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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 @PNC Park

Braves, 93-68, 93-68 2nd, 4 GB, 6 up in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (33, RHP, 4-4, 3.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-4) 48.1 52 21 19 13 33 6 3.54
2010 (4-9) 119.1 123 65 60 43 84 18 4.53
2008 (13-9) 198.1 181 74 68 47 158 17 3.09
Last 7 GS 3-4 42.1 50 21 19 12 28 6 4.04 48
2012-08-24 @SFG L 4.1 9 4 4 3 2 0 82 28
2012-08-18 LAD L 6.0 4 6 6 2 3 4 98 41
2012-08-12 @NYM L 6.0 8 5 4 1 5 1 107 42
2012-08-06 @PHI W 7.1 7 1 1 1 0 1 92 59
2012-08-01 MIA L 6.2 11 4 3 1 8 0 104 45
2012-07-27 PHI W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 94 59
2012-07-21 @WSN W 6.0 5 0 0 3 6 0 91 65
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 33.0 41 13 13 7 32 5 3.55 53
2010-06-25 PIT W 6.0 8 4 4 0 9 1 102 49
2008-07-04 PIT W 5.2 8 1 1 3 6 0 120 52
2008-05-21 @PIT W 9.0 11 1 1 0 6 1 123 67
2007-07-05 @PIT L 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 41
2007-05-06 PIT ND 6.1 6 2 2 3 5 1 108 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   45-35   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  63-37   vsLHP:  30-31   1-Run:  25-13
 vsEast: 46-26   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2  @PIT  L   1-5       93-68  2nd  4.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1  @PIT  L   1-2       93-67  2nd  3.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   NYM  W   6-2       93-66  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYM  W   2-0       92-66  2nd  4.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYM  L   1-3       91-66  2nd  4.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   MIA  W   6-2       91-65  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   MIA  W   3-0       90-65  2nd  4.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   MIA  W   4-3       89-65  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @PHI  W   2-1       88-65  2nd  4.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22  @PHI  W   8-2       87-65  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 79-82, 79-82 4th, 18 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 16-9, 3.43)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (16-9) 196.2 181 82 75 60 177 18 3.43
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
Last 7 GS 1-5 45.1 40 19 14 12 44 2 2.78 58
2012-09-28 CIN L 8.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 107 68
2012-09-23 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 1 11 1 109 80
2012-09-18 MIL L 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 94 52
2012-09-12 @CIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 101 60
2012-09-07 CHC L 5.0 8 7 3 1 4 0 92 34
2012-09-01 @MIL ND 6.2 2 2 2 4 9 0 102 67
2012-08-27 STL L 5.2 7 4 3 1 3 1 93 43
Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 31.0 26 12 10 15 38 1 2.90 58
2012-04-27 @ATL L 6.0 6 2 2 3 8 0 94 57
2008-06-29 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 4 11 0 119 76
2006-06-22 @ATL ND 6.0 4 2 1 1 7 0 91 64
2005-09-25 @ATL L 6.0 6 5 4 4 8 1 119 46
2005-06-21 @ATL L 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 0 105 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-35   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  57-63   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  28-29
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:39-42   vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2   ATL  W   5-1       79-82  4th 18.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1   ATL  W   2-1       78-82  4th 18.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   CIN  L   3-4       77-82  4th 19.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   CIN  W   2-1       77-81  4th 18.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   CIN  L   0-1       76-81  4th 19.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @NYM  L   5-6       76-80  4th 18.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @NYM  L   0-6       76-79  4th 17.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @NYM  W  10-6       76-78  4th 17.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @NYM  L   2-6       75-78  4th 17.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @HOU  W   8-1       75-77  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 PIT  5  ATL  1        W:Kevin Correia (12-11), L: Tommy Hanson (13-10), S: none
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 PIT  2  ATL  1        W:Jeff Locke (1-3), L: Paul Maholm (13-11), S: Jared Hughes (2)
