positions/pitcher/youman.htm just in case I needed to link it. Opinions????????
looks like most cappers in here are on the brew crew. i dont like laying that kind of juice and would like some opinions on the total. i have a slight edge to the over since brew has had some smokin hot bats as of late, and also figure in the factor that capuano is back off an injury, its likely it may take a few games for him to get back into form. just my opinion
MILWAUKEE AT PITTSBURGH -- LINEUPS
MILWAUKEE PITTSBURGH
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Corey Hart RF .314 11 33 ... Rajai Davis CF .206 0 2
Craig Counsell SS .241 2 15... Jose Bautista 3B .265 7 29
Ryan Braun 3B .341 7 25... Freddy Sanchez 2B .298 1 30
Prince Fielder 1B .278 27 66 ... Adam Laroche 1B .230 10 45
Bill Hall CF .276 9 38....... Jason Bay LF .259 12 50
Johnny Estrada C .281 7 33.. Xavier Nady RF .273 13 46
Kevin Mench LF .274 3 20... Ronny Paulino C .234 5 22
Rickie Weeks 2B .234 5 19.... Jack Wilson SS .256 4 23
Chris Capuano LHP .250 1 2 ..... Shane Youman LHP .000 0 0
(5-5, 4.35) (NO RECORD)
MILWAUKEE PITTSBURGH
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Corey Hart RF .314 11 33 ... Rajai Davis CF .206 0 2
Craig Counsell SS .241 2 15... Jose Bautista 3B .265 7 29
Ryan Braun 3B .341 7 25... Freddy Sanchez 2B .298 1 30
Prince Fielder 1B .278 27 66 ... Adam Laroche 1B .230 10 45
Bill Hall CF .276 9 38....... Jason Bay LF .259 12 50
Johnny Estrada C .281 7 33.. Xavier Nady RF .273 13 46
Kevin Mench LF .274 3 20... Ronny Paulino C .234 5 22
Rickie Weeks 2B .234 5 19.... Jack Wilson SS .256 4 23
Chris Capuano LHP .250 1 2 ..... Shane Youman LHP .000 0 0
(5-5, 4.35) (NO RECORD)
5-6 Pitt starters hitting over .300 against Capauno
Most of the Mil starters hitting over .300 against lefties
Capauno coming off DL
Pitt Pitcher is a retread, has been, wannabe
Hope this works
Jason Bay, OF, Pirates. Bay has had a nightmarish past month - he hit just .173 in June and has one homer and four RBIs in his past four games. He's too good to stay this bad and today might be Bay's day to break out. Milwaukee's Chris Capuano is coming off the DL to make today's start and Bay is 8-for-19 with three homers vs. the lefty.
Most of the Mil starters hitting over .300 against lefties
Capauno coming off DL
Pitt Pitcher is a retread, has been, wannabe
Hope this works
Jason Bay, OF, Pirates. Bay has had a nightmarish past month - he hit just .173 in June and has one homer and four RBIs in his past four games. He's too good to stay this bad and today might be Bay's day to break out. Milwaukee's Chris Capuano is coming off the DL to make today's start and Bay is 8-for-19 with three homers vs. the lefty.
