ATL @ ARI, Thursday, August 7, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 52-62, 4th, 10½ GB, 11½ GB in WC	SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 2-5, 6.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-5) 46.2 50 36 34 21 28 6 6.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 35.2 40 30 28 16 21 6 7.07 41 2008-08-02 MIL L 7 4 2 2 1 4 1 96 64 2008-07-28 STL L 3.2 7 8 8 4 1 1 81 12 2008-07-22 @FLA L 5.2 2 4 4 4 5 1 102 50 2008-07-12 @SDP W 5.1 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 57 2008-07-06 HOU ND 6 8 6 6 2 2 1 100 32 2008-07-01 PHI L 2 8 5 5 1 1 2 57 20 2008-06-24 MIL L 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 100 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-25 Road: 19-37 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 37-40 vsLHP: 15-22 1-Run: 6-24 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:11-21 vsWest: 13-10 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 114 Wed, Aug 6 @SFG L 2-3 52-62 4th 10.5 gb 113 Tue, Aug 5 @SFG W 11-4 52-61 4th 9.5 gb 112 Mon, Aug 4 @SFG L 2-4 51-61 4th 10.5 gb 111 Sun, Aug 3 MIL W 5-0 51-60 4th 10.0 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 MIL L 2-4 50-60 4th 10.0 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 MIL L 0-9 50-59 4th 9.0 gb 108 Thu, Jul 31 STL W 9-4 50-58 4th 9.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 STL L 2-7 49-58 4th 9.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 STL L 3-8 49-57 4th 8.5 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 STL L 3-12 49-56 4th 7.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Arizona Diamondbacks, 59-55, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Yusmeiro Petit (23, RHP, 1-2, 3.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 29.2 21 12 10 6 19 4 3.03 2007 (3-4) 57 58 30 29 18 40 12 4.58 2006 (1-1) 26.1 46 28 28 9 20 7 9.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 33 31 20 20 14 19 9 5.45 46 2008-08-02 @LAD L 5 5 3 3 1 1 2 58 45 2008-07-22 CHC W 5 3 1 1 4 3 0 86 56 2008-07-02 MIL ND 6 2 1 1 0 4 0 77 68 2007-09-30 @COL ND 5 4 0 0 1 4 0 78 62 2007-08-26 CHC ND 4 5 4 4 2 0 2 56 34 2007-08-19 @ATL L 3.2 7 6 6 2 3 3 79 24 2007-08-02 @SDP L 4.1 5 5 5 4 4 2 80 33 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 9.1 13 11 11 2 4 3 10.61 31 2007-08-19 @ATL L 3.2 7 6 6 2 3 3 79 24 2007-07-27 ATL ND 5.2 6 5 5 0 1 0 79 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-23 Road: 27-32 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 36-39 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 16-15 vsEast: 13-16 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 29-15 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 114 Wed, Aug 6 PIT L 0-2 59-55 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 113 Tue, Aug 5 PIT W 3-1 59-54 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 112 Mon, Aug 4 PIT W 13-7 58-54 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 111 Sun, Aug 3 @LAD L 3-9 57-54 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 @LAD L 2-4 57-53 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 @LAD W 2-1 57-52 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 108 Thu, Jul 31 @LAD W 2-1 56-52 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 @SDP W 7-3 55-52 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 @SDP W 3-0 54-52 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 @SDP L 5-8 53-52 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, May 26, 2008 ATL 7 ARI 3 W:Manny Acosta (3-1), L: Brandon Webb (9-2), S: none Sun, May 25, 2008 ARI 9 @ATL 3 W:Micah Owings (6-2), L: Tom Glavine (2-2), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 ATL 3 ARI 1 W:Blaine Boyer (1-3), L: Doug Slaten (0-1), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 ARI 11 @ATL 1 W:Doug Davis (2-1), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (2-2), S: none Sun, Aug 19, 2007 ATL 6 ARI 2 W:John Smoltz (11-6), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-4), S: none Sat, Aug 18, 2007 ARI 12 @ATL 6 W:Micah Owings (6-6), L: Buddy Carlyle (7-5), S: none Fri, Aug 17, 2007 ARI 4 @ATL 0 W:Brandon Webb (13-8), L: Lance Cormier (0-3), S: none Sun, Jul 29, 2007 ATL 14 @ARI 0 W:Tim Hudson (11-5), L: Livan Hernandez (6-7), S: none Sat, Jul 28, 2007 ARI 4 ATL 3 (10) W:Juan Cruz (5-1), L: Tyler Yates (2-3), S: none Fri, Jul 27, 2007 ARI 8 ATL 7 (11) W:Edgar Gonzalez (4-2), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - ARI won 4-2; 2006 - ARI won 6-1; All-Time - ATL leads 41-35

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 2008 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

