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Game Preview: ATL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 23, 2007 @Great American Ball Park

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Atlanta Braves, 66-61, 3rd, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Buddy Carlyle (29, RHP, 7-5, 4.66)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-5)             85    91  49  44  22  55 13    4.66      
 2005 (0-0)             14    16  13  13   4  13  4    8.36      
 2000 (0-0)              3     6   7   7   3   2  0   21.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  39    47  25  21   9  21  6    4.85   45 
 2007-08-18    ARI   L   5    10   8   5   2   4  2      93   23 
 2007-08-12    PHI   L   4.1   6   4   3   3   4  1      88   38 
 2007-08-07    NYM   W   5     6   3   3   1   1  0      79   43 
 2007-08-01    HOU   W   5     5   2   2   0   2  1      71   51 
 2007-07-26    SFG   L   5.2   9   4   4   2   4  0      96   37 
 2007-07-21    STL   W   6     7   3   3   1   2  1      93   47 
 2007-07-15    PIT   W   8     4   1   1   0   4  1      91   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-1   5     6   4   4   3   7  1    7.20   43 
 1999-09-20    CIN   L   5     6   4   4   3   7  1      77   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   32-30   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  43-31   vsLHP:  23-30   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 26-22   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 22  @CIN  L   2-4       66-61  3rd  6.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 21  @CIN  L   7-8       66-60  3rd  6.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 20  @CIN  W  14-4       66-59  2nd  5.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 19   ARI  W   6-2       65-59  3rd  5.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 18   ARI  L   6-12      64-59  3rd  5.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 17   ARI  L   0-4       64-58  3rd  4.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 16   SFG  L   3-9       64-57  3rd  3.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 15   SFG  W   6-3       64-56  2nd  3.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 14   SFG  W   5-4       63-56  3rd  3.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 12  @PHI  L   3-5       62-56  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Cincinnati Reds, 56-70, 5th, 9½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Elizardo Ramirez (24, RHP, 0-1, 3.86)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-1)              7     6   3   3   1   2  1    3.86      
 2006 (4-9)            104   123  70  62  29  69 14    5.37      
 2005 (0-3)             22.1  33  22  21  10   9  5    8.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  30.1  45  29  28   9  19  6    8.31   37 
 2007-08-18    MIL   L   5     5   3   3   0   1  1      65   46 
 2006-08-12    PHI  ND   1.1   5   5   5   1   0  2      38   23 
 2006-08-07    STL   L   1.2   6   7   6   2   0  2      38   15 
 2006-08-02    LAD   L   4.2   5   5   5   4   5  0     106   35 
 2006-07-27    HOU   W   6.2   6   1   1   1   8  0     101   65 
 2006-07-21    MIL  ND   5    11   5   5   0   1  0      76   26 
 2006-07-16    COL  ND   6     7   3   3   1   4  1     100   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL    Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-33   Road:   27-37   ExtrInn: 8-8 
 vsRHP:  37-42   vsLHP:  19-28   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 10-17   vsCntrl:27-27   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 22   ATL  W   4-2       56-70  5th  9.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   ATL  W   8-7       55-70  5th  9.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   ATL  L   4-14      54-70  5th  9.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @MIL  W   7-6       54-69  5th  9.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @MIL  L   4-8       53-69  5th 10.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @MIL  W   8-3       53-68  5th  9.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @CHC  L   4-12      52-68  5th  9.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @CHC  W  11-9       52-67  5th  9.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @CHC  W   6-5       51-67  5th 10.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   SDP  L   4-10      50-67  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 CIN  4  ATL  2    W:Bronson Arroyo (7-13), L: Lance Cormier (0-4), S: Dave Weathers (27)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CIN  8  ATL  7    W:Bill Bray (3-0), L: Peter Moylan (4-3), S: Dave Weathers (26)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 ATL 14 @CIN  4    W:Tim Hudson (15-5), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 CIN  5 @ATL  4 (15)   W:Mike Gosling (1-0), L: Jose Ascanio (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 CIN  6 @ATL  5    W:Bronson Arroyo (4-10), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1), S: Dave Weathers (18)
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 CIN 10 @ATL  3    W:Bobby Livingston (2-0), L: Kyle Davies (4-8), S: none

