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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 1:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Nationals Park

Braves, 39-40, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hanson (22, RHP, 4-0, 2.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-0) 29.0 24 9 8 17 18 3 2.48
Last 7 GS 4-0 29.0 24 9 8 17 18 3 2.48 54
2009-06-28 BOS W 6.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 97 68
2009-06-23 NYY W 5.1 4 0 0 5 4 0 99 59
2009-06-18 @CIN W 6.0 3 0 0 4 2 0 99 64
2009-06-12 @BAL W 5.2 9 2 2 5 5 0 104 43
2009-06-07 MIL ND 6.0 6 7 6 1 5 3 91 38
Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-21   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:  17-11   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 16-10   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @WSN  W   9-8       39-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   PHI  W   5-2       38-40  4th  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   PHI  W  11-1       37-40  4th  3.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   PHI  W   5-4 (10)  36-40  4th  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   BOS  W   2-1       35-40  4th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   BOS  L   0-1       34-40  4th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   BOS  L   1-4       34-39  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   NYY  L   7-11      34-38  4th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Nationals, 22-55, 5th, 18 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (24, LHP, 5-5, 3.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 99.0 97 44 38 37 47 12 3.45
2008 (9-15) 182.0 172 89 79 72 117 23 3.91
2007 (2-2) 34.2 36 17 16 17 10 3 4.15
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.0 40 19 17 19 20 5 3.26 54
2009-06-28 @BAL W 7.1 6 3 3 3 2 0 102 53
2009-06-23 BOS ND 6.1 9 3 3 2 3 1 109 44
2009-06-17 @NYY W 8.1 4 2 2 1 4 2 108 70
2009-06-11 CIN ND 6.0 5 2 1 2 2 0 88 56
2009-06-06 NYM W 9.0 4 1 0 3 2 0 96 76
2009-05-31 @PHI L 5.0 4 3 3 4 7 1 106 50
2009-05-25 @NYM L 5.0 8 5 5 4 0 1 92 27
Last 5 v.ATL 2-2 30.0 35 11 11 15 17 2 3.30 50
2009-04-22 ATL ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 95 69
2009-04-11 @ATL L 6.0 9 4 4 3 3 1 97 38
2008-07-19 @ATL W 6.0 7 1 1 3 4 0 105 55
2008-04-22 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 95 68
2008-04-12 ATL L 4.0 9 6 6 4 2 1 85 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-26   Road:    9-29   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  16-39   vsLHP:   6-16   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast:  6-31   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jul  3   ATL  L   8-9       22-55  5th 18.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @FLA  L   3-5       22-54  5th 17.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @FLA  L   5-7  (7)  22-53  5th 17.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @FLA  L   2-4       22-52  5th 17.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @BAL  W   5-3       22-51  5th 17.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @BAL  L   3-6       21-51  5th 17.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @BAL  L   1-11      21-50  5th 16.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   BOS  W   9-3       21-49  5th 16.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   BOS  L   4-6       20-49  5th 17.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   BOS  L   3-11      20-48  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 ATL  1 @WSN  0        W:Mike Gonzalez (1-0), L: Garrett Mock (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (2)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 WSN  4  ATL  3        W:Shairon Martis (2-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 ATL  8  WSN  5        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-0), L: Scott Olsen (0-2), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 ATL  5  WSN  3        W:Kenshin Kawakami (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-2), S: Mike Gonzalez (1)
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 ATL  6  WSN  5 (10)   W:Jorge Campillo (1-0), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 WSN  7 @ATL  4 (14)   W:Steven Shell (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-6), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 WSN  8 @ATL  5 (10)   W:Joel Hanrahan (6-3), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-2), S: Steven Shell (2)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 ATL 10  WSN  5        W:Jair Jurrjens (12-9), L: Jay Bergmann (2-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 ATL  2  WSN  0        W:James Parr (1-0), L: Shairon Martis (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (9)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 5-2; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 284-252

