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Game Preview: LAD @ ATL, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 @Turner Field

Dodgers, 17-23, 17-23 5th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Capuano (34, LHP, 1-2, 6.60)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 15.0 20 12 11 6 13 3 6.60
2012 (12-12) 198.1 188 91 82 54 162 25 3.72
2011 (11-12) 186.0 198 99 94 53 168 27 4.55
Last 7 GS 2-4 30.0 41 23 21 10 16 8 6.30 41
2013-05-12 MIA W 6.1 5 1 1 1 7 1 79 65
2013-05-06 ARI L 4.0 8 6 5 2 2 2 88 24
2013-04-16 SDP L 2.0 5 5 5 2 0 0 43 24
2012-10-02 SFG L 3.0 5 2 2 0 0 2 39 41
2012-09-27 @SDP W 5.1 5 1 1 4 2 0 87 52
2012-09-20 @WSN L 5.0 6 4 3 1 3 0 83 43
2012-09-14 STL ND 4.1 7 4 4 0 2 3 82 35
Last 5 v.ATL 3-0 33.1 26 7 7 8 37 3 1.89 65
2012-08-17 @ATL ND 7.1 5 3 3 1 8 1 91 63
2012-04-23 ATL W 7.0 6 1 1 4 5 1 108 62
2011-09-16 @ATL W 5.0 6 2 2 2 6 1 103 51
2011-08-26 ATL W 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 122 96
2007-09-23 @ATL ND 5.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 88 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-13   Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-15   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  5-16 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Fri, May 17  @ATL  L   5-8       17-23  5th  6.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 15   WSN  W   3-1       17-22  5th  5.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 14   WSN  W   2-0       16-22  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 13   WSN  L   2-6       15-22  5th  7.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 12   MIA  W   5-3       15-21  5th  7.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 11   MIA  W   7-1       14-21  5th  7.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 10   MIA  L   4-5       13-21  5th  7.0 gb
 33 Wed, May  8   ARI  L   2-3       13-20  5th  6.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  7   ARI  L   3-5       13-19  5th  6.0 gb
 31 Mon, May  6   ARI  L   2-9       13-18  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Braves, 23-18, 23-18 1st, ½ up

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 1-5, 3.44)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-5) 49.2 51 23 19 19 33 7 3.44
2012 (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
2011 (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-4 44.2 45 21 17 15 30 7 3.43 52
2013-05-12 @SFG L 5.1 8 5 3 5 1 3 107 32
2013-05-07 @CIN ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 99 65
2013-05-02 WSN L 7.0 7 3 3 3 8 0 104 56
2013-04-27 @DET L 5.1 10 5 5 2 3 2 108 29
2013-04-21 @PIT L 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 99 51
2013-04-16 KCR ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 5 1 99 64
2013-04-09 @MIA W 7.0 3 1 0 2 1 0 90 68
Last 5 v.LAD 1-0 7.1 6 3 2 0 4 0 2.45 60
2010-06-03 @LAD W 7.1 6 3 2 0 4 0 96 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-5    Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast: 11-4    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 17   LAD  W   8-5       23-18  1st  0.5 up
 40 Wed, May 15  @ARI  L   3-5       22-18  1st  1.0 up
 39 Tue, May 14  @ARI  L   0-2       22-17  1st  1.0 up
 38 Mon, May 13  @ARI  W  10-1       22-16  1st  1.0 up
 37 Sun, May 12  @SFG  L   1-5       21-16  1st  1.0 up
 36 Sat, May 11  @SFG  L   1-10      21-15  1st  1.0 up
 35 Fri, May 10  @SFG  L   2-8       21-14  1st  1.0 up
 34 Thu, May  9  @SFG  W   6-3       21-13  1st  2.0 up
 33 Wed, May  8  @CIN  W   7-2       20-13  1st  2.0 up
 32 Tue, May  7  @CIN  L   4-5       19-13  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 ATL  4 @LAD  2        W:Jonny Venters (2-0), L: Javy Guerra (1-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (7)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 ATL  4 @LAD  3        W:Eric O'Flaherty (1-0), L: Javy Guerra (1-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (6)
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 LAD  7  ATL  2        W:Chris Capuano (2-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 ATL  4  LAD  3        W:Craig Kimbrel (4-2), L: Blake Hawksworth (2-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 LAD  2 @ATL  1 (10)   W:Mike MacDougal (2-1), L: Anthony Varvaro (0-1), S: Javy Guerra (15)
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 LAD  8 @ATL  6        W:Hung-Chih Kuo (1-2), L: Arodys Vizcaino (1-1), S: Javy Guerra (14)
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 1-0; 2012 - Tied 3-3; 2011 - LAD won 5-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1165-1017

