ATL @ PIT, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 18-15, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Tom Glavine (42, LHP, 0-1, 4.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 22 26 12 11 12 11 3 4.50 2007 (13-8) 200.1 219 102 99 64 89 23 4.45 2006 (15-7) 198 202 94 84 62 131 22 3.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 27.1 40 25 24 15 15 6 7.90 38 2008-05-04 CIN ND 4.2 7 6 6 5 3 1 95 24 2008-04-29 @WSN ND 6 6 2 2 1 2 2 93 53 2008-04-13 @WSN L 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 13 35 2008-04-07 @COL ND 6.1 3 0 0 3 3 0 88 67 2008-03-31 PIT ND 5 7 2 1 2 3 0 97 48 2007-09-30 FLA L 0.1 5 7 7 2 0 0 36 11 2007-09-25 WSN L 5 9 6 6 1 4 3 97 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 30 38 11 8 8 20 2 2.40 52 2008-03-31 PIT ND 5 7 2 1 2 3 0 97 48 2007-07-25 PIT W 6 8 3 3 3 2 1 112 43 2006-07-04 PIT ND 5 11 5 3 1 3 0 109 31 2006-05-04 PIT W 7 3 0 0 1 10 0 107 80 2005-08-17 PIT W 7 9 1 1 1 2 1 108 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-4 Road: 4-11 ExtrInn: 0-3 vsRHP: 11-8 vsLHP: 7-7 1-Run: 1-9 vsEast: 8-10 vsCntrl: 4-2 vsWest: 6-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Thu, May 8 SDP W 5-4 18-15 3rd 1.5 gb 32 Wed, May 7 SDP W 5-2 17-15 3rd 1.5 gb 31 Tue, May 6 SDP W 5-3 16-15 3rd 1.5 gb 30 Sun, May 4 CIN W 14-7 15-15 4th 2.0 gb 29 Sat, May 3 CIN W 9-1 14-15 4th 2.0 gb 28 Fri, May 2 CIN W 2-0 13-15 4th 3.0 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @WSN L 2-3 (12) 12-15 4th 3.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @WSN L 3-6 12-14 4th 3.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 @NYM L 3-6 12-13 4th 3.0 gb 24 Sat, Apr 26 @NYM L 3-4 12-12 4th 2.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 15-19, 5th, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 2-2, 5.09) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 40.2 52 24 23 15 25 3 5.09 2007 (9-12) 208 209 94 87 68 177 22 3.76 2006 (14-11) 186 198 104 98 74 169 29 4.74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 40.2 52 24 23 15 25 3 5.09 44 2008-05-04 @WSN L 6 10 4 4 1 2 1 101 37 2008-04-29 @NYM ND 4.1 5 4 4 5 2 1 92 34 2008-04-23 STL ND 6 8 4 4 4 1 0 113 37 2008-04-18 @CHC L 6 9 3 3 1 5 0 93 46 2008-04-12 CIN W 6.1 9 3 3 2 2 0 93 43 2008-04-06 @FLA W 6 4 2 1 0 10 0 100 68 2008-03-31 @ATL ND 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 90 43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 1-2 30.2 36 21 18 9 30 8 5.28 47 2008-03-31 @ATL ND 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 90 43 2007-07-13 @ATL L 5 8 7 4 2 4 3 94 31 2007-05-13 ATL W 7 7 2 2 2 7 0 103 60 2006-08-23 @ATL ND 5.2 5 4 4 2 6 2 95 47 2006-08-01 ATL L 7 9 4 4 1 10 2 94 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-7 Road: 6-12 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 10-9 vsLHP: 5-10 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl: 4-7 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Thu, May 8 SFG W 5-4 15-19 5th 6.0 gb 33 Wed, May 7 SFG W 3-1 14-19 5th 7.0 gb 32 Tue, May 6 SFG W 12-6 13-19 5th 8.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @WSN L 2-5 12-19 5th 7.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @WSN L 8-9 12-18 5th 6.5 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @WSN W 11-4 12-17 5th 6.5 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @WSN L 2-3 11-17 6th 6.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @NYM W 13-1 11-16 5th 6.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @NYM L 4-5 (11) 10-16 6th 6.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 PHI W 5-1 10-15 6th 6.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Apr 03, 2008 PIT 4 @ATL 3 (10) W:Tyler Yates (1-0), L: Chris Resop (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1) Wed, Apr 02, 2008 ATL 10 PIT 2 W:Jair Jurrjens (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: none Mon, Mar 31, 2008 PIT 12 @ATL 11 (12) W:Franquelis Osoria (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-1), S: none Sun, Jul 15, 2007 ATL 5 PIT 1 W:Buddy Carlyle (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (5-12), S: none Sat, Jul 14, 2007 ATL 5 PIT 4 W:Bob Wickman (2-2), L: Shawn Chacon (4-2), S: none Fri, Jul 13, 2007 ATL 9 PIT 1 W:Tim Hudson (9-5), L: Ian Snell (7-6), S: none Sun, May 13, 2007 PIT 13 ATL 2 W:Ian Snell (3-2), L: Anthony Lerew (0-1), S: none Sat, May 12, 2007 ATL 9 @PIT 2 W:Chuck James (4-3), L: Tony Armas (0-3), S: none Fri, May 11, 2007 ATL 4 @PIT 1 W:Kyle Davies (1-1), L: Zach Duke (1-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (2) Wed, Aug 23, 2006 PIT 5 @ATL 4 W:Matt Capps (4-1), L: Chad Paronto (1-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (23) Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 2-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1070-994