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  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Braves Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 43.Colome
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB		 41.Villone*
G/S/vB		 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 8/.536 ··· 4/.500 ··· 18/.411 19/.839 ··· 210/160 .287/.314/.426/.740 .777/.729 .748 82/.866 1/0 5/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 45/33 .200/.273/.250/.523 .282/.603 .650 36/.665 2/0 0/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP 11/.855 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/4.000 154/80 .299/.370/.467/.837 .853/.822 .789 46/.984 4/0 4/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.607 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 290/197 .294/.348/.435/.784 .647/.845 .833 89/.741 3/1 7/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/1.350 6/.533 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 4/.000 2/.000 306/214 .248/.282/.346/.628 .738/.581 .524 91/.641 5/1 5/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/42 .135/.196/.231/.427 .200/.514 .263 30/.494 0/0 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 15/1.133 5/.800 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 2/3.000 3/.666 263/187 .214/.286/.359/.645 .925/.531 .588 72/.356 4/2 5/6
10.Jones# G/S/vP 15/.564 8/.661 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 23/1.461 15/.697 3/1.333 285/201 .291/.404/.477/.880 1.023/.816 .889 107/.806 1/1 9/13
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.733 6/.666 3/1.000 254/178 .272/.335/.390/.725 .623/.769 .717 63/.663 0/0 3/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 15/.690 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 234/158 .309/.393/.505/.898 .657/1.007 .974 92/.899 3/1 8/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 9/1.223 6/.733 2/.500 5/1.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 7/.933 ··· 291/195 .259/.340/.463/.803 .822/.793 .752 92/.807 10/1 12/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 164/91 .306/.371/.486/.857 1.042/.716 .866 69/1.022 0/1 4/3
8.Ross G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 98/67 .289/.392/.566/.958 .688/1.088 1.232 23/1.201 0/0 6/0
IP 99.0 31.2 34.1 15.0 48.0 18.2 44.2 32.0 23.0 75.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.394/.723 .741/.714 .734 .737 29/10 63/57
ERA-K/9 3.45/4.3 3.41/5.4 3.15/6.0 8.40/7.2 5.81/5.6 3.86/4.8 5.44/4.4 4.22/8.2 3.13/4.7 4.52/8.9 5.21/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.259 135/.263 138/.200 69/.349 199/.285 84/.269 191/.273 144/.214 104/.244 318/.266 .278
OPS .756 .763 .671 .883 .762 .718 .749 .667 .727 .733 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/1.006 55/.781 62/.628 32/.973 45/.658 37/.908 112/.750 55/.855 46/.715 173/.762 .866
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.658 80/.750 76/.706 37/.808 154/.792 47/.572 79/.749 89/.553 58/.738 145/.699 .752
Home 218/.653 68/.511 53/.544 38/.990 126/.613 43/.565 98/.802 72/.629 55/.495 173/.688
Last 28d days 143/.608 31/.485 37/.752 42/.807 103/.763 47/.597 115/.759 50/.520 41/1.279 97/.577
HR/SB/CS 12/5/5 3/0/1 4/4/0 0/4/0 3/4/1 0/4/1 5/9/1 1/3/1 1/0/1 8/7/4 72/55/20
Usage ·····X·· X··X·oo· o·X··o·o X······X X······X ··o··oX· ···X···· o·o·X·o· o···o··X ··X·····
Nationals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 36.Logan*
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
7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/1.666 104/82 .280/.356/.409/.764 .606/.809 .845 46/.986 0/0 1/3
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.666 ··· 6/1.167 95/54 .159/.202/.261/.463 .602/.362 .401 14/.143 0/0 2/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 13/.481 6/1.133 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 7/2.114 331/224 .260/.396/.528/.924 .770/1.004 .774 97/.883 0/1 21/8
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 103/66 .312/.369/.409/.778 .978/.667 .758 37/.826 1/0 1/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/1.150 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.600 287/204 .318/.335/.430/.764 .767/.763 .822 104/.691 1/3 3/10
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 177/146 .245/.364/.429/.792 .691/.810 .901 80/.745 9/1 4/0
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 217/169 .256/.321/.323/.644 .835/.591 .592 66/.548 5/3 1/6
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/1.171 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 325/221 .295/.406/.413/.819 .965/.750 .937 94/.705 1/1 5/7
25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 8/.250 6/1.667 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/.650 182/130 .197/.330/.322/.652 .648/.650 .705 34/.339 1/0 3/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 321/238 .277/.351/.356/.707 .449/.799 .729 93/.703 19/10 2/1
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/78 .233/.283/.262/.545 .388/.616 .514 40/.368 0/0 0/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.833 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· 4/.833 185/132 .288/.411/.549/.960 1.147/.891 .915 52/1.048 1/1 9/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 6/1.000 6/1.700 ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 8/.000 350/248 .296/.366/.492/.858 .661/.934 .870 101/.687 0/0 13/12
IP 29.0 15.2 39.0 82.2 3.1 26.0 32.2 29.1 38.2 TOTAL .258/.343/.403/.746 .751/.743 .744 .687 28/17 72/84
ERA-K/9 2.48/5.6 2.30/6.9 2.54/12.5 4.46/7.2 5.40/0.0 5.88/8.7 4.13/7.2 3.68/4.9 1.63/11.6 3.82/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.222 66/.220 162/.223 338/.253 9/.286 115/.242 136/.239 122/.234 147/.156 .250
OPS .681 .625 .696 .774 .730 .722 .649 .583 .447 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.687 31/.619 58/.687 158/.664 5/.650 58/.639 56/.785 59/.562 69/.493 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.672 35/.629 104/.696 180/.875 4/.833 57/.804 80/.559 63/.601 78/.408 .712
Road 54/.717 26/.478 80/.624 151/.920 / 67/.708 50/.626 49/.499 59/.570
Last 28d days 129/.681 41/.689 56/.671 80/.634 9/.730 53/.850 47/.655 46/.754 57/.389
HR/SB/CS 3/8/2 1/1/0 4/4/2 8/4/4 0/2/0 2/0/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 52/49/28
Usage ·····X·· ··o····· XX·X·X·X X······· X··o···· ··o····· XX·o·o·· ·o·o·oo· Xo·X·oo·

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.