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 PIT  9 @ATL  3        W:James McDonald (1-1), L: Mike Minor (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 ATL  4  PIT  3        W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (8)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 PIT  4 @ATL  2        W:Erik Bedard (1-4), L: Randall Delgado (2-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 ATL  6  PIT  1        W:Tommy Hanson (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (1-1), S: Kris Medlen (1)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011 PIT  5 @ATL  2        W:Kevin Correia (12-8), L: Derek Lowe (6-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (30)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 ATL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (4-2), L: Chris Leroux (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 ATL  4  PIT  3 (19)   W:Scott Proctor (2-3), L: Daniel McCutchen (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 PIT  3 @ATL  1        W:James McDonald (7-4), L: Tim Hudson (9-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (29)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 4-2; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; 2010 - ATL won 6-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1086-1010

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
Braves Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
63.Leroux
G/S/vB
60.McPherson
G/S/vB
57.Morris
G/S/vB
32.Qualls
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
41.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
35.van den Hurk
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
61.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 197/61 .239/.279/.380/.660 .655/.670 .649 14/.220 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .125/.125/.125/.250 .667/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/1
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 7/.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 701/444 .274/.348/.392/.739 .728/.746 .714 76/.543 40/13 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/72 .257/.329/.284/.613 .364/.654 .527 39/.708 5/2 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 201/161 .239/.284/.441/.725 .468/.788 .602 15/.333 1/1 9/6
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 616/360 .261/.343/.459/.801 .717/.863 .744 92/.726 2/0 23/12
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 648/391 .267/.334/.478/.812 .635/.931 .871 97/.678 20/8 27/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 19/.921 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 146/129 .198/.274/.313/.587 .426/.609 .648 9/.889 0/0 2/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 186/116 .186/.269/.234/.502 .512/.497 .418 7/.286 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 287/127 .287/.334/.396/.730 .790/.654 .819 38/.405 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 46/.935 8/1.071 9/1.810 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 2/.000 4/.250 10/.300 1/.000 ··· 447/253 .285/.376/.453/.829 .821/.836 .714 77/.567 1/0 14/11
16.McCann* G/S/vP 15/.481 1/.000 9/.222 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 1/.000 6/1.100 14/1.409 ··· ··· 485/319 .227/.297/.396/.693 .673/.703 .697 58/.678 3/0 20/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP 29/.357 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 8/2.321 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 131/116 .259/.331/.397/.727 .552/.751 .705 19/.325 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/125 .243/.287/.325/.613 .536/.651 .626 7/.333 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 688/445 .302/.360/.438/.798 .864/.762 .779 93/.876 17/4 10/4
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .762 37/.550 1/0 9/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/113 .290/.337/.420/.757 .796/.734 .660 53/.680 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.834 4/.500 10/1.214 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 10/.844 4/1.000 10/1.944 ··· 1/.000 ··· 626/416 .219/.347/.385/.731 .776/.709 .802 89/.877 4/3 19/12
IP 196.2 58.2 59.2 75.2 10.1 26.1 5.0 52.0 73.2 49.1 1.2 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.390/.709 .688/.722 .695 .640 98/32 149/86
ERA-K/9 3.43/8.1 2.91/13.8 2.72/10.1 2.85/5.9 6.10/7.9 2.73/7.2 1.80/10.8 5.37/4.7 3.91/5.6 5.66/9.1 21.60/10.6 3.38/8.9 1.93/13.4 3.91/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (3-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)
 Ross (19-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 826/.243 244/.207 254/.187 316/.226 45/.268 107/.247 20/.125 230/.299 330/.276 207/.246 13/.455 215/.198 26/.455 .248  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/153/11
118/0/0/9
37/32/28/3
0/152/0/3
21/4/0/2
