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Game Preview: NYY @ ATL, 7:00pm, Thursday, June 25, 2009 @Turner Field

Yankees, 39-32, 2nd, 5 GB

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 7-3, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-3)			86.2	96	44	41	33	57	11	4.26
2008 (14-14)			204.0	233	112	103	55	158	19	4.54
2007 (15-9)			215.1	238	106	97	69	141	16	4.05

Last 7 GS		4-2	41.2	49	22	21	17	32	6	4.54	47
2009-06-19	@FLA	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	7	1	108	74
2009-06-13	NYM	L	5.0	11	5	5	1	3	1	104	27
2009-06-08	TBR	W	6.0	5	3	2	3	7	1	104	56
2009-06-03	TEX	L	5.0	7	4	4	6	6	0	104	37
2009-05-29	@CLE	W	5.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	82	48
2009-05-23	PHI	ND	7.0	5	4	4	2	5	2	114	54
2009-05-18	MIN	W	6.2	12	4	4	1	3	1	105	36

Last 5 v.ATL		3-1	31.1	24	7	7	9	24	2	2.01	61
2006-09-30	@ATL	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	79	71
2006-06-08	ATL	W	6.0	8	2	2	3	8	1	109	53
2005-05-07	@ATL	L	7.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	82	51
2004-05-09	@ATL	W	6.0	2	1	1	4	5	0	101	65
2001-06-08	ATL	W	5.1	3	0	0	1	4	0	75	65

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-14   Road:   18-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-25   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @ATL  W   8-4       39-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @ATL  L   0-4       38-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @FLA  L   5-6       38-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @FLA  L   1-2       38-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @FLA  W   5-1       38-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18   WSN  L   0-3       37-29  2nd  3.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17   WSN  L   2-3       37-28  2nd  3.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16   WSN  W   5-3       37-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 14   NYM  W  15-0       36-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 13   NYM  L   2-6       35-27  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Braves, 34-37, 4th, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 7-5, 4.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-5)			92.1	89	44	42	29	51	3	4.09
2008 (14-11)			211.0	194	84	76	45	147	14	3.24
2007 (12-14)			199.1	194	100	86	59	147	20	3.88

Last 7 GS		2-4	45.0	45	24	22	10	17	1	4.40	49
2009-06-20	@BOS	L	6.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	110	48
2009-06-14	@BAL	L	2.1	8	7	7	3	0	1	80	10
2009-06-09	PIT	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	102	54
2009-06-03	CHC	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	61
2009-05-28	@ARI	L	7.0	10	5	3	0	2	0	100	43
2009-05-23	TOR	W	7.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	97	60
2009-05-18	COL	L	8.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	110	70

Last 5 v.NYY		2-3	21.1	34	29	22	13	11	3	9.28	30
2004-09-18	@NYY	L	1.0	4	7	6	3	1	0	48	17
2004-07-25	NYY	W	6.2	7	4	2	3	5	0	119	50
2004-06-29	@NYY	L	5.0	9	9	5	1	1	2	94	21
2004-04-23	@NYY	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	100	52
2004-04-18	NYY	L	2.2	8	7	7	4	2	0	75	12

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-18   Road:   17-19   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  20-27   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Wed, Jun 24   NYY  L   4-8       34-37  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   NYY  W   4-0       34-36  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22   CHC  W   2-0       33-36  4th  4.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @BOS  L   5-6       32-36  4th  4.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20  @BOS  L   0-3       32-35  4th  4.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19  @BOS  W   8-2       32-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18  @CIN  W   7-0       31-34  4th  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @CIN  L   3-4       30-34  4th  6.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @CIN  L   2-7       30-33  4th  6.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @BAL  L   2-11      30-32  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 NYY  8 @ATL  4        W:Joba Chamberlain (4-2), L: Kris Medlen (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (16)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 ATL  4  NYY  0        W:Tommy Hanson (3-0), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-6), S: none

Wed, Jun 28, 2006 NYY  4  ATL  3 (12)   W:Ron Villone (1-1), L: Jorge Sosa (2-10), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 ATL  5 @NYY  2        W:Horacio Ramirez (3-2), L: Jaret Wright (4-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 26, 2006 NYY  5  ATL  2        W:Randy Johnson (9-6), L: Tim Hudson (6-7), S: Mariano Rivera (17)
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 ATL  4 @NYY  1        W:Greg Maddux (6-5), L: Mike Mussina (5-7), S: John Rocker (18)
Sat, Jun 09, 2001 ATL 10 @NYY  6        W:Jose Cabrera (4-1), L: Randy Choate (2-1), S: John Rocker (17)
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 NYY  7  ATL  4        W:Andy Pettitte (7-4), L: Tom Glavine (6-4), S: Mariano Rivera (18)
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 NYY  7 @ATL  6        W:Andy Pettitte (5-2), L: Terry Mulholland (5-5), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Sat, Jun 03, 2000 ATL 11  NYY  7        W:Mike Remlinger (1-1), L: Jason Grimsley (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 11-10

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 2009 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

TBR 5.60

FLA 4.56

SEA 3.82

RA/G

SFG 3.80

TBR 4.60

WSN 5.67

J. Mauer .394

B. Butler .283

B. Crosby .190

OBP

J. Mauer .467

F. Sanchez .357

D. Navarro .240

SLG

A. Pujols .707

C. Guzman .463

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.167

C. Guzman .819

W. Taveras .543

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

J. Peavy 3.97

A. Sonnanstine 6.60

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.84

C. Pavano 6.54

S. Martis 3.35

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Yankees Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 223/158 .286/.345/.447/.793 .821/.782 .730 77/.681 4/2 7/2

