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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @PNC Park

Atlanta Braves, 18-17, 4th, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 4-2, 2.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             44.1  34  14  14  14  36  1    2.84      
 2007 (3-1)             30.2  24  16  16  11  13  4    4.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44.1  34  14  14  14  36  1    2.84   59 
 2008-05-06    SDP   W   6     7   1   1   1   8  0     103   61 
 2008-04-30   @WSN  ND   7     2   1   1   0   3  0      84   72 
 2008-04-25   @NYM   W   6     2   3   3   4   4  0     107   56 
 2008-04-20    LAD   W   7     3   1   1   3   8  1     114   72 
 2008-04-15   @FLA   L   6     4   2   2   3   5  0     101   58 
 2008-04-08   @COL   L   7     9   4   4   2   3  0      94   44 
 2008-04-02    PIT   W   5.1   7   2   2   1   5  0      88   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-0   5.1   7   2   2   1   5  0    3.38   50 
 2008-04-02    PIT   W   5.1   7   2   2   1   5  0      88   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-4    Road:    4-13   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  11-9    vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   1-10
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sat, May 10  @PIT  L   2-5       18-17  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Pittsburgh Pirates, 17-19, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 1-2, 4.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             43    56  24  22  13  13  1    4.60      
 2007 (3-8)            107.1 161  74  66  25  41 14    5.53      
 2006 (10-15)          215.1 255 116 107  68 117 17    4.47      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  43    56  24  22  13  13  1    4.60   43 
 2008-05-06    SFG   W   7.1   8   3   3   3   3  0     104   50 
 2008-05-01   @WSN  ND   7     5   2   2   2   1  0      85   58 
 2008-04-25    PHI   L   6     9   6   6   2   2  1     107   30 
 2008-04-20   @CHC   L   4     8   5   5   2   0  0      69   24 
 2008-04-14   @LAD  ND   6     8   4   3   2   0  0      94   40 
 2008-04-09    CHC  ND   7     8   1   1   1   6  0     116   62 
 2008-04-03   @ATL  ND   5.2  10   3   2   1   1  0     116   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-2  26.2  33  11  10   4   8  2    3.38   49 
 2008-04-03   @ATL  ND   5.2  10   3   2   1   1  0     116   39 
 2007-05-11    ATL   L   5.2   9   4   4   1   4  2     103   38 
 2006-08-21   @ATL   L   7     7   3   3   1   1  0      83   51 
 2005-08-01   @ATL   W   8.1   7   1   1   1   2  0     107   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-7    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  10-9    vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 10   ATL  W   5-2       17-19  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 10, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  2        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-3), L: Chuck James (2-2), S: Matt Capps (9)
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
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 4-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1072-994