Sun, Aug 06, 2006 ATL  6 @CIN  4    W:Macay McBride (3-1), L: Gary Majewski (4-4), S: Bob Wickman (20)
Sat, Aug 05, 2006 CIN  8  ATL  6    W:Dave Weathers (4-3), L: Tyler Yates (1-2), S: Bill Bray (2)
Fri, Aug 04, 2006 CIN  5  ATL  4    W:Aaron Harang (12-7), L: Chuck James (4-3), S: Eddie Guardado (12)
Sun, Jul 09, 2006 ATL  8  CIN  3    W:Oscar Villarreal (8-1), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-6), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CIN leads 5-1; 2006 - ATL won 4-3; 2005 - ATL won 7-3; All-Time - CIN leads 1121-1040

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 2007 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

NYY  5.95

BAL  4.64

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.89

COL  4.75

TBD  6.02

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

G. Dobbs  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

A. Iwamura  .361

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .651

C. Guzman  .468

N. Punto  .259

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

W. Harris  .827

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Wang  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

C. James  6.40

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Atlanta Braves Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
36.Gosling*
G/S/vB
81.Guardado*
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
54.Ramirez
G/S/vB
35.Saarloos
G/S/vB
29.Stanton*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.666 289/119 .347/.375/.507/.882 .942/.799 .834 64/1.018 3/0 9/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 227/114 .322/.356/.417/.773 .832/.713 .719 93/.834 4/2 2/9
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/.778 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 6/1.000 543/354 .305/.348/.465/.813 .870/.783 .895 111/1.012 3/2 16/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/.364 3/.000 2/.000 307/263 .313/.386/.441/.827 .654/.853 .786 83/.887 17/11 1/4
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.933 2/2.000 3/2.000 485/323 .291/.388/.486/.874 .790/.916 .927 94/.866 9/4 13/11
25.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/5.000 12/.667 2/.000 8/1.786 5/1.850 30/.447 529/342 .214/.308/.421/.730 .789/.698 .720 97/.673 5/1 24/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 8/1.089 1/3.000 4/.250 9/.819 28/1.218 456/281 .331/.419/.582/1.001 .869/1.088 1.056 108/.857 5/1 20/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 7/.858 4/.250 423/277 .275/.328/.468/.795 .737/.826 .761 96/.866 0/0 15/11
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .300/.364/.400/.764 .000/.844 11/.764 0/0 0/0
1.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 45/13 .279/.311/.349/.660 .540/.962 .802 15/1.133 0/0 0/2
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 9/.889 1/2.000 ··· 22/1.441 2/.000 3/.333 420/288 .296/.395/.567/.962 1.025/.944 .935 101/1.025 0/0 22/3
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 284/211 .218/.258/.398/.656 .460/.722 .757 19/.842 1/1 10/6
5.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 ··· ··· 6/.666 1/no AB 128/54 .205/.242/.291/.533 .560/.496 .504 16/.330 1/0 1/5
IP 7.0 5.0 29.2 27.0 4.0 11.2 7.0 29.2 46.2 64.2 TOTAL .278/.341/.441/.782 .770/.790 .799 58/24 136/89
ERA-K/9 3.86/2.6 1.80/7.2 2.73/8.5 4.67/9.0 22.50/2.2 10.03/3.8 3.86/2.6 8.19/5.5 5.59/6.6 3.48/6.1 5.03/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (54-17-6)
 Miller (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.250 20/.222 122/.190 132/.327 26/.522 57/.400 25/.250 145/.312 211/.314 266/.223 .284  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Harris
 Jones
0/0/126/18
72/0/1/4
70/13/0/3
0/123/0/2
