ATL @ SDP, Saturday, July 12, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 43-50, 4th, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 1-2, 6.84) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 25 33 21 19 9 14 3 6.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 25 33 21 19 9 14 3 6.84 40 2008-07-06 HOU ND 6 8 6 6 2 2 1 100 32 2008-07-01 PHI L 2 8 5 5 1 1 2 57 20 2008-06-24 MIL L 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 100 49 2008-06-19 @TEX ND 5 5 3 3 4 3 0 91 44 2008-06-14 @LAA W 6 5 3 3 1 4 0 104 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SDP Has never faced SDP.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-18 Road: 13-32 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 30-32 vsLHP: 13-18 1-Run: 5-22 vsEast: 16-19 vsCntrl: 9-16 vsWest: 10-8 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 93 Fri, Jul 11 @SDP L 0-4 43-50 4th 7.5 gb 92 Wed, Jul 9 @LAD L 1-2 43-49 4th 6.0 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 @LAD W 9-3 43-48 4th 5.0 gb 90 Mon, Jul 7 @LAD L 0-3 42-48 4th 6.0 gb 89 Sun, Jul 6 HOU W 7-6 (17) 42-47 4th 6.0 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 HOU L 1-6 41-47 4th 7.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 HOU W 6-2 41-46 4th 7.0 gb 86 Thu, Jul 3 PHI L 1-4 40-46 4th 7.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 PHI L 3-7 40-45 4th 6.0 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 PHI L 3-8 40-44 4th 5.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
San Diego Padres, 37-56, 5th, 9 GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Greg Maddux (42, RHP, 3-7, 3.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-7) 113 118 60 49 22 56 11 3.90 2007 (14-11) 198 221 92 91 25 104 14 4.14 2006 (15-14) 210 219 109 98 37 117 20 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 42.1 41 25 20 10 18 5 4.25 48 2008-07-07 FLA L 6 4 2 1 1 3 1 64 60 2008-06-30 @COL ND 4.2 8 8 8 3 1 1 80 14 2008-06-25 MIN L 5.2 7 7 6 2 3 1 88 30 2008-06-20 DET ND 7 5 1 1 1 4 1 85 66 2008-06-15 @CLE L 6 8 5 2 0 2 1 104 44 2008-06-10 LAD ND 6 6 1 1 3 1 0 70 54 2008-06-04 CHC ND 7 3 1 1 0 4 0 69 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 30.1 31 19 19 6 22 4 5.64 48 2007-07-08 ATL L 5 6 5 5 2 2 2 83 35 2007-05-09 @ATL ND 5.1 3 1 1 2 4 0 72 60 2005-07-05 @ATL L 6 8 5 5 1 6 0 85 41 2004-10-03 ATL W 6 7 6 6 1 4 2 94 37 1992-07-10 ATL L 8 7 2 2 0 6 0 91 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-28 Road: 14-28 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 25-34 vsLHP: 12-22 1-Run: 11-16 vsEast: 10-10 vsCntrl: 8-12 vsWest: 16-19 IL: 3-15 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 93 Fri, Jul 11 ATL W 4-0 37-56 5th 9.0 gb 92 Wed, Jul 9 FLA L 2-5 36-56 5th 9.5 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 FLA W 10-1 36-55 5th 9.5 gb 90 Mon, Jul 7 FLA L 1-3 35-55 5th 9.5 gb 89 Sun, Jul 6 @ARI L 2-3 35-54 5th 9.0 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 @ARI W 4-2 35-53 5th 8.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @ARI W 5-1 34-53 5th 9.0 gb 86 Wed, Jul 2 @COL L 1-8 33-53 5th 9.5 gb 85 Tue, Jul 1 @COL L 0-4 33-52 5th 9.5 gb 84 Mon, Jun 30 @COL W 15-8 33-51 4th 9.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 11, 2008 SDP 4 ATL 0 W:Jake Peavy (7-5), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-8), S: Trevor Hoffman (17) Thu, May 08, 2008 ATL 5 SDP 4 W:Manny Acosta (1-1), L: Joe Thatcher (0-4), S: none Wed, May 07, 2008 ATL 5 SDP 2 W:Tim Hudson (5-2), L: Randy Wolf (2-2), S: none Tue, May 06, 2008 ATL 5 SDP 3 W:Jair Jurrjens (4-2), L: Chris Young (2-3), S: Jeff Bennett (1) Sun, Jul 08, 2007 ATL 5 @SDP 4 W:Kyle Davies (4-7), L: Greg Maddux (7-6), S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 SDP 8 ATL 5 W:Heath Bell (3-2), L: Tyler Yates (2-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (25) Fri, Jul 06, 2007 ATL 7 @SDP 4 W:Buddy Carlyle (3-2), L: Justin Germano (5-3), S: none Thu, May 10, 2007 ATL 5 SDP 3 W:Tim Hudson (4-1), L: David Wells (1-2), S: Rafael Soriano (5) Wed, May 09, 2007 ATL 3 SDP 2 W:John Smoltz (5-1), L: Cla Meredith (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (4) Tue, May 08, 2007 ATL 3 SDP 2 W:Mike Gonzalez (2-0), L: Heath Bell (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (3) Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 3-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-2; 2006 - ATL won 7-2; All-Time - ATL leads 316-241