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  5.69

LAA  4.55

SDP  3.30

RA/G

OAK  3.66

LAA  4.47

DET  5.50

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

E. Jackson  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.16

E. Jackson  6.17

J. Garland  2.07

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 64/53 .309/.406/.382/.788 .586/.828 .792 59/.779 1/0 0/
23.Diaz G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 106/57 .282/.292/.359/.652 .959/.378 .434 61/.674 4/0 2/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 146/90 .317/.399/.437/.835 .834/.834 .758 95/.776 2/0 3/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 12/1.583 ··· 5/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 153/100 .257/.307/.421/.729 .805/.689 .671 105/.649 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 18/.643 1/0 0/
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 7/ .571/.571/.714/1.286 1.286/ 1.750 7/1.286 0/0 0/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/84 .257/.328/.425/.753 .644/.816 .628 96/.771 4/1 4/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 13/.923 ··· 2/1.000 6/.900 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 148/89 .400/.459/.685/1.144 .849/1.341 1.044 99/1.265 0/0 10/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/4.000 3/.666 6/.333 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 132/78 .298/.351/.446/.797 .479/1.021 .652 88/.825 2/1 3/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 138/87 .309/.377/.561/.938 .913/.954 .843 96/.865 0/0 6/
27.Miller G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/6 .083/.154/.083/.237 .452/.000 .000 7/.143 0/0 0/
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 23/16 .450/.522/.550/1.072 1.238/1.000 .619 23/1.072 0/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 7/2.357 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 156/94 .265/.359/.441/.800 .697/.866 .913 108/.882 0/0 5/
IP 43.0 0.2 16.2 17.2 16.2 23.1 3.2 16.1 TOTAL .283/.352/.439/.791 .742/.821 .712 .797 15/3 36/22
ERA-K/9 4.60/2.7 27.00/0.0 2.70/5.4 1.02/8.1 5.40/10.8 6.17/3.1 4.91/9.7 3.31/4.4 4.98/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (25-7-0)
 Miller (2-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.315 4/.500 65/.230 72/.206 67/.226 109/.366 19/.286 74/.193 .284  Kotsay
 Francoeur
 Diaz
 Blanco
 Resop
 Norton
0/32/0/2
0/0/35/2
27/0/0/1
12/7/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .792 1.750 .577 .471 .558 .992 .802 .619 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.607 1/.000 32/.920 20/.358 23/.451 36/.959 14/.862 28/.565 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.820 3/2.333 33/.248 52/.514 44/.613 73/1.008 5/.650 46/.642 .814
Home 90/.796 4/1.750 44/.518 31/.437 30/.508 48/.972 / 37/.748 .735
Last 28d days 140/.810 4/1.750 38/.549 37/.583 42/.438 76/.984 19/.802 44/.826
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 29/20/10
Usage ····X··· ····o··· o·Xoo··· ·oo···X· ·X·o··o· o·o····X ·······X ·ooX···o
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
57.Campillo
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
48.Resop
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 135/93 .227/.288/.395/.683 1.037/.536 .538 89/.769 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 7/1.262 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 155/104 .286/.413/.492/.905 .885/.913 1.080 109/.909 4/0 7/
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/50 .190/.266/.224/.490 .564/.467 .480 55/.536 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 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 42/.512 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 6/.834 ··· 4/.000 130/83 .200/.292/.313/.605 .552/.635 .598 88/.705 1/0 3/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.500 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 4/.333 ··· 1/.000 165/102 .315/.396/.622/1.019 .862/1.116 .957 107/.996 3/3 9/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 72/40 .238/.282/.302/.583 .496/.653 .668 42/.783 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 35/.348 0/0 0/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 3/1.167 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 ··· 154/103 .336/.396/.540/.936 .964/.920 .781 104/.931 1/0 5/
26.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 57/31 .224/.316/.286/.602 .626/.582 .718 39/.524 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 3/1.334 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 148/100 .254/.281/.333/.614 .646/.598 .578 107/.652 0/0 1/
IP 44.1 16.0 29.2 21.1 18.0 14.2 10.1 5.2 TOTAL .255/.324/.397/.721 .749/.707 .727 .730 12/6 34/32
ERA-K/9 2.84/7.3 3.38/6.2 3.94/5.8 4.22/9.3 1.50/7.5 3.07/5.5 7.84/7.9 6.35/11.1 3.54/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.206 70/.211 130/.239 82/.187 70/.154 64/.268 50/.310 24/.200 .233  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
 McLouth
0/0/35/4
15/1/6/3
35/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/33/2/0
OPS .569 .699 .729 .555 .430 .742 .932 .642 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.590 28/.606 45/.777 39/.481 29/.322 28/.696 17/.567 18/.472 .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.547 42/.765 85/.697 43/.623 41/.502 36/.776 33/1.116 6/1.250 .698
Road 103/.540 27/.686 50/.872 31/.787 34/.179 26/.873 26/.906 11/.830 .695
Last 28d days 128/.484 48/.551 86/.738 56/.482 70/.430 45/.781 27/.750 16/.543
HR/SB/CS 1/7/1 2/0/0 3/4/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 21/27/8
Usage ····X··· ··ooo·o· ·XX·o··o ·o·oo·oo X·X···Xo ·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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