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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, September 24, 2010 @Nationals Park

Braves, 86-67, 86-67 2nd, 6 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (34, RHP, 16-8, 2.61)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (16-8)			210.0	173	63	61	63	129	16	2.61
2009 (2-1)			42.1	49	17	17	13	30	4	3.61
2008 (11-7)			142.0	125	53	50	40	85	11	3.17

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	50	23	22	9	40	6	4.37	52
2010-09-18	@NYM	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	2	96	63
2010-09-12	STL	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	103	28
2010-09-07	@PIT	L	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	92	48
2010-09-02	NYM	L	7.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	103	50
2010-08-28	FLA	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	13	0	104	73
2010-08-23	@COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	89	46
2010-08-18	WSN	ND	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	90	53

Last 5 v.WSN		2-0	35.2	32	6	6	8	26	2	1.51	63
2010-08-18	WSN	ND	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	90	53
2010-07-28	@WSN	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	7	0	96	67
2010-06-28	WSN	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	113	70
2010-05-06	@WSN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	96	63
2009-10-04	WSN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	93	64

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

 Home:   52-23   Road:   34-44   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  60-40   vsLHP:  26-27   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 33-30   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Wed, Sep 22  @PHI  L   0-1       86-67  2nd  6.0 gb
152 Tue, Sep 21  @PHI  L   3-5       86-66  2nd  5.0 gb
151 Mon, Sep 20  @PHI  L   1-3       86-65  2nd  4.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 19  @NYM  W   6-3       86-64  2nd  3.0 gb
149 Sat, Sep 18  @NYM  W   4-2       85-64  2nd  3.0 gb
148 Fri, Sep 17  @NYM  W   6-4       84-64  2nd  3.0 gb
147 Wed, Sep 15   WSN  L   2-4       83-64  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Tue, Sep 14   WSN  L   0-6       83-63  2nd  2.0 gb
145 Mon, Sep 13   WSN  W   4-0       83-62  2nd  1.0 gb
144 Sun, Sep 12   STL  L   3-7       82-62  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Nationals, 65-88, 65-88 5th, 27 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (24, RHP, 0-2, 6.75)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-2)			20.0	25	18	15	9	19	6	6.75
2009 (3-5)			91.1	95	51	47	29	92	10	4.63

Last 7 GS		0-4	31.2	36	27	22	13	33	8	6.25	44
2010-09-18	@PHI	L	3.0	9	5	5	1	3	3	76	23
2010-09-12	FLA	L	3.0	5	5	4	3	1	2	80	29
2010-09-06	NYM	ND	4.0	3	3	1	4	2	0	79	46
2010-08-31	@FLA	ND	6.0	1	0	0	0	9	0	86	79
2010-08-26	STL	ND	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	1	70	31
2009-07-18	CHC	L	5.1	6	5	4	1	8	1	100	45
2009-07-12	@HOU	L	6.1	5	4	3	3	6	1	102	52

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	3.00	54
2009-04-20	ATL	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	72	54

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

 Home:   38-37   Road:   27-51   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  48-67   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  18-27
 vsEast: 26-37   vsCntrl:19-20   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Thu, Sep 23   HOU  W   7-2       65-88  5th 27.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22   HOU  W   4-3       64-88  5th 27.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21   HOU  W   8-4       63-88  5th 27.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20   HOU  L   2-8       62-88  5th 27.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @PHI  L   6-7       62-87  5th 26.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @PHI  L   2-5       62-86  5th 25.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @PHI  L   1-9       62-85  5th 24.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15  @ATL  W   4-2       62-84  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14  @ATL  W   6-0       61-84  5th 23.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13  @ATL  L   0-4       60-84  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 WSN  4 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (8-7), L: Mike Minor (3-1), S: Drew Storen (4)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 WSN  6 @ATL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (10-11), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 ATL  4  WSN  0        W:Derek Lowe (13-12), L: Yunesky Maya (0-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 WSN  6 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (5-5), L: Derek Lowe (11-11), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 ATL  3  WSN  2        W:Billy Wagner (7-2), L: Sean Burnett (0-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 ATL 10  WSN  2        W:Mike Minor (1-0), L: Scott Olsen (3-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 WSN  5  ATL  3        W:Scott Olsen (3-2), L: Derek Lowe (10-9), S: Matt Capps (26)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 ATL  3 @WSN  1        W:Tim Hudson (11-5), L: Livan Hernandez (7-7), S: Billy Wagner (23)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Miguel Batista (1-2), L: Tommy Hanson (8-7), S: Matt Capps (25)
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 ATL  4  WSN  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-3), L: J.D. Martin (0-4), S: Billy Wagner (16)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN over 8-7; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; All-Time - ATL leads 296-266

