ATL @ ARI, Saturday, August 9, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 54-62, 4th, 8½ GB, 11 GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 10-7, 3.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-7) 138.1 132 55 48 49 97 8 3.12 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 48.1 43 17 16 13 31 3 2.98 57 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38 2008-07-30 STL L 7 7 3 3 3 4 0 116 52 2008-07-25 @PHI W 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 100 81 2008-07-19 WSN L 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 0 98 41 2008-07-08 @LAD W 6 5 1 1 3 6 0 103 61 2008-07-03 PHI L 7 8 4 4 1 6 3 119 50 2008-06-27 @TOR W 8 3 0 0 1 3 0 104 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 0-0 4.2 8 3 3 2 4 1 5.79 38 2008-05-26 ARI ND 4.2 8 3 3 2 4 1 97 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-25 Road: 21-37 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 38-40 vsLHP: 16-22 1-Run: 6-24 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:11-21 vsWest: 15-10 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 116 Fri, Aug 8 @ARI W 11-6 54-62 4th 8.5 gb 115 Thu, Aug 7 @ARI W 6-4 53-62 4th 9.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Arizona Diamondbacks, 59-57, 1st, ½ up	SP: Danny Haren (27, RHP, 12-5, 2.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-5) 153.2 126 52 47 24 142 12 2.75 2007 (15-9) 222.2 214 91 76 55 192 24 3.07 2006 (14-13) 223 224 109 102 45 176 31 4.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 50 43 14 12 7 53 2 2.16 65 2008-08-04 PIT W 6 8 4 4 0 8 1 97 48 2008-07-30 @SDP W 7 7 3 3 0 6 1 104 57 2008-07-25 @SFG W 8 9 2 2 0 9 0 100 65 2008-07-19 LAD W 7 4 0 0 2 7 0 103 74 2008-07-10 @WSN ND 8 3 2 1 2 9 0 113 77 2008-07-04 SDP L 7 7 2 2 1 7 0 115 61 2008-06-29 @FLA ND 7 5 1 0 2 7 0 105 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 2-0 11.2 13 7 7 2 8 2 5.40 47 2005-06-10 @ATL W 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 1 101 48 2004-08-15 @ATL W 5 7 3 3 0 4 1 85 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-25 Road: 27-32 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 36-41 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 16-15 vsEast: 13-18 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 29-15 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 116 Fri, Aug 8 ATL L 6-11 59-57 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 115 Thu, Aug 7 ATL L 4-6 59-56 1st 9223372036854775808.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 08, 2008 ATL 11 @ARI 6 W:Jorge Campillo (7-4), L: Doug Davis (4-7), S: Jeff Bennett (3) Thu, Aug 07, 2008 ATL 6 @ARI 4 W:Charlie Morton (3-5), L: Yusmeiro Petit (1-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (5) 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 Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 4-2; 2006 - ARI won 6-1; All-Time - ATL leads 43-35

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 5.57

MIL 4.66

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.91

CLE 4.66

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .371

M. Young .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Huff .361

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .615

E. Encarnacion .476

T. Pena .196

OPS

C. Jones 1.072

R. Howard .825

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.51

J. Beckett 4.08

N. Robertson 6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.99

A. Galarraga 6.17

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Haren
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 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 400/300 .264/.369/.326/.696 .673/.703 .720 104/.730 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 451/318 .279/.348/.374/.722 .657/.749 .684 79/.645 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.572 3/1.000 3/.666 4/1.750 14/.428 1/.000 475/331 .228/.288/.350/.639 .601/.655 .633 101/.557 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 12/.583 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 195/116 .295/.352/.466/.818 .880/.776 .807 71/.897 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/.000 439/324 .273/.343/.426/.769 .811/.755 .702 85/.715 10/3 9/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 10/.550 5/1.400 1/2.000 4/1.250 8/.875 ··· 385/247 .371/.468/.604/1.072 1.041/1.089 .922 36/.962 2/0 19/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 18/.444 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 441/339 .280/.324/.434/.758 .893/.717 .817 92/.798 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 298/208 .284/.333/.396/.730 .522/.823 .730 81/.715 2/3 5/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 11/.000 2/1.000 414/279 .304/.384/.556/.940 .904/.958 .911 65/1.100 3/0 20/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 171/121 .253/.345/.387/.732 .598/.787 .658 30/.933 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 97/46 .310/.385/.500/.885 .991/.770 .923 36/1.085 1/1 1/

