ATL @ PIT, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 18-16, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Chuck James (26, LHP, 2-1, 7.62) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 13 14 11 11 7 10 3 7.62 2007 (11-10) 161.1 164 77 76 58 116 32 4.24 2006 (11-4) 119 101 54 50 47 91 20 3.78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 33 33 20 20 10 28 8 5.45 48 2008-04-24 FLA W 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 83 39 2008-04-19 LAD W 5 4 1 1 1 2 1 69 56 2008-04-09 @COL L 3 5 6 6 1 5 1 69 29 2007-09-25 @PHI ND 3.2 3 4 4 1 6 3 67 44 2007-09-19 FLA W 7 2 0 0 1 6 0 100 78 2007-09-14 @WSN ND 3 6 3 3 0 2 1 69 37 2007-09-08 WSN W 6.1 8 2 2 1 4 1 100 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 13 3 0 0 6 7 0 0.00 72 2007-07-14 PIT ND 6 2 0 0 3 4 0 95 69 2007-05-12 @PIT W 7 1 0 0 3 3 0 99 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-4 Road: 4-12 ExtrInn: 0-3 vsRHP: 11-9 vsLHP: 7-7 1-Run: 1-10 vsEast: 8-10 vsCntrl: 4-3 vsWest: 6-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Fri, May 9 @PIT L 2-3 18-16 3rd 2.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 16-19, 5th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 2-3, 6.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 27.1 25 21 21 27 17 2 6.91 2007 (14-10) 201.2 214 90 87 68 135 18 3.88 2006 (2-5) 61.2 50 29 26 31 40 3 3.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 33.1 36 27 27 30 18 3 7.29 39 2008-04-30 @NYM W 5 1 0 0 5 4 0 84 64 2008-04-24 STL L 5 2 3 3 7 4 0 94 48 2008-04-19 @CHC L 2.2 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 17 2008-04-13 CIN W 6.1 4 1 1 4 1 0 102 58 2008-04-07 CHC ND 2.1 6 7 7 4 2 0 70 15 2008-04-02 @ATL L 6 6 3 3 3 3 1 95 48 2007-09-29 STL L 6 11 6 6 3 1 1 90 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 12 12 7 7 4 10 2 5.25 49 2008-04-02 @ATL L 6 6 3 3 3 3 1 95 48 2007-07-14 @ATL ND 6 6 4 4 1 7 1 109 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-7 Road: 6-12 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 10-9 vsLHP: 6-10 1-Run: 7-6 vsEast: 8-10 vsCntrl: 4-7 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Fri, May 9 ATL W 3-2 16-19 5th 5.0 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 PIT 3 ATL 2 W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-2), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 3-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1071-994

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

CHC 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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Atlanta Braves Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Gorzelanny*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 64/53 .309/.406/.382/.788 .586/.828 .792 60/.789 1/0 0/

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 103/57 .290/.301/.370/.671 1.022/.378 .460 63/.733 4/0 2/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 142/89 .320/.403/.443/.846 .845/.844 .776 96/.767 2/0 3/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· 4/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 149/99 .263/.309/.431/.739 .827/.696 .691 106/.752 0/1 3/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/84 .257/.328/.425/.753 .644/.816 .628 101/.784 4/1 4/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 6/.900 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 144/88 .413/.472/.706/1.179 .898/1.357 1.117 98/1.342 0/0 10/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 3/.666 6/.333 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 129/78 .297/.352/.449/.801 .468/1.021 .652 89/.808 2/1 3/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 135/87 .317/.385/.575/.960 .972/.954 .883 97/.966 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 22/16 .474/.545/.579/1.124 1.467/1.000 .708 22/1.124 0/0 0/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 7/2.357 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 152/93 .256/.349/.414/.762 .580/.876 .834 109/.821 0/0 4/

