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Game Preview: LAD @ ATL, 8:00pm, Sunday, August 2, 2009 @Turner Field

Dodgers, 64-40, 1st, 7 up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 10-6, 3.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-6)			138.2	119	65	61	62	131	10	3.96
2008 (16-10)			200.2	188	76	70	80	201	14	3.14
2007 (12-5)			147.0	131	56	54	64	141	15	3.31

Last 7 GS		1-3	40.0	38	30	30	18	35	7	6.75	45
2009-07-28	@STL	L	5.2	4	6	6	6	5	0	94	36
2009-07-22	CIN	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	93	56
2009-07-17	HOU	L	1.2	9	6	6	0	0	1	52	13
2009-07-10	@MIL	ND	5.0	5	5	5	4	4	1	110	37
2009-07-05	@SDP	ND	8.0	4	3	3	0	5	2	97	67
2009-06-30	COL	L	7.2	5	3	3	3	11	1	118	65
2009-06-25	@CHW	ND	6.0	4	5	5	4	3	2	107	43

Last 5 v.ATL		0-2	10.1	12	10	9	9	17	1	7.84	41
2008-07-08	ATL	L	5.1	6	6	5	4	8	1	103	38
2008-04-19	@ATL	L	5.0	6	4	4	5	9	0	99	43

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

 Home:   34-17   Road:   30-23   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  46-29   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 30-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Aug  1  @ATL  L   3-4       64-40  1st  7.0 up
103 Fri, Jul 31  @ATL  W   5-0       64-39  1st  8.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 30  @STL  W   5-3 (10)  63-39  1st  7.0 up
101 Wed, Jul 29  @STL  L   2-3 (15)  62-39  1st  7.0 up
100 Tue, Jul 28  @STL  L   0-10      62-38  1st  8.0 up
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @STL  L   1-6       62-37  1st  8.0 up
 98 Sun, Jul 26   FLA  L   6-8       62-36  1st  8.0 up
 97 Sat, Jul 25   FLA  W   4-3       62-35  1st  9.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 24   FLA  L   3-6       61-35  1st  9.0 up
 95 Wed, Jul 22   CIN  W   6-2       61-34  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Braves, 53-51, 3rd, 7 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 9-7, 2.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-7)			134.0	113	46	40	48	93	8	2.69
2008 (13-10)			188.1	188	87	77	70	139	11	3.68
2007 (3-1)			30.2	24	16	16	11	13	4	4.70

Last 7 GS		4-2	46.2	32	14	12	17	31	3	2.31	61
2009-07-28	@FLA	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	98	54
2009-07-22	SFG	W	7.2	3	1	1	1	9	0	112	77
2009-07-17	NYM	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	85	67
2009-07-11	@COL	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	101	54
2009-07-06	@CHC	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	1	1	87	40
2009-07-01	PHI	W	7.0	1	1	0	4	6	0	97	75
2009-06-26	BOS	L	8.0	7	4	3	3	6	1	114	57

Last 5 v.LAD		2-0	13.0	8	2	2	6	14	1	1.38	67
2008-07-08	@LAD	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	103	61
2008-04-20	LAD	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	114	72

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

 Home:   28-24   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  32-36   vsLHP:  21-15   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAD  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   LAD  L   0-5       52-51  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @FLA  W   6-3 (10)  52-50  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29  @FLA  L   3-6       51-50  3rd  8.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @FLA  L   3-4       51-49  3rd  8.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @MIL  W  10-2       51-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @MIL  L   0-4       50-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @MIL  W   9-4       50-47  2nd  5.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23   SFG  L   1-5       49-47  2nd  6.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22   SFG  W   4-2       49-46  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 LAD  5 @ATL  0        W:Jason Schmidt (2-1), L: Tommy Hanson (5-2), S: none