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

IP 153.2 9.0 33.2 45.2 52.2 50.0 55.2 21.1 TOTAL .267/.342/.411/.754 .730/.765 .726 .778 37/21 104/72

ERA-K/9

2.75/8.3

4.00/7.0

2.94/13.9

4.14/6.7

4.44/6.0

3.78/8.8

2.91/8.6

2.53/5.9

3.95/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.220 38/.333 142/.177 201/.282 226/.282 216/.245 219/.222 93/.280 .251 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Infante
Norton 0/0/110/9
50/55/1/5
0/73/0/3
15/3/0/0
24/0/2/0

OPS .593 .980 .654 .769 .766 .680 .627 .762 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.567 14/.896 64/.568 87/.701 106/.808 99/.556 116/.557 36/.929 .681

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.617 24/1.027 78/.722 114/.819 120/.730 117/.786 103/.708 57/.657 .722

Home 314/.573 22/.955 62/.624 107/.874 117/.789 102/.588 126/.628 48/1.012 .729

Last 28d days 112/.638 27/.850 11/.282 47/1.129 40/.863 30/1.007 35/.594 44/.759

HR/SB/CS 12/5/0 3/0/0 3/4/3 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 105/62/20

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

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
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 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 161/73 .193/.302/.237/.539 .508/.578 .561 24/.802 5/0 0/

13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 4/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 9/1.158 146/98 .226/.342/.331/.673 .731/.641 .607 40/.628 0/0 3/

21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .500 9/.444 0/0 0/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/2.334 463/328 .279/.319/.477/.796 .750/.814 .845 107/.923 3/1 14/

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.500 2/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 3/3.500 4/1.000 452/309 .306/.367/.452/.819 .720/.866 .946 98/.821 4/1 8/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.833 1/.000 443/309 .315/.396/.496/.892 1.083/.815 .907 103/1.051 7/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 144/113 .258/.333/.352/.685 .651/.694 .653 26/.669 0/0 1/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 154/101 .262/.366/.331/.697 .567/.764 .755 19/.451 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 438/306 .245/.325/.494/.818 .926/.774 .879 97/.780 7/0 24/

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/95 .265/.282/.389/.671 .364/.745 .719 68/.718 3/0 1/

19.Snyder G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.750 4/.250 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 285/197 .243/.351/.434/.785 .663/.840 .792 59/.806 0/0 9/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 190/165 .277/.321/.435/.756 .972/.724 .880 70/.727 0/0 6/

24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 507/359 .233/.297/.420/.718 .932/.630 .781 98/.779 8/4 15/

IP 138.1 69.1 60.1 37.0 18.1 5.2 48.0 30.0 TOTAL .252/.324/.414/.737 .762/.727 .798 .779 43/18 112/75

ERA-K/9

3.12/6.3

4.28/6.8

4.92/7.6

3.89/9.2

2.45/10.3

3.18/6.3

2.63/8.4

5.70/7.2

4.07/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (16-3-0)
Snyder (35-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.250 308/.261 256/.248 157/.245 74/.203 25/.227 194/.192 148/.311 .251 Young
Jackson
Romero
Burke 0/114/0/3
38/0/0/2
10/1/25/1
17/0/8/1

OPS .684 .735 .722 .715 .577 .598 .551 .783 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 305/.715 107/.818 103/.732 61/1.077 15/.800 11/.404 92/.490 60/1.053 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.651 201/.688 153/.714 96/.494 59/.513 14/.742 102/.607 88/.593 .718

Road 290/.611 130/.910 122/.817 64/.824 29/.448 3/.000 89/.572 75/.822 .715

Last 28d days 116/.672 34/.575 44/.868 42/1.292 43/.747 22/.687 34/.426 38/.520

HR/SB/CS 8/17/3 5/5/2 7/7/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/4/0 103/76/26

Usage ····X··· X··Xoo·· ·X·oo··o ··X····o ·X·o·o·· ······X· o·Xo·o·o o·o····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, 8:10pm, Saturday, August 9, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 10-7, 3.12)

SP: Danny Haren (27, RHP, 12-5, 2.75)

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