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Game Preview: ATL @ MIL, 8:05pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @Miller Park

Atlanta Braves, 28-24, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 2-2, 5.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             24.2  34  18  16  10  21  4    5.84      
 2007 (2-2)             50.2  55  39  35  30  27  9    6.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36.2  45  24  21  14  26  5    5.15   44 
 2008-05-23    ARI   L   5     6   8   7   3   4  3      97   26 
 2008-05-18    OAK   W   5     8   2   2   2   6  1      89   47 
 2008-05-13   @PHI   L   6.2  11   5   5   0   5  0     105   37 
 2008-05-08    SDP  ND   2.2   5   2   1   2   1  0      51   41 
 2008-05-03    CIN   W   5.1   4   1   1   3   5  0      88   58 
 2007-09-28   @HOU   W   6.2   7   2   2   2   3  0     106   53 
 2007-09-23    MIL  ND   5.1   4   4   3   2   2  1      78   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-0   5.1   4   4   3   2   2  1    5.06   46 
 2007-09-23    MIL  ND   5.1   4   4   3   2   2  1      78   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-7    Road:    6-17   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  18-13   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   2-13
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Tue, May 27  @MIL  L   2-3       28-24  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Milwaukee Brewers, 25-27, 4th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 2-4, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             58.1  66  36  29  24  26  8    4.47      
 2007 (12-12)          206.2 243 113 106  68 114 18    4.62      
 2006 (12-7)           190   207 100  87  69 104 21    4.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41    45  27  20  18  21  5    4.39   45 
 2008-05-23   @WSN   L   5.2   3   5   1   3   4  1      89   52 
 2008-05-17   @BOS   L   6     9   4   4   2   1  1      97   37 
 2008-05-11    STL   W   7     6   1   1   5   4  0     110   60 
 2008-05-06   @FLA   L   5     8   3   3   3   5  1     108   41 
 2008-04-30   @CHC   L   3.2  11  11   8   1   1  1      92    1 
 2008-04-24    PHI  ND   7     5   1   1   3   3  1      92   63 
 2008-04-19   @CIN  ND   6.2   3   2   2   1   3  0      87   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-4  19.2  28  19  17   6  15  1    7.78   38 
 2007-09-20   @ATL   L   6     7   3   3   2   6  0      86   50 
 2006-07-05   @ATL   L   3.1   9  10   9   2   1  0      78    3 
 2005-05-01   @ATL   L   7     4   2   2   2   4  0      95   63 
 2004-05-13    ATL   L   3.1   8   4   3   0   4  1      83   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  16-21   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Tue, May 27   ATL  W   3-2       25-27  4th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2008 MIL  3  ATL  2        W:Salomon Torres (4-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-3), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 1-0; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 44-25

