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Game Preview: ATL @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, June 22, 2012 @Fenway Park

Braves, 37-32, 37-32 3rd, 4 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (26, RHP, 0-2, 9.37)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			16.1	30	17	17	10	8	5	9.37
2011 (13-6)			152.0	142	52	50	44	90	14	2.96
2010 (7-6)			116.1	120	63	60	42	86	13	4.64

Last 7 GS		1-4	34.2	54	28	28	19	13	8	7.27	35
2012-04-23	@LAD	L	3.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	50	20
2012-04-18	NYM	ND	4.0	7	4	4	4	2	1	89	30
2012-04-13	MIL	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	81	34
2012-04-07	@NYM	L	4.1	7	3	3	3	3	2	102	37
2011-08-30	WSN	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	3	3	100	33
2011-08-22	@CHC	W	6.1	8	0	0	5	1	0	97	53
2011-08-17	SFG	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	1	0	92	35

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	14.1	15	9	5	4	12	2	3.14	53
2009-06-26	BOS	L	8.0	7	4	3	3	6	1	114	57
2009-06-21	@BOS	ND	6.1	8	5	2	1	6	1	106	48

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

 Home:   15-17   Road:   22-15   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  25-18   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  10-5 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Wed, Jun 20  @NYY  W  10-5       37-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Tue, Jun 19  @NYY  W   4-3       36-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 67 Mon, Jun 18  @NYY  L   2-6       35-32  3rd  4.5 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   BAL  L   0-2       35-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16   BAL  L   0-5       35-30  2nd  4.0 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15   BAL  W   4-2       35-29  2nd  4.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 13   NYY  L   2-3       34-29  2nd  5.0 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 12   NYY  L   4-6       34-28  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 11   NYY  L   0-3       34-27  2nd  3.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   TOR  L   4-12      34-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

RedSox, 36-33, 36-33 4th, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 4-4, 4.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-4)			87.1	92	49	44	26	70	8	4.53
2011 (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47
2010 (19-9)			208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	3.25

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.1	53	26	24	8	42	5	4.76	49
2012-06-16	@CHC	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	8	1	102	55
2012-06-10	WSN	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	107	60
2012-06-05	BAL	ND	6.0	8	4	2	1	5	0	99	48
2012-05-30	DET	ND	6.2	10	4	4	0	7	0	120	45
2012-05-25	TBR	L	4.0	6	7	7	3	4	3	81	23
2012-05-19	@PHI	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	90	42
2012-05-14	SEA	W	9.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	119	73

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	6.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	1.50	60
2006-06-16	@ATL	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	93	60

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

 Home:   17-19   Road:   19-14   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  22-24   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Thu, Jun 21   MIA  W   6-5       36-33  4th  5.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20   MIA  W  15-5       35-33  4th  6.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19   MIA  W   7-5       34-33  5th  7.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17  @CHC  W   7-4       33-33  5th  7.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16  @CHC  W   4-3       32-33  5th  7.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15  @CHC  L   0-3       31-33  5th  7.5 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 13  @MIA  W  10-2       31-32  4th  6.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 12  @MIA  W   2-1       30-32  5th  6.5 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 11  @MIA  L   1-4       29-32  5th  6.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   WSN  L   3-4       29-31  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 ATL  2  BOS  1        W:Tommy Hanson (4-0), L: Brad Penny (6-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (9)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 BOS  1 @ATL  0        W:Tim Wakefield (10-3), L: Javier Vazquez (5-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18)
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 BOS  4 @ATL  1        W:Josh Beckett (9-3), L: Jair Jurrjens (5-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 BOS  6  ATL  5        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 BOS  3  ATL  0        W:Josh Beckett (8-3), L: Derek Lowe (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 ATL  8 @BOS  2        W:Kenshin Kawakami (4-6), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 BOS 11 @ATL  0        W:Julian Tavarez (5-4), L: Buddy Carlyle (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 BOS  4 @ATL  0        W:Josh Beckett (10-1), L: Tim Hudson (6-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 ATL  9  BOS  4        W:Chuck James (6-6), L: Curt Schilling (6-4), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 BOS  6  ATL  3        W:Kason Gabbard (1-0), L: Tim Hudson (5-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 27-24

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 2012 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 TEX 5.30 PHI 4.30 SDP 3.30	RA/G WSN 3.33 BAL 4.32 COL 5.71	BA J. Votto .367 A. Rodriguez .265 R. Weeks .181	OBP J. Votto .486 A. Escobar .333 K. Suzuki .256	SLG J. Hamilton .674 W. Venable .429 K. Suzuki .268	OPS J. Votto 1.145 H. Ramirez .770 K. Suzuki .524	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 J. Masterson 3.98 T. Lincecum 6.19	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.79 M. Bumgarner 7.34 H. Alvarez 2.70

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.30

PHI 4.30

SDP 3.30

RA/G

WSN 3.33

BAL 4.32

COL 5.71

J. Votto .367

A. Rodriguez .265

R. Weeks .181

OBP

J. Votto .486

A. Escobar .333

K. Suzuki .256

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

W. Venable .429

K. Suzuki .268

OPS

J. Votto 1.145

H. Ramirez .770

K. Suzuki .524

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

J. Masterson 3.98

T. Lincecum 6.19

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.79

M. Bumgarner 7.34

H. Alvarez 2.70

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Braves Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/2.033 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 316/202 .310/.358/.446/.803 .744/.837 .794 98/.835 18/7 6/1

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 18/.771 ··· ··· ··· 93/29 .250/.312/.369/.681 .841/.326 .598 38/.454 0/0 2/0

25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/82 .223/.243/.417/.660 .573/.687 .569 23/.652 1/1 5/4

