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Game Preview: ATL @ LAD, 10:10pm, Friday, August 7, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

Braves, 55-54, 3rd, 7½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 9-8, 2.85)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-8) 139.0 123 50 44 50 98 9 2.85
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 43.2 35 14 13 16 30 3 2.68 57
2009-08-02 LAD L 5.0 10 4 4 2 5 1 103 34
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
Last 5 v.LAD 2-1 18.0 18 6 6 8 19 2 3.00 56
2009-08-02 LAD L 5.0 10 4 4 2 5 1 103 34
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:   28-25   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-38   vsLHP:  21-16   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 13-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Thu, Aug  6  @LAD  L   4-5       55-54  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5  @SDP  W   6-2       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4  @SDP  W   9-2       54-53  3rd  6.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @SDP  L   2-4       53-53  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAD  L   1-9       53-52  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Dodgers, 67-42, 1st, 6½ up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 11-6, 3.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (11-6) 143.2 121 65 61 63 140 10 3.82
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 2-3 39.0 36 25 25 15 41 5 5.77 49
2009-08-02 @ATL W 5.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 83 71
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
Last 5 v.ATL 1-2 15.1 14 10 9 10 26 1 5.28 51
2009-08-02 @ATL W 5.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 83 71
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:   36-19   Road:   31-23   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  49-30   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  21-12
 vsEast: 16-9    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 30-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Thu, Aug  6   ATL  W   5-4       67-42  1st  6.5 up
108 Wed, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-4       66-42  1st  6.0 up
107 Tue, Aug  4   MIL  W  17-4       66-41  1st  6.5 up
106 Mon, Aug  3   MIL  L   5-6       65-41  1st  6.5 up
105 Sun, Aug  2  @ATL  W   9-1       65-40  1st  7.0 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 LAD  9 @ATL  1        W:Chad Billingsley (11-6), L: Jair Jurrjens (9-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 ATL  4  LAD  3        W:Derek Lowe (11-7), L: Randy Wolf (5-6), S: Rafael Soriano (16)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 3-1; 2008 - ATL won 4-2; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1154-1003

