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Game Preview: LAD @ ATL, 8:30pm, Thursday, October 3, 2013 @Turner Field

Dodgers, 92-70,

SP: Clayton Kershaw (25, LHP, 16-9, 1.83)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 RegS (16-9) 236.0 164 55 48 52 232 11 1.83
2012 RegS (14-9) 227.2 170 70 64 63 229 16 2.53
2011 RegS (21-5) 233.1 174 66 59 54 248 15 2.28
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.2 42 12 10 12 50 2 1.97 62
2013-09-27 COL W 6.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 82 72
2013-09-21 @SDP W 7.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 99 79
2013-09-13 SFG L 7.0 8 3 2 0 6 0 106 57
2013-09-08 @CIN ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 7 2 104 65
2013-09-02 @COL W 5.0 11 5 5 1 4 0 81 28
2013-08-27 CHC L 5.2 7 2 1 3 9 0 107 55
2013-08-22 @MIA W 8.0 5 0 0 3 6 0 103 75
Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 29.1 20 10 8 10 35 1 2.45 65
2011-09-04 @ATL ND 7.0 8 3 2 0 10 0 115 61
2011-04-21 ATL ND 8.2 5 3 3 4 7 1 122 65
2010-06-04 ATL ND 6.2 5 4 3 5 8 0 110 53
2009-08-08 ATL ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 103 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   47-34   Road:   45-36   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  66-43   vsLHP:  26-27   1-Run:  25-21
 vsEast: 22-11   vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest: 37-39 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   COL  L   1-2       92-70  1st 11.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   COL  L   0-1       92-69  1st 12.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   COL  W  11-0       92-68  1st 12.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 26  @SFG  L   2-3       91-68  1st 11.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SFG  L   4-6       91-67  1st 11.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SFG  W   2-1       91-66  1st 11.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 22  @SDP  W   1-0       90-66  1st 10.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 21  @SDP  W   4-0       89-66  1st 10.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 20  @SDP  L   0-2       88-66  1st 10.5 up
153 Thu, Sep 19  @ARI  W   7-6       88-65  1st 10.5 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Braves, 96-66,

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 15-12, 3.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 RegS (15-12) 197.0 194 77 68 47 157 18 3.11
2012 RegS (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
2011 RegS (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 5-1 49.0 37 7 7 9 42 1 1.29 67
2013-09-27 PHI W 8.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 101 83
2013-09-21 @CHC ND 7.1 6 1 1 2 6 0 106 66
2013-09-14 SDP W 7.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 110 73
2013-09-09 @MIA W 6.1 6 2 2 2 6 0 108 57
2013-09-03 NYM W 7.0 7 1 1 0 9 0 95 68
2013-08-29 CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 96 71
2013-08-23 @STL L 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 78 50
Last 5 v.LAD 2-0 21.0 13 4 2 4 15 0 0.86 67
2013-06-08 @LAD W 6.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 116 69
2013-05-18 LAD ND 7.0 2 1 0 3 5 0 112 73
2010-06-03 @LAD W 7.1 6 3 2 0 4 0 96 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   56-25   Road:   40-41   ExtrInn:12-5 
 vsRHP:  71-50   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  27-20
 vsEast: 47-29   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 19-14 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   PHI  W  12-5       96-66  1st 10.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   PHI  L   4-5       95-66  1st  9.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   PHI  W   1-0       95-65  1st 10.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 26   PHI  W   7-1       94-65  1st 10.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 25   MIL  L   0-4       93-65  1st  9.5 up
157 Tue, Sep 24   MIL  W   3-2       93-64  1st  9.5 up
156 Mon, Sep 23   MIL  L   0-5       92-64  1st  8.5 up
155 Sun, Sep 22  @CHC  W   5-2       92-63  1st  8.5 up
154 Sat, Sep 21  @CHC  L   1-3       91-63  1st  8.0 up
153 Fri, Sep 20  @CHC  W   9-5       91-62  1st  8.5 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 ATL  8 @LAD  1        W:Mike Minor (8-2), L: Matt Magill (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 ATL  2 @LAD  1        W:Kris Medlen (3-6), L: Stephen Fife (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (18)
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 LAD  2  ATL  1 (10)   W:Brandon League (2-2), L: Anthony Varvaro (3-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 LAD  5  ATL  0        W:Zack Greinke (3-1), L: Tim Hudson (4-5), S: none
Sun, May 19, 2013 ATL  5  LAD  2        W:Luis Avilan (2-0), L: Kenley Jansen (1-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Sat, May 18, 2013 ATL  3  LAD  1        W:Cory Gearrin (1-0), L: Kenley Jansen (1-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (13)
Fri, May 17, 2013 ATL  8  LAD  5        W:Paul Maholm (5-4), L: Paco Rodriguez (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (12)