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

TEX 5.52

CLE 4.49

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.62

NYM 4.53

TEX 5.73

C. Jones .373

N. McLouth .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .470

D. Eckstein .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .656

B. Hawpe .467

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.100

M. Cameron .815

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Beckett 3.94

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

G. Floyd 6.04

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. San Diego Padres Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Maddux
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 21.Bell
G/S/vB 40.Corey
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 43.Meredith
G/S/vB 50.Thatcher*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 296/221 .262/.363/.321/.684 .658/.693 .730 110/.668 9/2 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 372/257 .286/.355/.383/.738 .677/.765 .688 77/.622 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 374/253 .231/.283/.376/.659 .606/.684 .661 83/.360 0/1 9/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/58 .219/.313/.329/.642 .390/.759 .557 36/.740 1/1 2/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 354/254 .273/.348/.435/.783 .746/.798 .714 95/.706 7/2 8/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 6/.750 ··· 22/.686 3/1.000 2/1.000 349/225 .373/.470/.613/1.083 1.067/1.092 .903 79/.798 2/0 18/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 42/.877 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 217/145 .281/.333/.402/.735 .542/.834 .732 33/.480 2/2 4/

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/23 .133/.133/.200/.333 .714/.217 .217 22/.455 0/0 0/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 349/234 .296/.364/.548/.912 .902/.917 .839 94/.803 1/0 17/

27.Miller G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/26 .093/.170/.163/.333 .296/.362 .651 10/.200 0/0 1/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 141/98 .234/.326/.363/.689 .704/.683 .608 46/.685 0/0 2/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/33 .269/.361/.404/.765 .871/.678 .500 14/.516 1/0 0/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 398/259 .269/.374/.482/.857 .783/.895 .817 107/.957 0/0 17/

IP 113.0 29.2 50.1 35.2 28.1 44.1 22.1 TOTAL .263/.338/.409/.748 .721/.761 .700 .670 31/14 89/57

ERA-K/9

3.90/4.5

2.43/11.2

2.15/7.5

5.30/4.5

5.08/10.5

3.86/5.5

6.85/6.1

4.13/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (58-18-3)
Miller (4-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 474/.268 117/.213 198/.209 150/.268 118/.252 186/.274 108/.363 .258 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton 0/0/87/6
32/49/1/4
0/55/0/3
21/0/2/0

OPS .726 .608 .560 .683 .768 .723 .919 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.669 55/.707 103/.461 68/.589 58/1.059 66/.929 25/1.172 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.763 62/.520 95/.662 82/.760 60/.505 120/.612 83/.852 .701

Home 243/.624 77/.661 99/.493 83/.665 82/.700 103/.699 58/.864 .671

Last 28d days 130/.820 59/.501 47/.683 57/.588 18/1.222 51/.746 9/.500

HR/SB/CS 11/16/2 3/4/0 2/8/1 3/2/1 7/1/0 4/7/0 1/0/0 88/114/20

Usage ····X··· o·X··o·o X·o···oX ··o·X··X o·····X· ···XXo·· ··XX····

San Diego Padres Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 34.Ring*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Ambres G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/3 .222/.364/.222/.586 .661/.333 .586 11/.586 0/0 0/

1.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/67 .147/.229/.213/.442 .388/.455 .472 25/.203 0/0 0/

7.Clark# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.158 106/74 .241/.377/.310/.688 .737/.663 .616 35/.584 0/0 1/

33.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 214/173 .278/.346/.392/.738 .743/.735 .670 83/.748 5/3 4/

24.Giles* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.100 7/.762 10/.650 4/.500 ··· 24/.785 373/237 .301/.394/.433/.827 .850/.813 .783 68/.699 1/2 5/

23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 2/1.500 ··· 406/251 .281/.350/.512/.862 .660/.989 .782 102/.668 0/0 22/

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 171/93 .304/.351/.424/.775 .792/.760 .836 101/.742 0/1 3/

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/.500 367/268 .220/.267/.336/.603 .519/.634 .665 89/.627 5/1 8/

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 270/167 .263/.311/.518/.829 .951/.746 .967 53/1.328 2/1 14/

16.Headley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 88/54 .276/.284/.506/.790 .882/.731 .827 88/.790 0/0 5/

4.Hundley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/7 .250/.286/.333/.619 .310/.929 .679 14/.619 0/0 0/

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 373/261 .269/.316/.431/.747 .900/.682 .712 74/.852 0/0 11/

9.Myrow* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/2.000/2.500 /2.500 2.500 2/2.500 0/0 1/

15.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .111/.182/.111/.293 .452/.000 .486 11/.293 0/0 0/

IP 25.0 49.2 29.0 8.2 1.0 38.1 18.1 20.1 TOTAL .248/.315/.383/.699 .708/.695 .699 .712 24/10 84/48

ERA-K/9

6.84/5.0

4.17/7.4

1.55/9.6

2.08/13.4

0.00/9.0

2.82/8.0

3.44/6.4

7.52/7.1

3.73/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Carlin (24-6-2)
Hundley (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 119/.314 212/.245 115/.178 31/.129 3/.000 160/.207 77/.250 110/.367 .247 Hairston
Headley
Gonzalez
Gerut
Giles
Ambres 46/35/0/4
17/0/0/1
2/0/2/1
0/51/4/1
0/2/81/1
0/0/3/0

OPS .844 .689 .500 .355 .000 .579 .753 .874 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.879 90/.712 42/.685 8/.625 1/.000 76/.414 47/.694 50/1.210 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.813 122/.671 73/.392 23/.261 2/.000 84/.735 30/.849 60/.590 .717

Road 49/.684 89/.789 46/.508 8/.000 3/.000 62/.584 32/.683 59/.841 .715

Last 28d days 119/.844 51/.725 57/.404 31/.355 3/.000 45/.535 22/.654 16/1.233

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 3/7/2 0/4/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 0/3/0 79/62/22

Usage ·····X·· ··oX·X·o X····XX· ···o·X·o ····o··· X··o·o·· ·····o·· ···X····

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 @ SDP, 10:15pm, Saturday, July 12, 2008 @Petco Park

SP: Charlie Morton (24, RHP, 1-2, 6.84)

SP: Greg Maddux (42, RHP, 3-7, 3.90)

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