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Game Preview: ATL @ MIL, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @Miller Park

Atlanta Braves, 28-23, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (32, RHP, 7-3, 2.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)             69.2  58  25  23  15  42  5    2.97      
 2007 (16-10)          224.1 221  87  83  53 132 10    3.33      
 2006 (13-12)          218.1 235 129 118  79 141 25    4.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  45.2  40  16  14  12  29  4    2.76   57 
 2008-05-22    NYM   W   8     7   2   2   0   4  2     100   64 
 2008-05-17    OAK   L   5     5   5   5   5   3  2      96   35 
 2008-05-12   @PIT   W   7     2   1   0   2   5  0      97   74 
 2008-05-07    SDP   W   7     6   2   2   3   3  0      94   57 
 2008-05-02    CIN   W   9     3   0   0   0  10  0     111   91 
 2008-04-26   @NYM   L   3     7   4   4   0   1  0      60   30 
 2008-04-21    WSN   W   6.2  10   2   1   2   3  0      95   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-2  37.1  39  14  14   5  19  3    3.38   55 
 2007-09-21    MIL   L   7.2   8   3   3   2   5  0     120   54 
 2007-05-30   @MIL   W   7     6   2   2   1   3  0      88   59 
 2006-08-13    MIL  ND   6.2   9   3   3   2   3  0      99   45 
 2006-04-25   @MIL   L   7     9   4   4   0   4  1      92   47 
 2005-08-28   @MIL   W   9     7   2   2   0   4  2     108   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-7    Road:    6-16   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  18-12   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   2-12
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Mon, May 26   ARI  W   7-3       28-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   ARI  L   3-9       27-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   ARI  W   3-1       27-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   ARI  L   1-11      26-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   NYM  W   4-2       26-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   NYM  W  11-4       25-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   NYM  W   6-2       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 20   NYM  W   6-1       23-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   OAK  W   5-2       22-21  4th  2.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   OAK  L   4-5       21-21  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Milwaukee Brewers, 24-27, 5th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 1-5, 6.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-5)             46.2  50  36  34  18  24 10    6.56      
 2007 (12-10)          186.1 217 110 106  44 134 27    5.12      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  40.1  43  30  28  13  19  9    6.25   43 
 2008-05-22   @PIT   L   5     9   6   6   0   1  2      75   26 
 2008-05-17   @BOS  ND   6     5   5   4   2   2  1     102   44 
 2008-05-12    STL   W   6     4   1   1   2   1  1      87   59 
 2008-05-07   @FLA   L   6     5   6   6   2   3  2      81   39 
 2008-04-23    PHI  ND   6     8   4   4   2   3  3     107   41 
 2008-04-15   @STL   L   6     6   3   3   2   5  0      92   51 
 2008-04-09    CIN   L   5.1   6   5   4   3   4  0      95   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-0   7     6   1   1   0   6  1    1.29   67 
 2007-05-30    ATL  ND   7     6   1   1   0   6  1      87   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-9    Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Mon, May 26  @WSN  W   4-3 (11)  24-27  5th  6.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @WSN  L   6-7       23-27  5th  6.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @WSN  W   5-2       23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @WSN  L   1-5       22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @PIT  L   4-8       22-25  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @PIT  W   4-1       22-24  4th  5.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @PIT  W   7-2       21-24  4th  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @BOS  L   7-11      20-24  6th  7.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @BOS  L   6-7       20-23  5th  6.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @BOS  L   3-5       20-22  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 ATL  7  MIL  4        W:Manny Acosta (1-1), L: Claudio Vargas (11-5), S: Rafael Soriano (9)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 ATL  4  MIL  3 (11)   W:Joey Devine (1-0), L: Seth McClung (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 MIL  4 @ATL  1        W:Scott Linebrink (5-6), L: Tim Hudson (16-9), S: Francisco Cordero (44)
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 ATL  3  MIL  1        W:Jeff Bennett (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (10-12), S: Rafael Soriano (8)
Wed, May 30, 2007 ATL  9 @MIL  3        W:Tim Hudson (6-3), L: Derrick Turnbow (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 MIL  5  ATL  4        W:Ben Sheets (5-3), L: Peter Moylan (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (18)
Mon, May 28, 2007 ATL  2 @MIL  1        W:Chuck James (5-4), L: Chris Capuano (5-4), S: Bob Wickman (8)
Sun, Aug 13, 2006 ATL  7  MIL  4        W:Chad Paronto (1-0), L: Matt Wise (5-6), S: Bob Wickman (22)
Sat, Aug 12, 2006 MIL  8 @ATL  5        W:Ben Sheets (3-4), L: Kevin Barry (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (12)
Fri, Aug 11, 2006 ATL  2  MIL  1        W:John Smoltz (10-5), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 44-24