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  5.65

OAK  4.52

SDP  3.51

RA/G

OAK  3.56

NYY  4.60

TEX  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .418

M. Teixeira  .267

R. Weeks  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .491

J. Crede  .333

K. Greene  .267

SLG

L. Berkman  .753

B. Roberts  .417

J. Bartlett  .284

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

A. Huff  .758

M. Bourn  .575

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/95 .300/.415/.390/.805 .810/.803 .865 83/.774 4/0 1/
23.Diaz G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 137/66 .250/.270/.311/.581 .787/.356 .390 47/.351 4/2 2/
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 213/137 .303/.371/.410/.781 .678/.840 .724 105/.724 2/1 4/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 221/140 .259/.303/.415/.718 .726/.713 .680 108/.627 0/1 5/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .258/.395/.290/.685 .489/.755 .713 19/.730 1/0 0/
4.Infante G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· ··· 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/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 184/125 .296/.354/.500/.854 .747/.904 .778 84/1.004 4/2 6/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/1.528 ··· ··· ··· 13/.885 1/.000 22/1.540 16/.771 3/.000 212/129 .418/.491/.676/1.166 .982/1.287 1.151 105/1.125 0/0 12/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.539 ··· ··· 4/1.417 11/.282 8/.625 15/.967 ··· ··· 184/115 .294/.344/.435/.780 .507/.947 .700 90/.848 2/1 4/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 2/.500 4/1.750 197/126 .328/.391/.593/.984 .997/.978 .856 94/1.079 0/0 9/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 25/11 .087/.160/.087/.247 .298/.182 .200 16/.259 0/0 0/
20.Norton# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 48/34 .270/.438/.324/.762 .792/.749 .579 30/.543 0/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 14/1.087 1/no AB 1/2.000 8/1.089 2/.000 3/1.666 216/130 .267/.352/.419/.771 .615/.875 .786 101/.748 0/0 5/
IP 58.1 2.2 3.1 25.1 21.2 17.0 13.2 32.0 52.0 TOTAL .282/.351/.429/.780 .715/.820 .719 .773 18/7 48/32
ERA-K/9 4.47/4.0 10.13/6.7 0.00/2.7 3.55/8.5 3.32/10.4 2.65/5.3 5.93/4.6 2.81/7.0 6.06/6.4 4.50/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (34-7-0)
 Miller (2-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.291 13/.385 10/.000 107/.207 94/.231 65/.213 67/.327 135/.246 234/.305 .267  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Kotsay
 Blanco
 Norton
 Infante
0/0/51/4
36/0/0/2
0/46/0/2
23/15/1/1
3/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
OPS .831 1.000 .100 .658 .628 .623 .788 .658 .900 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.760 3/2.333 3/.333 39/.783 39/.951 34/.412 29/1.017 62/.671 114/.668 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.898 10/.600 7/.000 68/.587 55/.393 31/.873 38/.609 73/.645 120/1.121 .789
Home 82/.615 / / 29/1.096 44/.825 29/.434 24/.889 53/.600 132/.724 .737
Last 28d days 130/.916 13/1.000 10/.100 68/.515 34/.491 28/.679 18/.812 58/.587 105/1.028
HR/SB/CS 8/2/4 1/0/0 0/0/1 3/2/1 1/3/0 3/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 68/29/21
Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ·oX·o··· ···X···X ··XX···o ·X··X··· o······· oo·X···o ·X·o····
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .273/.385/.455/.839 .000/.917 1.167 13/.839 0/0 0/
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 224/169 .290/.317/.561/.878 .759/.915 1.124 112/1.049 1/3 13/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/no AB ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/93 .248/.310/.486/.796 .824/.789 .401 110/.761 3/1 6/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 73/66 .222/.329/.302/.630 .000/.703 .298 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 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 10/.856 1/no AB ··· 225/157 .278/.369/.433/.802 .750/.825 .855 111/.788 0/0 6/
2.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 197/146 .225/.296/.421/.717 1.195/.556 .885 91/.624 3/3 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 194/145 .256/.332/.326/.657 .624/.665 .662 92/.704 1/0 2/
1.Hart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 213/163 .301/.352/.472/.824 .891/.803 .747 105/.860 9/3 6/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/42 .296/.310/.494/.803 .920/.683 .785 29/.655 3/0 4/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/140 .269/.352/.356/.708 .801/.680 .787 90/.641 2/2 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .321/.345/.464/.809 .500/.860 .844 14/.929 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 4/1.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 238/177 .202/.329/.354/.683 .840/.631 .561 118/.711 8/3 7/
IP 24.2 25.2 41.0 29.2 8.0 20.1 8.0 4.1 TOTAL .252/.324/.403/.727 .796/.705 .739 .742 36/16 54/33
ERA-K/9 5.84/7.7 2.81/5.3 3.73/5.9 3.94/8.8 3.38/7.9 3.10/7.5 6.75/7.9 0.00/12.6 3.60/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (19-17-3)
 Rivera (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.327 107/.237 180/.221 118/.220 35/.267 88/.260 35/.267 16/.071 .240  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
49/0/0/3
0/0/51/3
0/25/0/0
4/16/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .886 .707 .682 .604 .705 .708 .890 .402 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.826 50/.767 63/.696 54/.623 20/.921 39/.632 24/.689 3/.000 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.906 57/.644 117/.671 64/.588 15/.421 49/.769 11/1.343 13/.503 .702
Road 32/.806 36/.864 66/.842 42/.769 16/.598 33/.801 14/1.065 / .718
Last 28d days 118/.886 59/.710 63/.556 57/.559 8/.804 40/.676 16/1.048 16/.402
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 3/0/0 3/5/1 2/4/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 41/36/9
Usage ····X··· ·X···o·X oo·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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