Wed, Jul 09, 2008 LAD  2  ATL  1        W:Derek Lowe (7-8), L: Tim Hudson (9-7), S: Takashi Saito (17)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 ATL  9 @LAD  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (9-4), L: Chad Billingsley (8-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 LAD  3  ATL  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-6), L: Jorge Campillo (3-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 ATL  6  LAD  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-2), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 ATL  4  LAD  1        W:Chuck James (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-3), S: Manny Acosta (1)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 ATL  6  LAD  1        W:Will Ohman (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 ATL  8 @LAD  6        W:Peter Moylan (3-1), L: Eric Stults (0-1), S: Bob Wickman (16)
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 ATL  5 @LAD  2        W:Chuck James (8-7), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-4), S: Bob Wickman (15)
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 LAD  7  ATL  6        W:Rudy Seanez (5-1), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-2), S: Takashi Saito (23)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - ATL won 4-2; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1152-1003

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

LAA 5.60

FLA 4.52

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.68

FLA 4.60

WSN 5.47

I. Suzuki .363

D. Span .289

R. Cedeno .168

OBP

A. Pujols .443

R. Branyan .363

R. Cedeno .214

SLG

A. Pujols .674

S. Victorino .473

A. Casilla .208

OPS

A. Pujols 1.117

G. Beckham .834

A. Casilla .472

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

J. Shields 3.87

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

R. Wolf 6.65

J. Lannan 3.66

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Dodgers Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
G/S/vB 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/.478 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 15/.467 73/63 .313/.371/.422/.793 1.000/.761 .901 13/1.409 1/0 1/0

23.Blake G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 6/1.867 11/.764 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/2.750 31/.651 396/305 .286/.364/.472/.836 1.089/.764 .869 97/.796 2/4 12/8

14.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 85/68 .325/.369/.403/.772 .915/.734 .866 13/.692 0/0 1/2

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 436/316 .267/.356/.503/.858 .631/.946 .675 101/.992 4/3 22/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 14/1.356 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 48/.667 425/328 .267/.334/.369/.703 .733/.695 .721 108/.850 6/4 5/14

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 39/.822 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.800 452/338 .290/.358/.428/.786 .952/.731 .720 89/.842 6/0 7/5

27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 423/326 .315/.381/.484/.865 1.077/.804 .927 93/.949 22/4 13/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 431/332 .286/.355/.400/.755 .889/.715 .854 91/.846 6/2 7/3

5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/.432 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 37/.722 138/106 .225/.326/.267/.593 .752/.547 .738 25/.376 0/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 387/293 .264/.372/.324/.696 .718/.689 .709 84/.773 8/6 3/5

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/.358 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 28/.665 314/225 .316/.371/.397/.768 .868/.731 .894 39/.631 23/9 0/1

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 12/.533 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 19/.948 211/178 .316/.441/.602/1.043 .894/1.072 1.002 84/.929 0/0 11/1

IP 134.0 25.0 48.0 61.0 105.0 9.0 136.2 40.1 45.1 35.2 49.0 140.1 TOTAL .276/.352/.412/.765 .820/.748 .776 .829 78/33 85/56

ERA-K/9

2.69/6.2

3.60/6.5

3.00/11.8

3.25/6.0

4.37/6.5

2.00/3.0

4.21/4.7

4.91/9.2

3.77/7.4

3.53/6.3

1.84/12.1

3.01/10.1

3.75/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.233 109/.263 205/.231 261/.241 459/.253 36/.194 566/.278 178/.260 192/.256 149/.241 189/.163 562/.230 .251

OPS .658 .746 .700 .712 .780 .499 .729 .770 .659 .596 .467 .622 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.723 51/.888 72/.676 135/.759 230/.724 23/.558 291/.676 95/.639 76/.777 77/.558 92/.572 287/.637 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.596 58/.625 133/.712 126/.660 229/.837 13/.397 275/.787 83/.916 116/.585 72/.635 97/.370 275/.606 .706

Home 278/.580 58/.786 92/.737 131/.688 238/.642 14/.607 284/.719 71/.726 102/.621 83/.644 100/.361 291/.595

Last 28d days 124/.654 43/.942 36/.705 107/.818 97/.767 22/.529 125/.729 63/.852 50/.647 23/.586 36/.465 111/.609