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

CHC  5.71

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.59

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .416

J. Damon  .265

P. Konerko  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .490

B. Butler  .330

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Mauer  .413

J. Bartlett  .283

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

S. Schumaker  .755

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

D. McGowan  3.90

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
47.Jackson*
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/92 .299/.417/.361/.777 .810/.768 .798 80/.731 4/0 0/
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 134/63 .248/.269/.310/.579 .787/.341 .377 48/.367 4/1 2/
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 209/133 .310/.379/.418/.797 .678/.867 .759 106/.730 2/1 4/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 5/.400 3/1.167 218/137 .262/.307/.421/.728 .726/.729 .702 109/.634 0/1 5/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 39/28 .258/.395/.290/.685 .489/.755 .713 20/.807 1/0 0/
4.Infante G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 47/16 .279/.340/.372/.713 .723/.683 .643 47/.713 0/0 0/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 180/121 .297/.356/.487/.843 .747/.891 .752 85/.951 4/2 5/
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.885 1/.000 15/.673 3/.000 208/125 .416/.490/.674/1.165 .982/1.288 1.146 106/1.136 0/0 12/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 11/.282 8/.625 ··· ··· 184/115 .294/.344/.435/.780 .507/.947 .700 94/.832 2/1 4/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 193/122 .333/.394/.603/.997 .997/.998 .879 94/1.083 0/0 9/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/11 .087/.160/.087/.247 .298/.182 .200 16/.259 0/0 0/
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/34 .270/.438/.324/.762 .792/.749 .579 30/.543 0/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 14/1.087 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 212/126 .267/.354/.422/.776 .615/.888 .801 101/.774 0/0 5/
IP 46.2 2.2 3.1 3.2 25.1 21.2 17.0 31.0 52.0 TOTAL .283/.353/.428/.781 .715/.823 .718 .769 18/6 46/32
ERA-K/9 6.56/4.6 10.13/6.7 0.00/2.7 4.91/2.4 3.55/8.5 3.32/10.4 2.65/5.3 2.90/7.3 6.06/6.4 4.55/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (33-7-0)
 Miller (2-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.273 13/.385 10/.000 18/.313 107/.207 94/.231 65/.213 132/.243 234/.305 .267  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Kotsay
 Blanco
 Norton
 Infante
0/0/50/4
35/0/0/2
0/46/0/2
22/14/1/1
3/0/1/0
1/1/0/0
OPS .846 1.000 .100 .701 .658 .628 .623 .658 .900 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.818 3/2.333 3/.333 6/.333 39/.783 39/.951 34/.412 59/.671 114/.668 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.872 10/.600 7/.000 12/.900 68/.587 55/.393 31/.873 73/.645 120/1.121 .794
Home 75/.848 / / / 29/1.096 44/.825 29/.434 50/.595 132/.724 .737
Last 28d days 105/.837 13/1.000 10/.100 18/.701 68/.515 38/.492 28/.679 62/.668 105/1.028
HR/SB/CS 10/8/2 1/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 3/2/1 1/3/0 3/1/1 2/1/2 12/3/2 66/29/20
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··· oX·o···· ····X··· ··X···X· ·XX···o· X··X···· o·X···o· X·o·····
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
54.Stockman
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .250/.333/.375/.708 .000/.804 9/.708 0/0 0/
8.Braun G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 220/165 .281/.309/.557/.866 .759/.901 1.106 113/1.031 1/3 13/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 65/.807 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/88 .248/.315/.495/.810 .824/.807 .390 111/.810 3/1 6/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 23/.764 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 72/65 .226/.333/.306/.640 .000/.715 .309 33/.495 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 34/24 .286/.394/.321/.715 1.414/.451 .347 22/.788 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 14/.368 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 10/.856 1/no AB ··· 221/153 .273/.367/.432/.798 .750/.820 .848 112/.780 0/0 6/
2.Hall G/S/vP 16/.813 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 196/145 .220/.292/.418/.710 1.195/.546 .870 95/.641 2/3 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 190/141 .244/.323/.315/.638 .624/.640 .613 93/.711 1/0 2/
1.Hart G/S/vP 14/.891 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 209/159 .302/.354/.471/.825 .891/.804 .747 106/.912 9/3 6/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 19/.329 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/42 .296/.310/.494/.803 .920/.683 .785 29/.655 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 8/.821 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/136 .276/.360/.365/.725 .801/.701 .835 91/.672 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .321/.345/.464/.809 .500/.860 .844 14/.929 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 233/172 .206/.335/.361/.696 .840/.647 .589 119/.716 8/3 7/
IP 69.2 25.2 40.1 29.2 8.0 20.1 8.0 4.1 TOTAL .250/.323/.403/.727 .796/.704 .739 .754 35/16 54/33
ERA-K/9 2.97/5.4 2.81/5.3 3.57/6.0 3.94/8.8 3.38/7.9 3.10/7.5 6.75/7.9 0.00/12.6 3.61/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (19-16-3)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.227 107/.237 177/.216 118/.220 35/.267 88/.260 35/.267 16/.071 .238  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
48/0/0/3
0/0/50/3
0/24/0/0
4/16/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .609 .707 .676 .604 .705 .708 .890 .402 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.725 50/.767 63/.696 54/.623 20/.921 39/.632 24/.689 3/.000 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.448 57/.644 114/.661 64/.588 15/.421 49/.769 11/1.343 13/.503 .702
Road 109/.557 36/.864 63/.828 42/.769 16/.598 33/.801 14/1.065 / .716
Last 28d days 136/.548 59/.710 60/.535 62/.651 8/.804 40/.676 17/.979 16/.402
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 3/0/0 3/4/1 2/4/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 41/35/9
Usage ····X··· X···o·X· o·X··Xo· X·X···X· ········ ·Xo·o·X· ···X···· ·X·o····

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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