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Game Preview: ATL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Braves, 0-4, 0-4 5th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hanson (25, RHP, 0-1, 1.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 5.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 1.80
2011 (11-7) 130.0 106 55 52 46 142 17 3.60
2010 (10-11) 202.2 182 86 75 56 173 14 3.33
Last 7 GS 1-4 38.2 44 26 26 15 43 9 6.05 46
2012-04-05 @NYM L 5.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 83 56
2011-08-06 @NYM L 3.1 8 7 7 2 5 4 81 19
2011-07-31 FLA L 6.0 6 3 3 4 7 1 108 51
2011-07-26 PIT ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 103 50
2011-07-21 @COL W 6.0 7 6 6 1 7 1 100 40
2011-07-16 WSN L 5.1 8 5 5 2 8 1 103 38
2011-07-09 @PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 94 70
Last 5 v.HOU 3-0 37.0 17 6 4 5 42 1 0.97 76
2011-06-12 @HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 2 14 0 112 79
2011-05-16 HOU W 7.0 3 2 1 1 10 1 94 74
2010-08-11 @HOU ND 7.0 2 1 0 2 4 0 94 73
2010-04-30 HOU W 8.0 4 2 2 0 7 0 99 73
2009-09-09 @HOU ND 8.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 98 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @HOU  L   3-8        0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @NYM  L   5-7        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @NYM  L   2-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5  @NYM  L   0-1        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-4    Last 20: 0-4    Last 30: 0-4
Astros, 3-1, 3-1 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Kyle Weiland (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-3) 24.2 29 22 21 12 13 5 7.66
Last 7 GS 0-3 21.2 28 22 21 12 11 5 8.72 35
2011-09-19 BAL L 4.2 5 6 5 2 5 3 85 35
2011-09-15 TBR L 3.0 3 4 4 2 1 1 61 36
2011-09-10 @TBR ND 4.0 6 3 3 3 1 0 82 36
2011-07-19 @BAL L 6.0 6 3 3 3 2 0 100 47
2011-07-10 BAL ND 4.0 8 6 6 2 2 1 78 22
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Mon, Apr  9   ATL  W   8-3        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   COL  W   3-2        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   COL  W   7-3        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   COL  L   3-5        0-1   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-1    Last 20: 3-1    Last 30: 3-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:J.A. Happ (1-0), L: Brandon Beachy (0-1), S: none

Mon, Jun 13, 2011 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Derek Lowe (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 ATL  4 @HOU  1        W:Tommy Hanson (8-4), L: Brett Myers (2-6), S: Jonny Venters (3)
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 ATL  6 @HOU  3 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (3-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 ATL 11 @HOU  4        W:Tim Hudson (5-5), L: Aneury Rodriguez (0-4), S: none
Tue, May 17, 2011 ATL  3  HOU  1 (11)   W:Cory Gearrin (1-1), L: Jeff Fulchino (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 16, 2011 ATL  3  HOU  2        W:Tommy Hanson (5-3), L: Fernando Abad (1-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (11)
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 ATL  8 @HOU  2 (10)   W:Billy Wagner (6-2), L: Brandon Lyon (6-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 ATL  4 @HOU  2        W:Jonny Venters (4-0), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (28)
Mon, Aug 09, 2010 HOU 10  ATL  4        W:Tim Byrdak (2-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 1-0; 2011 - ATL won 5-1; 2010 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - ATL leads 375-320

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Weiland
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 30.Happ*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/1.071 ··· 1/.000 722/510 .294/.349/.386/.734 .645/.772 .711 16/.388 61/14 2/3
17.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/77 .303/.339/.385/.724 .799/.683 .798 3/.000 7/4 2/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/1.315 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.750 2/2.000 2/.000 268/125 .263/.302/.323/.625 .692/.550 .588 11/.495 5/2 0/2
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 97/83 .258/.289/.452/.740 .286/.820 .835 8/.250 1/0 3/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/.000 ··· 635/431 .282/.346/.448/.795 .707/.837 .785 16/.500 4/4 21/6
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 456/341 .227/.319/.389/.708 .577/.754 .734 13/.762 9/2 14/6
