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Game Preview: ATL @ ARI, 3:55pm, Saturday, July 28, 2007 @Chase Field

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Atlanta Braves, 54-50, 2nd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: John Smoltz (40, RHP, 10-5, 2.78)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-5)           119.2 120  40  37  26 111  9    2.78      
 2006 (16-9)           232   221  93  90  55 211 23    3.49      
 2005 (14-7)           229.2 210  83  78  53 169 18    3.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  43    42  14  13   7  46  2    2.72   59 
 2007-07-23    SFG   W   7     7   2   1   2   4  0      84   59 
 2007-07-18    CIN  ND   7     5   0   0   2  11  0      93   76 
 2007-07-02    LAD   L   6     7   3   3   1   6  1      87   51 
 2007-06-27    WSN   W   5     5   0   0   1   7  0      89   63 
 2007-06-22    DET   L   6     8   5   5   1   7  0     100   42 
 2007-06-16    CLE   W   6     7   2   2   0   7  0      86   57 
 2007-06-05    FLA   L   6     3   2   2   0   4  1      73   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      2-2  33.2  35  13  13   6  31  6    3.48   56 
 2006-06-03    ARI   L   7     8   4   4   0  10  2     110   55 
 1999-09-04    ARI   L   8     9   5   5   0   7  2     117   51 
 1999-06-18    ARI   W   6     4   0   0   2   4  0     106   66 
 1998-04-27    ARI  ND   7     9   3   3   2   6  2      94   51 
 1998-04-22    ARI   W   5.2   5   1   1   2   4  0           57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-26   Road:   27-24   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  34-25   vsLHP:  20-25   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 23-19   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Fri, Jul 27  @ARI  L   7-8 (11)  54-50  2nd  4.0 gb
103 Thu, Jul 26  @SFG  L   2-4       54-49  2nd  4.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 25  @SFG  L   1-2       54-48  2nd  4.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 24  @SFG  W   7-5 (13)  54-47  2nd  3.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 23  @SFG  W   4-2       53-47  2nd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 22   STL  L   2-7 (10)  52-47  2nd  3.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 21   STL  W  14-6       52-46  2nd  2.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 20   STL  L   2-4       51-46  2nd  3.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 19   STL  W  10-1       51-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 18   CIN  L   4-5 (15)  50-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Arizona Diamondbacks, 57-48, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Doug Davis (31, LHP, 7-10, 4.13)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-10)           124.1 139  64  57  69  88 13    4.13      
 2006 (11-11)          203.1 206 118 111 102 159 19    4.91      
 2005 (11-11)          222.2 196 103  95  93 208 26    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.2  46  23  23  24  26  7    4.97   45 
 2007-07-23    FLA   W   6.2   5   3   3   2   8  1     111   58 
 2007-07-18    MIL  ND   6     3   2   2   5   1  1     112   54 
 2007-07-13    SDP   W   6     5   2   2   3   2  1      98   53 
 2007-07-05    STL   L   7     7   3   3   5   5  1     118   51 
 2007-06-30    SFG   L   5.2   7   4   4   6   4  0     114   37 
 2007-06-24    BAL   W   6.1  10   2   2   2   3  1     106   46 
 2007-06-19    TBD  ND   4     9   7   7   1   3  2      81   18 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-0  12    10   3   3   5  11  0    2.25   59 
 2005-07-08    ATL  ND   8     5   1   1   2   5  0     113   71 
 2004-08-10    ATL  ND   4     5   2   2   3   6  0      96   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-20   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 17-5    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 19-22 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Fri, Jul 27   ATL  W   8-7 (11)  57-48  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Thu, Jul 26   FLA  W   7-4       56-48  2nd  1.5 gb
103 Wed, Jul 25   FLA  W   7-0       55-48  3rd  1.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 24   FLA  W   9-3       54-48  3rd  2.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 23   FLA  W   4-3       53-48  3rd  3.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 22  @CHC  W   3-0       52-48  3rd  3.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 21  @CHC  W   3-2       51-48  3rd  4.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 20  @CHC  L   2-6       50-48  3rd  4.5 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 19  @MIL  L   1-10      50-47  3rd  4.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 18  @MIL  W   5-2       50-46  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 ARI  8  ATL  7 (11)   W:Edgar Gonzalez (4-2), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 04, 2006 ARI  9 @ATL  3    W:Miguel Batista (6-2), L: Jorge Sosa (1-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 03, 2006 ARI 13 @ATL  9    W:Claudio Vargas (6-2), L: John Thomson (2-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 03, 2006 ARI  4 @ATL  2    W:Enrique Gonzalez (1-0), L: John Smoltz (4-3), S: Jorge Julio (3)
Thu, Jun 01, 2006 ARI  2 @ATL  1    W:Juan Cruz (3-3), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-1), S: Jorge Julio (2)
Sun, May 21, 2006 ATL  2 @ARI  1    W:Tim Hudson (4-3), L: Juan Cruz (1-3), S: Macay McBride (1)
Sat, May 20, 2006 ARI 13  ATL  0    W:Brandon Webb (7-0), L: Travis Smith (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 19, 2006 ARI 10  ATL  9    W:Jose Valverde (2-1), L: Chris Reitsma (1-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2005 ATL 13  ARI  8    W:Mike Hampton (5-2), L: Javier Vazquez (9-12), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2005 ATL  9  ARI  5    W:John Foster (3-1), L: Lance Cormier (7-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - ARI leads 1-0; 2006 - ARI won 6-1; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - ATL leads 37-30