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.30

ARI  4.24

MIA  2.74

 RA/G

STL  3.46

PHI  4.24

HOU  6.14

 BA

M. Cabrera  .376

N. Swisher  .267

B. Upton  .141

 OBP

S. Choo  .462

R. Cano  .333

J. Keppinger  .186

 SLG

C. Davis  .662

R. Howard  .429

J. Keppinger  .204

 OPS

P. Goldschmidt  1.077

J. Bruce  .761

J. Keppinger  .390

 ERA

S. Miller  1.40

H. Bailey  3.51

R. Vogelsong  8.06

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.75

C. Tillman  6.98

K. Correia  3.69

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

Dodgers Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 154/114 .307/.364/.471/.835 .900/.812 .684 84/.763 8/2 5/2
47.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 77/53 .096/.118/.096/.214 .382/.137 .310 27/.222 0/0 0/2
17.Ellis G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.000 ··· 136/94 .287/.388/.417/.805 .998/.725 .978 80/.741 0/0 2/1
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.667 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 5/.000 6/.000 ··· 156/103 .265/.353/.382/.735 .758/.721 .715 89/.700 0/1 3/0
18.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .143/.200/.143/.343 .533/.222 1.000 10/.400 0/0 0/0
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 146/88 .338/.390/.492/.883 .851/.904 .860 74/.787 0/0 4/4
9.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 51/37 .200/.280/.311/.591 .558/.604 .839 51/.591 5/1 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 24/22 .045/.125/.091/.216 .000/.236 .354 13/.000 0/0 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP 7/.429 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/no AB 1/no AB 169/116 .273/.320/.344/.664 .775/.613 .743 100/.766 6/0 1/4
7.Punto# G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 3/.666 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 97/67 .341/.421/.427/.848 1.113/.730 .875 74/.805 2/0 1/2
3.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 3/.666 ··· 84/74 .194/.310/.250/.560 .200/.606 .603 56/.598 1/0 0/2
5.Uribe G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.100 ··· 73/54 .259/.397/.362/.759 .649/.798 1.150 50/.748 0/0 2/1
33.Van Slyke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 13/6 .333/.385/1.083/1.468 2.071/.833 2.500 13/1.468 0/0 3/0
IP 49.2 16.0 3.2 18.2 15.1 18.0 22.0 TOTAL .261/.331/.370/.701 .787/.663 .736 .703 24/4 28/30
ERA-K/9 3.44/6.0 2.25/3.9 4.91/4.9 0.96/6.7 2.93/13.5 2.50/5.5 2.45/5.3 3.56/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ellis (13-11-4)
 Federowicz (0-0-0)
 Hernandez (1-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.260 67/.220 16/.308 72/.206 60/.228 70/.188 86/.198 .248  Crawford
 Kemp
 Schumaker
 Ethier
 Van Slyke
 Cruz
34/0/0/1
0/40/0/1
13/3/1/1
0/0/37/1
1/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .757 .568 1.015 .597 .705 .555 .578 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.782 29/.507 9/1.194 24/.351 32/.796 22/.420 45/.462 .650
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.726 38/.615 7/.733 48/.721 28/.599 48/.620 41/.703 .743
Home 85/.687 27/.536 / 17/.437 20/.450 27/.779 25/.285
Last 28d days 143/.868 48/.574 16/1.015 46/.708 34/1.050 38/.663 51/.733
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 2/1/1 2/0/0 39/20/8
Usage ·····X·· o··o·Xo· ····X·oX ··X··ooX X······· o···o··· ··ooo·Xo
Braves Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 51.Belisario
G/S/vB		 48.Guerra
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 56.Howell*
