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Game Preview: ATL @ FLA, 7:10pm, Thursday, July 30, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Braves, 51-50, 3rd, 8 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 8-7, 2.98)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-7) 133.0 115 47 44 27 150 11 2.98
2008 (12-16) 208.1 214 113 108 61 200 25 4.67
2007 (15-8) 216.2 197 95 90 50 213 29 3.74
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.2 44 13 13 11 45 3 2.40 61
2009-07-24 @MIL W 7.0 7 4 4 3 9 1 110 53
2009-07-19 NYM W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 101 65
2009-07-07 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 108 69
2009-07-02 PHI ND 5.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 109 51
2009-06-27 BOS L 7.2 6 1 1 3 8 0 121 68
2009-06-22 CHC W 6.2 9 0 0 2 5 0 116 59
2009-06-17 @CIN L 8.0 4 4 4 2 7 2 99 63
Last 5 v.FLA 0-4 29.0 35 20 20 14 31 5 6.21 44
2009-04-14 FLA L 6.0 5 3 3 1 12 0 106 61
2005-08-09 @FLA L 5.0 8 5 5 4 3 0 110 30
2005-07-19 FLA L 5.0 9 6 6 5 2 3 90 22
2003-09-07 FLA L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 0 117 54
2003-07-11 FLA ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 7 2 125 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-23   Road:   24-27   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  31-35   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 94 Tue, Jul 21   SFG  W   8-1       48-46  2nd  6.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20   SFG  W  11-3       47-46  2nd  6.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19   NYM  W   7-1       46-46  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Marlins, 53-48, 2nd, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Rick VandenHurk (24, RHP, 1-0, 2.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 11.0 10 3 3 5 7 2 2.45
2008 (1-1) 14.0 20 12 12 10 20 1 7.71
2007 (4-6) 81.2 94 63 62 48 82 15 6.83
Last 7 GS 2-2 29.0 35 18 18 18 31 4 5.59 45
2009-07-25 @LAD ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 92 53
2009-07-20 @SDP W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 2 88 56
2008-07-27 @CHC ND 3.2 8 5 5 2 6 1 86 29
2008-07-22 ATL W 5.0 0 0 0 5 7 0 94 69
2008-04-06 PIT L 2.1 6 4 4 2 4 0 75 31
2008-04-01 NYM ND 3.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 76 37
2007-09-08 @PHI L 4.0 5 3 3 3 4 1 73 41
Last 5 v.ATL 2-0 17.0 10 7 7 13 21 1 3.71 55
2008-07-22 ATL W 5.0 0 0 0 5 7 0 94 69
2007-08-28 ATL ND 5.0 5 1 1 2 8 1 86 59
2007-06-05 @ATL W 6.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 86 72
2007-04-24 ATL ND 1.0 4 6 6 4 2 0 55 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   26-24   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  31-34   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 21-13   vsCntrl: 8-14   vsWest: 14-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 29   ATL  W   6-3       53-48  2nd  6.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   ATL  W   4-3       52-48  2nd  7.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAD  W   8-6       51-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAD  L   3-4       50-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAD  W   6-3       50-47  2nd  5.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 22  @SDP  W   5-0       49-47  3rd  6.0 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 21  @SDP  W   3-2       48-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Mon, Jul 20  @SDP  W   3-2       47-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 19   PHI  L   0-5       46-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 17   PHI  L   5-6 (12)  46-46  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 FLA  6  ATL  3        W:Josh Johnson (10-2), L: Kenshin Kawakami (5-8), S: Leo Nunez (8)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 FLA  4  ATL  3        W:Leo Nunez (3-3), L: Rafael Soriano (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 ATL  4 @FLA  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (3-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (5)
Wed, May 06, 2009 ATL  8 @FLA  6        W:Derek Lowe (4-1), L: Graham Taylor (0-2), S: Mike Gonzalez (4)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 FLA  6 @ATL  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (1-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 FLA 10 @ATL  4        W:Hayden Penn (1-0), L: Peter Moylan (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 FLA  5 @ATL  1        W:Chris Volstad (2-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 FLA  5  ATL  3        W:Doug Waechter (4-2), L: Will Ohman (4-1), S: Joe Nelson (1)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 ATL 16 @FLA 14        W:Jorge Julio (1-0), L: Matt Lindstrom (3-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (8)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 FLA  4  ATL  3        W:Matt Lindstrom (3-2), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 5-2; 2008 - ATL won 10-8; 2007 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 143-112