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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Atlanta Braves Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 52.Osoria
G/S/vB 47.Van Benschoten
G/S/vB 30.Yates
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 60/49 .314/.417/.392/.809 .586/.857 .847 56/.812 1/0 0/

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 103/57 .290/.301/.370/.671 1.022/.378 .460 67/.719 4/0 2/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 137/86 .333/.418/.462/.879 .880/.877 .851 95/.858 2/0 3/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 16/.599 ··· 4/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 145/95 .263/.310/.436/.746 .827/.705 .704 106/.752 0/1 3/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 26/23 .250/.400/.300/.700 .333/.742 .955 19/.603 1/0 0/

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/ .333/.333/.333/.667 .667/ 3/.667 0/0 0/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/80 .264/.325/.436/.762 .660/.822 .637 100/.784 3/1 4/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/2.000 6/.900 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 140/85 .419/.471/.718/1.189 .916/1.363 1.138 98/1.324 0/0 10/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/4.000 3/.666 6/.333 2/3.000 ··· ··· 125/74 .307/.363/.465/.828 .468/1.080 .701 89/.832 2/1 3/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 131/84 .299/.366/.556/.922 .950/.907 .800 97/.890 0/0 6/

27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/6 .083/.154/.083/.237 .452/.000 .000 8/.125 0/0 0/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/15 .474/.524/.579/1.103 1.467/.967 .619 21/1.103 0/0 0/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 6/2.433 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 148/90 .254/.345/.415/.760 .553/.890 .833 109/.821 0/0 4/

IP 40.2 0.2 15.2 16.2 16.0 22.2 3.2 16.0 TOTAL .287/.354/.447/.800 .743/.835 .724 .817 14/3 35/22

ERA-K/9

5.09/5.5

27.00/0.0

2.87/5.7

1.08/8.1

5.06/11.2

6.35/3.2

4.91/9.7

3.38/4.5

5.15/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (23-7-0)
Miller (2-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 186/.313 4/.500 62/.241 70/.212 63/.207 108/.370 19/.286 70/.167 .288 Kotsay
Diaz
Francoeur
Blanco
Resop
Norton 0/30/0/2
26/0/0/1
0/0/33/1
11/7/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .841 1.750 .606 .484 .528 1.001 .802 .574 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.747 1/.000 30/.985 19/.377 22/.377 36/.959 14/.862 25/.493 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.954 3/2.333 32/.256 51/.525 41/.608 72/1.023 5/.650 45/.608 .818

