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Game Preview: ATL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Braves, 1-4, 1-4 5th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Randall Delgado (22, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 35.0 29 12 11 14 18 5 2.83
Last 7 GS 1-1 35.0 29 12 11 14 18 5 2.83 53
2011-09-26 PHI ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 1 82 48
2011-09-20 @FLA W 5.0 5 0 0 2 1 0 92 56
2011-09-14 FLA ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 101 57
2011-09-09 @STL ND 5.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 93 57
2011-09-04 LAD ND 5.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 94 48
2011-08-16 SFG ND 6.0 1 1 1 1 4 1 74 69
2011-06-17 TEX L 4.0 7 4 3 2 2 1 86 34
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @HOU  W   6-4        1-4   5th  3.0 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: 1-4    Last 20: 1-4    Last 30: 1-4
Astros, 3-2, 3-2 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 6.1 6 3 0 2 2 0 0.00
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.1 41 19 16 18 41 6 3.25 55
2012-04-06 COL ND 6.1 6 3 0 2 2 0 97 55
2011-09-26 STL ND 6.1 8 2 2 3 2 0 102 48
2011-09-21 @CIN L 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 95 63
2011-09-16 @CHC ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 5 1 107 46
2011-09-10 @WSN W 6.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 108 53
2011-09-04 MIL L 6.0 6 3 3 3 8 2 106 53
2011-08-29 PIT W 7.0 4 3 3 4 13 1 113 66
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 33.0 25 8 4 10 31 0 1.09 64
2011-06-13 ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 95 69
2011-05-17 @ATL ND 8.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 113 76
2010-08-11 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 1 1 9 0 111 69
2010-05-01 @ATL L 5.0 10 5 2 1 5 0 86 37
2009-09-09 ATL ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 85 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Tue, Apr 10   ATL  L   4-6        3-2   2nd  1.5 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: 3-2    Last 20: 3-2    Last 30: 3-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 ATL  6 @HOU  4        W:Tommy Hanson (1-1), L: Kyle Weiland (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (1)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - ATL won 5-1; 2010 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - ATL leads 376-320

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

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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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 (3.20 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 56.Weiland
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/1.071 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 722/510 .294/.349/.386/.734 .645/.772 .711 21/.449 61/14 2/3
23.Diaz G/S/vP 31/.794 1/.000 ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 97/83 .258/.289/.452/.740 .286/.820 .835 9/.222 1/0 3/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 635/431 .282/.346/.448/.795 .707/.837 .785 21/.381 4/4 21/6
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 7/.971 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 456/341 .227/.319/.389/.708 .577/.754 .734 17/.694 9/2 14/6
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/1.071 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 264/228 .233/.311/.403/.713 .461/.754 .738 4/1.000 0/1 10/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 25/1.050 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/2.142 48/1.063 ··· 3/2.334 2/2.000 512/351 .275/.344/.470/.814 .750/.843 .716 4/1.750 2/2 18/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.600 44/1.007 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 527/363 .270/.351/.466/.817 .794/.826 .759 21/.554 3/2 24/5
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 / /// / 14/1.024 / /
14.Prado G/S/vP 19/.722 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.955 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 590/432 .260/.302/.385/.687 .673/.692 .629 21/.736 4/8 13/8
8.Ross G/S/vP 22/.764 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 171/113 .263/.333/.428/.761 .613/.833 .708 / 0/1 6/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 22/.477 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 48/1.281 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 672/488 .233/.311/.453/.764 .648/.808 .728 21/.508 1/3 36/15
2.Wilson G/S/vP 28/.857 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 15/.641 ··· ··· 1/.000 232/134 .243/.274/.285/.559 .557/.561 .575 4/.000 5/2 0/4
IP 191.0 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 24.2 12.0 TOTAL .194/.260/.321/.581 .434/.689 .581 .581 2/1 4/5
ERA-K/9 3.49/7.8 2.93/9.4 /0.0 2.79/7.1 11.48/4.1 4.46/6.7 3.96/9.8 7.66/4.7 1.50/8.2 3.00/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 808/.251 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 118/.287 44/.154 .220  Bourn
 Prado
 Heyward
 Diaz
 Hinske
0/156/0/6
100/0/0/6
0/0/122/4
18/0/54/3
33/0/16/2
OPS .739 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .886 .583 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.628 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 53/.505 30/.205 .541
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 646/.768 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 65/1.194 14/1.352 .695
Home 350/.739 70/.692 / 155/.684 38/1.146 424/.779 126/.801 60/1.123 22/.897
Last 28d days 30/.584 8/.125 1/.000 11/.545 8/.875 5/.900 9/.347 24/1.098 9/.889
HR/SB/CS 25/20/3 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 5/0/1 1/2/0 5/4/2
Usage ····X··· Xo······ ···o···· X·o····· o··X···· ··X····· ·o··X··· 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 (5.00 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 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 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .651 18/.944 7/3 2/2
12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 94/37 .205/.267/.265/.532 .466/.641 .535 6/.533 4/3 0/1
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .811 19/.505 4/2 4/2
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .662 8/1.500 1/1 2/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.182 / /
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .948 4/.000 0/0 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB / /// / 18/.745 / /
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 8/.875 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .601 20/.750 2/2 7/15
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 25/.544 24/.833 3/2.333 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .796 21/1.087 4/3 18/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .755 18/.889 0/1 6/1
22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 / /// / 2/2.500 / /
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .662 22/.855 22/4 2/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.819 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 2/.000 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .523 9/.222 0/1 3/0
IP 35.0 68.1 175.1 77.0 77.2 2.1 73.2 88.0 TOTAL .272/.330/.444/.774 .810/.764 .774 .774 4/1 5/4
ERA-K/9 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 4.61/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 147/.220 318/.306 751/.291 306/.178 308/.197 8/.125 301/.221 357/.176 .318  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Bixler
 Schafer
 Wright
 Downs
 Buck
80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
27/4/6/1
0/79/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
25/1/14/0
OPS .655 .872 .772 .499 .586 .250 .572 .508 .830
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.683 143/.835 353/.791 147/.442 135/.618 4/.000 93/.512 92/.402 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.635 175/.900 398/.754 159/.549 173/.561 4/.500 208/.599 265/.545 .919
Road 41/.539 156/.943 367/.833 125/.500 145/.740 3/.000 154/.641 182/.520
Last 28d days / 12/1.500 18/.801 4/.833 8/.750 18/.742 7/.571 11/.788
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 12/6/3 16/9/9 3/1/3 8/0/0 0/0/0 2/5/2 2/2/2 4/3/0
Usage ·X·X···· ·X·X···· o······· ··Xo···· X·X··X·· o·o····· 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.