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 2010 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 5.31

ARI 4.50

SEA 3.16

RA/G

SDP 3.60

COL 4.39

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

C. McGehee .285

B. Wood .154

OBP

J. Morneau .437

H. Matsui .360

B. Wood .184

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

C. McGehee .467

B. Wood .220

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

H. Matsui .819

B. Wood .403

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

E. Santana 3.77

K. Millwood 5.29

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo 9.71

M. Cain 7.06

K. Kendrick 4.15

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Braves Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 46.Bisenius
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 29.Maya
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 220/158 .230/.309/.378/.687 .440/.783 .570 36/.564 2/1 5/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.167 1/no AB 3/.333 488/328 .255/.317/.355/.672 .641/.687 .663 66/.562 7/1 4/4

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 154/118 .239/.320/.470/.790 .716/.812 .847 14/.368 5/0 7/4

23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.200 3/1.333 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 229/104 .245/.291/.443/.734 .836/.610 .624 47/.816 3/1 7/2

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/14 .133/.133/.333/.467 .000/.500 .875 15/.467 0/0 1/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 15/.650 ··· 6/.900 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 481/324 .239/.343/.400/.743 .758/.735 .730 15/.564 0/0 16/9

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 22/.374 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 604/445 .261/.305/.464/.768 .709/.789 .812 97/.633 1/2 22/19

19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/5 .111/.111/.444/.556 1.000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 1/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 4/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 582/390 .285/.400/.472/.873 .764/.928 .899 114/.968 10/6 18/6

20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.431 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 312/290 .252/.333/.445/.779 1.219/.743 .787 25/.820 0/0 10/2

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 3/1.334 5/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 464/308 .330/.367/.423/.789 .692/.838 .758 113/.669 6/6 7/15

27.Lee G/S/vP 3/1.000 23/.803 ··· 6/1.000 3/1.667 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 590/424 .257/.341/.417/.758 .771/.752 .745 84/.903 1/3 18/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 9/.730 ··· 10/.300 3/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 532/381 .273/.378/.462/.840 .797/.858 .825 88/.849 5/2 20/13

24.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 10/.311 ··· 4/1.167 7/.533 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 270/211 .184/.288/.325/.612 .378/.681 .408 50/.908 6/2 6/1

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/1.133 6/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 635/449 .307/.350/.462/.812 .751/.837 .749 111/.650 5/3 15/11

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 140/56 .274/.377/.444/.821 .832/.792 .819 17/1.045 0/1 2/4

IP 20.0 79.0 3.0 57.0 85.2 15.2 45.0 37.2 51.0 TOTAL .259/.339/.402/.741 .717/.752 .713 .725 59/28 132/135

ERA-K/9

6.75/8.6

3.87/6.0

3.00/0.0

2.37/8.8

2.84/10.7

6.32/4.0

2.00/8.8

3.35/7.9

3.88/7.9

4.17/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (76-34-5)
Ross (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.305 337/.237 14/.250 240/.235 356/.211 71/.258 172/.169 164/.239 218/.253 .268 Cabrera
Heyward
Ankiel
McLouth
Diaz
Infante
Hinske 79/53/25/8
0/0/131/5
0/63/0/4
5/68/0/1
59/0/0/1
15/0/6/1
50/0/0/0

OPS .962 .704 .857 .618 .636 .739 .535 .658 .684 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.995 130/.775 4/.250 101/.750 160/.699 35/.805 66/.589 74/.407 81/.684 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.928 207/.661 10/1.067 139/.522 196/.584 36/.677 106/.501 90/.876 137/.685 .729

Home 58/.974 216/.709 8/.661 130/.567 167/.634 21/.807 93/.522 64/.502 126/.602

Last 28d days 74/.934 27/.491 14/.857 37/.694 47/.422 71/.739 35/.211 15/1.283 47/1.023

HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 9/8/3 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/4/1 1/1/0 5/3/0 2/3/1 3/2/0 137/75/33