Home 59/.821 4/1.750 41/.558 29/.468 26/.431 47/.994 / 33/.670 .748

Last 28d days 137/.914 4/1.750 41/.558 46/.628 46/.425 75/.998 19/.802 41/.745

HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 28/19/10

Usage ····X··· ··o····· Xoo···o· o···X·oX ·o··o·X· o····X·· ·····X·· oX···oX·

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Glavine*
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 57.Campillo
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 48.Resop
G/S/vB 34.Ring*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 4/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 127/91 .230/.288/.407/.695 1.150/.525 .550 84/.765 1/1 4/

38.Bay G/S/vP 21/1.166 1/no AB 7/1.262 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 147/102 .286/.415/.471/.886 .764/.933 1.062 109/.907 3/0 6/

10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/49 .189/.246/.226/.472 .444/.477 .454 52/.530 0/0 0/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 102/78 .333/.363/.552/.915 1.000/.887 .887 70/.942 0/0 5/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 10/.100 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/33 .276/.306/.328/.634 .644/.626 .786 43/.500 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/1.814 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· 4/.000 122/82 .209/.287/.327/.614 .556/.643 .615 87/.665 0/0 3/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 9/.819 2/2.500 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.333 ··· ··· 161/102 .324/.406/.640/1.047 .926/1.116 1.012 112/1.036 3/3 9/

Michaels G/S/vP 22/.634 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 67/39 .207/.258/.276/.533 .417/.616 .596 43/.712 1/1 0/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/46 .188/.278/.250/.528 .125/.597 .679 39/.416 0/0 0/

22.Nady G/S/vP 11/.819 2/2.500 3/1.167 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 ··· 146/101 .349/.411/.558/.969 1.034/.939 .833 101/.970 1/0 5/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/30 .217/.321/.261/.582 .554/.603 .691 39/.520 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 57/39 .200/.214/.236/.451 .458/.447 .440 29/.310 1/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 17/.912 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 139/98 .254/.283/.331/.613 .668/.589 .572 106/.636 0/0 1/

IP 22.0 16.0 29.1 20.2 16.0 8.0 14.1 10.1 5.1 TOTAL .255/.323/.397/.720 .753/.706 .727 .721 10/6 33/32

ERA-K/9

4.50/4.5

3.38/6.2

3.68/5.8

4.35/9.6

1.69/7.3

3.38/7.9

3.14/5.7

7.84/7.9

6.75/11.9

3.49/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (9-6-3)
Paulino (10-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 98/.310 70/.211 126/.219 79/.181 63/.155 35/.267 63/.273 50/.310 23/.211 .232 Nady
Michaels
Bay
Mientkiewicz
McLouth 0/0/33/4
15/0/6/3
33/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/32/2/0

OPS .884 .699 .702 .536 .446 .705 .755 .932 .673 .665

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.410 28/.606 44/.748 38/.411 28/.334 20/.921 27/.724 17/.567 17/.502 .634

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.713 42/.765 82/.670 41/.655 35/.532 15/.421 36/.776 33/1.116 6/1.250 .692

Road 53/.752 27/.686 46/.810 28/.761 27/.151 16/.598 25/.914 26/.906 10/.929 .690

Last 28d days 52/1.110 51/.560 85/.693 57/.440 63/.446 35/.705 48/.835 27/.750 15/.583

HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 2/0/0 3/4/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 20/25/8

Usage ····X··· ooo·o··· X·o··o·· ·oo·oo·· X···Xo·· X······· ooX·oo·· ·····X·· o·o·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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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Tom Glavine (42, LHP, 0-1, 4.50)

SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 2-2, 5.09)

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