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 307/218 .301/.336/.488/.823 .909/.789 .810 102/.693 4/2 12/3

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/47 .290/.313/.371/.683 .850/.606 .777 24/.759 0/1 1/1

18.Damon* G/S/vP 11/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 4/.250 295/208 .286/.361/.523/.883 .756/.941 .786 93/.791 6/0 14/4

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 164/128 .279/.358/.393/.751 .698/.765 .717 49/.738 16/2 2/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 58/.659 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 313/241 .299/.369/.445/.813 1.186/.703 .738 97/.765 16/1 9/3

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 24/1.315 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 231/165 .251/.351/.472/.823 .904/.789 .958 71/.807 0/0 10/

19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/68 .247/.293/.299/.591 .205/.678 .680 13/.558 3/1 0/3

20.Posada# G/S/vP 46/.879 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 170/120 .272/.359/.510/.869 .931/.843 .751 78/.736 1/0 9/4

12.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/36 .180/.226/.320/.546 .412/.614 .476 / 1/0 0/2

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 33/.818 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.700 3/.333 179/138 .210/.369/.441/.809 .953/.768 .727 96/.606 2/0 9/4

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 11/.293 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 2/2.500 275/194 .240/.374/.502/.876 .855/.878 1.014 90/.941 0/0 13/4

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 9/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 306/224 .286/.389/.595/.983 1.056/.933 .874 102/.993 1/0 20/0

IP 92.1 12.2 34.0 34.0 23.0 78.1 24.0 28.1 26.1 33.2 TOTAL .271/.351/.467/.819 .884/.795 .797 .766 54/9 107/47

ERA-K/9

4.09/5.0

2.84/5.0

3.18/6.1

2.12/11.6

3.13/6.3

4.25/6.9

6.38/8.6

4.45/7.6

4.10/5.1

1.34/12.3

3.93/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 391/.255 54/.234 163/.316 146/.218 107/.250 338/.253 108/.239 125/.243 108/.253 135/.172 .252

OPS .678 .695 .836 .661 .769 .774 .722 .656 .608 .490 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.562 24/.725 69/.902 52/.768 54/.748 158/.664 53/.663 50/.791 52/.615 60/.576 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.787 30/.670 94/.789 94/.586 53/.783 180/.875 55/.774 75/.570 56/.599 75/.425 .714

Home 184/.628 28/.915 79/.828 66/.706 53/.816 187/.657 41/.744 75/.676 59/.702 76/.428

Last 28d days 100/.779 42/.862 63/.948 64/.552 107/.769 109/.654 68/.747 50/.676 42/.786 60/.460

HR/SB/CS 3/6/2 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/3/2 3/8/2 8/4/4 2/0/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 47/44/26

Usage ····X··· X······· X··oX··· ·ooo·oX· ·X····X· X····X·· X······· ·ooo·oX· X··oo··· ·XX··oo·

Braves Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 38.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Coke*
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 28.Tomko
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 81/.957 5/.600 3/.000 1/.000 19/.378 2/.000 10/.300 188/142 .277/.309/.387/.696 .801/.661 .633 84/.790 1/0 3/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .059/.158/.059/.217 .000/.259 .071 20/.217 1/0 0/1

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 140/74 .272/.343/.424/.767 .812/.727 .740 47/.632 3/0 3/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 279/194 .290/.347/.429/.775 .583/.854 .720 108/.727 3/1 7/9

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.917 279/196 .250/.284/.350/.634 .733/.593 .754 86/.677 4/1 5/0

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/26 .114/.162/.143/.305 .273/.317 .347 13/.077 0/0 0/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.467 256/181 .219/.290/.368/.658 .938/.542 .738 96/.495 2/2 5/5

10.Jones# G/S/vP 23/.961 3/.667 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 24/1.175 255/183 .300/.416/.490/.906 1.056/.841 .923 99/.916 1/1 8/11

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 3/.666 ··· 6/1.200 ··· 6/.167 226/161 .266/.327/.374/.702 .528/.774 .679 47/.496 0/0 2/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 4/2.333 206/142 .326/.413/.528/.941 .702/1.041 .901 88/.953 2/1 7/4

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 282/191 .259/.340/.466/.806 .870/.775 .853 104/.792 10/1 12/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/76 .289/.353/.455/.808 .984/.678 .745 61/.870 0/1 3/2

8.Ross G/S/vP 15/1.050 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/1.086 93/62 .295/.402/.551/.953 .688/1.093 .623 22/1.289 0/0 5/0

IP 86.2 11.0 75.2 30.1 29.0 15.2 14.1 TOTAL .257/.328/.387/.715 .735/.706 .694 .701 23/10 54/49

ERA-K/9

4.26/5.9

3.27/12.3

3.81/8.2

3.56/6.5

3.10/11.5

2.30/13.8

6.28/5.7

4.62/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 379/.281 41/.108 330/.251 119/.194 117/.237 65/.164 62/.273 .255

OPS .775 .330 .748 .669 .660 .583 .890 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.723 24/.258 197/.718 62/.706 63/.582 25/.427 26/.530 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.798 17/.435 133/.787 57/.623 54/.749 40/.683 36/1.150 .774

Road 155/.606 26/.322 181/.755 53/.760 38/.562 28/.726 28/1.011

Last 28d days 129/.765 9/.476 128/.629 37/.351 37/.558 38/.633 43/.864

HR/SB/CS 11/11/5 0/0/0 8/10/4 5/0/1 5/0/0 1/0/1 4/3/0 93/67/30

Usage ·····X·· X····o·· X·····X· o··oo·oX X······· ·X·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.