OPS .655 .689 .571 .970 1.452 .985 .655 .879 .844 .633 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.818 6/.167 49/.632 52/.779 5/.900 14/.857 11/.818 55/.870 84/.844 117/.709 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.516 14/.896 73/.532 80/1.094 21/1.571 43/1.026 14/.516 90/.883 127/.843 149/.574 .806
Home / 11/1.000 59/.720 67/.959 19/1.464 35/1.124 / 84/.768 119/.658 128/.640 .776
Last 28d days 25/.655 20/.689 63/.494 62/1.203 26/1.452 24/.625 25/.655 2/5.000 47/.907 56/.668
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/4/1 4/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/2/0 5/3/0 3/5/1 144/67/25
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·X ·X·o·o·o ··X···X· ··X·X··· ·oo·o·Xo ····X··· ········ ··o·X·X· ·X·X·o·o
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
49.Mahay*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bellhorn# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.834 ··· 5/.000 4/.833 4/.000 2/.000 15/12 .091/.333/.091/.424 .667/.333 .143 15/.424 0/0 0/0
15.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 70/24 .238/.300/.270/.570 .566/.577 .598 5/1.400 0/0 0/0
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.750 3/.333 2/3.500 5/1.400 2/2.500 2/.500 517/337 .266/.377/.559/.936 .737/1.047 .973 106/1.003 8/2 34/4
16.Ellison G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 55/35 .264/.278/.283/.561 .377/.657 .550 7/.429 3/3 0/1
12.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 421/282 .268/.338/.377/.715 .688/.727 .695 91/.775 8/1 8/11
3.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.357 3/1.167 3/2.000 5/1.200 13/1.062 2/3.000 504/325 .282/.391/.516/.906 .795/.969 .975 104/.879 6/1 27/7
33.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 272/202 .283/.371/.544/.916 .621/1.020 .937 32/.927 3/3 16/4
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.462 2/.000 10/.844 5/.800 9/.375 2/2.000 374/339 .300/.389/.471/.859 .579/.889 1.019 75/.805 0/0 10/2
30.Hopper G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 229/142 .319/.359/.376/.735 .806/.691 .751 73/.936 8/5 0/0
23.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/4 .182/.182/.455/.636 .714/.500 .000 11/.636 0/0 1/1
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 134/96 .377/.450/.535/.985 1.046/.962 .929 94/1.040 1/1 3/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/1.000 2/.000 5/.900 3/.666 5/1.000 549/373 .278/.322/.470/.792 1.008/.688 .735 107/.709 25/7 23/6
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 177/162 .290/.339/.407/.746 .718/.749 .604 59/.898 0/0 2/1
IP 85.0 5.2 50.1 69.1 55.2 70.2 43.1 54.0 TOTAL .262/.332/.432/.764 .719/.785 .788 79/28 164/76
ERA-K/9 4.66/5.8 0.00/7.9 2.68/7.5 1.95/6.0 3.72/8.1 4.08/7.3 3.74/7.3 5.17/9.3 4.23/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jorgensen (0-0-0)
 Valentin (25-3-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 360/.282 13/.091 211/.227 276/.204 217/.205 305/.251 201/.266 237/.241 .265  Hamilton
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Keppinger
 Ellison
9/56/10/6
33/31/12/5
0/0/107/4
116/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
23/7/31/0
OPS .815 .322 .688 .580 .654 .705 .742 .709 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.993 4/.500 88/.671 117/.625 106/.683 135/.877 96/.701 92/.927 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.640 9/.222 123/.701 159/.547 111/.626 170/.570 105/.778 145/.570 .745
Road 141/.739 3/.000 90/.747 150/.491 112/.595 142/.720 106/.958 118/.742 .763
Last 28d days 118/.953 13/.322 54/.655 58/.467 46/.648 72/.791 38/.733 46/.856
HR/SB/CS 13/3/2 0/0/0 4/0/3 4/7/1 11/7/2 6/3/0 3/7/0 5/4/0 126/80/26
Usage ····X··· ····X·o· ·Xo·o··· ·Xo··oo· ·o··o··· ·o··X·X· ···X···X ··X··oo·

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.

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