HR/SB/CS 8/9/6 2/3/0 4/4/2 6/9/4 13/5/4 0/2/0 7/7/2 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/0/3 2/2/0 12/5/4 70/60/32

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···o o·X·X·o· ·X·····X ···X···· ···o···· X·····X· ·X·o··X· o·o·X·o· oo·····X o·X·o··· ··X·····

Braves Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 31.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 29.Schmidt
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 6/1.417 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 11/1.697 3/.000 14/1.044 ··· 44/.506 ··· 306/231 .297/.330/.459/.789 .901/.752 .808 91/.905 1/0 9/3

28.Canizares G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/15 .190/.190/.238/.429 .667/.333 .250 4/.000 0/0 0/0

25.Church* G/S/vP 12/.444 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 8/1.500 2/.000 4/1.750 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.400 3/.000 300/236 .272/.339/.366/.705 .478/.762 .630 60/.535 6/2 3/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/1.352 215/116 .288/.357/.435/.791 .897/.701 .841 52/.547 5/1 4/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 372/250 .305/.370/.471/.841 .705/.905 .874 73/1.034 3/3 11/11

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 83/65 .145/.198/.224/.421 .176/.489 .532 25/.408 0/1 1/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/.700 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 ··· 3/.333 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 6/.334 279/201 .223/.296/.389/.684 .927/.589 .704 16/1.390 5/2 6/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 7/.629 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 14/.819 50/1.255 2/.500 1/.000 21/.829 57/1.133 381/259 .287/.407/.481/.887 .954/.853 .873 86/.899 2/1 13/14

16.McCann* G/S/vP 7/1.571 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.741 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 8/2.475 336/224 .301/.373/.520/.893 .555/1.059 .884 95/.884 3/1 12/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 10/.600 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/.533 412/273 .257/.345/.450/.794 .755/.815 .733 111/.777 16/1 15/1

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.806 5/.400 1/2.000 19/1.166 1/.000 63/51 .135/.286/.173/.459 .697/.396 .431 12/.606 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 276/164 .310/.374/.469/.843 1.073/.698 .832 102/.794 0/3 6/4

8.Ross G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.619 108/71 .283/.383/.533/.916 .664/1.050 .699 7/.762 0/0 6/0

IP 138.2 47.2 11.1 120.2 9.0 71.0 35.0 51.1 14.0 42.1 62.1 54.0 140.0 TOTAL .264/.337/.409/.745 .753/.742 .732 .808 37/16 91/69

ERA-K/9

3.96/8.5

2.83/14.0

3.97/9.6

2.76/8.7

4.00/8.0

4.44/6.7

4.89/5.7

2.98/4.7

4.50/3.9

2.34/8.9

2.02/5.5

3.83/6.7

3.47/6.8

3.60/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.241 187/.146 46/.279 494/.200 37/.179 295/.244 154/.236 204/.210 63/.216 175/.215 261/.261 242/.282 547/.235 .233

OPS .684 .436 .869 .594 .683 .671 .714 .641 .747 .615 .652 .828 .690 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.715 92/.369 17/.779 100/.485 13/.167 136/.655 59/.676 78/.606 30/.464 53/.335 111/.635 109/.939 105/.317 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.647 95/.498 29/.917 394/.622 24/.958 159/.684 95/.738 126/.661 33/.982 122/.737 150/.666 133/.733 442/.779 .687

Road 297/.654 96/.679 26/.925 242/.633 31/.507 152/.677 81/.694 90/.814 25/.290 86/.614 132/.589 105/.992 266/.681

Last 28d days 118/.802 40/.625 16/.321 127/.478 10/.222 104/.758 43/.627 49/.460 63/.747 37/.564 45/.859 74/.882 107/.650

HR/SB/CS 10/5/7 1/3/1 3/0/1 5/5/4 1/0/0 7/8/0 4/1/1 4/5/1 1/3/0 3/3/0 3/5/2 5/7/2 17/4/2 79/59/27

Usage ····X··· ··oX···o ········ ···X···· o·Xo·o·· ··X····X ·Xo··X·· o·Xo·o·X ·X····X· ·X··X·o· ·o·X··o· ···X··X· X····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.