Sun, Aug 19, 2012 LAD  5 @ATL  0        W:Chad Billingsley (10-9), L: Mike Minor (6-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 LAD  6 @ATL  2        W:Aaron Harang (9-7), L: Ben Sheets (4-3), S: Kenley Jansen (25)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 ATL  4  LAD  3 (11)   W:Jonny Venters (5-3), L: Brandon League (0-6), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 5-2; 2012 - Tied 3-3; 2011 - LAD won 5-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1167-1024

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 2013 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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Dodgers Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
20.Ayala
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
32.Downs*
G/S/vB
62.Hale
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
40.Loe
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
52.Walden
G/S/vB
58.Wood*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
48.Buss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .105/.150/.105/.255 .250/.250 .000 20/.255 0/0 0/0
31.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.400 .000 7/.286 0/0 0/0
26.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .167/.167/.389/.556 .625/.500 .000 9/.556 0/0 1/0
25.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 22/.933 ··· 2/.000 11/1.637 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 469/354 .283/.329/.407/.736 .551/.796 .714 62/.565 15/4 6/4
17.Ellis G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 448/345 .238/.318/.364/.682 .671/.684 .768 66/.646 0/2 10/3
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 18/.410 3/.666 6/.833 ··· 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .611 73/.591 4/1 6/6
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 12/.833 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 7/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 553/393 .272/.360/.423/.783 .613/.854 .884 31/.547 4/3 12/2
18.Federowicz G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 173/121 .231/.275/.356/.631 .650/.623 .798 27/.568 0/0 4/5
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 8/.375 3/.000 8/.833 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 641/441 .293/.342/.461/.803 .747/.829 .772 81/.883 1/0 22/11
9.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 106/82 .234/.314/.298/.612 .577/.623 .644 18/.801 10/2 1/7
6.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 226/138 .211/.265/.275/.539 .445/.597 .521 27/.148 0/0 2/6
27.Kemp G/S/vP 10/.300 1/.000 3/1.666 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 290/207 .270/.328/.395/.723 .853/.671 .857 39/.870 9/0 6/5
66.Puig G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 432/315 .319/.391/.534/.925 1.001/.897 .855 91/.734 11/8 19/5
7.Punto# G/S/vP 10/.550 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 16/.321 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .653 39/.556 3/3 2/8
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.445 1/.000 8/2.250 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 336/243 .345/.402/.638/1.040 1.142/1.001 1.061 60/1.228 10/2 20/13
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 356/296 .263/.332/.332/.665 .632/.671 .646 51/.515 2/2 2/7
5.Uribe G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 12/.166 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 426/322 .278/.331/.438/.769 .781/.765 .756 73/.980 5/0 12/6
33.Van Slyke G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 152/76 .240/.342/.465/.807 .764/.850 .799 34/.729 1/1 7/2
10.Young G/S/vP 12/.350 4/.250 9/.444 3/2.334 18/1.125 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.071 3/.000 565/411 .279/.335/.395/.730 .730/.729 .714 47/.763 1/0 8/10
IP 197.0 65.0 33.0 65.2 43.1 11.0 67.0 26.2 73.1 47.0 77.2 TOTAL .264/.326/.396/.722 .706/.729 .742 .699 78/28 138/109
ERA-K/9 3.11/7.2 1.52/5.3 3.27/6.0 1.78/10.1 2.49/7.7 0.82/11.5 1.21/13.2 7.09/5.1 2.82/5.3 3.45/10.3 3.13/8.9 3.18/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (0-0-0)
 Ellis (35-28-6)
 Federowicz (24-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 820/.258 256/.175 143/.295 256/.198 189/.276 46/.244 258/.166 127/.345 306/.245 193/.220 327/.263 .244  Ethier
 Puig
 Crawford
 Kemp
 Schumaker
 Van Slyke
 Hairston
 Buss
 Castellanos
8/74/54/8
2/10/93/8
107/0/0/3
0/70/0/2
35/29/18/1
30/0/13/1
23/0/4/1
3/1/3/0
2/0/6/0
OPS .706 .478 .747 .558 .694 .572 .487 1.130 .644 .620 .670 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.730 114/.383 51/.779 99/.643 90/.630 21/.683 132/.574 50/.947 133/.548 91/.542 99/.622 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.680 142/.557 92/.729 157/.506 99/.757 25/.480 126/.393 77/1.250 173/.717 102/.690 228/.690 .671