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 2007 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

DET  5.86

TBD  4.68

WSN  3.83

RA/G

SDP  3.75

CLE  4.77

TBD  6.31

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

H. Matsui  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .499

A. Rios  .361

D. Navarro  .249

SLG

R. Braun  .665

B. McCann  .458

D. Navarro  .265

OPS

B. Bonds  1.073

R. Doumit  .817

D. Navarro  .514

ERA

C. Young  1.82

D. Davis  4.13

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.12

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Davis*
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 231/91 .346/.370/.467/.837 .901/.743 .808 52/.893 3/0 5/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 143/61 .313/.359/.397/.756 .798/.699 .738 56/.749 3/2 1/6
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 445/287 .293/.335/.432/.767 .792/.753 .852 107/.795 2/2 11/3
14.Franco G/S/vP 6/.583 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.867 91/61 .208/.319/.286/.605 .891/.470 .879 33/.636 2/1 1/0
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 233/199 .321/.388/.416/.804 .510/.852 .723 86/.597 16/9 1/2
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/1.667 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 401/262 .289/.389/.478/.867 .785/.912 .950 76/.997 7/4 10/8
25.Jones G/S/vP 5/1.600 9/.444 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 445/288 .215/.317/.421/.738 .840/.686 .722 112/.913 5/0 19/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 2/.500 9/.619 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 358/221 .339/.430/.590/1.020 .948/1.066 1.044 113/.993 5/0 17/7
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.500 336/223 .268/.320/.458/.778 .726/.804 .756 77/.920 0/0 11/8
11.Renteria G/S/vP 6/1.500 23/.604 2/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 441/273 .333/.389/.481/.870 .932/.832 .889 113/.823 11/1 10/9
18.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/79 .284/.333/.411/.744 .831/.661 .672 64/.540 0/0 4/3
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/199 .214/.257/.385/.642 .444/.709 .712 39/.413 1/1 9/6
5.Woodward G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 116/46 .217/.250/.302/.552 .575/.517 .464 16/.641 1/0 1/5
IP 124.1 40.0 66.0 50.0 28.0 58.0 27.0 41.0 TOTAL .272/.337/.423/.760 .754/.763 .779 54/20 102/72
ERA-K/9 4.13/6.4 2.93/12.2 5.18/6.5 2.52/4.9 3.54/6.1 2.02/6.1 2.33/8.0 2.63/10.1 3.92/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (43-15-5)
 Saltalamacchia (21-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.285 179/.216 285/.262 207/.247 116/.214 221/.182 118/.257 168/.188 .260  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Jones
 Harris
0/0/104/13
59/0/1/4
0/102/0/2
57/7/0/2
OPS .800 .713 .793 .643 .632 .538 .708 .589 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.820 94/.857 152/.881 93/.595 61/.636 100/.700 63/.511 93/.552 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 441/.794 85/.561 133/.692 114/.683 55/.626 121/.402 55/.933 75/.633 .705
Home 263/.846 71/.671 169/.880 110/.564 79/.554 110/.497 68/.753 86/.608 .760