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

NYY  5.56

CHW  4.51

SDP  3.66

RA/G

SFG  3.68

NYM  4.60

WSN  5.46

BA

I. Suzuki  .367

V. Guerrero  .290

R. Cedeno  .170

OBP

M. Ramirez  .455

J. Loney  .363

R. Cedeno  .218

SLG

A. Pujols  .680

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .211

OPS

A. Pujols  1.123

M. Tejada  .831

A. Casilla  .474

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

C. Sabathia  3.83

J. Geer  5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.08

C. Sabathia  6.63

J. Lannan  3.65

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Braves Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.VandenHurk
G/S/vB
52.Ayala
G/S/vB
35.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Calero
G/S/vB
48.Donnelly
G/S/vB
55.Johnson
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
47.Nolasco
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
44.Sanches
G/S/vB
41.Volstad
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.583 1/.000 3/2.667 3/1.000 3/.666 5/3.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 297/223 .302/.333/.465/.799 .913/.760 .770 87/.942 1/0 9/3
25.Church* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.581 1/2.000 19/.921 3/.000 7/.679 1/.000 6/.167 300/236 .272/.339/.366/.705 .478/.762 .761 68/.580 6/2 3/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.875 ··· 4/.583 1/.000 ··· 206/107 .301/.368/.454/.821 .897/.751 .771 52/.773 4/1 4/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.946 1/.000 7/.762 1/2.000 1/.000 10/.200 1/.000 13/1.538 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 371/249 .305/.368/.471/.839 .705/.902 .804 81/1.046 3/3 11/11
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/57 .145/.192/.232/.424 .176/.501 .343 17/.412 0/1 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/.182 5/1.200 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 11/1.055 1/.000 9/.555 2/2.000 5/.800 ··· 9/1.208 270/193 .229/.301/.400/.701 .940/.605 .687 7/2.857 5/2 6/6
10.Jones# G/S/vP 7/.429 11/1.236 6/2.334 2/no AB ··· 28/.733 2/2.000 21/1.840 1/no AB 8/.250 ··· 6/.334 372/252 .289/.406/.487/.893 .958/.858 .922 87/.936 2/1 13/14
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 331/230 .278/.347/.403/.751 .660/.791 .768 77/.837 0/0 6/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 8/1.625 5/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 2/3.000 24/.583 1/.000 24/1.015 ··· 6/.167 ··· 9/.347 327/217 .298/.368/.505/.873 .566/1.025 .857 93/.810 3/1 11/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 15/.740 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 402/264 .259/.348/.457/.805 .761/.829 .856 111/.810 15/1 15/1
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 61/49 .120/.279/.160/.439 .697/.368 .501 10/.522 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 275/163 .311/.375/.471/.847 1.073/.702 .854 111/.832 0/3 6/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 108/71 .283/.383/.533/.916 .664/1.050 1.105 10/.522 0/0 6/0
IP 11.0 35.2 52.0 36.2 8.1 141.0 38.2 110.0 46.0 36.2 25.0 125.2 TOTAL .266/.337/.411/.749 .756/.745 .757 .837 36/16 90/68
ERA-K/9 2.45/5.7 3.79/6.3 3.46/6.2 1.72/11.0 0.00/4.3 2.87/7.3 2.09/7.9 5.24/9.0 3.91/8.6 2.95/8.3 1.08/8.3 4.44/6.2 4.23/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.250 152/.299 217/.270 147/.168 33/.172 575/.232 155/.196 474/.277 196/.220 159/.211 109/.227 518/.256 .256
OPS .858 .811 .694 .466 .480 .612 .572 .783 .693 .646 .611 .768 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.979 52/1.184 107/.676 57/.567 17/.769 306/.645 75/.684 266/.768 109/.764 75/.743 50/.622 279/.835 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 16/.650 100/.621 110/.708 90/.406 16/.192 269/.575 80/.472 208/.802 87/.601 84/.565 59/.601 239/.690 .698
Home / 98/.916 126/.587 70/.523 10/.686 300/.571 90/.777 233/.769 112/.784 93/.721 72/.542 234/.815