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/150 .247/.295/.438/.733 .597/.817 .767 46/.683 0/0 9/1

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 1/2.000 ··· ··· 257/164 .262/.340/.480/.820 .614/.943 .888 79/.936 10/3 10/1

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 6/1.133 1/.000 3/.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· 14/.748 102/87 .196/.265/.250/.515 .276/.557 .507 37/.223 0/0 1/2

10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/.833 1/2.000 6/1.334 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 2/.000 ··· 46/.935 146/95 .279/.356/.426/.783 .850/.747 .887 32/.496 0/0 5/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 8/.875 224/154 .234/.308/.413/.721 .755/.703 .571 74/.654 1/0 9/1

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· 7/.572 3/1.167 ··· ··· 296/200 .313/.374/.460/.835 .985/.761 .820 97/.675 7/1 5/3

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.867 ··· ··· 6/1.133 72/40 .281/.361/.469/.830 1.154/.592 .900 22/1.079 0/0 3/1

19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/36 .322/.375/.492/.867 .931/.816 .769 64/.867 0/0 2/1

26.Uggla G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 6/1.833 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 295/196 .248/.376/.442/.818 .912/.772 .835 92/.902 0/2 11/8

2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.888 1/no AB ··· 5/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 15/.971 69/42 .175/.197/.222/.419 .551/.333 .323 12/.773 0/0 0/1

IP 87.1 35.2 28.2 38.1 5.1 15.0 28.2 11.1 26.0 TOTAL .256/.320/.403/.723 .728/.721 .717 .699 39/14 69/39

ERA-K/9

4.53/7.2

4.54/9.8

1.88/6.0

1.17/6.8

18.56/5.1

2.40/10.2

3.14/9.1

1.59/9.6

4.15/8.7

4.33/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (32-14-4)
Ross (9-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 370/.272 152/.235 113/.200 145/.199 29/.417 57/.160 121/.231 42/.214 111/.282 .256 Prado
Heyward
Diaz
Bourn
Hinske 51/0/0/4
0/1/64/4
14/0/6/2
0/68/0/1
1/0/4/0

OPS .748 .654 .561 .477 1.566 .506 .648 .690 .742 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.676 84/.681 43/.714 67/.483 12/1.983 35/.450 49/.500 21/.476 51/.528 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.776 68/.618 70/.475 78/.471 17/1.269 22/.596 72/.744 21/.905 60/.926 .735

Home 181/.842 93/.654 61/.475 104/.553 13/2.175 34/.448 59/.737 31/.677 47/.830

Last 28d days 111/.753 57/.678 33/.492 41/.420 11/.182 26/.580 49/.503 9/1.222 25/.520

HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 3/3/0 3/2/1 1/2/0 5/0/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 73/51/12

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

RedSox Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Jurrjens
G/S/vB 32.Durbin
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 291/204 .265/.285/.425/.710 .875/.642 .678 95/.621 8/4 9/6

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 13/1.112 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 300/188 .257/.313/.394/.707 .713/.703 .723 98/.642 0/0 5/2

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .267/.313/.267/.579 .400/.664 .606 16/.579 0/0 0/1

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/46 .211/.299/.382/.680 .637/.721 .652 24/.814 1/1 2/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/92 .316/.352/.551/.903 .921/.893 .990 61/.921 2/1 8/5

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/95 .340/.455/.519/.973 .691/1.084 1.053 74/.930 3/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/2.000 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· 291/187 .310/.395/.607/1.002 .996/1.003 1.127 98/1.097 0/1 18/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 285/197 .264/.320/.395/.716 .708/.718 .702 76/.489 3/3 5/1

5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 89/76 .208/.333/.292/.625 .413/.663 .366 42/.804 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 14/.676 12/.523 1/.000 1/.000 9/.472 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 164/114 .273/.350/.545/.895 1.034/.835 .891 12/1.064 0/1 9/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/163 .264/.311/.556/.867 .744/.889 .936 73/.891 0/0 13/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 93/47 .275/.363/.550/.913 .919/.904 1.030 26/.972 1/0 4/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 7/.453 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 161/116 .225/.311/.359/.670 .761/.636 .754 78/.631 0/0 4/3

IP 16.1 28.1 26.0 34.2 32.1 25.0 3.1 27.2 TOTAL .271/.331/.447/.778 .790/.772 .807 .762 28/14 82/35

ERA-K/9

9.37/4.4

3.81/7.6

1.38/14.9

4.41/8.8

3.34/5.0

3.60/7.6

8.10/10.9

3.90/11.7

4.01/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (39-7-2)
Shoppach (12-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 84/.411 120/.231 100/.133 144/.274 127/.261 109/.277 15/.333 131/.306 .250 Nava
Ross
McDonald
Gonzalez
Kalish 33/0/0/4
19/7/22/3
19/4/9/2
0/0/18/1
0/4/0/0

OPS 1.167 .726 .364 .760 .668 .770 1.012 .876 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/1.362 44/.613 47/.219 67/.637 56/.657 38/.358 6/1.500 47/.784 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.996 76/.798 53/.489 77/.864 71/.678 71/.994 9/.661 84/.929 .725

Road 40/1.199 57/.918 52/.339 68/.778 60/.657 74/.700 4/1.250 69/.743

Last 28d days / 49/.446 33/.121 45/.716 32/.923 35/.748 15/1.012 52/.851

HR/SB/CS 5/6/2 5/2/1 0/3/0 4/2/0 1/0/1 3/1/1 1/0/0 4/2/0 72/41/19

Usage ·Xo·o·o· ··o···o· ·····X·· ·o·X··X· ·Xo·o··· ···X·X·· ·XXo·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.