Last 28d days 138/.758 48/.570 46/.826 42/.725 47/.615 55/.676 24/.341 30/.460
HR/SB/CS 13/1/3 4/2/2 13/2/0 1/4/1 2/0/0 4/1/0 3/1/0 4/4/1 106/60/31
Usage ····X··· X·X···X· X··o···· X···oo·X ·X·X···· ·X··oXo· ·oo····· X···oXo·
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Smoltz
G/S/vB
49.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.900 ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 1/5.000 3/.000 1/2.000 461/347 .310/.372/.505/.877 .895/.871 .875 104/.848 27/6 16/4
34.Clark# G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 13/.731 ··· 142/116 .238/.289/.492/.781 .472/.853 .983 29/.846 0/0 10/2
30.Davanon# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 3/.667 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 24/20 .158/.333/.211/.544 .000/.667 .821 24/.544 1/1 0/1
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 392/291 .244/.304/.377/.681 .645/.694 .717 86/.752 5/0 7/11
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 448/332 .289/.371/.443/.814 .833/.807 .879 100/.679 3/2 9/10
16.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 318/223 .268/.368/.423/.791 .852/.765 .818 64/.823 1/2 7/7
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/157 .242/.309/.386/.695 .528/.713 .838 46/.751 0/0 6/6
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/23 .311/.367/.444/.811 .763/.867 .628 23/.803 1/0 1/0
7.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 237/166 .206/.297/.343/.640 .587/.662 .874 14/.071 2/2 5/1
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 217/143 .255/.315/.484/.799 .632/.887 .822 77/.657 0/1 8/6
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 223/136 .244/.330/.404/.734 .785/.701 .772 45/.986 0/0 8/0
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 241/197 .258/.344/.445/.789 .432/.878 .895 58/.620 0/0 6/5
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 376/279 .241/.291/.443/.734 .711/.741 .721 98/.787 15/1 17/5
IP 119.2 45.0 56.1 40.1 46.0 57.1 35.1 44.0 TOTAL .249/.318/.405/.723 .684/.737 .774 57/16 105/73
ERA-K/9 2.78/8.3 5.40/6.2 2.08/5.9 3.57/3.1 3.52/7.8 3.77/8.2 4.33/7.4 5.11/9.0 4.15/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (24-9-4)
 Snyder (35-19-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.257 211/.282 227/.212 179/.303 177/.199 243/.242 163/.267 197/.247 .264  Byrnes
 Young
 Quentin
 Davanon
 Reynolds
 Jackson
68/22/35/8
0/90/0/3
0/0/66/1
0/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .675 .824 .604 .766 .641 .684 .744 .682 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.716 70/.821 100/.646 80/.849 91/.675 111/.834 79/.699 75/.982 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.628 141/.825 127/.572 99/.701 86/.605 132/.561 84/.782 122/.496 .734
Road 260/.722 113/.870 116/.464 71/.803 95/.529 124/.777 98/.987 96/.674 .767
Last 28d days 83/.635 29/.934 68/.529 52/.619 51/.916 74/.684 47/.907 54/1.013
HR/SB/CS 9/3/2 5/5/3 4/7/1 1/6/2 8/6/2 5/2/0 3/6/0 3/4/0 98/68/24
Usage ····X··· o··X··X· Xo·o·o·· X·X····X X···oo·X ·X·o·oo· ···ooX·· X··X·oX·

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.

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