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 31.League
G/S/vB		 36.Magill
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 99.Ryu*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/80 .258/.298/.438/.736 .357/.805 .913 44/.663 0/1 5/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 13/.308 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/2.000 121/81 .299/.380/.421/.801 .925/.742 1.028 102/.741 0/0 2/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/90 .243/.294/.513/.807 1.066/.708 .797 71/.736 0/0 7/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 74/43 .145/.284/.290/.574 .440/.679 .771 5/1.350 1/1 2/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 17/.953 5/1.350 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 118/72 .321/.356/.473/.829 1.063/.682 .584 60/.618 0/0 3/1
7.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 8/1.339 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/24 .304/.360/.413/.773 .832/.698 .516 38/.932 0/0 0/0
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 44/21 .270/.357/.324/.681 .427/.971 1.083 23/.634 1/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 9/.777 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 36/25 .267/.361/.567/.928 1.121/.844 .250 36/.928 0/0 3/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/44 .302/.383/.453/.836 .393/.996 1.158 33/.823 0/2 1/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 75/68 .302/.405/.429/.834 .452/.874 .604 66/.807 6/2 1/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 162/108 .240/.284/.360/.644 .619/.656 .553 101/.714 1/1 4/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 26/.535 4/.500 3/3.500 2/.000 6/1.167 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 157/113 .187/.299/.388/.687 .884/.617 .783 89/.728 0/0 7/6
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.821 ··· ··· 13/.862 ··· ··· 2/.000 154/101 .141/.235/.237/.472 .527/.444 .436 86/.399 3/3 3/1
8.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.186 11/.382 7/.286 6/1.833 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 176/123 .285/.403/.639/1.042 1.311/.937 .976 103/.930 3/0 14/3
IP 15.0 19.2 7.0 15.2 18.0 21.1 15.1 13.0 15.2 55.1 TOTAL .243/.321/.414/.735 .782/.713 .769 .722 15/10 53/20
ERA-K/9 6.60/7.8 3.66/8.2 7.71/9.0 3.45/3.4 3.00/7.5 2.11/12.3 5.87/4.1 6.92/7.6 3.45/10.9 3.42/9.1 3.93/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (7-3-1)
 Laird (10-2-0)
 McCann (3-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.317 90/.286 39/.333 64/.236 79/.235 83/.195 67/.279 63/.250 57/.140 231/.246 .252  Gattis
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Heyward
 Johnson
6/0/0/2
0/37/0/2
35/0/6/0
5/6/10/0
0/0/18/0
2/2/10/0
OPS .901 .762 .860 .688 .623 .578 .809 .727 .452 .672 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.586 39/.881 19/.868 20/.566 33/.565 33/.442 34/.711 22/1.063 32/.374 52/.660 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/1.045 51/.669 20/.833 44/.738 46/.662 50/.664 33/.910 41/.567 25/.544 179/.675 .707
Road 11/.522 44/.913 8/1.625 22/.396 29/.678 38/.615 29/1.047 14/1.514 20/.788 131/.705
Last 28d days 47/.931 51/.666 39/.860 42/.711 48/.602 48/.583 42/1.022 63/.727 39/.439 129/.626
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 2/1/1 0/1/0 2/2/1 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/1/2 5/1/1 38/14/13
Usage ·····X·· X···o··X ····X·X· o·o·X·o· o·o·X··o ··Xo·X·· ··X··o·· ·······X X·X···oo 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.