TEX 5.66

MIL 4.65

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.91

SFG 4.65

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .369

K. Suzuki .288

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. Navarro .360

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .623

M. Olivo .477

T. Pena .196

OPS

A. Pujols 1.078

D. DeJesus .818

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

O. Perez 4.12

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.99

A. Galarraga 6.17

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Petit
G/S/vB 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 391/294 .262/.370/.323/.693 .674/.700 .716 99/.690 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 442/312 .276/.346/.370/.715 .657/.740 .670 70/.594 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 6/.666 2/1.500 2/.000 4/1.750 14/.428 ··· 466/324 .230/.290/.354/.644 .600/.663 .644 96/.552 0/1 9/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 97/70 .224/.305/.329/.635 .390/.727 .564 13/.692 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 186/110 .300/.348/.471/.818 .834/.807 .806 62/.905 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/2.550 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 433/318 .277/.348/.433/.781 .811/.770 .722 83/.759 10/3 9/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 432/332 .278/.322/.434/.756 .871/.721 .814 93/.745 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 294/204 .284/.334/.387/.722 .522/.813 .713 81/.718 2/3 4/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/.000 11/.000 ··· 405/273 .303/.385/.559/.944 .902/.965 .917 60/1.207 3/0 20/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 170/120 .253/.341/.387/.728 .598/.782 .650 30/.881 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 93/44 .288/.370/.438/.807 .875/.732 .728 32/.887 1/0 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/15 .333/.368/.500/.868 1.000/.833 19/.868 0/0 1/

IP 29.2 7.1 32.2 44.2 52.0 49.2 54.2 18.1 TOTAL .266/.342/.409/.751 .722/.764 .719 .753 37/19 102/72

ERA-K/9

3.03/5.8

3.68/7.4

3.03/13.5

3.83/6.8

3.81/6.1

3.81/8.9

2.96/8.4

2.95/6.4

3.88/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (67-21-4)
Sammons (4-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.196 31/.345 139/.182 193/.276 219/.271 215/.246 216/.225 83/.301 .249 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/108/9
49/54/1/5
0/72/0/3
24/0/2/0
14/3/0/0

OPS .608 1.042 .670 .740 .737 .683 .636 .818 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.459 11/.964 62/.589 83/.671 101/.782 99/.556 114/.567 30/1.012 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.723 20/1.084 77/.732 110/.789 118/.699 116/.793 102/.715 53/.709 .718

Home 66/.568 15/1.067 59/.660 99/.825 110/.733 101/.595 123/.644 38/1.201 .722

Last 28d days 59/.693 20/.900 8/.393 45/.958 44/.944 39/.912 39/.796 44/.862

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 3/0/0 3/4/3 6/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 103/62/18

Usage ····X··· ···X···· o···X··· ··X··oo· ··o·o··o o··X·X·· ··oX·o·o ···oo···

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 160/73 .194/.304/.239/.543 .514/.578 .570 24/.867 5/0 0/

13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 9/1.158 142/96 .223/.338/.331/.669 .733/.633 .593 37/.588 0/0 3/

21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .286/.286/.286/.571 .400/1.000 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/2.334 454/320 .278/.319/.468/.787 .756/.799 .828 110/.905 3/1 13/

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 3/3.500 4/1.000 444/301 .305/.367/.453/.821 .720/.869 .955 102/.822 4/1 8/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.833 ··· 435/301 .313/.394/.495/.889 1.083/.808 .901 107/1.003 7/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 141/110 .256/.333/.352/.685 .651/.695 .652 33/.785 0/0 1/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 152/99 .266/.371/.336/.707 .567/.781 .778 24/.419 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 430/298 .247/.326/.491/.817 .926/.771 .878 95/.768 7/0 23/

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/88 .255/.273/.358/.631 .364/.700 .632 71/.693 3/0 1/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 280/193 .242/.354/.433/.787 .671/.839 .796 54/.815 0/0 9/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 184/159 .281/.326/.444/.771 .972/.739 .923 76/.806 0/0 6/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 499/352 .235/.300/.424/.723 .939/.634 .796 101/.732 8/4 15/

IP 46.2 67.1 59.2 37.0 17.0 5.2 47.2 29.2 TOTAL .251/.324/.413/.737 .764/.725 .800 .775 43/18 110/74

ERA-K/9

6.56/5.4

4.28/6.4

4.37/7.7

3.89/9.2

2.65/10.6

3.18/6.3

2.64/8.3

5.76/7.0

4.05/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (16-2-0)
Snyder (35-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 214/.270 300/.261 250/.240 157/.245 70/.215 25/.227 192/.193 147/.314 .251 Young
Jackson
Romero
Burke 0/112/0/3
36/0/0/2
10/1/23/1
17/0/7/1

OPS .778 .738 .687 .715 .611 .598 .551 .789 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.902 103/.831 99/.698 61/1.077 15/.800 11/.404 91/.496 60/1.053 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.694 197/.686 151/.678 96/.494 55/.553 14/.742 101/.600 87/.601 .719

Road 95/.621 122/.931 116/.746 64/.824 25/.520 3/.000 87/.571 74/.835 .713

Last 28d days 95/.694 26/.558 38/.670 54/1.120 39/.830 22/.687 37/.467 37/.536

HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 5/5/2 6/7/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/4/0 101/76/26

Usage ····X··· ·Xoo··X· ·oo··o·o X····o·· ·o·o··o· ····X··· Xo·o·o·o o····X·X

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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Game Preview: ATL @ ARI, 9:40pm, Thursday, August 7, 2008 @Chase Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 2-5, 6.56)

SP: Yusmeiro Petit (23, RHP, 1-2, 3.03)

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