Last 28d days 45/.858 14/.516 34/.667 19/.269 33/.480 108/.686 30/.789 133/.662 48/.814 34/.372 30/.543 120/.765
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 4/4/1 4/4/0 0/6/0 0/1/0 9/10/5 4/3/0 14/10/2 7/8/1 2/1/2 1/3/1 21/15/9 95/90/27
Usage ····X··· ···oX··· ···X···· ····oo·X o··o·o·X X····X·· o···oo·· ·X·····X oo·X·o·· oo·oo··o ····X··· ···X····
Marlins Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
48.Hanson
G/S/vB
49.Jurrjens
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Baker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 263/236 .270/.349/.425/.774 .614/.791 .755 57/.986 0/0 7/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/1.156 6/.000 ··· 12/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 433/309 .251/.296/.312/.608 .701/.556 .647 98/.636 19/7 1/15
3.Cantu G/S/vP 3/.333 2/3.000 3/.000 ··· 15/.343 6/.750 ··· 9/2.639 ··· 6/.900 ··· 4/.000 384/275 .285/.339/.444/.782 .886/.742 .816 84/.757 2/0 10/5
25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/37 .253/.309/.448/.757 .908/.509 .767 26/.647 0/0 3/0
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 274/209 .259/.346/.381/.726 .667/.744 .641 72/.738 5/1 5/3
7.Gload* G/S/vP 26/.983 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.150 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/3.000 151/130 .276/.351/.425/.776 .438/.834 .847 22/.808 0/0 4/1
18.Helms G/S/vP 11/.455 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.182 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 142/78 .262/.303/.323/.626 .697/.565 .402 31/.755 1/1 1/4
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 13/.398 6/1.000 ··· 17/.850 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 8/.250 383/276 .249/.337/.386/.723 .594/.773 .737 84/.675 5/2 11/1
29.Paulino G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 163/64 .252/.321/.381/.702 .722/.667 .658 29/.507 1/0 4/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.834 5/.000 ··· 15/1.614 6/1.500 ··· 23/1.398 ··· 7/.286 ··· 6/.334 400/284 .349/.414/.572/.985 .762/1.079 1.024 72/.986 15/7 16/8
12.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 8/.875 5/2.267 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 4/.250 385/278 .262/.325/.459/.783 .925/.731 .825 86/.636 3/1 14/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
6.Uggla G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 14/1.000 6/2.167 ··· 23/.794 ··· 7/.286 ··· 7/2.071 411/301 .230/.339/.434/.773 .770/.774 .909 89/.751 1/0 18/7
IP 133.0 24.2 46.1 55.0 134.0 105.0 9.0 130.2 38.1 44.0 34.1 47.0 TOTAL .257/.327/.400/.727 .711/.734 .747 .726 54/21 97/72
ERA-K/9 2.98/10.2 3.65/6.2 3.11/11.9 2.95/6.1 2.69/6.2 4.37/6.5 2.00/3.0 4.20/4.8 4.93/8.9 3.89/7.6 3.67/6.6 1.91/11.9 3.75/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.232 108/.266 200/.225 235/.230 548/.233 459/.253 36/.194 566/.278 169/.254 188/.256 146/.237 185/.160 .251
OPS .623 .753 .690 .694 .658 .780 .499 .729 .757 .663 .590 .466 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 278/.647 51/.888 71/.686 123/.746 268/.723 230/.724 23/.558 291/.676 89/.615 76/.777 75/.566 90/.562 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.596 57/.637 129/.690 112/.637 280/.596 229/.837 13/.397 275/.787 80/.912 112/.588 71/.614 95/.379 .704
Road 244/.656 51/.703 108/.648 130/.735 270/.736 221/.928 22/.431 282/.740 107/.798 86/.712 66/.536 85/.592
Last 28d days 84/.609 42/.968 38/.661 106/.708 124/.654 121/.797 27/.426 125/.729 54/.827 52/.695 24/.625 38/.537
HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 2/3/0 4/4/2 5/9/4 8/9/6 13/5/4 0/2/0 7/7/2 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/0/3 2/2/0 68/60/32
Usage ·····X·· X···o·o· ·X·o··oo ····X··· ·X·····X X·····X· o·····o· ···X···· o··X··X· ·X·o·oX· ····X·o· ·o···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.