4/0/26/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .666 .635 .648 .677 .684 .682 .375 .813 .722 .767 .993 .623 1.111 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 421/.693 117/.485 124/.525 145/.734 14/.368 42/.637 8/.125 98/.988 131/.694 111/.730 4/1.000 103/.554 12/1.053 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 405/.638 127/.767 130/.763 171/.629 31/.831 65/.712 12/.533 132/.685 199/.740 96/.811 9/.984 112/.691 14/1.161 .730
Home 436/.651 127/.674 135/.548 157/.713 15/.286 59/.650 9/.619 133/.890 156/.760 94/.709 5/.650 92/.526 3/3.000
Last 28d days 138/.583 38/.905 40/.869 37/.779 37/.507 82/.720 20/.375 25/.639 32/.984 15/.872 13/.993 38/.310 14/1.136
HR/SB/CS 18/35/2 7/3/0 8/9/0 7/17/0 1/2/0 3/4/2 0/2/0 7/12/1 6/6/1 8/1/2 0/0/0 5/9/1 0/2/0 153/151/19
Usage ····X··· ··oX···o ··XX···X ·o·X···o ······o· ···X···· o·····o· ······o· o····o·X ·····o·· ········ ·Xo·oo·· o·······
Pirates Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Sheets
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
52.Batista
G/S/vB
32.Durbin
G/S/vB
53.Gearrin
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
54.Medlen
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.750 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 583/433 .245/.319/.469/.788 .657/.835 .801 101/.680 1/0 30/27
26.Barajas G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· 15/1.324 4/.750 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 1/.000 358/275 .208/.285/.346/.631 .478/.675 .558 43/.832 0/0 11/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 16/.938 7/.143 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/1.125 3/1.000 6/.750 3/.000 490/382 .228/.272/.321/.593 .736/.553 .629 72/.772 0/2 8/16
19.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 24/24 .136/.208/.182/.390 /.390 .464 15/.552 0/0 0/0
3.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 1/0 0/0
10.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 .500 1/ 0/0 0/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 273/181 .232/.278/.346/.624 .570/.651 .542 48/.505 7/3 3/6
2.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/55 .297/.333/.359/.693 .517/.746 .803 52/.607 0/0 0/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 512/433 .275/.318/.519/.837 .546/.890 .786 93/.635 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/128 .264/.307/.448/.755 1.042/.647 .708 77/.819 12/5 5/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 8/1.375 5/.800 6/.533 1/no AB 670/520 .327/.400/.554/.954 1.149/.899 .963 109/.874 20/12 31/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .660 54/.456 0/0 12/3
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/56 .210/.265/.371/.636 .367/.690 .537 10/.650 0/1 1/1
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 366/303 .240/.282/.409/.691 .702/.689 .608 59/.788 9/7 10/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.573 5/.400 ··· 6/.167 7/.286 8/.625 7/1.000 6/1.100 6/.167 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 59/.645 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/150 .245/.315/.374/.689 1.110/.585 .787 33/.343 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 373/280 .244/.316/.349/.665 .706/.653 .611 37/.901 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/3.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 530/389 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.825 .722 29/.614 7/5 14/9
IP 48.1 35.0 52.2 61.0 19.0 61.2 73.2 138.0 5.0 56.1 57.2 TOTAL .243/.305/.397/.701 .698/.702 .674 .664 73/52 170/112
ERA-K/9 3.54/6.1 2.06/8.2 4.61/6.1 3.10/7.2 1.89/9.5 1.02/16.5 3.91/7.9 1.57/7.8 1.80/3.6 1.76/7.4 3.28/10.5 3.44/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (90-6-7)
 McKenry (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.280 138/.210 244/.283 257/.231 77/.243 227/.123 313/.277 520/.208 21/.167 227/.233 258/.270 .243  Tabata
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Jones
 Presley
 Harrison
 Snider
 Fryer
32/0/76/6
42/3/0/3
0/155/0/3
0/0/66/3
80/4/7/2
1/0/12/1
15/0/33/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .787 .548 .811 .709 .669 .356 .745 .529 .583 .611 .743 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.717 56/.549 119/.867 90/.775 31/1.026 120/.320 156/.629 263/.519 3/1.167 76/.313 92/.661 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.900 82/.548 125/.757 167/.671 46/.430 107/.395 157/.856 257/.539 18/.489 151/.764 166/.788 .689
Road 104/.854 70/.663 116/.799 116/.732 27/.708 101/.327 147/.783 227/.496 10/.958 132/.611 129/.619
Last 28d days / 34/.412 5/1.400 28/.582 31/.619 44/.351 22/.495 128/.504 13/.879 33/.248 40/.493
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 1/2/0 6/8/3 9/4/2 1/1/0 3/8/1 6/4/0 6/5/2 1/1/0 3/1/2 6/5/0 145/98/39
Usage ········ ··Xo·o·· ········ o··o··o· ··X·o··· ··oX··Xo o···oo·· ··X····X ·o······ ······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.