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

Nationals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB 37.Beachy
G/S/vB 38.Dunn*
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 56.Minor*
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 36.Proctor
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 429/374 .256/.314/.403/.717 .773/.709 .763 93/.629 16/2 11/4

6.Desmond G/S/vP 16/.481 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 6/.533 3/.000 534/394 .280/.316/.413/.729 .832/.693 .722 95/.677 16/5 10/33

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 29/.916 ··· 1/.000 15/.419 11/1.253 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 8/.875 7/1.286 2/.000 8/1.000 3/.000 13/.237 614/433 .264/.362/.539/.900 .739/.968 .893 85/.986 0/1 35/11

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/58 .233/.273/.562/.834 1.000/.776 .911 77/.834 0/1 6/1

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 164/100 .263/.298/.322/.621 .685/.581 .672 27/.361 0/0 0/4

22.Harris* G/S/vP 17/.561 ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/1.800 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 246/227 .184/.286/.358/.644 .786/.632 .683 34/.684 4/2 9/3

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 69/.673 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/1.200 5/.800 1/2.000 1/.000 378/336 .253/.324/.333/.657 .783/.641 .653 52/.594 13/2 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 117/48 .138/.291/.277/.567 .660/.443 .512 37/.645 5/1 3/0

32.Mench G/S/vP 15/.204 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· ··· 4/2.500 24/17 .136/.208/.136/.345 .452/.301 .384 10/.522 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 546/404 .258/.318/.318/.636 .558/.664 .672 64/.600 33/17 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 263/174 .300/.357/.529/.887 .977/.842 .925 89/1.041 0/1 13/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 169/134 .205/.242/.314/.557 .599/.545 .546 11/.773 0/0 3/5

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/51 .274/.297/.403/.700 1.231/.562 .696 32/.764 0/0 1/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 37/1.145 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 8/.542 403/306 .272/.294/.355/.649 .746/.619 .711 55/.751 2/3 4/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 36/.485 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.795 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 15/1.600 4/.000 4/1.750 7/.143 5/.000 10/1.067 603/455 .307/.388/.510/.899 .957/.879 .871 97/.819 4/1 25/17

IP 210.0 4.1 16.0 61.2 87.1 16.0 25.1 39.1 59.2 44.0 5.0 53.2 78.2 63.0 TOTAL .255/.321/.398/.720 .754/.708 .749 .748 106/40 143/133

ERA-K/9

2.61/5.5

2.08/2.1

1.13/11.2

3.06/8.5

5.15/6.1

0.56/17.4

3.55/7.5

6.18/9.4

3.02/7.2

2.45/7.4

7.20/7.2

2.52/11.6

1.83/9.7

1.43/12.9

3.57/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (31-10-1)
Ramos (8-1-1)
Rodriguez (40-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 838/.228 21/.222 73/.175 255/.236 391/.284 68/.125 104/.255 178/.313 254/.242 181/.230 22/.222 215/.196 324/.195 241/.157 .246 Bernadina
Maxwell
Morgan
Morse
Harris
Desmond
Gonzalez
Mench 36/25/77/9
3/18/26/4
0/127/0/2
0/0/64/2
43/2/38/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .629 .667 .584 .634 .830 .440 .717 .878 .691 .647 .864 .550 .533 .486 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.685 12/.697 35/.556 121/.708 178/.880 33/.480 46/.906 40/.730 71/.946 84/.598 9/.556 93/.630 104/.581 54/.229 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.577 9/.619 38/.609 134/.568 213/.788 35/.397 58/.569 138/.921 183/.600 97/.690 13/1.128 122/.489 220/.511 187/.560 .669

Road 402/.675 21/.667 35/.581 115/.577 220/.897 28/.661 41/.789 86/1.001 139/.732 91/.705 12/.450 122/.605 153/.567 109/.496

Last 28d days 139/.800 21/.667 34/.634 36/.408 22/1.396 22/.232 39/.819 101/1.048 35/.451 38/.773 22/.864 21/.048 58/.648 28/.188

HR/SB/CS 16/10/10 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/4/5 10/7/2 0/3/0 3/1/1 6/3/2 4/10/4 2/3/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/2/2 5/1/1 119/94/42

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ··Xo···· ··oo···· ········ ·oo·X··· ··X····· ··X····· ·ooX··o· ···XX··· ········ ······o· ·oX·ooo· ·····Xo·

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.