Home 421/.672 129/.424 74/.674 119/.509 116/.525 46/.572 132/.400 78/1.116 169/.589 101/.584 175/.653
Last 28d days 108/.451 27/.696 34/.726 39/.323 17/1.358 46/.572 37/.594 43/.921 48/.759 18/1.382 56/.867
HR/SB/CS 18/9/5 1/1/2 2/4/1 5/5/4 1/1/0 0/1/0 4/3/2 11/3/0 3/5/0 4/8/0 3/3/3 127/79/32
Usage ·····X·· ···o··o· ···X··o· ···o···· ····o··o ······X· ···X·o·· ····o··o ····X··o ····X··· ···oo·o·
Braves Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB
54.Belisario
G/S/vB
98.Garcia*
G/S/vB
56.Howell*
G/S/vB
74.Jansen
G/S/vB
43.League
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
41.Moylan
G/S/vB
75.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
99.Ryu*
G/S/vB
Wilson
G/S/vB
44.Withrow
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
61.Bethancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
13.Constanza* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 31/23 .258/.258/.258/.516 .000/.696 .600 4/1.500 0/3 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 6/1.833 2/1.000 ··· 629/433 .319/.396/.501/.897 .764/.958 1.001 95/1.080 1/0 23/10
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 382/278 .243/.291/.480/.771 .808/.757 .790 97/.711 0/0 21/7
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 4/1.750 3/.000 1/2.000 2/no AB 7/.429 4/.500 ··· 440/316 .254/.349/.427/.776 .801/.766 .873 35/.838 2/4 14/0
4.Janish G/S/vP 12/.432 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 45/32 .171/.222/.220/.442 .154/.540 .456 7/.571 0/0 0/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.250 6/1.100 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 7/.429 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 547/404 .321/.358/.457/.816 .939/.772 .808 84/.715 0/0 12/14
30.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 275/211 .209/.255/.283/.538 .579/.526 .455 71/.687 22/2 2/6
7.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 8/1.339 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 136/78 .244/.311/.341/.653 .673/.637 .704 10/.100 0/0 1/0
11.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 141/89 .281/.367/.372/.739 .667/.781 .931 28/.677 1/1 1/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.270 ··· 402/291 .256/.336/.461/.796 .616/.869 .858 53/.550 0/1 20/4
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 265/233 .247/.331/.346/.677 .285/.735 .621 43/.368 22/6 3/1
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 658/503 .248/.296/.396/.692 .692/.691 .686 87/.799 6/5 17/14
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/69 .215/.315/.266/.581 .831/.503 .573 16/.188 1/0 0/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 13/.237 5/1.400 ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 2/.500 12/.333 19/.652 ··· 6/.750 10/1.600 ··· 537/412 .179/.309/.362/.671 .599/.692 .591 49/.486 2/0 22/14
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.862 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 446/326 .184/.268/.289/.557 .449/.598 .627 42/.171 12/5 9/4
8.Upton G/S/vP 31/.368 12/.349 ··· 1/no AB 10/.400 3/.000 8/1.357 4/.500 1/5.000 7/.453 11/.964 ··· 643/479 .263/.354/.464/.818 .994/.762 .775 93/.750 8/1 27/4
IP 236.0 68.0 1.1 62.0 76.2 54.1 49.0 15.1 54.1 192.0 13.2 34.2 TOTAL .249/.321/.402/.723 .701/.731 .753 .662 64/31 181/85
ERA-K/9 1.83/8.8 3.97/6.5 13.50/6.9 2.03/7.8 1.88/13.0 5.30/4.6 4.41/10.8 6.46/3.5 2.32/10.4 3.00/7.2 0.66/8.5 2.60/11.2 3.25/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (16-8-2)
 Laird (16-9-1)
 McCann (47-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 908/.195 300/.274 9/.200 246/.193 292/.177 249/.305 225/.225 70/.365 208/.164 783/.252 49/.178 134/.165 .243  Schafer
 Heyward
 Upton
 Gattis
 Upton
 Terdoslavich
 Constanza
 Johnson
 Johnson
15/30/29/5
0/20/86/4
0/118/0/3
48/0/0/3
108/0/54/2
13/0/4/1
9/2/0/0
8/0/3/0
10/12/15/0
OPS .521 .725 1.356 .531 .509 .818 .763 .984 .511 .660 .467 .536 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.477 98/.811 6/2.000 121/.452 121/.531 102/.905 87/.574 28/1.020 112/.400 201/.738 13/.413 48/.533 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 737/.532 202/.684 3/.333 125/.608 171/.494 147/.758 138/.883 42/.960 96/.641 582/.633 36/.485 86/.538 .657
Road 436/.517 156/.759 1/.000 127/.475 140/.568 126/.831 103/.941 29/.997 106/.637 393/.659 24/.341 87/.409
Last 28d days 103/.539 37/.685 9/1.356 36/.454 33/.583 31/.854 40/.457 18/.915 29/1.081 99/.623 30/.311 38/.336
HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 3/4/2 1/1/0 2/3/2 6/7/2 8/2/2 7/10/4 3/0/3 5/8/2 15/1/2 0/1/0 5/3/1 127/63/40
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· ········ ···o···X ···X···· ·····o·o ·····o·X ········ ····o·o· ···X···· ···oo··· ···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.