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· 264/228 .233/.311/.403/.713 .461/.754 .738 3/.667 0/1 10/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 19/.498 1/2.000 5/1.600 44/1.007 1/.000 2/.000 527/363 .270/.351/.466/.817 .794/.826 .759 16/.521 3/2 24/5
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 10/.744 / /
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 16/.990 1/.000 ··· 12/.955 ··· 4/.500 590/432 .260/.302/.385/.687 .673/.692 .629 16/.846 4/8 13/8
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 171/113 .263/.333/.428/.761 .613/.833 .708 / 0/1 6/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 14/.517 1/2.000 5/.200 48/1.281 2/.000 ··· 672/488 .233/.311/.453/.764 .648/.808 .728 16/.327 1/3 36/15
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 15/.641 ··· 1/.000 232/134 .243/.274/.285/.559 .557/.561 .575 4/.000 5/2 0/4
IP 24.2 27.2 156.1 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .165/.236/.276/.511 .434/.607 .511 .511 1/0 2/5
ERA-K/9 7.66/4.7 2.93/9.4 /0.0 5.35/7.7 2.79/7.1 11.48/4.1 4.46/6.7 3.96/9.8 1.50/8.2 2.25/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (104-29-7)
 Ross (22-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.287 125/.272 / 698/.265 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .200  Bourn
 Prado
 Heyward
 Diaz
 Hinske
 Constanza
0/156/0/6
100/0/0/6
0/0/122/4
18/0/54/3
33/0/16/2
17/4/16/0
OPS .886 .809 .806 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .574
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.505 54/.697 / 131/.751 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .468
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/1.194 71/.889 / 567/.819 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .643
Home 60/1.123 70/.692 / 382/.748 155/.684 38/1.146 424/.779 126/.801 22/.897
Last 28d days / 3/.000 1/.000 25/.572 2/.000 5/1.400 5/.900 9/.347 9/.889
HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 3/1/0 // 21/11/5 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 3/3/1
Usage o······· ··o····· X······· ·o······ ··X····· ·X······ o··X···· o·o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 37.Beachy
G/S/vB		 40.Delgado
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
G/S/vB		 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .651 13/1.017 7/3 2/2
12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 94/37 .205/.267/.265/.532 .466/.641 .535 5/.650 4/3 0/1
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .811 16/.521 4/2 4/2
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .662 7/1.429 1/1 2/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.182 / /
16.Downs G/S/vP 6/1.700 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .948 3/.000 0/0 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 14/.714 / /
23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.875 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .601 15/.667 2/2 7/15
45.Lee G/S/vP 15/.929 3/1.167 ··· 25/.544 24/.833 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .796 16/.846 4/3 18/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .755 13/1.077 0/1 6/1
22.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 / /// / 1/5.000 / /
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .662 17/.741 22/4 2/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.819 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 2/.000 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .523 4/.500 0/1 3/0
IP 130.0 141.2 35.0 68.1 175.1 77.0 77.2 2.1 73.2 88.0 TOTAL .260/.310/.473/.783 .846/.766 .783 .783 1/1 5/4
ERA-K/9 3.60/9.8 3.68/10.7 2.83/4.6 5.53/7.8 4.47/5.1 2.10/14.8 3.36/6.7 0.00/7.8 0.98/8.2 1.84/9.8 4.78/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.219 591/.236 147/.220 318/.306 751/.291 306/.178 308/.197 8/.125 301/.221 357/.176 .318  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Bixler
 Buck
 Wright
 Downs
80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
0/79/0/1
27/4/6/1
25/1/14/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .680 .679 .655 .872 .772 .499 .586 .250 .572 .508 .857
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.783 237/.707 65/.683 143/.835 353/.791 147/.442 135/.618 4/.000 93/.512 92/.402 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.593 354/.660 82/.635 175/.900 398/.754 159/.549 173/.561 4/.500 208/.599 265/.545 1.010
Road 270/.728 287/.679 41/.539 156/.943 367/.833 125/.500 145/.740 3/.000 154/.641 182/.520
Last 28d days 21/.611 23/.604 / 12/1.500 18/.801 / 8/.750 11/.664 4/.500 6/.900
HR/SB/CS 17/30/3 16/13/4 5/2/1 12/6/3 16/9/9 3/1/3 8/0/0 0/0/0 2/5/2 2/2/2 4/0/0
Usage ····X··· X······· X·X····· X·X····· ·Xo····· ·X··X··· ·o······ ····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.