IP 27.1 0.2 15.2 17.2 16.2 22.2 3.2 16.1 TOTAL .285/.353/.441/.794 .742/.825 .715 .814 15/3 35/22

ERA-K/9

6.91/5.6

27.00/0.0

2.87/5.7

1.02/8.1

5.40/10.8

6.35/3.2

4.91/9.7

3.31/4.4

5.06/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 130/.248 4/.500 62/.241 72/.206 67/.226 108/.370 19/.286 74/.193 .285 Kotsay
Francoeur
Diaz
Blanco
Resop
Norton 0/31/0/2
0/0/34/2
26/0/0/1
12/7/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .779 1.750 .606 .471 .558 1.001 .802 .619 .790

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.852 1/.000 30/.985 20/.358 23/.451 36/.959 14/.862 28/.565 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.761 3/2.333 32/.256 52/.514 44/.613 72/1.023 5/.650 46/.642 .813

Home 66/.715 4/1.750 41/.558 31/.437 30/.508 47/.994 / 37/.748 .739

Last 28d days 89/.669 4/1.750 38/.604 42/.610 45/.499 75/.998 19/.802 45/.805

HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 28/20/10

Usage ········ ···o···· ·Xoo···o oo···X·o X·o··o·X ·o····X· ······X· ooX···oX

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 3/.667 2/.000 5/1.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 131/92 .235/.297/.409/.706 1.131/.542 .583 85/.808 1/1 4/

38.Bay G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB 7/1.262 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 151/103 .279/.411/.459/.870 .739/.923 1.021 109/.839 3/0 6/

10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/50 .196/.262/.232/.494 .606/.467 .486 56/.551 0/0 0/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 106/79 .340/.368/.560/.928 .963/.915 .917 71/.972 0/0 5/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 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 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.834 ··· 4/.000 126/82 .204/.286/.319/.604 .532/.643 .596 88/.673 0/0 3/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.333 ··· 1/.000 165/102 .315/.396/.622/1.019 .862/1.116 .957 112/.986 3/3 9/

Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 68/39 .203/.254/.271/.525 .401/.616 .581 40/.716 1/1 0/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/47 .204/.291/.265/.556 .125/.629 .725 39/.390 0/0 0/

22.Nady G/S/vP 8/.804 2/2.500 3/1.167 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 ··· 150/102 .346/.407/.556/.963 1.035/.929 .829 104/.971 1/0 5/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/30 .217/.321/.261/.582 .554/.603 .691 39/.520 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 57/39 .200/.214/.236/.451 .458/.447 .440 26/.346 1/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 144/99 .261/.289/.343/.632 .691/.604 .611 107/.671 0/0 1/

IP 13.0 16.0 29.2 21.1 16.0 8.0 14.2 10.1 5.2 TOTAL .256/.325/.397/.722 .747/.710 .730 .726 10/6 33/32

ERA-K/9

7.62/6.9

3.38/6.2

3.94/5.8

4.22/9.3

1.69/7.3

3.38/7.9

3.07/5.5

7.84/7.9

6.35/11.1

3.48/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 61/.286 70/.211 130/.239 82/.187 63/.155 35/.267 64/.268 50/.310 24/.200 .234 Nady
Michaels
Bay
Mientkiewicz
McLouth 0/0/34/4
15/0/6/3
34/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/33/2/0

OPS .958 .699 .729 .555 .446 .705 .742 .932 .642 .669

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/.452 28/.606 45/.777 39/.481 28/.334 20/.921 28/.696 17/.567 18/.472 .634

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/1.120 42/.765 85/.697 43/.623 35/.532 15/.421 36/.776 33/1.116 6/1.250 .698

Road 18/1.214 27/.686 50/.872 31/.787 27/.151 16/.598 26/.873 26/.906 11/.830 .696

Last 28d days 43/.852 51/.560 89/.733 60/.470 63/.446 35/.705 49/.816 27/.750 16/.543

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 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 ·ooo·o·· XX·o··o· o·oo·oo· ·X···Xo· ·X······ oooX·oo· ······X· oo·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, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Chuck James (26, LHP, 2-1, 7.62)

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 2-3, 6.91)

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