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  5.68

FLA  4.53

SDP  3.71

 RA/G

SFG  3.64

PHI  4.60

WSN  5.45

 BA

I. Suzuki  .365

B. Butler  .291

A. Casilla  .166

 OBP

A. Pujols  .446

C. Counsell  .364

R. Cedeno  .219

 SLG

A. Pujols  .687

V. Martinez  .477

A. Casilla  .204

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.133

C. Crawford  .838

A. Casilla  .464

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.10

N. Blackburn  3.83

T. Wellemeyer  5.67

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.97

J. Happ  6.73

N. Blackburn  3.76

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Braves Batters (4.39 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 8/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 11/1.697 3/.000 14/1.044 1/.000 44/.506 3/.000 328/246 .289/.320/.439/.759 .822/.738 .757 91/.904 1/0 9/3
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/.000 304/240 .277/.344/.369/.713 .478/.773 .776 49/.741 6/2 3/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/1.143 231/127 .282/.349/.432/.781 .886/.696 .758 59/.573 6/2 5/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 386/262 .304/.366/.464/.830 .710/.885 .789 69/1.017 3/3 11/12
27.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 90/68 .146/.205/.220/.424 .238/.485 .308 29/.464 0/1 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/.700 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 ··· 3/.333 7/.453 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 6/.334 282/204 .224/.296/.388/.684 .927/.590 .671 19/1.257 5/2 6/7
10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/.476 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 14/.819 50/1.255 3/.333 1/.000 21/.829 60/1.164 403/274 .288/.404/.473/.877 .940/.844 .892 98/.863 3/1 14/14
22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/1.666 5/.900 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 6/.533 16/.938 3/2.334 1/3.000 19/.963 16/.946 408/286 .260/.338/.460/.798 .672/.855 .611 72/.747 2/2 14/1
16.McCann* G/S/vP 9/1.111 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.741 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 8/2.475 353/238 .294/.369/.505/.874 .539/1.034 .879 89/.901 3/1 12/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.715 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 10/.600 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 10/.733 434/289 .261/.346/.449/.794 .750/.816 .846 108/.681 16/2 15/1
20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.806 5/.400 1/2.000 19/1.166 2/1.000 67/54 .143/.284/.179/.462 .801/.373 .445 16/.579 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.800 298/181 .320/.377/.481/.858 1.040/.747 .879 99/.793 0/3 7/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.422 113/72 .281/.384/.531/.915 .627/1.081 1.105 12/.817 0/0 6/0
IP 143.2 48.2 14.1 124.2 11.0 77.0 39.1 53.2 17.2 43.2 64.2 57.0 147.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.408/.745 .745/.745 .762 .808 38/18 94/71
ERA-K/9 3.82/8.8 2.77/13.7 3.77/8.8 2.89/8.9 3.27/9.8 4.44/7.0 4.35/5.3 3.02/4.7 5.60/4.1 2.27/9.1 1.95/5.6 4.11/6.6 3.55/6.7 3.61/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 597/.237 192/.149 56/.250 516/.201 43/.147 324/.252 170/.238 217/.218 83/.239 179/.210 269/.256 254/.282 575/.240 .234
OPS .675 .441 .772 .599 .574 .680 .699 .651 .766 .600 .644 .830 .694 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.699 95/.392 22/.588 105/.481 15/.143 150/.652 66/.631 84/.601 40/.626 54/.328 115/.640 112/.931 115/.371 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.646 97/.488 34/.886 411/.630 28/.802 174/.704 104/.742 133/.680 43/.885 125/.718 154/.647 142/.748 460/.775 .687
Home 282/.714 96/.223 20/.800 274/.570 9/1.056 172/.683 89/.704 122/.522 58/.971 92/.594 133/.692 149/.719 281/.698
Last 28d days 108/.804 38/.535 26/.317 128/.531 16/.133 109/.728 50/.628 53/.605 83/.766 32/.419 49/.819 76/.977 107/.668
HR/SB/CS 10/5/7 1/3/1 3/0/1 5/5/4 1/0/0 7/9/0 4/1/1 4/5/1 1/6/0 3/3/0 3/5/2 6/7/2 17/5/2 80/64/27
Usage ····X··· ·X·····o o···X··· ···X···· X·o··o·X ··X····X ·X·X··Xo o·X·oo·X ·X····X· ·o··o·X· ·oo·o·o· ···X···· X····X··
Dodgers Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.15 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/.478 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 15/.467 76/63 .328/.384/.433/.816 1.084/.761 .710 16/1.390 1/0 1/0
23.Blake G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 6/1.867 14/.857 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/2.100 31/.651 414/318 .287/.362/.474/.836 1.048/.775 .799 93/.754 3/4 12/8
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 91/73 .317/.360/.390/.750 .863/.720 .614 13/.333 0/0 1/2
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 9/1.378 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.334 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 461/333 .273/.360/.505/.865 .658/.946 1.025 103/1.065 5/3 23/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/.143 1/no AB 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 17/1.192 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 48/.667 450/346 .267/.333/.370/.704 .721/.699 .698 109/.766 6/4 6/14
13.Hudson# G/S/vP 9/1.389 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 41/.779 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.800 467/350 .292/.359/.431/.790 .925/.745 .850 88/.884 6/0 7/5
27.Kemp G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 445/342 .320/.382/.503/.885 1.148/.807 .836 95/.920 22/4 15/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP 9/.777 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 454/350 .291/.359/.404/.763 .879/.728 .652 96/.833 6/2 7/3
5.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/.432 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 37/.722 146/113 .234/.329/.281/.610 .727/.577 .438 27/.499 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 405/309 .267/.375/.330/.706 .724/.700 .704 79/.816 8/6 3/5
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/.358 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 28/.665 322/231 .314/.373/.394/.766 .863/.730 .665 35/.422 23/9 0/1
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/no AB 15/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 19/.948 231/192 .309/.433/.596/1.029 .869/1.062 1.115 90/.881 0/0 12/1
IP 139.0 26.0 50.0 67.0 111.0 11.0 143.0 42.1 49.0 36.2 50.0 147.1 TOTAL .278/.354/.416/.770 .821/.754 .758 .805 79/33 90/57
ERA-K/9 2.85/6.3 3.81/6.6 2.88/12.2 3.22/6.2 4.38/6.5 4.09/3.3 4.15/4.7 4.89/8.9 3.49/7.7 3.68/6.1 2.34/12.1 2.99/10.0 3.76/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 574/.243 116/.277 215/.224 283/.243 484/.257 47/.225 590/.277 187/.264 202/.253 155/.246 196/.157 589/.227 .252
OPS .678 .785 .674 .729 .786 .565 .729 .770 .651 .607 .455 .624 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.731 56/.889 78/.648 149/.832 241/.724 26/.573 304/.689 99/.667 80/.777 80/.536 95/.567 300/.670 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.627 60/.692 137/.688 134/.618 243/.848 21/.556 286/.773 88/.884 122/.572 75/.684 101/.355 289/.575 .702
Road 270/.736 51/.703 120/.643 152/.765 246/.924 26/.406 282/.740 107/.798 98/.662 71/.574 93/.575 298/.652
Last 28d days 123/.690 45/1.060 33/.473 108/.783 100/.833 26/.573 122/.686 61/.841 49/.527 27/.709 36/.442 112/.678
HR/SB/CS 9/9/6 2/3/0 4/5/2 7/9/5 14/5/4 0/3/0 8/7/2 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 2/2/0 13/6/4 75/66/33
Usage ····X··· ····X·o· ·Xo··o·X ·X····X· ···X···· ··o·X··· X····X·· ····X·X· Xo·X·o·o o··X·oo· XX···o·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.